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1 Pastor Steve Jacobsen Church Office: / Pastor's Cell: RevJacobsen@Outlook.com Services: Saturday :30 PM & Sunday 9A.M. Sunday School: 10:1 A.M. September/October 2018 This picture of Blake Struble and Connor Gilmam (Dewain & Leona s grandson and member of St. John s in Kampsville) got left off of our last newsletter. Bible Options for everyone: Ephesians 6:12-13 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the Spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you will be able to take a stand on the evil day, and after you have done everything, to stand. Maybe it was for the best that the above photo was misplaced when making the last newsletter. The image of those two youth battling it out for first base helps us understand what it means to struggle for something and to be able to stand afterwards. God s Word in Ephesians, as we ve read the last few weeks, is not about an earthly physical struggle. No we are struggling against spiritual forces and need the help that Ephesians 6 talks about our faith and the Word of God and all that these will bring to our lives. In the coming weeks we will turn more to our gospel readings from Mark, and hear from Jesus there how we need the strength that only He can provide. As the school year resumes let us not stop coming to receive those gifts from our Lord in word and sacrament. Also consider joining a Bible. Two times are currently available for adults and we have some people interested in a third option. Please consider how you can continue to grow in your faith, and help others to do the same with you. Think of church as your spiritual gym and help us find a time to strengthen one another for the struggle that God s Word has proclaimed, so that we can stand firm together. The Sunday morning Adult Bible study is finishing our study of Ephesians, and will then pick a new study, let Pastor know if you have any ideas. The Tuesday Morning Ladies Bible resumes on September th at 9 AM. We have had some interest in a Wednesday night class, anyone else interested please talk to Pastor. You are invited to... Sunday School at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church! Sunday school is from 10:1am to 11:1am on Sunday mornings. We spend the first 10 minutes as a whole group learning new songs and singing familiar ones. The next 0 minutes are spent in the classroom learning a Bible story. Your being there would make Sunday School better! (Parents, consider coming and staying for Bible as well.) College Addresses If someone from your home is at college or recently moved please give the church an address for them so we can continue to care for them (Newletters, cookies etc). God bless, Pastor Steve Our attendance for the past two months was: /2-26 8/ / / 37 7/ / :00 7/14-1 7/8 6/30-7/1 : Ladies day out at Anastasia great group!

2 SEPTEMBER WORSHIP PLANS: 2 nd -1 th Sunday after Pentecost No Saturday Service Guest Pastor: Rev. Jaya Bijjiga 8 th & 9 th - The 16 th Sunday after Pentecost Fearful Hearts will not leap Isaiah 3:4-7 1 th & 16 th The 17 th Sunday after Pentecost Instructed Tongues Pray Mark 9: nd & 23 rd - The 18 th Sunday after Pentecost Greatness in Grace Mark 9: th -The 19 th Sunday after Pent. No Saturday Service To Be Salt Mark 9:38-0 OCTOBER WORSHIP PLANS: 6 th & 7 th The 20 th Sunday after Pent./LWML Sunday The Rest We Share Psalm 62: th & 14 th The 21 st Sunday after Pentecost With God it is Possible Mark 10: th & 21 st 22 nd Sunday after Pent. No Sat.Service Seminarian Tim Roggow will lead worship & preach 27 th & 28 th Reformation Sunday To All and Over All Romans 3:19-28 Worship Assistant Schedule for Sept./Oct. 9/2 9/9 9/16 9/23 9/30 10/7 10/14 10/21 Acolyte Ushers Sam John Quandt & Droste Gordon Rahe Simon Aurora Baker Sam Droste Simon Aurora Baker Sam Droste Simon Darryl & Ryan Riechmann Jim Custer & Dave Thompson John Tepen & Phillip Darr Allen Darr & Brian Darr Josh Knight & Josh Jacobsen Dick Mehrhoff & Steve Lee Tony & Dewain Freand Greeters Diana Varble & Lisa Jacobsen Emily Carroll & Phyllis Darr Kathy Harms & Kathleen Travis Butch & Sandy Matt & Marty Knight Gordon & Kelli Rahe Mark & Amy Struble Joyce Grizzle & Jackie Degeal 10/28 Aurora Baker Alfonso Sasieta & Mark Struble Diana Varble & Lisa Jacobsen 11/4 Sam Droste John Quandt & Gordon Rahe Emily Carroll & Phyllis Darr Readers for Worship: September 16: Kelli Rahe (Isaiah 0:4-10 & James 3:1-12) October 7: LWML Ladies (Daniel 6:12-27 & Matthew 11:2-30) LYF (Grades 7-12) If you aren t receiving s from Pastor please let him know (preferably send him an at the address on page 1 of this newsletter) so that he can either get your proper on the list or can send you information in another way. We will hope to meet soon and make plans for this coming school year. Ladies Aid (Patsy Hardwick Pres.) Fall Salad Luncheon will soon be here. It is scheduled for Wed. Sept. 26. Please plan to help us. More details on all our fall events and LWML Sunday will be at our meeting on September 19 th at 7:30 PM or you can contact me at River of Life VBS A Good time was had by all! Thanks to all of our help for a great week!

