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Christ Lutheran Church 300 East Monroe StreetAustin, Texas 78704-2427Telephone: 512.442.5844email: office@christaustin.org

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PASTOR JOHNDear Friends,

I grew up always hear-ing that ‘April showers bring May flowers’, but after this past month I think we will have to change the saying to ‘May showers bring June flowers’ (and mosquitoes and flash floods too).What a crazy month, but also what a blessing, for God to pour down upon us with His life giving water. My lawn has never looked so green - granted it is made up of weeds and not grass, but it is green nevertheless. I saw out in California where some of the people have taken to painting their grass green because of their severe drought situation. We, too, have been suffer-ing through a number of

drought years, and so these past rains have come as a very welcome and much needed relief to our water crisis and as an answer to many prayers. Though our lakes may not be full, and though our water restric-tions may still be in place, may we each remember to thank God for this past month of blessings that He has showered down upon us.

To God be the glory.

Have a great monthPastor John

P.S. And in the midst of our blessings may we also remember to pray for all those who have been hurt and harmed by the recent floods and storms. R & R GROuP RELAXED & RETIRED--but always “Rarin’ to Go”!!

Everyone is invited to the 4th of July Party, hosted by Roy Pietsch & Mary Ann Triesch on Thursday, June 4th, 2015 at 12 noon. Join in the Red, White, and Blue Party and wear patriotic col-ors! The party will be held at 9005 Deer Haven Rd. Please RSVP to Mary Ann Triesch at (512) 288-1865 or Roy Pietsch at (512) 288-1224

The R&R Group has no

plans during the months of July and August. Mark your calendars now for the September 3rd outing hosted by the Ziehrs. R&R Group will meet at Con-cordia High School for a tour on Thursday, Sept. 3rd. Please watch the bulletins and announcements in late summer for more details of this event.

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The Ladies of the Eunice Guild say a big ‘Thank You!’ to everyone for the tremen-dous outpouring of love through the soap collection for Lutheran World Relief this past Lenten Season. Because of your generosity, your prayers, and our Lord’s design, over 275 bath-sized bars of soap will go to those in need throughout the world! Thank you! Meet-ings will again resume in September. Watch the

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announcement sheets and future newsletter for more information, and have a blessed summer!

MEN’S BiBlE STudy See article under Jordan’s Community Connections section.

PuMPKiNS, ANyONE?Halloween is 5 (or so) months away, but now is the time for us to consider host-ing a Pumpkin Patch for the neighborhood (Grace Methodist is no longer hosting one.) It would take a coordinated effort of many volunteers to create and man the patch, but it would be a great connection and service to our community as well as a fund-raiser for us. Please sign our sheet in the narthex

if you believe this would be a good thing for us to host and if you would be willing to be one of our volunteers. (For more information con-tact Jordan or Pastor John.)

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cONVENTiON The Texas District Con-vention of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod will be held June 4-6th in San Marcos. Pastor John will be out of the office and attending the convention as our pastoral delegate. Should you need to reach him please reach the church office for his contact information. “HiS TiME” RAdiO SHOw Pastor John will be the guest on the “His Time” radio show, broadcast on KFUO

radio in St. Louis, on June 3rd. He can be heard by going to KFUO.org on your computer and clicking on the “On Air” icon on the right of the home page.

THRiVENT FiNANciAl EVENTS Identity Theft Work-shops & Document Shredding - Please join the Thrivent Commu-nity - Arbors as they host Identity Theft Workshops at Bethany Lutheran Church and Triumphant Love Lutheran Church; a document shredding truck will be on site during both events to have your sensi-tive documents shredded for free.

Event 1:

Tuesday, June 16th 12pm- 2pm

Bethany Lutheran Church 3701 Slaughter Lane Austin, TX 78749

Event 2:

Wednesday, June 17th 6pm- 8pm

Triumphant Love Lutheran 9508 Great Hills Trail Austin, TX 78759

Austin Zoo Family Fun Night - Please join the Thrivent Community - Arbors as they host a night at the Austin Zoo. There will be train rides, guided tours, food, and fun to enjoy at this exclu-sive event. A suggested donation of $5 per family

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is encouraged to benefit the Austin Zoo. The mis-sion of the zoo is to assist animals in need through rescue, rehabilitation, and education. Sandwiches., chips, cookies, ice cream, and drinks will be served. Please feel free to bring friends and family who would enjoy the event!

