First vangelical Lutheran Church 305 West 5 th treet orth Platte, ebraska 69101 August 2015 O f f i c e H o u r s Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Friday: 9:00 AM - oon aturday: Closed unday: Closed Contact Us... Phone: 308-532-0250 Fax: 308-532-5291 mail: frstluth@msn.com www.firstevlutheran-np.com FLC TAFF enior Pastor: ev. Frank H. Fitch III 308-520-7469 Church Council, President: Lori vans, 534-2263 Custodian: Wes Thompson Financial ecretary: ae Gullion Front Office: Amy Lynch Music & Preschool Director: Gail Jensen, 534-4290 Office Manager: Olene Beck, 386-8677 r. F.L.Y.: enee Piper, 530-4929 Kim Aden, 530-0753 Jr. F.L.Y.: Mindee Mohr, 539-8549 Angie Mohr, 530-4940 unday chool: Alee tout, 530-6174 Inside This Issue... Greetings 1 Council 2 Calendar 3 Prayers/Ministries/Thanks/ Flowers Lessons/Attendance/ Volunteering WLCA 6 Birthdays/Anniversaries/ Financials/Thrivent Choice Upcoming vents 8 4 5 7 Diane wanson of the Menninger Foundation writes... If I wanted to drive a manager up the wall: I would make him responsible for the success of an organization and give him no authority. I would provide him with unclear goals not commonly agreed upon within the organization. I would ask him to provide a service of ill-defined nature, applying a body of knowledge having few absolutes, and give him only volunteers for assistance. I would expect him to work ten to twelve hours per day and have his work evaluated by a committee of five hundred people. I would call him a minister and make him accountable to God. Confirmation Classes Begin eptember 2015 Confirmation is an intentional time of faith education and exploration for youth during their 7th grade year or when they reach age 13.
Term: 2013-2015 Term: 2014-2016 Term: 2015-2017 Congregational Council Minutes, June 25, 2015 Ken Glass, Treasurer Finance Committee Jerry Jensen, Vice President Property Committee Frankie Moore Library & MMI Committee Alee tout ducation/youth Committee Ashley Aloi Outreach & Worship/Music Committee Lori vans, President MMI & Worship/Music Committee Jody Hill, ecretary My Place & Worship/Music Committee Dr. enee Piper Preschool Committee Brenda Aufdenkamp Outreach Committee yan Henry Property Committee Heather Jensen ducation/youth & My Place Committee Jeff ielsen Foundation Committee MIIO TATMT: To make Christ known in our love for one another, by service to our neighbor, and in worship of God. Called to order by Lori at 7:03pm Opening Devotions: Pastor Frank Congregational member s forum: one Minutes of Previous Meeting: Motion made and 2 nd to approve the minutes from the May 2015 meeting. Motion passed. Correspondence: one Committee reports and committee requests and motions: Christian d/youth & Family - Getting ready for VB. eed volunteers to help Thursday at 4:30 pm to prepare. Getting ready to go to youth event in Detroit. Christian Outreach - Over 800 root beer floats and one baptism after the parade. L started last week with Gus Lieske, a certified L teacher. PCC is providing the books and materials. Classes Monday, Thursday and Fridays for 2 hours. omeone donated money for bibles. MPCC brought computers for use during the class. Drive in movie night on July 31 st. Finance - May 2015: hortfall of $7,237 compared to a surplus of $2,821 in 2014. YTD 2015: hortfall of $24,078 compared to a shortfall of $384 in 2014. Foundation - Jeff ielsen: o report. Library - o report. My Place - July 19 th at 1:30 pm Golden pike trip. August Dusty Trails tanking on the orth Platte iver. Lost and Found on eptember 26th. Mutual Ministry, Pastor Frank Fitch III Committee met. Preschool - Looking for more kids. The free PP preschool has 59 openings, so are taking away some prospective students. Property - eed to remove trees on east side. Worship & Music - Luau went well, (except for the heavy rain). Old Business one. ew Business Pastor Frank: Vacation July 25, July 26, August 1 and August 2. ext two meetings: August 13, 2015 and eptember 10, 2015 Minutes prepared by Jody Hill and presented on behalf of the Congregational Church