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October 2016

The First Word

Mission Statement: A congregation of Christ’s baptized people being led by the Spirit to serve God within our broader community by:

Celebrating the presence of God; Cultivating the spiritual growth of members; Caring for the needs of all people; and Communicating

Christ to all.

Member Congregation—this congregation is a member congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Northwest

Synod of Wisconsin, the Heart of the North Conference, and is a companion synod with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi.

First Lutheran Church — Hayward, Wisconsin

October Happenings

Student Pastor message pg.2

Financials page 3

Memorial & Endowment Committee page 3

Music schedule page 4

Confirmation service page 4

Council highlights page 5

Special performance at FLC, Alexander Sandor page 5

Fall Work Day page 6

Friday Night movie page 6

Scandinavian Dinner page 7&8

Bake Sale help needed page 10

Youth News pages 11 & 12

Operation Christmas page 14

FLCW page 16

“I will tell of all your wonders” Psalm 9:1

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Rejoice in the Lord always; again I

will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness

be known to everyone. The Lord is

near. Do not worry about anything,

but in everything by prayer and

supplication with thanksgiving let

your requests be made known to

God. And the peace of God, which

surpasses all understanding, will

guard your hearts and your minds in

Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:4-7

Well, this is it, the final time I will write to you

as your Student Pastor. Thank you for this

time we have shared these past two years and

the 26 before that too!

I am so grateful for the time that I have been

blessed to be a part of this congregation. We

raised both our daughters here, and I have so

many wonderful memories of those that are

now departed, and those who are still present

being a part of our lives and the life of this

congregation.

I served under a wide variety of pastoral

leaders which has given me so much

inspiration.

I began by joining the choir and teaching

Sunday school, and evolved into an office

assistant, a council member and president,

and a youth & music director, I never would

have guessed any of those things would have

happened when I became a member here.

Well, the choir part because I just gotta sing!

Which led me to be a part of both bands that

have existed in my time with you, Joyful Noise

and The Spirit Within. Such wonderful music

and musicians this place has been blessed to

have.

You have raised me up through Bible studies,

supported me as a Lay School student,

assisted me with my Chaplaincy education,

and now have helped me through my first two

and the beginning of my third year of

seminary, WOW, what a ride!

Thank you does not seem like enough, but it is

what I can offer.

As this journey winds down and we begin

going our separate ways, I do want to rejoice

as the verses from Philippians state, I wish

you all peace and joy and look forward to our

paths crossing in the future.

Peace & joy,

Carol

Student Pastor Carol Braun

Message from your

Student Pastor

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Music and Worship

This is Choir recruitment time and your FLC Choir

needs YOU! A few more voices are needed to

maintain our current vitality. You need not commit to

every week by any means; just come when you are

able. You will be welcome anytime. Below are some

reasons current choir members gave to join choir.

1. It’s fun

2. Improves your breathing

3. Best seats in the house

4. Lightens your heart

5. Gets you out of the house

6. Raises your endorphins

7. You are needed If you have any questions, contact a choir member or

Patty Van Landschoot at 715-634-0379.

Choir Recruitment

The Spirit Within will be sharing their music

at worship services in October. Saturday, October 22, The Holden Evening

Service.

Sunday, October 23, the band will play at

both services.

Sunday, October 30, they will play at the

10:45 service.

Some of the band members will be hitting the

road to share music with the congregation at

First Lutheran in Stone Lake on Sunday,

October 2 at 9:00am.

Been There, Done That (a.k.a. The Spirit

Within) will be playing a benefit concert on

Saturday, October 15, 2016 from 7:00—?? pm.

at Logger’s Mill on County Road B, next to the

Lumberjack Bowl. They will be raising funds for

the Northwoods Humane Society and The

Hayward Community Food Shelf.

Choir

Schedule

During October the Choir will sing at the

following worship services:

Sunday, October 2 at 10:45am

Saturday, October 8 at 5:00pm

Sunday, October 16 at 8:15am

October 30, Reformation Sunday, at the 10:45am

worship service, we will celebrate three young men

who will publicly affirm their baptismal promises.

Connor Abric, Jakob Shaw, and Tommy Tiffany, have

completed their Confirmation class education and will

now take this new step in their faith lives. We invite

everyone to come and celebrate this day with these

young men.

Affirmation of Baptism

Confirmation Service

Reformation Sunday The weekend of October 29 & 30 we will celebrate

Reformation, our very Lutheran tradition of Martin

Luther nailing the 95 Thesis to the door of the church in

Wittenberg. Come and celebrate this annual event,

wear red if you like as it will be the color of the day.

