May 29, 2015

This Week at Christ Lutheran

Sunday, May 31 8:30 AM Worship (FCC) 10:00 AM Education Hour/SS 1 PM All VBS staff mtg. 8:00 PM Channel 6 mini- series... “A.D. The Bible Continues”

Tuesday, June 1 9—Noon Vacation Bible School

Tuesday, June 2 6:41 AM Men praying for revival (Dr. Keith’s office) 9—Noon Vacation Bible School 6:30 PM House of Prayer 7:00 PM Bible Study on AD TV miniseries

Wednesday, June 3 9—Noon Vacation Bible School Thursday, June 4 9—Noon Vacation Bible School 6:30 PM Communication mtg. 6:30 PM Finance & Steward- ship Comm. (FCC)

Friday, June 5 9—Noon Vacation Bible School Saturday, June 6 9 AM Christmas in July mtg

Pastor Mark

Degner

Sunday’s Focus:

There are certain things in life

that are undeniable! When

Saul encountered the living

Lord Jesus on the road to Da-

mascus, it was a life-altering

experience. The resurrection of

Jesus was undeniable! Since we

have encountered the Lord, we

share the same conviction

about Christ.

5/31/15 READINGS

Acts 9:1-22

Romans 8:12-17

John 3:1-17

5/31/15

WORSHIP ASSISTANTS Greeters: Curt & Vicki Barr

Reader: Curt Barr Ushers: Eloise Hiemke

Taylen Davis

5/31/15 Coffee Hostess:

Kris Coffey

5/29/15 Cleaning: Team #2 6/5/15 Cleaning: Team #3

Pentecost

Sunday

5-31-2015

8:30 AM

Sermon Series “A.D. The Bible Continues” is the

name of the series of messages

Pastor Mark is delivering on Sun-

day mornings. Each message cor-

responds to the previous episode

of “A.D.” viewed on television. In-

vite your unchurched friends and

neighbors to view the miniseries

with you, come to the Tuesday

study and attend worship on Sun-

day.

May 31st ~ A.D. The Bible Contin

ues ~ WOWT, 8:00 p.m.

June 1-5 ~ Vacation Bible School

at FCC

June 7-12 ~ Confirmation Camp at

Ingham Okoboji

July 17 ~ Christmas in July at

Lions Park

October 16-18 ~ Rachel’s Vine

yard Retreat at St. Benedict’s,

Schuyler, NE

Sunday, May 24

attendance = 58

Trinity Worship Sunday is a celebration of the

Holy Trinity, God in three per-

son, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Enter His gates with thanksgiv-

ing and His courts with praise.

Come to worship on Sunday!

Great Outreach Opportunity

The NBC miniseries “A.D. The Bi-

ble Continues” provides each of us

a great chance to reach others

who do not know Jesus. There are

three expressions of this series:

1) the episodes that air on

WOWT each Sunday night; 2) our

Tuesday night Bible study; 3) our

Sunday morning teaching series.

Pray that the Holy Spirit will

draw many to Jesus as Savior.

Then invite others.

Why You Should Regularly Attend our House of Prayer!

Why pray? Charles Finney wrote,

“Nothing tends more to cement the

hearts of Christians than praying

together. Never do they love one

another so well as when they wit-

ness the outpouring of each other’s

hearts in prayer.” ~ Charles Finney.

Come together, church! Stand

with us in corporate prayer. We

need to pray for the power of the

Holy Spirit to be the church He

has called us to be. Come to

House of Prayer ~ this Tuesday

~ 6:30 p.m. (before worship) at

FCC.

What’s Missional?

A missional church imitates what

God has done in Jesus Christ ~ He

sent His Son into the world. To be

missional means to be sent out; we

do not expect people to come to us.

We go to them. We are all mission-

aries sent into a non-Christian cul-

ture. Every follower is to be an

agent of God’s kingdom, and every

Jesus follower is to carry the mis-

sion of God into every arena of

life. We are to live on purpose -

with Christian intention every

day. Ready, set, go!

Missional Idea

Do a summer BBQ. Invite a few of

your friends to help. Invite your

neighbors and begin to get to know

those whom you have not met.

When they ask you why you are do-

ing this, tell them it’s about being a

Jesus follower.

Giving Away Your Crosses?

We have done so well with our

cross ministry, giving away al-

most 2,500. An additional 500

crosses have been blessed and

are available for you to give to

those that the Lord has ap-

pointed. Grab some at the Christ

Lutheran table. Give away your

crosses and bless others in Je-

sus’ name. Then, tell us what

happened. What’s your story?

Tell it!

Jesus Follower Quotes

“Your life is God’s gift to you.

What you do with your life is your

gift back to God.”

“May your life preach more loudly

than your lips.”

Prayer Quotes “The measure of our prayer is the

measure of our power.”

- Andrew Murray

“Dear Lord, I need You. I am tired of

doing things my way. Help me to do

things Your way. Take my weakness

and give me Your strength. Give me

Your Spirit that I may trust, love,

and serve You with my whole heart,

mind and strength. Amen.”

Tuesday

Bible Study

7:00 p.m.

“A.D. The Bible

Continues” is

the title of our Bible study on

Tuesday evenings. We meet

each week to discuss the pre-

ceding episode of A.D. Watch

Episode 9 on Sunday, Channel

6 WOWT from 8-9 p.m. This

study of Acts will build your

knowledge of the Word and

encourage you to live bold, ac-

tion-oriented lives like the first

followers of Jesus. Don’t miss

any of this! Lesson 9 is “,” Tues-

day, 7:00-8:30 p.m. at FCC.

