Encanto Community Church An UNITED CHURCH of Christ Congregation

2710 N. 7th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85007-1124 602.266.4602

The Pilgrim June 2019 June

Events

Pat Acosta, Karen Adams, Bruce Barkly, Sheri and Ken Baker, Candy Bancroft, Vivian Barrera, Mary Alice Belden, Teri & Don Brandstetter, Dorothy DeLaney, Revs. Rich and Barb Doerrer-Peacock, Jacqueline Deja Eric, Francisco, Mike Gray, Bertha Hartman, Vernon Higginbotham, Marybeth Holloway, Virginia Jett, Mildred Juncker, Carol Krietenstein, Marlet Krietenstein, Sue Loehr, Bob Lofthouse, Phil Mackey, Brad Madsen, Leslie Martensen, Del & Carolyn’s neighbor Martha, Tillie McKay, Julia Olson, George Penny, Bonnie Petrasek, Gini Pyne, Lyle Riley, Alan Robinson, Erich Schrader, Cindy Schwartzkopf, Alec Sills-Trausch, Holly Tedaldi, Robert Tootle, Alison Victor, Leonard Ward, Encanto Community Church, Our Community, Our World.

WE ARE AN OPEN AND AFFIRMING CONGREGATION

June 2 Graduation Sunday Bible Study 8:45 AM Worship service 10 AM Fellowship 11 AM

June 5 Handbells 6 PM

June 8-15 Youth retreat to Colorado

June 9 First Sunday in Fellowship Hall Bible Study 8:45 AM Worship service 10 AM Fellowship 11 AM Deacons meeting 11:15 AM

June 16 Father’s Day Pancake Breakfast Bible Study 8:45 AM Pancake Breakfast 9 AM Worship service 10 AM Fellowship 11 AM

June 19 Handbells 6 PM Trustees Meeting 6 PM Church Council meeting 7 PM

June 20 ICM volunteers 8:15 AM - noon

June 23 Bible Study 8:45 AM Worship service 10 AM Fellowship 11 AM

June 25 Newsletter deadline

June 26 Handbells 6 PM

June 30 Bible Study 8:45 AM Worship service 10 AM Fellowship 11 AM

May God’s grace and healing touch be with you all.

Please Remember in Your Prayers:

Late Last Supper Club

In June, the Encanto Church Late Last Supper Club

will take a brief break due to various calendaring

conflicts. Don’t worry, though, we’ll be back dining

somewhere interesting in July !

NEWS & INFORMATION

A hearty thank you to the wonderful, generous people of Encanto. Your donations have provided some much needed items for our food, hygiene, clothing, and bus card bank. Thank you! As the weather changes to cooler temps, we will provide food bags, bus passes, shoes and clothes (mostly slacks, T-shirts, and shorts).

Our target needs for June are soup (chicken noodle is a favorite), shampoo, socks, and water. Thank you friends and members of Encanto for your caring attitude and donations so that we can serve our call to minister to those in need.

Food & Clothing Bank

Deacon on duty for June: The Deacons are available to assist the pastor.

The Deacon on duty for June is:

Deb Sanders (602) 799-5763

Every Sunday, we find that cookies, punch, and coffee have “magically” appeared on the table. Really, the magic comes from our wonderful Hospitality crew! Many thanks go to Jamie Vice and Lloyd Lo for the great job and patience in serving us during May!

If you would like to keep in touch with our congregation and friends or share some information, please join us on the Encanto Community Church Facebook page. It’s pretty doggone fun.

Congratulations Graduates

Treasurer’s Report (General Fund for April 2019)

Beginning Balance -$1,230.78 Received: $10,610.80 Disbursed: $11,465.42 Ending Balance: -$2,085.40 For a loss of: $854.62

Total Offering Receipts for April 2019 4/7 4/14 4/21 4/28 2260.00 3398.00 629.50 1336.00

There was no withdrawal from the Endowment account ($89,905.72) during April 2019.

Copies of the monthly Treasurer’s Reports, including a list of all disbursements, are on file in the office.

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The Purse Project

Off to the Movies

Our purse project is has

entered Stage 2 - the filling

of the purses! We are

asking for monetary

donations so we can fill the

purses in a uniform manner.

If you would like any further

information on this excellent project please see

Michelle and she can fill you in. Thank you!

To all moviegoers, our “Cinema under the Stars”

season has ended, but our "Off to the Movies"

excursions will resume soon. Watch your e-mail

for further information. In addition, we’re planning

a second season of “Cinema under the Stars"

movies beginning in mid-September."

Hey Everyone, if you would like to receive the electronic version of this captivating newsletter, please let us know. Benefits include color photos, quicker delivery, and more beautiful trees shading our Earth. You can call the church office at: (602) 266-4602 or, better still, email us at: office@encantocommunitychurch.org. If you don’t do computers or electronic devices, never fear, The Pilgrim is always available in print.

