Aug 2016 - Mount Olive Lutheran Church

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Mount Olive Lutheran Church
2170 Havasupai Blvd. Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403
August 2016, No. 738
A Message From
Our Pastor
As most of you have heard by now,
Kim and I have an offer on our house and
property in Wisconsin. The closing date has been
set for August 19th and we are hopeful that the date
stays firm as the inspection, loan and appraisal process continues in the days ahead. All of us are anxious for the day when Kim will be joining me here in
Lake Havasu City and the Mount Olive Lutheran
family. Thank you for your continued prayers for
the sale of our house. Your faithful petitions (and
ours) have been heard. Thanks be to God!!
I will be returning to Wisconsin on the evening of
August 14th to reunite with Kim and assist with final
packing and moving van preparations. Sharon Harvey will be presiding and giving the sermon during
all worship services on August 20 and 21. Suzanne
Waldron will be available for chaplaincy needs.
Please contact the office for a contact phone number
should the need arise.
I encourage you to consider the following words
from Colossians 2:2 (The Message Version) "I want
you woven into a tapestry of love, in touch with everything there is to know of God. Then you will have
minds confident and at rest, focused on Christ, God's
great mystery."
Once again, we are reminded to keep our hearts
and minds focused on Jesus Christ. What he did for
humanity (for you and me) through his sacrifice,
death and resurrection. He loved the world with a
love greater than any love we have ever known or
seen. His love empowers us to focus daily on His
calling to follow, to serve and to love and to set self
aside. Be woven into His tapestry!
Grace and Peace
Pastor Craig
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FELLOWSHIP,
SERVICE, and EDUCATION
Men’s Fellowship -- Tuesdays at 9 am
Bible Study - will begin August 11at 2pm
Book Study – Wednesdays at 5:30pm
Bass Clef Singers - dark for the summer
Bells - dark for the summer
Chancel Choir - dark for the summer
Circle - dar k till September
Confirmation Study - dark for the summer
Ensemble - Mondays at 6 pm
New Beginnings - dark till September
Praise Band - TBA each week
Prayer Shawls –dark till September
Quilters - Thursdays at 9 am
Stephen Ministry - Mondays 2nd & 4th weeks
Sunday School - dark for the summer/September 11
Woodworking - Monday & Thursday at 8 am
LISTEN to the “Winds through the Olive Trees”
Sunday mornings at 9 am
KNLB FM 91 knlb.com
“The Lutheran Hour” at 10 am
NEW 2016-2017
Mount Olive Council Liaisons
President…Leighton Kidder…...……………Worship
Vice President..Nello Ruscitti…….................Outreach
Treasurer…Susan Leifer……..………….Endowment
Secretary…Catie Sondrol……....Christian Education
Personnel...……………………………Jason Anderson
Outreach…………………………………...Dorita Bare
Christian Education……………...….….Amy Conway
Social Action………………………MaryAnn Fleharty
Fellowship..……………………….………..Alice Hayes
Worship………..…..………………….…...Rita Kidder
Property……………………………..…...Dick Newark
Personnel & Endowment...……..….……...Steve Philo
Church………………….……......Pastor Craig Corbin
A Message from our
Council President
The financial audit date has been moved to August 1st. The Council is excited for this process
and hopeful that the CPA will have suggestions
to ensure our financial processes are efficient
and secure.
The Praise Band has received a donation to help
fund a new Rolan electronic keyboard. Thank
you to Curt Schmaltz who drove to Las Vegas
to pick it up.
We are still in need of volunteers for the following positions within the church:
Property Board Chair: This position will be
made easier with a policy book being completed
by Pastor Craig and a team of Council members
and past Property Board Chairs.
Radio Ministry Audio Editing: Pastor Cr aig
is hopeful for 2 to 3 volunteers so that this could
be a rotating volunteer job. Training will be
provided and it is a 2 to 3 hour commitment per
week.
Sunday School Director: Sear ching for
someone to work with the great team of Sunday
School teachers! Responsibilities will include
reporting to Christian Education Board, ensuring supplies are available for Sunday School
curriculum, and planning for fun events such as
Sunday School Rally Day and Christmas play.
