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Networking is beneficial in many lines of work. LinkedIn is a business and

employment-oriented social networking service. Many employers and employees make a profile for

themselves on LinkedIn. This allows more opportunities for job seekers and for employers seeking

new hires. In the business world, there are events that match entrepreneurs with investors. With

many people attending, investors have a better chance of finding a new product they’d like to put their

money behind, and entrepreneurs have a better chance to find funding for their business idea.

Church is unlike a business, in that we can’t fully cater a product to match what a “consumer” wants.

We are called by God to offer people what they need, whether they want it right now or not. What

everyone needs is the Word of God, the message of repentance from sin through God’s law, and the

message of free forgiveness of sins through the gospel of Jesus’ death for us and resurrection.

One similarity, though, between church and business is that we benefit from a form of networking.

The more names we have of unchurched people in our area, the better we can bring the good news

of the Savior to those people. For that reason, our Board of Evangelism would like to distribute FRAN

sheets after worship soon.

FRAN stands for Friends, Relatives, Acquaintances, Neighbors. The sheet of paper has blanks under

each of those headings. We plan to distribute the sheets, one to each adult worship attendee, after

worship on June 18 (Father’s Day) and Tuesday, June 20, so that you can spend five or ten minutes

filling out the sheet, right there in church. Then the ushers will pick them up from you. The goal is that

you write down what friends, relatives, acquaintances, and neighbors you have in our church area

who are unchurched. Jesus says, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation”,

Mark 16:16. You can help us find needy souls to whom we can preach the good news. We will send

outreach letters (short Bible reading and devotion) to the unchurched people that you help us

discover.

The Messenger May 2017

Pastor Gregory Pope Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church 11303 Wehausen Rd. Manitowoc, WI 54220 (920) 758-7500 trinityliberty.org

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Pastor Greg Pope

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Message from the President

I would like to start out by touching on some of our highlights from our April 25th quarterly voters meeting. First, we welcome in a transfer in of Peter & Grace Ording and their children Jacob & Sarah from Bethany, Manitowoc. We also transferred out A.J. Kenneke to Immanuel, Manitowoc. We received two bids on Pastor’s house for the maintenance work. We are going to discuss this at our next church council meeting, and then call a special voters meeting to act on this. Our church is again working the Manitowoc County Fair at our WELS district booth, this August. We are looking for a couple of people to help man the booth for a few hours during the fair. Please talk to Pastor or Todd Bergmann if interested. Our church picnic is set for June 25th at the church this year, with an outdoor service, weather permitting. I recently talked to Jennifer Pope and she is very excited about her new Women’s Bible Class on Saturday mornings, which is being well received. We have a few committee openings to fill. One is Board of Evangelism and we have a couple of nomination letters going out to individuals for this position. The other position that we are looking to fill is President of the Cemetery Committee. If you are interested in this position, please talk to Pastor or Harry Bratz. Please prayerfully consider joining one of these committees. We also moved our Saturday evening service to Tuesday evening for the summer months, from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend at 7 p.m. Don’t forget that Adopt-A-Highway clean-up and Spring Church clean-up on Saturday, May 13th. As I am writing this, we are receiving a lot of rain, so hopefully it’ll be dry by then to do these projects. Please come out to help, the more people we get, the quicker it goes. The rain date for both is the following Saturday, May 20th. And finally, congratulations to our three new confirmands; Marissa Bratz, Deisel Hammel and Brooke Hansen. Keith Petersen Church President

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Outreach Newsletters

May 2017

Know the Truth

“Your word is truth.” - John 17:17

Human beings have never stopped desiring to search for the truth. And who can blame us?

As we swim our way through life, so often we find ourselves in deep water over our heads, water that has a muddy bottom which is sometimes slimy and threatens to trap our feet. What could feel better than to finally touch a smooth, solid, rock bottom where we can plant our feet and rest, keep our heads above water, catch our breath?

God’s word is rock-solid truth. That’s how Jesus described it. He was speaking to his heavenly Father in prayer when he said, “Your word is truth.” Though such a simple statement, it is a profound reality. The Son of God, Jesus Christ, testifies that the word of God the heavenly Father is truth!

