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WELCA NEWS WELCA Love Day, Tuesday, September 14, 9:30 am. Bible Study Leader, Connie Teigen; Hostess, Carol Watson. Covered dish luncheon, election of officers and visitation of shut-ins are the day’s activities. Rally Day Potluck Brunch and Cookbook Sale, Sunday, September 12, between early & late services – around 10:00 am. The ladies of Lord of Love and St. Matthew in Butler have compiled a cookbook of their best recipes. It will be on sale for $10.00; proceeds will go to the Brauer family to aid in adoption costs for Mi Mi. This book would make a great birthday of Christmas gift. You will have a chance to sample some of the recipes at the potluck. When saving Campbell Soup Labels, please save the entire label including Bar Code. Save Bar Codes only for Best Choice, for which we receive $30.00 plus a $30.00 bonus for first 1,000 each year. A BULLETIN CHANGE Beginning on Rally Day, September 12, we will move from the worship folder format to a smaller bulletin containing page numbers to aid you in following the order of worship in the green hymnal, The Lutheran Book of Worship. We will continue to print out the Prayer of the Day and the Lectionary Readings. This should result in a large savings on paper, toner, staples and time. We pray that this return to “the front of the hymnal” will go smoothly for you, and once again become a comfortable part of your worship experience. MESSAGE FROM THRIVENT “We are pleased to let you know that we have made a deposit in your account on behalf of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans' Thrivent Choice program. We hope this gift helps further the work of your important ministry. CHANGE WORLD HUNGER Loose change goes a long way to help ease World Hunger. We are so close to the $500 needed for a cow in the Heifer Project!! Please empty your pockets and drop your change in the Sunday School’s Wishing Well in the south entrance, and watch with us as the totals grow! From January through July, you have helped us donate $454.62!
PASTOR’S PAGE Well, I just ordered the materials for the Divine Drama Bible Study that begins on Wednesday September 15th. Presently we have 22 people enrolled in this Bible study which represents a significant commitment from the congregation to open our minds and hearts to the Word of God. With this level of commitment it is reasonable to expect the spiritual dynamic of the congregation to become more fully aligned to God’s will. Isn’t that an exciting concept? Scripture teaches us that God blesses those who are faithful to his will… so I am expecting some exciting things to occur at Lord of Love and I want us all to be aware of the movement of the Spirit of God. (I completed this study in 1994 and it was an exciting time in my life and in the life of the congregation I attended) It is not too late for you to join us! Classes will be held on Wednesdays at 10am and repeated at 7pm. So everyone can choose which time fits their schedule each week. Class time is about 1.5 hours and the same amount of time is necessary to complete the weekly assignments. So, for three hours a week you will be immersed in the Word of God; learning of His love, His covenants, and His grace. It is a thirty week study with 16 weeks of Bible Study and 14 weeks of theological application for daily life. In some ways, it is like attending confirmation class but now you are old enough to pay attention… HA! Love,
Pastor Newman
LECTIONARY READINGS FOR SEPTEMBER September 5, Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 12, Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 19, Seventeenth Sun. after Pentecost September 26, Eighteenth Sun. after Pentecost CHOIR BEGINNING SOON!! Chancel Choir practice will resume Tuesday, September 7 at 7:00 pm. A trained voice is not required – we invite anyone with a love of praising God in song! If you have any questions regarding choir, please contact Alice Lindahl at 322-4107. Alice has agreed to lead the choir this year. And our thanks to Carol Petznick for her many years of service in this position. (Note the change to Tuesday evenings, so that members may attend both choir and the Wednesday evening Bible study.) BOOK CLUB
PIE AUCTION A SUCCESS Thanks for those who made the pie auction a success. We took in $600 dollars and this was matched by Thrivent and sent to Oakes Indian Mission. CRAFT FAIR Lord of Love’s Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Annual Craft Fair: This year’s fair will be held October 16, 2010, from 9:00 am-3:00 pm. If you would like to reserve a space, please contact us to complete the registration form and return it with a check for $20 made payable to “Women of the ELCA.” The fair promises to be a great event. All proceeds will go to support the work of the local West Central Missouri Community Action Agency and the Metropolitan Lutheran Ministries Christmas Store. We have a limited number of booth spaces. (7 left!) Reservations will be confirmed when payment is received, on a first-come-first-served basis. Only one Direct Sales vendor per type will be accepted (e.g. Mary Kay, Pampered Chef, etc.) Set-up for the fair will be Friday, October 15, 2010 9:00 am-Noon or Saturday, October 16, 2010 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Doors will open to the public at 9:00 a.m. We ask that you plan to stay for the entire fair. We will provide two folding chairs for your booth. Tables will