Weekend Worship Theme: “True Christian Community!” In our Gospel from Matthew 18, Jesus gives us clear guidelines on how to resolve conflict. It sounds like pure Law….but believe it or not, there is a tremendous Gospel message contained within. Pastor Steve explores this passage to see the balance God always provides in His Word, and how He calls us to live in a true Christian community.

Child Care Ministry celebrated Saturday The Child Care ministry, directed by Deb McDonald, cares for approx 130 children every day. Most of these families are not members of OS, and some do not have a church home. In Saturday’s service, we thank God for the “front line” of evangelism our Child Care teachers serve every day, sharing the Gospel with children who carry the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ into their homes.

Dear Volunteers: THANK YOU “Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.” 1 Cor 12:27, We recognize and thank the many volunteers who keep OS moving forward. Whether you have spent numerous hours in service over the last year, or just one, know that your work is for the Lord; it is holy and sacred, and it matters to our Heavenly Father. Whether you served communion, cleaned the church, prepared meals, or swept a floor, we all share a single job description: sharing God’s love, and telling others about Jesus. Thank you for your partnership in the Gospel. Your work here at Our Shepherd truly makes a difference.

Rev. Michael Salemink Speaks Today The mission of Lutherans for Life International is to equip Lutherans to be Gospel-motivated voices. Their message is “Here is what God has done that gives value and dignity to all human life.” We are blessed to have Pastor Salemink with us this weekend. He will speak before all services, and will lead the main Bible study in the sanctuary.

We Need Volunteers - Oktoberfest is September 22 and 23 Oktoberfest is just around the corner….September 22 and 23, to be exact. See inside for more details on the event, and ways you can serve. We need you to help us serve the community.

500th Worship Service Ingathering to Benefit Lansing-area Charities As part of the 500th Anniversary celebration on October 15, Wellspring Lutheran Services is collecting items for Hannah's House, a Christ-centered, extended care shelter for homeless, pregnant women and their babies, providing spiritual training in parenting and life skills. Our Shepherd’s assignment is to collect household cleaning supplies, baby formula, and diapers and baby wipes. Please drop off these items at Carol’s Cupboard. Thank you for your support.

Prayer Ministry begins Thursday, September 14, 8:15-8:45am Come pray for the ministries of the church and receive prayer for personal matters. We meet Thursday mornings in the church library. Contact Jessica Merz at 248-414-4511 or crosseyed@juno.com.

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September 9-10, 2017 Weekly Newsletter of Our Shepherd Lutheran Church

OPENING HYMN ............................... LSB 905, vs. 1-4 “Come, Thou Almighty King” Confession/Absolution

SCRIPTURE READINGS: First Reading ........... Ezekiel 33:7-9 , p 721 Epistle Reading ....... Romans 13:1-10, p 948 Holy Gospel ............. Matthew 18:1-20, p 823

SERMON HYMN ................... LSB 709, vs. 1, 2, 3, & 6 “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” DISTRIBUTION HYMNS “What is This Bread” ................................ LSB 629 “Soul, Adorn Yourself with Gladness” .... LSB 636 CLOSING HYMN ............................................. LSB 851 “Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us”

Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost

All worship services are presented on the screen. Sunday morning we follow Divine Service Three,

page 184. God bless our worship together.

In Honor of David and Katie Priskorn Celebrating 10 years of Marriage September 8

Altar Flowers

Welcome to Worship! Prior to communing, please read our statement of belief on the laminated

pew card. We also respectfully ask that you power down all electronics during worship.

Participants in Worship

PREACHER ........................................... Rev. Steve Woodfin SATURDAY MUSIC ................................. Priskorn/Peitsch SUNDAY ORGANIST ........................................ Todd Sager Music (11am) ................................................. Senior Choir

Our Shepherd Lutheran Church

OCTOBER BLOOD DRIVE!

Our next drive is October 2nd and is online for registration. The need is always there, but the recent flooding disaster in Houston makes your donation even more crucial. Mark the calendar for Monday October 2nd-from 1:00-7:00pm- and register at redcrossblood.org or call Beth at 248-828-7802. It will be in the lower level. If the 2nd is not a good date for you and you are eligible to give sooner, please do so at another location. Stay hydrated, have some iron intake, and avoid tea consumption a few days before giving your blood.

