JUNE 2017

PASTORMark Rossman

PASTORShari Bernau

OFFICE/BLDG MANAGERAndrea Greer

FINANCE MANAGERLori Clark

CHOIR DIRECTORMarcie Donavon

ACCOMPANISTScott Sims

SEXTONJakab Peter

CONTENTSPrayer List

VisitorsCouncil Report

Pastor’s MessageAsk Zeke

Studies & RetreatsNews & Events

“God’s Work, OUR Hands”Upcoming DatesFinancial Report

Lutheran Church

www.LWLCAZ.org

“Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.”John 4:14

Mark your calendars now for our 2017 edition of Vacation Bible School on June 19-23! Our theme this year is “ROME – Paul and the Under-ground Church.” Your children, grandchildren, neighbors and friends will elbow through a crowded Roman marketplace, visit with the Apostle Paul and gasp as a thief is wrestled to the ground. They’ll tiptoe past Roman guards as they inch their way to a hidden cave – where first-century Christians eagerly await their arrival. And that’s just one day at this summer’s most exciting VBS!

Registration is available at lwlcaz.org/vbs for all children ages 4 through 6th grade. Please register by June 1. Please contact Sunday-School@lwlcaz.org to volunteer, help or for any questions.

2017 Vacation Bible School

Grace Lutheran Pancake BreakfastJoin us Sunday at 9:30am for Summer Worship

Come join us for the Grace Lutheran Church feed the homeless Pancake Break-fast on Sunday July 2, 2017. If you have never had the opportunity to be a part of this rewarding experience, this is the year to be involved. We will be needing no more than 15 volunteers. Volunteered must be 13 and older and it would be a great experience for any youth. Look for a signup sheet in the Narthex and/or online. Please contact Don Pick at (480)205-0362 or dpick8@cox.net. We look forward to having you join us for this wonderful event.

Email your prayer request to prayer@lwlcaz.org

Welcome to our Guests

We Remember in our Prayers

Send your prayer requests to prayer@lwlcaz.org or fill one out at lwlcaz.org

•Janet Adamski (Sister of Rita Reamer) – Undergoing cancer treatment •Don Benson – Recovering from a fall •Bernie Birmingham (Friend of Dick & Nancy Blazer) – Health concerns •James Chris�an (Friend of the Kilburn’s) – Ba�ling a brain tumor •Jackie Curdy (Gene Perry's sister) - Diagnosed with cancer •Brian Fleming (Brother-in-law of Barbara Hannan) – Health concerns •Family & friends of Rob Fredley (Cousin of Vern Reamer) – Mourning his death •Krista Gullickson Ghiara & husband Abehay (Family of Joan Halverson) – Krista is ba�ling cancer and strength for her husband•Diane Hall (Friend of Marty Lindert) – Housefire and her husband and grandson are in burn unit in Lubbock, TX •Mark Ha�ield (Friend of Vern Reamer) – Health concerns •Jeanne Jacobson (Mother of Jill Wehr) – Health concerns •Della Lichtenfels (Mother of Tamey Manalli) – Health concerns •Stan Johnson – Recovery from hip surgery •Family & friends of Sheri Menge (Friends of Kevin & Heidi Ruff) - Mourning her death •Paula Mortensen – Recovery from surgery•David Olive (Pete Pri�’s son-in-law) – Ba�ling cancer•Gene Perry – Health concerns •Patrick Sears (Friend of Mark & Kathy Heisler) – Ba�ling cancer •Mary Lee Sturgeon – Recovering from wrist surgery

John & Brenda BerrySco� & Amy BishopSue & Charlie BoydSusan BrownPat BurnsAna CaballeroCindy CrawfordRandy CrowJane�e & Peter DahlWalter & Margaret DawsonBill Di�manJim EaglinMike & Lassie EicherAlan FankhauserPatricia FlemingKevin & Kim GiontzeneliLaJune GodbersonCassie GravesHamiltonsThe Handley familyAbby, Megan & Wya� HannanElaine HitchcockSue HornachSandy HullDave & Sharon HumphreyBob & Nancy HutsonThe IngramsAnne�e Sco�

