First English Ev. Lutheran Church

Inside this issue:

Pastor Schmidt’s

Sunday Sermon 2

Call Process Update

Financial Summary

4

Letter from Bob Foster 5

Adult Education 6

With the Members

Music Lessons

7

Adult Education 8

Wish List

Columbarium

9

Bd. Of Social Action

Bd. Of Fellowship

Play Facility Use

10

Parish Ed./Youth News 11

Preschool

Recycle Kroger

12

October Birthdays 13

Serving in October 14

October Calendar

Making Time For Friends

Dear members and friends of First English,

Fall has arrived! We can feel it in the cooler temperatures and see it in the changing trees. Our

calendars are also a sure sign. October arrives with a full schedule of events. Already there are

sports schedules, band schedules, play practice, choir practice, circle meetings, and Oktoberfest,

to name just a few of the many things that fill our fall calendars.

I’m sure many of you have also wondered as I have, how you can possibly set aside time to

gather with friends when there are so many things competing for our time and energy. And yet

when we consider the importance of these special relationships in our lives, how can we afford

not to make time to attend to them?

A great solution is of course to invite your friends to join you here at First English so you can

share events, build deeper relationships, and have fun doing it. If you missed the opportunity to

invite friends and neighbors to our Rally Day, Church Picnic and lively Youth Service on

September 14th, or to an evening of German food, music and fun at the Oktoberfest on

September 26th, no worries – we’ve only just begun!

Some October events you won’t want to miss:

“Foster Care: Throwaway Kids??” Hosted by the Women of First English

on Monday October 6th at 7:00p.m. in the lounge. This event will

feature our own Mary Marschner speaking on this important and

timely issue. The event is open to the public and not just for women.

Invite your friends and neighbors!

“Fall Festival” This event is new to First English this year. It will happen on

Sunday October 12th from 12:30- 2:30. It will feature a pumpkin sale by our

high school youth, carnival games with candy treats for the

kids, musical entertainment by young piano students and good food

for purchase. What a great opportunity to invite friends and neighbors

for worship at 11:00 followed by the Fall Festival!

“Bible Study” Last, but certainly not least, there are two perfect

opportunities to share time with your friends, family, and neighbors,

building relationships while at the same time deepening the

relationship with our best and most important friend of all – Jesus

Christ, our Savior and Lord.

Sundays @ 9:30-10:30a.m. – The study of Luther’s Small Catechism.

Thursdays @ 9:30-11:00a.m.– The study of Galatians.

See you at church!

Pastor Chris

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RELATIONSHIPS September 7, 2014 13th Sunday after Pentecost FELC Matthew 18:15-20

Relationships are very important in our human life, are they not? Indeed,

relationships are the glue of life; our relationships give substance and meaning to life.

Relationships start from conception and continue on throughout our entire lives. And,

thanks be to God in Christ, who has prepared for his people that heavenly kingdom

that we shall inherit on the other side of the grave, relationships can continue for an

eternity! It is true that we do need each other! As we all know, we are born into a

family as helpless infants and nurtured by our parents and care-givers. As we grow

we learn to trust those who provide for us, not only for the physical necessities of life,

but also that love and nurture which we so greatly need and for which we so eagerly

long. In fact, who of us as parents and grandparents have not “kissed away a

boo-boo?”

As we grow we form relationships with extended family members, neighbors,

school-mates, fellow members of our church, our community, our ball teams, and the

list goes on. Indeed, life would be pretty empty without friends, would it not?

Then of course, many of us choose to form that deep and special relationship

of marriage, where a man and woman become one in the God-given gift of marriage

to experience all that life has to offer together. And yes, maybe expand those

relationships with the addition of children, and possibly even grandchildren! In fact

today just happens to be Carolyn’s and my 46th wedding anniversary!

Now why all of this talk about relationships? Because I would suggest to us

this morning that our Gospel lesson for today, which is commonly viewed as simply

referring to discipline in the church, is really a text about relationships with the

emphasis on retaining and strengthening relationships!

And while our human relationships with each other are vitally important, we

know that our relationship with God is first and foremost. In fact we would not

have any human relationships without God’s creative love. It is God who has

given to us the gift of life, the gift of love, the gift of family, the gift to be able to form

friendships and to grow in our relationships.

