FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH PLANO, ILLINOIS The Anchor I hope that you will have an opportunity this month to enrich your understanding of Martin Luther. The Lutheran church offers a great perspective of the Christian faith. One that is encouraging and one where hope abounds. If you grew up in the Lutheran tradition great, if not it is also good to hear why the Lutheran tradition has become important for you. From Lori Black: Why am I a Lutheran? To me this is an essential question. I was raised in the Baptist faith. Church has always been a big part of my life and the life of my family. As a young person I attended church with my family on Sunday mornings as well as Sunday evenings. We participated in youth group once a week and often times there was an additional service during the week. I know some of you are thinking wow, that s a lot of time at church. This was not something my parents required or forced me to do. It was something I loved. I was at home in our church, my friends were there and I truly feel that God was building in me a solid foundation. So why did I become a Lutheran? Yes, I was blessed to have a firm foundation built on God. However, I never felt good enough to be baptized into the Baptist church. Being baptized, to me, was huge. As with many people when I moved out of my parents home I fell away from regular church attendance. My sister in law invited me to attend the Lutheran church she had become involved with. Not only did I enjoy this new church family, more importantly, I learned for the first time ever that I was saved by GRACE. GRACE alone! All this time I struggled with not being baptized in the faith, I worried about going to heaven. Shortly after joining the church I was baptized and I grew to understand fully the concept of being saved by GRACE. I became so comfortable with this new understanding that I married a man studying to be a Lutheran pastor. The rest is history. Pastor Black Volume 30, Issue 9 OCTOBER 2017 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Special Congregational Meeting!, Reformation Month Celebration info & news, Recipe - German Sauerbraten, October Library News, Congrats, Thank you Ruth Ann Ramblings Council Highlights, Sympathy, Prayer List, Prayer Chain info Book Club, Offering, Women s Bible Study, Taking Faith Home, Worship Volunteers Needed!, October Calendar October Volunteers, October Birthday & Anniversaries, October Prayer List 3rd Graders Receive Bibles, Quilts Blessed, Shawl Ministry, Visit Pastor s house, Addresses Wanted, Sunday School Snippets Readings for October 2017 2/3 4/5 6/7 8/9 10/11 10/1/2017 Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 Psalm 25:1-9 Philippians 2:1-13 Matthew 21:23-32 10/8/2017 Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80:7-15 Philippians 3:4b-14 Matthew 21:33-46 10/15/2017 Isaiah 25:1-9 Psalm 23 Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14 10/22/2017 Isaiah 45:1-7 Psalm 96:1-9 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22 10/29/2017 Reformation Day Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 46 Romans 3:19-28 John 8:31-36
P age 2 V o l ume 30, I ss ue 9 NOTICE OF SPECIAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING At the request of the Congregational Council, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution for First Lutheran Church of Plano, a special Congregational Meeting is called for Sunday, November 5, 2017 at ~10:00 a.m. in the nave. The purpose of the special meeting shall be to approve the new Constitution. Reformation Sunday Celebration Please mark your calendars and join us on Sunday, October 29th as we celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. Many special activities are planned for this celebration. There will be one service at 9:00am, followed by a Reformation Fair. The Reformation Fair will provide fun intergenerational activities for all ages. Listen to a story about Martin Luther, learn about the Lutheran Rose and make your own to take home, try your hand at printing, challenge yourself with a Lutheran trivia quiz, learn about Martin Lutheran s music and nail your own thesis to the door. After all of these great activities a German themed meal will be served including bratwurst, German potato salad and root beer. We hope that every member can join us for this special celebration. This would also be a great day to invite a guest to attend or to reconnect with a past member and ask them to join us! As part of the Reformation Celebration during the month of October, Pastor Black will be preaching on the following topics: Oct. 1st - Freedom of a Christian Oct. 8th - Celebration of the history of this congregation as a community of faith Oct. 15th - Luther and music Oct. 22nd - 95 thesis Oct. 29th - God's grace active Please join us!!! Join us on Sunday, October 8th as we celebrate the 134th Anniversary of First Lutheran. Cake will be served during coffee fellowship after the 9:00am service! On Sunday October 22nd at 10:15 we will be showing a 1 hour video entitled Luther and the Reformation. This will be shown in the sanctuary. The narrator is Rick Steves, and in one short hour, Steves is able to provide context for the Reformation, as well as the extent of the Reformation, focusing on Luther. In one fascinating and informationpacked hour, you will learn how one person can change the World.
