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FOCUS March 2010
Pastor Jonathan Schroeder 770-253-4007
For the upcoming months, we’ll be focusing on some new families who have recently joined our family of believers
here at Faith. Please meet the Ford family, in their own words.
Tell us about the Ford family.
We are a happy family of 4. We have two daughters, Siara (9)
and Siena (5), and our dog Akita. Jay is a Delta mechanic and
Beth works for a skylight company. As a family we enjoy the
Dallas Cowboys, traveling, hunting, and fishing. Girls
definitely enjoy their new pool, and mom and dad like their
Harleys.
What brought you to Faith?
We’ve been looking for a Lutheran church since we’ve moved
here from Texas. We had driven by Faith on several
occasions, and decided to give it a shot. We came to the first
service and were very impressed. First sermon on
Philadelphia was wonderful. We saw some familiar faces at church, and just felt very welcomed.
How was Faithbuilders?
It was a great educational experience! We were so ignorant of so much of the Bible – yet, we didn’t feel intimidated or
out of place. We both had tried a different church before, back in Texas. Their instruction class was someone just
reading out of the Bible, not explaining anything. We didn’t learn anything. Here, we learned so much in the first hour
that we couldn’t wait till the next class!
What’s different having gone through Faithbuilders?
It reiterated things I had learned a long time ago in church or confirmation. I want my children to learn more about
God, and I want to learn more so I can teach them. God’s Word is so very important. His unconditional love for us
makes such a difference. For many years, I had thought I had to do things right. I thought I had to do things to put
myself in God’s favor. Now, I realize it’s not what I do. I love others not to earn God’s favor, but because I’m thankful
for his unconditional love.
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Focus on New Families at Faith.
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Focus on New Families at Faith
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How is Sunday School?
Girls just love Sunday School. Every Sunday when they walk in, they can’t wait to learn from their
teachers. We talk about it at lunch on Sunday, and during the week. God’s Word is a topic of
conversation in our house, and it’s very nice to have that! They love to learn, and we just love adult
Bible class as well.
How about Lenten Dinners and Devotions?
The girls just love them and we do too. We were so happy to have the Advent ones, and we just love
coming on Wednesdays. It’s so nice to say hi to people, relax a little bit, and worship the Lord. I wish
they were every Wednesday! People are just so friendly, its incredible. People are as nice as they can
be, like we’ve known them for years.
Lent Schedule
Please join us Wednesday Evenings in March for dinner and devotion during this Lenten Season. Lent is a period of 40 days of preparation for the celebration of Easter.
6:00pm Dinner 6:45pm Devotion 7:30pm Choir
Signup sheets for dinner are in the gathering area.
If you have questions about dinner,
please talk with Sarah Kvidt or Judy Christopher.
Wisconsin Lutheran College Choir
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Our Wisconsin Lutheran College's (WLC) Concert Choir will be performing a free concert here at Faith on Sunday evening, March 7, at 7pm. This Choir is made up of students at our Wisconsin Lutheran College, which is located in Milwaukee, WI. This college, which our Foundations program partners with, is in fellowship with our national affiliation of churches, the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). Students attend WLC to receive a liberal arts education with a Christian foundation. WLC's Concert Choir will be visiting Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, in addition to their visit here in Georgia. The Choir will present a diverse, mostly acapella program of sacred and secular choral works in original languages
Choral works include:
Knut Nystedt’s I Will Greatly Rejoice! William Byrd’s Agnus Dei (from Mass for Four Voices)
Edvard Grieg’s Our Father Latin settings by American composers include:
Z. Randall Stroope’s emotional Lamentations of Jeremiah J. Aaron McDermid’s Te Lucis Ante Terminum
Greg Knauf’s rhythmically complex Gloria. In addition, the Choir will perform Eric Whitacre’s exquisite Five Hebrew Love Songs with string quintet and Animal Crackers, choral settings of Ogden Nash’s playful verses . The program in four parts concludes with favorite hymns and spirituals, including arrangements by Harry T. Burleigh, F. Melius Christiansen, and Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory, and the Wisconsin Lutheran Choir’s signature Abide With Me, arranged by Lucy Hirt. Dr. James Nowack, director of choral activities at Wisconsin Lutheran College since 1994, holds master of music degrees in piano performance and choral conducting from Kent State University and the University of Minnesota and a doctor of musical arts from the University of Iowa. In addition to teaching and directing at Wisconsin Lutheran, Nowack serves as guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator at conferences and conventions on a regional and national basis. Under Nowack’s direction, the Wisconsin Lutheran Choir has developed a unified voice and a respected presence in the Midwest. A disciplined ensemble of dedicated young adults from across the nation, the choir is comprised of 69 full-time undergraduate students who represent a wide variety of academic majors and minors.
