May 2105
 

 REGULAR SUNDAY SERVICES

8:00 am - Traditional Service (Log Chapel)

9:00 am - Traditional Service (Sanctuary)

10:10 am - Sunday School

11:15 am - Contemporary Service (Sanctuary)


Office Hours: M-F, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm (Closed noon - 1:00 pm)

Phone - 789-7592 

 

Prayer Chain Requests

Daytime: 789-7592

After Hours/Weekends: 789-7592 Ext. 501 
 

ECO Web Site: http://eco-pres.org

Pastor Doug Dye - Time to Dance

Last week I participated in a conference entitled "Growing the Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit," in Black Mountain, North Carolina.  It was a wonderful opportunity to invite and wait on our Lord to empower and fill me anew with the Holy Spirit.  I came away from the week refreshed by the Father's love, reinvigorated in the joy of Jesus's presence, and renewed by the Spirit.  


The conference focused on the ways the Holy Spirit empowers the church to share the good news of Jesus's love and so contribute to the building of God's kingdom.  It used the metaphor of dancing to describe how we cooperate with the Holy Spirit to grow the church.  We join in a divine-human dance of cooperation with the Holy Spirit as we walk with our Lord.  Paul hints at this dance when in Galatians 5 he writes, "Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit." 


One of the impressions I took away from the conference was the realization that Chapel by the Lake is a dancing body.  Sometimes we're a bit awkward, sometimes we step on each other's toes; nevertheless, we long to dance with the Spirit.  I am tremendously grateful for this!


My hope and prayer is that we dance with even greater skill and joy.  I invite you to join me in praying, exploring, and yielding to the Holy Spirit in the dance of life in Jesus.  For as we cooperate and dance with the Spirit, the joy and beauty of life in Christ draws more people to Him.

 
I am blessed to be your pastor, Doug

Contact information: ext. 222 or ddye@chapelbythelake.org


 


May 24 - Pentecost  Sunday 

Please wear red to celebrate the

 gift of the Holy Spirit 

and the birth of the church
In This Issue
Pastor Doug Dye
May 24 Pentecost
Calendar
Associate Pastor Royston
thank You to our Sunday School Teachers
Youth Director
Music & Worship
Deacons
ChapeLadies Hiking Group
Mission
ECO
Tithe Your Time
Notes from Session
May Anniversaries & Birthdays
Calendar
(For more information go to

May 18, 7pm
Thunder Mountain High School auditorium
Baccalaureate Service for High School Class of 2015
Seniors and their families are invited to attend the 2015 Baccalaureate service for all seniors. 

May 22 - 25 
Work Team for Rainbow Glacier Camp:
There is a work team being planned for the Haines Rainbow Glacier Camp Zip Line  Please sign up in the Welcome Center if you are interested. Contact Adam Rice for more details.

May 23
ChapelLadies Hiking Group

June 11-14

The women's word retreat Methodist Camp. Please Contact Judy Smathers or Sara Chambers if you would like to participate!

 

 

Associate Pastor Matt Royston


 I feel a bit like I'm starring at a pile of puzzle pieces.  You know the feeling when you open a new puzzle, and you dump all of the pieces out onto the table.  Then you flip the box top over which shows the picture you're trying to build?  That's sort of the feeling I have right now.  


The summer is almost here.  Our ministry programs are wrapping up for the year.  And as I consider next Fall (which will be here before we know it), there are some unknowns.  Who is going to be teaching Sunday School?  Are we going to do something about Children's Church?  Is someone going to pick up the mantle for Roosters (the Wednesday Night Children's program)? What types of Adult opportunities does the community need?  Will there be more small groups needed next year?  And of course a new question, what is God doing with our Youth Program, as Jessica is going to be stepping away?  Lots of pieces to the puzzle of Discipleship!

 

As we look at our programming, there are lots of opportunities for investing.  Our Sunday Children's class rooms are pretty full.  We have youth showing up in swarms on Wednesdays.  The kids coming to Roosters are finding a place to belong and be known.  There are more and more young people in worship on Sundays at all three services. These are great signs...really good news!

 

In the past few weeks, we have made several mentions in the bulletin, as well as a letter sent home to families with children.  We talked about it extensively at the Annual Meeting in January.  So this may sound redundant, but I'm going to say it again, WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE THESE PROGRAMS GO.  If you have ever thought about teaching Sunday School, or if you might consider heading up the Rooster program next year, I'd love to talk to you about it!

 

If you haven't returned your children's flyer, please take a moment to fill that out and drop it off next Sunday at the Education Kiosk.  There are extra flyers there too.  

 

Over the next several weeks, we will be putting the puzzle of Discipleship together.  Where does your piece fit?  Please pray and consider how you can be a part!

