1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,
To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace to you and peace.
2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we know, brothers[b] loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8 For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. 9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
When I read these kinds of introductions to these letters, I imagine Paul sitting there writing with the people from Thessalonica on his heart and mind. He is deeply concerned for them, and he loves them very much, just like a pastor for the people under his care.
What happens is that God gives you his heart. As difficult as it is sometimes and as joyful as it is at others, God gives you his heart for his people when you become a pastor. It's kind of the same heart he gives parents for their children and vice versa. It is a deeply caring and loving heart. It is a heart that weeps when things are going wrong and leaps for joy when things are going well. We feel, in a muted and veiled way, what God feels for his people.
When a person becomes a Christian this happens as well. God gives you his heart for caring for souls. He gives you his will to share his good news. You want to tell people about him, because you love them and want them to be in heaven with you.
If you have kind of lost that heart, and everyone does from time to time, I would encourage you to get into the Scriptures a bit more, and pray to the Holy Spirit to fill your heart with his love. You'll be amazed at what he can do.
In the meantime I, like Paul, will thank my God always for you, constantly mentioning you in my prayers.
Prayers: Lord, thank you for these people you have given to me to shepherd. Help me to never take them for granted, but to keep praying for them, preaching the good news to them, and caring for their souls. Amen.
____________________________________________________________
CALENDAR:
Wed- Sewing Dresses 9:30-Noon; Ladies Aid- Noon; YOUTH NIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE REFORMATION 5-7pm; Stephen Ministry 6; Choir 7
Thurs-Newsletter deadline; Confirmation make up 5pm; Karate 6:15-7:45
Fri- Bible Study at Hendershots 7
Sat- (No men's breakfast as pastor is at LERT training; it will be next Saturday, Oct. 28 at 8am); HOLY YOGA 10-11; Worship 5pm
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45
________________________________________________________
WORSHIP WORKERS:
Acolyte- 8:30- Abby Vossen; 11- Jared Cluver
Ushers- Alan Hofeldt, Tim Linke, Rich Talbert, Don Turnure
Altar- Set up- Dave and Linda Callies; Clean Up- Lois Boeger
Elders- Sat- Randy Fischer; Sun- 8:30- John Hachtel; 11-
Greeters- 8:30- Bob and Marianne Linke; 11- Marv and Molly Hendershot
Lay Reader- Sat- Don Nolte; 8:30- Erv Yoder, 11- Luke Rausch
Sat Pianist- Barb Dreyer
Organist- Barb Dreyer
Projectionist: Sat- Perricone; Sun, 8:30- Yoder; 11- Masters
________________________________________________________________
TODAY'S QUIZ: What Gospels have the genealogy of Jesus?
__________________________________________________________________
NEWS:
WORSHIP FROM THIS PAST SUNDAY!! (VIDEO) ENJOY AND SHARE!
____________________________________________________________
YOUTH NIGHT (THINK MINI VBS) THIS WEDNESDAY!!!
Pizza Supper 5-5:30
Program Opening 5:30-5:45
Rotation between crafts, games, snack, and lesson 5:45- 6:45
Closing 6:45-7
Come and join us for some fun and bring some friends kids!!
__________________________________________________________________
SPECIAL KIDS AND YOUTH REFORMATION SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS COMING UP!
Starting Sunday, October 15 and ending on Sunday October 29 during Sunday school hour beginning at 9:45 and Wednesdays at 5pm, our Sunday school and youth will be doing a special Reformation VBS style Sunday school and Wednesday night youth night for all kids ages 3-18!!! On Sundays we will have special crafts and games along with the lesson. On Wednesday nights we will start with pizza at 5 and then have our program! Tell your kids, grandkids, neighbor's kids, and everyone else you know about it!!