It’s hard sometimes to hear the truth. It can cause us to hang our head in shame and even cringe with fear. Truth that God tells us is every bit as difficult to hear. He tells us the truth that we are sinful. The sin that swirls around in our heads and floods our hearts is devastating. Sin brings death—every kind of isolating, slimy, feet-trapping death, including the eternal kind.

God tells us the truth about sin so that we are willing to listen to a more important truth. The truth that his Son, Jesus Christ, came and lived the perfect life required of those who want God to care about them in this life and save them for the life to come. The truth that he died the perfect death on the cross that completely paid for sin. The truth that he rose again to prove he had done everything that is necessary for our salvation. The truth that he did this for every sinful human being. He did it to give us a firm foundation for life—a blessed life with God now and forever.

And do you know how God gives us everything Jesus earned for us by his life, death, and resurrection? Through his rock-solid word.

And that’s the truth!

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News from the WELS

Assignment days approach

2017/05/02/in Together

The next two weeks will bring two high points of the year at both Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minn., and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, Wis. At both of our schools, students will graduate and receive their degrees. Probably even more notable, at both schools candidates for the public ministry in WELS will receive their first calls on Assignment Day.

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At Martin Luther College, students enrolled in the pastor track will graduate from college, well prepared to continue their training for the pastoral ministry at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. Students graduating from the teacher and staff ministry programs will present themselves for assignment. By doing so, these graduates express their willingness to go wherever the Lord of the church sends them through calls issued through the synod’s Assignment Committee. At Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, graduates will be assigned to their first calls in the pastoral ministry, while those who have completed two years of the seminary will be assigned as vicars. At both schools, it appears that there are fewer candidates than needed to fill requests. It’s the double responsibility of the Assignment Committee to assign candidates to places of the greatest need and to places where the skills and abilities of the candidates can best be used. In the coming week, we will be praying fervently. We will thank God for providing well-trained and willing workers for his harvest field. We will be asking God to send his Holy Spirit to guide the decisions of the Assignment Committee. And we will be praying that God would give these new workers strength, wisdom, and courage as they answer his call. Both assignment services can be viewed live online. Find times and livestream links at wels.net/events. Serving in Christ, President Mark Schroeder

Heart to heart: Parent conversations : How do we keep our children safe online? 2017/05/01/in FIC Features, Forward in Christ How do we balance law and gospel with our children? I don’t know about you, but the idea of my children surfing the Internet scares me. I’m unsure of how to protect them from the bad while letting them benefit from the good. This month Heart to heart is blessed to have articles from two moms who understand these fears, have lived through them themselves, and have a variety of helpful solutions so that the Internet can be a positive resource rather than a scary one. Nicole Balza ******************************************************************************************************************* It seems like yesterday when the Lord blessed my husband and me with our three sons and we began the journey of parenthood in the digital age. When our oldest was born in 1995, the Internet was brand new to everyone. Being a bit geeky, my husband and I explored tools and techniques for creating websites, which led us to bridging the miles between us and our family and friends, sharing each of our boys’ first-year baby milestones and photos via a website that we updated monthly. Over time, as the boys grew, we continued to share monthly family news and photos using a “cutting-edge” blog platform to house our family website. Together with our sons, we’ve used the Internet to listen to family-friendly podcasts and free audio books, find geocaches and BreakoutEDU solutions, take care of our Webkinz pets, e-mail our favorite authors, learn to program, play games, create videos, design 3-D models, and so much more. Now our boys are reaching adulthood, and we are fast approaching the empty-nest stage. As I reflect on the years of their childhood, I remember joys and challenges we encountered along the way in relation to technology. In this sinful world, it is impossible to keep our children 100 percent safe from

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the dangers the Internet invites into our homes. Here are some of the steps we took to guard their safety:

• Engage with them—Before allowing our boys to visit a website, we tried it out ourselves or sought the opinions of others regarding it. (A great site for reviews of all types of children’s media is commonsensemedia.org.) As our boys used websites, we used them too, guiding our boys along the way and explaining any areas of concern that came up.

• Help them create—We used the tools available on the Internet to excite our sons to use the Internet for good and noble purposes. As they learned how to code video games, we encouraged them to expand the program’s capabilities. When their interest was piqued by podcasts, we started a weekly family podcast. Over the years we used our family blog to share the boys’ creative writing, stop-motion Lego movies, and Haiku poetry.

