OCTOBER 2016

THE GATHER, GROW, & GO

NEWSLETTER “Connect ing people to Jesus as we gather, grow, and go. ”

Issue 10

IN THIS ISSUE

From the Desk of

Pastor Schultz .......... 1

News & Notes ..... 2 – 4

Missions ................ 5 – 7

Women’s

Ministry .................. 7, 8

Christian

Education ................... 7

Worship

Assistants ................ 9

Sunday Funnies ...... 10

Beautiful Savior

Lutheran Church

& Preschool

13145 S. Blackbob Rd.

Olathe, KS 66062

Church Office

(913) 780-6023

office@bslcks.org

Preschool Office

(913) 780-6889

preschool@bslcks.org

Website

www.bslcks.org

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR SCHULTZ

THE REAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE

REFORMATION

FORMATION – “The Lord God formed the man

from the dust of the ground” (Genesis 3:7). That’s

where it all began. What a beautiful formation

that was! Holy! In the Image of God!

CONFORMATION – “She also gave some to her

husband who was with her, and he ate

it” (Genesis 3:6‑7). What a tragic distortion of

the original formation! Sinful! Conformed now to

the image of the evil one! “In this way death came to all men, because

all sinned” (Romans 5:12).

RE-FORMATION – “Christ Jesus…made himself nothing taking the

form of a servant, he humbled himself and became obedient to death –

even death on a cross!” (Philippians 2:5‑8). That’s where our hope is

founded. What a wonderful step in God’s goal of re-forming sinful crea-

tion. His Son was given to the world as the suffering servant who gave

his life and rose again from the dead so that

our sins would be forgiven.

TRANSFORMATION – “Do not conform

any longer to the pattern of this world but be

transformed by the renewing of your

mind” (Romans 12:2). This is the will of God

for all people – A transformation from sin-

ner to saint, from enemy to friend, from lost

one to found one. “This is good, and

pleases God our Savior, who wants all

men to be saved and to come to a

knowledge of the truth” (I Timothy 2:3-

4).

Let God make every day a reformation day through repentance and a

remembrance of your baptism!

DON’T miss this…

Reformation

Bible Study

“Martin Luther:

The Moment”

Four weeks beginning

Sunday, October 30

Sunday mornings

For those dealing with long-term illness and health concerns:

Rose Young, friend of Pat Brackin (undergoing chemotherapy for cancer)

Jess Alton, friend of the Krull’s (brain cancer)

Aaron Krout, nephew of Bobbi Boxler (bone cancer)

Steve Martinez, friend of Danny Hundley (cancer)

Cisco Rodriquez, Tiffany Harkin’s cousin (awaiting a kidney donor)

Mary Ann Beisner, Brian Beisner’s mother (breast cancer)

Curtis Lauterbach, cousin of Kris Ada and Doug Mahnken (lung cancer)

Harry Rodgers, Sally Downard’s father (stage 4 prostate cancer) (Stroke)

Michele Hill, friend of Stacy Martinez (breast cancer)

Chris Jonah, friend of Cathy Merchant (breast cancer)

John Wendorff, friend of several members (prostrate cancer)

Karen Blatchford, friend of Amy Freiermuth (stage 4 breast cancer)

Chris Christensen, grandfather of Matthew Christensen (colon cancer)

Barbara Clark, co-worker of Pam Wellons (stage 3 uterine cancer)

Diane Page, co-worker of Dave Seutter (uterine cancer)

Dick Hainje (recovering from a stroke)

Sherri Webb (recovering from a stroke)

Randy Bell, co-worker of Dave Seutter (brain tumor)

Lois Dobbins, Hailey Kusch’s grandmother (brain tumor & in hospice care)

Jeff Richards, cousin of Carisa McMullen (metastatic melanoma)

Steve Harnish, son of Dale & Gerry Harnish (stroke)

For Military Service Men and Women:

Serving stateside: SRA Zach Hughes, SGT Brandon Seutter, MAJOR Paul Kassebaum, WO Daniel

Kassebaum, CAPT Andrew Barrier, STAFF SGT Austin Nichols, First LT Brandon Boxler, SrA

Brady Cox, Danny Myers, SSGT Philip Berube & Elizabeth, AN Christian Burdett, PV2 Jaleel

Counts, 2nd Lt. Stephen Kerns, and PV1 Dakota Pierson

Serving overseas: Geoff & Emma (Brockschmidt) Moores - Italy and CPT Michele Kerns - South Ko-

rea

For Our Expectant Mothers: Moriah Obermueller, Rebecca McDonald, Chelsie Holste and all other

expectant mothers.

