First/

Nativity

“Reaching out in our community

to share the Word of God”

IN THIS ISSUE……

P. 2 From Our Pastor P. 3 Worship & Study Opportunities P. 4 Musical Notes/Concert Info. P. 5 Community Info./Nativity News P. 6 What’s New for Families/ Thanks/Interfaith Info. P. 7 First Lutheran Committees P. 8 Pictures P. 9 Nativity Lutheran Calendar P.10 First Lutheran Calendar P. 11 This ‘n That Around Here

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH 7400 W. Lapham St.

West Allis, WI www.firstlutheranelca.org

E-mail: firstlutheranelca@att.net Phone: 414-476-4664

NATIVITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 6905 W. Bluemound Rd.

Wauwatosa, WI Nativity Phone: 414-476-1853

Nativity Phone (basement): 414-257-9980 www.nativitylutheranchurchwauwatosa.org

April, 2014

“Nativity: an inviting and nurturing

community dedicated to

proclaiming the Gospel and serving Christ”

SPAGHETTI DINNER & BINGO

Saturday, April 5th

Nativity Lutheran

6905 W. Bluemound Rd.

Dinner at 5:00 p.m.

Enjoy dinner, bake sale, free bingo

and drawings.

Palm Sunday Benefit Concert

Sunday, April 13th at 3:00 p.m. First Lutheran Church

7400 W. Lapham, West Allis

Beautiful music for Holy Week Including selections from “Jesus Christ Superstar”

Special Guests: Carson Chin Baptist Youth Choir

Reception following concert.

Proceeds to First Lutheran’s Handicap Accessibility Fund

See p. 4 for information

Dear Friends;

“The Lord has risen indeed!” Luke 24:34

This is our Easter greeting and the reason for our joy. Jesus, the one who was born in Bethle-

hem to Mary, has conquered death. He was killed by being crucified and buried, but on Easter

morning all the power of God was made manifest and he was raised from the dead. He had

conquered death for all of us. Every Sunday we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus, the Son of

God, but on Easter Sunday we highlight it even more. On Easter Sunday we will sing the

hymns of the Resurrection and dress in white to remember the purity of Christ. We will have

Easter lilies and other spring flowers in church. Bring the whole family and come to be part of

the celebration.

During Holy Week we have worship services on both Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. On

Thursday we remember Jesus’ last meal with the disciples and the institution of Holy Com-

munion. On Good Friday we remember the suffering and death of Jesus on the cross. This is

our story. Come and be part of it.

See you in Church,

Pastor Peterson

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Nativity Lutheran Church

Council Members for 2014

PRESIDENT: MAUREEN JONES

SECRETARY: NICOLE DEBACK

TREASURER: JILL MICKELSON

MISSION INTERPRETER: Shirley Cogan

First and Nativity Lutheran Churches (ELCA)

Richard Peterson, Pastor (414)324-8296

Henry Hammerling, Pastor Emeritus at First Lutheran Dennis Jon Wolfgang, Director of Music/Organist

Shirley Cogan, Mission Interpreter Jamie Schoberg, Sunday School Superintendent

Barb Reed, Secretary Natalie Jaeger, Custodian, First Lutheran

Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 9am to 12pm Office located at 7400 W. Lapham, West Allis

(414)476-4664

First Lutheran Church

Council/Committee Members for 2014

PRESIDENT: DAVID WEGENER

VICE PRESIDENT: NATALIE JAEGER

SECRETARY: JAQUELIN BAYER

TREASURER: WERNER BAYER

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION: Jamie Schoberg

EVANGELISM: Joy Dowd

FINANCE: Werner Bayer

MEMORIAL FUND: Marie LePage

MISSION INTERPRETER: Shirley Cogan

SOCIAL MINISTRY: Earl Casto

STEWARDSHIP: Lavone Reis

WORSHIP & MUSIC: John Bennethum

Palm Sunday - 9:30 a.m. First Lutheran

11:00 a.m. Nativity Lutheran

Maundy Thursday and Good Friday 10:00 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. at First Lutheran

12:00 p.m. at Nativity Lutheran

Easter Sunday - 7:00 a.m. & 9:00 a.m. at First Lutheran

11:00 a.m. at Nativity Lutheran

Please Join Us

in Singing!

