“And behold, I am coming soon.

Blessed is the one who keeps the

words of the prophecy of this

book.” (Revelation 22:7, ESV)

As we have been studying the book

of REVELATION at Redeemer, we are

learning that there is much comfort

and hope for the believer in the last

book of the Bible… but there is also

much warning. In John’s Revelation,

believers are warned to stay active

in the spiritual battle. We find great

strength in knowing that the Lord

and His army are victorious on the

Last Day, and that all those who

have faith in Christ are saved. But

we also see that there will be great

destruction and punishment for

those who reject the Lord.

Therefore, as Christians we are

compelled to continue sharing the

saving Gospel of Jesus, and to bring

more people to Christ to be saved.

And so our ministry as a

“lighthouse” in Carlsbad becomes

even more critical, as we realize that

the Lord will be returning for

judgment soon (Rev. 22:7, above).

We cannot afford to spin our wheels

… or worse … fall asleep at the wheel! Rather, we must be

careful to ensure that any and all of our ministry effort is

directed at Gospel-oriented mission that will bring both

the sobering awareness of God’s Law, as well as the

soothing comfort of Christ’s Gospel and His free gift of

salvation. Quite simply, we must work to make our

ministry count!

We need to ask ourselves if what we are doing in ministry

is just activity … or is it mission? Since we know that the

Lord will separate the wheat from the weeds on Judgment

Day (Matthew 13:24-30), we cannot allow ourselves to just

be busy between now and then. It is a challenging truth

that activity does not equal effectiveness. We have to

continually ask ourselves how any program or event at

Redeemer either brings the light of Jesus to people, or

brings people to the light of Jesus - that's what being a

lighthouse to the community and the world means.

Often you may hear me express it this way: we need to

“do fewer things better.” This is a direct challenge for us

to make our ministry count. We don’t want to just fill our

calendars with events and programs that are familiar and

“easy,” we want to find ourselves working together on the

kinds of things that really make a Kingdom difference –

and require all of us working together to make happen.

This is our challenge.

At Redeemer, like most churches, it is difficult to give up

something good to make room for something better. I

believe that when do, however, we will find that several

good things happeni:

Our volunteers are spread less thin. They have

margin in their schedule for family and ministry.

Our members and leaders are healthier. When we

are focusing on too many things, too many

events, and too many meetings, we have less

time for personal health and relationships.

We experience excellence rather than mediocrity.

If we focus on too many ministries and programs,

usually all of them become average (or worse),

but none of them become excellent.

We better communicate the urgency and

significance of our mission. With too many

messages coming from our church, our

community and our own members don’t know

what we’re all about.

We are freer to live out our identity in Christ.

With less busy activity our members are able to

build relationships with people outside our

church who need Jesus.

May more souls be in heaven on the Last Day because of

the work that we do today. - Pastor Augie

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Redeemer by the Sea Lutheran Church, Kindergarten & Preschool September 2014 News

“a lighthouse to our community and the world”

MAKING MINISTRY COUNT! Pastor Augie

SUNDAY SCHOOL Rhonda Sutherlin

YOUTH MINISTRY Jeff Moeller

Rockin’ Rally Sunday was a big success! The children shared what they learned this

past year by performing a skit with “Gordy”, the Sunday School Mascot and singing

one of their favorite songs – The Butterfly Song.

Over the past several weeks the children worked hard on projects

designed by Kathy Hemphill telling the story of what “God is…”. We

had a lot of fun this past year learning and growing together and now

we are ready for a new year to begin. In case you

didn’t get a chance to meet the teachers, here they

are:

Prek – K: Clare Donovan & Tanya Finnerty

Grades 1–3: Bonnie Shanahan & Laura Cline

Grades 4-5: Shelley Lynaugh & Kim Glassman

Substitute: Elizabeth Denton

Large Group: Suzan Colgan

Please stop by anytime to meet the teachers & get to

know them. We also had several classroom assistants &

large group participants that I would like to acknowledge:

Deo & Tessia Iadicicco

Karissa Lynaugh

Rachel & Chloe Swick

Matt & Mitch Batherson

Tori Hemphill

And to all the others who chipped in when help was needed – thank you.