God, as scripture reminds us, created us in his image and a central point in

being made in the image of God is that we as humans can be in a unique relationship

with God and with each other, because all people are made in GOD’S image. In

short God wants, God desires, God longs for a special relationship with all of his

children.

Yes, God is with us at all times, even in the worst of times, even when we

wantonly go contrary to God’s good will, He is with us! And, God has promised

that he will never break the relationship that he has made with us when he created us

in his image, and called us as one of his own through the waters of baptism.

Remember, we can forget God, but God will never forget us!

Yes, God is a gracious and loving God, and his great goodness sets the

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MISSION STATEMENT

‘GO, MAKE DISCIPLES’

First English Ev. Lutheran Church

800 Vernier Road

Grosse Pointe Woods,

48236-1530

Phone: 313.884.5040

Fax: 313.884.4460

www.feelc.org

Senior Pastor

Dr. Walter A. Schmidt

pastors@feelc.org

Associate Pastor

Rev. Christina Veres

pastorchris@feelc.org

Education/Youth Coordinator

Renata Conger

renata@feelc.org

Pastor Emeritus

Rev. Paul F. Keppler

OFFICE HOURS

8a.m. — 12:30 p.m. ****

1:30p.m. — 4:00p.m.

(Monday—Friday)

WORSHIP SCHEDULE:

September 7, 2014 thru Memorial Day 2015

9:30 a.m. - Contemporary Worship with Holy Communion

9:30 a.m. Adult + Youth Sunday School

11:00 a.m. -Traditional Worship

(Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday)

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example of his ongoing love, compassion and commitment; the fact that God took on human flesh, in the person of

his son, Jesus the Christ our Lord, not only so that God could firsthand experience human relationships; but so

that he might suffer, die and arise again; paying the price for our sin, giving us the abundant life, in essence,

bringing us back into relationship with God.

As we said, God wants, desires, and longs for a deep relationship with us, you and me, each and every one

of his children, now and for eternity. And, God wants us as humans to also have meaningful relationships with

each other, because God in his infinite wisdom knows that our lives are greatly enriched by our relationships

with those around us!

But how do we maintain and grow our relationships? Do we not maintain and grow our relationships by

regular interaction, by spending time together, by doing things together, by communicating with each other,

by being there for each other? And conversely, it is virtually impossible to maintain, let alone grow a

relationship if we ignore or hurt one another, right?

And this is true both with our relationship with God and with each other. If we ignore God’s invitation to

come to his house, to hear his word, to receive his supper, to be supported by each other, then it is certainly

very hard for us to maintain, let alone grow in our faith relationship, is it not?

Plus in the same way, if we pay no attention to family or friends, if we say and do things that hurt

others, if we are not there to lend support - then our human relationships will also certainly suffer, will they not?

You know, it seems that many people misinterpret religion as only a bunch of rules and thou shalt nots.

Now yes, certainly, the Good Lord does give to us his will, his law because let’s face it do we not need certain rules

by which to live and order our lives or we would have constant chaos? This is the same as parents placing limits

upon our children, not because we want to spoil their fun, or to lord it over them; but because we love them and we

want to protect them.

However, at its core, religion, faith is ultimately about relationships; beginning with our relationship

with God, and continuing on to relationships with one another. This is highlighted when Jesus was asked “what

is most important in the law,” and without hesitation, he responded, “Love God with your whole heart, soul, mind

and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself.” Now, I ask you, is that not all about relationships, our

relationship with God and our relationship with each other?

And you know what, when we do truly love God with our whole being, we really do not need a rule or law

or commandment telling us to regularly and faithfully worship and serve God, for we will want to worship and

serve God because our relationship with God is important to us! As Luther put is, if we would truly follow the

First Commandment, “I am the Lord your God, you shall have no other God’s before me;” we would not need the

other nine! Stop and think about that; Luther is absolutely right!

In addition, just as true, if we truly love our family, our friends, our fellow members, our neighbors, those

around us, we will want and strive for what is best for them; again not because we have to, but because we are

compelled by the love of God that flows through us to each other.

Yes, relationships are very important. We do need God; we do need each other. And yes, our good Lord is

concerned about his church because he knows that when we work together in positive relationships, in harmony

with each other, we can accomplish so much more.

