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Living Savior Lutheran Church website: livingsaviortexas.org

EASTER VICTORY !

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Musical Notes

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Upcoming Events

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LWML Notes 4

Volunteer Opportunities

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Anniversaries and

Birthdays 9

Calendar How To 10

Articles of Interest 6

In our Prayers 7

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Apr i l , 2 0 18

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20 Now on the first day of

the week Mary Magdalene came to the

tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw

that the stone had been taken away from the

tomb. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter

and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus

loved, and said to them, “They have taken

the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not

know where they have laid him.” 3 So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they

were going toward the tomb. 4 Both of them were running together, but the other disci-

ple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 And stooping to look in, he saw the linen

cloths lying there, but he did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and

went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, 7 and the face cloth, which had

been on Jesus'[a]head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by it-

self.8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw

and believed; 9 for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from

the dead. 10 Then the disciples went back to their homes.

11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the

tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at

the head and one at the feet.13 They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She

said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid

him.” 14 Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not

know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are

you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have car-

ried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” 16 Jesus said

to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,[b] “Rabboni!” (which means

Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to

the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my

Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”18 Mary Magdalene went and

announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to

her. John 20:1-18 (ESV)

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Apr.1 Exodus 15:1-13 1 Corinthians 15:1-26 John 20:1-18 Apr.8 Acts 4:32-25 1 John 1:1-2.2 John 20:19-31 Apr.15 Acts 3:11-21 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36-49 Apr.22 Acts 4:1-12 1 John 3:16 John 10:11-18

Apr.29 Acts 8:26-40 1 John 4:1-11 John 15:1-8

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So, it seems that Spring has just been

teasing us for several weeks now, but

that didn’t stop the ladies from giving

the sanctuary a good Spring Cleaning.

THANKS to Dawn Dunagan, Judy

Hodge, Annet Riley, Velma Powell,

and Judy Kutach for getting after it

and refreshing our worship area with

lots of Murphy’s Soap and willing

hands!

To all who went the extra mile in

preparations for our Lenten, Holy

Week and Easter services, we give

THANKS to God for each of you!

There are many, many folks (young

and old) who diligently work behind

the scenes to give Glory to God

through our worship times together,

and we thank you! (You cannot imag-

ine the number of emails that are

needed just for acolytes, right,Lee?)

The exciting thing to remember is

that Easter is such a wonderful re-

minder that we have HOPE and that

every day is Resurrection Day! The

past is over and done… We have

HOPE in our personal lives, our rela-

tionships, our struggles, our country,

in our projects, in our world, in our

vocations, and in our daily faith walks

and testimonies. And all of this be-

cause of the love God has for us in Je-

sus! And this is not just for the

here and now, but for all eternity.

Praise Him! It helps us to rise up and

give thanks even during the tough

times. It also makes it easier to

share God’s love with others, as

many times we walk in the same

shoes as others and we have

HOPE!

During the month of April we will

celebrate five of the seven Sundays

of Easter, w ith one of them be-

ing Good Shepherd Sunday, always

a favorite. During this time, the

altar paraments will remain white,

the Sunday School children, the

congregation, and the choir will be

singing, the bells will be ringing,

and God’s Word will be preached

and taught! Isn’t worshiping

our God awesome???!

It is a given that some hymns are

easier to sing than others, and that

others might not be familiar to all,

but the words are rich and scriptur-

al, and we encourage the reading of

the words and thinking about them

if you choose not to sing. Some are

prayers, some are instructional and

teaching, and many are praises

with wonderful messages right out

of the Bible. Give it a try!

Just to let you know about

outside music events, the

Montgomery County Choral

Society will present their Spring

Concert “Bach to Bop” on Friday,

April 6th at 1st Methodist Church,

Conroe at 7:30 p.m. Contact Paul/

or Claudia Downing re: tickets.

(They sing in this community

choir.)

Then, on Saturday, April

7th, the Texas Master

Chorale presents “An

Evening with Rodgers &

Hammerstein” at 7:30

p.m. at Foundry United

Methodist Church, 8350

Jones Rd, Houston. Con-

tact Kathy Lamprecht

who sings in this choir.

(Different location due

to Harvey damage).

