The Visitor. June 2018

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1 St. Paul Uehling The Visitor June 2018 St. John Scribner FALP Anniversary Celebration, April 28, 2018 A special "THANK YOU" to The Front Porch Pickers for providing fantastic music, DeMoine Adams (TeamMates Director and former Husker black shirt) for being our guest speaker, the event committee, the volunteers the night of the event, and; the guests! Congratul ations to all those that received the Outstanding Volunteer Service Awards! Alex Foust, Katelyn Smith, Holden VonSeggern and Chandler Carrier, a few of the members of the Confirmation class and Psalm 150 directed by Nancy Schroeder. More of Pictured above: DeMoine Adams and Donna Meyer the winners of outstanding volunteer service awards winners are, Doris Wobken, Laura Schnoor, Nona Wiese and David & Donna Von Seggern. Origins of Father s Day The nation s first Father s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in the state of Washington. However, it was not until years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother s Day official that the day honoring fathers became a

2 nationwide holiday in the United States. This year Father s Day 2018 occurs on Sunday, June 17 the second Sunday in June. On July 5, 1908, a West Virginia church sponsored the nation s first event explicitly in honor of fathers, a Sunday sermon in memory of the 362 men who had died in the previous December s explosions at the Fairmont Coal Company mines in Monongah, but it was a one-time commemoration and not an annual holiday. The next year, a Spokane, Washington, woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, one of six children raised by a widower, tried to establish an official equivalent to Mother s Day for male parents. She went to local churches, the YMCA, shopkeepers and government officials to drum up support for her idea, and she was successful: Washington State celebrated the nation s first statewide Father s Day on June 19, In 1972, Richard Nixon signed a proclamation making Father s Day a federal holiday at last. Today, economists estimate that Americans spend more than $1 billion each year on Father s Day gifts. Pastoral Care for St. John s and St. Paul s Call or text and reach Pastor Joel Schroeder, Pastor Nicki McIntyre and Vicar Bob Ball all with one number. Be sure to identify yourself when texting or leaving a message. Vicar Bob is on call for June. Thank you. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* The Visitor is a publication of and for members and friends of St. Paul-Uehling and St. John CCL, Scribner. The purpose is to keep members informed of events and news of the congregations, the Nebraska Synod, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Submissions to the Visitor are due by the fifteenth of every month. Contact Donna Von Seggern at devious@midlands.net or call (home) or (cell). 2

3 Worship Schedule for June 2018 June 3 June 10 June 17 June 24 Second Sunday after Pentecost Green 9:00 a.m. Worship at St. Paul s 10:30 a.m. Worship at St. John s Third Sunday after Pentecost Green 10:30 a.m. Joint Worship at St. John s Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Green 9:00 a.m. Worship at St. Paul s 10:30 a.m. Worship at St. John s Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Green 9:00 a.m. Worship at St. Paul s 10:30 a.m. Worship at St. John s St. Paul s Council Members David Von Seggern - President Dan Hynek Property Chairman Terri Orr Secretary, pro tem Don Huwaldt Treasurer pro tem Jay Uehling Financial Secretary St. John s Council Members Becky Von Seggern President Steve Peters Secretary Tim Wobken Treasurer Dave Dahl Financial Secretary Roni Wobken Property Chairman The Men in Mission group will meet for their regular meeting at 8:00 a.m. Saturday, June 16th. Location and speaker TBA. If you haven t yet attended one of these gatherings, you don t know what you re missing. The speakers are always exceptional.. St. John's WELCA will meet Wednesday, June 13th at 1:30 p.m. All ladies of the church are welcome to attend. Hope to see you there. The St. Paul s WELCA ladies will meet Wednesday, June 20th at 2:00 p.m. at the church. The St. Paul s sewing/quilting ladies will gather for an afternoon of quilt-making Wednesday, June 13th at 1:00 p.m. All ladies of the church are welcome to come to these events. 3

