Green Sheet - August 9, 2009

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PEACE WITH CHRIST 1412 W. Swallow Road Fort Collins, CO 80526 970-226-4721 Pastor Ralph Patrick www.pwchrist-fc.org

August 9, 2009 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

WELCOME TO PEACE WITH CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH! We give thanks to God that you are joining us today! Many of our guests are seeking a home church where they can be part of the Fellowship of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Peace with Christ is a congregation that is a family not an “organization”. We are small enough to allow people to know each other by name, and yet large enough to offer opportunities for growth and service. What we “specialize” in is not programs or productions, but simply The Gospel of Our Lord Jesus. Christ, His Word, and the Cross are what provide the foundation for faith and ministry. If you are interested in learning more about Peace With Christ Lutheran Church, please call the church office at 226-4721. Pastor Patrick would welcome the opportunity to visit with you personally.

THE TIME before the service may be used for prayer and preparation. Read through the worship bulletin and familiarize yourself with the service. A few moments spent this way will help make the service more meaningful. NEXT WEEK’S LUTHERAN HOUR MESSAGE: “Nowhere Else To Go” Speaker: Rev. Dr. Ken Klaus. Following the Savior is not the easy way, but it is the only way. (John 6:66-69) Listen to The Lutheran Hour Message on KOA, Denver (AM850) at 6:00 a.m. and KFKA, Greeley (AM1310) at 9:30 a.m. Peace With Christ Radio Broadcast: KCOL (600AM), at 9:00 AM Sundays. *****************************************************

will be held by Pastor Hein on Mondays at 7:00pm.

Musicians and Vocalists - please consider signing up for prelude, offertory or postlude music this summer. Sign-up in the Narthex thanks!

ATTENTION!!! ATTENTION!!! ATTENTION!!! The Orphan Grain Train Fish Feed slated for Sunday, August 23rd has been canceled. Again the Fish Feed has been CANCELED!

♦ Only 3 months away . . .LWML’s Holiday Craft Fair is Saturday, November 14th. Proceeds will benefit Stephen Heimer who is studying at Concordia Seminary to become an LCMS pastor. ♦ All baking pans and dishes left in the kitchen after August 15th will be placed in the cupboards to be used by the church. Please check the counters for any kitchenware that might belong to you! ♦ Cheryl Harsen is collecting jelly jars and pint-sized canning jars to fill with delicious homemade goodies for LWML’s November Bazaar. If you have jars to donate, please leave them in the kitchen for Cheryl. ♦ The next regular LWML Executive Board meeting will be Monday, August 31st beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the home of Angela Myers. All ladies are welcome.

All ladies of PWC are invited to St. John’s LWML Annual Potluck Picnic. The Picnic will be held at St. Johns in the Fellowship Hall on August 11th at 6:00 p.m. Please bring your favorite dish to share.

YOUTH ACTIVITIES

Hike: Saturday August 15th we will hike up Horsetooth. Please be at Church by 9:00 a.m. Bring a water bottle, lunch, backpack, raingear, sunscreen, bug repellant and wear sturdy shoes. Please sign-up. Parents: Please sign-up to help with scrip sales -- Thanks! Youth Board: Meeting Tuesday, August 11th at 6:30 p.m. Kick-Off Events: August 29th. Please plan to join us as we plan upcoming events and talk about ideas for the coming year. Confirmation Age Youth- 11:00 a.m. Planning and pizza/cookie baking. Senior High Youth- 1:00 p.m. volleyball and other games Senior High Planning- 3:00 p.m. SIGN-UP!! PWC “Olympics II”: Plan to help with the Sunday School Kickoff in September. We will plan a BBQ and games for the Olympics. We will meet on Wednesday, September 2 and September 9th to plan and have a Bible Study. SIGH-UP!! Service Project: Sign-up to help with yard work for the Brown family. ******************************************************

Please make note of our new parish worker, Renna Linke’s email address: [email protected]