And conversely when we squabble and emphasize our own personal agendas, and gossip about this and

that – that creates disharmony within the Body of Christ, which diminishes the ministry that can be accomplished

in Christ’s body, the church.

Plus you know there is a fallacy in the church that everyone needs to agree with everything that goes on

in the church! NO! We do not all need to agree, but what we do need, is the willingness to work together for

the good of the whole; for the work Christ’s church!

And speaking of relationship in the church, over the years members have graciously said to me how they

have appreciated how I am able to individualize and personalize funeral sermons. Well I suggest to us this

morning that this is so again because of relationships! To make my point, if you are hospitalized or in a nursing

home or homebound, I ask you would you rather have a call from lay member or a pastor who could share God’s

word and celebrate communion with you? For good or for ill, pastors do represent the church, even outside the

church building!

Now please do not misunderstand me, our members greatly appreciate the visits from our Altar Guild as they

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Update to the Senior Pastor Call Process

The call committee is meeting weekly to identify and review candidates.

The committee is working very well together. We believe we have good knowledge and representation of our congregation's character, needs, hopes and concerns.

We pray that the Holy Spirit is working through us to provide us the right leader.

As of this writing, the synod has provided 20 prospective candidates for our consideration. After reviewing these candidates' profiles based on our needs, 11 have been removed, two are considering calls from other congrega-tions, we are scheduling conversations with two, and are reviewing the profiles of five.

Additionally, we have identified three candidates on our own, one with whom we have had telephone discussions. He had not been actively looking for a new call, but is considering First English. We have just begun to initiate contact with the other two.

As previously communicated, our priority is to find the right pastor, regardless of the time required. We have faith that The Lord will guide us. We pray that this will happen quickly, but leave it to God's will.

Please keep the Call committee in you prayers.

In Christ's service, The Call Committee

ORGAN FUND INGATHERING SUNDAY – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2014

If First English congregation approves our moving ahead with necessary repairs to our Pipe Organ at the

Congregational Meeting Sunday, September 28, 2014, our Church Council has set Sunday, October 19, 2014, at

both services as our “ORGAN FUND INGATHERING SUNDAY.” Our goal is to have all needed monies for this project in by the end of the year. First English has a strong

and faithful history of rising to the need and we are certain that tradition will continue for our Organ Fund. If we do

nothing, the organ will simply cease to function, and to replace our Pipe Organ would cost well over a million dol-

lars. Thank you for your faithful, ongoing support of the mission and ministry of First English!

Women of First English Lutheran

are pleased to present our own Mary Marschner who will

speak to us on ‘FOSTER CARE:

THROWAWAY KIDS’. Monday, October 6, 2014,

7:00 p.m. in the Lounge

Dessert and coffee will be served

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Dear Members and Friends of First English:

As many of you know, I have served as organist and Coordinator of Music at First English since

November of 1983. About a year before I was hired as organist at First English, several of my fellow U of M organ

students and I participated in an “organ crawl” of about 8 pipe organs in the Detroit area. Many of the organs

were prestigious instruments in historic buildings throughout the Detroit area. Our day ended with a visit to First

English, and our fine 1958 Möller Pipe Organ. For me and many of the other students that day, the First English

Pipe Organ was the highlight of our afternoon. We enjoyed its versatility, its excellent design as a worship service

instrument, and, of course, the sound of the instrument in our outstanding acoustics. At that time, our organ had

served our congregation for 24 years. Since that time, it has served our congregation well with relatively little

maintenance other than the tunings which occur a couple times a year. About 20 years ago, some of the leather

components which maintain pressurized air in the wind chests began to deteriorate, and some minor repairs were

made with the understanding that eventually all of the leather would need to be replaced. With

increasing frequency, our organ technician has warned us that these minor repairs would only provide temporary

relief to the growing issue of the failing leather throughout the instrument. Compounding the organ’s integrity is

the failing console action components, most of which became obsolete in the 1970’s. Replacement components for

our console haven’t even been manufactured since 1974. Many churches with Möller pipe organs of the same

vintage have had the instrument fail 10-20 years ago. It became apparent to me that ours is in serious trouble

when on August 6th during a funeral service 3 of our 41 ranks (rows) of pipes failed.

