Announcements
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Health Ministry Corner |
In March we wait with baited breath for the first signs of spring and more incredibly, the signs of God’s rescue in the Feast of the Resurrection! This month, we want to visit with you on the topic of Divine Eating, a topic close to all of our hearts! Our good and gracious God indeed provides in abundance for all of our needs.
Enjoy Divine Eating every day by...
† Praying for insight into our relationship with food. Are we eating to live, living to eat or living to minimize eating?
† Studying the Word and walking with the Bread of Life!
† Stopping dieting, and focus on eating for life...not just your next appointment with the scale.
† Eating less fat (aim for eating less then 30% of calories from fat or less then 50 total fat grams/day with less then 20 grams from saturated fat) and avoiding animal fat.
† Being active every day.
†Eating more fruits, veggies and whole grains (Garden of Eden diet).
† Enjoying Divine Eating with thankfulness to the Lord for the way He provides for all of our needs of body, mind and spirit!
We hope that you have a prayerful and meaningful Lent.
-Louise Bellon |
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Musical Notes from the Bench |
Lent - a Time for Aural Fasting?
The time of Lent has always been preceded by Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) and followed by ashes and fasting. In the world of church music, we associate festivals like Christmas, Reformation Sunday, All Saints Day, Palm Sunday and Easter as times to “pull out all the stops” in our service of worship. The music of Lent is just the opposite.
We are told to exclude all alleluias from our music and spoken liturgy.
We will change back to Setting 6 (we used this in the Fall of 2009).
We will be singing a Gospel Acclamation in a minor key ( instead of the usual major key version).
We will sing the offertory music as a congregation.
We will sing the postlude as a congregation.
I have always found Lent to be a particularly difficult time. Maybe it is that I suffer from some symptoms of seasonal depression. Maybe I really miss biking and being outside. Maybe………….I need to find a way for the music of this season to give me peace. I hope that you will find a way to experience peacefulness during the preludes on Sunday morning and the “music for meditation” on Wednesday nights.
Jennifer Seaver Stokes |
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Food for the Fun of It |
| “Food for the Fun of It” will be on Friday March 5th at 6:30 P.M.. We will be going to G.T. South’s at 5711 E. 71st Street.. Please sign up by March 3rd so we know how many reservations are needed.
-Nancy Cook
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In the Community |
Lutheran Disability Ministries (LDM) is seeking support for the annual Food and Wine Fest. Guests can enjoy the cuisine of top notch area restaurants and sample a variety of fine wines. A popular feature from past years will be both live and silent auctions. The event will be held at The Mansion at Oak Hill in Carmel on Sunday, March 7 beginning at 5:00 P.M.. A limited supply of tickets is available at $50.00 each/ The proceeds will benefit LDM HandyCamp, SonRise Retreats and the renovation of the campsite. For tickets please contact Anne Hartman at home phone 738-2209 or cell phone 414-3215. Or, please send an email to achartman@usa.net with the subject line of LDM Benefit.
March 7—Conference Assembly, 2-5 p.m. Bethany Lutheran
June 8—LCFS Golf Outing Call 359-5467 ex. 410 (Danielle Stiles-Polk) |
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More Questions You Might Not Think to Ask |
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Have You Heard? |
Kristen and Aaron Kopel, and big brother Roman, welcomed baby Ruby into the world on January 27th. She has been to church and she is a little doll!!
There is an invitation to Andrea Speraw's wedding on the bulletin board. Everyone is welcome to attend (it's at Irvington Presbyterian NOT Good Shepherd) on April 10. However, Andrea would appreciate your RSVP if you are planning to attend so they know how much food to prepare. Hope to see you there!
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W.E.L.C.A |
WELCA meets on March 16th at 1:00 P.M.. Bring your brown bag lunch, enjoy good fellowship followed by Bible Study. Everyone is welcome!! |
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Life at Good Shepherd |
 Last January as we were pulling into the garage from our two week vacation in Florida, Dad was already complaining about that trip
setting him back “six months” in everything he had to do. We have since had to suffer through the Super Bowl, right into the Winter Olympics with him staying up until all hours of the night. And now he tells me we are in the middle of the Lenten Season! Living with a procrastinator and worrier is hard on little dogs. With all the
distractions and things that he would rather do than what he is
supposed to do, it is very difficult for me to try to keep him
focused. I’m sure you have some idea how long a Yorkie can stay concentrating on one subject (other than playing ball, of course). It Dave Schaaf’s dog, Bob just seems more than I am capable of doing. But I do feel some what responsible for keeping him moving in the right direction.
That being said, we have had some things happening around here and in the family which you all might be interested in. For example, Dad had surgery last month which was a worry for me. What would happen if he didn’t make it through the operation? No one has ever told me anything about alternative arrangements should I be left alone. I can just picture the POUND and me in one of those cold areas with fence all around and a cold concrete floor to sleep on. Little doggies do wonder about those things. Well as it turned out, I didn’t have to worry. Dad was home the same day. Other than not being able to lift me much for awhile I think he is pretty will back to normal. But you never know!