This year marks the 500th anniversary of this event, so

as a congregation this can be a great weekend to kick-

off many other opportunities to recognize Martin Luther

and other Reformers who have brought us to where we

are today in our faith tradition.

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Congregational Council

Highlights

September 12, 2016

Council notified that Pastor Carol will be on

vacation and schooling from September 26 through

October 11. Supply Pastors are being sought to fill

in.

The church will welcome new members

(8 to 10) in November. Date to be determined.

Notice to be given to Family First Construction that

we expect outside fascia work and caulking to be

completed before November 1. They have already

been paid by insurance for this work.

A Youth Committee will be revived and formed to

assist our Youth Director in developing programs to

expand our outreach to our Youth and those in our

community. Chair of Finance Committee, Jean

Purtell, has offered her time to chair this important

mission.

Have a few extra hours during the week?

Volunteers needed to ready the service bulletin

and projection (Power Point) for our weekly

worship. Student Pastor Carol will no longer be

available to perform this needed work.

Sherry Beckman will upgrade the wording in our

FLC Constitution to match the changes brought

forth by the Northwest Synod of Wisconsin.

Be sure to visit our website! Our website is being

upgraded on a continuing basis; new pictures,

articles and current calendar! Thanks to Kim

Stevens and Sherry Beckman for helping us put

our best foot forward on social media.

The Finance Committee needs at least 2 at-large

members from the congregation. Please contact

Sherry Beckman if you are interested.

Renew,

Refresh,

Rejuvenate

Special Performance

PERFORMING AT FLC

October 23 at 3:00pm

Mr. Alexander Sandor

Senior Lecturer

(Piano and Class Piano)

Alexander Sandor received

his Master’s degree in piano

performance from the

University of Arizona and his Bachelor’s degree

in piano performance from the University of

Wisconsin-Superior. A veteran of ragtime

festivals across the country, Mr. Sandor

recently presented a lecture recital in New York

City entitled Ragtime Sings the Jews with fellow

UWS graduate Daniel Singer and ragtime

scholar Ed Berlin. Mr. Sandor’s recordings,

Fingerbuster and Cascades, have made their

way to every colonized continent on the planet.

The Rag Times writes, “his is a prodigious

talent, and every piece is arranged so that he is

all over the keyboard before the ending”. Mr

Sandor has worked at the Interlochen Arts

Academy as an accompanist, both improvising

music for dance classes and playing for student

recitals. He has performed as a soloist with the

Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, Itasca

Symphony Orchestra, Red Cedar Symphony,

UWS Chamber Orchestra and Long Prairie

Chamber Orchestra. He is the organist at the

United Presbyterian Church in Superior, WI.

October 30, 2016

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October 21, 2016

Fellowship Hall

5:30—8:00pm

NOW SHOWING

“Life, Above All”

2010

106 minutes (PG-13)

In a tiny Village near Johannesburg,

12 year-old Chandra is left to care for

two younger siblings when her infant

sister dies and her mother becomes

gravely ill. But this isn’t the only

challenge she faces; the town has

turned against her.

Pizza and beverages will be served for a

suggested $5.00 free-will offering.

Please sign up at the maroon announcement

cart in the narthex if you plan to attend so that we

know in advance how much food to order.

Host: John Rusch

FRIDAY NIGHT

PIZZA

Miscellaneous

JOIN US! Saturday, October 15

9:00—Noon Let’s all join together for some fun and helping

Ray with Fall clean-up of our church building

and grounds.

Lunch will be served! Please sign up

at the announcement cart in the narthex so Ray

can plan the work list and so he has an idea of

the number he needs to prepare lunch for. Hope to see many of you there! Thanks!

ALTAR GUILD MEMBERS

Be on the “lookout” for the volunteer forms for

the coming year. They should be in the mail

soon, along with the minutes of the last

meeting. Liz and I would like to have the forms

back to us by the end of October so that we

can make up the schedule for next year.

Thank you all for your dedicated service.

Nancy

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Annual Scandinavian Dinner

It’s almost time! Friday, November 4, 2016

First Lutheran Church Women are again hosting

their annual Scandinavian Dinner and Bake Sale

on Friday, November 4, 2016 at the church,

10689 Main Street, Hayward, WI

Bake Sale starts at 3:30pm, featuring

Scandinavian delicacies.

Scandinavian Dinner is scheduled from

4:00 to 7:00pm.

Menu includes lutefisk, Swedish meatballs

and all the trimmings.

