Christ Lutheran Church and School (505) 884-3876

Web address: www.clc-s.org E-mail address: clcs@clc-s.org

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OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW, SHARE AND SERVE THIS WEEK – Oct. 1 - Oct. 7

Sunday: 8:15 a.m. Worship with Communion 9:45 a.m. Bible Classes for all ages 11:00 a.m. Worship Monday: 3:30 p.m. Girl Scouts Tuesday: 6:00 a.m. Men’s Bible study 6:30 p.m. Cub Scouts Wednesday: Bulletin Announcements Due 8:45 a.m. Chapel 9:15 a.m. Cherub Choir 10:00 a.m. Kids Love to Dance 5:45 p.m. Fellowship Meal 7:00 p.m. Choir Thursday: 9:30 a.m. Bible class 7:00 p.m. Bell Choir 7:00 p.m. Gambler’s Anonymous Friday: 7:00 a.m. Balloon Launch & Breakfast 7:00 p.m. Gambler’s Anonymous Saturday: 9:00 a.m. Cribbage Club 7:30 p.m. AA & Al-Anon

HEARERS OF THE WORD - Attendance Last Sunday 9/24/17, Church: 8:15 a.m. – 105 11 a.m. – 73 Sunday School: Adults – 40 Youth – 3 Children – 12 Nursery - 1 General Offering: $6916.00 SS: $36.25

Bulletin announcements are due every Wednesday by 8:30 a.m. Please e-mail your entries to

clcs@clc-s.org

Gift Cards at Christ Lutheran

Scrip / Gift Cards are available on Sundays before both services and after the 8:15 ser-vice or during the week in the church office.

Come check out our supply of gift cards on hand or special order and receive your scrip by Thursday, in plenty of time for weekend gift-giving or shop-ping.

Your purchase will show up here in next week’s total: Scrip sold = $3,065

Rebate earned = $167.64

Be among the people who participate each week. Last week 30 people ordered gift

cards. Will you make a difference & order

this week?

You can order on-line at Shopwithscrip.com. Make it even easier and sign up for Presto-pay. You can print out or even have your card downloaded to your smart phone.

Stop by the scrip counter at the wel-come center in the narthex (lobby) for more information. If you have questions regarding this pro-gram, please contact or call Karen Kolke ~ 206-0906

CHURCH & SCHOOL INFORMATION

Contact the church office for information regarding: Membership, Baptism, Marriage, Confirmation, Holy Communion, Funerals, Donations, or with any other questions. HOSPITALIZATION: Please notify the Church office when you are ill or hospitalized. YOUTH MINISTRY: JOY, 6th-8th & CLY, 9th-12th grades MUSIC MINISTRY: Choral & Handbell choirs, Contact Beth Shroff (505) 797-2303 WOMEN’S GUILD & LWML: Several differ-ent groups meet during the month. Contact Debbie Yocky (505) 822—0767 LIBRARY: located in the Parish Hall - Open every Sunday 9:30 – 11 a.m. Videos for children and family viewing, Materi-als for Bible Study, a variety of books in all categories. LAY MINISTERS: Marty Rasmussen, Kel-ley Burmeister, James Gruetzner, Matt Helge, Tim Klein, Jerry Shroff CHRIST LUTHERAN SCHOOL:

Providing a quality Christian education to children as young as 2 years old - eighth grade

Preschool classes in-clude 2, 3, and 5-day programs which meet from 8:30-11:30 a.m.

Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st through 8th grades meet from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Extended care is available at 7 a.m. and ending at 6 p.m. all school days

Contact the school office at 884-3876, ext. 100 for more info.

Gift cards benefit Christ Lutheran

Portals of

Prayer Oct. –

Dec. are now

available in

the Narthex.

When: Sunday, October 8th

Time: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Where: Parish Hall

What to bring: Autumn themed finger food

snacks

Come out and bring the whole family!

Everyone is welcome! If you've never played

before, it is easy to learn.