For the Sake of the Gospel:

Vicar Michael Hofmann and his wife Stacy, as they serve among us for the next year.

*New additions to the continued prayer list are in red.

Please contact the Church office when a prayer can be removed.

NEWS & NOTES

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NEWS & NOTES Rev. and Vickie Wingfield announce a new addition to their family.

Rev. Windfield served at BSLC as Vicar in 2012-2013.

BSLC's brand new MOPS group is off to a

great start! Over 20 moms have joined this

group with more than 25 children. We've had

our first two meetings and the theme for the

year is We are the Starry-Eyed. Beautiful Sav-

ior is blessed with a dynamite leadership team that is working hard to

make the meetings fun, Christ-centered, en-

couraging, and a place for moms to connect

with other women. The women in the group have joined us from our

church, our preschool, friends of our preschool families, and even just

community moms who found us online through the MOPS website. It

is such a blessing to finally have the space for this ministry and the

amazing volunteers from our church who are caring for the children

during these meetings!

New Address:

Nick & Katherine Aberle

27381 W. 108th St.

Olathe, KS 66061

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Dear Members of Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church,

I want to start out by saying thank you all so much for all your continued thoughts and prayers throughout Kayla’s pregnancy. It was an extremely difficult four months for us, but knowing we had so many family, friends, and many church members sending prayers our way it gave us a feeling of comfort that everything would work out how it was supposed to.

Kayla was diagnosed at her week 19 appointment with a complication that results in premature delivery and put on bed rest. At 21 weeks she was admitted to the hospital and at 24 weeks all the doctors and nurses thought delivery was happening that weekend. Throughout the whole process we never lost faith, Pastor Schultz was very good at reassuring us that God already had a plan for these three little ones and we just continued to pray that whenever they were born that they would be as healthy as possible.

After that weekend, we had about three and a half weeks of lying there, just waiting for these kids to make their appearance. They didn’t want to do any testing or anything to disrupt anything, but at around week 27 and a half they checked Kayla again, and miraculously the complication hadn’t wors-ened at all. We were then given the option to go home and remain on bed rest or stay in the hospital, as they warned, this could still be happening at any minute. After six and half weeks in the hospital, we chose to go home and come in a couple times a week for appointments.

At almost every appointment we would usually hear from the doctors and nurses how big of a miracle theses babies were. One of the nurse practitioners explained that this complica-tion happens in about 1% of all pregnancies, and that once the complication reached where it was at week 24, that ba-bies would be here very shortly. She went on to explain that our story will be one she shares with other women who have this same issue to give them hope and hopefully show them that faith can literally do miraculous things.

After almost four months on bed rest, and six and a half weeks in a hospital, at 33 weeks and six days Kayla gave birth to two beautiful girls and one handsome little boy. Kylie weighed 4 lb 14 oz, Kacey was 5 lb 3 oz, and Turner was 4 lb 12 oz. They all spent 22 days in the NICU, and were able to come home on September 17.

I want to sincerely thank you all once again for your thoughts and prayers, and for all those who have already brought food to us, and for those who are planning to bring more food to us.

I heard that the Sunday after we had the babies Pastor announced their birth and also that we plan to move back to our hometowns about 40 minutes north of Manhattan. We have wanted to get back around our hometowns and around family for a long time, but never really had an opportunity to get back to our small towns. However, when you have triplets, it’s pretty tough to keep them away from grandmas and grandpas, so we decided to use this opportunity to get back home to family, as we have heard from so many people we’ll need all the help we can get. What is really neat though is that even though we will be moving towards the end of the year, that this congregation is still willing to lend out a helping hand if ever in need. So from the bottom of our hearts, Kayla and I really want to thank eve-ryone so much for everything the congregation and Pastors have done throughout these last four months, you have all been so much appreciated.