Jim & Susie JanikPhil & Marianne KanningKelly KassenBrian, Kris�n & Taylor KarterJoyce & Stan KerberJill KnorrMarie & Rolie LagnoliRyan & Megan LorenzDon LukeDuane MeekMesserli familyPaul & T MillerGerald & Martha MooreTed & Kim MorrisMike & Judy NybergDave & Cherrie OglesbyPat PatrickH L & Olivia QuistLynn ReedJack RiedelSteve & Nyla RomeKevin, Heidi, William, Henry & Caroline RuffPat RuhaThe Saavedra familyKirk & Sue SamlaskeKat SandersKen Shaw

Ted & Dawn ShieldsJeff ShelmireMark Smith Gary & Diane SmithShannon SmithSteve & Kris�n SmithKim SpanglerKendell & Kyla StebbinsBre� StoneKris�n StoneMaria WredeHarold WilhelmsonLisa YoungOut of AreaDan & Kay Bonar, Payson, AZBen & Kirsten Burkland, Kearney, NEBrad & Pam Burklund, Omaha, NEJerry & Kay Byers, Kent, WARon & Kris Erickson, Minneapolis, MNHaertle family, Pewaukee, WIBrian & Sherry Heeb, Mound, MNMike Heeb, Minneapolis, MNJohn & Sue Hornacek, LaGrange, ILThomas Ju�a, Regina, SK, CanadaBill Lucas, Richmond, TXMark & Edna MacKenzie,CanadaJon & Pam McGlocklin, WITerry McNeice, Minneapolis, MN

Carole & Wes Mathre, Moorhead, MNEric, Dawn, Sco�, Cassidy, Boyce & Luke Miles, Heartland, WIGeorgia Miller, San Dimas, CAJerry Olsen, Fort Collins, COCindy Pereira, Wrightwood, CAJerry Poffenroth, Mukilteo, WAJeff Roush, Sammamish, WAAllyson Ruha, Hannah& Brooke Baker, San Antonio, TX Jim & Shirley Samlaska, Tucson, AZKirk & Sue Samlaska, Glendale, AZLinda & Tom Snavely, Presco�, AZSean & Danna Steichen, Maple Valley, WAElaine Syverson, Albert Lea, MNKevin Underkofler, St. Paul, MNNancy Walker, Pocotello, IDEric & Paula Wester, Arlington, VAWinter VisitorsTod & Bonnie Dawson, Champaign, ILSam & Lori Kalainov, Des Moines, IAGary & Zo Karlstad, Grand Forks, NDKen & Claudia MacKay, Wheaton, ILGaylen & Shirley Mendini, Greenfield, WIDorie Underekofler, Middleton, WIJohn & Eunice Vorhees, Dellwood, MN

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Please call the o�ce if your birthday is not listed and we will make sure to enter it into our database.

May you be gifted with God’s blessings on your special day and always!

Hart, Sharon 18-JunKriegbaum, Oliver 3-JunBrown, Hunter 30-JunAlber�, Vanessa 23-JunLehman, Jackson 22-JunWinter, Sam 16-JunCorrell, Ellen 24-JunHagstrom, Timothy Edward 4-JunBrown, Michelle 6-JunLaudenschlager, Missy 25-JunLarson, Josh 21-JunShelmire, Sarah 4-JunElliot, Ewan 7-JunCales, Lynda 23-Jun

Moore, Janice 6-JunSchoenbeck, Ellen 23-JunStavseth, Bruce 10-JunNelson, Terry 6-JunHorrocks, Glenn 7-JunWilder, Pam 5-JunHandley, Lou 25-JunDumler, Denny 6-JunKilburn, Penny 25-JunSemke, Mary Lou 7-JunBash, Joyce 9-JunBlazer, Nancy 5-JunGunderson, Richard 14-JunWeber, Gordon 7-Jun

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A Message from Pastor Bernau

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The ELCA Youth Gathering is on my mind these days. Yes, I know there are s�ll around 400 days to go un�l the 2018 Gathering in Houston, TX begins. But, I can already envision the arrival of 30,000 youth and crazy adults wearing bright colored shirts and excited to experience God’s presence in a new way. I can already picture the difference this massive number of people par�cipa�ng in service projects will make in the lives of the people and the places of Houston. I can already foresee the bond that each youth group will form as they embark on an adventure like nothing they’ve ever experienced together before.

And, I can already imagine how their stories will touch the hearts of the people in their home congrega�ons and inspire faith and hope. All of these things and more are what the ELCA Youth Gathering is all about, and therefore I am passionate about providing an opportunity for all youth to par�cipate in this once-in-a-life�me experience. So when I got an email message last fall from Bishop Steve Talmage asking me to be the Gathering Synod Coordinator for our Grand Canyon Synod, I immediately said “yes!” I was happy to do this because I consider this one way in which I can use my gi�s and passion to serve the greater church.

