Schedule for the Coming Week at Resurrection Church
Saturday, April 13
9:00 a.m. — Garden Workday outside to prepare the Plot Against Hunger vegetable garden.
Sunday, April 14
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. — Sunday School in the Parish Hall.
10:00 a.m. — Worship: Pastor Harold (Harry) Therwanger.
A reception for our Holy Communion Class graduates will be held after the worship service in the Parish Hall.
Congratulations to Resurrection’s Holy Communion Class Graduates!
We rejoice that five of our youth have completed their instruction in Holy Communion. In order to celebrate this achievement, these five students and their families will commune first this Sunday, April 14. Join us afterwards, in the Parish Hall downstairs, for cake, refreshments and the presentation of certificates. Please join us in congratulating the youth and continuing to encourage them to learn and grow in their faith.
Tour the Holy Land with Pastor Harry and Never Leave Arlington
Please join us on Wednesdays, on April 10th, April 17th and May 1st at 7:00 p.m., in the Fellowship Hall. Pastor will share his slides, videos and experiences from his trip to the Holy Land in 2023. Come to see and hear about some of the places we know from the Bible.
Saturday, April 13 - Garden Workday at 9:00 a.m.
Come help us prepare the church’s Plot Against Hunger vegetable garden for spring planting on Saturday, April 13 at 9:00 a.m. during our Garden Workday. We will be weeding and mulching the garden beds and paths.
April 14-28 Drive for Lutheran World Relief Personal Care Kits
Provide much-needed self-care and critical germ fighting tools to people around the world coping with poverty, disaster, conflict and more.
From April 14-28, your Social Ministry Committee will be collecting:
- light-weight, dark colored bath-size towels (between 20” x 40” and 52” x 27”)
- bath-size bars of soap, 8 or 9 oz., any brand, in original wrapping
- adult-size toothbrushes, in original packaging
- sturdy combs
- metal nail clippers
Drop donations in the box in the Narthex. You can also donate money and we will shop for the items we need. Please put “LWR Kits” on the memo line of your check or put cash in an envelope marked “LWR Kits.”
Sunday, April 21 - Volunteer Opportunities Fair
Please stop by Resurrection Lutheran Church's “Volunteer Opportunities Fair” on Sunday, April 21st to check out the many varied ways in which you may share your talents to serve our church. We look forward to seeing you there!
Earth Month Creation Care Tips
April is Earth Month, a time to celebrate our planet and take actions to protect it. RELC will celebrate Earth Sunday on April 28 with a special presentation by EcoAction Arlington. To help us focus on caring for the Earth, the Creation Care Team will post weekly messages in the announcements about actions you can take to protect our natural resources.
Eco-Friendly Tip - Week Two
Are you participating in Arlington County’s food scraps composting program at home? Here’s a tip if you’re going on vacation or haven’t filled the green yard waste bin enough to take it out to the curb. Simply place your bag of compostables into the freezer until you’re ready to use it again or ready to take the yard waste bin out to the curb. Learn more about Arlington’s food scraps composting program here: https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Recycling-and-Trash/Residential/Organics-Waste/Food-Scraps-Collection
Sunday, April 28 - Earth Sunday Program during Coffee Hour: Stormwater in Arlington and Protecting Water Quality
The RELC Creation Care Team invites you to attend an environmental education program presented by EcoAction Arlington focused on issues related to stormwater runoff in Arlington. You will learn about what our church and individual homeowners can do to reduce runoff and pollution of our local streams, the Potomac River, and the Chesapeake Bay. This event will provide details about the new Arlington County Stormwater Credit Program and opportunities to apply for voluntary credits to offset up to 35% of our Stormwater Utility bill. The event will include a child-friendly opportunity to engage with an Enviroscape model, which is an interactive watershed that demonstrates point and nonpoint source pollution. Please contact Monica Hirschberg with any questions.
Now Is the Month of Maying
Carmina & Illuminare Concert
Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.