“A.D. The Bible Continues” Episode 9 on Sunday

Be sure to watch (or DVR) Epi-

sode 9 of the dramatic miniser-

ies titled, “A.D. The Bible Con-

tinues,” Sunday, May 31, 8:00

p.m. on NBC, WOWT, Channel

6. You can also view it on

nbc.com or youtube.com. In

this Sunday’s episode, Saul re-

turns to Jerusalem, after

preaching in Damascus nearly

cost him his life. There he

meets with Peter and the disci-

ples. They eventually agree to

welcome him into the church

with much reluctance and only

after Barnabas persuades them

to trust him. (Acts 9:20-27).

Confirmation Camp

Pray for Mysti, Andrew and

Bryan who will be attending

Confirmation Camp at Lake

Okoboji the week of June 7th.

Pray also for Crystal Vogt and

Pastor who will attend.

Missional Retreat Outcomes

“The church has left the build-

ing!” On May 2nd, our church met

at the Blair Hospital for our

leadership retreat. Six service

projects were proposed and ac-

cepted by our people who at-

tended: 1) Rebuilding Washing-

ton County, 2) A Meal and a

Movie, 3) Mobile Meals, 4) Shut-

in Ministry, 5) Parents’ Date

Night, and 6) Disaster Relief

Team. If you are willing to vol-

unteer or have any questions

about these missional projects,

contact Todd Trimpe

( c h a i r m a n ) a t

toddtrimpe@yahoo.com or

402.689.8890; or Bob Coffey

( pr e si den t) a t r cof -

f e y 2 5 0 @ a o l . c o m o r

402.253.1381. Please help!

June

Birthday

Blessings

May 31 Kaela Barr

Jun. 4 Richard Petersen

Jun. 5 Jeannine Jones

Jun. 6 Cindy Picton

Jun. 12 Pastor Mark

Jun. 13 Bryan Camenzind

Jun. 15 Helga Hanson

Jun. 18 Karen Camenzind

Jun. 21 Megan Schmidt

Jun. 25 Brayden Mammen

If you know of anyone omitted from this list,

please email Jody jptacnik@abbnebraska.com

to update the church records.

Adult Information Class

Anyone interested in discover-

ing more about Christ Lutheran

Church and the LCMC is invited

to participate in an informa-

tional class, Sunday mornings,

10:00 a.m., in the church office.

Pastor Mark will be the pri-

mary facilitator with other CLC

leaders assisting. Participation

in the class does not obligate

one to join our church, but may

lead to church membership at

Christ. Who do you know who

could be blessed by this class?

Invite your friends and

neighbors.

We Remember Fallen Officer

K e r r i e O r o z c o

Pray for Kerrie’s family, friends

and fellow officers. Officer Orozco

is survived by her husband Hector

Orozco and two stepchildren,

Natalie and Santiago. Kerrie gave

birth to Olivia Ruth on February

17, 2015. Olivia Ruth was deliv-

ered early and was expected to

come home from the hospital on

May 21st…the day after Officer

Orozco was killed in the line of

duty.

Fremont Health is offering a grief

support group for adults in

June. The group will meet for three

consecutive Thursday afternoons

(June 4th, 11th and 18th)

from 1:00PM - 3:00PM on the third

floor of Fremont Health’s Health

Park Plaza and is open to anyone

dealing with the loss of a loved one -

whether that is a spouse, parent,

child or friend. This group is suppor-

tive and educational in nature and is

designed for anyone 18 or

older. There is no charge to attend

and refreshments will be provided.

VBS Next Week!

Our Vacation Bible School will

take place June 1-5. “Everest -

Conquering Challenges with

God’s Might Power” is our

theme. We are cooperating with

FCC on this ministry. Can you

help? Please contact Cindy Pic-

ton or Sarah Trimpe to volun-

teer. Please support this out-

reach to children and families.

Christmas in July

Christ Lutheran Church is ob-

serving the third annual Christ-

mas in July on July 17th, from

6:00-8:30 p.m. at Lions Park. We

are inviting other churches,

groups and ministries in Blair to

collaborate with us for the bene-

fit of Joseph’s Coat and the

Washington County Food Bank.

We need your help! Contact

Linda Degner to volunteer. Our

next planning meeting is Satur-

day, June 6th at 9 AM. Please

come!

Storm Chasers Game

2015 Lutheran Night tickets are

still available for the Monday,

June 8th game between the

Omaha Storm Chasers and the

Colorado Springs Sky Sox. It will be

the 4th annual Lutheran Night at

Werner Park. Contact Judi Peder-

sen as soon as possible for your $6

tickets.

Nepal Earthquake

A second earthquake struck Nepal

on May 12 causing additional inju-

ries and damage to areas just be-

ginning recovery from the earth-

quake that struck the country on

April 25. More than 24,000 people

have been killed or injured and

that number may continue to rise.

You can help. One organization

you may choose to support in

Nepali relief efforts is Lutheran

World Relief. You may give online

at the following site: http://

lwr.org/ or send your donation to

Lutheran World Relief, 700 Light

Street, Baltimore, Maryland

21230. 100% of your gift will be

used to support efforts to respond

to the devastation from the earth-

quake.

T h a n k Y o u

LaDonna Bucy wrote this week, “I

want to thank God for being with

me through all this. Then, thanks

to all the family, Pastor Mark and

all of Christ Lutheran for your

calls, prayers, visits and cards. I

have learned a lot – like to worry

less & give it all to God. I know

without a doubt it is my Father’s

will to heal me & I have confident

assurance that He desires my heal-

ing more than I do. We walk hand

& hand each day. So now thanks to

everyone for so many prayers &

the prayer shawl. Keep those

prayers going! Trusting God for

ALL! In Christ’s love, LaDonna”