I am also very excited about leading the youth of Living Water in this awesome adventure that Mark England describes as “A Lutheran Pilgrimage”. He says, “I would argue that the ELCA Youth Gathering is our opportunity for pilgrimage. A pilgrimage is often a journey made to a holy site such as Jerusalem or Rome. It’s just that our holy sites, the cities where we gather in the name of Jesus, are movable. When I think of the ELCA Youth Gathering as recovering the lost art of pilgrimage, then I can recognize that it’s not just about the destination, but it is the whole journey that is holy. In this way, the car washes, the sponsor banquets, and all of the planning become sacred parts of the pilgrimage and more than just a means to an end. Some may argue that Wittenberg is the proper destination for a Lutheran pilgrimage. For me, I’ll happily join all of the other Lutheran pilgrims in candy colored shirts finding our way to our domed stadium destination.”

I would like to propose that our pilgrimage starts this summer at Living Water, as we spread the word about this awesome experience to all youth who are currently going into 8th grade through 12th grade. Registra�on opens September 15! Please see me if you (or someone you know) is interested in joining our group from Living Water.

ELCA Youth Gathering: June 27-July 1, 2018

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Ask Zeke June 2017 – Bishop

Living Water’s 24/7 office fish confirms a change in synod leadership Q. I heard the Grand Canyon Synod will soon have a new bishop. When will this happen? A. In fish parlance, a local Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) congregation has landed itself a big one. The Rev. Stephen Talmage, who is currently Bishop of the Grand Canyon Synod, has accepted a call to serve a church in Mesa. The process of replacing him will unfold in two stages: the appointment of an interim bishop this summer and the election of a new bishop at next year’s Synod Assembly. Bishop Talmage’s resignation is due to his upcoming return to parish ministry. In March, the members of Love of Christ Lutheran Church, a sizeable congregation in Mesa, voted to extend a call to him to serve as their next Senior Pastor. As Bishop Talmage wrote in Grand Canyon Synod’s monthly E-News in March, “After a period of prayer and discernment, I am accepting this new call and will be resigning my call as bishop of the Grand Canyon Synod effective July 31, 2017.” Each of the 65 synods within the ELCA elects a bishop to oversee synod administration and staff. The Rev. Talmage was elected to a six-year term during the Grand Canyon Synod Assembly in May 2006 and re-elected to a second six-year term in 2012. His duties include overseeing approximately 95 ELCA congregations located primarily in Arizona and also in four Nevada counties and St. George, Utah. Bishop Talmage has been involved in various aspects of Living Water's pastoral call process. You may remember seeing him here when he installed Pastor Mark in March 2014 and again when he presided over Pastor Shari’s installation a couple months ago. ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton is appointing The Rev. Dr. Lowell Almen, a former ELCA Secretary, to serve as our Interim Bishop. A new synod bishop will be elected at the 2018 Synod Assembly. Do you have a question for Zeke? E-mail it to him at AskZeke@cox.net or contact his writing partner, Jill Wehr, at 480-515-4813.

SUNDAY MORNING ADULT FORUM

The Sunday morning Adult Forum is taking a break for the summer and will resume on Sep-tember 10 when we again have our two-worship service schedule. Among the presentations that have been lined up for the fall are four weeks in October on the life, teachings, and ministry of Martin Luther as we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.

MEN'S BREAKFAST BIBLE STUDYJoin us each Thursday at 7:40am at Soul Cafe

(Pinnacle Peak, 7615 E Pinnacle Peak Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85255)

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Help us support this year’s VBS Children's Book Drive!For the second year, our VBS Mission Project is once again a book drive to help improve literacy in the Phoenix core area. Books for elementary aged kids are our focus during VBS but we always accept any book donations. Books should be new or gently used (meaning no rips, tears, writing or worm holes!) Last year, we collected more than 650 books during this drive. Can we do it again?

Through our church's relationship with the Assistance League of Phoenix, these books find their way to several different agencies in our community, including K-8 students in Title I schools where 90% of the children quality for free and reduced lunches, ICM (Interfaith Cooperative Ministries) Food & Clothing Bank and UMOM New Day Center.

