August 2016 Newsletter - St John Lutheran Church

August 2016
The Compass
Worship with us in August
Sundays at 9:00am
Fellowship following
St. John Lutheran Church
901 Eleventh Street
Mosinee, WI 54455
Phone: 715-693-3420
Email: [email protected]
www.stjohnmosinee.org
Staff
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
From the Pastor………….Page 2
Youth & Family...………...Page 3
St John News…………..….Page 4
Committee News………...Page 5
Synod Connections……..Page 6
St John & Community….Page 7
People…………………….....Page 8
Wednesday evening worship will resume
September 14th at 7:15pm
Looking ahead...September 4th & 11th 9:00am worship
September 18th we change to two services at 8:00 & 10:30am
Are you traveling this summer?
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.
Bulletins are available on the back sanctuary table
or in the office.
Vacation Bible School
August 1-5
9:00am-12:00pm
Join Tad 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
Where: St John Church
When: August 5th-6th
Time: 7:00pm Friday
Pickup: 10:00am Saturday
Calendar………….............Page 9
Ministry Schedule….....Page 10
Submit articles to
[email protected] or to
the church office
Pre-K—2nd Grade Kids Camp
Where: St John Church
When: August 8th
Time: 9:00am—12:00pm
For more information contact Robin Bauman
Spirituality ● Community ● Mission ● Caring/Helping/Loving ● Action
From the Pastor
Coming soon to St. John: The Story
How well do you know the greatest story ever told – the story of God’s abiding and redeeming
work in the world throughout human history? How do we make sense of the Bible? How does
it all fit together? The Story brings together every book, every chapter and every verse of the
Bible.
Starting in September 2016, you are invited to join us as we embark on a journey into God’s
Word using The Story.
Sounds great! How does it work?
Everyone will be encouraged to obtain a copy of the book, The Story, which is an abridged
version of the Bible (NIV) arranged in chronological order. We’ll ask for a suggested donation
of $10 to cover the cost.
Starting on Sunday, September 18, 2016, our weekly worship services will focus on one
chapter in The Story. Throughout each week, various classes and groups will meet to
discuss the chapter. There will be many opportunities to get involved.
What can we do to get ready?
Pick up a copy of The Story and start reading! We have numerous copies available at St.
John.
Come to worship! We will kick off the series on Sunday, September 18,
2016. From there, we will explore one chapter a week with short breaks
for Reformation, All Saints Day, Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter and
Pentecost Sunday. The Story series will extend into next summer as
there are 31 chapters to discover.
To fully experience The Story, don’t miss a week. See you in church!
Blessings,
Pastor Marilyn
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Youth & Family
Sunday School kids can enjoy an activity and meet
their teachers while parents register the kids for
Sunday School
Third graders will receive their Bibles during worship at
9:00am. Please plan to attend.
God’s Work Our Hands / Rally Sunday
September 11th at 10:00am
Worship at 9:00am
Join us to work together on a service project to
honor first responders in our area.
Contact Robin Bauman or
Julie Klinner for more
information or to
volunteer to help.
Sunday School Schedule
for 2016-17
Sunday,
August 28th
Classes will not be held the
first Sunday of the month.
Join us those Sundays
October thru March for the
Youth Fundraising Breakfast.
9:00am service
Holidays with no Sunday School
November 27, 2016 - Thanksgiving weekend
December 25, 2016—Christmas Day
January 1, 2017—New Year’s Day
April 16, 2017—Easter
Last day of Sunday school will be April 30, 2017
Watch your mail for a complete schedule.
Attention Students!
Bring your
backpacks to
worship for a
back-to-school
blessing.
We will also bless the students and teachers.
We hope that you will join us
and be a part of this special day!
Attention Everyone!
Confirmation is Starting in September!
We are looking for Sunday School
Superintendents starting with the 2017-18
school year.
Please watch your mailbox for more details.
To find out more about the position, talk to Robin
Bauman or Julie Klinner.
New and second year students and parents will
attend one of two “Welcome to Confirmation”
orientation sessions:
Wednesday, August 31 at 6:00pm
Wednesday, September 7 at 6:00pm
Fall 2016 Confirmands will attend a mandatory
retreat Saturday, October 8 from 9:00am to 1:00pm
Please call the church office to verify your
attendance at one of these events.
Confirmation day is Sunday, October 30 during
the 10:30am service.
