April 29 Weekly News

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

EVERYONE IS INVITED TO Mrs. Buss’s retirement celebration and luncheon next Sunday, May 6.  Our church and school families are asked to bring a salad or vegetable side dish to share for the luncheon.  Meat, dessert, drinks, and table service will be provided.  Memories and best wishes for Mrs. Buss may be posted to the special Facebook page set up for this occasion.

  

ONLY 4 MORE VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED to help pick up our altar flowers.  If you would be willing to pick flowers up from the Seymour Greenhouse one month out of the year, please contact Becky in the church office.  The more volunteers we have to take a turn will lighten the time and trips for all!

COPIES OF the church constitution by-laws and amendments proposal are available in the narthex slot or our church office.  Please help yourself.

WHITE CREEK LUTHERAN SCHOOL is still accepting pre-enrollment for the 2018-2019 school year.  Forms are available in the school office.

NEW ACOLYTE ROBES have been purchased, with thanks given to the Kreinhagen family for designating a portion of Dallas’s memorials to cover this cost.

POSITION AVAILABLE: St. John’s Lutheran School, Sauer’s, is accepting applications to fill the position of 5th-8th grade language arts/social studies teacher for the 2018-2019 school year.  A job description is available upon request. Questions and resumes may be submitted to Principal Jon Baumgartel,  1058 S. Co. Rd. 460 E. Seymour, IN  47274 or sjsauersprincipal@gmail.com

STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:     John 15:2        

“Every branch of mine that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear fruit.” God is interested in the fruit that we bear in good works, and He even prunes us so that we may bring forth more fruit.  Trusting in our Lord’s work for us, being grafted by grace into His vine, we desire to be more like Him, to grow into His image.  That’s growth in fruit bearing…and it always comes with some pruning.

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April 22 Weekly News

THE FOUNDATION will meet for a brief meeting after worship next Sunday, April 29.  Please meet in the front church pews.

MAY CALENDAR/NEWS ITEMS need to be given to Becky by tomorrow.

LADIES AID MEMBERS are reminded of their Bible study/meeting this Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.  Mite boxes will be gathered. Guests are always welcome!

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED to help pick up our altar flowers. If you would be willing to be included in a pick-up schedule (once/month, one month/year, etc.), please contact Becky in the church office.  The more volunteers we have to take a turn will lighten the time and trips for all!

TIME TO SPRUCE UP THE CHURCH/SCHOOL GROUNDS!  Helpers are needed to pick up sticks, trim bushes, spray weeds, etc.  See chairman, Brian Schultz, if you would be able to help.  All ages welcome!!!

EVERYONE IS INVITED TO Mrs. Buss’s retirement celebration to be held on Sunday, May 6.  Our church and school families are asked to bring a salad or vegetable side dish to share for the luncheon.  Meat, dessert, drinks, and table service will be provided.  If you have any pictures you would like to share in a slideshow that will be presented that day, please drop them off in the church office or email them to wvandercar@whitecreek.org. by this Friday, April 27. Memories and best wishes for Mrs. Buss may be posted to the special Facebook page set up for this occasion.

THE LWML SPRING RALLY will be held next Saturday, April 28, at Prince of Peace, Martinsville.  Registration ($5.00) begins at 8:30 a.m. with the rally at 9:00 a.m.  Rachael Popplewell from Magdalene House Women’s Shelter will be the guest speaker.  Hygiene items (toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash, soap, lotions, etc.) will be gathered.  All ladies are invited.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!  Vacation Bible School is scheduled for June 11-14, 6:00-8:00 p.m. each evening, for children age 4 through 6^th grade. Persons may register online at https://vbsmate.com/events/whitecreekVBS/16118. Volunteers are needed to plan/help with one of the following activities: lessons, snacks, crafts, and outdoor fun.  Contact Jessica Morphew (812-343-9110) if you would like to enjoy four evenings of fun and fellowship with God’s children!

WHITE CREEK LUTHERAN SCHOOL is still accepting pre-enrollment for the 2018-2019 school year.  Forms are available in the school office.

WHITE CREEK RESALE AND VENDOR FAIR is scheduled for Saturday, May 19, from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  To reserve a space for your own resale items, or represent your business, contact Katie Otte at 812-341-5333.  Drop off for “$1 or best offer” donations will be in the gym on Friday, May 18, after school. Volunteers are needed Friday afternoon and throughout the sale!  Contact Katie if you would like to help.

