Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 9700 Neenah Ave, Austin, Texas 78717 Phone 512.671.6100 Fax 512.671.6103 www.lordoflifeaustin.org February 2011 Edition Volume No. 1102 Upcoming Fellowship: Kindred Sisters Choir, Bells, Praise JSM Meetings Growth Groups Domino Day GET INVOLVED! Inside this issue: Happy Epiphany! 1 Kindred Sisters 2 Preparing for Sunday 2 Birthdays / Anniversaries 2 Youth Focus 3 Remember in Prayer 3 Angel Food Ministries 4 JSM Needs You 4 LWR Health Kits 4 Other News/Notes 5 State of the Church 5 Worship Leadership 6 Calendar 7 Happy Epiphany! Question, how does one celebrate Epiphany? Epiphany is the season of God’s light shining through darkness. And God’s light shines through when we become the light of Christ in the world. So we are God’s light. This means we have very basic things to do. 1) Follow Jesus. 2) Reproduce ourselves in the lives of those that don’t know Jesus. Only one percent of all Christian churches show signs of actually reproducing themselves, and we’re not one of that one percent. So how do we do this? How do we live our lives as followers of Jesus? Church planter expert Ed Stetzer has studied 324 churches that experienced significant turn-arounds. These churches were near death, and yet came back from the brink. What brought them back? Here is a summary of his book, “Comeback Churches.” 1) Renewed faith in Jesus Christ and the church’s mission in the world. In other words, these churches “re-discovered” the unique voice of Jesus that calls to each and every disciple. 2) Renewed attitude of servanthood and discipleship, which Stetzer dubs, in a marvelous phrase, “loving what is lesser.” What others need to hear, the voice of Jesus, becomes more important to you than what you like or dislike. 3) Strategic Prayer efforts. For churches to comeback, they need to rediscover the power of the spiritual, most specifically, the power of prayer. A disciple-making community is a praying community. Here is our challenge: 1) Will you hear the voice of Jesus calling you to let him in and then let him out? 2) Will you live a life of mission, not asking God to help you on your mission, but asking God to help you join Jesus in his mission in the world? The Christian life is not about you doing something for God; it’s about you letting God doing something for, in, and through you. 3) Will you pray that the kingdom of God will come crashing down on you, your family, and this church? This is how we celebrate Epiphany, by being the light of Christ to the world, and reproducing ourselves in the lives of oth- ers. Happy Epiphany! Share the Good News! Pastor Dave Happy Epiphany! God’s Work, Our Hands
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Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 9700 Neenah Ave, Austin, Texas 78717 Phone 512.671.6100 Fax 512.671.6103 www.lordoflifeaustin.org
February 2011 Edition Volume No. 1102
Upcoming Fellowship:
Kindred Sisters
Choir, Bells, Praise
JSM Meetings
Growth Groups
Domino Day
GET INVOLVED!
Inside this issue:
Happy Epiphany! 1
Kindred Sisters 2
Preparing for Sunday 2
Birthdays / Anniversaries 2
Youth Focus 3
Remember in Prayer 3
Angel Food Ministries 4
JSM Needs You 4
LWR Health Kits 4
Other News/Notes 5
State of the Church 5
Worship Leadership 6
Calendar 7
Happy Epiphany! Question, how does one celebrate Epiphany?
Epiphany is the season of God’s light shining through darkness. And God’s
light shines through when we become the light of Christ in the world. So we
are God’s light. This means we have very basic things to do.
1) Follow Jesus.
2) Reproduce ourselves in the lives of those that don’t know Jesus. Only one
percent of all Christian churches show signs of actually reproducing
themselves, and we’re not one of that one percent. So how do we do this?
How do we live our lives as followers of Jesus?
Church planter expert Ed Stetzer has studied 324 churches that experienced
significant turn-arounds. These churches were near death, and yet came back
from the brink. What brought them back? Here is a summary of his book,
“Comeback Churches.”
1) Renewed faith in Jesus Christ and the church’s mission in the world. In other
words, these churches “re-discovered” the unique voice of Jesus that calls to
each and every disciple.
2) Renewed attitude of servanthood and discipleship, which Stetzer dubs, in a
marvelous phrase, “loving what is lesser.” What others need to hear, the
voice of Jesus, becomes more important to you than what you like or dislike.
3) Strategic Prayer efforts. For churches to comeback, they need to rediscover
the power of the spiritual, most specifically, the power of prayer.
