SIERRA LUTHERAN CHURCH MAY 2012 NEWSLETTER

She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all. Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

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KITCHEN CORNER
I DO HOPE ALL YOU GRANDMOTHERS, MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS AND EVEN SONS WILL READ THE FOLLOWING I have been thinking of a word that would not come to me, however; in Pastor Carls sermon he said the word NOSTALGIA that was the word. In a magazine this article said UNPLUG YOUR DISHWASHERS. Family conversations start over a meal flows naturally into the cleanup process. I learned important facts of life while washing and drying dishes that I might not have learned otherwise. Somehow, sensitive topics tend to be easier to discuss when youre elbow deep in soapsuds. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Reading this brought so much back to me that I wanted to share with you. I represent those ladies that are now in their seventies and eighties. We were so lucky to have our mothers who had gone through so many rough times; wars that took so much from them, depression and so many hard times. I was so lucky to have a MOTHER and MOTHER-IN-LAW that we spent many a MOTHERS DAY with. My mom lived in a two bedroom, one bath, living room, kitchen, covered patio and large yard. On that special day her whole family would come to her home in Dos Palos. My mother-in-law would also come. There would be over thirty people at times crowded in the living room watching a game while playing cards. Kids out side playing volleyball, croquet, more cards outside. A line up would always be at the bathroom while they harassed the poor guy they were waiting for. After a dinner that we used as much paper as possible; the ladies would all be in the kitchen washing mounds of pots and pans, some stacking, some washing, drying, putting away and so forth. Here is where we, meaning the younger than our moms, learned so much from these women. They laughed so much about some of the things they did to feed and keep the family going. My mom was born in 1906, my mother-in-law born in 1909. They said what they went through was not funny at all at the time. We all just sat there listening to them reminisce. We learned so much about all things, recipes, how to do this or that. I AM SO GLAD I HAD THIS TIME WITH MY FAMILY WHILE DOING DISHES. When I was still home in my teens, of course it took my mom a while before I stopped pouting because I had to help her. She always got me talking. She would start by saying something about her day at work. Gosh! My mom had a life that wasnt about me? I then would tell her about my problem for the day and the conversation would go on from there. I hope all you moms out there have a place where you can talk to your children or moms like I experienced. NOSTALGIASomething past and never to be repeated. HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO YOU ALL

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Hope & Joy

Join the ladies of Hope and Joy for a potluck luncheon, brief meeting and bible study at noon Saturday May 12 at the home of Becki Jordan. PLEASE call Becki and let her know if you will attend.298-5184. Bible study will be Naomi. Ruth 3 and 4. Thanks to all who donated and/or bought goodies from our April 1 bake sale. We earned $486.50 for VBS in July. May outreach is a paper shower for Sierra Lutheran Church. All contributions of paper towels, napkins, toilet paper, paper plates, cups, paper for copying machine will be greatly appreciated. You can leave your donation in the church kitchen.

A T.I.P. (Trauma Intervention Program) Fund has been set up for the Sackett family at Central Valley Community Bank. Donations can be made by mail or at the bank at 29430 Auberry Rd., Prather, CA 93651. Please note on the memo Acct. #3220692, Sackett Fund. Funds are made available to the family with no restrictions on use (can be used for day-to-day needs; Bill & Sharons bills; medical bills, etc.). This account will only be open for 30 days, so if you want to donate, please do so quickly. Thank you for your support!

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Congratulations to Taylor Hoag!! Taylor has graduated from Boot Camp at Fort Benning, Georgia, and is now in San Antonio, Texas, for his job training as a medic. Thank you Taylor for your service !!!!!!

Prayer Chain Request

Nordine Sanders will be the Prayer Chain contact from May 7th to May 20th while Sallie Karp is recuperating from her knee surgery. Sallie will resume her role on May 20th. Nordine Sanders: Home Phone - 855-4435 Email - nordines@netptc.net Prayers for healing will be with Sallie During this time!

SIERRA LUTHERAN CHURCH WORK DAY May 5th, 9am to noon Bring your yard work tools; weed whackers, etc. Tri Tip Sandwiches will be provided by the Markus Family! If you have any question please contact David Bookwalter 855-6262.