4 RETIREMENT & THANK YOU Join us On June 10 for a joint worship service at the St. John s CCL to celebrate Pastor Joel s retirement. It will be his final service for St. John s and St. Paul s. Pot luck dinner will follow the worship service. Let s all be there to wish him well on his next adventure and to Thank him for his dedicated service. The Schroeder's respectfully request no cards/gifts at Joel s retirement. (We are downsizing) We ve had the honor to serve Redeemer and Faith Ambassadors for the last 13 years and you ve already shared generously with us. If any wish to gift, please direct any donations toward staffing a youth/music director for Redeemer/Faith Ambassadors for continued music education establishing Jr Choirs, Psalm 150 for Jr/Sr High and adult community/joint choirs. Our heartfelt thanks and love. Pastor Joel and Nancy *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* ERMAA Card Party 2:00-4:00 p.m. June 3rd United Lutheran Church, Scribner Even if you don t know how to play cards come to the party for a fun social event and who knows you may find someone who will teach you to play one of the simple card games. 4

5 June Birthdays & Anniversaries 2 Ed Drieling 21 Dale Heitshusen 5 Jim Lindgren 23 Joel Von Seggern 6 Teri & Lynn Orr 23 Jim & Nadine Lindgren 12 Elden Wesely 28 Lori Peters 15 Jay & Sheryl Uehling 28 Emily & Corby Hoff 15 Dennis & Paula Low 29 Paula Low 16 Magnus Stover 29 Greyson Heitshusen 20 Dave & Shelly Dahl Age is just a number. Life and aging are the greatest gifts that we could possibly ever have. ---Cicely Tyson If you know of anyone who should be on the Birthday/Anniversary list, but is not there, please contact me (Donna Von Seggern: or devious@midlands.net) and I will add their names. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* Anything you would like to be included in the Visitor needs to be to me by the 15 th of the month. Contact Donna Von Seggern at or devious@midlands.net. If there is no answer when phoning, just leave a message. Thanks! Faith Food Pantry VOLUNTEERs can make a difference BE ONE! The Faith Food Pantry continues serve clients in several counties Dodge, Washington, Burt, Cuming and volunteers are always needed to make this ministry work. Food will be delivered from the Food Bank of the Heartland, Omaha June 8th after 3:30 p.m. to the Immanuel Lutheran School 5

6 Gymnasium east of Winslow. The food is then distributed to the clients the second Saturday of the month (June 9th this month). In May food was distributed to 144 households totaling more than 400 people. There is great need for volunteers to help get the food organized on Friday when it is delivered and for the distribution of this food on Saturday morning. It is our hope that all of you might find 2 hours to donate on the second Saturday of the month to come and experience this event. The Boy Scouts were on hand to distribute the food they collected with their food drive. Toilet paper and paper towels were donated by the Immanuel LWML Zone (Lutheran Women s Missionary League). It is an awesome experience/feeling to be able to touch the lives of these people. You may contact David and Donna for more information: , , , devious@midlands.net. Members of St. John's are reminded there are greeting cards for sale in the Narthex. A variety of cards are available for $.50. If you are in need of a birthday, sympathy, get well, thinking of you, baby, wedding etc. you will find it there. Please consider making use of the many nice cards that are available. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* Would You Like to Participate? If anyone would like to be added to the list of readers, ushers, communion aides at St. John s or St. Paul s, please contact Donna Von Seggern (devious@midlands.net or or ) or Vicar Bob Ball (dadw2g@yahoo.com or ). We encourage everyone who would like to be involved in the worship services to sign up OR you could just talk to one of the two of us too. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* 6