After a very generous gift from the estate of Gladys Greenburg, the Board of Worship & Music

(at my suggestion) sought out three proposals from reputable organ builders who were interested in

restoring our instrument. All three of the proposals include the rebuild of all the leather and related

components in the organ, and the replacement of the organ console (the keyboards & pedalboard &

related stop controls) with a solid-state system. All three of these proposals each quoted a cost

exceeding $200,000 to complete the project. Many Grosse Pointe area churches have replaced their 1950’s era

instruments with completely new pipe organs at a cost that was near or above $1,000,000 dollars. If we were

replacing our present instrument with a new instrument of comparable size and scope, its cost would easily match

the million dollar amount. It would be foolish and wasteful to scrap our organ for a new one. It makes much

more sense to rebuild and upgrade the Möller that has served our congregation so well for the past 56 years. The

proposal that I recommended to the Board of Worship & Music, which was approved by them and Church Council,

was the proposal that demonstrated the most creative approach for not only restoring our instrument, but for

serving our congregation with state of the art 21st century techniques in pipe organ building for the next 50+

years. This process will involve totally disassembling the balcony and antiphonal organ components, removing

both consoles, and completely rebuilding the organ from the bottom up. The process will take approximately nine

months, and the results will sound and look spectacular. A couple of dramatic changes will be evident even to the

members who may not be familiar with the sounds and workings of a pipe organ. The first is a redesign of the

placement and finish of the balcony façade pipes, so that our beautiful balcony stained-glass

window is featured more prominently. A second obvious change will be a console to replace the current transept

console with a second 3 manual (keyboard) console that will operate both the antiphonal and balcony organ pipes.

It is my belief that both our congregation and our community values the fine pipe organ that First English has

featured in worship services, recitals, and community concerts for over fifty years. I believe we owe it to our

members who so generously contributed to have the organ built, and to those who have contributed to maintain

its integrity, to allow it to enhance our worship at First English for the coming generations. As one church council

member stated, this will be the legacy of music that we will leave for generations to come.

Yours in Christ,

Bob Foster

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take the altar flowers to our hospitalized and nursing home and homebound members, and please never stop visiting

your fellow members; but that dare never be a substitute for pastoral care.

My point is that it is through my pastoral visits with members where I hear their stories, your stories, plus

the stories of family members who are also often at the hospital or nursing home visiting their loved ones, and I am

able to incorporate those stories as I share that person’s life story. Yes, as you see, it is all about relationships!

And that is why, my friends, the good Lord promises to be with us in our gathering together. As Jesus

reminds us in our text, “For where two or three are gathered in my name, I AM there among you.” What a

blessed promise! Our Lord gathers with us, here at worship, as we gather around God’s word and

sacraments. And our Lord is with us at the hospital, at the nursing home, in a member’s living room,

wherever God’s people gather!

This story about relationships I believe is very self-explanatory, and remember Jesus most certainly

learned the trade of carpentry from his father Joseph. The story goes like this, and the punch line is at the very

end!

“Once upon a time, two brothers, who lived on adjoining farms, fell into conflict. It was their first serious

rift in their 40 years of working together. It began with a small misunderstanding, and grew into a major

difference, and finally exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence.

One morning, there was a knock on the older brother’s door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter’s

toolbox in his hand. “I’m looking for a few days’ work,” he said. “Perhaps you would have a few small jobs

around here that I could help with?”

“Yes,” said the older brother, “I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at that farm. That’s my

younger brother’s. Last week, there was a meadow between us, but he took his bulldozer and dug a small river

between us. Well, I’m going to do him one better! See that pile of old lumber? I want you to build an 8 foot high

fence between us. Then I won’t need to see his place or his face anymore.”

The carpenter agreed and began working while the older brother went to town on business. At sunset, when

the older brother returned, his eyes opened wide, and his jaw dropped. There was no fence there at all. Instead, the

carpenter had built a bridge that stretched from one side of the river to the other, with handrails and all!

His younger brother was coming toward them; his hand outstretched, with tears welling up in his eyes.

