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From the Pastor’s Desk

                                                                                                       

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

 

Philippians 2:13

¹³for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

 

 

As I begin to write for the fall newsletter, it is 8:30 pm on Tuesday August 23 and the outside temperature reads 29 degrees Celsius.  The reported high today was 37.2 – the hottest it’s been on August 23 for seventy years. My car temperature gauge was reading 41 degrees at one point and I was very glad of air conditioning. Before long we will face another season and we will be adjusting our thermostats from cooling to heating – keeping the air “conditioned”.

 

 

Over the summer our sign has read “This church is prayer conditioned.” Through prayer conditioning God works in us, enabling or conditioning us to will and to work for God’s good pleasure. Some of the prayer conditioned things that are happening and in planning stages for the next season are:

 

Groups:              Frauenverein, Women of the Church, Choir, Worship Committee, Golden Agers and Church Council begin meeting.

 

 

Study:                -Call to Spiritual Renewal - Seven sessions will be held on Thursday evenings beginning Sept 22: Pray, Read, Worship, Study, Serve, Give and Tell – come join  this “prayer conditioning” to deepen your relationship with God and to ask what God is enabling or “conditioning” us to will and work.

-There has been an expressed interest in Youth Group and Sunday School. Come to the planning meeting after worship on Sept 11. With prayer conditioning we are seeking leaders and participants.

 

Worship

Sept 11-Back to School blessing of back packs – invite your kids,

   grandkids and neighbours and discussion on the results of the                

   2011 ELCIC National Convention

            -Youth and Sunday School planning mtg after worship

Sept 18-CLWR Sunday- special guest appearance by Harry Held

Sept 25-joint service for B2CS Back to Church Sunday with BBQ and

   fellowship– invite someone back to church with prayer     

   conditioning – resources will be available each week

Oct 2   Ray St. Germain & Brothers on a Journey will bring the good

 news in story and song

Oct 9   Thanksgiving for all God has given US to will and to work for

 God’s good pleasure

Oct 16  Worship with healing

Oct 23      Worship

Oct 30  Reformation Sunday

Nov 6   All Saints-joint service/pot luck &

  special guest Bishop Elaine Sauer

Nov 13 Restorative Justice week

Nov 20 Christ the King Sunday

And then it will be another season – Advent

 

God is at work in us, enabling - prayer conditioning us both to will and to work for God’s good pleasure. With prayer conditioned hearts and minds let us move forward into the warmth of the autumn season with all that God provides for good worship, good service to God and neighbour and good fellowship at Church of the Cross.

 

My prayer continues to be that we be prayer conditioned into spiritual renewal and to serve God and our neighbours with glad and joyful hearts.

 

Your sister in Christ,

 

 

 

Pastor Kolleen

 

Property Committee: has not been on vacation over the summer. They have been sprucing up a lot of areas – the shrubbery has been trimmed, the front doors varnished and the pastor’s office redecorated. There has been a recommendation that the shrubbery be further trimmed to discourage unwanted activities on the church property. Please let Merv, Arno or Edwin know what you think.

 

Prairie Fire is returning to Lutheran Church of the Cross this fall. They will be rehearsing on Thursday evenings in the lower hall and storing equipment in room 4. We hope to see and hear Prairie Fire sometime soon.

 

Finances: Last spring Church Council had approved that a quarterly news letter be published including the financial picture to date. So this is how it looks as of the end of July

Income:  Jan. 1–Jul. 31/11                                            $87,209.37

Expenditures:  Jan. 1-Jul. 31/11                                    $99,427.46

                                 Short Fall  $12,218.09

 

We know that over the summer months giving usually drops off, but God remains faithful and continues to provide for our needs. We also know that God’s people respond to God’s grace with thankful and generous hearts so that the shortfall will be greatly reduced. Thank you and God bless you for your continued support.

Monthly Financial Statements are available to anyone wishing one by contacting the Church Office or the Treasurer.

 

Prayers: We are working on a prayer cycle of our members. The hope is to establish a listing of birth & or baptismal dates and anniversaries as well memorial dates of those who have passed away. As this prayer cycle is being formed, please let the office know of any errors or omissions. We hope that this will deepen our prayer commitment for one another.

 

This month we are trying for birthdates. We celebrate life with those who celebrate birthdays and those who celebrate lives that are no longer present with us.

 

 

September Birthdays:

1     Christine Hillius

3     Leah Peitsch

Ryan Schmidtke

Frieda Brokopp

7     Alice Schmidtke

8     Alma Hess

       Brittany Klapprat

       Daniel Yaworski

9     Oswald Gonske

       Elsie Lauber

       Gustav Nickel

12   Elsie Felbel

13   Danielle Da Silva

14   Matthew Holden

16   Ellen Sydorchuk

17   Leanne Ebertz

19   Nancy Felbel

       Conner Massey

       Lorraine Schmidt

21   Elma Drzewiec

       Evelyn Keuhn

22   Reinhard Banek

23   Caroline Miller

24   Evelyn Gaetz

27   Bernie Da Silva

       Adele Hackbart

29   Hans Barz

30   Zachary Eagle

 

All Members

Music Director: Donna Engel                  663-5932

Caretaker: Mike Lawson                           294-6349

President: Linda Yaworski                        661-5899    

ryaworski@hotmail.com

Vice-President:     

Deborah Schoenhofer                               889-0530

 

Ministers:     

Pastor: Kolleen Karlowsky-Clark

   Office Hours: 

Tuesday to Friday

10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Hon. Asst. Pastor:  Leon Gilbertson

 

Back to Church Sunday

September 25, 2011

 

Think about the person 

YOU

will invite

 

The person could be an

INACTIVE MEMBER

or

RELATIVE

or

FRIEND

or 

NEIGHBOUR

 

98% of people come to Church

after they have been personally invited!

2% will decline a personal invitation

to attend Church

 

Joint Service - 10:30

 

Following the Service

BBQ    ~    Live Music            

Children's Activities

Tours of the Church

 

FUN & FELLOWSHIP

FOR ALL!

 

Invitations will be given out

following the Services 

on September 11

 

Questions?

Karen - 774-5347

Carrie - 943-3720

Pastor Kolleen - 775-0331

Bruno Tymm 452-9225

Linda or Ron Yaworski

Helene Leppe