Family of faith members
serving at worship
October 14, 2007
Worship
Assistants
(If you would like to sign up, please contact Mary Hafner or send an
email to the
pastor.) Organist Adam Brink
Choir Director Bethany Kiral
Communion Setup Linda Andrews Communion Assistant Jennifer Barnhill Acolyte Not
filled, please sign up
Usher Paul Hoover
Crucifer Not
filled, please sign up Reader Dale Landry Refreshments Betty Knickerbocker
and Leah Paul Sound System Bill Lueck
The
spam emails and junk mail that I receive as a pastor are interesting
sometimes. I recently received a spam email from a company trying
to sell "Limousines and Yacht Cruises."
What surprised me is that this ad was specially geared for pastors and
church workers. They even have "special corporate packages that
allow churches to set a monthly amount."
Perhaps THIS will be the newest thing in outreach and evangelism -
sending limousines to pick people up for church. We could celebrate at
the end of the year with a yacht cruise. Do you think it would
get more people here if we did that?
Yet somehow I don't think that's what Jesus had in mind when He
instituted the church. I think He probably thought more about ten
Samaritan lepers who needed to be healed. He probably thought
more about believers like Timothy and Paul who were chained like
criminals just so they could speak the Gospel to one more person.
I think that's the kind of church Jesus had in mind.
The ladies of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League are a part of that
church. They put aside limousines and yacht cruises, and they reach out
to the poor and to those who haven't heard the Gospel. We
celebrate God working in their lives this coming Sunday.
And every Sunday, we try to become more like the kind of church Jesus
had in mind until He returns to give us a divine yacht cruise for
eternity.
In Christ,
Pastor Jay
Clear Your Calendars! New and Important
Calendar Items!
October 11th
- LWML serves at Hope Community - 5pm
Join the members of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League as they help
HOPE Community by serving food.
October 12th
- Grad Student/Young Adult Night At Movies - 7pm
Are you a grad student? newly married? over 21? Come out with us
on Friday for a night at the movies. We're meeting at University
Lutheran at 7pm and going from there.
October 13th
- Campus Ministry Movie Night At ULC
Come by University Lutheran on Saturday night at 7pm. We'll be watching
scary movies and relaxing.
October
14th - Sunday - LWML Sunday
Join us as we celebrate God's grace working through the Lutheran
Women's Missionary League.
October 14
and October 21 - Thrivent Voting Vote for the new Thrivent Board.
LWML Sunday
October
14th is LWML Sunday. Some of you may wonder what LWML is.
LWML stands for Lutheran Womens'
Missionary League. It is an organization that seeks to affirm
women's relationships with the Triune God so that they are equipped and
enabled to use their gifts in ministering to other people.
Our chapter of LWML has chosen to host a gift drive for a family that
they have adopted as a part of LWML Sunday.
Please consider dropping any of the following items off at church
before October 14th:
Jeans, boys size 7-8
Jeans, girls size 4-6
girls shoes, size 91/2
Mom is a size 10-12
Groceries and paper goods, gift cards for groceries or gas would also
be
appropriate.
Want to learn more about Scripture?
Thinking about church work?
Concordia House of Studies,
the Florida-Georgia District's program to train people with the kind of
classes that you would get in the Concordia University System is
thinking about coming to Tallahassee.
Possible classes include: Lutheran Confessions (Book of Concord),
Old Testament History and Literature, New Testament History and
Literature, and many others.
These classes could transfer into FSU as general credits. These
can also be used to qualify for church worker training. Please consider
emailing Pastor
Jay for more information.
Congratulations To Our New Council Members!
Congratulations to our New
Council Members. The slate was voted on and accepted unanimously
by the congregation at the congregation meeting this past Sunday.
These officers will be installed on the 21st of October during worship.
President
- Bill Lueck
Vice-President - Catherine Knickerbocker
Secretary - Adam Brink
Treasurer - Jim Freeman
Worship - Elsa McKinney
Christian Education - Cheryl Dance
Property - Open
Outreach - Leah Paul
Elders - Dale Landry and Paul Hoover (existing, Paul's term is up next
year)
Student Reps - Katie DeWitt, Danielle Brandt, and Robert Thompson as
President of the
Registered Student Organization.
Out of Town
Pastor
Jay will be out of town from Monday, 10/15 to Wednesday 10/17 due to
the Florida Georgia District New Worker's Retreat. In case of an
emergency, please contact the elders: Bob
Wagner - 850 878 4071
Paul Hoover - 850 926 5332
Oktoberfest on Sunday Afternoon
Everyone
likes to go out to eat on Sunday after church, right? Consider
going to Nino's Restaurant (on Appalachee) this Sunday afternoon from
1:30pm to 5:30pm. You can celebrate a holiday that Martin Luther
celebrated. Enjoy!
Missed a sermon?
Did you
miss a sermon? I do my best to post my manuscript text on
my blog on Monday or Tuesday. It is available at jWinters.com.
Send a Card
Consider sending a card or celebrating with the following people in
some way this week:
Bob Culp - Birthday - Oct 1st
Elsa McKinney - Birthday - Oct 2nd
Ryan Mwegoha - Birthday - Oct 3rd (Ryan is no longer in the country,
but appreciates your thoughts and prayers and celebrations)
Adam Brink - Birthday - Oct 8th
Mary Liz Moody - Birthday - Oct 10th (TODAY! Happy Birthday Mary Liz)
Myrna Hoover - Birthday - October 13th
Betty Tamm - Birthday - October 13th
Good Stuff
"It ain't those parts of the Bible I can't understand that bother me,
it's the parts that I do
understand."
Mark Twain
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