Chili Cook-off on January27     Join us for a Chili Cook-off Supper on Saturday, January 27. Judging will begin at 6:00pm. Then at 6:30, we will open up the kettles to all for a fellowship supper. Prizes will be awarded!

    We will use the yellow insert sheets in the bulletin to sign-up for either entering your chili or just coming to eat. There will be a sign-up in the narthex of things we need people to pitch-in. Please sign-up for an item to bring if you are coming for supper. Contestants need to make a double batch of chili and please label it Hot, Medium, or Mild.     Feel free to bring a board game or deck of cards if you’d like for after supper fellowship. We hope this will be a fun way to warm up a “chili” January evening!

Bible Study

   Please come to the WELCA Bible Study on Thursday, January 11 at 9:00am. All Women are welcome!

RLC

Book Club

    Our next book is Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. Come to the Book Club on Thursday, January 11 at 7:00pm at the Border’s Café for an evening discussion of a story about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage in America’s heart. There are a few copies of Gilead located in the church library along with envelopes for a $10 donation. If you have questions about the book, please visit with Lesley McDougal. All are welcome!

A Simple Choice

A Generous Choice

    Simply Giving is an automated giving program from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and RLC. It’s designed to help you conveniently, consistently and joyfully give financial gifts to our congregation’s ministry. By participating in Simply Giving, you can use electronic funds transfer to give your weekly, semi-monthly or monthly offering to our congregation.

    To learn how you can participate, contact Ed Kistler (881-7854) or EdK@RLCIndy.org. Let this help you build better stewardship by turning a simple choice into a generous response.

Partners In Grace

Spring Mission Trip

    The Partners In Grace team is in the planning process of organizing another trip to Pass Christian, Mississippi, during spring break, March 30 – April 8, 2007. (Note that this does coincide with Holy Week, as Easter Sunday is April 8^th.) There are three areas where volunteers are needed:

    1. Work with area contractors on construction projects

    2. Assisting the elderly with house cleaning chores

    3. Assisting at the Grey Hut with phone and clerical duties

    If you and/or your family are interested in participating in this trip, please contact Byron Daugherty at 882-7291 or Joyce Peterson at 887-1899, or you can indicate your interest on the yellow sheet when it appears in the Sunday worship bulletin.

Book Drive Update

    Thank you to everyone who donated items to the Long Beach Library book drive. Thank you, too, to the Greenwood Public Library for their donation of books left from their warehouse sale. We currently have 73 cartons of materials with 3,000+ books plus the media resources!

    In October we delivered 6 cartons of book sale items and another 6 boxes of reading resources that is being used both at the LB Library and in one of the elementary schools. Cash donations are being used to purchase the award winning series books for their children’s section. We are still awaiting word of the move-in date to the Library building and will arrange for the books to be delivered at that time.

    A book plate was placed in the books: “This book is given to the Gulf Coast Community by friends from Resurrection Lutheran Church in Indianapolis, Indiana.” The following verse was included: “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ . . . ” Gal. 6:2. This is truly an example of how we can be “Partners in Grace” with a community that has suffered such a great loss.

– Joyce Peterson, Book Drive Chairperson.

Dinners for Eight

   Dinners for Eight is an ongoing fellowship group who meets at a hosts’ home for good food and conversation. The host provides the entree, while the others bring the side dishes and dessert to complete the meal. If you are interested in joining Dinners for Eight, please contact Donn or Jackie Mitchell at 885-6553.

Our January/February groups are:

    Host Home: Donn & Jackie Mitchell

         Larry & Mary Moore

         Mike & Chris Wise

         Jim & Jean Canter

    Host Home: John & Kim Toney

         John & Gloria Aplin

         Scott & Diana Deitch

         Kory and Lynn Wolff

         Pr. Dave Schreiber

    Host Home: Don & Joyce Peterson

         Rita & Roger Chambers

         Richard & Nancy Menning

         Jim & Pat Hamby

    Host Home: Carl & Connie Risch

         Chris & Kathy Kinnett

         Dean & Katie Moll

         Tom & Anna Myers

         Patty Sorenson

    Host Home: Chris & Teresa Hoffman

         Brian & Sherry Richards

         Ben & Julie North

         David & Jennifer Barrett

Many ❝Thanks❞ . . . .

❆    The entire staff of Resurrection wishes to express their thanks and appreciation for the Christmas cards, goodies, and gifts. The RLC family is always generous in remembering its staff during the Christmas season. Thank you!

❆    Thank you so much for your generous donation to Hunger, Inc. Your kindness and generosity will help to make the holidays brighter for many families!

     – Hunger Inc. Staff.

