Official Acts - July

The St. Andrews NET - Volume XXXVIII, No 9SEPTEMBER 2018

ST. ANDREWS LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOLThe Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod260 North Northwest HighwayPark Ridge, Illinois 60068(847)823-6656 (church phone) (847)823-9308 (school phone)standrewsparkridge.org

Matthew J. Hoffmann - PastorDavid Christiansen - Minister of MusicLaura Boggs - PrincipalGreg Lendy - Director, Contemporary WorshipKatie Otto - Director, Christian Education Serving, supporting and

sending families in Christ

Baptized: Elsa Marie BonatzSon of Eric and Donna (nee Kolodziej) BonatzBorn: March , 2018 Baptized: July 15, 2018

St. Andrews Retired Gentlemen Got cabin fever? Got that “cooped in” feeling? Well ... a group of retired and/or semi-retiredmen from St. Andrews meet once a month forlively conversation and lunch at variousrestaurants in the area. It’s a great way to havefellowship! Why not join in on the secondThursday of the month? Social hour is at 11:30a.m. – lunch around noon. For moreinformation, call Jim Selzer at (847) 727-3545 orDarwin Dietrick at (847) 696-9010.

Park RidgeWomen’s Interfaith BreakfastSaturday, October 13, 2018Join Park Ridge women of all faiths for anuplifting and inspiring morning of prayer,meditation, fellowship and music. This annualevent will take place at the Park Ridge CountryClub. Doors open at 9:30 a.m., with a lovelybreakfast starting at 10:00 a.m. Donation is $30per person (tables of 10) or $33.00 each. Ifyou’re interested in attending, let’s reserve aspecial St. Andrews table by contacting AdrienneSchlake – 847-297-5520 oradrienneschlake@gmail.com.

Women Of St.

Andrews

Once again the summer months have flown by ... and now ourthoughts turn to the start-up of regular activities on the fallschedule. WOSA Bible study will resume on Tuesdays, beginning

September 11, at 10:00 a.m. in the social room. Pastor Matt will guide us throughscripture, sharing his unique insights and answering our always numerous questions! Allare welcome to share in this time of study, great fellowship, education and laughter ...and there are no fees!

“All good things must come to an end.”

After much discussion and deliberation, WOSA has decided to discontinue all quiltingefforts (at least for the time being). With fewer and fewer hands to stitch and sew, itwas a reluctant, but necessary, decision. There are so many “behind the scenes” quiltingdetails that were faithfully and devotedly handled by Jackie Maas and Nancy Wilson foryears and years. They both deserve some “R & R”. Under their leadership, beautifulquilts have been lovingly created and donated to Lutheran World Relief to providewarmth and comfort to those in need around the world. Since the project started in1992, WOSA members created 3,103 quilts. We offer great thanks to Jackie and Nancyfor all their time and talents given to the WOSA quilting project over all these years.

At the last meeting of the 2017/2018 session, WOSA members voted to distribute fundsearned from the bake and book sale events held during this session. These donationswere made possible because of the support of YOU – the St. Andrews congregation – andwe are grateful! Donations were distributed as follows:

Lutheran Bible Translators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100.00 LutheranChurch Charities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 LCMS SeminaryFood Pantry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 Lutheran World Relief. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00 Prison Ministry (Lori Wilbert). . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00 St. Andrews Comfort Dog Ministry . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 100.00 St. Matthew Food Pantry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 100.00

We look forward to “new beginnings” of WOSA thisSeptember, and hope you’ll consider being part ofthis group of St. Andrews women. Remember ...Tuesday, September 11, at 10:00 a.m.

It will be time well spent!

ANNOUNCING

2018 Niles/Park Ridge

CROP HUNGER WALK

Sunday, October 21

Starting at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church

205 N. Prospect; Park Ridge

Registration: 1:30 p.m.

Step-off: 2:00 – 2:30 p.m.

JOB OPPORTUNITY!

Fellow Parishioners, Jeanne and Scott Langlo have a position open with theircompany.

Complete Travel and Cruises – Morton Grove, IL

Part Time Travel Agent and General Office Help. Providing a memorable customerservice experience is top priority for this position. Experience in travel is not required,will train the right person. Willingness to help in all aspects of the office setting is amust. Great job for someone with a love for travel that is looking to start a new parttime career. Perfect for a parent with children in school during the day. Flexible hours:4 hours daily, Monday - Friday during the office hours of 9:00am - 5:00pm. CompleteTravel and Cruises has been in the retail travel business since 2000. Our company is afamily run organization. We pride ourselves on going the extra mile for our clients.

Please submit your resume and salary requirements by email - completetvl@ameritech.net

