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Printed From the WELS Outreach Newsletter for April 2016. WELS Evangelism | Helping the WELS tell the good news!! April / May 2016 Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mosinee WI
Printed From the WELS Outreach Newsletter for April 2016.
WELS Evangelism | Helping the WELS tell the good news!!
April / May 2016
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mosinee WI
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Services & Contact Info
Worship Service Schedule:
First Sunday: 8:00AM and 10:15AM, with Lord’s Supper
Second Sunday: 8:00AM and 10:15 AM
Third Sunday: 9:00AM, with Lord’s Supper
Fourth Sunday: 8:00AM and 10:15AM
Sunday School:
First, Second & Fourth Sundays: 9:10AM (between the 8AM &
10:15AM Services). Third Sunday: NO Sunday School
Adult Bible Class:
First, Second & Fourth Sundays: 9:10AM (between the 8AM &
10:15AM Svcs)
Third Sunday: NO Bible Class
Website: www.ilcmosinee.com
Individual Bible Info Classes – available upon request. Please contact
Pastor Schmidt
Daily Devotions, other inspiration and church info also available on
Facebook. www.facebook.com/ILCMosineeWELS
Newsletter Submissions: [email protected]
Pastor Schmidt Contact Info:
Office: 715.693.2910 Home: 715.693.6011
Pastor Schmidt Email: [email protected]
2016 Pine Car Derby!!!
The ILC Pine Car Derby will be held on Sunday, April 17th
.
Please speak with Jennifer Schmidt if you would like more
information. Thank you!!!
Ladies Aid News Dates for the April and May Ladies Aid meetings:
April 5th
1:00PM May 3rd
1:00P
Blood Drives in 2016
There will be two blood drives this year:
Tuesday March 29, 3-7PM
Tuesday August 2, 3-7PM
Lutheran Women’s Mission Rally
The Lutheran Women’s Mission Spring Rally will be held
on Saturday April 9th
at St. John, 711 W 5th
, Neillsville.
Registration begins at 9AM and the rally should conclude
no later than 2PM.
The speaker is Nathan Seiltz. He will be speaking on our
Multi-Language Publications from the synod. This also
includes media and technology. It is very interesting for
women and also the men. Come see how come of your
mission dollars are being used.
If you need a ride, please talk to Dorothy Sparby.
Mission Donations
The lavender mission boxes, as well as any other donations
toward the mission collection, are due on or before April
3rd. Thank you for your generosity!!!
Easter Flowers Easter flowers have been given in memory of: John &
Hilder Smerda by their families, and Leona Cisler by her
families.
Thanks to all who furnished flowers to glorify the church
for our Easter celebration, including the Stahleckers, Mark
& Kim Schroeder, Joyce Cook, Barb Sondelski and the
Wampoles.
Your generosity greatly appreciated!!
Minister’s Monthly Message: April/May 2016
Spiritual Spring Cleaning Create in me a clean heart, O God.
—Psalm 51:10
In the Northern Hemisphere—despite our recent snowstorm—the season of spring is here. Not only are we likely to be done with the colder weather and snow for a while, grass will begin to turn from brown to green. Trees will begin budding. Annual flowers will begin popping up. Certain species of birds are returning from their southern vacations. We usually associate spring with new life.
Some people also associate spring with cleaning. Our houses have been closed up tight all winter, and so we feel the urge to open the windows and let in some fresh air and sunlight. But when we do, maybe we notice all the dirt and grime that has built up over the winter. Dust bunnies have been multiplying in corners that haven’t seen much light for a while. The floors of our garages are caked with salt residue from our cars. Seeing all this dirt we can feel the need to clean.
King David once asked God to help him with his cleaning, Create in me a clean heart, O God (Ps 51:10). David wasn’t asking God to help him live a more healthful life so that he could avoid clogged arteries and poor health. The heart disease he wanted to avoid was caused by the dirt that all of us have in our lives, that dirt of sin. This filth is in each of us, and if it’s not cleaned out, it’ll kill us forever in hell.
But God doesn’t want us to die eternally. He sent His Son, Jesus, to clean out our hearts filled with sin. Jesus used His perfect life and holy death on the cross as the spiritual angioplasty that repaired our hearts and souls. In baptism, God washed us clean of our sin and gave us a new start. He creates faith in us which trusts in Him that He’ll bring us to heaven someday.
Spring cleaning may give us a new outlook on life, but God’s cleaning gives us life itself, both here now and forever in heaven.