You might think that our

choir is winding down,

but not so. Coming up in

the Church Year are As-

cension Sunday, Pente-

cost Sunday, and Trinity

Sunday! Come, and

check it out. Please let

Judy Kutach know so

music will be ready for

you! Wed., 4/11 at 7:00

is next practice. (none on

4/4).

Praise be to the God

and Father of our

Lord Jesus Christ!

In his great mercy

he has given us new

birth into a living

hope through the

resurrection of Je-

sus Christ from the

dead.

1 Peter 1:3

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The Thursday morning Ladies' Bible meets from 10:00 to 11:00 on Thursday mornings. If you are interested in join-ing this group, please contact the church office or Annet Riley ([email protected] or 713-598-2556) so that we can have materials available for you. We will be starting a new study on Thursday, April 12. It is Love's Pricelsss Gift: A Study of John 3:16 by Donna Pyle. "These 26 words comprise the deepest, inexhaustible truth of our faith. When our circumstances threaten to drown us in hopelessness, these life-saving words from God remind us that His love does conquer all. His love embraces all. His love never forgets where we live." - Donna Pyle

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The Lunch Bunch will meet for lunch on Thursday, April 5, at 11:30. All ladies are invited to join us at Pie in the Sky. Please RSVP online, by adding your name to the sign-up sheet in the Fellowship Hall or by contacting Annet Riley at [email protected] or (713) 598-2556.

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April Mites Grant - NOLA 4H: Hearts for the Hungry, Homeless, and Hurting - Christian Families United for Progress ($100,000) Hurricane Katrina was the largest resi-dential disaster in United States histo-ry. Twelve years later there is no more federal aid, and many inner-city com-munities are still hurting. New Orleans has the third highest homeless rate in the nation with 1,700 homeless per-sons every night, much of this due to the hurricane and loss of homes. En-tire neighborhoods were wiped out. Many residents lost friends and family and still suffer from loneliness and de-pression. Six inner-city LCMS church-es, their pastors, leaders, and mem-bers have come together to serve Christ by serving their neighbors and providing food and shelter. The NOLA 4H churches work closely with other organizations to support various out-reach ministries such as food banks, clothing, toiletries, Bibles, prayer books, counseling, and clinics. Funds

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will go towards these minis-tries and equipping each of the fellowship halls in the six churches to serve more people. School Kits - Fourteen boxes, 140 school kits, are ready to be shipped to Lu-theran World Relief. Thanks for your support of this project. Special thanks go to Pat Ferguson and Charlene Beesley who re-quested and received Thrivent seed money. With these grants we were able to purchase notebooks and canvas bags.

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New Horizon Zone Spring Workshop

The ladies of the Mary-Martha Society , LWML are hosting the New Horizon Zone Spring Workshop Saturday, April 7th beginning at 8.30 am. Frances Molitor, Texas District Financial Officer will be our guest speaker. The Workshop project decided on was to collect gently used handbags and fill them with personal care items such as: toothpaste toothbrush deodorant soap shampoo conditioner small tissue packs comb other necessities The filled handbags will be taken to the Women's Center for abused women. Small travel items can be purchased at Walmart. This is a good time to clean out your closets and donate your used purse for a worth-while cause. All ladies are invited to attend. Lunch will be provided. Don't forget to join us on April 7th in our Fellowship Hall.

Serving the Lord with Gladness Helga Schuller

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A group of us made 106 Palm Crosses for Palm Sunday: Lorna Lipsey, Nan Dodd, Velma Powell, Shirley Wiese, Judy Hodge and myself. Those who wanted to help but could not be there were Rhoda Buck-ner (making 20 at her work) and Julie Krenz (making 20 at home), and I made 20 more at home. That made a total of 166 and we only had 8 crosses left after late service. !

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We were all in prayer for Rhoda, be-cause of her car accident the night be-fore - we laughed and shared wonderful fellowship, and focused on the suffering of Jesus Christ for ME, and YOU, for ALL of us. And, we talked about the new movie, The Apostle.

God Bless these ladies, what a great time we had. I really appreciated all the help these ladies gave to making these crosses.

Dawn Dunagan

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Pastor Lewis Kash enter ing hospice care after a long illness.

Margie Cass treatm ent for back pain.

