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Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 9700 Neenah Ave, Austin, Texas 78717 Phone 512.671.6100 Fax 512.671.6103 www.lordoflifeaustin.org God’s Work, Our Hands Volume No. 1306 June 2013 Edition Congratulations! Inside this issue: Congratulations! 1 Kindred Sisters Game Days 2 2 Sunday Readings 2 Coffee On The Deck 2 Birthdays/Anniversaries 2 Youth Focus 3 Memorials 3 VBS 2013 3 Prayer List 3 Beth Moore Simulcast 4 Job Search Ministry 4 Meet & Greet 4 Thanks from Barbara 4 Office Hours Update 4 Evangelism - How to Help 4 SWTX Assembly Report 5 Congregational Meeting 5 Weed Whacking 5 Global Initiatives 5 State of the Church 5 Worship Leadership 6 Calendar 7 JSM Flyer 8 By the time you receive this newsletter, it will be only two days or so before you meet your pastoral candidate, Pr. Skip Wachsmann. Then the following week you will take a congregational vote on whether to call him. If everything goes according to (God's) plan, he and you will begin sharing ministry by late July or early August. Praise be to God! That means it will have been almost 18 months since you have had a permanently called pastor. While that amount of time is hardly unheard of when it comes to interim periods, it can still feel like a long time. But now your wait has most likely come to an end, and you are beginning to feel that surge of energy and hope that comes when a newly called pastor arrives on the scene. Please be sure to also be open and even embrace changes that he and other church leaders will bring before you. As a result of your calling Pastor Skip and his acceptance of the call, that means, of course, that my leave-taking will soon take place. Having served as your temporary minister, I have developed close working relationships with many of you at Lord of Life. We have communicated many times over the last 18 months—in phone calls, e-mails, and face-to-face conversations. After I leave Lord of Life, all those communications will cease, as will my availability for any future pastoral acts. A clean break is necessary so you and your newly called pastor can get off to a good start in shared ministry. I have enjoyed getting to know you during my time at Lord of Life. You are a very talented group of people and will continue to have much to offer to God and neighbor as you live out your common Christian calling. I hope my service among you has been helpful and that you will forgive me for any mistakes or wrongs I have committed or, for that matter, any omissions as well. Let me leave you with a few verses from Paul's Letter to the Philippians that express my regard for you: “I thank my God every time I remember you,...because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ … And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight to help you to determine what is best, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless, having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God. Blessing, Alan J. Watt Interim Pastor Page 2 GAME DAYS Come and join us for the fun. Game days in June will be on Tuesday, June 11 and Thursday, June 20th. We start at 10 AM and play until around 2 PM. Please bring your own lunch. Questions: contact Nell at 255-2318 or Susan at 996-8534. SUNDAY READINGS June 2 1 Kings 8:22-23, 41-43 Psalm 96:1-9 Galatians 1:1-12 Luke 7:1-10 June 9 1 Kings 17:17-24 Psalm 30 Galatians 1:11-24 Luke 7:11-17 June 16 2 Samuel 11:26-12:10 Psalm 32 Galatians 2:15-21 Luke 7:36-8:3 June 23 Isaiah 65:1-9 Psalm 22:19-28 Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39 June 30 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21 Psalm 16 Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Luke 9:51-62 Life-Lines KINDRED SISTER NEWS Kindred Sisters will have their June meeting on Tuesday, June 4th, at 10:30 a.m. in the Koinonia Cafe. We will "see through Susan's eyes" as Susan Breyer