St. Stephen’s Weekly News: Week of October 6, 2019

Welcome Visitors If you are visiting today, we welcome you in our Risen and Living Savior, Jesus!

• Please let us know you worshiped with us by signing our guest book in the entryway or a Care Card in your pew and drop it in the offering basket.
• If visiting, please don’t feel obligated to give an offering. St. Stephen’s members express thankfulness to God through their voluntary offerings which then support the congregation’s work.
• Introduce yourself to a Pastor, and worship with us again!

Holy Communion will be offered next week in all services. You may register by card at any time.

Funeral Kimberly Daniels was called home to heaven on September 29, 2019, age 48.  Her funeral was conducted Friday.

Radio Service: 9:30am on AM 1430 WBEV
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Sermon: The Lord is Full of Compassion
Hymns: 351, 395, 417, 428
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Sermon: God’s Kind of Pride
Hymns: 442, 408, 446, 439

Voters Meeting to call for School Principal will be Sunday, October 20^th at 11:45am.  All voting members are encouraged to attend.

Bible Studies

• Women’s Bible Study Group meets on Wednesday nights at 6pm. Copies of the study are available in the church entry and at study time. All women of the congregation are welcome.
• Men’s Bible Study meets on Sunday nights at 6:30pm in the meeting room above church office. All men are welcomed and encouraged to join.
• Fall Bible Study “God’s Grace Learned Through Hard Lessons”. This study will be an overview of the book of Numbers. When hard times come, we can easily give up and feel like God is not with us. However, we will see the rich grace of God given to his people even during very difficult times. We will meet Mondays at 7:00pm and Wednesdays at 11:00am.

“Welcome Home” Sunday On October 27, we will be having a special Welcome Home Sunday. Our goal is to have 100% of our members in church on this special day. Please reserve this day on your calendars. We will also be having our 2nd annual Fall Festival on that day. Hope to see all of you there.

New Friends and Lakeside Lutheran Teens for Christ invite students and adults with special needs to campus, giving them a place to hang out and develop friendships. LLHS students, along with our new friends, participate in a variety of activities, including games, crafts, snacks, and music. Our next gathering is Sunday, October 20, from 1 to 3 pm in the west gym at Lakeside. Pre-registration is not needed, but If you know of anyone with special needs who might be interested in attending, or have any questions, please contact Mrs. Ruth Hirschfeld at rhirschf@llhs.org.

Lutheran Explorers Outing On October 13, the Explorers will be hosting a family hiking afternoon at Horicon Marsh. Please meet at the education center along Hwy 28 at 1:30pm. We will enjoy a day of enjoying God’s creation. Remember that Explorers is open to all families! What a wonderful way to enjoy and build up Christian friendships. We plan on being done about 3:30pm.

Health Ministry: Our congregation health ministry team will be available to provide blood pressure and diabetes screening, as well as other health literature this Sunday from 8:30 – 10:30am. in the church basement.

150 Years Proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ!  We are invited to join our Christian brothers and sisters at St. John-Salem Lutheran Church in Lowell as they joyously and thankfully observe the 150^th anniversary of the founding of Salem Lutheran and its gospel ministry in Lowell. The celebration service will be Sunday, October 13, 9:30 A.M., with former Pastor Bruce Wietzke delivering the sermon. A meal will follow.  Please RSVP for the meal at salem@stjohnsjuneau.org or 920-386-3313.

St. Stephen’s Scrip Program lets you earn money for St. Stephen’s Lutheran School simply by shopping for everyday items.  Want to sign up or have questions?  Contact Michelle Hemling at scrip@saintstephen.org.  The next order for Scrip will be placed on Monday, October 7.  If you would like to place an order, we will have paper forms available at church between the services.

Altar Guild has its organizational meeting Monday, October 7 at 6:00pm. New people are most welcome to join us as we plan for decorating and our altar/communion duties for Fall and Winter. Some altar guild members are retiring this year, so new helpers are most welcome.

Know your synod Your Sunday offerings help support the work of WELS, but do you know how? Go to wels.net to discover stories about the many WELS world and home mission fields; explore which ministries can support you and your congregation; enjoy daily devotions and Bible readings; and subscribe to stay up to date on the latest news from your synod. All of this and more is available on wels.net. Visit us online today and save us as a Favorite or a Bookmark!

The Annual PTS Chili Cook Off will be held on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.  Please plan to attend this gathering of great food and getting to know other school families.

Advent By Candlelight is December 8!  There will be an organizational/planning meeting on October 9^th after Women’s Bible Class.  Time for meeting will be 7pm in the room above the church office.  Anyone interested in helping plan, taking part in program, choosing the program, providing music, or any other duties for this fine evening is invited to attend.  For more information, please call Jane Winning at 920-344-0400 or Sue Luckow at 920-219-0218.

Seth Dorn pastorsdorn@gmail.com 631-7028

Philip Heyer pastorheyer@saintstephen.org 887-1117

Paul Stratman pcstratman@gmail.com 885-6960

 

Our Response to God’s Grace in Christ:

Participation:
Thursday, September 26:  88

Sunday, September 29:  90 + 149 + 143 = 382

Calendar:
Sunday, October 6 – Ushers A

7:30, 9:00, 10:30am – Worship

8:30am – Coffee Fellowship-Blood Pressure Clinic

9:00am – Sunday School

9:30am – Radio Service, WBEV 1430

12:00pm – Potluck Lunch & Mission Presentation

5:30pm – Men’s Basketball

Monday, October 7

6:00pm – Altar Guild

7:00pm – Bible Class

Tuesday, October 8

6:00pm – Board of Education

6:30pm – Jesus Cares Bible Study @ GS

7:00pm – Radio Taping

Wednesday, October 9

11:00am – Bible Class

1:45pm – Hillside Manor Service

3:30pm – Public School Catechism

6:00pm – Bible Study 4 Women

7:15pm – Handbells

Thursday, October 10 – Ushers A

6:30pm – Communion Worship

7:30pm – Bible Information Class

7:30pm – Senior Choir

Sunday, October 13 – Ushers B

7:30, 9:00, 10:30am – Communion Worship

9:00am – Sunday School

9:30am – Radio Service, WBEV 1430

1:30pm – Lutheran Explorers Outing

5:30pm – Men’s Basketball

6:30pm – Men’s Bible Study