 
God Bless,
Pastor Matt 

Contact information: ext. 225 or mroyston@chapelbythelake.org

Thank You To 
Sunday School Teachers/Rooster Leaders!
Our Children's Ministry is totally dependent on volunteer teachers and leaders. We are so thankful for this amazing group of folks who led our Children this year! Renee Curtsinger, Kathy Swanson, Judy Cole, Bo and Julie Stocklin,Ted and Brooke Schwarting, Wendy and Al Wall, Cora Gehring, Abby Meiners, Myrlene Grant, Jaime McDermott, Carl Ramseth, Andrea Demuth, McKenna Lesmann, Sophie Hultberg, Emily and Scott Fergusson, Elizabeth Ramseth, Marissa Truitt, Mary and Mark Fuette, Toby Lockhart, Andrew Clark, Phillip Wall, Matt and Beth Dobson, Ryan and Brooke Scott, Holly Royston, Janice Peyton, Michelle Bosio.

Chapel CITY Youth Group
Jessica Hoffman - Youth Director
Contact information: ext. 226 or jhoffman@chapelbythelake.org


Summer Youth Group Schedule

 Middle School and High School Youth

Wednesday's:

June 3 

At: Chapel by the Lake

Time: 6:30-8:00pm

What: Games, Hangout, Lesson

 

June 10

At: Chapel by the Lake

Time: 6:30-8:00pm

What: Movie Night

Bring: Snacks to share

 

June 17

At: Auke Rec - Look for blue balloons

Time: 6:30-8:00pm

What: Games, Hangout, Bonfire, S'mores 

If pouring rain we will reconvene at Chapel by the Lake 

 

June 24

At: Chapel by the Lake

Time: 6:30-8:00pm

What: Games, Hangout, Lesson

 

July 1 and 8th - No Youth Group 

 

July 15

At: Chapel by the Lake, Auke Lake (we will meet at Chapel and walk down to the lake together)

Time: 6:30-8:00pm

What: Games, Hangout, Swim (weather permitting)

Bring: Swim gear 

 

July 22

At: Diamond Park Field House

Time: 6:00-8:00pm

What: Dodge Ball, Ultimate Frisbee, and other games

 

July 29

At: Chapel by the Lake

Time: 6:30-8:00pm

What: Games, Hangout, Lesson 

 


 

Jessica Hoffman

907-723-0090 (you can call or text)

jhoffman@chapelbythelake.org

 


Music and Worship 
Kristin Price - Worship & Music Director
Contact info - Phone 957-0099 call or text, Facebook message or email kprice@chapelbythelake.org


Having just celebrated Mother's Day, it seems appropriate to share this little vignette excerpted from a book I've recently been reading. I found it moving and powerfully encouraging, as well as humbling, and I hope the author will not mind if I share it. 


 

"On a Mother's Day many years ago, my brother and I decided to celebrate the occasion by surprising our parents with breakfast in bed...They played along amiably with the game, remaining serenely in bed, thumbing through the paper and ignoring the sounds from the kitchen of glass shattering and grease fires being extinguished.


In due course my brother and I marched into their room bearing steaming plates of ten minute eggs, carbonized bacon, and biscuits that would challenge an apprentice stonemason. It was, our parents said as they wolfed it down, the most delicious breakfast they had ever eaten. Love, evidently, is a wonderful spice... 


Even when Christian worship is at its best, it is much like that Mother's day breakfast. It is always the work of amateurs, people who do this for love, kids in the kitchen overcooking the prayers, half-baking the sermons, and crashing and stumbling through the responses on the way to an act of adoration."


(From Beyond the Worship Wars: Building Vital and Faithful Worship by Thomas C. Long)


 

Deacons
"Serving with Gladness," 


Watch!  

This was our take away word for May's CBTL Deacon Devotions. 

 

One of our current watching is for celebrating our new babies. In preparation for these new ones that will join our Chapel By The Lake family, some have been very busy at quilting. Gifting the new baby with a handmade quilt accompanied by a rose and a blessing is one of the many activities your deacons do to serve our church family. 

 

Martha Morris is our quilting mentor. She recently hosted a series of quilting instructional parties at her home where new baby quilts were lovingly made by deacons and friends. 

 

Enjoy anticipating and watching with us for our newest CBTL family members!

 

And as always, your deacons appreciate your help in watching with us for any CBTL members' needs. 

 

ChapeLadies Hiking  Group

Greeting Fellow Hikers 
Our next Hike will be Saturday, May 23, 1:00pm
If you are interested in recieving Emails about upcoming Hikes


MEET:  At Cope Park parking area

WHERE: We'll hike along Gold Creek and up to the flume then up Perseverance Trail as far as Silverbow Basin, if we are inspired to go that far. It is an easy hike- good trail- no really steep uphills. 

