This Week at Concordia Sunday, November 12 Acolytes 11/12/2017 Acolytes 11/19/2017 Monday, November 13 Flowers Sanctuary 11/19/2017 Greeter Today

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1 Sunday, November 12 8am Worship & Communion 9:15am Power Hour/Bible Study/Youth SS 10:30am Worship & Baptism 10:45am Praise Service & Communion Monday, November 13 11:30am PrimeTimers 6pm Girl Scouts 6:30pm B/C Scout 6:30pm Steve Bost Bible Study EM 6:30pm Stewardship Tuesday, November 14 8:35am Staff Devotion and Meeting - EM Wednesday, November 15 7am Ladies Bible Study - A#1 8:20am CCDS Chapel 9:30am Ladies Bible Study A#1 10am bible Study - EM 11am Tai Chi Cub Scout Room 6pm Handbells 6pm Youth Hang Time 6:30pm Youth SOS/Confirmation 7:15pm Choir 8pm Praise Group Thursday, November 16 7am Men s Breakfast & Bible Study AHEC 105 Friday, November Noon Newsletter Deadline Saturday, November 18 8am Cub Scouts Scouting for Food Sunday, November 19 8am Worship & Communion 8am LLL 9:15am Power Hour/Bible Study/Youth SS 10:30am Worship & Communion 10:45am Praise Worship 2pm Jr. LYF Thanksgiving Meal This Week at Concordia Acolytes 11/12/2017 (8:00) Fiona Finch (10:30) Gemma Cullen, Carrigan Elrod (10:45) Katie Grace DeHart Acolytes 11/19/2017 (8:00) Destinie Davis (10:30) Cole Hass, Zachary Henson (10:45) Brianna Miller Flowers Sanctuary 11/19/2017: OPEN Greeter Today: (8:00) Lester & Priscilla Sigmon (10:30) David & Sherri Isenhower (10:45) The Kuchenbecker Family Reader Today: (8:00) Kathy Unverfehrt (10:30) Nicole Hass (10:45) Lisa Christian Fellowship Today: (9:00) Ann Marie Blackmon (10:45) Jenny Eckard Elders Today: (8:00) Randy Isenhower, Bill Watts (10:30) Ronald Kaylor (10:45) Steve Bost, Fred Farmer, Roy Sigmon Altar Guild: (8:00 & 10:30) Pat Moser, Mary Anne Wike (10:45) Susan Harman Trustees of the Month: Cliff Brown, Greg Roseman Ushers for the Month: (8:00) Jake Parks, Donny Setzer (10:30) Kyle Hayman Captain, Jimmy Martin, Tim Settlemyre, Darren Reid 10:45am Set Up & Usher Teams 1 st Sunday: Terry Kuchenbecker Team 2 nd Sunday: Greg Roseman Team 3 rd Sunday: Gary Lacicer Team 4 th Sunday: Andy Matthews Team 5 th Sunday: Scout Troop 383

2 We are glad you are here: Members and guests, please write your name in the Welcome to Worship folders at the end of the pews so we can more faithfully serve you and get to know you by name. A Nursery for ages 6 weeks to 4 years is available in the Church Nursery and PK-4 Room at the school. The nursery is available during Bible classes, 10:30am, and 10:45am worship services. Children s Bulletins are also available as well as worship bags. An usher can give directions to the nursery, give children's bulletins or get a worship bag. The Quarterly Voter's Assembly of Concordia Lutheran Church is today at 2:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary. The primary purpose of this meeting is to approve the budget for Please make plans to attend. Pastor Nelson s office hours this week are: Monday, 10am 1pm Tuesday, 10am 1 pm Thursday 9:30am 11:30am Today, we welcome Caleb Edward Garrison as a baptized member of the Body of Christ. Caleb s parents are Luke and Katrina Garrison. Thanks to Pastor Thom Garrison for coming to baptize his grandson. Thank you to Mrs. Garrison s 5 th Grade Class for singing today at the 10:30am service in honor of the baptism of Caleb Edward Garrison. Have you noticed the security updates with our exterior and various interior doors of the church facility? The updates are necessary to improve our security protocol. As this project nears completion, it will be necessary to change the exterior door locks and issue new keys. Please contact Leslie Brown to request a new key. Looking Ahead: Thanksgiving Eve Service Nov. 22 nd 6:30pm Sharing the Light of Advent Nov. 26 th, Noon Wednesday Advent Services 11:15am & 6:30pm Nov. 29 th St. Andrew, Man of God Dec. 6 th St. Nicholas, Man of Faith & Love Dec. 13 th St. Lucy, Lady of Light & Mercy Christmas Eve Services Sunday Dec. 24 th One Morning Service 9:30am Family Service with Live Nativity 4:30pm Christ-Mass with Communion 6:30pm Christ-Mass with Communion 10:30pm Christmas Day Service with Communion 10am MINISTRY STAFF Church Office School Office D. Paul Nelson Vacancy Pastor Kyle McClure Minister of Music DCE Chris L. Henze Youth Minister David Beringer CCDS Principal Bill Unverfehrt UCHS Principal Betsy Murray Assistant Principal Leslie Brown Business Admin Susan Harman Admin. Assistant Belinda Bost Children s Ministry John Holland Praise Service Music Vicki Shull Mary Canrobert Stephen Ministry Leaders Web Page: Sunday Worship: 8:00, 10:30 & 10:45 AM Children s Power Hour Adult & Youth Bible Classes 9:15 AM Concordia Lutheran Church and Christian Day School th Avenue SE Conover, NC 28613

