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Faith Lutheran Church

120 Faith Drive

Columbus WI 53925-1602

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

Please wear your YELLOW shirt today.

WE WELCOME OUR

NEW MINISTER

REV. BETH VOIGHT

ON SUNDAY,

SEPTEMBER 15.

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August

2019

FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH 120 Faith Drive Columbus WI 53925

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – ELCA

South-Central Synod of Wisconsin

A Word From Pas-tor Lisa

September 2019

FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH 120 Faith Drive Columbus, WI 53925

920-623-3610

Email: faith@faithcolumbuswi.org

Website: www.faithcolumbuswi.org

Christine Hilbrich, Administrative Assistant 920-885-4741

Sue Frish, Assistant to Treasurer 920-484-6545

Betsy Woodward, Assistant to Treasurer 920-210-8710

CHURCH COUNCIL

Henry Elling 920-350-5644 President

Pat Sullivan 920-484-3545 V. President Marilon Krebs 608-516-2934 Secretary

Jim Schieble 920-763-3433 Treasurer

Pia Penzotti 920-623-3650

Kase Tadych

Melissa Jacobs

Liz Mitchell

Stephen Peterson

MISSION STATEMENT

Joyfully recognizing God’s commitment

and faithfulness to us, FAITH LUTHERAN

CHURCH exists to serve God through serv-

ing God’s people. We eagerly work towards

the realization of God’s Kingdom by:

• Offering praise-filled worship to God.

• Nurturing individual spiritual growth.

• Fostering an environment of caring and

acceptance.

• Reaching out to serve the needs of our

community.

God’s love stirs us to touch others with

the same love we have received—and invites

them to share our life of praise and service.

Faith Lutheran Church (ELCA) Columbus, Wisconsin

AS MEMBERS OF FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH WE

PROMISE:

• To attend services regularly. • To support the congregation financially. • To live responsibly as a Christian witness. • To become as involved as possible in the total life and work

of the congregation.

And this we promise to do by the help of God.

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the

conviction of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:1

We’re on the web:

www.faithcolumbuswi.or

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September 2019

Calendar of Events for the

50th

Anniversary of Faith Lutheran Church

OCTOB ER 6, Pastor Jerry Wendt will be our guest preacher. A family scavenger hunt will begin on September 15, 2019, and culminating during fellowship on Sunday, Oct 6.

DECEMBER 8, The 8 a.m. service will be held at the Masonic Temple, first home of Faith, at 318 North Ludington Street. Sunday School, fellowship and the 10:30 service will be held at church. Both services will follow the original first service from 1969.

FEBRUARY 9, 2020, Regular 8 and 10:30 services, with a 50 member choir, will be held according to the first service as an organized church from 1970.

FUN FACTS, During the announcements at the end of each service between

Memorial Day weekend through January 2020, there will be a total of 50 ‘fun

facts’ about Faith shared, announcing 1-2 facts each Sunday. Take note of them

and write them down. Whoever has the most correct facts handed in at the end of

January will win a prize crafted by Jim Schieble. Fun fact sheets will be on the

table in the Narthex.

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THE RED

TENTERS’

BOOKCLUB

For our September 26 book selection we are reading “The House On Ludington Street” by Susan Pare. Location-Cercis with the Books and Beer group. New members are always welcome to join us.

Thank You… -Betty Rahn, Dianne Patrick, Marcia McMullen, Sally Price, Karen Decker and Sue Frish for helping assemble the August Newsletter.

ELCA “Good Gifts”

The spare change container is in the Narthex, within the goose decoy. The mission for your spare pennies, nickels and dimes is the ELCA “Good Gifts”

program. Starting this new year the flock is up to 350 chickens! Our few extra coins are turned into food and livelihood for people in need, world-wide. Thank you.

September 2019

Dig out your yellow God's Work Our Hands t shirts for Sept 8th. This is the first day of Sunday School, and we will have one worship service at 8 a.m. followed by servant projects. If you have ideas for servant projects, let the office know.

SEPTEMBER SERVICE SCHEDULE 9/1 Labor Day – 1 service at 9:15am

9/8 1 service at 8:00 am God’s Work our Hands

after

9/15 resume regular service schedule 8:00 &

10:30 (installation of Sunday school teachers)

9/22 Regular service schedule at 8:00 & 10:30

am

THIS FALL AT FAITH

• Fill the Boxes: Please put new school supplies in the boxes in the narthex for local schools.

