June-July 2016 Newsletter

June/July 2016
The Compass
Worship with us
Sundays at 9:00am
Fellowship following
St. John Lutheran Church
June through August, there will be a
Midweek Prayer Service on the
1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 6:00pm.
901 Eleventh Street
Mosinee, WI 54455
Phone: 715-693-3420
Email: [email protected]
www.stjohnmosinee.org
A Summer Travel Worship Service is available for you
to take with you for those times when you aren’t
near church. The service includes a Gospel reading
for each week.
Staff
Bulletins are available on the back sanctuary table
or in the office.
Pastor: Rev. Marilyn Lange
Council President: Ron Klinner
Office Manager: Amy Hanson
Custodians:
John and Jewel Jennings
Office Hours
Monday—Thursday
8:00am-3:00pm
Are you traveling this summer?
Worship in the Park
Sunday, July 10th
10:30am
River Park VFW Shelter
Potluck picnic lunch to follow.
Bring your lawn chairs, utensils and plates, beverages,
and a dish to share. Bring your friends and neighbors.
Join us for a wonderful time of worship and fellowship!
A traditional service will be held at St John at 9:00am.
From the Pastor………….Page 2
Youth & Family...………...Page 3
St John News…………..….Page 4
Committee News………...Page 5
St John & Community….Page 6
People…………………….....Page 7
June Calendar…………....Page 8
July Calendar……………...Page 9
Ministry Schedule….....Page 10
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ALL ARE WELCOME
St. John Lutheran Church
Summer Kick-off
Sunday, June 5, 2016
Time: 10am-2pm
901 11th Street
Fellowship, Food, Crafts, Games, Bouncy House,
Puppets, Family Olympics, Tractor Train Ride
We will provide paper plates, napkins, utensils, cups,
hamburgers, hot dogs and a beverage.
There is a sign up sheet for bringing a dish or dessert to share.
Any questions please contact the church office 715-693-3420
Spirituality ● Community ● Mission ● Caring/Helping/Loving ● Action
From the Pastor
A classic George Gershwin song declares, “Summertime, and the livin' is easy…” Summer is a time
when we enjoy taking it easy. School is out. Sunny days outnumber the cloudy ones. Campgrounds
re-open. The cabin awaits. Vacations beckon us.
When we travel during the summer, we may find ourselves visiting other faith communities for
worship. Excellent! Enjoy those experiences. Or we may find ourselves in remote areas far removed
from any church building or faith community. We at St. John certainly miss those who are not present
with us in worship each week. To help maintain our connectedness and facilitate worship for families
who are traveling, we’ve created a resource for you to use during your travels. If you are on the road
and unable to worship with a faith community, then worship God in the woods, in the car or wherever
you are! Copies of a summer travel order of worship are available in the rear of the sanctuary and in
the church office.
For those staying put, staycations are great, too! And we at St. John are by no means “taking it easy”
this summer. There are many exciting opportunities to worship and serve: We will recognize our
graduates and have a summer kick-off party complete with a bounce house on June 5th. On June 12th
we will send several of our youth off to confirmation camp. On the 19th of June we will pray for
blessings upon our group heading out on a mission trip that week.
During July we will worship and fellowship together in the park on July
10th. Vacation Bible School will be happening the first week of August.
So many things are happening! And of course we hope to see you for
midweek evening prayer on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month and
at Sunday worship at 9:00 AM.
May God continue to bless you abundantly this summer. See you in
church!
Blessings,
Pastor Marilyn
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Youth & Family
Vacation Bible School
August 1-5
9:00am-12:00pm
Join Radar and all his friends for amazing
experiments, surprising adventures,
incredible music, new friends, spelunker
sports, and lip-smacking snacks.
Open to participants age 4 to 5th grade.
Call the church office to pre-register. 715-693-3420
3rd—6th Grade Lock-in
The Equal Exchange Boutique is
always open. Shop at your
convenience for delicious coffee, tea,
and chocolate products. Prices are
posted and payment may be placed in
the top drawer. Thank you for
supporting small scale farmers to earn
a fair price for their crops, learn
sustainable farming techniques,
support their families and invest in
their communities through Lutheran
World Relief.
