“We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by

the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.” ~Romans 6:4

April 2016

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Don’t you just love a new car? That new car smell. The brand new interior. The perfectly painted and detailed exterior. If you have ever purchased a new car with only a few miles on the odometer, then you know what I’m talking about. You can tell the new car owners. They’re the ones who park hundreds of feet from other cars (especially in grocery store parking lots.) They are on high alert for errant shopping carts, other people’s car doors, and the continued threat of possible damage—no matter how slight. If driving on the highway, the new car driver skillfully avoids dump trucks, semi trailers, and any area where stones, sand, or de-bris could fly up and damage their brand new ride. Then one day it happens. They dis-cover their first door ding. Or a road stone chip. Or, heaven forbid, a scratch that can’t easily be touched up. Drat! Welcome to the world of having a USED car, my friend. Frankly, even if you could avoid any signs of use on that new car of yours, there is this thing called “depreciation.” Depreciation happens as soon as you drive your shiny, new car off the dealer’s lot. You may have paid $32,000 for that wonderful new vehicle, but once it leaves the lot, bingo. It’s now lost thousands of dollars if you would try to sell it. After all, it’s a “pre-owned, used car.” The sad truth is that nothing in this world stays “factory fresh” for very long. It doesn’t matter if it’s a car, truck, boat, snowmobile, or even an appliance. Things get used, things depreciate, and things break down. It’s just a fact of life. This is true for you and me as well. In fact, as Christians, we know that we were NEVER perfect or “spiritually new,” even when we took our first breath. The Psalmist tells us, “Behold, I was formed in iniquity; and in sin did my moth-er conceive me.” (Psalm 51:5) In other words, as soon as we were conceived in our mother’s womb, we were already sin-ful. We were already scratched, dinged,

and chipped. From the get-go, we were depreciated to nothing. In fact, if not for God’s grace and mercy, we would have remained His enemies throughout life and eternity. Yet, in this Easter season, and the first hints of long awaited spring, we are once again reminded about the “newness of life.” The apostle Paul once wrote to his Christian friends in Corinth, Greece, these words: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come; The old has gone, the new is here!” As baptized people of God, our sins have been forgiven, washed away, and forgotten. We have been regenerated, born again, made new. Through the re-demptive work of Christ, we are 100% new, holy, righteous, and perfect. That’s great news. That’s Gospel. Do we still sin? Unfortunately, yes. Do we still get dinged up in life? We do. This side of heaven, we will still pick up chips and road stones, scratches, and dings. Some of us older ones, even start to rust! We never depreciate or lose value to God. He loves us despite our sins and shortcomings. By virtue of the Cross of Je-sus, we are made new every day. Every day. Imagine that! Our challenge is to now live as the perfect and redeemed people that we al-ready are in our Father’s sight. Our chal-lenge is to honor Him and thank Him for His grace, by living as He would want us to live. Become what you already are. Things in this world don’t stay new for long. Thanks be to God, when He sees us through the filter of the Cross, we remain perfect and new in His sight forever. May the joy and celebration of Easter (He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!) contin-ue to remind us of the victory that is ours in Christ…and that in Jesus, the new has come and the old has gone!

See you next Sunday!Pastor Jeff

Chips, Scratches, and Door Dings From Pastor Jeff

Another Servant Saturday is coming up on Saturday, April 23rd from 8:30 AM until noon. All Divine Redeemer families and individuals are invited to participate as we meet at DR by 8:30 AM (light breakfast to be served) and then head out or stay in for a fun morning of work at these following places:• Sole Hope - in the Media Cen-ter - cutting soles from jeans for people in Africa.• Oconomowoc Food Pantry - clean up outside and in• Matthews of Hartland - senior living - playing bingo with the residents.• Yard clean up at June Kittle’s plus three Interfaith homes. There will be sign-up opportu-nities on Sunday mornings, be-fore April 23 and also on-line at www.drlc.org. Please join us for a day of building relationships and serving in our community! For questions about April’s Servant Saturday, please connect with Jean Pordon at spudlee7@yahoo.com or 262-646-2959.

MONDAY EVENING WORSHIPJoin us again for Monday Evening Worship beginning at 6:30 PM in the Sanctuary on April 4.

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Do you like to run? I don’t..yet. May-be it will grow on me. I DO, however, like being an active dad who can keep up with his kids. So for now, I run to stay healthy. I needed something creative to keep my focus away from the task of running, but would also encourage me to contin-ue running. That’s where I found it: the Zombies, Run! App. It’s an app that tells a story where you are the main character who has survived a zombie apocalypse and as you run, you pick up valuable supplies for your settlement. The longer you run, the more supplies you pick up and the more of the story you hear. Your phone tracks your distance based on your movement. Then sometimes…wait for it…you’ll hear the groaning of zombies with the warning: Zombies, Run!!! You have to in-crease your speed by 20% and hold it for a short length of time to get away. Yes, it’s a sneaky way of encouraging interval train-ing. Having been immersed in the story (and your music playlist) you really want to run away from those decaying hands! Zombies are something of a phenom-enon within our culture. Millions of ‘Dead’ fans tune in to The Walking Dead which is in its 6th season of Rick Grimes surviving the zombie apocalypse. World War Z was a big budget hit in the theaters with Brad Pitt as its star. Church members joke at Costco that their gigantic 48 pack of toi-let paper is in preparation for the zombie apocalypse. So, zombies are a thing now, but what is a zombie? A zombie has many tell-tale characteristics: they used to be people and even though they’re effectively dead inside, they have the characteris-tics of being alive. They eat, they seem to breathe (since they groan), but most im-portantly they are … fiction. Or are they? I wonder if this is something of an in-sight into the way that Paul addressed the Christians in Rome. These Roman Chris-tians had once believed in the resurrection of Jesus for them. They were once alive in Christ. Slowly but surely those Chris-tians began to deaden themselves by

