May 1, 2015

This Week at Christ Lutheran

Friday, May 1 6:30 PM Praise & Worship plus Ice Cream Social (FCC) Saturday, May 2 8:30 AM CLC Leadership Retreat (Memorial Community Hospital) Sunday, May 3 8:30 AM Worship/Katie Gosker Confirmation (FCC) 10:00 AM Education Hour/SS 8:00 PM Channel 6 mini- series... “A.D. The Bible Continues” Tuesday, May 5 6:41 AM Men praying for revival (Dr. Keith’s office) 6:30 PM House of Prayer

7:00 PM Bible Study on AD TV miniseries Wednesday, May 6 6:30 PM VBS meeting (FCC) 7:00 PM Building Committee (Heartland Dentistry) Thursday, May 7 11:00 AM & National Day of 4:00 PM Prayer (Deerfield Property) 6:30 PM Communications Committee (Grace Branson home) 6:30 PM Finance & Stewardship Comm.

Pastor Mark

Degner

Sunday’s Focus:

Stand! How is it possible to

take a stand when you are

tempted, challenged or perse-

cuted? It’s only by the Holy

Spirit that we have the

strength to stand as Jesus fol-

lowers. We see a great example

of this in the lives of Peter and

John, two of the apostles. Do

you need courage? Come on

Sunday to be filled up with the

boldness to stand!

5/3/15 READINGS

Acts 4:8-20 1 John 4:7-21 John 15:1-8

Sermon: Acts 4:8-20

5/3/15

WORSHIP ASSISTANTS Greeters: Camenzind Family

Reader: Kris Coffey Ushers: Tom & Tami

Christoffersen

5/1/15 Cleaning: Team #1 5/8 Cleaning: Team #2

Fifth

Sunday of

Easter

5-3-2015

Sermon Series “A.D. The Bible Continues” is the

name of the series of messages

Pastor Mark is delivering on Sun-

day mornings. Each message corre-

sponds to the previous episode of

“A.D.” viewed on television. Invite

your unchurched friends and

neighbors to view the miniseries

with you, come to the Tuesday

study and attend worship on Sun-

day.

May 2 ~ CLC Leadership

Retreat

May 3rd ~ Confirmation of Katie

Gosker

May 3 ~A.D. The Bible

Continues ~ WOWT, 8:00 p.m.

October 16-18 ~ Rachel’s Vine

yard Retreat at St.

Benedict’s, Schuyler, NE

Great Outreach Opportunity

The NBC miniseries “A.D. The Bible

Continues” provides each of us a

great chance to reach others who

do not know Jesus. There are three

expressions of this series: 1) the

episodes that air on WOWT each

Sunday night; 2) our Tuesday

night Bible study; 3) our Sunday

morning teaching series. Pray into

this that many may be drawn to

the cross of Jesus. Then invite oth-

ers.

Sunday, Apr. 26

attendance = 59

Confirmation on Sunday

On Sunday Katie

Gosker, daughter of

Paul and Sharla,

celebrates her Bap-

tism and promises to live for Je-

sus Christ the rest of her life. As

she is confirmed we pray that the

Holy Spirit will give her the

strength of faith to stand for Je-

sus! Confirmation is not a sacra-

ment; it is a celebration of Bap-

tism where a person confesses

the faith of their Baptism and

promises loyalty to Christ.

Why You Should Regularly Attend our

House of Prayer!

Why pray? “If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power.” ~ Billy Sunday. The Lord gives us His power when we stand together in corporate prayer. We need to pray for the power of the Holy Spirit to be the church He has called us to be. Come to House of Prayer ~ this Tuesday ~ 6:30 p.m. (before worship) at FCC.

What’s Missional?

A missional church imitates what

God has done in Jesus Christ ~

He sent His Son into the world.

To be missional means to be sent

out; we do not expect people to

come to us. We go to them. Be-

ing missional applies to the

whole life of every believer. We

are all missionaries sent into a

non-Christian culture. Every fol-

lower is to be an agent of God’s

kingdom, and every Jesus fol-

lower is to carry the mission of

God into every arena of life. As

the people of a missionary God,

we need to engage the world the

same way He does - by going out.