Resurrection Evangelical Lutheran Church
6201 Washington Blvd, Arlington, VA 22205
Free street parking • Free-will offering
Reception to follow in the Parish Hall
The advent of efficient music printing around 1530 spurred a market that reached well beyond traditional courtly audiences to include musically literate members of a growing merchant class. New types of social music flourished, ultimately ranging from straightforward multi-verse part songs to ambitious creations crafted to wring every nuance of image and passion from their poetry. We will present Italian and English madrigals, French chansons, villanellas, and more: http://www.carmina.org/upcomingperformances.php#25-FFM
Music at Resurrection
The Social Ministry Committee has designated Mandehah, LLC as the charity recipient of RELC's free-will offerings from Resurrection’s May 18th Carmina and Illuminare Concert.
The mission of Mandehah is described on its website where you can learn more about it.
One of the goals of the Music at Resurrection committee is to seek out quality talent to perform at Resurrection Lutheran Church. Please reach out to Cathy Carr, either in church, or by email, with your suggestions for choral or musical groups that might be available to present a concert at Resurrection.
Collection of Food Items for AFAC on Sunday, April 14
We will receive donations of food items for AFAC on Sunday, April 14 in conjunction with our regular worship service. In the coming weeks, April 28 will also be an AFAC Sunday.
Chrismon Project
Calling out to all crafters - if you like to knit, bead, string wire, work w/clay (a new medium) or even just want to learn in a group (or on your own) please contact Mimi Van Poole. Please note in the subject line: “Chrismons.” I will be providing several initial “kits” with all the supplies & instructions in the near future (once I find interested parties).
Chrismons Update
Starting this coming Sunday during coffee hour, (by the fireplace), there will be individual Chrismon kits for you to look at. The current Chrismons, those in great shape and those we are replacing (or repairing), will be on display. I have specific children’s patterns for grades 1 & 2 and for grades 3 & 4. If anyone is interested in these, please let me know. Again, if you have any questions, please email me (writing “Chrismons” in the subject line) or call me at: 703-625-7391.
To start our adventure into the art of making Chrismons, I have ordered two kits that will give us everything that we need to make a variety of the ornaments (see attached photo). The ornaments come in various sizes with all of the patterns/instructions and supplies to make them.
I will reach out with various dates for our first meeting to all of those who have shown an interest in helping to make Chrismons: perhaps an evening wine and cheese at the church’s lounge (did you know there was such a place?), at someone’s house (I’m happy to host), or after coffee hour one Sunday. If folks want to just take home the pattern and supplies to make one ornament, you are also welcome to do so. I expect to receive the kits within the next couple of weeks, so look for the first gathering to be held in early April. Please email Mimi Van Poole and note “Chrismons” in the subject line, or text me at 703-625-7391.
RELC Meal Ministry
RELC’s Meal Ministry is alive and well. We are looking for volunteers who like to cook/bake when the need arises. If anyone hears of/or needs something themselves, please reach out to Pastor Harry who will let the committee chair know and we will be in touch. If you have questions, please feel free to contact Mimi Van Poole. Please note in the subject line: “Meal Ministry.”
Can't make it to church? Watch us Live! Now Livestreaming Worship
To view our 10:00 a.m. Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55 a.m. on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
Other Announcements?
Alexandra Mattson, the editor of our quarterly “Steeple Light” newsletter, is, at present, also serving as the editor of our Weekly Announcements messages, working closely with Council President Leslie Nolen. From February 1st on, if you place an item in our Weekly Announcements, please give Alexandra the specific dates for the announcement to be posted. If there are no dates provided, the announcement will run for one week and then be dropped. Please, let's keep the Announcements timely.
If you have any items that you wish to communicate in the Weekly Announcements as committee chairs or those responsible for other ministry initiatives at Resurrection, please send them via email to both Alexandra and to Leslie by late Wednesday mornings for inclusion in the message for the coming Thursday. Thanks!