how they acted in life. Romans 6:12 says that these Roman Christians were supposed to “Let not sin there-fore reign in your mortal body to make you obey its passions.” If sin was reigning in them and the “wages of sin is death” than perhaps these Christians appeared a bit like spiritual … zombies. They were alive(ish), but becoming very dead inside as they allowed their sin to go unchecked and un-repented. They were becoming zombified. Paul was trying to teach them that they needed to consider themselves dead to sin, but most importantly alive to God in Christ Jesus (6:11). How could those Christians know if they were alive or dead? Would it be based on if they felt saved enough? That can’t be. Feelings are great, but they’ve definitely lead believers astray in the past. It definitely couldn’t be based on whether or not they worked hard enough to be saved. So where could these believers go to find out if they were alive or deadened zombies? They had to look outside of them-selves, because that’s where the Gospel comes from. Not their feelings. Not their work. They were to hear where Jesus promised to meet them with new life. Paulbegins by pointing out that baptism was the first place they were given their new life in Jesus. Paul says it this way in vv. 3-5 “Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. Have you ever wondered if you were truly alive in Christ or just another zombie walking along who looked like a Christian?

Zombies, Run! (a meditation on Rom. 6) From Pastor Seth

Next New Member Classes, for those wishing to join Divine Redeemer and are coming from a non-Lutheran church affilia-tion or background, began on March 30. There is still time to participate. If you know of someone who wants to join, please direct them to one of our pastors by calling the church office at 262-367-8400. Classes for those trans-ferring from other Lutheran churches or another Missouri Lutheran church are on May 11 & May 18. We will welcome all of these new members on Sun-day, May 22.

THERE IS STILL TIME TO JOIN THE

NEW MEMBER CLASSES

NANCY MORAVECBorn: 7/2/1946Born to Eternal life: 3/2/2016

DEATHS

NurseryLittle Lamb Nursery has relocated down to the Divine Daycare Center. The hours will remain the same: Sundays 9:15-10:30 AM. You may access Little Lamb Nursery by either stair-case. It is located below the Fellowship Hall.

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Follow Paul’s advice. Look to your bap-tism. This is the point in time where Jesus first said that He loves you. The blessing of baptism is that it happened publicly – other people witnessed that moment of life. Other people can definitely agree that you were baptized. What if you were like those Roman Christians who were bap-tized but then allowed sin and death to zombify them? How do you know you’re not turning into one? The Spirit’s work is to draw you to the places, again that begin outside of you, where Jesus promises to meet you in new life. For believers those places are from other believers who can speak the life giving words of Jesus to you. Finally the Lord’s Supper. These are the definitive places a believer can go to know that they are not deadened zombies. Jesus died on that cross 2,000 years ago to win salvation and forgiveness for you and new life for you. He chose to deliver that gift to you in the here and now through the instru-ments He wants to use dear DR believer. Here are a few verses that speak of Jesus promising to forgive sin or gift faith to a be-liever using His select instruments) : Baptism (1 Peter 3:21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ) The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:27-28 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.)

His spoken Word of Gospel (Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.) If you’re reading this you may never question your faith. You may never ques-tion that you are alive in Christ. Praise God for His goodness in your life! There are some people, some people that you know and are probably related to. They’re not un-churched. They’re de-churched. They’ve exchanged their new life in Christ to be ruled by their death in sin. They’re the spiritual equivalent of zombies. Rath-er than running away from them, like the running app might encourage you to do…run toward those family members. Use the tools that Jesus wants His people to use in order to deliver His grace and Gos-pel to them. Why? Because in heaven…there are no zombies! Just the people of Jesus liv-ing with Him in His kingdom. When I’m finally there – I will have a glorified body that doesn’t break down or get sick. Which means…I probably won’t have to run any-more to stay in shape.

God bless you! – Pastor Seth

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We ask all parents whose children will be baptized to attend a one session Baptism Information class. The next class will be held on Wednes-day, May 18 at 6:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Call Gail Ar-nold to register: 262-367-8400 or e-mail her at gail.arnold@drlc.org. Childcare is available upon request.

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We continue in April with more chapters of The Sto-ry. Come discover together with us, how our story is found in God’s story!Date Chapt. Chapter Title4/3/16 28 New Beginnings4/10/16 29 Paul’s Mission4/17/16 30 Paul’s Final Days4/24/16 31 The End of Time

Sermon Themes

Beginning this month through May, Kids Connection is helping Fikisha. Our goal is to help one homeless boy in Nairobi receive schooling, food, and shelter for one year. This means we need to raise about $550. We are looking for a couple of people willing to match what Kids Connection gathers. Please let Sam, Kate, or Mary know if you are interested!

