NEWSLETTER ST PAUL S LUTHERAN CHURCH 226 E Madison Street Waterloo, WI (920) 478-2570 Volume LX Number 3 March 2019 Pastor Robert W. Kosky, Jr. (920) 478-2570 Office (608) 345-2463 Cell Office Hours: Please see calendar, Hours are subject to change pastorrobb@frontier.com stpaul226@frontier.com INSIDE Inside St. Paul s Page 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Birthdays Page 3 LENT BEGINS THIS MONTH Join us for Ash Wednesday March 6th at 6:30 pm. Soup & Sandwich Suppers Begin Wednesday, March 6th at 6:00 pm. As part of this journey of preparation, reflection, and celebration, the Congregational Life and Committees would like to invite the congregation to help with and participate in Lenten Soup and Sandwich Suppers each Wednesday of Lent. The sign-up sheet is in the Narthex. For more information, please contact Pastor Robb. Business Directory Page 4 Calendar Page 7 Who s Serving? Page 8 From Pastor s Desk Page 9 1
Inside St. Paul s February Council Highlights Elected Stephen Peachey president, Valery Silha vice president, Janelle Lauersdorf secretary, Traci Beyer financial secretary, Sandy Corrie and Jode Rettschlag, treasurers. Stephen declined the position of President. The council met again on February 17 and Sue Quamme was elected President. Council members were assigned to church committees. Church property-dave Braunschweig; Combined committee: Sue Quamme-Outreach, Janelle Lauersdorf-Congregational Life, Support-Stephen Peachey; Education-Michelle Kidd ; Finance-Rob Rowbotham; Mutual Ministry-Marilyn Connell; -Valery Silha. The new timer has not been installed nor has the heater in the back entry way been fixed. Val talked to Dick after the meeting to confirm this. He will get it done this week. The finance committee will meet monthly to review bills before payment is made to avoid any billing errors. President Stephen Peachy will appoint two persons to fill the vacancies on the Mutual Ministry committee. Sue Quamme and Marilyn Connell will represent St. Paul's at the Synod Assembly the first weekend in May. The council approved payment for their registration. It is at the Alliant Center in Madison so there should not be personal expenses. Pastor will draft and mail a letter in April to inactive members before the council takes action to remove anyone from our membership roll. February membership changes: Received: 1(UC), 0(C) Removed: 0(UC), 0(C) Total Members: 517 Confirmed: 435 Unconfirmed: 82 Received: Lilyana Smith, Baptism Removed: *Deadline for Newsletter* If you would like to make a contribution to the newsletter, please submit information to the office no later than March 18th. Information submitted after this date may not go into the newsletter for that month. stpaul226@frontier.com St. Paul s Closing Policy There may be times when church services and events need to be cancelled. These will be broadcast on the following radio stations: WBEV 1430 AM (Beaver Dam) WTTN 1580 AM (Watertown) WXRO 95.3 FM (Beaver Dam) Council will address each item on Ray Unrein's suggestion list and any others received to assist with our budget deficit at the March meeting. The congregational meeting is scheduled for May 19, 2019, after the service to update members on the church's financial status. 2
March Birthdays 3/1 Todd Heiman 3/1 Bryce Wegner 3/1 William Zak 3/6 Robert Schulenburg 3/7 Michelle Hanson 3/8 Carmen Hinrichs 3/9 David Weber 3/11 Thomas Gates 3/11 Evan Pratt 3/12 Jean Harbort 3/12 Theresa Peachey 3/13 Alice Filter 3/13 Robert Hanson 3/13 Adam Stevens 3/15 Tracy Lauersdorf 3/16 Brittany Grunewald 3/16 Patricia Schulenburg 3/17 Dawson Cole 3/17 Jamie Retzloff 3/21 Danielle Fandrey 3/22 Jessie Gates 3/22 Patricia Hafenstein 3/26 Janet Pionkowski 3/27 Kimberly Filter 3/28 Janelle Lauersdorf 3/31 Hunter Baumgartner 3/31 Kelly McCunn 3/31 Cole Weber If your birthday is not listed; the omission not intentional (please contact the church office with an update). We wish you a very Happy Birthday as well!! Mobile Food Pantry Friday, March 29th 2:00-5:30 pm at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, in Marshall. It is open to people in the Marshall and Waterloo area who are in need of assistance. Volunteers are also needed from 1-6 pm to help unload the truck, set-up, distribute food and clean-up. 3
