August 2016

Rev. Richard Weaver, Interim 601 North Sandusky Avenue Upper Sandusky Ohio 43351 419-294-3544

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Dear Brothers and Sisters In Christ: This past week has been an emotional week: visiting Darlene's Mother who is in declining

health, Saying goodbye to Bishop Lohrmann greeting our new Bishop Daniel Beaudoin. About 500 people attended the Service at St Mark Bowling Green. Some 70 pastors in the

opening procession. The Toledo Blade Sunday July 24 has a good article on the Installation. Through all of this I have been worried about our world why so much

violence and evil. What has happened to peace? Then I heard that the VBS focused on God as the Light of the World. So I thought about that. It's too easy to worry we ought to put things in God's Hands and teach about Jesus love and demonstrate by our daily lives that love is God's Way and should be our way. Jesus after all took all our pain suffering to the Cross died there instead of us Rose again to give us hope to hang on to so let us worship

the Lord Amen. Pastor Richard Weaver

Council News There was no council meeting held in July! Council will resume in August

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August Special Days

Joe Graboski – 2nd

Michele Walton – 5th Kathy Kimmel – 8th Dick Newell – 10th

Brenna Ritter, Benjamin Nieset & Liam Russell – 12th Ronald Wright, Vike Reinschell, Larry Bennett, Tiffany Biller & Brian Kimmel – 13th

Greg Kimmel – 18th Amanda Rowlinson – 21st

Lesa Howard – 25th Alice Swartz – 28th

Jan Stoneburner – 31st

Tom & Juanita Zeigler – 5th

Dan & Tiffany Biller – 25th

Roy & Linda Slater – 27th If you or someone you know were inadvertently left off the special days list, please notify the office!

OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE

Please consider signing up for an Opportunity to Serve your

Church! Our services depend on having our members help to

usher, read and do various jobs, ensuring all feel welcome and at

home!

Applications are available to pick up in Cross Hall or email the office and one will be

emailed to you.

Deadline to return will be August 31.

First Evangelical Lutheran Church Scholarship=Completed one year of study at a 2 or 4 year secondary education school

=Active Member of First Evangelical =Have not previously been awarded the First Evangelical Lutheran Scholarship

All eligible applicants will be awarded based on number of applicants and availability of funds.

Acolytes August 7 - Nathaniel August 14 - Nicholas August 21 – Ross

August 28 - MacKenzie

USHERS August - Walton’s and Denney’s

Scripture Readers August 7 – Lisa Rife August 14 - _________ August 21- YOUTH August 28 – Dorothy Blackburn

Altar Care Assignments August Communion – Mary Wright Paraments-Mary Wright

Flowers August 7 – Donna Kimmel August 14 – Linda Welker August 21 – Madelon O’Neil August 28 – Dick Newell

Fellowship Goodies August 7- Darlene Weaver August 14 - __________________ August 21 - __________________ August 28 - __________________

Installation of Bishop Beaudoin

BOWLING GREEN — Fifty-one minutes into an installation ceremony Saturday, the Rev.

Daniel Beaudoin officially became bishop of the Northwestern Ohio Synod, one of 65

geographical areas in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The moment arrived

when Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton pronounced the words, “The office of bishop is now

committed to you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”

Bishop Eaton was presiding minister for the 1 p.m. service at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in

Bowling Green, and she had quoted Scripture, then asked a series of formal questions, to

each of which he answered, “I will, and I ask God to help me.”

She prayed over the new bishop, and then Bishop Marcus Lohrmann, who had been

synod bishop for 18 years, gave his successor a cross to wear and the bishop’s staff. Bishop

Lohrmann was caught up in emotion when giving the cross and said later it was because

of “the reality of wearing the cross; sometimes it means suffering, and it’s also Christ’s

promise to be with us … but finally, the good news is that through the cross we see a God

who, in Christ, is for us.” With his first official words in his new office, Bishop Beaudoin told

the congregation, “You are the light of the world because the light of Christ shines in you

and through you. So let that light shine in your pursuit of holiness, in your families, in our

congregations, our communities, and in God’s world. Let that light shine so that it may be

seen by others, and all might give glory to God.” In Bishop Eaton’s sermon, she preached

to Bishop Beaudoin: “There might be times when you doubt you have the strength to go

on. You don’t, but God gives us strength. It’s Christ’s strength in us.”

Asked before the service if he had a first task, Bishop-elect Beaudoin said, “What’s

happening in our country with race relations, I really think we need to spend some time

praying about that and talking with that. We really need — the church really needs — to

speak and be there.”