not be provided unless requested. If you would like for us to provide an 8’ table, please add $5.00 to your check, and mark the space on the registration form. A limited number of electrical hookups will be available on a first-come-first-served basis, at a charge of $5.00. If you have any other questions, please feel free to call the church office at 816-331-5465, or Kathy Morton at 816-348-0995. COUNCIL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS The regular meeting of the Lord of Love Council was held on Thursday, August 12. Members present – President David Salmon, Vice-President Donna Linn, Secretary June Eagan, Head of New Ministries Alice Lindahl, Head of Facilities Merl Teigen. Treasurer Karen Franke, Pastor David Newman, and Service Team Leader of Worship and Music Ministry, Joye Conklin also attended. Congregation members, Betty Corder, and Ernie Franke were there too. Meeting hi-lights and actions taken: Betty Corder, requested that a brief report from the council meetings be included in the monthly newsletter. Attendees were reminded: Rally Day Sep 12th, the Divine Drama Bible Study starts Sep 15th, Pet Blessing Oct 3rd, Food for the Poor presentation Nov 21st, a Vaudeville show open to the community Feb 25th--Alice Lindahl to give more details. Routine maintenance is being done by Merl Teigen; he could use help mowing the grass. Joye Conklin presented a new, more limited bulletin format for the order of service to be used starting Sep 5th; large print still available. We are looking for a volunteer to fill in as Head of Youth while Julie Adolphson is on a duty assignment in Washington DC through November. A motion was made, seconded, discussed and approved for the separate telephone line for the church fax machine to be disconnected. Note: Sending of necessary faxes can still occur on one of the other lines. Receipt of fax will have to be done with a prior arrangement. With so much communication now possible as email attachments, it was felt that it was no longer necessary to pay for the separate line. Two voice lines are still in service to the church office as well as DSL for email/other internet. The Belton Star Herald church ad will be changed to show Pastor Newman's name (Journal too). A motion was made, seconded, discussed and approved, to include a brief report on the most recent council meeting in the monthly newsletter. Note: A draft of the entire Council Minutes are posted on the bulletin board at the east wall of Fellowship Hall, usually within about one week after the meeting. Council meeting are open to anyone in the congregation, and are held the second Thursday of each month. June Eagan HOLLIS/MLM GOLF BENEFIT Attention all Golfers! Early Bird Registration Deadline Soon! Come join us for the Hollis/MLM Golf Benefit! The Golf Benefit will take place on Friday, October 1 at Painted Hills Golf Course (7101 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, KS 66112). The Golf Benefit starts at noon with a hamburger buffet, 18 holes of golf, golf cart rental and refreshments, 1 pm tee off and a chili dinner and socializing at Hollis Renewal Center after. Supporting both Hollis and MLM through the Hollis/MLM Golf Benefit is a unique opportunity to support spiritual renewal and also reach out to those in need in Jesus’ name. The Early Bird registration is $80 per person by September 11 ($95 per person after). Sign up online at www.mlmkc.org or call Suzanne Bartling, MLM Director of Outreach Ministry, at 816-285-3146 or suzannebartling@mlmkc.org. BENEFIT BABY SHOWER Bethlehem Lutheran Church is hosting a baby shower for Life Choice Center for Women, a ministry for women in crisis, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church on Saturday, September 18th. Please join us in learning more about the Center and the services they provide to our area. If you would like further information about this organization, please go to: http://www.lifechoicecenter.org/. See flyer on the kiosk in the Narthex. BIBLE STUDY AT FIRST LUTHERAN Can I love the Bible and my gay or lesbian friends? Can I be gay or lesbian and experience God’s love in scripture? Come find out! Tim Feiertag, interim minister at Blue Ridge Trinity Lutheran, and Donna Simon, pastor of Abiding Peace Lutheran, are leading a seminar for youth and adults, Saturday, September 11, at First Lutheran Church, 6400 State Line Rd., Mission Hills, KS. We’ll explore how Lutherans read and understand the Bible, and how scripture can speak a word of hope and grace within a modern context. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. Breakfast at 8:30; seminar 9-4. To register—or with any questions--contact parsontim@gmail.com or donnasimon@hotmail.com.
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September is such a busy month, Book Clubs next meeting will be October 5th at 5:45 at Bob Evans Restaurant. Our next book is The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom. “When a white servant girl violates the order of plantation society, she unleashes a tragedy that exposes the worst and best in the people she has come to call her family. . . Lavinia finds herself perilously straddling two very different worlds. When she is forced to make a choice, loyalties are brought into question, dangerous truths are laid bare, and lives are put at risk. The Kitchen House is a tragic story of page-turning suspense, exploring the meaning of family, where love and loyalty prevail.”