Enjoy some fellowship, food, games, and prizes!

Friday, Oct. 6th at 7:00 a.m. a hot air balloon will launch

from our location! A light breakfast will be served in the

Parish Hall following the launch. Come and be part of this

exciting event brought to you by Albuquerque Aloft and

Farmers Insurance.

Access our monthly calendar online at clc-s.org by clicking on Get the Picture.

Contact Kristie in the church office to reserve your meeting space.

Lee & Betty

Swanger want to

thank all who

participated,

donated, and /or

helped with the

success of the

Fellowship Meal

on Oct. 4th.

PRAYER CONCERNS

“Do not worry about

anything, but in everything by pray-er and supplication with thanksgiving let your re-

quests be made known to God.” Philippians 4:6

FOR OUR HOMEBOUND MEMBERS Especially Alilda Schnedler, Yvonne Damerow, Lee Acker-mann, June Powell FOR STRENGTH AND HEAL-ING especially Bob Willman, Tara Bond, Don & Charlene Man-tay, Carole Mumford, Emery Postenrieder, Lee Ackermann FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM CANCER especially Donna Muenster, Ann Shaw, Bill Larsen, Kyle Schneider, Sally Goar FOR OUR MISSIONARIES

for Benjamin Helge in the Czech Republic

for Tim Matzke in the Solo-mon Islands

All those volunteering & serving in East Albuquerque with “God Cares About You”

FOR GOD’S CONTINUED PROTECTION For all our men and women who serve our country faithful-ly in the Armed Forces - espe-cially 2d Lt. Erin Oetting, Spe-cialist Cameron Reilly, PFC Peter Kolke Have a prayer concern? Please call, email or write to the church office to have a name added or removed from the prayer list in this bulletin.(884-3876, ext. 120) If you’d like a request on the Prayer Chain (individuals who address requests during their private prayer time) contact Betty Swanger at 294-6752

REFORMATION MISSION CHALLENGE

Help “God Cares About You” Grow

In honor of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, an Anonymous Donor has put forward a Challenge! He will match Dollar for Dollar, up to $25,000 every gift made toward the purchase of the property for the GCAY mission. This opportunity is available from now until Oct. 31, 2017. Checks should be made out to Christ Lutheran Church with the notation GCAY Challenge. For more information, contact Pastor Groe-ling.

RAISE MONEY & HAVE FUN

WITH MARTIN LUTHER Where did Martin Luther go? He has not appeared in a special front yard in weeks and it’s time he started traveling again! Let’s not forget about how fun it is to surprise our friends and family with a visit from Martin Luther. Remember, if you are chosen to receive a visit, you will need to make a donation to have him removed, or wait three days, in which time he will automatically be re-located. You may also purchase an indulgence for $25 to insure he will not visit your home again. To date we have raised $479, all money collected will help support our scholarship fund. For more infor-mation including travels and financ-es regarding Martin Luther, please contact Kelly Gruetzner or Kim Rasmussen.

ONLY ONE MORE FALL

QUARTER SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER NEEDED

Our little Lutherans are still in need of one more volunteer to help teach them the Word of God each Sunday morning. Your service to the chil-dren of our congregation is greatly appreciated. If you would like to volunteer please contact Lishelle Burmeister (505) 301-5358.

Contact our staff at: Rev. Neal Groeling,

Ext. 121 / pastor@clcsabq.com

Kim Rasmussen,

Principal/Preschool Director: Ext. 109 / Princessk321@hotmail.com

Beth Shroff, Director of Music: Ext. 140 /j.shroff10@comcast.net

Kristie Naber, Church Secretary: Ext. 120 / clcs@clc-s.org

Jennifer Hurt, School Secretary: Ext. 100 / Jennilyn70@hotmail.com

Julie Henderson, Bookkeeper: Ext. 124 / julie.henderson @hotmail.com

Web site maintained by Phil Pelzman: www.clc-s.org

YOUTH CORNER

CLY – Christ Lutheran Youth (9th – 12th Graders) Up-Coming Events: Wed. Oct. 11th: Fellowship Meal @ 4:45 p.m. Thurs. Oct. 12th: Middle School Event - Bal-loon Glow @ 4:00 p.m. Fri Oct. 13th: Skillet Concer t @ 5:00 p.m.