Sincerely, Beth Jagnecki, OS Coordinator

In Honor of Bob and Gail Moine Celebrating 49 years of Marriage September 14

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Angela, Andreas and Garrett Ellie Mae friend of Stroeters, 2 yr old with heart issues Matt friend of the Killewalds, young quadriplegic Christa Bartley Roger Burgett brother in law of the Stroeters Joanne Cortis Marion Dopke mother of Mike, hospitalized Ken Feinauer upcoming back surgeries, in Germany Sue Felax back surgery 9/1

Taylor Hlebak friend of Wolgasts Jan Haezebrouck Jennifer Howard coworker of Val Wolgast Nancy Killewald Al Kroening Ilene Krogman aunt of Beverly Held Mike Landreth in hospice care George Luebering father of Teresa Buerkel, Barbara Mahaffey in hospice care John Milanowski cousin of Gary Gaiser Carol Miller at Woodward Hills Barbara Richmond sister of Nancy Killewald Tom Robertson brother in law of Gail Moine Gloria Ruehle hospitalized, diverticulitis Fred Taylor brother of Sandi Scherbarth Daniel Tharpe Ron Varney friend of Anne Zowada, in hospice

Lorri Wilkerson shoulder surgery 8/18

Jeremy Wittrock knee surgery 9/11

In need of Prayer . . . Those with Cancer

Bonnie Arms Aunt f Franklin Dohanyos John Belert Eileen Root’s father, bladder cancer Sue Benjamin friend of Stacie Pouliot Kelly Burns relative of Howard Adams, Ovarian Jennifer Carbary friend of Mark and Lisa Moine Giullanna Cooley daughter in law of the Cooleys Jackie Easterbrook friend of Anne Zowada Nicholas Davis nephew of Michelle Schulmeister George Grudich great uncle of Heather Koschmann Shirley Engel Harris aunt of Sherri Flesher Aiden Hartley great nephew of Julie Denomme Rev. Paul Herter Bruce Jones cousin of Joy Miller

Mark Jones leukemia, relative of Ron Jones Sam Kell age 15, brain cancer

Kathy Lodge lung cancer, surgery 7/8 for brain tumor Todd Love son of Irene, brother of Tonya Rodriguez Dan Morris brother of Kathy & Roy Morris Tim Perry friend of Anne Zowada Sharon Rutledge cervical cancer Linda Schmidt Allen D’Aoust’s mother

Kelly Schultz Don & Diana’s daughter in law

Janis Tobias Dave Priskorn’s Aunt Austin Tomlinson friend of Anne Zowada Jen Villanueva friend of Nancy Eshelby

Lenell Williams father of Latisha Nash

Those with Cancer Karen Yakel Marlene Jennett’s sister in law

Carl Zimmerman bladder cancer Leigh cousin of Mike Flesher Robin friend of Nancy Preece

Those in the Military

Keith Allen Christopher Boychuk Andres Galarza Andrew Justice Joey Klausmeier Nick & Val Kulesza Erik Marcus Moneake McNeal Nathaniel Nimtz Miguel Pica Sebastian Pica Patrick Prong Jacob Rebecca Sarah Steele Seth Steele Nic Stroeters Roger VanVechten Kara White

Please Note: General prayers (left column) remain on the prayer page for two weeks unless specified. Prayer requests may be sent to publications@ourshepherd.net

Hurricane Relief Funds

Official LCMS link:

https://www.lcms.org/harvey

Link for Lutheran South Academy:

https://form.jotformpro.com/72394280884971

For Texas and Louisiana, massive flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey

For the state of Florida and the eastern states, in the path of Hurricanes Irma and Jose

For the western states, especially California battling thousands of acres of raging fires.

For Mexico, after a powerful earthquake, dozens of shock waves, and damaging winds of Hurricane Katia.

We Need Volunteers!!

Sign Up Genius Link:

www.signupgenius.com/

go/70a094ca4a62bab9-

oktoberfest

Questions? Contact Shannon Ozias

oziass@ourshepherd.net or

Joanne Abbott jhabbott@comcast.net

High Schoolers . . . You may earn joy hours for

helping at the Oktoberfest.

