FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – August 29, 2010

Sermons:   “Remember Your Table Manners” Luke 14:1-14

               

Hymns: 907, 810, 623, 620, 625, 921

If you desire a prayer of thanksgiving or supplication to be offered today by the pastor in the worship service, please fill in a pink "Prayer Request" form and place it in the offering plate. Prayer request forms are on the shelf at the back of the church or are available from the ushers. 

 

WELCOME TO WORSHIP  In an age when casual is in, we often forget that our place at God's table is no casual matter. Before we presume anything, we need to be reminded that to sit at God's table came at His invitation and not our desire and that the place where we sit was earned for us by Jesus' suffering and death. Humility is a mark of true faith---that we cast aside all thoughts of our own worthiness in order to stand on the merits of Christ alone. He gives us a seat at God's table---here today in the Holy Communion and in eternity at the marriage supper of the Lamb that has no end.

HOLY COMMUNION is the Lord's Supper, the Risen Christ is at once the Giver and the Gift! By His promise, His very body and blood are really present; and thereby we come into immediate contact with the exalted Christ! As we do so, witness is also given to oneness in doctrine by those who receive the Sacrament together. For this reason, we ask guests to speak with our pastor before communing.

 

IN OUR PRAYERS – for healing: Peter Karstonas, Bob Truter Sr, John Schumann, Steve Kitelinger,  Jeannine Chapdelaine Rath, Andy Wright, Karen Tucker Hischke,   Brian Hischke’s father Roland, Sue Krystowiak, Pat Dietschweiler, Kristie Korducki, Terri Grimm, Mickey Robbins, Ed Kietzer, Terry Albright, Jed Paulsen and wife, Theresa, Alex Gomez, Sue Huebner, Joyce Pearl; for our military personnel: Shaun Thomas, Jonathan Nathan, Robert Zintek, Colin Briggs, Zachary Bass, Zac Lois, Seth Meyer, Bryon Ayers, Chad Wilcox, and Steven Pahl; for those overseas: Yan Jin in China; Baker family in Kazakhstan; Katie Bolling, inner city ministry, Kansas City; Mark Ellingstad, US Diplomat serving in Afghanistan.

THOSE WHO SERVE - Elders: Saturday – Ron Schowengerdt, Sunday 8:00 – Lee Fickau, 10:45 – Dave Schmidt. Organist: Saturday – Annette Haas, Sunday: 8:00 – Bethany Schowengerdt, 10:45 – Cathy Kaufmann. Readers: Sun. 8:00am – Debra Schowengerdt, 10:45am – Kim Pahl. Altar Guild –Marion Christoph.Coffee Break Servers – In His Arms Early Childhood Center. Nursery Staff – 8/29 ~ 10:45 – Nancy Harwood,  9/5 ~ 10:45 – No babysitting available today.

BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS go to Jeanne Cauble 8/29; Erin Rateike 8/30; Wendi Hurst, Chantal Horn 9/1; Dakota Bryant 9/2; Jane Schmidt 9/3.

ANNIVERSARY BLESSINGS go to Lisa & Thomas Stellard 8/29; Donn & Linda Edwards 8/30; Jim & Amy Solum 9/1; Harold & Sheryl Mayer 9/2; Ben & Megan McFarland 9/4.

 

LAST WEEK AT OUR SAVIOR Church Attendance ~ Sunday Worship 132 (46, 32, 54), Unified Budget Receipts – 5,321.00; Loose Plate – 120.75; In His Arms (IHA) Tuition - $3,232.38; IHA Expenses – 45.00; Greater Love/Autism ~ Burris – 610.00.

                Please use offering envelopes. It saves time prossessing offerings. If you would like a set of offering envelopes, you can drop a note in the offering plate. 

UNIFIED BUDGET FINANCIALS: The balance in the unified budget going into August was a negative $2,929 which means funds to pay bills and salaries had to be temporarily “borrowed” from restricted funds. Offerings have been consistently below pledge most of the year (between $500 and $600 each week) and with major repairs needed to the heating system in the Christian Learning Center (CLC), and to the phone system from recent electrical storm damage, dollars will have to be spent from the Contingency Fund. Your prayers on behalf of the funding of ministry at Our Savior are appreciated.

FLOWERS IN THE CHANCEL are given to the glory of God by Lisa & Thomas Stellard in thannksiving for their first wedding anniversary.

TIPS ABOUT GROCERY RECEIPTS: At this time Gooseberries is not involved with saving receipts. At Sentry you just ask your check-out clerk to place that “funds for friends” green sticker on the back of your receipt, then place it in the basket in the fellowship hall. Pick-n-Save works a wee bit differently; you must first visit the service desk, just once, to ask that they credit your card for 6he Ladies Guild of Our Savior Lutheran Church, then there after just using that card at the check-out everything will be done automatically. Almost forgot, our “bookkeeper” asks that you not staple those receipts together, just leave them as is – Thank You.

SPEAKING OF LADIES GUILD: I’m here to remind you we will be resuming our monthly meeting once again. Our first gathering will be the second Monday of September, the 13^th, at 1:00pm. We, of course, extend an invitation to all or any of you ladies of our congregation. We’d be so pleased to have you join us, we’ll be discussing muffin Sunday and plans for our November Bazaar – along with a full agenda of items that need our attention. Come have fun along with us, I’ll bring the dessert!

LIFE STYLE ASSESSMENT – 1 Corinthians 3:16:  “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?” Are you taking too many medications, paying too many deductibles or just plain frustrated with your physical health? Medical research now says that we can be less medicated and healthier by having a Life Style Assessment. If you’d like to have such an assessment, call Lutheran Counseling & Family Services of Wisconsin at 1-800-291-4513 or email DrMeseck@lcfswi.org.

 

 

 

MUSIC LOVERS...We still have a little of summer left, so if there is anyone who would like to play an instrument, sing a song or do both at the same time, in one of our worship services, please contact either Annette Haas 262-763-3332 or Cathy Kaufmann 262-539-4250.  "Praise God in His sanctuary, Praise Him in His mighty heavens."   Psalm 150

VOLUNTEER FOR HOSPICE ALLIANCE, INC –  Hospice volunteers are a vital part of the Hospice team. While enhancing the lives of patients and their families, primarily by providing companionship and respite care, volunteers gain satisfaction and enrichment in their own lives. Volunteer services might include errand such as taking and/or picking up paperwork or prescriptions from physicians offices, delivering supplies to patients. There are also opportunities to volunteer in the Hospice House, our residential setting. New training classes will begin September 21, 2010. Classes are held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:00-8:00 pm and will continue until October 14, 2010. Classes will be held at the Hospice Alliance office, 10220 Prairie Ridge Blvd. Pleasant Prairie, WI. If you are interested or want further information, please call Helen at 262.652.4400. Pre-registration is necessary.

 

 

GIVING TREE - In case you are wondering why there is still a tree down stairs in the fellowship hall the Fellowship board has decided to make this tree the year around GIVING TREE for Love Inc.  Each month we will change the tags on the tree to be things that Love Inc is in desperate need of.  So please check the tree and take a tag or 2 and bring the item(s) back the next week and place them by the tree and we will make sure that they get down to Love Inc.  Any questions please call Sarah Burris at 262-763-5967.

 

Ø When back to school shopping remember Operation Christmas Child and save the shoeboxes and pick up some extra supplies if you can.