• Block inappropriate content—Many software solutions for filtering inappropriate Internet content in the home are available. Something we’ve used for many years is OpenDNS, opendns.com/home-internet-security. The free Family Shield and Home plans include parental controls that protect every device in the home.

My husband and I did all of these things with an end goal in mind—giving our sons discerning hearts. All too quickly they have grown up and ventured out into the world alone. Now they must rely on their own judgement regarding the appropriateness of Internet content. Our prayer is that the lessons learned in their early years will stay with them.

Sallie Draper and her husband, Kevin, have three sons and live in New Ulm, Minnesota.

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How many parents would take their two-year-olds to the pool for the first time and allow them to jump into the deep end? None, I hope! Being able to swim in the deep end is a process that requires lessons, practice, and experience, all guided by loving parents who want their children to enjoy swimming safely. Staying safe on the Internet is not much different. If we want our teens to know how to enjoy using it safely, we must start the process early. This can be done in the light of God’s Word and his commands.

Internet safety is a wide net, but most parents identify several areas in which they wish to keep their children safe online.

• They are concerned with the addictive potential of games.

• They share concern over their children stumbling upon offensive sites, such as pornography. This is often connected with the idea of sexting, which occurs as early as middle school.

• Finally, parents fear the online social sites that encourage kids to talk with others, whether on gaming sites or social media sites that encourage kids to follow and be followed by others. These sites raise the concern of meeting strangers online who may not be who they portray as well as the opportunity for online bullying.

Unfortunately, many of us ignore these things until a problem arises. Being proactive in approaching these subjects really helps. Start early. As parents, if we treat technology as a gift of God while training children to be aware of the dark side on the Internet, we can pray that they develop their Christian faith to assist them in making good and responsible choices. One way we can do that is by talking freely about the evil that is in the world that is now manifested online and can be found one click away. We can discuss this during devotions and in conversations with our children from the time they are in grade school and beyond.

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The old model of keeping the desktop computer in an area of the home where Mom and Dad are walking through and can be aware of computer activity may seem outdated since we now deal with smartphones, tablets, Chromebooks, and laptops. I think it is still reasonable to expect grade school and middle school kids to use their technology in a common area of the home. It is legitimate for a parent to be made aware of musical playlists so that when headphones are used, parents know what is being consumed. As kids grow and schoolwork requires technology, a quiet place may be desirable, but it should still be understood that when homework is done on the computer, that is all that is happening, and parents may come by to see how it is going. Parents need to be vigilant.

At a time determined by parents, all mobile technology can be unplugged and kept in a specified spot. For example, maybe all family devices get plugged in at a common location for the night. Enforce the rules as you talk about why they are good for the family.

Parents can also make rules regarding time limits for game playing and can talk openly about gaming choices and their possible effects on those who play them. Conversations about learning to discern should be ongoing. Social gaming sites, perhaps, should not be allowed until an age that a parent feels the child can make competent choices in this regard. Parents will need to model good online behavior and set the tone for what is acceptable in the home. It should be a family effort.

The creation of the Internet brings many good things to us, but the reality is that it has created another level of parenting. Parents must include applications regarding the misuse of the Internet as they teach their children to discern right from wrong in all facets of life. For example, what is learned in the home as far as how to treat one another in God-pleasing ways can help children be aware of the inappropriateness of bullying online, as an extension of bullying face to face. The idea of sexting as a practice can be addressed as veering outside of what God has commanded us regarding how to keep our bodies chaste. This is an extension of pre-Internet conversations with children that now need to be brought into the scope of what sins are possible through technology. We ask God to keep us from temptation in all we do, including in our use of technology.

Parents have always taught their children about “stranger danger.” This same conversation now must be expanded to teach children about the very real dangers of social media sites with followers. Talking on those sites or on online chat areas should be discouraged. The news often shares stories of online predators and the attempt to catch them, and you can discuss these news items at family gathering times to drive this point home. We are blessed to have God’s Word as our handbook for parenting, and it is up to us as parents to continue to nurture our children in that Word as we make applications from the technology that is so ubiquitous in our culture today. May he bless our prayerful efforts!

For a comprehensive list of websites to help parents keep their children safe online, visit forwardinchrist.net/online-safety-resources.

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Gail Potratz and her husband, Phil, have three adult children and eight grandchildren. Gail has served as a teacher and technology coordinator for more than 30 years.

