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January Health Tip – Bone Care

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By Mary Ircink, parish nurse Yes, many people make New Year’s resolutions which include good nutrition and exercise for weight control. In addition, do you know the benefits for your bone health? The month of May is National Osteoporosis month. However I can’t wait to remind you of the importance of exercise for bone health in the New Year! According to Neil Binkley, M.D., professor of medicine, proper nutrition is important for maintaining strong bones. Calcium, vitamin D and protein all play a part in strong bone health. Weakened bones can break more easily. Exercise is another comp...
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What does that have to do with me?

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I can't turn water into wine. But might I be able to do something about overcoming hatred with love? Today's texts: Isaiah 62: 1-5 and John 2: 1-11 Come with me for a few moments to that wedding at Cana. Jesus was there with his mother. A few of his new companions had come along as well. The way John tells the story, Andrew and his brother, Simon Peter; Philip and his friend Nathaniel had become followers of Jesus. John does not say whether all of them went to the wedding in Cana, but let’s imagine that they did. So they are all there having a fine party. This must have been a ...
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Hope

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Hope is scary. It is risky. It can seem irresponsible and it definitely is not rational. Hope may lead to good and great things but it may also result in disappointment, loss and heartbreak. Today's text: John 11.1-44 Reflection by Christa J Fisher, Chaplain, Dane County Jail  Good Morning. Thank you for the invitation to join you in worship this morning. It is my privilege to be here, sharing the Word of God with you – a Word which has the power to restore and transform lives. As the Chaplain to the men of the Dane County Jail I see God’s powerful Word at work each day, and I am hope...
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Council minutes from Jan. 5, 2016

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Draft minutes Present: Pastor Phil Haslanger, Josh Gormley, Betsy Robbins, Jeanne Prueher, Damon Smith, Sarah Fritz, Jan Klawitter, Janine Bessemer, Rebecca Malke. Present for financial/budget portion of meeting: Gary Johnson, John VanOverbeke. Absent: Jacy Boldebuck Pastor Phil opened the meeting with a prayer. The minutes for the December 2015 meeting were approved with the following changes: Outreach: Outreach met Dec 6, 2015. … the loose plate offering took about $1,000 away from the Operating Budget.  Outreach recommended continuing the loose plate offering, but four times (qua...
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In the Beginning

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On this first Sunday of a new year, in the beginning of 2016, we have a chance to think about where we are in the much bigger story, about who we are as a community of followers of Jesus ...and who we hope to be.  Today's texts: Jeremiah 31:7-14 and John 1: 1-18 In the beginning. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth… In the beginning was the Word… In the beginning, we were born with the spark of life and the image of God infused into our beings. In the beginning, 64 Swiss immigrants and descendants of Swiss immigrants assembled on June 10, 1917, in the ...
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Resolutions

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Here are a few ideas for 2016 – compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, forgiveness, gratitude and learning. Oh yes, and love. Always love. Today's texts - Colossians 3:12-17 and Luke 2:41-52 I am pretty sure that mostly what you would like today is sing some Christmas carols, so I won’t talk long. But I do want to pick up an idea from those two scripture readings that we heard today. This is the week when lots of folks formulate resolutions for the new year. I’ll exercise more, eat less, write to friends more often, spend more time with the ones I love. Sometime we wr...
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Council minutes for Dec. 8, 2015

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Approved minutes Present:  Josh Gormley, president, Phil Haslanger, pastor, John Van Overbeke, financial secretary, Rebecca Malke, faith formation director, Gary Johnson, trustee chair;, Jacy Boldebuck, Jan Klawitter, Sarah Fritz, Jeanne Prueher, Janine Bessemer, Damon Smith, Betsy Robbins. Pastor Phil opened the meeting with prayer. MINUTES: Josh Gormley asked for any questions or corrections of the minutes from the November Council meeting.  Betsy Robbins indicated the Chariot scheduling is under the Membership Committee, not the Worship Committee.  Josh asked for a motion to app...
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Bible, Christmas, donuts and Mt. Rainier

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How can we keep Christ at the center of our lives without giving into the intolerance of other faiths that is so tempting these days? By Rev. Jerry Hancock I am so happy to be at Memorial this morning. This church and you all have been supportive of the Prison Ministry Project and my call to ministry since before the beginning. Phill and Bonnie were my best and truest guides in leading me away from being a lawyer and beginning my attornment by going to prison. This morning, I want to talk about four of my favorite things; the Bible, Christmas, donuts and Mt Rainier. But those are ...
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Waiting and waiting and waiting

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The words that we associate with the Advent candles are hope, peace, joy and love. But all of those words point to what we are waiting for at Christmas – God breaking into our world with the birth of Jesus. Today's texts - Malachi 3: 1-4 and Luke 1: 68-79   Ellen and I bought each other a Christmas present last week. It’s not a surprise. And we got a good deal. It’s the new Fitbit that goes around a wrist measures steps and heart rates and sleep patterns…and even tells time! We have them at home, in the box, waiting for Christmas morning. Now it would be easy enough for us...
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Day of Doom, Day of Hope

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Two stories were written in times of chaos, both holding out hope to the beleaguered people of their times. Today's texts: Daniel 7: 9-10, 13-14 and Revelation 1: 4-8 For about the last hundred years, many Christian churches have celebrated the last Sunday on the liturgical calendar, the Sunday before the beginning of Advent, as the feast of Christ the King, or, more recently and less archaically, as the feast of the realm of Christ. But not in Sweden. Since 1921, the Church of Sweden, with its roots in the Lutheran tradition, has celebrated this as the Sunday of Doom. That see...
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