Sunday School runs September through beginning of May.
Please join us for the next Council meeting on
Thursday, August 18th at 7 pm in the Choir
Room.
“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my
heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart
leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.”
Psalm 28:7
Written by Catie Sondrol on behalf of
Leighton Kidder
Council President
Pastoral Acts
Funerals
Winifred “Winnie” Quaglio
William “Bill” Scheel
Worship Hours
5:00 pm Saturday
8:00 am & 10:00 am Sunday
The Worship Center is open for individual
prayer and meditation Monday thru
Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Sympathy and Prayers
Our sympathy is extended to Diane & Bob Pelzer, family and
many friends of
who passed
away June 30, 2016.
...also to Pat Scheel, family and friends of
who passed away on July 5, 2016.
...also to Maryanne Ferraro, Lisa Dewey, family and friends
of
who passed away July 9, 2016.
...also to the family and friends of
who passed
away on July 11, 2016 in Mesa, AZ and will be buried in Illinois.
...also to Kris & Leighton Kidder, family and friends of
(Kris’ Father) who passed away on July 12, 2016.
...and also to Darlene & Don Mindler and family of
(Darlene’s Mother) passed away on July 23, 2016.
50th Year Anniversary
will be celebrated in two events.
The first event will be held on
December 16, 2016 - celebrating
the
actual anniversary date. We will be having a
potluck and showing a walk down memory lane
via a slide show.
The second celebration will be held on January
29, 2017, after the busy Christmas season to
allow for people in the ministry in other loca2
tions to attend.
The WELCA Council meeting will be Wednesday,
September, 7, 2016, at 8 am at the
Parish Center.
There will be no WELCA Council meetings or
Circle Meetings during the month of August. Meetings will resume again on Tuesday, September13 at 1pm in the Parish Center. Judy Thomas will lead the discussion from chapter five of
the book, “A Faith for all Seasons”, Virginia Hauan will be the hostess.
Pull-tabs from soda cans are collect-
ed to help raise money for the Ronald
McDonald House.
Please drop them off in
the office or leave them
on the table when you
leave worship services.
We also collect postage
stamps which are sent
to a church group in
Norway.
All women of Mount Olive are
welcome to came and attend our
Circle meetings.
WELCA’s first big exercise of the year will be to organize and
present the WHITE BURRO SALE at the end of October. We are
inviting all people of Mount Olive to pitch in and help us make
this sale successful. We always have a lot of fun working together
and getting to know each other better over the days of “setting up”
the merchandise and actually selling the items. We especially invite people new to our church who have not helped before. This is
a perfect opportunity for people who attend different services to get together to become acquainted. The WHITE BURRO SALE creates a
really joyful experience of bringing people together.
SO—now is the time to get very serious about
going through the house, garage, yard, and anywhere else to gather up items to donate to this
terrific event. FACT: One person’s give-aways are another person’s treasure. (We’re sorry to say we do not accept televisions,
exercise, and computer equipment for the sale.)
Watch for notices of dates, times and places for the collection of
your donated items and please be aware that we appreciate all you
do to make the WHITE BURRO SALE a success which helps
charities in Lake Havasu City do good things for people who need
help.
Proceeds from this sale are donated by WELCA to various charities3 in Lake Havasu City. The WHITE BURRO SALE is a great
way to raise money for a great cause.