Tickets can be

purchased in the

Church Office

OR

Mail your check for the

number of tickets needed to:

First Lutheran Church Women

P.O. Box 346

Hayward, WI 54843

Scandinavian

Dinner

November 4, 2016

Adults….$16 Children under 12….$6 *Children under 5 and

adults over 90 are Free

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Happy Halloween!

Monday, October 31

Miscellaneous

Have you

read a

good book

lately?

There are some new books in the Library!

A Child’s Book of Celtic Prayers

by Joyce Denham

This book includes prayers for creation,

prayers for the home, prayers for life’s

journey, and prayers of blessing. The illustrations in this book are delightful.

This is a wonderful book to share with your

children.

Also in the library are Blaine Bartels books

for teenagers:

Every Teenagers Little Black Book…

Of God’s Guarantees

On Cash

On How To Get Along With Your Parents

On reaching your dreams

Thank You! Marlo and I wish to thank everyone for

their prayers and cards during the past

two months! God has answered our

prayers! No more Melanoma and his

knee is healing great. Thanks for your

friendship.

Marlo and Connie Schield

Thank You! To My First Lutheran Church Family,

I cannot thank you enough for all the

caring, love, and support that was

given to me throughout Don’s illness.

Don had a strong faith and he was

comforted in the knowledge that he

knew he was going to a better place.

He went quickly and peacefully, which

is what he would of wanted. My family

and I felt very blessed to be surrounded

by such a caring church family.

I would also like to thank all the

members of Peace Circle for their

cards of comfort and caring. It is

comforting to kow that one is not alone,

but surrounded by a family of caring

church members.

Judy Harms

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Miscellaneous

October 2, 2016

Classic Danube Holiday Cruise

December 3—12, 2016

Space is still available on the brand new ship ms

River Voyager. We will visit towns and cities

under a holiday spell by cruising the Danube

River—visiting five countries and as many as

seven Christmas Markets. Brochures are

available at First Lutheran or contact me with any

questions.

Jan Wege — 715-634-8101,

[email protected]

First Lutheran Church sponsors the

“Day 1” weekly segments on radio

station WRLS-FM (92.3). These

segments air at 8:30am every

Sunday.

“Day 1”, a voice of mainline Christian churches,

presents messages by clergy representing mainline

Christian faiths, including those of the ELCA. Peter

Wallace, host for each broadcast, facilitates discussion

with clergy on timely topics. This radio ministry reaches

our shut-ins, visitors to the area, and others for whom

regular worship and church affiliation are not a part of

their daily lives. The cost per broadcast is $30.

The sponsorship of a broadcast may be in honor of a

person, or special occasion, or in memory of a loved

one and is open to all.

DON’T MISS THE BOAT!

From time to time the office staff receives requests

from members of the congregation and community to

include people in our church’s Sunday prayer petitions,

bulletin and/or prayer chain. While we are more than happy to solicit prayers for

those in need, please understand that for privacy

purposes we are unable to include submitted names

without permission from the individual or from one of

their immediate family members.

PRAYER REQUESTS

OCTOBER

Communion Bread Schedule

October 1-2….

October 8-9….

October 15-16….

October 22-23….

October 29-30….

Judy Harms

Lori Labaree

Erinn Bratley

Sharron Probyn

Kathy McCoy

Scandinavian Dinner

BAKE SALE

We are looking for

men, women, and kids

to bake for the bake

sale on

November 4, 2016

Whether your specialty is cake, cookies, bars,

brownies, small breads, yeast breads, stolen,

pies, etc., it’ll be loved by all! Please deliver your baked goodies to the

church on November 4th by 2:00pm. Wrap

them and we will do the pricing. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex if you

would like to indicate what you will be

donating. Thank you so much—every “little morsel”

helps!

Nancy Woodbeck, Chairperson

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Message from Youth & Education Director by Tiffany Chipman

The air is getting crisp

now and leaves are

falling all over the

ground. It’s time to

carve pumpkins and

drink hot apple cider. School is running at

full speed and so are the activities here at

FLC! The church is buzzing with youth

programs, activities and excitement! Fall is

so fun and brings all sorts of busyness

together for me. (My favorite kind of

busyness.)

Our youth education programs are so much

fun; but what have we been up to you ask?

Terrific Tuesdays (Grades K-3)

Lessons, snacks, and let’s not forget GAGA!

We are having so much fun in our times

together on Tuesdays. This year we have

taken a new direction in our learning by

focusing each week on a different story of

the Bible that follows along with our

lectionary of our worship services. Along

with our lesson or story of the week, we play

a game or do a craft that connects as well.

Each week we also have a great group of

older students that help out by passing out

lessons, helping with spelling, cutting, or

drawing, and other items needed in our

Youth Ministries.

