MESSAGE FROM PASTOR KARYN

“Take my life that I may be, consecrated Lord to thee, take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless praise.” from Take My Life, That I May Be by Frances R. Havergal

There has been a sense of anticipation in the

air here at First. Six hundred of us have in some way contributed to The Plan over

the past year. The staff has been planning for the “Year of Service and Fellowship” all summer and pulling together powerful visuals to help us consider our life as servants. The days of summer seem to be waning and the days of blue sky and cool pools are yielding to beautifully colored

trees and picking apples. Anticipation is in the air and we are excited about what is coming down the road. By now, you have had the opportunity to read the strategic plan and participate in a cottage meeting, you have noticed our guiding visual as you walk into the church and if you are anything like me, you have been doing some baking with apples. Here we are, the place we have been waiting to be at. How’s it going for you?

Well I am excited and eager to begin! To jump in with both feet into The Plan and the promises of life and vitality it makes for years to come. I did my own little happy dance when the window was covered with this lovely graphic and I made a mean apple pie a couple of weeks ago. What I find

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MESSAGE FROM PASTOR STANTON

Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” Pilate asked him, “What is truth?”~ John 18

Last year one of our 8th grade confirmands

requested that a class be offered about the Holy Trinity. Well, this was a request that we pastors

answered with excitement! How many fourteen year olds are genuinely asking questions about the triune nature of God?

As I prepared to teach the class, I noticed that one of my messages is that the doctrine of the Trinity may or may not be helpful to you. I also noticed that I am not terribly interested in ‘defending’ this doctrine as though it is the only way to describe and experience God. Personally, I find it helpful and I taught in such a way that shared the Church’s experience of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. But the goal of the class was not to have 15 young people robotically leaving the classroom regurgitating the Nicene Creed. Why not? What is the goal of Christian education nowadays if not to explain truths we all are supposed to share? At one point, a young woman in my class asked, “Is there anything Lutherans can disagree with about faith that gets them

kicked out?” To be clear to anyone reading this, yes there are extreme things one could believe and/or do that would suspend a person’s access to Holy Communion or get them forced to leave our membership. But what she was asking was this: do Lutherans all have to agree on church doctrines like the Trinity that feel really complicated?... or controversial? She was echoing Pilate’s response to Jesus in John 18 when he asked, “What is truth?”

For the last couple of generations, the nature of Truth has been under close examination. I’m reading a book by David Lose called Preaching at the Crossroads: How the World—and our Preaching—is

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myself doing though, is thinking ahead. I do that a lot, anticipate what the future may be like, what I need to do next week, next month, next year—and what I fail to do is appreciate what is around me. That is why the visual we are using this year for our Year of Service and Fellowship is so powerful. It reminds me to center myself, to breathe in the moment, to be present to what is going on around me right now. The hard part about being present in the moment is that I find myself there. My flawed, sinful, scared and guarded self. Being present in the moment requires a discipline of being aware of ourselves, God, and others. It gives us a moment for our soul to breathe and speak and be heard. There is a connection between God and me that I am more aware of, more understanding of. It is the moment, this present moment, when the trust I have in God rises up and my self can rest and I am most my authentic self. It is here, the center of the circle, bathed in the light of God that I am restored and present; present to the needs of others. Then and only then can I be of

utmost service to God and my neighbor. If I am always concerned for the future (or the past) I miss so much.

This year, I invite you to the discipline of servanthood. It begins with being present with God, in prayer, in study, in worship, in life. Then each month as we expand our circle, I invite you to find ways to be attentive to the present moment and where God is inviting you to serve. I think if we all do this, amazing things are going to happen: here at First, in our community and in our world.

Take our lives that we may be, consecrated Lord to thee, take our moments and our days, let them flow in ceaseless praise. Amen.

Pastor Karyn Bodenschatz karyn@firstlu.org

FROM PASTOR KARYN, CONT. FROM PAGE 1

Changing. In it, Lose, (pronounced like it rhymes with ‘dose’) explains the difference between the world that was and the world that now is. People used to believe there was an ultimate truth that could be sufficiently claimed, described and known. “Knowledge is power” was a motto of this age. If we think hard enough, and if we are clever enough, we can fully know Truth. The aforementioned doctrine of the Trinity, for example, was used by the Church for a very long time to describe the Truth of God’s divine nature. Now, though, it is much more common for people to deny that any Truth is fully available to us. It’s not that the world no longer believes in truth. It’s that people don’t believe any Truth is beyond critique. It used to go like this: name foundational truths upon which all other ideas are built. But so many of those foundations have crumbled like the superiority of one race, gender or religious tradition. Many question the wisdom of ever holding too tight to any ‘foundational Truth’. As Lose says, “architects in the San Francisco Bay area have discovered that buildings with more flexible foundations are more likely to survive seismic tremors.” The idea of flexible foundations seems to appeal to many in our world today. Living with more flexibility would allow for future adaptation without completely losing everything from the past. Another great example Lose invokes is how mathematicians function. They “are not paralyzed until their axioms are proven eternally valid; rather they act as if they are true and build their various theorems, pausing to reconsider their work only at those points where their assumptions are called into question by emerging data.” This willingness to allow assumptions to be challenged produces stronger theorems and gets mathematicians closer to Math Truth, if you will.

