Pentecost Offering May 20

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1 May 2018 Newsletter As you get older, birthdays start to become less and less a thing. When you are young, a birthday is a special thing, you have a party, people get together to celebrate you, they bring presents; it s a big deal. Then there are those family birthday parties where your aunts and uncles and grandparents come over, you all have a special dinner and you look for ways to escape from your relatives. But as we age, there are times we want to be reminded less and less about getting older and marking another year passing without much new to look forward to. But taking some time to pay attention to how you and your life are changing and giving other people a chance to celebrate the gifts that they have received by having you in their life. Coming up in a few weeks, May 20th, we are going to have one of those later types of birthday parties around here. At Pentecost, we mark the birth of the church, when the Spirit was given to the first disciples so that they could go out and tell the world about what God had done in Jesus Christ. That day, instead of having some big hoopla, we will take time to reflect on how the church has changed over the millennia and look at what it means to us both individually and as a congregation. I hope that you will join us that Sunday for a family birthday party.

2 It is hard to believe that we only have two more Sunday School sessions left in the program year!! It has been a fun year filled with mission activities, games, crafts and learning ways to live our faith. Our classes would not have been possible without the help of John Riedmaier, Karen Stephan, Ann Tennyson and Amanda Lavoe. Thank you to those who provided snacks throughout the year! The students will sponsor a Cents-a-bility fundraiser on Sunday, May 6. The donations collected will be earmarked for a local summer lunch program and for providing school supplies for children in a Lebanese refugee camp through Presbyterian Mission. Please plan to support this important mission of our Sunday School students. Coins, bills, large and small, & checks will be accepted! Checks should be made out to Living Hope Presbyterian Church. If you have any questions, please see Marcia Sinner or ask one of the students. We have a tentative date for our summer Sunday School gathering: our regular Sunday School time on July 15. The purpose is to keep the students connected during the summer and we will have special activities planned. If you would like to be a part of this day, please speak to Marcia. The Christian Education Committee voted and Session approved the curriculum for the program year. We will continue with "Growing in Grace and Gratitude". It is a Presbyterian based curriculum and is well suited to a multi-age classroom. It focuses on bible stories and how we can turn these into lessons for living in our world today and living how Jesus would want us to. Please consider helping during the program year. You will get as much out of the experience as our students will!!! Marcia Sinner Christian Education Committee Chair Pentecost Offering May 20 Each year on Pentecost Sunday, we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit and the birthday of the church. The Holy Spirit remains with us still, connecting us with the church of the past, continuing to inspire the church of today and pointing us to the church of the future. Each year, this celebration is marked by receiving the Pentecost Offering which nurtures the faith of those who are the church to come children, youth, and young adults. 40% of offering is LHPC s to donate to support young people in our community 25% goes to Young Adult Volunteers program 25% to ministries with youth (12-18) 10% to Educate a Child, Transform the World 2

3 Divine Intervention Ministries at Tippecanoe Presbyterian Church Our Larry Under the Bridge (LUTB) lunch making ministry for the homeless is part of the Divine Intervention Ministry at Tippecanoe Presbyterian Church in Bayview. Many area Presbyterian churches take a Sunday or Monday and deliver packed lunches to Bayview. Larry actually exists he was one of the original campers that received lunches, was instrumental in starting the program, and continues to help run and manage it. Below is more information from the Tippecanoe website: Larry Under The Bridge is a food and encouragement ministry to the homeless in the Bay View area. Bagged dinners are delivered to strategic locations near campsites on Sunday evenings every week. LUTB helps people each Sunday and Monday night of each week. Each dinner consists of: 2 sandwiches, Granola/breakfast bar, 2 pieces of fruit, Cookies or other desert item, Occasionally chips, Bottled water In the summer months juice boxes, Gatorade, and extra waters are given out. Bug spray, camouflaged tarps, and sleeping bags are some of the other items handed out when available. In the winter months gloves, hats, and long underwear were also supplied to the campers who do not participate in Divine Intervention Prayer Vigil/Warming Room. Donated toiletries, socks, underwear, toilet paper are handed out year-round. AND...Larry was just honored by Molina Healthcare as one of 6 statewide Champions for his work with the homeless! Congratulations Larry and to all our champions who make DI happen each year! We are changing the world, one person at a time! YOU are changing! The homeless who we are coming to know as friends are changing! Your Church and our Churches members and ministry are changing! 3