Julie Davis in treatm ent for m edical challenges

Nancy Sanders treatm ent for tw o frac-tures in left ankle and one in left knee.

Rick Schoppe positive treatm ent re-sults for bladder cancer.

Al Schuller on-going treatments for skin cancer.

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Jan Baker (Joice Fangm ann's sister) stomach cancer

Gloria Boddeker (Anita Lee’s mom) assisted living

Ruby Dupre (Prissy McEachern’s mother) cancer & heart

Pr. Herb Graf (retired pastor) long-term health care

Jan Haydel (Micki Lineberger ’s mother) breast cancer

Cathy Luedke (Jennifer W ynn’s friend) breast cancer

Gregg Martin (Darlene Brow n’s cousin) brain tumor

Ron McEachern treatm ents for cancer

Bart Powell treatm ents for cancer & pain management

Pr. Doug Rathgeber (St. John, Beau-mont) cancer treatments

Jerry Schofield (Darlene Brow n’s brother)cancer treatments

Matt Seidl (K aren’s son) thanksgiving for a good MRI report

Patty Thibodeaux (Micki Lineberger ’s sis-ter) ovarian cancer

Haydon Wilson (Charlotte W ilson’s great-grandson) treatments for a rare blood disorder

Lucas Wilson (Heintschels’ grandson) re-cently diagnosed with Type I diabetes

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Family and friends of Bob Case, w ho passed aw ay on Tuesday after a long ill-ness.

Family and friends of Boyde Fritz, who passed away March 14th after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

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If you enjoy working with sound equipment and computers, we have an opportunity for you. Please consider volunteering to help out in this important ministry.

Contact Mark Dinning for more information.

Living Savior is still looking for a part-time nursery worker to staff our nursery on Sunday mornings and once a month on Wednesday evenings.

The Candidate must be 18 years old and submit to a background check and will be trained in CPR and First Aid.

If you or someone you know is interested in this position please contact Cheryl Bailes ai @ ivin avi r xa . r

Audio Visual Assistant

Nursery Worker

Training will be pro-

vided and is not dif-

ficult.

The initial prepara-

tions for both set-

ting up and taking

down does not require

more than 15 minutes on

average.

Please consider joining

us as we serve the Lord

at His altar.

Contact Dawn Dunagan

at [email protected] OR

316.644.8290

Altar Guild Assistant

Seeking women who are

willing to serve the

Lord and Living Sav-

ior by taking care of

altar preparations

for worship at the

10:45 service.

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Church Meals Ministry

From time to time we have members who are ill, recov-

ering from surgery or are just unable to prepare a

meal for themselves. We would like to compile a list

of as many people as possible who are willing to make

an occaisional meal as the need arises. The more that

sign up, the eaiser it will be for everyone.

Please consider signing up and contact Velma

Powell at 936-597-6299.

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MISSED CHURCH? Thanks to Mark Dinning, videos of our Pastors preaching their latest sermons are available for your viewing. Visit your website, click on the button labeled “Media” at the bottom right of the home page. The most recent newsletters and sermon videos are posted for you! Now, even if you miss, you can still stay current!

Sandy Jorgensen 4/6 Vicki Steffler 4/7 Tyler Wernli 4/7

Roger Bartel 4/9 Ron Mascardo 4/10

Debra Allen 4/11 Stephen Simonsen 4/11

Gary Howze 4/14 Andrea Mascardo 4/15

Craig Folk 4/22

Sandy Newman 4/22 Clyde Middleton 4/23

Kennidee Middleton 4/23 Christian Mascardo 4/25

Linda Bohman 4/26 Tom Ayres 4/27

Tyler Mattfeld 4/27 Russell Vahrenkamp 4/28

Nathanial Sanders 4/30

Steve & Kathlyn Cirtaus 4/2 Don & Shirley Peek 4/3

David & Sheila Marler 4/13 Hoppy & Jean Hopperdietzel 4/14

Charles & Vicki Steffler 4/16 Scott & Linda Wiese 4/30

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Phone: 936-597-8013 Email Office: [email protected] Email News : [email protected]

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EASTER VICTORY - l.b5z.netl.b5z.net/i/u/10159209/f/April_2018.pdf · tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2So she ran and