 He and I are back full time working at the antique store three days a week. Between snow days and the surgery, we got an extra two weeks off to procrastinate. And we did. Now my latest problem is the new dog in the family. Diane just couldn’t stand not having a dog. So she now has a new pup from Crawfordsville. I only got a fleeting glance of him the day he arrived in the family. I guess they don’t want to scare him by introducing him to such a fearsome member of the clan as me so soon. I’m sure that is it.
What really irks me is he got to go to a church service the first night he was here. Diane didn’t have time to take him home before the service and took him along and I hear he behaved “perfectly”. Now that is sort of disgusting to me. I have never been allowed in a regular church service and I have been here a long time. Come to think of it, that might be the reason! They all know me too well.
Dad has been in a better mood recently. I think the store is doing better. He said one week in February was the best week the store has ever had in sales. After November and December, that sure is a turn around. The weather has got to start getting better soon now. March comes in like a lion but goes out like a lamb. We can sure use some of that “lamb weather.” It will be good getting back to the farm in the spring. Maybe the chickens will be nicer and I might have a new playmate, if I can get along with him and them. OR NOT! Stand by for further developments. Happy Spring everyone!
-Bob
(Picture 1: Dave Schaaf's dog, Bob; Picture 2 (Bernice) |
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Easter Lillies |
| Watch the bulletin board for the sign-up sheet for Easter Lilies. We will again be adorning our altar on Easter Sunday with
lilies. You may take them home following the worship service on Easter Sunday. |
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Editor's Note |
Do you have something to put in the newsletter?
If so, put it in my mailbox or e-mail it to me at lbellon@bellonsales.com. We are always looking for information to include! Deadline for March newsletter is the 20th of March.
Note from Editor: When you submit your articles, please send them as attachments to your email.
This newsletter may be viewed in color at www.gslcindy.org/GSLC_Newsletter.pdf
-Louise Bellon |
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Sharing Place |
Please hold on bringing food for the Sharing Place until further notice. They are currently looking for a home. They are hopeful the they will be back serving the community by April. If you have further questions, check with Russ or Nancy Cook.
-submitted by Russ Cook |
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Wednesday Lenten Services |
Mark your calendars as we resume our Wednesday Lenten Services. These will focus on Martin Luther’s Large Catechism. Each service highlights Luther’s thoughts on part of our Christian beliefs:
February 24-The First Commandment
March 3-The Creed
March 10-The Lord’s Prayer
March 17-Baptism
March 24- Sacrament of the Altar
Each service is preceded by a soup supper at 6:00p.m. with the service starting at 7:00 p.m. |
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Good Search and Good Shop |
We thank all of the people who have used goodsearch.com and goodshop.com. Just remember that we get money for each time you search and each time you shop. It is not a lot but every little bit adds up. You can download the tool bar so it will be available in your browser.
Go to http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/
It will not mess up your computer as I have done it and it works fine - and we make money!
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Out of the Mouths of the Young |
One particular four-year-old prayed, “And forgive us our trash baskets, as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets.”
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Attention Mothers and Working Women |
| CAFE is a free, monthly, online magazine for young women offered by Women of the ELCA. Visit www.boldcafe.org and subscribe to receive e-mail alerts for new issues; also available as a podcast. |
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Soup Suppers |
Reminder, please sign up on the sheet if you plan to attend the Soup Suppers at 6:00 on Wed. Evening before the worship service so the host knows how many to plan for. A big thank you to the members who are preparing the suppers.
-Nancy Cook |
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Card Players Out There |
Anyone interested in card playing? Maybe a monthly day for fellowship of playing cards. Euchre, Bridge, Spades, Hearts, Pinochle, Checkers even Chess or other games? If you feel the need to compete or just enjoy the company of others for recreational games, give Hank a call. If enough of you are interested we could hold a day a month to play and gather for food, refreshments and fun. Give Hank the name of your game and maybe we can make it happen.
-Hank Schull |
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Shop with SCRIP |
O.K. Everybody!! You included income from scrip in the budget. Now you have to buy scrip if we are going to have that income!
We have order forms available at any time but we always put them out on the next to last Sunday and then take orders on the last Sunday. The scrip is then delivered on the first Sunday of the month.
You all eat and you all buy gas. And I am sure that you buy some other things during the month, Think ahead and buy scrip for these things. It is easy to use and easy to buy! It may seem hard at first but when you get used to it, it is like buying with cash.
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Note from Our Missionaries |
 February 18, 2010
Dear Friends:
A couple of days ago our family boarded a plane from Boston to Buenos Aires and our two and half month home assignment came to an end. As we now reflect on what this time back in the United States has meant to us, the image of the medieval pilgrimage comes to mind. Medieval pilgrims usually set out toward a specific destination in light of a particular event. They traveled to be eyewitnesses of sacred events and places. They went seeking first-hand knowledge and experiences of a particular way God can “break into” human lives and transform us for God’s own purposes. In our case the destination has been into the heart and hearths of your congregations and homes. The event has been the celebration of our shared faith in Christ and our connection through global mission. As with the medieval tradition of showing hospitality to pilgrims and wayfarers -- who were warmed by the glowing embers of the hearths of inns and homes along the way -- you have so generously received us in your congregations and homes. You have welcomed us with potlucks replete with delicious food as we gathered around tables for joyful fellowship. We helped complete the circles around your Communion tables and joined our voices with yours in prayer and songs of thanksgiving and praise. We were privileged to be invited into the intimacy of many of your homes to swap stories over an evening cup of tea in your living room or a morning coffee at the kitchen table. We truly had the privilege of many delightful moments of fellowship during this time! Thank you!
