Green Sheet - May 3, 2009

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

May 3, 2009 Good Shepherd Sunday

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: “This Is Love” Speaker: Rev. Dr. Ken Klaus. Does your mother love you? Jesus loves you more! Has your mother sacrificed for you? Jesus died and rose to redeem you from sin and eternal death! (1 John 4:10) 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. ******************************************************* Messages will be centered around this Theme: “The Gifts of Easter”. April 19—“The Gift of Forgiveness.” April 26—“The Gift of Opened Minds” May 3—“The Gift of Pastors” May 10—“The Gift of Love” May 17—“The Gift of Bearing Fruit” May 24—“The Gift of The Truth.” May 31—“The Gift of The Holy Spirit” ******************************************************* Commemorations Friedrich Wyneken, Pastor and Missionary Friedrich Wyneken is one of the founding fathers of The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, along with C.F.W. Walther and Wilhelm Sihler. Born in 1810 in Germany, he come to Baltimore in 1838 and shortly thereafter accepted a call to be the pastor of congregations in Friedheim and Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Supported by Wilhelm Loehe’s mission society, Wyneken served as an itinerant missionary in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, particularly among Native Americans. Together with Loehe and Sihler, he founded Concordia Theological Seminary in 1846 in Ft. Wayne, IN. He later served as the second president of the LCMS during a period of significant growth (1850-64). His leadership strongly influenced the confessional character of the LCMS and its commitment to an authentic Lutheran witness.

LWML May Meeting • The next LWML meeting will be held Monday, May 11th at 7pm in the Fellowship Hall. Deaconess Claire will lead our program entitled “The Five Love Languages.” Angela Myers will have devotions and mites. Hostesses will be Colleen Rohlfs and Angela Myers. A business meeting will follow the program to discuss summer mission projects and decide on this year’s bazaar fund recipient! • LWML’s mite box for World Missions will be in the Narthex this morning. Thank you for your donations! • The 2009 Holiday Craft Fair may be over 6 months away, but now is the perfect time to begin work on some new, “useful” craft projects! Kay’s Angels will meet most Mondays 1:30- 3:30pm through the summer. Ideas, supplies, and assistance are all provided. You just show up! Call Kay at 472-9250 with questions or for directions. As LWML’s historian and shutterbug, Hazel Maiorka, has photographed and documented our activities for many years. Due to the cost of film and developing, we are hoping to move into the 21st century (finally) with a simple little digital camera. Before we purchase a new one, we thought we should ask… Have you recently upgraded your technology? If your old digital camera is at home collecting dust, we would love to give it a great new purpose! See Bev Russman or Linda Siegfried if you can help.

Holy Baptism Today we welcome Ethan Robert Charles Butts in Christ’s family through Holy Baptism. We rejoice with Ethan as his name will be added to the Book of Life. We pray the Lord’s blessing upon Ethan and his parents, Nathanial and Jessica Butts.

TAG May 5th at Noon This month is our traditional faux Mexican lunch. Please sign up for the ingredient to bring. Bible study follows at 1:00pm led by Pastor. All older adults are welcome to attend this Older Adult Ministry Group.

Joy Circle will be having their annual Spring Luncheon on Thursday, May 7th. We will be going to Hunan Restaurant which is on Harmony Rd. in the strip mall across from Kohl’s. Meet at church at 11:15am or at Hunan’s at 11:30am. Hope to see you all there!

YOUTH ACTIVITIES Youth Sunday: All Youth Members - Please check out the sign-up to see how you can help serve the congregation on the Third Sunday in May. LVR Catechism Retreat: Please turn in your registration forms ASAP - registration date is May 10. If you can’t find your form check Marilyn’s box #131 for more forms. Cost is $45 for those in confirmation, including this year’s class; $75 for those in grades 9-12. Scrip Sales: We now have the following cards, Babies R’ Us - $20, Blockbuster Single Rental - $3.79, and Starbucks - $25. Check out all the cards available at the Youth Table.