FOOD BANK NEWS

There are a few items to update. As most of you are aware, the food bank has received two new freezers thanks to the Community Food Bank in Fresno. These freezers came to us through a Walmart grant to provide funding to set up new food pantries and, in our case, support for an existing program. We are very thankful to the Community Food Bank for their support of the food bank at SLC. We are officially up and running with the MarVal cash for receipt program. This community outreach by MarVal is used to channel cash to community groups which serve local needs. If you are interested in using this opportunity to support the food bank, please turn in your store receipts. All money received will go towards food purchases used in our pantry food giveaway. Intermountain Nursery is working with us again this year to give our clients tomato plants to take home for their own use. We purchase plants from the nursery at a reduced cost for this addition to our distribution. As before, we plan on both a spring and fall plant offerings. Ray has also donated last years vegetable seeds for our clients to use in their gardens. Thanks to all for your faithful support and volunteer commitment. Dave McCann

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Please make a note in the Pic-a-par that we may issue the party sign ups the 20th of May since the 13th is mothers day. Pick up your application in the Narthex! Thanks Parties can be as small or as large as you wish. Bob The party can be held any time between March 2012 and January 30, 2013. There can be a set date or an open date. We will promote the parties from now until January 2013. We will have people sign up for available parties in March 2012 and have various parties scheduled throughout the year. The Friendship Team will use some of the money your party earns to cover your expenses if you wish. The hope is that your party will make money than you spend to put it on.
Giving a party is a way for you to help the church with expenses during a difficult time. It is also a way to get to know other church members better. The money will be deposited in SLCS general fund to help offset church expenses. Examples of possible parties: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Wine or Chocolate Tasting 11. Tea Party 12. Nature Hike 13. Ceramic Workshop 14. Cooking Class 15. Horseback Ride And Picnic 16. Sailboat Excursion 17. Card Games and Hors Doeurves Line Dancing Desserts and Coffee Jewelry Making Guitar Workshop Dinner and Grizzlies Game Nature photography Gardening Class Dinner and Guest Speaker Snowshoe or Ski Excursion

PICK-A-PARTY

What do you know how to do that others would like to learn? What do you do that others would like to try? Where do you go that others wish they could see or experience? As the party planner, you can limit the size of your group, decide what your event will cost and pick your time and date. Pick-A-Party signups will be available the 20th of May! Thank You, Friendship Committee

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Childrens Ministry Our school year is going to be over soon and as we start to plan our summertime, VBS is top on my list! Please pray for the planning, preparation, volunteers, and most important the Children attending VBS! This year our VBS will be planting the seed of outreach, Where Kids Shine Gods Light! We are blessed to have the Food Bank here at Sierra Lutheran and we will have the kids give and serve during our Food Bank hours. VBS 1st meeting is scheduled April 30th 4:30 pm2nd meeting date will be selected at 1st meeting and will be announced soon. Please watch your church bulletins for more information. Hope to see you there!!!!!! In Gods Grace, Cathy Jolley

NARTHEX: Doug & Elida Baker have finished painting the Narthex. They request the congregation to select meaningful Scriptures that will be written in gold for the upper border. Please select small Scriptures (or your favorite part) the hope is to have a few Scriptures and space is limited. Place your Scriptures in the Offering plate or the boxes in the back of the Sanctuary. Deadline is May 30th and Scriptures will be drawn by one of the kids of Sierra Lutheran. Blessings, Doug & Elida Baker

Monday night dinners continue to be wonderful, and we appreciate the delicious meals you all help provide. We still have Mondays in May which need sign-ups, so if you feel like you've missed your chance to cook for the kids, there is still time. Last Monday we had about 12 or so for dinner, with a few more who showed up later! We cannot thank you enough for your support of the youth! - -In His service, Tami