3 Members in need of healing: Janice Pitts, Norma Hefner, David N. Smith, Bobbie Brooks, George Deal, Ann Sigmon, Lori Teague, Sydney Karre, Lonnie Loftin, Billy Loftin, Dexter Warren, Jana Sweezy, Doris Howard, Addyson Edwards, Gary Lacicer, Frankie Matthews, Bob Matthews. Friends of congregation in need of healing: Linda Messer (mother of Krystal Freeman), Mike & Kathy Shull (brother of Roger Shull), Marian Abernethy (friend of Rick & Mary Anne Wike), Carol Schneider (sister of Barbara Nelson), Nancy Wall (neighbor of Carl & Pat Welch), Bruce Holler (son of Bernice Holler), Bob Carsey (brother-in-law of Mary Ann Power and Paula Brown), Cliff Allen (neighbor of Bill & Shirley Watts), Hilda Eckard (sister of Shirley Watts & Adrian Hefner). Concordia Members in the Military: Eric Galloway, Kendall Hamm, Chad Hunsucker, Tony Sherrill, Christopher Walker, Jaylen Joyner, Chandler Christians, Jeremy Christians, Nathan Malin. Missionary of the Month: Kristin Lange is a career missionary in Germany. She is the managing director for the International Lutheran Society of Wittenberg. Kristin provides strategic, organizational and operational oversight to the Wittenberg Project and the International Lutheran Center. Pray for Kristin as she transitions to living and serving in Germany. Ask Him to guide Kristin and the ILSW Board members as they determine and coordinate what is next for this new program. Concordia Ministry: Thanksgiving Eve Worship, Advent planning & Christmas Program practice and Youth Ministry Team. All of our Concordia Ministry Staff: Sally Sullivan PK 3 Teacher; Tracy Workman 2 nd Grade Teacher Assistant; Renee Karre 8 th Grade/Math Teacher; Alyssa Isenhour B/A Care Assistant and Susan Harman Administrative Assistant. Just the Facts: General Fund Offering: $ 16,696 Budget Needs: $ 21,134 Attendance: 474 Online Giving: $ 1,600 Sunday School Offering: $ Leading Worship Today: 8:00am Liturgist: Pastor Nelson / Preaching: Pastor Nelson/ Children s Message: Pastor Nelson 10:30am Liturgist: Dave Beringer / Preaching: Pastor Nelson / Children s Message: Pastor Nelson 10:45am Liturgist: Phil Heath / Preaching: Pastor Nelson / Children s Message: Belinda Bost Member of the week: Darlene Allen th St SW, Conover, NC Her birthday is Nov. 16 th.

4 Youth Ministry Team, TODAY! Commissioning takes place in worship. We also meet today at 12pm in Youth Central! Guest Speaker at SOS this Wednesday, November 15th: Join us this Wednesday at 6:30pm for our special guest speaker who will be talking about opioid use/abuse. Bruce will inspire and challenge you! The entire church is invited! November 12, 2017 Youth Ministry Highlights What is the Youth Ministry Team? The Youth Ministry Team is a dedicated group of adult sponsors that meets monthly for devotions, prayer, and planning. These individuals collectively lead the various small groups of our youth program (SS, SOS, LYF). Each sponsor serves with a 2-year signed covenant. DCE Chris L. Henze Youth Minister Scouting for Food takes place this Saturday, November 18th. Our Cub Scouts will be picking up the food bags and taking them over to ECCCM! Way to go, boys! Jr. Youth assist a Thanksgiving Family next Sunday: Join us next Sunday, on November 19th from 2-4pm for this inspiring Servant Event. We will be purchasing and delivering a Thanksgiving dinner to a family in need. Please bring $5.00 to help buy the food! SYC/YMT/Young Adults serve Thanksgiving Day Dinner: We pray for this ministry group going out to serve the community on Thanksgiving Day from 10:30am-12:00pm. Thank you for sharing the love of Jesus Christ with our community. Cub Scout Rain Gutter Regatta is Monday, November 27th! UCHS Fall Athletic Congratulations: Brycen Burns SPAA All Conference Soccer, Soccer MVP Davis Ellwanger SPAA All Conference Cross Country Hayden Patel Soccer Best Offensive Player Claire Tomlinson Volleyball Best Defensive Player UCHS is the Girls Tennis 1A State Runner Up UCHS is the Boys Cross Country 1A State Runner Up Did you know Our adult youth sponsors (also called the Youth Ministry Team) go through an extensive screening process. They start by filling out a 5 page Application, followed by a personal reference check, followed by a background check and then go away for a Hands-on training event. After this they sign a 2 year Covenant to work on the YMT and serve the youth. Thank you for your faithful leadership and dedication. We appreciate all you do to love and lead our young people to Christ!