The services of Holy Week and Easter are

the most important in the life of any

Christian and music plays such a great part

in them. Please join us in singing for these

service by attending a special choir

rehearsal on Tuesday Evening April 15th at

6:30 PM in the First Lutheran Choir loft.

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Worship and Study

Prayer Corner

Worship Matters by Shirley Cogan Bible Study Opportunities

TUESDAY BIBLE CLASS We are currently studying the Book of First Thessalonians. This is a natural follow-up to our study of the Book of Revelation. We will study Second Thessalonians after that, followed by 1, 2 and 3 John. During the summer months we will be studying "Our Neighbors’ Faith". Class members have given me a list of denominations they would like to know more about. We will have Guest Speakers on the third Tuesday of each month. I am in process of making up our calendar and securing our Guest Speakers. During July Barb Reed, our church Secretary, will be tell-ing us about her recent trip to the Holy Land. All are welcome. Join us each Tuesday in the Fireside Room from 10:00-11:00am. Bring your Bible. John Bennethum is our Teacher. Following class a group usually goes out for lunch. You are most welcome to join us.

Greetings, Friends in Christ,

As you know, we are in the Lenten Season. I think that

this is one of the most special parts of our church year. During the

Advent season, we joyfully anticipate the coming of our Lord’s

birthday anniversary; but the Lenten season gives us time to reflect

on Christ’s sacrifice for us and to examine our relationship with

Him.

Is our relationship with Christ a close one? Or is it lack-

ing, and just a bit “shaky”? Do you go to church as often as you

should? Do you pray daily? Are you into His word? How’s that

Great Commandment doing in your life? (Love your neighbor as

yourself). Each new day is an opportunity to do better.

I found this poem by Kent M. Keith some time ago. I’d

like to share it with you. (Mother Theresa had it on the wall of her

home for children in Calcutta, India.) May it inspire us all, in His

service. Remember, Jesus Christ is our peace. He makes friends

out of strangers, breaks down walls and builds all of us up to be

His obedient children.

“The Paradoxical Commandments”

1. People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love

them anyway.

2. If you do good, people accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.

Do good anyway.

3. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true

enemies. Succeed anyway.

4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good

anyway.

5. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and

frank anyway.

6. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot

down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.

Think big anyway.

7. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a

few underdogs anyway.

8. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.

Build anyway.

9. People really need help but may attack you if you do help

them. Help people anyway.

10. Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the

teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was

never between you and them anyway.

Have a peace-filled Easter,

Shirley Cogan

The Paradoxical Commandments printed with permission.. (c) Copyright

Kent M Keith 1968, renewed 2001. www.paradoxicalchristians.com.

For Women Only….

The Women’s Bible Study

meets on Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m.

in First Lutheran’s Fireside Room. New

members are always welcome!

Palm Sunday Benefit Concert

Our Palm Sunday Benefit Concert will again feature

vocalists Susan Platt & Gus Barnes, Jr. along with Or-

ganist/Accompanist Dennis Jon Wolfgang. They will

also be joined by tenor Dennis Parker, a member of

the Florentine Opera Chorus. Gus Barnes will be mak-

ing his transition to full time ministry in the next cou-

ple of years; our hope is that Mr. Parker will be able to

join us in our musical offerings.

Our special guests will be the Carson Chin Baptist

Youth Choir, complete with ethnic clothing and art

weavings. Learn about the Chin people, refugees from

Myanmar (Burma) who have resettled their lives and

families in the United States due to persecution and

religious intolerance toward Christians in their home-

land. Founding Senior Pastor Ron Nanuk will discuss

their journey as a church and their homeland.

