A rare occurrence we enter into April with Easter having been celebrated

prior to the end of March. We look ahead to what our faith will grow in and

around this great church of ours.

I am reminded of the great chapter of faith in Hebrews 11, which begins,

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not

see.” How perfect an explanation of faith. Hope and certainty, and this the

ancients were commended for. Will we be commended for our hope in Jesus

Christ and his payment for sin of the whole world and we are credited with

righteousness. As James 2:23 stated that “Abraham believed God, and it

was credited to him as righteousness.”

Faith, the faith that saves and the roll call of the saints in heaven Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac,

Jacob, Joseph, Moses’ parents, Moses, Rahab, Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, the

prophets, and now your name and my name by faith given us by the Holy Spirit lists us in the roll call

above, with the name above all names Jesus.

How thank filled I am that I cannot think of a single member not having true faith in Jesus as their

Savior and it being credited to you and me as righteousness. Righteousness to live in love. Righteous-

ness to speak of Christ boldly. Righteousness to live in the world knowing that we are one with the

Lord and He always has our back.

The key to the list of righteous is that they prayed….talked with God. How is your prayer life? Have

you talked to God lately? Come into His presence with thanksgiving for all the blessings He so freely

gives. I thank God for each and every one of you individually and collectively. I pray for what I know is

in your life and for the health, wellbeing and forgiveness for your life and relationships in the world. I

pray for blessings abundant to all of you through faith and in life. I am empowered by your faith lives,

and gain great joy in seeing and knowing the blessings that God has given to each of you.

A recent Christian movie called the War Room aired in theatres around the country and took the

country by storm with a beautiful message of prayer and the blessings that God gives through prayer.

Linda and I have purchased this movie and will be showing it to the congregation this summer and

then having a continuing Bible class for several weeks to encourage each of us to have more prayer in

our lives. I truly pray that each of you who are able to view the movie with us this summer will be in

attendance and that each of you will make yourselves available to be at the summer Bible classes on

prayer. I think your lives will be changed for the better, I know our lives were changed for the better.

Prayer is not simply a onetime event, it is a life of prayer. Prayer is of great importance to the point

God the Holy Spirit is praying for us constantly; Romans 8:26.

My prayer for us, is deeper faith, stronger witnessing and a love for our fellow man that can be seen

and draws people to the church like spring flowers attract bees. May God bless US and keep US and

may we shine His glory and favor to the world around us. Amen and Amen.

In Christian love

Pastor Meseke

April 2016 Newsletter

The Church that Is A Family

Rev. Paul Meseke – Pastor pastor@clcfla.org Sharon Kostner – Church Secretary

Phone: 352-796-8331 e-mail: office@clcfla.org Web site: www.clcfla.org

Schedule

At HIS Service for April 2016

Altar Guild Terry Halladay

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Sunday Elders Acolytes Ushers Greeters Readers Sound Room

April 3rd Rick Bruner

Josh Hady

Conor Knoll Phil Huntwork

Carol Huntwork

Pat Colson

Flora Hite

Janice Beamer

Joyce Jarvis

Rick Henry Phil Huntwork

April 10th Rick Bruner

Daryl Schaller

Len Pflughaupt

Ondrea VanHorn

Bob Jarvis

Richard Wajda

Jeff Werner

Carol Buenning

Mary Kamin

Josh Hady Milt Pritchard

April 17th Rick Bruner

Rick Henry

Kaylyn Hady Inge Malone

Claudette Talvan

Bill Schaefer

Kathy Colvin

Gerry Smith

Phyllis Smith

Jeanne Schaefer Kenn Perkins

April 24th Rick Bruner

Josh Hady

Melanie Knoll Jeff Werner

Bruce Timm

Alan Halladay

Inge Malone

Ernie Ohff

Nell Ohff

Marge Pritchard Brad Colvin

Apr—LWML Mary Martha May—49er’s June—Mission Board July—Dartball

We thank these members & organizations for coordinating our coffee hour on Sunday mornings! Come for fellowship, join us for a cup of coffee & stay for Bible class!

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Game Night

Game Night is here at Christ Lutheran Church April 1st and is on the 1st Friday night of each month @ 7 pm. Domino’s, Pinochle, or what would you like to play with others here at church? Come and enjoy a fun evening of fellowship.