presents a Travelogue of their trip to Europe and Asia, including beautiful churches, cathedrals, mosques, and the Vatican. All ladies and friends of LOLLC are invited to join us in fellowship. Please bring your own sack lunch. Dessert and drinks will be provided by Joanne Forseth, our hostess this month. If you have any questions, please call Joanne Forseth at 512-986-7387. Our meeting on May 7th was highlighted by a very timely Bible Study presented by Marge Kretschmar entitled "Now is the Time". We shared Bible readings and a discussion and learned that "now is the time" to let the Holy Spirit guide us in witnessing our faith to others, and practicing our faith in our daily and church lives. Everyone enjoyed their sack lunch and a delicious dessert provided by Olga Haenel, our hostess. We will NOT have a July meeting, but we will meet again in August. Have a Blessed summer month of June! COFFEE ON THE DECK Join us for Coffee on the Deck at 9:00a.m. before worship through the Summer! Come for the fellowship before church starts at 9:30. If anyone would like to, cookies will be welcome. Will also have lemonade. See you there! Birthdays: Simpson, Dustin Grunska, Christopher Hart, Amy Scott, Jennifer Prather, Lindsey Harrington, Dorothy Smith, Timothy Spilo, Hilary Brown, Michael Willenborg, Avery Estes, William Deathe, Alison Fink, Richard Schilling, Pauline Duarte, Nathaniel Duarte, Nicolas Hafner, Sr., Marcus Smith, Chapin Crawford, Dorothy Rohne, Jr., Paul 06/02 06/03 06/03 06/04 06/05 06/07 06/07 06/08 06/14 06/21 06/23 06/24 06/25 06/25 06/26 06/26 06/26 06/27 06/28 06/28 Anniversaries: Marcus and Sherrie Hafner, Sr. 06/03/1978 Gregory and Koren Weston 06/06/1998 David and Amy Hart 06/10/2005 Gary and Marilee Parsons 06/11/1994 Robert and Linda Lane 06/22/1992 Jim and Cindy Tarsi 06/24/1990 Rex and Mary Schroeder ?????????????? Russell Parr & Angie Parr, M.D. 06/30/1984 Volume No. 1306 YOUTH FOCUS Our May Youth get-together included helping make signs and organizing goods donated for SafePlace. LOLLC was able to donate 6 large grocery bags of items for women and children (diapers, wipes, clothing, books, arts/ crafts, health kit items and more) They were quite appreciative, and I'm sure they will have good use for the items we sent. After dinner, the Youth 'hiked' over to the Davis Pool next door. They enjoyed water and playground fun and were very well-mannered and respectful of the other people and young children in the pool with them. Kudos to our Youth! VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2013 VBS is June 10-14 from 9am-Noon. Register at www.lordoflifeaustin.org. CFRAT ITEMS NEEDED - You can drop off donated items in a bag in the welcome center as well as take a card with a still needed item. List of needed items: One inch thick red, yellow and orange curling ribbons(2 pools of each color) 8 1/2 x 11 inch white card stock (100 sheets) Popsicle sticks (100) Spring type clothes pins(50) Round markers or bingo daybeds in yellow, red and orange (20) Plastic drinking straws in a variety of colors (500) Elastic cording (3 yards) 12x18 sheets of construction paper (50) Decorative colorful paper napkins (50) Silver and gray markers (20) Clear contact paper (100 feet) Empty cereal boxes (50) Old paper maps (ripped ok) lots! To be used and not returned Tacky glue or mod podge (10 bottles) Small coffee filters (50) Sponge brushes (20) Pipe cleaners (100) Aluminum foil (14 boxes) Permanent Sharpie markers all colors (20) Thanks for your help! Page 3 MEMORIALS Norton C. Welch Rev. & Mrs. Carl Schoss Roger Vaughn Sharon Krause Harry Dailey Carol Covert Crowley Danny Daliey’s co-workers Donna Estes Adele Evans Mr. & Mrs. Herman Haenel Janice Jones Ted & Glenace Klinker Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lane Horace & Nell Pennington Paul Rohne Rev. & Mrs. Carl Schoss Saleta Duff Thomas Patsy Walker Rea Wiruscheske Sue Whitenburg