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PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 28TH 9:15 am Sunday School Bible Study
10:30 am Worship Service MAUNDY THURSDAY, APRIL 1ST 7:00 pm Compline Service Communion GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND 7:30 pm Tenebrae Service HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 3RD 8:00 pm Easter Vigil Candlelight Service Communion EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 4TH 8:00 am Festival Service 9:00 am Easter Breakfast 10:30 am Festival Service
11:30am Children’s Activities
Volunteers are needed to staff the nursery for Easter Sunday morning.
We need 2 adult volunteers for each service, 8am and 10:30am. If you are interested in volunteering
to serve on Easter Sunday morning for either service, please contact Janiese Gibson or Dawn Hill.
Thank you!
Easter Sunday Nursery Volunteers
Easter Service Schedule
Easter Sunday Breakfast
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You are invited to the annual egg and pancake
breakfast put on by the wonderful
men of Faith on
Easter Sunday
beginning at 9:00.
Eggs, pancakes
and sausages are
provided, and
there is a sign-up
sheet for juices,
pastries and fruit. This is a scrumptiously
delicious way to celebrate our risen Savior with
each other. We hope to see you there. I’m
looking for one or two men that can help get the
food started at 8:45 and as many men that
would like to man pancake or egg stations.
Please speak to Scott Buth if you can help.
There will be a freewill offering basket to help
offset the cost of eggs, sausage, and pancakes.
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Preschool News
Greetings from the preschool! Registration for the 2010-2011 school year has been going great. We have had such an amazing turnout for the 2 year old class that we started a second class! We also added another class day to one of the 4 year old classes giving our parents the option of a three day or four day class.
I’m often amazed at what draws a person to our preschool. One
person told me they stopped and pulled a flier because they thought that cottage in the back was a really cute preschool. Her comments were a neat reminder about ministry opportunities. We never really know what we do that will give us an opportunity to tell someone about Jesus. In this case, God blessed us with an opportunity through a garage. Next week it might be through acoustic tiles or a new picture on the wall. God is so gracious to us! Keep letting your light shine, Faith!
Holly Buth Director, Faith Lutheran Preschool
Sermon Video Taping
Our Sermon VideoTapers are a group of men and women who serve our church by taping our sermons
and uploading them on our website. We find many people, in searching for a church, enjoy watching
one of our sermons before attending. This is a great outreach opportunity that requires some
computer knowledge, but more importantly, a willing heart. Might you be interested in helping us?
Here's some questions I usually get from people interested in taping our sermons:
**Do you really use an Apple for processing the video?**
Yep, we find that our Apple computer processes the video rather quickly. Not familiar with an Apple?
Neither was I - but after some training, we can get rather proficient. Don't let the Apple scare you - it's
easier than you think to work with it.
**How hard is it to tape a sermon?**
We have a step-by-step folder with pictures that outlines exactly what to do. For our first time learner,
they are trained two or three times before they ever do their first video.
**Is the scheduling flexible? **
We understand that with school/work/children's schedules, flexibility is key. Our VideoTapers serve
once every two months, and we are very flexible when schedules conflict.
**What if I'm not sure?**
I'd be happy to answer any questions or concerns you might have. If you are at all interested in serving
in this way, please feel free to speak with Vicar Schleis.
Camp South Sharing Our Unity Through Him
At the Unicoi Lodge in Helen, Georgia
June 21-24, 2010
You are Invited!
Camp South is a WELS Bible camp where kids “Share Our Unity Through Him”. At Camp South, children enjoy God’s beautiful creation, develop Christian friends, and grow in their relationship with God. Camp South is an experience you’re child will never forget!
Camp South is for kids entering grades 4-12.
Camp South will be held June 21-24, 2010. All registrations are due by April 30th.
Camp South is held at the Unicoi Lodge, located in the Appalachian foothills near beautiful Helen, Georgia.
Visit www.unicoilodge.com to learn more about the high quality amenities the children experience at the
Unicoi Lodge.
Visit Camp South photo galleries at www.welscyd.net/southatlantic to see pictures of all the amenities and
past camp activities.
Camp South costs $295/person.