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St. John News
Wednesday Worship Schedule
Due to low attendance, Council has cancelled the
Wednesday worship services for the remainder
of the summer.
Baptisms
Wyatt Allen Raasch 06/12/2016
New Members
Wednesday evening worship will resume
September 14th at 7:15pm.
Pastor Marilyn is
looking for
confirmation
mentors for this
next school year.
If you are interested in being a mentor,
or want more information,
contact Pastor Marilyn.
LWR Donations
Keep in mind when 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
Randy and Melissa Raasch 06/12/2016
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.
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]
Please make checks payable to St John and pick up your tickets in the church office.
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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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June/July Offering/Attendance
Week of:
Attendance
Giving
June 5th
112
$3326.00
June 12th
105
$2142.00
June 19th
86
$3089.00
June 26th
71
$2338.00
July 3rd
72
$3007.00
July 10th
85
$3040.00
July 17th
82
$4138.00
July 24th
75
$2732.11
July 31st
Total Monthly Giving
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June 6, 2016
Exit signs were updated in the office
end of building to comply with code
Discussed sound system, getting a
bid
Discussed replacing curb by old
driveway
Discussed Pastor Marilyn’s insurance options
Will replace office cabinets in stages to increase
storage
July meeting was an off-site retreat, no report
Next meeting: August 10th at 5:30pm
Thank you!
Totals:
Dowe Tillema has stepped down from the Personnel
Committee as member and chair. Thank you, Dowe,
for your time and service to this ministry.
June
$10,895.00 Scott Seeger has agreed to join the Personnel
Committee and assume the chair position. Thank
July
$12,917.11 you, Scott, for your willingness to share your time
and talents.
See right
Additional offerings received and distributed within the
church, synod, ELCA, and globally.
June—Bldg. Rent $2022.50, Endowment $24 Pastor’s
Discretionary Fund $500
July—Bldg. Rent $649, Endowment $24, Woodchucks Tickets
$126
Thrivent Choice dollars donated:
June $22.00 July $0.00 YTD $2854.00
Thank you!
Volunteers are always
needed and welcome!
We are always looking
for adults willing to help
count the church offering.
Talk to Amy if you are interested.
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.
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
September
newsletter
articles due
August 15th.
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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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Synod Connections
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
These words were my Facebook post in the immediate aftermath of the shootings of the police
officers in Dallas, those deaths coming just days after the disturbing deaths of black men in
Louisiana and Minnesota. The news sucked the breath right out of me and left me speechless.
Kyrie, eleison. Christe, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
The words are called the Kyrie, which is Greek for Lord. The roots of this prayer go back to the
time of the early Church around the 4th or 5th century as I recall. The deacon or assisting
minister would offer prayers, imploring God's help and intervention for the Church and the
world. After each petition the congregation would respond with Kyrie, eleison. Over time the
responses evolved into a brief prayer that is more a simple cry and plea for help: Lord, have
mercy, Christ, have mercy, Lord, have mercy.
There are times when the problems in the world cause us to despair. Yet we are never without
hope and we are never helpless. We have the promise, power and presence of God who in the
mercy and love of Jesus Christ forgives and saves.
There is no denying the problems before this nation are great. There is a sickness in the land
that shows itself in arrogance, callousness and poisonous rhetoric. In the face of this sickness I
pray God's mercy to bring us to our knees in humility. We need God our Savior to help us
respect and honor people whose life experiences have been different from our own. We need
the presence and counsel of the Risen Christ to give us courage to speak the truth in love and
work for justice and peace in the world.
The voices behind Black Lives Matter have legitimate concerns. All of us are called to respect
and listen to those voices. The men and women of our police departments serve to uphold and
enforce the laws of this land. All of us are called to respect, support and help those who
enforce the law. Yet we are all part of broken and sinful humanity and in need of God's mercy
and help.
While we have made enormous progress in this country, the vestiges of slavery and our racist
past continue among us in matters of poverty, education, health care and economic justice. We
have work to do as a Church and as a country. In humility before God we can critically reflect
upon our lives and our country's commitment to justice and peace for all.
I am grateful the Kyrie has been restored in the early part of our worship. In the liturgy in
Evangelical Lutheran Worship we pray, "In peace, let us pray to the Lord." And in brief but
encompassing petitions we implore God to come to our aid with peace for the whole world and
for the well-being of the Church of God and for the unity of all.