Doralt Rovertson Paul Rohne PRAYER LIST Ann Willman Barry Plessala Hunter Wiruscheske LaVern Welch Jeannine North Jeannie Jones Tommy Jones Rudy Lopez James Brinkmeyer Diana Colon Joy Droke Fran Hurley Dot Harrington Page 4 MEET & GREET A Meet-&-Greet event with Pastor Skip Wachsmann and the LOLLC Congregation is scheduled for June 2nd from 3pm - 6pm, at Lord of Life Lutheran Church. We are planning a bible study format, led by Pastor Skip, followed by a formal Q&A session for about 1 hour. Pastor Wachsmann will be available to meet with congregants in an informal setting until about 6pm. Light refreshments will be served and nursery will be provided. OFFICE HOURS UPDATE The Council has considered a request from David Pencil to reduce his hours as Office Manager. Effective this month, the Office Manager will staff the office Monday – Thursday, 11am – 3pm. The council is requesting volunteers to staff the office on Friday, nominally 11am – 3pm, mainly to take calls, receive visitors and perform light-duty administrative tasks such as filing. If interested, please speak with David Pencil, Dick Fink or one of the council members. Life-Lines THANKS FROM BARBARA Thank you, dear friends, for your prayers and kind expressions of love. We sincerely appreciate the food, visits, calls, and cards. Being with our LOL family during this time gave us comfort and peace as we shared God’s love together. We are blessed with your friendship, wonderful memories, and your ministry of love through Christ. Sincerely, Barbara Dailey and families EVANGELISM - HOW YOU CAN HELP The Evangelism Committee is looking for people to do a few "odd jobs" to increase the visibility of LOLLC. Possible "jobs" include: Setting up/Taking down of bandit signs; Taking photos of LOLLC events, services, fellowship, etc. for the church website as well as VISTA online; Writing short blurbs about events for VISTA Online (Ex. Youth, JSM, Prayer Shawls, Frozen Meals, Kindred Sisters, BBQ/Bake Sale, Sunday School, etc.);Posting regularly to the Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) about all of the exciting goings on; Joining the Evangelism Committee. Please send any photos, articles, etc. to [email protected]. Volume No. 1306 Page 5 SOUTHWEST TEXAS ASSEMBLY REPORT This year the synod assembly met on May 4th and 5th, 3013, in Kerrville, Texas. Voting members from Lord of Life were Lloyd and Barbara Haskins and Pastor Alan. Our synod camping program, Cross Trails Ministry, was the recipient of this year's special offering, in order to lower its mortgage for recent capital improvements. The offering totaled $69, 506.47! That's almost 50% of the debt that was still remaining! Besides receiving the reports of various individuals and groups, voting members considered several resolutions and memorials, all of which were approved. They focused on the following issues: • • • • • • Prevent Bullying, Harassment, and Related Violence. Prohibit Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity. Support of the Uniting American Families Act. Relationship with the Lutheran Church of Costa Rica. Memorial Resolution Support for Peacemaking with Justice in Israel and Palestine. Compassionate, Just, and Wise Immigration Legislation Now. For a detailed summary, please log on to the online version of the synod newsletter, The Vista. CONGREGATIONAL MEETING A Congregational Meeting to vote on the Call to Pastor Skip Wachsmann as Pastor to Lord of Life will be on Sunday, June 9, following the 9:30am service (summer worship schedule). The Congregational Meeting would likely start 10:30am or soon after. The business of the Congregational Meeting will be to vote on the Call to Pastor Skip Wachsmann (2/3 majority required to extend the call) and to vote on the Pastoral Compensation Package (simple majority required for approval). All confirmed members are voting members of the congregation. No other business will