Volume 58, Issue 1 January 2018 Ou r Savio r Luth eran Ch urch Our Savior Lutheran Church Phone:

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1 Chronicler January 2018 Our Savior Lutheran Church January 2018 Vo l u m e 5 8, I s s u e 1 Our Savior Lutheran Church 1900 N. 4th Ave. E. Newton, Iowa Phone: Website: oursavr@windstream.net

2 2 Serve, Love & Encourage Hebrews 10: C o n t e n t s Page - 2 A Message from Pastor Thank You's Page - 3 Thank You's continued Officers Page - 4 & 5 Letter from Julie Lutz Page - 6 LWML Library News Volunteer Thanks Page - 7 Letter from the Lo's Page - 8 Recipe Box Upcoming Events J a n u a r y C h r o n i c l e r A Message from Pastor Picard Dear friends at Our Savior: wanted to take this opportunity to I thank you for the incredible generosity that you exhibited towards my family for Christmas. We had so much fun sorting through the groceries and watching my daughter who is at college cry 'dibs' on various items. Reportedly, college food is not so great. She is taking German at college and so was able to write a comment card to the dining service in English and German T -- "The tomatoes are moldy." hanks as well for the several gift cards which I solemnly pledge not to use entirely on Mad Dog 20/20 and lottery tickets. Carefully note the use of the word N'entirely.' o... actually and truly -- it is all too kind of you, as you all have been all too kind to me. Can you believe that you've tolerated me for ten months now? Did you ever imagine that you had that kind I of patience and endurance? n all honesty, I am torn; hoping that Our Savior soon finds the individual whom God would have to serve you, and at the same time being in no great hurry to sever the bonds, be they ever so newly formed. We wander in and out of scenes, and spend time here or there with a fellow traveler. Like in a play, settings change, actors enter stage right, exit stage left, but we are all part of the company. And when the lights go up, we are all invited to the cast party where will have plenty of time to visit and enjoy one another's W company. ell... again... thank you for making my abbreviated stay in Newton so pleasant and delightful. Maybe someday I can repay the favor. I will split my lottery winnings with you. Pastor Picard Thank You Please accept our sincere thanks for your continued support. Your prayers and financial support under the blessings of God will accomplish much as we work with you to equip men and women for lives of learning, service and leadership in the church and world. May the Lord bless you and the used of your gift of $ in His kingdom work. Brian L. Friedrich, President Concordia University, Nebraska Thank you for your gift of $ to the Chapel. Your support is greatly appreciated here at St. Paul's Lutheran Chapel & University Center. Rev. W. Max Mons, S.T.M Pastor, St. Paul's Lutheran Chapel and University Center Thank you for your faithful partnership in supporting our Troops through the Military BibleStick program. It is only through friends like you that this ministry can exist and is able to make God's Word available to our military men and women all over the world. Praying that you are greatly blessing 2018! Morgan Jackson, Senior Vice President Military BibleStick We thank God for you and your gifts to The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, totaling $6, that will be used in support of Rev. James & Angela Sharp and Rev. Carl & Chen-Hsi Hanson. Pastor Matthew C. Harrison, President The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Thank you for your recent gift of $ which will be used to serve those who have lost hope. Your partnership in this work is much needed and greatly appreciated. And with God's blessing, it will be used to bring about healing for many, beyond what they could have even imagined! Your partnership in the Gospel with us is a great blessing! Rev. Max Phillips, Executive Director Lutheran Family Service

3 Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You The Staff and the Board of Directors at PCCI want to thank you for serving as Table Hosts for our recent Fall Banquet. This is one of our two fund raising events to allow us to continue the Christian Ministry we provide in serving our clients. This year's banquet brought to us not only many one-time gifts, but several regular monthly gifts that will help us be better stewards of our monthly budget. This event along brought us over $25,000. Although we are only open Monday through Thursday from noon to 4pm for client appointments, we are averaging over 800 appointments per year. The need continues to be even greater than that. We truly appreciate your willingness to invite your friends and family members to our Fall Banquet. This is a wonderful and meaningful way for us to share our mission and ministry with even more from the greater community. We are grateful for the blessings you have bestowed upon PCCI and we ask your ongoing prayers for the continuation of our work in the days ahead. We sincerely invite you to come in to see our new facility and what we do here. Rita Baker, Director Pregnancy Center of Central Iowa Please accept our heartfelt thanks for the gifts for the Baby Shower! Everything will be used to support our clients here at PCCI. Many of the items will go to layettes that we present to all moms and their babies when they are born. Other things will be placed in our store for purchase by our moms and dads who participate in our Earn While You Learn Program. For every lesson a client takes, he or she ears a "Mommy Money" or a "Daddy Dollar" which can then be used to shop in the store here at PCCI. This allows parents who may have difficulty economically to provide diapers, supplies, clothing and furniture and other equipment for their little ones while they are improving their parenting skills. All of our services are provided free of charge, so we truly depend upon our fund raising events and the kindness of businesses, churches and individuals to continue our Christian Mission here at PCCI. We appreciate your generosity and wish you many blessings in return. Rita Baker, Director Pregnancy Center of Central Iowa Officers of Our Savior Lutheran Church Congregational Officers and Leaders Term Began Term Expires Term Vacancy Pastor Pastor Joel Picard 3/06/2017 President Doug Woebbeking 1/01/ /31/ Secretary Selina McKinney 1/01/ /31/ Treasurer Nancy Janssen 1/01/ /31/ Financial Secretary Julie Dlouhy 1/01/ /31/ Elders Doug DeJong 1/01/ /31/ Joe Hernandez 1/01/ /31/ Randy Ervin 1/01/ /31/ Rick Schiller 1/01/ /31/ Tim Huegel 1/01/ /31/ Trustees Jary Boger 1/01/ /31/ Gary Gerdts 1/01/ /31/ Steve Hartz 1/01/ /31/ Ryan Frasher 1/01/ /31/ Bob Mesner 1/01/ /31/ Youth Christian Chelsea Dunkerson 1/01/ /31/ Education Mission/Evangelism Bill Rozendaal 1/01/ /31/ H a p p y N e w Y e a r ~ ~ H a p p y N e w Y e a r ~

