Epiphany eLetter - Week of March 17, 2008

Epiphany Lutheran Church eLetter
Week of March 17, 2008

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Teen Weekend Retreat

Marriage Encounter

Engaged Encounter

Summer Camp

Holy Week/Easter

Easter Breakfast

Church Calendar Online

What's All the Fuss?

Cookie Dough Coming Soon

LWML Scrip Program

Snacks & Flowers

Garage Sale

Lutheran High School Information

No Bible Class This Weekend

Benefit Concert

Serving This Week

Serving Next Week

Christian Ed This Week

Upcoming Ministry Events

Teen Weekend Retreat

Hey teens - plan on attending the Teen Weekend Retreat held Friday night, March 28 through Sunday noon, March 30 at Lutheran Valley Retreat above Divide, CO. Cost is $15 per teen. This money will cover the cost of food. Bring your friends! We will eat and enjoy the camp and on Saturday we'll do some service work for the camp. Plan now to attend - it will be a great weekend! Call DCE John for more details.

Marriage Encounter

MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER is for ALL married couples who want to experience greater levels of communication and intimacy. We have experienced this first hand, and are excited to answer any questions you may have. The next CO Lutheran Marriage Encounter Weekend is April 25-27, 2008. To guarantee your reservation, please respond by March 25. Contact Bud & Cindy Amack (303)796-9119, or email Cindy at CindyAmack@comcast.net

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Engaged Encounter
Engaged Encounter is for ALL engaged couples who wish to get ready for the marriage relationship. The next Colorado Lutheran Engaged Encounter Weekend is April 25-27, 2008. Contact Frank & Fran Hall at (303)279-2130 or email them at Frankfranhall@aol.com

Summer Camp Anyone?

As you start thinking about plans for this summer, consider sending your child to a camp where they will not only have fun, but they'll hear about Jesus Christ. Lutheran Valley Retreat (LVR) is a

summer youth camp and year-around retreat center (est. 1959) located on 240 acres at an elevation of 8400' in the middle of Pike National Forest. LVR offers opportunities for children, youth, and families to experience Jesus Christ. LVR is about a 1 1/2 hour drive from ColoradoSprings, and a 21/2 hour drive from Denver. LVR's mission is to provide experiential opportunities in an outdoor environment for children, youth, families, and their advocates to know and share Jesus Christ with ALL people. LVR welcomes churched and unchurched, Lutherans and non-Lutherans. Our goal is for all who come here to begin and continue a relationship with Jesus Christ, and to strengthen them so that they share Jesus with all people. We also encourage respect of God's creation, others, and self. LVR is for everyone, without regard to race, religion, or handicap.

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Dear Epiphany Family

The response to our eLetter poll has been overwhelming. You've said loud and clear that you want us to continue using this new format (Yes-93% No-7%). Thank you for taking the time to let your opinion known.

The poll will be open one more week. Go Here if you want to vote. The poll is in the upper left of our website.

Apologies from Nancy in the Epiphany Office - the eLetter is out a bit late this week. Hopefully I will be able to have the eLetter to you by Wednesday afternoons in the near future. Blessings on your Easter weekend! HE IS RISEN!

Holy Week and Easter Services
Maundy Thursday Thursday, March 20 Worship at 7pm with Holy Communion Good Friday Friday, March 21 Tennebrae Service at 7pm Easter Vigil Saturday, March 22 Worship at 5pm with Holy Communion Easter Sunday Sunday, March 23 8am - Worship with Holy Communion 9am - Easter Breakfast in Fellowship Hall 10:30am - Worship with Holy Communion

Easter Breakfast
Epiphany teens invite you and your family and friends to breakfast on Easter morning. Breakfast will be served in the Fellowship Hall from 7:30am until 10:15am. The youth will be hosting this breakfast to help with their servant event this summer, Habitat for Humanity. Please join us on Easter morning!

Testing...Testing...Church Calendar Online!!

Test drive our new online calendar of events and let us know what you think. All events were extracted and posted to the online calendar as of March 16, 2008. This tool is the tool of choice among church webservants for it's ease of use, affordability, Christian slant, and accessibility from any computer (as well as update capability from any computer, which is secured). The cost is less than $5 per month. We are in a 30 day free trial period and we'll decide at the end whether to continue or not. A link is available on our website too.

