July 2016 - Our Savior Lutheran Church Website

Chronicler
July 2016
Our Savior Lutheran Church
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Our Savior Lutheran Church
1900 N. 4th Ave. E.
Newton, Iowa 50208
Phone: 641-792-1084
Website: www.oursavlutheran.com
E-mail: [email protected]
A Message from Pastor Moore
"Following Jesus on a Journey of More than Thirty Years"
Serve,
Love
&
Encourage
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Contents
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Page - 2
A Message from Pastor
Page - 3
LWML Convention
Page - 4
Recipe Box
Upcoming Events
Insert
Volunteer Thanks
Library News
THANKS!
Stronghold Cambodia
n November 5, 1959, John Michael
Moore was born the fifth child to William W. Moore and Mary H. nee Hitzemann
of Raytown, MO. On the First Sunday of
Advent, November 29, 1959 John Michael
entered the Kingdom of God and was adopted by the Father as His own beloved
through the waters of Holy Baptism with
“Mike” Marinus and Claire van der Linde
chosen as sponsors/godparents.
n April 7, 1974, two weeks after John’s
grandfather Ernst Hitzemann went
home to be with the Lord, John was confirmed in the Christian faith, receiving the
verse: “Have not I commanded thee? Be
strong and of a good courage; be not afraid,
neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy
God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”
(Josh 1:9 KJV)
n the Spring of 1979, as Trinity Lutheran
Church, a mission congregation in Kearney, Mo installed their first pastor, the Rev.
Dirk van der Linde. God then reminded
John of the calling He had put on his life
to follow Jesus into the ministry. The Lord
used John’s roommate, Scott Adams (whose
mother was of Mormon background and father was of Jehovah’s Witness background)
to stop and listen to the Lord, repent and
believe his word, and act in faith. That Saturday John sat down with his parents to inform them he wanted to become a pastor.
John was attending William Jewell College, a
Baptist school at the time, so Mary wanted to
know, “Baptist or Lutheran?”.
he next fall John enrolled at Concordia
Teacher’s College (now University) in
Seward, NE and completed a Bachelor of
Arts degree in History in 1982. That summer of 1982, before enrolling at Concordia
Seminary in St. Louis, John’s mother was
diagnosed with inoperable colon cancer.
Though she would live only a few months
more, she declared this to be “the best summer of my life.” On Saint Nicholas Day,
John assisted Pastor van der Linde for the
first time in serving Holy Communion. John
was the last person to serve Mary the Body
and Blood of Jesus on this earth. In August
of 1984 John began his vicarage (internship)
year at Baltimore Urban Ministry Coalition,
serving at Redeemer LC under Rev. Vernon
Schultheis and at St. Thomas LC under Rev.
Charles Wildner.
n April of 1986, John received the call become pastor of Dr. Martin Luther Ev. LC
of the SELC District (formerly the Slovak
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Ev. Lutheran Church). On July 6, John Hus
Day (the day John Hus was burned as a heretic for doing and saying the same things Martin Luther did and said in Germany 100 years
later). John was ordained into the pastoral
ministry by Rev. Dirk van der Linde, with
the Rev. Clem Mehl (the pastor who baptized and confirmed John) serving as lector.
That same fall, on All Saints Day, November 2, John met his future wife at Redeemer
LC when John filled the pulpit for Karen’s
pastor while he was away. Six months later,
May 2, they were united in marriage. They
were blessed with a daughter Kailey on the
Wednesday of Holy Week (Thank God she
arrived then! She was due Easter Sunday!!).
On April Fools Day 1990, John was installed
as pastor of Our Savior LC, Cedar Lake, IN
with the appointed text from 1 Corinthians 1
where Paul calls us all fools for Christ. On
November 12, 1992 Ian was born to John
and Karen, entering the Kingdom of God
on the Third Sunday of Advent. On September 14, 1997, The Feast of St. Luke the Physician, John was installed as Associate Pastor
of Grace LC, Waterloo, IA. John served the
people of Grace, alongside Rev. Randolph
McHone. On August 11, 2002, John was installed as only the third pastor of Our Savior
Lutheran Church, Newton, Iowa, following
in his cousin Karen Eggerding Brelje’s footsteps (John’s great uncle Albert Hitzemann
was Karen’s grandfather). John has served as
pastor of OSL for the past 14 years.
God's Plan of Salvation - The Ulitmate GPS!
