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October 27 , 2006
This Week at ULC
Sun 10/29/2006 Reformation Sunday Choir Rehearsal - 10:30 Fellowship - 12:00 Council Election Worship Assistants Assistant - Elsa McKinney Reader - Snacks - Buenrostros Sound - Mon 10/30/2006
Open Fellowship - all day
Tues 10/31/2006
Open Fellowship - all day
Wed 11/01/2006
Open Fellowship - all day
Worship - 5:30
Supper - 6:00
Choir Rehearsal - 6:30
Thus 11/02/2006
Open Fellowship - all day
Fri 11/03/2006
Parents Weekend
Open Fellowship - all day Sat 11/04/2006
Parents Weekend
Tailgate Party - Reserved Parking
Open Fellowship - all day
ULC Council Minutes
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Parents Weekend
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From the Pastor
 This coming Sunday is a very special Sunday. Those of you who bleed “Lutheran” know that it is the last Sunday of October…and that means REFORMATION Sunday. But that’s not why it is so important to me…at least not THIS year anyway. The reason this Sunday is special to me is that Reformation Sunday will be my first official Sunday back after a four month medical absence and battle with Lymphoma. I had hoped to be back by December, but things have gone so well that I’m back to work a month early! And you can count on me being at University Lutheran on Sundays from now on. I look forward to seeing many of you again…and many for the first time! There is a lot to say about the Reformation. Rather than say ALL of it, which I have a tendency to do…I will just pick one area that is especially significant to me. The focus on “Justification by Grace through Faith” is, of course, the most well known Reformation catch phrase. But there are other areas worth mentioning as well. One of the accepted liabilities of being a pastor is that people are always coming to you looking for answers to life’s difficult questions. When they find out I don’t have those answers, they often want to at least find out my opinion on certain weighty issues. “Pastor, what do you think about…( It would be great if those questions would continue )…”the Cardinal’s chance at winning the World Series?” But the issues are much more tricky than that…usually involving abortion, war, homosexuality, capital punishment and the like. Most of my responses include both sides of the issue at question. For example, I am totally opposed to abortion, yet at the same time I respect the law of the land and can support a woman’s difficult decision to terminate a pregnancy and her right of choice. I am violently opposed to the war in Iraq yet support and cheer our troops on as they face death daily on the front lines. People then ask “How can you hold two contradictory opinions on the same issue?” I respond, “It’s because I am Lutheran.” One of the legacies of Luther is the importance of paradox….and that not only is it possible, but it can be desirable to hold two conflicting views at the same time. By so doing, we keep the discussion going over those issues. The most well known of the Reformation paradoxes is that we are “both saints, redeemed by the blood of Christ” and “sinners condemned by our own actions.” at the same time. Another Reformation paradox describes the Christian as “Free from the restraints of the law…free of will to engage any and all areas of life without hesitation” and at the same time we are “slaves to all those requirements that insist that we live in service to one another.” Saint and Sinner. Free and yet a Slave. The Reformation invites us to move beyond being wishy-washy over the sensitive issues of our time…and to tackle them head on without having to come down definitively on one side or the other…and somehow to do what’s right. Please join us Sunday for a rousing chorus of “A Mighty Fortress…..” And don’t forget to set your clocks back or you’ll miss everything. Pastor DUUU From the President Dear families, friends, and members of ULC, We thank God, modern medicine, and last, but not least your prayers for Pastor Dohrman's nearly complete recovery. From now on, he is well, so that he will lead both our worship on Sunday mornings and the Wednesday evenings' student devotion and dinner. He is "back in the saddle", so to speak. This Sunday is Reformation Sunday, a very important day for all of us Lutherans. We will sing "A Mighty Fortress is Our God", and we hope that all of you will join us for worship at 11 a.m. We thank those who will help this Sunday, namely the Buenrostros who will serve our breakfast snacks, the Knickerbockers who will set up communion, and Catherine Knickerbocker who will be our reader. After the service, we will have a brief congregational meeting, when the congregation will elect the officers for the 2006-2007 year. We also need to keep in mind that we have our Annual Chili Cook Off on November 18th for the Homecoming Tailgate Get Together. If you have a favorite chili recipe, please prepare a batch and bring it to share. Also let Catherine Knickerbocker know that you will bring something. We hope to see you soon. God's blessings.
Elsa McKinneyUUU
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