Hope Lutheran Church “Pointing to Christ...Hope for the Home” Sept. 1, 2019

2308 Gravois Road, High Ridge, MO 63049 (636) 677-8788 hopehighridge@sbcglobal.net www.hopehighridge.org

THIS WEEK AT HOPE

TODAY September 1, 2019 8:00 AM Holy Communion 9:30 AM Sunday School & Adult Bible Study 10:45 AM Holy Communion

MONDAY: 6:30 OM Board of Early Childhood Ministry

TUESDAY: 10:00 AM Ladies Bible Study 7:00 PM Al-Anon

WEDNESDAY: 6:00 PM Worship & Holy Communion 7:00 PM Bible Study

NEXT SUNDAY: 8:00 AM Holy Communion 9:30 AM Sunday School & Adult Bible Study 10:45 AM Holy Communion

Remember in Prayer Ella Cook, Cindi Hawkins & Gerry Schumacher

Fruits of Our Faith Week of: August 25, 2019 Gifts to do His Work - General Fund: $4,702.45 Worshipped: 192

Birthdays September 1st Ken Gustavison & Nicole Huttegger September 2nd Naomi Markland September 5th Luke Fodor, Darlene Meyer & Nathan Tritch September 6th Faith Tritch Anniversaries September Joe & Janice Sorg September 3rd Randy & Kris Hess September 5th Fred & Yvonne G’Sell

HLECC Corner

2019-2020 HLECC Staff Please keep all these HLECC staff members in your

prayers throughout the year as they take care of and teach their students about the love of Christ.

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ALTAR FLOWERS

Today’s altar pieces are given in celebration of Ken & Dawn Newberry’s

wedding anniversary.

Stephanie Jesi

Alicia Becky

Judy Jo TJ

Destiny

Tiffany Abigail

Rebecca Michele Elaina

Julie B. Chris Y.

Julie W.

It's a new year and our Sunday school & youth families kicked it off with some fun! Stop by the bulletin board to see

photos of our Rally Day celebration and the 3rd annual Sunday School & Youth Family picnic! Plus, learn more

about our HLECC director and lead teachers!

July Financial Report

For anyone who is interested, you can pick up a congregational financial

report through the month of July on the half wall by the mailbox room.

Thrivent Grants & T-Shirts So far this year, members of Hope have applied for over $4,000 in grants

from Thrivent. These funds have supported: Hope's Easter Egg Hunt

Local Food Pantries (The Peace Pantry & Feed My People) Hope's Baby Bottle Campaign

Summer Sunday School ECC Religious Resources (including the Story Bibles from

8:00am service today!) Purchasing the EveryOne His Witness Evangelism course

And Much More! We will continue to reach out to Thrivent members to help support the

ministries of Hope and in service to the community.

As part of these grants, we have received Thrivent t-shirts to share. Please take some from the Friendship Room for yourself

and to share! We have more than 130 shirts in various sizes.

Busy Bags!---- Parents Don't Forget! We know it's often tough for our littlest members to sit through an entire

church service! But we also know that the best thing to help with that is practice! We encourage you to bring your little ones to worship every

Sunday and pick up one of our busy bags from the back wall as you enter! Busy bags are available for ages Toddler through 1st grade. The bags include coloring, stickers, Bible-themed & hands-on activities, snack, and

more. Plus, through generous congregation donations, new items will slowly be added over the next month! We look forward to seeing our

young families in church! Please see Julie Wagner with any questions, concerns or comments!

Men’s Bible Study for Thursday,

September 5th is cancelled. Pastor

will be out for training.

Please take some time to review the Bible readings below,

they will be the subject of next week’s sermon.

September 8, 2019

Deuteronomy 30:15–20 Philemon 1–21 Luke 14:25–35

A disciple of Jesus Christ will “bear his own cross” (Luke 14:27) and follow the Lord through death into life. Discipleship is costly because it crucifies the old man with “all that he has” (Luke 14:33), in order to raise up the new man in Christ. The disciple disavows “his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life” (Luke 14:26), in deference to Christ. That way of the cross is impossible, except that Christ Jesus has already paid the cost. His cross is set before you as “life and good, death and evil” (Deut. 30:15). Taking up His cross is to “choose life, that you and your offspring may live, loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him” (Deut. 30:19–20). To live that life in Christ is also to bear His cross in love, “that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord” (Philemon 14).