August
Birthdays
1
2
3
7
8
9
Gus Bader
Eleanor Dewey
Taylor Yost
Rev. Jim Price
Alice Hayes
Colleen Herwig
Al Murray
Kent Swearingen
David Gifford
Jackie Schneidewind
Wanda Shuler
Ron Kapellusch
Clarence Nelson
Norman Wold
Mike Amell
Gwen March
10 Arnold Bos
Diane McCue
Joan Morbeto
Judy Muselman
11 Jack Hansen
Thomas Kidder
12 Carolyn Gehrke
Elaine Olson
Mimi Schmaltz
13 Nicholas Gutierrez
Jim Sullivan
Sammy Turner
14 Douglas Pehling
15 Dan Panno
16 Jim Day
Jennifer Hebb
Marie Murray
Linda Nord
Joe Ronningen
19 Alex Martinez
Sharon Martinez
Will Wright
21 Jill Ada
Christy Anderson
Wayne Malone
22 Karen Miller
Richard Schimmel
23 Gail Yeager
24 Carole Nelson
25 Susan Collins
Susan Townsend
26 Marquita
McKnight
Owen Richards-
Gifts Received
In Memory of:
From:
Winnie Quaglio
Betty Christenberry, Marion Dietz, Bill & Janice Dewey, Gary & Sharon Powers,
Anonymous for the Debt Reduction Fund, Lennie Hart Hawkins for the
Social Action Fund, Karen Cordes for the General Fund, Bernie & Kathy
Sporre for the Prayer Shawl Fund, Pat Rodriguez for the Quilting Fund, Jim &
Diane Sullivan for the Music Fund,
Fay Combs
Janice Dewey for the Bell Choir Fund
Bill Scheel
Chuck & Joni Webster for the Building Fund, Marion Dietz, Millie Elrod, Jerry
Bodnar for the Landscaping Fund
Change of Address and/or Phone Number
Chuck Wilkowski
928-302-6654
August 6 & 7: Genesis 15:1-16, Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16, Luke 12:32-40, Psalm 33: 12-22
August 13 & 14: Jeremiah 23:23-29, Hebrews 11:29-12:2, Luke 12:49-56, Psalm 82
August 20 & 21: Isaiah 58:9b-14, Hebrews 12:18-29, Luke 13: 10-17, Psalm 103:1-8
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August 27 & 28: Proverbs 25: 6-7, Hebrews
13:1-8, 15-16, Luke 14:1, 7-14, Psalm 112
Again, a special Thank You to Bonnie Lynd and Bill Jordan for your
monthly donation to the Radio Fund.
Our “Wind Through the Olive
Trees” KNLB FM91.1 every Sunday at 9am can continue and
spread the Gospel word. You will
hear the previous weeks message
from Pastor Craig.
An Offer Has Been Accepted:
Pastor Craig and wife Kim have
signed an offer on their house in
Wisconsin. Thanks so much to everyone who has been diligently and
faithfully praying for this day to finally come to fruition. If all goes
well with closing procedures, Kim
and I should be signing the closing documents on Friday, August 19. We will drive out from Wisconsin after the signing
and will be arriving in LHC around the 22 or 23. Praise the
Lord, Kim will finally be joining the Mount Olive family and
the Corbins will be reunited once again!!!
Come in and join your friends!
Sundays from 7am to noon
The coffee is ready & Free! (compliments of Frontier Communications)
Take time for a visit with your church friends.
Now offering breakfast treats and other yummy homemade goodies to choose from
and always served with a smile!
The café is closed Wednesdays for the summer.
Radio Broadcast Tape Editor:
Thursday, August
18 at 7pm in the
Choir Room.
Everyone is welcome
to come.
Ricky Lynd has given notice that he will not be able to provide
the congregation with broadcast editing services in the very near
future. We are seeking a person or persons who would be willing
to learn the process of editing the Sunday worship for radio
broadcast the following week. The process involves 2-3 hours of
editing each week with a preferred submittal day of Wednesday
to the local radio station. Computer skills are a must, with cut and paste experience, and preferably an ear for sound editing. Please contact Pastor Craig if you
are interested in this position or if you know of an individual you think we should
contact regarding the position.
White Burro Sale is Coming!
Judy Thomas will be in-charge of this year’s event.
The dates have been set!
They are October 27, 28 & 29!
Start saving your stuff now!
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Church Hualapai Picnic
Saturday Sept 10th 11AM-3PM
Mark your calendar and sign up for our annual
church picnic in the beautiful cool Hualapai Mountains Site #3 on Saturday September 10. The
Fellowship Board will provide for place settings
along with coffee, cold water, sweetened lemonade and sun tea to drink. We
will have electricity for crockpots, but do not plan to use the stove or oven
as they are not reliable. Please start thinking of what kind of dish or salad
you would like to bring. If you are bringing your dog, please note park rules
state they must be on a leash at all times. All vehicles will need to be moved
out of the site parking area by 3PM if you wish to stay beyond that time.
