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1 Address Service Requested PO Box 40 Sandyville, Ohio To Our Beloved Friend and/or Member: Did you invite someone to church today? God bless the mail carrier who delivers this newsletter. Cross Talk Address: 4796 Crossroads Road NE PO Box 40 Sandyville, Ohio Office Phone: Monthly Longform Newsletter for November 2018 Find back-issues online at Please join us on Sundays for Worship! Worship Service at 9:30 AM with Pastor Scott Anderson Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Scott Anderson, Pastor Mary Drotleff, Secretary Susan Kaschak, Musician Joe and Melinda Farber, Custodians Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 9 AM-1 PM Closed Thursday and Friday

2 Cross Talk Longform Newsletter for November 2018 Back-Issues Available at A Special Message from the Pastor s Desk O give thanks to the Lord for He is good; his steadfast love endures forever! (Psalm 118:1, 29) I have many fond memories of Thanksgiving. Well, not all of them, I must admit. My memories of Thanksgiving grow fonder as I grow older. When I was very little, I was not thrilled with Thanksgiving. After all, there were no presents to unwrap, no baskets to find, no fireworks to see, and no candy to eat. (By this time, all of the Halloween candy was long gone.) I wondered which was worse: the food ( Did I really have to eat the candied yams? The answer, of course, was yes. Aunt Fran made them and we wouldn t want to hurt her feelings, now, would we?) or the Thanksgiving program at school (Did I really have to be the turkey? The answer, of course, was yes. I was the only kid in class that resembled a butterball, except for Everett, who was out sick. Lucky him!) Even in college, I had a slight grievance against Thanksgiving. The holiday always came at an inconvenient time, right when I was studying hard for finals. It wasn t that I didn t want to come home, it was just that I brought every text book and library book home with me. And unfortunately, later on when Charlotte and I were at Seminary and came home to my Mom s house, that trend continued. Yet, despite some of these discomforts, Thanksgiving had the sense of coming home for me. In grade school, I enjoyed getting together with my cousins whom I had not seen in a long time. I enjoyed the time with my favorite aunt and uncle. (And in spite of her candied yams, Aunt Fran was my favorite aunt on my mother s side of the family.) Thanksgivings at Uncle Paul and Aunt Fran s are treasured memories as I was surrounded in love by so many family members. As I grew older, after I was married, I loved the family get-togethers with Charlotte s family in Texas. Her family immediately made me feel a part of their family, one of their own. They loved me unconditionally. I cherished those wonderful, joyful, and thankful times as about 40 of us would gather together as a big family in November each year. And it was in these family relationships, not the turkeys, not the pilgrims, not the football games, nor the parades, not the family poker games, that have given a special meaning to Thanksgiving for me. This family relationship is important in our relationship with God. Through baptism, we become children of God and inheritors of the kingdom. Jesus taught us to pray Our Father. We are given grace to call God, our Father, our loving parent, our Daddy (which is a good translation for Abba). The word Our is not used in the sense of the possessive. Rather, we use the word our to embrace the fact that this is a corporate prayer, meant to be prayed, not alone, but with all of our brothers and sisters in Christ, as a family together giving honor to our Father. This day of Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks to our loving, gracious, heavenly Father. Not in the sense of Do I have to? (as in Do I have to eat the candied yams? ), but in the sense of wanting to and encouraging others to do so. We give thanks to God, like the psalmist, simply because God indeed is good and His steadfast love endures forever. We give thanks to God simply because God is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from punishment. We see this steadfast love through the cross of Christ, in words from the same psalm (118) which was quoted above, The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This is the Lord s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. (Psalm 118:22-23) During this month of thanksgiving, let us come home to Our Father and remember to say thank you for his steadfast love and grace, by dropping in on Our Father s house each Sunday to tell Our Father that we love Him and thank Him for all of His blessings. Thanksgiving and Sundays are indeed good days for us to say thanks to God. After all, This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24). Yours in Christ, Pastor Scott