Wednesday Nite Live (Grades 4-8)

This is our newest program added to Youth

Ministries.

If you haven’t been able to come to join our

worship, I encourage you to stop by and

check it out. Every Wednesday in the

Sanctuary starting at 6:00pm. Our pre-

confirmation class is having fun digging into

our Bibles and learning more of the Word of

the Lord. And, our confirmation class is

jumping into the Old Testament.

Sunday School (Grades Pre-K—5th)

Classrooms are “cereal” for learning the

Word! Each week we are taking a new fla-

vor of cereal by surprise and learning what

it would have in common with the Lord!

Emma Bratley is snapping in our Pre-K/

Kindergarten class. Paige Sulley is crack-

ling with our 1st—3rd graders, and I am

popping with our 4th & 5th graders. This

curriculum will take us through until our

break over Christmas.

Blessings to all —

Tiffany Chipman

Youth & Education Director

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Youth News

HALLOWEEN PARTY!

Saturday, October 29

2:00—4:00pm

at First Lutheran Church

Fellowship Hall

Invite your friends and families to join in

on our Halloween Party. Join in on

many different games, crafts, costume

contest, and don’t forget— food!

$5.00 per person donation Much help is needed to make this

event be as successful as last

year...please sign up for part of the

helping team on the sign-up sheet

on the gold cart OR by contacting

Tiffany Chipman.

Kids Cookbook!

If you have not turned in

your recipes for the

cookbook, please do so as

soon as possible.

Production will be finalized by October 15. If your

recipes are not in yet...please have them submitted

to Tiffany Chipman BEFORE October 10.

Luther Park Recharge

It’s time to gear up for another year of some 24-

hour RECHARGE sessions at our favorite

Luther Park. The first one we will be heading off

to is:

Friday, November 4

Depart from FLC at 5:00pm on 11/04

Returning to FLC around 9:00pm on

Saturday, 11/05

WHO: All youth grades 3rd and older

COST: $40/student

Registration forms are available on the gold

cart in the narthex.

All registrations MUST be turned in to Tiffany

Chipman no later than Sunday, October 9.

(Youth Fundraiser)

We welcome Colin

Hand and Gavin Hand

to the Lord’s Table.

Colin and Gavin celebrated

their First Communion on

Sunday, September 18 at the

10:45 worship service.

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Faith In Action

The Cover Girls meet at 9:00am on the

second and third Thursday each month

in Fellowship Hall. Our group makes quilts which are given to

Lutheran World Relief, as well as to

various needs within the Hayward

community. Everyone is welcome to join

our group. You don’t need to be a

seamstress—if you can tie a knot and

enjoy fellowship, you can be a Cover Girl!

Donations of thread and yarn are greatly

appreciated.

COVER GIRLS

If you are looking for a new activity for

the Fall we have a wonderful outreach

program with our Purls of Prayer. We

are always looking for new members.

Yarn can be provided, as well as

patterns for the prayer shawls that we

make, and if you are new to knitting or

crocheting, help is always available. We meet the third Saturday of the

month at 9:30am in the church library.

We have a hostess each month to

provide us with coffee and a treat and

we also have devotion time. It is a

wonderful time of fellowship as we knit

or crochet our love and prayers into

beautiful prayer shawls. Please join us in the church library on

October 15, 2016 at 9:30am. Our

hostess for the morning will be Judy

Harms and Nancy Grothe will lead a

short devotion.

PURLS OF PRAYER

Shawl

Ministry

CARD LADIES

The Card Ladies meet on the first

Tuesday of each month at 9:30am.

Our October meeting is on

October 4 Card Ladies create new greeting cards

out of donated birthday, anniversary and

sympathy cards (no Christmas cards

please). A display of our creations is

located in the narthex near the main

entrance. You will find the prices are very

reasonable.

Jubilee Circle will meet this month

on Tuesday, October 11

at 6:00pm in the church library.

Contact Rhonda Passolt at

715-634-1062 with any questions.

Hope to see you there! THANK YOU for the many donations of material

and crocheting thread. Please continue to donate,

as we can always use more. Also, we are looking

for more hands to help make quilts.

The Cover Girls

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Faith In Action

WOFL, MOFL and the Outreach Committee are

again beginning the annual Operation Christmas

Project. Last year we gave boxes of food,

along with mittens, hats, scarves, and children’s

gifts to 200 families in Sawyer County. This year

once again we plan to provide Christmas

Blessings to 200 families with your help and the

caring help of Hayward United Methodist Church

and Accession Episcopal Church.

We will begin taking telephone calls and

completing request forms for food boxes on

November 28, 2016, with the last day to take

requests on December 9, 2016.