Event Details: Sunday, June 14th

6pm- 8pm

The Austin Zoo 10808 Rawhide Trail Austin, TX 78736

Please RSVP by calling Terrie at 512-339-9339 or e-mail terrie.jordahl@thrivent.com

FEEd My lAMBS uPdATE The sack lunch program handed out 25 lunches during the month of May. We continue to make fresh sandwiches on the last Thursday of each month (this month’s date is Thursday, June 25th.)

Our program can always use supplies, so please con-sider donating non-per-ishable sack lunch items and personal hygiene items. Please contact the church office with any questions.

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SERMON SERiES

Beginning on May 31st and running for the dura-tion of summer, Pastor John will be preaching a sermon series which he has entitled “Debunking the World’s Lies.” Each week he will expose and examine a lie that we each hear frequently in our lives and may have even come to accept as true, and he will then counter that lie with the truth of God’s Word. Please plan to follow these sermons either in worship or on-line throughout the entire summer series.

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Local movie theater, Tinseltown 17 (I-35 @ Stassney), is showing ten fun films for kids during the summer at a special price. $5 for all ten movies, or $1 per show. Mov-ies start at 10:00am on Tuesdays and Wednesdays starting on June 9th with The Lego Movie. For more information or a list of movies, see the flyer on the bulletin board between Classrooms 1 & 2 or visit cinemark.com.

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Thailand Trek Starting Sunday, May

31 through August 30, children age 3 - Grade 5 will take a trek through Thailand on Sunday morn-ings during the Christian Education hour in a cross culture Vacation Bible School experience. The children will spend time at stations of Thai Treats, Experience Thailand, Bible Adventures, and Thai Games learning that Jesus died and rose for everyone everywhere, and sing songs and serve as part of our Church’s support of the Thailand Children’s Mis-sion. For service learning during their Bible Study of The Story, the youth will be helping with VBS activities again. God is real. God is love. God is forgiving. God is forever... Believe it, and be at VBS this summer!

Visual Arts CampSign up your child(ren)

today to draw, sculpt, paint, and collaborate at Visual Arts Camp. Week 1 Create ( July 6-10) is for those just finishing K-5th grade, and Week 2 Express ( July 27-31) is for those just finishing 4th-8th grade. Each week is from 9 am - 12 noon daily. Thanks for continuing to bring in bottle caps and lids to be made into a mural as an art camp project.

Men’s Bible StudyFor the last nine months

the men of Christ have met on the first Tuesday of the month to discuss what the Bible says about being “Battle Ready” and to disciple one another as Christian men to be ready to take a stand for Christ Jesus within various voca-tions in life. The group will resume meeting monthly again starting in Septem-ber and begin a new topic of study.

Thrivent Arbors Community - Bread for All

Thrivent Arbors Com-munity – Bread for All

On June 7th thru June 21st, bags will be distrib-uted after both church services for the food drive. The bags are to be returned filled with non-perishable food items on Sunday, the 28th of June. Please make certain the dates on the food items have not expired.

The filled bags will then be taken to Prince of Peace Lutheran Church on Oltorf Street on June 29th. Each Monday evening people in need are given food at Prince of Peace. This “Bread for All” has been in existence since Sept. 2013.

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Caring FellowshipThe fourth and final

video in the Mission State-ment series will be about Caring Fellowship at Christ. It will feature how the people of Christ care for one another through fellowship around annual fellowship events and Sun-day worship services, and also by gathering through-out the week for studies and service. If you would like to share something about what being a part of our Church Family at Christ means to you and how the fellowship that happens here among God’s family is a blessing to your faith in Christ, please con-tact Jordan to set up a time to interview.

Rally DayStay tuned for details

about Rally Day and our annual beginning and cel-ebration of a new Chris-tian Education year among our Church Family.

Christmas ProgramThank you for recy-

cling Christmas cards from Christmases past and re-purposing them toward artwork for a future pageant. The children and youth at Christ will be creating a set using the Christmas card covers for this year’s production, and as tradition, presenting the timeless message of the first Christmas to the con-gregation in December.