A disciple-making community is a praying community.
Here is our challenge:
1) Will you hear the voice of Jesus calling you to let him in and then let him out?
2) Will you live a life of mission, not asking God to help you on your mission,
but asking God to help you join Jesus in his mission in the world?
The Christian life is not about you doing something for God;
it’s about you letting God doing something for, in, and through you.
3) Will you pray that the kingdom of God will come crashing down on you,
your family, and this church?
This is how we celebrate Epiphany, by being the light of Christ
to the world, and reproducing ourselves in the lives of oth-
ers.
Happy Epiphany! Share the Good News!
Pastor Dave
Happy Epiphany!
God’s Work, Our Hands
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Preparing for Sunday
February 6 Isaiah 58:1-9a Psalm 112:1-9 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 Matthew 5:13-20
February 13 Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 119:1-8 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Matthew 5:21-37
February 20 Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 Psalm 119:33-40 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 Matthew 5:38-48
February 27 Isaiah 49:8-16a Psalm 131 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Matthew 6:24-34
Kindred Sisters invite all ladies and friends of Lord of
Life to join them on the First Tuesday morning of each
month. Tuesday, February 1, Kindred Sisters meet at
10:00 at Church to carpool together to Assistance League
Austin (AL), an all-volunteer nonprofit organization. We
will tour, via the “Backrooms,” the Thrift House and
Operation School Bell (OSB). The Thrift House is completely stocked with donated items
and each week has a new theme. OSB provided NEW clothes/wardrobe for over 3,500 Aus-
tin School Children last year. AL’s programs: OSB, Toy Cart at Dell Children’s Hospital,
Bus With Us, Assault Survivors Kits, Scholarships, Foster Teens are all funded from the
Thrift House sales. “Dutch” lunch following tour. Sign up in Café, as need to know num-
ber carpooling. All ladies and friends of Lord of Life are invited. Questions: Marge
Kretschmar 258-2988 or Glenace Klinker 671-3690
We started our January 2011 meeting with a very inspiring Bible Study on water, lead by
Pastor Dave. Water being a very precious thing to us, Baptism being the most important.
How does Baptism happen and what effect does it have on us. Discussion made us think
about the relationship of our daily use and Spiritual use of water in our lives. A very inter-
esting Study, we look forward to more in the future. Tasty soup was a welcome lunch on
this cold morning.
Year 2011 Kindred Sisters HOSTESS Chart is on Board in Café … Please sign accordingly.
LWR Health Kits … We will again do Health Kits, as they are desperately needed via
LWR. A Health Kit Box is in the Welcome Center for your donations.
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Coffee-Time
Thanks to:
Marilee Parsons
Melinda Prather
Patti Kassel
Deanna Brown
and Brenda Searcy
LOLLC LADIES: KINDRED SISTERS
Monthly Meeting – 1st Tuesday Morning
Upcoming Opportunities:
Bring your saved cancelled postage stamps for LWR Stamporee Box
Questions: Marge Kretschmar 258-2988 or Glenace Klinker 671-3690
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Assistance League Tour
Meet 10:00 am @ Church
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
10:30 am
Koinonia Cafe
ASH WEDNESDAY
MARCH 9
7:00 p.m. Service
Wednesday Evening Services
will continue through Lent.
We will be using the Holden
Evening Prayer in the evening
services following Ash
Wednesday.
Please invite friends and family
to join us during this time
of reflection.
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Food Contributions to Hill Country
Community Ministries
November collections:
113 pieces
Let’s keep it going!
REMEMBER IN PRAYER THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM
ILLNESSES:
Katherine Stewart
Ruby Ivy,
Fran Hendrix,
Junette Gowen,
Alberta Otto,
Dot Harrington,
Ella Symank,
Lynsey Thurman,
Angie Parr,
Gladys Soiseth,
Sharon Kraus,
Joy Warriner,
Diann Sowell,
Deb Durling,
Cindy Kassel,
Reileigh Mace,
Teresa Plessala,
Jeannie Jones,
Katelyn Carter,
Mary Ann McGuire,
Kelli Egan,
Laverne Welch,
Lauretta Bennett,
Aaron Wood,
Lanae Ortivez,
Pat Snyder
We are starting a new series for the youth called “Get To Know Our Youth!” This
month we are highlighting BLAKE TRAYWICK. Blake is a senior at Westwood High
School. He has intentions of going to Texas A&M next fall majoring in biology and partici-
pating in the Navy Corps of Cadets. He plans on going into the Navy after college. Blake
has been attending Lord of Life since he was in 8th grade. He was the youth representa-
tive for the call committee when Lord of Life hired Pastor Dave. Blake’s favorite memo-
ries of Lord of Life are going to Sky Ranch and the lock-ins! Blake volunteers at SafePlace
and Garner State Park! In addition to going to school full time, Blake works at HEB 20 to
25 hours a week. Blake’s favorite place to go out to eat is Mesa Rosa. Next time you see
Blake, congratulate him on being a wonderful young man!!