We are looking for volunteers to help prepare the site and clean up after
the picnic. If you can help with set up, clean-up or just want more information please join us at our next Committee Meeting at 9AM Sunday 8/4/15
between the services in the coffee cafe. Many hands make the work less
and more fun too! Please see the Poster in the Narthex with sign-up sheets.
Help Wanted
The Family Fellowship Committee needs help with the Hualapai
Picnic on Saturday September 10th.
If you can assist in preparing the site before our event or help
cleaning up after, please sign up in the Narthex and attend our
meeting on Sunday August 14th at 9AM in the Lakeside Room.
Thank you!
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August 7 – Blessing of the Backpacks.
September 11 is the First Day of Sunday
School, parents can sign up their children for
Sunday school after the 10 a.m. service on August 7 or on the First Day of Sunday
School. Rally Day for Sunday school will be on September 18. Upcoming First
Communion Classes for grade 3 and up will begin on September 17. Contact Pastor
for more information.
Currently looking for volunteers for Sunday School in any capacity.
Please contact Amy Conway 928-266-5940 for more information if
you feel called to help in this ministry.
Tuesday, August 30, Mount Olive will again be the Voting Place for this area. The Parish Center will be open to voters from 7am to 7pm.
Your vote DOES count!
Mount Olive Member
Business Advertisement
Sharon Martinez
Independent Beauty
Consultant
Thank You goes to Pastor Craig, Mike Lun-
derborg, Ken Matthew and Will Wright for
doing such a nice job getting our 690 Acoma house
ready for it’s new renters MileMarkers. You all did a
very nice job and everyone has his special touches.
We all thank you gentlemen.
2855 Cisco Dr. N
Lake Havasu City
Arizona 86403
(928) 453-7579
(928) 716-6965 (mymk) - Cell
[email protected]
www.marykay.com/smartinez5
Also a BIG Thank You to Mr. Bill Dewey who continues to bring the Mount Olive family bread and
baked goods. These are shared with the whole congregation and also with some of the groups that use
our facility for their meetings. We all appreciate you
and all your hard work. Thank you Bill.
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Mount Olive Cursillo, Via de Cristo,
and Tirosh Community
In just a few weeks we will be participating in the fall
Cursillo Weekends. The Men’s Weekend #149 will be on
October 6-9, and the Women’s Weekend #150 will be on October
13-16.
I would like to share with you a letter from a women who attended a Cursillo Weekend, thanking her Sponsor. She said she had
been thinking about things in her life that she was so thankful for and going to Cursillo was
one that came to mind.
“Cursillo has changed our lives. While we were always church goers, that’s where it
stopped. Through Cursillo, our relationship with Christ has blossomed into something I never
expected that could bring us such peace, joy, serenity, love and the list goes on.
Thank you for seeing in us the light of Christ and helping us to make that light brighter.
Thank you for showing us how to share our light with others. And thank you for being the
friend who brought us to Christ.”
As we Christians try to walk and talk our love and devotion for our Heavenly Father in our
daily lives. How are we doing? Are we really showing those around us that we truly love and
care about them? Are we sharing what our Lord most wants us to share? It is called LOVE for
one another.
God loved us enough to send His Only Son to die a horrible death for us!!!! Jesus suffered
and died for us for our sins that we would have everlasting life. He did all that because He
LOVES us. Is it too much to ask of us to truly love one another and
to be kind and loving to all people who we come in contact with? Not just the special people
in our lives. It goes beyond our circle of friends.
Let us be mindful of those who would be blessed to go to a Cursillo Weekend. Let us also
pray for the upcoming weekends that the participants will come away feeling the intense love
of Christ and filled with the Holy Spirit.
Romans 12:9-21
Sharon Martinez,
Mount Olive Cursillo Representative
7 Days of Inspiration
Day 1 You will succeed. You always are.