3 Announcements for the Start of the Month News breaks all the time during a month from our church! Find it anytime at PLEASE KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS: Nancy Tolfo is at Hennis Care in Bolivar. HELPING HANDS: ACME COMMUNITY CASHBACK IS BACK!!!!! Once again Helping Hands will be participating in the Acme Fresh Market Stores Community Cash back program. We need your help in collecting Acme Fresh Market receipts dated between August 9, 2018 and December 29, When you purchase Acme Store brand items we receive 5% back through this program. Receipts may be dropped off at Helping Hands any Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday between 9 AM and 2:30 PM, or mailed to Helping Hands, PO Box 595, Waynesburg, Oh Thank you in advance for your support of HHN through this program! Becky Larson PASTOR SCOTT S UPDATE: Office hours will be Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 10 AM to 5 PM. This will be a temporary until he gets a set schedule. You may reach him at during his office hours, or on his cell Yes, his area code is 830. He can also be reached at pastorscott@sotvchurch.com. AmazonSmile: Over the past few years, the Media and Technology Committee has been pursuing new methods of fundraising via the internet. Through this search, we have found a number of interesting tools, the first of which we will be using is AmazonSmile. If you use Amazon for shopping, we hope you will check it out! Without costing users any extra, it takes 0.5% of your purchase on eligible items (marked on their product page with the AmazonSmile logo, as seen above) back to our church. Try it out today by going to smile.amazon.com and searching for Shepherd of the Valley Evangelical Lutheran Church. NEO SYNOD: The Women s Fall Retreat will be held Saturday, November 10, 2018, at Tuscora Park in New Philadelphia. Signup form is on the table outside the Sanctuary, along with an informational flyer. UPCOMING EVENTS NOVEMBER 4: All Saints Sunday. With thanksgiving, in our worship on November 4, there will be a special remembrance of all the saints who have gone before us since the All Saints Sunday and a celebration of the saints made new in baptism. NOVEMBER 11: Recognition of Veterans and A Prayer for Peace. This year, on November 11, we, as a nation, will celebrate the centennial of the World War I armistice. On the 11 th hour of the 11 th day of the 11 th month, hostilities ceased, and an armistice was signed to end the war to end all wars. Also, we will honor the original intent of this day by including prayers for peace throughout our worship. NOVEMBER 18: A Service of Thanksgiving. We will give our thanks to God with our worship on this day. As we use the readings for Thanksgiving Day, this will be a reminder for us all to give thanks to God, not only on our national holiday, but throughout all the year. NOVEMBER 25: Christ the King Sunday. November 25 we will have a special worship service celebrating the eternal King of Kings by remembering how Christ the King is revealed. The gospel text focuses on the dialogue between Pilate and Jesus in John 18.

4 Announcements for the Start of the Month, cont d News breaks all the time during a month from our church! Find it anytime at Hurricane Disaster Response. Hurricanes Gordon and Florence have created havoc here in the United States. The images from these horrendous storms are heart breaking. Thank you for your prayers. If you wish to donate to help the victims of these hurricanes, you may write a check to Lutheran Disaster Response (P.O. Box 1809; Merrifield, Virginia ) marked with Hurricane Response United States on the memo. If you wish to make a contribution via electronic media, please go to Disaster-Response. CHOIR PRACTICE: Every Wednesday at 7:00 PM, and every Sunday at 6:00PM. COMING SOON: Our church s Media and Technology Committee has some exciting news! Following the acceptance of a Thrivent Action Team grant, we will be purchasing loaner MP3 players as well as the accessories required to go with them so that we can lend them to our shut-ins and those who may be ill or hospitalized and cannot come to church. These MP3s will be loaded each week with the sermon and weekly Bible readings so that they can enjoy the Good News as if they got to be with us on Sunday to hear it. Additionally, we will be doing something brand new! In addition to distributing the sermon and weekly readings as an audio recording to our shut-ins, we will be delivering it online as a weekly podcast which we are calling the Shepherdcast! So, whether you are on the go and still want to catch the weekly sermon, are looking for a new church home, or would just simply like to hear the Good News brought to you in a weekly podcast, we hope you will check out the Shepherdcast! We look forward to starting these new programs! The Shepherdcast will be launching with our All Saints Sunday, November 4, service. The sermon distribution to the shut-ins will begin soon after the first full episode of the Shepherdcast comes out. You can subscribe now to the Shepherdcast wherever you get your podcasts! You can learn more at

5 The Month at Shepherd of the Valley Our calendar of events is online at Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Turn Back Your Clocks 4 All Saints Day Communion Shepherd s Kitchen Bingo 3:30pm Meal 4:30pm Council 6:30PM Refuge Newsletter Thanksgiving Of Deadline Hope 25 Christ the King Hanging of The Greens Assembly Angels 11:00 AM About Due Dates If you have an announcement to go into the Sunday bulletin, please have it to the church office by 10 AM on the Tuesday before. Unless it is a change of address announcement, it will be automatically posted to the website on the Latest News blog and go out with Cross Talk Online on Sunday morning. (Need to send something sooner digitally? Jacob Schandel at media@sotvchurch.com for help.) Newsletter items for the upcoming month are due to the church office by the third Monday of the month prior.