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6 Thank you for volunteering this month! Elder Rick Schiller Lay Reader JoAnn Ringger Ushers Doug & JoAnn Ringger Greeters Steve & Pat Shelton Altar Guild Peggy Gerdts Media Team Julie Dlouhy Amanda Hartz Musicans Joy McGinley Miranda Ervin Bulletin Assemblers Jane Allen Dianne Breckenridge Roger Breckenridge JoAnn Bringolf Chronicler Assembler Carole Zimmermann A special note of thanks to those of you that have and continue to contribute your ideas, photos, and articles. HOMEWARD BOUND The Homeward Bound Bible study group will meet Sunday, January 7th, 1:00 P.M. at the Lowell Zimmermann home. LWML FAITH SOCIETY Faith Society will meet Monday, January 15 at 6:30 P.M. Your Lutheran Woman s Winter Quarterly is in your mailbox. Please note that the registration form for the LWML IED Convention is in your ALIVE booklet, which is inside your quarterly. QUILTING It is once again time to gather and make quilts that will bring comfort and warmth to so many in the world. During the month of January we will be quilting on the following dates: Monday, January 8th Thursday, January 11th Tuesday, January 16th Thursday, January 18th So pack a lunch, share a snack and help make life a little better for others. TRIVIA NIGHT I hope you have Sunday, February 11 circled on your calendar. That afternoon at 3:30 P.M. young and old will gather to amaze the wisdom and memory of others, as they compete in teams, to be proclaimed the winners of Trivia! Come and have a fun time with your Brothers and Sisters in Christ. LIBRARY NEWS Please see if any of these book titles are something you might be wanting to read. Put your name on the check out card and put the month and year in the date area. Put the card in the card box. Please try to bring the book(s) back within a month or so. ADULT NON-FICTION Title and call number The Young Earth Mor Refuting Evolution Sar The First Easter/Jesus loved them 232 Gai He still moves stones 232 Lu Not a tame God 232 Mue YOUTH FICTION The horse and the boy F Lew Prince Caspian F Lew The secret society of the left hand F Mac Don't bug me, Molly! F Mac Horse cents F Mac CHILDREN'S BOOKS Jehoshaphat Jesus calls his disciples Bible children I know The little sleeping beauty The time of Easter E Paw E Paw E Pep E Pri E Ric Attention Vendors! On Saturday, March 24, 2018, Iowa District East is hosting an Early Childhood Educators Conference at Zion Lutheran Church in Hiawatha from 8:00am 3:00pm. We would like to offer our Early Childhood Directors and their staff the opportunity to do some shopping while at the conference. The minimum requirement is that the vendor is a member of an LCMS congregation. If you would like to participate or have more questions, please contact Jan Doellinger, Assistant to the President Schools at or by jdoellinger@ lcmside.org 6