The concert will also feature:

“The Palms” by Faure

Three arias by Giacomo Puccini

Highlights from Andrew Lloyd Webbers “Jesus Christ

Superstar”

Three Organ Compositions

Stephen Adams’ “The Holy City”

The reception following the concert will be a multi-

cultural event featuring food from many cultures.

A free will offering will be accepted. Proceeds benefit

First Lutheran’s handicapped accessibility fund, im-

proving access for members and visitors to our food

pantry. Donations of non-perishable food items ac-

cepted for our food pantry.

Jesus Christ Is Risen Today -

ELW #365

Just as “Silent Night” or “O Come

All Ye Faithful” bring immediate thoughts of

Christmas when we hear the first strains, “Jesus

Christ Is Risen Today” immediately invokes

thoughts of Our Lord’s Resurrection. My hope was

that there would be a wonderful story behind this

hymn, but alas, we have the hymn’s great universal

appeal but no great story

This hymn originated in a 14th century Latin carol

from Bohemia, on the text “Benedicamus Dom-

ino,” with just the first three verses as we have

them in the hymnal. The text was actually found in

three manuscripts from the fourteenth century, in

Prague, in Engelberg and in Munich. It was trans-

lated into English by Nahum Tate (a poet laureate)

and Nicholas Brady (an Anglican clergyman) and

paired with the tune "Easter Hymn" in the book

“Lyra Davidica” or a “Collection of Divine Songs

and Hymns, partly new composed, partly translated

from German and Latin Hymns; and set to easy and

pleasant tunes” published by John Walsh, a famous

printer, in 1708.

Then after major revisions and with new stanzas, it

was published in Arnolds “Compleat Psalmodist”

in 1779. The fourth stanza which begins, "Sing we

to our God above," was written in 1740 by Charles

Wesley and added much later –– apparently long

after the 1779 publication of “Compleat

Psalmodist.”

The tune “Easter Hymn” or sometimes called

“Worgan” appeared with the hymn in 1708 and was

a more elaborate and florid melody. The tune went

through numerous changes and simplifications as it

passed through the last of the eighteenth century.

The tune seems to have been quite popular, appear-

ing in a number of English and, later American

Hymn collections. It is sometimes attributed to a

“Dr. Worgan,” and Henry Edward Dibdin in the

preface to his “Standard Psalm Tune Book,” 1851,

attributed it to Henry Carey.

The long and short of it is at this point we do not

know who wrote either the text or the melody.

Musical Notes by Dennis Wolfgang

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Lifelong Learning Book Club - 1st Tue. at 12pm Apr. 1 - The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman Keynote Presentation Apr. 24 - “This Superior Place: Stories of Bayfield and the Apostle Islands”. 1:30 - 3pm. $3 members/$5 guests. Club Loomineers - A No-Needle Knitting Group - 1st Wed. of month. 12pm. No charge. Bridge Group - Every Tues. - 9-11 am Call Clement Manor at 546-7302 for registration or info.

Nativity News

Crafter’s Corner - 1st Thurs. of each month at 9am Scrabble - Wednesdays at 10am Cards and Games for Ladies and Gents Skat: Mondays and Wednesdays at 9:30 am Men’s Sheepshead: 12:00pm Mon. thru Thurs. Bridge: Thursdays. at 12:00; call Pat at 231-3935 to sign up. MahJongg: Wednesdays at 12:00. Call 471-8495 for information.

Hart Park Senior Center

Community Information

Clement Manor Center for Enrichment 9405 W. Howard, Greenfield

The next WELCA meeting will be held on Sunday, April 6th, at 10:15 a.m.

Did You Know?

Milwaukee County Medicine Collection Day

Saturday, April 26th Mitchell Park Domes

10:00a. m. - 2:00 p.m.

Prescription medication can pile up in the cupboards. Don’t flush - drop it off safely! Flushing unused medica-tions risks our drinking water and wildlife. Also, keeping unused medication around risks accidental poisoning and poses risks to children or others abusing prescrip-tion drugs.