Sunday school schedule for October 15 and 22
Opening- 9:45
Games crafts, snack, lesson rotation 9:55-10:55
Wednesday Schedule for October 18 and 25-
Pizza Supper- 5pm
Opening Worship- 5:30
Games, crafts, snack, and lesson rotation 5:45-7:00
Sunday school schedule for October 29
Opening- 9
Games crafts, snack, lesson rotation 9:10-9:55
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS!! Please call church to volunteer!!!
Kitchen helpers –2 or 3—
Rotation Guides (people to bring groups from one station to another)- 3 or 4—
Other- (all around help)—2-3
________________________________________________________________________
500th ANNIVERSARY REFORMATION BLOW OUT CELEBRATION COMING UP SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29!!!
Sunday school- 9am
Worship- 10am
Potluck Picnic with Fried Chicken- 11:30 (Please bring a side dish, salad, or dessert to share!)
Pitch the Keys Singing- Noon
Bounce House, Live Polka Music , Games, Fellowship, Fun--- Noon- 3pm
PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! INVITE YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS!! We want this to be a community event to show everyone that Lutherans are great people who have the truth of the Gospel and the peace of knowing we are saved by grace through faith on account of Christ!!!
______________________________________________________________________________
LADIES AID VENDOR FAIR AND BAKE SALE COMING UP SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4
If you would like to be a vendor or know someone who would, the cost is $20 per spot. They also need baked goods. Call 456-2888 to reserve your spot or to let them know you'll donate some baked goods.
Invite your friends and family and come on down to enjoy it!
_________________________________________________________________________
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEMORY VERSE IS: "Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord." Philippians 2:8
Whoever comes to Sunday school and tells me this verse will get a prize!
_________________________________________________________________________
NEW OUTREACH BOOKLET DISPLAY AT CHURCH
Our board of outreach and evangelism purchased a set of outreach booklets on all different topics of interest. They are for you to use for yourself, but also to take to friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors who may be dealing with the things covered in these booklets or may just have questions regarding to the faith. Please check it out and as it says, PLEASE TAKE ONE!
DO YOU HAVE A THRIVENT FINANCIAL ACCOUNT OR POLICY?
You may be eligible to receive money for Little Lambs or Good Shepherd!! Go to www.thrivent.com/choicedollars to check it out!
________________________________________________________________________________
OPERATION BACKPACK DONATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS CANNED VEGETABLES. PLEASE BRING YOUR DONATIONS TO CHURCH AND PUT THEM IN THE TUB MARKED "BACKPACK BLESSINGS"!
____________________________________________________________________________________
PRAYERS:
For MARK RUSSELL who is having oral surgery this morning to remove all four wisdom teeth and to take care of an infection and abcess in his mouth.
For AMBER VOSSEN as she recovers from knee replacement surgery.
For DAVID GRAYSON as he has decided to go on hospice care because of cancer.
For GEORGE HOELSCHER as he recovers from chemo treatments and awaits an important doctor's visit next Thursday.
For the MANY IN CALIFORNIA dealing with wildfires.
For IVY TINNIN, who has been diagnosed with epilepsy and will have to take a semester off of school because of it.
For THOSE IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI who are dealing with hurricane Nate.
For the HUNDREDS IN LAS VEGAS who are dealing with the tragic shooting.
For BUCK HAMPTON dealing with cancer and chemo treatments.
For the INFANT GRANDSON OF DANE AND JODI BALDWIN who was born twelve weeks premature. Right now he is getting some help with breathing, but all vitals and everything are good. He was born at 2 and a half pounds.
_________________________________________________________________________
PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL:
For SAM HARGROVE deployed in Kuwait and DAN DREYER deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan, that the Lord would keep them safe from harm during their service and bring them home safely.
For DAVID TATE stationed in Japan, COLTON FIGURA stationed in California, and ALEX WALTERS, stationed in Tennessee. That God would bless their service to our country and keep them safe as they all await possible deployment.
For CALEB FIGURA AND VINCE MASTERS who are both serving our country in the National Guard and take time out of their lives, jobs, and families to go on duty several times a year.
