Oslc Nov 2009 Voice Ev Final

Our Saviour Lutheran Church • Green Bay, Wisconsin

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Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (Vol. 11, Issue 11) November 2009

Living Your ThanksChristmas does not follow

Thanksgiving!Sure it does. First comes New Year’s, then Easter,

then the Fourth of July, then Labor Day, thenThanksgiving, then Christmas. Ask any retailerdowntown or shopper at the mall, ask any worker whoknows his holidays off with pay, ask any kid who iswaiting for presents under the tree, and they’ll tell youthat Christmas definitely follows Thanksgiving.

So am I missing something? Hopefully I didn’t!What follows Thanksgiving is thanks-living! OnThanksgiving, churches will be filled with peoplewho remember all the blessings that God hasshowered on them in the past year — people whoremember to give thanks. But at the same time,churches will be filled with people who forget thatbeing in church on Thanksgiving and singing “NowThank We All Our God” is only half the deal.Thanksgiving must be followed by thanks-living.

One way we live our thanks is by praising God atall times. Psalm 34 says, “I will extol the Lord at alltimes; his praise will always be on my lips” (v. 1).Whether we are in the money or in the unemploymentline, whether we’ve experienced a gain in our stockportfolio or experienced a loss in the family, whetherwe’re the picture of health or poster children foreverything that ails us, we are experiencing God’smercy in every moment.

Our financial, physical, or emotional conditiondoes not change our spiritual condition. We are at all

times the redeemed, restored, forgiven children ofGod by faith in Christ. We are at all times, whethergood or bad, the heirs of heaven because of the workof Jesus Christ. We are at all times, whether we arecleaning up in the stock market or wiping up tearsfrom our eyes, the most blessed people in the world.Our every Sunday worship, our everyday language,and our everyday attitude ought to reflect that reality!

Responding to the invitation to “Come, Ye ThankfulPeople, Come,” by being in God’s house on the fourthThursday of November — that’s Thanksgiving.Praising the Lord at all times in your life, whetherthose times are good or bad — that’s thanks-living.

Another way we live our thanks is by sharing themessage of salvation. King David exclaimed in Psalm34: “Let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify theLord with me, let us exalt his name together” (2,3). Hewas so thankful to God for his blessings that hewanted everyone to hear about it and rejoice with him.

It will be wonderful to see churches filled withpeople for the holiday at the end of this month. That’sThanksgiving. Sharing the message of salvation withour neighbors, co-workers, friends at school — nowthat’s thanks-living.

Christmas doesn’t follow Thanksgiving — thanks-living does. May we go home living the thanks thatwe have given God by praising him at all times andsharing the message of Christ with others.

Pastor Greg Hovland

Most of us could recite the liturgyfrom the hymnal by heart. After all, weare Lutherans! We have potlucks, drinkcoffee, and fight a nod during thesermons. Even if we lost our sight, weknow exactly where our pew is, evenduring the darkness of a Good FridayTenebrae or a candlelit Christmas Eve

service. We can still recite parts ofLuther’s Small Catechism [if prompted]and pretty much know the answer to,“What does this mean?” We can makeand eat potato salad with our eyesclosed and know that we are MissouriSynod but don’t know where in theworld that name came from.Nothing much changes for we

Lutherans and if it does, we will be thefirst to wonder why, since if it isn’tbroke, why change it. We have fondmemories, don’t we, of the old blackand white Luther movie and saw noneed to make a new one in color.But sometimes things do change,

and for the good even! Up until thelate 1990s, Our Saviour knew of onlyone recipe for worship, one of thestandard liturgies from the hymnals.But then… change! Like taking richdark coffee, we poured that sametraditional message we know and loveso well into a new colorful mug. Bythat I mean, the Praise Service. I’dhave to check but I think we have longpassed the ten-year mark since theguitars and drums, electronickeyboards and wind instruments haveaccompanied the singers at the middleservice on Sundays.That service was a hit from day

one, and continues to warm the heartsof worshippers to this day. Every oncein awhile I realize, there is a whole

