Concordia Lutheran. Church. November "The wind blows where it wills..." John 3:8. Let s Talk

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1 Concordia Lutheran "The wind blows where it wills..." John 3:8 Church November 2018 N W 3705 Harwood Rd., Bedford, TX : 10:00 a.m. Pastor: Rev Mark Lasch Office Phone: Sunday 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Let s Talk November feels like a month of transition to me. We transition from the mild temperatures of the fall to the reality of winter. We transition from the execution of the years plans to planning for the next year. We transition from the culmination of many ministries to the infancy of others. One of the more important aspects of November for Concordia is that it is the month when we as a community evaluate our finances and set our budget for the upcoming year. In that regard, it seems appropriate for me to use this time and space for an honest conversation. Consider for a moment the larger community in which we live. Concordia is a member congregation of the Texas District of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. At the international level our church body is struggling. In many ways that is because congregations of the LC-MS are struggling at the local level. The good news remains, that by keeping a very close eye on our spending, our congregation is in the black. The ministry of our congregation has never been based on dollars and cents. It is with a true and gentle spirit that we kindly ask our guests to be our guests. Yet it is with great boldness that we ask the members of our congregation to be generous supporters of the work of Christ at Concordia. Having said that, with great boldness, may I ask you to evaluate your personal views of giving to the work of Christ at Concordia? In your charity, please take ten minutes to examine the following Scriptures, and compare them to your own situation: If you would, open your Bible with me to study the words Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians chapters 8-9. By way of background you should know that the Corinthian church lived in a very prosperous region of Greece. Paul, in this section of Scripture exhorted them to learn from the example of the Macedonian churches, churches in a region of extreme poverty and financial uncertainty. In these 2 short chapters many principles of healthy Christian giving make themselves apparent. Will you examine them, and compare them to your personal philosophy of Christian giving? 1. 2 Corinthians 8:1-2 Giving flows from the inside out, not the outside in. 2. 8:3-4 God s grace enables us to give beyond our abilities. 3. 8:5 We are to give ourselves first to God and then to each other. 4. 8:6-7 God wants His people to excel in giving 5. 8:8 The sincerity of our love is shown in giving. 6. 8:9 Jesus is the model and power for all giving. 7. 8:10-12 God wants us to complete what we promise. 8. 8:13-15 God calls for equality in giving 9. 8:16-24 We are to keep everything completely transparent regarding giving :1-5 We should seek to be positive role models in our giving :6-11 Remember: You reap what you sow! 12. 9:12-15 Giving can be a real source of joy! I believe that God has called us together into a community of faith and that by the power of the Holy Spirit He has provided for all of our needs. By examining our personal thoughts and philosophies about Christian giving we can see to it that our mission is well funded and in mission continue to grow so that many who do not yet know Him will come to call Jesus, Savior and Lord. My prayers are with you as you consider how to bring praise and glory to Him through your ministry of Christian giving. E S

2 t - Hanging of the Green Sunday, November 25, 2018 Following 11:00am Service The Board of Fellowship will sponsor decking our halls for the Christmas season on Sunday afternoon, November 25 immediately following the 11:00 a.m. service. The Board of Fellowship will decorate the sanctuary, Board of Christian Education students will decorate the fellowship hall tree and Melissa and Monica will decorate the NEED tree in the narthex. We will need some volunteers willing to climb the ladder into the attic to get the trees and decorations down prior to or immediately following the service. Each tree box is marked as to its location in the building. Please mark your calendar with this date and let s make our facility even more beautiful for the Christmas season. For questions or concerns, please contact Katy Roy-Rosar or shadow444@tx.rr.com. Financial Peace University At Concordia Class Begins January 14, 2019 at 7PM Class will be coordinated by John & Heather Finder. To register for the class go to: From the Board of Christian Education... Whoever believes in Me, as the scripture has said, out of his heart will flow living rivers of water' John 7:38 So our busy season is now upon us. Christmas Pageant Starting Sunday November 4th we will be putting up the sign up sheet for children interested in being apart of our Christmas program. The sign up sheet will also be posted on the 11th. We will have our first pageant rehearsal on Saturday November 17 from 11:00am to 1:00pm with a snack break in the middle. Concordia Christmas Corner Store Concordia Corner Store will be open for business on Sunday December 9th. The kids will have opportunities to not only purchase items for themselves but will also be able to buy Christmas gifts for others.. it has been amazing to watch the joy in their eyes when pick out their gifts and then get to wrap the items with such excitement and then share who they are purchasing the gifts for warms the heart. List of Important Dates Sunday November 4th and 11th Sign up sheet for Christmas play in narthex hallway. Saturday November 17, December 1, 8, and 15 - Christmas play rehearsal 11am-1pm Sunday December 16th - Christmas Play Thank you all for your support and prayers to our ministry here at Concordia Lutheran Church. If you have questions please reach out to John or Heather. Hope to see you there!