In Our Prayers: We remember-

Those who are ill, hospitalized, or recovering from surgery: Bill Smith, Rosalee Blumenshine, Zoe Jones (Infant daughter of Josh and Jamie Jones), Ann Ireland (mother of Lisa Bernhardt), Kevin Rodenbeck, Marilyn Craig, Marilyn Hudson, Evelyn Marweg Those who are not able to attend church: Margaret Ziehm, Carolyn Brown, Arline Young, June Schwarck, Marie Rubel, Jean Upham We give thanks for the women Journalists released from North Korea Children and Parents as they prepare to return to school Suffering people in Haiti Synodical President - Gerald Kieschnick US. Soldiers throughout the world.

Thank you to everyone who has brought food and clothing for the St. John’s Lutheran Church food pantry and closet. You have been a blessing to many families. During the first two weeks of August we will be collecting school clothing for teens and elementary kids, shoes, jeans, shorts, t-shirts, school supplies, cereals (dry and hot), tomato products, pasta, rice, flour, soup, tuna, bread, and buns. Coordinators: Bill & Tracie Roth, 2218586 and Troy & Joy Bauder, 482-9549.

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF CONCORD THE LARGE CATECHISM ORIGINAL SIN TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Christ redeemed human nature as His work, sanctifies it, raises it from the dead, and gloriously adorns it as His work. But original sin He has not created, received, redeemed, or sanctified. He will not raise it, adorn it, or save it in the elect. In the ‹blessed› resurrection original sin will be entirely destroyed [1 Corinthians 15:5157]… On the other hand, we believe, teach, and confess that original sin is not a minor corruption. It is so deep a corruption of human nature that nothing healthy or uncorrupt remains in man's body or soul, in his inward or outward powers [Romans 3:10-12]. As the Church sings: Through Adam's fall is all corrupt, Nature and essence human. This damage cannot be fully described [Psalm 19:12]. It cannot be understood by reason, but only from God's Word. We affirm that no one but God alone can separate human nature and this corruption of human nature from each other. This will fully come to pass through death, in the ‹blessed› resurrection. At that time our nature, which we now bear, will rise and live eternally without original sin and be separated and divided from it. As written in Job 19:26-27, "After my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold." (paragraphs 6, 8-10)

Condensed from CONCORDIA: THE LUTHERAN CONFESSIONS, copyright 2005,2006 by Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission. All rights reserved. To purchase a copy of CONCORDIA, call 800-325-3040.

ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK Today August 9

Worship Services (Communion) Education Hour

8:00 am & 10:45 am 9:30 am

Monday August 10

M’n M’s Service

7:00 pm 7:00 pm

Tuesday August 11

Youth Board

6:30 pm

Wednesday August 12

Bible Study Elder’s Meeting King’s Men’s Bible Study

8:45 am 6:00 pm 6:00 pm

Saturday August 15

Youth Hike

9:00 am

Sunday August 16

Worship Services (Non-Communion) Education Hour Broadcast Articles Due

Thursday August 13

Friday August 14

8:00 am & 10:45 am 9:30 am

THOSE SERVING TODAY August 9 Materials: Greeters: Guest Book: Reader: Ushers:

Nursery: Acolytes: Crucifer: Audio Support: Organist: Elder of the Month:

8:00 am Naomi Loschen Vern & Char Carlson Hoys Ray Kaiser Gale Russman Ken Keeney Dan Krueckeberg Tom Lasich

10:45 am Karen McCoy Lisa Bernhardt Wes Nierman Bob Cribbs John Huisjen

Katie Petago Krissy Petago Ron Pichel

Olivia Sampson Mackenzie Cheuvront Chris Dunker

Ray Kaiser

Flowers are placed on the Altar by the Myers in memory of Russ and Julia (Gary’s parents)

THOSE SERVING NEXT SUNDAY August 16 Materials: Greeters: Guest Book: Reader: Ushers:

