Author: Diane Alsvig

July 2020
Volume 152 Number 7

Harbinger

Page 2
Normalcy Update
Page 3
Catechism Review
Page 4
Worship Help
Page 5
Friends of Jesus
Page 6
Campus Ministry
Page 7
Book Review

Zion Lutheran Church
2122 Bronson Blvd.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Telephone: 269-382-2360
Email: zion@zionkazoo.org
www.zionkazoo.org

Why does this world not reflect the harmony and love God intended? This year will be remembered for a global pandemic and the anger and anguish of racial tension. There is no way to escape the confusion or pain of either. Both will be with us for much time to come. We wish things would be different or just go away, but viruses don’t operate as we would wish. And imperfect and impatient reactions can often make problems worse. Satan smiles when there is earthly pain, and this has been a great year for Satan. But maybe the guidance we receive regarding the mitigation of the spread of Coronavirus, can be a lesson with the virus we call either “mistrust, anger, hatred, or suspicion of anyone not like me.” People want instant solutions to every problem or make excuses as if that can end a viral infection. But earthly solutions have limits, and each of us is infected by what we call sin. Left to ourselves, we can only respond to brokenness with our own brokenness. Whether we ignore what we shouldn’t ignore, or take into our own hands actions that inflict similar suffering in response, that virus is still in our midst. It emerged when Adam and Eve believed they didn’t need God, and infects every corner of the world today. We look at the shambles of broken families, racial tension, murders, abused children, and witness first hand its power. We cannot cure this virus called “sin, so God embraced a plan to cure what we cannot. It involved living the same life we do, enduring even hatred, anger, and death. In a tomb, He destroyed what we cannot and invites us to live with his love in our hearts; and his vision in our living to mitigate the effects of sin in the lives around us all. He is the only cure, and the best we can do is live with the freedom of forgiveness and the call to learn to offer servant love for all as Christ first did for each of us. That is our call, our vision, and the only way that we can make any difference in the lives around us. Christ is the only cure, and we must seek to love rather than find reasons to let the virus of sin infect any more. It might not be easy, but neither was Calvary.
Blessings! Pastor Seeber

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UPDATE ON RESUMING “NORMALCY”
The Board of Directors and staff have had a unique opportunity to make decisions where there are no clear cut guidelines for what is right or wrong. Various members of our medical community have been asked to offer their advice as well. We have prayed about what we have done, and our priorities have been for the integrity of our ministry and the health and safety of all of our members.
Just as is the case in the world around us, some have urged extreme caution while others have pushed hard to quicken the pace. This is a very fluid, complex, and complicated situation for sure.
Our approach has tried to find consensus and a middle ground that respected all the viewpoints and facts available. And, we have grown to understand that the “new normal” will be different than the old. We see that as an opportunity to learn and grow! A review of our “staged” return to life inside the building, as approved by Directors, follows.
On June 14, we began “parking lot worship,” using the WKZO radio broadcast as our beginning and finishing with hymns and prayers. Beginning on July 5 at 10am, worship will continue in the parking lot, but will be live. We will have the ability to broadcast it to car FM radios, if there is rain, otherwise roll down the windows or pull out your lawn chairs. We will continue to abide by “distancing” and lack of physical contact. If you visit friends, please use your mask! This might be more than we would like, but for now, that is how we respect the space of safety of everyone here. We will start adding communion at the end of worship, and it will be shared under the overhang by the side of the building as you leave.
Once it appears feasible, we will resume our Saturday service, and the second Sunday service as soon as possible. Later this summer, as we are able to move inside for worship, all will need to be masked, maintain distancing and use hand sanitizers as they enter. We will need many volunteers to assist as ushers, greeters, altar guild, and simply to help guide everyone through our necessary regulations. Call if you want to help! Ushers and greeters will have masks and gloves to ease any concerns.
The progression of the disease and the need for coordination of many worship assistants will need to be in place by then. We will likely then move to a Saturday evening and single Sunday morning service, unless there are more people coming, which will move us to resuming both Sunday services. A mailing to all will share any changes. As it is difficult to anticipate more than a couple weeks out at a time, even some of the details in this article might be changed by the time it is read.
Emails are our easiest way of immediate communication, so make sure we have your updated email address! If you have not received weekly updates, send an email to zion@zionkazoo.org and let us know! and cellphone numbers from all our members!
And please know that our new “normal” will be different. For instance, livestreaming of Sunday worship will continue, so anyone is not able to be here will still be able to participate in worship. Devotions will continue to be available on Facebook and the internet will host many meetings in the future.
Touching and hugging have long been a staple of life in a loving and active community, and some of those “givens” might take a while for some to get used to again. In such cases, we will make sure that we find other ways to express our love for each other and the joy we find in being close to people God has called us to be with. We must all pray for each other and for all who have been affected so painfully by the effects and side-effects of this pandemic.

