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1 Word of God Lutheran Church March 2016 Volume 4 Issue 3 In This Issue: Birthdays & Anniversaries - 2 Luther Bookworm Recommends - 3 A Note from M.O.M. Team - 4 LWR School Kits - 5 Dedication of the Prayer Cross - 6 Adult Sunday School - 7 Lenten Soup and Service - 8 Lenten Soup and Service - 9 WoGL Shirts - 10 WoGL Choir 11 Yellow Rose - 12 Midwest Food Bank - 13 Global Hope 14 Global Hope 15 Upcoming Events - 16 Merciful and healing Lord, sometimes the usual pattern of our lives is disrupted by illness, injury, or loss, and we do not understand why it happens. Sit beside us and help us learn the purposes that our problems are going to accomplish. Help us to see how much and how often we rely on our own strengths, cleverness, and abilities. Then help us to remember that we belong to you, and that we should rely on you. Thank you for becoming human, for sharing our suffering, and for giving us hope. Be with us this day, with those on our prayer list, and those whose names we speak out loud or say silently in our hearts. Lord in your mercy..hear our prayer.

2 *Please send additions and corrections to woglutheran. org Happy Birthday 23 Kay & Fred Gleason 27 Carla & Charles Kuehl 1 Emma Harmon 3 Carole Pakulski 5 Fred Gleason 11 Raya Gemechis 12 Karen Hacker 13 Darrin Simmonds 14 Stanley Fletcher 15 Emily Nadeau 15 Nancy Ruck 16 Caitlyn Switzer 20 Barbara Farwig 22 Conner Ruck 25 Britt Burns 25 Carolyn Lystig 26 Steven Lambert 29 Jon Durden 30 Neal Lattimore 2

3 Bonhoeffer: pastor, martyr, prophet, spy By: Eric Metaxas Traces the life of the Christian theologian whose faith led him to boldly confront the greatest evil of the 20 th century. If you ve missed this one it s a must read! 3

4 A note from M.O.M. Team Thanks to everyone who helped assemble Lutheran World Relief school kits. Our 240 kits have been barcoded and shipped to the LWR warehouse. The Mission Outreach Ministry team will keep you posted on our kits' final destination. A special thank you to Diane Lattimore for shopping for our kit items and our youth who helped bundle the pens and pencils for our kits. 4

5 LWR School Kits 5

6 Feb 7, 2016 Dedication of the Prayer Cross 6

7 Adult Sunday School led by Carla & Charles Kuehl 7

8 Lent Wednesday Night Soup and Service 8

9 Lent Wednesday Night Soup and Service 9

10 2016 Shirts Designed by WoGL YOUTH 10

11 Word of God Lutheran Church Choir 11

12 Yellow Rose The yellow rose on the altar today went home with Margie & Danny Bell, whose daughter Shannon, gave birth to a tiny baby girl, Valerie Justine 12

13 On February 24, 2016 Pastor Jeffray Greene and Owen Apfel presented a check for $1,200 to Will Garner, Executive Director of Midwest Food Bank, GA Division. 13

14 Global Hope We have partnered with Global Hope for the last several years. The Global Hope website (globalhope.org) says: God works through Global Hope to promote and nurture deep, lasting and loving relationships with orphaned and vulnerable children, and to help the local communities in which these children live to develop sustainable resources for effective, Christian parenting. God also works through Global Hope to provide cross-cultural and hands-on ministry opportunities for Christian volunteers. Scott French is the president of Global Hope in Broomfield, CO, and brother of Lynn Fletcher, I might add. He has helped unite us with the Kathryn E. Larsen Children s Home (KEL) in India. The home provides a safe environment for 25 children saved from a brutal life on the streets. We have helped provide them with a shower area, dining area and bunk beds along with Christmas parties and school uniforms and supplies. Pastor Zakkariah leads the K.E.L. efforts. He also has a Lutheran Church. You may remember they named their church after ours Word of God! We sent them Luther s Small Catechism books last year and they were very grateful. They have a lot of work to do to make repairs to their church building. We are sending them $1,500 through Global Hope to help with that project. They are also training other pastors to reach out to the community. Scott occasionally leads mission trips to India. There is also a newly opened Girls Home and Boys Home in India. If you are interested in joining one of Global Hope s mission trips, please let M.O.M. know and we will give you the contact information. Let s all continue to pray for this Christian community and all the good work they do. Holly Bowler, M.O.M. co-leader 14

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16 Sunday School 9 AM WORHIP 10:15 AM UPCOMING EVENTS IN MARCH Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat Adult Choir Rehearsal 11:30 AM Tuesdays with God 9:30 AM ROMEO s noon MID-WEEK Soup & Service 6:15 PM YOUTH Connect 6:30 PM Assemble Bulletins 1 PM ML/SC Meeting 7 PM Faithful Hands Ministry 10 AM Tuesdays with God 9:30 AM Real Life Center Warehouse 9:30 AM MID-WEEK Soup & Service 6:15 PM Assemble Bulletins 1 PM DNOW Weekend DNOW Weekend INSTALLATION SERVICE for Pastor Greene 2 PM YOUTH Connect 6:30 PM DNOW Weekend Sunday School 9 AM WORHIP 10:15 AM Chapel Chat 11:30 AM Sunday School 9 AM WORHIP 10:15 AM Adult Choir Rehearsal 11:30 AM Tuesdays with God 9:30 AM Finance Team Meeting 7PM MID-WEEK Soup & Service 6:15 PM YOUTH Connect 6:30 PM Assemble Bulletins 1 PM Service Committee Meeting 7PM Midwest Food Bank Pre-Pack 8 AM Property Work Day 10 AM Hwy Midwest Food Bank Distribution 8 AM Faithful Hands Ministry 10 AM Worship & Music Team Meeting 7PM Midwest Food Bank Distribution 8 AM Midwest Food Bank Distribution 6 PM Midwest Food Bank Distribution 8 AM YOUTH Connect 6:30 PM RLC Mobile Food Bank 9 AM Assemble Bulletins 1 PM MAUNDY Thursday Service 7 PM GOOD FRIDAY Service 7 PM Sunday School 9 AM EASTER SUNDAY Service 10:15 AM Adult Choir Rehearsal 11:30 AM Redeemer Soup Kitchen 9 AM Tuesdays with God 9:30 AM YOUTH Connect 6:30 PM Assemble Bulletins 1 PM 16

17 The Collect is a monthly newsletter of Word of God Lutheran Church. It is published the beginning of each month. Please send submissions to wogadmin@woglutheran.org. Deadlines will be posted on the Upcoming Events Calendar! Want to learn more about WoGLC? V i s i t o u r w e b s i t e! 17