Sincerely, James and Kayla Hagedorn

Left to Right: Kylie, Turner, and Kacey

NEWS & NOTES

MISSIONS

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Jesus made the blind see (both liter-

ally and spiritually) and the lame

able to walk. We, of course, cannot

do such miracles, but He did bless us

with the amazing gift of dogs to serve

as companions, protectors, work part-

ners, and yes, even eyes, legs,

arms/hands, or simply a calming

presence.

We will continue collecting donations for KSDS, Inc (formerly Kansas Specialty Dog Ser-

vice), an organization in Washington, Kansas that breeds and trains Golden and Labrador Re-

trievers to be assistance dogs for people through October 9, to be delivered at their fall gradua-

tion ceremony on October 15.

KSDS has been operating as a non-profit organization with financial support from the state of

Kansas for over 25 years. They are fully accredited members of Assistance Dogs International,

training three distinct types of assistance dogs: Guide dogs, which help people with visual im-

pairments; Service dogs, which help people with mobility/balance impairments; and Facili-

ty dogs which are trained to work alongside a professional to assist in education, rehabilitation

and more (the Facility dogs would be most similar to the LCC Comfort K-9's as they are fully

trained service dogs that assist more than one person in a variety of stressful situations). They

maximize the benefit of every dollar donated by operating with the help of many volunteers,

who help with special work projects and as puppy raisers.

KSDS breeds their own dogs for mental and physical soundness for their future careers, and

they have a very high success rate (over 70%) in placing the dogs as workers. At 8 weeks, the

puppies are placed in the care of puppy raisers who raise, train, and socialize the puppies until

they are between 18 and 24 months of age when they are called back to KSDS for health and

temperament testing; when these tests are passed, the dogs are placed in their specific career

training program for an additional 6 to 12 months of formal training including custom training,

based on personality matching, for their future partners. Young dogs that do not pass the as-

sessments are offered for career change adoption as pets; generally, the puppy raiser family is

given first choice to adopt "their" puppy, but if they cannot, there is a waiting list for adopting

young, healthy, well-trained and socialized Labradors and Golden Retrievers.

The dogs, each valued at $25,000, are placed with their partners at no charge other than the in-

itial $25 application fee. The persons receiving the dogs stay in housing provided by KSDS for

1 to 3 weeks, depending on the type of dog they are receiving. During this time they learn to

use the dog's skills and how to care for their new partner. At the end of this time, KSDS holds a

MISSIONS

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The MLM Christmas Store started with only three families and has grown

to make Christmas possible for 3,000 needy Kansas City families. This is

MLM’s largest volunteer event and there are many ways you can volun-

teer!

Christmas Store Application Taking - Monday, October 10 – Satur-

day, October 15 at St. Mark Hope and Peace – Kansas City, Mis-

souri

Each family must have their application taken to determine if they meet

criteria for assistance. This is best for adult volunteers and requires training in MAAC-Link

(provided). Sign up online at: http://www.mlmkc.org/christmas-store-1.html or contact Brooke

Hodnefield, brookeh@mlmkc.org, (816) 285-3154.

Christmas Store - Saturday, December 3 – Saturday, December 10 at Immanuel Luther-

an - Westport

Each individual or family receives a blanket, food voucher, Bible, and gift for each family member.

We need many “Christmas Store Elves” to make it possible. Day & evening shifts available. Sign

up online at: http://www.mlmkc.org/christmas-store-1.html or contact Brooke Hodnefield,

brookeh@mlmkc.org, (816) 285-3154.

KSDS Wish List

Gift Cards Walmart/Sam’s, Target, Home Depot, Dollar General, or Pet Supply Stores

Supplies Dog Toothpaste, Disinfectant Wipes, Swiffer Dusters, or Glade Plug-ins

Dog Enrichment Toys Food puzzles, Treat dispensers, etc., or Clickers

Puppy Toys Zanies Hard Rubber Toys, Kong Tug toys, or Nobbly Wobbly II

Dog Toys Super Nyla bones, Black Kongs, Galileo Bones, or Big Chew Bones

graduation ceremony (open to the public) with lunch provided afterward by puppy raisers. The

person or family raising each graduating dog gets to present the new working team to everyone

present. It is, to say the least, an emotional experience, but the tears of sorrow shed the day the

puppy raiser returns "their" pup to KSDS are turned to tears of joy in meeting the person whose

life will be enhanced by the dog they have received and formed a bond beyond the normal pet-

human bond.

