GOD’S BLESSINGS TO Riley Fay Croddy, daughter of Tim & Diane Croddy,
as she is baptized today. Riley is a 7th
grader at WCLS. Her sponsors are her
uncle and aunt, Mark & Elly Rutan.
Welcome to our White Creek family, Riley!
PORTALS OF PRAYER devotional
booklets for October-December are available in the narthex. Large print, digest, and regular sizes are
available.
SUBMIT
YOUR BID (in the narthex) on the Meal Deals being
offered this month by our Youth: Meal Deal #1 - chili, homemade bread, and
peach cobbler and Meal Deal #2 - chicken enchiladas w/sour cream and lettuce
and a cookie plate. The winners will be announced next Sunday. Thanks for your support as our youth continue
to earn funds for the Youth Gathering next summer!
THE
QUARTERLY VOTERS’ MEETING will be held Sunday,
October 7, at 7:00pm. **Please note that
election of officers and approval of those appointed for 2019 will be among the
business at hand.** All confirmed
members of our congregation, 18 years
and older, are encouraged to
attend. The nominations for elected and
appointed positions are included in today’s weekly news.
YOUTH
GROUPS will meet at Camp Lakeview Villages TODAY from
11:45-3:00 for a cook-out lunch, devotions, games, and group building. All youth, 6th-12th
graders, are invited!
SUPPORT OUR YOUTH who are attending
the National LCMS Youth Gathering in 2019 by purchasing from their Pampered
Chef fundraiser through TODAY. The youth
will earn up to 35% of purchases. See a youth
member who plans to attend the Gathering, Jennifer Whitmore, or go online to https://Pamperedchef.com/go/StJohnYouth2018 to place an
order. The youth thank you for your
support!
OCTOBER CALENDAR AND NEWS
ITEMS need to be given to Becky by TOMORROW.
MANY THANKS TO
all who assisted with our recent Smorgasbord-food donators, servers,
dishwashers, food preparers, and cleaner-uppers. A special thanks to the youth for all their
help!
GOLF
OUTING:
It’s not too late to enter a team into the upcoming Youth Golf Outing at
Shadowood Golf Course in Seymour next Saturday, September 29, at 8:00am. If you don’t have a full team, players will
be paired up to make a team. Cost is
$65/player. To register, call
812-350-2161, email jasonhill2005@netscape.net, or come the 29th and register
at the event. Come out and enjoy
yourself and support our Youth!
INDIVIDUALS/BUSINESSES are being sought
to be a sponsor for the Youth Golf Outing at Shadowood Golf Course in Seymour
next Saturday, September 29. If you
would like to be a sponsor or donate raffle items, please contact Jason Hill at
(812-350-2161, jasonhill2005@netscape.net) or
Michelle Barnett (mb_barnett@yahoo.com). All proceeds will go to help with expenses to
attend the 2019 National Youth Gathering next summer.
OPEN
HOUSE: Trinity
Lutheran High School invites students and their families to an open house on
Sunday, October 7th from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. All eighth grade students will
receive a $75 voucher that covers registration costs at Trinity for the
2019-2020 school year. Please enter through the commons. We hope to see you
there!
SUPPORT
TRINITY STUDENTS:
The Lutheran SGO student tuition assistance campaign for Trinity has
started, and the goal this year is $260,000 in tuition assistance scholarships
for our students. So far, Trinity
students have received $50,000 in tuition assistance while our supporters have
received over $25,000 in Indiana State Tax Credits! Please remember that all donations provided
to the Lutheran SGO program in the name of Trinity will result in a 50% State
Tax Credit to the donor. If you are
interested in receiving a donation form or would like more information about
the SGO program, please contact David Probst at 812-603-7970.
STEWARDSHIP
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Mark 9:32
“But they did not understand the saying and were
afraid to ask him.” The disciples really do hold up a mirror to
our faces and force us to see ourselves:
misunderstanding, afraid, confused.
But the Word of God is clear if only we will listen with open ears. What was blocking the disciples’ ears? He Gospels tell us time and again: they did not expect a suffering Christ, and
so when Jesus spoke of suffering, they plugged their ears and didn’t listen,
and so they ended up confused and scared.
What about us? What’s in the Word
of God that we find heard to hear and contrary to our desires and
expectations? That might just be exactly
what we need to hear.
TBLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK! T