If you would like to be a part of the Sunday School Program in any way, please do

not hesitate to let me know. Thanks so much.

Page 2 September 2014 NEWS

CONFIRMATION Jeff Moeller

BIRTHDAY CELEBRANTS Jo Voertman

CONFIRMATION CLASSES BEGIN SOON!

A parent meeting is Sunday, September 21, in the Lounge

at 9:45 am. Jeff Moeller, our new Family Ministry Director will

share details concerning this year’s experience and answer your

questions and concerns. This new discipleship experience

includes small group gatherings, service projects, retreats,

memory work, and weekly diving into God’s Word. Class

begins Sept. 28 at 9:45-10:20.

THURSDAY, August 28 was a good day to be inside

(Oceanside is not supposed to get above eighty

degrees Fahrenheit!) and we celebrated the birthdays

of Shirley Hawley, Pastor Augie, Alice Lehmann,

Carolyn Schmaltz, Lois Taron, Ken Voertman and Gary

Wilson at Mimi’s Café in Oceanside. One hundred

forty dollars was donated to the General Fund of

Redeemer by the Sea.

Suzanne Hanthorn, Bettye and Don Howard will be

our September celebrants on THURSDAY, September

25 at 11:30 a.m. at the Green Dragon, a recently

opened restaurant at 6115 Paseo del Norte in

Carlsbad. Lunches run from eight to fifteen ($8-15)

dollars.

In addition to your lunch, we suggest a contribution

of one dollar per celebrant which will go Wounded

Warriors.

Everyone is welcome to join us but reservations are

needed. To make yours, contact Jo Voertman, 1-760-

721-6674, jvbythesea@cox.net.

YOUTH MINISTRY SUMMIT

is Wednesday, September 17,at 7 to 8:15 in the Lounge. If you

have a passion for young people and their faith-walk with Jesus,

you are especially invited to attend. Participants will begin a

dialogue with our new Family Ministry Director and help shape

a vision for ministry to youth of our congregation and

community. Parents and high school youth are especially

encouraged to participate. If you plan on attending mark a

Connection Card or shoot me an email at

jeff@redeemerbythesea.org.

Page 3 REDEEMER BY THE SEA LUTHERAN CHURCH, KINDERGARTEN & PRESCHOOL

UPDATE — FAMILY MINISTRY STAFF ADDITION Dan Bitner

Our Call Committee met one last time

to discuss the welcome plans Jeff and

while the installation service has not

yet occurred, we feel the work of the

committee is otherwise complete. As

far as the timing for the installation,

you will be hearing about that soon

trough the normal channels.

I know I speak for the committee when

I say it has been a blessing to be part

of this important step in Redeemers

journey. Now, as new plans are

developed to help grow our Family

Ministry, it’s up to us all to lend a hand

by providing the support needed.

Your Call Committee: Bobbie

Ankenbrandt, Joe Flatt, Lori Batherson;

Rhonda Sutherlin (co-chair), Shelley

Lynaugh and ex officio members Pastor

Augie and Dan Bitner (co-chair).

The last of the acoustic panels has now

been installed and I know we are all

enjoying the improved quality of the

new sound system. The next item on

our plans is the design and remodel of

the Choir / Band area. We are

contacting a local Church that has the

same ‘shared’ space issues that we

have and we will be visiting them soon.

The goal is to make it easier to change

from the Traditional Choir setting to

Contemporary Band setup, while

enhancing the look of the area. In

addition, we plan to review the

possibility of adding a loop-system

that transmits the sound in a way

compatible with modern hearing aids.

Your Sound Improvement Committee:

Buck Lehmann, Gary Wilson, Jim

Mullen, Jo Voertman, Joe Flatt, Jordan

Fletcher, Ken Voertman, and Lyle

Meyer.