“You’re quite the guy,” he said, “after all I’ve said and done. You’ve built a bridge over the river I created.” The

two brothers met in the middle, embraced each other, and promised to never let a silly disagreement ever come

between them again.

Then out of the corner of their eye, they saw the carpenter leaving. “No, wait! Stay a few days. I’ve got a

lot of other projects for you,” said the older brother. “I’d love to,” the carpenter replied, “but I have many more

bridges to build.”

Yes, relationships are important. God’s wants to have a deep and abiding relationship with each and every

one of us, each and every one of YOU! And, God wants us to truly enjoy our human relationships which give so

much depth and meaning, and love, and support to our lives, both within and outside the church.

And, following the example of our text and our illustration, the Good Lord also wants us, you and me, to

build bridges across negative relationships - to build bridges across hurts and sorrows - to build bridges across

all that keeps us from working together in peace and harmony.

I leave us with this thought this morning: “What are you building, fences or bridges???”

AMEN

Preached September 7, 2014 – Dr. Walter A. Schmidt

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Faith Circle has a fine selection of afghans and shawls available at no charge. These

items are all hand-made and perfect for the forthcoming cold season to keep you cozy

and comfortable. Contact Pat Palm at (586) 742-8164 to review this delightful

collection.

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THRIVENT CHOICE DOLLARS We continue to receive your “Thrivent

Choice Dollars” gifts! Thank you to all of our

members who have directed their “Thrivent Choice

Dollars” to support the mission and ministry of First

English. Over $2,000.00 was donated last year to

First English through this program. If you are a

Thrivent policy holder you are eligible to also direct

your support to First English. The rules have

changed a bit in that now the gifting of the “Thrivent

Choice Dollars” must be done annually. You can

direct your gifts to First English by calling Thrivent

at 1-800-THRIVENT (800-847-4836) and state

“Thrivent Choice” or on line at Thrivent.com. Again,

thank you for your support; it is greatly

appreciated!

Did you know that private music lessons take place at First English Church during

the school year?

Piano with Carrie Roach (586) 530-8872;

Piano/Organ with Donna Gorzelski (248) 990-3652 or

homedonna@juno.com; and

Saxophone, flute, clarinet, and oboe with Laura Schwanitz

(586) 744-5379 or windlessons@yahoo.com

Give them a call if you're interested!

Pastor Schmidt presided at the baptism of his great niece, Skylar Marie Holbrook, daughter of Ronald and Tonya (Schmidt) on Sunday, September 14, 2014. Welcome to the Kingdom of God. Betty Dommenick, sister of member, Linda Rozycki, passed away on September 19, 2014. Douglas Allor, brother of Claudia Gram and son of Diana Allor, passed away September 23, 2014.

Thanks be to God who give to us the victory.

First English sponsors Boy Scout Troop 1984. Our

Troop meets on Mondays from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the

South Lake Middle School Cafeteria on California and

Harper. We would welcome any boys from ages 11 years

– 18 years old to come and visit. No prior scouting

experience is needed.

Our Troop goes camping once a month, we work on sev-

eral service projects, fun activities and work on life and

survival skills (i.e. geocaching, shooting rockets, canoe-

ing, rifle shooting). If you are interested please stop by

on a Monday evening to visit or call Kathy or Bob Wag-

ner at 586 –777-2892 for more information. Hope to see

you there.

Committee Chairman – Kathy Wagner

Scout Master – Bob Wagner

Assistant Scout Masters – Charles Jackson, Ron Kessler

and Michael Dreyer

ISRAEL/JORDAN PICTURES – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014, 9:30 AM

Pastor Schmidt will be showing his pictures (DVD) of the Israel/Jordan Tour we conducted

earlier this year during our Thursday Morning Bible Study Class, October 2, 2014, 9:30 AM.

All members are invited! We meet in the Church Lounge. Many thanks to Mark Berkesch who

put the pictures on DVD!

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9:30 a.m. THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY

THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS

The Book of Galatians is the topic for our Thursday

Morning Bible Study Group. We will have approximately six

weeks between Labor Day and Pastor Schmidt’s retirement, so

this time frame gives to us a great opportunity to study this

relatively short but meaningful Epistle of St. Paul.