What if the Church acted like this? What if we admitted that Truth is not about ‘proof’ as much as it is about ‘confession’? Go back to what Jesus says to Pilate in John 18, “For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth.” Jesus does not

prove truth with arguments. He testifies to it with actions and claims, inviting others to experience the Truth—that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

This month, First Lutheran members are asked to participate in a cottage meeting where the five year Strategic Plan will be presented. The Plan does not seek to tinker with any of our doctrines or long-held beliefs. But it does invite our members out of the world that was and into the world that is and will be. Being a ‘member’ of a

Church used to mean you certainly believed agreed-upon communal truths otherwise known as doctrines. That understanding of membership allowed people to be quite passive as their inclusion was based on the proper thoughts and beliefs. But that’s not what membership of a Church means any more. I know for certain that many people disagree with me about all kinds of things: from how Creation occurred to what happens to our bodies after we die to the depth of God’s grace amidst our Sin. With thousands of ‘members’ genuine disagreements are inevitable and I am not pompous enough to think I am right about

everything! Basing church membership on aligning every belief with the statements of a denomination or a Pastor is passing away. Instead, our Strategic Plan grounds membership in faithful confession which asks much more of you than doctrinal agreement did. To confess faithfully, you’ll need to grow your spiritual life, which includes using your intellect to know God more, using your relationships to experience God more, staying emotionally, physically and financially well so that there aren’t huge worldly obstacles as you seek to confess. To offer the world a faithful confession you will need to become more familiar with your own story in light of God’s story. Being a Christian in this new century is less and less about having your membership at a certain Church. It is more and more about living a life in Christ, recognizing how God is transforming that life and living

into God’s new creation. Our strategic plan opens up all kinds of opportunities for you to develop your gifts, share experiences with small groups, and learn more about how God’s story connects with your story. Please, prayerfully consider how you are being called to craft your confession to the Way, the Truth and the Life. Come to a cottage meeting to hear how you may connect to an action team (there are many) or other ministry. And pray to be continually transformed that your confession may transform others.

FROM PASTOR JASON, CONT. FROM PAGE 1

Pastor Jason Stanton jason@firstlu.org

Being a Christian in this new century

is less and less about having your

membership at a certain Church. It is

more and more about living a life in Christ,

recognizing how God is transforming that

life and living into God’s new creation.

STRATEGIC PLAN FIVE YEAR T IME L INE

Youth Discipleship

Adult Discipleship

Worship

Stewardship

Community Service

Hospitality

Evangelism

2015 1/1/15 Hire Children’s Choir Director

1/1/15 Recruit Stewardship Action Team

1/1/15 Create Community Outreach Action Team

1/18/15–2/18/15 Entire Congregation does a Participation Survey

2/1/15 Recruit Sanctuary Players

3/1/15 Hire Director of Small Groups

3/1/15 Hold Cottage Meetings about a Third Sunday worship service

4/1/15 Hire Director of Discipleship for Youth

4/1/15 Recruit Worship Directors

4/1/15 Establish Hospitality Action Teams

6/1/15 Recruit Worship Action Team

6/1/15 Establish Welcome Basket Team

7/1/15 Director of Discipleship for Youth recruits Action Team

9/1/15 Director of Small Groups develops online small group options

9/1/15 Start using friendship folders in worship

9/1/15 Recruit Parking Lots Hospitality Action Team

12/1/15 Create 1st annual hospitality audit report

2016 2016 Budget needs to include:

9.5% of all off erings to synod, funds for a Stewardship Consultant

Sanctuary projects like lighting

1/1/16 Publish fi rst annual Stories of Faith in Action booklet

3/1/16 Recruit Mission Interpreters Team

3/1/16 Recruit Worship and Arts Action Team

3/1/16 Build temporary movable Welcome Center

7/1/16 Hire Director of Discipleship for Adults

9/1/16 Create fl exible seating proposal

9/1/16 Director of Discipleship for Adults recruits action team

9/1/16 Hire Stewardship Consultant

11/1/16 Director of Discipleship for Adults develops courses and online options

2017 2017 Budget needs to include:

10% of all off erings to synod,

funds for indoor/outdoor signage, permanent welcome center.

6/1/17 Research and develop capital campaign

6/1/17 Explore need for Director of Worship & Arts

9/1/17 Hire consultant for Capital Campaign

2018 2018 Budget needs to include:

design budget for chancel/font area,

possible upgrading of part time staff to full time.

2018 Install new outdoor signs

2018 Conduct capital campaign

2019 2019 Construction for new chancel and

font area.

2019 Create outdoor worship proposal

First’s five year Strategic Plan will guide our ministries and guide our conversations. To help us save on postage make certain to stop in at First and pick up your copy of the plan, and to sign up to attend a cottage meeting where you can ask any question you’d like. We offer them Sundays between worship, some during the day, and some during the weeknights. If you find there is not a time that works for you, let us know, and we’ll make one. As we begin this program year of service and fellowship, this is a great conversation for us to have. Sign up for a cottage meeting at firstlu.org/members.

Volunteers are needed to serve three needs each night, Nov. 1–Apr. 30. Monday nights are being sponsored by area Lutheran churches.

IN-TAKE INTERVIEWERSThe In-take volunteers are essential in getting each of our residents checked in each and every night.He/shewillhelpcreateanatmosphere of mutual respect by assisting in the intake interviews and the rules/guidelines review, He/shewillunderstandthattheshelter is a place of acceptance regardless of hopes and ambitions.Shift coverage: 8:30 PM—10:00 PM

OVERNIGHT HOSPITALITYThe Overnight Volunteer helps createawarmanddignifiedenvironment where one is able to get help meeting their basic needs of food, shelter and connection to agreatercaringcommunity.He/she will understand that the shelter is a place of hope and restoration.3 shifts available:

• 9:00 PM—2:00 AM• 2:00 AM—7:00 AM• or all night: 9:00 PM—7:00 AM

FOOD PROVIDERThe Food Provider volunteer has the important task of helping meet the essential need of healthy food by providing residents with an small hot evening meal and/or a to go breakfast items. Food needs to be delivered to the Warming Center between 8:30 and 9:00 PM nightly.