Church Pictorial Directory

Please remember to pick up your Church Direc-tory from the Church Office during weekday office hours. One copy per family please; additional copies are $5 each.

Youth RoomThe renovation of

Rooms 5&6 into a Youth Room has now moved into the painting phase - to start with one side of the room will tell The Story of the Bible in 50 words, while another will have a series of hardwood paintings depicting the birth, death, and resurrec-tion of Jesus. The youth are currently walking through a 31 chapter overview and paraphrase of the Scriptural narra-tive on Sunday mornings, and talking through how God’s Word is relevant to their walk with Christ in today’s world.

JORDAN BOESSLING Minister of Creative Communica-tions & Community Connections

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Susan Anderson 6/2a Paul & Alicia Kern 6/3/20050 Jimmy & Mildred Westfall 6/3/19610 Ethan Castille 6/4a Pamela Herber 6/5a Juliana Ramirez 6/5a Paul La Grone 6/5aSamuel Martinez 6/6a Jim & MaryLou Moore 6/7/19750 Katy Herber 6/8a Liz Martin 6/10a Gary & Alana Rock 6/10/20060 Andy & Shelbi Hentschke 6/13/20090 Aaron McInvale 6/14aDolores Dunn 6/17a

Paul Kern 6/18a David & Kimberley Schaare 6/18/19940 Joe Cano 6/20a Pamela Hamil 6/21a Lois Taylor 6/21a Rosa Williams 6/22a Robert Campbell 6/23a Mark & Pamela Herber 6/24/20000 Lucille Herrera 6/24a Freddie & Dorothy Richter 6/25/19600 Jeremy Faulkner 6/26a Yolanda & Jerome Faulkner 6/26/19930 Pamela & David Hamil 6/27/19980 Clyde Crow 6/27aJonathan Aguilera 6/28a

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This food drive is spon-sored by Thrivent Com-munity - Arbors Group. If you have any questions please speak with Jean Linderman, or Jordan. If you have some free time on a Monday and would like to assist with this program please speak to Jean, or Jordan.

MediaJust a reminder that we

often take photos, and at times, video, of ministry events to put up around Church on the screen on Sundays and to post to

the web that publicizes the worship, service, fellow-ship, and education life of Christ Lutheran.

GeneralPlease contact Jordan

with questions about any of these announcements. Be sure to check out the Sunday Mornings Chris-tian Education as well as Community Connections bulletin boards for more information on what’s happening in these min-istries.

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Serving in June 2015 8:15 10:45Elders Bill Ashmore Jesse BennightUsher Capt. Freddie Richter TBD

June 7thFlowers: Given in honor of Monroe & Helen

Karcher‘s 66th Wedding Anniversary Tellers: A.Werchan/P. Mitchell

Communion Guild: 8:15 am Acolyte: Lector: Mark Herber 10:45 am Acolyte: Lauren Chapman Lector: Fred Frieling

June 14thAltar Flowers: Given by the Deckers in memory

of Ellen‘s father, Walter HansigkPulpit Flowers: In honor of Lois Taylor (mom),

given by Linda.Tellers: P. Hamil/J. Wiley

Communion Guild: P. Hamil/ Liz C. 8:15 am Acolyte: Lector: Clayton Pillack 10:45 am Acolyte: Jeremy Faulkner Lector: Norma Nanyes

June 21stFlowers: Given in honor of Lucille Herrera‘s

BirthdayTellers: P. Hamil/J. Wiley

Communion Guild: Alexander‘s 8:15 am Acolyte: Ben Schaare Lector: Lucille Herrera 10:45 am Acolyte: Aaron McInvale Lector: Phil Etter

June 28thFlowers: Given in honor of Pam & David Hamil‘s

AnniversaryTellers: P. Bost/M. MooreCommunion Guild: Wiley‘s

8:15 am Acolyte: Lector: Charles Kanetzky 10:45 am Acolyte: Seth Werchan Lector: Alan Werchan

If you cannot serve as scheduled, it is YOUR responsibility to find a replacement. If you know a schedule change before 9:00 am on Thursday of the week you’re scheduled, please contact the church office (442-5844) to inform the secretary of the change for the Sunday bulletin. If a problem arises on Sunday morning, please call the office and leave a message.