As one author put it, “The importance of the brief letter

(Galatians) is hard to overestimate. The declaration of the prin-

ciples reiterated in these six chapters made Christianity a true

world religion.” In addition, Martin Luther considered Galatians

one of the purest presentations of the Gospel.

We meet Thursday mornings, 9:30 -11:00 AM, in

the Lounge. We fill up the Lounge for this study, and have

great discussion, but we have room for YOU!

Grace Circle - Fourth Monday at 7:00 p.m.

Peace Circle - First Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.

Faith Circle - First Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.

Hope Circle - Second Wednesday at 11:30 a.m.

Check the calendar at www.feelc.org

WOMEN’S CIRCLE BIBLE STUDY

The topic of our Women’s Circle Bible studies for this fall is “Transforming Life and Faith.” This study will look at the transforming power of Jesus, the transformations of Paul, Moses, Lydia, Philip and the

Ethiopian, plus more. The October study focuses on God’s call of Isaiah, plus Jesus call of his disciples, St. Paul’s call and concludes with our call as children of God. All women of First English are encouraged to participate in the learning, service and fellowship of one our various Circles.

Please see the calendar for Circle meeting dates and please join us.

9:30a.m. ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL

LUTHER’S SMALL CATECHISM - On October 31, 1517 Martin Luther nailed his “95 Theses” to the church door of t h e C a s t l e C h u r c h i n Wittenberg Germany. Historians have assigned this event as the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. Thus in 2017 we w i l l c e l eb ra te t he 500 Anniversary of the Reformation. Our Presiding Bishop, Elizabeth Eaton, has suggested that as we look forward to that celebration we study Luther’s Small Catechism. She points out that “it could be argued that no other experience is more universally Lutheran than studying Luther’s Small Catechism.”

So, our Adult Sunday School Class for this fall will be an overview of Luther’s Small Catechism. Not only will this give us an opportunity to cele-brate our Lutheran Heritage, but Luther’s Catechism is also an excellent review of the basics of the Christian Faith!

We have a nice size group on Sunday mornings, but we would love to have YOU join us as well. Our sessions meet during the Sunday School Hour, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. in the Lounge and the class is led by the pastors.

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GIFT WISH LIST

ORGAN FUND

COLUMBARIUM FOR FIRST ENGLISH

COLUMBARIUM PROJECT The down payment for our Columbarium has been paid, and Eickhof Columbaria, the

company who will be doing the installation, has scheduled to begin working on our Columbarium this coming February.

We will continue with the same policy as approved earlier concerning sale of the niches, i.e. before construction begins, the companion niches, which hold two urns, will be sold for $1,500.00; after construction begins they will sell for $1,800.00. We will give the congregation sixty days notice before raising the price to $1,800.00. Niches will be assigned on a “first come-first-served” basis, with members being able to choose the location of their niche within the Columbarium. To date thirteen double niches have been sold. If you are interested in purchasing a companion niche, please contact the church office.

Our organ at First English is over fifty years old, and over the past 10 years has had

switching components beginning to fail. Because the original components of the organ

console haven’t been manufactured since the early 1970’s, the console and its related

switching need to be rebuilt to have the organ fully functional again. The three bids that

we are looking at estimate repairs to be approximately $300,000. Total funding at this

point is at 77,412.00 in the Organ Fund, including the gracious gift from the estate of

Gladys Greenburg. If you wish to help with these repairs, please mark your envelope

"Organ Fund" and place in the offering plate or leave in the office.

Thank you! -The Board of Worship and Music.

Please see Bob Foster’s letter on Page 5.

Reminder - Sunday, October 26 - One church service only at 10:00 a.m. will be Pastor Schmidt’s final sermon here at First English. A retirement luncheon will immediately follow the service. Remember to get your RSVP’s back so adequate food can be ordered - they are due October 15th.

The American Red Cross will be holding a BLOOD DRIVE on Wednesday, October 8 from 1:30 - 7:15 p.m. here at First English in the Luther Center. Call 313-550-3870 to schedule an appointment.

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BOARD OF SOCIAL ACTION

CHRISTINE SIMONE: OUR NEW FACILITY COORDINATOR

Christine Simone is our new Facility Coordinator and we can see already that

she is doing and will do an excellent job. Christine, who is also our Pre-School

Director, who is very familiar with our facility, will now be doing the scheduling of

our many and varied activities within our facility. If you have a facility request, please

contact Christine at 313-655-7367 or christinesimone001@gmail.com.

