Kerygma. LWML Napoleon Zone Spring Rally

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1 Kerygma St. Luke Lutheran Church Family Worship 10:00 AM, Holy Communion Celebrated on the first and third Sundays Located Between Napoleon and Wauseon St Rt 108, Wauseon, Ohio 43567, Ph Missouri Synod Volume 39 Issue 4, April, 2018 LWML Napoleon Zone Spring Rally When: April 14, 2018 Where: St. Paul Napoleon Trinity Center Time: 8:30 to 11:30 Theme: Let God s Seed Grow in You! Mission Speaker: Kelly Storch Kids Alive International Missionary **Kelly works with children in Zambia, Africa. Offerings: Kelly s Mission Fund, Zone Convention Expenses, Mites PaulaJean polishes the balcony door during church cleaning days. Youth ready to begin their weekend in Columbus for the Ohio District Youth Gathering. Alyssa, Greg, Macee, Mitch, Ada, Lucy, Kylie, Mina, Eliza, Vivian, and Sunday

2 Pastor s Message The Four Seasons 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: (Romans 1:19-20 KJV) Ah, spring is in the air. If fact, by the time you read this, Spring will be official. I have always loved the four seasons. I must admit, that now that I m older, I m not such a big fan of winter, or whenever the cold winds blow, but still I m blessed to live to see each season come and go. For us here in NW Ohio, spring is, or has, pun intended, sprung! We are beginning to see the green of the grass and wheat. Soon the buds will form on the trees like little cocoons, to give birth to the leaves. Then, the corn and beans will pop above the warming earth as spring gives way to summer. Summer, everything is alive and growing. Deep greens are everywhere, the gentle soft summer winds which allows us a relative comfortable evening sitting outside without too many bugs while we sip our cold drinks. But oh, too soon, summer begins to give way to autumn. Autumn is one of my favorite times a year, for it is the time God brings out His paintbrush. The trees turn gold, red, yellow, then we see the brown of death slowly appearing, and then, it s time for the harvest. The harvest lasts only a little while before the full-blown death of winter arrives and buries under the blanket of snow all the plant life, till, yes, you guessed it, spring arrives again. Many people do not like the passing of the seasons, for it reminds them of their own demise. You see, we will all die. We were born, (Spring) we lived, (Summer) we begin to falter, ill health and old age, (Autumn), and then we pass from this life, buried under the ground, (winter) till the time of the resurrection. As one fellow Christian remarked, the time of that great getting up morning. God tells us that in nature, in the passing of the seasons, He has reveled His great love, and all who miss it, all who deny it, all who fail to see His Beloved Son, will be without excuse on that great getting up morning. Those who do will arise to joy and happiness, those who deny, who said that there is no God, to their everlasting shame and torment. Wait a minute pastor, did you say we were supposed to see Jesus, God s love in the passing of the seasons? Why yes, I did! A Greek word occurs that is not directly translated in the King James Version. Greek Strongs: 3739 Greek Strongs: 5037

3 Spring, Jesus is born as the Babe of Bethlehem! Summer, Jesus, the Messiah has come! He goes about healing the sick, restoring sight to the blind, making the lame to walk, the dumb speak, the deaf to hear, and restoring life. Autumn, we see Jesus arrested, ridiculed, beaten, mocked, scourged, and nailed to a tree. Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. Winter, Jesus taken down from the cross. He is dead and laid to rest in a borrowed tomb. But Oh, Spring comes again, for He is alive! He is risen! He is risen Indeed, Alleluia! 1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. 2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: 4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake and became as dead men. 5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. 8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. 9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. 10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. (Matthew 28:1-10 KJ) This year we have been especially fortunate, why, the day of the Resurrection is April 1 st. And we have been able to walk with Jesus though the seasons of His life. We celebrate the Resurrection, with the divine service. Confessing our sins in the beginning, we receive His Absolution. Hear His Word proclaimed, remember our Baptism, and feast upon His Body and Blood. All the while remembering, we are sinners, and deserve nothing but His wrath, but through His gracious gift of faith, restored, renewed, reclaimed, we are bold to proclaim, He is risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Amen! Now the peace of God which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus, amen. Oh, by the way, Did you notice how we began Lent on Valentines Day, and how Lent ends with the Day of Resurrection taken place on April Fools Day. On this day we, in faith remind the World, Satan, and our sinful nature, that God is not dead, lie you thought, and believe, He is alive! He is Risen! God s gracious Peace rest upon all of you. From Joyce and I, we wish you a very blessed and Happy Easter, the day of the Resurrection. Pastor Alvia Martis The Holy Bible : King James Version. electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version. Bellingham WA : Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1995, S. Ro 1:19-20 The Holy Bible : King James Version. electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version. Bellingham WA : Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1995, S. Mt 28:1-10