Ready, set, go!

Missional Idea Encourage others. Make it a daily

priority to speak words of life into

someone. Build your relationship

with them. Encourage others with a

hand-written note. Share the rea-

son why you wanted to encourage

them ~ because of the hope that is

ours in Jesus Christ.

Giving Away Your

Crosses?

We have done so well with our

cross ministry, giving away al-

most 2,000. An additional 1,000

crosses have been blessed and

are available for you to give to

those that the Lord has ap-

pointed. Grab some at the Christ

Lutheran table. Give away your

crosses and bless others in Jesus’

name. Then, tell us what hap-

pened. What’s your story? Tell it!

Jesus Follower Quotes

“Generally speaking, most Chris-

tians live a life that blends in with

everyone else. Are you a blender?”

“What you KNOW may be helpful,

but what you DO is what matters.

So what do you KNOW that you

are not DOING?”

Prayer Quote

Oh yes, (the prayer meeting) is

the place to meet with the Holy

Spirit, and this is the way to get

His mighty power. If we would

have Him, we must meet in

greater numbers; we must pray

with greater fervency, we must

watch with greater earnestness,

and believe with firmer stead-

fastness. The prayer meeting…is

the appointed place for the re-

ception of power. ~ Charles H.

Spurgeon

“A.D. The Bible Continues”

Episode 5 on Sunday

Be sure to watch (or DVR) Epi-

sode 5 of the dramatic miniser-

ies titled, “A.D. The Bible Contin-

ues,” Sunday, May 3, 8:00 p.m.

on NBC, WOWT, Channel 6. You

can also view it on nbc.com or

youtube.com. This Sunday’s epi-

sode will portray another arrest

of Peter and John; they survive a

second trial thanks to the aged

priest Gamaliel. Stephen be-

comes the first Christian martyr

when he is stoned to death for

his faith in Jesus. This miniser-

ies shows the power of the Holy

Spirit as recorded in the Book of

Acts. Don’t miss it!

Tuesday Bible Study

7:00 p.m.

“A.D. The Bible Continues” is the

title of our new study on Tues-

day evenings. We meet each

week to discuss the miniseries

on NBC, airing each Sunday on

Channel 6 WOWT from 8-9 p.m.

This study of the Book of Acts

will build your knowledge of the

Word and encourage you to live

bold, action-oriented lives like

the first followers of Jesus. Don’t

miss any of this! Lesson 5 is “A

Bigger Picture” Tuesday, 7:00-

8:30 p.m. at FCC.

VBS is

Coming!

Our Vacation Bible School will

take place June 1-5. We are co-

operating with FCC on this min-

istry. Do you want to help?

Please contact Cindy Picton or

Sarah Trimpe to volunteer.

Mother’s Day Next Week

Join us for worship on May 10th

as we pray for and honor our

mothers.

on Saturday

Our church’s leadership retreat

is scheduled for May 2nd, 9:00

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Blair’s Me-

morial Community Hospital.

Arrive at 8:30 a.m. for a coffee/

fellowship time. The entire fam-

ily of Christ Lutheran is invited

to attend. This will be a morning

and afternoon retreat with lunch

provided. Register for the re-

treat by contacting Bob Coffey

at rcoffey250@aol.com or

402.253.1381. Please make

the retreat a priority.

To the Christ Lutheran family–

God is blessing our church family

with new births. We are all ex-

cited to welcome these two ba-

bies due to arrive in July.

You are all invited to a join in a

Baby Shower to honor Amanda

and Mike Davis and Megan and

Jay Schmidt:

WHEN: MAY 24

TIME: 1:00 pm

WHERE: FCC Fellowship Hall

Amanda & Mike are registered at

Target. Megan & Jay are regis-

tered at Babies R Us and Target.

Disposable diaper also wel-

comed.