ADOPT A PLOT Openings are available. If you or your family would like to maintain a plot this year, choose an open spot and sign up on the poster in the Narthex…..Thank you

Bylaws Committee: As chairperson of the Bylaws Committee, I am asking if any member would like to serve on the committee and also if any member has any concerns or comments about the bylaws that they would like the committee to review. Please contact Larry Siegfried at 217-9394.

SPRING CLEANUP SATURDAY, MAY 16TH Like our individual homes, our church home is in need of a little spring maintenance and the more “family members” who contribute, the faster the job will be completed. Please come - beginning at 8:00am.

• A list of jobs will be provided, so you can choose whichever item/s suit you, either inside or outside. If you can only spare an hour, that is fine! The combined hours provided by many will get the project completed quickly.

• Morning refreshments will be provided. To aid in planning, a sign-up sheet is located in the Narthex. We hope to see many PWC family members here, working together on the 16th. If you have questions, please call Ken Keeney at 223-1486.

In Our Prayers: We rememberThose who are ill, hospitalized, or recovering from surgery: Sheila Kido (mother of Deborah Kido), Ann Ireland (mother of Lisa Bernhardt), Doug Reed (brother of Diane Kettleson), Zoe Jones (Infant daughter of Josh and Jamie Jones), Kevin Rodenbeck, Barb Holder, Marilynn Hudson, Marilyn Craig, James Jeppeson, Danica Flesner (infant daughter of Jeff and Heather Flesner) and Matt Armstrong. Those who are not able to attend church: Margaret Ziehm, Carolyn Brown, Viola Monahan, Arline Young, June Schwarck, Marie Rubel. Pastors throughout the nation & world. Students graduating this year. Christians in Haiti - The Kurt Marquart Fund U.S. Soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan & throughout the world.

Luther’s Theology of the Cross: Historical Development and Heidelberg Disputation Monday, June 15th - Friday, June 19th Instructor: Dr. Steven Hein Hosted by Pastor Marcus Zill and St. Andrews Lutheran Church and Campus Center, Laramie, WY. This course is designed for the thinking Christian who is looking for clarity and greater understanding on how God reveals Himself and deals with sinners. If you are looking for real substance on the walk of faith with great discussions with like-minded Lutheran Christians, this is a course you just cannot pass up. Join us! For information and registration www.concordia-ics/com/

Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival

Do you know a high school age musician (completing grades 8-12) who plays trumpet, trombone, horn or tuba? Is this a kid who would THRIVE around other young musicians that love band or orchestra just as much as him or her? Is this a kid who needs to find a place where they totally fit in and are genuinely members of a supportive community? THAT IS LSM. This four-week summer music camp brings together 150+ amazing high school musicians from all over the United States. This summer, camp will be at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa from June 21 - July 19. Financial aid is available. Because of instrumental needs, there is a 15% tuition discount right now for brass students. Contact Katie at [email protected]

“Maximilian Kolbe: A good shepherd who laid down his life for the sheep.” Maximilian Kolbe was a Roman Catholic Priest of Polish descent who was a prisoner at Auschwitz during WWII. Prisoners at Auschwitz were slowly and systematically starved, and their pitiful rations were barely enough to sustain a child: one cup of imitation coffee in the morning, and weak soup and half a loaf of bread after work. When food was brought, everyone struggled to get his place and be sure of a portion. Father Maximilian Kolbe however, stood aside in spite of the ravages of starvation, and frequently there would be none left for him. At other times he shared his meager ration of soup or bread with others. In the harshness of the slaughterhouse Father Kolbe maintained the gentleness of Christ. At night he seldom would lie down to rest. He moved from bunk to bunk, saying: "I am a Catholic priest. Can I do anything for you?" A Protestant doctor who treated the patients in Block 12 later recalled how Father Kolbe waited until all the others had been treated before asking for help. He constantly sacrificed himself for the others. In order to discourage escapes, Auschwitz had a rule that if a man escaped, ten men would be killed in retaliation. In July 1941 a man from Kolbe's bunker escaped. The dreadful irony of the story is that the escaped prisoner was later found drowned in a camp latrine, so the terrible reprisals had been exercised without cause. But the remaining men of the bunker were led out. 'The fugitive has not been found!' the commandant Karl Fritsch screamed. 'You will all pay for this. Ten of you will be locked in the starvation bunker without food or water until they die.' The ten were selected, including Franciszek Gajowniczek, imprisoned for helping the Polish Resistance. He couldn't help a cry of anguish. 'My poor wife!' he sobbed. 'My poor children! What will they do?' When he uttered this cry of dismay, Continued………