Lessons in April:April 3: Lesson 28 - New BeginningsApril 10: Lesson 29 - Paul’s MissionApril 17: Lesson 30 - Paul’s Final DaysApril 24: Lesson 31 - The End of Time

Kids’ Connection Update

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Hey parents! Our next Kid’s Night Out will be held on Friday, April 8th. It’s never too early to sign up online, and it’s never too early to tell your neighbors to do the same. Don’t wait! Since Kids’ Night Out has been so well-re-ceived, registration is on a “first come, first serve” basis. If you or your neighbors have never taken advantage of Kid’s Night Out, here’s how it works. Simply note the details and follow the instructions below. It’s a great opportunity for you and your neighbors to have a few hours to yourselves, while your kids experience a VBS setting that includes food, fun, and special ac-tivities. Here are the details on how to sign up: • First, please not that the next Kids’ Night Out will take place on Friday, April 8th. (Please watch for specific times.) • Online pre-registration is required. Par-ents can register their child(ren) using our on-line registration form at www.drlc.org. (If you are unable to register online, simply call the of-

fice and we can take care of it.) Registration will be limited; so please make sure to register ASAP. • Kids Night Out is for children – ages 3 to 12. Please note that children must be potty trained. • The cost is $2.00 per child. (This helps to offset the cost of food and activity supplies.) • Parents must accompany children to the “check-in” located in the Cafeteria to ensure that each child is registered and we have all the necessary contact information. • Parents must sign their child(ren) out at the end of the evening. Remember, this is also for our neighbors, so make sure to tell your friends to take ad-vantage of this great opportunity; and thanks again to everyone who has made Kids’ Night Out a great success!

~ Pastor Kurt & Your DRLC Outreach Team

Kids’ Night Out April 8

The Divine Redeemer’s Christian Scholarship Foundation will award scholarships to deserv-ing high school seniors who attend a Waukesha County High School. A $2,500 scholarship will be awarded to a deserving male applicant and one to a female applicant. The Garrett Becker Scholarship will be given to an applicant who has overcome a significant obstacle in their life or if the applicant intends to work in the health care field. Two Victor F. Braun Scholarships in the amount of $2,500 each will be awarded to one candidate who will enter the engineering field and to another who has shown outstanding commitment in the area of Christian service. The $8,000 Douglas Baker Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a student for their Christian leadership. These awards will be presented at the 25th Annual Christian Athletic Scholarship Banquet on Sunday, April 24 at the Country Springs Hotel & Conference Center in Pewaukee. Social hour will begin at 5:30 PM with dinner being served at 6 PM. Tickets for the banquet are $25.00 per person. Please call the church office to reserve your ticket for dinner. If you have any questions or need further information, please call the church office at Divine Redeemer Lutheran Church between 8 AM-4 PM (262-367-8400.)

Christian Athletic Scholarship BANQUETComing up in April

A special thanks goes out once again to our DivorceCare and GriefShare leadership teams! We have been greatly blessed with teams of caring, compassionate, and dedicated people who spent countless hours praying, preparing, and working together beginning in January – all in order to min-ister effectively to others who have experienced separation, divorce, or are grieving the loss of a loved one. We also want to thank those who are currently serving on our Single and Parenting team. Their dedication and commit-ment to offering support for those who are facing the day to day challenges of being a single parent continues to be an added blessing to our Sunday morning Bible Study hour. Because of these support groups, Divine Redeemer con-tinues to be a place of ongo-ing healing and guidance for a growing number of people in our community. • 2016 Spring DivorceCare Team: Charles Luebke, Michelle Miller, and Patti Sobchak • 2016 Spring GriefShare Team: Doris Egan, Don and Diane Henckel, & Jim Butzlaff • 2016 Spring Single & Parenting Team: Doug Mueller and Amy Witt As we look ahead to our fall sessions, please feel free to call or email Pastor Kurt if you are interested in joining one of our teams, or if you would like to attend DivorceCare, GriefShare, or Single & Parenting.

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“And Jesus came and said to them, “All au-thority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Fa-ther and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teach-ing them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” ~ Matthew 28:18-20 The Great Commission of Jesus Christ is what drives POBLO’s desire to share the Gos-pel message with the nations located right here in our own front yard. As the world becomes more globally connected and the demograph-ics in the U.S. continue to become more cul-turally diverse, we see a key opportunity to be a witness to Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs who are searching for the Truth. Many of the ref-ugees that POBLO serves fled their country because of political or religious persecution. Now in the U.S., they have the freedom to learn about and prac-tice Christianity with-out fear. The growing communities of Mus-lims, Hindus, and Sikhs across the U.S. are a mission field ripe for harvesting. POBLO’s missions work consists primarily of missionary training, church plant-ing, and grassroots evangelism through Bible studies and one-on-one conversations with those interested in exploring the Christian faith or learning more about Jesus. The fields are ripe for harvest (John 4:35) right here in the U.S., and we are responding. Here in Wiscon-sin, there are more than 250,000 immigrants in Wisconsin—nearly 5% of the state’s popu-lation. The majority are from Asian and Latino countries, including Iraq, Somalia, and Laos. Wisconsin boasts the third largest Hmong population in the U.S., many of which came as political refugees from Laos in the 1980s and

1990s. Laotian Hmongs are the largest ethnic group in the state. More than 4.5% of regis-tered voters in Wisconsin are immigrants or children of immigrants. In our state, missionar-ies Praveen Manuel and Ebou Faye engage in evangelism and community outreach among immigrants and refugees primarily from South Asia and North Africa.