SOUND IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE Dan Bitner

Have you seen the news lately? It is so sad and

upsetting to see Christians being slaughtered and run

out of the Middle East. They are truly paying a heavy

price and making a very significant sacrifice for their

faith. We are so blessed in America to have freedom of

religion! We have it so good that, in many cases, we

take it for granted. We, as Christians in America, have

the opportunity to also make sacrifices for our faith.

Our sacrifices are in the form of giving a portion of our

financial resources and the use of our time and talents.

Would you agree that due to the lack of adversity and/

or our level of living, many of us minimize the

importance in the way we make our sacrifices to our

Lord? Reflect upon our Christians in the Middle East

and the suffering they are enduring for their faith.

They have no possessions but the clothes on their

back. Yes, many of them have paid the ultimate price of

dying for their faith. Pray for these people and may the

Lord help them through their difficult times. Just

remember, that freedom of religion is not free! We all

need to make sacrifices to help our faith grow and not

take it for granted that it will always be there!

“Helping Our Members see Stewardship as a

Way of Life”

Mark your calendar

for the

Annual Church Picnic Sunday, September 21

12:30-4:30pm @ Aviara Park

Coming in December:

12/6 5:30pm Annual

Christmas Progressive Dinner

12/7 3pm Afternoon

Christmas Caroling

12/10 5:30pm Advent

Christmas Caroling

STEWARDSHIP: A WAY OF LIFE Barbara Gehring

FELLOWSHIP Mary Ann Meinardus

Who can I contact? Staff

Pastor, Rev. Augie Iadicicco

pastor@redeemerbythesea.org

(760) 431-8990

Family Ministry Director, Jeff Moeller

jeff@redeemerbythesea.org

(760) 431-8990

Office Manager, Rachelle Iadicicco

om@redeemerbythesea.org

(760) 431-8990

Preschool Director, Cindy Brown

cindy@redeemerbythesea.org

(760) 431-8293

Church Council President, Dan Bitner

president@redeemerbythesea.org

(760) 729-2682

Head Trustee, Chet Bruning

chetevabruning@aol.com

(760) 304-0105

WHO’S YOUR ELDER? Doug Sandow

dougsandow@yahoo.com 760-804-0022

Your elder is a resource to you for your spiritual and

ministry needs. Feel free to contact them with any

needs or concerns – or just to say hello! If your Last

Name begins with these letters, your Elder is: A-B

Charles Um C-E Otis Haarmeyer, F-H Ken Swick, I-K

Chuck Krause, L-M Dave Berrier, N-R Jim Brunner,

S Carl Gehring, T-Z Lyle Meyer

www.RedeemerbytheSea.org

Bettye Howard Sep 3

Elizabeth Denton Sep 3

Roger Teat Sep 5

Suzanne Hanthorn Sep 8

Peder Norby Sep 10

Lori Batherson Sep 10

Robert Fritts Sep 17

Tessia Iadicicco Sep 17

Courtney Bustillos Sep 18

Gary Newton Sep 21

Jane Huang Sep 23

Glenn Christensen Sep 25

Valerie Lynch Sep 25

Mark Riendeau Sep 25

Dorothy Seboldt Sep 25

Donald Howard Sep 27

Barbara Gehring Sep 29

Jim Heiser Sep 29

Roger & Terra Teat Sep 5

Jim & Karen Heiser Sep 22

Marcus & Sabrina Shaw Sep 24

John & Faye Bacon Sep 26

Laura & Dave Hanson-McFeaters

Sep 29

SEPTEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS

*NEW* Amazon Smile: When you make

purchases on amazon.com, go to

amazonsmile.com. Login normally and

choose Redeemer by the Sea Lutheran

Church as your charity! They then send

us a check!

Cans & Bottles (CRV) – by the trash

containers in the parking lot to support

the art program at the Kindergarten &

Preschool

Ink/Toner Cartridges – at the office to

purchase supplies

Stamps for Missions—all cancelled stamps

Grocery Coupons—drop off your clipped

coupons at the Ladies’ Table — they

are sent to military bases overseas

Cell phones, laptops, iPods, MP3 players,

and digital cameras! Drop them off at

the office, and we will recycle them for

you — and we receive cash back!

SAVE AND RECYCLE