This event provides a convenient way to safely dispose of unused prescription drugs.

Our Spring Rummage/

Plant Sale” is sched-

uled for May 16 & 17, and will be here

before you know it! So let’s keep col-

lecting and start growing!!

A 20th-century Martyr

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was born in Germany to parents who rarely took their chil-dren to church. When, at age 14, he declared his intent to become a theologian and pastor, his parents were dismayed. According to Mark Devine in Bonhoeffer Speaks Today, Dietrich’s brother called the church a “poor, feeble, boring, petty, bourgeois institution” — to which Dietrich replied, “If what you say is true, I shall reform it!”

At 21, Bonhoeffer earned a doctorate in theol-ogy. Too young for ordination, he attended Union Theological Seminary in New York and gained sympathy for oppressed people. Bonhoeffer returned to Germany and was ordained at age 25.

Opposed to Hitler’s rule from its start, Bonhoeffer helped form the Confessing Church in resistance to Nazi persecution of Jews. He was arrested in 1943 and hanged in April 1945, only weeks before Germany’s sur-render.

Shortly before his death, Bonhoeffer famously declared: “This is the end — for me the begin-ning of life.”

“Behold … the spring is come; the earth

has gladly received the embraces of the

sun, and we shall soon see the results of

their love!” —Sitting Bull

The deadline to order Easter flowers is April 6th. Let’s make Nativity beautiful for Easter. Sign up in the narthex.

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What’s New for Families?

Interfaith Opportunities

On the Lighter Side

Family Movies

On April 5th join

us for lunch and the Disney

movie “Cars 2” The event is

free! Lunch is served at 1pm,

followed by the movie.

West Central Interfaith is always looking for Volunteers to drive senior to doctors appoint- ments and grocery shopping. They can also use volunteer handymen to do minor repairs for seniors. If you have a heart for helping seniors in the area, contact West Central interfaith at (414) 774-1747. Taking Care of You: Powerful Tools for Caregivers Is caring for a loved one leaving you feeling stressed and burned out? Looking for support or ways to inter-act with your family or the person you care for? Look-ing for more resources? Interfaith Older Adult Pro-grams Family Caregiver Support Network will conduct a six-week education series to help answer these questions and others. Sessions will run from April 22 through May 27, from 1-4pm at St. Ann’s Intergenera-tional Care Center, located at 801 E. Morgan Ave. Cost for all 6 sessions is $25. Scholarships and res-pite care is available. Call 220-8600 for information. Caregiver’s Spiritual Retreat. Join other caregivers at the 28th annual retreat on Sat., April 12, from 8:30am-1:45pm at San Camillo, 10200 W. Bluemound Rd. The retreat will host columnist Phillip Chard as well as Comedy Sportz. Respite care will be available. Par-ticipation is $15 and includes continental breakfast and lunch. Call 259-6310 to register.

There will be no Sunday School classes

on April 20th and April 27th.

Thank You… to everyone who sent cards and

prayers following the death of my mother,

Lucille Schoenleber……. Gail Sopa

Thank You...for the card. I appreciate hearing

from the folks at Nativity. I miss being there.

…… Harriet Miller

Dear Nativity Coffee Hour, thank you very

much for letting us use your space! We had a

lovely time. We thought your coffee hour is fun.

….. Crew 999

A Sincere Thank you to both Nativity and First

Lutheran Churches for their expressions of Ap-

preciation to me for my service along with won-

derful Gift Cards. Your thoughtfulness is most

appreciated. I am happy to be able to assist in our

worship…. Deacon John

FIRST LUTHERAN SEW ‘N SEW QUILTERS

It’s time for spring cleaning! Please keep the quilters in

mind. We always welcome the following for our quilting ministry for Lutheran World Re-lief:

Washable fabric - 6 1/2” square to yardage for tops

Mattress pads & blankets for fillers Gently used, unstained sheets for backs Yarn to tie quilts

Items can be dropped off in the narthex at First Lutheran marked “for quilters”. If you have any questions, contact Jackie Bayer.