Where: St John Church
When: August 5th-6th
Time: 7:00pm Friday
Pickup: 10:00am Saturday
Pre-K—2nd Grade Kids Camp
Where: St John Church
When: August 8th
Time: 9:00am—12:00pm
For more information contact Robin Bauman
Chapel on the Lakes
A Unique Worship Experience
Sponsored by Trinity Lutheran Church
Pastor Marilyn
is preaching
July 27th!
Waupaca
with area pastors preaching
Wednesdays at 6:00pm - June 8th thru August 10th
For a full schedule, contact the office.
Clear Water Harbor
N2757 County Trunk QQ, in King
Reservations on a first come, first serve basis starting at 5:15pm at the reservation table near the
playground. Please use the parking lot across the street.
Free Will Offering
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St. John News
South African
Companions Visiting
Area Conference
Congregations
June 26th—July 10th
Event Schedule—All are welcome
Worship and Fellowship in area congregations
Sundays July 3rd and July 10th
Contact the church office for places and times
Concert in Wausau, Tuesday, July 5th 6:30pm at
Saint Andrew, Wausau
Concert in Tomahawk, Friday, July 8th 4:30pm for
brat fry with concert following, place TBD
Farewell Service Saturday, July 9th 1:00pm at St
John Lutheran Church, Marion
LWR Donations
Keep in mind when spring
cleaning that the quilters can
put to good use light weight blankets, soft mattress pads,
and good used sheets, preferably colored sheets.
These are used as fillers and backs on LWR quilts.
We are still collecting bars of soap thru September.
This is a big need for LWR.
Thank you,
Quilting Angels
Eucharistic Ministers bring
communion to our homebound
members and those in the hospital.
Bringing the sacrament to those
unable to be present with us in
worship reminds them of their
connection to our faith community. These visits,
prayers, and sharing of the sacrament are rewarding
and meaningful to all who receive visits as well as
those visiting.
We would welcome more Eucharistic Ministers as our
list of homebound and hospitalized members is ever
evolving. Training will be provided on Tuesday, June
21 at 1:00 PM or on Tuesday, July 19 at 1:00 PM.
Please contact Pastor Marilyn or the church office if
you are interested in attending one of these sessions.
Congratulations Confirmands
The following students were confirmed on
May 15, 2016
Connor Baumann
Carley Holzem
Chloe Miland
Matthew Olson
Alex Pellowski
Quinn Seeger
Emerald Will
Planning ahead for the Chili Dinner.
All types of crafts are requested.
Please share your talents to
help those in the Mosinee
Community. The Chili Dinner
with Silent Auction and Craft
Sale will be on Saturday
evening, November 5th, 2016.
Pastoral Care
The Church is here to share in good times and bad.
Please call the office with birth announcements,
prayer requests, hospital admissions and discharges,
or with any other information that would allow us to
show care and support.
In times of difficulty and crisis contact Pastor Marilyn.
Notify the church immediately if there is an
emergency. If the office is closed, the telephone
message will provide an emergency number. After
receiving your message, Pastor Marilyn will contact
you as soon as possible.
These students are graduating
from high school this year:
Dylan Bednar*
Bo Schmidt
Cheyenne Gunseor* Zoe Sippl*
Tanner Johnson
Jasmine Valenta*
Ty Johnson
Hannah Welsh*
Hunter Pankratz*
Chase Wiedow
Bryce Rheinschmidt
* Denotes Endowment scholarship recipient
Congratulations to all graduates
on your important achievements!
We will be honoring all graduates at the
9:00am service on Sunday, June 5th.
Please let the office know if you will attend.
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Committee News
Offering and Attendance
To meet our ministry support
commitments, St. John needs
approximately $3,846 each week or
an average of $16,667 each month.
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May Offering/Attendance
Week of:
Attendance
Giving
May 1st
130
$3947.26
May 8th
120
$3827.00
May 15th
156
$4688.54
May 22nd
84
$1796.00
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Contact the church office to volunteer.
$14,258.80
Additional May offerings received and distributed within the
church, synod, ELCA, and globally.
