Summer Sundries!

Mrs. Dorsey's Clothes Closet serves members of our community from nearby and faraway. You have a chance to help your neighbors by providing items that the Clothes Closet finds most in demand.

This summer at CLC, we'll have a collection box in All Saints Hall. Our current focus for Summer Sundries includes:

• Deodorant
• Soap
• Shampoo

Thank you for helping others!

CLC & Kairos: Working with Sleep in Heavenly Peace

Last week, College Lutheran Church and the Kairos Youth Gathering worked with our local chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace to build thirty beds for people in need!

Kairos is an annual, week-long discipleship gathering for senior high youth held at Roanoke College under the leadership of the Virginia Synod. This year, event planners wanted to include a service project.

Sleep in Heavenly Peace is an international charity that provides beds for people in need. Before a large group can participate in a bed build, a smaller group does some of the necessary pre-cutting. So, the day before Kairos had their big build, about fifteen CLC members spent time cutting the boards to size.

On the day of the big build, CLC then hosted Kairos for lunch in our fellowship hall. Thanks to Lisa Yagle for hosting and providing lunch!

And thanks to all who worked to make sure "No Kid Sleeps on the Floor in Our Town!"

Take Note

By Carolina Bowen

Tuesday greetings! You have a new author for this update as our amazing Director of Music takes a summer vacation. I am thankful for the support I received on the organ bench earlier this summer. I hope that you will join us this Sunday for worship as I return to the bench. Let’s take a pause together as this summer whizzes by. It is hard to believe my summer at College Lutheran is half completed!

Looking ahead:

The hymns for Sunday include: 

• How Firm a Foundation (LBW #507);
• O God of Light (LBW #237);
• Spirit of Gentleness (WOV #684); and, 
• Have No Fear Little Flock (LBW #476).



The LBW is the Lutheran Book of Worship (Green Hymnal) and WOV is With One Voice (Blue Hymnal).

Looking in-depth:

Our recessional hymn is God’s Work Our Hands (ACS #1000) written in 2019 by Wayne L. Wold for “God’s Work, Our Hands” Sunday hymn contest. Wold’s composition was chosen from 120 entries to this contest. The hymn represents the official tagline of the ELCA and expresses how the people of this church live in service for the life of the world. Wold was a church musician from the age of sixteen and shares our love for Lutheran liberal arts. He received music degrees from Concordia Moorhead and Wittenberg and his doctorate from Shenandoah University. Since then, he has lived and worked in Northern Virginia and Maryland.

While the text can be sung to an original tune, on Sunday we will be singing God’s Work Our Hands to the familiar tune of EARTH AND ALL STARS. Earth and All Star’s is a hymn known for its lines about “loud boiling test tubes” and “humming cellos”. This hymn was written for the ninetieth anniversary of St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. I hope this pairing of new text and familiar tune, published in the newest hymnal All Creation Sings, will send you out with courage and joy for another week serving God with our hands, feet, and voices. 

 God's work, our hands: working together,

​building a future, repairing the world,

​raising up homes, planting new gardens,

​feeding the hungry and shelt'ring the cold.

Bless, God, our hands as we work in your name,

​sharing the good news of your Gospel.

Here is a link to the ELCA’s introduction of the hymn in 2019 for you to enjoy. https://youtu.be/WkUINcJ3KXA?si=IBJLvuXoMbM4uMWE

I look forward to worshiping with you as we celebrate the seventh Sunday after Pentecost. Soli Deo gloria – CMB

Come and enjoy fellowship and friendly competition at Olde Salem Brewing Company this Tuesday, July 2. The game starts at 6:30 PM, and Pastor Drebes buys the first round of beverages. Non-alcoholic choices are available if beer isn't your favorite.

We hope to see you there!

On Tuesday evenings from 4 to 6 PM, The CLC parking lot will be a drop-off point for Riverstone Organic Farm. Customers of Riverstone will be able to pick up boxes of produce that they have ordered through the farm's website. For more information about Riverstone Farm in Floyd, VA, click here.