The Anchor Page 3 Recipe Corner German Sauerbraten (marinates for several days before baking) Ingredients: 4-lb beef eye of round or rump roast 2 onions, sliced 1½ c. water 1½ c. red wine vinegar 1 Tbsp. sugar 1 Tbsp. salt 12 whole cloves 6 bay leaves 6 peppercorns ¼ tsp. ground ginger 1 to 2 Tbsp. oil 5 carrots, peeled and halved 1 to 2 c. water Instructions: Place roast in an ungreased 13 x9 glass baking pan; Set aside; Combine remaining ingredients except oil, carrots and water; Pour over roast. Cover and refrigerate for 4 to 5 days, turning twice daily. Remove roast from pan; discard marinade. Heat oil over medium heat in a large skillet; brown roast on all sides. Place roast in a roaster pan; add carrots and water to pan. Cover and bake at 325 0 for 3 hours, until roast is very tender. Serve with gravy from roaster. OCTOBER LIBRARY NEWS (submitted by Diane Schlesinger) October is a very important month in the Lutheran church. It is the time we celebrate the Reformation. This year we celebrate the 500 th year!! Be sure and enjoy all the activities planned, especially those on Reformation Sunday, October 29 th. To add to your knowledge, you will find books in our library about Martin Luther and his wife, Katrina. Of special interest is Luther, The Reformer: The Story of the Man and His Career by James M. Kittelson and When Lightening Struck by Danika Cooley. During the month, we also observe the anniversary of First Lutheran Church. This will be the 134 th year since our church was founded. Please join us on Sunday, October 8 th for cake in the Fellowship Hall. There are many books and pictures taken throughout the years that are on display for you to enjoy. Congratulations to Jim & Kathy Porter who are celebrating the birth of their grandson, Eamon Alexander Porter, born on Sept 20 th to Alex & Christine Porter. Thank you to everyone for all of the cards and prayers sent for the recent loss of my father. God bless, Kathy Meyer
Page 4 Volume 30, Issue 9 Ruth Ann s Ramblings (contributed by Ruth Ann Hoehn) In October we will be celebrating the Reformation and the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther posting his 95 Thesis on the church door. One of the things that Martin Luther believed was that the Bible should be available to be read by all. Because of this, he translated the Bible into German. William Tyndale, like Martin Luther, wished to translate the Bible into the common language that could be read by all. Although a number of partial and complete English translations had previously been made, Tyndale was the first to take advantage of the new technology of the printing press, which allowed for wide distribution. William Tyndale (1494-1536) was born around 1494 in the area "about the borders of Wales," according to his contemporary, John Foxe. He was a member of a noble family that included an uncle who was an English knight and baron and who answered directly to the king. The Tyndales were also known under the name Hychyns (Hitchins), and it was as William Hychyns that he was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, where he earned a Degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1512. He was made Master of Arts in July 1515, three months after he had been ordained into the priesthood. In addition to English, French, Italian, Spanish and German, Tyndale was also fluent in the Biblical languages of Greek, Hebrew and Latin. Because of his opinions he became involved in a controversy with his fellow clergymen, and around 1522 he was summoned before the Chancellor of the Diocese of Worcester on a charge of heresy. Tyndale left for London in 1523 to seek permission to translate the Bible into English and to request other help from the Church. In particular he hoped for support from Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall, a well-known classicist. Bishop Tunstall of London denied Tyndale the permission required under the Constitutions of Oxford, to translate the Bible into English, and forced him into exile. Tyndale remained in London for some time, preaching and studying, and relying on the help of a cloth merchant, Humphrey Monmouth. He left England under a pseudonym and moved to Hamburg in 1524 with the work he had done so far on his translation of the New Testament, and in the following year completed his translation, with assistance from friar William Roy. In 1526 a full edition of the New Testament was produced by the printer Peter Schoeffer in Worms, a safe city for church reformers. More copies were soon being printed in Antwerp. The book was smuggled into England and Scotland, and was condemned in October 1526 by Bishop Tunstall, who issued warnings to booksellers and had copies burned in public. Following the publication of the New Testament, Cardinal Wolsey condemned Tyndale as a heretic and demanded his arrest. Tyndale went into hiding, possibly for a time in Hamburg, and carried on his work. He revised his New Testament and began translating the Old Testament and writing various treatises. In 1530, he wrote The Practyse of Prelates, which resulted in the king asking the emperor Charles V to have Tyndale seized and returned to England. Eventually, he was betrayed to the authorities and was kidnapped in Antwerp in 1535, and held in the castle of Vilvoorde near Brussels. He was tried on a charge of heresy in 1536 and condemned, despite Thomas Cromwell's intercession on his behalf. Tyndale was strangled and his body burned at the stake on September 6, 1536. Three copies of the first (1526) edition of Tyndale's New Testament survive. The only complete copy is part of the Bible Collection of Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart. The men who translated the Revised Standard Version in the 1940s noted that Tyndale's translation inspired the great translations to follow, including the King James Version of 1611. Many of the great English versions since then have drawn inspiration from Tyndale, including the Revised Standard Version, the New American Standard Bible, and the English Standard Version. William Tyndale is commemorated by the ELCA as a translator and martyr on October 6th.