New Members

We rejoice that Don and Linda

Woodring have become new

members of Christ Lutheran

Church. We welcome them in the

name of Jesus! Please take the

opportunity to meet them and

get to know them.

May Birthday

Blessings to...

May 1 Twila Sass

May 4 Mark Breuer

May 11 Crystal Vogt

May 19 Phyllis Bunten

May 20 Kathryn Pictona

May 23 Katie Gosher

May 31 Kaela Barr

If you know of anyone omitted from this list,

please email Jody jptacnik@abbnebraska.com to

update the church records.

Adult Information Class

May 17

Anyone interested in discovering

more about Christ Lutheran

Church and the LCMC is invited

to participate in an informational

class, beginning on May 17th,

10:00 a.m., in the church office.

Pastor Mark will be the primary

facilitator with other CLC leaders

assisting. Participation in the

class does not obligate one to

join our church, but may lead to

church membership at Christ.

Who do you know who could be

blessed by this class? Invite your

friends and neighbors.

National Day of Prayer

May 7th

Christ Lutheran will observe the

National Day of Prayer on May 7th,

at our Deerfield property, adjacent

to Little Blossoms. We will be on

the property from 11am-1pm and

4pm-6pm to pray with people. Vol-

unteer your time to help us by con-

tacting Al and Ruth Bilau or Linda

Degner. Be sure to come by and

pray for our country and our

church. The theme for 2015

is Lord, Hear Our Cry, emphasizing

the need for Christians, corpo-

rately and individually, to place

their faith in Almighty God, who is

sovereign over all governments,

authorities, and human beings. At

this crucial time for our nation, we

can do nothing more important

than pray.

Night of Worship and Praise

Plus Ice Cream! ~ May 1st

On May 1st, from 6:30-8:00 p.m.

First Christian and Christ Lu-

theran are hosting a Night of

Worship and Praise. There will

be singing, prayer and praise to

the Lord. An ice cream social

will follow in the Fellowship

Hall. This is a great opportunity

to invite people from the com-

munity to hear about Jesus

through the gift of song. It’s

also a great way to meet some

of our friends from FCC. Be

there.

Augustana District Convention

Laurids and Judi Pedersen repre-

sented us at convention of the Au-

gustana District of the LCMC. They

will share a report of the conven-

tion with our church in the near

future. Thanks for attending,

Laurids and Judi!

Building Committee

Meeting on May 6

Our Building Committee will

gather at Dr. Keith’s office on

Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. All are

welcome to attend. We will be

discussing the proposed con-

tract with Brown Church Devel-

opment Group.

Washington County

Job Fair

There will be a job fair on May

20th from 4:00-7:00 p.m. in

Blair, at Grant Square, 231 S. 9th

St. More than 20 area busi-

nesses will be represented.

Bring copies of your resume

and a smile. Invite any unem-

ployed or underemployed peo-

ple who may benefit from this

event. Call Kelly at

402.426.4264 if you have ques-

tions.

Remember them in

your Prayers …

Leyber Garcia Mazariegos

(Compassion International

child) supported by Sunday

school offering.

For Ambohimanambola Lu-

theran Church in Madagas-car (Christ Lutheran in

Madegascar).

Pray for our baptized

members…

Tyler Logan Knauss Hayden Ryan Beers

Trouse Dean Davis

Kayla Marie Lyons

Trinity Jane Auciello

Tristan Lee Auciello

Taylen Michael Mammen

Brayden Lee Mammen

Amanda Lynn Davis

Triston Thomas Dein

Cayden Alan Beckenhauer

Nepal Earthquake

The earthquake had even greater

impacts than initially known. The

United Nations reports that more

than 3,300 people are dead, more

than 6,800 injured, and 8 million

people are affected by this disas-

ter. One organization you may

choose to support in Nepali relief

efforts is Lutheran World Relief.

You may give online at the follow-

ing site: http://lwr.org/ or send

your donation to Lutheran World

Relief, 700 Light Street, Baltimore,

Maryland 21230. 100% of your gift

will be used to support efforts to

respond to the devastation from

the earthquake.