• Sept. 8: 8 a.m. worship followed by God’s Work

Our Hands (Bring your yellow t shirt, and remember, there’s no 10:30 worship.)

September 15: Backpack Blessing at both services (for adults too!)

Bring your backpacks and briefcases and put them in front of the altar before worship.

Installation of Sunday School teachers and assistants at 8 a.m. worship.

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Faith Lutheran Church Council Meeting Summary

August, 2019 • Approved expenditure of $1500 for oak

tree removal.

• Approved Letter of Agreement for Pas-tor Elizabeth Voigt.

• Approved Compensation, Benefits and Responsibilities Agreement for Pastor Elizabeth Voigt.

• Pastor Voigt's first Sunday at Faith will be September 15.

• Approved use of Fellowship Hall and Kitchen on November 8-9 to Columbus High School Band Students for a dinner fundraiser to support students traveling to 7 countries in the summer of 2020. 10% of the profits from the meal will be shared with the NICC Foundation.

• Blessings of the backpacks will occur on September 15.

• Anniversary celebration plans are con-tinuing. The Scavenger Hunt will begin on September 15 and will culminate on Sunday, October 6. Pastor Jerald Wendt will be guest preacher on October 6.

September 2019

Thank You

Thank you to the following people who helped with the Loving Lunches on July 5-9. Carolyn Gorman, Sally Price, Barb Craw-ford, Sharon Bradish, Pat Hurckman, Melissa Jacobs, Linda Huebner, Chris Ducat, Carmen Briones, Marcia McMullen, Daryl Severson, Deanna Gaska and Ariann Stark. Their help was very much appreciated—I could not have done it without them! Becky Stark

KEYS

Do you have a key to Faith Lutheran Church? Please check the number and see if it matches any of the following: 13, 21, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 40, or 44 If you find a match, please let Jim Schieble know which one. Just send a text or call, 920 763 3433.

SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS

SUNDAY SCHOOL is about to start up again for 2019-2020 school year AND we would love to have you jump on our ship! We are currently looking for teachers (anyone that is confirmed) and also some assistants. Our first day will be September 8th- God's Work our Hands beginning at 9am- Our normal Sun-day school days will begin September 15th at 9:15am We are in need of: 2 4K teachers and 2 assistants 2 5K teachers and 2 assistants 2 1st grade teachers and 2 assistants 1 2nd grade teacher and 1 assistant Teaching a classroom is a twice a month commit-ment! Every other Sunday isn't bad-- right?? Please if you are ablet o help us out please contact Toni Fox or Carmen Bruss- we will send you all the information you will need while working in the classroom! Thanks for considering!! Toni – (920) 210-4951 tonifox3@yahoo.com Carmen – (608) 219-4286 carmenbruss@hotmail.com

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Interested in becoming

a part of Faith’s music

ministry?

FAITH CHOIR: We lift our

voices to the Lord and so can

you! The desire to sing is the only requirement.

All adults and confirmation age youth (and older)

are welcome. We will resume rehearsals on Sep-

tember 4 and rehearse every Wednesday even-

ing from 7:40-8:50 p.m. in the sanctuary. We sing

two—three Sundays a month at the 8:00 Heritage

Service. Please consider joining us.

FAITHFUL RINGERS: What are those

delightful sounds coming from the fellowship hall

every Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. It’s the bell

choir, rehearsing their songs. After an hour

practice, a few clinks, clunks, and a good measure

of fun, we’re ready to ring every third Sunday of

the month. If you are interested in learning more,

we invite you to come September 4 and

explore becoming a ringer or substitute. (You do

not have to read music!)

Questions may be directed to Lisa Weisensel at

920–382-1188.

September 2019

FAITH IN STITCHES

THANKS YOU AND NEEDS YOU

Our group has had a great year with our monthly meetings. Every other month we focus on our own projects or charity work. During 2019 our charity work has been busy with making baptismal bibs and also a tee shirt quilt for the Dementia Coalition of Dodge County. We are grateful for many dona-tions of material that help us fulfill our projects.

This fall we are planning several charity projects, for Lutheran World Relief. Home Again and Heartland Hospice in Columbus have also identi-fied a need for their residents. This fall our group will construct:

* Drawstring school bags to send for Lutheran World Relief.

* Walker bags. These bags are great for residents to put on their walkers and allow them to carry newspapers, mail, and snacks, etc. Home Again is excited that we can make 15 bags for them.