The An ch or P age 5 Council Highlights September 12, 2017 (see complete report on bulletin board at back of sanctuary) Congregation focus for next year: focus on activities & ministry for families with children 6th grade and under; improve public relations and leadership development and improve committee structure. Discussing purchase of cranberry ELCA (ELW) hymnals. Considering option for online offerings for members. God s Work, Our Hands project planned at Plano Park; potential Feed My Starving Children event this winter. Reworked Secret Pal program. Keyless entry project on hold; still waiting for pew modification; bell tower work completed. Council approved new constitution; Special Congregational Meeting to be held Sunday, Nov 5th for approval by congregation. Estimate received to paint exterior windows and all railings Nominating committee to meet soon; Next meeting: Tues, Oct. 10th, 2017 at 7:00 PM Our sincere sympathy to Kathy & Darrell Meyer. Kathy s father, Harley W. Jenkins, passed through death to eternal life on Sept 5th. Funeral services were held Mon., Sept 11th in Sparta, WI. Please keep the Kathy and her family in your prayers. PRAYER LIST: Carole Ardelean, Bill Flowers, Mary Olson, Renee Lee, Scott Littlejohn, Sue Hyte, Mary Kincannon, Joyce Schmitt, Alice Crawford, Linda Landis, Ann Hagemann (member), Shirley Tucek & family, Sherry Anderson, Jesse Stonecipher, Don Sampson, Mark Coffman, Matt Papaeliou, Carol Stubbs, the Nunez Family, Scott B., Paul Vammer, Jodi & John (Phillips?), Delores Phillips, Juanita Hatcher, Eric Hatcher, Greg Feitl, Lori Black, Kathy (& Pr. Terry) Jensen, and Bob Ottum. Please remember those serving in the military. Remember your own special needs as well. Our sincere sympathy to Wayne & Cozette Jones. Wayne s father, Wayne Jones, passed through death to eternal life on Sept 9th. Funeral services were held Sept 14th. Please keep the Jones family in your prayers. PRAYER CHAIN PARTNERS 8:30 AM - 8:30 PM 1. Jane Hyte - 630-552-7095 2. Virginia Phelps - 630-552-3434 3. Diane Schlesinger 630-552-7533 4. Bev Vilmin 630-552-3550 5. Theresa Bagg 815-786-5069 * 6. Erin Gillman - 630-715-0843 * 7. Staci Smith - 630-999-4117 * 8. Karen DeBolt - 630-546-7451 * 9. Kathy Benoit - 630-816-3366 * 10. Brenda Albright - 630-277-6314 * Those with a * use texting capabilities.