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Catechism Review: The Lord’s Prayer (part 6)
“Lead us not into temptation”
A misunderstanding of “lead us not into temptation” is an assumption that temptation comes from God. That would mean unless we ask God to stop, he will keep tempting. It insinuates God is devious, or that our strength can stop God from luring us into temptation. But nothing can be farther from the truth. It really misses the point. A young mother dying from cancer told me she was tired of hearing, “God won’t give you more than you can handle.” She said, “That makes me feel I am being punished for having faith! That If I had no faith, I wouldn’t have cancer.” Do you see how misunderstandings and lack of faith can hurt others? She was tempted, not by God, but by those who had misrepresented God! We all deserve better!
“Temptation” is turning our backs on God and saying, “I know better than God!” It isn’t God’s doing, but ours alone. It is the brokenness we call sin rearing its ugly head and trying to appear beautiful and harmless. Temptation separates us from God’s love. God doesn’t tempt. Satan does. Taking a bite of “forbidden fruit” is something we do all on our own! Temptation is the desire for something that will harm me, my relationship with God, or with others. In this prayer we ask God to deflect temptation; to cover and protect us from its power. “Temptation” is the hiss of the serpent, the lure of worldly things, and the weakness we call “sin.” In these words we confess our addiction to this world, and ask God to lift us from selfishness by his forgiving and empowering servant love.
Did you know that most “shooting stars” are not stars but grains of dust or tiny pebbles? How can something so little burn so bright? We know it is all about speed and friction caused by the atmosphere, but is that any different than the destructive nature of a little lie, or something shoplifted, or disobeying our Mom or Dad? The Space Shuttle was covered with heat tiles to deflect the power of earth’s energy during re-entry. Without that protection, “friction” caused by such speed would destroy any life or object that enters the boundaries of earth’s atmosphere. This is what Jesus is teaching us to understand and ask for in this prayer. In this prayer we are asking God to keep us in the orbit of his love, and to become a shield and protection from the destructive results of our sinful choices.
Temptation is the friction of sin. Faith trusts God to be strong where we are weak, and knows He will lead us away from what would harm our faith, our lives, or our love. And just as heat tiles on the shuttle deflected what could destroy the lives inside, so Jesus deflects the power of sin, death, and the devil through the loving gift of his sacrificial death and resurrection. He literally “takes the heat” for our failures, buries them in the tomb, and returns us to life with burdens left behind. His descent into the darkness of death was no different than the blackout that occurred when the space shuttle entered the time of greatest heat and friction as it returned home. In this prayer we surround ourselves with the God who deflects every weapon Satan has in his arsenal.
We are reminded prayer is no different than any other exercise; the more often we do it the easier it becomes. When we think we can live without God’s help we face rude surprises. This is no different than an alcoholic who stays sober for three years and takes one drink just to prove alcohol no longer has any power over her … and then a real problem returns. Why take the drink when you know what your weakness is? Why fail to pray, when you know God’s promise to help? Prayer does indeed change all things. And we say, “Dear God, we know that you and you alone can lead us safely through any and all things that could be destructive to us. And we trust you will lead us safely away from what could harm me or someone I love. Thank you God! “ Pastor Seeber