In addition to financial donations, KSDS also appreciates in-kind donations, including those on

the attached wish list (on their website www.ksds.org there are additional wish list items. They

are also currently in need of families/individuals to serve as puppy raisers. You may apply to be

a puppy raiser on their website, www.ksds.org or call (785) 325-2256.

If you have any additional questions or if you would like to help deliver the donations at

the October 15 graduation ceremony, feel free to contact me, Cathy Merchant, at (913) 626-

8272 or k9stylist1968@gmail.com.

WOMEN’S MINISTRY

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

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Preschool’s New Curriculum

The preschool teachers have enjoyed using

our brand new CPH Bible Story Curricu-

lum One in Christ this

month. The preschool

was able to purchase

this curriculum because

of the generosity of

church and preschool

families who supported

our April Silent Auction

and Bake Sale. The

pictures show our

teachers using the vinyl

cling storyboards and

puppets to help tell the stories and to apply

it to the lives of our

children. The teachers

now have big books,

large storyboards, fin-

ger puppets, CDs, and

many other resources

to help the Bible sto-

ries come alive for our

preschool and Mother’s

Day Out children.

Theme Verse: Ephesians 2:10

Mrs. Crainshaw’s Pre-K Class:

Building the Tower of Babel

Mrs. Myers’ Pre-K Class

Mrs. Bryd’s Young 3s Class

Mrs. Hunter’s Mixed Age

MISSIONS BOXES, BOXES We’ll need

at least 150 sturdy paper ream

boxes with lids by November

when we pack up the Thanks-

giving meal donations for

Catholic Charities. If you

could pick up a few empty

boxes from your place of employment, we’d

greatly appreciate it. The Hundleys are able

to store any boxes that you have. Contact

them at (913) 322-0042 to set up a transfer or

leave the boxes in one of the coat rack areas.

Contact Debbie Hodnik or Charlotte Hundley

if you have any other questions.

Seventy-five percent of mites

collected at BSLC go towards

Kansas District LWML grants

and twenty-five percent gets do-

nated towards national pro-

jects. The following page shows the list of

Kansas projects for the current biennium.

MISSION GRANT PROJECTS and STUDENT FINANCIAL AID

2016—2018

FALL 2016 STUDENT FINANCIAL AID

$10,000 ***PAID***

LWML KANSAS DISTRICT

1. Haskell LIGHT Campus Ministry…$5,000

2. LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces/Operations Barnabas…$4,000

3. Children's Christian Concern Society, Sierra Leone…$5,000

4. Concordia Seminary Food Bank, St. Louis…$5,000

5. Jesus El Buen Pastor Lutheran Church…$3,000

6. The Lutheran Student Center, WSU…$5,000

7. Concordia Seminary Food Bank, Fort Wayne…$5,000

8. Lutheran Valley Retreat…$5,000

9. Kansas Nebraska Good News Radio…$3,000

SPRING 2017 STUDENT FINANCIAL AID

$10,000

FALL 2017 STUDENT FINANCIAL AID

$10,000

SPRING 2018 STUDENT FINANCIAL AID

$10,000

PAID

PAID

Dear Heavenly

Father, we are

thankful to be able to

support these

organizations with

our gifts. We ask You

to bless the work that

they do for Your

glory! AMEN.

Serve the

Lord

with

gladness!

