The hot Texas summer is coming and with it all the things we associate with

this time of year – no school, swimming, baseball, Vacation Bible School,

weekends at the lake, family trips and so on. Most of these are enjoyable

activities that help us to appreciate God’s gift of rest, his creation, and the great

outdoors.

While we are busy with all these happenings, however, it is easy for them to

take over our lives. The importance of your relationship with God does not

diminish or change during the summer months. Likewise, our church programs continue and our

financial needs remain the same.

Whenever you are in town, I encourage you to remain active participants in worship and Bible Class/

Sunday School throughout the summer. Even while on vacation don't forget about God. Make plans to

worship at a Lutheran Church near your vacation destination. (Go to www.lcms.org and click on Locators

& Directories to find a church by state and city.)

Take your Bible, hymnal, and devotional materials with you on vacation and make time to read and pray.

If you are in a remote location plan your own family worship with a Bible story, prayer, and hymn or song.

Invite each person to name something for which they are thankful. Be creative!

We can be eternally grateful that God never takes a vacation from us. We read in Psalm 121, “He who

keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep” (v. 3b-4). And in

Hebrews it says, “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (3:5).

Indeed, God will never take a vacation from us, let’s not take a vacation from Him!

Pastor Rick

Don’t Take A Vacation from God!

Messiah Messenger June - 2016

“Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.” Martin Luther

Messiah Lutheran Church

Monday Night Worship Services w ill resum e in

June for the 3 summer months. The services are the

Monday evening following the second and fourth

Sundays of each month. The services are at 7:00 p.m.

and include Holy Communion. During June, our

Monday services will be on June 13th and June 27th.

Attention All Golfers! The 14th Annual Hill Country Open

benefitting Hill Country Mission for Health will be Monday, June

6th, at The Buckhorn Golf Course in Comfort. Church groups may

register to compete in the Trinity Trophy Traveling Cup for bragging

rights for their church if all participants in the foursome belong to

the same church.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land,

which the Lord thy God gives you.” (Exodus 20: 12)

The first three commandments of God define our relationship with our heavenly Father. Jesus summarizes the first

three commandments in Matthew 22:37, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all

you mind.” Love for God is our first priority in life. He expects our love and obedience in return for His love for us.

The last seven commandments define our relationship with our fellow man. Jesus summarizes these as stated in

Matthew 22:39, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus certainly showed us His love when He offered Himself as a

sacrifice to pay for our sins. “There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15:13) He

offers Agape Love, a love with no strings attached.

I believe the forth commandment, Honor your father and your mother, ties the love for God with the love for mankind,

starting with the love for your family. God intended for the children’s instructions to begin at home. Deuteronomy

6:5-7, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These

commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when

you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” This is really walking

the walk as we show our love for God by the way we lead our lives. Our children will know if we say one thing, but do

another.

As we are obedient to this commandment by giving respect and honor to our parents, we are more able to give respect

and honor to our heavenly Father. It is the responsibility of the parents to teach their children to respect proper rules,

principles, and laws. This helps us to establish a life-long pattern of being a God fearing person and a benefit to

society. Proverbs 22:6 tell us to train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.

As we set aside a day in June to honor our earthly fathers, let us be reminded daily to honor our heavenly Father.

“Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out ‘ Abba

Father.’” (Galatians 4:6) The term, Abba Father, is intimate, meaning Daddy God. I can just imagine crawling up into

Abba Father’s lap and calling Him Daddy as He wraps His loving arms around me.

Happy Father’s Day

Ron McMann

Messiah’s Adult Education Ministry

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Mark your calendars!!! Messiah's "Wine Tasting" ev ent which is scheduled for Saturday June 25th in the beautiful hill

country. We would also like to commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence July 4th, so

let's all dress for the occasion and wear Red, White and Blue to honor that day!!!

This year David and Kathleen Blakely have graciously offered to host this fun event at her lovely hom e in

Cordillera Ranch.

The wine is provided by you! This event starts at 6:30 PM. Appetizers and desserts will be provided by Messiah. We ask

that each person bring a bottle of wine. If you are not a wine drinker but would like to share the fellowship, a bottle of your

favorite sparkling water would be a good alternative.

Please feel free to invite friends and neighbors. Cordillera Ranch is a gated community so David and Kathleen will need to

provide a guest list to the security gate in advance so please let us know if you plan to attend. We will have a sign-up sheet

available in the narthex or you may call Kathleen Blakely at 830 755-8300 or Diana Dolt at 210 289-3243. We look

forward to seeing you at Messiah's WINE TASTING event!!!