Nursery: Acolytes: Crucifer: Audio Support: Organist: Elder of the Month:

8:00 am Krueckebergs Krueckebergs Barb Witt Gale Russman Arv Witt Tom Lasich Marilyn Lasich Keller Foster

10:45 am Carolyn Huisjen Pat Juchartz John Huisjen

Marina Rohlfs

Judy Dahlgren Ann Caspersen Ray Kaiser

Flowers are placed on the Altar in honor of Mike and Jodi Allison’s Anniversary

Prayer and Study Date: August 9-August 15

Luther Quote: “Spiritual Strength Comes from Union with Christ: Christ is in earnest when He says that if you believe in Him, you will abide with Him and He will abide with you. For, says He, I am in you; and if you lack anything, I have righteousness, holiness, and wisdom in plenty. I have no infirmity. But if you have weakness, it is in Me: and I will see to it that I relieve it and drown your weakness in My power and strength, submerge your sin in My righteousness, and devour your death by My life.”

Bible readings for the week: Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday:

Psalm 64; 2 Chronicles 25-27 Psalm 65; 2 Chronicles 28-30 Psalm 66; 2 Chronicles 31-33 Psalm 67; 2 Chronicles 34-36 Psalm 68; Ezra 1-5 Psalm 69; Ezra 6-10 Psalm 70; Nehemiah 1-3

Macau – August 1-15 LCMS World Mission began work in Macau in 1988. LCMS missionaries established Concordia English Center. The center uses a combination of English-as-a-ForeignLanguage teaching, small-group Bible studies, and various fellowship activities to gather and evangelize both Cantonese residents of Macau and Mandarin-speaking migrant workers from surrounding areas.

Daily Prayers: Sunday: For the Chinese Christians who come to the Concordia English Center and St. Paul’s Church. Pray that they would become strong leaders at the English Center, the church, and in the community. Monday: For the development of two new similar English Centers in nearby Hong Kong. Ask God to bless their first year of operation and that many students will come to learn English and hear the Gospel. Tuesday: For Pastor Young and Joanna, the pastor and evangelist at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, that God would give them guidance in leading the church in Macau. Wednesday: For the ministry of short-term mission teams coming to Macau and Hong Kong. May the short-term missionaries have many opportunities to share the Gospel with the students and positively impact the ongoing ministry in Macau and Hong Kong. Thursday: For the people of Macau, that they would turn from their idols of money, false gods, ancestors, and self, and turn to the one True God, who brings eternal life through Jesus’ death and resurrection. Friday: For the Lord to provide more missionaries to work in the harvest field of Macau. Every year, the Center could use many more short-term missionaries and GEO missionaries to meet the needs of the ministry there. Saturday: For even more short-term teams to answer the Lord’s call to serve for one or two weeks in Macau or Hong Kong, taking advantage of the doors that God has opened at many schools and English Centers to share the Gospel with students. www.lcmsworldmission

August 2 ATTENDANCE Worship Attendance: 143(8:00) 85(10:45 am)

Total 228

Education Hour Attendance: Adult Bible Study: Sunday School: Financial Update As of June 30, 2009 Budget - 2009

Income

Expenses

Net Income

$359,000.00

$165,406.68

$170,548.32

-$5,141.64

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION HOUR: 9:30-10:30 a.m. ADULT BIBLE CLASS. .. Sanctuary and Fellowship Hall NURSERY & KINDERGARTEN . . . . Preschool Rooms GRADES 1- 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter GRADES 3-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abraham GRADE 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isaac JR. HIGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob SR. HIGH . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . Youth Room

NEXT WEEK'S SCRIPTURE READINGS (ESV) First Lesson: Proverbs 9:1-10 Second Lesson: Ephesians 5:6-21 Gospel: John 6:51-69

PRESS DEADLINES Green sheet articles are due by 3:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. Broadcast articles are due

August 16