Attn: Members Advertise your business Here!! St. Paul s is offering free advertising to members who own or manage a business. Your ad space will be based on number of ads and newsletter space available. Typically a 2x3 ad will be available. We want members to recognize, and be aware of other members business so we can all help strengthen and support each other. Please contact the office 920-478-2570 for more information. You can also email your ad, business card or a basic one can be created for you. Stpaul226@frontier.com St. Paul s Lutheran Church is seeking volunteers to help with the following openings: Saturday Pianist Lectors & Prayer Leaders Videographers Ushers Counters Communion Assistants Volunteers for most positions are needed about once every two months. We will work with you to schedule Sundays that work best for you. Please consider stepping up to assist us with our worship services. If you are able to help, please talk to Pastor Robb. Thank you for your ministry to St. Paul s. 4
Food Pantry Volunteers Larry & Valery Silha are looking for volunteers to replace them at the food pantry the 4th Wednesday of each month from noon until 1:00 pm. You would be working with another couple, Sue and Dick Weber. Please contact Valery at 920-675-6547 or Todd Schultz at 920-478-2332. Easter Bell Choir Easter this year is on April 21st. Bell rehearsal will begin on Sunday, March 3rd after the church service. We will select our songs and decide on our weekly practice time during the first meeting. Please contact Valery Silha if you have any questions 920-675-6547 or vallar51@embarqmail.com. Instrumental Service On Saturday, March 30th, and Sunday, March 31st, members of St. Paul s will be blessing us with their musical talents. Elizabeth Converse will be playing the piano, Randy Sharpe and Bill Springer will be playing the guitar, and Jenni Hayes will be playing the flute. We look forward to having you join us as we worship and appreciate the many talents of the members the Lord has blessed us with. Help share the love of reading. We would like to thank everyone who has donated books to our free little library. Adult and children s book donations of all genres are always welcome. If you have a couple of books that you think others would enjoy reading, please bring them and place them in the little library. Thank you! 5
Special Lenten Offering Send a Girl to School Many girls around the world cannot attend school do to poverty or the need to stay home and help with younger children and to gather water. During the coming season of Lent (March 6-April 20), St. Paul s Outreach Committee will be helping us raise money for the ELCA Good Gifts program to pay for uniforms and school fees to send girls to school. For $40, we can provide a uniform and school fees so that one girl can attend school and have a brighter future. Thank you to everyone for the well wishes, phone calls, cards, gifts, and to those who helped out while I was gone. It s been a long, cold winter but the time home with my little ones definitely flew by. Everyone is healthy and doing well. My family and I are so blessed to have such a loving and caring church family. God s Blessings to all of you. Love, The Smith Family Financial Update for January: 2018 2019 Current Expense Offerings: $8,622 $10,075 Other offerings: Benevolence $618 $908 Food Pantry $104 $160.50 World Hunger $85 $120.50 6
March 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 4:15 Communion 3 9:00 Communion 10:00 Sunday School 4 5 6 6:30 Ash Wednesday Service & Confirmation Class 7 9:00 Chara! 7:30 AA 8 9 4:15 Service of the Word Office until 10 Office until 10 Office until 10 10 9: 00 Comm. 10:00 Council Meeting & Sunday School 11 5:30 Committee 12 13 6:30 Midweek Service & Confirmation Class 14 9:00 Chara! 7:30 AA 15 16 4:15 Communion Daylight Savings Time 17 9:00 Communion 10:00 Sunday School Happy St. Patrick s Day 18 Deadline for Newsletter 19 20 6:30 Midweek Service & Confirmation Class 21 9:00 Chara! 6:30 Combined Committee 7:30 AA 22 23 4:15 Service of the Word 24/31 9:00 Comm. 10:00 Sunday School 31- Instrumental Service 25 26 27 6:30 Midweek Service & Confirmation Class 28 9:00 Chara! 7:30 AA 29 2-5:30 Mobile Food Pantry 30 4:15 Instrumental Service of the Word 7