Praveen and Priya Manuel

Ebou Faye There are three International Friendship Centers in Wiscon-

sin, where volunteers provide English and sewing classes as a way to reach out in the community and connect with new Americans. Missionaries distribute food, clothing, and household items to at-need refugee families and provide refugee resettlement assistance. They also engage in street evangelism and provide Bible studies and discipleship for new Christians. If you would like more information on POB-LO International Ministries, feel free to check out their website at www.poblo.org. Thanks again for your ongoing support!

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Just as fall turns to winter and winter to spring in some ar-eas of the world, we experience changes in our life that may affect the way we look or feel about ourselves and others. Yet there is no change in our age or physical appearance or life that can alter the underly-ing truth: Through the Spirit of God within we are ageless and free from limitations. We are a living expression of God’s love and life. Young and young in spirit, we welcome each moment as an opportunity to find new ways to express our divine nature. God’s love in us frees us from the limitations of the past and inspires us to live joyously now. Like new buds in the spring, we are born anew each day. We are ready to follow where spirit leads. We are ageless and free. Many plans for fundraisers are in the works for OCC from Parades to Culvers to the Pig-gly Wiggly Brat Shack this year. You can all be part of it. We will be having a meeting Tuesday, April 19 at Noon at Culvers. So come and enjoy lunch or just some ice cream. We are collecting bars of soap and wash cloths in the month of April.

We are Ageless and Free

Mission of

the Month

MARCH / APRIL

POBLO — People of the Book Lutheran Outreach

POBLO is “a mission movement which trains and sends ethnic mis-sionaries to minister in partnership

with congregations desiring to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to new

Americans”. We are blessed to have three POBLO missionaries serving

in SWD: Praveen and Priya Manuel, who are reaching the Indian popula-tion in Waukesha and Milwaukee

with the support of Brookfield Luther-an Church, and Ebou Faye (right), who works primarily with Muslim

Somalis in Milwaukee, in conjunc-tion with Bethany and Mt. Calvary.

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To our special friends / family of DR! I recently read in my “Daily Bread” de-votion that “helping is a spiritual gift from the Holy Spirit”. We have been so blessed and are so thankful for all the HELP given as Shirley recuperates from total knee replacement. Meals have been frequently brought to our home and many have sent cards and are con-tinually praying with each of us. Please know how special a help this is to us. God Bless you all! LeRoy, Shirley & Lee

Special Thank you From the Schumans

Breakfast With The King team is looking for the following items to help complete some areas that need more decorations: Artificial foods from Bible times such as: Grapes Pomegranates Gourds Wheat/bread Fish Eggs Cinnamon sticks Olives Wooden bowls, plates and spoons Clay pots, bowls and vases Fishing nets Leather Musical instruments such as: Wooden flutes Animal Horns Finger cymbals Wooden tambourine Woven rugs Woven table runners Woven placemats Woven blankets Wooden crates Rustic tables and benches Wool Natural yarn Artificial greenery Leather sandals

Other things we are in need of is old, weath-ered wood (i.e. barn wood, unfinished, roughly cut) to build several large shelving units for dis-play. Lastly, we are looking for a member who has the means to offer a local space to store some larger items (i.e. a barn or storage units.)If you are able to help with any of these items or a storage unit, please contact Amy Bronner at 262-367-6787 or 262-751-5961 (cell/text).

Breakfast With The King Volunteer Call

Saturday, April 166:30-9:00 PMSchool Gym

Questions contact Gail Buchberger at gbuchberger@matrixhealth.net

or 262-391-6421.

We are looking for men and women of all ability levels and students age 16 and older to play softball each Tuesday night beginning in May at either 6pm or 7pm and end-ing in August. Signup NOW by emailing Todd Radke at tradke188@gmail.com. Cost is $25 per person for league fees. Come play alongside legends like Scott Droeg-kamp, Todd Radke and other budding softball legends! Great fellowship and exercise on summer Tuesday nights. Sign-up bonus: Priceless Christian devotion following each game.

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April  2016  

G4G  Purpose  Statement:    Empowered  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  the  Women’s  Ministry  of  DRLC  will  provide  opportunities  for  us  to  grow  in  our  relationship  with  Jesus,  serve  others  with  our  time  and  talents,  pray  for  the  needs  of  our  sisters,  and  gather  to  connect  as  girlfriends  for  God.  

