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You can help in this project by making a donation using the insert in the church bulletins. You may give any amount of money (i.e. $1.00, $5.00, $10.00) which will be used to buy flowers and other landscaping needs. Thanks for your ongoing help to beautify All Saints! Please make your donation by May 7th. Checks should be made payable to “All Saints Lutheran Church.”
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Volume 40 Issue No. 5 / May 2017
Sunday Worship 8:00 and 10:30 am
Whole Family Education Hour
Sundays 9:15 am (Sept - May)
Save the Date!
Vacation Bible School will be held June 12-16 from
8:30 am to 11:30 am.
Graduates from All Saints
We wish to include the names of our 8th grade, high school, trade schools and college graduates in the June issue of the Saintly News. Please fill us in on the exciting details from where your student is graduating and what
their next step will be. Submit this information to [email protected] by May 12th.
Sunday School News
Sunday School will conclude for the year on May 21.
We thank our wonderful Sunday School teachers and helpers who made the Sunday School year fun and educational for our
students. Thanks also to Jodi Girten, Mary Jo Cassens, and Michel Williams for coordinating Sunday School this year. The new
Sunday School year will kick off on Rally Day, September 10.
Deadline for the June Saintly
News is May 15
Please send articles to
Rebecca Heaslip
A Note From Pastor Janet Wold
Dear Friends, Spring is a good time to be reminded of the powerfulness of
God – all around us are signs of new life coming out of what
appears to be dead, sounds of powerful thunderstorms and
reports of tornados and hurricanes soon to come. From the
smallest blade of grass appearing from the dull, gray ground
to the miracle of the resurrection on Easter morning, we are surrounded daily by
wonders of God.
On Sunday, April 16, we celebrated Easter – the miracle of the resurrection of
our Lord! Our joy has been made complete, knowing that our Savior has broken
through the bonds of death in order to bring eternal life to us all! Thank you to
all who made our Lenten services so meaningful, including our Maundy
Thursday worship and our community Good Friday service. It is the somberness
of those services that make the brightness of Easter that much more profound! It
was a joyous day.
And now we live in that promise of an “Easter life” – as I said in the sermon on
Easter, life is just life, but Easter life is more. Easter life is the power of God that
overcomes death, dying, loss, pain and tragedy. Easter life can only be
represented by the kind of life that comes as a sweet, unexpected surprise – life
from death. With that assurance, we can move forward, knowing that God loves
us beyond the grave, and gives us peace and life. What a gift – what a miracle.
May all of us feel the power of the Risen Lord in our lives on this day and always.
In Christ –
Pastor Janet Wold
Pastoral Acts Baptism of Remington Scott DeVries, son of Timm and Amber DeVries on Sunday, April 2.
First Communion Congratulations to our young people who received their first communion in April:
Annabella Barker, Briggs Barton,
Brock Barton, Maddex Draheim,
Myla Draheim, Mia Girten, Jessica
Penrod, Lucy Peterson, Selene
Peterson, Madelainne Smith,
MiYanni Smith, Alexandra Vitale
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Council Members
PRESIDENT Dennis Cassens [email protected] H: 815-234-2110
VICE PRESIDENT & WORSHIP
Mike Reibel [email protected] C: 815-978-9832
SECRETARY Bill Pirnat [email protected] C: 815-234-5690
EDUCATION
Jodi Girten
C: 224-558-9589
FINANCE Steve Jones [email protected] C: 779-537-4006
FELLOWSHIP Theresa Fitzsimmons [email protected] C: 815-670-9459
OUTREACH/SOCIAL MINISTRY
Pam Kultgen
C: 815-985-1948
PROPERTY Randy Mastricola [email protected] C: 815-978-2609
STEWARDSHIP Doug Knodle [email protected] C: 815-751-0312
YOUTH & FAMILY MINISTRY Jacob Fitzsimmons
H: 815-670-9459
Staff PASTOR Pastor Janet Wold [email protected] C: 815-988-1109
H: 815-406-8264
YOUTH & FAMILY MINISTRY LEADER Audrey Adams [email protected] C: 815-509-2682
TREASURER Michel Williams [email protected] 815-262-2963
FINANCIAL SECRETARY Bridget Reibel [email protected] H: 815-234-2403
OFFICE SECRETARIES Cindy Beitel Karen Larson [email protected] 815-234-5277 Fax 815-997-1300
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Sunday
Scriptures
May 7
4th Sunday of Easter
Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 23 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10
May 14
5th Sunday of Easter
Acts 7:55-60 Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14
May 21
6th Sunday of Easter
Acts 17:22-31 Psalm 66:8-20 1 Peter 3:13-22 John 14:15-21
May 28 7th Sunday of Easter Acts 1:6-14 Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 John 17:1-11
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Tuesday Night Bible Study
The Tuesday night Bible Study will continue studying the book "PASSION" by Mike McKinley which examines Jesus’ final day and how it changes you every day. The group meets every Tuesday night at 7:00 pm through May 23. We will take a hiatus for the summer and resume in the Fall. All are welcome to join us.
