Vacation Bible School

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1 THE LAMPLIGHTER Inside this issue: PW Information 2 Note from Claudia 2 Olson Pastor s Note 3 August Birthdays 4 Presbyterian Church of West Salem 625 W. Franklin St., P. O. Box 861 West Salem, WI Telephone (608) Fax (608) preschurchws@gmail.com Vacation Bible School Kick-off : Sunday, July 31st with Jim McGill, Missionary Potluck lunch in the Fellowship Hall following Worship VBS takes place beginning at 5:30 PM Monday, August 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd Come join in the fun of Cave Quest! Pastor Larry Olson & Pastor Stephanie Steiner August 2016 Youth Group Camping Trip After Worship on Sunday, August 7th there will be a Youth Group Camping trip headed to Devil s Lake State Park near WI Dells. It will be a one night trip. We will stop at Subway to grab a bite to eat before heading to the campground. If you are interested in participating in this Youth Group event please contact the church or Brian Baker ( ). Summer Special Music Needed Musicians, vocalists, instrumentalists of all ages and abilities: we need you! The Worship & Music Committee is looking for individuals or groups to share their musical abilities during worship services during the month of August. Please contact Caroline Sells at and she would be more than happy to find a Sunday that works with your schedule. FALL RUMMAGE SALE Fall Rummage Sale is scheduled for September. Hopefully you are getting donations put together to help with this major fundraiser. The dates for this year are September 16th & 17th and again this year we will be doing the following weekend of the 23rd & 24th. We will need help with set-up starting September 12th through Thursday. Your donations, time and purchases are what make this event the BIG success that it has been. Please be sure to get all your goodies together and fill up those boxes, bins and bags for the sale and get them to the church starting September 12th. Thanks so much for all your help!

2 Page 2 Hats off to: our July nursery helpers: Shelby Knaack, Garrett Byrnes, Sam Horton, Connor Brown & Chase Jones our July liturgists: Jane Foner, Kathy Schedin, Marie Haugen and Jenni Loging Secretary Office Hours July 18th September 2nd: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 7:30 12:30 PW Fall meeting September 1st The PW meeting on Thursday, September 1st will feature our local missions. Judy Long will update us on the food pantry, Vickie Bain on the community dinner and Heather Dutcher on Salvation Army bell ringing. Heather is new to West Salem but works at the Salvation Army in La Crosse. We are happy to welcome her to West Salem. Each will speak briefly. Helen will give a short summary of the highlights of the PW Synod Gathering in Sioux Falls where she went recently. Please join us for dessert at 7 PM followed by the speakers. Hostesses are Jane Foner and Barbara Hopkins. CHURCH WOMEN UNITED SELECTS "Human Rights" recipient Sister Antona Schedlo was selected by Church Women United as the 2016 recipient of the Human Rights Award at their meeting on July 12th at the Southside Senior Center in La Crosse. Sister Antona began the outreach center at the Baptist Church for Hispanics new to our community to learn English and to intergrate into the community. The underwear that our people gave for New Horizons was very much appreciated. Thanks to all those donors. SPECIAL NOTICE TO CRAFTERS! Church Women United is looking for homemade lap robes, wall hangings, table runners or quilts to sell at the national meeting of CWU in October. They will be sold with the funds going to YCWU (Young Church Women United). The meeting in Louisville will celebrate seventy-five years of existence so it is a special time. Maybe you like to make things but have nowhere to use them, here is a chance to use your skill for a worthy cause. To the Members of the Presbyterian Church of West Salem: I want to thank everyone for the beautiful cards and expressions of sympathy you have given to me and my family during this time of loss for my sister Barbara. Also thank you for the basket of plants that was sent the day of her funeral. I truly appreciate all of your love and support. ~ Claudia Olson