       

In  the  fall  of  1991,  Karen  Lippert  put  a  sign-­‐up  sheet  in  the  church  narthex  about  starting  a  women’s  Bible  study.    That  first  year,  there  were  about  5  of  us  and  we  met  in  the  church  balcony.    We  have  met  in  many  locations  and  done  quite  a  variety  of  studies.    We  are  celebrating  the  25  year  mark  on  Monday,  May  2nd  at  9  AM  in  the  Media  Center.    We  will  be  eating,  praising,  reflecting,  and  praying!    All  are  welcome!  J            

   

OCC  –  APRIL  COLLECTION  We  are  collecting  bars  of  soap  and  wash  cloths.    Please  put  them  in  the  

red  bin  by  the  Kids’  Connection  Office.  

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We  are  already  winding  down  this  ministry  year…and  what  a  great  year  it  has  been!    We  are  very  excited  to  share  our  Spring  Oasis  with  you  on  Thursday,  April  21.    Our  own  Dr.  Michelle  Johnson  is  going  to  share  all  that  the  Lord  has  taught  her  over  the  past  five  years  as  she  has  battled  cancer.  We  know  that  you’ll  be  inspired!    Mark  your  calendars  and  join  us!    Please  RSVP  to  Karen  Lippert:    262.367.8400  or  karen.lippert@drlc.org.   SERVANT SATURDAY: April 23rd Please mark your calendars for our next Servant Saturday! Jean Pordon has once again organized the sites for us. They include: Oconomowoc Food Pantry (cleaning inside and outside) Matthews of Hartland (playing bingo with the residents) 4 seniors’ homes (yard cleanup) Sole Hope (cutting soles from jeans, done at DR) Bring your family and let’s show the Hartland area the love of Jesus through our service!

I  have  always  been  fascinated  by  the  different  life  stages  of  the  Monarch  butterfly.    They  start  as  these  small,  striped  caterpillars  and  basically  all  they  do  is  eat  milkweed  plants.    Then,  miraculously,  they  just  “know”  when  to  hang  upside  down  and  form  a  chrysalis.    While  in  that  state,  it  appears  that  nothing  is  happening  until  the  colors  begin  to  change  and  then  the  Monarch  emerges.    What  a  transformation!        Some  of  you  may  feel  like  a  caterpillar,  just  limping  along  through  life,  or  you  may  feel  like  a  chrysalis…just  kind  of  dead  inside.    I  have  good  news  for  you!    Jesus  wants  to  transform  you  into  a  beautiful  butterfly  that  can  fly  with  grace  and  beauty.    Take  your  burdens,  sins,  and  failures  to  HIM  and  let  Him  make  you  a  new  creation!      Therefore,  if  anyone  is  in  Christ,  the  new  creation  has  come:  The  old  has  gone,  the  new  is  here!  2nd  Cor.  5:7  

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FridaySaturday

125:00 PM DRLS Auction/Dinner

38:00 AM Worship Service - Church9:15 AM Adult Bible Connection, Kids Connection, & Confirmation9:15 AM Worship Service - Gym10:30 AM Worship Service - Church10:45 AM Worship Service - Gym

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No Monday Evening Worship Service9:00 AM Women’s Bible Study6:30 PM Women’s Bible Study7:00 PM Basketball

56:30 AM Men’s Bible Study6:00 PM Handbell Rehearsal6:00 PM Men’s Bible Study6:45 PM Women’s Bible Study7:00 PM Choir Rehearsal

66:30 AM Men’s Bible Study 6:30 AM Women’s Bible Study9:00 AM Women’s Bible Study2:00 PM Women’s Bible Study5:30 PM Zumba-Cafeteria5:45 PM Men’s Bible Study6:30 PM New Member Class6:30 PM Kids’ Connection Meeting6:45 PM Women’s Bible Study

7 End of 3rd Quarter 9:30 AM Senior Connection 6:30 PM DivorceCare6:30 PM GriefShare7:00 PM Fusion Thursday Night Lights

8 No School 6:00 PM Kids’ Night Out

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108:00 AM Worship Service - Church9:15 AM Adult Bible Connection, Kids Connection, & Confirmation9:15 AM Worship Service - Gym10:30 AM Worship Service - Church10:45 AM Worship Service - Gym

11No Monday Evening Worship Service9:00 AM Women’s Bible Study6:30 PM Women’s Bible Study 7:00 PM Basketball

126:30 AM Men’s Bible Study6:00 PM Handbell Rehearsal6:00 PM Men’s Bible Study6:45 PM Women’s Bible Study7:00 PM Choir Rehearsal7:00 PM Outreach Team Mtg.

136:30 AM Men’s Bible Study 6:30 AM Women’s Bible Study9:00 AM Women’s Bible Study2:00 PM Women’s Bible Study5:30 PM Zumba-Cafeteria5:45 PM Men’s Bible Study6:30 PM New Member Class6:45 PM Women’s Bible Study

149:30 AM Senior Connection 7:00 PM Fusion Thursday Night Lights

151612:00 PM Wedding Shower6:30 PM Father/Daughter Dance

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8:00 AM Worship Service - Church9:15 AM Adult Bible Connection, Kids Connection, & Confirmation9:15 AM Worship Service - Gym10:30 AM Worship Service - Church10:45 AM Worship Service - Gym

18 DRLS Science FairNo Monday Evening Worship Service9:00 AM Women’s Bible Study6:30 PM Women’s Bible Study7:00 PM Basketball