Mark your calendars for 2014

Kingdom of the Son: A Prayer

Safari Vacation Bible School at

First Lutheran. Bible School will

be held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, June

10th-25th for children 4 years to 5th grade.

Watch for V.B.S. Registration forms and

The deadline to order Easter flowers for First Lutheran is April 13th. Sign up in the narthex or call the church office.

Stewardship News

The jug is back! Look for it in the Narthex and deposit

your change, or bills! It was emptied to prevent poten-

tial problems. The total amount of money in the jug

was: $264! Joyce Favre won a paczki for guessing the

amount of money closest to the actual amount. Con-

gratulations, Joyce! With a now empty jug, we will

attempt to exceed the $264 at the next count. The paczki sale gave us a profit of $152. That plus the $264,

will go into the Accessibility Fund.

Thank you for your donations!

Are you taking advantage of the opportunity to express your opinions, ideas, etc. concerning First Lutheran

Church? We would like your input. One question has been presented each weekend of Lent. Parishioners are

asked to anonymously write their answers on the sheet of paper and deposit in the colorful box in the narthex.

If you have not been in church, four of the questions are printed below. Please think about each question,

answer each on a piece of paper, and return to the church. The following questions have been presented:

1. The things that concern me most about our congregation are:

2. If our congregation would-________, I know that I would call my friends and tell what they are missing.

3. If our congregation did not continue to_______, I would lose interest in remaining a member.

4. If with a stroke of a pen, I could change one thing in our congregation, it would be:

There are two remaining questions which will be supplied in the church bulletin. We want YOUR thoughts

and ideas! In conclusion, we will tabulate the answers and share them with you.

WHEN PEOPLE GIVE OF THEMSELVES TO THE LORD, THE LORD MAKES THINGS HAPPEN!

Lavone Reis , Stewardship Chair Person 7

First Lutheran Committees

Evangelism on the Move…..

Palm Sunday Concert

Please join us for our annual Palm

Sunday Concert, on Sunday, April 13th, at 3 p.m. at

First Lutheran. Enjoy performances by soloists Gus

Barnes, Jr., Susan Platt, Dennis Parker and organist

and director Dennis Jon Wolfgang. We will welcome

our special guests Pastor Ron Nanuk and the Carson

Chin Baptist Church Youth Choir.

We need volunteers to help with the concert

and reception as well as food for the reception. A sign

up sheet is on the welcome desk.

Special services Be sure to bring your mom and family to church on

Mother's Day weekend, May 10 & 11.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap

but by the seeds that you plant .

Evangelism Committee: Joy Dowd, Jeni Herbert, Natalie Jaeger,

Sharon Phillippo, Adriana Rees, Gail Sopa, Carla Ullerich,

Dennis Wolfgang

“Reaching out in our community

to share the word of God'.

Social Ministry Corner

Many thanks to the following members and friends

of First Lutheran/Nativity who have donated or pre-

pared food for the Friday lunches in the past month:

Mike Temke, Natalie Jaeger, Cindy Labadie, Jamie

Schoberg, Chris Hasenberg, Joy Dowd, Judi Muel-

ler, and Greta & Mike Plicka.

If you’d like to prepare a dish for us to serve, we’ll

provide the ingredients. You provide the “heart.”

We are also praying for some additional cooks to

help prepare some items on Thursdays, such as

cooking and slicing meats, making chili, etc. each

week. Contact Joy Dowd for more information.

The Food Pantry fundraiser, the “Finding Your Joy”

retreat, has been postponed until June. Watch for

further information.

We are happy to announce that we have been chosen

to receive food and a monetary donation from the

Roundys Foundation. We will be picking up the

food on Monday, April 7th. If you’d like to volun-

teer to help unload food at First Lutheran that day,

contact Mike Plicka.