BOARD OF FELLOWSHIP news

Here's what’s coming later this year Nov 26 - Thanksgiving Eve Service after glow (wine & pie) Dec 7 - Pre-Carol-a-long light supper

Pantry You’ve heard the expression “back to basics.”

This time we’re talking food. Each month we’ll ask

members to donate another “basic” to restock our pantry.

October is canned tuna/chicken and canned vegetables.

Consider buying one or two for our shelves. Obviously if you

find a great deal for other pantry basics, bring ‘em in. There’s

always room for more!

The pantry is always open on Sunday mornings, so come

take a look. Thank you!

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Board of Social Action

(Kay Butler Berkesch, Penny Damore, BJ Decker, Virg Ditty,

Claudia Gram, Pat Milne, Heide Montroy, Diann Ohman, Sue

Reck, Carolyn Schmidt, Pat Thomas, Shawn Vinson)

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Parish Education/Youth News from Renata

Sunday School

Rally Day & Church Picnic Recap

Thank you to all those who helped to make the Rally Day and Church Picnic such a huge suc-cess. It was amazing to see the church come to-gether in celebratory unity as we begin another edu-cational year. Whether you set up tables, brought a dish, helped clean up, or simply put on a name tag, we thank you for your support.

Thank You Teachers!

We are so excited to begin another year of Sunday School. When you encounter the following teachers, be sure to thank them for their talents and dedication: Mark Balle Jr, Pam Balle, Patty Fos-ter, Andrea Glynn, Patrick Glynn, Cindy Jevons, Mary Kohler, John Nyquist, Sandi Smith and Janice Wilson.

Also, be sure to thank the following high school students, who are assistant teaching this year: Eve Feldman, Tiffany Kreutzans, Katie Link and Nora Smith. It is such a blessing to have amazing youth who are so committed to serve. Thank you all!

What We’re Learning This Month

Preschool and Elementary students are ex-ploring the story of Noah’s Ark. Just like He did with Noah, God takes care of us and always keeps His promises. Join us each week at 9:30am as students read from the bible and participate in fun learning activities.

Middle School is discussing various topics including how to follow Jesus’ example and how to take time out for God in this crazy busy life. Defi-nitely don’t want to miss out on these!

Youth Service Recap

Last month, about 20 of our middle and high school youth put on an amazing Youth-led Worship Service as a kick-off to Rally Day. Along with usher-ing, serving communion, and reading from scripture, there was a talented praise band who backed up a group of energetic song leaders. Others performed a skit relating to the cross as a stumbling block or gave testimony about camp and service experi-ences here at church. Thank you youth, for sharing your abilities and experiences with us, and thank you congregation for your continued support and gracious feedback.

Upcoming Events

October 3, 6:30pm North Homecoming Tailgate (FELC lawn)

October 5, noon-5:00pm HS Spicer Orchard Trip

October 8, 6:00-8:30pm MS MCREST Dinner (St. Mark)

October 12, 12:30-2:30 Fall Festival & Pumpkin Sale

November 2, 1:00-4:00pm MS & HS Community Leaf Cleanup

ALL AGES!

A COMMUNITY

-WIDE EVENT!

Sunday October 12th 12:30-2:30pm

Youth Pumpkin Sale

Free will donation

Proceeds to National Gathering scholarships

Food & Beverages

Available for purchase

$1.00 Admission Includes

Carnival Games

Costume Contests

Competitions & Prizes

Young musician showcase

Confirmation classes have begun for

the year. It includes grades 6 - 8 and

they meet on Wednesdays from

6:30 -8:30p.m.

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Accepting enrollment for 3 & 4 year olds for September 2014-15

First English Lutheran Preschool offers an academic program to help prepare

your child for kindergarten. With a small class size, our program includes Bible lessons, math, music, science, art, language, beginning reading concepts and physical development. We have a very large and bright classroom for your

child to spend their morning socializing with friends.