Bishop Eaton referred to the state of the world in her sermon.

“It’s a frightening place out there,” she said, “and I think that we’re feeling some of that

anxiety, some of that sense that, maybe, how can we ever be sure that we’re ever going

to come home at night with all the craziness that’s happening in the world? And I think for

some of us, probably those of us in the majority culture, we’re realizing some of the anxiety

that our brothers and sisters of color have known for all of their lives. “The world is an

unsafe and precarious and unpredictable place, and we live in a culture and a people

who want to have predictability and security and certainty, and we look for it in all kinds

of places where it will never be found and never be lasting,” Bishop Eaton said. She

compared that feeling to biblical Babylon, using verses from the book of Isaiah given in a

reading. Abdel-Wahab Soliman, at the installation service as a representative of the

Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, said, “It is always very good to cooperate, especially to

reduce the madness that’s going on in the world right now, and the violence.”

During his words of greeting, Bishop Daniel Thomas of the Roman Catholic Diocese of

Toledo said, “From one Bishop Daniel to another Bishop Daniel, blessings, grace, and

peace in the Holy Spirit.”

Bishop Thomas told The Blade before the service that Catholic-Lutheran relationships

between bishops have been close, and “Bishop Daniel and I are going to continue,

please God, that warm relationship.”

As an example of the interdenominational collaboration, Bishop Thomas said that with the

500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, led by Martin Luther, coming in 2017,

“We’re already working at various opportunities for different Catholic and Lutheran

parishes to come together in dialogue, so I think that’s an important note that we’ll move

forward toward.”

For the installation, the congregation filled the sanctuary, the balcony, the narthex or

entryway, and even the Family Life Center where the postinstallation reception would be

held and the service was shown on video.

Besides Lutherans from across the synod — including a group from the church Bishop

Beaudoin had served for the last 12 years, St. John’s in Stony Ridge — numerous Lutheran

pastors in vestments sat together. Guests from other area religions and denominations,

including Bishop Thomas, Mr. Soliman, and representatives from the Ohio Council of

Churches, the Moravian Church, the Reformed Church in America, the United Methodist

Church, also attended.

Bishop Aman Kinyunyu of the Dodoma Diocese in Tanzania was there, on his fifth trip to

the Northwestern Ohio Synod, and Ms. Evka Hlavati traveled from the synod’s partner

congregation in Serbia.

All five Lutheran bishops of the surrounding synods attended, including Bishop Suzanne

Dillahunt of the Southern Ohio Synod, who will work with Bishop Beaudoin as his mentor.

“I think Bishop Beaudoin will do just fine, so I’ll continue to touch base with him and make

sure that he’s doing A-OK,” she said.

“I graduated from bishop school with flying colors, [learned] the handshakes, I know all

that stuff,” Bishop Beaudoin had joked earlier.

After the ceremony, Bishop Eaton said, “God has provided a marvelous shepherd and

servant in Bishop Lohrmann, and we’re seeing the same wonderful thing with Bishop

Beaudoin. We’re very happy.”

Published on July 24, 2016 | Updated 1:33 a. m. ToledoBlade.com

SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS

HEY KIDS! Sunday School is BACK!

August 21st we will have a Sunday School kickoff! We invite you all to COME BACK and will also do a Blessing of Students, Teachers and

Staff during service!

This is also Children’s Sunday so there will be all kind of things to do for the service!

The excitement begins at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 21!

FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE EVENTS

The church has a tremendous amount of photos from back when people still developed photos…

Before time gets away from us all we are asking all those that think

they may be able to identify members in these photos to come to one of the photo identification get-togethers!

August 9th from 6-8 p.m. August 21st after Potluck September 3rd from 9-11 a.m. September 22nd from 3-5 p.m.

All times will be held in the lower level.

OH YEAH! Did you see above something about a potluck?

There will be a potluck on August 21st after service. Table service and drinks will be provided.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Cave Quest VBS 2016

We had a fabulous time exploring God’s creations, animal and stories underground this week. Thank you all for praying for our success as we met with the children each day to share Jesus’ love for all. Special thanks to the following people who helped us each day. It takes many hands to run all 7

stations of VBS!

Robin Goodman & Janine McMillan – Co-Directors Jane Smalley – Bible Quest Chair

Michele Walton – Cavern Café Chair Kelly Fahle – Cool Crafts & Experiments Chair Laura Wines – Splunker Sports & Games Chair

Jackie Graeser & Betty Martin – KidVid Cinema Chairs Kristin Ealy & Linda Welker – Registration Chairs

Lynn Burks, Robbie Lee, Becky Vaughn, Pr. Joe & Jill Eyestone – Bible Story Members of First and St. Paul for food donations!