New book released by member Steve Luhring

“While Charles Dickens' immortal story is a compelling tale of transformation, imagine what it would look like had Dickens been ambitious enough to have had Scrooge go on to tackle some of the greatest questions in life, such as: Does God exist? If so, why is there such evil and suffer-ing in this world? Is there meaning and purpose in life? Is there an after-life? Is freedom worth fighting for, and what's at stake if we lose it? These pages are bold enough to do exactly that, and do it brilliantly.”

-Dr. Paul Maier, author with over 5 million books in print including A Skeleton in God’s Closet

Available

in our

Bookstore!

Brett Almany Heather Lower

Carl English Chase Peura

Emily Johnson

Heather Hall Mary Rocz Sharon Splittstoesser Max Vollmert

Jenny Gordon Martin Hauger Conner Lemke

Emma Quirk Robin Richer Chris Vieregge

Chiara Leone Mandy Marsili Isabella Shornak

Owen Dzuirman

Shannon Cook Christine Earl Roger Felax David Harlukowicz Lou Martlock Dan Miller Matt Newcomb Alex Zohoury

Mike Michalski Steve Woodfin

Dorothy Dixon Debbie Pierce

Johnathan Durr

Abbey Grieser Debbie Jones Brooklyn Pratt Justin Tharpe

Brandon Davis Adrienne Sager Grace Tavi

Liana Peitsch

Rachael Allen Paige Helfen Joey Morrison Jessica Shaeffer Elizabeth Worosz Dick Zuehlke

George Felker Ruthann Flint David McDaniel Lisa Shoskey

Brian Gettel Hannah Hall Justin Howcroft Laura Krahn Norm Sparks Sydney Vollmert

Notes & News Deadlines Articles due Mondays at noon. Additions to the Pray-er Page due Wednesdays at noon. NO CLASSIFIED ADS PLEASE. Email: publications@ ourshepherd.net. Articles are subject to editing. Include run dates. If no dates are submitted, items will run for two weeks. Fliers may run as a full page one time only, then will be reduced to half page.

Thank you, Katie Priskorn, Editor

Women’s Thursday Morning LifeLight Bible Study

LifeLight will resume on Thursday September 14. We meet Thursdays at 9:30am in the Church Library.

All women welcome! (child care available)

Contact: Phyllis Chewning, Co-facilitator (248) 252-1512 | phyllis98@aol.com, or the church office so we can order the appropriate

number of study books. Cost: $9.00 We are studying . . . Call for Volunteers!!

We are in need of volunteers for Sunday School “Kids of the Rock”. Please contact Kim Kern (Director) at 248-545-7735 or

kernk@ourshepherd.net. THANK YOU!!

NOW HIRING! Our Shepherd is looking for a friendly, detail-oriented and self-motivated individual for housekeeping and grounds work. 10-15 hours per week, and the days/times could be flexible, depending on the availability of the candidate. Occasional Saturday and Sunday work required. Ideal for a retiree or college student. Contact Dave Priskorn for more details. dave@ourshepherd.net.

ATTENTION College Students / Parents of College Students

We are in the process of updating the list of members attending college, either locally or out of town. Students receive cards of encouragement and a care package. Please email the following information to kacarrick@yahoo.com, or simply tear off this article, fill it out, and place the completed form in the

church mailbox of Sugg, K (80C) by September 10. Thank you!

College Student's Name:

School Attending and Student Address (2016/17 School Year):

Student Email:

Student Phone Number:

Student's Birthday:

Anticipated Date/Year of Graduation:

Shannon Ozias and her amazing school kitchen staff are excited to start using a brand-new stove, oven and refrigerator installed over the summer! And a new ice maker has been ordered too! We welcome Stacy Baker to our kitchen staff this year. Stacy and her husband Bill have two chil-dren attending our school. Their son Brooklyn is in 5th grade and daughter Nora is in 2nd grade. They are members at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer.

Welcome Stacy to the OS staff!

Parking Saturday Mornings “L” Shape Driveway On September 9th the Saturday Special Needs Adult Bible Class will be celebrating their 42nd year at Our Shepherd. To assist the families and direct care staff to arrive and return to pick up the adults, we ask church members and all people attending activities in the church building to please refrain from parking in the front driveway parking spaces by Door #7 (concrete wheelchair ramp). This will allow all the cars and specialized vans to easily park and enter the building with the adults having special needs.