19 DRLS Science Fair6:30 AM Men’s Bible Study6:00 PM Handbell Rehearsal6:00 PM Men’s Bible Study6:45 PM Women’s Bible Study7:00 PM Choir Rehearsal

20 DRLS Science Fair 6:30 AM Men’s Bible Study 6:30 AM Women’s Bible Study9:00 AM Women’s Bible Study2:00 PM Women’s Bible Study5:30 PM Zumba-Cafeteria5:45 PM Men’s Bible Study6:30 PM New Member Class6:00 PM Confirmation Photos6:45 PM Women’s Bible Study

217:00 PM Fusion Thursday Night Lights225:00 PM Wedding Rehearsal7:00 PM Youth Lock-In

23 8:30 AM Servant Saturday12:00 PM Wedding

248:00 AM Worship Service - Church9:15 AM Adult Bible Connection, Kids Connection, & Confirmation9:15 AM Worship Service - Gym10:30 AM Worship Service - Church10:45 AM Worship Service - Gym

25 Achievement Testing

No Monday Evening Worship Service9:00 AM Women’s Bible Study6:30 PM Women’s Bible Study7:00 PM Basketball

26 Achievement Testing

6:30 AM Men’s Bible Study6:00 PM Handbell Rehearsal6:00 PM Men’s Bible Study 6:30 PM Faith Statement Night6:45 PM Women’s Bible Study7:00 PM Choir Rehearsal

27 Achievement Testing

6:30 AM Men’s Bible Study 6:30 AM Women’s Bible Study9:00 AM Women’s Bible Study2:00 PM Women’s Bible Study5:30 PM Zumba-Cafeteria5:45 PM Men’s Bible Study6:30 PM New Member Class6:30 PM Faith Statement Night6:45 PM Women’s Bible Study

28 Achievement Testing

9:30 AM Senior Connection 6:30 Faith Statement Night

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Divine Redeemer hosted a powerful new event on March 21, 22, 23 called Footsteps to the Cross. The event was best described as a guided, interactive walk-through for adults and children of all ages. All 280 guests and members felt, saw, and heard what Christ did as he walked his last steps to the cross. They nailed a nail to a cross, touched and held a crown of thorns and a whip, listened to soldiers gamble for Jesus’ clothing and sandals, tasted sour wine, encountered the weeping women of Jerusalem as well as Si-mon’s sons who experienced their dad’s love for the Lord as he carried Jesus’ cross for him along the way. There were a total of 10 stations of His footsteps to the cross guided by part of the pastoral team (Pastor Seth and Pastor Kurt) and Mike Oldenburg.

A special thank you goes out to all those who helped make this event such a huge suc-cess: Mary Kuehl, Cheryl and Jerry Maas, Kathy and Tom Ziska, Catherine Debroux, Amy Bronner, Doris Egan, Reid Brueser, Dan Gall, Debbie and Joel English, Bill and Lori Pollock, Ginny Braun, Jackie Scheck, Sue Koepke, Emily, Samantha and Ruth Stern-emann, Terry Williams, Phil Gray, Dee Sow-elles, Karen and Jeff Lippert, Claire Robinson, Andy Kroemer, Kyle Kramer, Jackson Bowen, Chuck Howard, Mike Oldenburg, Pastor Seth, Pastor Kurt, Pastor Jeff, Terri Anderson, Jim Suchocki and Ed Eldridge. Footsteps to the Cross will return, as it will be part of a 3-year rotation for like Lenten events. If you missed it this year, be sure to catch it next time.

Footsteps to the Cross

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6TH-8TH GRADE DIVINE REDEEMER YOUTH MINISTRY “IGNITE” LIFTS OFF ONE FRI-DAY EACH MONTH FROM 7-9 PM IN THE DR MEDIA CENTER AND GYM. Ignite is a youth gathering for 6th-8th grade youth and their friends that will include music, games, fellowship, Bible study and fun! Ignite April News: April 29, 7-9pm Ignite Gathering at the Media Cen-ter and Gym Boys bring snacks for all to share and girls bring drinks (soda, water, juice, etc) for all to share.BRAND NEW HIGH SCHOOL SUNDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY OPPORTUNITY taught by some wonderful veteran Divine Redeemer leaders— 9:15 -10:15 AM each Sunday morning in Mrs. Kuehl’s 5th grade classroom downstairs in the Junior High wing. This will take place from January through May 22, 2016. Another AWESOME way to get involved at Divine Redeemer!

***NEW*** FUSION 8TH-12TH GRADE THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHTS weekly Bible Study at the DR Youth House every Thursday, April 7, 14, 21 from (Faith Statement night on April 28th) We will be digging deeper into Scripture and open for any faith questions as we grow in faith and fellowship.

7TH-8TH GRADE LOCKIN AT DIVINE REDEEMER Friday, April 22 at 7 PM — Saturday, April 23 at 7 AM. THEME: 80’s Throwback with a Life-Size Pac-Man and other 80’s theme games. Location: Media Center and Gym. Boys bring snacks for all to share and girls bring drinks (soda, water, juice, etc.) for all to share. We will also have a service project component at the lock-in. We are also needing some chaperones for this event. Shifts include 7 PM-1 AM or Midnight – 7 AM. If interested please contact Andrea Bartels: andrea@andreabartels.net or Andy Kroemer at Andrew.kroemer@drlc.org. Students please sign-up to attend by Wednesday April 20th.

