Casting the Nets Again

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1 April 2018 Newsletter Casting the Nets Again On Sunday April 8, we celebrated Holy Humor Sunday together and had a lot of fun rejoicing in Christ s resurrection! In the midst of all the hilarity, we might have missed one of the messages of the Gospel lesson that day (John 21): Jesus called the disciples to try fishing just one more time even when that direction didn t make any sense. Just a few days after that Gospel reading, our Wednesday and Thursday Bible Study group reflected on the same story. We spent time wondering together, Where is God calling us to cast our nets again? For years now, Living Hope has been investing in children s & youth ministry in our congregation and community. We ve tried ministry in many and various ways. This year, we re trying one more time to cast our nets in the direction we think that God is leading us, and we re investing in a community wide youth ministry opportunity. We hope that this is the effort which God has called us to try, and we are praying that our efforts with other churches will lead to a great catch, so that many middle and high school youth in our church and in our community are impacted by God s love. Some new things are happening soon: We have a chance to do a joint VBS with 4 churches, and maybe as many as 50 kids this summer! New and exciting changes are coming to our Confirmation/ Middle School Ministry. Community Youth Ministry is in planning stages. Please keep all of our leaders, teachers, and young people in your prayers. No matter what ventures God calls us to, Jesus always asks us to Follow Him, and to Feed His Sheep. As a church, we at Living Hope will keep following God s will for our lives and our congregation, and we will work together to feed others with the Word of God. Pastor Kelly Nieman Anderson Shannon Stoker, Parish Administrator Beki Tetzlaff & Dawn Zirtzlaff, pastorkelly@livinghopesaukville.org shannon@livinghopesaukville.org Here We Grow Directors herewegrow@livinghopesaukville.org

2 A MISSION OF LIVING HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH Phone (262) Lutheran Schools Week was a big success with a lot of fun activities shared by all the children. Thank you Deb, Sonia and Cathy for volunteering your time and talents with the kiddos. Thank you Trinny for organizing the children singing at service, it was so heart warming to see so many families participating in this fun event. Our next fun event is Week Of the Young Child WOYC APRIL 16-20, 2018 Movin together Monday Work Together, Build Together, Learn Together Building in the Outdoor Classroom Miss Matched Clothes Tasty Tuesday Start your day off right enjoy breakfast with your child HWG Fellowship Hall 6:30-8:00am Healthy eating & fitness-yoga or kidsercise Athletic Attire Mid Week Music Music with Ms Deb & Prime Horizon Friends Silly Sock Day Thankful Thursday We are thankful for HWG-LH Family Teacher appreciation Day-Lunch Families are invited to Donate a Sand Toy or ball for Your child s playground Wear School Colors Blue & Yellow Fabulous Friday Sing, Dance, Celebrate & Learn-Outside Art Crazy Hair & Hat Day 2

3 Good Friday Community Blood Drive Recap & Thanks Thank you for all your hard work to make Friday s Blood Drive a success!! All the units are now entered and Living Hope Lutheran Church collected 28 units and helped save up to 72 lives!! Thank you so much!!!! On behalf of all the patients and their families Many lives are changing because of your efforts and generosity! Mens' Bible Discussion Group will meet on Wednesdays, April 4 & 18 at 6 to 7 PM in the conference room at Living Hope. We will continue on studying the Epistles. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2018 Saturday, June 16pm 9am-2:30pm Vacation Bible School Volunteer Planning Meeting Tuesday, April 17th, at 6pm There are many opportunities for you to help both before and the day of VBS Please join us to share your love for Jesus with the children! 3