Discussing pornography with children

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Any child who is using the Internet can encounter pornography. Conquerors through Christ, a Special Ministries team that provides resources to help people avoid or stop using pornography, has compiled resources for parents to deal with this situation. The First Word is an e-book that provides advice for talking to a child about pornography. Other e-books include Warning kids about pornography and Correcting kids who use pornography. For more information, visit conquerorsthroughchrist.net, choose “resources,” and then choose “e-books.” Bible – Writers of the Gospel This is a new series as we look at some of the writers of the Gospel messages.

JUDE WHO IS THE AUTHOR? The writer of this, the last of the General Epistles, calls himself “Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James.” The name “Jude” is another form of the name “Judas.” … WHO IS THE AUTHOR? The writer of this, the last of the General Epistles, calls himself “Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James.” The name “Jude” is another form of the name “Judas.” Which Jude (or Judas) is this? Two apostles were named Judas: Judas Iscariot and Judas the son of James. But the writer does not call himself an apostle and even distinguishes himself from the apostles (v.17). In the New Testament we hear of only one Judas who is a brother of a James. This is Judas, one of Jesus’ brothers (Mat. 13:55). This Judas, then, is the brother of the James who wrote the Epistle of James. Jude, Jesus’ brother and James the epistle writer’s brother, is therefore the probable author of this epistle. Like his brother James, Jude was not a believer in Jesus as the Christ during Jesus’ ministry (John 7:5). He was converted later, perhaps after Jesus’ resurrection. Paul may be referring to Jude in [1 Cor. 9:5]. From that passage we may guess that Jude, the Lord’s brother, was a traveling missionary who was accompanied by his wife on his travels. JUDE’S EPISTLE To whom was Jude writing? When? From where? These are questions that we do not have solid answers for. We have little to go on even to try to make guesses. Jude says only, in a general way, that he is writing “to those who have been called;” and in addressing his readers as “dear friends,” he shows that he knows them well. The similarity between Jude and 2 Peter may show that the two letters were written about the same time. We can, however, know something about the problem facing Jude’s readers. Certain false teachers had “slipped in among” the Christians addressed. These men are described as godless, denying Jesus Christ, living immoral, polluted lives, rejecting authority and slandering heavenly beings. It seems that these people used the teaching of forgiveness to mean that they could sin as much as they wanted now, since they were forgiven anyway. They thought of the gospel as a “license” to sin. Jude says that he had intended to write a different kind of letter to the Christians “about the salvation we share.” But when he heard of the work of these godless men he wrote instead to urge the Christians “to contend for the faith” (v. 3). Like John’s Second and Third Epistles, Jude’s Epistle has only one short chapter. It is short in length but very powerful in its message. Jude speaks powerfully against the false teachers and about their Judgment. “Woe to them!” he says, reminding us of some of the strong words of the Old Testament prophets. But Jude also speaks words of loving encouragement to his “dear friends.” He urges them: “Build yourselves up in your most holy faith … Keep yourselves in God’s love … Be merciful to those who doubt” (20-22). THEME: “JUDE WARNS OF FALSE TEACHERS IN THE CHURCH

The link: whataboutjesus.com

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Announcements Women’s Bible Study All confirmed women of the congregation are invited and encouraged to attend a new Women’s Bible Study! I am excited to start on this journey with all of you as we study God’s Word together. We will be meeting on Saturday mornings from 9 – 10 a.m. in the Trinity Fellowship Hall. There will be juice, coffee and other breakfast food items to enjoy! Bring a friend, sister, mother to join you. – Jennifer Pope New Bible Class – Lessons from Luther Our new Adult Bible Class continues. It is, The Word Endures - Lessons from Luther Yesterday and Today. We continue to explore key truths of God’s Word that Martin Luther emphasized which still have tremendous relevance today. There is still time to join us, even if you have not been to the prior classes. Please join us at 8:15 am on Sundays, also for breakfast and refreshments!