6 Other Dates and Information If it s a note from a friend or member, a birthday, or anything else, we have it here. Birthdays this Month Sunday Readings for This Month Council Members 2 Emma Sommer 7 Bill Schandel, Guy Altman 9 Dave Zastawny 11 Matt Monroe 14 Kara Pontones 19 Nick Zastawny 30 Mary Scott Anniversaries This Month Gene & Mary Scott Did we miss your birthday or anniversary? Did we have the wrong date? We apologize! Please let the church office know, and we will fix it on our end! Special Messages for the Congregation November 4 All Saints Day November 25 Christ the King Sunday Sunday November 4 Deuteronomy 6: 1-9 Psalm 119: 1-8 Hebrews 9: Mark 12: Sunday November 11 1 Kings 17: 8-16 Psalm 146 Hebrews 9: Mark 12: Sunday November 18 Daniel 12: 1-3 Psalm 16 Hebrews 10: Mark 13: 1-8 Sunday November 25 Daniel 7: 9-10, Psalm 93 Revelation 1: 4b-8 John 18: November 25 Hanging of the Greens, after church Susan Lux, President Jeff Ward, Vice President Karen Broadwater, Secretary Bill Bowman, Officer Fred Drotleff, Officer Max Lebold, Officer Marilyn Mason, Officer Chris Pontones, Officer Terri Wanner, Officer Please Remember the Shut-Ins We have members of our flock who are not able to attend our Worship Services on a regular basis. Please remember these members in your prayers and with your cards. Addresses can be obtained from the church office upon request. Church members living in assisted facilities: Canton Christian Home Carl Wanner Country Club Residential Campus Alexa Dazey Inn at Northwood Village Rose Orlando St. Lukes Lutheran Community Roberto Techi Church members living independently and/or with family: Guy & Joyce Aultman Debra Campbell

7 Worship Leaders for the Month If you are unable to come the day you are scheduled for, please notify the church office as soon as you can! November 4 Music Susan Kaschak Greeters/Ushers Iva Campana & Dottie Scott/Tim F & Jim H Lay Reader Jennifer Crone Communion Assistant Karen Broadwater Acolytes Zoe Ward Junior Communion Assistant Counters Michelle & Linda Altar Care Marilyn Mason November 11 Music Susan Kaschak Greeters/Ushers The Bowman Family Lay Reader Bill Bowman Communion Assistant Acolytes Jack Bowman Junior Communion Assistant Counters Janine & Terri Altar Care Marilyn Mason November 18 Music Susan Kaschak Greeters/Ushers Thelma Nixon& Cindy Sundheimer/Tim F Lay Reader Karen Broadwater Communion Assistant Fred Drotleff Acolytes Jack Bowman Junior Communion Assistant Counters Brian & Mary Altar Care Marilyn Mason November 25 Music Susan Kaschak Greeters/Ushers The Dan Wanner Family Lay Reader Michelle Ward Communion Assistant Acolytes Zoe Ward Junior Communion Assistant Counters Dan & Jeff Altar Care Marilyn Mason

8 Join us this Advent! We invite you to join us on Sundays! Sundays at 9:30 AM with Rev. Scott J. Anderson We also invite you to join us Christmas Eve for a special Candlelight Service! Christmas Eve at 7:00 PM To learn more about worship at our church, please visit us online at Crossroads Rd NE PO Box 40 Sandyville, OH Can t make it to church? Join us on the Shepherdcast! Every week, we bring you our sermon and Bible readings in a nice audio format. Get it wherever you get your podcasts!

