1 Active in Faith May 2016 Monthly publication for members and friends of Faith Lutheran Church 4005 Palm Drive, Punta Gorda, FL 33950 941-639-6309 [email protected]Pastor: Rev. Dana Alan Narring, MDiv Mission and Vision Statement: Empowering All People to Know Jesus Christ! Monday 10:30 –Bible study on women in the Bible, “Encouraged in Heart” by Dr. Mary Hilgendorf. Classes will resume in November. Thursday – 10:30 to 11:30 AM – Pastor Clyde’s Thursday Bible class: Studying the life of Moses Worship Services Saturday 5:30 Praise and Worship Service Sunday 9:30 Worship Service “as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.” Acts 1:9b May 5 “And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.” Acts 2:2 May 15 Trinity Sunday May 22 May5 May 8 May 30
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Active in Faith
May 2016
Monthly publication for members and friends of
Faith Lutheran Church 4005 Palm Drive, Punta Gorda, FL 33950
Monday 10:30 –Bible study on women in the Bible, “Encouraged in Heart”
by Dr. Mary Hilgendorf. Classes will resume in November.
Thursday – 10:30 to 11:30 AM – Pastor Clyde’s Thursday Bible class:
Studying the life of Moses
Worship Services
Saturday 5:30 Praise and Worship Service
Sunday 9:30 Worship Service
“as they were looking on, he was lifted
up, and a cloud took him out of their
sight.” Acts 1:9b
May 5
“And suddenly there
came from heaven a
sound like a mighty
rushing wind, and it
filled the entire house
where they were
sitting.” Acts 2:2
May 15 Trinity Sunday
May 22
May5
May 8
May 30
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Wandering Editor’s Note
Even though no articles were submitted this month, there are on-going activities
at Faith. Please read the bulletins. Those of you who are up north, please keep
Faith in your prayers and continue to support Faith financially. Terry and I will be
on the road May 2 to see friends and relatives and will arrive in IL on June 2.
God willing we will return to Punta Gorda on November 1.
Naomi Weslock
IMMEASURABLY MORE
As of April 2016
Mortgage Balance: $573,280.52
Prev. Monthly payment: $6,710.64
New Monthly payment: $4,869.94
Received IM (Just 1%): $114,850.00
Paid to principal: $104,000.00
Pledges Received to Date: $347,293.00
It is very important for you to use the separate “Mortgage Fund” envelopes for your pledge contributions. A separate check
from your Sunday donation is needed. You may also donate online at our website. Look for the Immeasurably More option.
Carol and Steve Meyer
The care packages containing personal products and
treats are like treasures from home. Items needed are
playing cards, games and movies are always welcome as
are most hygiene supplies (soaps, deodorant and individ-
ually wrapped baby wipes are high on the list). Please
place the items in the box in the narthex.
Food pantries are low! Please place food supplies in the
baskets.
Board of Missions
Joanna Waterman
Chairperson
As you can see from the figures to the left our capital campaign was successful and is already having a big impact on our mortgage payment. The generous members and friends of Faith have already given well over $100,000 towards their pledges which has reduced the monthly payment by over $1,800. Keep up the good work and praise the Lord.
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Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
Serve the Lord with gladness. Psalm 100:2
Naomi Weslock
Please keep Sam Fink, our adopted seminarian, in your prayers as he studies for the ministry at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.
Please the letter from him on the following page.
Dates to remember: Sept. 30-Oct. 2: LWML FL-GA District Convention at Palm Beach Gardens, FL Nov. 9: Meeting Nov. 18: Set-up for the rally Nov. 19: Fall Zone Rally at Faith, Punta Gorda Dec. 3: Cookie Walk (Set-up Dec. 2) Jan. 25, 2017: Meeting Feb. 22: Meeting
Mar. 3 and 4: Flea Market (Set-up Feb. 27-Mar. 3) Mar. 22 Meeting Apr. 26: Meeting June 22-25, 2017 LWML Convention at Albuquerque, NM
Spreading the Gospel of Christ
Please continue to fill your mite boxes, bring them to Faith and deposit them in the
large Mite Box located on the LWML table in the narthex. The mites fund many
mission projects internationally such as Outreach in Refugee camps in Lebnon
($7200) which is one of 19 projects and in FL/GA district Muslim Mission Society
($7500) one of 10 mission grants. There are mite boxes on the LWML table if you
need one.
LWML FL-GA District Convention
September 30-October 2, 2016
PGA National Resort and Spa, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
If you wish to join our two delegates, Virginia Johnson and Joanna Waterman, and alternate,
Marilyn Bredvic, please pick up the information sheet on the LWML table.
The LWML bulletin board has been up-dated! Please take a look at it for information about the
Sarasota Zone Fall Rally on November 19 at Faith. Plan to attend this great event!
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To our great supporters and friends at Faith,
I hope this letter finds you well in this Joyous Easter Season!
My first spring quarter is well underway, and I am finding myself busier than ever. All students are
required to complete both an “Institutional” and “Cross-Cultural” module before their vicarage. I am
doing both this quarter. For my Institutional module I am visiting with patients at the nearby Saint
Mary’s hospital. I have the opportunity to meet and pray with people of many different back-
grounds and cultures, and it has been a wonderful experience. For my cross-cultural module, I am
taking sign language classes two evenings a week. It is a full emersion course with a deaf
instructor, and has already been very rewarding.