Page 6 Volume 30, Issue 9 BOOK CLUB NEWS - New Day, Time & Place!!! The Book Club will meet on Tues., Oct 10 th, 2017 at 11:30 AM at Harvester Café, Plano The book for discussion is The Orphan Train by Pam Jenoff. Our book for November (11/14) is Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance. The Women s Bible Study Group will meet on Thursday Oct. 19 th at 1:00 PM at the church. Join us for Bible study, refreshments and fellowship. We will continue to study Martin Luther. Women of ALL ages are invited! WORSHIP VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED I could still really use more Counters, Ushers and Radio Techs! You can be trained! There are (yellow) Worship volunteer sign-up sheets at the back of the sanctuary. If you have not yet done so, PLEASE take a few minutes and complete the form with your preferred day/time for serving as a Worship Volunteer. Thank you to the many who have already stepped up, but many more are needed! OFFERINGS RECEIVED Taking Faith Home sheets provide great ideas and practices for including faith into your daily routine. The sheets are designed around simple task and conversations. Even if it is only 5 minutes of conversation, the daily or weekly practices can greatly enrich the daily life in your own setting. Taking Faith Home sheets are centered on the readings for the week. They will include prayers for mealtime and for the week. They also provide a blessing. The sending part of the service in worship is not the only place that a blessing can be used. Saying a blessing at bed time is a great opportunity for kids or anyone. The sheets also provide questions for conversation in the week, service ideas that can be done at home. As people leave their families and start families of their own, they get to choose for their own family the routines and structure of life. Taking Faith Home sheets provide examples of possible rituals and traditions that you could start within your own family and setting to enrich your experience in family. We pray that you will make use of this easy resource and that it will be a blessing within your household. Pastor Black and the Education Committee Newsletter Offering Report (SHORT) 8/26 & 9/27 $ 3,066.14 ($ 647.90) 9/2 & 9/3 $ 2,772.01 ($ 942.03) 9/6 (Thrivent) $ 127.60 n/a 9/9 & 9/10 $ 2,413.63 ($ 1,300.41) 9/16 & 9/17 $ 3,443.52 ($ 270.52) GENERAL FUND BUDGET Need Per week $3,714.04 (Annual Budget divided by 53 weeks) YTD YOUTH DIRECTOR DONATIONS: $697.00 THROUGH September 17 th Received $ 116,647.59 Need $ 141,133.52 Short $ (21,452.67) 1/01/2017-9/18/2017 CHECKING ACCOUNT Beginning Bal. $29,613.06 Income $128,892.50 Expenses $131,424.90 Ending Balance $ 27,080.66
The Anchor Page 7 October 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Food Pantry Collection 9:00 AM - Worship 10:00 AM - Coffee Fellowship 10:15-11:00 AM -Sunday School 2 7:00 PM - LMM 3 9:00 AM - Quilting / Crocheting / Knitting 6:30 PM - Worship & Music 4 ~5:00 PM - Contemporary Musician practice 5 6:30 PM - Stewardship 6 7 5:00 PM - Worship 8 FLC Anniversary 9:00 AM - Worship 10:00 AM - Coffee Fellowship 10:15-11:00 AM -Sunday School 9 10 9:00 AM - Quilting / Crocheting / Knitting 11:30 AM - Book Club @ Harvester Cafe 6:15 PM - Social Concerns 7:00 PM - Church Council 11 ~5:00 PM - Contemporary Musician practice 12 13 14 5:00 PM - Worship 15 Anchor Deadline 9:00 AM - Worship 10:00 AM - Coffee Fellowship 10:15-11:00 AM -Sunday School 16 17 9:00 AM - Quilting / Crocheting / Knitting 6:30 PM - Property 18 ~5:00 PM - Contemporary Musician practice 19 1:00 PM - Women s Bible Study 6:30 PM - Education / Youth 7:30 PM - Outreach 20 21 5:00 PM - Worship 22 9:00 AM - Worship 10:00 AM - Coffee Fellowship 10:15-11:00 AM -Sunday School 10:15 AM - Luther video showing 23 24 9:00 AM - Quilting / Crocheting / Knitting 25 ~5:00 PM - Contemporary Musician practice 26 27 28 5:00 PM - NO Worship 29 Reformation Sunday 9:00 AM - Worship 10:00 AM - Reformation Celebration 30 31 Halloween 9:00 AM - Quilting / Crocheting / Knitting 1-3 PM - Trunk or Treat