"Help, save, comfort and defend us, gracious God." Amen.
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St John & Community News
Lay School is Starting Soon!
School Supply
Do you wish for a greater understanding of what it
Collection
means to be Lutheran? Are you continuing to look for
The Youth and
meaning and God’s purpose in your life?
Family team will
In our ever-changing society, there is a growing
need for empowered and equipped laity. The Central
be collecting
Lay School of Ministry offers just that!
school supplies
Classes are taught by seminary professors and
through the
ordained clergy with special areas of expertise.
month of August
Classes are held at Saint Andrew Lutheran Church
to be donated to local schools to help kids
in Rib Mountain.
get the school year off to a great start.
You can register for the two-year program (four
classes at a time, meeting one weekend per month
Donations can be left in the school donations through the school year) or choose one or more
box in the back of the sanctuary.
classes that interest you.
Talk to Pastor Marilyn, call Mary Neumann 715-573Thank you for supporting our youth!
9516, or check us out at wausaulayschool.org
A Senior Home Safety Program is being offered to help seniors live more
safely in their homes. This new program will assist homeowners ages 60 and
over by installing grab bars and/or hand railings to reduce falls within the
home. We work closely with qualified volunteers to make simple safety related
home repairs or modifications at no charge to the homeowner. If you or
someone you know could use this program or is interested in volunteering, call
Faith in Action of Marathon County at 715-848-8783.
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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
Dave Jaeger
Sharyn Wetzel
Swede Swanson
Len Luedke
Alvin Fritz
Vivian Davis
Nancy Nechuta
Carole Valenta
Richard Boushon
Josh Botwinski
Lisa Kennedy
Rita Warner
Theresa Helbach
Bertha Anderson
Michael L Doll
Michael Orlikowski
Kim Meyer
Jewel Jennings
Joan Carlson
Gus Rashka
1
Bev Riedel
15
Vicki Hay
23
Bonnie Buchberger
2
Carol Johnson
15
Rick Menning
23
Doug Cottrell II
2
Monica Suroviak
17
Christine Kyhos
23
Verlyn Schwantes
5
Darren Krzanowski
17
Audrey Luedtke
24
Karen Butgereit
5
Roger Stremer
18
Jean Reed
25
Katy Doll
6
Brodey Pecha
19
Troy Wolf
25
Dan Schoepke
7
Bob Brod
20
Garry Gruhlke
27
Erica Brown
7
Cameron Lutz
20
Adriian Hoen
28
Andrew Gunseor
10
Lynn Will
20
David Tange
28
Rudy Harris
11
Cindy Sharkey
20
Alex Wiedow
28
Trey Johnson
12
Sue Grubisha
21
Sara Brown
28
Gene Thanig
13
Michael Leiterman
21
James McAllen
29
Jerrick Seeger
13
Ben Obremski
22
John Crawley
31
Peter Bielen
15
Fern Austin
22
Chuck Kyhos
31
Todd Miland
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Ministry Schedule
Acolytes
Ushers
Lectors
Communion
Fellowship
Altar Guild
Counters
Wed. 8/3
No Worship
Sun. 8/7
9:00am
Brooke
Baumann
Chuck Kyhos
Mike Rust
Mary Neumann
Jill & Melinda
Plath
Amy Wolf
Becky Sternot
Bill Kauth
Mary Neumann
Phoebe
Wheeler
Buck & Barb Welsh
Barb Welsh
Ron, Julie, & Jenna
Klinner
Mabel Daugaard
Ellen Leiterman
Sharon Brod
David Fritz
Mike Rust
Ryan Beyer
Terry & Robin
Bauman
Terry Bauman
Rob Pankratz
Mike Rust
Scott Seeger
Sternot Family
Jean Kruse
Janet Cottrell
Sharon Brod
Joyce Kauth
Annabella
Kennedy
Aaron & Heather Will
Myrna Schwantes
Bob & Sharon Brod
Linda Bergmann
Volunteer
Ellen Leiterman
Joyce Kauth
Bill Kauth
Mary Neumann
Wed. 8/10
No Worship
Sun. 8/14
9:00am
Wed. 8/17
No Worship
Sun. 8/21
9:00am
Wed. 8/24
No Worship
Sun. 8/28
9:00am
Wed. 8/31
No Worship
If you would like to serve for Fellowship Hour, please sign up on the small bulletin board by the Kitchen serving window.