Look for more details coming to your inbox soon. Blessings Diana Dolt

Wine Tasting - Christian Fellowship Event - Coming Up

SAVE THE DATES

FOR THESE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS

Saturday, August 13th will be a Work Day sprucing up Messiah both inside and outside. A hot dog lunch will be

served followed by a good ol’ fashioned Ice Cream Social!

Saturday, September 10th - The Anniversary Committee will hose a 90’s Theme Party with food and fun. Get on

your best 90’s style clothes, hair, fads as we get ready to celebrate Messiah’s beginning in 1991!

Saturday & Sunday, September 17th & 18th Anniversary Weekend

featuring a catered banquet on Saturday evening and Festive Worship on Sunday with Pastor Mark Dankis

returning to preach!

Years and years ago the church where I grew up

published the end of year amounts so that everyone in

the congregation knew what each member was giving

or not. What the reasoning behind this was, I don’t

know, other than maybe to try and keep up with the

Jones’. I do know that the 10% guide was used from

scripture known as a tithe.

When I was in my early 20’s I noticed there was a big

giver listed every year. My curiosity led me to ask him

how he could afford giving so much.

He told me he had read years earlier in Malachi 3:7-12

where God said to test Him. He said he always tried to

out give God but he couldn’t, he said God just kept on

giving to him over and over again and again. He is

blessed in every way, not just money.

In Proverbs 3:9-10 God talks about honoring Him with

your wealth. In Luke 6:38 Jesus talks about giving.

There are people who have the gift of giving. They give

sometimes beyond their ability because they want to

give out of love for their Lord and Savior.

Giving of finances, time and talents is what it’s all

about. God wants us, that means our total being.

Everything we have is His anyway, we are the stewards

of all He has given. (Job 41:11)

God has blessed us so much but being in a materialistic

country it is really hard to focus on what God wants.

What I will challenge you to do, is out give the Lord. If

you are giving 5% move it up to 6 or 7%. If you are

giving 10% move it up to 11 or 12%. If you are giving

until it hurts start giving until it feels good. If you are

not giving, start. God will bless you as He always does.

This is our response to what he has given, His love and

His life for us.

John Kaster

How Much Are We Giving Financially To The Lord?

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“Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.” Martin Luther

25th Anniversary Cookbook

Our 25th Anniversary will be here soon . . . September 2016.

One way we will celebrate our landmark year is with a commemorative 25th Anniversary Cookbook.

We would like all members to take part in this. Please submit a favorite recipe of yours or maybe

your husbands or kids . . . (please make a note in the caption - "David’s favorite dessert”).

Let’s make it a good one ladies . . . and gents . . . please type or handwrite legibly and put in the box

in narthex. Enter as many as you'd like.

Deadline is the 26th of June for turning in the recipes for 25th anniversary cookbook.

Thank you, Kathleen Blakely

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General Fund Offering

Year To Date: $231,882.81

Building Fund Offering

Year To Date: $101,866.47

as of May 23, 2016

Membership Matters

“Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.” Martin Luther

Women’s Ministry

Mark Your Calendars!

July 23, 3pm – Pool Party

at Marilyn Prater’s Home

Walk and Run for God Bible Study

The twelve week “Walk and Run for God” Bible Study class is now in its

second month. During this time Becky Behrens talked to the class about

the spiritual and physical reasons that she enjoys running, Irene Glaske

shared her running experiences as well as provided guidance and

encouragement, and Susan Thomas gave an in-depth presentation on

nutrition. In each class we discuss what we have accomplished the past

week such as running or walking using a training app, being properly

fitted for new sports shoes, or sharing what unforeseen development has

interrupted our training schedule. As a class we are preparing to walk/

run in the July 10th Boerne “Texas Too Hot 5K”. There will also be a

“graduation run” at the end of the program. It is not only about running

but walking as well. There is no time like the present for changing one’s

life style, both spiritually and physically. As a class, everyone works at

his/her on pace to reap beneficial rewards. God has given us the ability to

become healthier while we glorify Him. Come join us during the Bible

study hour in the upstairs conference room.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses

to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down,

especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with

endurance the race God has set before us. Hebrews 12:1 (NLT)

Gracie Funk

Pat Harrington & Gracie Funk ran the 5K

Heal the Soul Event raising money for the

Kendall County Women’s Shelter on May

21st - each finished 1st place in their class.

Betty Jon Scott Grese passed away in

Phoenix on Friday, May 6, 2016, at the age of

94. Born on Aug. 3, 1921, in Adkins, the

youngest of seven, Betty grew up surrounded

by family. She was lived until her marriage to

Hank Grese in 1947.

Betty and Hank raised two boys together

and retired to Fair Oaks Ranch in 1986, later

moving into Boerne and the community at Menger Springs.