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Worship Help for Parents and Children
(It is OK for everyone else to read too!)
“The Sharing of Peace / Offering”
In Old Testament worship, sacrifices were brought to the temple as a sign of people’s love for God and willingness to surrender part of themselves to be “one” with God. In the New Testament (as Christians gathered for worship) they brought gifts to share. Some brought bread and wine for communion, others shared to take care of the needy in their midst, or to help other struggling congregations. In our liturgy it is in the “Sharing of Peace” that we remember this practice and participate in our way today.
In Matthew 5:23-24, Jesus said, “So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.”
In other words, if anything stands between you and a neighbor, something stands between you and God! If we can’t “give” to each other, how can we expect our “gifts” to God to have any real meaning? If we truly love God, we will truly love our neighbor.
Before bringing gifts to the altar and receiving the gift of Holy Communion, we “exchange the peace of Christ” with each other. This is not just to say “hi,” but to proclaim “Christ has welcomed and forgiven me with his love! My response is to reach out with that same love; to be one with you and the God has made himself one with me!” So, IF there is anyone in your family (whether it is your ‘blood’ family or your ‘faith’ family) that you have a problem with, this offers an opportunity to “make peace.” Then, as we gather around the altar , we truly are ONE in Christ. We begin with confession and the absolution: “your sins are forgiven.” In the sharing of peace, we are given the opportunity to put into practice the grace that changes us.
This is what “reaching out with Jesus’ love” looks and feels like. Then, we are truly ready to share gifts with God and receive His gift at the altar. (This is serious business, not “pretend” or for show. If you are not willing to forgive and be forgiven, what meaning does God’s gift of grace have for you?) Christ has died to make peace! We must live in peace!
(During this pandemic, this gift has been suspended, so we have an opportunity to find other ways to affirm to each other the loving reconciliation that ties us as one!)
For Parents with Younger Children
You know how important it is to hug your kids. They need more than just words. And after moments of chastisement or critique they need even more to know you love them still! When I tell my kids I am sorry, I had better physically tell them the same thing. Words without action have a hollow ring. This is what we are doing in worship as we “share the peace of the Lord.” We are saying to each other, “Jesus loves me, and I want you to be touched by that same love!”
We know how tempers can flare, and voices can be raised in discipline (and then wished we had first counted to ten and maybe not been so intense.) We also know how warm and humbling it is when our “little ones” come back to us anyway (whether it is the next day or even years later) and say, “I love you Dad! I love you Mom!” (We can learn much from them!) How freeing that is! This moment in worship is no less powerful. Just as we embrace words of forgiveness and love at home, we must learn to do that in worship and our daily living. Liturgy is often something we don’t think about, but it is in the repetition of “reaching out” that this becomes a more natural action of faith. (Not unlike learning to brush teeth or pick up clothes.) When we do it often and regularly, we do it as naturally as breathing. And what a “holy breath” this is!
May Christ’s Peace be with you! Pastor Tim

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FRIENDS OF JESUS PRESCHOOL
UPDATE
Some of you have asked what Friends of Jesus Preschool teachers and students have been doing during this “stay at home” time since March 16th, and as Chairperson of the FOJ Ministry Team, I wanted to give you an update. The staff has stayed very busy and have kept the students and their parents occupied as well.
From the first day of this COVID-19 pandemic, teachers began putting together learning packets to take to students at their homes. These packets included materials students could complete at home with a parent’s supervision. Some activities asked students to color, draw, paint, or write. Other activities included cutting with scissors, using home-made playdough, and creating items such as a bird feeder, an octopus, and a boat. Students even got to create science experiments with household items. For Mother’s Day, students worked with their fathers to create a surprise Mother’s Day gift for their moms, and students and their moms created a Father’s Day gift to give to dads in June. Teachers have come up with fun things for students to do while addressing educational standards and benchmarks the students needed to complete at each level. Now, teachers will send out end of the year assessments for each student to finalize the school year.
In May the FOJ students completed an outreach project from home with help from Lynne Gerfen, Pastor Brelje, and the FOJ staff. They created special cards and sent them to Zion’s shut-in members. Students enjoy reaching out with Jesus’ love to others.
Staff members have also gone individually to FOJ to work on preparing these “learning at home” items. They have cleaned many of the toys in the preschool, have organized materials and sorted used items, and they even painted one of the walls a bright new color. Every day a different staff member has posted an activity on FOJ’s private Facebook page for students to complete then asked parents to post pictures of students with their finished product on Facebook afterward. On Tuesdays, I have posted a Music Tuesday video for students to sing along with, and on Wednesdays, Pastor Aaron has posted a chapel video. Mrs. V has led the staff tirelessly throughout this time and has kept up with day to day correspondence as well as the State Licensing standards and details. Every day has been filled with activities for staff and learning for families and students.
For the Moving Up and Moving On ceremony this year, teachers took mortar boards and signs to each student’s home, along with presents and cards, and asked parents to take pictures of students wearing their mortar boards standing next to the sign then post this on Facebook. Families got to celebrate at home with these special items as well.
During the summer, the staff plans to have a “Summer Camp in a Bucket” where staff deliver activities for parents to use with students at home and to post online challenges or resources. The FOJ Ministry Team will work with Mrs. V. and the staff on plans for the coming school year throughout the weeks ahead. Many state and federal licensing standards and protocols will need to be addressed.
When you think of Friends of Jesus staff, remember they have kept Jesus’ love and learning going during this unprecedented time in education. They have risen up and met the challenge with love and grace. Please remember each of them in your prayers: Melissa VanderMeeden (Director/Lead Teacher), Emily Agnello, Angela Bowers, Stephanie Cullimore, and Emily Sierengowski.
Thank you for your support of FOJ!
Linda Stieve, Chairperson,
Friends of Jesus Ministry Team