THE WARMING CENTER is excited to be opening up in a new location this year at 413 S 3rd St in downtown La Crosse.The La Crosse Warming Center Project mission is to work with the greater La Crosse community to better serve those experiencing homelessness with dignity and respect by providing a safe and warm shelter during the winter months.It provides a warm, safe environmentforuptofifteenadult men and women to get in out of the cold. We will offer a nightly light hot meal to our guests.The Warming Center works with organizations like First Lutheran to make sure that we are providing the best service to the homeless population in our community. The Center is a place of acceptance regardless of hopes and ambitions.

Call Mary Fitzpatrick at 608.519.8020 with any questions.

La Crosse Warming Center

Volunteer Opportunities

Located at First Baptist Church

1209 Main St. La Crosse Wisconsin

HOW DO I BECOME A WARMING CENTER

VOLUNTEER?CALL 608-782-0710 EXT 202

TO LEARN MORE OR SIGN UP FOR A VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION TODAY!

VISIT US ONLINE AT WWW.CCLSE.ORG

CAN’T VOLUNTEER?

YOUR DONATIONS ARE NEEDED TO HELP KEEP

THE DOORS OPEN

DONATE ONLINE AT WWW.CCLSE.ORG

-OR-SEND DONATIONS TO:

THE LA CROSSE WARMING CENTER

C/O CATHOLIC CHARITIES

PO BOX 266LA CROSSE, WI

54602-0266

F ro m T h e i r h a n d s T o Yo u r s

The BenefitsFair Tradeof

1 ProducerProducers (farmers or artisans) grow or create the product. This step requires the most labor and skill. Coffee and cocoa farmers tend to their crops throughout the season. After harvesting, they process their beans in order to sell them.

Handcraft artisans work to design products that are desirable to international buyers. They procure all the pieces of their crafts and determine how to consistently, effectively and efficiently produce enough to fulfill orders.

the FAir trAde Process

By purchasing Fair Trade products, more of the money you spend reaches the small-scale farmers and producers who labor to create the things we enjoy every day.

The traditional (non-Fair Trade) process looks more like this. With so many steps, the producers who created the product receive less profit for their hard work.

the trAditionAl trAde Process

Added Benefit

environmenTFair Trade encourages good stewardship of the environment. Handcraft artisans are encouraged to use sustainable materials in their products. Farmers are prohibited from using the 12 most dangerous chemicals, recognizing that they contaminate water and are harmful to people. Fair Trade also provides an organic farming incentive in the form of a larger social premium.

1 Producers grow or create product.

Middlemen buy product for a fraction of the price

Processor buys product and prepares it for export2 3

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Artisans around the world feel the benefit of your purchase from the LWR Handcraft Project. With more than one thousand beautiful handcrafts to choose from, you’re sure to find the perfect item for every occasion! Shop online at lwr.org/handcraft or call 888.294.9660 to receive your free LWR Handcraft Catalog.

The LWR Handcraft Project is a partnership between Lutheran World Relief and SERRV.

Dear Friends,

What do you think of when you drink your morning cup of coffee? Your “to-do” list for the day? All of your responsibilities and tasks? Do your thoughts ever turn to the farmers whose hands labored to grow those beans?

It’s hard to realize amid our current recession that many of the people who produce the goods we consume every day live in a constant state of economic crisis. Without direct access to world markets, these producers must sell their products through middlemen who eat up their profits, often leaving them with less than the cost of production.

But Fair Trade allows us to connect with those around the world who make the items we so often take for granted. That simple choice ensures that we get a high quality product, and it ensures that the people who worked so hard to make it are able to support their families.

Through LWR’s Fair Trade Coffee (lwr.org/coffee), Chocolate (lwr.org/chocolate) and Handcraft (lwr.org/handcraft) Projects, you can ensure a better life for our brothers and sisters who labor to provide us with many of the products we enjoy every day.

And now through LWR’s Coffee Project, your support of Fair Trade goes even further. LWR and Equal Exchange have teamed up to provide a new line of coffees especially for Lutherans. We’re particularly excited to bring you Organic Gumutindo, grown by a coffee cooperative LWR has worked with for two years to improve their beans (read more in the story Good Quality).

When you take a sip, follow the advice of Nicaraguan coffee farmer Noe Montegro: “When you’re drinking the coffee… think about the flavor of life you are creating for the small producer when he receives a social benefit.”

Choosing Fair Trade is a simple choice, but it’s one that makes a profound difference.

In Christ,

John A. Nunes President and CEO

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF’S VISION Empowered by God’s unconditional love in Jesus Christ, we envision a world in which each person, every community and all generations live in justice, dignity and peace.

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Gift suggestions from the ELCA GOOD GIFTS catalog for dads, grads, couples who have “everything,” and others celebrating most anything…

Gift suggestions from the ELCA GOOD GIFTS catalog for dads, grads, couples who have “everything,” and others celebrating most anything…

Call 800/638-3522 to request a free copy of the ELCA Good Gifts catalog. Visit www.elca.org/giving to view the catalog online.