3 Midweek on Sundays We are once again on a different schedule this year, our children in grades -8 are currently planning to meet on Sundays a little after Bible study hour. The schedule will vary when any of the four people currently involved are unavailable, so please talk to Pastor as soon as you know something will make you unavailable on a Sunday. There are a couple of Sundays when Pastor will be out of town. You can see those already are not scheduled for class on the calendar. Our Circuit Forum is on September 16 to elect our voting delegates to Synod s July 20-2, 2019 convention in Tampa Florida. That means we ll have some items for our September voters meeting: We will select a lay representative to the Godfrey meeting, and should try to choose a nominee for lay delegate for the national convention Happy Birthday! 9/1 Tammy Kessinger 9/2 Steve Lee 9/3 Matt Steinacher 9/4 John Tepen 9/8 Karen Droste Sandy 9/9 Cathy Davis 9/12 Hannah Rusten 9/1 Darla Sexton 9/16 Kathy Harms Tricia Ulery 9/18 Cody Tepen Mark Struble Judy Riechmann 9/19 Tom Edwards 9/21 Scott Epps 9/22 Allen Darr Amiah Johnson 9/23 Michelle Coonrod Dewain Freand 9/24 Mable Thuer 9/27 Katerina Sasieta 9/29 Terri Howland Jim Jones 9/30 Shanie Snyder 10/1 Amber Thaxton 10/ Jay Greaves 10/6 Edward Schmidt 10/7 Helen Flowers 10/8 Cody Reif 10/10 Adriane Baker Tad Droste 10/18 Brian White Betty Large 10/20 Megan Jacobsen 10/24 Amanda Johnson 10/2 Bea Quandt Dorothy Ray 10/28 Alexandra Flatt Barb Lehr 10/30 Diana Steinacher Happy Baptismal Birthday! 9/1 Jonathan Edwards 9/ Kaitlyn Baker Evan Rahe 9/8 Richie Ulery Katera Ulery Ed Johnson 9/9 Kelly Lesemann 9/10 Thomas Edwards Kris Lehr 9/13 John Tepen Sofia Droste 9/14 Maria Sasieta 9/21 Steve Jacobsen 9/22 Betty Combs 9/26 Emily Struble 9/27 Cheryl Heath 10/2 Joyce Grizzle 10/6 Katerina Sasieta 10/7 Remington Stott 10/10 Janice Hardwick 10/11 Cathy Davis 10/12 Darla Sexton 10/13 Kelli Rahe Rick Grizzle 10/17 Kenzie Jones 10/18 Kathy Harms 10/21 Jay Greaves 10/23 Cody Tepen 10/2 Dewain Freand Bea Quandt 10/26 Roy Becker 10/29 Joyce Spencer 10/31 Ed Schmidt Amanda Johnson Shanie Tittsworth Amiah Johnson Thanks to all those who helped us show our care for the families of Pastor Schmidt and Jered Riechmann over the last two months. Voter s Meeting: will be September th at 7:30 PM. Meeting times for Church Council, Elders, Evangelism, are on the calendar. Transfer these to your calendars and watch the Sunday Bulletins for any specifics. Our Address on the World Wide Web is:

4 Our Redeemer s Special Mission Project money goes to support Maria Sasieta s Third year of mission work for July through September. You can support her through our church s offerings and/or go to

5 September NO Confirmation 3 Labor Day 4 (Pastor s day 7 :30 PM Church Voters Meeting 6 1:30 Mt. Gilead Service 7 1 No Service tonight 8 9 8:1 AM Choir Practices 1 PM Evangelism 10 (Pastor s day 11 (Circuit Pastors Meet at Dorsey) :1 AM Choir Practices (& Sings) 3 PM Circuit Forum at Faith Lutheran in Godfrey 17 (Pastor s day 18 9 AM Ladies' 19 7:30 Ladies Aid (Pastor s day 2 9 AM Ladies' & Salad Luncheon Prep :30 Salad Luncheon 7:30 Elders Meeting 27 2:30 White Hall Service LWML District Convention NO SATURDAY SERVICE 30 Our Redeemer Lutheran Church Services with Holy Communion Every Saturday at :30 PM & Sunday at 9 A.M. Sunday School for all ages Every Sunday at 10:1 A.M.

6 October Pastor s Pere Marquette 2 Conference at State Park We Host the Carrollton Food Pantry 7 :30 PM Church Council meeting 4 1:30 PM Mt. Gilead Service (Pastor's day 6 7 LWML Sunday 8:1 AM Choir Practices 8 (Pastor's day 9 2 PM Food Pantry Meeting? :1 AM Choir Practices (& Sings) 1 PM Evangelism :30 Ladies Aid (Pastor's day 20 LWML workshop NO SATURDAY SERVICE Newsletter items are due for November & December NO Confirmation (Pastor's day 9 AM Ladies' 7:30 Elders Meeting? 2:30 White Hall Service 28 Reformation Sunday 29 (Pastor's day Our Redeemer Lutheran Church Services with Holy Communion every Saturday at :30 PM & Sunday at 9 A.M. Sunday School for all ages every Sunday at 10:1 A.M.