Congratulations to all of our May graduates, especially Sophie Martinez, Jacob Nasser, and Hailey Compton who will be finishing high school this term, and Maddie Markus who will be graduating from NAU this year! We look forward to celebrating our students’ accomplishments at a special Graduation Sunday church service to be held on Sunday, June 2, 2019, and we hope you will be able to join us.

Cinco De Mayo Dinner

Late Last Supper at the Duce

Thanks to everyone who came out to support the kids at the recent Cinco de Mayo dinner! We raised a total of $430 for the Youth Activities and Summer Camp fund! All of your support was greatly appreciated! Thanks again!

Recyclable Item Who it benefits Where to deposit

aluminum cans & plastic bottles Encanto Social Gang Fund Outside the wood shed on the west of the back parking lot

newspapers, magazines, clean paper Encanto Social Gang Fund Outside the wood shed on the west of the back parking lot

empty pill bottles ECC homeless outreach & ICM Small plastic storage box on the rack in Fellowship Hall

Gently used purses, pocketbooks, hand bags

ECC homeless outreach Church office

non-working appliances or tools, any metal

ECC General Fund In front of metal shed in back on north side by caretakers house

gently used, resalable items ECC Youth Basement or by the door to the basement in the Parish House

grocery bags, plastic or paper ICM Church office

paper towel & toilet paper tubes, shoe boxes, check registers, fabric scraps, craft items, potato chip cans, children’s books, yarn, any other items a creative teacher might use

Glendale Elementary School District teacher resource room

Church office

ECC Volunteers at ICM On Thursday, May 16, seven Encantonians went to ICM Food & Clothing Bank to volunteer for the morning. We had a wonderful time! We filled food boxes, helped distribute them (they give out about 150 a day!), and sorted clothes for the free boutique. We’ve decided to make it a monthly outing (every third Thursday) so if you are free, join us at 8:15 AM in the ECC parking lot to carpool to nearby ICM. If you have questions please contact John H. or Cindy W. or email: office@encantocommunitychurch.org.

It is time to begin collecting for our August back-to-school drive. This year our Deacons have chosen the Glendale Elementary School District Teacher Resource Room as our beneficiary. The GESD Teacher Resource Room is a place where elementary school teachers can go to pick up materials for class projects and lessons. Things like paper towel & toilet paper tubes, shoe boxes, check registers, fabric scraps, craft items, potato chip cans, children’s books, yarn, any other items a creative teacher might use. So don’t toss that paper towel tube, bring it to church!

ECC Supports Education

ECC Empties the Landfills Well, we’re not completely emptying them but we like to do our part. Take a look at the table below and remind yourself of the many ways you can help ECC and our planet.

I hope you celebrated your mother yesterday. If she is still living, please tell me that you planned something very

special which you could enjoy doing together. If she is no longer around, I am just as hopeful that you celebrated her

memory. Wonderful times remembered can also be a great cause for celebration. Besides, I doubt that any of our relatives would choose to

have us suffer endlessly under the unbearable weight of a ceaseless list of burdens. I think the departed would rather be remembered fondly

and with great affection.

Kathy and I could share an endless stream of stories about all the fun we have had through the years planning special times to honor

our mothers. Ella and my mother really enjoyed each other’s company, so having them together for an afternoon or evening really didn’t pose

any special problems. They accepted one another in the level ground of varied opinions, so each person felt a sense of mutual respect for the

other. There was no feeling of bitterness or resentment on the part of either lady. These were two women who had met the goals they had set

for themselves in life, and they were quite content to celebrate their individual victories as they met each struggle encountered throughout their

lives.

Mother and Dad took me to see my first play when I was twelve years old, and they had no idea what they were starting. The play was

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, and the place was Muny Opera in St. Louis. This would be the first of many “enchanted evenings”

we spent there. Later that same summer (1955), we enjoyed a “Rodgers and Hammerstein” concert in the same venue. Following this

experience, I was hooked for a lifetime of enjoyment. I was privileged to see an endless parade of stars recreate the roles they had played on

Broadway. It was an experience rich in memories, and one I shall never forget. I was very fortunate to have parents who allowed me to

develop a passion which has endured throughout a lifetime of wonderful encounters shared with a huge list of thoughtful and loving friends.

These times together have expanded the world for all of us. Mother spent countless hours enjoying the theatre with me. She became almost as

big a fan as I was. She would often say, “Don’t take anyone else to see this one, because I want to see it, too.” I always got her a ticket for

anything she wanted to see. Mother was always ready to see another musical. She really loved a score rich in melody.

Most of you have been reading my column long enough to know that I have always really enjoyed music. I am one of those people

who goes to a movie and listens to the music while I am keeping pace with the dialogue at the same time. Just to give you one example, Victor

Young’s score for Michael Todd’s production of Around the World in 80 Days is one of my favorite soundtrack albums ever. As soon as I saw

the movie, I rushed out to buy the soundtrack. I have dozens of movie scores in my collection.