9 Council Minutes for September 2018 By council mandate, a backlog of minutes are available on the website. You can find them at SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN CHURCH COUNCIL MINUTES September 10, 2018 Members Present: Pastor Scott, Karen Broadwater, Fred Drotleff, Max Lebold, Susan Lux, Marilyn Mason, Terri Wanner, Michele Ward. Absent (excused) Bill Bowman, Jeff Ward, Chris Pontones. Meeting opened with prayer. Minutes from August meeting reviewed, Max Lebold motioned to accept minutes, Terri Wanner seconded. Motion carried. Treasurer s Report. Report reviewed. It was noted that there is an increase in income. There needs to be determined if CINTAs is a budget line or if it is associated with Property s budget. Fred Drotleff motioned to accept the treasurer s report, Marilyn Mason seconded. Motion carried. Treasure s report placed on file for audit. Thrivent accounts balances are as follows; (08/13/18) $73, (09/07/18)$73, (08/13/18)$60, (09/07/18)$61, Bills and Expenditures. Tree trimming. Members reviewed quotes from Bowman s Tree Service, Jim Endlich, and Sam s Tree service. Parking lot resealing. Vasco Asphalt Company s quote reviewed; still awaiting information on another quote. Carpet cleaning. Quotes reviewed from Anthony s Carpet Cleaning, Chris Carpet Care and Phillips Carpet Cleaning. Copy Paper purchase request through Carnes Office supply Eternal Candle. Quotes from Autom, CM Almy, and St. Raphaels(Canton). Max Lebold motioned to contract with Chris Carpet, Jim Enlich (for trees),carnes for requested paper, and St Raphael for candles. Fred Drotleff seconded Motion carried. Once another quote is obtained for parking lot repair then an council vote to be initiated. Susan Kaschak requested reimbursement for music purchased. Terri Wanner motioned to reimburse Susan for requested amount. Marilyn Mason seconded. Motion carried. OLD BUSINESS Memorial Fund/ Committee. Jeff Ward is still working on Memorial fund balances. A committee of Cindy Schandel, Linda Neary, and Dan Wanner to serve on committee. They will be working on recommendations and allocation of funds. Communion Frequency. Pastor Scott is recommending first and third Sundays with special services such as Christmas, Easter, Palm Sunday, Reformation Sunday and Maunday Thursday. Marilyn Mason motioned to table Pastor Scott s recommendations, Fred Drotleff seconded, motion carried. Florist. At this time searching for one. God s Work our Hands Sunday. To take place September 16, 2018

10 Council Minutes for September 2018, cont d. By council mandate, a backlog of minutes are available on the website. You can find them at Constitution Update. Still in progress. Service of Instatement and lunch September 30. Reminders to congregation to sign up. Amazon Smiles. Information reviewed by members as means to generate funds for church. Max Lebold motioned to pursue setting up program for SOV at Amazon. Fred Drotleff seconded, Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS Communion on Sunday September 30 at Service of Instatement. Reformation Celebration. Members discussed the option of having a German fest with sausage that is being sold by the Salem Saxon Club. Terri Wanner motioned church to purchase sausage for the Fest from Saxon sale. Max Lebold seconded. Motion carried. Vacation request. Pastor Scott request of October 14 and December Pastor Scott recommended possibly using seminarian students for those days. Susan Kaschak request of October 14, and November 11, Bonnie Comber to fill in for Susan. New Council for Some members, Karen Broadwater, Fred Drotleff, Max Lebold, Susan Lux, and Jeff Ward, are eligible to run again if they choose. Fred Drotleff expressed desire to continue to serve on council. Marilyn Mason is in her second year of her first term. Karen Broadwater and Max Lebold are undecided. Michelle Ward agreeable to serve as treasurer for Membership report. Mary Drotleff, Susan Lux, and Marilyn Mason worked on updates and corrections. Reports Evangelism and Outreach. No report Financial Stewardship. No report Fellowship and Family life. No report Property. Report given Worship and music. Choir practicing cantata on Sunday evenings; tenors needed. Youth. Catechism has begun. Technology. Amazon Smile to begin. Pastor s Report. Pastor Scott s report reviewed and sample letter to be sent to those who donate to memorial fund. Max Lebold motioned to accept Pastor s report, Marilyn Mason seconded. Motion carried. There is a question about the insurance details; item tabled until October meeting. Looking for participants September 22 at the Bishop s Fall Gathering at Zion Lutheran in Wooster. Planning for October 6, 2018 meeting 9-noon to discuss foundation building for SOV. Next council meeting October 8,2018. Terri Wanner motioned to adjourn Max Lebold seconded. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Karen Broadwater Secretary.