In worship class we have covered the cultural and ritual aspects that are behind our Lutheran
worship, as well as the concept of Liturgy, and what it entails. This week we started going over the
actual order of the service, defining things and learning about why we do them. In my Lutheran
Confessions course we just completed our first unit, which was on the three Ecumenical Creeds
(Apostles, Nicene, Athanasian) and how they came about. I am looking forward to our next unit,
which will be about the book of Concord. In Biblical Hermeneutics, we have covered New
Testament textual criticism, which is the work of deciphering the many manuscripts we have from
early church times to produce the text most accurate to the “autographs” or original Bible. Lastly,
my LCMS history class has been covering the story of the Saxon immigrants coming to St. Louis in
the 1830s, and the foundations of our synod.
On Sundays during Lent I taught a class at my field work congregation, Concordia Lutheran Church
in Kirkwood, MO. We walked together through a book by Seminary faculty member Travis Scholl
called “Walking the Labyrinth.” It was a challenging and very rewarding experience for me.
This August our Seminary will be sending a group of students to Israel to tour and study the Holy
land, an opportunity to gain 3 credits, as well as the experiences and knowledge of the places
Jesus lived. I have been accepted to attend and am very much looking forward to the trip. Please
keep our family in your prayers this busy summer.
As always, I write this letter in sheer amazement of your generosity toward our family this year. We
give thanks to our God often for you. Above is a photo that a friend took on Easter. Despite Eli’s
suspicious leer, we are so very grateful for our lives here and the opportunity we have because of
you.
In Christ,
Sam, Kelsey and the kids
A letter from Sam Fink, our adopted student.
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Board of Evangelism
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
It is said that a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet but we’d like to be able to call
you by name! Many of you already know everyone in the congregation, but our newer members
and guest do not. Wearing your nametag every week may seem like a chore, but it is really an
act of kindness and fellowship, a small way to be more welcoming. If you’ve lost your nametag,
now is a great time to replace it. If you tend to leave your nametag in your other purse or in your
spouse’s car, get a second one to have on hand. There is a sign-up sheet for a new name tag on
the glass table in the narthex or call Betty Pio at 941-276-3621.
Susan Narring
Critical Update In our last newsletter, we announced that we are expecting another baby, and we were surprised to
find out in a recent ultrasound that it is a girl! After four boys, this will be quite a change. Her due
date is fast approaching in early August. Thankfully, so far the pregnancy is progressing without
complications, and we are ready to move and have the baby delivered in
Colombo, Sri Lanka. If we do not receive the "green light" in May, how-
ever, then it will be too late for Monica to travel, we will have to stay here
in the USA for several more months, to have the baby, and then wait un-
til it is safe for the baby to travel, probably in October.
The pledges of support that come in over the next TWO WEEKS, there-
fore, will be critical to determining whether we will move in May, where
our baby will be born, when we can finally deploy, and whether or not our
partner churches in Sri Lanka and India will have to wait another three
months before I can begin to serve them in person. A few months of ser-
vice overseas can change lives forever!
In terms of numbers, we are now about 80% funded, but still fall short by about $20,000 to meet
our goal, to be deployed. That would require just 17 people to pledge $100 per month; or 33 people
to pledge $50 per month; and so on.
Thank you to all of you who are already supporting us with your prayers and financial gifts. If you
would like to support this mission, and have not yet signed up, now would be a great time to do so!
To support our work financially, you may send a tax-deductible gift to: The Lutheran Church—Missouri Syn-
od P.O. Box 66861 St. Louis, MO 63166-6861 Make checks payable to The Lutheran Church—Missouri Syn-
od. Mark checks “Support of Edward Naumann.” Gifts can also be given securely online through the LCMS
website, on my online giving page at lcms.org/Naumann.
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Georgia Kaye
April 9, 2016
Born October 20, 2015
Parents: George Earl
Frantz III and Laura
Kaye Frantz
Happy 100th Birthday
to Lillian Vedder
“For the Lord is good; his
steadfast love endures for-
ever, and his faithfulness to
all generations.” Psalm
100:5
Thank you, Shirley Cyr,
for your faithful and
beautiful service at Faith.
We will miss your smiles!
God watch over you as
you begin your new jour-
ney in Geogia.
“Serve the Lord with gladness”
Psalm 100:2
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Bill Winslow 5/1
Ken Fladd 5/3
Martin Hudock 5/3
Tom Saxton 5/3
Candace Monroe 5/5
Trudi Hagel 5/6
Blanche M. Bensch 5/7
Phil Miller 5/9
Ron Stocker 5/12
Jan Jackson 5/13
Virginia Johnson 5/14
Margueritte Jones 5/14
David Cope 5/15
Heinz Bens 5/19
Donna MacDonald 5/19
Shelly Cope 5/20
Seth Norsell 5/21
Shirley Cyr 5/23
Ken Hagel 5/23
Jackie Saeger 5/23
Hal Jandola 5/25
Bob Manley 5/27
Kay Oetting 5/30
Leonora Suglio 5/30
Flo Norsell 5/31
Ron and Sharon Stocker 5/2 35 yrs.
Bob and Margaret Trapp 5/5 54 yrs.
Victor and Diane Gonzalez 5/9 46 yrs.
Dale and Blanche Bensch 5/22 57 yrs..
Edwin and Jackie Saeger 5/28 56 yrs.
Charlotte Puska
August 4, 1938-
March 31, 2016
Ronald Norsell, Sr.
June 5, 1941-
April 22, 2016
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