ELCA GOOD GIFTS TO COMBAT HUNGER—agriculture, women and children, training and education, health care, hunger at home, water, God’s Global Barnyard, and Stand With Africa—represent the integrated and sustainable efforts funded by the ELCA World Hunger Appeal. These gift donations are used where needed most to make a life-saving difference around the world and close to home. Learn more at www.elca.org/hunger

Call 800/638-3522 to request a free copy of the ELCA Good Gifts catalog. Visit www.elca.org/giving to view the catalog online.

ELCA GOOD GIFTS TO COMBAT HUNGER—agriculture, women and children, training and education, health care, hunger at home, water, God’s Global Barnyard, and Stand With Africa—represent the integrated and sustainable efforts funded by the ELCA World Hunger Appeal. These gift donations are used where needed most to make a life-saving difference around the world and close to home. Learn more at www.elca.org/hunger

$10 covers the cost of a mosquito net

$30 brings home the bacon with a pig to raise

$50 spells out hope with adult literacy training

$75 gives enterprise a chance with a micro-credit loan

$110 cooks up 40 meals

$200 plants a community vegetable garden

$600 helps a child stand up to poverty

$7,000 lets irrigation waters flow

$10 covers the cost of a mosquito net

$30 brings home the bacon with a pig to raise

$50 spells out hope with adult literacy training

$75 gives enterprise a chance with a micro-credit loan

$110 cooks up 40 meals

$200 plants a community vegetable garden

$600 helps a child stand up to poverty

$7,000 lets irrigation waters flow

CONSECRATION SUNDAY IS COMING!

Congregations that approach financial stewardship from a biblical

perspective do not view the money Christians give to their church merely as a way to pay its bills. Rather, such congregations see financial contributions as a way to help people grow spiritually in their relationship with God by supporting their church’s mission and ministry with a percentage of their incomes.

Our congregation’s stewardship committee has selected the New Consecration Sunday Stewardship Program as a way to teach the biblical and spiritual principles of generous giving in our stewardship education emphasis this year.

New Consecration Sunday is based on the biblical philosophy of the need of the giver to give for his or her own spiritual development, rather than on the need of the church to receive. Instead of treating people like members of a social club who should pay dues, we will treat people like followers of Jesus Christ who want to give unselfishly as an act of discipleship. New Consecration Sunday encourages people toward proportionate and systematic giving in response to the question, “What percentage of my income is God calling me to give?”

During worship on Consecration Wednesday/Sunday, we are asking our attendees and members to make their financial commitments to our church’s missionary, benevolent, and educational ministries in this community and around the world.

Every attendee and member who completes an Estimate of Giving Card does so voluntarily by attending worship on Consecration Wednesday/Sunday. We urge people to attend who feel strongly opposed to completing a card. The procedure is done in such a way that no one feels personal embarrassment if he or she chooses not to fill out a card.

We will do no home solicitation to ask people to complete cards. During worship our guest leader will conduct a brief period of instruction and inspiration, climaxed by members making their commitments as a confidential act of worship.

We will encourage participation in Consecration Wednesday/Sunday events through the Consecration Sunday team and our Vision and Leadership Team. Since we will make no follow-up visits to ask people to complete their cards, we will make every effort to inform, inspire, and commit everyone to attend Consecration Wednesday/Sunday worship.

Thanks in advance for your enthusiastic participation in Consecration Sunday events.

Vision & Leadership Team

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Youth going to the National Youth Gathering and on mission trips in 2015

will be raising funds by selling Butter Braids, starting on November 17th. Please

turn in order forms and money to the church office on or before November 30th. Butter Braids will

be ready for pick up/delivery on December 12th.

Change is coming. In The Lutheran’s November issue, get set for a clergy retire-ment wave. As more and more pastors depart from active ministry, see how age and perspectives will change the face of the ELCA. To help your discussion of this topic, visit www.thelutheran.org for a study guide (click on “study guides”). In another article, get advice on welcoming retired pastors into your congregation.

Spiritual & religious. In her November column for The Lutheran, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton urges us to “spruce up our spiritual house.” We’ve become reli-gious, not spiritual. But we can be both—our rich tradition as Lutherans says so.

Time for school. In November, The Lutheran heads to school with a special section on ELCA higher education. See how seminaries are “Staying alive” by embracing an ecumenical, Lutheran future (visit www.thelutheran.org for a study guide; see link on the left-hand side). Ponder “Has the Spirit forgotten how to call young people?” Discover how campus ministry offers a Lutheran life at a secular school. Learn about a college partnership with Lutheran World Relief. And see how service learning teaches love of neighbors.

Subscribe today: Start a group plan to The Lutheran for as little as $8.95 per sub-scriber. Visit www.thelutheran.org or call 800-328-4648.

In the November issueIn-home delivery begins Thursday, Oct. 23.

In the November issueIn-home delivery begins Thursday, Oct. 23.

• December cover story: Advent—how are Christians maintaining a hold on the pre- Christmas season?

• Congregation provides toys for needy children.

• Wis. congregation has 236 nativities perma-nently on display in the church.

• Celebrate 3 Advents—Christ came, comes and will come.

• Do we need a more materialistic Christmas?

• Food truck in St. Paul, Minn., is run by a pastor.

• A look at the response and the results 10 years after the tsunami.

• January cover story: 10 things you thought you knew about Martin Luther.

• December cover story: Advent—how are Christians maintaining a hold on the pre- Christmas season?

• Congregation provides toys for needy children.

• Wis. congregation has 236 nativities perma-nently on display in the church.