Confirmation Camp Registration $570, Endowment $24,
Memorial $30, Pastor’s Discretionary Fund $300,
Rent $1206.50, Synod Assembly Paper $20
We are always looking for adults willing to help
count the church offering. Talk to
Amy if you are interested.
If you would like to help keep our lawn
mowed, ther e is a sign up on the
back table in the sanctuary.
We are in need of fellowship hosts. The
sign up is on the board next to the large kitchen
window.
There are many ways to help during worship. Let
the office know if you would like to acolyte, read
during worship or set up communion for
Wednesday worship.
Thrivent Choice dollars donated:
May $0.00: $ YTD $2832.00
Thank you!
Remember, you can assign your Thrivent
Choice dollars to St. John Lutheran Church.
Contact your agent or go to
choice.thrivent.com/cp/myax/count.aspx for
more information.
Pastor Marilyn is looking for
confirmation mentors for the next
school year. Talk to Pastor if you are
interested.
Piggly Wiggly donates a
percentage of every receipt turned
in to our church.
Please save and bring in your
receipts.
Church Council
August
newsletter
articles due
July 11th.
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May 9, 2016
Dennis Dunham discussed
information about the fall directory
Welcomed nine new members
during the previous month
Discussed adding staff and
council member pictures to the website
Endowment awarded 6 scholarships
Endowment had a CD come due; it will be rolled
over into a new CD
Fire Inspection showed four exit signs near the
office were non-compliant. Update: four new exit
signs were installed
Working on scheduling a Woodchucks outing
Next meetings: June 6th at 5:30pm
July no formal meeting—council retreat
Volunteers are always needed and welcome!
May 29th
Total Monthly Giving
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Pastor Marilyn Lange
Ron Klinner—President
Mark Schommer—
Vice President
Tasha Beestman—Secretary
Bob Brod
Chuck Kyhos
Mary Neumann
Barb Welsh
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St John & Community News
Take Me Out To the Ball Game
We are getting together for a night of food, drink and Woodchucks Baseball!
Join us at the ball park, Thursday, August 11th, at
6:35pm as the Woodchucks take on the Kenosha
Kingfish at home. Tickets are $10.50 and include ticket
for block reserved seat, hat, hot dog and soda.
If interested, a sign-up sheet is located in the back of the
church, or call or email the church office at
715-693-3420 or [email protected]
The Central Wisconsin Children’s Theatre presents
“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat”
Sunday, June 19 at 7:00pm
Monday, June 20 at 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Tuesday, June 21 at 7:00pm
Tickets are $12 for adults
$10 for seniors and students
Limited seating tickets available online at showtix4u.com
or by calling 715-842-4416
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People
If you would like to receive weekly prayer requests by email, please contact Lori
Kyhos at 715-693-6543 or call or email the church office to sign up. Each week the
prayer list is updated to add those in need of prayer to your daily devotions.
Please continue to pray for the following members
of our church family and their families. If you or
someone you know would like to be added to our
prayer list or would benefit from a pastoral call,
Alley Thannig
Don Hedke
Esther Baehr
Mary Hartman
Jim Gorecki
Helen Hoffman
Donna Dean
Chuck Lawson
Joan Carlson
Dave Jaeger
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Bill Kauth
Halley Newman
Cameron Springer
Allison Sternot
Heidi Olson
Alan Bergmann
Macee Beste
Samantha Will
Betty Fowler
Jessica Krcmar
Todd Valenta
Myia Berndt
August Kersten
Nancy Cihlar
April Michalik
Daniel Buelow
Max Gillette
Jared Thomas
Quintin Schommer
Carrie Schwantes
Zoe Sippl
Kathy Beestman
Mitchell Brehmer
Griffin Grohall
Sharyn Wetzel
Ruth Ganser
Swede Swanson
Len Luedke
Alvin Fritz
Vivian Davis
Nancy Nechuta
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Richard Boushon
Josh Botwinski
Lisa Kennedy
Rita Warner
Theresa Helbach
Bertha Anderson
Monie & Clayton Blom
Susie Neumann
Michael L Doll
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Jesse Dunham
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Rebecca Krause
