JUNE 11th Congregational Meeting

18th Bow-Tie Sunday

25th Bingo Bash for young & old

JULY 15th LWML Quarterly meeting

23rd Jesus’ Loves Children

30th Youth Ice Cream Social

Dear Members of Shepherd of the Hills, How will you be spending your summer? What adventures are you planning? Will you travel to see family or places you’ve never

been to before? Are there new hobbies or projects that you are anxious to try? How many putts will you have, and on how many greens? What books will touch and inspire you? What hikes? What photos? What unex-pected treasures will you discover in neighborhood gar-age sales or local flea markets? Is it not wonderful to look forward and consider so many possibilities and sur-prises await us at every turn???

Here’s a few ideas that I am throwing out just for fun: Write short, tender notes to someone who is not likely to write back. Watch some of your favorite old black & white movies, like Casablanca. Pray about something that hurts you- every day for sev-en days, and then put it completely out of your mind. When traveling, listen to one of the Four Holy Gospels on CD. Ask God to bless your sleeping with pretty dreams. Fall in love again with something you’ve forgotten. Offer this simple prayer three times a day all summer long: Jesus, I love you. I put my whole self in Your hands. Thank you for Your love and friendship, and for saving me from sin and the devil so that I will be with You forever in heaven. Amen.

God bless you and our amazing church! It’s gonna be a great summer!!

Love y’all dearly.

Pastor Andrew

Where can you find the Board /Committee Reports? Page #

Altar Guild 5 Bible Studies 16 Celebrations 4 Church Calendar 6 Consecrated Stewards 9 In Our Prayers 7 Jesus Loves Children 2 LWML 17 Meet the New Members 8-9 Music Ministry 16 President’s Notes 2 Property Guys 14 Senior Ministry 16 Serving in June 5 SLF Daycare 17 Stewardship 3 Thank You’s 9 Visiting Friends 11 Word Search Puzzle 12

2017

Shepherd’s Staff

Mark Your Calendar !

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A Note From Our President Curt McCarty

Wow! Eleven new members to our church family in the past couple of months. What a blessing to see SOTH moving in a growing direction. Welcome to all the new families, you cer-tainly enhance our worship service. Many of you have already involved yourselves in the oper-ation of the church. Your new energy, efforts, and thoughts will make us a stronger congrega-tion. Welcome and thank you. Along with good things happening this month, how about the great field day we held here for the Crossville Christian School. By all reports it was a smashing success with lots of fun and pizza for all. Word is the kids would like to make this an annual event. A very nice outreach into our community and a fun thing to do.

As you read this the consecrated steward program has already begun. Our stewardship committee has worked very hard on this program which we actually began a few years back. This is the conclusion of the program and believe me it has meant a lot of work for your com-mittee. We owe them a lot of thanks. Fred Mundt is a regional speaker for this program and we are very fortunate to have his help in this program. Please mark your calendars for the June 11th congregational meeting. This meeting will be held between services on that Sunday. If you have any thoughts that you would like the con-gregation to consider now is your time to let us know. As always, if we know your thoughts and concerns we can make better decisions. Your servant in Christ,

Curt

Save this date, July 30th!!! The Youth Group will again sponsor an Ice Cream Social on the last Sunday of July. So please mark you calendar for July 30th after second service. Instead of donuts, let’s support the youth and join in them for ICE CREAM!!

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Board of Stewardship

Worship Attendance Weekly YTD Offerings

04/23/2017 158 $6,686.28 $121,098.34

04/30/2017 157 $6,183.63 $127,717.25

05/07/2017 178 $6,916.00 $134,633.25

05/14/2017 182 $6,804.00 $141,437.25

YTD Offerings Needed $ 139,492.99

Helping Hands Ministry

If you know of anyone who could use help with meals or transportation, please contact our “Helping

Hands” ministry coordinator. Marianne Langeland, at

484-2728 .

Check out the sign up sheets in the Gathering

Place. If you don’t, you will most definitely miss some-

thing really good!