Ladies Aid News Ladies Aid Meeting Minutes:
• The Ladies Aid met on Tuesday March 1, 2016 • The topic of discussion was 19 Minutes With Luther – The Third Article (part 8). The
devotional hymn was #233 All People That on Earth Do Dwell • Donna Draeger chose #478 With the Lord Begin Your task for her birthday hymn. • Correspondence was read from the Brazilian Mission. • LWMS will be held April 9 at St. John, Neillsville, WI. • Motion was made and seconded to donate $10.00 to Christian Family Solutions in memory of
Hilder Smerda. • A collection for Meditations will be on Sunday March 20. • The library will be cleaned by Nancy Smith, Barbara Sondelski and Dorothy Sparby. • There was a suggestion to label the outside of the kitchen cupboards. This will be done by
Doug Davis. • The Women’s Ministry Conference will be held July 21-23 at the Wisconsin Lutheran
Seminary, Mequon, WI. • There was a suggestion to send” Care Packages “(Culver’s certificates etc.) to the college
students from our congregation and to check out the Stevens Point Campus Ministry. We will check into this in the fall.
• Pat Sparby will be taking care of the Piggly Wiggly receipts, which were done by Hilder Smerda.
• The next Ladies Aid meeting will be Tuesday April 5, 2016 at 1 P.M. Respectfully Submitted, Donna M. Draeger Secretary Pro Tem
April 2016
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Pastor coaching softball most
afternoons Monday-Friday at NLHS
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2 Pioneer Basketball
Tournament at NLHS
3 Worship 8 & 10:15
AM (LS)
SS & Bible Class
9:10 AM
4
5 Ladies Aid 1 PM
Pastor at MOTL
Council Meeting 6 PM
6 CC 4-5:15 PM
Bible Class 6 PM
7
8
9
LWMS 9 AM in
Neillsville
10 Worship 8 & 10:15
AM
SS & Bible Class
9:10 AM
Council meets after
2nd service
11 Pastor at monthly
pastors’ meeting
12
Pastor at MOTL
Voters’ Meeting 6 PM
13 CC 4-5:15 PM
Bible Class 6 PM
14
15
16
17 Worship 9 AM (LS)
Annual Pine Car
Derby
Good Shepherd
Sunday
18
19
20 CC 4-5:15 PM
Pastor at MOTL
Examination 6:30
PM
21
22
23
24 Worship 8 & 10:15
AM
SS & Bible Class
9:10 AM
MOTL Confirmation
8:30 AM
25
26
27
Bible Class 6 PM
28
29
30
May 2016
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Worship 8 AM
(LS) Examination
Snacks &
Fellowship
between services
Worship 10:15 AM
(LS) Confirmation
2
3 Ladies Aid 1 PM
4
5
The Ascension of Our
Lord
6
7
8 Worship 8 & 10:15
AM
Ascension Sunday
9
10
11
12
13
14
15 Worship 9 AM (LS)
Pentecost Sunday
16
17
18
Pastor at WIAA
Seeding Meeting in
Athens in PM
19
20
21 Fellowship Hall
reserved
10 AM – 5 PM
22 Worship 8 & 10:15
AM
Trinity Sunday
23
24
25
26 Summer
Worship
Schedule
Begins!
Worship 6:30 PM
St. Peter’s
Graduation 7 PM
27
28
29 Worship 9 AM
30
Memorial Day
31
Notes: Pastor coaching softball most afternoons Monday-Friday at NLHS
Memorial Day through Labor Day Summer Worship Schedule: Thursdays 6:30 PM; Sundays 9 AM
Spring Pastor’s Conference
in Eau Claire, WI
Usher/Greeter & Altar Guild Schedule – April / May 2016
Deadline for June’s newsletter: May 22nd
April 2016
Altar Guild: Dorothy S, Barb S, Joy P
3*
8:00
Dan Colrud
Tudy Stahlecker
10:15
Dean Peterson
JoAnn Scott
10
8:00
Byron Draeger
Donna Draeger
10:15
Matt Sondelski
Joyce Cook
17* 9:00
Roger Sparby
Paulette Sparby
24 8:00
Bruce Hintz, Sr.
Joyce Hintz & Evelyn
Nechuta
10:15
Ray Ficken
Kevin & Barb Stepan
May 2016
Altar Guild: Vicki O & Tracy P
1*
8:00
Jim Nechuta
Mary Nechuta
10:15
Paul Koepke
Debbie Stocco
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8:00
Jon Stahlecker
Carolyn Desnoyer
10:15 Kyle Olund
Vicki Olund
15* 9:00
Austin Schmidt
Barb Sondelski
22
8:00
Dan Cihlar
Jeff & Sue Feit
10:15
Dean Peterson
Dawn Kyhos
29
8:00
Dan Colrud
Evelyn Ciula
10:15
Rodney Sparby
Renee Long
You’ll find information on:
• Worship schedule and Pastor’s whereabouts
• Ladies Aid News
• Announcements, Important Dates, Church News
