Photos from Final Service at Christ Church - Thanks, Doug!

Christ Church Final Service Photos

Bulletin Announcements - Third Sunday after Pentecost

MAKE SURE you check out the bulletin board at the back of the church for the beautiful postcard Beverly and Pastor sent from Norway.

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SUMMER CAMPS
Pastor Jim has registration forms for:
- Senior High Camp at SonRise – June 28 to July 3 – for all 9th through 12th graders. Cost $230.
- Confirmation Camp at Fowler – July 5 through 11– for all 7th through 8th graders. Cost $300.
- Lutheran Summer Conference at Silver Bay
SUMMER TAG/YARD/BAKE SALES Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 11, are the dates for the annual Yard Sale at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Chatham.

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GRAVESIDE SERVICE
Eleanor Williams, age 100 and 3 months, died last week. She had been the senior member of Christ Lutheran Church in Ghent and was quite likely the senior member of the Northern Columbia County Lutheran Cluster. A graveside service will be conducted by Pastor Jim on Friday, June 26th, at the Ghent Union Cemetery at 1:30pm.

Final vote next week - name the church

Today June 21st, we voted from our list of eighteen (18) names that were submitted for consideration in naming our new consolidated church.

Next week on June 28th, we will be selecting our new name with our final vote.

Please select one name from the following either by voting in person or sending an e-mail either to me or one of the council members.

There were 61 votes cast and the following are the top 5 choices;

PLEASE PICK ONE:

NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH

CHRIST OUR EMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH

UNITY LUTHERAN CHURCH

UNITED in CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH

ABIDING LOVE LUTHERAN CHURCH

Submitted by Deb for Mac MacDonald

Naming the consolidated churches

Let's keep in mind that the churches in Ghent and Chatham are involved in a "consolidation," which is two churches joining, rather than a "merger" which indicates one church is taking over another.

The vote for a new name is this Sunday, the June 21st after church (unless the date has been changed since I have been out of commission for a couple of weeks. If so, please e-mail me immediately and I will correct this posting.) I believe absentee ballots are being considered for those who cannot make it to the service so spread the word.

Here are the suggested names (as always please e-mail me with any omissions or spelling corrections):

Christ Our King Emmanuel Lutheran Church
New Hope Lutheran Church
Unity Lutheran Church
United in Christ Lutheran Church
New Missions Lutheran Church
Abiding Love Lutheran Church
Christ Lutheran Church
Abiding Word Lutheran Church
Abiding Faith Lutheran Church
Lord of Life Lutheran Church
The Lord's Lutheran Church
Christ Our Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Risen Christ Lutheran Church
The Third Evangelical Lutheran Church (see previous posting from Pastor re: "Evangelical"
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (same note on line above)
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (There's one in Loudonville.)
New Creation Lutheran Church

Note on using "Evangelical" in the name:
Pastor mentioned in church before he left for Norway (Hi Pastor Bob! Hi Beverly!) that Luther did not want the name of his church to be eponymous (I think this is the correct use of this word. Martin Luther did not want his name used in the naming of the church.) Anyhoo . . . if you care to hear more about Pastor's musings on using "Evangelical," see his previous posting.

Pastor suggested we choose a name that reflects what we are about and that we pray, "Gracious Spirit, Guide the naming of our new community of worshipers."

I am so sorry to have missed "The Last Supper" at Christ Church last week but, God willing, I will see you this Sunday - with Joe on the drums thanks to Richard!

Have a good end of the week.