Council. FULL MIUT A AVAILABL I TH ATHX O TH FOT OFFIC. From your Council eps... ach month a different Church Council representative will be writing a brief article for the ewsletter. This month s article is from the Council President. Imagine Moses and thousands of Hebrews wandering in the desert for 40 years. What kind of problems did they encounter? How come Aaron gets to be worship leader again?! I hate it when Aaron is the worship leader! Why can t someone else be the worship leader? Why do we have to sing this song? This song has 28 verses and we have to sing every one of them! Why can t we sing that tambourine song Miriam did last week? I know I ve heard this sermon before! Why does Moses keep recycling his sermons? Ok, I can t take complete credit for this, I read something similar in a Max Lucado book once, but the message is still valid. The problems in any congregation are nothing new; the same problems have existed for thousands of years! As Christians we too often focus on the problems rather than the mission: "To make Christ known in our love for one another, by service to our neighbor, and in worship of God". That means we are all partners in the ministry of First vangelical Lutheran Church, orth Platte. Lori vans, Church Council President
U M O T U W D T H U F I A T 1 2015 2 10 Pentecost 3 4 5 6 7 8 6:00 Chris. d Mtg. 7:00 Boy couts 1:00 Quilts/Library 9:30 WLCA Board Praise Band 7:00 Men s Breakfast 9:00 W.I.G. 1-3 Grace Pantry 10:30 YG Presentation 9 11 Pentecost 10 11 12 13 14 15 ending 7:00 Boy couts 1:00 Quilts/Library 2:00 Bingo at Cent. 6:30 Yoga Praise Band 1:00 Library Mtg. 1:00 Quilts 6:30 B Leaders 7:00 Council Mtg. 7:00 Men s Breakfast 9:00 W.I.G. 1-3 Grace Pantry 16 12 Pentecost 17 18 19 20 21 22 6:30 Interchurch 7:00 Boy cout 9:00 Adah Circle at Airport Inn oon Finance 1:00 Quilts/Library 2:00 Cent. Comm. 3:00 B.B. Comm. 6:30 Yoga Praise Band 1:00 sther/lois Circle Library 7:00 Men s Breakfast 9:00 W.I.G. 1-3 Grace Pantry WLTT DADLI 23 13 Pentecost 24 25 26 27 28 29 7:00 Boy couts oon Library in use 1:00 Quilts/Library 6:30 Yoga Praise Band 1:00 ewsletter 7:00 Men s Breakfast 9:00 W.I.G.. 1-3 Grace Pantry TAKIG TIP 30 14 Pentecost 31 6:00 Miriam Circle 7:00 Boy couts
P A Y M I I T I T H A K F L O W Katie Coriell LaVay Henderson Debbie chroder Mclroy Jon Petersen Don hahan PLA KP TH FOLLOWIG POPL I YOU PAY! Ambur Curry Clara Kolkman Marvin Mueller Colleen eutzel Beulia onneman OTH PAY: Justin Falcon, Joe Moeller, van Williams and all in the military. If you know somebody or would like to be added to the prayer list, please contact Pastor Frank. If you are unable to reach Pastor Frank, please call Holly Fitch 530-8357; andy toll 539-0098; Arleen Petersen 530-1276 or Jennifer Hurst 696-6771. CICL (WLCA) Board Meeting: First Wednesday at 9:30 AM Adah Circle: Third Tuesday at 9:00 AM sther/lois Circle: Third Thursday at 1:00 PM Miriam Circle: First Monday at 7:00 PM uth Circle: Third Monday at 6:30 PM COMMUITY COMMUIO 3rd Tuesday at Centennial Park @ 2:00 PM 3rd Tuesday at Buffalo Bill Manor @ 3:00 PM M BAKFAT Friday at 7:00 AM with devotions QUILT & W.I.G.. Quilting: very Tuesday at 1:00 PM Tie Quilts: 2nd Thursday at 1:00 PM WIG: very Friday: 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM ALVATIO AMY OUP UPP First Lutheran Church will sponsor the Friday evening soup supper at the alvation Army on October 2, December 4. HLP DD! Thank you Claudette & Kathy for the visit and flowers, you made our day! Blessings, Walt & Ardith W. I am thankful for all the support I have received throughout my years in youth group. I especially appreciated the senior breakfast and the special service, where I was presented with my quilt. It meant a lot to both me and my family. God Bless you! Tyler A. Thank you for letting us use you facility! Troop 282 (Omaha) Many thanks to Claudette & Kathy for the pretty flowers. They were very much appreciated. God s blessings!barb W. Kathy & Claudette created a ton of smiles at our home, when they brought lovely flowers to us to celebrate our birthdays. Thank