Movie Event – “A return to Grace – Luther’s Life & Legacy” Wednesday, May 13th at 2:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. there will be a special screening of the new movie “A return to Grace – Luther’s Life & Legacy” at the AMC (Carmike) Theater, Manitowoc. Tickets are $10/person. There may be tickets left. You can purchase tickets at the Thrivent-West Shore office. Call 920-684-3225 for details. Spring Clean Up, Adopt-A-Highway & Church T-Shirts Saturday, May 13th at 9 a.m. will be the next Adopt-A-Highway cleanup for our section of Highway C. We will meet at church. Also on Saturday, at 10 a.m. is our Spring Church Cleanup. RAIN DATE May 20th. Trinity t-shirts will be available for sale that day. Prices are as follows: Cotton Short Sleeve T-shirts $8.50 for youth sizes & adult S – XL. $9.50 for XXL & $10.50 for XXXL. Dry-Wicking Short Sleeve T-shirts $14.50 for youth sizes and adult S – XL. $15.50 XXL & $16.50 for XXXL. Holy Communion Services Upcoming Besides holy communion on May 6 & 7 for confirmation weekend, there will be holy communion as usual on the 2nd and 4th weekends of this month, May 13 & 14, and May 27 & 28. Ascension Day Worship – Thursday, May 25 with Ice Cream Social after Ascension Day celebrates our Lord Jesus’ victorious return to heaven at the Father’s right hand. Mark your calendars: we plan to have Ascension Day worship on Thursday, May 25, at 7:00 pm. The Trinity Ladies Circle is kindly planning to host an ice cream social afterwards, in the Fellowship Hall. Summer Worship Schedule It was decided at our voters meeting on April 25th, to have a Tuesday evening worship service at 7 p.m. and no Saturday evening service, for the summer. This will be from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend.

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Sunday School The last day of Sunday school will be May 21. The Sunday School will be treated to donuts & juice and they will be handed out their certificates. Vacation Bible School with St. John’s, Newtonburg St John’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Newtonburg has agreed with our Sunday School’s request, in that we will join together for VBS this year with them. There will be a planning meeting on Wed., May 17th at 6:30 p.m. at St. John’s for anyone who is interested in helping out. Thanks! Confirmation Congratulations to Marissa Bratz, Deisel Hammel and Brooke Hansen for being confirmed in their confessional Lutheran faith on May 7. We ask Jesus to prosper them in faith by his Spirit. Church Picnic Mark your calendars for June 25th for this year’s Church Picnic. It will be held outside at church, weather permitting, with the picnic at church to follow. AFRICA CALLING: Do you or someone you know have an interest in serving in World Missions as a Nurse-in-Charge? The Central Africa Medical Mission is hiring for our Nurse-in-Charge position at the Lutheran Mobile Clinic (Malawi). This is a 3 year term of service and must be an RN with at least one year of clinic or hospital experience. The nurse-in-charge supervises clinic staff and maintains all clinic functions. Preferred applicants are single females due to living arrangements. The term of service will begin in January 2018. All applicants must be in good standing within WELS or ELS membership. An application may be obtained by contacting Beth Evans (evans.bc57@yahoo.com) or Linda Liesener (cammcontact@charter.net )

Announcement Deadlines If you would like to put an announcement in the bulletin for the weekend, please e-mail the church secretary by Monday evening at 6:00 p.m. If you would like to put an announcement in the Church newsletter, please e-mail the church secretary by 6:00 p.m. Monday. The newsletter comes out on the second weekend of the month. Flower Signup If you would like to put altar flowers on the altar for a special occasion, in memory of someone, or in celebration of something, please sign up.

WCUB Radio Broadcast The WCUB Radio Word of God Broadcast sponsor sign-up sheet is in the narthex. You can sponsor a broadcast in memory of or in honor of someone, but a dedication is not required. Our WELS area sermon broadcast is 9:00 am each Sunday morning on WCUB, which is AM 980 on the radio dial. Pastor Pope can be heard on the third Sunday of each month, from 9:00 – 9:15 am. The cost to sponsor the monthly broadcast is $107 (same as last year). Please make the check out to Trinity.