Bring your new or gently used books to the church through June 25th. Watch for the special display area as VBS begins to take shape! Help us support our VBS kids mission project and share the importance of a book in the hands of a child. Questions? Contact Sue Brash sue-brash7@gmail.com or Myrna Ulland myrna.ulland@gmail.com

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LED Project – Fundraising UpdateThank you so much to those who generously gave to the LED Project! As you may know, the LED Project involves the replacement of our previous lights with energy-saving LED lights in every LWLC lighting fixture both inside and out. APS has estimated that the LED lights will save our church $4,800 per year in energy cost. The total cost of the project is $15,000. The amount raised through April is $10,495, which leaves the remaining balance to be raised as $4,505. If you feel led to contribute to this project, you can make a donation online, by text, cash, or by check with a notation that the contribution is for the LED Project. Every contribution is helpful regardless of amount. Again, thank you so much to those who have contributed to this project. Not only does this improvement help our environment by saving over 54,000 kwh per year of energy usage, but it also will pay for itself in approximately three years through the financial savings.

ATTNTION HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH:This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity you won’t

want to miss!The ELCA Youth Gathering is happening next

summer…

June 27-July 1, 2018! All youth who will be going into grades 8-12 this summer are eligible to attend. To learn more about this opportunity, please see Pastor Shari.

Former, current, and prospective bridge players of all levels are invited to a fun evening of party bridge at the home of Ron and Karen Roessler on Friday, June 16, starting at 7:00 pm. Simply add your name to the sign-up sheet on the kiosk in the Narthex. For more information on this monthly fellowship opportunity, please contact Richard or Jill Wehr (480-515-4813).

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9201 E. Happy Valley Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85255office@lwlcaz.org ~ 480.473.8400 ~ www.LWLCAZ.org

Living Water is a Congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Grand Canyon Synod.

GENERAL FUND Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 February March April May June July August September October November December YTDActual

Income 45,312 79,301 33,600 36,863 45,076 53,135 168,674Expenses 35,872 48,106 34,975 35,239 45,961 52,088 168,263Net Income (Loss) 9,440 31,195 -1,375 1,624 -885 1,047 - - - - - - - - 411

BUILDING FUND Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 February March April May June July August September October November December YTDIncome 4,718 63,390 4,318 3,165 3,210 5,031 15,724Disbursements 8,004 8,004 8,004 8,004 8,004 8,004 32,016

SUMMER STEWARDSHIP1 Peter 4:10 (NIV) — Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

Heading out of town to avoid the Arizona heat for the summer? We will miss you. Our fall and winter weather is great, but those hot summer days can be tough! Yes, it's a “dry heat” but so is an oven! Nevertheless, your church home here at Living Water keeps its doors open year round. You know what that means, too, don't you? The air-conditioning bills continue to arrive each month. We host our annual Vacation Bible School and worship – while reduced to one service – continues, too.

The same can be said for your summer church home! They keep their doors open for those who stay throughout the year. It has been suggested, that setting up a monthly auto-pay plan with both your home church and your “home away from home” church to automatically make your tithe/o�ering to both churches each month would help both churches even out the peaks and valleys between expenses and income that occur in those months when you are not there. Most churches make it easy to set up. At Living Water, you can talk to Lee Stenehjem or Lori Clark and they will be glad to walk you through the process.

Its a win-win. Both churches receive the funds you intended for them to receive and you save some time (which can then be devoted to other church-related activities )and voila! You have increased your stewardship giving because you increased the time you give to the church!

If you are going away for the summer, have a safe and enjoyable one, and we look forward to seeing you next fall!

Thank you for your continuing support of Living Water and its ministries!

Your Giving Ministry TeamFrank Stock, FacilitatorGerry CalesLarry CouttsCarol JacobsonEd KilburnRon KochDennis NelsonLee Stenehjem

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ONLINE GIVING & TEXT GIVING

Every summer, we have faithful and generous members who diligently mail their contribu�ons from their summer home or vaca�on des�na�on to the church to support our ministry during the summer months. To assist and simplify the giving process, we have installed online & text giving so�ware. Online and text giving pla�orms allow LWLC supporters to give wherever they are na�onally within minutes…no envelope, check, or postage is needed. So, how does one access online & text giving? We have three ways…

1. From a computer, one can simply click the “Online Giving” link on the LWLC website at www.lwlcaz.org.

2. From a smart phone, you can access the LWLC website and use the “Online Giving” link as in #1 above. Or, if you use an iPhone, you can download the “Give+” app. To obtain the “Give+” app, go to the Apple App. store and search for “Vanco Give”. You will see the following op�on for “Give+” appear.