4 HOW THE INTERNET STARTED, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE Please do not Google or check this with Snopes. They will lie to you. Trust me! In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a healthy young wife by the name of Dorothy. And Dot Com was a comely woman, large of breast, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com. And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thy tent?" And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?" And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling you who hath the best price. The sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)." Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to move from his tent. To prevent neighboring countries from overhearing what the drums were saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew to the People (HTTP). And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who bought off every drum maker in the land. Indeed he did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates' drum heads and drumsticks. And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others." And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or ebay as it came to be known. He said, "We need a name that reflects what we are." And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "YAHOO," said Abraham. And because it was Dot's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot Com. Abraham's cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid (GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot's drums to locate things around the countryside. It soon became known as God's Own Official Guide to Locating Everything (GOOGLE). That is how it all began. And that's the truth. I would not make up this stuff.

5 God Bless All Of You for your support of the LWML Soup and Pie Meal on March 4. Because of your donations, Helping Hands and Thrivent seed money, all money donated will go to mission projects of the LWML. Thank You! From the Trustees A big Thank You to everyone that helped with the Annual Church and School Cleaning. We really appreciate your hard work. ****More volunteers helped with the cleaning but pictures were taken on Friday Feb 23rd. THANK YOU to everyone who furnished refreshments, served or in any way helped to make the Lent Fellowship a success. Don takes care of lights. Ardyth and LaDonna cleaning windows. Randy cleaning the balcony lights. Deb wipes down chairs.

6 THE COMMUNITY MEAL on February 8 served 70 people. A heart-felt thank you goes out to the 11 adults and 3 children who helped serve the meal and cleaned up afterward. Also thank you to those who donated salads and cupcakes. We look forward to serving another community meal on October 25, THANKS be to God for the generous baby gifts to the CPC Women's Health Resources of Napoleon and Wauseon offices. Your support for life for infants as well as the women with the challenge of unplanned pregnancy needs is much appreciated by the volunteers of this organization who share God's message and love with these gifts to their Junior High Youth had 9 youth attend the junior high youth gathering in Columbus March The theme was Search and Rescue based on Psalm 46:1-3. They saw Ben Glenn, the Chalk Guy and listened to the band Bread of Stone. They had 13 workshops to choose from which were led by LCMS pastors, DCEs and lay volunteers with an array of topics and activities. Powerful messages of God's love and care were shared by Ben Glenn and Pastor Steve Hackmann. Macee, Ada, and Lucy ready to serve drinks! St. Luke Youth would like to thank you for your support. The funds raised from the pancake and sausage brunch will be used for gatherings the youth attend. Summer 2019 is the national gathering in Minnesota. Above: Mina, Dan, Chris, Dave, Eliza, Vivian, and Bea take a break from pancakes to pose for photo. Left: Mitch mixes up more pancake batter.

7 Dear St. Luke s Congregation, I want to thank you all for the support you have given me, not only the past few years, but throughout my entire life. I am so thankful that I was able to grow up in a church that cared and loved me so much. As I take the next step in life and become a church worker, I hope I, along with the rest of the congregation are able to create an amazing environment for the kids who grow up there, like you all have for me. I will miss everyone of you so much. Love, Madalyn Short Madalyn Short has completed her college education requirements and will graduate from Concordia University, Ann Arbor May 20. She and Garrett moved to Delaware OH, and Madalyn will begin working in Family Life Ministries at Living Word Lutheran Church in Galena OH. She will be installed March 25. Ladies Guild News There was no guild meeting in March. Upcoming events: April 14 - LWML Napoleon Zone Spring Rally at St. Paul Napoleon April 19 - Ladies Guild meeting 1 p.m. June LWML Ohio District Convention at Dublin, Ohio Spring Rally Information: Napoleon Zone LWML Spring Rally will be April 14 th at St. Paul Napoleon in their Trinity Center. The theme for the day is Let God s Seed Grow in You! Kelly Storch will be the mission speaker. Kelly is a missionary with Kids Alive International in Zambia, Africa. The morning starts with Registration and breakfast at 8:30 and will conclude at 11:30. Offerings will be collected for Kelly s mission fund, Zone convention expenses, and mites. On the lighter side of things... Internet according to the Bible Sometimes we feel as if technology has passed us by, with all it's techniques & terms. But I came across this explanation that made me feel much better... that it was all according to the Bible! I feel comfortable about it now, and can express an all knowing command that's irrefutable to kids & grand kids that have expressed that I just don't get it... amen!