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Greeter Sign-up In the narthex (the gathering area in back of church), is the new greeter sign-up list. No training required; just a happy face and hand out bulletins. If you are willing to be a greeter one Sunday – welcoming members and guests to church – please sign up. Remember SCRIP If you would like to purchase SCRIP, just pick up an order form in the lower level of church. Fill it out and take the completed form with payment to MLHS. If you take the order to MLHS, it will normally be filled while you wait. Any questions, please contact the SCRIP office at 682-0215, ext. 116. Phone Number, address Change or e-mail address Please notify the church office if you have a change of address, phone number or e-mail address. We need to keep our church records up to date. This is important for church mailings and helpful to Pastor and the Church secretary. Thank You! Church Office Hours Church office hours are: Monday & Thursday, 4:30 - 9 p.m. St. John’s Newtonburg From The Principal

Efficiency or Effectiveness? Which would you rather be gifted with? It’s a tough balance in the workplace and in the home. Some people are super-efficient but lack in effectiveness. Others are very effective but fail at efficiency. What are you the strongest in? When it comes to parenting, we need a balance of both. Timelines, deadlines, agendas and scheduling call for parents to be efficient managers. A good, productive home will run smoothly and make deadlines when needed. The home should also be affective to the needs of all members. Efficiency can be sacrificed when special counsel, a loving hug, or urgent health matters arise. Where does the spiritual focus fit in? As we budget our time, we keep God’s Word first and foremost. It’s interesting that when we have this Gospel oriented perspective in our lives, it is the most effective thing we can do. You can have both! In Jesus and His Word!!

Being an Effective Parent-not a perfect one Take time to have fun with your children. Remember

God has given the children to you. He will help you with the challenge. Don’t try to be perfect. Pray

about your decisions and do the best you can. Set clear and consistent rules, but be flexible.

MLHS L-CREW – Lancer Christians Ready Equipped and Willing Learn about ways to help out MLHS by visiting www.mlhslancers.org/lcrew today. MLHS Prism Concert and Art Show- Sat. 5/20 there will be two times this year! Art Show: 2PM and Concert at 3PM. Art Show 6PM and Concert at 7PM. Each year the MLHS Music Department hold its Prism Concert to not only feature our bands and choirs, but also to highlight the many and varied talents of the MLHS student body. Come early to view the many works of our visual arts students in the MLHS Commons. The concert will be live streamed. This is a secular concert. Come and Enjoy! Church Year in Song – Sun. 5/21 at First German Lutheran on 8th and Marshall in Manitowoc. Concert begins at 7:00PM. Please come and hear the MLHS Concert Choir & MLHS Lancer Singers

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in this sacred concert as they sing their way through the Church year. It is a very nice way to sum up another blessed school year as well.

Senior Awards Night – Wed. 5/24 - MLHS in the Gymnasium at 6:30PM. Come and congratulate the Senior Class of 2017 as many achieve scholarships and awards from all over, and join them as they take a walk down memory lane by watching the video that captured their time at MLHS.

Graduation – Sat. 5/27 - 2:00PM in the MLHS Gymnasium. Only 4 more weeks to graduation! Save the date to hear the message God has for us and more specifically the Class of 2017. Class Verse: “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:26

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Sat. 5/20 Prism Concert & Art Show in MLHS Commons & Gym

Sun. 5/21 Church Year in Song @ 7:00pm at First German Lutheran

Wed. 5/24 Senior Awards Night @ 6:30PM in MLHS Gym

Sat. 5/27 Graduation @ 2:00PM in MLHS Gym

Spring Sporting Events depend on the weather. Check out the school calendar for all the up-to-date times, dates, and locations for your Lancer baseball, softball, and track details!

Church Attendance for April

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Combined total for Saturday/Sunday

“God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” John 4:24

A Happy Birthday and God’s Blessings to…

April 2014 Wed.: 69 Week 1: 40/215=255 Wed.: 49 Week 2: 33/116=149 Maundy Thursday: 60 Good Friday: 61 Easter Sunrise: 47 Easter Late: 235 Week 4: 35/97=132 Monthly: 1057

April 2016 Week 1: 44/73=117 Week 2: 69/73=142 Week 3: 37/93=130 Week 4: 50/198*=248 *Pre K –K Newtonburg sang Monthly: 637

April 2015 Maundy Thursday: 83 Good Friday: 56 Easter Sunrise: 50 Easter Late: 224 Week 2: 46/81=127 Week 3: 26/215*=241 Week 4: 48/116=164 *Pre K –K Newtonburg sang Monthly: 945 April 2017 Week 1: 54/88=142 Wednesday: 54 Week 2: 35/141=176 Maundy Thursday: 72 Good Friday: 63 Easter Sunrise: 71 Easter Late: 185 Week 4: 29/68=97 Week 5: 34/246*=283 * Confirmation Examination Sunday/Newtonburg 1-4 sang

