The“LAKEVIEWER”
LAKEVIEWCOMMUNITYCHURCH
Reformed Church in America
March 2011 Rev. Timothy Bush, Pastor
From thePastor’s Desk...
Greetings:
Ever have thoughts or aspirations of being a minister? “Yes,” “No,” or “Maybe?” The Apostle Peter in his first letter writes to us who are the Church, fellow believers, and the body of Christ:
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:9)
The truth of the matter is, as a Christian, you ARE a minister of JESUS CHRIST! You minister and witness to others every time you come in contact with another person.
Pastors are called to provide spiritual direction and leadership for the congregation. Pastors, therefore, must wear many hats. This has been my belief and experience has proved it to be true. In congregations there may be individuals who are better preachers, speakers, care givers, teachers, youth leaders, Bible students, etc., than the pastor. In the next several months we will be preparing to bring out the individual gifts each of us have as parts of the body Christ. This will be accomplished through Sunday morning messages, seminars, and training events.
I am looking forward to witnessing the Holy Spirit working in and through the people called the LakeviewCommunityChurch. Fasten your seat belts—for we are on an exciting journey!
Pastor Tim
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2011 COMMUNION SCHEDULE
March 9 – Ash Wednesday – Communion
April 21 – Maundy Thursday – Communion
June 12 – Pentecost – Communion
July 17 – Communion
August 28 – Communion
October 2 – World Communion Sunday
November 27 – First Sunday in Advent – Communion
December 24 – Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion
The Pastor and Elders will be available to serve
communion to persons unable to receive it atchurch.
Call the Pastor or an Elder if you wish communionto be served at your residence.
MEN'S PRAYER TEAM
Next Meeting: March 5, 9:00 AM, Pastor’s Study
WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY
Meetings on March 2 & March 23
7:00 PM, Founders’ Room of Church
MONTHLY MISSION
A special collection will be received on March 13for Cameron Community Ministriesat the 10:00 AM worship service. Checks for the monthly mission should be made out to “Lakeview Community Church.” If you have any questions, contact Linda Viney at 392-1996.
MISSION SHARE
CommunityOutreachCenter
Where Love Touches People
Tom Hakes, Director.
Mary Hart, LakeviewMission Share Representative
Donations such as diapers and toiletry items are needed.
Basket for donations is located by Pastor’s Study.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Debbie Gill, Sunday School Superintendent.
Sunday School classes are held at 9:50on Sunday mornings. There are classes for adults, young adults, and young children. Please join us!
CHOIR
Choir Director: Jim Dalberth
Organist: Donna Birrittella
Rehearsals: March 3, 10, 17, 24, & 31
Rehearsals are on Thursdays, from 7:00 to 8:30 PM, in the Sanctuary. If you have any questions please call Jim Dalberth at 458-6370 or email .
CARE GROUPS
The Annual Spring Care Group Meeting for all members of the care groups will be held on Wednesday, March 23, from 6:00 to 7:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall. We will give an update on our progress with the input from the October meetings. We willalso give you an opportunity to offer more suggestions and ideas as we continue to try to determine what God wants for the future of Lakeview.
CONSISTORY
March 7 – 7:00 PM -Special Consistory (Visioning)
Meeting, Founders’ Room
March 8, 7:00 PM – Regular Consistory Meeting,
Founders’ Room
Covering Sanctuary Artifacts during Lent
First Sunday in Lent: March 13, 2011
During the first six weeks of Lent leading to Easter Sunday, LakeviewCommunityChurch has, in the past few years, covered items in the Sanctuary with purple cloths. This is a symbolic gesture to slowly create a darkening environment as we anticipate the impending crucifixion of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. For the Maundy Thursday evening service, all the purple cloths will be exchanged for black cloths illustrating the darkness of the crucifixion. Then, on Easter Sunday, we arrive to a bright and glorious Sanctuary celebrating the resurrection of our Lord. …continued on next page…
From your Consistory…
As we look ahead to Pastor Tim's retirement after Memorial Day of this year, your Consistory will be studying all aspects of worship and church operationto assure that the transition runssmoothly. To that end, we will be holding a special meeting of Consistory on Monday, March 7. We will be planningstrategiestocontinue day-to-day operationsimmediately after the pastor leavesas well as discussing steps we need to take in the long-term processof bringinga new pastor to Lakeview.
We will continue to communicate progress and appropriate details via email, bulletins, and “Lakeviewer” as we move forward in this process.
Deacons’ Corner
Received from the FowlerCamp & RetreatCenter:
Your generous donation ($120 on 2/18/2010)
continues to allow CampFowler to uphold and expand its ministry.