POSITION AVAILABLE: St. John’s Lutheran School, Sauer’s, is accepting applications to fill the position of 5th-8th grade language arts/social studies teacher for the 2018-2019 school year.  A job description is available upon request. Questions and resumes may be submitted to Principal Jon Baumgartel,  1058 S. Co. Rd. 460 E. Seymour, IN  47274 or sjsauersprincipal@gmail.com

PALMS FOR SALE:  $10 each (3 available).  Contact Karen Schlehuser if interested (812-342-6140).

STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:     John 10:14         

“I am the good shepherd.  I know my own and my own know me.” What does it mean to know the Lord?  It starts with being known by the Lord:  He claims us as His own and calls us by name.  Then, once we are His, we learn to know Him…and in knowing Him we learn to imitate Him.  And that is how the Christian life of good works and generosity grows from the Lord’s grace.

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April 15 Weekly News

A SPECIAL VOTERS’ MEETING will be held next Sunday, April 22, after church to extend a call to teacher(s) for the coming school year.  All are encouraged to attend.

SENIOR LEAGUE will meet this evening at 5:00 p.m. at IHOP restaurant at West Hill.  They will then return to the Fellowship Room for socializing.

YOUTH will meet this evening at 7:00 p.m.

BOARD OF EVANGELISM will meet this Thursday, April 19, at 6:30 p.m.

THE FOUNDATION will meet for a brief meeting after worship on Sunday, April 29.  Please meet in the front church pews.

MANY THANKS TO Karen Schlehuser for her many years of service in picking up our altar flowers every week.  Karen would like to “retire” from this duty, so new volunteers are needed.  If you would be willing to be included in a pick-up schedule (once/month, one month/year, etc.), please contact Becky in the church office.

TIME TO SPRUCE UP THE CHURCH/SCHOOL GROUNDS!  Helpers are needed to pick up sticks, trim bushes, spray weeds, etc.  See chairman, Brian Schultz, if you would be able to help.  All ages welcome!!!

EVERYONE IS INVITED TO Mrs. Buss’s retirement celebration to be held on Sunday, May 6.  The planning committee is asking our church and school families to bring a salad or vegetable side dish to share for the luncheon.  Meat, dessert, drinks, and table service will be provided.  If you have any pictures you would like to share in a slideshow that will be presented that day, please drop them off in the church office or email them to wvandercar@whitecreek.org.  Memories and best wishes for Mrs. Buss may be posted to the special Facebook page set up for this occasion.

WHITE CREEK LUTHERAN SCHOOL is still accepting pre-enrollment for the 2018-2019 school year.  Forms are available in the school office.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!  Vacation Bible School is scheduled for June 11-14, 6:00-8:00 p.m. each evening, for children age 4 through 6^th grade. Persons may register online at https://vbsmate.com/events/whitecreekVBS/16118. Volunteers are needed to plan/help with one of the following activities: snacks, crafts, and outdoor fun.  Contact Jessica Morphew (812-343-9110) if you would like to enjoy four evenings of fun and fellowship with God’s children! 

“THANKS for the many kindnesses shown to us at the passing of our dear husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, Dallas Kreinhagen.  We so appreciate the visits to Dallas at home and in the hospital, the prayers and cards during his illness and passing, and especially all of Pastor Whitmore’s visits and words of comfort to Dallas and all of us.  A special thanks to those who donated food and helped with the delicious funeral lunch. We are blessed to have so many caring, loving friends! - Dallas Kreinhagen’s Family

CONGRATULATIONS TO Evan Otte & Hannah Kelley on the birth of their daughter, AMELIA JOY OTTE, on Friday, April 6.  Amelia arrived weighing 8 lbs. 5 ozs. and measuring 20 ins.  Everyone is doing fine – God’s blessings to them!

DEPOSITS OF $1,973.00 (school) and $16 (Foundation) have been deposited to those accounts on behalf of Thrivent Financial’s Thrivent Choice program by the directed choice dollars of the following:  Gary Burbrink, Ken Dettmer, Ellen Dunn, Jane Hoffman, Tim & Carmen Kreinhagen, Dallas & Hazel Kreinhagen, Daniel McGaha, Terry Meyer, Kay Niemoeller, Kristin Simons, Matt Taulman, Charlotte Voelker, and Tim & Lindsey Von Fange.