• Celebrate 3 Advents—Christ came, comes and will come.

• Do we need a more materialistic Christmas?

• Food truck in St. Paul, Minn., is run by a pastor.

• A look at the response and the results 10 years after the tsunami.

• January cover story: 10 things you thought you knew about Martin Luther.

We are church. ELCA members live out their faith in the world. In The Lutheran’s November issue, learn how food pantries help amid increased demand ... travel to New Mexico where an ELCA pastor and volunteers make sure no veteran dies alone … go snowmobiling to raise money for hunger … collect toilet paper … and meet ELCA Lutherans whose grapes flow from vine to chalice.

Think about it. Look to The Lutheran for all your study needs. In the November issue, discuss “Guns in a culture of idolatry” with columnist Peter Marty, who says standing with those who die by violence is to stand with nonviolence champion Jesus. Go deeper into the “Good news of steward-ship” with theologian Mark Allan Powell. Reflect on “A meal of Thanksgiving.” Think about writing your own obituary. Or ponder “We have something way better to say.”

Online: Visit The Lutheran’s website at www.thelutheran.org for your research and study needs. Find more than 11,000 archived articles and 400 study guides.

The Little Lutheran is a magazine with art, stories, prayers and activities for children 7 and younger. Visit www.thelittlelutheran.org or call 800-328-4648.

Subscribe today: Start a group plan to The Lutheran for as little as $8.95 per sub-scriber. Visit www.thelutheran.org or call 800-328-4648.

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The following is a financial summary through the end of September:

Actual Receipts—$577,099.97Budgeted Receipts—$574,734.97Actual Expenses—$578,473.69Budgeted Expenses—$612,525.15

Our total Receipts through the end of September exceed the current year budgeted amount by $2,365.00. Our total Giving (Envelope Giving, Debt Reduction and other miscellaneous offerings) is up from last year’s total through this same period by $16,587.97 or 3.4% and exceeds our current year budgeted amount by $3,000.87 or .6%.

As noted above, our expenses are less than budget through the end of September by $34,051.46. The majority of this is due to the timing of certain expenses.In summary, we budgeted for a deficit of $37,790.18 through the end of September and have realized an actual deficit of $1,373.72.As always, full details of this report are available by request in the church office—simply ask to speak with Jane. Also, everyone is welcome to attend a finance committee meeting—we meet every month, on the second Wednesday at noon in the Thomas Room.Respectfully,Finance Committee

FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

THANKSGIVING EVE WORSHIPMembers of First Lutheran are invited to an ecumenical worship service at Onalaska United Methodist Church on Wednesday, November 26. The church is located at 212 4th Ave North in Onalaska (just a couple of blocks north of First Lutheran). There will not be any worship service at First Lutheran that night.

LWR KITS & QUILTSOn September 29th First Lutheran women and men packed 108 quilts, 25 school kits, and 25 health kits for Lutheran World Relief. We have seven special quilts we will give to the Salvation Army for Christmas gifts. Helen Halverson made 25 quilts at her home by herself! We thank her for all her work! The boxes were hauled to the boxcar on October 11th by Gaylord Dolphin and other helpers. Thanks to all the quilters that meet each week and the many people that helped us pack! You can also assist LWR with shipping the quilts. Give a donation toward shipping at lwr.org/donate/shippingfund

CHRISTMAS EVE WORSHIPChristmas Eve worship this December will be at 2pm, 4pm, 6pm and 8pm. All services will be candlelight and all will be with Holy Communion. Christmas Day Worship will be at 10am, with Holy Communion. Look for our complete schedule of Christmas events to be posted on our website and available at church in mid-November.

BAPTISMAL PREPARATIONA baptism preparation session will be held Saturday, December 6 at 10am in the narthex for anyone who is considering or has scheduled a baptism.

To register or ask questions please contact the church office, 608.783.3326.

NEW MEMBER SESSIONSFirst Lutheran welcomes all people to participate in Christ’s mission through our ministries, worship and programs, whether you are a member or not. Membership does, however, benefit our congregation. By being a member we know your contact information, can more easily provide you with ministry opportunities and invite you to offer your gifts to the rest of this family of faith. We offer several new member sessions each year in order to acquaint new members with First and a small group of other newcomers. The next new member session will be Sunday, January 25 from 11:45am–2:30pm, with New Member Sunday on February 1. The nursery is available for use, but children are also welcome to be present. To register your family or ask questions please call our church office at 608.783.2236 or email office@firstlu.org.

WE CELEBRATE THE GIFT OF HOLY BAPTISM

• Adrian James Heal, son of Vince Heal & Natesa Nagalingam-Heal

• Norah Marin Lee Pierce, daughter of Brian & Stacy Pierce

WEDDINGSGod’s blessings to...

• Chelsae Joe & Hubert Hoffman

WELCOME NEW MEMBERSI rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”We extend a warm welcome to the following new members of First Lutheran:• Wayne & Patricia Blanchard• Nancy Carlin (Alivia)• Nancy Luhm• Robert McGaff & Rhonda Bryhn

(Sophia, Christopher) • Erik & Keri Messick (Kiera)• Ross & Erin Needham (Brock, Brady,

Teagan)• LeRoy & Neta Niedfeldt• Christopher & Angie Schmid (Ellie,

Evan)• Mary Schomburg• Kenneth Steube & Kathleen

Hendrickson-HarshWe formally received these new members on Sunday, October 5.

