Evangelical Lutheran Church

On December 15, 2007. On today a Memorial Service will be held at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1900 E. North Avenue from 9 A.M.-10 A.M. with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-433-7500.

One of the season's favorite treats and the county's No. 1 festival theme -- the strawberry -- is back.Pleasant Valley Community Volunteer Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary opens the strawberry festival season Saturday with its salute to this popular fruit.The festival will offer strawberries and Baugher's ice cream, with chicken platters and music by Westminster Municipal Band from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the fire hall on South Pleasant Valley Road. Platters are $3 for small portions and $5 for large.

The Rev. John R. Houck Sr., 76, Lutheran church officialThe Rev. John R. Houck Sr., retired pastor of St. Michael Lutheran Church in Perry Hall and former Lutheran Church official, died Monday of multiple myeloma at Westfield Memorial Hospital in New York. He was 76 and lived at Oak Crest Village retirement community.Mr. Houck, who served as pastor of St. Michael from 1950 to 1960, and was visitation pastor there from 1987 until 1992, was vacationing in Chautauqua, N.Y., at the time of his death.

The Rev. Roberto Maldonado is an Episcopal priest and rector of a Canton church. He also happens to be functioning as a Lutheran pastor.Far from triggering an ecclesiastical investigation, Maldonado's dual status anticipates the cooperation and sharing of resources that would result from the historic agreement approved last week between the Episcopal Church and the nation's largest Lutheran denomination.Maldonado and his church, La Iglesia de los Tres Santos Reyes (The Church of the Three Holy Kings)

Two worldwide Lutheran agencies will open their headquarters in Baltimore's Inner Harbor today, continuing the march of nonprofit headquarters to the city.Lutheran World Relief and Lutheran Immigration and Relief Service, known as LIRS, moved into their new quarters at 700 Light St. during the weekend.The organizations, previously based in New York, will bring about 70 jobs to Baltimore."Now that this day has come, I think everybody who's making the move is really happy," said Jonathan Frerichs, a spokesman for Lutheran World Relief.

The Rev. J. Leon Haines, a prominent figure in the Delaware-Maryland Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, died Saturday in an automobile accident in Reisterstown. The Lutherville resident was 80.Mr. Haines had devoted more than a half-century to the ministry, and been on the Maryland Synod staff since 1957. He retired in 1985 as assistant to the bishop, but remained a consultant on congregational constitutions to what became after a merger the Delaware-Maryland Synod."He was deeply loved by the people of the Maryland Synod," said the Rev. Andrea Hagen, who worked closely with Mr. Haines and is now an assistant to the bishop.

The Carroll Lutheran Village Retirement Community in Westminster has honored the founders of Partners in Ministry, a volunteer program that provides in-home support and respite for more than a dozen families throughout Carroll County."

PARTICIPATE IN A centennial musical event Sunday. All you'll need is a lawn chair or blanket.At 6 p.m. Sunday, the Alesia Band celebrates its 100th year as a community band with a free concert in the band shell at Manchester Carnival Grounds off York Street. If it rains, the band will play inside the adjacent activities building."We're giving this concert to the community," said Francis Staley, director for the past 21 years. The free concert is a scheduling squeeze for the band.With a reputation built over 100 years of community concerts and strawberry festivals, the band has every weekend penciled in.Strawberry festivals and the Alesia Band seem to go hand in hand.

PHILADELPHIA -- The nation's largest Lutheran denomination approved a historic agreement yesterday creating a close relationship with three Reformed churches, but delegates narrowly rejected a similar proposal with the Episcopal Church.The proposal for closer ties between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Episcopal Church fell only six votes shy of the two-thirds majority, 690, required for approval. A difference over the role of bishops was the main stumbling block to the agreement.

James L. Watson Jr., a longtime church choir member who once owned an East Baltimore dry cleaners, died Monday f a heart attack at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 66.For more than 30 years, Mr. Watson's strong tenor voice was heard nearly each Sunday from the choir pit at St. Philips Evangelical Lutheran Church in East Baltimore, where he was a member."But best of all was when he sang Christmas carols to us every Christmas. That was really special," said his daughter, Wanda Watson Cox, of Baltimore.

On August 18, 2009, while vacationing in Florida, DEEMS, beloved husband of Elizabeth (Betty) of Ellicott City, MD; devoted father of Martin Disney of Owings Mills, MD and Tamara Crosby of Lusby, MD, loving granddad of Sarah of Baltimore, Adina, Jordan, Joshua, Aleah Disney of Owings Mills, Ian and Liam Crosby of Lusby, MD; devoted brother of Kathleen Combs of Hedgesville, WV and Rev. Joseph Combs of Coconut Creek, FL; devoted cousin of Marie Garvey of...