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The Anchor OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS 1- Ryan Goldsmith Natalie Papaeliou Julie Warner 2- Tommy Brown Stephanie Smith Stephen Tweedt 3- Wesley Brown Mark Pease Mitchell Schobert 4- Lisa Tierney Tim Torkelson 6- Jim Porter 7- Kristi Magnotti Kalyn Murre, Beau Weeks 8- Carol Stathis 9- Diane Schlesinger 10-Theresa Bagg, Steve Thrall 11- Norma Meszaros 14- Brad Schindlbeck Mattie & Pearl Anderson 15- Porter Snider Landon Anderson 16- John Pilmer 17- Shelley Schmidt 19- Clarissa Smith, Rachel Smith 20- Conrad Smith 22- Dorothy Haick 24- Alex Benoit, Eric Gwilt Kathy Tyler, Hannah Krause 25- Kelsey (Mason) Meyer 28- Don Albright, Sara Fields Brian Torkelson, Tyler Barkes 29- Kathy Koteles OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES 1- Brad & Holly Martin 5- Mike & Debbie Pease 6- Greg & Candy Johnson 8- Jim & Carole Wehrs 10- Jesse & Linda Stonecipher 18- Travis & Barbara Anderson 19- Ryan & Melissa Phillips 23- Marty & Valerie Lincoln 24- Levi & Emily Baker 29- Mark & Leann Savitski Page 9 The world is a chaotic and confusing place. Prayer is the conduit that connects us to God and opens up the possibilities of direction and understanding. Prayer is not just for pastors. All of God s people are invited to pray on the behalf of others. Please include the following members of the First Lutheran family in your daily prayers: OCTOBER 1 - Tim & Kathy Tyler 2 - Ryan & Alycia Tyler 3 - Bev Vilmin 4 - Weston, Dawn, & Nicholas Vilmin 5 - Randall, Sandra, & Sarah Walker 6 - Julie Warner 7 - Aaron Weeks 8 - Anthony, Emily, Ashlyn, Piper & Beau Weeks 9 - Larry Weeks 10 - Jim & Carole Wehrs 11 - Sheryl Welsch 12 - Matthew Welsch 13 - Adam, Emily, Anna & Eliot Wennmacher 14 - Bill & Jamie Wetzel 15 - Terry & MaryAnn Whitney 16 - A. J. Widman 17 - Carol, Miles & Matthew Wilbanks 18 - Meghan Wilbanks 19 - Louis & Dorella Wilson 20 - Rodney & Jill Woods 21 - James, Laura, Olivia, Elizabeth & Reed Agajanian 22 - Don & Brenda Albright 23 - Margaret Albright, Luis & Liam Lomeli 24 - Bob & Paulette Albright 25 - Courtney, Aimee, Maddie & Pearl Anderson 26 - Craig & Sandy Anderson 27 - Joe, Donielle, Landon, Laila, & Lyndee Anderson 28 - Travis, Barb, Nathan, Nicholas, & Scarlett Anderson 29 - Theresa, Evan, & Briante Bagg 30 - Don & Connie Baker 31 - Keith, Jerri Lynn & Aden Baker PLEASE CALL THE CHURCH OFFICE AND LET US KNOW YOUR BIRTHDAY OR ANNIVERSARY DATE, AND WE WILL UPDATE OUR RECORDS. THANK YOU.
P age 1 0 Bibles Presented to 3rd Grade Students The Education Committee and Sunday School of First Lutheran presented Bibles to the 3rd grade Sunday School students at service on Sunday, Sept. 17th. Receiving Bibles were (pictured l-r, below): Carter Meyer, Taylor Corrado and Piper Weeks. May God bless them as they read and study His Word. V o l ume 30, I ss ue 9 Dates still available. At the back of the church is a sign up sheet to come to the Pastor s house for a visit. Lori and I will be having small group of people (5-6 at a time) over to our house on Saturday mornings from 10:00-11:30 for a time of conversation and community building. (Available Saturdays are: Oct 7th, Nov 4th, and Nov 18th. ) All are invited. Pr. Black (If you want to call the church office with your preferred date, Ann will be happy to sign you QUILTS BLESSED. At the Sept 30/Oct 1 services, we blessed the quilts that were made by the women of First Lutheran Church. This year, 88 quilts were completed, with ~84 going to Lutheran World Relief. Thank you to Floyd Anderson who will be delivering the finished quilts to Joliet on Oct. 7th. Thanks also to those women who worked on the quilts this past year: Carol Robinson, Anne Sears, Dorella Wilson, Juanita Burton, Diane Schlesinger, Virginia Phelps, Bev Vilmin, Carole Wehrs, Sonja Schufelt, and Joyce Schmitt. All are welcome to join us on Tuesday mornings. PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY On Tuesday mornings while some women are tying quilts, you will find others knitting and crocheting. They are making prayer shawls and lap robes. These are displayed on a rack at the back of the sanctuary. Many of these were made by Ruth Ann Hoehn, Julie Warner, Diane Schlesinger and Abigail Black. Now that fall is here, a gift of a prayer shawl would be appreciated by many. Please take one if you know of a need. Parents of College Students - Please contact the church office with the addresses of your college students who are now away from home. Church member - Please give the church office the new addresses of any young adults who have moved out and are now on their own. We d like to be able to keep in touch (i.e. send them the newsletter) and also be sure our database is up to date. Please send an e-mail, or drop the address off at the church office! Thank you!
