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1 September 2017 Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church The Faith Lutheran Newsletter is a monthly publication of Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, a congregation of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Volume 78 Issue 12 9 From Pastor Scudder s Desk Weekly Schedule: & Adult Bible Study 8:15 am D & T Classes Sundays 11:00am Thursday Men s Bible Study Special Activities: Board of Elders September Board of Ed. September Church Council September 6:30pm Lutheran Hour 7 a.m. Sunday KILJ FM KOKX :30 a.m. Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. (Prov. 22:6) This verse from Proverbs has been used in other newsletters as we would close out the school year. Well, with the new school year already underway, what a better time to revisit the subject. But, not just for the sake of the children who will be traversing the halls of our schools but to all of us, for we are all children of God! In the Adult Bible class we are beginning a rather in-depth study of the foundations of our faith. It is my prayer and desire that we as families within the family of God will have an ever-increasing hunger and thirst for God s Word and what it means to our Lutheran way of life. To that end over the next few months I d like to encourage you to begin a review of our Lutheran Confessions. To begin I d like to share with you a brief section from an article in a Lutheran journal called LOGIA, written by Wilhelm Loehe, the man that C.F. W. Walther called the spiritual father of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Loehe had this to say about the Lutheran confessions: I declare myself for the Lutheran Church for the sake of the treasure. The Lutheran Church lacks many things I would like to see in it, but it has something that lets it be the true church despite all shortcomings, and for the sake of which I find it easy and beautiful to be faithful to it in its outward misery. Do you know what I am talking about? I am talking about its utterly pure confession and its pure doctrine in conformity to its confession. Who has ever proved that its confession is in error in any doctrinal article? When speaking of its confession, I am not only talking about the Augsburg Confession, but about the entire Book of Concord, from the Augsburg Confession all the way to the Formula of Concord. You do not know these writings, dear reader, otherwise you d agree with me. Get to know them and you will agree. What is more beautiful, lovely, powerful, and lively than Luther s catechisms? What is more catholic (note little c ) than the Augsburg Confession and its Apology? What is more thoughtful and bold than the Smalcald Articles? And what is slandered more wrongfully than the beautiful Formula of Concord in its clean but mild definition of all teachings? Dear reader, I repeat, you do not know your Church s confessions of faith. Get to know them in order to know why you adhere to your church. If you do not have a Book of Concord, Concordia Publishing House has a very nice readers edition, which even gives a little commentary and history behind each of the parts. Please let me know if you d like to order one. If there is interest, no matter how few, we will organize a study group for these wonderful documents! Continued on page 4

6 7. Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church Page 2 September Duties: Elders Marty George Dana Kuster Altar Guild Althea Weems Acolytes 9/3 Katie Bacher 9/10 Carson Andreasen 9/17 Katie Bacher 9/24 Carson

We will have our jump start open house on Tuesday, September 5 from 4-6pm. Then Wednesday, we begin regular. Please keep the teachers, children, families, and school board in your prayers.

2 6 7. Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church Page 2 September Duties: Elders Marty George Dana Kuster Altar Guild Althea Weems Acolytes 9/3 Katie Bacher 9/10 Carson Andreasen 9/17 Katie Bacher 9/24 Carson Andreasen Ushers Gregg Hall John Vantiger Joe Ruby Kirk Hillman SonShine Academy News Where did the summer go? Well, all three are FULL! We will have 52 children at Son Shine this year! God is good! We will have our jump start open house on Tuesday, September 5 from 4-6pm. Then Wednesday, we begin regular. Please keep the teachers, children, families, and school board in your prayers. In September, we look forward to school pictures on the 18 and 19, the MP homecoming parade on Friday the 29. Look for our float! Please save the date for the ICE CREAM SOCIAL on Sunday, October 8 from 5 6:30. We would love for you to come. Thank you for all your support of Son Shine. Coffee Servers 9/3 9/10 9/17 9/24 A big THANK YOU to all members who served as organists, ushers, and coffee servers last month. This is just another part of STEWARDSHIP in action at Faith. Serving Next Month Elders Jeremy Andreasen Ron Werner Altar Guild Whitney Vantiger Acolytes 10/1 Katie Bacher 10/8 Carson Andreasen 10/15 Katie Bacher 10/22 Carson Andreasen 10/29 Katie Bacher Please include in your prayers this month September Mallory & Paisley Arnold daughters of Nick & Carrie Kami Mullin daughter of Marcus & Courtney Matilda Anderson daughter of Kelly & Brian Each week there will be a family listed in the bulletin these are Son Shine families, please add them to your prayer list. Thank you for you continued support of the SonShine script program. When you purchase the Hy Vee Gift Cards & Certificates, the preschool will receive 10% for the shopping cards, & 15% for the certificates. Someone from the preschool board will be selling the cards and certificates after church, each Sunday, or you can stop in at the office Monday thru Thursday 8:00 am Noon. WOW Book Club September 25th Hostess: Janette Ross

Volume 8 Issue 9 Page 3 SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS 2 Janette Ross 3 Justina Movall 3 Christopher Overton 3 Haley Overton 4 Jennifer Lehman 5 Aimee Beaber 5 Karen Lyons 6 John Housman 6 Michael Scudder 7

and door designs for the nursing homes. Sandi Speidel Hostess. Reminder Mite Box Sunday is the last Sunday of the Month. The Birthday Song A glad and Happy Birthday, we wish to you our friends.