CANCELLATIONS DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHERIf the weather ever makes you wonder whether your group is meeting for their ministry, check our website, Facebook page, or update the office with your cell # and provider so that we can text you. We’ll also notify WXOW.com, news8000.com and the La Crosse Radio Group stations: 106.3, 104.9, 102.7, 100.1, and 1490 AM. The staff and leadership of First intend to ‘make the call’ by 5:00 PM at the latest so everyone knows what to expect. Be safe this winter!

SUBMITTING NEW ANNOUNCEMENTSTo have your announcement in the monthly newsletter, send it to newsletter@firstlu.org, or give it to Andy in the office. Deadline for the newsletter is always noon on the 15th of the each month.To have your announcement in the weekly announcements pages handed out each weekend, send it to announcements@firstlu.org, or give it to Andy in the office. Deadline for the weekly announcements is always noon each Wednesday.

Christmas Giving TreeTags available on

November 23Return gifts by December 14th

If you purchase gift cards, please wrap

them in a boxCall Kathryn at 608-783-2236

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person’s wish list

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EVENTSRegister for most events that are happening at First Lutheran on our website at http://2.firstlu.org/reg

CHURCH WOMEN UNITED WORLD COMMUNITY DAYNovember 7, 9:30–11:30am at First Congregational Church, 2503 Main St, La Crosse. Brunch $5. Reservations by Nov. 4. Call Mary 608.782.7013

ONE YEAR TO LIVE: MEN’S RETREAT FROM LUTHERAN MEN IN MISSIONFri-Sun, Nov. 7-9, MacKenzie Center, Poynette, WIMen of all ages yearn for real friendships and a closer relationship with Christ. Join us and be…• Adventurous and courageous• Genuine and spiritual

Look forward to…• Banding together and being challenged• Examining your life and making decisions

Be prepared for a spiritual boot camp. This 45-hour experience is not for the faint of heart! More info at http://1stlu.org/1mJtLUz

DRAWING FROM THE WELLNext retreat: November 8, 9am-1pm First Lutheran is inviting all women to participate in this discipline, where we will explore the idea of wellness. Each meeting consists of some sort of physical activity, lunch somewhere local and then, using the ELCA’s wellness wheel, we will explore one other aspect of wellness. These meetings are on the second Saturday of the month, from 9am–1pm, and you can participate in all or part of it. Contact Pastor Karyn for more info or with questions: karyn@firstlu.org.

13141 Sugar Creek Bible Camp Rd, Ferryville, WI 54628608-734-3113 • camp@sgrcreek.org • www.sugarcreekbiblecamp.org

CRAFTER’S RETREATNovember 20-23Calling all stampers, scrappers, quilters or whatever your craft! Get away for a weekend dedicated to working on your craft and enjoy some ofourprogramminglikecampfires,devotions,worship,andmore.We’llgive you half of an 8 ft table, plenty of good food and a place to lay your head. Just bring yourself, bedding, toiletriesandallyoursupplies.We’llhave morning and evening devotions and a worship service on Sunday. Cost is $150 per person for Thurs to Sun or $125 per person for Fri to Sun. Complete and send in registration form with at least a $25 deposit, or pay in full, to reserve your space!

ADULT BUS TRIP TO SMOKY MOUNTAIN— BILTMORE MANSION CHRISTMAS TOURNovember 9-16

HIGH SCHOOL RETREATNovember 14–16You asked for it you got it! A retreat designed just for high school aged youth! Attend as a youth group, bring a friend, or just come and join in the fun! This high energy retreat will be filledwithgreatmusic,faith-buildingtime, and lots of surprises! The Novemberretreatisfilledwithfun,fallactivities! Cost: $75 (includes 5 meals) Retreat runs from 7:00 PM Friday to 1 p.m. Sunday

WINTER FUN DAYS!January 11 & 25, February 15 , March 1 (all in 2015)Come for an afternoon of family fun including down hill tubing (tubes provided) and ice skating (bring your own skates), broom ball, snow shoeing, snowman building or curl upbythefireinthelodge!Completewith hot dogs, chili, hot chocolate, etc. Bring your family, friends youth group, etc. Lunch served about 2:30 P.M.-3:30 P.M. Time: 1– 5 P.M. Cost for the day: $5.00 per person Includes lunch. Call camp for reservations for you or your group.

THRIVENT CHOICE

The Thrivent Choice program offers ways members can help choose where to direct some of Thrivent Financial’s charitable outreach funds. One way is through Choice Dollars.Eligible Thrivent members are designated Choice Dollars, based on insurance premiums, contract values and Thrivent Financial volunteer leadership. Choice Dollars can be directed to Lutheran organizations you prefer nationwide, including your local Lutheran congregation, First Lutheran Church.To find out more information about how you can designate First Lutheran to receive your Choice Dollars from Thrivent, go to www.thrivent.com/thriventchoice or call 800-THRIVENT (800-847-4836) and state “Thrivent Choice.”

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SERVE & GIVE

SUNSHINE BOYS NOW MEET TWICE A MONTHThe Sunshine Boys now have the opportunity to come to First Lutheran on the first Thursday or the first Friday of each month to help with outdoor or indoor projects. Rolls and coffee will be supplied each day. You pick the day that works for you. Helpers can come both days if they wish. Meeting times in this month will be Thursday Nov. 6 and Friday Nov. 7, at 9am each day.

COME FOR SUPPERFirst Lutheran is assisting with Come for Supper on Tuesday, November 25, at Our Savior’s in La Crosse. First Lutheran will help with food donations and volunteering to serve and clean up. The sign up sheets are located on the Connecting Point table. Call Gloria Kubiak if you have questions, 608.498.2762.

