FACTS OF FAITH Faith Lutheran Church 8265 Winton Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45231 Phone 931-6100 JANUARY 2016 Fax 931-6101 E-mail secretary@faithcinci.org Pastor Schultz fasterpastor 48@gmail.com www.faithcinci.org THE DEADLINE for the Facts of Faith is the 2 nd Monday of each month. Articles for next month are due to the church office on Monday, February 8 th, 2016 "Faith Lutheran Church is committed to nurturing and protecting our youngest members by providing a safe environment for children." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters, THANK YOU, MARLENE! Special thanks and appreciation go to a dear friend of our congregation, Marlene Deidesheimer, who has served as the Secretary of Faith Lutheran for 38 years! After nearly four decades, she has decided to retire, and while we will miss her a great deal, we wish her all the best and pray for a happy retirement! She has been the right hand of four pastors in her time at FLC, and her presence will certainly be missed. Yet, we give thanks to God for her gifts and dedication to her work, and ask the Lord to bless her and keep her in retirement! Just for fun, here are some fun facts about Marlene s time with Faith Lutheran: Marlene s first year at Faith was the year STAR WARS was released (the first one.) Marlene s last year at Faith is the year the STAR WARS EPISODE VII is released. A gallon of gasoline was 65 cents in 1977. Pastor Schieman was pastor of FLC when Marlene started. In 1977, a new BMW 320i cost less than $8,000. When Marlene started, Rocky won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Other 77 movies include Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Smokey and the Bandit, Saturday Night Fever and Annie Hall. The first Atari 2600 video game system was released in 1977.
Marlene began working here the same year Elvis Presley died. The New York City Blackout lasted for 25 hours in 1977. 77 television hits included The Love Boat, CHIPS, Eight is Enough, Three s Company and Soap. The best thing about 1977 is that Marlene started her work with FLC, 38 years later we say, Well done, good and faithful servant! Pastor Paul+ A couple of months ago I announced that I would retire the end of this year. Well the time has come. So with a heavy heart and a lot of sadness it is time to give up the job that I have loved for many years. I have met so many friends who I am most thankful for. Faith's congregation has treated me like one of their own. This will be quite an adjustment for my husband and I. But I will be able to spend more time with family, especially our grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They are so precious to us! I want to thank everyone for all their cards, notes, thoughts and prayers. It has been a wonderful blessing to have worked all these years at Faith. Please keep me in your prayers and I will keep you in mine. Love Always, Marlene HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our members who are celebrating birthdays in January: 1 Ellen Duescher 21 Shawn Williams 4 Allan Winters 23 Aldona Zibas 6 Stephanie Martin 28 Harrison Ogle 9 Jen Ogle 29 Randy Royal 11 Dale Johnson 30 Anna Goetz Jimin Seo Logan Goetz 14 Rose Schroeder Roxanne Johnson 19 Alissa Wuorinen 31 Erin Emmert 20 Caitlyn Hammond HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to our members who are celebrating wedding anniversaries in January: 1-29-49 John & JoAnn Roberts
JANUARY FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT is Friday, January 8 th. Join us for the presentation of "Minions", brought to you by our friends at Thrivent. The doors open at 5:50 PM and the food ready at 6:00 PM. As always bring your family, blankets and friends for a free dinner (pizza, hotdogs, and fruit) and then the movie. Dinner and the short feature starts at 6 PM. Our main feature starts at 6:30 PM. Concessions of popcorn & candy sold to benefit Faith Lutheran Church Youth Programs. A BIG "Thank You" Sandy and I would like to thank the Faith Carolers for coming to sing carols at our home. What a Blessing it was for us. Thank you for sharing your Spiritual gift. May you have a Merry Christmas and Blessed New Year. Love in Christ, Gene & Sandy Bunger Faith Needs You for Community Dinner Saturday January 16 TH - Serving dinner from 5 pm to 6 pm (Doors open 4:45 pm) We are looking forward to kicking off 2016 with another great experience working together as the Family of Faith to provide food, fun and friendship to the community. Look for the volunteer sign up sheet to be posted in the Narthex beginning January 3 rd. There will be plenty of opportunities for everyone to get involved in this outreach activity. We will be cooking up & serving up spaghetti with meatballs and sauce, green beans, rolls & butter, drinks and homemade chocolate chip cookies. Before the event, we will need help posting flyers at Finneytown businesses and making cookies. The afternoon of the event, we will need help setting up tables and chairs, setting the tables and warming up food in the kitchen. We will also need help plating food, serving food and cleaning up after the event. Going to be out of town? No problem, sign up to be prayer warrior and pray for the success of this event. Thanks for your support Community Dinner Committee Monthly Potluck and Worship Service will be held on Wednesday, January 13 th. The potluck will begin at 6:15 PM with a worship service at 6:50 PM. Everyone is invited! Please bring an entrée, vegetable, salad or dessert to share. The next FLCW Book Club is Saturday, January 16 th, 10:30 AM in the church lounge.
THE ALTAR FLOWER CHART for 2016 is posted on the bulletin board in the narthex. Sign up for the Sunday or Sundays of your choice. Please indicate whether you want to keep them or have them delivered to one of our members who are sick or shutin. ANNUAL REPORTS from all officers and committee chairpersons of Church Council must be emailed to Marlene at Jdeidesheimer@zoomtown.com. The deadline is Monday, January 4 th. OUR SYMPATHY is extended to the family of Joan Hughes who passed away on December 1 st. Her funeral was held at Faith on December 5 th. Also our sympathy is extended to Pastor Jim & Marlene Hanson on the death of Pastor Jim's brother recently. 2016 CHURCH COUNCIL President Kurt Reiber 561-5440 Vice President Ted Hubbard 521-9432 Secretary Anita Burgess 729-0565 Treasurer Phillip Weickert 404-9482 Financial Secretary Ed Umbach 522-9053 Committees: Congregational Life Deanna Douce 931-3941 Evangelism Marie Goetz 522-6303 Finance/Stewardship Linda Roeder 851-6232 Parish Education Sally Umbach 522-9053 Property Ralph Goetz 522-6303 Social Concerns Kate Giver 729-5283 Worship & Music Paula Winters 1-951-961-3104 Youth Tina Wuorinen 521-1048
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH WOMEN JANUARY MEETINGS January 11-7:00 PM January 12-7:00 PM January 14-10:00 AM January 16-10:30 AM January 19-7:30 PM January 20-12:00 PM January 21-9:00 AM January 21-7:30 PM BOARD MEETING UNITY PRAYER & STUDY GROUP GRACE CIRCLE Hostess.............LaVerne Jensen Bible Study.......... Rose Schroeder BOOK CLUB JOY CIRCLE Hostess.............. Deanna Douce Bible Study............. Lee Shroyer FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE Hostess................ Bible Study............. SEW & SUCH PEACE CIRCLE Hostess.............. Dianne Lindner Bible Study................Carol Bahr