The January service project for the middle and high school youth was to prepare birthday
bags for SafePlace. SafePlace is a shelter for women and children here in Austin. The rea-
son behind birthday bags was if a child had a birthday while they were staying at Safe-
Place then their mother or guardian could have a little birthday party for the child. Inside
each bag are a cake mix, frosting, paper plates, cups and napkins. There were also some
extra items in the bags including table clothes, banners, balloons and other similar
items. The youth and their family and friends donated enough birthday items to create 48
bags and two bags of “extras”. After the youth were done putting together the bags they
had a big birthday party! They had pizza, snacks and sodas. They played many games
including a cupcake eating contest without the use of hands – which our very own Made-
line Smith won!! We also played musical chairs in the dark with only a disco ball lighting
the room! The evening was a wonderful way to celebrate this service project!
The senior high youth are going to a hockey game at the Cedar Park Center on January
29th. It is the Texas Stars vs. Abbotsford Heat. Looks to be around 12 of our youth and
their friends will attend this event! Go Stars!!
Update on the Giving Tree: donations were as follows: to Hill Country Community Minis-
tries: 6 packs of diapers, 40 packs of socks and underwear, 4 bags of baby food and wipes, 6
-8 bottles of soap; to Hill Country Nazarene: $160 for their food shelf; and Gas Gift Cards
for Discretionary Fund: 4 gift cards for Shell. We also brought three fleece blankets and a
check for $187.50 from the Harvest Festival fleece blanket sale! Thank you all for your
kind donations!!!
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ANGEL FOOD MINISTIRES
Angel Food Ministries (AFM) Distribution Saturday Hours have changed:
New hours for pickup at Lord of Life are 9:30 – 10:30 am.
February 13 is February’s Order Deadline for ANGEL FOOD MINISTRIES (AFM). Distribution Saturday is February 26, 2011
at LOLLC. Pickup time is between 9:30 – 10:30 am. Please NOTE the NEW time for pickups. FEBRUARY Menu includes
Eight Boxes plus Three Special Boxes. Hamburger Steaks, IQF Chicken Breast, and Boneless Pork Chops are featured in the
Signature “Bread of Life” Box ($31) along with 15 other items. The terrific value “Bountiful Blessing” ($41) Box also
features the same plus 22 other items. Just 4 Me boxes (3 various ones) have become popular. Three Specials: Steak Special
($25), Chicken Special ($18) and Fruit/Veggies ($23). Remember, EVERYONE and ANYONE can participate in AFM.
Menus, Order forms and Information are all in our WELCOME CENTER. Ordering is now available online at
www.angelfoodministries.com via LOLLC’s Host Site – Three orders in January were from our community. Questions: Con-
tact Pastor Dave or Glenace Klinker 671-3690
Please tell your friends and neighbors about this food relief/budget saving program … remember, EVERYONE and ANYONE
can participate in AFM. No qualifications … just be hungry. Thank you for all the Donations that have helped our church
family, as they are very much appreciated. If you know of anyone that would be helped with AFM, please contact Pastor
Dave.
Angel Food Ministries’ New Motto: “To Buy Is To Give” AFM has two programs for donations: “Sponsor A Soldier’s Fam-
ily” and “No Child Goes Without.” Tax Deductible Donations can be made via www.angelfoodministries.com
Another new program for you to support when you shop via the Internet. Use ConnectionPlus Toolbar via www.cvn.org and
a percentage of every purchase is given back to Angel Food Ministry from over 700 shopping partners. A couple examples are
Kohls, Kmart, Expedia, Best Buy.
AFM FEBRUARY SCHEDULE
Orders Due: Sunday, February 13 | Cash, Money Order, or Lone Star Card
Distribution Day: Saturday, February 26, 2011 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Boxes NOT picked up by 10:30 am will be donated to a family in need. No credits or refunds can be made.
