Monday, February 23, 2015

February 22 Weekly News


WE REJOICE WITH Matthew & Lorna Meyer as they bring their daughter, LARKIN ARIETTA MEYER, to be baptized this morning.  Larkin's sponsors are family friends, Craig & Dawn Bolte.  God's blessings to you, Larkin!

 

THE SEASON OF LENT continues with our Second Midweek Lenten worship Wednesday at 7 PM.  The Youth will be serving supper before the service, beginning at 5:45 PM.

 

MARCH CALENDAR AND NEWS will be available from the ushers after today's worship.

 

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet today after Sunday School and Bible Class. 

 

LADIES AID MEMBERS are reminded to bring their Mite Boxes to the meeting this Wednesday, beginning at 9:00 AM with Bible Study followed by the business meeting from 10:00-11:00 AM.  Visitors are always welcome!

 

PARENTS OF OUR STUDENT CONFIRMANDS are asked to meet briefly after church next Sunday, March 1.

 

A SPECIAL ENVELOPE for the Trinity High School dues are provided in your offering envelope box.  Members are encouraged to include that in the offering plate ($16/communicant member) as that expense has already been paid this year.

 

THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY CALENDARS are still available for those households who have not yet received one.  Each household will receive one complimentary copy.  Additional copies may be purchased for $10/calendar.  Check with Becky in the church office.

CONGREGATIONAL HISTORY:  Pastor Schuerman wrote to Dr. Sihler in Ft. Wayne, a Lutheran pastor who was later prominent in the organization of the Missouri Synod, informing him of the plight of White Creek.  Before Sihler responded, Rev. Suhr, of the Walnut Street Protestant Church in Cincinnati, of whose church most of the people here had been members during their brief stay in Cincinnati, sent Candidate Fick, a consecrated Lutheran pastor, who had just come over from Germany.

 

LOOKING FOR COMFIRMATION PICTURES:  The class of 1932 whose members were Edell Eckelman, Evelyn Kobbe Rueter, Selma Peters Claycamp, and Thressie Luenebrink, and the classes of 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013 are needed.  Please contact Jean Meyer (812-343-2361) if you would have any information about these group pictures or know of someone who might be contacted about them.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO Dan & Jeanne Lienhoop on the birth of their son, THEODORE AUGUST LIENHOOP, on February 12.  Theodore arrived weighing 9 lbs. 12 ozs. and measuring 21.5 ins.  Everyone is doing fine - God's blessings to them!

 

THE LCMS CHURCHES of the Columbus Circuit will be sponsoring noted speaker and head of the Ruth Institute, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, speaking on The Impact of Re-Defining Marriage on Children at the Southside Elementary School auditorium on Monday evening, March 2, at 7 PM.  This presentation will explore the profound and lasting consequences resulting from re-defining marriage and parenthood.  The public is invited.

 

THE LLL SPRING BANQUET will be held on Sunday, March 8, at 5:30 PM at the Immanuel Social Room, Seymour.  Tickets ($15.00) are available in our church office or from Keith Mensendiek.  Guest speaker will be Rev. Gene Ernst, Manager of the Indiana Orphan Grain Train. 

 

MANY THANKS TO all who supported the Aluminum Can Drive last weekend, sponsored by our school's parent organization, the WCA.