Distribution this year will be Friday, December 16

from 2:30pm—6:00pm, and Saturday, December

17 from 9:00am to 1:00pm. We are fortunate

again this year to purchase food through Feed My

People at a much reduced price. Because of this

we are asking you again to consider a monetary

donation.

The Operation Christmas bulletin

board will have red and green tree

tags for the needed $10 to $15 gifts for children,

through grades 12. Please take a tree tag,

purchase and wrap the gift and tape tag back on

the gift. Gifts can then be placed in the large gift

wrapped box by the bulletin board. Because of

size variation, clothes are not recommended. Gift

cards are a great idea for teens! The LAST day to

bring gifts in will be Monday, December 12, 2016.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

DONATE CASH TO OPERATION CHRISTMAS

BRING GIFTS OF FOOD WE CANNOT PURCHASE:

Powered Milk

Pancake mix

Muffin mix

Brownie mix

Cake mix

Pudding

Stuffing mixes

Instant potatoes

Rice

Jell-O

Coffee

Tea

Granola/breakfast bars

Pancake syrup

Jams & Jellies

Bisquick

BUY AND WRAP GIFTS FOR CHILDREN

BRING HATS, MITTENS, SCARVES

VOLUNTEER BY SIGNING UP TO WORK

BAKE COOKIES (NO NUTS) FOR SHUT-INS

INCLUDE THIS FIRST LUTHERAN

OUTREACH PROJECT IN YOUR PRAYERS

Sign-up sheets will be in the narthex in the

near future.

Operation Christmas

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Faith In Action

COMMUNITY MEAL

Every Wednesday Night

at 5:00pm

Everyone is welcome!

A community meal is served in

Fellowship Hall here at First

Lutheran Church every

Wednesday evening at 5:00pm.

The meal is free of charge, or if

you wish, you may make a free

will donation. The meals are

nutritious and are prepared and

served by volunteers from the

church congregation, as well as

volunteers within the community.

If you wish to help in this

important ministry, please look

at the sign-up sheets on the cart

located left side of the church as

you enter. See who is in charge

for the month and give them call

or sign-up to help. There are

four months of sign-up sheets

posted on the cart, so one can

plan around other activities.

Many hands make the service

easier. THANK YOU to

Patty Treland for

overseeing the

month of September. We are

still looking for more help.

Patty Treland & Friends

UPDATE ON LUTHER

PARK SUMMER

FUNDRAISER

Every year Luther Park has a

summer fundraising event.

Donations for this fundraiser

comes from the churches and

various people. This year

$23,000 was raised! Our Cover Girls sent down

five quilts (three large quilts

and two baby quilts) for this

auction. The total of these

five quilts raised $450. The

Cover Girls are happy to be a

part of this fundraising which

supports Luther Park where

our children go to Bible

Camp.

Many, many thanks to the

generosity of the members of

First Lutheran Church. We

asked for school supplies and

you, the members, stepped

forward. The congregation

collected 80 packpacks (9 more

than last year) and over 600

other items (colored pencils,

pens, pencils, crayons, glue,

folders, notebook paper, loose

paper, markers, etc. All of these

items have been taken to the

schools (Hayward and LCO) and

were given out the first week of

school. Both schools were so

grateful for the donations. Once

again, our congregation has

opened their hearts and pocket

books for the good of the

community. Thanks to all of you

for making this a success!

TRANSIENT PROJECT

Faith In Action Team (FIAT)

has announced that for now

they do not need any more

toiletries for the transient

project. Thank you for all

your generous donations to

this program in the past. We

will let you know when more

products are needed.

Thank you,

Patty Van Landschoot

SCHOOL

SUPPLIES

PROJECT

A food donation bin is located in

the narthex at all times and the

food is picked up each Monday

morning. Your food or monetary

donations would be greatly

appreciated. Please note that

monetary donations for the food

shelf should be brought to the

church office.

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First Lutheran Church Women

When God’s Not Fair:

Coming to terms with a merciful God

October is the month of fall colors,

fall festivals, color tours, raking,

preparations for our northern

winters, and little children out trick or

treating.

I always like the colors of fall and of

decorations this time of year.

I like to change things in my house,

to tell of this season. This time of the year our church is

busy with plans for the

Scandinavian Dinner and Operation

Christmas. We are people who are

looking to the future. Looking for

ways that God would like us to grow

and to reach out to others. We, as

Women of First Lutheran Church,

are called to discipleship in Jesus

Christ and empowered by the Holy

Spirit to engage in ministry. May

God bless us as we move forward.