Reverend Lawrence Stewart "Larry" Cameron A funeral service will be held at 5 P.M. Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at Grace Lutheran Church, New Market Road, Courtland, followed by a committal service at the Vick Family Cemetery on Indiantown Road. The family will receive friends at the church following the committal service. A memorial service will be held at Rev. Cameron's former church, Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lutherville at 11 A.M. Saturday, August 15, 2009. Memorials may be made to Grace Lutheran Church, 25280 New Market Road, Courtland, Va. 23837, or Augsburg Lutheran Home, 6811 Campfield road, Baltimore, Md. 21207-4657 or Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Church, 8601 Valleyfield Road, Lutherville, Md. 21093.

Betty Olean Rogers A memorial service will be held on April 14th at 7 P.M. at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 27015 Ridge Road, Damascus, Md 20872. The family will receive friends and family before and immediately following the service.

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It not only prompts a gathering of my immediate family, which is a blessing in itself, but it also lets loose a stream of memories of my boyhood and Thanksgiving feasts enjoyed with other family members who gathered at our house on 109th Street in North Troy, N.Y. to celebrate the day and the knowing of each other. Nothing is more evocative of my earliest years than the smell of the turkey cooking in the oven, the potatoes, sauerkraut and other dishes simmering on the stove and the arrival of loved ones bringing us hugs and kisses and genuine delight in the occasion.

On October 18, 2008, "SONNY" passed away after a lengthy illness. A memorial service will be held at Augsburg Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2610 Garrison Blvd., on Thursday at 12 P.M.

On July 27, 2008, Jose F. NAJERA, beloved husband of Rachel L. Najera (nee Martin); devoted father of Alexander, Nathaniel, and Victoria; loving son of Elvia Najera and Jose Najera; dear brother of Michael Najera and his wife Jeannette; son-in-law of Donald and Nancy ZurWelle; brother-in-law of Karen Merkle and her husband Michael, and Amy Carey and her husband Keith. Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Rd. (beltway exit 26), on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. A Funeral Service will be held at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Thursday at 10:00 A.M. Interment Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery.

On July 6, 2008, JONELL ELIZABETH LINDHOLM, 53, of Reisterstown died at her home; beloved daughter of the Rev. William Lindholm and Patricia Ann Lindholm (nee Schneider); devoted sister of William C. Lindholm, Jr. and Jana Britt. Friends may call at the ECKHARDT FUNERAL CHAPEL, P.A., 3296 Charmil Drive (MD 30 and Charmil Drive), Manchester on Tuesday from 7 to 9 P.M. and at the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3184 Church Street, Manchester on Wednesday from 10:00 A.M. until time of funeral service at 11:00 A.M. Interment in Livonia, MI. If desired, memorial contribution to Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 739, Manchester, MD 21102.

On June 27, 2008 JAY W. BELL, beloved husband of the late Doris S. Bell, devoted father of Jay R. Bell and his wife Sharon J. Bell, and Bruce H. Bell and his wife Glynn S. Bell, loving grandfather of Laura J. Bell Wright and her husband Russell. Friends may call the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26A) on Sunday 2-4 P.M. A funeral service will be held at Oak Crest Chapel on Monday at 11:00 A.M. Interment Parkwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made in his name to Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 5201 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214.

Sarah E. Eskut 64, of Frederick, MD. died peacefully on June 6, 2008. Mrs. Eskut is survived by her husband of 40 years, Roger W. Eskut; her children, Kathleen Krach and husband Tom, Sherry Jordan and husband Brian, Dora King and husband Job, and Amanda Eskut; brother John Robert Hailman; sister Daisy Goulden; and grandchildren Steven Jordan, Emma Jordan, Alex Krach, Sophie Krach, and Tommy Krach. A memorial service will be held on June 12, 2008 at 10 AM at Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick.

On May 26, 2008, ROBERT L. PHILLIPS; beloved husband of Terri Phillips. Also survived by a host of loving family members and friends. Cremation Services private. A Memorial Service will be conducted at a later date. Memorial contributions may be directed in Mr. Phillip's name to: St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, 7834 Eastern Avenue., Baltimore, MD 21224 would be appreciated. Arrangements by the family owned Bruzdzinski Funeral Home, P.A., Essex, MD.