Monthly: 1143

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Happy Anniversary To…

5/8 Jake & Alison Schaus – 8 Years 5/13 Shelby & Ivy Johnson – 34 Years

5/20 Larry & Amy Hochkammer – 22 Years

5/20 Andrew & Jackie Kiesow – 11 years 5/20 Lawrence & Karen Teesch – 45 years 5/25 Scott & Theresa Ohlrogge – 32 Years

5/27 Warren & Pamela Lutze – 39 Years

5/28 Gary & Denise Preston – 34 Years

6/6 Harold & Ann Luebke – 58 years 6/8 Dean & Pamela Petersen – 33 years

Date: Ushers on Schedule: Saturday, May 6th Keith Olm (Server), Mark Kiesow

Confirmation Sunday

Sunday, May 7th Keith Petersen (Server), Gary Vetter (Server), John Smith, Wayne Otto

5/11 Lori Schleis 5/12 Larry Fischer 5/15 Ivy Johnson

5/17 David Petersen 5/17 Evan Ott 5/18 Mona Hansen 5/19 Elwood Free 5/20 Ellah Arnold 5/21Michael Kaufmann 5/21 Ivy Silbernagel 5/24 Al Gulseth 5/24 Jessica Williamson (Johnson) 5/25 Todd Bergmann 5/25 Tenley Evenson 5/26 Tim Petersen 5/27 Tabitha Matznick 5/27 Sheri Schreiber

5/31 Jennifer Pope

June Birthdays 6/2 Brent Bratz 6/6 Wayne Petersen 6/7 Danny Faber 6/8 Paul Nagel 6/10 Denise Free 6/10 Nicole Glaeser 6/10 Arlene Schreiber 6/11 Eli Kenneke 6/11 Michael Rusch

If you have a May/June birthday or anniversary and it is not listed correctly please let us know so we can update your information. Thanks!

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Saturday, May 13th Jim Krim (Server), Warren Lutze (Server), Jacob Krim Sunday, May 14th Andy Fisher (Server), Brian Glaeser (Server), Greg Buechner, Len Arnold Saturday, May 20th David Petersen, August Teesch Sunday, May 21st Todd Bergmann, James A. Ott, David Mellstrom, Elwood Free Ascension Service Thursday, May 25th Jim Krim, Jacob Krim, Ron Kasten, Fred Schnell Sunday, May 28th Keith Petersen (Server), Brian Glaeser (Server), Larry Hochkammer, Jeff Kasten Tuesday, May 30th Keith Olm (Server), Warren Lutze (Server), Steve Pleuss Sunday, June 4th Jeff Knutson, James W. Ott, Jeff Tuschel, Paul Nagel Tuesday, June 6th Derrick Krey, Ben Kiesow, Josh Kiesow If you are unable to make your scheduled service, please call Brian Glaeser @ 775-3941. Communion Liturgy: Take, eat; this is the true body of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, given into death for you, for your sins. Take, drink; this is the true blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, shed for you for the forgiveness of your sins. May this strengthen and preserve you in the true faith unto life everlasting. Depart in peace; your sins are forgiven. Amen.

Altar Guild: May – Group 4 Marilyn Kaufmann, Marie Knutson, Grace Ott, Jennifer Pankratz

Our Greeters for May

May 7th Helen Isaacson May 14th Lori Schleis family May 21st Ron & Carol Kasten May 28th Elwood & Denise Free

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Bible Quiz – “Quirky Characters”

1. This man is known for being meek (humble).

a. Moses

b. Gideon

c. Nimrod

d. Cain

2. This man is known for being short.

a. Nehemiah

b. Joseph

c. Zacchaeus

d. Joel

3. This man is known for being fat.

a. Eglon

b. Aaron

c. Judas

d. Obed

4. This man ate grass for many years.

a. Shishak

b. Nebuzaradan

c. Rabshakeh

d. Nebuchadnezzar

5. Which of the following was known for being left-handed?

a. David

b. Ehud

c. Elisha

d. Micah

Answers: 1.) a [Numbers 12:3] 2.) c [Luke 19:2-4] 3.) a [Judges 3:17] 4.) d [Daniel 4:33] 5.) b [Judges 3:15]

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