Co-chairmen Melanie Maddick (State Center) and Julia
Dlouhy worked with the ladies of Marshalltown Zone
and the Iowa East district board steering committee to
host the 38th biennial Iowa East District convention, at
William Penn University, Oskaloosa, IA on June 17 and
18. Registration figures reported 219 LWML ladies, pastors, and guests attended each day of the Friday/Saturday event. Representing OSL LWML Faith Society, Pat
Shelton and Deanna Ihde served as Faith Society voting
delegates. The Friday night banquet and keynote speaker
was preceded with an extra special dose of fun, with our
very own Randy Ervin hosting a game for the group,
called “Taylor Swift or Lamentations?” Several members
of Our Savior attended one or both days of convention:
Peggy Gerdts, Mary Ervin, Shirley Suckow, Pat Shelton,
Deanna Ihde, Dianne Breckenridge. Plus Carole Zimmermann and Jan Tolson were able to attend the banquet program, as escorted to Oskaloosa by Ron Dlouhy,
Gary Gerdts, and Randy Ervin.
A special thank you to Beth Tepe, for sharing her artistic talents in designing the convention banner, which coordinated beautifully with the printed GPS theme logo,
as designed by Jon Dlouhy.
This was truly a God-planned event – and He offered
several remarkable points during the two-year planning
and preparation to unfailingly remind us all to TRUST in
Him to provide a convention that would be to His glory
and for His purpose.
God’s
Plan for
Salvation
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare
and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11
"T H E R E C I P E " B O X " 4 t h o f J u l y E d i t i o n
4TH OF JULY FIRECRACKER JELL-O CUPS
From www.cincyshopper.com
Ingredients:
1 Blue Jell-O Gelatin (Berry Blue)
1 Red Jell-O Gelatin (Cherry or
Strawberry)
1 envelope Unflavored Gelatin
(Knox)
1 1/3 cups boiling water
1 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
Maraschino Cherries drained
Directions:
1. If you can find tall shot glasses
they will work best, but any clear
glass will do.
2. Place blue gelatin in a bowl & add 2/3 cup boiling
water.
3. Stir well until dissolved and allow to cool.
4. Fill each cup 1/3 full of blue & place in refrigerator.
5. Add 1/3 cup of milk to another bowl and sprinkle
unflavored gelatin over top.
6. Heat remaining 2/3 cup of milk to a boil.
7. Remove from heat and stir in sugar to dissolve.
8. Add heated milk to gelatin/milk mixture and stir
until blended.
9. Allow to cool.
10. Gently fill all cups the next 1/3 of the way with
white mixture and return to refrigerator.
11. Place red gelatin in a bowl and add 2/3 cup boiling
water.
12. Stir well until dissolved and allow to cool.
13. Place a cherry on top of each glass and add about
1/4″ of red gelatin to each.
14. Place in refrigerator for 5 minutes.
15. Pull from refrigerator and try to adjust to get stems
to point upward.
16. Fill each cup the rest of the way with red and place
in refrigerator.
STRAWBERRY BITES
From Amanda Hartz
Ingredients:
Whole strawberries
(rinsed and dried)
White chocolate
Blue sprinkles
Directions:
1. Dip strawberries in white
chocolate
2. Dip in blue sprinkles
3. Enjoy!
N o v e m b e r
July
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EASY FLAG DESSERT
From www.familyfreshmeals.com
Ingredients:
5-6 cups of red fresh fruit (strawberries, raspberries,
cherries)
2 cups of blueberries
3 cups of yogurt or white chocolate covered pretzels
Directions:
1. Wash fresh fruit and dry. Lay out fruit and pretzels
to represent the flag stripes, and place a small bowl of
blueberries on the top left.
Upcoming Events in July
Monday thru Thursday every week in July
6:55am Bridgehouse 6:55 (Except July 4th)
July 4th
Fourth of July Holiday (Office Closed)
July 7th & 21st
9:00am Ladies Bible Study
July 9th & 10 and 29th & 30th
Iowa Speedway Program Sakes
July 14th
6:30pm Elder's Meeting
July 16th - 20th
6:30pm Committee & Evangelism Meetings
July 19th
6:30pm Committee & Evangelism Meetings
7:00pm Council Meeting
7:30pm Voter's Meeting
8:30pm Livestream/NYG
July 24th
6:00pm Doug's Bible Study @ Park Centre