Teacher for High School Bible Class: Bill Ver ing

JOY - Jesus and You with nOthing in-between (6th-8th graders) Up-Coming Events: Wed. Oct. 11th: Fellowship Meal @ 4:45 p.m. Thurs. Oct. 12th: Middle School Event - Balloon Glow @ 4:00 p.m.

Teacher for Middle School Bible Class: Doug Ricker s

Doughnut Pickup: Barbara Gunderlach

Thank you to our CLS Faculty for sponsoring this week’s

Fellowship Meal!

Proceeds will go toward the

LEA Convocation in 2019

When: Wed. 10/04 at 5:45 p.m. Where: Parish Hall What: Maid Rites

We look forward to seeing you all at the meal!

Look for the poster board in the Narthex to sign your group up to host a meal.

We Are Looking

For More Stephen Ministers

Do you have the Spiritual Gift (s) of Mercy, Helping, Servanthood or Encouragement? Do you enjoy listening, and caring for others? Pray about becoming a Stephen Minister. Stephen Ministers walk besides those in our congregation or community who are dealing with a difficult situation in their life. They show the love of Jesus by being there for those who may be struggling. They help Pastor in a caring ministry. Being a Stephen Minister is a two - year commitment. You will be trained to be a care giver on one evening, every other week in the Spring, and some weekend retreats. Even after training, additional topics and supervision will continue one-night every other week during your tenure.

COFFEE HOUR

Missionary

Benjamin Helge is

sponsoring our

coffee hour on Sun.

Oct. 8th at 9:45 a.m.

in the Parish Hall.

"Everyday presents us with many tasks to ac-complish. If you’re like me, you seem to always be “on the move.” But whether you are at the office, taking care of your kids, traveling, or enjoying the company of friends and family in your own home, there is always time for a great cup of coffee. By purchasing coffee from On The Move Brew, you receive direct trade spe-cialty coffee while at the same time supporting ministry and church planting efforts in the Czech Republic. With help and roasting from Solid Coffee Roasters, all of the profits go to-wards supporting local outreach clubs, events, and church plant activities in one of the most atheistic countries in the world. Thanks for your continued support of God’s ministry here in the

Czech Republic." Benjamin Helge

Thanks to Thrivent Action Teams for assisting with our coffee hour!

For more information or if you would like to place an order, contact Leslie Helge (293-4439) or Lois Postenrieder (299-8388).

From Our CLC-S Kindergarten Class

We are in need of an adult to help with centers

every Wednesday from 2:45 - 3:30. We also

need an adult to help with our computer lab

every Friday from 2:00 - 2:45. If you are able

to help with all or any of these days, please

contact Mrs. Burmeister (505) 301-5358.

To sign up, or for more information contact any of our current Stephen Ministers: Sue Dragan 505-615-4862 Cheryl Frazine 575-430-7166 Leslie Helge 505-280-4283 Jerry Shroff 505-463-2447 David Yocky 505-280-0455 Pastor Groeling 505-884-3876 Ext. 121

Christ Quilters

Quilt for Christ!

Love to cut? Love to piece

together blocks? Love to

sew? Love to tie? We have a place for

you! Join us on the 2nd & 4th Tues-

day’s of the month. Watch for more

info in the Sunday Bulletin.

The “Young Adult” Sunday Morning Bible

Class is beginning Oct. 15, in the church

conference room. In honor of the 500th

Anniversary of the Reformation, we will be

reading The Life and Faith of Martin

Luther. ADULTS OF ALL AGES ARE

WELCOME!