be conducted. You must be present to vote; there is no provision for voting in absentia. WEED WHACKING If you can occasionally spare an hour, we could use some help with weed whacking around our church property. If interested please contact Alan or Susan Breyer at 996-8534 or [email protected] and we will suggest a work area. Thank you. GLOBAL INITIATIVES www.elca.org/global-links Through the benevolence we pay to the ELCA we are supporting these global initiatives. A link is available on our website under “Giving”, so you can keep up-to-date on what the ELCA is doing to reach the world for Christ. Income for Apr.: Expenses for Apr.: Net Loss for Apr.: $19,826 $24,187 ($4,361) Income YTD: $105,164 Expenses YTD: $93,174 Net Gain YTD: $11,990 Worship Attendance 4/7/2013 4/14/2013 4/21/2013 4/28/2013 85 108 89 91 Weekly Average 93 YTD Total Weekly Average 1956 98 Volume No. 1306 Page 5 Worship Leaders for June 2013 JUNE 2, 2013 Time After Pentecost Color: Green Presiding Minister: Interim Pastor Alan Watt Assisting Minister: Mindy Penland Lector/Petitioner: Deb Grunska Communion Assistant: Nell Pennington Acolyte: TBD Media Assistant: Alan Breyer Ushers: Doug Searcy; Dustin Simpson, Ben Eckermann, Alan Breyer, Shane Willenborg Altar Guild: Jim Tarsi Bread: Tim & Diane Smith Tellers: Tim Smith & Barry Kincart Flowers: JUNE 9, 2013 Time After Pentecost Color: Green Presiding Minister: Interim Pastor Alan Watt Assisting Minister: Diane Smith Lector/Petitioner: Marge Kretschmar Communion Assistant: Dorothy Crawford Acolyte: TBD Media Assistant: Rex Schroeder Ushers: Doug Searcy; Dustin Simpson, Ben Eckermann, Alan Breyer, Shane Willenborg Altar Guild: Tim & Diane Smith Bread: Mike & Pam Kamensky Tellers: Tim Smith & Barry Kincart Flowers: JUNE 16, 2013 Time After Pentecost Color: Green Presiding Minister: Interim Pastor Alan Watt Assisting Minister: Rex Schroeder Lector/Petitioner: Mindy Penland Communion Assistant: Shari Willenborg Acolyte: TBD Media Assistant: Barb Haskins Ushers: Doug Caldwell, Bill Saegert; Rachel Brown, Natalie & Madeline Smith, Maddy Penland, Callie Prather Altar Guild: Deb Grunska & Barb Petry Bread: Deb Grunska Tellers: Tim Smith & Barry Kincart Flowers: Robert & Linda Lane, in honor of their anniversary. JUNE 23, 2013 Time After Pentecost Color: Green Presiding Minister: Interim Pastor Alan Watt Assisting Minister: Marilee Parsons Lector/Petitioner: Dick Fink Communion Assistant: Mike Kamensky Acolyte: TBD Media Assistant: Raina Parsons Ushers: Doug Caldwell, Bill Saegert; Rachel Brown, Natalie & Madeline Smith, Maddy Penland, Callie Prather Altar Guild: Cindy Wilks & Dee Smith Bread: Cindy Wilks Tellers: Tim Smith & Barry Kincart Flowers: Deb Grunska, with thanksgiving for 35 years in her job JUNE 30, 2013 Time After Pentecost Color: Green Presiding Minister: Interim Pastor Alan Watt Assisting Minister: John Paul Crawford Lector/Petitioner: Chuck Neeley Communion Assistant: Gayle Covington Acolyte: TBD Media Assistant: Alan Breyer Ushers: Doug Searcy; Horace & Nell Pennington, Robert & Linda Lane Altar Guild: Deanna & Lauren Brown Bread: The Sheehan Family Tellers: Tim Smith & Barry Kincart Flowers: Horace & Nell Pennington, celebrating the 22nd anniversary of James & Jennifer Pennington Page 6 Life-Lines June 2013 Sun 2 9:00 Coffee on the Deck 9:30 Summer Service Mon 3 Tue 4 Wed 5 Thu 6 Fri 7 Sat 1 10:30am Kindred Sisters 8 3:00-6:00 Meet & Greet with Pastor Skip 9 9:00 Coffee on the Deck 9:30 Summer Service 7:00pm Finance Committee Meeting 10 9a-12p VBS 11 9a-12p VBS 12 9a-12p VBS 14 9a-12p VBS 15 21 22 28 29 10:00am Game Day 7:30pm Stephen Ministers Meeting 16 9:00 Coffee on the Deck 9:30 Summer Service 13 9a-12p VBS 17 7:00pm Church Council Meeting 18 19 20 10:00am Game Day 5:00 Emmanuel Indian Fellowship Gathering 23 9:00 Coffee on the Deck 9:30 Summer Service 30 9:00 Coffee on the Deck 9:30 Summer Service 12:00 Lunch Bunch 24 25 26 27