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CAMPUS MINISTRY REPORT:
What is it that God requires of you but to “do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.” (Micah 6:8). Carry one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6)
Those two passages are very powerful and important words for us as people of God in the midst of all that is taking place in our community and country.
During the summer, the students and I are doing a Bible study on Tuesday evenings on Zoom. Last week, the focus of our study were those passages from Micah and Galatians. One of the things that I truly enjoy about campus ministry is cross cultural ministry. Over the years, we have been blessed with a diversity of cultures---black, white and international students. That has given us an opportunity to learn from one another and gain a better understanding of each other and our cultural differences, knowing that God has created all of us in His image and that we are all one in Jesus, and that on the last day, when the Lord returns, there will be peoples from every language, race and tribe gathered before Jesus and we will spend eternity together with Him and one another.
But, while we are here on earth, as we know all too well, we live in a deeply broken and fallen world. We are experiencing that right now with the COVID epidemic and the unrest around the country regarding police brutality and racial injustice.
As people of God, we are called to “do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.” We are also called to carry one another’s burdens, whatever those might be.
During last week’s Bible study, several of our African American students had an opportunity to speak openly and honestly about the hurt and anger they were feeling and have felt for a long time after seeing the police officer in press his knee into the neck of George Floyd causing his death.
Their anger is not toward every white police officer. Rather, their anger and hurt is a repeated pattern of seeing some white officers abuse their power and kill unarmed black men. Their anger and hurt is the racism they experience and the stereotypes that they feel and experience on a regular basis.
One students recently completed her Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW). She offers a unique perspective as one of her parents is black and the other is white. She said creating a space for “courageous conversations” where blacks, whites and everyone can have open and honest conversations about race, racism, police brutality, and the injustices all around us would help us all move forward. A better understanding of one another issues needs to take place, One of the goals of our Bible study last week was to create a place for courageous conversations. Those conversations can and will be difficult. They are the type of conversations that allow us to develop a deeper and more authentic understanding of one another, and for us to “carry the burdens and hurts” of our African-American brothers and sisters in Christ.
There is so much still unknown regarding the upcoming academic year. Will students be on campus? If so, what will ministry look like when we are practicing social distance?
I anticipate if students do return there will be a strong interest behind the movement of peaceful protests and hopefully an opportunity to have a place where we can seek and practice ways to do justice, and to show a ton of mercy and kindness to one another, and to walk humbly with God in the process.
I was a little kid when my dad was the campus pastor at Memphis State University in Memphis Tennessee from 1968-72. I remember feeling the passion and energy of the college students when dad would have them over to our house. They were involved in the peaceful protests of their time. There’s a somewhat similar feeling to the peaceful protests taking place today and in the hearts and minds of those who are seeking positive, meaningful change in our world. If that energy and passion continues into the Fall semester when students return, I believe it can be an opportunity to do ministry with students and meet them where they are at.
This past Tuesday, our Bible study was on 2 Corinthians 5, which says: “For the love of Christ compels us, because we are convinced that one has died for all. Jesus died for all of us, so that those of us who live should no longer live for ourselves, but for Him, who died for us and was raised again. Anyone who is in Christ is a new creation! The old has gone and the new has come. And all of this is from God, who reconciled all of us to Himself through Jesus, not counting our sins against us.
Jesus is the One who united us to God and to one another. He reconciled all of us, black, white, brown, and every tribe and race to God. He has made all of us a new creation. He is our Good Samaritan. He is the One that carried our burdens and continues to carry them.
Entering a “new normal”, we enter it as new creations in Jesus. We enter it reconciled to God and to one another. Every day, God’s mercy and kindness is new to us. May His love compel us to love one another, to do justice where injustice is found, to show mercy and kindness in large doses to one another, to carry each other’s burdens, and to do it while walking humbly with God every day.
Pastor Mark