Throughout her life, Betty could be found exercising with women half

her age, painting and firing ceramics, and traveling the world. At any

gathering, you could count on corn pudding and her special Purple

Stuff. She excelled at cards and dominoes, taught her grandchildren to

skip, was an avid user of the Internet and email, and loved to collect

rocks. When you told Betty you loved her, she would laugh in delight

before telling you she loved you, too.

Betty is survived by her son David and his wife Gaylan; grandchildren

Whitney and Scott and their husbands Craig and Jon; great­grandson

Vaughan; and numerous adoring nieces, nephews, cousins, and

friends. She was preceded in death by her son Stephen and her

husband Hank.

Betty was the queen of a large extended family who will be celebrating

her life at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 21, at Mount Olive Cemetery, 3369

Mt. Olive Rd, Adkins, with a reception to follow at the Resurrection

United Methodist Church, 7709 Knowlton Rd., San Antonio. Donations

may be made in Betty’s name to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at

http://www.cff.org.

Betty Jon Scott Grese

Thank you for all of your support at Building Firm Foundations Fiesta on May 21st! We had an

awesome turnout and were able to contribute over $30,000 to our new Family Life Center. We

appreciate all of our sponsors and donors and all who worked to make this event happen! Let’s keep

up the momentum as we continue to Build Firm Foundations in this community!

Courtney Ludy

Building Firm Foundations Fiesta

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Messiah Members - The response to the

children's Summer Sunday school

teacher sign up is disappointingly

lacking and we are only two weeks away

from it starting. I cannot stress to you

enough how important it is for you to

volunteer to teach. This year it is a

combined elementary class, but do not

let that steer you away. On average, there are fewer

than 10 kids here during the summer months which

makes for a small class. If we do not find the teachers,

the kids will just have to sit with parents during Sunday

School and that is not fair to them. I will be gone the

following dates:

June 12th June 26th July 3rd

July 17th August 7th.

Those days really need a teacher since I will not be here

to help. Please sign up.

Gods Blessings, Harmony Hardaway

Director of Children's & Youth Ministry

Messiah Lutheran Church - Boerne, TX

830-755-4300

Summer Sunday School Teachers Needed !

Lutheran High School is conducting Mustang Summer

Camps for Basketball, Football and Volleyball for

grades 1-12.

The first camp will begin June 6. Please visit

www.LutheranAthletics.org for specific dates, times,

cost and to register.

Contact Jeff Sanders with any

questions at

jeffery.sanders@lhssa.org.

Blessings,

Linda Roese Administrative Assistant Lutheran High School of San Antonio

Lutheran High School News

HCPCC Hispanic Outreach impacts Lives

Hipolito and Irma came to the Center the other day to introduce their new baby

daughter to the volunteers and workers. What a beautiful baby girl! They are first

time parents and are one of the nine Spanish speaking families who received prenatal

care classes in 2015. Every week since the beginning of their pregnancy they came to the Center for their classes.

They both said, “We are very thankful with all the help we got from the HCPCC – not only with the material things but also

we got educated about prenatal care. Child birth and newborn care.” They are now looking forward to continuing with

parenting classes.

Hill Country Pregnancy Care Center

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The Hill Country Pregnancy Care Center is in great need of some volunteers. To find out more about the opportunities

please call Kimberly Siess at (830) 249-9717.

Or, sign up to attend the next Orientation and Facility Tour on Thursday, June 9 from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. to learn more

about what actually happens at the Center.

There is an urgent need for RN’s, LVN’s, Bilingual, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5-8 p.m.

Here is a list of only some other opportunities:

Lay Counselors Men’s Mentoring Office Worker Prenatal, Parenting, Childbirth Classes

Mailings Sexual Health & STD Education Asst. Prayer Partners Nanny’s Closet help

Grounds and Maintenance Church Liaison (Advisory Council)

Special projects: community events, fundraising events, committee chairpersons, etc.

Material Provisions: diapers, wipes, diaper bags, cribs, car seats, high chairs, swings, pack & plays, etc.

Sue Theis

Rafiki

The following are just a few of the recent blessings expressed in the latest edition of the Rafiki Report. Give thanks with the Rafiki

Foundation for these eternal returns in their various programs.

Schools: The ten Rafiki schools are educating 1,720 children, PreK-12th grade; over half of these come from surrounding communities.

There are even waiting lists. One Rwandan father registered his new infant for the 2020 school year.

Childcare Program: One resident orphan has received a four year, full scholarship to Asheshi University, a top West African university.

Also another child ranked second place in a national singing competition for 10-14 year olds. He sang “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning.”

Bible Study: All adult-level lessons, 553 weeks worth, are complete. Knowing God’s Word does not go out without accomplishing what it

is sent to do, we view this as our greatest investment – allowing us to put the living Word of God into the hands of our church partners

for use in their schools, at no cost to them.