The Anchor Page 11 Sunday School Snippets Trunk or Treat This year's Trunk or Treat is Sunday, October 29, from 1-3 PM in the Methodist Church parking lot. Plan to sponsor a trunk, plan a game or help any way you can! Watch for more details in the weekly bulletin and fliers will be sent home with Sunday School children. Thank You to everyone who anonymously donated Kleenex, construction and scotch tape to the Sunday School! We are so happy to have them (and our little noses thank you!!!) Sunday School Children Welcome to Share Talents Summer is not the only time children can share their musical talents with the congregation. If anyone would like to sing, play an instrument (or both!), please talk to Kathy Benoit or Virgil Hyte and he will make arrangements for you to share your talents with everyone! Student Information Forms The Sunday School office recently sent home student information forms with each student. Parents should complete these and return them as soon as possible. If you did not receive a form, contact the Sunday School office. There was also a secret pal information sheet that was sent home (unless children completed them at Sunday School). This information will only be shared with the student s secret pal and will help the adult secret pals get to know their secret pals better. First Kids Faith Mail Kids, remember to check your mailbox each week for special Sunday School information, your Taking Faith Home leaflets and soon notes from your secret pal. Special thanks to Virgil Hyte for building our special mailbox! Let Kathy Benoit know if your student doesn t have a box. Secret Pals Will Be Assigned Soon Secret pals will be assigned in October and the adults will receive the name(s) of their secret pal(s) before Halloween. If an adult (or middle or high school student) is interested in signing up, the sheet is on the bulletin board at the back of the church or contact Kathy Benoit. Secret pals will anonymously support Sunday School students throughout the year and meet their "pal" at the Sunday School Awards Sunday in May. This does not (and should not) have to be an expensive venture. This year we will use our special mailbox to exchange notes, cards and tiny treats between the student and adult secret pals. Little notes, treats and surprises go a long way to make a Sunday School child smile!! We Are Truly Blessed Thank God for our dedicated Sunday School teachers, music coordinators and assistants. We are blessed with a great group, but still need help with our 3rd & 4th graders. If you can spare a week or two a month, please contact Kathy Benoit and we will work out a schedule to co-teach the class. Preschool, Kindergarten Karen DeBolt & Katelyn Vahl 1 st & 2 nd Grade Donielle Anderson 3 rd & 4 th Grade HELP WANTED! 5 th & 6 th Grade Anne Sears 7 th & 8 th Grade/Confirmation Pr. Black High School Will help with younger children Substitute Teachers - SUBSTITUTE HELP IS NEEDED! Elementary Music Joanne Johnson Secretary/Treasurer Jane Hyte Superintendent Kathy Benoit Students Receive Bibles Congratulations to Taylor Corrado, Carter Meyer and Piper Weeks who received their Bibles as part of the church s commitment to provide parents with the Scriptures to present to their children. We pray you read, share and discover the scriptures together. Any children in grades 3-up who don t have their own Bible should contact Pastor or Kathy Benoit
First Lutheran Church Plano, Illinois 200 N Center Street Plano, IL 60545 Phone: 630-552-8263 Fax: 630-552-7198 Email: churchsecretary1@ sbcglobal.net Return Service Requested "First in Spirit, First in Faith, First in Outreach" Statement of Purpose Because God loves the world, we live and work together to: *Grow As Disciples *Nurture other Disciples *and Make New Disciples for the Kingdom of God! We are on the Web! firstlutheranchurchplano.com And on Facebook: https:// www.facebook.comfirstlutheran ChurchOfPlanoIl & Hit the LIKE button! Deadline for the November Anchor: Sunday, Oct. 15! Please be ready to submit articles by this date! WORSHIP TIMES Saturday Worship: Sunday: Worship Coffee Fellowship: Sunday School: Communion offered at both services. 5:00 PM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:15 AM A nursery area is available. Pastor: Rev. Jonathan Black E-mail: firstplanopastor@gmail.com Secretary: Ann Hagemann E-mail: churchsecretary1@ sbcglobal.net OFFICE HOURS Mon-Fri 6:30 am-12:30 pm