I have heard two concerts that really impressed me in recent days. One was a concert by the Acacia Elementary School Choir. These

kids were 4th through 6th graders, and they were just plain wonderful! If I said anything less, I would be selling these kids short, and that would

be unfair. These students were 60 strong and certainly long on talent. It was a joy to watch the kids throw themselves so completely into the

music. They were having fun, and passing that sense of fun along to the audience. It was a great prelude to Mother’s Day.

On Mother’s Day, our celebration ended on an especially high note. Those who live here have become acquainted with a couple of

fellows who enjoy singing together. Their names are Roger and Dale. These are two guys who really know who to put it together musically.

They both have deep, rich, and sonorous voices that blend perfectly. Listening to them perform together is a matter of sheer pleasure. We are

so fortunate that they come to entertain us on a regular basis. Their concert was the perfect way to end a very special day.

Enjoy your June and celebrating your Dad. Next month is our time to celebrate with a Big Bang (and there is no theory involved

here)!

“Celebrating Life with Steven” By Steven Pines

Attendees: Melanie Hartmann, John Hasenstab, Janice Russell, Betty Grotewold, Del Krietenstein, Carolyn Krietenstein, Debra Sanders,

Kathy Van Etten, Rev Gloria Smith, Lloyd LO & Darwin Fisk

Called to order by: Debra Sanders at 7:18 pm, prayer was lead by Betty Grotewold

Deacons: Trying to find project to get involved in and since ICM garden donation discovered that volunteers are welcome, a group of 5 people

are going to work on Thursday (05/16/2019). We will be meeting at 8am and carpool to ICM facility by 8:30am. Work hours at ICM is from

8: 30 to 11:30am.

Trustees: Unstopped the drain in the Men’s Bathroom at sanctuary. However, more work needs to be done on it. Sprinkler system at

parsonage is partially working and being worked on. Trees trimming this week for next week bulk trash pick up. Approved expanding servant

keeper. Couple that is a friend of caretaker to get married outside the Caretaker cottage. Amazing Art at Encanto School is a summer art

program starting at 07/15/2019 to 08/03/2019, looking at using Fellowship Hall. Tenants at Parsonage at moving out on 07/14/2019 and we

will be checking to see what needs to done once they are moved out on property.

Treasurer Report:

Financial Report: Money is in the bank

Religious Education: Gearing up to go on retreat with kids from 06/09/2019 - 06/15/2019 there will about 6-7 youth going; Camp 06/16/2019

to 06/27/2019. Cinco de Mayo collected $430.00. In July , looking to do a job skills event.

Outreach: Sponsoring Fall series of Cinema Under the Stars (09/20,09/27,10/4 & 10/11) one movie will be a dog movie & sports. Deciding on

movies & negotiating with food trucks. Possibility that Darwin will man the kitchen for one night. Researching food mission for needy

students at Phoenix College, in April 2020, Pride Month, will be donating new banner, Christmas in August (8/18), updating current directory

Hospitality: Cookies in the bank

Encanto Social Gang: on 9/07/2019 Dog Show

Memorial Fund: Report passed around

Technology: Last week difficulty with Wi-Fi connection offline. We are doing live streaming on Facebook and this needs to have consistency.

Pastoral Report: Graduation Sunday will be in Sanctuary. On 05/16 after ICM will be on vacation. Elice will cover 05/19 and Memorial

weekend and will be back for graduation Sunday.

Calendar:

05/19- Music Appreciation

05/24- Tony & Michelle’s friend having wedding outside their home

05/31 - Sophie’s graduation Party at 6:30pm

06/19-Trustees and Council Meeting

06/16-Pancake Breakfast for Father’s Day

07/20-Job Skills Day for Religious Education

07/10-Council & Trustees Meeting

08/14-Council & Trustees Meeting

08/18-Christmas in August

08/25-Water Park

09/07-Dog Show & Pet Memorial Service

09/20-Cinema Under the Stars begins

09/28- Encanto Social Gang; Program Science & Religion by Steve Holloway

10/04-Cinema Under the Stars

10/06-Pet Blessing

10/26-Halloween Party

10/27-Church Picnic

11/23-Christmas Boutique (Holiday Yard Sale)

11/30-Hanging of the Greens

12/18-Blue Christmas Service

12/11-Trustees & Council Meeting

12/14- Play Dress Rehearsal

12/15-Holiday Lunch & Play

Meeting adjourned at 8:15 by Debra Sanders

Council Meeting: May 8, 2019

Encanto Community Church United Church of Christ

2710 North 7th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85007

Rev. Dr. Gloria Smith, Minister Deb Sanders, Moderator Jill Mahoney, Choir Director Genevieve Benham, Organist Tony Lusania, Caretaker

Encanto Community Church United Church of Christ

Worship —Sunday 10:00-11:00 a.m. Phone # 602.266.4602

www.EncantoCommunityChurch.org