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Festival of the Transfiguration
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February 2013
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This Sunday is the festival of the Transfiguration -- the last Sunday before the beginning of Lent!
It is also Evolution Sunday -- we will be celebrating wonder and awe (and sharing Eucharist from a chalice fashioned from fossilized rock).
It is also the liturgy when we shall baptize Anna Julia Fortmann-Roe (daughter of
Scott and Agnieszka Fortmann-Roe).
And finally, we'll hear a little bit about the Lutheran Volunteer Corps, one of our 2012 Social Justice Partners.
There's a lot going on Sunday -- don't miss it.
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This Week
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Click here for our online calendar!
Presider: Jeff R. Johnson
Preacher: Seminarian Brach Jennings
Assisting: Tom Ray
Narrator: Bennett Falk
Music Director: Andy Bouman
Greeter:
Sacristan:
Council Rep: Margaret Moreland
Prayer Minister: Linde Elliott
WOFL: Jennifer Doebler
Click here for this week's prayers!
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Worship Times
11:00 am Sunday
Eucharist
6:30 pm Magnificat Thursday
Campus Ministry and meal
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Lent is coming up
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 February 13
Ash Wednesday - morning service at 7 am
Ash Wednesday - evening service at 7 pm
dinner begins at 6:30 pm
February 20 - March 27th
During Lent we will have morning prayers at the Chapel on
Wednesdays, 7 am - 7:30 am (followed by breakfast)
March 28-31 Stay tuned for more information on Easter Week, including our great Easter Vigil! |
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Animate
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 We're back in the new year with our Animate study groups:
Sunday (Jeff's group) - Feb 10, 9:15am
Tuesday (Sarah & Randy's group) - Feb 12, 7-9pm
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Help, Thanks, Wow!
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 For lent, we will be reading together, Anne Lamott's small book, "Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers."
"Three simple prayers to get you through tough times, everyday struggles, and the hard work of ordinary life."
"It is these three prayers -- asking for assistance, appreciating the good we witness, and feeling awe at the world -- that get us through the day and show us the way forward."
Sign up here to order your copy ($15)!
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A New Leaf
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 Time to turn over a new leaf! (A new initiative at the Chapel curated by Robyn Gee and Pr. Jeff)
The Chapel has faced many challenges this past year. Conflict over kids' ministry and worship patterns tore apart some relationships. We also took on tough conversations about how we function. It's easy to feel a bit exhausted.
But it's time to shake off the winter and start anew. Instead of hibernating in your usual pew, we are urging you to turn over a new leaf with someone you don't usually talk to, or someone with whom you want a fresh start. This season, as we wait for a sign of spring, we are encouraging people to sprout new relationships and repair old relationships. Sprout a new chapel friendship.
Don't let your relationships at the chapel get stuck in the past! Go deeper with someone. Don't let friendship stop at sharing the peace! Make your chapel community feel bigger and better. This effort is not trying to pretend that we will never have conflicts ever again. This is not to say we have to forgive, forget and ignore past hurts. But we do need to live together.
Grab a leaf. Give a leaf.
If there is someone in the chapel that you would really like to sit down with and repair a relationship, but it feels a bit.... awkward! Not to worry -- drop your leaf in the "Assist Me Leaf" basket, and Pastor Jeff will help facilitate a meeting.
In spiritual terms -- embark on a journey of reconciliation and community building with your fellow chapel-goers. In leaf terms -- give someone a leaf and let them know that you see them, you're interested in them and you don't want to be a stranger!
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Social Justice Donations
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 In the fall, the congregation voted to support
Lutheran Volunteer Corps ($1,000)
Lutheran Peace Fellowship ($500)
East Bay Sanctuary Covenants ($500)
as part of the Annual Social Justice Budget Process.
This Sunday, we will hear more about Lutheran Volunteers Corp, which is a voluntary service program where volunteers work at social and environmental justice organizations and live in intentional community together with other volunteers.
The endowment has already contributed $500 to these organizations and additional donations to these organizations during the next few weeks will be matched by a gift from the endowment up to $1,500 total.
Take a look here at Yvonne's Thank You letter for our donation to LVC!
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Thrivent Choice Deadline 3/31
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Don't forget to direct Thrivent Choice Dollars®
Thrivent Choice Dollars grant funds can help support Lutheran organizations you care about. Don't let your designated Choice Dollars® expire.
Eligible members of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans who have been designated Choice Dollars have until March 31, 2013 to direct any remaining 2012 Choice Dollars. Help support University Lutheran Chapel. Go to Thrivent.com/thriventchoice or call 800-THRIVENT and state "Thrivent Choice."
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Welcome Chef Erika!
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We have a new chef for Magnificat Thursdays. Erika Ikemoto has been delighting us with vegan meals through her catering business, The Feeding Frenz.
Fresh, nutrient dense, and incredibly delicious food served with a smile. We're looking forward to many more Magnificat Thursdays catered by Erika!
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Donations to PLTS
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Did you know that we regularly support Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary?
Four times a year we send a donation to support the school in its mission to "provide a unique setting for wrestling with issues of Christian faith, discipleship, and the communication of the Gospel to a world in need of truly good news."
Take a look here at their Thank You Letter!
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 Prayers this week |
 In all things pray! Please remember these petitions.
Pray for the many people involved in ELCA advocacy ministries through its state public policy offices, the ELCA Washington Office, and the Lutheran Office for World Community at the United Nations as they daily seek to further God's work through our hands.
For healing
- For Don as he recovers from surgery
- For Betty, friend of Bob and Miriam, who is recovering well from surgery which resulted in good news regarding the lack of cancer present
- For the Tominaga family, especially Dennis and Janine, as they grieve the death of Dennis' father, Joe
- For Pepe's father who will have heart surgery again soon, and for his mom
- For Tom Ray's colleague, Frank, who is slowly recovering from paralysis due to Guillain-Barré syndrome
- For those who struggle with issues of mental health
- For Annika's friend, Ian, diagnosed with leukemia, and with thanksgiving for his brother who is his bone marrow donor
In thanksgiving for Russel Bass as he concludes his time as the chef at the Chapel
For the ministry of prayer at the Chapel and for all who are involved
For the Chapel community as we work together for justice in our community and in the world
For President Phyllis Anderson, who has announced her retirement at year's end, and for Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary as they move into their final year together
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Contact Information
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University Lutheran Chapel of Berkeley 510-843-6230 www.ulcberkeley.org Annika Mongan: administrator@ulcberkeley.org Pastor Jeff Johnson: pastor@ulcberkeley.org Pastor Sanna Reinholtzen: sannabeth@gmail.com Campus Intern Logan Rimel: logan.rimel@gmail.com Council President Nancy Ulmer: nkulmer@sbcglobal.net Music Director Andy Bouman: andybouman@yahoo.com |
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