Day 2 There’s always a reason to be positive. It works!
Day 3 You’re a natural at something!
Day 4 Good things come to those who let them.
Day 5 You absolutely, positively rock.
Day 6 Gratitude is one of the best stress busters there is!
Day 7 Kick start your 8beautiful futures dreams!
General Fund Income & Expense Statement 6/30/16
General Fund Income:
June
Unrestricted Offerings
$18,295.35
Local Offerings
$4,975.37
Special/Other Offerings
Facility Use Fees
$225.00
Friendship Café Income
$753.23
Interest Earned
$55.23
Misc Income
Rental Income
$2,095.00
-$100.00
Pass-Through Donations
Total General Fund Income
$26,299.18
General Fund Expenses:
Administrative Expenses incl
Pass-Thru
Benevolences
Friendship Café Expenses
Christian Education Expenses
Fellowship Expenses
Outreach Expenses
Personnel Expenses
Property Expenses
Social Action Expenses
Stewardship Expenses
Worship Expenses
Youth & Family Expenses
Contingency
Expenses
Total General Fund Expenses
Net Income
$10,027.36
$24,562.79
$1,706.94
$1,974.14
$109.34
$17,499.51
$3,483.87
$440.05
$666.09
$109,267.67
$30,720.40
$3,999.71
$1,236.41
$1,773.49
$645.81
$0.00
$24,923.68
$1,375.50
$0.00
$186,580.81
$55,460.62
Bank Account
Balances:
Horizon Community Bank Checking
$308,559.65
Horizon Community Bank -
$144,638.94
$3,577.50
$100.00
$456,876.09
* June statement not yet provided
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$12,605.00
$1,733.72
$242,041.43
$33.21
$2,327.08
$189.90
$840.72
General Fund Operating Balance
*Horizon Community Bank - Planned Giving/
Petty Cash
Fund
Month-End Cash Balance:
Year-to-Date
$180,190.89
$35,436.98
$6,911.00
$1,200.00
$3,648.61
$315.23
$55,460.62
$35,282.43
Endowment
ELCA last info
was for 3/31/16
1/1/2016
Designated Funds:
Capital Reserve Fund
Restricted Funds:
Altar Guild Fund
Bible Study Fund
Bricks Fund
Building Fund
Clarke Street Landscaping
Community Food Bank Fund
Continuing Ed Fund (Senior)
Cooks for Christ Fund
Cursillo Fund
Decorating Fund
Fall Frenzy
Fellowship & Event Fund
Flowers Fund
Free Coffee Fund
Havasu Mission of Love Fund
Humanitarian Fund
Liberia Fund
Missions Fund
Music Fund
Outreach Fund
Parish Nurse Fund
Pastoral Calls
Planned Giving/Endowment Fund
Prayer Shawl Ministry Fund
Radio Ministry Fund
Scholarship (YES) Fund
Social Action Fund
Stephen Ministry Fund
Sunday School Matching Fund
Sunday School Project Fund
The Lutheran Magazine Fund
Thrivent Benevolence Fund
Tirosh Fund
Undesignated Memorials
VBS Fund
Wheels for Christ
White Burro Sale
Woodworker's Ministry Fund
World Hunger Fund
Current Month
Month ExIncome
penses
$83,837.97
$970.13
$1,261.74
$378.92
$21,051.36
$500.00
$460.37
$0.00
$547.52
$205.23
$188.49
$85.00
$689.74
$346.74
$389.00
$3,517.75
$60,101.55
$1,329.00
$1,153.00
$669.00
$2,351.33
$215.81
$0.00
$48,643.55
$1,140.95
$310.78
$14,373.91
$6,458.14
$646.26
Youth & Family Fund
Total Restricted Funds