Our lesson this month in the Gather

magazine is:

Jesus and the evil eye: When God

blesses the undeserving. Bible study session two:

“When God Forgives the Guilty”

Jesus’ parables show us a God who

has ditched the scales and

scoreboard in favor of generosity for

all—deserving or not. How do we,

like Jesus’ followers, come to terms

with a God who gives to those who

haven’t earned it? The lesson is

taken from the book of Matthew

20:1-7. The Parable of the Workers

in the Vineyard. We will see what a

gracious God we have. Jesus says,

“The kingdom of heaven is like a

landowner who went out early in the

morning to hire workers.”

Jubilee Circle will begin a

new DVD series called Living the

Questions. The October study

will begin with “An Invitation To

The Journey.” All are invited to

join them in their evening

studies. May God bless you as

you study His word together.

Circles meet in October on

Tuesday, October 11

Peace Circle—9:30am

Leader: Linda Euneau

Hostess: Marge Shifflet

Faith, Hope, & Love Circle

1:30pm

Leader: Carol Nelson

Hostess: Linda Gordon

Jubilee Circle—6:00pm

Leader: Rhonda Passolt

UPDATES:

The new officers for the

2016-2017 year are as follows:

President: Linda Gordon Co-President: Secretary: Maxine Poppe Treasurer: Carol Nelson Discipleship: Linda Euneau Stewardship: Maxine Poppe Justice:

May God bless all of these women

and our year ahead.

LEADERSHIP TRAINING

October 8, 2016

At Salem Lutheran Church in

Shell Lake

8:15 to Noon

Lunch will be served at Noon

$12.00 will be cost to you I will update you.

WOMEN OF THE ELCA,

ALL ANEW,

Tenth Triennial Gathering in

Minneapolis, MN, July 13-16, 2017.

SCANDINAVIAN DINNER &

OPERATION CHRISTMAS

Watch for ways we can help with

these two projects. The bulletins

will be listing the needs.

I would like to take this time on

behalf of the FLCW to thank Student

Pastor Carol Braun for her

leadership and generous gift of her

time these past months. She has

been a wonderful gift from God at

our time of need. Bless her journey

as she accepts the call to Our

Savior’s Lutheran Church in Iron

River, WI., and her continuing

studies to become an ordained

minister. May God bless you and

keep you; may His face shine upon

you and give you His peace.

Carol, we will miss you!

God bless our Church and all its

members; may we always keep our

eye on you Jesus our Savior and

Lord. May we always be a church

that reaches out beyond our

boundaries to those in need.

Linda Gordon,

FLCW President

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An Evangelical Minute

That’s right—OUR lifesaving

work through ELCA World

Hunger & Lutheran Disaster

Response. As a congregation

and as individuals, we join our

gifts with legions of others to

bring hope and help into the lives

of others here at home and in

nearly 60 countries.

These two outreach efforts of

our greater church (ELCA) are

focused on innovative solutions

that get at the root causes of

hunger & poverty. They are

totally dependent on gifts from

ELCA members and

congregations. Because they

have recently shared an updated

mailing that is especially helpful

to understanding their (OUR)

work here & abroad, plans are to

feature excerpts from the same.

This goes along with their other

effort & it includes ELCA

members. Quoting from the

mailing, “We engage ELCA

members in advocacy & hunger

education to act & speak in ways

that can make a difference.”

The following story is quite

close to home, underlining the

work done right here in the U.S.

& is entitled:

Help for the Neighborhood

When William “Big Bill”

Hogan was 16, he yearned to be

a chef. Working in a number of

restaurants over the past 30

years, his experience fostered a

calling to serve people facing

hunger. When he saw

restaurants throwing away

hundreds of pounds of food each

night, he asked if he could have

it to feed hungry neighbors out of

his apartment. With food in

hand, Bill began serving. Members of Galilee Lutheran

Church in Roseville , Minn., took

notice & today, Help For the

Hood, a meal ministry, is part of

Galilee’s outreach to neighbors

who go hungry, especially at the

end of the month when

resources for food become

scarce. The ministry has

become especially important

during the summer when school-

age children are home. “After 30 years in the food

business, I’d rather have a

ministry than a restaurant”, Bill

said. “Giving back feels good.”

Students, ages 11-18, help

prepare & serve meals & acquire

job skills along the way. Bill

mentors the students & teaches

them the basics of running a

small business & the importance

of money management. The

students also receive a stipend

for their work.

Ler Say, 14, is one of the

young members of his staff.