Rafiki Institute of Classical Education: Over 200 RICE students are being trained as Christian and classical educators. Some RICE

graduates are now serving in Rafiki and church schools, and the first franchise in Malawi, Jan. 2016, already has a waiting list.

We continually ask God to enable Rafiki to help its church partners establish or transform 1,000 schools in ten years, that millions more

may come to know God through Bible study, and to raise their standards of living through Christian classical education. Through this,

we hope to compound our investment for eternal returns.

Your prayer support of the Rafiki villages is appreciated. We are making a difference! If you would like to know more or send a financial

donation, please contact the Rafiki Foundation at PO Box 1988, Eustis, FL 32727 or call (352) 483-9131 or go online.

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Partners in Ministry,

Below you will find notes that you may include in your June/summer Newsletters and bulletins from

LINC San Antonio. Thank you for your continued partnership in the Gospel! If you have any

questions, please contact one of our staff members directly to ensure the message gets to the right

place!

Meals needed! LINC San Antonio has 3 out of town mission teams coming this summer to serve

with us. We would love to get evening meals donated for them. If you, your family, or your small group could help provide a

meal, please contact Lydia Garvey at lydiag@lincsa.org. We are in need the weeks of June 14-15, July 11-15, and July 17-22.

LINC San Antonio is hosting their outreach Vacation Bible School June 13-17. We are in need of a few extra

volunteers on Monday, June 13th from 2:30pm-4:30pm. If you are available to help during this time frame please contact

Pastor Ely Prieto at elyp@lincsa.org or 210-365-9217.

"The Church and the Internet" w ill be the topic for the next free LINC seminar. This will be Saturday, August

6th, at Redeemer Lutheran Church (2507 Fredericksburg Rd) from 9am-12pm. To register please contact Pastor Ely Prieto at

elyp@lincsa.org or 210-365-9217.

School supply drive! LINC San Antonio is hosting their 3rd annual Back-to-School Blessing for low income families that

we serve. If you have any new backpacks or school supplies to donate, please drop them off at Christ Our Savior Lutheran

Church (5323 Blanco Rd) or contact Lydia Garvey at lydiag@lincsa.org by August 10th.

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LINC San Antonio Ely Prieto, Executive Director Lydia Garvey, Urban Mission Developer

LINC SA

“Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.” Martin Luther

June 1 - Abigail Bibb

June 1 - Breezy Duennenberg

June 1 - Scarlett Marshall

June 2 - Cass Kloepping

June 3 - Ken Schatte

June 6 - Annette Moynahan

June 8 - Ronald McMann

June 9 - Andrew Guzman

June 9 - Pat Kemmy

June 9 - Olivia Lackey

June 11 - Kim Pfaff

June 12 - Evan Goeke

June 12 - Madeline Schwarz

June 13 - Lorrie Wendeborn

June 14 - John Kaster

June 17 - Jennifer Rogers

June 20 - Susan Thomas

June 22 - Margaret Booker

June 26 - John Hagy

June 26 - Ben Pfaff

June 27 - Jessica Samson

June 29 - Jaxon Garcia

June 29 - Charles Georg

June 30 - Harold Weiss

June 1 - Hal & Lindy Eschenko

June 2 - Pat & Alana Kemmy

June 4 - John & Sandra Heye

June 7 - Lucky & Liz Engelman

June 7 - Joe & Verna Sorensen

June 8 - Ernest & Ardyne Knappick

59 years

June 10 - Chad & Ada Bohlken

June 11 - David & Kathleen Blakely

June 11 - Mike & Meagan McVicker

June 13 - Jesse & Nancy Griffin

June 13 - Dan & Janis Malicki

June 13 - Curtis & Marcie Shackelford

June 15 - David & Delena Fowler

June 15 - David & Sue Theis

June 17 - Arlyn & Anna Maloy

June 17 - Carl & Lori Powell

June 20 - Ed & Judy Beauford

June 21 - Ed & Carol Mycock

June 22 - Artie & Diana Dolt

June 24 - Mark & Teresa Harder

June 26 - Jerry & Carol Engelke

June 26 - Gary & Cass Kloepping

June 30 - Dick & Irene Glaske

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It's About Souls!

Summer Day Camps at Messiah!

Certified Teachers! 3yrs-2nd grade (Must be potty trained)

June Session - 9:30 am to 2:30 pm - June 20-23 Cost - $115.00 (Per child, per session; must pre-pay)

July Session (and Girls Craft Camp) - 9:30 am to 2:30 pm - July 18-21

Cost - $115.00 (Per child, per session; must pre-pay)