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Jenna Gornicke
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Logan Pankratz
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Amanda Lutz
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Paula Sopiarz
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Parker Blank
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Holly Malinowski
Kim Kluz
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Jacci Buelow
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Mikayla Koskey
Gatlin Rogers
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Helen Hoffman
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Jean Abel
McKenzie Valenta
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Miram Lenz
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Reilly Davis
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William Valenta
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Garrett Shupe
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Wil Hytry
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Jason Benn
Tim Thompson
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Melissa Miland
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Evelyn Fay
Dan Thorstenson
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Eric Wolf
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Jessie Fisher
Peter Lutz
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David Oelke III
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Julie Klinner
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Barb Welsh
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Colleen Beestman
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Amy Thorstenson
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Dan Cottrell
Alan Aden
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Corey Brehmer
27
Lola Doll
Kevin Krueger
10 Jeanne Dunham
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Kimberly Krueger
Richard Fay
10 Chloe Miland
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Boe Berndt
13 Mark Plath
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Erik Hanson
14 Brayden Hoen
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Nola Hoen-Kipp
Kiarra Kennedy
14 Myrna Schwantes
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Kristin Woller
Tanner Obremski
15 Chuck Lawson
Betsy Hoen
Clayton Sternot
Ruth Ganser
Amy Rheinschmidt
Anthony Aden
Alyssa Thompson
Alycia Koskey
Cheryl Newman
Michael Schmidt
Peggy Raymond
Nolan Eul-Nelson
Chad Schmidt
Jasmine Valenta
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Ministry Schedule
Acolytes
Ushers
Lectors
Communion
Sun. 6/5
9:00am
Eli Miland
Verlyn & Myrna
Schwantes
Myrna Schwantes Mary Neumann
Sun. 6/12
9:00am
Dannica Shupe
Aaron & Heather Will
Jeanne Dunham
Sun. 6/19
9:00am
Cailin Grohall
Terry & Robin
Bauman
Sun. 6/26
9:00am
Tyler Sternot
Sun. 7/3
9:00am
Fellowship
Altar Guild
Counters
Volunteer
Mabel Daugaard
Sharon Brod
Bill Kauth
David Fritz
Ron, Julie, Jenna
Klinner
Keith & Audrey
Creuziger
Becky Sternot
Amy Wolf
Mary Neumann
Sharon Brod
Al Aden
Jason & Robin Shupe
Ingrid Knechtsberger
Dan & Janet
Cottrell
Julie Klinner
Jean Kruse
Joyce Kauth
Mabel
Daugaard
Bill & Joyce Kauth
Barb Welsh
Bev Mannigel
Becky Sternot
Ellen Leiterman
The Schwantes
Jennifer
Schommer
Ellen Leiterman
Bill Nechuta
David Fritz
Casey Gunseor
Bill & Joyce Kauth
Bonnie
Buchberger
Al Aden
Volunteer
Jean Kruse
Sharon Brod
Mabel
Daugaard
Sharon Brod
Sun. 7/10
9:00am
Park
Connor
Schommer
Church—Bob &
Sharon Brod
Park—
Lisa Kennedy
Brian & Lisa Kennedy
Scott Seeger
Volunteer
Jennifer
Schommer
Becky Sternot
David Fritz
Mabel
Daugaard
Sun. 7/17
9:00am
Cailin Grohall
Ron & Julie Klinner
Ingrid
Knechtsberger
Ian & Barb Welsh
Ingrid Knechtsberger
Volunteer
Janet Cottrell
Julie Klinner
Mike Rust
Bill Nechuta
Sun. 7/24
9:00am
Tyler Sternot
Mark & Connor
Schommer
Mark Schommer
Ellen Leiterman
Bev Mannigel
Volunteer
Mabel Daugaard
Joyce Kauth
Mary Neumann
Joyce Kauth
Sun. 7/31
9:00am
Dannica Shupe
Jason & Robin Shupe
Jill Plath
Terry & Robin
Bauman
Rob Pankratz
Volunteer
Bill Nechuta
Please check with
Mabel
Sharon
Daugaard
If you would like to serve for Fellowship Hour, please sign up on the small bulletin board by the Kitchen serving window.