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The Community Church
P.O. Box 14
Boulder Junction, WI-54512-0014
Phone 715-385-2146
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Community Church News
January 2015
Trust in the Lord
With all your heart…He will
Make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Community Church of Boulder Jct.
10445 Main St
P O Box 14
Boulder Jct WI 54512-0014
Telephone: 715-385-2146
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.commchbj.org
Service: Sundays at 9:30am
Come Worship With Us
Church Staff
Organist
Helen Townsend
Choir Director
Glen Wildenberg
E-mail [email protected]
Treasurer
Bruce Greenhill
E-mail:
[email protected]
Council Chair
Mary Congdon
Telephone:
906-358-4302
Youth Director Matt Loew
Telephone:
715-385-2310
E-mail: [email protected]
CE Coordinator Leah Loew
Telephone:
715-385-2310
E-mail:
[email protected]
Custodian
Jim Kassien
Grounds
Raphael Moraczewski
Office Manager
office Tues
Wed
Thu
Fri
Mary Anderson
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Pastor Tim Hawkinson
office by Appointment
Tues 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Wed 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Fri 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
THEOPHANY
Theophany: A theological term used to refer to either a visible or auditory
manifestation of God. Visible manifestations include an angel appearance in human form
(Judges 13); a flame in the burning bush (Exodus 3: 2-6); or fire, smoke, and thunder on
Mount Sinai (Exodus 19:18-20). Auditory manifestations include the voice of God in the
garden (Genesis 3:8), the still small voice to Elijah (1 Kings 19:12ff.), or the voice from
heaven at the baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3: 17). (Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, Walter A. Elwell, Editor.
Baker book house, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 1984)
A new year will soon be upon us and with it a closing of the books on Christmas,
2014 (at least is seems to go that way). Kitchens don’t have that cookie smell and
Christmas stuff has been boxed up and stored away for another year. It seems so long ago
that we heard, “Behold I bring you good tidings of great joy that will be for all people. For
unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior who is Christ the Lord”. Those words
constitute a theophany and except for Epiphany, January seems to be strangely absent of
“God Speak”. Why is that?
Are we too quick to resume our routines? Do we wash off Christmas Eve and
Christmas day with a shower? I will grant you that schedules and responsibilities make it
difficult to hold on to the candle light of silent night, holy night. But manifestations of God
should not be relegated to the reading of particular biblical texts when they come up in the
church calendar year. After Christmas we are not listening to the voice of God as we should,
nor are we looking for a divine intrusion; we are looking and thinking much too horizontally.
That’s what happens when our needs take center stage.
The Bible tells us that the voice of God was “rarely heard” when the people chose a
myopic path apart from God. Though I am neither a social scientist nor cultural historian, I
see us moving into that same kind of dangerous place. I pray that in this New Year we first
look up and then look around. When I look at thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the
moon and the stars which thou hast established; what is man that thou art mindful of him,
and the son of man that thou does care for him? (Psalm 8) If we can begin our day with
those words, we may be able to greet a theophany which will guide and help us along the
New Year. Something to think about and perhaps strive for.
Shalom
Pastor Tim
January 2014
3rd
Bill & Sue Fehlandt
Emily Sanderson
4th
Dylan Greenhill
5th
Sarah Poisson
January 4th
Mary Congdon
Nancy Von der Osten
Sue and Pat Patterson
January 11th
Youth
January 18th
Joanne and Harold Eick
Jim and Anita Hornbrook
January 25th
Marilyn and Arnie Bolin
Lorine Walters
Linda Sterba
January 4th
Karla Westphal
January 11th
Youth
January 18th
Bruce Meriwether
January 25th
Ellie Orbison
12th Matt Loew
15th Betty Berryman
17th Charles & Jean Knox
Gina Pounds
Dorothy Boudreau
21st
Nana Jo Winter
Donna Ruffner
22nd Harold & Joanne Eick
Lorrain Diener
23
rd
24
th
Tonya Sterner
Irene Lemke
From the
Church Office . . .
GREETINGS
Although this is the January newsletter, since you will
be receiving it before Christmas, I want to take this
opportunity to wish each of you a very Merry Christmas
and a peaceful, healthy, happy New Year.
Please make the following changes to your address list.
Charlie Allen
9798 Fishtrap Road
Boulder Junction
Kassien, Jim & Nancy
5478 Community Street
Boulder Junction
The bulletin board near the office has been cleared for
you to post your Christmas greetings to our church
family.
Kassien, Tom
9930 Fishtrap Lake Rd.
Boulder Junction
CHRISTMAS EVE
Christmas Eve services will be held at 5:30 and 8:00
p.m.