Dartball Group Dartball will be here on Saturday April 9th @ 9 am. No experience required. You will be shown how to throw a dart, and learn that “experience” players still have trouble getting on bases. Come and enjoy a fun morning in the Fellowship Hall and join the group afterwards for lunch.

LWML Mary Martha

LWML/Mary Martha’s regular monthly meeting will be on Tuesday April 12th @ 7pm. Last meeting of the season! Let’s plan our events for next season! Our “meeting/gathering” in May will be at Fujiyama Japanese Steakhouse for dinner at 6 pm.

49er’s

Interested in writing? Ever thought about writing a book. The next speaker for the 49er's is a published author and will be coming to tell us all about composing a book from start to finish. Don will have his books available for purchase. He can inform us all about the entire publishing process. So come loaded with questions and we'll see if he has the answers. As a prolific writer, he may make some answers up.................Join us for some informative fun and food on April 22nd. Dinner begins at 6 pm. Bring a dish to share. See you all then.

The Sewing Group We will sewing, quilting, or whatever you would like to do, on April 7th and 21st, from 9 a.m. – 12 noon. Any questions, ask Nell Ohff or Carol Huntwork.

God’s Hands Puppet Ministry

We will practice in April on April 2nd and April 9th at 10 am. We plan to perform at the volunteer recognition luncheon on April 10th. We look forward to performing to all of you as we love spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ through puppetry.

If you want to view this newsletter in color, please access it on our website:

www.clcfla.org

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Happy Birthday to:

04/01 Tom Reutenauer

04/05 Sarah McGinnis

04/06 Edgar Possin

04/06 Milt Pritchard

04/07 Joyce Jarvis

04/07 Karl Kinzer

04/07 Barbara Reign

04/15 Marilyn Schaller

04/19 Roy Murdick

04/21 Lucy Werner

04/25 Thomas Knoll

04/27 Ruth Hayden

04/29 Philip Huntwork

Birthdays & Anniversaries for April 2016

04/01 Charles & Brigitte Lamberti 27 years

04/04 Bill & Jeanne Schaefer 57 years

04/13 Rick & Jeanie Bruner 32 years

04/24 Karl & Janet Kinzer 62 years

04/25 Jim & Bonnie Fyvie 46 years

04/29 David & Sandy Schiltz 44 years

We praise God for another year of blessings!

Thanks to all who attended Steve Jeffries Show that we had here in March. Our fundraising dinner raised $890.00 dollars for the Mission Board! Thanks to all who helped our with our LWML Spring Rally that was held here in March. The ladies from the other churches in our Suncoast Zone donated clothes and $387.00 to our God’s Clothes Closet!

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We continue to pray for our “Church that is a Family”:

Caryl Pflughaupt had eye surgery. We pray for healing.

14296 Brookridge Blvd. Brooksville FL 34613

Sandy Schiltz is having ankle replacement surgery on April 4th. We pray for a successful surgery and a quick

recovery.

Bill Nuener Is hospitalized in Oak Hill Hospital with several medical issues. We pray for peace and comfort.

23232 Frontier Way Brooksville FL 34601

Elina Davis Had sinus surgery Wednesday, March 16th . Surgery did not help her. We pray for healing. 429

Edgehill Ave Spring Hill FL 34606

Barbara Reign Had a procedure to shock her heart to get it in rhythm. We pray for peace and comfort. 910

Hammock Road Brooksville FL 34601

Lissy Martinez-Monfort (friend of Bonnie Yungmann) has reoccurrence of colon cancer. We pray for her

health along with comfort and peace.

Charles Hayden Has health issues. We pray for God’s continual care.

14645 Spellman Court Spring Hill, FL 34610

Dale Folsom We pray for comfort and peace. 11203 Blythville Rd Brooksville FL 34613

We pray for family and friends of the congregation:

Judy Twyman (Friend of Joan Murdick) Diagnosed with lung cancer. Will be going through radiation after

finishing chemo. We pray for peace and comfort.

Randy Bowser (Nephew of Joan Murdick) is on Hospice with lung cancer after having surgery removing his leg

and part of his hip. We pray for peace and comfort.

Jeanette Lowanse (Sister-in-law of Joan Murdick) is trying new medications for her COPD in hoping it will sus-

tain her for a couple of years before needing a lung transplant. We pray for peace and comfort.