Maximilian stepped silently forward, took off his cap, and stood before the commandant and said, 'I am a Catholic priest. Let me take his place. I am old. He has a wife and children.' Observers believed in horror that the commandant would be angered and would refuse the request, or would order the death of both men. The commandant remained silent for a moment. What his thoughts were on being confronted by this brave priest we have no idea. Amazingly, however, he acceded to the request. Apparently the Nazis had more use for a young worker than for an old one, and was happy to make the exchange. Franciszek Gajowniczek was returned to the ranks, and the priest took his place. Gajowniczek later recalled: 'I could only thank him with my eyes. I was stunned and could hardly grasp what was going on. The immensity of it: I, the condemned, am to live and someone else willingly and voluntarily offers his life for me - a stranger. Is this some dream?’ Father Kolbe was thrown down the stairs of Building 13 along with the other victims and simply left there to starve. Hunger and thirst soon gnawed at the men. Some drank their own urine, others licked moisture on the dank walls. Maximilian Kolbe encouraged the others with prayers, psalms, and meditations on the Passion of Christ. After two weeks, only four were alive. The cell was needed for more victims, and the camp executioner, a common criminal called Bock, came in and injected a lethal dose of cabolic acid into the left arm of each of the four dying men. Kolbe was the only one still fully conscious and with a prayer on his lips, the last prisoner raised his arm for the executioner. His wait was over ... So it was that Father Maximilian Kolbe was executed on 14 August, 1941 at the age of forty-seven years, a martyr of charity. And another example of The Good Shepherd.

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF CONCORD PREFACE OF THE SMALCALD ARTICLES FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

The Roman court is terribly afraid of a free Christian council. They are ashamed to be exposed to the light. The Roman court has dashed the hope, even of those who are on their side, that they will ever permit a free council-much less hold one themselves. Many on the pope's side are greatly offended and rightly troubled at this negligence. They would rather see all Christendom perish and all souls damned than allow either himself or his followers to be reformed even a little or to have their tyranny be limited. I would like to see a truly Christian council, so that many people and issues might be helped. Not that we need help. Our churches are now, through God's grace, enlightened and equipped with the pure Word and right use of the Sacraments, with knowledge of the various callings and right works. So, on our part, we ask for no council. On such points, we have nothing better to hope or expect from a council. But we see throughout the bishops' jurisdictions so many parishes vacant and desolate that it breaks our heart. Still, neither the bishops nor the Church officials care how the poor people live or die. Christ has died for them, and yet they are not allowed to hear Him speak as the true Shepherd with His sheep [John 10:1118]. This makes me shudder and fear that someday He might send a council of angels upon Germany who will destroy us like Sodom and Gomorrah for wickedly mocking Him. (paragraphs 3, 10-11)

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 May 3

Worship Services (Communion) Education Hour

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

Monday May 4

Youth Board

6:30 pm

Tuesday May 5

TAG

Wednesday May 6

Bible Study

Thursday May 7

Joy Circle RMHS

11:15 am 11:10 am

MOTHER’S DAY Worship Services (Communion) Education Hour

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

12:00 pm

8:45 am

Friday May 8 Saturday May 9 Sunday May 10

THOSE SERVING TODAY 8:00 am 10:45 am Bauder Adelaide Moellenhoff Darcie Votipka Angie Ahnstedt Renee Hein Ray Kaiser Michael Rohlfs Karen Carlson Ernestine Munsey Troy Bauder Paul Rubel Art Pforr Gene Frank Chris Dunker Julie Frank Nursery: Lauren Hedstrom Natalie Boehnke Lydia Linke Acolytes: Leah Bauder Robin Toomey Crucifer: Mackenzie Cheuvront Marina Rohlfs Audio Support: Ron Pichel David Nierman Organist: Ann Caspersen Elder of the Month: Michael Rohlfs May 3 Materials: Greeters: Guest Book: Reader: Ushers:

