YOUTH SWIMMING PARTY/COOKOUT Faith young people are invited to the Schierenbeck home for a swimming party/cookout on this coming Saturday. 6th-10th graders are invited from 3:00 to 5:00/5:30 p.m. 11th graders through college are invited 6:00-9:00 p.m. or so. There will be hot dogs on the grill at about 5 p.m. for the first group; the grill will be kept going then also for the second group. PLEASE RSVP by phone (398-1344) or e-mail (mikeschierenbeck@clclutheran.com). Please bring a bag of chips or pan of bars to share. Hot dogs, fixings, and lemonade will be provided. In the case of bad weather, the party will be postponed.
IN OUR PRAYERS Today Luther Memorial congregation bids farewells to their pastor of 12 years, David Naumann, and his family. We join them in praying for the Lord’s blessings on his new ministry and that the Lord would grant the congregation a new pastor soon!
OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP ABOUND!
>> LAWN MOWING – It has been great to see so many families stepping forward to help – more is needed!
>> VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL – Teachers, help with crafts, games, music, etc., not to mention students are needed! VBS will be on the last full week in July – July 26-30. Can you come/help? Please sign up!>>
VISITING MARSHA BROWN – Can you make the time to stop in and visit with Marsha Brown? She is still at home, not able to get out yet as she is still dealing with her staph infection. Don’t know her? Now would be a great time to do so.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS We have a double special collection, which will continue through next Sunday –
1) for the members of our sister church in Bowdle, SD, whose property was damaged by a terrible tornado;
2) for the Ohlmann family in Valentine, NE, whose hardware store was burned to the ground a few weeks ago.
You are welcome to designate your offering for one or the other. Undesignated gifts placed in the basket will be divided equally between the two. Checks are to be made out to Faith Lutheran Church.
CLC NEWS
Pastor Paul Nolting, Mankato, MN, has returned the call to Luther Memorial Church of Fond du Lac, WI.
Pastor Frank Gantt, Lemmon, SD, has the call to Red Wing, MN; his decision is not known; Prof. Paul Sullivan of ILC has been called to serve during the vacancy.
THANKFUL!
>> We are thankful for the help given by our young people in handing out flyers for VBS at Peace thru Christ in Middleton! On Sunday Pastor took Alyssa, Dwight, Nathaniel, Rebecca, and Stephen Krause to hand out flyers from 5-8 p.m.; then on Monday Hunter Newton and Nick Martinez joined them. They were joined by other volunteers from Middleton and also from Eau Claire, WI. 3,000 flyers were handed out! We ask the Lord’s blessings on their VBS!
>> Do you have something you are thankful for at Faith? Drop a note in Pastor Krause’s box, and he will be happy to include it in the bulletin!
CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING NOTES on the month of June ... 6 members present with PK ++ minutes from previous meeting were read/approved after the opening devotion ++ treasurers’ reports recorded below ++ building fund balance = $9,841.60; motion approved: to keep $2,500.00 in the building fund (to be used for any smaller expenses) and put the rest toward the roofing project ++ contributions toward roofing project can be simply given to building fund or designated as "roofing project" (special envelopes for the project will be pursued) ++ property items: Lynn Dumke will take care of sealing the cracks in parking lot; Gary Brown will spearhead leveling out Candy Ohlmann’s front step landing; air condition repaired - cost $450.00 – parsonage kitchen ceiling light fixture replaced ++ 10,000 gallon LP contract approved ++ early August building cleaning – inmate crew may not be available (crew chief has been off due to family medical needs); if they are, we will have them clean the first week of August; if not, we will put out a list of work for volunteers to do ++ Joe Minnema is the contractor for our roofing project; plans are to get it underway in August; particulars will be announced so as many volunteers as possible can be involved ++ PK will finish working with Paul Eserhut to send in material for a CLC CEF loan of $40,000 for the roofing project ++ PK presented idea of having a worship committee at Faith; council asks for a presentation to be made to the voters at the quarterly meeting ++ PK/family vacation Sundays: Aug 8 &15; speakers will be lined up ++ next meeting is one week later than usual due to PK vacation: August 17th