***IT’S COMING!!!!*** DR Annual Rummage Sale sponsored by DR Youth Ministry on Saturday, May 7! 7-8 AM is the $3 Pre-Sale, 8 AM-2 PM is the regular sale in DR school cafeteria and gym. Donation drop-off day will be Friday, May 6 from 3:30-9 PM. No old TVs, shoes, appliances, sewing machines, or tires, please. Money raised will benefit the DR Summer NYG Mission Trip to New Orleans. Contact Andy Kroemer at andrew.kroemer@drlc.org with any questions.

2016 NYG NEW ORLEANS YOUTH TRIP MEETING Sunday, April 10 at 11:45 AM in the Media Center as we finalize the trip plans and prepare for upcoming fundraisers. Mandatory for all youth and adults attending trip.

DIVINE REDEEMER VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2016- Cave Quest: Following Jesus the Light of the World. Save the dates June 13-17, 2016 from 9 AM-Noon each day. Make plans now to help and/or join us for VBS this summer at Divine Redeemer! VBS team planning meeting is Sunday, April 17 at 11:45 AM in the Media Center. If you are interested in helping with crafts, games, snacks or with brainstorming ideas for VBS please contact Andy Kroemer as we are forming our VBS leadership team now: andrew.kroemer@drlc.org. We are always looking for new people to be a part of the team to share a piece of this amazing outreach event. Please prayerfully consider serving at VBS this summer!

8TH GRADE CONFIRMATION FAITH STATEMENT NIGHTS in the church sanctuary April 26th, April 27th and April 28th at 6:30 PM each night- Open to all congregation members. Come support our 8th grade confirmation students at one or all of these important nights where new confirmands will share their faith and how God continues to work in their life. Tuesday, April 26th Statements of Faith Group #1- 6:30 PM, Wednesday, April 27th Statements of Faith Group #2- 6:30 PM, Thursday, April 28th Statements of Faith Group #3- 6:30 PM. Confirmation Sunday will be separated into three worship services on Sunday, May 1st at the 8 AM, 10:30 AM and 1 PM sanctuary worship services. Join us as these students profess their faith in Jesus.

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Youth fundraiser — Aluminum Can

Collection Step 1: Collect and bag aluminum cans; Step 2:

*Contact Andy Kroemer or the church office to set up a drop off day and time;

Step 3: Drop off your bags of cans by the garage at

the DR Youth House. DR youth and adults will take it from there! We will be tak-ing them to Waukesha Iron and Metal for recycling and

earning approximately . 70¢ per lb. The funds col-lected will benefit the 2015

youth mission trip.

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Happy Spring! It’s a time of renewal, growth, life, and re-birth! Well, keep in mind it is Spring in Wisconsin and one can never predict what the weather will be like. Regard-less, new and exciting things such as the Divine Redeemer Auction, start of fourth quar-ter, and the school science fair are just some of the calendar events that will keep students, teachers, and families busy during April. New students con-tinue to tour, apply, and enroll for fall 2016. Early childhood classes continue to be in high demand and several class-es are near capacity. Divine Redeemer is also excited to announce that it is participat-ing in the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program for the 2016-2017 school year (see details in accompanying article). Divine Redeemer Lutheran School is looking forward to another op-portunity to bring exemplary academics, set within a strong Biblically-based Christian en-vironment, to these eligible families. Learn more about this opportunity by contacting the school’s Admissions Office at 262-367-3664.Mark your calendars for these April school events:• Saturday, April 2 DR Auction — Country Springs Hotel begins at 5 PM.

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D.eaR. Diary...

The mission of Divine Redeemer Lutheran School in partnership with parents is...

providing all students with a highquality, Christ-centered education while nurturing and equipping them to meet life’s challenges and opportunities as

faithful servants of Jesus Christ.

Let’s be honest… this news either “strikes fear and apprehension in your heart”, “you are ambivalent”, or you are “jumping out of your socks at the great news”! For years we have all heard the strug-gles and consequences of schools that have joined choice programs such as Milwaukee or Racine Choice. Those against these programs point out schools in which the culture has been altered, administrators are buried under “red tape”, or students seem to be “lost in the shuf-fle.” For those who feel it is their civil duty to support such programs, they will tell you family stories where these programs have “changed lives”, saved students, and opened up a new “mission field”. So in the midst of such discrep-ancies, why has Divine Redeemer Lutheran School become involved in something so con-troversial? Well, here are the facts: • The Wisconsin Parental Choice Program (WPCP) is not the Milwaukee or Racine Choice Program and it comes with different eligibility re-quirements, regulations, procedures, etc. • Divine Redeemer Lutheran School has elected to participate in the program with a lim-ited number of seats available in grades 4 Year Old Kindergarten through 8th Grade. This in-tentional designation of limited seats simplifies the program during this initial start-up year. • Participation in this program continues the mission of Divine Redeemer Lutheran School in offering exceptional Christian academics to anyone regardless of personal family income. Jesus commanded that we “let the little children come unto him..,” without reservation! • By offering eligible families the opportu-nity to participate in the WPCP, it will free up additional financial aid funds for more families

