Immanuel Lutheran Church-and-School
Perryville, Missouri
Weekend
of Sunday, September 5, 2010
“Our
sole purpose: Bring people into a growing relationship with
Jesus Christ”
Email: ilcperryville@bigrivertel.net;
Website: www.immanuel-perryville.org
Thank You …
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To the Men’s Choir,
for beautifying the 7:30 a.m. worship service last Sunday,
August 29.
Congratulations & God’s Blessings! to the ILS Girls Volleyball A Team for winning the pre-season
tournament at Saxony Lutheran High School last Saturday, August
28.
The Banner That Is
Hanging on the pulpit side of the sanctuary was made for display at the
Missouri District Lutheran Women's Missouri League Convention in
Springfield Mo. The banner was designed and made by several
ladies from LWML New Wells and will be displayed here
for a few weeks. The theme of the convention was Beautiful
Feet-Led by God. The floral design reminds us
of God's beautiful creation. The shades of red in the
design help us reflect on the blood that Jesus shed for us.
The footprints set at the center of the cross show us to always
return to the cross and experience the beautiful sacrifice of
our Lord and Savior.
A New Adult Information Class led by Pastor Marks will begin next Sunday, September 12, 8:50-9:30
a.m. in Room 1. The
purpose of the class is to teach the Christian faith and
describe what is unique about Lutheran beliefs.
It will be informal and anyone is invited to come.
Upon completing the class you may choose, if you wish, to
become a communicant member of our congregation.
Please call the church office (547-8317) if you are
interested.
Sunday School Teachers Needed & Sunday School Rally
Planned
We will jumpstart Sunday School/Bible Study classes for all ages with
a rally next Sunday, September 12, 9:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary.
We would like everyone who attends 7:30 a.m. worship, all Bible
classes, and Sunday school, in other words the whole
congregation to join us!!! We want to encourage everyone
to send their children to Sunday school and for everyone in the
congregation to attend one of the Bible classes held at church
or school during Sunday school, or to attend any of the other
Bible classes that are held during the week. This is your
opportunity to grow in your knowledge about God not only on
Sunday mornings, but all the time during the week.
Material for the teachers are available to pick up in the church
library.
The Board of Parish Education needs Sunday school teachers for grades Kindergarten,
2, 5, 6, 7, and 8. We would like two teachers per class so
they can switch off every other week or every other month,
whichever works best. Please call the church office or
speak with Lynne Kreutz (547-6296) or any of the other board
members as soon as possible.
Please prayerfully consider teaching a Sunday School class. We
are in need of volunteers to teach!!! God bless all of you
and don't forget to mark your calendar and join us next Sunday.
Lynne Kreutz, Board of Parish Education
Parish Planning
Council Meeting will be on Monday, September 13, 7:00 p.m. The Board of
Stewardship will discuss their ongoing projects and the
Endowment Committee will give an update. We encourage
anyone to attend.
Presenting Campus
Alpha! A 7-Week Practical Introduction to the Christian Faith Pastor Marks will be leading a small group discussion. It will be a
seven week program for those who wonder: Christianity:
Boring Untrue, and Irrelevant? Who is Jesus? Why Did Jesus Die?
How Can I Be Sure of My Faith? Why and How Do I Pray? Why and
How Should I Read the Bible? How Does God Guide Us? Who Is the
Holy Spirit? How Can I Be Filled with the Spirit? What Does the
Holy Spirit Do? How Can I Resist Evil? Why and How Should We
Tell Others? Does God Heal Today? What about the Church?
Location: Perryville Higher Education Center, 108 S.
Progress Drive (right behind Sonic). Tuesdays, beginning
September 14, 5:15-6:15 p.m. Cost is $FREE! Please register for
the course in the Church Library.
Is It Time to Resurrect Your Marriage?
You can bring your marriage back to life again like when you were
first married. Attend
the next Lutheran Marriage Encounter Weekend at the Holiday Inn,
South Lindbergh Blvd, November 5-7.
Here husbands and wives RESTORE communication, REKINDLE
romance and RENEW commitment.
Watch your love for each other grow immensely.
For more information or to register, speak with Tom or
Kathy Von Behren (636-343-9453) or vonbeh@sbcglobal.net.