generation of folks who know onlythat service.A few weeks ago at a Thursday

evening worship service one of ouryoung acolytes was sitting on thebench near the front of church. Theservice was about to begin. Theyleaned over to me and said, “Is this oneof those services where everyonekneels?” Then I saw the liturgicalservice with new eyes!For what was once the one and only

form of worship, liturgical and out ofthe hymnal, now for some is somethingthey may never have experienced. Thesame could be said by any other youngperson who may be at the PraiseService for the first time, “Is that one ofthe services with guitars?”Should you and your family be in a

pattern of attending one form ofworship at OSLC, we encourage youto mix it up a bit. Consider coming toone of the other services, just for theexperience. There is outstandingmusic at each, whole other mini-congregations and new folks you willmeet at each service. God has blessedus richly here at Our Saviour. We’lllook forward to seeing you inworship… where every service willbe, “One of those services where wehear the Good News of the Saviour”.

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Our Saviour Lutheran Church– Missouri Synod120 S. Henry StreetGreen Bay, WI 54302

(920) 468-4065

Senior Pastor David H. Hatch(920) [email protected]

Associate Pastor Greg Hovland(920) [email protected]

Church Office Michelle Burhite(920) [email protected]

Preschool Director Christina Scholz(920) [email protected]

Our Saviour Web www.oslc-gb.org

BaptismsCole Garrett HassemerBorn: August 26, 2009Baptized: October 4, 2009Son of Chet and Carrie Hassemer

Correction:Drea Lee Vincent, who was baptizedin September, is the Daughter ofJerry and Stacey Vincent.

WeddingsNone

Received their CrownNone

Membership ChangesNone

Official Acts

Is This One of Those ServicesWhere Everyone Kneels?

Pastor Dave

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Adeline Grieser

GOT NEWS? – Adeline, your RovingReporter is on the hunt for the latest scoop!Call: 468-2061, E-mail: [email protected]

Shoe Box Collection Begins“Jesus said, Let the little children come to me and do

not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs tosuch as these.”Matthew 19:14.

Samaritan’s Purse, the sponsor of Operation ChristmasChild, is an organization dedicated to bringing hope andthe Good News to those in desperate need around theworld. We will collect shoe boxes until the morning ofNovember 18th. They can be dropped off at Our Saviouruntil that date and then will be taken to Green BayCommunity Church on Cardinal Lane. From there theywill be sent to one of five U.S. Processing centers - thenshipped all over the world. By participating in this mission,in five easy steps, you can help bring joy and hope tochildren in difficult situations.

Step 1 - find an empty shoe box or clear plastic shoe boxsize box, pray for the child who will receive it

Step 2 - decide on the child’s age (2-4; 5-9; or 10-14) andgender (boy or girl). Keep in mind, children mostoverlooked are in the 2-4 or 10-14 age groups.

Step 3 - fill the box with a variety of gifts (see below)

Step 4 - on a piece of paper, write the age group and sexand lay it on top of the gift items (include acheck for $7 payable to Samaritan’s Purse withOCC in memo line)

Step 5 - place a rubber band around your shoe box andbring to church with you by the morning ofNovember 18, 2009.

Gift wrap your box if you wish, but please wrap thetop and bottom separately as all boxes are opened at theprocessing center where the checks will be collected. Themoney included helps defray the cost of shipping andother expenses. Your gift is tax-deductible; pleaseinclude your name and address if you’d like to receivethe proper form.You may also include pictures of your family. If you

include your name and address, the child may write back.Once the boxes are collected they are labeled and taken toa nearby shipping center. From there they are sent to oneof five centers in the country for the final processing and

A Lia Sophia Jewelry Sale Fundraiser to benefit OurSaviour will be held in the OSLC Conference Room onSunday, November 22, from 8:30am until 12:30 pm.Member, Maggie Hinz, will host the event. View anonline catalog at liasophia.com/mhinz.