NEWSLETTER ASSEMBLYIt’s a relaxing way to volunteer! Wednesday, November 26, at 10am, to assemble the December newsletter. See you there!

ONALASKA COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNERNovember 27, from 11am–3pm at the Onalaska Armory. Go to www.octd.org/volunteers to find out all the ways to volunteer!

THANKFUL SUNDAYOn Sunday November 30th, our youth will spend the Sunday School hour packaging food items and transporting them to the Onalaska Food Bank. We could use lots of adult and high school volunteers at this Intergenerational Event! If you are able to help, please contact sundayschool@firstlu.org or call the church office and leave a message.

If you know of someone who needs a care giver,

please speak with Pastor Karyn, or call the

church office.

GOD’S HANDS & FEET

THANKFULLY RECEIVINGHave you ever received

a gift and you were not really excited or even thankful for it. But soon after receiving the gift you realized it was what you

needed. I know that has happened to me. One Christmas my mother-in-law gave us a cooking pot with a lid, just one mind you and we had a set already. I thanked her for all the gifts, but was thinking in the back of my mind, “what will I do with this one pot and lid.” That summer that pot and lid came in very handy when we went camping. It became our cooking pot. Whenever we go camping, it reminds me of the wonderful mother-in-law that God had given me. I often have to remind myself to be thankful for all things. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 says, “give thanks in all circumstances for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you”. Its not easy sometimes, and sometimes it can seem impossible. I often remind myself to be thankful for all who help here at church, those who so willingly help usher, read, serve communion, etc., but also for those who—without knowing it—show hospitality to those visitors that come to worship.

As we start implementing our strategic

plan, I am praying and thanking God for those we have and will step up to help in all new/different areas. I am also praying for a hospitality leadership team because we will need almost everyone to be on a hospitality action team. I will need a team to help me find people and give direction. I would love to see every member of our congregation helping in some area of hospitality. There are so many areas for everyone to be involved in and different ways to be a HAT

(Hospitality Action Team) member. I am so excited to begin the process of being a hospitable church to all who arrive here both members and visitors alike, but I can not do it alone. I will need some people to help in the planning of the teams and help in seeing those who have the gift of hospitality. Everyone has the gift of hospitality, some more than others, but everyone can be a member of a HAT.

When I get the Hospitality Leadership Team in place, you will begin to hear more about the HAT and all that the teams will do to make our members and visitors feel welcomed here at church. There will be so many different ways to help, and I hope and pray that everyone will join a HAT. If you have any questions please feel free to talk to me or e-mail me anytime. I can’t wait to see what God will do through the HAT for He is good.

Kathryn PedrettiDirector of Servant Ministrieskathryn@firstlu.org

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What parents are saying about First Lutheran

Preschool...

First Lutheran Preschool has been a wonderful experience for my son. As a second child, I have really wanted him to make his own friends, feel ownership of his school and activities, find his own identity instead

of always being grouped with his big brother. FLP has provided all of this and more. He looks forward to every MWF!

First Lutheran Preschool 410 Main Street, Onalaska, WI 54650 608.779.4504•preschool@firstlu.orgPreschool Director: Melissa Rolbiecki 4K Teacher: Megan ColganPreschool Assistant Teachers: Marci Leppert, Stephanie Brunkow

“Our 3 year old has grown so much over the past year, especially with his listening skills and learning to be a good friend. We love it when he comes home and teaches us a new prayer or song.”

October has been a busy month for us at the preschool. We went to Ferguson’s Apple Orchard in Galesville. The weather was beautiful and the apples were delicious! We also went Trick-or-Treating to Onalaska City Hall for our Halloween Party. The children loved to dress up!A big thank you to Heather Sysimaki for taking our preschool pictures! They turned out great. Thank you!!!

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SUNDAYSCHOOL

Contact Sunday School Superintendents Sheri Betz or Tawni O’Rouke sundayschool@firstlu.org for information or with questions!

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SUNDAY SCHOOL THIS NOVEMBER????• All Month: Bring food items for Onalaska Food Pantry (details below)• November 2nd and 9th: 3 year old Stepping Stones• November 11th: 3 year old Stepping Stones in worship• November 11th: 3 and 4 year olds sing at 10:30 worship• November 30th: Thankful Sunday, Intergenerational Event

HELP OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL YOUTH GIVE THANKS… ALL MONTH LONG!We are all blessed with God’s graces. Let us spend this month doing our best to pass on God’s grace to those in need. Please join in collecting as many items as possible this month for the Onalaska Food Pantry. Simply bring food items with you anytime you visit this month and deposit them at the display in the Narthex. On Sunday November 30th, our youth will spend the Sunday school hour packaging these items and transporting them to the Onalaska Food Bank. We could use lots of adult and high school volunteers at this Intergenerational Event! If you are able to help, please contact sundayschool@firstlu.org or call the church office and leave a message.

FAITH STEPPING STONESThroughout the year each age group will have a special “Faith Stepping Stone” session in which parents, or special adults, are asked to attend class with their child. Two-weeks in a row, during the Sunday school hour, parents and children will spend time together sharing in conversation and growing together in faith. After this class, children will have a presence in worship in celebration of the Faith Stepping Stone they have learned about.

SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSIf you have not gotten a chance to register for Sunday School, come anyway! We will show you where to go. Then when you get a chance, to register please stop by the Sunday School office where extra forms are available.

Praying Together

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YOUNGYOUTHGROUP

If you are in 2nd–5th grade then this is your club!