Check out the website at www.stlmarriage.com.
Registrations are due by October 5.
“Building For Our
Children’s Faith” The commitment campaign to pay off the new school
building loan is over but we would like to encourage you to
still support this program.
The yellow envelopes are available in the pews and in the
church office. Thank you to all who supported through the
campaign and continue to support our school ministry.
OASIS Volunteers Needed Would you or someone you
know be willing to spend just one hour a week during the school
year with a child in Kindergarten to grade 4 to build reading
and language skills, self esteem, and positive attitudes towards
school? Read, talk, and write together; become friends! No
experience necessary. You
will receive free training, materials, and on-going support. The
training date set for new volunteers is Thursday, September 30,
2010, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in the Immanuel School Board Room.
Our first meeting for new and previously trained volunteers is
Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 3-4:00 p.m. in the Immanuel School
Grade 4 Classroom. Speak with Wendy Cooper (547-7508) to sign up
for training and for more information.
Tuesday Afternoon
Ladies Bible Study will begin on September 7 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 1.
All ladies are invited to attend. Bring your Bible and join us
for a time of spiritual growth as well as fellowship with other
sisters in Christ.
New
Spanish Language Portals of Prayer
for October to December are available at the Outreach table by
the church library. Please
help the Board of Evangelism get these into the hands of your
Spanish speaking friends before the end of September.
Free Spanish Bibles marked with the way of salvation are
also available at our Outreach table.
Portals of Prayer users can order their own
unmarked Spanish Bible from the Lutheran Hour.
Share
Your Talent! If you can sing, play an instrument, etc. please
share that blessing of talent with others at the “Spirit of
Christmas” Celebration and Banquet on Saturday, December 4
(an evening of Christian fellowship).
You may even want to get together with some friends and
sing together! Please
sign up on the sheet provided in the church library by Oct. 10th.
The event will
be spiritually uplifting!
Please direct any music choice questions to our music
director, Allyn Steffens. Thank
you in advance for your dedication to this event!
Tour
Group Invitation Please join us as we travel and enjoy friendship.
From October through December we have planned: October 1,
“Warm Springs Ranch/Clydesdales”, November 11,
“Patriotic Show-Meramec Music Theater”, December 1-3,
“Christmas Florals, Lights & Hallmark Moments in Kansas
City”. For more information please pick up a flyer at one of
our displays in the narthex.
Lutheran
Women’s Missionary League Items …
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The LWML is collecting food and personal care items for the seminary
students. Please put them in the Food Pantry marked “Seminary
Students”. Thank you.
J
A Bakeless Bake Sale is being held during this month of September.
Money collected will go for the society projects. This is for
members and non-members to participate. Please pick up an
envelope on the LWML table in the narthex and then drop it off
in the collection box in the church library. Thank you to all
who support this project.
J
The next meeting of LWML will be Wednesday, September 22, 7:00 p.m. in
the Fellowship Room at Church. There will be a topic study from
the Summer Quarterly and mite box devotion. The hostesses
for the evening are Ruth Heck, Ruby Schubert, and Kelly Carstens.
Ladies who are members of Immanuel are welcome to attend.
J
LWML Fall Rally will be held at Immanuel Lutheran Church, New Wells,
on October 10.
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Summer Quarterlys and prayer suggestions are on the LWML table in the
narthex.
J
The Advent by Candlelight committee has planned a different
format for this year's celebration. It will be the same
time and date, Sunday, December 5, but we plan to hold it at
church in the sanctuary. Members are still encouraged to
invite guests but will not be responsible for decorating
individual tables. More information will be forthcoming.
Christ Care
will meet on Saturday, September 11 and 25, 1:00 p.m. in the
home of
Herman and Nancy Wills.
Do You Love Praising the Lord through Singing? Do you want to strengthen the gifts God has given to you by
learning a variety of music? Do you want to join other
enthusiastic people in serving individuals and congregations in
our area and beyond by singing in concerts, special church
events and benefits, nursing homes, and tours? Please
prayerfully consider joining the Perry County Lutheran Chorale.
If you are a confirmed Lutheran church member, we would love to
have you join us for a rehearsal to see what you think.
