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Ministers Pastors: Rev. Kurt Sortland Rev. Carolyn Arness
President: Gary Koon Vice-Pres: Dee Testa Cong. Secretary: Carole Larkins Treasurer: Mark Myers Assist. Volun. Coordinator: Marilyn Bender Choir Director: Jeanette Engelhart Choir Clerk: Willie Bullinger Finance Officer: Jerry Wilson Financial Recorder: Cathy Smith Child Care: “Nannies & Grannies” Youth & Family Ministry: Pastor Carolyn Arness High School Youth Ministry: Liz Kerr Men’s Ministry: Roscoe Sullivan Women’s Ministry: Deborah Helbling Superintendent of Children’s Christian Education: Dianne Sealey Witness: Joe Hernandez Worship: Marilyn Bender Nurture: Michael Cruchelow Support: Bob Coleman Learning: Marcee Shafer Service: Amy Potts Altar Guild: Willie Bullinger Directors of Recreation Ministry: Elizabeth & Tom Bolt Director of Camping Ministry: Mel Barosay Jr. High Confirmation: Pastor Kurt Sortland, Pastor Carolyn Arness Adult Faith Formation: Pastor Sortland, Myrna Wilson, Gregg Denzler Prayer: Linda Aller Family Promise: Sarah & Chuck Carter Amor Mexico Mission: Amy Potts Thrivent Care in Congregations Service Group: Myrna Wilson, Elizabeth Nelson Group Ministry: Marilyn Bender Stephen Ministry: Ann Marie Skrzekut and Pastor Kurt Sortland
THE LAKESLUTHERAN CHURCH8200 West Sahara AvenueLas Vegas, Nevada 89117Phone: 363-2515 …… Fax: 233-3610Pastor Kurt A. Sortland: kurt@thelakeslutheran.org Pastor Carolyn Arness: carolyn@thelakeslutheran.org Vicki Winslow, office manager:Vicki@thelakeslutheran.org Jeanette Engelhart: choir@thelakeslutheran.org Liz Kerr, High School Ministry Youth Leader, liz@thelakeslutheran.org Carol Johnson: Organist Dick Johnson: Custodian Web-site: www.thelakeslutheran.orgNewsletter: www.thelakeslutheran.org/newsletter/march/index.
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(Continued from page 1) Our council is calling us together for a special congregational meeting on Sunday, May 18, at 11:45 AM. Three of the agenda items for the meeting were requested by our congregation at our annual meeting: an update on our financial condition, the ratification of bylaws that were presented at the meeting, and an adjustment to the budget. A fourth item is the beginning step in the long-range use of our property, including the undeveloped acre of land. This step is the sharing of ideas, information, and looking at a possible timeline. Some have dreamed about a pre-school and daycare, or a primary school. Another idea that has intrigued some is a senior independent living community with the capability of some assisted living. The ELCA has people who can help us answer questions about our neighborhood and potential ministries, such as schools. Ecumen is a ministry helping other ELCA churches assess the needs of the community for senior housing and the potential for the development of our property (check this out on the web at http://www.ecumen.org/changing-aging/). Timelines could range from 3-10 years, depending on which direction we head. Let us pray for God’s guidance and imagination. Bishop Steven Talmage writes: Beginning this week members of the ELCA will collectively receive approximately $1 Billion through the government’s “economic stimulus plan”. The Conference of Bishops encourages all of our members to consider this unanticipated windfall of funds to be an opportunity to practice responsible stewardship. The encouragement I offer is for the leaders in this synod to consider encouraging the members of the congregations they serve to really pray about how these funds might be used. I hope there will be consideration of those who have been left out of the rebate distribution (new immigrants, the elderly, and the unemployed). As we all wrestle with higher gas prices, higher food prices, etc., the church historically has made tough times, times of greater generosity. By giving to those in poverty, we are placing dollars in the hands of those best postured to spend money in their communities.
Barb and I will be giving at least a tithe of our rebate to support those living in poverty in this synod…Thanks for being open to this opportunity demonstrating our love for our neighbor. Let’s join our bishop and his wife in dedicating a portion of what we receive to work with the poor, designating a special gift to LSSN or Family Promise. You and our congregation are answers to prayer, and our future together is also in God’s hands. Thankful for God’s guiding and empowering Spirit, Pastor Kurt |