SEPTEMBER

2018

BIRTHDAYS

1 Tyler Hanck

2 Alexandra Buric

Chelsea Petersen

Betty Yost

3 Raymond Frank

Lisa Krueger

4 BethanyTurk

10 Eleanor Claybaker

Joe Rybowicz

11 Santiago Schildwachter

12 Violet Koenig

14 Eric Hauer

16 Helga Wehking

17 Sandy Ivaska

18 Daniel Raetzman

20 Steve Bateman

Laura Rouse

21 Barb Paschke

22 Laura Boggs

23 John Wolf

25 Deborah Hacke

26 Anna Wolf

28 Joel Porterfield

30 Mary Asien

BAPTISMAL BIRTHDAYS

Alexandra Buric

Mary Christiansen

Steven Raetzman

Kelly Snow

1 Nathan Barney

2 Kathleen Heller

Cheryl Sellke

3 Kiley Krug

4 Krista Porterfield

7 Lisa Krueger

9 June Carnehl

10 Carl Steffen

Lindsey Wolf

11 Tiffany Steffen

12 Meghan Barney

Kristi Frank

15 Brian Steffen

16 Don Sebastian

17 Jennifer Bulinski

Arlene Kendzy

18 Rowan Keefe

Jon Michaels

20 Betty Yost

21 Connor Hanson

Beverly Steinke

Jean Ungar

22 Erin Ellsworth

24 Sadie Grau

27 Will Krug

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

3 Chris & Jennifer Anderson

Art & Beverly Steinke

5 Ken & Arlene Kendzy

Dan & Rita Weyland

6 Tim & Kim Raetzman

8 David & Angella Kwon

Steve & Charlene

Schildwachter

13 Glenn & Teresa Hanck

16 Ron & Lynn Webb

17 Dan & Susan (Bragg)

Suwinski

19 Ron & Rita Knapp

20 John & Linda Wolf

22 Bob & Jean Ungar

29 Mike & Jenny Bauer

Please call Nicholein the church office

(847.823.6656, X100)if your special day

is not listed.Thanks.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I am so excited to have the school year started up again. I love that, every morning, I get to see and talk with families,

greet our students, and hear the “joyful noise” of all the activity in the School.

The start of the Fall means so much more than just the beginning of School, however. So many things are kicking into

high gear. As we head into September, here is just a partial list of things to add to your calendar and prayer list:

September 8/9 – We go back to our regular school year church worship schedule. We will continue to have our 5pm

Saturday service, but we will now go back to having two services on Sunday – our 8:30am Traditional Service, and our

11am Ancient Prayers service. Sunday School and Adult Bible Class kick off again too! On this weekend, we will also be

having our first CONFIRMATION REATREAT for 7th and 8th Graders and parents as well. Contact me or Katie Otto for

more information

September 12 – WOW (Word on Wednesday) starts again! We will be having a six week session of WOW. Show up

between 6 and 6:40pm for dinner and stay for a 35 minute study for all ages. It’s a great time of fellowship and fun!

September 20 – Calling all men! The men’s group will have a bocce ball tournament starting at 7pm at the Log Cabin Inn

off of Potter Road

September 30 – THE START OF THE MONTLY PANCAKE BREAKFAST. Once a month we will have a pancake breakfast in

between the services in place of our regular Bible Study. After pancakes, we will also start our New Member Classes on

this day.

OTHER THINGS: Continue to pray for our Comfort Dog ministry, we are only a few months away from having our very

own dog here at St. Andrews! Also, your church leadership members have been deep in thought and prayer about how

to best situate our church office and recapture the use of the house the office is currently in. We are in the beginning

stages, but we’d love your prayers and input!

In Christ,

Pastor Matt Hoffmann

YOUTH NEWSKatie Otto - Director, Christian Education

Sunday School Registration

Mark your calendars for Sunday, September 9, when we kick off a new year of Sunday School. We’ll install our teachers

at the 8:30 service that day, and begin Sunday School at 9:45. Sunday School is offered for students in preschool-8th

grade. Registration is now available online, from the home page of our church website, www.standrewsparkridge.org.

Youth Ministry News

We’ll be making some changes to the youth ministry schedule for both middle school and high school this year! The high

school youth ministry is moving to Sunday mornings, beginning September 9, with a new name:

InMterMsecMtion

Noun

1. A point at which two or more things intersect

All youth in grades 9-12 are invited to come to “The Intersection” each week for an opportunity to meet (or intersect!)

with each other and with Christ. Sundays in the youth room, 9:45-10:45.

The middle school youth will continue to meet on Wednesdays, but with a little different schedule than years past. The

1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month, the youth will meet 6:30-8:00 in the youth room. The 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each

month, the youth will have an afterschool hangout. On those days, the youth room will be open from 3:30-5:00, and

youth will be able to grab a snack and hangout with each other, working on homework or playing games. More detailed

information will be emailed to the youth families.

Blessings,

Katie Otto, DCE

SCHOOL NEWSEducating Students to Seek, Serve and Soar

September 2018

Mission Statement

St Andrews Lutheran School nourishes the whole child in

spiritual and academic growth by partnering with families to prepare the child for Christian

living as an exemplary light in God’s world.

School News

We will be celebrating 107 years of education in the 2018-2019 school year.

We have a lot of new faces at St. Andrews this school year. We have added some newpositions to better serve our families and students. We welcome, Mrs. Lindsay Bucciferro, asour new 7th-grade homeroom teacher. Mrs. Bucciferro will teach 6-7-8 grade Language Artsand English. We will have a new office structure this year, too. Caitlyn Warren will provideadministrative support to the school, and our office/media coordinator will enhance ourtechnology and social media communication. The new office structure also gives us theopportunity to add a part-time social worker, Irina Gimena and part-time science teacher forgrades 1-4, Mrs. Kristin Johnson. We welcome, Mrs. Parisi, as our lunchroom supervisorand Samantha Warchol in our aftercare program.

More information to share:

- We currently have 194 students enrolled in school this year. Praise be to GOD!!!- The teachers were welcomed back on August 15.- The students returned on Monday, August 20, 2018. What a joy it is to have them back

in school.- We held our Parent Teacher Orientation meeting on Thursday, August 23, 2018. It is so

wonderful to meet and greet all the parents.

- Our Volleyball teams and Cross Country team will start practice soon.- The choirs will begin and our students are fine tuning their instruments for band.

As always, we ask that you keep St. Andrews Lutheran School in your prayers and we look

forward to sharing news about our students and school with this upcoming year.

Working together for Christ,

Ms. Laura Boggs