THE TLHS Variety Show will be performed in the TLHS gymnasium this Friday, April 20, beginning at 7:00 p.m.  Tickets are $5/person and can be purchased at the door.  Variety Show directors are Michelle Bauman and Leah Schneider.  Funny skits, songs, handbells, performances by the TLHS ban, choir, and guitar classes, and much more will be included to provide laughter and entertainment throughout the night.  Bring the entire family and don’t miss this chance to see the Trinity students perform!

ORGAN CONCERT:  Dr. Craig Cramer, Professor of Organ/University Organist at the University of Notre Dame, will present an organ concert this Friday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul, Clifty.  Everyone is cordially invited to attend.

PALMS FOR SALE:  $10 each (3 available).  Contact Karen Schlehuser if interested (812-342-6140).

STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:     1 John 3:2         

“Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.” There is the essence of our sanctification: becoming like our Lord.  As St. John notes, this will only be completed in the Resurrection.  But until then, we are called to trust His grace and to grow into His image more and more.

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April 8 Weekly News

A SPECIAL VOTERS’ MEETING will be held Sunday, April 22, after church to extend a call to teacher(s) for the coming school year.

All are encouraged to attend.

BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet tomorrow (Monday) at 5:30 p.m.

BOARD OF STEWARDSHIP will meet this Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

GUILD MEMBERS will be meeting this Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.  Guests are always welcome!

ELDERS will meet this Wednesday after worship.

QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER ITEMS need to be given to Becky by this Thursday.

SENIOR LEAGUE will meet next Sunday, April 15, at 5:00 p.m. at IHOP restaurant at West Hill.  They will then return to the Fellowship Room for socializing.

YOUTH will meet next Sunday at 7:00 p.m.

MANY THANKS TO Karen Schlehuser for once again beautifying our altar and narthex for Easter.  Your faithfulness and creativity are truly appreciated, Karen! 

PERSONS are asked to please remove their altar/narthex flowers after today's worship.

PLEASE NOTE today’s insert invitation to Mrs. Buss’s retirement celebration to be held on Sunday, May 6.  The planning committee is asking our church and school families to bring a salad or vegetable side dish to share for the luncheon.  Meat, dessert, drinks, and table service will be provided.  If you have any pictures you would like to share in a slideshow that will be presented that day, please drop them off in the church office or email them to wvandercar@whitecreek.org.  Memories and best wishes for Mrs. Buss may be posted to the special Facebook page set up for this occasion.

WHITE CREEK LUTHERAN SCHOOL is currently sponsoring a spring hanging flower basket sale.  A variety of flowers are available - $20/basket.  Please see any WCLS student or contact the church office by tomorrow to place an order.  Baskets will be available for pick-up Friday, May 11, which is Mother’s Day weekend.  All proceeds go toward special school projects.

CRAFT NIGHT to work on projects for our fall bazaar will be hosted this Thursday evening, April 12, at 6:30 p.m. by Cathy Bontrager at her home.  All projects and ideas are welcome!

THE TLHS Variety Show will be performed in the TLHS gymnasium on Friday, April 20, beginning at 7:00 p.m.  Tickets are $5/person and can be purchased at the door.  Variety Show directors are Michelle Bauman and Leah Schneider.  Funny skits, songs, handbells, performances by the TLHS ban, choir, and guitar classes, and much more will be included to provide laughter and entertainment throughout the night.  Bring the entire family and don’t miss this chance to see the Trinity students perform!

ORGAN CONCERT:  Dr. Craig Cramer, Professor of Organ/University Organist at the University of Notre Dame, will present an organ concert on Friday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul, Clifty.  Everyone is cordially invited to attend.

A FEW DISHES from the Kreinhagen funeral lunch are on the table in the Fellowship Room.  Please pick up today.

FREE FOR THE TAKING:  A 5-drawer metal filing cabinet.  First come, first serve.  If interested, see one of the elders.

STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:     John 20:19          

“Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’” The peace we have in Jesus is what makes a life of good works possible.  Since we know that it is Jesus who saved us, and not our works, we are now free to do good works not out of self-interest, but for the right reasons: out of thanksgiving toward God and love for our neighbors.

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April 1 Weekly News

*Please note that NO WORSHIP will be held this Wednesday, April 4.

BIBLE STUDY: Jean Jack will begin an eight week Bible study/book discussion this Wednesday, April 4, at 5:00 p.m., based on the book, Loving Isaac.  Books are available in our church office ($11.50).   Those who would like to attend are asked to please pick up a book and read the first three chapters for this Wednesday’s discussion.  Questions??  Contact Jean at 714-768-5731.