❆    Thank you to all the bakers and buyers at the Holiday Bake Sale. We raised $486 for mission projects. – WELCA

S.A.M.’s Club

     On Tuesday, January 15^th, Resurrection’s Senior Group will tour the American Legion Building. Our tour guide will be RLC member, Marty Justice. We will meet at the church at 9:30am and car pool. (Drivers may park in the Scottish Rite parking lot. Enter the parking lot on North St.)

     After the tour we will have brunch at the Sisters Restaurant located on the east side of Madison Ave. Expressway (at the stop light).

     All adults are welcome to an interesting and fun morning.

Please Pray for the Military

     Gregg Matsumoto, son of Charles and Mary Matsumoto; Brittany Patrick, granddaughter of Catherine Patrick; and Michael Benitez, son of Nancy Menning are all stationed in the Middle East. A card or note would mean so much to them!

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Transfiguration of Our Lord

February 18, 2007

New ELW Hymnals

will be dedicated

     New Senior Choir robes will be coming this winter. If you would like to contribute to the choir robe fund, in memory or in honor of someone, envelopes are available in the narthex next to pictures of the new robes. Names of contributors who give in memory or in honor of someone will be listed in the bulletin when the robes are dedicated.

Men’s Breakfast & Bible Study

     Saturday, January 13^th will kick-off the 2007 edition of the Men’s Breakfast and Bible Study. As in years past the breakfast will begin at 7:30am. In January we will have more of a social opportunity.

     For the study portion we will be using the best-seller The Measure of a Man written by Gene A. Getz. We will explore the Twenty Attributes of a Godly Man over the next several months. These books will be available at the meeting and we will have an overview of the study during the meeting. Hope to see many of you men on the 13^th. Let’s start out the new year on the right foot.

– Michael McCarty

F.S.S. #1: Raising a Baby . . . .

                            All families with babies (0-18 months), anticipating a birth, or adoption are invited to participate in three sessions during January on physical, emotional and spiritual needs of infants and their parents. Parents also learn how to do a nightly blessing as a family faith practice. Please join the F.S.S. team for three sessions in the Fellowship Hall during Discipleship Hour (January 7, 14, & 21 at 9:30-10:30am). Your babies are invited to come or spend time playing/sleeping in the RLC Playtime Port (nursery). The Faith Stepping Stone Blessing Service will be on Sunday, January 28.

What? Babies in big church?

     Although it may not suit everyone, for some parents and churches, it works. It is important for children to learn to sit quietly and to learn how to worship as a family. Some families bring quiet toys and simple snacks like Cheerios to keep them occupied, and over the course of time children will learn how to worship. However, there are times our hands are full and we need assistance.

     We are blessed to have a paid staffed nursery (Playtime Port) on Sunday mornings to assist families with their children (0-5 year olds). Within the last month our Playtime Port has been equipped with a paging system. The paging system helps our Playtime Port staff to “call” for assistance while still providing a safe environment for our children.

Our Nursery Volunteers . . . .

     Thank you for your ministry during the Holidays at RLC’s Playtime Port! We continually need many hands to play, read, cuddle, and be present with our little ones in the nursery to assist the paid staff. The more hands we have to assist means we are essentially providing a safer and caring nursery environment for our little ones and families.

     The RLC nursery is staffed on Sunday mornings from 8:00am thru 12:00pm. If you are interested in ministering to our little ones, please sign-up on the bulletin board across from the nursery in the narthex.

B2K Pitch-in . . . .

     We will be having a pitch-in dinner on Sunday, January 14^th, from 4-6:30pm in the RLC Fellowship Hall. There will be crafts and other activities for the children and parents to do together. We will eat dinner at 5:30pm. The main dish (chicken) and beverages will be provided, please bring an item to share based on the first letter of your last name:

A-I Salad; J-R Side Dish; S-Z Dessert.

     B2K is for all families with children ages birth to kindergarten. Older siblings are welcome to come to all B2K events. See you on Sunday, January 14^th!

Just a friendly reminder during the cold and flu season, for your child to utilize the nursery they must be fever free for 24 hours. This will help prevent other children, volunteers, and staff members from becoming ill. Thank you.

Three-year-olds through 5^th graders . . . . It’s a Miracle

     In the Bible there are many stories about miracles. During the January rotation the younger children will be exploring a few of these miracles with special emphasis given to the miracle when Jesus changes water to wine (John 2:1-11). Come join us beginning January 7 for four weeks exploring the miracle and celebrating the wedding at Cana through drama, cooking, computers, movies, art, and science.

     Beginning in January the children will gather in the fellowship hall for an Opening (instead of a Closing); after about 10 minutes the children will go to their designated station for the morning; Discipleship Hour will be dismissed at 10:30am. For everyone’s safety, children in the first grade and younger will not be allowed to leave the classroom without a parental/guardian picking them up following Discipleship Hour.