4 Reverse Offering for Food Pantries For a twist on our ongoing food collection for the Waukesha Food Pantry and the Falls Area Food Pantry, Living Hope conducted a Reverse Offering on Sunday, April 22. The offering plates were circulated and the congregation was asked to remove a colorful food icon card. These food cards can be used as a reminder tape to a refrigerator, put on bulletin board, keep in a pocket to bring non-perishable food items or diapers back to church. More cards are available at church pick one up! You can buy the item on the card, or anything else from the lists on the next page The items will be collected over the weeks and months to come and donated to the Waukesha Food Pantry and The Falls Area Food Pantry. Cash donations are also welcome! A large table will be located at the back of the sanctuary each Sunday to place your gifts to the food pantries. We leave you with a quote from Pastor David Shelstad with Holy Cross Lutheran Church: When I volunteer at the Falls Food Pantry, I am reminded of Matthew 25:35, which says. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink! We all have a role to play in ending hunger in our community Please consider joining Living Hope Presbyterian in giving to the Waukesha Food Pantry and the Falls Food Pantry. Your heartfelt gifts do make a difference! - Thank you on behalf of the Mission Committee 4

5 Canned vegetables Cereal Boxed meals/macaroni & Pasta and sauces Peanut butter and jelly Soup Cooking oil Low-sodium soups No- or low-sugar items Powdered sugar free drink Fruit packed in water or its Soy or rice milk Formula (regular and Stages 1, 2, and 3 baby food Diapers (particularly size 3 Baby powder and diaper rash Baby wipes Popcorn Sugar Salad Dressing, BBQ Sauce, Pizza Canned Luncheon Meat - like Cereal Preferred Food Items Canned fruit Canned protein (tuna, chicken, ham, Spam) cheese/starch sides Special Diet Program mixes own juice Infant and Toddler Needs soy-based), especially Good Start formula or larger) cream Items needed RIGHT NOW at Falls Area FP Flavored Pasta Mixes (like Hamburger Helper) Canned Pineapple Mandarin Oranges Canned Broth Dry Soup Mixes Misc. Veggies like Yams, Sauerkraut, Mushrooms, Spinach Sauce, etc. Spam 5

6 May Birthdays Bob Hutchings 7th Ginny Maurer 29th Alec Brown 8th Bruce Parker 29th Happy Taylor 9th Char Mattson 30th Chris Brown 11th Goldie Jones 30th Did we miss your birthday or anniversary? Please let the office know so we can update our files. Scott Parnon Pete Kirchhoff 21st 23rd Ann Tennyson 31st Women s Association Naomi Circle is meeting Monday, May 14 at 10:00 a.m. when they will gather for refreshments, fellowship and Bible Study at Living Hope. We will meet in the Learning Center Arleen Goranson is our hostess. Martha Circle meets on Tuesday, May 8 at 12:30 pm at Living Hope in the Brookfield Room. Karen Stephan is hostess. The Care and Concern of the Congregation is with: Max and JoAnn Broyles, & their nephew Jim and their niece Debbie Gladys Byrum Mary Dalton s cousins Jim and Ken Jan Davis Kathryn/Joe Fresch s grandson Jack & parents Harriet and Pete Kirchhoff Char Mattson Pat Mitschrich Nancy Molstad s nephew s baby Marlie Paula Moore Jim Olson Carole Riedmaier Jeane Satola Marcia Sinner s brother James Happy Taylor Those affected by hurricanes and earthquakes, others who face difficult medical conditions, caregivers, the un- & under-employed, for refugees/migrants and all who are victims of violence or terror or natural disasters, for those who grieve, for military personnel, for all who experience life s challenges, and for LHPC as we listen to God s invitation to mission and ministry here in Menomonee Falls. 6

7 May Family Prayer Calendar We are a connectional church connected in faith to God Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Jesus taught us that prayer connects us to the Divine and to each other. Each month we list our faith community. Every family has a date when we ask you to hold them in prayer. May Calendar 1. Jennifer, Madeline, Olivia, and Katherine Stevens 2. Happy Taylor 3. Tom and Ann Tennyson 4. David Truemner 5. Don and Peggy Waterman 6. Bill and Vickie Werner 7. Maggie and Willy Werner 8. Jean Witt 9. Paul, Ashley, Brandon, and Olivia Yates 10. Peggy Yee 11. Jan Zimmerman 12. Bill and Judy Bauer 13. Karl Bertram and Maria Crowe 14. Marge Boettcher 15. Michael and Wendy Brady 17. Dub and Janet Brown 18. Ken, Chris, Alec and Natalie Brown 19. Max and Joanne Broyles 20. Jeff and Julie Camp 21. Bill and Sandra Campbell 22. Wallace and Faye Cheatham 23. James and Julie Courtney 24. Bob and Ellie Cummisford 25. Mary Dalton 26. Judy Dannenbrink 27. Janet Davis 28. Ken and Diane DeBoer 29. Dorothy Dieter 30. Elizabeth Ellis 31. Rose Emanuele 16. Dan, Allison and Christine Brankle 7