THE QUARTERLY VOTERS’ MEETING will be held next Sunday, April 8, at 7:00 p.m.  All confirmed members of our congregation, eighteen years and older, are encouraged to attend.

A SPECIAL VOTERS’ MEETING will be held Sunday, April 22, after church to extend a call to teacher(s) for the coming school year.  All are encouraged to attend.

  

GUILD MEMBERS, please note that you will be meeting Tuesday, April 10, at 7:00 p.m.  Guests are always welcome!

EASTER LILIES/SPRING FLOWERS/PALMS have been given in loving memory of the following:

*Ben & Mabel Burbrink by Bob & Karen Burbrink & Family

*Bernice Bode by Ken & Kyra Bode & Family

*Chet & Edna Bode by Ken & Kyra Bode & Family

*Dale Burbrink, Franklin & Frances Burbrink, Orville & Edna Bode, Steve & Glenn Bode, by Bettie Burbrink & Family

*Alan Schlehuser and Henry Roettger by Terry, Ruth, and Betsy

  Schlehuser

*Jim Schlehuser,  Alan Schlehuser, Bob & Erna Schlehuser, and

  Russell & Margaret Foster by Karen Schlehuser  (palms)

*Jay Lemmon by Cindy, Kayla, Kylie Lemmon

*Ed & Alma Dettmer by Paul & Gloria Dettmer, Ken & Sharon

  Dettmer, and Jim & Sherry Dettmer

*Kristie Wessel by Janice Acree and Jenni Acton

*Alan Schlehuser and James Ross by Josh, Lindsay, and Brogan Hendricks

*James Ross by Mark & Kim Ross & Family and Mike & Kathy Ross & Family

*Nancy, Paul, and Leon Ferguson by Steve & Jackie Shroyer

*Ed Jack, Kellie and Julie Jack, and Omer & Hilda Dettmer by Jean Jack & Family

*Robert & Olga Behrman and Jasper & Helen Musillami by Mike & Ruth Musillami

*Don Linnemeier, Pastor O.W. & Mrs. Linnemeier, Bob & Erna Schlehuser, and Alan Schlehuser by Leon & Joan Schlehuser

*In celebration of the birth of our granddaughter/niece, Reagan Smith, by Jason, Lori, Elizabeth, Kade Hill (spring flower)

Persons are asked to please remove their flowers after next Sunday's worship.

“A BIG THANKS to everyone for making my 90^th birthday party a happy one.  A special thanks for 90 cards and 15 strung on a rope that were printed and colored by the White Creek School children.  Bless them!” – Harriett Meyer

FREE FOR THE TAKING:  A 5-drawer metal filing cabinet.  First come, first serve.  If interested, see one of the elders.

March 25 Weekly News

TODAY’S ALTAR FLOWERS have been given by the confirmands in praise and thanksgiving to God as they renew their baptismal vows through confirmation on this special day.

HOLY WEEK WORSHIP:  Maundy Thursday worship with Holy Communion will begin at 7:00 p.m.  Good Friday worship will also be held at 7:00 p.m.  Next Sunday, our Easter Sunrise worship with Holy Communion will begin at 7:30 a.m., followed by the Easter breakfast and Easter fun activities for the children, and the Celebration Worship with Holy Communion at 10:00 a.m.

***Please note that NO WORSHIP will be held this Wednesday.***

EASTER LILIES may be ordered from Karen Schlehuser (812-342-6140) or persons may purchase their own lilies or spring flowers.  Please contact Karen by TODAY so adequate set-up can be prepared for the flowers.

PORTALS OF PRAYER devotion books for April-June are available in the narthex.  Large print copies are also available.

APRIL CALENDAR AND NEWS will be available from the ushers after today’s worship.

THE CHURCH COUNCIL will meet this Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m.  All council members are urged to attend.

LADIES AID MEMBERS are reminded of their meeting this Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.

BIBLE STUDY: Jean Jack will begin an eight week Bible study/book discussion on Wednesday, April 4, at 5:00 p.m., based on the book, Loving Isaac.  Contact Jean at 714-768-5731 or Becky in the church office to enroll.

CONGRATULATIONS TO Becca Garrison and Michael Sturgill on the birth of their son, EASTON JAMES LEE STURGILL, on Saturday, March 17.  Easton arrived weighing 8 lbs. 15 ozs. and measuring 21 ins.  Mother and baby are doing fine.  God’s blessings to them!

STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:     Zechariah 9:9          

“Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” No king ever rode to war like this.  But no king had ever come to wage battle by dying.  In His Passion, our Lord Jesus gives everything He has and is; He does this to bring us from death to life and to make us His own people.      

T BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK! T

March 18 Weekly News

THE SINGING SAINTS CHOIR from St. Paul Lutheran High School, Concordia, Missouri, will be presenting an evening of sacred Christian music here at St. John’s at our last midweek Lenten service this Wednesday, March 21, at 7:00 p.m.

WE WILL WELCOME the Singing Saints choir at a pitch-in before worship this Wednesday.  The supper will begin at 5:00 p.m. to give the choir time to eat and prepare for the service.  Meat, drinks and table service will be provided.  Members are encouraged to come and bring a salad, vegetable or dessert.  A sign-up sheet is in the narthex.  Please sign up TODAY to let the committee know you are coming (so they have an approximate count) and what you plan to bring.  Come and enjoy a good meal and take the opportunity to visit with the students and their chaperones!

NEXT SUNDAY, March 25, is Palm Sunday.  Our worship will include confirmation of our five eighth grade students.  Please note that we will have only our 9:00 a.m. worship.  No Sunday School or Bible Study next Sunday.

QUESTIONING for our confirmation students will be held next Saturday, March 24, at 10:00 a.m.  Everyone is invited as these students are examined in preparation for their confirmation.

LILIES for our altar this Easter may be ordered from Karen Schlehuser (812-342-6140) or persons may purchase their own lilies or spring flowers.  Please contact Karen by next Sunday so adequate set-up can be prepared for the flowers.

PORTALS OF PRAYER devotion books for April-June will be available from the ushers after worship today.  Large print copies are also available.

APRIL CALENDAR AND NEWS ITEMS need to be given to Becky by tomorrow.

BIBLE STUDY: Jean Jack will begin an eight week Bible study/book discussion on Wednesday, April 4, at 5:00 p.m., based on the book, Loving Isaac.  Contact Jean at 714-768-5731 or Becky in the church office to enroll.

THE SENIOR LEAGUE will meet this evening at 5:00 p.m. at Papa’s Grill, West Hill, for supper and will then return to the Fellowship Room for socializing.

YOUTH GROUPS will meet this evening at 7:00 p.m.

“THANKS for the many kindnesses shown to us at the passing of our dear husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, Dale Burbrink.  We so appreciate the prayers, Pastor Whitmore’s comforting words, the visits at the funeral home, the flowers, and the delicious luncheon after the funeral.  We are blessed to have so many caring friends!” – Dale’s Family

POSITIONS AVAILABLE:  White Creek Lutheran School is in the process of calling/hiring two new teachers for the 2018-2019 school year.  The positions include (1) a general fifth grade teacher covering most subjects, and (2) an individual who is able to teach upper level math, including algebra and pre-algebra with the possibility of other middle school subjects.  Any interested individuals should submit their resumes to the school office by this Friday, March 23.

REQUESTS FROM TLHS CALL COMMITTEE:  Trinity Lutheran High School’s principal, Ben Stellwagen, has accepted a call to serve at Concordia University Nebraska in Seward, Nebraska.  As a result, a call committee has been formed and is seeking potential candidates for the school’s next principal.  Please contact Larry Haak at larry.haak@pax-domini.org or 812-565-9050 with the names of those you believe may be suitable for the position.  The call committee also asks for prayers of guidance and wisdom as they conduct their search.

CLARITY PREGNANCY SERVICES will be offering Ministry Orientation on Monday, April 2, 6-9 p.m. at Memorial Baptist Church, Columbus, and Volunteer Training in Seymour at The Point this Wednesday March 21, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and in Columbus at Memorial Baptist Church on Monday and Tuesday, April 9 and 10, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.  For general information about the benefits of volunteering, please talk to Janeen Blomenberg.  To register for ministry Orientation or Ministry Orientation and Volunteer Training, contact Angie Burton at angie.burton@claritycares.org or complete the onlione registration form at http://claritycares.org/volunteer-training-registration.  One person can make a difference!  Male or female, young or old, there are ways for you to be involved with Clarity.

THE CHURCH OFFICE HOURS will be flexible yet this week   during the school spring break.  Please call before you come to make sure someone is in the office.

STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:       Mark 10:45          

“For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Jesus gives everything He has: He gives Himself.  That self-giving is the model for our giving in all aspects of our lives.  In our family, in our church, and in the world at large, Jesus calls us to follow His example in self-giving.  We can only do this if we are connected to His self-giving in faith.

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