Lia Sophia Jewelry Fundraiser

Aminister is driving to New York from New Jersey tosee a show and he’s stopped for speeding. The statetrooper smells alcohol on his breath, sees an empty winebottle on the seat next to him and politely asks, “Sir, haveyou been drinking?” The minister replies, “Just water.”The trooper asks, “Then, sir, why do I smell wine?”

The minister looks at the bottle on the seat and exclaims,“Oh, my Good Lord, He’s done it again!”

Again?

Once upon a time, a man went for a ride out in thecountry with a good friend. They drove off the mainroad and through a grove of orange trees to a mostlyuninhabited stretch of land. The driver stopped the carand began to describe vividly what he was going tobuild here. He wanted his friend to buy acreage.“I can handle the main project myself, but it will

take all my money, and I would like you to buy thesurrounding acreage because in the next five years itwill increase in value hundreds and hundreds of times.”The man mumbled something about a tight money

situation, some deal he was in the process of making,while thinking: who in the world is going to drive 30miles for this crazy project? This isn’t common sense –this is idiocy.He said he’d think about it for awhile. Disappointed

the driver started up the car, “If you don’t move rightnow, you’re going to be sorry.”And so it was that Art Linkletter turned down the

opportunity to buy the land that surrounded what isnow Disneyland, the land his friend Walt Disney hadencouraged him to buy.Likewise, when you and I are faced with what

appears to be “nothing”, God’s creativity can makesomething wonderful from what appears to beemptiness. That is just what He did at creation, and Hewill do that in your life too, no matter what you face.

God Can Make Somethingof Nothing

OperationChristmas Child

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Pastor GregSource: www.theparentlink.com

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OSLC 2009AnnualBudgetUpdateThe OSLC boards and committees have submittedtheir budget requests for 2010. Our Treasurer, GayPivonka, is assembling the expense data along with aforecast of receipts into a budget format. Over thenext month, Gay will work with the Board ofPersonnel & Finance and the Church PlanningCouncil to prepare a balanced 2010 budget forpresentation and approval at the Annual Voters’Meeting in December.

The following update on the 2009 budget provides aglimpse of what to expect in 2010:

• 2009 OSLC BudgetReceipts (see Chart#1) – The totalbudget for 2009 is$673,000. Thesources for receiptsare the traditionalgiving (UnifiedBudget Receipts),making up 81% ofthe total receipts,and non-traditionalsources (such as thePackers servers,kitchen / coffee bar services and rentals), makingup the other 19% of the total receipts.

• 2009 OSLC Budget Expenses (see Chart #2) –Close to 80% of the total budget expenses comefrom the following three areas, i.e., staff salariesand benefits (39%), mortgage payments (23%) andtrustee expenses (17%). Missions (9%) provide to

the LCMSDistrict, NEWLutheran HighSchool, TrinityLutheran Schooland missionarywork. Theremaining 13%of the budgetexpenses comefrom the othertraditionalservices (such

as altar guild, worship / music, youth, education,and evangelism).

• 2009 OSLC Giving through September (see Charts3 and 4) – Actual year to date giving throughSeptember is 9% short of budget (approximately$37,000). The shortfalls will likely increase duringOctober andNovember,based on themonthlyshortfallsover the first9 months.Somerecovery willbe made in December, but not enough to make upthe total difference from the budget for the year.

You can make a difference!

It appears that meeting all of our needs in 2010 willbe a challenge based on the actual receipts so far thisyear. Increasing your traditional giving may bedifficult at this time. However, maybe supportthrough non-traditional sources is something youhaven’t thought about. For example, Packers serversearn $50 per server for each home game. (OSLC isshort of servers almost every game.)Attend a FridayFish Fry. (You won’t find a better meal and service.)Use Scrip. (It costs you nothing.) Please contactMichelle in the church office at 468-4065 for moreinformation on non-traditional sources.

The annual voters’ meeting to approve the 2010budget will be held at 10am on December 6. Pleaseplan to attend. Copies of the proposed budget will beavailable for review by November 22.

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NOVEMBER 2009

Pastor Greg Vac.