$5,899.32
$2,116.50
$43.84
$253.00
$150.00
$52,439.82
$0.00
$315.61
$3,677.09
$1,730.62
$60.00
$18,663.45
$253,334.52
Total Designated + Restricted
$337,172.49
Year-to-Date
Income
32,875.60
90.00
4,433.75
6,178.00
522.54
1,758.19
95.00
129.44
120.00
Expenses
7,982.58
371.00
30.00
108,028.72
3,550.00
3,693.70
222.98
22.00
105,225.00
1,000.00
3,693.70
15.00
454.00
200.00
90.00
1,045.00
300.00
2,570.00
25,000.00
51,135.00
5.00
470.00
356.00
141.30
976.82
22,369.37
32.31
215.81
1,000.00
0.31
212.11
100.00
96,206.30
60.00
1,680.00
2,872.75
20.00
200.00
236.94
1,943.63
25.00
3,127.00
298.83
1,212.41
575.14
75.00
40.00
113.24
Mortgage + Int Payment:
Mortgage Balance:
10
30.71
14,812.41
1,262.41
3,400.00
2,378.00
40.00
3,593.13
141,451.95
212.11
2,500.00
1,567.63
1,800.00
3,000.00
1,400.00
23,132.00
613.14
3,677.10
3,363.42
266.17
6/30/2016
$108,730.99
$970.13
$1,409.76
$386.92
$23,855.08
$3,050.00
$460.37
$0.00
$562.52
$459.23
$188.49
$85.00
$638.44
$414.92
$689.00
$6,087.75
$62,732.18
$52,464.00
$1,158.00
$1,139.00
$2,675.02
$0.00
$1,000.00
$3,397.90
$988.84
$1,990.78
$11,873.91
$7,763.26
$666.26
$4,099.32
$1,060.13
$68.84
$1,980.00
$150.00
$44,120.23
$1,262.41
$3,102.47
($0.01)
$745.20
$100.00
$21,990.41
$265,785.76
$374,516.75
$6,178.00
$989,962.98 6/20/16 Thrivent Statement
$979,128.75 6/30/16 General Ledger
10 Worship w/HC
Blessing of
Backpacks
8 Worship w/
Holy Communion
9 FM91 KNLB
7
9 Men’s Fellowship
11 Staff
8 Woodworking
8 Worship
9 FM91 KNLB
9 Fellowship Board
mtg.
10 Worship
w/Holy Communion
29
1 Woodworking
8 Worship w/Holy
Communion
FM91 KNLB
10 Worship
w/Holy Communion
28
8 Worship
FM91 KNLB
10 Worship
w/Holy Communion
6 Ensemble
7 Al-Anon
9 Men’s Fellowship
11 Staff
8 Woodworking
6 Ensemble
6:30 Stephen Ministry
(café/fire/lakevw)
7 Al-Anon
9 Men’s Fellowship
11 Staff
7-7 Voting Place
30
23
22
21
6 Ensemble
7 Al-Anon
16
15
14
5:30 Book Study
(fireside room)
31
5:30 Book Study
(fireside)
24
5:30 Book Study
(fireside)
17
5:30 Book Study
(fireside)
9 Men’s Fellowship
11 Staff
Class
6:30 Worship Board
10
9
8 7-5 Voting
1 Woodworking
6:30 Ensemble
6:30 Stephen Min.
(café/fire/lakeview)
7 Al-Anon
5:30 Book Study
(fireside)
3
Wed
6:30 Christian Ed Bd
2
9 Men’s Fellowship
11 Staff
Tue
6:30 Ensumble
7 Al-Anon
1
8 Woodworking
Mon
August 2016
Sun
11
8 Woodworking
9 Quilting
2 Bible Study
4:30 TOPS
6:45 Troop 55
25
7 Council Mtg.
8 Woodworking
9 Quilting
2 Bible Study
4:30 TOPS
6:45 Troop 55
18
11 Board Reports Due
1 Woodworking
9 Quilting
2 Bible Study
4:30 TOPS
6:45 Troop 55
.
Fri
8 TOPS
26
8 TOPS
Sat
5 Worship
13
5 Worship w/Holy Communion
6
7/21/16
5 Worship
27
5 Worship w/Holy Communion
19 Olive Branch Due 20
12
8 TOPS
8 TOPS
9 Quilting
4:30 TOPS
6:45 Troop 55
5
4 8 Woodworking
Thu
2170 Havasupai Blvd Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403
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