7 FALP News May 27th FALP call process update The Rev. Juliet Hampton met with the Redeemer church council on May 16th for an exit interview with Pastor Joel. Following that, she met with the Faith Ambassadors council for another exit interview with Pastor Joel. Questions that were discussed included: -What has gone well in your ministry time together? -What do you wish you could have spent more time or effort on or what do you wish you could ve done differently? -What is your greatest hope for what is next for the ministry in this place? The FALP council will meet with Rev. Juliet on June 13th at Ridgeley to take the next step in the call process. This meeting will involve more discussion about where we, as a parish, see as our focus going forward, and what our options are as we search for someone to help lead us in that focus direction. Pastor Joel will lead his last worship services at Faith Ambassadors congregations in June. We are working on pulpit supply/worship leaders for the months of July and August. Once again we ask for your prayers and your patience as we go forward with our Spirit-led ministry of celebrating cooperation, participation, faithful fellowship, creative service, and outreach to all people. The FALP covenant which was approved by all five congregations outlined the steps our parish will follow: VI. CALL PROCESS A. The Parish Council designates a Call Committee made up of members from Parish congregations. B. The Call Committee (following guidance of the Nebraska Synod ELCA Bishop) interview and make recommendation of a pastoral candidate to the Parish Council. C. The Parish Council will then present the candidate to each of the active congregations to approve or disapprove based upon the individual congregation s bylaws/constitution. D. Following each congregation vote elected representatives on the Parish Council will bring their congregation s vote 7

8 to the Parish Council to report the congregation vote. Representatives are bound by the congregational vote. E. The representatives vote will be weighted according to the congregation s Communing, Contributing, Confirmed (CCC) established for the current year. F. Approval of the candidate will be on a 2/3rds vote of the Parish Council, weighted according to the current yearly assessment formula. The FALP council continues to ask for your prayers, especially now as we enter this transition period. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* Faith Ambassadors Parish Congregations REDEEMER HOOPER 601 East Fulton Hooper, NE Church Office ST. JOHN CUMING COUNTY LINE SCRIBNER 123 County Road 16 Blvd., Scribner, NE ST. JOHN RIDGELEY SCRIBER 1140 County Road K, Scribner, NE ST. PAUL UEHLING 105 6th St. P.O. Box #1 Uehling, NE UNITED EVANGELICAL SCRIBNER 610 Pearl Street, Scribner, NE Council 2nd Church FAITH AMBASSADORS PARISH COUNCIL Representatives - Elected Council Sally Oberg Chair - Redeemer 2015 Mary Roemer Treasurer St. John Ridgeley 2016 Mark Benjes St. Paul Uehling 2015 Ron Bopp Redeemer

9 Doug Johnson St. John Ridgeley 2015 Donna Meyer St. John CCL 2015 Dale Miller United Evangelical 2015 Lisa Poppe United Evangelical 2015 Chad Rebbe Redeemer 2016 Don Von Seggern St. John CCL 2015 Kathy Semrau St. Paul Uehling 2015 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Looking Ahead two events Camp Carol Joy Holling 30th Annual Quilt Auction Sa turday, July 28th. More details later. Save the date! God s work. Our hands. Sunday will be Sunday, September 9, This day is an opportunity to celebrate who we are as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor. Service activities offer an opportunity for us to explore one of our most basic convictions as Lutherans: that all of life in Jesus Christ every act of service, in every daily calling, in every corner of life flows freely from a living, daring confidence in God s grace. Synod Assembly on May 31- June 2, 2018 All worship centers, synod serving arms, and organizations are invited to bring a wood block to build the foundation of a cross at the assembly. Many thanks to Valerie Uehling for painting/decorating this block (two sides) to be used in the foundation of the cross at the Synod Assembly. 9

10 ACROSS 1 David played one of these musical instruments (1 Sam.16:23) 5 At the blast of the trumpet he, 'Aha!' (Job 39:25) 10 in the month, which is the eighth month (1 Kings 6:38) 13 make yourself of cypress wood (2,3) (Gen 6:14) 15 Take an of manna and keep it for the generations to come (Ex 16:32) 16 The armies of heaven following him, riding on white horses (Rev 19:14) 17 But he had no with her until she gave birth (Matt.1:25) 18 the inscription that was written: MENE,, TEKEL, PARSIN (Dan 5:25) 19 we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of (Acts 27:2) 20 along with the flashing spear and (Job 39:23) 21 Picnic pests (Prov 30:25) 22 The robbers beat the man and left him half (Luke 10:30) 23 took unto them certain fellows of (Acts 17:5) KJV 25 ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and (2 Kings 24:14) KJV 27 Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of (Est 1:2) 30 the desert owl, the, the cormorant (Deut 14:17) 33 With like that of chariots (1,5) (Joel 2:5) 35 You will be a wanderer on the earth (Gen 4:12) 40 Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the (Dan 4:23) 41 receive him not into your house, neither him God speed (2 John 10) KJV 42 One of the minor prophets 43 the Egyptians and their chariots and (Ex 14:26) 45 This is what the LORD, the God of says (2 Sam 12:7) 10