4 Items needed for the Food Pantry April 1, 2018 Cereal Suddenly Salad Rice A Roni Snack Pak Pudding, Lite & Reg Saltine Crackers Cold Casseroles Broth Soup, Reg & Lite Popcorn Paper Towels Dish Soap April 8, 2018 Manwich Pickles Tuna Hamburger Helper Hash Mayonnaise Casseroles - Rice Meals for One Lite Fruit Toilet Paper Shampoo Oil April 15, 2018 Cereal Spam Canned Chicken Large Canned Tuna Diapers, Dried Black / Red Beans Diet Pudding & Jell-O Applesauce Catsup Detergent Hand Soap April 22, 2018 Suddenly Salad Canned Meat Hash Seasonings & Toppings Olives Rice A Roni Lite Soups Fruit Packs Manwich Lite Fruit Paper Towels Shampoo April 29, 2018 Spam Snack Pak Pudding Pickles & Olives Sugar Popcorn Mayonnaise Saltine Crackers Tuna Hamburger Helper Cereal Toothpaste Detergent Food Pantry Statistics for March We at the pantry hope all of you had a very Happy Easter. Now all we need is a little warmth to make us believe it is spring. We distributed 87 Easter baskets to our younger clients and 447 pounds of hams and turkeys along with food baskets to our families. For the month of March we: Served 250 families; welcoming 3 new client families Distributed 6,898 pounds of food and household & personal items Redeemed 99 Piggly Wiggly Milk Certificates for $ Redeemed $2, in Piggly Wiggly coupons for non-taxable food items We received 6, pounds of food and $2, in cash donations. Our Expenses for March were $5, Living Hope members donated lbs (19 items) of food to the pantry in March. Your continued support of the Food Pantry is very heartwarming. God bless all of you. Chris Flint, Director H: North Wisconsin Street. Port Washington, Wisconsin

5 April 2018 Please note the following dates: Thursdays April 5 & 19 Thursdays May 3 & 17 Thursdays June 7 & 21 The Miracle of Mercy Did you know that mercy is God s number one characteristic in the Bible? The world portrays God as a God of anger & judgement. But God shows himself first and foremost as a God of mercy. If mercy is God s number one characteristic that he reveals to us in the Bible if that is the most important thing he wants us to know about him then it must be the most important thing he wants us to learn about Him. And it must also be the most important character trait that God wants to develop in us. Jesus said Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Matthew 5:7 Rick Warren will lead us in this six-session study on DVD. He is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church, one of the largest churches in the world and author of The Purpose Driven Life. Please join us as we begin our new DVD study The Miracle of Mercy on Thursday March 15. Knewsy Knotes In the past few years, some of us from Hearts to Hands have had a great time attending the annual Rites of Spring: Fiber Frolic. If you knit, crochet or loom knit, you might be interested in attending this event, exploring the many fiber farms & fiber shops. If you would like to join us, contact Cathy Higgins ( ) or Julie Irish ( ). Check out the following websites for more details: Rites of Spring: Fiber Frolic Eastern Central Wisconsin May 4 & 5, a.m. to 5 p.m. May 6, a.m. to 2 p.m. Noon Run Scarf Project Hearts to Hands joined in another successful trip to serve the homeless and impoverished at Redeemer Lutheran Church s Noon Run meal on Tuesday March 13 bearing gifts of 25 more scarves. The scarves were once again tied to the railing in front of the church, tagged with messages of God s love. It didn t take long for the scarves to provide warmth for the recipients. Most scarves were gone within the hour. See the smiles on two proud owners. 5

6 Remembering His words, Love one another, Hearts to Hands regularly meets to knit and crochet for others while sharing fellowship and devotional time. We continue to meet at church on the 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month. We will share fellowship time at 6:30 PM and begin our study about 7:15 PM followed by prayers, concluding about 8:30 PM. Join us! All are welcome, even if you don t knit or crochet. We encourage you to come, participate in the fellowship and Bible/ devotional study. Please feel welcome to come, share in fellowship and grow in faith. If you are in need of child care in order to attend, please let us know. If you have any other questions, please call Cathy at or Julie at We look forward to having you join us! Hearts to Hands uses the Living Hope mailbox, #166. You re Invited...to a Save, Share, Spend Family Workshop Please join us on Sunday April 29 at 9:15am in the Fellowship Hall for a dynamic workshop called Save, Share, Spend, hosted by Thrivent Financial. This workshop is specifically designed for Christians of all ages (there will be separate workshops for kids and adults) to learn more about using our money to create positive change in our families, our churches, and our communities. You do not have to be a current Thrivent Member to attend. Did you Know? Thrivent Financial is a membership organization which helps Christians use their money for good in our community and our world. Thrivent Financial helps their members show God s love to others through financial strategies that help Christians be wise with money and live generously. More Information is available here: 6

7 Living Hope Calendar Prayer Chain If you would like to request prayer or receive prayer requests through the Prayer Chain, please contact coordinator, Chris Koss, at 7

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