Contact Katie Everson at katie@firstlu.org,608.786.4826 for information or with questions!

All are welcome!

Attention Young Youth!!!I am so very proud of all the young youth who helped out with the church service on Oct. 12th. You did a brilliant job. You were all a huge help and the readers read beautifully. Thank you for participating. You are such a blessing to our church!! Keep watching for updates on when we’ll help run service again. It will be some time in the spring.Our event for November is to volunteer at the Humane Society. So if you like animals, especially cats and dogs, this event is for you! God placed us all on this earth and it’s our job to help take care of each other. We can do that by helping clean or take care of abandoned animals. There isn’t a specific date set yet, I’m still working with them on that, so keep your eyes peeled for updates on this fun event. More to come....Don’t forget that we’ll be decorating cookies again this year. The cookies we decorate are the ones that get delivered to the nursing homes when the congregation goes caroling. This event will be taking place Dec. 13th. Mark your calendars!May God’s blessings be with you,Katie Everson

“In the Kingdom of God, service is not a stepping-stone to nobility: it is nobility, the only kind of nobility that is recognized.”

~ T.W. Manson

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October has been a month of mild temperatures and beautiful color. The OWL’s took full advantage of both with our trip to Sugar Creek for “Yesterday’s Youth” where we listened to fascinating presentations on the building of the Alaskan Highway and the Battle of Midway, followed by a fun afternoon with Laughing Laura. Our October potluck featured Ron Nowland and his wife Frieda presenting a great program on Michigan Lighthouses which was personalized with stories of Ron’s father in the light house service on Lake Michigan.

However, just because it’s getting cooler does not mean the OWL’s are hibernating for the winter. We will start November with a Friday Night Out. We will start the evening with dinner together at a local restaurant and then travel to the Heider Center in West Salem for show by the “Phat Pack” The “Phat Pack” is a singing trio from Broadway whose members have performed in such shows as “Phantom of the Opera”, “Les Miserables” and “Forever Plaid”. They will entertain us with a musical journey filled with Broadway tunes, American classics, and stories. We will meet at the church at 4:30 PM on Friday, November 7th for a fun night out. Cost of the show is $18 for seniors. Dinner is on your own. Please let Brian Narveson know if you are planning on

attending by Tuesday night Nov. 4th. He will buy tickets ahead of time and you can pay him on the 7th. You can contact Brian at 526-9700 or at owls@firstlu.org.

Our November Potluck will be on Wednesday Nov. 19th, in the church narthex at noon. With the holidays approaching its time to start thinking about treats for the family, especially the grandchildren. For our program Laura Luidahl from “Laura’s Baking Delights” will be teaching us how to decorate cupcakes for the holidays. Everyone in attendance will be given a cupcake to decorated after a demonstration and idea’s provided by Laura (see photos). Some of you will remember all the fun we had making decorations for cakes the last time Laura was at our potluck.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at our Friday Night Out and the Potluck.

The OWLs are a group at First that welcomes anyone, First Lutheran members or not, who are 55+. For information or to ask questions, contact Brian Narveson at owls@firstlu.org.

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410 Main St. Onalaska, Wisconsin 54650608.783.2236 Fax: 608.783.3741office@firstlu.org www.FirstLutheranOnalaska.org

WORSHIP SCHEDULE Sunday 8:00 & 10:30 AM Wednesday 6:30 PM

SUBMITTING NEW ANNOUNCEMENTSTo have your announcement in the monthly newsletter, send it to newsletter@firstlu.org, or give it to Andy in the office. Deadline for the newsletter is always noon on the 15th of the each month.To have your announcement in the weekly announcements pages handed out each weekend, send it to announcements@firstlu.org, or give it to Andy in the office. Deadline for the weekly announcements is always noon each Wednesday.

First Lutheran is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA)

STAFF DIRECTORY

Jason Stanton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386-6431 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .jason@firstlu.orgKaryn Bodenschatz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433-6002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .karyn@firstlu.org

Carla Stanton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Passing on Faith Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . carla@firstlu.orgKathryn Pedretti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Servant Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kathryn@firstlu.org

YOUTH/EDUCATION STAFFSheri Betz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunday School Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sundayschool@firstlu.orgTawni O’Rourke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunday School Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sundayschool@firstlu.orgKatie Everson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Young Youth Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . katie@firstlu.orgSara Larkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Confirmation Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .sara@firstlu.org

SUPPORT STAFFJane Frick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office Manager/Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jane@firstlu.orgTamara Schonsberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783-2236 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . office@firstlu.orgAndy Stutesman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications & Marketing Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . andy@firstlu.orgMike Peper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Custodian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mike@firstlu.orgMark Koenig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant CustodianMark Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant CustodianMary Meier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Custodian

MUSIC STAFFGabriel Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Organist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gabe@firstlu.orgJim Knutson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bell Choir Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jim@firstlu.orgDick Daleki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Youth Praise Band Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dick@firstlu.orgTodd Saner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Choir Director & Contemporary Music Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . todd@firstlu.org

PRESCHOOL STAFFMelissa Rolbiecki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preschool Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779-4504 . . . . . . . . . . . preschool@firstlu.orgMegan Colgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4K TeacherMarci Leppert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preschool Assistant TeacherStephanie Brunkow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preschool Assistant Teacher

VISION & LEADERSHIP TEAMTodd Lofald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PresidentPaula Skoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice PresidentKelly Utesch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SecretaryAaron McDonaldMary Ann Redfearn Mark WrolstadBrian Zach

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