The fall season will include three or four concerts.
Rehearsals begin on Sunday, September 12, 6:30 p.m. at Immanuel
Lutheran Church, Perryville. Speak with Tyson Wunderlich
(617-943-7093) for more information.
15th
Sunday after Pentecost
Christ Jesus Has Paid
the Cost of Discipleship for You
(Deuteronomy
30:15–20; Philemon 1–21 St. Luke 14:25–35)
A disciple of Jesus Christ will “carry his own
cross” (Luke 14:27) and follow the Lord through death into
life. Discipleship is costly because it crucifies the old man
with “all his own possessions” (Luke 14:33), in order
to raise up the new man in Christ. The disciple disavows “his
own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and
sisters, yes, and even his own life” (Luke 14:26), in
deference to Christ. That way of the cross is impossible, except
that Christ Jesus has already paid the cost. His cross is set
before you as “life and prosperity, and death and
adversity” (Deut. 30:15). Taking up His cross is to “choose
life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, by
loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding
fast to Him” (Deut. 30:19–20). To live that life in
Christ is also to bear His cross in love, “that your
goodness should not be as it were by compulsion, but of your own
free will” (Philemon 14).
Pray for Us Calendar for
September 1-15 requests prayer for God’s work in Poland.
The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in
Poland reports a baptized membership of more than 80,000 in 300
congregations and preaching stations.
From September 16-30 users are asked to remember outreach
to Generation X and Y in the United States.
Generation X or “Baby Busters” were born between 1960
and 1979, and members of Gen Y or “Millennials” were born
between 1980 and the present. The Pray for Us Calendar can be
found on the Outreach table by the church library or on the
internet at www.lcmsworldmissions.org/prayforus.
DVD Videos In Church Library
Check
out what is there then check out what you desire to watch.
One that is available is “Saving Sarah Cain”.
Heartwarming family drama based on the bestseller by Beverly
Lewis. Successful, self-absorbed newspaper columnist Sarah
Cain is stunned to learn of her estranged sister’s
death—and shocked to learn that she’s been named guardian
of the children. How can a big-city professional woman
single-handedly raise five Amish orphans… and where?
Evangelism/Outreach
Brief Luke 14:25-35: In His
teaching Jesus said that salt is good, but if it loses its
saltiness, how can it be made salty again.
Jesus taught that we as His followers are like salt on
earth to season and preserve good things.
Witnessing to Jesus is the best way that we can be like
salt!
Youth
News
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The next Auction Meeting will be this Thursday, September 9, 6:00 p.m. at the Youth House.
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The 2010 Annual Youth Auction scheduled for Saturday, October 23, is just around the corner.
Tickets are on sale now! Please contact the church office, a
youth board member, or youth in grades 7-12 to purchase your
tickets. The cost is $30 each or $225 for a table of 8 people.
It includes a delicious steak dinner, snacks, and the auction
event.
Lutherans for Life Items …
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Life Quote
"We cannot rely on worldly institutions to fight our
battles for us. Christians have been called to be hope and light
to a fallen generation; so let’s speak God’s truth in love
and care for the most vulnerable in our churches and society.
May God bless your efforts to really make a difference!" Diane
E. Schroeder, president of Lutherans For Life This "Life Quote" is from Lutherans For
Life – www.lutheransforlife.org.
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Life Thought
Life and death, they are before us every day. Our
culture shouts, “Choose death as a solution to your
problems.” The Lord says, “Choose life, that you and your
offspring may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19). He who has chosen you
in Christ promises that He “is your life and length of days”
(30:20). We turn to Him for our help and our hope.
Immanuel
Lutheran School Notes
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The Missouri Board of Directors is recommending and Immanuel is
participating in a project for North Korea.
In the areas where LCMSA is working, there is a need
for winter coats. The
school Chapel collections for August and September will be
given to this project. Approximately five thousand (5,000)
children are in need of coats.
A new coat can be purchased for $13.
Monies collected by October 1 will be sent on by the
District for this project. If congregation members would wish
to contribute, please do so at the school office.
From our blessings, we can share with others.
Praise be to God!
Mr. U
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NLSA: The re-accreditation
process for Immanuel Lutheran School is well underway.
