God's

Positioning

Story

Most people who travel anywhere in this day and time use Global Positioning Systems or GPS devices. These devices are able to map out a journey from Point A to Point B using satellite positioning by overlaying beginning coordinates and the ending coordinates over available roadmaps. They then direct the traveler from Point A to Point B based upon the preferences specified. Easter is the GPS (God Positioning Story) for the Christian journey. Through the Easter journey, we will be able to identify the starting and ending coordinates, ensure that our maps are current, identify the correct voice to provide instructions, install this story in our lives, receive the directions from God and begin the journey which takes us from here to there. Easter is only the start of the journey.

Yours in Christ,

Pastor Keith

God's Work Our Hands

Creating Your Personal Mission and Vision Statement

Do you hear God's call to service? 

Do you want to know how to articulate that call?  A personal mission and vision statement can help us be more intentional about the ministry and mission we are called to.  It allows one to live into the mission and vision and become all God is calling us to be.

Come join others to learn more about ourselves as we listen for God's voice within and then speak and pray what we hear.

And you will hear a voice behind you, saying "This is the path.  Walk ye in it." -Isaiah 30:21

Wednesday,  May 11  7:00-8:30

Wednesday,  May 18  7:00-8:30

Wednesday,  May 25  7:00-8:30

Please plan to attend all 3 sessions

Please register or call if interested

Lisa McKinnon 704.787.0880

The Big BasketBall Game

 Youth vs Council

Sunday, May 22, 4:00 p.m.

(Back parking lot)

You Are Invited!

 Join us for a game and a BBQ - everyone is invited!  Bring a side dish to share - Meat donated by NCD Team.  Dinner hosted by the Saint Gathering Team!  Bring your lawn chair.

Cast your ballot (donation) for the team you choose and see who wins!  All donations go to the youth attending the 2012 Lutheran Youth Conference.

Council Team

  Bob Chertok,Tim Kirk, Danny Garmon, Marie Grochoske, Mike McClellan, Diane Olszewski, Jay Perkins, Marion Sandlin,  Ron Smith,   Steve Sousley, and Nanette Thompson

Youth Team

Megan Diskin, Drew Doorley, Samm Doorley, Taylor Mazur, Seth McKinnon, Cody Smith(Hughes), Toby Smith (Hughes), Sean Walsh, and

Megan Hooks (medic).

Cheerleaders:

Children's Faith Learning Class

 WE NEED YOUR HELP!

  The "English as a  

  Second Language"

  class at Mt Hermon

  provides, not only skills in learning the English language, but also provides opportunities in life people would not have otherwise.  This is an important ministry for Mt. Hermon, but we need your help.  We provide a program for children every Wednesday so the parents can attend the ESL classes, but we need workers who can offer one or two Wednesday nights a month to this project.  Lisa McKinnon has activities ready for whoever can offer their time and talents to work with children.   

Please call Lisa McKinnon 704.787.0880 to find out more about this program or to sign up for a Wednesday night!

Teen Super Summer Spectacular!

All teens, grades 6-12 are invited to the YAMS Tubing Trip on the Dan River, Sunday, June 5 from 11:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Meet in the Lower Parking Lot of the Fellowship Hall.  Please come dressed for the river (bathing suits, shorts, t-shirt & shoes that can get wet and stay on like sneakers or strap-on sandals).

Don't forget to bring....

• $10 for tube rental & shuttle fee
• Signed Liability Release Form
• A dry change of clothes
• Towel
• Sunblock
• Any entertainment for the car trip

We'd appreciate your RSVP by Friday, June 3rd.  See you then! 

Parents:  we need chaperones to drive and tube down the Dan River. 

Brian & Kristine Hopkins

704-652-0763

The Women of the ELCA

Mt. Hermon invites all women to come and be a part of our "circles" in Bible Study and up-to-date "business" regarding the many different projects/activities we are involved, locally, state and world wide ministries.  We have a morning group, meeting the first Wednesday each month at 10 am in the Parish Bldg, Conference Room and a group which meets on the 3rd Tuesday evening at 7 pm in the Conference Room of the Parish Bldg.  For further information, contact Betty Love at 704-782-2326 ext. 101 or 704-786-1548. We will have our next Quarterly meeting, which includes all women on Sunday, June 5th at 5 pm in the Fellowship Hall.  All women are welcome."

 Conference Room Flood

  As you may know,

  Mt. Hermon had a

  pipe burst in the  

  Conference Room, which leaked down into the teen room, about six weeks ago.  There was damage to the flooring in the conference room, and the teen room lost almost everything. 

Since then, the room was dried out and a new subfloor was installed.  Carpet was installed last week so the Conference Room is up and running.  We are still in the process of fixing the teen room.  Thank you to William Arnder for donating his time and talents in restoring the electricity to the teen room! Thank you to Bill Coleman and Tim Bolick for painting sealer on the walls.   Next, comes the paint, the ceiling tiles and painting the floors.  Then we will be ready to restore the rest of the room (furniture, etc.).  

We are asking if anyone has some specific items to donate:  a Foosball table in good working order, a Flatscreen TV (32"), and a DVD player.  The teens will bring their own talents to re-decorate the walls with some graffiti art. 

We hope to have the teen room up and running within the next two weeks! 

The Property Team

Synod Assembly 

June 2-4, 2011

Lisa McKinnon and Bonnie Walsh will be attending the Synod Assembly with Pastor Keith on June 2-4.  They will represent Mt. Hermon Lutheran Church at the assembly and have vote on the current issues.  We look forward to a report soon after assembly from Lisa and Bonnie on all they experience!  

Lisa, Bonnie and Linda Beauregard will be attending the Pre-Assembly Event on Prayer on June 1-2.  Lisa will be teaching a class on the "Lutheran Rosary", and Linda will be teaching classes on "Spiritual Direction" and "Journaling as a Way of Knowing Yourself and God in a Deeper Way." 

Please keep all in your prayers during this Synod Assembly time.   

Thank You: 

  From Cooperative Christian Ministry:

Thank you for your kind donation of 103 pounds of food donated on 5/5/11.    During 2010, our seven food pantries served 11,500 households with over 939,000 pounds of food.  In addition, our ten mobile food pantries reached an additional 3,589 households with 139,000 pounds of food.  Again, Thank You for your donation to CCM. 

Sincerely,

Barry Porter