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Worship

Assistants

10/2/2015 10/9/2015 10/16/2015 10/23/2015 10/30/2015

8:00 10:45 8:00 10:45 8:00 10:45 8:00 10:45 8:00 10:45

Aco

lyte

s:

Ryen

Lahey

&

Connor

McAllister

Nicholas

Chiappetta

&

Maya

Domsch

Paul

Stapf

&

Makenna

Wolgast

Camryn

Martin

&

Taylor

Martin

Grace

Yarnell

&

Rachel

Ada

Isaiah

McMullen

&

Senna

McMullen

Olivia

Bodenstab

&

Logan

Widener

Sam

Olson

&

Lauren

Tolman

James

Schultz

&

Madeline

Travis

Colton

Clark

&

Morgan

Winner

Lecto

rs:

Mark

Zarnstorff

Kristina

Tripp

Cheryl

Kerns

Eric

Olson

Sara

Zarnstorff

Matthew

Christensen

Doug

Mahnken

Gretchen

Krull

Lisa

Circle

Nick

Wright

Greete

rs:

Lance

&

Kathy

Nelson

Brett

&

Bobbie

Clark

Jim

DeLaney

&

Kari

Swan

Scott

&

Denise

Behrman

Janette

Copeland

&

Michelle

Wibe

Trish

Batten

Brad

&

Cindy

Cornell

Paul

&

Gloria

Peterson

Gary

&

Barb

Levan

Jim

&

Connie

Teig

Eld

ers:

Eric

Schlef,

Jared

Kosberg,

Mark

Circle

Matt

Shiever,

Scott

Behrman,

Eric

Olson

Mark

Chapin,

Jared

Kosberg,

Eric

Schlef

Todd

Pfennig,

Phil

Freese,

Brian

Olson

Mark

Circle,

Jared

Kosberg,

Mark

Chapin

Matt

Shiever,

Scott

Behrman,

Eric

Olson

Nu

rsery

:

Eric & Kerri Schlef TBD TBD TBD TBD

Co

un

ters:

Ron &

Karen Aerni

Jym Fees &

Chuck Tuttle

Randy &

Jeanne Kanoy

Paul Peterson

& Brian Olson

Todd Scheumann,

Keith Gloe,

Carolyn Hanson

Am

ba

ssa

do

rs:

Fred Gruhn Tom &

Brenda Bremer

Trenton &

Beth Travis

Carolyn Hanson

& Kari Swan Al Gehrt

Alta

r F

low

ers:

Darrell

&

Beth

Matthews

In Memory

of

Florence

Matthews

Ken

&

Sue

Kreissler

42nd

Wedding

Anniversary

Dave

&

Kara

Raetzel

Alyssa’s

Birthday

Joe

&

Debbie

Hodnik

In Memory

of

Joe’s father

Ivan &

Mary Jane Rees

Robert

&

Linda

Wingerter

Dan

&

Christy

Stapf

Wedding

Anniversary

Rob &

Trisha

Hunter

Mary Reffett

In Memory

of

sister-in-law,

Gretchen

Altar Guild: Kathy Stevens, captain

Pam Enserro, Joanne Hanson, Joy Rodenberger, & Pat Brackin

Worship Bag

Ministry Team:

Ushers:

(8:00) Al Gehrt, Ken Knese,

Judd Claussen, Jeff McDonald,

Chris Wibe, Beau Campbell

(10:45) Kurt Batten, Rick Vaughn,

Matt Tripp, Danny Hundley,

Daniel Christensen

The Yarnell Family

The Lutheran Hour® can be heard on

the local radio stations below. It can

also be heard any time on the Internet

at www.lutheranhour.org. Audio

daily devotions can also be downloaded to

provide a refreshing meditation on God's Word.

Broadcast Area Station Sunday

Broadcast

Time

Kansas City Metro 710 AM – KCMO 8:00 am

580 AM – WIBW 7:30 am Topeka

89.5 FM KAWZ 9:00 am

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Sunday Worship 8 am, 10:45 am,

& 6 pm

Sunday Education Hour

9:30 am

ATTENDANCE

Date Attendance

9/4/16 366

9/11/16 399

9/18/16 401

9/25/16 411

Preschool

Office Hours

Monday — Friday

8:30 am to 4:00 pm

(913) 780-6889

Amy Schultz

Preschool Director

preschool@bslcks.org

Church Office Hours Monday-Thursday

8 am to 4 pm

Friday

8 am to 12 pm

Joel S. Schultz

Senior Pastor

pastorschultz@bslcks.org

Michael H. Ada

Associate Pastor pastorada@bslcks.org

Michael Hofmann

Vicar

mhofmann12.2@gmail.com

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