Is your name missing on page 4?

Although we try to include the names of all

members celebrating birthdays and

anniversaries, we occasionally miss someone.

Please let us know of any errors or omissions

so we can do better next year! The names are

taken from the official church records, so

please make sure that your data is up to date

and complete.

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE:

Articles for the newsletter must be submitted by the 20th of the month or we cannot guarantee it will be included in the next Staff issue. Please submit all ar-

ticles and photographs electronically to Judy Bowman and/or Sue Moosekian!

PS I would like to thank everyone who for their early submissions this month. It really

helped me out. Sue

FREE

No postage stamps for prayers we send, The mails do not affect them;

They go without a seconds pause The moment we direct them.

Mildred N. Hoyer, Brooklyn, NY

Taken from Guideposts June 1984

Guys & Dolls Don’t forget your bowties on Fathers Day June 18th!!

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44 yrs. Susanne & Kai Dyhr 2nd

12 yrs. Pastor & Monique Abraham 4th

52 yrs. Curt & Toni McCarty 7th

30 yrs. Dennis & Jan Barber 11th

50 yrs. Bob & Sheryl Craig 11th

24 yrs. Steve & Mia McLelland 12th

53 yrs. Albert & Linda Fink 14th

58 yrs. Bob & Eivor Neff 14th

27 yrs. Barbara & Fred Kleimola 15th

60 yrs. Dennis & Dorothy Stuebben 15th

31 yrs. Don & Sharron Palow 21st

53 yrs. Fred & Diane Mundt 27th

Elinor Penney 1st Edward Leese 6th Diane Soenen 9th Shirley Dunham 13th Dorothy Stuebben 14th Bob Neff 15th Janeth Moerdyk 18th Yvette Dolan 19th Ron Garand 20th John Bailey 25th Lacey Chism 26th Levi Chism 26th Jan Leschinski 27th Artis Winningham 28th

Anniversaries Birthdays

Last month we missed some new mem-bers special day!

James Bandazewski’s birthday was May 14th.

Joe & Courtney Marko’s celebrated their 4th anniversary on May 18th.

On April 23 we experienced a deluge of 5 inches of rain. Unfortunately, it was the scheduled day of the

Shepherd’s Little Flock annual golf outing. Typical of the wonderful group of SLF supporters, everyone (who was still afloat) turned out for the dinner and festivities at the multi-purpose room in Fairfield Glade. As usual, we had a great dinner thanks to Diane Mundt & the crew of teachers from the daycare. We feasted on pulled pork sandwiches from the Flying Pig, baked beans, coleslaw from Doug Mundt, and chips with a variety of drinks. Marilyn Halas, Sabrina’s mom, provided beautiful, yummy, homemade cupcakes. Prizes were distributed by drawing names, but everyone received something. Lots of laughs and fun! Nineteen teams signed up for the outing, including three 90 year olds. 34 tee sponsors and 13 donors of vary-ing dollar amounts, items, or services also contributed to the success of the fundraising outing. We are so very grate-ful for the support of all the participants, sponsors, donors, and volunteers. The banner, listing our tee sponsors, is hanging in front of the daycare As a result of a lot of work from many volunteers the golf outing netted $6,878. 87! The Lord is so good! All monies are designated for the operation of the daycare. We are humbly grateful and appreciative.

John & Bonnie Bailey

SHEPHERD’S LITTLE FLOCK 11TH ANNUAL GOLF OUTING

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Lectors

11th EARLY SERVICE Bill Hinterman

LATE SERVICE Kathie Gallagher

25th EARLY SERVICE Debe Hinterman LATE SERVICE Linda Winterroth

Elders

4th Craig Jannusch 11th Keith Moerdyk 18th Fred Mundt 25th George McKeel

4th Communion Assistant: Fred Mundt

Altar Flowers 4th

11th Curt & Toni McCarty

18th Sandra DeMars

25th

Please see Kathie at the Food City Floral Dept. by the Wednesday before your designated Sunday, to order and pay for the flowers. Delivery to the church is included for free. *To get tax ex-empt you need to stop by church for a card. If you wish to share your flowers , please con-tact Visiting Friends. When you sign up for flowers please indicate if you plan to take them yourself. If you do not indicate on the flower chart, by writing T (take) after your name the Visiting Friends group will take them to shut-ins. Thank you, Barb Kleimola