 Your hospitality has sustained us along the way and has strengthened us for our journey now back to our ministry in South America. Visiting your local missions and ministries has energized us with a renewed sense of passion and purpose. Like the pilgrims who returned to their ordinary lives with so many tales from afar, we return with all the richness of the life and faith stories that you have shared with us.
We also want to give a special thanks to our siblings and parents who helped to care for our children Emily and Matthew during much of the time we were visiting sponsoring congregations.
Tomorrow we leave for a camping retreat with the Young Adults in Global Mission (YAGM) volunteers who are serving in Argentina and Uruguay this year. It will be like the crossroads where the paths of several pilgrims meet as we share tales of our travels with them and hear their stories from these months that we have been away. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
In Christ,
Kate and David |
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Paper Retriever |
Keep the papers coming!
The Christmas catalogs are starting to arrive. When you have finished with them, be sure they get in the paper bin.
We are down 15 tons compared to last year.
Let’s get busy!!! |
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Words from Worthmore |
It doesn’t seem possible that Spring Break is just around the corner. We are just hoping all this snow will melt!!! The kids went shopping and assembled 59 health kits for Haiti. We had a little competition amongst the homeroom classes. The homeroom that collected the most number of health kits will get to have a pizza and a movie for their afternoon class on Friday. After talking about helping others, we decided it would be neat to help people here in Indianapolis. We will have a monthly food drive (canned food or non-perishable food). At the end of each month we will deliver what we collected, the students will help, to local food pantries. This month we will be collecting for Gleaners.
Brenda Jackson |
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A Letter from Lutheran Child and Family Services |
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Puzzlers |
1. What current branch of the U.S. military was a corps of only 50 soldiers when World War I broke out?
A. U. S. Air Force B. U.S. Army
C. U.S. Navy
2. Which president made the following statement?
“I’m the President of the United States and I’m
not going to eat any more broccoli.”
A. Jimmy Carter B. Ronald Reagan
C. George Bush
3. Who gained infamy by noting: “A billion dollars
isn’t worth what it used to be.”
A. Bill Gates B. J. Paul Getty C. Warren Buffet
4. What was a gladiator armed with, in addition to a dagger and spear?
A. A net B. A suit of armor C. A shield
Answers:
1. A. U.S. Force
2. C. George Bush
3. B. J. Paul Getty
4. A. A Net
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Volunteer of the Month |
This month I want to highlight the work that Jill Speraw does with the Starfish Initiative. The Starfish Initiative is a program that pairs up adult mentors, such as Jill, with at-risk high school youth. These youths come from situations that put high school graduation and future education in question for them. To date, all of the students that have gone through the program have graduated from high school.
Jill meets with her student at least twice a month for 4-5 hours for mentoring sessions. The mentors help guide the student in behaviors that are conducive to educational and life success. Ask Jill about her work with the Starfish Initiative.
-submitted by Mary Schull
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Riddles to Stall Alzheimers for Years! |
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A Team Meeting |
The A Team held its organizational meeting on February 21, with nine members in attendance. Plans were made for the Yard Sale on August 7 and the Pet Blessing on October 3. We also discussed possible Fellowship events and these are:
Palm Sunday Brunch, Sunday, March 28
Spaghetti dinner, Saturday, April 17
4th of July picnic at the Cooks’, Sat., July 3
Church picnic after church on Sunday, Sep- tember 5
Cook out at Diane Schaaf’s farm, October 2 Christmas Party at the Bellons’, Friday,
December 10
We always need volunteers for all of these events, so watch for information in future newsletters.
-Mary Schull
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Soup Suppers |
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Lutheran Ministries: Worship for Shut-ins
WWW.WORSHIPFORSHUTINS.ORG |
March 7 Luke 13:1-9 “It’s Not Fair!”
March 14 Luke 15:11-32 “You Can Always God Home!”
March 21 Luke 20:9-15 “Looking to Easter”
March 28 John 12:32 “Wonderful Drawing Power”
These can be seen on channel 40 on Sundays at 10:00 A.M. |
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Senior Citizens |
| The Senior Citizens “Young at Heart” will meet on Thursday, March11th at 10:00 A.M. We will play bingo in the morning and have our lunch at noon. Please sign up or call the church (251-5139) to let us know you will be coming. |
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Lutheran News |
A good web site to check regularly is www.iksynod.org.
Also, Indianapolis Conference: www.indplsconf-elca.org.
And the ELCA is www.elca.org |
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Food for Thought |
| There was a very cautious man, who never laughed or cried. He never risked, he never lost, he never won, he never tried. And when he one day passed away, his insurance was denied. For since he never really lived, they claimed he never died. Unknown
Definition of a consultant: Someone who borrows your watch, tells you the time and then charges you for the privilege |
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