Because of you, CampFowler will bring another 900 children to camp in 2011. Your continued prayers and support are much appreciated and graciously accepted.
Sincerely, Your Fowler Ministries Board,
ExecutiveDirectors, and Committed Staff
COMMITTEE REPORTS
BUILDINGS & GROUNDS...
Next Meeting: January 25, 7:00 PM,Founders’ Room
Buildings & Grounds Committee: Chris Dorland, Chairman & Consistory Rep., Dave Goodrich,Don Barry, Paul Marvin,Bob Howe, Ken Mahon, Dave Schuth, George Bremner, and Roy Olds
While the Chairman, Chris Dorland, is traveling for work, George Bremner will be filling in on day-to-day issues. George can be reached at 392-7092.
New Lawn Mower - A new Lawn Mower“fundraiser” will commence on March6th! Building and Grounds needs to raise $2000 in fundsto purchase a new mower to be used at the church and parsonage. B&G would like to make the purchase in April or May of this year. More details in the nextfewweeks!
B&G Workday - Spring “Workday” planned for June 4 from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM. More details in coming weeks.
COMMUNITY LIFE...
Community Life Committee: Sheila Williams, Chair;Jane Egan, JoAnn Kehrli-Merlau, Marsha Wright, Stacy Dorland, Kathi Kehrli, Mary Hart, Ida Lewis; and Carol Bremner, Consistory Rep.
EDUCATION...
Education Team:Debbie Gill,Chair;Molly Ives, Marilyn Bush, and Audrey Blocchi, Consistory Rep.
Do you want to learn more about the Bible in a friendly, small group setting? What about coping with every-day struggles? Do you want to encourage your children to grow in their faith? Please join us for Sunday School every Sunday between worship services. Sunday School begins at 9:45 AM and all are welcome.
FINANCE...
Finance Committee: Linda Viney, Chair; Julie Hettel, Rich Howell, Chris Dorland, Bob Howe, and Mary Hart; Dave Goodrich, Consistory Representative
2011Finance Committee Meetings: March 14,
April 11,May 9, June 13, July 11, August 8, September 12, October 10, November 14, December 12
All meetings are open to anyone wishing toattend. Meetings are held on Mondays at 7:00 PM in the Founders’ Room.
LIBRARY...
Lakeview Library Committee: Rosanne Ehle,
Gladys Brenner, Marlene Morrison, and Donna Tijou
Please take a moment and stop by our Library. It’s a great resource area and there are books for your reading pleasure.
OUTREACH...
Outreach Team: Bob Van Alstyne,Chair & Consistory Rep.; Ken Mahon, Linda Perrotte, Pastor Tim, and Marilyn Bush;
PROJECTIONTEAM…
Projection Team: Rich Ives, Kevin Griffith, Dottie Mason, Dave Goodrich, Ted Pawlicki, Pastor Tim, Bob VanAlstyne, and Neil Montanus
Slides for our 8:30 services are prepared by Dottie Mason; slides for the 11:00 services are prepared by Pastor Tim. Present operators of the Projection System on Sunday mornings are: 8:30 - Dottie Mason, and 11:00 - Charlie Tijou and Ken Gill. We are looking for someone to operate the projector at the 8:30 service.
WORSHIP...
Worship Committee: Richard Ives, Chair and Consistory Rep.; Jim Dalberth, Carol Hutchins, Holly Lawrence, Kevin Griffith, Jean Dibble, and Pastor Tim
Next Meeting: August 2, 7:00 PM, Founders’ Room
YOUTH…
Youth Committee: Suzanne Pettifer, Chair; Jim Raymond, Erica Stepanek, Amy Piccarreto, Pastor Tim, and Donna Tijou, Consistory Rep.
LAKEVIEW LADIES' GROUP
Faye Cole,Chair
Rebecca Hibbard, Consistory Representative
...Lakeview Ladies Group – MeetsMarch 15,
10:00-Noon, in the Founders’ Room.
…CARDS–March 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29; 1:00 to 3:00 PM,Fellowship Hall. Everyone is invited!
...Prayer & Share Group–Meets March 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30; 9:45 AM, in the Founders’ Room.
GREECEFOOD SHELF UPDATE
Thank you all again for your on-going support. We will continue to encourage donations of any non-perishable food items for the month of March, but would like to focus on canned soups and vegetables. Help our neighbors who are struggling, if you can, by adding a can or two to your next shopping trip. Thank you all.