you for making our days extra special. Bob & Arleen P. Thank you for your recent generous gift of non-slip socks to Bridge of Hope Child Advocacy Center. Your commitment to help children who have been victimized or neglected in our community is appreciated! Your donation will be given to children that receive medical services at the Bridge of Hope facility. Advocacy Coordinator The L2 for Kids orth Platte board members thank you for your generous gift of $320.00. We enjoyed the Luau service and fellowship even though it rained and had to be held at the church. Harry P. Thank you so much for the beautiful bouquet I received for my 90th birthday. I enjoyed the birthday card I received from the preschool. It was very thoughtful. Maurine M. Thank you to Claudette & Kathy for the flowers for our anniversary. Lynn & haron. Friends in Christ, as First Lutheran nears 24 years of service doing soup suppers at alvation Army. I feel the need to step back and let others take over organizing. I will help if I can. I have found it rewarding-helping those less fortunate. Building friendships with some there, especially the gracious faithful helpers with cooking, with serving and furnishing food. You call, they give. A very special thanks to all. These friendships I shall always cherish. Our next servicing date is October 2, 2015. I pray that First Lutheran saints may find a plan to continue. If you have the opportunity to encourage the need for more churches, organization, groups to help, more would be great. There are 8 churches rotation each month. I believe this is a great opportunity to serve God in our Community. May God Bless you. In Christian Love and Thanks, Donna K. 2 0 1 5 A l t a r F l o w e r s : O p e n u n d a y s If you would like to provide flowers for a special occasion, in honor of, in memory of or to the Glory of God, please pick up a form in the office. The cost is $35.00 for one pair of bouquets. August n/a n/a 16 n/a 30 eptember n/a 13 20 27 n/a October n/a 11 18 n/a n/a ovember 1 8 n/a n/a n/a December n/a 13 n/a n/a n/a
August 2 Pent 10 August 9 Pent 11 August 16 Pent 12 August 23 Pent 13 August 30 Pent 14 1st Lesson Psalm 2nd Lesson Gospel xod 16: 2-4, 9-15 Psalm 78;23-29 ph 4: 1-16 1 Kings 19: 4-8 Psalm 34: 1-8 ph 4: 25 5:2 Prov 9: 1-6 Psalm 34: 9-1 ph 5: 5-20 Josh 24:1-2a, 14-18 Psalm 34: 15-22 ph 6: 10-20 Deut 4: 1-2, 6-9 Psalm 15 James 1: 17-27 John 6: 24-35 John 6: 35, 41-51 John 6: 51-58 John 6: 56-69 Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Avg. Weekly Attendance Year 2015 Year 2014 Year 2013 July 111 123 154 L O A T D A C Volunteer position available!! The Christian ducation Committee is seeking someone who would be willing to be in charge of unday school. **This would be a volunteer position with training.** Duties include: Open west education wing on unday morning Organize teacher/classroom schedules If any of these duties sound Order supplies and keep track of curriculum appealing to you and you would like Organize Christmas program to take on even part of the position, Please call! For more information, please call Alee at 530-6174. V O L U T I G
Women of the LCA news... The first unday we put out 32 school bags and all were taken!!! We will put more out during this month and hope to reach our goal of 50+ filled bags. We appreciate everyone participating. eturn the filled bags by eptember 1st. W O M O F chool Kits Why school supplies? To the children who receive chool Kits, these supplies mean the difference between getting an education or not. Public school is usually free, but in the places where LW works, even a few required supplies, like pens and paper, may be more than many families can afford. And when parents can only afford to send one of their children to school, girls rarely get priority yet the education level of mothers has the biggest impact on development. Thank you for your generosity! T H L C A WLCA Bread and alad Luncheon Thursday, eptember 3rd at 11:45 am *Bring a bread or salad to share*. (Program details to be announced) veryone is welcome, bring a friend!