Born in Burma, he helps cook,

serve food, and clean up the free

lunchtime meals. “It’s

heartwarming to help people

out.” says Ler. This is a really

good job with good people and

we make a brighter future for

everyone. It’s good job training

experience for me, too.” Thanks to your gifts to ELCA

World Hunger, more people in

Roseville and communities

across the country have food for

today and skills for tomorrow.

Ler adds a personal message to

supporters like you: “Please

thank them truly and deeply,”

Our Father in Heaven,

May we be stirred as we spend

time over the next months to

more fully realize how we,

indeed, are a part of these

important outreach ministries.

We ask blessings upon those

directly involved with working

with those in need. May these

glimpses into the stories of some

of the countless ways in which

people have been helped

through these ministries move us

to action wherever need arises. In Christ, Amen

Our Lifesaving Work

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Lectionary Readings for October 2016

October 9, 2016

Time after Pentecost

It’s a miracle!

Multiple miracles! The waters

of holy baptism have healed us.

The body and blood of Jesus in

holy communion have made us

clean. We have died with

Christ and been raised with

him. For all this we have

returned to offer thanks. From

this place we are sent on our

way rejoicing to share the

good news.

2 Kings 5:1-3; 7-15c

Psalm 111

2 Timothy 2:8-15

Luke 17:11-19

October 16, 2016


Pray always.

Do not lose heart. This is the

encouragement of the Christ of

the gospel today. Persistence

in our every encounter with the

divine will be blessed. Wrestle

with the word. Remember your

baptism again and again.

Come regularly to Christ’s

table. Persistence in our every

encounter with the divine will

be blessed.

Genesis 32:22-31

Psalm 121

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

Luke 18:1-8

October 23, 2016


Genuine repentance and

pretentious piety stand in stark

contrast in the gospel and all

around us. All creation stands

in need of God’s forgiveness.

Keep the faith. God’s people—

”all who have longed for his

appearing”—shall be

accounted righteous for Jesus’

sake. Our God is merciful to

sinners. For all this the

assembly glorifies God forever.

Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22

Psalm 84:1-7

2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18

Luke 18:9-14

October 30 , 2016


On this day we celebrate the

heart of our faith: the gospel of

Christ—the good news—that

makes us free! We pray that

the Holy Spirit would continue

to unite the church today in its

proclamation and witness to the

world. In the waters of baptism

we are made one body; we

pray for the day that all

Christians will also be one at

the Lord’s table.

Jeremiah 31:31-34

Psalm 46

Romans 3:19-28

John 8:31-36

October 2, 2016


A little faith goes a long way is

our Lord’s point in the gospel.

A mustard seed’s-worth has

miraculous potential. The

patience, tenacity, and

endurance required for the life

of faith are the blessings

received in water and the word

(holy baptism), bread and wine

(holy communion), the word

read and proclaimed in this

assembly. Anticipate them.

Receive them with

thanksgiving.

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

Psalm 37:1-9

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Luke 17:5-10

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ILL / RECOVERING

Nancy Grothe, Mark Pitzele, Renee Tomal,

Kathy Rasmussen, Jo Dahlin, Connie Henning,

Jenny Thorhaug

CARE CENTERS

Golden Living Center

10775 Nyman Avenue

Hayward, WI 54843

Bob Woodbeck, Rich Henchel

Country Terrace

10260 White Birch Lane

Hayward, WI 54843

Liz Webber

Water’s Edge

11044 N State Rd 77

Hayward, WI 54843

Care Center

Irene Byerly, Louise Williamson,

Ralph & Carol Cornell, Jane Hoivick,

Don Jacobson

Assisted Living

Frank Grebner, Vi Jacobson, Arliss Nichols,

Paul Pedersen

John Jaeckel, May Farley, Ed Braun, Brad

Johnson, Art Saxum, John Swanson,

Margaret Rockwood

Caring and Sharing

CHRONIC/LONG-TERM ILLNESS

Sympathy

Aspen Acres

10214 Rock Creek Rd

Hayward, WI 54843

Irene Ahrenkiel

Marlen Kaiser

Care Partners Assisted Living

15497 Pinewood Drive

Hayward, WI 54843

Edna Wittmus

The congregation extends its

sympathy to family and friends of

Don Harms who passed away on

August 31. His funeral service was

held here at First Lutheran on

Monday, September 5, 2016.

Student Pastor Carol Braun

officiated.

The sympathy of the congregation is

extended to Debra and Pastor Scott

Ludford on the recent death of

Debra’s father.

If you are homebound and would like to receive

a visit and holy communion from one of our

visitation ministers, please contact the church

office and a visit will be arranged for you.

VISITATION MINISTRY

DVDs of First Lutheran worship services are

available! Call the church office if you would

like to receive a DVD each week.