FaithBuilders . . . . Exploring Media

     Beginning in January Faith Builders will be exploring and evaluating media – uses and abuses. Discussing what we watch and listen too, how does it all relate to me as a Christian.

Youth Group . . . . Velvet Elvis – Repainting the Christian Faith

     Beginning in January, the Youth Group will be exploring Rob Bell’s book Velvet Elvis – Repainting the Christian Faith. “We have to test everything. I thank God for anybody anywhere who is pointing people to the mysteries of God. But those people would all tell you to think long and hard about what they are saying and doing and creating. Test it. Probe it. Do that to this book.” – Rob Bell. Copies of the book may be picked up from Julie for $10. Feel free to read the entire book over Christmas break or read for our weekly discussions in January bringing your thoughts and questions. Join the adults in the fellowship hall on Sunday, January 28 for a college panel discussion.

Thank you

December Crew Leaders . . . .

                                          Hats off and special thanks to our crew leaders in December: Lynn Wolff, Ann Buie, Kyle McDonough, Tom Thaman, Kim Dunn, Michelle Dew, Joanne Scheidelmeier, and Scott Deitch.

JANUARY 9:30am

ADULT DISCIPLESHIP HOUR

Jan. 7     The Year of Saint Luke - An Overview of the 3^rd Gospel

During year “C” of the three-year lectionary, with the exception of a few Sundays in the season of Easter when we hear from John, all of our Gospel readings from now to next Advent will come from Luke. Who was this Gentile doctor who authored the Book of Acts as well? What distinctive voice or perspective will we hear throughout the year as we listen to Luke week after week? Pr. Mitch will lead us through an overview of the third Gospel, with special attention to uniquely Lukan themes we will hear over the course of the seasons of this new church year.

                (In the Sanctuary)

Jan. 14   Meet the New Hymnal (part II): The Liturgy of the Church

Last month our music staff and pastors took us on a whirlwind tour through the brand-new “cranberry” ELCA hymnal, Evangelical Lutheran Worship, focusing on the hymns and songs. Today we will focus on the liturgical section, highlighting the theology behind our worship and noting some minor changes in some liturgical texts shared with other Christian denominations. We’ll also hear and sing some of the wonderful new musical settings for Communion, as well as listen to some of the new contemporary settings. Come and take home a CD to familiarize yourself with these musical settings as we look to introduce the ELW next month. (In the Sanctuary)

Jan. 21   Faith Stepping Stones . . . .

Over the past year we have been implementing the Faith Stepping Stones (FSS). What are these Faith Stepping Stones we keep hearing about and are my children involved? Join the FSS Team for an informal discussion Stepping through the Year. Learn about the different stones, faith practices, who are they for, and when do they meet. Faith practices are not only for families with children, they are for all of us.

                (In the Sanctuary)

Jan. 28   ELCA Colleges . . . .

Every other year we are inviting guests from one of the 28 ELCA Colleges and Universities to come share with RLC insights why higher education is important to Lutherans. Jan 28^th we will be having “Breakfast with Bob.” Bob White, Director of Church Relations at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio will be having an informal discussion about our ELCA Colleges and Universities along with a panel group made up of RLC members who are on the staff or faculty at local colleges and universities. Please join us to learn more about how we can support our young people. (In the Fellowship Hall)

Mark Your Calendar for the EYE Workshop

January 20^th – 9:00am to 1:00pm

What is it?

     The Exploring Your Expectations Workshop is presented by the Indiana-Kentucky Synod through trained facilitators. The goal is to guide participants through a process that explores their expectations for their congregation, especially during times of transition or change.

Who should participate?

     In a word – EVERYONE! We want a wide cross-section of our congregation to participate and are encouraging everyone to reserve the date on your calendar. The more people who participate, the more beneficial the workshop. We need both young and old, longer-tenured and newer members, life-long Lutherans and those who grew up in other denominations. All of your expectations influence the ministry of RLC.

Why are we doing this?

     Many congregations take part in this workshop during a pastoral vacancy. No, our pastors are not leaving – and we don’t want to wait until they do in order to take part in this very beneficial experience. We have asked retired pastor Stan Peterson to lead this workshop for us to help us talk about our expectations for Resurrection Lutheran Church as we think about our needs regarding ministries and facilities. Pastor Peterson is familiar with RLC through serving as Pastor Dave’s spiritual director for a number of years – and was his special guest back in August when we celebrated Pastor Dave’s 25^th ordination anniversary and 15 years at RLC.

What else should I know?

     We will include a simple lunch as part of the workshop. Childcare will be provided. The event will include plenty of interaction, discussion, and sharing of ideas.