Kluxdal, Janet
9930 Fishtrap Lake Rd.
Boulder Junction
HOLY COMMUNION
The Sacrament of Holy Communion will be observed at
the worship service on January 4th.
Liebherr, Ken & Barb Sawicki
9748 Island Estates
Apt. 302
Minocqua, WI 54548
715-358-0585
COUNCIL MEETING
Church Council meets Tuesday, January 13th at
7:00 p.m. If you are a member of the Council, please
plan to attend. Your input is important to the life of our
church. Watch the bulletin for announcements of
Department meetings.
CALENDAR
The calendar in the hallway is awaiting your dates for
Department meetings or other items to be posted in the
church bulletin.
FLOWERS
The flower chart is also cleared for your 2015 entries
and please remember the coffee hour and Y.E.S. sign up
sheets in Fellowship Hall.
Debra Ann Schoenike
P. O. Box 455
Boulder Junction
Townsend, Helen
14495 Manitowish River Access Road
Manitowish Waters, WI 54545
Wildenberg, Glen & Cindy
7510 E. Birch Lake Rd.
Winchester, WI 54557
GOODWILL SCHOLARSHIPS
Applications for Goodwill scholarships are due in the
office by January 4, 2015.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We are looking for volunteers to work in the nursery
during church services.
Volunteers must be 17 years or older. A background
check may be required. A sign-up sheet is posted on the
nursery door.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Income
Expense
November
$ 26,472.81 $ 14,314.43
Fiscal Year to Date $107,336.25 $ 87,085.39
VISIONS
This is a reminder, last July, Visions, gave each department chair some paperwork indicating the projects our
Task Force determined needed to be done to maintain and improve our church. At last check, no group has
turned anything in. If you have not started, please do. If you have worked on this, please report what you
have done or what you plan to do.
RECIPE
At the Women's Supper on December 4, several asked for the
recipe for the hot punch that was served.
Here it is! Marilyn Bolin
Hot Spiced Percolator Punch
Combine in a 30-cup automatic coffeemaker (percolator):
9 cups unsweetened pineapple juice
9 cups cranberry juice cocktail
4 1/4 cups water
1 cup brown sugar
Place in basket:
4 1/2 tsp. whole cloves
1/4 tsp. salt
4 cinnamon sticks broken in pieces
Assemble, plug in and perk! Serve piping hot.
PROPERTIES
UPDATED WISH LIST
Gutters for church front entrance area**
Gutter guards for Annex**
New light/Outside post by parking lot $100
New hallway lighting
$1,500 (est.)
Floor Scrubber
$130
Nursery
New doll stroller
thank you to the family who donated 4 new baby dolls to the nursery
** We are in the process of getting a quote
December was busy with Christmas Program practice and the performance.
Rebekah Loew was our director and she adapted a play called “To You is Born” to fit
our youth program. The confirmation students also had acting parts, as did Rebekah.
On the 14th the program was successfully shared with the congregation. Thanks to
everyone for diligently memorizing their lines and participating in the play. You did a
great job! Special thanks to Cindy Hawkinson for directing the music and to Jay
Pounds for being our last minute narrator.
On the 17th, Y.E.S. will have had their Christmas party with our special guests- the
Y.E.S. buddies. Our next “Buddy Night” will be on January 14th. We will be
creating gingerbread houses that represent each month of the year. These houses will
be on display during that night’s “Birthday Potluck”. A special lesson during Y.E.S.
will have the theme of birthdays, as well.
If you are planning on attending January’s “Birthday Potluck”, there will be a signup sheet in Fellowship Hall starting Jan. 4th. The sign-up sheet is to let us know which
birthday months will be represented by our participants, and will help us in planning
some special potluck activities. Curious? Be sure to join us at 5:30 pm on
Wednesday, January 14th.
When Y.E.S. resumes on January 7th, we will be continuing our Bible lessons on the
life of Moses as he leads the Israelites through the Wilderness. In addition, we will
need new treat providers for the New Year. There is a sign-up sheet, if you are
interested. The treats can be dropped off any time before your chosen Wednesday;
you do not need to serve the treats.
“Come! Let
us adore
Him!”
Mason Thomas & Alexis Jochman as Narrators
Patrick Rems, Suzy Edmonds, Marshall
Thomas & Rebekah Loew as the Angels
Joe Beda as “Joe- Joseph.”
Hannah Loew as Mary
Lauren Gardner & Harrison Wheeler
as the Innkeepers
To You is Born
2014 Y.E.S.
Christmas
Program
Gary Buchert, Jacob Loew &
Dillon Duwe as the Magi
Cassidy Wheeler, Sarah Poisson, Karson
Thomas & William Edmonds as Shepherds
After the transformations
Adoring the Christ Child together, at last

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