8:00am YardCleanup

1:00pm GymRental

5:00pm FishFry

1:00pm GymRental

1:00pm GymRental

No PreschoolNo Trinity Classes

1:00pm GymRental

11:00am Bad Girls BibleStudy

12:15pm Brown BagWorship, Parlor

12:45pm Staff Meeting7:00pm Trad.Worship8:00pm Elders Meet.Pastor Greg Vacation

11:00am Bad Girls BibleStudy

11:30am Trinity Dismiss12:15pm Brown Bag

Worship, Parlor12:45pm Staff Meeting7:00pm Trad.Worship7:55pm Evangelism

11:00am Bad GirlsBible Study,

12:15pm Brown BagWorship,Parlor

12:45pm Staff Meeting7:00pm Trad.Worship

9:00am Thanks-givingWorship

Office Closed

3:30pm Youth Night6:00pm Praise Band6:00pm Confirmation6:00pm Bad Girls

Bible Study7:00pm P&F Meet.Pastor Greg Vac.

3:30pm Youth Night6:00pm Praise Band6:00pm Confirmation6:00pm Bad Girls

Bible Study

3:30pm Youth Night6:00pm Praise Band6:00pm Confirmation6:00pm Bad Girls

Bible Study

7:00pm Thanks-givingWorship

PS P/T Conferences

7:00am Bible Study9:00am Bible Study6:30pm Financial

Peace Univ.7:00pm Choir

Practice7:00pm Council Mtg

7:00am Bible Study9:00am Bible Study6:30pm Cub Scouts6:30pm Financial

Peace Univ.7:00pm Choir

Practice

7:00am Bible Study9:00am Bible Study5:00pm Gym Rental5:30pm Praise Band6:30pm Financial

Peace Univ.7:00pm Choir Pract.PS P/T Conferences

7:00am Bible Study9:00am Bible Study6:30pm Cub Scouts6:30pm Financial

Peace Univ.7:00pm Choir

PracticePastor Greg Vac.

5:30pm Youth Board

Pastor Greg Vacation

6:30pm Board of Ed

7:30pm TrinitySchoolBoardMeeting

PS Parent/TeacherConferences

7:45am Trad.Worship9:15am Praise Worship9:30am Adult Confirm.10:30am Adult Confirm.10:45am Trad.Worship w/

Holy Baptism1:00pm Gym Rental

Pastor Greg Vacation

7:45am Trad.Worship9:15am Praise Worship9:30am Adult Confirm.10:30am Adult Confirm.10:45am Trad.Worship1:00pm Gym Rental

7:45am Trad.Worship9:15am Praise Worship9:30am Adult Confirm.10:30am Adult Confirm.10:45am Trad.Worship w/

Holy Baptism1:00pm Gym Rental

7:00am Lia Sophia JewelryFundraiser

7:45am Trad.Worship w/Holy Baptism

9:15am Praise Worship9:30am Adult Confirm.10:30am Adult Confirm.10:45am Trad.Worship1:00pm Gym Rental

7:45am Trad.Worship9:15am Praise Worship10:45am Trad.Worship w/

Holy Baptism1:00pm Gym Rental

COMMUNION NO SCHOOL

COMMUNIONNo TrinityClassess

Trinity Dismissat 11:30am

ALL SAINTS DAY No TrinityClasses

No TrinityClasses

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Church Calendar

MARKYOURCALENDAR FORTHESEDECEMBEREVENTS:December 6 – Annual Budget Voters’ Meeting at 10 amDecember 13 – Children’s Christmas Pageant at 10:45 amDecember 11 –Monthly Fish FryDecember 17 – Soup Supper & Live Nativity at 5:30, 6:00, 6:30 and 7:00 pmDecember 24 – Christmas Eve Services at 3:30 (Praise), 5:30 and 7:30 pmDecember 25 – Christmas Day Service at 10:00 amDecember 31 – New Year’s Eve Service at 6:00 pm

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Our Saviour Business DirectoryIf you would like to advertise in January2010 issue ofThe Voice 2010, pleasecontact Michelle Burhite by December10th at (920) 468-4065 or by e-mail:[email protected]

Advertisements in the business directoryhelp Our Saviour defray the cost of printingand mailingThe Voice each month.