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1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,
To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace to you and peace.
2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we know, brothers[b] loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8 For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. 9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
When I read these kinds of introductions to these letters, I imagine Paul sitting there writing with the people from Thessalonica on his heart and mind. He is deeply concerned for them, and he loves them very much, just like a pastor for the people under his care.
What happens is that God gives you his heart. As difficult as it is sometimes and as joyful as it is at others, God gives you his heart for his people when you become a pastor. It's kind of the same heart he gives parents for their children and vice versa. It is a deeply caring and loving heart. It is a heart that weeps when things are going wrong and leaps for joy when things are going well. We feel, in a muted and veiled way, what God feels for his people.
When a person becomes a Christian this happens as well. God gives you his heart for caring for souls. He gives you his will to share his good news. You want to tell people about him, because you love them and want them to be in heaven with you.
If you have kind of lost that heart, and everyone does from time to time, I would encourage you to get into the Scriptures a bit more, and pray to the Holy Spirit to fill your heart with his love. You'll be amazed at what he can do.
In the meantime I, like Paul, will thank my God always for you, constantly mentioning you in my prayers.
Prayers: Lord, thank you for these people you have given to me to shepherd. Help me to never take them for granted, but to keep praying for them, preaching the good news to them, and caring for their souls. Amen.
____________________________________________________________
CALENDAR:
Wed- Sewing Dresses 9:30-Noon; Ladies Aid- Noon; YOUTH NIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE REFORMATION 5-7pm; Stephen Ministry 6; Choir 7
Thurs-Newsletter deadline; Confirmation make up 5pm; Karate 6:15-7:45
Fri- Bible Study at Hendershots 7
Sat- (No men's breakfast as pastor is at LERT training; it will be next Saturday, Oct. 28 at 8am); HOLY YOGA 10-11; Worship 5pm
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45
________________________________________________________
WORSHIP WORKERS:
Acolyte- 8:30- Abby Vossen; 11- Jared Cluver
Ushers- Alan Hofeldt, Tim Linke, Rich Talbert, Don Turnure
Altar- Set up- Dave and Linda Callies; Clean Up- Lois Boeger
Elders- Sat- Randy Fischer; Sun- 8:30- John Hachtel; 11-
Greeters- 8:30- Bob and Marianne Linke; 11- Marv and Molly Hendershot
Lay Reader- Sat- Don Nolte; 8:30- Erv Yoder, 11- Luke Rausch
Sat Pianist- Barb Dreyer
Organist- Barb Dreyer
Projectionist: Sat- Perricone; Sun, 8:30- Yoder; 11- Masters
________________________________________________________________
TODAY'S QUIZ: What Gospels have the genealogy of Jesus?
__________________________________________________________________
NEWS:
WORSHIP FROM THIS PAST SUNDAY!! (VIDEO) ENJOY AND SHARE!
____________________________________________________________
YOUTH NIGHT (THINK MINI VBS) THIS WEDNESDAY!!!
Pizza Supper 5-5:30
Program Opening 5:30-5:45
Rotation between crafts, games, snack, and lesson 5:45- 6:45
Closing 6:45-7
Come and join us for some fun and bring some friends kids!!
__________________________________________________________________
SPECIAL KIDS AND YOUTH REFORMATION SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS COMING UP!
Starting Sunday, October 15 and ending on Sunday October 29 during Sunday school hour beginning at 9:45 and Wednesdays at 5pm, our Sunday school and youth will be doing a special Reformation VBS style Sunday school and Wednesday night youth night for all kids ages 3-18!!! On Sundays we will have special crafts and games along with the lesson. On Wednesday nights we will start with pizza at 5 and then have our program! Tell your kids, grandkids, neighbor's kids, and everyone else you know about it!!