11 46 Smite the of the door, that the posts may shake (Amos 9:1) KJV 48 Chief or clan leader (Gen 36:15) KJV 49, I will create new heavens and a new earth (Isa.65:17) 53 raised up Jesus, whom ye and hanged on a tree (Acts 5:30) KJV 55 for he commandeth the winds and water (Luke 8:25) KJV 56 after three years I up to Jerusalem to see Peter (Gal 1:18) 59 Paul stayed for a year and, teaching them (1,4) (Acts 18:11) 63 that anointing is, not counterfeit (1 John 2:27) 64 The man who was healed had no who it was (John 5:13) 65 descended to the top of Mount and called Moses (Exod 19:20) 66 Do not a violent man or choose any of his ways (Prov.3:31) 67 shake the dust off your when you leave (Matt 10:14) 68 apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's (Titus 1:1) 69 Our forefathers the manna in the desert (John 6:31) 70 Thou shalt not let thy cattle with a diverse kind (Lev 19:19) KJV 71 female sheep (Gen 32:14) DOWN 1 unable to the net in because of the large number of fish (John 21:6) 2 a prophetess,, the daughter of Phanuel (Luke 2:36) 3 And the was upon the earth forty days and forty nights (Gen 7:12) 4 the feet of one who brings good news, who peace (Nah 1:15) 6 you will live a long time in the land where you are (Jer 35:7) 7 to seek an : He will cast lots with arrows (Ezek 21:21) 8 Joshua his clothes, and fell to the earth (Joshua 7:6) 9 like royal tapestry; the king is held captive by its (Song 7:5) 10 Fear and trembling have me; horror has overwhelmed me (Ps 55:5) 11 first husband of Bathsheba (2 Sam.11:3) 12 seems right to a man, but in the end it to death (Prov 16:25) 14 at the name of Jesus every should bow (Phil 2:10) 16 from the of Egypt to the Euphrates River (2 Kings 24:7) 24 to them! They have taken the way of Cain (Jude 11) 26 to devote themselves to and endless genealogies (1 Tim 1:4) 27 down to his feet and with a golden around his chest (Rev.1:13) 28 He came his own, and his own received him not (John 1:11) 29 The fathers eat grapes, and the children's teeth are set on (Ezek 18:2) 31 Except I shall see in his hands the of the nails (John 20:25) (KJV) 32 wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the sea (Acts 7:36) 34 By your magic all the nations were led astray (Rev 18:23) 36 Seek the he may be found (4,5) (Isa 55:6) 37 son of Isaac and brother of Jacob (Gen 25:26) 38 Ask, and it shall be given you;, and ye shall find (Matt 7:7) 39 sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their (Ps 44:12) 41 youngest son of Jacob (nickname) (Gen.35:18) 44 A woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies (Gen 38:28) 45 I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay for several days (Dan 8:27) 47 an nearby that belonged to Publius, the chief official (Acts 28:7) 49 the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to (Acts 17:10) 50 there is one to the righteous, and to the wicked (Eccles 9:2) 51 your tithes, and offerings of your hand (Deut 12:6) 52 We have here five loaves of bread and two fish (Matt 14:17) 54 will live in safety and be at, without fear of harm (Prov 1:33) 57 garden of God (Ezek 28:13) 58 The LORD will fight for you; you only to be still (Ex 14:14) 60 until that day when I drink it in the kingdom of God (Mark 14:25) 61 unto the rings of the ephod with a of blue (Ex 28:28) KJV 62 discord, jealousy, of rage, selfish ambition (Gal 5:20) 11

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