© 2009 Our Saviour Lutheran Church. All Rights Reserved.

December 2009 Usher ScheduleDay: Date: Service: Lead Usher Team:Thu. Dec. 3rd 7:00 pm C. Arthur Carl Zimonick; Gary Kirchman; Dick ZimonickSun. Dec. 6th 7:45 am M. Dalebroux Andrew Prescher; Al Brietlow; Barry DalebrouxSun. Dec. 6th 9:15 am R. Vande Hei Walt Juhnke; Tiffany Duff; Brian Duff; Chelsea Vande Hei;

Rachel Vande HeiSun. Dec. 6th 10:45 am R. Bruhn Rich Ryman; Sue Bruhn; Richard ChristiansonThu. Dec. 10th 7:00 pm HC P. Kuehl Bill Baneck; †UN; †UNSun. Dec. 13th 7:45 am HC M. Morgan Vernon Siech; Gloria Morgan; Ralph HoerchlerSun. Dec. 13th 9:15 am HC D. Bitters Robin Williams; Frank Helebrant; Don Schultz;

Shelly Williams; Trey BoerschingerSun. Dec. 13th 10:45 am G. Buechner Carmen Leuthner; Lloyd Leuthner; DeVonte King;

Rich SpangenbergSun. Dec. 20th 7:45 am A. Knaus Clarence Ney; Josh VanKauwenberg; Jerry VanKauwenbergSun. Dec. 20th 9:15 am W. Chamberlain Randy Dyle; Roxanne Dyle; Alex Chamberlain;

Elyssa Ammerman; Kathy AmmermanSun. Dec. 20th 10:45 am M. Charles Don Larson; Karen Kiekhaefer; †UNThu. Dec. 24th 3:30 pm J. Kielpikowski Chad Kielpikowski; †UN; †UNThu. Dec. 24th 5:30 pm D. Wians Lonnie Peerenboom; Todd Korth; Barb Korth;

Davis LaMarche; Dan RicherThu. Dec. 24th 7:30 pm R. Bruhn Rich Ryman; Sue Bruhn; Richard ChristiansonFri. Dec. 25th 10:00 am G. Buechner Carmen Leuthner; Lloyd Leuthner; DeVonte King;

Rich SpangenbergSun. Dec. 27th 7:45 am HC M. Dalebroux Andrew Prescher; Al Brietlow; Barry DalebrouxSun. Dec. 27th 9:15 am HC R. Vande Hei Walt Juhnke; Tiffany Duff; Brian Duff; Chelsea Vande Hei;

Rachel Vande HeiSun. Dec. 27th 10:45 am M. Charles Don Larson; Karen Kiekhaefer; †UNThu. Dec. 31st 6:00 pm HC J. Boettcher Don Schultz; †UN; †UN

†UN = Usher Needed If you’d like to volunteer as an usher, please contact the lead usher of the group you’d like to join, orcontact Rich Spangenberg at (920) 983-9821 or email [email protected]

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Thank You – The Christian’s life is one of continualthankfulness. At Trinity, we give thanks to the Lordfor providing a safe place for children to study, grow,and fail. Yes, fail. We all fail in our walk with Godevery day. Praise be to Jesus, that he has taken thatfailure on Himself and made it possible for us to livea life of service to Him.

Calendar –Nov 6 Spaghetti Dinner at FaithNov 7 Sing at Hope’s AuctionNov 12 Parent Teacher ConferencesNov 13 Parent Teacher ConferencesNov 24 Kindergarten-2nd to lead chapel for NEWLHS

Annual Fund Appeal – This is one of the two majorfund raisers that we have every year. We are thankfulto the Lord that He has provided funds for us to helpfamilies that could not

Athletics – Boys and girls in grades 4-8 arecompeting in basketball.

School email – The new email address for the schoolis [email protected].