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When forwarded, an email using BCC is one way to reduce the amount of spam your recipients might get as the email is forwarded further. by Leo A. Notenboom, Question: Is it true that if I use BCC to email attachments, it will mean less danger of spam? How's that? It's not so much about attachments, as it is any email you receive and then forward. And it's not so much about saving yourself from getting more spam, but saving the people that sent you the email you're about to forward. It's all about keeping their email addresses private and un-harvestable. The scenario works like this: you get a wonderful piece of humor via email - maybe a joke, some goofy pictures, or something else that you want to forward to your friends. (Note: never forward anything that actually asks you to forward it without checking it out first. It's likely an urban legend.) The mail you got looks something like this: From: yourfriend@reallybigbookstore.com To: you@reallybigbookstore.com Cc: anotherfriend@reallybigbookstore.com, anotherfriend2@reallybigbookstore.com, someoneelse@reallybigbookstore.com, acontact@somerandomservice.com, morepeople@somerandomservice.com Subject: This is funny I thought this joke was kinda funny: A pirate walked into a bar and the bartender said, ... (All the email addresses are fake, and just for example purposes.) Your friend has emailed you some humor, and cc'd a number of other people. Think about that for a moment. You can see all the email addresses on the CC line. If you're a spammer, you just got 5 more known-valid email addresses that you can add to your list of email addresses to spam. In fact, any of the people on the CC line could do this as well. But it gets worse. You think this joke is really funny, and worth forwarding on to more of your friends, so you hit "Forward", and create a message that looks like this: From: you@reallybigbookstore.com To: aclosefriend@reallybigbookstore.com, familymember@somerandomservice.com, apal@somerandomservice.com, collegue@reallybigbookstore.com Subject: FW: This is funny Pretty cute... > From: yourfriend@reallybigbookstore.com > To: you@reallybigbookstore.com > Cc: anotherfriend@reallybigbookstore.com, anotherfriend2@reallybigbookstore.com, > someoneelse@reallybigbookstore.com, acontact@somerandomservice.com, > morepeople@somerandomservice.com > Subject: This is funny > > Pretty cute.

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Just look at all the email addresses that are visible to anyone who gets this message. It's a veritable gold mine of known-good email addresses that they can then use for any purpose they wish. Spam, of course, is the most obvious, but there are a raft of privacy issues that result as well. And after the message has been forwarded a few times the list of juicy email addresses at the top often exceeds the length of the actual message at the bottom! (And you'd be surprised at how often the resulting email messages gets forwarded by someone to a mailing list that is archived on the web, where it a) lives pretty much forever, and b) is even more easily harvested by spammers.) There are two things you must do to avoid adding to the problem:

Use BCC for the recipients. This will prevent the email addresses you send the humor to from being visible to the people that get it. (How you do this will vary from mail program to mail program, but almost all have it.) Edit out any email addresses in the body of the message before you send. This will remove all the prior recipients from being visible, and has the added benefit of making the email easier to read.

Of course you should always consider whether the message should be forwarded at all, but I'll assume you've made that decision properly. So this time, when we forward that original, we do those two things: 1. Instead of entering all those addresses on the TO or CC lines, we send the message "to" ourselves, and put all the recipients on the BCC line. (with some programs you can leave the to line blank) 2. After pressing the "Forward" button, but before pressing "Send", click in the body of the message and simply delete all the lines that are nothing more than forwarded email headers. Using the example from above, here's the result: From: you@reallybigbookstore.com To: you@reallybigbookstore.com Bcc: aclosefriend@reallybigbookstore.com, familymember@somerandomservice.com, apal@somerandomservice.com, collegue@reallybigbookstore.com Subject: FW: This is funny Pretty cute...

What the people getting this message see is this: From: you@reallybigbookstore.com To: you@reallybigbookstore.com Subject: FW: This is funny Pretty cute...

Not an email address to be found. Nothing for spammers to harvest.

Submitted by: Jeanie Taylor

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May 2012 Worship Assistants

May 6 Altar Guild Greeters 8:30am 11:00am Ushers 8:30am Shelley/Susan Pam & Joyce R. Mary Ann Dave & Joni & Bob Mary Ann Nordine Lynda May 13 Mothers Day Shelley Alan & Sue T. George Chris & Fern & Edwin T. George Alan Stan May 20 Shelley/Susan Gloria & Fern Stan Dave Mc & Mike & Shelley Stan Jennifer David J. May 27 Day of Pentecost Shelley Steve & Jennifer David J Alan & Sue & Gloria David J Edwin Jeanie

Readers Gods Word Computer

11:00 am 8:30am 11:00 am 8:30am 8:30am 11:00am 8:30am 11:00 am

Sam Shelley John & Lori & Joyce R (& Fern) Fran Yes

Sam Shelley

Sam Shelley Mike & Joyce R & Chris (& Fern) Lynda Yes

Sam Shelley

Communion Assistants

Prayer Stations

8:30am

If you are unable to serve when scheduled please ask one of the other assistants to trade dates or provide a substitution for you, and notify Worship Coordinator Shelley Telles (855-5703) of the change.