To the Glory of God and in loving

Memory of Glen Schilling gifts have been given by

David & Karen Kiel, Donald Roth and

Chuck & Karen Benes

Life Thought in the Church Year

Supporters of abortion suggest babies with disabilities are better off not being born. Advocates of assisted suicide also presume certain injuries and illnesses

make life too burdensome. But Jesus calls us all fallen and helpless—and then rewrites His commandments to

save us as sons and daughters (Luke 14:2-5). He receives “the poor, the crippled, the lame, the

blind” (Luke 14:13) as honored guests, and invites us also to celebrate the blessing of each one.

To the Glory of God and in loving Memory of

Gil & Naomi Tritch a gift has been given by

Anheuser Busch Credit Union and Sue Boswell.

Calling All Singers! The Hope Lutheran Choir will resume

Tuesday, Sept. 10th at 7:00 PM. Everyone who loves to sing is

welcome to join us.

Trying to remember details of something in the

Anchor, but don't have it any more? Check out

our Facebook page! The Anchor link is pinned to

the top. You can also use the link on Saturday to

see what Sunday's Anchor will say.

Help Needed! HLECC is in need of 2 afternoon assistants. If you

know anyone 18 and over who is great with children and would enjoy a loving Christian environment,

please have them contact Stephanie Dexter @ 636-677-8688 ext. 12.

HLECC Spots Available! There are a few more spots left in the HLECC

full day programs for fall. Please let friends, family and neighbors know if they are interested in enrolling before

the last spots fill up. Call the HLECC office at 636-677-8688 ext. 12

Feed My People will be holding their annual Manna Mile Walk and 5K Race Against Hunger on Saturday, September 21st at 8:00am

at the Jefferson Barracks Gold Star Pavilion. Information about the event is on the bulletin board in the

Friendship Room. You may register online at www.feed-my-people.org/events or by calling 314-631-4900 Sara ext. 313 or

Stephanie ext. 315. Registrations Fees: Race Against Hunger 5K- $35, Manna Mile Walk-$25.

If you would like to make a monetary donation to this event, you may put it in an envelope marked Feed My People and place it in the offering plate, by Sunday, September 15th. The church will

be sending a check to cover these donations so any checks should be made out to the church.

Any questions, call Kathy Gustavison at 677-5140.

Dear Friends and Family Members of Hope Lutheran Church,

My family and I want to thank all of you for your prayers, cards

and gifts of love for the loss of my youngest child, Glen.

God took him at a young age of 56 - just had a birthday on July

7th. But God needed him now and relieved him of all his aches

and pains as I had prayed for Him to do. And Glen actually had a

small smile on his face when God called him. And we had some

very loving and caring people from Kindred to help us through

this period who were a wonderful group funded by Medicare for

people such as Glen and would be very glad to help others in

need no matter who or how ill they are.

We could not have had better care or loving thoughts and

prayers without all of you who have held us in your hearts and

prayers.

God Bless All and Thank you - Donna Schilling and Family

We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to our Christian family at Hope. We deeply appreciate the love, prayers and memorials from all of you at Hope on the recent passing of our earthly father and mother, Naomi & Gilbert Tritch. Also the support of Pastor Jason Wagner who visited them regularly all the way to the end of their earthly life. Also special thanks to the Hope Harmonizers who occasionally sang for them and Solstice residents, support from the ladies groups from church, & shut in ministries. All of you were an example of Christ's love to them, their family, friends & acquaintances, and you have all been a great support in our lives, especially now as we continue on in our journey towards our heavenly home. We are so blessed! In Christ we have His blessings now and forever! Sincere Love and Thanks, The Tritch Family

On Thursday morning, two kittens were found in our

parking lot . They are both males, one is black and

one is grey, age is unknown. They seem very calm and

sweet. After one week they will be given to a shelter. If

anyone is interested in giving them a home,

please contact Julie Wagner.