Sunday school schedule for October 15 and 22
Opening- 9:45
Games crafts, snack, lesson rotation 9:55-10:55
Wednesday Schedule for October 18 and 25-
Pizza Supper- 5pm
Opening Worship- 5:30
Games, crafts, snack, and lesson rotation 5:45-7:00
Sunday school schedule for October 29
Opening- 9
Games crafts, snack, lesson rotation 9:10-9:55
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS!! Please call church to volunteer!!!
Kitchen helpers –2 or 3—
Rotation Guides (people to bring groups from one station to another)- 3 or 4—
Other- (all around help)—2-3
________________________________________________________________________
500th ANNIVERSARY REFORMATION BLOW OUT CELEBRATION COMING UP SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29!!!
Sunday school- 9am
Worship- 10am
Potluck Picnic with Fried Chicken- 11:30 (Please bring a side dish, salad, or dessert to share!)
Pitch the Keys Singing- Noon
Bounce House, Live Polka Music , Games, Fellowship, Fun--- Noon- 3pm
PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! INVITE YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS!! We want this to be a community event to show everyone that Lutherans are great people who have the truth of the Gospel and the peace of knowing we are saved by grace through faith on account of Christ!!!
______________________________________________________________________________
LADIES AID VENDOR FAIR AND BAKE SALE COMING UP SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4
If you would like to be a vendor or know someone who would, the cost is $20 per spot. They also need baked goods. Call 456-2888 to reserve your spot or to let them know you'll donate some baked goods.
Invite your friends and family and come on down to enjoy it!
_________________________________________________________________________
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEMORY VERSE IS: "Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord." Philippians 2:8
Whoever comes to Sunday school and tells me this verse will get a prize!
_________________________________________________________________________
NEW OUTREACH BOOKLET DISPLAY AT CHURCH
Our board of outreach and evangelism purchased a set of outreach booklets on all different topics of interest. They are for you to use for yourself, but also to take to friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors who may be dealing with the things covered in these booklets or may just have questions regarding to the faith. Please check it out and as it says, PLEASE TAKE ONE!
DO YOU HAVE A THRIVENT FINANCIAL ACCOUNT OR POLICY?
You may be eligible to receive money for Little Lambs or Good Shepherd!! Go to www.thrivent.com/choicedollars to check it out!
________________________________________________________________________________
OPERATION BACKPACK DONATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS CANNED VEGETABLES. PLEASE BRING YOUR DONATIONS TO CHURCH AND PUT THEM IN THE TUB MARKED "BACKPACK BLESSINGS"!
____________________________________________________________________________________
PRAYERS:
For AMBER VOSSEN as she recovers from knee replacement surgery.
For DAVID GRAYSON as he has decided to go on hospice care because of cancer.
For GEORGE HOELSCHER as he recovers from chemo treatments and awaits an important doctor's visit next Thursday.
For the MANY IN CALIFORNIA dealing with wildfires.
For IVY TINNIN, who has been diagnosed with epilepsy and will have to take a semester off of school because of it.
For THOSE IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI who are dealing with hurricane Nate.
For the HUNDREDS IN LAS VEGAS who are dealing with the tragic shooting.
For BUCK HAMPTON dealing with cancer and chemo treatments.
For the INFANT GRANDSON OF DANE AND JODI BALDWIN who was born twelve weeks premature. Right now he is getting some help with breathing, but all vitals and everything are good. He was born at 2 and a half pounds.
_________________________________________________________________________
PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL:
For SAM HARGROVE deployed in Kuwait and DAN DREYER deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan, that the Lord would keep them safe from harm during their service and bring them home safely.
For DAVID TATE stationed in Japan, COLTON FIGURA stationed in California, and ALEX WALTERS, stationed in Tennessee. That God would bless their service to our country and keep them safe as they all await possible deployment.
For CALEB FIGURA AND VINCE MASTERS who are both serving our country in the National Guard and take time out of their lives, jobs, and families to go on duty several times a year.
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