Joan Marvin & Debbie Gill
FOOD SHELF STILL IN NEED OF DRIVERS - Food Shelf driver/deliverers agree to help for only one month at a time. During that time, they make only three deliveries of non-perishable and fresh food items to needy folks in either Greece orCharlotte.
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Funds are provided to shop for fresh food, and deliveries are made at the volunteer's convenience. Recent retirees, or anyone who is available during the day for one month
at a time, are urgently asked to contact Volunteer Coordinator, Ann Walker, at 865-0870 to get more information or to volunteer to drive. Please help to make it possible for the Food Shelf to continue to provide emergency food to needy people.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
…Announcements:
*If you have changed your e-mail address recently, please notify the church office. Due to rising costs, copies of the newsletter are beinge-mailedto everyone. Several copies will be placed on the table in the Narthex for those who do not have e-mail.
*Articles for theAPRIL “Lakeviewer” are due on Sunday, April 17.
…Prayers are requested for:
Neil & Audrey Montanus, Stephanie Pawlicki, Ida Lewis, Mary Hart, and Steve Geisler
March 02 – Kevin Brenner
March 02 – Bailey Lusk
March 04 – Mariah Hettel
March 05 – Dave Schuth
March 07 – Jacob Post
March 09 – Ryan Gill
March 09 – Pamela Dorland
March 13 – Elizabeth Smith
March 13 – Patricia DeLuzio
March 13 – Rich Ives
March 15 – Marsha Wright
March 16 – Ryan McGrain
March 17 – Jessie Barry
March 17 – Julie Hettel
March 19 – Debbie Gill
March 23 – Terri Mason
March 23 – Shara Williams
March 24 – Jim Raymond
March 31 – Neil Montanus
SCOUTING
Boy Scout Troop 18
Scout Leader: Ken Mahon
Meetings: March 7, 14, 21, & 28, 7:00 PM,
in the Fellowship Hall.
Girl Scout Troop 453
Scout Leader: Angela Marshall
Meetings: March 8 and March 22
6:00-7:00 PM, Fellowship Hall
Daisy Girl Scouts
Scout Leader: Leah Booth
Meeting: March 17, 6:00-7:00 PM
Fellowship Hall
JR. YOUTH GROUP NEWS…
Leaders: Erica Stepanek(314-0950)and
Amy Piccarreto(727-8728)
March 04 – 7:00-9:00 PM - Regular Meeting atChurch,
Fellowship Hall
March 11 – 7:00-9:00 PM - Practice with Sr. Youth
at Church
March 13 – Youth Sunday at 10:00 AM – Youth, please
be atChurch at9:00 AM
April 01 – 7:00-9:00 PM, Regular Youth Meeting, Church
In May of 2011, we will be stepping down as Jr. Youth Leaders. The last two years have been a blessing to us and we have truly enjoyed getting to know the youth of Lakeview. We are leaving with many wonderful memories of events and many meetings full of games and energy!! We are sad to step away from this position, but through much prayer, we have decided our lives are leading us in different directions.
Amy Piccarreto and Erica Stepanek
SR. YOUTH GROUP NEWS…
Suzanne Pettifer & Jim Raymond, Leaders
March 11 – 7:00-9:00 PM, Practice with Jr. Youth at
Church
March 13 – Youth Sunday – Meet at Church at
9:00 AM …continued…
Spaghetti Dinner
Jim, Erica, Amy, and I would like to thank all of you for your all of your work on the Spaghetti Dinner. It takes a great deal of organization, time, energy and donations! We are blessed at our little church to have so many people willing to get involved in some way.
First thanks to Terry Quetschenbach for helping with organization... lists,tickets,posters, donation letters, and stepping in at the last minute to serve salad! She began this tradition 17 years ago and we are still going strong and increasing every year!!
We would like to thank Geoff Pettifer, Mark Gill, Don Healey, Todd Mattle, and Tim Hettel for all of the work in the kitchen! They come the night before to start cooking and keep it going the next day all day!!!! They are whipped by the time it is over! Tim's special recipe keeps them coming back for more!!!!
Thanks to our dishwashers: Andrew Gill for stepping in at the last minute, Pastor Tim and Marilyn, and Laurie Raymond. We are so glad you were able to help! LOTS of dishes! What will we do next year without the Bushes?? They will just have to come back :)
All of the donations were amazing!Julie Hettel was our organizer for outside donations! We are so happy we could have her help again!! It is crucial! Also, thanks to the Romanskys, Ives, Williams, Howes, Bushes, Hibbards, Meyers, and Dolands for their answer to our last minute email! Special thanks to our runner, Becky Healey, for those last minute things we needed or ran out of!
SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF THE YOUTH!!! We were so proud of them and the service they gave! We got a great deal of compliments and tips for efforts! It is not an easy task coordinating their schedules, but they were committed and enthusiastic!—and always full of energy and fun!
LAST BUT NOT LEAST - Thanks to all of you who were able to come and support the dinner! We hope you enjoyed the food and service! We did have a great deal of people from the community come. It was great to see familiar faces as well as new ones!!!
We are blessed by all of you and all of the support of our youth! Bottom line—we served 207 people total and made over $1600! We look forward to serving you again next year and hope that God blesses you like He has blessed us!
In Him,
Suzanne Pettifer
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
CHILDREN’S MESSAGES
March 06 – 8:30 – Kevin Griffith
11:00 –Pastor Tim
March 13 – 10:00 - Youth
March 20 – 8:30 – Kevin Griffith
11:00 – Cheryl Griggs
March 27 – 8:30 – Kevin Griffith
11:00 – Marsha Wright
GREETERS
March 06 - 8:30 – Bob Howe
11:00 – Quetschenbach Family
March 09 – 7:30 PM – Ted & Celeste Pawlicki (Ash Wed.)
March 13 – 10:00 - Youth
March 20 – 8:30 – Bob Howe
11:00 – Frank & Marilyn Macri
March 27 – 8:30 – Bob Howe
11:00 – Sophie Purdy
NURSERY (11:00 Only)
March 06 - TBA
March 13 – NO Nursery
March 20 – Julie Hettel
March 27 – Dottie Mason
PRAYER LEADERS
March 06 – 8:30 – Dianne Pettifer
11:00 – Edna Coon
March 13 – 10:00 - Youth
March 20 – 8:30 – Dave Goodrich
11:00 – Rebecca Hibbard
March 27 – 8:30 – Rich Ives
11:00 – Chris Dorland
SOUND SYSTEM (11:00 Only)
March 06 – Dave Griggs
March 09 – 7:30 – Chris Ehle (Ash Wednesday)
March 13 – 10:00 – Rich Howell
March 20 – Dave Griggs
March 27 – Chris Ehle
SCRIPTURE READERS
March 06 – 8:30 – Chris Dorland
11:00 – Dave Schuth
March 13 – 10:00 – Youth
March 20 – 8:30 – Sheila Williams
11:00 – Jim Raymond
March 27 – 8:30 – Ted Pawlicki
11:00 – Rebecca Hibbard
CONSISTORY 2011
Elders:
Chris Dorland, Vice-President
Dave Goodrich
Rich Ives
Rebecca Hibbard
Deacons:
Donna Tijou, Chair
Bob Van Alsltyne
Carol Bremner
Audrey Blocchi
Clerk of Consistory:
Linda Viney
Financial Secretaries:
Linda Viney and Mary Hart
Treasurers:
Richard Howell and Julie Hettel
COMMITTEES, GROUPS, AND
TEAM CHAIRS
Buildings & Grounds – Chris Dorland
Community Life – Sheila Williams
Education – Debbie Gill
Finance – Linda Viney
Greece Food Shelf – Joan Marvin/Debbie Gill
Lakeview Ladies’ Group – Faye Cole
Library – Rosanne Ehle
Mission Share – Pastor Tim
Nominations – Dave Goodrich
Outreach – Bob Van Alstyne
Projection Team – Rich Ives
Sunday School Superintendent – Debbie Gill
VacationBibleSchool – Vacant
Worship – Rich Ives
Youth – Suzanne Pettifer
Jr. Youth Leaders – Erica Stepanek and
Amy Piccarreto
Sr. Youth Leaders – Suzanne Pettifer and
Jim Raymond
Classis Representatives:
Elder Rep – Chris Dorland
(Alternate – Dave Goodrich)
Deacon Rep – Bob Howe
Custodian:
Jan Mahon
First Day of Spring: March 20, 2011
The “Lakeviewer”
LAKEVIEWCOMMUNITYCHURCH
30 Long Pond Road, Rochester, NY 14612
Rev. Timothy B. Bush, Pastor
Website:LakeviewCommunityChurch.Net
E-Mail:
Telephone:(585) 227-4910; Fax: (585)368-0261
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This Month at Lakeview…
March 07 – Special Consistory “Visioning” Meeting – 7:00 PM
March 13 – YOUTH SUNDAY – One Service at 10:00 AM
March 19 – Boy Scouts’ Pasta Dinner at Lakeview – 4:00-7:00 PM
March 23 – Meeting of ALL Care Groups – 6:00-7:00 PM