Wednesday Afternoon Bible Study
Join the group on Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 pm! Continuing through May 24 we are studying the Bad Girls of the Bible.... “Whether they were Bad to the Bone, Bad for a Moment, or Bad for a Season but - not forever, these infamous sisters show us how not to handle the challenges of life.” So writes author Liz Curtis Higgs about her book Bad Girls of the Bible and What We Can Learn From Them. It is a fun, informative way to learn more about some of the women whom God used to help proclaim his Word!
April Council Highlights Learned we are $2,000 behind on debt reduction donations Learned 2 lawn tractors have been purchased thanks to generous donations from
All Saints members Heard a Thrivent Action Grant paid for mulch on clean-up day Learned 61 units of blood were collected during the blood drive on April 6 The quilt raffle netted $507 for St Vincent de Paul. Learned 9 youth and 2 adults have signed up to attend the National Youth Gather-
ing in Houston in 2018 Heard all of All Saints Accounts have been audited with no concerns noted
Wine Tasting at Katie’s Cup! You are invited to a Wine Tasting at Katie’s Cup, 502 Seventh Street in Rockford on Friday May 12, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Donation requested is $20.00. This is an evening of Balance Bouquet and Blend! Wonderful wines great nibbles and relaxing music await you! Reservations for the evening may be made by calling 815-986-0628 or by emailing them at [email protected] by Friday, May 5. Wines will be provided by Artale’ Wine Company.
Address Changes? Send it to the Church Office!
As our young people head home for the summer from college or trade school, or have a military change of
address, please keep the All Saints office informed of those address changes. Send changes to
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THE GATHERING The GATHERING will meet in the Fellowship Hall at 9:00 am on Tuesday May 9. Bring your craft to work on or just come and enjoy the fellowship and fun!
QUILTERS
The quilter’s plan to meet on May 4th from 9 to 11 am at the church. Twelve ladies came in April to work together to make comforters for people in need. We were happy to meet Deb Walters who recently donated fabric to our cause and decided to come and see what happens at All Saints on a quilting morning. Chances were sold for two of the quilts at the WELCA rummage sale. Other quilts were donated for fundraising events within our church in the months ahead. The first Thursday morning of every month is when we gather to work on quilts and enjoy Christian fellowship. Please join us whenever you want.
WELCA WELCA - Thanks to You So many thanks to share for all the support in April. Thanks for supporting the bake sale. We made almost $300. Thank you for all the contributions of items and volunteers for the April rummage sale. There was so much to sell and so many people who shared their time and efforts to make the sale happen. We were able to raise $1800.00! The Quilts that were raffled went to Audrey Adams and Alice Mastricola. Our quarterly meeting is Saturday, April 29th at 9:30 am. We will share breakfast treats and learn of different op-tions for the replacement of blinds in the fellowship hall and look at upcoming activities.
Northern Illinois Synod Assembly 2017 IN-KIND OFFERING
Each June, all of the churches of the Northern Illinois Synod gather at Augustana College in Rock Island for the Annual Synod Assembly. At each Synod Assembly, the member churches are asked to bring an in-kind offering to help a specific charity. This year at the Assembly, to be held June 16 and 17, we are asked to bring gift cards and/or smoke/carbon monoxide detectors to be donated to foster families through Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI). A collection point will be set up in the nar-thex of our church to collect these items. If you would prefer, you can write a check payable to All Saints, designating NI Synod In-Kind Offering, and we will purchase needed items. Deadline to donate is June 11. Below is a further explanation of this need: Often, children are unable to be placed in a home because of the simple absence of a smoke/carbon monoxide detector. Your donation will help children in need of a safe and loving home to be placed quickly. Gift cards take up little room in the small spaces of LSSI offices and can be used for: ·Awarding a child who has met a goal on their
service plan ·Helping a foster family get prepared to take in a
child ·Providing clothing and other necessities to a child
when first being placed ·Purchasing items for projects and activities at group
sessions and family therapy · Providing a gas card to a family so they can get to
necessary appointments · Providing Birthday, Christmas and other gifts to
children throughout the year · Purchasing school supplies ·Taking a child or family out to eat for a special
occasion Suggested gift cards (in any amount): Wal-Mart,
Target, Walgreens, CVS, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Casey’s General Store, Toys R Us, Hy-Vee Grocery, Schnucks Grocery, Woodman’s Grocery, McDonald’s, Subway, Culvers, Gas Cards (Shell, Mobil, Amoco).
-Sponsored by the NIS Social Ministry Committee
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Youth NEWS May 2017
Meet once a month on Sundays, at All Saints
Lutheran (ASL)
EASTER Breakfast Thank you goes out to all the
youth & families who helped set-up, serve,
and clean up for the breakfast. Thanks to
everyone who donated food items. Your dona-
tions of food items and your time are what
make this event such a HUGE success.
THANK-YOU ~~ We raised $505.00.
The youth are selling
raffle tickets for $2 each.
This is a fundraiser for
the Youth Gathering in
Houston, Texas…Get
your tickets now.
May6th ….Faith week for the Northern Illinois
Food bank, from 9-12 pm, Saturday.
We would need to get a group of 5-6 people to go and help out. Anyone can come help out: Family members and friends can go, too. We would be packing up cans of food so they can be shipped to needy families. We will meet at All Saints church at 8 am and leave from there to go to the Northern Illinois Food Bank. We need chaperones to drive and go with our youth.
ALTAR GUILD Thank you! The Easter garden in the Sanctuary on Easter Sunday morning was especially beautiful this year. Thank you to all who contributed flowers to our Easter garden! We have many opportunities for you to donate altar flowers for the remaining Sundays this year. Please check out the flower reservation book in the Fellowship Hall and pick a Sunday or two. The bouquets are $18.00 each and you can take your bouquet home after it has been displayed for two weeks.
Stewardship
Hopefully you have had an opportunity to review, fill out,
and return your time and talent sheet(s). As you know, All
Saints relies on many volunteers each week for us to fulfill
and provide for our ministry. Thank you for the offering of
your time and talents! If you have not yet had a chance to
return your form, please do so at your earliest convenience
as we will be updating our lists shortly.
2 Corinthians 9:6-11
Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap
sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap
bountifully. Each one must do just as he has purposed in his
heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a
cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to
you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you
may have an abundance for every good deed.
Doug Knodle, Stewardship
K-5
Meets 2nd Wednesday of the month at UCB along with All Saints Lutheran
Kids after school until 5:30 pm. We walk the kids from school to UCB.
May 10, 2017 - 3:00-5:30 pm
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Blood Drive
A big thank you to all who donated blood on April 6th. According to the Rock River Blood Bank, a total of 61 units were collected. This is a wonderful number - that means 180 lives could be saved. Also, a huge thank you to Jan Sloan who made many, many phone calls to line up the donations. Meals on Wheels All Saints Lutheran Church will be responsible for delivering meals the last week in April and May 1 – 26. The deliveries are all here in town and the route takes less than 30 minutes. If you would like to help with delivery, please call Pam Kultgen at 815-985-1948. St. Vincent dePaul Society Fundraiser Thank you to Deacon Tom and Faith Pauling for the temple talk on April 2 describing the good works within our community done by the people at St. Vincent dePaul. Each year almost $30,000 is spent within Byron and the surrounding communities to help those in need. The quilt raffle brought in a winning bid of $250, plus donations of $257, therefore, we have raised $507 to send to this worthwhile organization. An Ice Cream Social to benefit St. Vincent dePaul is in the works in the coming months so watch the bulletin for further information.
Book Club
This month's Book Club choice is Secrets of Harmony Grove
by Mindy Starns Clark. Marketing executive, Sienna Collins
is put on unpaid leave due to a federal investigation into a
crime of which she has no knowledge. Getting a strange call
from an ex-boyfriend at the B&B she owns in Harmony
Grove, PA, and is unable to get a hold of him after he hangs
up on her, she goes to the inn. She finds him dead along with
her manager, who is near death. She finds the inn has had
almost no visitors, yet the manager had been sending her
money and reports of a good business. Long-held family
secrets take you from the serene setting of Amish country to
Nazi Germany and the concentration camps. In an attempt to
clear her name, unravel the secrets, and learn the truth, she
calls on her strength and faith to survive.
Come help us unravel the mystery on May 22, at 1:00 pm.
Worship Attendance
8:00 10:30 Total Sunday
School
April 2 61 73 134 32
9 62 113 175 31
16 96 90 186 na
Total 219 276 495
Average 73 92 165
………..Youth NEWS continued May 26
th -29
th...LOMC
Come and join us at Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Center for Memorial Day Work Weekend. We all get together to get camp ready for summer. Lodging and meals are provided for anyone who would like to help. We have lots of things to do from planting flowers, washing windows, spreading mulch, and much more. Synod Youth Assembly at Augustana College Thursday, June 15th @ 5pm to Friday, June 16th @ 12pm Students will be housed in dorms. $50 payment includes all housing, meals T-shirt and programming. You must be going into high school or already in high school to attend. A registrations form, medical release form and convenant need to be filled out. Audrey will be going so let me know!!! Deadline date for me to know names and have papers filled out is Thursday, June 1st!!!! Contact Audrey (815-509-2682) if you want to go and to get forms! What a great opportunity to get away, meet other youth your age, have some fun and grow along the way! 2018 National Youth Gathering… Houston, Texas June 27-July 1, 2018. We are planning on lots of fundraisers. If you are interested in going to the National Youth Gathering, helping with fundraising or being an adult chaperone, please contact Audrey at 815-509 -2682. If you would like to chaperone an event please let Audrey know.
Our Mission statement:
Seeking God, Serving Others & Having Fun!
Audrey Adams, All Saints Youth Leader
Students Taking Action Together In Christ
Finance Report
New Lawn Tractors!
The new Lawn tractors have been delivered to our church just in time for the 2017 mowing season. Thank you to those that contributed to the purchase of the mowers. One of the old mowers has been sold to one of our members, and the other old mower will be used to mow the ditch along Route 2, which will save wear and tear on our new tractors. I conducted a short introduction to the new tractors with our team of lawn-mowing volunteers between services on April 23rd. We reviewed some of the recommended fluid level checks and inspections necessary prior to using the mowers. We discussed the controls so that we ensure the safety of the driver as well as those nearby. By following good maintenance practices these mowers will serve us well into the future. If you are interested in joining our team of lawn mowing volunteers, and missed it on the time and talent form, please let me know. We each mow about 3 or 4 times per year, and we work in teams of two. We are blessed to have a good number of lawn mowing volunteers but we can always use more helpers. Maintaining an attractive lawn and landscape is just one more way for us to glorify God. Respectfully, Randy Mastricola
Library News The Library books being added to the library are displayed on the cart this month. Donated by Audrey Adams:
The Message by Eugene H. Peterson is The Bible in Contemporary Language. A Miracle a Day by Ann Spangler is a book of Stories of Heavenly Encounters. Discovering the Treasures of a Godly Woman by Elizabeth George is a Bible study
for women on Proverbs 31. Parenting Teens, A Field Guide by Janice A. Thompson uses men and women from
the Bible as biblical tour guides to bring teens through the tough issues they face in today's world.
A few books donated by Pastor Bill Wittig: Too Busy Not to Pray by Bill Hybels makes us look at our habits and thoughts, and
teaches us to slow down, to listen, to talk, and to walk with God. The Intimate Gospel by Earl F. Palmer is a study in John, the "most personal and
revealing of all the portraits of Jesus in the New Testament." The Joyful Christian by C.S. Lewis contains 127 selections from his theological
works arranged in devotional style. Rand McNally's Bible Atlas by Emil G. Kraeling contains 40 full color maps, and
300 photos, illustrations and sketch maps leading to a "Contemporary Picture of Bible Geography."
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Health & Healing Sue Davis
Brittany Harn Al Olsen Jim Reif
Skip Richardson Blanche Schroeder
Mary Dummer Juanita Williams Duane Burnett
April Roos Bill Brown
Pamela Newman Marie Schulte Tim O’Hare Laura Egler
Marcia Kasmaric Dolores Burton
James Maxwell Farrell Arnold Schramm Theresa Varilek Marjorie Bajus
Francine Wallery Judy Adams C.J. Wright
Frank Lewton Matthew Reckmeyer
Lillian Long Irene Terrell & Family
Shut Ins
Eileen Carlson Lori Pederson Patricia Mohr Mary Whitmer
Military David Bishop Joe Wrasse
Landon Skaar
Sympathy Maureen Skurski
Esther Gerke Kim Sherman
Virginia Bornaman Dean Booth
Frank Aliprandini
In Our
Prayers
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Office Hours - Monday through Thursday 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, and Friday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Spring Clean-Up Day Success!
The annual “Spring Clean-Up Day” at church was held on Saturday, April 8th. God blessed us with perfect
weather in the low 70s, which made our tasks easier. Many tasks were completed, including window washing, inside and outside, general cleaning, dusting, spreading
mulch, picking up many branches and twigs, raking leaves, and trimming shrubs.
The mulch was paid for using a $250 grant from Thrivent Financial.
We were so blessed to have so many volunteers join in our efforts. A sincere THANK YOU to all of you. This is another example of our congregation “Responding to
the Gospel to carry out God’s mission.” Respectfully, Randy Mastricola
May 6
Northern Illinois Food Bank
May 7
Blues Concert
May 12
Wine Tasting at Katie’s Cup
May 26-29
LOMC Memorial Day
Weekend Clean-Up