3 Volume 8 Issue 9 Page 3 SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS 2 Janette Ross 3 Justina Movall 3 Christopher Overton 3 Haley Overton 4 Jennifer Lehman 5 Aimee Beaber 5 Karen Lyons 6 John Housman 6 Michael Scudder 7 Lara Andreasen 15 Elizabeth Speidel 17 Jodi Vantiger 19 Shawna McCabe 21 Jeremy Andreasen 27 Nancy Weigert 28 Lisa Kuster LWML NEWS LWML will meet on September for putting together school kits and door designs for the nursing homes. Sandi Speidel Hostess. Reminder Mite Box Sunday is the last Sunday of the Month. The Birthday Song A glad and Happy Birthday, we wish to you our friends. May God our heavenly Father, a birthday blessing send. A happy, happy birthday, all beautiful with love. And bright with many blessings, from our dear Lord above. Youth News (Grades 6-12) For September the youth are invited to come join us at Old Threshers. All of your help is greatly appreciated. Would love to see every one come and help. Question: to 1:17) What day were the planets created? God set them in the firmament of the heavens give light on the earth (Genesis According to God s Word, bodies out in space, like the sun, moon, and stars, were created on day 4 of the creation week. This is found in Genesis 1: God called the sun, the greater light and it dominates the day. God called the moon, the lesser light and it dominates the night. Genesis 1:16 says. He (God) made the stars also. The word that we translate stars also includes planets, comets, asteroids, and so on. Many people incorrectly guess that the solar system and the planets formed from a spinning and collapsing nebula (a cloud of goas and dust) with the sun at the center and the planets, asteroids, and so on at various distances. This has never been observed or repeated; it is just a story to try to explain the universe without God. God, who knows all things and who was there at the beginning, revealed in His Word that He was responsible for creating the sun, moon, and stars (including the planets). Be careful about the stories that man tells, especially when the disagree with God s Word. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man (Psalm 118:8) Next months question: What is the purpose of the stars Remember kids, if you have a question about God, the Bible, Church, please write it down and place it in Pastor Scudder s mailbox, or it to him at pastorscuddermr@gmail.com Bible References: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:17, Psalm 136:9; Genesis 15:5; Deuteronomy 10:22; Psalm 19:1

4 Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church Page 4 Old Threshers is upon us!!! Let s make this a great time to work together in Christian fellowship and fun! Here are a few last minute reminders: *Parking lot passes may be picked up in the church kitchen. Please return them when you are finished so others can use them. *Cakes, cookies, and bars (no custard or cream) may be dropped off at church. Tomatoes and cucumbers are also needed. *Thanks to everyone who has signed up for shifts. If you haven t signed up but have some unexpected free time, any amount of help would be appreciated. Dinner is on us tonight! Son Shine academy s Ice-Cream Social Sunday, October 8, 5-6:30pm. Teacher installation For the will be installed in the Divine service Sunday September 10, Rally Sunday Rally Sunday will be September 8:30am Board of Education has decided to have a potluck breakfast. Please sign up out side the office. Hope to see you all there. Reminder No September 3 Beef burger, Hotdogs, chips, vegetables, and Ice Cream!! As much as you can eat! Come join us for some wonderful food, and fellowship. A freewill offering will be collected. Monies collected will go to the preschool scholarship fund and Son Shine Academy. SAVE THIS DATE September 12th is the date of choir practice for the coming year. We would like everyone who loves to sing to the glory of God to come join us. We practice every Tuesday night at 6:30 PM and sing usually on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month, plus any and all special occasions. We can use all voices who would like to join us. There is no audition--just come and sing with us. From Pastor Desk Continued will begin with Rally Day on September 11 th. If you have ever thought about giving of your time and talents so that we might bring up our children in the training and instruction of the Lord, please consider offering such gifts in the form of teaching. The material used is prepared well enough that preparation time for each lesson is short. Plus, we have teachers meetings where each lesson is gone over to give some highlights and teaching points. Please speak to either Paulette Shappell or Pastor Scudder if you are interested. Teaching is a great way to review all these treasures of Scripture for yourself! By The Way (BTW), why haven t you considered teaching before? Confirmation Classes Confirmation will begin with orientation on the evening of September 6 th 5:30 PM) Classes will begin on Wednesday, September 13 6:00 PM. Letters have gone out from the church office for this. If you have not received one and believe that you have a child who should be in these (5 th, 6 th, 7 th, & 8 th grades), please speak with Pastor Scudder, ASAP. The Lord be with you Amen. Pastor Scudder

5 September 2017 Faith Lutheran Church Reverend Michael R. Scudder 910 East Mapleleaf Drive Mount Pleasant, IA Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 Old Threshers 3 8:15 am Old Threshers pm Jump Start for Preschool 6 8:30am PreK preschool starts 5:30 Confirmation Orientation 7 8:30 3yr old Preschool starts 12:30pm 3yr old preschool starts Elders Meeting :30am Rally Sunday Potluck Breakfast Installation Sunday 11 Board of Ed. 12 Choir 6:30pm Church Council 7:30pm LWML :15am Choir 6:30pm Newsletter Items Due 24 8:15am 25 Janette Ross Mite Box Sunday

Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church

November 2016 Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church The Faith Lutheran Newsletter is a monthly publication of Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, a congregation of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Volume