*Both Home Again and Heartland Hospice have requested clothing protectors.

* Heartland Hospice needs cloth catheter bags.

• Canvas shopping bags and cloth shopping bags to help eliminate using plastic grocery bags. We will share more on this endeavor in the next few months.

We will be working on these projects this fall, but to get a jump start, we could use your help on Sun-day, September 8 during Gods Work, Our Hands. We will have cutting stations set up in the fellow-ship hall and if you can spare two hours to cut out these projects, we appreciate your help. If you would like to help sew, we will be working on Monday, September 16 from 9:00-5:00.

Once again, thank you for making our work much

easier with your donations.

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September

09/02 Jeff & Roxann Kirchberg 24 09/03 Nathan & Lisa Emler 20 09/06 Tony & Julie Clark 27 09/08 David & Erin Weisman 12 09/11 Eric & Michelle Hoffmann 15 09/12 Mark & Susan Fagerburg 32 09/13 Duane & Elizabeth Gilbertson 33 09/16 Ben & Eva Van Horn 63 09/18 Henry & Cathy Elling 32 09/29 Todd & Linda Brumm 30 Stephanie Dykstra, Becky Klosowski, Sara Yuds

09/01 Betty Baxter, Ivan Thies 09/02 Ashley Hegge 09/03 Ron Huebner, Susan Rupp, Kim Steers Blake Luzenski, Jacob Peterson 09/04 Joshua Selje 09/05 Chris Behl, Jeramy Grossman, Dylan Hart Harvey Roberts, Kubly Kaminski 09/06 Beth Klossner 09/07 Sydney Rohrbeck, Eden Klossner, Mason Dykstra, Hannah Dykema 09/08 Linda Huebner, Tracey Wescott Nevaeh Schultz, Andrea Herrick, Liam Schiesl 09/09 Joanne Sampson 09/11 Diane Dhein, Zachary Wescott, Leverett Tadych 09/13 Shirley Andler, Mason Bruss 09/14 Theresa Hein, Alan Strohschein, Glenn Westlake, Kayla Hurckman, Beckam Scheeler 09/16 Erik Rupp, Matt Ehrke 09/17 Tracy Brozek, Skye Farr 09/18 Kali Shephard, Brandi Taylor 09/19 Jessica Cashmore, Jack Fritz 09/20 Dawn Kaminski, Riley Kaminski 09/21 Anne Herzberg 09/22 Hailey Hole 09/23 Lynne Wilken, Abigail Miller, Mitchell Klug 09/24 Kimberly Rowe, Grace Kahl, Carter Hansen 09/25 Suzanne Zahn, Kimberly Breuckman, Chloe Braker-Robbins 09/26 Erika Minkevicius, Frank Roelke II, Luke Kahl 09/27 Eric Anthon, David Weisman, Oscar Setz, Owen Hankins 09/28 Caitlin Bedford, Odyn Lueloff 09/29 Sue Frish, Bridget Morris, Heidi Paul

SEPTEMBER

1 Reta Thies, Del Yerges, Kati Kahl Barbara Crawford 3 Dennis Langfeldt 4 Debbie Talg 7 Cooper Anthon, Tory Weidemann, Isabelle Bugge 10 Gracia Clark, Tony Clark, Jamine Kurth, Finnley Deminsky 11 Micaela Miller, Stacy Walz 14 Flynn Aeschlimann, Adelyn Lueloff 15 Landon Goering 17 Sarah Rowe 18 Ben Van Horn 21 Bailey Raether 22 Jadeson Hall 23 Beth Klossner 25 Diane Dhein, Russell Rahn 27 Eli Goering 28 McKenzye Bruss 29 Chloe Braker-Robbins 30 Georgia Eisenreich, Stephanie Dykstr

September 2019

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September 2019

ARE YOU 70 YEARS OLD OR OLDER?

If you have reached the magical age of being required to take a withdrawal from your IRA, you may want to consider a potential tax savings when you make donations to qualified non-profit organizations like Faith Lutheran Church. The new tax law raised the standard deduction to the point that itemizing deductions like donations may not provide a tax reduction. By directing your investment manager to use your required distribution from your IRA to make your donations, you can avoid the tax on that portion of your distribution. I am not your investment advisor. Please consult this person about this new law and have them help you with the process and the decision to use the new financial tool.

Jim Schieble