Flowers on the Altar in Celebration of Tom & Marilyn Lasich’s Anniversary THOSE SERVING NEXT SUNDAY 8:00 am 10:45 am Parke Petagos Kay Rubel Wes Nierman Karen Carlson Ernestine Munsey Art Pforr Paul Rubel Chris Dunker Gene Frank Julie Frank Nursery: Krissy Petago Natalie Boehnke Acolytes: Brianna Lacey Taylor Wiginton Crucifer: Libby Hoy Rachael Bernhardt Audio Support: David Nierman Organist: Ann Caspersen Elder of the Month: Michael Rohlfs Flowers on the Altar in Celebration of Eric & Marcy Petago’s Anniversary May 10 Materials: Greeters: Guest Book: Reader: Ushers:

Prayer and Study Date: May 3 - May 9 Luther Quote: “We can prove that our faith is not new and of unknown origin but that it is the oldest faith of all, which began and continued from the beginning of the world. For when Adam and Eve, our first parents, come to grace again after their miserable fall in Paradise, they began to have this faith in the Savior, the Son of God. For the promise which was given them ran thus: The woman’s Seed will church the serpent’s head (Gen. 3:15). From this first Gospel our faith has come and flowed.”

Bible readings for the week: Sunday: Psalm 122; Hebrews 5-7 Monday: Psalm 123; Hebrews 8-10 Tuesday: Psalm 124; Hebrews 11-13 Psalm 125; James 1-3 Wednesday: Thursday: Psalm 126; James 4-5 Friday: Psalm 127; 1 Peter 1-2 Saturday: Psalm 128; 1 Peter 3-5

LCMS District Outreach Efforts – May 1-15 The LCMS is composed of 35 districts, all with their own offices, staff, and outreach efforts. Each district elects a district president who is responsible for the supervision of the district's congregations and church workers that includes evangelical counsel, care, and protection.

Daily Prayers:

Sunday: For the People of the Book Lutheran Outreach, supported by many districts, including the Michigan and Texas Districts, which seeks to share God’s love with Arabic-speaking people. Monday: For the “Tell the Good News about Jesus” annual convocation in the Wyoming District, which equips pastors and laypeople to share the Good News of Jesus Christ in an increasingly resistant society. Tuesday: For the Rocky Mountain District’s annual “Conversations of Grace” conference, which trains participants to witness their faith in daily conversations with neighbors, friends, and more specific audiences, such as Mormons. Wednesday: For the “Building Hope in the City” ministry of the Ohio District in Cleveland, Ohio. This ministry leads the revitalization of an urban school that has nearly 90 students, reaches out to African immigrants and Arabic-speaking people, and supplies furniture and other physical necessities to bring the Gospel of Christ to the lost, hurting, and in need. Thursday: For the cancer care ministry in Roselle, Ill., of the Northern Illinois District. A young church worker who has struggled with cancer himself leads this outreach of spiritual support to cancer patients, especially in children’s cancer wards. Friday: For the prison ministry in Franklin, Wis., sponsored through the South Wisconsin District, through which five parttime chaplains spend one-on-one time with prisoners in Bible study, course work, and personal counseling. Saturday: For the planting of new churches in the CaliforniaNevada-Hawaii District. Seventy of the district’s 300 churches hold at least one worship service in a language other than English. They are currently working in 14 different culture-specific groups.

www.lcmsworldmission

April 26 ATTENDANCE Worship Attendance: 140 (8:00) 160 (10:45 am)

Total 300

Education Hour Attendance: Adult Bible Study: Sunday School: Financial Update As of March 31, 2009 Budget - 2009

Income

Expenses

Net Income

$359,000.00

$94,722.14

$94,024.08

$698.06

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: Acts 8:26-40 Second Lesson: 1 John 4:1-11 Gospel: John 15:1-8

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