that might have a financial need that does not meet the WPCP requirement. • Families applying for WPCP will be indic-ative of the demographic families already re-siding in the Lake Country area and therefore will not change the strong family culture that Divine Redeemer Lutheran School is known for. Only families that reside outside of the city of Milwaukee or outside of the Racine Unified School District and meet the eligibility require-ments can apply for the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program. • Participation in the WPCP continues the many opportunities of the school for outreach into the community. School Principal, Michael Oldenburg, strongly supports the program by saying…”I was always against Choice because I had heard that it had changed the culture and climate of some of our schools and that par-ents could have their children opt out of reli-gion classes. When I had the opportunity to sit down with Terry Brown, Vice President of School Choice Wisconsin, he changed my opinion completely. He helped me to realize that the demographics of the Lake Country area are such that our culture and climate will not change. More importantly, because our faith is integrated into all subjects, parents who want their children to opt out of classes where religion is included would have to opt out of all classes. We just would not be a fit for anyone not wanting religious instruction. Terry further pointed out that by offering Choice, we may be able to provide a Christian education to someone who may not normally be able to afford it without giving them tuition assistance which then can be used for others.”

What? Divine Redeemer Lutheran School is Participating in the Wisconsin

Parental Choice Program?

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• Thursday, April 7 End of Third Quarter• Friday, April 8 School Record Day/ No School• Sunday, April 17 1st & 2nd Grade Choirs sings at 10:30 AM service in Church Sanctuary• Monday – Wednesday, April 18 – 20 School Science Fair- Gymnasium• Week of April 25- 29 School Achievement Testing• Wednesday, May 4 — Friday, May 6 Outdoor Education 5th Grade• Sunday, May 8 (Mother’s Day) 3rd & 4th Grade Choir sings at 10:30 AM service in Church Sanctuary

DR Parental Choice Program continued... The Wisconsin Parental Choice Program becomes a win-win for everyone! At the heart of the issue is the fact that we are all called to be “disciples of men”. The possibility of the

school positively impacting the faith of more students who are seeking great academics, surrounded by the saving grace of Jesus, be-comes a very exciting prospect!

School Trip to Washington D.C. Proves Both Educational and Fun The seventh and eighth grade students of Divine Redeemer Lutheran School traveled to Washington D.C. this past March as part of their school trip. Every year opportunities are offered for students to help off-set the expense of the trip by fundraising. Often enough fund-raising is secured that even allows parents to join in on the trip as chaperones. The week-long field trip included a full schedule of tour-ing places such as the National Monuments,

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Jamestown and Williamsburg, the Smithsonian Museums, the White House and many other important sites. The students were responsible to takephotographs of the places they toured so they could make a photo-album for a school project on their return. Not only will these albums be a great learning tool but will also be a great way to save memories of a great school trip!

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Pastoral Staff Seth Flick Jeffery Schubert Kurt WenzelburgerChief Operating Officer Ed EldridgeSchool Principal Michael OldenburgSupport Staff Administrative Assistant Gail Arnold Business Manager Renee Kandler Director of Communications Ruth Sternemann Director of Day Care Kate Jendusa Director of Maintenance Jim Suchocki Director of Music Heidi K. Graf Director of Women’s Ministry Karen Lippert Director of Youth Ministry Andy Kroemer School Admissions Counselor Tracey Markut School Secretary/School Nurse Niki CairnsPart-Time Support Staff Assistant Business Manager Karen Nipko Kids Connection Co-Directors Sam Tietgen Kate Jendusa Mary Graves Church Office Phone: 262-367-8400 School Office Phone: 262-367-3664 Daycare Phone: 262-367-2972 Website: www.drlc.org

School Faculty 8th Grade Dale Kleba Jim Braun 7th Grade Dottie Avery Mike Stollenwerk 6th Grade Micah Baganz Becky Rohde 5th Grade Mary Kuehl Karli Beck 4th Grade Jennifer Boris Kathy Ziska 3rd Grade Nancy Bretzmann Jennifer Stollenwerk 2nd Grade Julie Chudada Kathy Oldenburg 1st Grade Kari Molnau Karen Depenbrok Kindergarten - Full Day Denise Adler Paula Lamp 4-Yr Old Kindergarten Lynn Cox Cindy Stoltmann Linda Wortman Pre-school Amber Curtis Kim Cramer Dawn Weber Physical Education Terri Anderson Art Neva Conlon Spanish Language Carol Garuz Band Erica Rosebrock Music Pam Truax Computer Manya Suchy

Divine Redeemer Lutheran Church and School Staff

Worship Service TimesSundays~ 8:00 AM & 10:30 AM Traditional Worship in the Church ~ 9:15 AM & 10:45 AM Contemporary Worship in the Gym~ 9:15 -10:15 AM Adult Bible Connection, Confirmation Class, & Kids Connection~ 9:15-10:15 AM Nursery is Available for Children Mondays~ Monday Evening Worship Services 6:30 PM