Lissy Martinez-Monfort (friend of Bonnie Yungmann) has reoccurance of colon cancer. We pray for her

health along with comfort and peace.

Fred Darling (friend of Robin Walter) We pray for peace and comfort for him and his wife in their period of

waiting.

Carol Heveron (daughter of Joan Ferris) We pray for the peace and comfort through faith while we wait for

her passing from life to life everlasting.

Betty McMutchan (friend of Henrietta Rice) has Dermatomyositis and is in a lot of pain. We pray for God’s

help and strength for her and her family to see them through this medical emergency in their life.

Brian Driscoll (Pearl Stippich’s son) will be had surgery relating to his cancer on Wednesay, February 24th. We

pray for comfort and healing.

Trent Williams ( relation of Pastor & Linda Meseke)is in ICU. Sepsis emergency, in coma, continual seizures,

pneumonia. Unable to determine what is causing health issues. We pray for healing.

Eric Ohff (Son of Nell & Ernie Ohff) is had neck surgery. We pray for quick healing.

Ryan Monaghan (Friend of Nell & Ernie Ohff) will be having a heart value replacement surgery. We pray for a

successful surgery.

Kathy Love (sister of Bob Love) Had skin cancer removed from her leg. We pray for healing.

Amanda Florio (niece of Bert Florio) has had cancer that was in her eye back in her in five places.

She is r

ecovering from one surgery removing a tumor off her spine and needs more surgery with radiation

and chemo treatments. We pray for healing and comfort.

Jeanette Lowanse (sister-in-law of Joan Murdick) Has emphysema and is going into respiratory fail-

ure. She is being placed on a lung transplant list. We pray for peace and comfort.

Randy Bowser (Roy Murdick’s nephew) has aggressive cancer. Is going to have a leg and part of his

thigh removed. We pray for peace and comfort.

Callie Anderson (3 year old step great granddaughter of Marge and Milt Pritchard) is doing well with

medication. We pray for comfort and peace for her and her family.

Sondra Blake (Sister-in-law of Marge and Milt Pritchard) has cancer and was hospitalized since her

immune

system was low.. We pray for comfort and peace.

Glenda Colvin (mother or Brad Colvin) is going for chemo therapy for uterine cancer. We pray for

peace and

comfort.

Susan Colvin (Kathy Colvin’s sister who married Brad’s brother) is going through cancer treatment.

We pray for

comfort and peace.

The Beasly family (relatives of Bill and Marcia Pridgen) Having issues with their adopted family that

came from an abusive home. We pray for their joys and their trials.

Brian Driscoll (Pearl Stippich’s son) Recovering from his cancer surgery. We pray for healing, comfort

and peace.

Jim McNally (55 year old brother of Marilyn Wajda) has recurring cancer on his tongue. We pray for

peace and comfort while waiting to hear what his treatments will be.

Bob Karre (Brother-in-law of Ernie and Nell Ohff) has kidney cancer. We pray for healing, comfort

and peace.

George Wiegand (friend of Moe Freeland) fell breaking several fingers and needing many stitches.

We pray for healing and comfort.

Barbara Woodward (Betty Dunstan’s daughter) has seroma in the breast cavity where a tumor was

removed last November. We pray for comfort and healing.

Kris Botterman (Betty Dunstan’s (sister-in-law) had shoulder surgery. We pray for healing and a quick

recovery.

Richard Dominik (husband of Darlene Dominik) Keep in ypur prayers.

Whitney Burkhart who suffers from stomach cancer. We pray for peace as she undergoes chemo

therapy, and peace to Barry and Joann as they help their daughter.

Ronald Ungs (Brother-in-law of Garry & Shirley Welder) was diagnosis with cancer. We pray for com-

fort and healing.

Sonya Mueller (Friend of Inge Malone) Had colon cancer operation at Moffitt. We pray for healing

and

recovery.

Laura Hoff (friend of Kathleen Barnes) has recurring cancer and needs prayers. We pray for comfort

and health.

Miranda (Granddaughter of Sarah McGinnis)We pray for a miracle in her life. Miranda is diagnosed

with a

solid mass. We pray for God’s divine Will in His miraculous way.

Kelly Thomas (19 year old friend of Kathy Bloomer) who suffered a spinal injury from an auto acci-

dent, is now at home. Unable to walk, using a wheelchair, but still fighting to try to walk again. We

praise the Lord that she survived!

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