8 Living Hope Presbyterian Church Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Office Hours M 8:30-3 Tu & F 8: May AM Morning Prayers 5 6 8:45 AM Sunday School 10 AM Worship Cents-A-Bility Offering 11 AM Fellowship 7 9:30 AM Bible Study 8 12:30 Martha Circle at LHPC Karen Stephan host :30-5 Office hours 11 AM Morning Prayers 12 Lisa on vacation Mon and Tues. Will is in the office both mornings AM Worship 11 AM Fellowship 11:30 Deacon Mtg 14 9:30 AM Bible Study 10:00 Naomi Circle at LHPC Learning Center Arleen Goranson hostess :00 Finance AM Morning Prayers PENTECOST 21 9:30 AM Bible Study AM Morning Prayers 26 8:45 AM Sunday School 10 AM Worship Pentecost offering 11 AM Fellowship June Newsletter Deadline 27 Memorial Day June 2 10 AM Worship 11 AM Fellowship 11:30 LUTB No Bible Study Office Closed for Memorial Day 11 AM Morning Prayers 8

9 May 6 May 13 May 20 May 27 Communion Servers Ann Tennyson* Peggy Waterman Nancy Molstad Joe Fresch Karen Stephan Liturgist Nancy Molstad TBA Nancy Molstad Judy Bauer Fellowship Hosts TBA Karen and David Stephan TBA Don and Peggy Waterman Counters Dan Brankle Dave Stephan Don Waterman Judy Bauer Marge Gauen Mike & Jenni Parnon Joan Junek Ginny Maurer Sunday School Karen Stephan Ann Tennyson Marcia Sinner Ann Tennyson Welcome Host/ Lock up Curtis MacDonald Marcia Sinner Nancy Molstad Keith Pierce Keith Pierce Tom Tennyson Ken DeBoer Tom Tennyson Ushers Karl Bertram Karl Bertram Ann Tennyson Ann Tennyson Barry James Barry James Don Waterman Don Waterman FINANCIAL UPDATE - As of March 31, 2018 Fav/(Unfav) Actual Budget Variance Total Income - YTD $ 26, $ 29, $ (2,364.20) Total Expense - YTD $ 34, $ 34, $ (311.97) Net Loss - YTD March 31, 2018 $ (7,782.17) $ (5,106.00) $ (2,676.17) Unrestricted Funds as of March 31, 2018 $ 198,

10 MONDAY BIBLE STUDY GROUP Bible Study meets Monday mornings at 9:30 AM in the Brookfield Room You are invited to join us!! The passages we study are the scripture passages for each upcoming Sunday. Even if you cannot attend our study group, you are invited to read through the passages prior to worship on Sunday. Lesson Date and Passages: For Sunday: 4/30 1 John 5:1-6; John 15:9-17 5/6 5/7 Ephesians 1:15b-23; Acts 1:1-11 5/13 5/14 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15; Acts 2:1-21 5/20 5/21 Isaiah 6:1-8; John 3:1-17 5/27 5/28 No bible study Memorial Day LIVING HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH W156 N4881 Pilgrim Road, Menomonee Falls WI Office hours: Mon 8:30-3:00, Tues and Fri 8:30 1:00 Pastor: Rev. Will Houts Administrative Assistant: Lisa Quinn Clerk of Session: Kathryn Fresch Director of Music: Dr. Wallace Cheatham Pastor@LivingHopePCUSA.org Office: (262) Cell: (262) Office@LivingHopePCUSA.org Office: (262) Session Members Judy Bauer, Dorothy Dieter, Joe Fresch, Kathryn Fresch, Curtis MacDonald, Nancy Molstad, Keith Pierce, Eileen Pierce, Marcia Sinner Deacon Members (designated last names) (A-B) - Julie Courtney (G-K) - Mike Brady (P-R) - Peggy Waterman Moderator (C-F) - Karen Stephan (L-O) - Ann Tennyson (S-Z) - Ken DeBoer 10