Carter Barnason August 2 icolas Thayer August 2 Jean Boyle August 3 Tessa Clair August 3 Janice Beza August 4 Alicia Brittenham August 4 Tracie Clair August 4 Doris Howard August 4 Chevi McClintock August 4 Beulia onneman August 4 Linda Fleharty August 5 Verna David August 6 Ashden chwartz August 6 Brenda Monson August 7 Joyce Hipwell August 8 Cash Johanson August 8 Tenzley Powell August 8 George McCammon August 9 Todd Aden August 11 Jason Merz August 12 Makynzi mith August 12 Frankie Moore August 13 Alan onneman August 15 usie Flock August 17 Virginia Humphrey August 17 Mindee Mohr August 17 Cindee Wright August 17 William Bokoskie August 18 Marcus ilos August 18 Henry Aufdenkamp August 19 Arlene Jepsen August 19 Tevon chomp August 20 Ashlyn obinson August 21 Frank Carland August 22 Bailee Keller August 22 Joshua Merz August 22 Flo Gadway August 23 Pamela hort August 23 Brian myth August 23 oah Wawrzynkiewicz August 23 Douglas Wilkinson August 23 Karlie Armstrong August 27 Jim Falcon August 27 Jacob French August 27 Jane Ann Allen August 28 Amber Plaster August 28 Timothy ielsen August 29 Jill tevenson August 29 cott & Olene Beck August 3 Lee & Jody Lamberty August 4 Heather & Todd Jensen August 5 tephen & Karla O'ourke August 6 Charles & LaVay Henderson August 10 Dr Thomas & lnora Miller August 10 rnest & Patricia chuster August 10 Jerry & Gail Jensen August 12 Keith & Becky Kempke August 12 Darrell & Linda ukraw August 12 teve & Donna Bomark August 20 hawn & Becky ossell August 20 Benjamin & Ashley Aloi August 21 Bob & Kathy Hinrichs August 23 Alan & Becky onneman August 24 Glenn & Bonnie Johnson August 26 To fulfill the mission and ministry of First v. Lutheran Church, as we seek to reach out to others with Jesus, we require $25,226/month in General Budget offerings. 2015 Annual Budget $302,713 W HAV GIV BACK TO GOD JU 2015 Year to date General Budget Offering $16,987 $117,766 2015 xpenses $23,054 $147,911 urplus or (hortfall) $(6,067) $(30,145) JU 2015 Month-To-Date summary: Offerings are $8,239 BLOW the 2015 budget. xpenses are $2,172 BLOW the 2015 budget. Monthly ummary: HOTFALL $6,067 Year-To-Date summary as of 06/30/2015: Offerings are $33,591 BLOW the 2015 budget. xpenses are $3,446 BLOW the 2015 budget. UMMAY: 2015 HOTFALL of $30,145 hortfall urplus ote: aster: April 2015, April 2014 Thank you to all members who have designated Thrivent Choice dollars to First Lutheran. We are open to suggestions as to how to use this money. Contact one of the other members of the committee: Walt & Ardith Woolson, Mary Johnson, Joan Johansen or Betty Hamit. If you are a Thrivent member, you can designate your Choice dollars to First Lutheran Church by logging onto www.thrivent.com/thriventchoice or by calling 800-847-4836. The Thrivent Choice committee has been sharing the gifts given to First v. Lutheran Church. Balance 7/01/15 $6,338.25 Thrivent Choice donations: $0.00 Gifts given: VB Pizza -$137.04 Gifts given: oup supper available -$169.95 Balance 7/31/15 $6,031.26
FIT VAGLICAL LUTHA CHUCH MIIO TATMT: First vangelical Lutheran Church is a church of the LCA. Our mission is To make Christ known in our love for one another, by service to our neighbor, and in worship of God. Worship ervices aturday vening: 5:30 PM Worship ervice unday Morning: 8:15 AM Traditional ervice 10:30 AM Praise ervice unday chool Will esume in the Fall! Have a great summer! FIT VAGLICAL LUTHA CHUCH 305 WT 5TH TT OTH PLATT 69101-3830 Address ervice equested U.. POTAG PAID on-profit Organization orth Platte, ebraska PMIT O. 7 2015 Tanking Trip unday, August 23 Place: Dusty Trails tables 2615. Buffalo Bill Ave orth Platte Time: 2:00 p.m. Cost: $20 per adult, children 19 & under are charged $1 per year Meet at the church parking lot at 1:30 p.m. if you need a ride. Those who wish to meet at the destination, meet at Dusty Trail tables at 1:50 p.m. Please sign up by Thursday, August 20 on the clipboard in the office. (We need to make reservations for number of tanks needed.) ponsored by "My Place" committee who reminds you that veryone has "a place" at "My Place" (First Lutheran). LOT AD FOUD COCT COMIG TO FIT LUTHA CHUCH! eptember 26, 2015 at 7:30 PM Mark your calendars for this wonderful event, you won t want to miss this!! For more information visit www.speedwood.com! Donations welcome.