7 ! By:!!The!Lo!Family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yer$Yang$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ At$a$Hmong$Village$ I never knew how much God loves me. Yer$Yang$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ At$$Huai$Niam$Youth$Center$ November!was!a!time!of!harvesting!rice.!!The!rice!fields!near!our!Ban!Hmong s!hope! Youth! Center! were! beautiful! with! the! aroma! of! fresh! rice.!!while! the! farmers! were! busy!harvesting!the!rice!from!the!fields,!we!were!also!busy!hosting!three!groups!of! volunteers.!!one!of!the!individuals!we!hosted!was!yer!yang,!from!st.!paul,!minnesota.!!she!is!a!teacher!in!seoul,!korea!but!decided!to!take!a!break!and!come!to!join!us!to! connect! with! her! Hmong! roots.!!before! she! came! over,! we! asked! her! if! she! is! a! Christian.!!She! said,! No,! I! believe! in! Taoism.!!!When! Yer! came,! she! stayed! with! us! and! joined! our! family! prayers! and! devotions! every! morning! and! evening.!!she! also! attended! church! services! with! us.!!kalia! took! Yer! to! stay! with! one! of! our! Hmong! Christian!families!for!three!days.!!Pastor!Supan!and!his!wife,!who!are!our!staff,!took! Yer!to!stay!with!their!inKlaws!at!a!different!village!for!four!days.!!We!also!assigned!Yer! to!stay!and!serve! at!one!of!our!christian!hmong!youth!centers!for!nine!days!under! the! supervision! of! Pastor! Wa! Xue! Hang! and! his! wife.!!toward! the! end! of! her! time! with!us,!yer!said,! I#must#confess#something#to#you.#When#I#heard#the#people#sing#about# God s# love# with# such# profound# words# during# church# services,# I# started# to# cry.# #I# had# never#known#how#much#god#loves#me.##not#even#my#earthly#father#said#those#words#to# me.##all#my#life,#the#christians#i#knew,#always#told#me#that#i#am#going#to#hell.###but#now,#i# heard#that#god#loves#me. ##We!affirmed!to!Yer!that!God!loves!her!and!does!not!want! her!or!anyone!else!to!go!to!hell.!now!that!she!has!heard!how!much!god!loves!her,!she! needs! to! continue! to! read! the! Bible! and! learn! more! about! the! God! that! loves! her! so! much!that!sent!his!only!son!jesus!christ!to!die!for!her.!!during!her!last!night!with!us,! we! showed! Yer! a! Youtube! video! called! Father s# Love# Letter Almighty# God.!!She! cried!during!the!video.!!we!prayed!for!her!and!asked!the!holy!spirit!to!continue!to! work!in!yer s!heart!to!lead!her!to!accept!the!love!of!god Jesus!Christ.!!!Please!keep! Yer!Yang!in!your!prayers.!!From!your!missionaries:!!Fung,!Kalia!and!Mercy!Lo.! Prayerfully!remember!us!in! your!christmas!giving.!! Please!send!your!taxK deductible!donations!to:!! Mission$of$Christ$Network$ P.O.$Box$533$ Concordia,$MO$$64020$ With!Ban!Hmong s!hope!youth!on!an!educational!trip!to!doi! InthanonKKthe!highest!mountain!in!Thailand.! 7

8 "THE RECIPE "BOX" CORN-CHEESE PASTA CASSEROLE From Marva Doerring Ingredients: 2 cans creamed corn 2 cans whole kernal corn (don't drain) 2 C. uncooked macaroni 2 C. velveta cheese (cubed) 1/2 stick melted oleo Directions: 1. Mix all ingredients together and pour into 9x13 casserole dish. 2. Best if mixed and let set out overnight to soften macaroni 3. Bake at 350 for 1 hour. BREAKFAST SAUSAGE CASSEROLE From Ingredients: Butter, for greasing 1/2 loaf of sliced white loaf bread 1 lb. fresh bulk pork sausage with sage 10 oz. sharp Cheddar, grated 2 C. half-and-half 1 Tsp. dry mustard 1 Tsp. salt 5 large eggs, lightly beaten Directions: 1. Cut the bread into 1-inch cubes and spread in the bottom of a greased 9- by 13- by 2- inch casserole dish. 2. In a medium skillet, brown the sausage over medium heat until fully cooked and no longer pink. Remove the sausage with a slotted spoon to drain the fat. Spread the cooked sausage over the bread and top with the cheese. Then stir together the, half-and-half, dry mustard, salt and eggs. Pour this mixture over the cheese. Cover the casserole with aluminum foil and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. 3. The next day, preheat the oven to Bake the covered casserole until set and slightly golden, about 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow the casserole to set for 15 minutes before serving. Upcoming Events in January January 1st New Year's Day January 2nd Voter's Packet Deadline January 7th 1:00pm Homeward Bound at Zimmermann's 6:30pm Doug's Bible Study at Breckenridge's Mitebox Sunday January 8th 9:00am Quilting January 9th 8:00-3:00pm Circuit Winkle Meeting January 11th 9:00am Quilting 6:30pm Elder's Meeting January 14th 7:00pm Council Meeting 7:30pm Voter's Meeting January 15th 6:30pm LWML Faith Society January 16th 9:00am Quilting 6:30pm Committee Meetings January 18th 9:00am Quilting January 26th Chronicler Deadline Sunday's in January 8:00am Worship 9:30am Sunday School & MG Program Tuesday's in January 12:55pm Bridgehouse 12:55 Bulletin Deadline - AM We'd love to have your recipe! If you'd like to share your recipe or recipes with the OSL Family, please submit a copy to Amanda in the office or it to oursavr@windstream.net. N o v e m b e r J a n u a r y