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Sun

Mon

Tue

~ May 2012 ~ Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1
6:00am-Mens Bible StudySimpson 12:30pm-Womens Group-Karp & Sanders 7:00pm-Life Group-Bookwalter

2
12:00 noon-Mens Prayer meeting Big Ds 5:30pm-Worship Committee meeting 7:00pm-Life Group-Pape 7-8:00pm-Beginning Guitar-T. George

3 National Day of Prayer

6:30am-Youth Bible Study (Boys)-Youth Rm 6:30pm-Praise Team-Sanctuary 7:00pm-AA Meeting-Rm.2

Joe & Susan Neri-Anniversary Andy Naze-Birthday

6
8:30am-Celebration Service 10:00am-All Church Sunday School 10:00am- Life GroupVelasquez 11:00am-Heritage Service

7
3:15-7:30pm-Free Falling (Middle & Senior High Ministry) 5:15pm-Youth Dinner 7:00pm-AA Meeting Rm.2

10
6:30am-Youth Bible Study (Boys)-Youth Rm 6:30pm-Praise Team-Sanctuary 7:00pm-AA Meeting-Rm.2

11

12
9:00am-Joseph Store House 9:00am-Clothes Closet 12:00 noon-Hope & Joy- Becki Jordan

Gail Boone-Birthday

6:00am-Mens Bible Study12:00 noon-Mens Prayer Simpson Meeting-Big Ds 12:30pm-Womens Group-Karp 7:00pm-Life Group & Sanders 7:00pm-Life Group-Bookwalter Donna Henrikson & Carol LaneBirthday Joe Neri-Birthday

Zachary Mathews-Birthday

13 Mothers Day
8:30am-Celebration Service 10:00am-All Church Sunday School 10:00am- Life GroupVelasquez 11:00am-Heritage Service Bill Johnson-Birthday

14
3:15-7:30pm-Free Falling (Middle & Senior High Ministry) 5:15pm-Youth Dinner 6:00pm-Team Leader Meeting 7:00pm-AA Meeting Rm.2

15

16

17
6:30am-Youth Bible Study (Boys)-Youth Rm 6:30pm-Praise Team-Sanctuary 7:00pm-AA Meeting-Rm.2 7:00pm-Council Meeting Deanie Flanagan-Birthday

18

19
Dave McCann-Birthday Jim & Pat Lollar, Rod & Nordine Sanders-Anniversary

6:00am-Mens Bible Study12:00 noon-Mens Prayer Simpson Meeting-Big Ds 12:30pm-Womens Group-Karp 7:00pm-Life Group & Sanders 7:00pm-Life Group-Bookwalter Jim Lollar-Birthday Tom Dettman-Birthday

Lori Pape-Birthday

20
8:30am-Celebration Service 10:00am-All Church Sunday School 10:00am- Life GroupVelasquez 11:00am-Heritage Service

21
3:15-7:30pm-Free Falling (Middle & Senior High Ministry) 5:15pm-Youth Dinner 7:00pm-AA Meeting Rm.2 Carrie Naze-Birthday

22
6:00am-Mens Bible StudySimpson 12:30pm-Womens Group-Karp & Sanders 7:00pm-Life Group-Bookwalter

23
9:00am-Food Bank 9:00am-Clothes Closet 12:00 noon-Mens Prayer Meeting-Big Ds 7:00pm-Life Group

24
6:30am-Youth Bible Study (Boys)-Youth Rm 6:30pm-Praise Team-Sanctuary 7:00pm-AA Meeting-Rm.2

25

26

Robert Kelley-Birthday

Ben Flanagan-Birthday

27 Day of Pentecost
8:30am-Celebration Service 10:00am-All Church Sunday School 10:00am- Life GroupVelasquez 11:00am-Heritage Service Tevor Williams-Birthday

28
3:15-7:30pm-Free Falling (Middle & Senior High Ministry) 5:15pm-Youth Dinner 7:00pm-AA Meeting Rm.2 Wes Qualls-Birthday

29

30

31
6:30am-Youth Bible Study (Boys)-Youth Rm 6:30pm-Praise Team-Sanctuary 7:00pm-AA Meeting-Rm.2

Notes:

6:00am-Mens Bible Study12:00 noon-Mens Prayer Simpson Meeting-Big Ds 12:30pm-Womens Group-Karp 7:00pm-Life Group & Sanders 7:00pm-Life Group-Bookwalter Lawrence Lewallen-Birthday

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