RSVP:   This is GREATLY appreciated -as if no one can  come, I'll probably go jogging by myself instead. 

 

RSVP


THIS IS A RAIN OR SHINE HIKE


BRING: Rain gear unless it is sunny & predicted to stay that way

                Sun, or rain, hat

                Jacket

                Snack

                Hiking boots or comfortable shoes-such as running shoes that have good treads. 


 

Justine


 
 
Chapel Beyond the Lake
Mission Committee Chair
Joyce Landingham

So we all can be kept better informed of Chapel By the Lake's efforts and interests in mission and compassionate outreach the missions committee has established a blog site. Check out
www.chapelbeyondthelake.org and become a follower to get the latest news in Juneau, Southeast Alaska and the world. 

This site also provides a comprehensive overview of all our "beyond the lake" interests and investments (time, money and prayer).

Nepal Earthquake Relief

 

People have been asking my wife, Justine Emerson, where they can send donations for relief efforts following the earthquakes in Nepal.   As many of you may know, Justine and I met and were married in Kathmandu, and lived there several years, working for the United Mission to Nepal.  Nepal is a difficult place to work, due to its lack of resouces, the lack of roads, the location of villages in remote mountainous areas, and the devastation caused by landslides.
  
The most effective relief agencies are likely to be  ones which are already established and working in the country. It is a little complicated to give directly to UMN,  but I do know that World Vision has an established program, with 200 staff based in Nepal,  and it is easy to donate via the World Vision website.  http://worldvision.org/NepalQuake 

 

From our experience and from reports from friends still  living in Nepal,  we know that the Nepali people are amazingly resilient and that they will rebuild there lives, but they will need help from outside to replace the food stores buried beneath rubble and to rebuild their homes.

 

Adrian Slater
CBTL Missions Committee

Another Web Site to look at:

 

 

 

"A very small percentage of those in the church stand behind a pulpit...The actual leadership roster of the church includes disciples ministering in every arena of life , in business, law, medicine, education, the arts, sciences, government and religion. The objective of Jesus' church-growth strategy was not to build a sing, behemoth social institution with a limited set of ordained authorities. Instead, his Spirit was to be poured out on all flesh to effect a widening, deepening base of influence within every nation, worldview, and social institution." 

 

- Dallas Willard 


Tithe Your Time

Children's Flyer for Next Year
A flyer was mailed home requesting information about where your kids will be next year. In addition, we are asking for help from families in volunteering for our various programs. If you haven't turned in your flyer, please do so!

Wedding Coordinators Needed
If you have ever thought of serving the community as a wedding coordinator, we would like to talk to you! This is a stipend position, and is instrumental in conducting weddings here at Chapel. Please contact either Pastor Doug or Pastor Matt if you would like to talk more about this.


Needed - Facility Hosts

Chapel is rented and used by many different groups and organizations throughout the year. We are looking for individuals to greet these groups when they arrive, get them settled in the proper space and check them out when they leave. This is a paid position. You can get a full, detailed description of the Facility Host position at the church office, and on the Chapel website, look under the Serve > At Chapel page. Please contact Adam Rice in the church office with questions and for more information.


Love, INC

Clearinghouse Volunteers: We have lots of Fridays that aren't covered. If you're interested in helping out in the clearinghouse, call to sign up for upcoming Volunteer Training opportunities.

Food Pantry: chili, refried beans, tomato soup, can milk, peanut butter, instant potatoes and jam.

Furniture: walker with a seat, full size mattresses and frames and dressers. Call Anne ext 26 if you can deliver June 13th or 27th. Thanks!

  • Personal Care: Full Size Toothpaste, Family size Shampoo/Conditioner.
  • Transitional Backpacks: Adult size used backpacks, Fleece sweatshirts (L,XL, XXL), Women's socks & sweatpants (L,XL), travel deodorant, tampons and bus tokens. This ministry blesses those leaving prison.

 

Notes From Session 


Regular Meeting of Session - April 16, 2015

 

The regular Meeting of Session of Chapel by the Lake was opened with prayer by the Moderator, Rev. Dr. Doug Dye at 7:00 p.m. on April 16, 2015 in the room under Smith Hall.  Rev. Dr. Dye read Psalm 1 - a song about life's two roads, the life of a faithful person contrasted with the life of a faithless person.  Elders present were Denny DeWitt, Ken Truitt, Sasha Soboleff, Laura Achee, Donna Rasmussen, Joyce Landingham, Eric Niewoehner, Karyl (Bunny) Lindegaard, Ron Josephson and Tom Brice.  Elders excused were Emily Fergusson and Mike Eberhardt.  Rev. Matt Royston and Adam Rice were also present.  A quorum was present.


The minutes of the previous meeting, March 26, were approved. Adam Rice spoke to his written report - actual vs. budgeted income for the first quarter of the year, Above & Beyond campaign, The Easter offering for Missions,  attendance since the last meeting, security and maintenance. 