3 Page 3 A Note from Pastor Stephanie: On the Sundays of August 14, 21, and 28 our Worship time together will focus on Faith, Hope and Love. There will be special things taking place each Sunday that you won t want to miss Skits, Congregation participation, special music, and object lessons for all of us. In 1 Corinthians 13, while giving instructions and important advice to the believers at Corinth because of their many and varied disorders, Paul reminds them of the high value and necessity of faith, hope and love! On August 14 th we focus on Faith In viewing the many emphases of faith throughout the Scriptures, whether in the Old Testament or New Testament, one thing is certain: faith is a basic and necessary quality of the believer. Moreover, true faith in the vocabulary of Christians is not only belief and trust, but also faithfulness and loyalty. To receive this gift of faith, we simply need to ask God for it, and believe that we have received it. However, faith is much more than just a miracle cure for the disease of sin; it is also the key to living the Christian life. On August 21 st we focus on Hope - Christian hope is not simply a trembling, hesitant hope that perhaps the promises of God may be true. It is the confident expectation that they cannot be anything else than true. When grounded in God, hope provides the motivation to live a Christian life even in the face of trouble. Hope has been compared first to a soldier s helmet, because it protects the mind, and then to the sailor s anchor, because it steadies the heart on the stormy seas of life. On August 28 th we will focus on Love - which Paul says is the greatest of these three gifts. It takes all of a person to achieve Christian love; it takes not only our heart; it takes our mind and our will as well. The truth is that we all want to be part of an effective church for God, and in today s climate we need to shine brighter than we have ever done before. The church tries all sorts of gimmicks to quell falling numbers, but God simply wants us to come back to the basics. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (I Corinthians 13: 13) That s about as basic as we can get! We look forward to you joining us for Fellowship and Worship as we all work at growing in Faith, Hope and Love! Hugs, Pastor Stephanie

4 AUGUST VOLUNTEERS HEAD USHER: Kristjan Sells FELLOWSHIP (Serve/Clean-up): Worship & Music Committee Page 4 LITURGIST & GREETER NURSERY CARE GREETERS (Fellowship Hall Doors) 7 Tiffani LaJeunesse 7 Aly Cvikota 7 Bob & Sharon Shaw 14 Kevin Arndt 14 Alyssa Byrnes 14 Shayna Arndt 21 Charlie Evans 21 Genevieve Sprain 21 Susan Evans 28 Helen Harold 28 Luke Noel 28 Penny & Monica Wherry SOUND ROOM TECHNICIANS 7 Tiffani LaJeunesse 14 Erick Sells 21 Tiffani LaJeunesse 28 Erick Sells Congratulations to Kevin Aleckson & Tiffani LaJeunesse who were married July 9th! 1 Joan Gullickson, Evan Noel, Elsbeth Hinck 2 Audrey Steinborn 4 Rose Lee 5 Justine Griffin 6 Kevin Aleckson 7 Sue Raymer, Robert Allen 8 James Schmidt, David Seeger, Christine Severson 11 Kandi Holt, Aaron Tourville 12 Laney Stephenson 14 Sharon Cullmann, Diana Swim 15 Patricia Hall, Jon Jones 17 Carissa Hass 19 Tom Bonsall, Ronald Seeger 24 Marion Fried, Claudia Olson 25 Dane Bohnsack 26 Tanner Jones 27 Alexander Wuensch 28 Nicole Jandro, Jessica Noel 29 Kim Sweet, Alyssa Byrnes 30 Gary Willinger 31 Julia Byrnes Birthdays The next Red Cross Blood Drive will be Wednesday, August 31st from 12:30-5:30 PM Call Connie Blunck for an appointment at

5 Presbyterian Church of West Salem 625 West Franklin Street PO Box 861 West Salem Wisconsin Quick Look Ahead: Vacation Bible School: Kick-off is July 31st with Jim McGill, Missionary, preaching and congregational Potluck, Monday-Wednesday 5:30-8:00 PM Youth Camping Trip early August Hansen s Brat Sale Saturday, August 27th at 10:00 AM PW September meeting Thursday, September 1st at 7:00 PM Rally Sunday September 11th The Lamplighter is published monthly by the Presbyterian Church of West Salem to inform church members and friends about the events, programs, and mission of the congregation. Information for The Lamplighter is to be submitted to the church office by the 15th day of each month. Please inform the church office of any change in your address.