Website/Computer Meeting Re-Scheduled

What's the Fuss? What is This Costing Us? Can't We Do This for Free? Who Cares?

The Website/Computer Meeting has been re-scheduled for Sunday, April 6th. We are ready to completely re-design Epiphany's website and discuss the direction we've embarked on for some of the computer software and tools we've been test driving lately.

We really want congregational input to know if you think we are heading in the direction you feel we should go and are we being good stewards of church funds, considering we are in the middle of a building project. Now is the time to speak up!!

If you would like to provide input into the website re-design process, contact Whizzy Heritage at whizzywyg@comcast.net for a Website Planning Worksheet that you can fill out and simply return and/or bring to the meeting.

HELP! If you have access to a computer projector that we can use for this meeting, please contact Whizzy at (303) 688-3655.

Website Planning & Computer Direction Meeting

Date: Sunday, April 6

Time: 11:45am

Location: Fellowship Hall

A light lunch will be served.

THE DOUGH IS BACK!

Cookie Dough Available Soon!

Epiphany teens sold some great cookie dough last year and we've had lots of requests for more, so...the dough is back! You may begin placing orders next week and we'll have it here in plenty of time for May receptions, picnics and parties. Maybe you'd like to send some to school for your child's class? Any active Epiphany teen can take an order and there will be forms in the back of the worship center, too. Thank you for your order!

LWML Scrip Program

There is a new look to the grocery scrip program. Scrip

First - the paper certificates are no longer available (individuals had been forging them) so now they are the plastic wallet size cards in $25, $50, or $100 denominations. Second - they are now ONLY usable at King Soopers (or their affiliates, which are listed on the back of the card). Shortly we will be getting ones for Safeway as well. Sorry for the inconvenience. You may purchase the scrips in the Epiphany kitchen.

Snacks & Flowers
The snack and flower signup sheets are looking great! Thank you to those who have signed up to help out. There are still a few dates to fill. Please check on the wall at the back of the sanctuary and see if you are able to serve the Lord in this ministry. Thank you!

Garage Sale Help Needed!

We will be needing help the week of the garage sale. Some of the "regular" helpers will be out of town, so we need to recruit some new helpers to help price and setup. Several men will be needed, especially on Friday and Saturday to move any furniture and heavier items. Please contact Mildred Loughner at (303) 840-9539, if you can help.

Dates to price & setup: June 1-5
Location: Fellowship Hall

Lutheran High Schools

Placement Testing

Planning to attend one of our Lutheran High Schools? Placement tests are required for all incoming 9^th graders. This test is used to help determine what classes each student should take in 9^th grade and is used for placement purposes only. The cost for the test is $20. Please mark your calendars and call our Admissions Director, Abbie Duitsman at 1-888-578-2784 to register for the date that fits your schedule:

Parker: Saturday, April 5th 9:00am-Noon

Denver: Monday, June 9^th 8:30am-11:30am

Open House

Lutheran Parker: Stop into the school office anytime during school hours for a tour of the school and an opportunity to meet with teachers and the principal.

Denver Lutheran: Every Friday afternoon is an Open House at Denver Lutheran High School. Stop in unannounced between noon and 3pm and receive information and a tour of our school.

Registration Nights

Lutheran Parker: Tuesday, April 1st, 7:00pm

Denver Lutheran: Monday, April 7th, 7:00pm

NO BIBLE CLASS THIS WEEKEND
Bible classes will resume next weekend. Join us for EASTER BREAKFAST in the Fellowship Hall. Epiphany teens will be serving breakfast from 7:30 a.m. until 10:15 a.m.

BENEFIT CONCERT
Benefit Concert The Swallow Hill Music Association, 71 E. Yale (Yale & Broadway), is putting on a benefit concert for medical expenses for Henry Barrett and Mitch Helfer on Sunday, April 13 at 4:00pm. Cost is $10. Contact Lutheran High School Parker office, (303)841-5551, for more details.