Faith Lutheran Church
This Week at Faith - June 23, 2019
A Pounding (Blessing) for Our New Called Workers
Sounds painful, but it’s quite the opposite. The term “pounding” comes from a long tradition of helping newly arrived called workers. Congregational members would donate a “pound” of household necessities such as flour, sugar, coffee, canned food, etc. A “pounding” is a way to welcome and help our new called church workers who are arriving in July.
We are expanding our pounding to include pantry items, cleaning supplies, and gift cards. Listed below are items that we are asking members of Faith Lutheran Church and School to donate for our three new called workers, Katie Onnen, Emily Brenner, and Gerald Brenner. The items requested are posted on the back-narthex windows. Just take one or more of the posted items, return with the items, and place them in the storage bins below the notes. (Gift cards will be collected from the bins each week and kept in the school office until given to the called workers.) It’s quite simple, but it will make a world of difference in making Katie, Emily, and Gerald feel welcomed at Faith.
Please join with us in making our new called worked feel at home and a part of our Faith family.
For a wish list of items, click here.
Mission of the Month
Seventy-five years ago, Dan West began outlining a simple but groundbreaking plan to help the hungry. West, a Midwestern farmer and Church of the Brethren member, had recently returned from volunteer service in the Spanish Civil War where his job was to provide weary refugees with a single cup of milk. He knew American farmers had resources many others did not: cows and the steady supply of nutrition from their milk.
This “not a cup, but a cow” thought was the driving force behind West founding Heifer International. Now, 75 years later, the “teach a man to fish” philosophy still inspires our work to end world hunger and poverty once and for all and has transformed the lives of millions.
Heifer works to empower families:
- By training people in sustainable farming
- By helping farmers gain access to the market
- By empowering women
The core of their model is Passing on the Gift. This means families share the training they receive, and pass on the first female offspring of their livestock to another family. This extends the impact of the original gift, allowing a once impoverished family to become donors and full participants in improving their communities.
The goal of every Heifer project is to help families achieve self-reliance. They do this by providing the tools needed to sustain themselves, and it's thanks to the generosity of donors like you.
For more information, go to https://www.heifer.org/about-heifer/index.html
Miscellaneous:
HOW MANY LUTHERANS DOES IT TAKE TO FILL
500 LUNCH BAGS IN 2 HOURS?
Come help us find out as we fill 500 lunch bags for MUST Summer Lunch Program with everything but the sandwich. Thanks to Thrivent, we are able to buy everything for the bags. But we need your help to fill them. Bring the family. There’s something everyone can do. Give your children a chance to be involved in service to our community.
FRIDAY, JUNE 28TH, 10-12 IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM
We may also need help in delivering them to MUST, so if you’re available, please hang around afterward.
It is time to put together our success plan for the 2019-2020 church & school year. The date is Saturday June 29th from 9 am to 11 am in the cafeteria.
Let me start with special thanks to our teachers and for their many contributions and efforts to help build synergy between the school and church. We are blessed to have a such a committed group of called teachers. Thank you and we look forward to having those of you who can join us participate in this year’s planning event.
Also thanks to all the board members for their tireless commitment to running the business of the church as we are connecting people to Jesus and growing in our discipleship.
We had our first planning meeting about 10 months ago when we established:
- The concept of advertising and focusing on targeted events
- Our first efforts at designated newcomer services
- Identified special all hands on deck crossover school and church events
This year we would like to start our planning event by providing everyone with a rough preliminary consolidated planning calendar inclusive of our budgets in advance. Our objective for the two-hour meeting is to:
- Share with our thought leaders what we stand for via our calendar.
- Identify opportunities for outreach
- Establish how we advertise/promote/communicate events to avoid becoming noise that people want to opt out from. Better leveraging our website – through continuous content building and updating.
- Align on key “All hands on deck events”
- Brainstorm on new ideas for enhancing events.
Our current rough initial agenda is as follows:
- Review the current consolidated calendar
- Gain agreement on key events
- Brainstorm on how to enhance and build synergy
- Discuss website/content development/promotions strategy for each key event.
- Discuss how we leverage small groups for building outreach!!
I look forward to seeing everyone there and I will bring the donuts and coffee!! Don’t forget to mark your calendars for Saturday June 29th at 9 am - More details to follow.
Thank you again and blessings
Russell Couch
Russell_couch@outlook.com or 404-374-9340
Ladies—you are invited to:
LWML FL-GA District Retreat
Fri., Sept 27 – Sun., Sept 29, 2019
The all-inclusive registration fee is $185 and covers retreat materials,
2 nights lodging and 5 meals. Retreat information and registration forms are posted on the bulletin board next to the LWML room. Questions—contact Louise Cox.
Register now! After June 30th registration fee is $200.
Come and be a “Woman of Joy!”
Birthdays this week:
Jun 23 – Carleigh Hughes
Jun 25 – Layton Roe
Jun 26 – Ryan Cain
Jun 27 – Janeé Gaffney, Elizabeth Spears
Jun 29 – Jameson Dixon, Aja Seaman, Hope Comfort Dog
Anniversaries this week:
Jun 23 – Steven & Jamie Bass
Jun 24 – Bill & Linda Smith
Jun 25 – Aaron & Angie Rush
Jun 25 - Pastor Carl & Patti Schneider
Jun 26 – Dave Peterson & Pamela Saunders
Jun 27 – Greg & Alisa Staude
Jun 27 – Mike & Julie Wolber
“People with Alzheimer’s or dementia often tragically lose their short-term memory while the long-term memory continues. They may go back to the memories of the good old days. Those memories can bring peace and happiness. When the Holy Spirit, your perfect memory aid, reminds and re-teaches you everything about Jesus, He removes the bad memories of sin and punishment and fear. He replaces them with joy, confidence, hope, and forgiveness in Jesus. That results in a peace that goes beyond understanding and beyond this life.” Rev. Peter Sulzle, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Redwood Falls, Minnesota – A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life • www.lutheransforlife.org
Happening this week at Faith:
