LOG"A MONT1lLY NEWSLETTER fOR MEMBERS AND fRIENDSOf OUR SAVIOR'S LurnERAN cuunc«, BUNDY, WI

Our Savior's Council Meeting March 12,2013Chairman Tom Fredrick opened our meeting at 6:37 p.m.with 8 council members present. Pastor AIled us with adevotion on Mathew 5 and a prayer.

The Minutes from the January meeting were acceptedas read.

Treasurer's Report: January offerings were $3,276.47and our expenses were $4,804.11. February offeringswere $6,784.15 and expenses were $5,246.88. As ofMarch 1st we have $3,833.86 in checking. Report ac-cepted as given prior to audit.

Financial S,cretary: Same numbers as treasurer. Re-port accepted prior to audit.

No Reports: Elders, Trustees, Social Concerns, Youthand Discipleship.

Education: Tara and the Sunday School kids helpedserve the Ash Wednesday Chili Supper. They all did agreat job. 35 people enjoyed chili, soups and dessert. Adonation of $80 was given to the new roof fund. Reportaccepted.

Evangelism: In January and February 6 families visited.3 cards sent to them and 2 letters to their churches. Re-port accepted.

Pastor's Report: 4 office calls. Active members 87 and68 communicants. Report accepted.

Old Business: 43 letters were sent to inactive members,5 responded. 4 want to remain on the membership list.Jerrod, Michelle and Tyler Olson asked for a peacefulrelease from Our Savior's. A new list will be made of cur-rent members. The inactive list will be brought before thecongregation in July and their membership will be termi-nated. We got the money for our aluminum cans. Themoney goes into the building fund. From now on Bea willtake the cans to Wausau. No word from District on theconstitution yet. All the papers on the land were tradedwith Phil Goulee, have been signed and notarized soeverything is final and straightened out.

New Business: As our membership list has Changed,Bea will Change the birthday list for the newsletter. April21st will be our next "Bring A Friend to Church" day. Wewill put out a Food Box this summer during our "SummerCoffee and Treat" after church gathering. This is to re-mind us of the people who need help. ...-;a--

Aprlk 2013

We adjourned at 7:15 p.m. with The Lord's Prayer.

Respectfully Submitted,Sue KruegerCouncil Secretary

Thanks to everyone who made the soup, chili and thedesserts for the Ash Wednesday supper. 35 people en-joyed the delicious meal. Special thanks to Tara and allthe Sunday School Kids for serving and cleaning up after-wards. And also thanks to everyone who donated for theFood Pantry. Its all greatly appreciated.

April Bifth.da~5th Jerry Ament6th Sydni Scarcelli9th Sue Krueger10th Thomas Fredrick

Wyatt Pond11th Ondra Pond12th David Engstrom13th Jerry Stefonez

If I missed your birthday, or know ofsomeone I have missed, give Bea a callat 715-362-7605.

15th Lynn Houle16th Audrey Loka18th Brooke Hanson21st Debbie Verbist24th Dusty Grant30th Hayley Wilson

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This month let's consider this article byPastor Eric Zacharias.

"The best way to predict the future is toinvent it." So say people who advise thatchange comes by manipulating people to actin a predictable way. Yet, Jesus--the greatestchange agent of history--got a lot done byNOT doing theethings suggested by man.There are three factors that sociologists saycan "invent" change: Influential people,Crowds of people, and Networks--the morepassionate, the better. Again, Jesus ignoredall of this and still is the most prominent manof history.

Jesus ignored the influential people, likethe Scribes, Priests and Pharisees. Thesesoon opposed him, seeing his message ascounter to their own.

Jesus had no problem forming crowds.They gathered to hear him and to be healedby him. They were there even as he cameinto Jerusalem, praising him as the MessianicKing. But Jesus did not need the crowds, andoften tried to keep crowds from forming-buthe welcomed all who would hear the truth ofGod.

Jesus did not focus on large networks, buton the individual relationships. His connectionwas with the Father; and he formed aconnection between God and man.That is what made is message unique--as itis to this day. The suffering, death andresurrection of Jesus brought the greatestchange there can be: forgiveness of sin and aperfect relationship with God.

The crucifixion of Jesus came about asman employed the art of deceit andmanipulation to bring Jesus' life to an end.Influential people were gathered to consent to

Jesus' death. The scribes and priestsgathered other influential groups, thePharisees and Sadducees. The assembly of70 elders consented to the charge ofblasphemy. Pontius Pilate and King Herodwere called upon to convict him. Crowdswere gathered in to call for the ultimateshameful death of crucifixion. '

Jesus allowed that change to happen,even at the hands of deceptive and evil men.Their evil plan of change-- of influencepeddling and the manipulation of people--worked with the perfect will of God to bringJesus to his cross. .

God "invented" the future for us, in thesense that God "brought in" a future that wecould never bring about by our own means.Jesus did it by his perfect life and perfectobedience to the Father's will to save us,bringing us out of our sins into his kingdom ofgrace and glory.

Consider what it means when you want to"invent" your own future. Remember that evilmen artfully use deceit and manipulation; evilpeople don't mind sacrificing the freedom andeven the lives of others to reach their ownselfish goals. As you seek your way in life,don't resort to that sort of "invention."Consider what God accomplished for youwith his own power, influence, andconnection. Out of the weakness of Jesus'crucifixion and death, God brought forth thepower of the Resurrection. That power issuch to transform your life, from the time ofyour Baptism in Christ, where you were bornagain by God's Holy Spirit. Work byhonorable means and rely on God to forgeyour future. Entrust your life to him, who haschanged things forever-now and forever.

Blessings to you in his holy name. .'; ::

'ifln His Service, 'ifPastor AI

Ladies-Markyour

calendar for the

Sprin._gRa _yMay 2nd at

St. Mark in Rhinelander aOur Savior's will. co-host.

Registration: 8:30 a.m.Rally starts at 9:00 a.m.

Christian Life Topic: Cinderella -A Parable of this life and life to come

Keynote Speaker: Sue Neider and her trip toAfrica

Gifts from the Heart items needed will be inthe upcoming weekly bulletins as it was notavailable in time for this publication.

fD)R(0)W(0)n R Remember ~oRecycleU\1I.S~U~l:Jl5 Those Aluminum CansDid you know that the we receive for aluminum cans

goes towards the building fund? Bring your aluminumcans to church and put in the shed behind the church.

IlUiJTIl"UC!TIOlUiJ FOIlSA.VII& "USE» ST A.MIlS

Save all types stamps except Christmasstamps.

Trim (not tear) stamps from envelopes. Leave at least X"border around stamp. The perforations must be in-tact. If damaged the stamp dealer will not acceptthem.

Do not pull or take stamps off the envelope.Do not remove stamps from stamp albums or first day

issued.Foreign stamps on postcards may be sent in tact or

trimmed. Save old stamps (prior to 1940).

Remember to drop your spare ~.-change in the LWMLbox in the =back of church. ~

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, CONGRATULATIONS ,, to', Becky Grant & Mark Calhoun ,,~. in the birth of their daughter ,, Braylee Lou Calhoun born March 5, 2013. ,, Grandparents are Annette and Dean Grant. ,iGod bless Braylee and the parents-may they i, have a healthy, happy life. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

!"oUR·SYMPAmY··-··_··_··_··_··.·· .. 1. . I!to Jerry and Dolly Ament and Cindy Phillips, . :Dawn Wanty and David Guolee in the loss of - Itheir loved ones. Dolly's brother, Bill Guolee, :pasted away on March 15,2013.Bill is also the father of !Cindy, Dawn and David plus grandfather to 7 grandchil- idren and 7 great grandchildren. :

IJerry's mother, Ruby Ament, also pasted away on March:15,2013. I

I May God speak comfort to your hearts throughout this I: sad time. :L .• _ •. _ .. _ .. _ .• _ .. _ .• _ .. _ .. _ .. _ •. _ .. _ .• _ •• I

CAMPBELL LABELSRemember to cut the UPS symbols from the Camp-bells soup cans plus many other items. A completelist is posted on the bulletin board in the back of thechurch. There is a container in the narthex for them.

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Items needed for the "Gifts from the Heartfor the convention in Pittsburgh June 27-30,2013Quilts/Blankets, all sizes Wipes & Disposable DiapersKits (Pack kit items in a clear plastic zip lock bag and inoriginal packaging)Baby Kit: Receiving blankets; Sleepers-preemie/newborn; Onesies-preemie/newborn; Outfits-preemie/newborn; child's Christian storybook.Men's Kit: Men's boxers (L-XXXL); Men's T-shirts (L-XXXL); Men's socks' Christian Tract or Bible verse.8ath Kit: Bath towel and washcloth, Full size toothpasteand toothbrush; Deodorant for women or men; Bath/barsoap; Christian Tract or Bible verse.Devotional Kit: Bible (NIV or ESV preferred); Devo-tional; Journal and pen.

No money will be accepted for gifts from the heart

Out of the mouths of the Babes-I certainly don't think an adult could explain

this more beautifully 1

THIS IS FABULOUS!!!It was written by an 8-year-old named Danny Dutton,who lives in Chula Vista, CA . He wrote it for histhird grade homework assignment, to 'explain God.'wonder if any ofus could have done as well?(and he had such an assignment, in California, andsomeone published it, I guess miracles do happen!)

EXPLANATION OF GOD:

'One of God's main jobs is making people. He makesthem to replace the ones that die, so there will beenough people to take care of things on earth. He does-n't make grownups, just babies. I think because theyare smaller and easier to make. That way he doesn'thave to take up his valuable time teaching them totalk and walk. He can just leave that to mothers andfathers.'

'God's second most important job is listening toprayers. An awful lot of this goes on, since some peo-ple, like preachers and things, pray at times besidebedtime. God doesn't have time to listen to the radio orTV because of this. Because he hears everything, theremust be a terrible lot of noise in his ears, unless he hasthought of a way to turn it off.'

'God sees everything and hears everything and is eve-rywhere which keeps Him pretty busy. So you should-n't go wasting his time by going over your mom anddad's head asking for something they said you couldn'thave.'

'Atheists are people who don't believe in God. I don'tthink there are any in Chula Vista. At least there aren'tany who come to our church.'

'Jesus is God's Son. He used to do all the hard work,like walking on water and performing miracles andtrying to teach the people who didn't want to learnabout God. They finally got tired of him preaching tothem and they crucified him. But he was good andkind, like his father, and he told his father that theydidn't know what they were doing and to forgive themand God said O.K.' And God did not let Jesus stay inthe grave, but raised him from the dead.

"His dad (God) appreciated everything that he had

done and all his hard work on earth so he told himhe didn't have to go out on the road anymore. Hecould stay in heaven. So he did. And now he helpshis dad out by listening to prayers and seeing thingswhich are important for God to take care of andwhich ones he can take care of himself without hav-ing to bother God. Like a secretary, only more im-portant.'

'You can pray anytime you want and they are sure tohelp you because they got it worked out so one ofthem is on duty all the time.'

'You should always go to church on Sunday becauseit makes God happy, and ifthere's anybody youwant to make happy, it's God!

Don't skip church to do something you think will bemore fun like going to the beach. This is wrong. Andbesides the sun doesn't come out at the beach untilnoon anyway.'

If you don't believe in God, besides being an atheist,you will be very lonely, because your parents can'tgo everywhere with you, like to camp, but God can.It is good to know He's around you when you'rescared, in the dark or when you can't swim and youget thrown into real deep water by big kids.'

'But ...you shouldn't just always think of what Godcan do for you. I figure God put me here and he cantake me back anytime he pleases.

And ...that's why I believe in God.'

Zany Miscellany

Jair, ajudge oflsrael, had 30 sons who rode 30 donkeys andcontrolled 30 towns. Judges 10:3-4

Ibzan, a judge, had 30 sons and 30 daughters. Judges 12:9

Abdon, another judge, had 40 sons and 30 grandsons who rodeon 70 donkeys. Judges 12:14

The familiar story of Jesus saying, "If anyone of you is with-out sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her: (John7:52-8:11) is found nowhere else in the Bible. In fact, it isn'teven found in many manuscripts of the Gospels.

Abraham's father was named Terah. Genesis 11:26

The term "scapegoaf' comes from the use of a goat that was toreceive the sins ofthe people and be released into the wilder-ness. Leviticus 16:10

Thomas, the one who is always ridiculed for skepticism, isalso known as Didymus. John 20:24

Jezebel was so bad that she had Naboth stoned to death just toget his vineyard. 1 Kings 21: 1-16