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Book Review. “Souls Raised from the Dead.” Doris Betts. Alfred Knopf. 1994.
A journal called “IMAGE” explores how artistic imagination in literature and art assist in our spiritual struggle. Reading this has led me to discover authors who contribute and their comments lead me to other writers. One name often referenced is Doris Betts, and this is the first of her books I have read. She is a southern writer, who is insightful, humorous, and has a pulse on real life.
This is well written fiction. It is a love story (with many tentacles) set in the midst of the trials and tribulations that real people endure. There is an underlying current of cynicism and fatalism, just like we see so often in newsprint, internet and Facebook posts.
The plot surrounds Frank Thompson, a state trooper and divorced father, raising Mary, a precocious ten year old. The self-absorbed mother, left the marriage and her daughter years earlier. Mary suffers from a rare kidney dysfunction that gets progressively worse. They know, but try not to speak about it, that one day she will need a transplant, and her options will be quite limited. Both sets of grandparents are around. They are helpful, or not, depending on the day of the week and the mood of moment. Real life stuff!
This plot deals with the reality of a broken family, emptiness, loss and the shadow of death that looms daily. At one point in the narrative, the grandparents are waiting for the outcome of Mary’s surgery that may or may not be successful. The grandpa has answers for everything but when it comes a time to pray he wants nothing to do with it, especially when he is pushed into the hospital chapel by his wife. She orders him to shut up and pray the 23rd Psalm and then the Lord’s Prayer. Betts describes his reaction:
“The Twenty-third Psalm? It had always made him nervous. It gave in. It acquiesced. Soon as it got down to brass tacks and left the still waters to walk down the Valley of Death, God-as-He was begged to turn right away into God-as-Thou. Serious business. So wouldn’t a need that extreme bring Thou, Him, It, Whoever, into the valley right away to fix things up? Not a bit. That psalm acquiesced to dying! For the rest of the verses no mention was made about escaping Death thanks to Him (thanks to Thou). The most that could be escaped was the fear of Death. Just the Fear. Second best. You got goodness and mercy the rest of your life but no insurance beyond, except someone to walk the last mile with you. Even convicts got that.” [95]
There is a subtle undercurrent of the lack of faith (or the attempt to discover it) throughout the book. As the story reaches its climax and all the characters are brought together in a moment of crisis, that search becomes more “out in the open.” Betts does well in voicing much of what people in such situations fear or hope for, depending on where they are in their faith journey. There is a reference to a poem called the “Hounds of Heaven” which causes one Grandma to respond with the following:
“Some light that had been sweeping through the poem departed and went on. What she did understand of it hinted at an unexpectedly mean Jesus, as if the Good Shepherd were suddenly to materialize into the fold with a rod and staff and begin beating some sense into members of his unwilling flock.” [184]
The character development and dialog is so real it is painful. Hope upon hope is the tension in the story and as the story comes to its climax, it is a real as life itself. There are never easy answers in living, always new challenges and opportunities and the need for forgiveness and grace in our imperfect relationships and lives. Hollywood can’t compete with real life! Blessings! Tim

CONTACT INFORMATION

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Parish Report
Deaths
Lynn Roe 6/7/2020