Serving in March March 3rd ORGANIST: Elizabeth Converse LECTOR: Terry Sauer PRAYER LEADER: Terry Sauer CANTOR: None GREETERS: Larry & Valery Silha COMM ASST: Ray Unrein VIDEOGRAPHER: Ray Unrein ACOLYTE: Volunteer Needed CONF. USHER: Volunteer Needed USHERS: Dave & Kay Weber Dale Eilenfeldt Cyril Converse March 10th ORGANIST: Elizabeth Converse LECTOR: Sharon Braunschweig PRAYER LEADER: Sharon Braunschweig CANTOR: None GREETERS: Jean & Ed Tousignant COMM ASST: Sue Wuchterl VIDEOGRAPHER: Ray Unrein ACOLYTE: Briana Lauersdorf CONF. USHER: Brooke Lauersdorf USHERS: Leroy & Helen Hebel Lyndon Schroeder James Kasuboske Rob Rowbotham March 17th ORGANIST: Elizabeth Converse LECTOR: Jean Tousignant PRAYER LEADER: Jean Tousignant CANTOR: None GREETERS: Russel P. & Kris W. COMM ASST: Jean Tousignant VIDEOGRAPHER: Volunteer Needed ACOLYTE: Volunteer Needed CONF. USHER: Volunteer Needed USHERS: Leroy & Helen Hebel Lyndon Schroeder James Kasuboske Rob Rowbotham March 24th ORGANIST: Elizabeth Converse LECTOR: Lisa Lanphier PRAYER LEADER: Lisa Lanphier CANTOR: None GREETERS: Ray & Joan Unrein COMM ASST: Jean Tousignant VIDEOGRAPHER: Deb Ward ACOLYTE: Volunteer Needed CONF. USHER: Leeah Dorn USHERS: Dennis & Jean Buss Robert Hanson March 31st ORGANIST: Elizabeth Converse LECTOR: Sharon Braunschweig PRAYER LEADER: Sharon Braunschweig CANTOR: None GREETERS: Jerimiah & Katie Junkers COMM ASST: Deb Ward VIDEOGRAPHER: Volunteer Needed ACOLYTE: Volunteer Needed CONF. USHER: Volunteer Needed USHERS: Dennis & Jean Buss Robert Hanson GUITAR: Randy Sharpe & Bill Springer FLUTE: Jenni Hayes Sat March 2nd PIANIST: COMM ASST: Sat March 9th PIANIST: Sat March 16th PIANIST: COMM ASST: Sat March 23rd PIANIST: Sat March 30th PIANIST: GUITAR: FLUTE: Becky Christian Joanne Wampole Becky Christian Jenni Hayes Joanne Wampole Elizabeth Converse Elizabeth Converse Randy Sharpe & Bill Springer Jenni Hayes Pre/ Post Altar Guild: Don & Phyllis Vehlow 8
From the Pastor s Desk We Already Know For Christmas, Lisa gave me a certificate for three sessions with a personal trainer at the Prairie Athletic Club. Yesterday, I came across the five minute video of the 131-car accident on I-41. Both of these things remind me that there are things we already know. Such as: I need to modify my diet, and exercise. When the roads are snowy and icy, we need to be careful and drive slowly. I don t need the personal trainer to tell me to change my diet and exercise regularly, but since I have been encouraged by my wife, and have now gone to see the personal trainer a couple of times, (and stepped on this machine that told me that my body is 30% fat), I find that my motivation level has increased and I am starting (only just getting started, mind you) to actually do what I already know. I didn t need to see a five minute video of cars slowly moving along the highway only to see a couple of more cars come cruising into the frame going, obviously, too fast, then smash into the cars in front of them, and then see the same scenario repeated again, and again, and again, to know that I need to slow down when the roads are covered in snow and ice but the video does serve as a reminder and encouragement to do what I already know. At the end of The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5 7) Jesus tells the story of the wise man and foolish man who built their houses on rock and sand, respectively. When times get troubled, when the rains and floods come, the house of the wise man, built on rock will stand while the house of the foolish man, built on sand, will fall. (Mt. 7:24-27) Jesus tells us that what makes the difference between the wise and the foolish is whether, after we have heard the words and teachings of Jesus, we act on them, or not. We know what we are to do. Jesus has told us. Love. Forgive. Be merciful. Do not judge others. Pray rather than criticize. Give. It s just like diet and exercise, like driving carefully we learn from Jesus. We know what we are to do. Follow him. Your Pastor in Christ, Pastor Robb 9
St. Paul's Lutheran Church - ELCA 226 East Madison Street Waterloo, Wisconsin 53594-1208 Address Service Requested A Christ centered community striving to make our faith active in love to all! Services Offered: Wednesday 6:30 P.M. Saturday Sunday 4:15 P.M. 9:00 A.M. Search St. Paul s Lutheran Church, ELCA Communion offered every Wednesday, Sunday and the 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month Inside St. Paul s News/Communication Front page, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 Birthdays Page 3 Calendar Page 7 Who s serving Page 8 From Pastor s Desk Page 9 10