5 Order your Poinsettias NOW! The deadline for ordering is November 20 th. Price: $10.25 each. Red food coloring is now available from Dorcas/LWML. Cost $4.25/bottle. Highways & Hedges: Volunteers are needed 1 st & 3 rd Mondays to serve meals to the homeless. Contact Smitty Bolick: The Corner Table Serving Groups: Souper Stars serve Dec. 6, Sonshiners serve Dec. 7. Concordia s next Blood Drive is December 28 th. We are in need of a coordinator to work with the Red Cross and Concordia to organize this event. If anyone is interested, please call Julie Farr at There are scholarships available for helping with these events. The Board of Mission and Ministry is still collecting coats and other cold weather accessories for the Annual Spread the Warmth Campaign for the homeless of Catawba County. These donations support ECCCM and Highways & Hedges. The Concordia Christmas Tree lot will be opening on November, 22 nd. Plan now to purchase your tree from our lot. Preschoolers - 6th graders will be preparing for the Children's Christmas Service on December 10th at the 10:45 service. Each Sunday during Power Hour and Children's Church, the children will be learning songs and recitations. They will have the opportunity to serve as speakers, Bible characters and be part of large and small groups. Contact Belinda Bost or Cameron Lundy. Prime Timers meet tomorrow for a potluck luncheon at 11:30 AM in the Emmaus Room. A musical presentation by Kyle McClure follows our luncheon. A short business meeting will follow. Start thinking of the events for next year that you might want to attend. Next month we host the noon Advent meal on Wednesday, December 13th. Martin Luther says "Music is a Gift from God. Music drives away the Devil and Makes People forget all wrath, unchastity, arrogance and the like". Columbarium Project Update: The plans, working drawings and specifications for the Columbarium Project are completed. The brick for the niche bank has been ordered. The niche frame and the niches are being manufactured. Upon completion and delivery of the niche frames and the niches, Matthews Construction will lay the patio and construct the brick and capped niche bank around the niche frame. Completion of the Columbarium Project is expected in late winter/early spring, 2018, weather permitting. Niches are available for purchase. Please contact Leslie Brown, Business Administrator, if you wish to learn more about purchasing a niche. Don t forget to visit the cornucopia for the Fall Book Drive for the CCDS Library. Pick up a vegetable, attach your contribution and place in the basket. The Beta Club will be manning the tables after some of our services today.

6 Bible Study Opportunities Sundays - 9:15am: Emmaus Room Reformation 500 Led by Steve Bost Youth Central Pre-Teens, Jr. Youth and Sr. Youth led by the Youth Ministry Team Adult Room #1 Guarding Your Child s Heart By Gary Smalley - Led by Cindy Sigmon BLCFM Young Adults Led by Trey Watson Weekday Small Group Bible Studies: Mondays: 6:30pm Young Adults Led by Gussy Warren. LHM Reformation 500 Series. Check the calendar for meeting dates, meets every other Monday in BLCFM. 6:30pm Steve Bost s class. LHM Reformation 500 Series. Meets in the Emmaus Room except for the 4 th Monday of the month and will meet in Adult Room #1. Wednesdays: 7am Ladies Bible Study Led by Kim Hauser. Adult Room #1 9:30am The Book of Ruth Led by Carla Hafer. (Free from RightNow media) 6:30pm Youth SOS Led by Youth Ministry Team. Youth Central 10am Bible Study First & Third Wednesdays. Emmaus Room Thursdays: 7am Men s Breakfast & Bible Study The Life of Martin Luther - Led by David Isenhower. CVMC - AHEC 105. New Sunday Bible Study: A Study of Joseph led by Geri Halma. Starts Nov 12 th -9:15am-Emmaus Room. Geri Halma will be leading the study of Joseph in the Old Testament, beginning in Genesis 37. Family relationships provide many opportunities to hurt one another. We reveal our true selves at home. Family connections often involve our closest relationships and those relationships often see what we hide from others, such as selfishness, jealousy, rivalry, anger and frustration. Communion: In the Lord s Supper, Jesus offers the faithful His true body and blood to eat and drink. These words, Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins, show us that in the Sacrament forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation are given us through these words. These words, along with the bodily eating and drinking, are the main thing in the Sacrament. Anyone who has questions is invited to speak to the pastor or an elder before communing. The cups in the center of the tray are filled with a white non-alcoholic wine and gluten free wafers are available for those with allergies.