3 Concordia Adult Christmas Social Saturday, December 8, 2018 Fellowship Hall 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Tis The Season, Merry Christmas & Ho, Ho, Ho! Let s celebrate the Christmas season with a little food and fun! The fun will happen in the fellowship hall. This will be a POT LUCK so please bring your best dish, skillet or crock pot of your favorite morsels. Look for a sign up sheet on the table in the entry in mid-november so we won t have everyone bringing the same thing. If you would like to participate in the gift exchange, please bring a wrapped Christmas ornament ($10 value). We will kick back and do this when we finish dinner. Most of you know the drill but we will count the gifts, draw a number and start the fun. Don t get too attached because your ornament could be and probably will be stolen from you at least once! Don t forget to sign the list. Hope to see you all for a fun time. Did I say we are going to have fun???? Absolutely! There will also be child care provided this year during the Adult Christmas Social. For questions or concerns, please contact Katy Roy-Rosar at or misskatyrr@yahoo.com PRAYER PAL LADIES OF CONCORDIA 2018 Would you like to be a Secret Prayer Pal during the Advent Season? If yes, this is how it works. There will be Secret Prayer Pal forms available on Sunday, November 4 as well as a sign up sheet if you plan to participate. A new location for everything this year will be on the Baker s Rack in Fellowship Hall. Please take a prayer request form, sign the I plan to participate list, fill out the information per instructions on the form and please put it in the Prayer Pal basket. The primary focus for this event is to pray for your pals requested prayers during the Advent Season. You may also give your pal cards of encouragement during this time if you wish to do so. There are blank cards there on the Baker s Rack for you to take to give to your Pal. The place for the card drop will also be on the Baker s Rack in Fellowship Hall. There will be a reveal party, usually the first week in January to find out your secret pal. The date and location will be announced in the near future. If any of you would like to host this, please let me know. If you would like to give your pal a gift at the reveal party, please limit the cost to $5.00. Remember the focus is on prayer so perhaps anything relating to prayer or spiritual would be appropriate. The deadline to sign the list and get your form turned in is Sunday, November 18. If you have questions, please don t hesitate to track me down or call me home or cellor misskatyrr@yahoo.com. Board of Fellowship, Katy

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5 Serving Concordia in November LAY MINISTERS: Bruce Nelson and Justin Randermann LAY READERS November 4 Jeanice Gerlikovski November 11 Diane Lasch November 18 Gail Shepperd November 25 Alice Allison NOVEMBER USHERS JoAnn Truelock TBA Monica Lindquist Edzel Gattoc N.E.E.D. Needs November 4: Canned meat (tuna, spam, etc.), Hamburger Helper, Canned Vegetables, Toothpaste, and Deoderant. November 11: Peanut Butter & Jelly, Rotel, Refried Beans, and Toilet Paper November 18: Canned Vegetables & Fruits, Condiments (Ketchup, Mustard, Mayo, BBQ Sauce), and Razors. November 25: Canned Tomatoes, Pasta, Rice, Beans, And Feminine Products. NOVEMBER ANNIVERSARIES NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS 1 Lloyd DeBow 3 Danielle Groulx 3 Samantha Shepperd 6 Maddie Randermann 10 Rick Waldon 15 Rick Bush 15 Leslie McNeese 18 Beverly Edwards 21 Kiona Hoffmann 21 Anneabelle Martinez 21 Linda Webster 22 Levente Szucs 22 JoAnn TrueLock 23 Destiny Schrader 24 Tamara Luckenbill 26 Roni Schiebe 28 Nancy Brazell 29 Bing Burton 30 Carson Anderson 8 Lloyd and Tanya DeBow 14 Scott and Melissa Westeren 18 Murray and Roni Scheibe 27 Lige and Amie Jackowski 27 Istvan and Sarah Szucs If we missed your important date please let us know so we can have it for next year.

6 NOVEMBER 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Important November Sundays 11 Board of Lay ministry 18 Voter s Assembly 2018 Budget 25 Hanging of the Green :00pm Youth Laua Dinner 4 9:00am :30pm :00 am :30pm :00am 10:00 am 18 10:00 am Blended 12:00pm Voter s Assembly :00am 10:00 am 12:00pm Hanging of the Green 7:00 pm Board of Christian Education Confirmation class 10:00am and 7:00pm Adult Bible Study Confirmation class 10:00am and7:00pm Adult Bible Study 7:00 pm Thanksgiving Eve Service 6:30pm Confirmation class Midterm exam 11:00am Children s Pageant Rehearsal

7 Concordia Lutheran Church 3705 Harwood Road Bedford, Texas RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED The Windsock is a monthly publication of Concordia Lutheran Church, 3705 Harwood Road, Bedford, Texas entered as third class mail at the Bedford, Texas post office under permit number 37 as a non-profit organization. Staff Editor: Rev. Mark Lasch Publication Manager: Heather Finder Director of Distribution: Bruce Nelson Internet Webmaster: Heather Finder Cartoonist: Richard Hlad Concordia Lutheran Church 3705 Harwood Road Bedford, Texas Phone: (817) :00 a.m. - 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. OUR MISSION AT CONCORDIA Living joyfully in friendship, love and ministry Openly reaching out with the Gospel Visibly sharing the life of Christ through Word & Sacrament Encouraging spiritual growth and development SHARING GOD S LOVE & TOUCHING PEOPLE S LIVES