Wish list items –Portable PA System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500(?)Science Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30 eachAir Quality Test Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27.50Geology Field Trip in a Bag. . . . . . . . $40Listening Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300Discover America Carpet. . . . . . . . . . $500Wall Mount for Television . . . . . . . . . $150

Scrip – Trinity is selling Kwik Trip Scrip. Theschool earns $0.10 for every dollar of scrip that ispurchased. The cards can be used at the pump or inthe store and can be used to purchase any Kwik Tripproduct. Contact Ken Baumann, 655-4673, if youwould like to help the school in this way. The schoolhas raised over $20,000 so far! It is possible for abusiness to purchase Scrip and still receive itsrebate from Kwik Trip.

120 South Henry Street, Green Bay, WI 54302(920) 655-4673, www.greenbaytrinity.org

Trinity News Just for LaughsSisters, I Sure AdmireYour Faith!Two nuns who worked as nurses were comingback from a trip to an ill member when theyran out of gas. Helplessly, they were standingbeside their car when a truck approached.Seeing the sisters in distress he stopped tohelp. They explained the problem. The truckdriver said he would gladly give them somegas from his tank, but he didn’t have a bucket.One of the nurses dug out a clean bedpan andthe helpful driver drained a couple quarts ofgas into the pan. He waved goodbye and left.The nuns were carefully pouring the preciousfluid into their gas tank when a HighwayPatrol Officer arrived. The trooper stopped,watched for a moment and shook his head inamazement. “Sisters,” he said, “I sure doadmire your faith, this I gotta see!” The carstarted right up while the officer’s eyes nearlypopped out.

A sixteen year old got his driving permit. Heasked his minister father if they could discuss hisuse of the car. The pastor thought for a moment,then said, “I’ll make a deal. You bring yourgrades up, study the Bible at least one day a weekand get your hair cut. Then we’ll talk about it.”A month later the boy again asked if they coulddiscuss his use of the car.

“Son,” said the father, “I’m really proud ofyou. You brought your grades up, I’ve seenyou studying the Bible, but you didn’t get yourhair cut.”

The young man replied, “Dad, I’ve been thinkingabout that. Samson had long hair, Moses hadlong hair, Noah had long hair, and even Jesus hadlong hair!”

To which his father replied, “You are right! Andthey also WALKED every where they went!”

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The Big Picture Operation Christmas ChildContinued from page 3then are sent to children. Examples of items to include:TOYS - small cars, trucks, trains, balls, dolls, stuffedanimals, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yos, jump ropes, toys thatlight up or make noise (extra batteries), slinkys, crafts, etc.SCHOOL SUPPLIES - pens, pencils, sharpeners, crayons,markers, stamps and ink pad sets, writing pads/paper, solarcalculators, coloring and picture books - no liquid paints.HYGIENE ITEMS - toothbrush, toothpaste, mild bar soap(in a plastic bag), comb, washcloth, etc. - no lotions, liquids,medication or vitamins please.OTHER - T-shirts, socks, sunglasses, hair clips, toy jewelry,watches, flashlights (extra batteries), tools, etc., hard candy,lollipops, mints, gum, - (no chocolate, tootsie rolls, gummybear-like soft candy or food items such as granola bars).Please double bag all candy.

DO NOT INCLUDE used or damaged items, war-relateditems (toy guns, knives or military figures), any kind ofsnake, breakable items (snow globes or glass containers), oraerosol cans.

During World War II parachutes wereconstructed by thousands of women working infactories across the United States. The job wastedious, requiring stitching endless lengths ofcolorless fabric, crouched over a sewingmachine eight to ten hours a day. The result oftheir work was a formless, massive heap of clothwith no visible resemblance to a parachute. Tokeep the women motivated, a manager in onefactory met with his workers each morning.They were reminded how many men hadjumped to safety because of their work. Hesuggested they keep a mental picture of a familymember who one day might need a parachuteand he thanked them for their dedication.Don’t let the tedium of the day’s chores wear

you down. Keep your eyes on the big picture.You may not have the answers to “Why am Ihere?” But you can rest assured the Lord does!