Camp activities include Bible lessons, team-building, campfires, swimming, hiking to Anna Ruby Falls, tubing
on the Chattahoochee River, environmental education, crafts and more!
Visit www.welscyd.net/southatlantic and select Camp South to find the registration form and information.
Send it in with your payment today!
If you have any questions, contact the South Atlantic Youth Discipleship Coordinator at:
Mr. Brent Bitter
Office: (904) 642-8900 ● Cell: (904) 864-3384
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March—April Volunteer Schedules
Acolyte & Friendship Register
Acolyte Friendship Register
Mar 7 Raelee Heinz Tyler Madden & Daniel Buth
Mar 14 Jordana Schroeder Justin Schroeder & Ashley Kangas
Mar 21 Caleb Christopher Jacob Fiscus & Katie Watkins
Mar 28 Keith Schroeder Laura Kvidt & Sam Pfliger
Apr 4 Jessica Pfliger Grant Heinz & Nicholas Johnston
Apr 11 Missy Simmons Megan Buth & Zeke Mueller
Apr 18 Tyler Buth Justin Schroeder & Tyler Madden
Apr 25 Andrew Bjornas Dalia Gibson & Ashley Kangas
Nursery Schedule
March 7 Foust
March 14 G & B Morgan
March 21 Oberhelman
March 28 D & H Johnson
April 4 Easter Volunteers
April 11 Madden
April 18 Gibson
April 25 Alcide/Anderson
Cleaning Schedule
Week of March 1 Kangas Koepke
Week of March 8 Quinn/J. Morgan Duncan
Week of March 15 Madden Ricker
Week of March 22 Heinz Mueller
Week of March 29 Eckhardt Bloy
Week of April 5 Clow/Hicks Countryman
Week of April 12 Pfeifer Harrington
Week of April 19 Freeman K. Carter
Week of April 26 Hill Ellis
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Pastor: Jonathan Schroeder ......... 770-253-4007
President: Gary Eckhardt .............. 678-364-1383
Treasurer: Gary Hill ...................... 678-817-6208
Secretary: Rob Nichols ................. 770-629-5228
Financial Sec.: John Kvidt ............ 770-252-9252
Women of Faith: Jenny Schroeder . 770-253-6565
Preschool: Greg Morgan............... 770-253-0380
Outreach: Scott Buth .................... 770-683-3999
Prayer Chain: Judy Christopher ..... 770-599-6055
Teen Group: Vicar Schleis ............. 770-253-4007
Youth Group: Gary & Dawn Hill ..... 678-817-6208
Newsletter: Dawn Hill ................... 678-817-6208
Sherry Kangas ........... 404-680-2175
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have information for the newsletter, please submit it to [email protected]
by the 25th of each month. Thank you.
March Birthdays
Brenda Morgan 2
Jan Morgan 2
Lauren Oberhelman 2
Jamie Payne 2
Scott Buth 6
Katherine Seitz 7
Katie Watkins 8
Jack Bonnette 9
Jacob Fiscus 9
Aidan Webb 9
Jeremy Countryman 10
Laura Eckhardt 11
Lee Green 13
Linda Hicks 13
Tami Lorenz 14
Andrew Nichols 16
Amy Bonnette 17
Emily Lorenz 17
Kristen Countryman 21
Keith Carter 22
Julia Wessinger 24
Scot Gibson 25
Stephanie Garrelts 26
Clayton Gibson 26
Harrison Lanier 26
Lisaann Pauli 26
Joseph Soleto 27
Wakely Diehl 28
Regina Hendricks 28
March 7 Laura Eckhardt
(Training Cole Johnson)
March 14 Caleb Christopher
March 21 Joshua Buth
(Training Cole Johnson)
March 28 Mathew Bjornas
(Training Cole Johnson)
April 4 Cole Johnson
(Josh Buth assisting as necessary)
April 11 Luke Hendricks
(Training Andrew Bjornas)
April 18 Keith Schroeder
April 25 Andrew Bjornas
March Ushering Teams April
Buth Scott
Anderson Chad
Baumann Les
Carter Keith
Creel Al
Ellis Brent
Fiscus Jeff
Gehl Len
Hendricks Luke
Mueller Matthew
Smith George
Webb Donald
West Tom
Video Taping Schedule
Nichols Rob
Bjornas Matthew
Christopher Jim
Cook Frank
Everhart Jason
Giles Blake
Hoth John
Manuel Rick
McCartney Cliff
Morgan Robbie
Pfeifer Jonathan
Schwab Andy