WORSHIP SERVICE DVDs


extended to Connie Mills and her

family on the death of her mother,

Norma Stellmack.


extended to family and friends of Cheryl

(Williamson) Haupt who passed away

on Friday, September 23, 2016. Her

funeral was held here at First Lutheran

on September 30, 2016, with Student

Pastor Carol Braun officiating.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

God's work. Our hands.

We are a church that is deeply rooted—and always being made new.

We are deeply rooted. The Evangelical Lutheran

Church in America is still comparatively new as a

church body, and yet our roots are much deeper

than our 25 years together. The taproot of our life

extends through the histories of predecessor

churches in the United States, through the

formative witness of the 16th century evangelical

reformers and their confessional writings, to the

Scriptures and the word of Christ. Our life is in

Jesus Christ. We are deeply rooted in his word of

forgiveness and the promises of God’s steadfast

love and mercy. The word of Christ dwells in us

richly. God nourishes us as one body in Jesus

Christ with companions from around the globe

who meet us at Christ’s table of grace.

We are being made new every day. In Jesus Christ we

are not unchanged. What God does in Christ is as

radical as the death and resurrection of baptism, where

new creatures in Christ rise to live “no longer for

themselves, but for him who died and was raised for

them.” God is bringing that new creation to life

among us in the ministry of reconciliation. In that

service we no longer see each other as we did before.

We are no longer strangers, competitors or enemies to

each other. We are beloved companions in one body,

restored to a communion where the rich diversity of

our experiences, wisdom and abilities serve the

common good in Christ. The new creation in Christ

rises to life among us every day.

Vacant Pastor

Carol Braun Student Pastor [email protected]

Carol Mooney Williamson Business Manager [email protected]

Tiffany Chipman Youth & Education Director [email protected]

Ray Austin Building & Grounds [email protected]

Patty Van Landschoot Choir Director [email protected]

Becky Iverson Organist [email protected]

Patty Treland Volunteer Coordinator [email protected]

FIRST LUTHERAN STAFF

WEEKLY BULLETIN

If you would like to submit

information for the weekly

bulletin, it is due to Carol

Williamson by 4:00pm each

Wednesday

FIRST WORD

Information for the First

Word newsletter is due to

Ruth Lindner by 4:00pm on

the 20th of each month at

[email protected] or

drop off in the church office.

If anyone is in Christ... …there is a new creation

OFFICE HOURS

Mon—Thurs….8:30--4:00

Fridays … 8:30—3:00

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OCTOBER 2016

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

5:00 Worship

2


8:15 Worship

9:15 Coffee & Fellowship

9:30 Faith Formation

10:45 Worship

3

4

8:00 MOFL & WOFL

9:30 Staff Meeting

9:30 Card Ladies

3:15 Terrific Tuesdays

5

5:30 FIAT

5:00 Community Supper

6:00 Wednesday Night

Live (WNL)

6:30 Choir Rehearsal

6

9:45 Aspen Acres

Communion

10:30 Golden Living

Communion

11:15 Water’s Edge

Communion

1:00 Grief Support Library 6:00 The Spirit Within

7

8

5:00 Worship

9


8:15 Worship



10:45 Worship

10

6:00 Congregational

Council

11

8:00 MOFL & WOFL

9:30 Staff Meeting

9:30 Peace Circle

1:30 Faith, Hope,

Love Circle


6:00 Jubilee Circle

12


6:00 Wednesday

Night Live (WNL)


13

9:00 Cover Girls

1:00 Grief Support Fellowship Hall 1:00 Grief Support Library

6:00 The Spirit Within

14

15

9:30 Purls of Prayer

9:00—Noon

Fall Work Day

5:00 Worship

16


8:15 Worship



10:45 Worship

17 18

8:00 MOFL & WOFL

9:30 Staff Meeting


4:00 Personnel Meeting

19


6:00 Wednesday

Night Live (WNL)


20

9:00 Cover Girls

1:00 Grief Support

Library


21

5:30 Friday Night

Movie

22

5:00 Worship

23


8:15 Worship



10:45 Worship

3:00 Performance by

Alexander Sandor

24

7:00 — Noon

Lefse prep

25

8:00 MOFL & WOFL

9:30 Staff Meeting


6:00 Saints & Servants

26

7:00— 1:00

Meatball prep


6:00 Wednesday

Night Live (WNL)

27

1:00 Grief Support

Library


28

29

2:00—4:00

Halloween Party

5:00 Worship

30


Reformation Sunday

8:15 Worship



10:45 Worship with

Confirmation

31

7:00 — Noon

Lefse prep

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