8 Acolyte Schedule April Acolytes 1 Sunrise Service Mina Wesche and Ada Griffith 1 Regular Service Mitchell Griffith 8 Vivian Gebers and Anneka Wesche 15 Eliza Jones Anneka and Ryan get ready to acolyte. 22 Kylie Diemer and Macee Ripke 29 Lucy Jones and Mina Wesche May Acolytes 6 Mitchell Griffith 13 Macee Ripke and Kylie Diemer 20 Vivian Gebers 27 Mina Wesche and Anneka Wesche Kylie and Lucy Macee Ada MorningMedtations 3/26-4/1 Rev. Jacob Stuenkel St. Peter, Napoleon 4/2 4/8 Rev. Jeff Corders St. John, Stryker 4/9 4/15 Rev. Lee Genter Lutheran Home Society, Napoleon 4/16 4/22 Rev. Donald Luhring St. John Lutheran-Defiance 4/23 4/29 Rev. Dale Kern Archbold, Ohio 4/30 5/6 Rev. Eric Moquin St. John-Sherwood April 1 - Cross 8 - Open 15 - Open 22 - Open 29 - Open

9 APRIL BIRTHDAYS Olivia Weirauch, April 1 Betsy Kahrs, April 2 Virgil Frank, April 3 Kenneth Griffith, April 4 Weldon Drewes, April 7 Hannah Smith, April 7 Janet Ferguson, April 9 Kathryn Garbers, April 9 Tory Rasey, April 11 Kimberly Pike, April 12 Donald Schlueter, April 12 Kevin Thierry, April 14 Marilyn Boesling, April 15 Kay Ann Hallock, April 15 Richard Bostelman, April 17 Sammantha Kotajarvi, April 17 Baily Diemer, April 20 Wade Kahrs, April 21 Gary Gerken, April 22 Tracy Rabe, April 23 LaDonna Witte, April 24 Launita Plassman, April 26 David Garbers, April 27 A MESSAGE FROM THE STEWARDSHIP BOARD Read Mark 16:1-8 The Good News of the resurrection of Jesus was, at first, hard for His followers to accept. By God's grace and the power of the Holy Spirit their hearts were soon on fire for Jesus, and they eagerly shared this Good News. May the truth of the resurrection of Jesus set our hearts ablaze to share this Good News whenever we have the opportunity. APRIL ANNIVERSARIES Kenneth and Amanda Griffith, April 5 Marvin and Marcella Badenhop, April 9 Richard and Linda Hogrefe, April 12 Daniel and Chris Diemer, April 15 David and Martha Gebers, April 17 Whitney and Kimberly Pike, III, April 24 For good health Velma Gerken Kathryn Garbers Ruth Weirauch Ann Rabe Mike Ferguson Kay Ann Hallock Joann Gerken Marcella Badenhop Rev. Alvia Martis Gebers Cleaning Crew

10 Midweek pictures of Easter For God so loved the world, that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

11 What does it mean that God gave His only-begotten Son? God not only sent His Son, but He also offered Him to the world as our atoning sacrifice. Bible page Faith Alive Student Midweek classes sing in church. Vivian serves as acolyte.

12 Official Acts February, 2018 None MISSION OUTREACH FOR APRIL is the St. Luke Church Worker Scholarship Fund. The money in this Fund is for any member of St. Luke that is attending college for Lutheran Church work (teacher, deaconess, pastor, etc.). Prayerfully consider contributing to this important Mission. Envelopes for your donation are on the table in the Narthex. Greydon and Quinn helped out at the Soup and Pie meal as Greta was entertained in the play house. AN EXERCISE OF OUR FAITH COMPARATIVE STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY Worship Attendance Sunday School Tithes & Offerings Communion Sunday $1, $1, Cancelled 21 Cancelled $1, Cancelled $2, $3, $2, $2, Total $8, $7, Average $2, $2, Special Services Ash Wednesday - 40 Lent 3 38 Budgeted Giving February 2018 Fund Offerings Home Budgeted $6, Mission Budgeted $ Building $ Reserve $ Total February 2018 $7, Non-Budgeted Giving February Home Sunday School $9.00 Ash Wednesday Missions $ Lent 3 Missions $ Lutheran Hour Missions $30.00 Meister Memorials-East Door Project $1,857.50

13 2018 SUNDAY APRIL Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday School Sings :15 a.m. - Easter Sunrise 9:00 a.m. - Breakfast 10:00 a.m. - Family Worship with Holy Communion 9:00 a.m. - Sunday School/ Bible Class 10:00 a.m. - Family Worship 6:30 p.m. Midweek 10:00 a.m. - Morning Bible Study :30 p.m. Midweek 8:30-11:30 a.m. LWML Zone Rally 9:00 a.m. - Sunday School/ Bible Class 10:00 a.m. - Family Worship with Holy Communion Midweek Sings :30 p.m. Midweek 1:00 p.m. Ladies' Guild 10:00 a.m. - Morning Bible Study :00 a.m. - Sunday School/ Bible Class 10:00 a.m. - Family Worship 6:30 p.m. Midweek :00 a.m. - Sunday School/ Bible Class 10:00 a.m. - Family Worship