Reports were heard from the Trustees, Consent Docket,  Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor, Deacons, Personnel and Missions.  The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.  Rev. Royston led in prayer.


Bonnie Fitzgerald

Church Officers

ELDERS

 

2015

Laura Achee - Chair, Personnel 

Ron Josephson - Chair, Nominating

Donna Rasmussen - Chair, Fellowship and Care

Emily Ferguson - Chair - Children's Ministry

 

2016

Sasha Soboleff - Nominating and Personnel

Ken Truitt - Chair Music & Worship

Bunny Lindegaard - Chair, Youth 

Eric Niewoehner - Adult Discipleship


2017 

Denny DeWitt - Session liaison to Trustees

Joyce Landingham - Chair Mission

Tom Brice - 
Mike Eberhardt - Stewardship

 

DEACONS

2015

Genelle Massey (Chair), Gillian Hays, Lori Stenberg, Gail Fosket, Gerry Donohoe, Kirstie Dye

 

2016

Kim Garrett, Ann Lockhart, Debbie Williams, James Mason, Eric Magnusson, John Clark 

 

2017

Justine Emerson, Tom Chapel, Joyce Van Sickle, Heather Ramseth, Brooke Scott, Jeff Hultberg 

 

 

TRUSTEES

2015

Bruce Johnson,  David Cox, Mike Hays, Eric Lindegaard

 

2016

Nathaniel Dye, Bruce Weyhrauch, Mike Chambers, Bob Trousil

 

2017

Renae Parker, Doug White, Grieko Tempel, Patrick Defreest 

multicoloured letters Happy Anniversary with chrome border on white background

Paul and Virginia Berg

6/6

Noel and Nancy Shima

6/30

David and Stephanie Means

6/20

Dustin and Bobi Jo Grimes

6/15

Emily and Scott Fergusson

6/21

James and Mary Beth Parsons

6/16

Timothy and Gerianne McLeod

6/16

Frank and Janet Thrower

6/21

John and Nancy Norman

6/23

Jerry and Barbara Burnett

6/25

Nathaniel and Judy Cole

6/23

Gary and Marion Jenkins

06/10/

Jeff and Becky Hultberg

06/10/

Roger and Bonnie Fitzjarrald

6/3

Eric and Judy Leegard

6/1

Joe and Julie Orsi

6/28

Randy and Karen Wanamaker

6/30

Lee and Cheryl Buchhorn

6/29

Michael and Carolyn Kelley

6/13

Ken and Charlotte Truitt

6/30

Bruce and Luann Weyhrauch

6/30

Brian and Linda Sylvester

6/5

Tom and Kim Brice

6/30

Shay and Erica Wilson

6/22


 

Colorful cupcakes with happy birthday candles isolated over white background

 

 

 

 

Phyllis Kirkpatrick

6/2

Joel Price

6/3

Isabella DeFreest

6/3

Willie Allen

6/4

Carl Ramseth

6/5

Camille Miller

6/6

Kristine Allen

6/8

Grace Sikes

6/8

Ian Kelley

6/9

Megan Darby

6/9

Josiah Anthony Martin

6/10

Steven Larson

6/10

Kate Schwarting

6/10

Beverly Ward

6/11

Peter Nave

6/11

Jade Amber Millsaps

6/11

Angela Thrower

6/12

Erik Dreisbach

6/13

Tracy Kubley

6/13

Meghan Lesmann

6/13

Ian Wanamaker

6/13

Dane Hultberg

6/13

Carolyn Kelley

6/14

James Mason

6/14

Erica Wilson

6/14

Sevard Wagenius

6/15

Luann Weyhrauch

6/15

Nicholas Ramseth

6/15

Don Kubley

6/16

Sarah Donohoe

6/16

Amy Fosket

6/16

Ronny Hansen

6/17

Justin Kanouse

6/18

Roger Fitzjarrald

6/18

Dottie Knuth

6/19

Bev Kelton

6/19

Meridith Anne Jones

6/21

Katlyn Fergusson

6/21

Taylor Aaron Zuiderduin

6/21

Dona Eley

6/22

Elyssa Kelley

6/22

Martha Zimmerman

6/22

Zachary Troy Eberhardt

6/22

Austin Knull

6/22

Joanna Hock

6/23

James Pothier

6/23

Brandon Stone

6/24

Luke Strong

6/24

Rita Hoff Klaudt

6/25

Susan Clutton

6/25

David McCormick

6/25

Sara Scott

6/26

Stephanie Means

6/26

Caroline Schmitz

6/28

Elaine Menzies

6/28

Laurel Stone

6/30

Karen Doxey

6/30

Melissa Zahasky

6/30

Andrew Dilley

6/30