Our visit will be April 13-14, 2011. We greatly
appreciate the response to our survey of the congregation.
This will be one of the pieces of information the
Steering Committee will be using to set the goals for our next
five years. We appreciate your prayers and support.
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Tuition Assistance:
As we begin another school year, we ask you to
prayerfully consider a contribution to the Tuition Assistance
Fund for Immanuel Lutheran School.
We have a number of families who are in need of
assistance and we do not ever want the reason for not
attending Immanuel Lutheran School to be financial!
Saxony Lutheran High
School is currently seeking a part time receptionist (20 hours per week)
during the school year. Interested individuals should apply in
person to Saxony Lutheran High School 2004 Saxony Drive Jackson,
MO 63755 by Friday, September 10.
Local
& Area Benefit Meals & Other Events …
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Zion Lutheran Church,
Crosstown, MO Picnic will be next Saturday, September 11, 3:30 p.m.
Smorgasbord Supper. Chicken & Dumplings/Fried Chicken/Ham
and all the trimmings. Rain or shine. Air conditioned hall.
Adults: $7.50. Children: 6-11: $3.50.
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Memorial Service next Saturday, September 11, 7:00
p.m. at Immanuel, Altenburg. Please come and join us in praying
for our country, those still affected by the tragedy, and
trusting in God to guide us in all things.
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Saxony Lutheran High
School will host its annual Saxony Golf Classic on Friday, September 17, at
the Cape Girardeau Country Club. For sponsorship or team
information, please speak with Rhonda Wessel (573-204-7555).
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First Ever Hayfield
Shoot-Out Cow Pasture Golf Tournament will be
hosted by the Altenburg Public School PTO on Saturday, September
18, behind Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg, MO. It will be
a 4-person scramble and entry fee will be $80.00 per team.
Shotgun starts will be at 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Food will be served at 4-7:00 p.m.
Cold beverages will be served all day.
Music by Steve Kirn at 6:30-10:30 p.m.
For more information, please speak with Bleau Deckerd
(573-824-5335 or 573-824-5857).
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Church Supper at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Tilsit (Jackosn) MO, on Sunday, September
26, 4:00 p.m. Adults: $8. Children 6-12: $4. Under 6: $FREE.
Carry outs available. Kettle beef, chicken and dumplings, ham
and all the trimmings. A portion of the proceeds from this
supper will be given to the Lutheran Mission Partnership of SEMO
(a joint venture of three congregations in the Bootheel).
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Harvest Festival
Service at the Hill of Peace Lutheran Church, Friedenberg
on Sunday, October 3, 3:00 p.m.
Old time hymns in a historic setting and processional of
harvest goods from local growers.
Rev. Wayne Palmer will officiate and the Perry County
Lutheran Chorale will provide special music.
There will also be a picture taking area with an antique
wagon, straw bales, pumpkins, gourds, etc. and the
historic old log cabin will be open for viewing and picture
taking. So bring
your cameras and we will take your family photos and/or
individual photos! Refreshments
and fellowship will follow the service in the hall.
Friedenberg is only 5 miles from Perryville: 61 South
about 3 miles to PCR 300; PCR 300 to PCR 304; Church is on PCR
304 on the left.
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Inaugural "Altenburg:
Home is Where Our Story Begins" International Immigration Conference October 28-31, 2010, at 75
Church St. Altenburg, MO. For full conference program visit: www.altenburgmuseum.org
Conference Fee: $120/person (includes all four days,
breakfasts/three dinners) There are daily rates, and a rate for
the Saturday banquet only. For more information call the
museum at 573-824-6070.
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Join Lutheran Family & Children Services on Saturday, October 2 at the Plaza Conference Center for “There’s No Place like Home”
Dinner, Silent Auction, drawings for $5,000 and Emerald Jewelry,
special music by Kim Daniel and Clayton Hahs, a night of
inspiration for all…Hosted by KFVS’ Lauren Keith as the
Emcee.
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Whole Hog Pork Sausage Supper at
Grace Lutheran Church, Uniontown, on Sunday, October 3, 3:00
p.m. Adults: $7.50. Children: $3.50. Under 6: $FREE. Carry outs
available.