Our “Super Hero for Hunger” fundraiser

will run through Easter. Every $10 or 10

lbs. of food received buys a star in the narthex at

First Lutheran. Let’s fill it with stars by Easter!

“One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth

doing is what we do for others”

Lewis G. Carroll

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Right: On Sunday, March 16, a cross made by Ken Bahr, of St. John’s Lutheran in Brookfield, was dedi-cated at First Lutheran. The cross will be used to hold candles during the All Saints Sunday and other services. Thanks to Ken for his beautiful work.

Thanks to Culvers for participating in a Food Pantry Fundraiser on Feb. 24th. Below Top: Jamie Schoberg and Chris Hasenberg greet patrons. Below Middle: Nativity women gathered for dinner (L to R) Marlene Smith, Maureen Jones, Laverne Breed, Bev Neusen and Lois Peterson Below Bottom: Culvers staff and Scoopie (our own Chris Hasenberg) welcomed everyone.

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This ‘n That Around Here

Anniversary Blessings

Nativity Lutheran: 4/2 Donald & Joan Brauch 32 yrs. 4/4 Maureen & Peter Jones 55 yrs. 4/15 Cynthia & Richard Barbian 14 yrs.

First Lutheran:

4/27 Werner & Jaqueline Bayer 57 yrs.

BIBLE QUIZ…

Who told the women at the tomb

that Jesus had risen?

A. Two men in shining garments

B. A young man in a white robe

C. An angel

D. All of the above, depending on which gospel you read

Answer: (See Matthew 28:5-6; Mark 16:5-6; Luke 24:4-6.)

FIRST LUTHERAN FINANCES 2014

MONTH INCOME EXPENSES DIFFERENCE

February $ 14,187.30 $ 14,416.09 -228.29

Year to Date $ 26,994.47 $ 29,484.84 -2,490.37

FIRST LUTHERAN ATTENDANCE

2014 2013 Diff. % +/-

February 391 453 -62 (14%)

Year to Date 665 860 -195 (23%)

Number of Svcs. 8 12 -4 -50%

Year to Date Svcs. 16 20 -4 -25%

April Birthdays

First Lutheran: 4/3 Patricia Temke 4/4 Natalie Jaeger 4/4 Jessica Martin 4/5 Beatrice Hrdlica 4/5 Jacquelyn Judkins 4/6 Coleman Schultz 4/9 Skylar Fox 4/9 Madelyn Herbert 4/10 Kenedy Siskoy 4/11 Nancy Klink 4/11 Virginia Martin 4/13 Marie Casto 4/13 Sandra Wymelenberg 4/18 Jennifer Herbert 4/20 John Bennethum 4/22 LaVerne Williams 4/24 Cassandra Hopkins 4/24 Kenneth Masch 4/25 Austin Barth 4/29 Colleen Siarnicki

Nativity Lutheran: 4/1 Martha Nowak 4/3 Beverly Neusen 4/5 Robert Nell 4/6 Jill Mickelson 4/10 Arin Leiser 4/15 Cheryl Brautigam 4/23 Austin Leiser 4/24 Lillian Ribnek 4/26 Terrance Favre

Prayer can help... If serious

illness or other life factors affect you

or those you love, contact the church

office and we will send your request through

our prayer chain. We have people who will

pray for your need. If you are interested in

joining a prayer chain, contact Marie Le

Page (First Lutheran), Laverne Breed

(Nativity Lutheran) or the church office.

Something borrowed….When a Sunday school teacher told

her class that Jesus was buried in a borrowed tomb, one girl

raised her hand to share an insight. “I know why,” the girl

said. “It’s because Jesus only used it for three days.”

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West Allis, WI 53214

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Worship With Us

Saturday

5:30 p.m. at

First Lutheran

Sunday

9:30 a.m.

at First Lutheran

11:00 a.m. at

Nativity Lutheran

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