Thank you for your help and understanding from the students, families and direct care staff of the Special Needs Adult Bible Class. Kathy Morris

Teacher of Special Needs Ministry Program

Sunday, September 17

6 : 0 0 - 9 : 0 0 p m

Meet Scott Van Ornum

Associate Director of Music

“Next to theology I give music the highest place of honor.”

Martin Luther

Our Shepherd welcomes into our musical family Mr. Scott Van Ornum. As of September 1, 2017 Scott will serve as Associate Director of Music. In the past few years Scott has served as organist and accompanist for our Carols by Candlelight concerts, so he is familiar with our extraordinary legacy of music at Our Shepherd.

As keyboardist for the University of Michigan Chamber Choir, Scott brings unusual depth and artistry to ensemble music-making. His performances with the U of M Chamber Choir include a concert tour of Australia and New Zealand, which culminated with an invitational appearance at the New Zealand Choral Federation's 2014 National Conference.

Throughout his travels, Scott has performed concerts abroad including performances in Germany, Italy, France, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand. Scott has recently done extensive performing tours of South Africa and the southeastern US with the U of M Men’s Glee Club. He will join them again in 2018 playing piano and organ performing in Orchestra Hall, Chicago, and Southwestern states.

Scott has served at U of M’s All-State Program at Interlochen, and Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain. He has served on executive boards of the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra and the Ann Arbor and Detroit chapters of the American Guild of Organists. An honors graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy and recipient of the “United States Presidential Scholars in the Arts” medal, Scott studied organ performance with David Craighead at the Eastman School, and with Marilyn Mason at U of M. He is also adjunct faculty member at Schoolcraft College in Livonia.

Scott is no stranger to the LCMS as he began his formal music training while at Bethlehem Lutheran in Saginaw; where he attended grade school and was confirmed. Over the past 30 years Scott has served numerous congregations as music director and organist. Please join us in welcoming him into the Our Shepherd family. May God continue to bless Scott in his music ministry for many years to come.

September 10~Sunday 8:30 & 11:00am .................... Worship Services - Sanctuary 9:45am .................................................. Bible Education Hour

September 11~Monday Patriot Day 6:00pm .................... Cub Scout Planning Mtg - School MPR 6:00pm .................................... PTL Meeting - School Library 7:00pm ........................................... MomsNext - Lower Level 7:00pm ............. MOPS Steering Team Meeting- Teen Room 7:30pm ........................ Board of Resources - Facilities Office 7:30pm ................................ Elder Meeting - Church Library

September 12~Tuesday 10:00am .................................... Quilting - LL Quilting Room 6:30pm ............... Childcare Board Meeting - WW Conf Rm 7:00pm ............ Stephen Ministry Meeting– Church Library

September 13~Wednesday 9:30am .............................. MOPS Enrichment - Lower Level 6:30pm .................... Women’s Bible Study - Church Library 6:30pm ..................................... Acolyte Training - Sanctuary

September 14~Thursday 6:30am ......................... Men’s Bible Study - Church Library 10:00am .................................... Quilting - LL Quilting Room 6:00pm ........... NorthStar District Roundtable - Lower Level 6:30pm ............ Simple Church Team Mtg - Church Library 8:00pm ................ Senior Choir Rehearsal - Church Room 5

September 15~Friday 12:00pm ............. Childcare Leaders Mtg - Church Library

September 16~Saturday 7:00am ................... NorthStar Scout Training - Lower Level 7:00am ........ Men of Integrity Bible Study - Church Library 10:00am ..... Special Needs Adult Bible Class - Church Rm 5 6:00pm ........................ Contemporary Worship - Sanctuary

Contributions Needed

SEPTEMBER $ 107,311

Date Env. & Plate Sept 3 .................$ 30,429

From the Treasurer

Church Attendance

Last Saturday 6:00pm 89

Last Sunday 8:30am 97

11:00am 178

Weekend Total 364

School (248) 645-0551

1658 Lincoln, Birmingham schooloffice@ourshepherd.net

Child Care Center (248) 645-5273

Church and School Locations earlychildcare@ourshepherd.net

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(248) 646-6100 2225 E. 14 Mile, Birmingham churchoffice@ourshepherd.net

Contemporary Worship Saturdays at 6:00pm

Traditional Worship Sundays at 8:30 and 11:00am

Bible Education Hour Sundays 9:45-10:45am

Worship Schedule:

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