Interested in fresh produce? Signing up ahead of time is necessary. Click here to sign up!

Don't Forget: Submit Your Picture for the CLC Photo Directory!

It's time for an updated photo directory of members and friends of CLC! Luckily, our existing membership record platform allows us to update and print directories as needed--we just need your photos to make it happen! CLC member Jon Osborn has graciously volunteered to coordinate this effort. Please email a JPG or TIF picture of your household members to 

jonosborns@gmail.com

Some things to remember:

• Try to have one photo with all members of your household.
• if available, and in addition to the Family Photo, please include individual photos of household members. If individual photos are not available, the Family Photo will work just fine.
• Avoid submitting a photo where someone is wearing sunglasses or otherwise would be difficult to see.
• If you do not have a digital photo, we can scan physical photos in the church office.

Thanks for helping us update our directory!

Wednesday Bible Study:

The Narrative Lectionary

Our long-running Wednesday Bible Study led by Pastor Drebes meets at 11:15 AM in Stoutamire Chapel. This summer, we will continue to follow the Narrative Lectionary.

A lectionary is a schedule of readings, and the Narrative Lectionary is a creation of professors at Luther Seminary. Articles, podcasts, and other resources related to the readings for each week can be found on the website Working Preacher.

Our current study focuses on First John. Click here to learn more!

Also on Wednesdays, we celebrate a brief service of Holy Communion at 12:15 PM. We hope to see you at one or both of these midweek gatherings!

Men's Spiritual Formation Group

Please join us for fellowship and spiritual studies, meeting on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM during Lent beginning on February 20. We will meet at the home of PK Hundley, near the church. For directions and more information, please contact the church office at (540) 389-4963, or Keith Hartman at hartmankeithe@gmail.com

CLC Card Ministry

Want to send a note to a fellow CLC member? This ministry is a great way to let others know that you are thinking about them and praying for them. Especially when someone is in the hospital, it can be difficult to send them a card. This is one way we can keep connected with one another.

How it works:

• Bring in a card of your own or use one provided on the table next to the mailbox.
• Place in the CLC Card Ministry Mailbox in All Saints Hall
• Our Parish Administrator will address, provide postage, and send cards

It's that easy!

And we thank Ashley Roop for painting the mailbox!

Announcements

Altar Flower Sponsors Needed for Worship Services

The 2024 Flower Chart is in the hallway for signup. Please contact Barbara Brandtner at 540-797-1886, if you would like to provide flowers for the altar.

Ushers Needed for Sunday Worship Services

Ushers are needed for Sunday Worship Services. Please see Joel Barfield or email joel.barfield@gmail.com.

Nursery Volunteers Needed

College Lutheran Church recognizes the importance of providing our parents with the opportunity for quiet worship, as well as, introducing our little ones to the love and care of a Christian community. In order to offer this service, we are seeking volunteers to watch over our littlest members during our 10 am service Sunday mornings. To volunteer, please contact Kellie Rice at kellierice5@aol.com or 540-797-2973. 

Catch up on past worship services

Did you miss a recent worship service? Want to hear that choir anthem one more time? Our video archives are kept on two different websites:

• Click here to visit our YouTube page.
• Click here to visit our Facebook page.

Resources for Daily Devotionals

Do you need some guidance in daily prayer? Consider downloading the D365 App! It's free, and very helpful. Click here to download it to your phone or tablet: https://d365.org/

Do you want a copy of the Living Lutheran magazine or the devotional Christ in Our Home? Let Parish Administrator Sandi Roop know! Just contact her at office1@collegelutheran.org or (540) 389-4963.

Are you interested in keeping up with the lectionary (assigned scripture readings for worship)? This calendar of scripture readings is available at a special website run by Vanderbilt Divinity Library. The site includes art for each day of the church year, and is accessible here: https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/