The school year is off to a great start downstairs in our

preschool classroom. We are open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning with a great group of 10 three and four-year-olds. We are set-tling into the school routine very nicely. In October we have a lot of ac-

tivities, crafts and books to share with the children that go with our letter of the week. The children also have a Halloween party to look forward to. Watch for us trick-or-

treating around church! This fall we’re also beginning to read from the Old Testament in our Chil-dren’s Bible. Our mornings are very busy!

Watch the hallway outside our classroom as we share some of our artwork and photos with you! -Christine Simone

Please contact Christine Simone if you, or a friend, is seeking a preschool. Call Christine at (313)655-7367 or email at mrssimone@comcast.net to arrange a classroom visit.

RECYCLE PAPER BIN BRING YOUR

PAPER for

RECYCLING!!

Please take time to drop all your clean, dry newspapers, magazines, office and

copy paper, advertising inserts and junk mail into the recycle bin in the parking

lot. You don’t have to sort anything or remove staples. Please bag your shred-

ded paper. NO CARDBOARD OR PHONE BOOKS ARE

ACCEPTED. The AbiBow Recycling, LLC program is designed for organizations

to recycle paper -- most of all, it’s an opportunity for us to recycle and help the

environment.

Have you enrolled or re-enrolled yet?? Please take the time to go online and

sign-up or renew your card and make your donation designation to First English

(#83535). It doesn’t cost you anything. If you don’t remember the email address that

you used previously to enroll, you can call (877)576-7587 to remove any email attached

to your card number and then proceed to enroll again. Our fundraising efforts, by partici-

pating in the Kroger Community Rewards Program, have added up to significant money -

just by purchasing your weekly groceries! DOWN again from the last quarter, our latest

quarterly check was in the amount of $223.01!! In the beginning we were receiving over

$400.00 from Kroger. If you have never signed up – go to Kroger’s website

krogercommunityrewards.com and follow the prompts. You will need your Kroger card.

Remember - It doesn’t cost YOU anything (It only costs Kroger)……..it only costs you just

a little time….. to register your card.

KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM - PLEASE Re-enroll

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10/1: Mark Balle Jr., Shirley Brush, Astrid Karlson, Suzanne Swanson 10/2: Jill Bush, Samuel Douglas, Brandon Gierman, Fred Palm, Hope Kadrich, Alexandrea Annas 10/3: Gordon Bush Jr., Elizabeth Davey, Daniel Foster, Janis Jevons, Patrick Potter, Jennifer Rio 10/4: Paul Wilson 10/5: Melissa Hassig 10/6: Martin Bay, Jack DiCicco, Jessica LeDuc, Katherine Link, Jason Mears, 10/7: Kristen Backlund, Haley Brush, Cheryl Fett, Amy Gutzman, Stephanie Liebold 10/8: Rebecca Flynn, Dawn Hogan, Samuel Kohler, Elise Nyquist, Geneva O’Neil 10/9: Walter Augustyn, Shirley Bedard, Nona Busam, Robb Elwert, Cheryl Michoski, Emily Roorda, Joseph Vallee 10/10: Rena Bloom, Jessica Hughes, Clare Tuuri 10/11: Luke VanDyke 10/13: Gizelle Geha, Christopher Gellasch, Christopher Hassig, Keith Kurtz 10/14: Patrick Bloom, Rhonda Collins, John Slavko 10/17: Jeremy Damore

10/18: John Marschner 10/19: John Blohm 10/20: Elizabeth Bertelsen, Daniel Feldman, Michele Nehls, Robert Stevens, Madison Vens 10/21: William Reardon 10/22: Cynthia Jevons, Kathryn Marschner, Margaret Morgan, Hannah Sawdon 10/23: Cheryl Aslakson, Kimberly Jevons, Linda Rozycki 10/24: Diane Moskaluk, Susan Reck 10/25: Kathryn Foley, Nicholas Foley, Diann Ohman 10/26: David Foley, Randall Tambourine 10/27: Rose Bush, Jamie Moore, Gabriel Lawrence 10/28: Emma Hays, Judith Ann’e 10/29: Ashley Nehls, Katherine Passamani, Paul Scherer 10/30: Liam Duffey, Alexia Hassig, John Marshall 10/31: Lynne Wegner If your birthday does not appear on

this list and you would like it to, please

contact the church office with your

information in order to update our

computer records. Thank You.

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