Helpers and Decorations

Mary Wright Mara Smalley Aspen Conley MacKenzie Kidwell Andrea Schneider Kaylyn Shock Amber Roszman Erin McDermott Tammy Stansbery Ethan Beidelschies Nicholas Wines Rinda Kraus

Gavin Carey Nate McMillan Ethan Kessler Garrett Goodman Ryleigh Koehler Donna Kimmel Rita Bennett Zach O’Neil Payton Randall Amanda Rowlinson

Carey Lutheran VBS Marion Correctional Institution

CO-OP CORNER News from various shared ministries

We will need 3 workers every time we have desserts (every other week) and we will not be supplying a side dish as it will be part of the

entrée. For information or how you can help, please contact Betty Martin!

Corner Inn

LADIES NIGHT! LADIES NIGHT!

August 2nd – Desserts August 9th – Kimmel

August 16th – Desserts August 23rd-Denney/Welker/Martin/Wright

August 30th - Desserts

Nine Flags Pizza Order a REGULAR priced Pizza from Nine Flags

(phone 419.209.9999)

and tell them you are calling for First Evangelical Lutheran. When 100 PIZZAS are

ordered and First is mentioned…then Nine Flags will donate $1000 back to the church!

Easy, right? Ask Lynn Burks if you would like more information!

Christian Rock Band in Marion!

Women’s Day Conference in Findlay!

Reaching Women is excited to welcome Sheila Walsh as our speaker for the 2016 Reaching Women Conference on Saturday, September 24. Sheila is a powerful Bible teacher and best-selling author from Scotland with over five million books sold. Her international ministry has reached more than 5.5 million women by combining honesty, vulnerability, and humor with the transforming power of God’s Word. Join us for this one-day interdenominational women’s conference designed to provide spiritual growth and Christian fellowship to women of all ages. Reaching Women invites you to be a part of this special day as we reconnect and find the peace and strength of God.

Please visit reachingwomen.org to learn more about Reaching Women or this event.

Ticket includes:

A reservation to attend the 2016 Reaching Women Conference featuring Sheila Walsh. This is an open seating event. Seat selection is first-come, first serve.

Conference Packet Continental Breakfast (our yummy cinnamon rolls) with Coffee Panera Boxed Lunch Bottled Water Door Prize Raffle Tickets are $50 each plus a $5 per ticket processing fee charged by the

Marathon Performing Arts Center.

If interested please contact Kristin Ealy or Linda Welker. They are planning on attending and would love for more to go! Please make arrangements by

August 14th so that tickets can be secured.

The local Youth Commission puts on a party in the park

each August to kickoff Back to School. There will be free

swimming, DJ music, hot dogs, Zenan’s House of Bounce

and school supply giveaways!

First will be representing with a tent at the event to hand

out a snack and flyer about our church!

The school supply drive we had will go to the Salvation

Army to distribute at this event!

This event is on August 5th from 4-7 p.m. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you to Al Stoneburner, Misty and Gabby

Noble for providing Special Music on July 24th!

Here is a link to hear the song again: https://youtu.be/xPJP76Oa94A

Weekly Readings August 7 Genesis 15:1-6

God’s promise of a child for Abram and Sarai Psalm 33:12-22

Let your lovingkindness be upon us, as we place our hope in you. (Ps. 33:22) Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 A model for us: Abraham’s faith in a new home given by God Luke 12:32-40 God will give you the treasure of the kingdom; sell all that you have

August 14 Jeremiah 23:23-29 God’s word is like fire, like a hammer that breaks rocks Psalm 82 Arise, O God, and rule the earth. (Ps. 82:8) Hebrews 11:29--12:2 The faith of the Hebrew people, a great cloud of witnesses Luke 12:49-56

Jesus brings fire on earth and has a baptism with which to be baptized

August 21 Isaiah 58:9b-14 Do not trample the sabbath, but feed the hungry Psalm 103:1-8

The LORD crowns you with mercy and steadfast love. (Ps. 103:4) Hebrews 12:18-29

You have come to the city of the living God and to Jesus Luke 13:10-17

Jesus heals a crippled woman on the sabbath and is condemned

August 28 Proverbs 25:6-7

Do not put yourself forward Psalm 112

The righteous are merciful and full of compassion. (Ps. 112:4) Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 God is with us: let acts of mutual love continue Luke 14:1, 7-14 An image of God’s reign: invite the poor, crippled to your banquet

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