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NOTES AND NEWS
Week of August 23rd, 2009
JOIN US FOR BIBLE CLASS ON 1 & 2 PETER! In Peter’s epistles he instructs Christ’s sheep how to deal with challenges facing the early Christian church—challenges that we also face today. Class is held in the Welcome Center on Sundays at 9:15 a.m. and on Mondays after our worship service. Hope to see you there!
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO HELP WITH SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE! We need your help if we’re going to continue serving coffee on Sunday mornings. Two options are available: set up before the early service or clean up after the late service. If you’re an early riser, you can help brew coffee at 7:15 a.m. so that we have coffee ready for those who come to our first service. Clean-up after the second service takes about twenty minutes. Please sign up at the kiosk in the Welcome Center for the dates that work for you. For more information, please contact Sandy Bartsch at 414.545.8651.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL VOTERS’ MEETING ON MONDAY, AUGUST 31, at 7:30 p.m. in church. The purpose of this meeting is to call an enrichment teacher to replace Mrs. Powers and to approve the revised budget.
ST. JOHN’S LADIES AID will meet at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 2, in the Welcome Center for our September meeting. Ladies, bring your lunch. Dessert and coffee will be provided. All ladies of the congregation are invited to join us.
LIFE-A-THON to benefit WELS Lutherans for Life, Metro-Milwaukee and four pregnancy resource centers will be held on Saturday, September 26. The event will be held at McCarty Park with 9:00 a.m. Check-in and registration. The walk begins at 10:00 a.m., 11:00 Lunch. The cost is $17 per person, $50 family of 3 or more and $85 for school groups – please call for info. Walk for Life and get a free t-shirt. To register and for more information, visit www. life-a-thon.org or call 414.727.8176.
IF YOU ARE HOSPITALIZED PLEASE LET US KNOW OR HAVE A LOVED ONE INFORM US. We would like to visit you when you are hospitalized, send you a card and keep you in our prayers. You can call our office at 414.541.5881.
PICK UP SCRIP TODAY! Order forms for scrip are available in the brochure holder located in the church entry and in the Welcome Center. Orders are placed on the first and third Sunday/Monday of each month. Orders can be picked up on the second and fourth Sunday/Monday of each month. For more info on our Scrip program, please visit our website at www.stjohnsmilw.org/scrip/htm. Please continue to support St. John’s with your Scrip orders. If you have any questions, please call Cindy Elleseg at 541.3205.
THE UPDATED GREETERS SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER is available in the church narthex. Thank you to those who greet our members and guests before our worship services. If you’d like to be a part of this outreach opportunity, please contact the church office. Thank you!
IT’S TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT SUNDAY SCHOOL! Not just for our St. John’s families, but also for friends, relatives, neighbors. Ask them to come with you. Sign up on the sign-up sheet in the Welcome Center. A Sunday School teacher is needed. Helpers are also needed. Please call Gene Huth with any questions at 453.1350.
SHOW CHRISTIAN LOVE TO IMMIGRANTS – BE AN ENGLISH CONVERSATION PARTNER! Do you want to meet some interesting people from another culture? Then here is the perfect opportunity for you! Volunteer to tutor immigrants in English at Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 2827 W. Harrison. The next module begins Monday, September 14 and ends on THURSDAY, November 19, 2009. Class meets Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 6 to 8 p.m. You sign up for the dates that fit your schedule. Requirements: the desire to learn about people from other cultures, patience and empathy, standard English, the ability to follow instructions, the responsibility to show up on the days you signed up for or CALL us if you have an emergency. Spanish skills are not required. For more information contact: Lori Stankiewicz, phone: (414) 645-0492; e-mail: esllab@onecommail.com.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A GREAT BARGAIN? Shop at our WELS Bargain Center! North-side location: 8401 West Lisbon Ave. 414-463-2595; South-side location: 5005 West Howard Ave. 414-327-2529 Hours at both locations are: Tuesday – Saturday: 9:30 - 3:30. The south side location now carries furniture. Stop in today! They are also in need of more volunteers. If you can offer a few hours a month, please contact either location as soon as possible.
WISCONSIN LUTHERAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR: WLHS announces auditions for the 09-10 season of the Wisconsin Lutheran Children’s Choir. The choir is open to all children in grades 4-8 with unchanged voices. Auditions for placement purposes will be held on September 10 and 14 from 6:00-8:00pm and on September 12 from 9-12 noon at Wisconsin Lutheran High School. Rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings from 6:15-7:30pm in the WLHS Auditorium beginning September 22. To schedule an appointment or to receive more information, contact director Marjorie Flanagan at 414-453-4567, Ext. 2373.
PREGNANCY COUNSELING CENTER. Can you help with baby gifts? Because of the Loving Moms, we are seeing more new babies. We need to keep ready-to-give presents on hand for moms who bring in their newborns. This is another chance for us to talk to the moms about having their babies baptized and bringing them up to know Jesus. Christian baby and toddler books are the perfect gift for new moms when talking to them about Christian parenting. We can use any combination of books and other baby things, which we will package along with appropriate literature. These will be wrapped, and the contents labeled so that counselors and Loving Moms instructors can easily present them. Wish List items include: new Christian baby books and Bibles, other baby items (toys, bibs, etc) especially those with Christian messages, gift bags, wrap and ribbon. Materials for teaching Loving Moms children about Jesus while their moms are in a session. Used items in good condition are fine. Bible story or other Christian DVD’s, Children’s books or other Christian educational materials, Bible puppets, action figures, Bible story coloring/activity/sticker books, crayons. Any questions? Call Gene Huth at 453.1350.
FUN BOWLING LEAGUE LOOKING FOR BOWLERS! The league bowls with three-person teams (men & women) at Burnham Bowl, 60th & Burnham, on Wednesday nights. League begins on September 2 at 6:30 p.m. For more information or to sign up, please contact our member, Craig Kulas, at 414.541.3852.
THE DEDICATION/RECITAL of our new Rodgers Masterpiece 788TE Electronic Organ will take place on Sunday, August 30, at 7:00 p.m. at Good Shepherd's Lutheran Church (1235 S. 100th Street, West Allis). Come, praise and give thanks to the Lord as we dedicate this organ to the glory of our God and hear the various sounds that can now be heard from our new organ. Light refreshments will be served afterwards.
OUR OFFERINGS TO THE LORD
Entire Budget Figures: Weekly offering budget $18,160; Offerings last week $12,049 (-$6,111) Year-to-date budgeted offerings (7 weeks) $127,120; Actual offerings July to date $82,645 (-$44,475) Envelopes, Cash, EFT only: Weekly cash budgeted $10,644; Offerings last week; $7,874 (-$2,770). Year to date budgeted offerings (7 weeks) $74,508; Actual offerings July to date $67,177 (-$7,331) Thank you for your gifts of love that enable us to share God’s life-giving Word here and throughout the world!
HEARING GOD’S WORD
August 16 & 17, 2009: 116 + 158 + 66 = 340
Bible Study: 33
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE AND BE SERVED
Today: 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Worship
9:15 a.m. Adult Bible Study
Pick Up Scrip
5-6:30 p.m. Girls B VB
6:30-8 p.m. Girls A VB
Monday: 6:30 p.m. Worship
7:30 p.m. Adult Bible Study
Pick Up Scrip
Tuesday: 5:00-6:30 p.m. Girls B VB
6:30 p.m. Fellowship Committee
6:30-8:00 p.m. Girls A VB
Thursday: 5:00-6:30 p.m. Girls B VB
6:30-8:00 p.m. Girls A VB