Click “Open” to download it. A�er downloading the app, open the app. The prompts for informa�on will guide you through the giving process easily.

3. From a mobile phone, text your dona�on to 480-568-1120, which is the text giving number assigned to LWLC. (Text a dollar amount and the name of the fund to which you would like to donate. Ex: $100 General Fund; If you haven’t used the text giving before, a link will be texted to you to enter your name, address, and payment info. Once you have entered all info., you will receive a texted and emailed confirma�on of your contribu�on to LWLC. Please note that a�er the ini�al profile is set up for text giving, you will not have to do that again. The system will recognize your phone number and give credit to you.)

How safe is using the online giving and text giving so�ware? The so�ware that we use complies with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of regula�ons established by the credit card industry that apply to companies of any size that accept credit card payments. (In order for a merchant of any size to process credit card payments, they must adhere to these standards.)

If you have any ques�ons or if you need assistance, please see Lori Clark in the office or contact her at 480-473-8400 or at lori.clark@lwlcaz.org. She will be glad to assist you.

MEMORIAL COLUMBARIUM The columbarium of Living Water Lutheran Church (9201 E. Happy Valley Rd, Scottsdale, AZ) is a memorial garden designed as a res�ng place for the ashes of deceased members and their families. A columbarium is a permanent structure with niches or compartments designed to hold the urns containing the ashes of loved ones. Our columbarium is located on the far south end of our campus.

Our columbarium allows our members and their families the opportunity to have their final res�ng place within the shadow of the Church that has been a central part of their lives. This sacred site of beauty and dignity is a place where loved ones can visit and meditate.

The columbarium eliminates the pressures of choosing a burial site, casket, vault, and monument. Planning the inurnment and memorial service will be much simpler since it can all be done at the Church. The cost of crema�on and a niche in the columbarium are significantly less than the cost of a casket, burial site, and marker. This area emanates dignity and peace among the beau�ful Arizona desert landscape in which it resides. The design reflects the dignity, beauty, and tranquility appropriate for the res�ng place for those who have died.

It fulfills the Church’s mission to oversee the spiritual life of its congrega�on from bap�sm through life to death. These facili�es are not intended to compete with commercial cemeteries, but are for the convenience of the Church members, ministers and immediate families.

HOW DOES IT WORK? You purchase a columbarium niche from the Church. You can place up to two urns in each niche. Upon purchase, the granite faceplate will be engraved showing the first name, middle name, family name, and date of birth. As soon as possible a�er inurnment, the date of death will be added to the faceplate. The Church provides the urn, faceplate, and engraving. The Church will maintain your niche and its surroundings. Your family and friends will be comforted by your final res�ng place.

PURCHASING A NICHE A copy of the applica�on, niche inscrip�on order form with purchase price of a niche, and the rules and policies of the columbarium are all available from the Church office. Once the applica�on is approved, a cer�ficate covering inurnment ownership rights will be sent to the purchaser. If you purchase a niche and decide not to use it, the Church will repurchase the niche for the original selling price only. Once the niche has been used, no refund will be made. A niche cannot be sold or transferred and may only be used by those listed on the original purchase. The purchase of a niche includes the urns, the plaques inscribed with name and dates of birth and death, the opening and closing of the niche for inurnment, and perpetual care. Each niche is designed to hold two urns. Niche assignments are allocated in accordance with the desires of each applicant on a first-come, first-serve basis.

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Living Water Lutheran Church COLUMBARIUM PURCHASE FORM Columbarium Pricing per Niche (fits 2):

Pre-Construction Cost: $2,000/ Post Completion Cost: $2,500 Minimum $500 deposit due with this form. There will be a 1 year time frame to pay off the remaining balance.

Personal and Billing Information

Name of Purchaser

E-mail

Home Phone

Cell Phone

Address

City, State, Zip

Total Amount Due

Amount Paid

Payment Method CC Check Cash Other

2.75% to help offset CC processing fee Yes No

Name on Credit Card

Credit card number Credit card expiration date

CVV code on back Columbarium Information

Number of Niche(s) Reserved

Niche Numbers

Names on the Niche

_____________________________ _________________ Signature of Purchaser Date

Office Use Only: Recorded by _____________ on ________. Assigned Niche Number: ______________________

Amount Paid: ___________________ on___________. Amount Due: __________________by _______.