7/1 Elsie Autry, Andrea Glass,
Marshall Hay, Derek Ketchum,
John Stiegemeyer
7/2 Keith Kenter,
7/5 Thomas Bremer, Sarah Van Alsten
7/6 Judith Erdmann, Rebecca Miller
7/7 Dick Coffinger
7/8 Steve Emig, Sergey Madison,
Sondra Phillips, Jack Sauer
7/9 Larry Brelje, Aidan Brennan,
Mary Sperti
7/10 Terry Adlam
7/11 Brent Butler, Michelle Larason
7/12 Eloise Powell
7/13 Don Griesbach, Corey Hendricks, Sydney Ketchum
7/14 Lucy Maxson
7/15 David Dorman, Indy Linebaugh, Jeannine Longjohn,
Craig Van Alsten
7/20 Katie Freudenburg, Gabriel Hampshire
7/21 Mary Besser
7/22 Shirley Rohrer, Lindsay Scheffers,
Adrianna Schoonbeck, Greg Schurig
7/23 Jacob Gumbleton, Glen Kellam, Sean Skuratowicz
7/25 Erin Emig, Oliver Emig, Kelly Thiede,
Nathan Woodford
7/26 Sarah Jenkins, Joseph Stoner
7/27 Amanda Militzer
7/28 Lydia Decker, Mark Sperti
7/29 Troy Cosgrove, Cheryl Roggow, Mark Schwerin
7/30 Luke Johnston, Arlene Masek,
Dennis O’Brien
7/31 Michelle Devine, Joshua Woodford

Belated Staff Anniversaries (June)
Pastor Tim Seeber 6/01/1987
Pastor Larry Brelje 6/01/1994
Michelle Devine 6/19/2006
Rebecca Craft 6/07/2012
Grayson Nye 6/01/2015
Denise O’Brien 6/01/2015

KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES
The wish list item for July is Canned Fruit-no sugar added. Please put your donations in the gray tubs under the church office window when we re-open, Thank you!

HAND SANITIZER TIPS
Should contain at least 60% alcohol; more is better
Rub hands until completely dry include in between fingers
3. Can harm jewelry; it can slowly break down the brilliance of some softer or more sensitive precious gems and metals, making them dull. It can also react to the copper elements in rose gold, causing the ring to tarnish over time. Yellow gold doesn't react as badly, and platinum doesn't react at all.

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Shopping Dollars for Zion!
Although it’s only July, many of you are already watching for back-to-school bargains. Be aware of merchants that will donate a portion of the purchase price to your charity of choice—Zion!
Online purchases made at smile.amazon.com can be directed to Zion. Sign on to smile.amazon using the same ID as your regular Amazon account and select Zion Lutheran Church as your charity of choice (specify Kalamazoo, MI).
Other retailers, such as Harding's, also allow you to direct purchase dollars to Zion. Find more details about Amazon and Harding’s on the bulletin board outside the church office and be sure to watch your retailers to see who might be participating in these bonus dollar programs!

Prayer Shawl Ministry meets every 3rd Saturday from 2:00—4:00 at Biggby on Stadium Drive.
All are welcome to stop by and share your talents or simply see the beautiful shawls that are being created. The group is always eager to share the work that they do!

JULY 2018
SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
1 / 8 and 10:00 Communion / Service	2	3 / 6:30 FOJ Meeting	4 / Church Office Closed	5	6	7 / 5:30 / Communion Service
8 / 8 and 10:00 Communion Service	9 / 1:30 HS Study Yopa / 6:00 Personnel / 6:30 Endowment	10 / 5:30 Finance	11 / 8:30 / LWR Sewing / 6-7:30 5th Grade Cookout / 6:00 Property / 6:30 Kindle Cluster	12	13	14 / 5:30 Communion Service
15 / 8 and 10:00 Communion / Service	16 / 9-12:00 / FOJ Camp / (Wonderful Water Week) / → →	17 / → →	18 / 8:30 / LWR Sewing / → → / 6:00 Music Ministry / 6:30 Kindle Cluster	19 / → →	20 / → →	21 / 2-4:00 / Prayer Shawl @ Biggby’s / 5:30 Communion Service
22 / 8 and 10:00 Communion / Service	23 / 9:00 – 12:00 / FOJ Camp (Safari) / → → / 5:30 Campus Ministry / 6:30 / Board of Directors / 7:00 ZWBG	24 / → →	25 / 8:30 / LWR Sewing / → → / 12:00 HS Study / Blaze Pizza / 6:30 Kindle Custer	26 / → →	27 / → →	28 / 3:00 Huberty Wedding / 5:30 / Communion Service
29 / Spiritual Healing / 8 and 10:00 / Communion Service	30	31