July 29 Weekly News

OUR WCLS FACULTY will be installed/commissioned/reaffirmed during today’s worship: K-Mrs. Michelle Barnett, 1^st-Miss Mary Anne Schneider,  2^nd-Mrs. Jean Jack, 3^rd-Mrs. Kim Enzinger, 4^th-Mrs. Lindsay Mullis, 5^th-Miss Mackenzie Wells, 6^th-Mrs. Jessica Sons,    7^th-Miss Julianna Pfeiffer, 8^th-Mrs. Micah McCormick, Principal-Mrs. Whitney Vandercar.  Please keep the faculty and staff in your prayers as they prepare for the coming school year.  A welcome/fellowship reception will be held after worship.  Light refreshments will be served.

SMORGASBORD SURVEYS:  Please complete the smorgasbord survey and drop it in the box in the narthex TODAY so a decision can be made whether or not to continue to have the smorgasbord.

YOUTH MEAL DEALS:  The highest bidders to receive this month’s Deals will be announced today after worship, and the winners will be able to pay for/pick up their meal deal at that time.  Many thanks to all for your support which will help with expenses to attend the 2019 LCMS Youth Gathering in Minneapolis, MN, next summer! 

AUGUST CALENDAR/NEWS will be available from the ushers after today’s worship.

THE ORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN will host a Celebrate Twenty! Open House event this afternoon from 2:00-4:00 pm at the OGT warehouse in Jonesville.  Twenty years ago OGT began in Seymour by George Bobb, then moved to the Wint farm near Azalia, and has continued with its move to Jonesville, where dedicated volunteers serve under the direction of our Lord’s Word to help one another.  Everyone is invited to come and share in this celebration.

GOLF OUTING:  Our Senior High Youth will be sponsoring a Golf Outing at Shadowood Golf Course, Seymour, on Saturday, September 29, beginning at 8:00am.  Entry cost is $65/player, which includes 18 holes with cart and lunch.  Registration deadline is Friday, September 7.  Registration forms are available in the narthex and our church office.  Prizes will be awarded and a raffle will be held. 

INDIVIDUALS/BUSINESSES are being sought to be a sponsor for the Youth Golf Outing at Shadowood Golf Course in Seymour on Saturday, September 29.  They are seeking event sponsors and donations for raffle prizes.  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.  

TRINITY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL is looking for families to host two international students, one Japanese male and one Vietnamese female.  Families who have a student attending Trinity and are willing to host an international student will receive a $1,000 grant for tuition assistance.  Contact the Trinity office 812-524-8547.

SGO:  The Lutheran Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGO) tuition assistance campaign for the students of Trinity Lutheran High School has begun!  Now is your opportunity to provide financial assistance to our qualified Trinity students and receive an Indiana State tax credit equal to 50% of your contribution to the Lutheran SGO program in the name of Trinity.  The Indiana State tax credit is deducted from the tax liability you would owe the State of Indiana.   By contributing to this outstanding program in the name of our Trinity students you will help change the lives of our students and provide them with a four-star Lutheran faith-based education during their formative years. Please email David Probst at dprobst@trinitycougars.org or call him at (812) 603-7970, for more information, or to receive help with setting up your donation.

STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:   Ephesians 3:20        

“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think….”  We often shortchange God by failing to remember what Paul says here: God can do far more than what we can think or ask.  His power, and His love, are without bound and without measure.  So why do we fear to follow His Word?  Isn’t it in fact fear that keeps us back from a life of joyous generosity and openhandedness?  But God is able to do far more abundantly!  So let us not be afraid to take the Lord at His Word and live according to it.

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