Bulletin Benders

Sunday Fold Date Team 4th 2nd Carolyn & Beth Gigg

11th 9th Elinor Penney & Leora Miller

18th 16th Joy McKeel

25th 23rd Judy Bowman

2nd 30th Judy Bowman

Altar Guild Teams # 2 & # 3

4th Marianne Langeland, Craig & Carol Jannusch, and Jan Moerdyk 11th

18th Toni McCarty, Marguerite Watkins, Ingeli Matthews, and Diane Soenen, Janet Fraizer 25th

Ushers Team

Early Service: John Wedlund Karan Wedlund Jan Simko Ed Leese Sharon Leese

Late Service: Keith Moerdyk Janeth Moerdyk Josh Higdon Jack Frazier

Greeters Early Late

4th Dorothy Buuck

11th

18th

25th Sue Moosekian

Serving The Lord in June

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Quilts ofValor-

9AM

SLF Outreach-2PM

2

Neff Bib. St.-1PM

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4

Consecration

Sunday

One Service Only

10:30AM

Holy Communion

KICK-12N

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Christian Broth-

er’s Men’s Golf-

9AM

Elders-3PM

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Property-8AM

7

8

Stewardship-2PM

9

Neff Bib. St.-1PM

10

Foster Parent

Training-8AM

11

Congregation Mtg.

-between services

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Christian Broth-

er’s Men’s Golf-

9AM

Visiting Friends-

10AM

13

Property-8AM

Lydia—9AM

Council-3PM

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15

16

SLF Father’s Day

@ F.H.-11:30AM

Neff Bib. St.-1PM

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Holy Communion

Mite Sunday

KICK-12N

19

Christian Broth-

er’s Men’s Golf-

9AM

20

Property-8AM

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Caregivers Coffee

Hour-2PM

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23

LWML Bd. Mtg-

9AM

Neff Bib. St.-1PM

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25

Senior Ministry/

Youth Bingo Bash

after second

service

KICK-12N

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Christian Broth-

er’s Men’s Golf-

9AM

27

Property-8AM

28

Growth-9AM

Rec Cross Blood

Drive-10AM

Senior Ministry-

2PM

29

30

Neff Bib. St.-1PM

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MEMBERS CHALLENGED BY HEALTH AND MEDICAL PROBLEMS:

Ann & Rudy Barich Yvette Dolan Shirley Dunham Hugh Embry Linda Fink Bill & Imgard Fuchs Andrew Gallagher Wilhelm Heilmeier Marg Higgins Audrey Hinzman Gene Hinzman Norm Hollins Marlys Lee Andy Miller Elinor Penney Floyd Quick Jim & Carol Schroeder Elsie Schroeder Doris M. Smith Phyllis Swartzlander Tom & MaryLou Towers Pete Wiedemann Ernie Wilson Rich & Roz Ziemba

OUR HOMEBOUND: Lillian Brooker, Pat Hollins, Harold & Joyce Hughes, Albert Fink

OUR FAMILY and FRIENDS: (requested by)

Dakota McCool (Pastor Andrew & Monique Abraham) Richard Bickel (Dottie Bickel) Heather Braun, Lori Norby, Karen Clark (Len & Elaine Braun) Bill Burmeister, (Kathy & Chuck Buchtrup) Jean Marie Dubois Remi Mafioli, Kay Gross, Paul Heinsch, Mike Hamby, Suzanne Zurick (Yvette Dolan) Derek Lee (Shirley Dunham) Martin Dyhr (Susanne & Kai Dyhr) Denise Grim, Ruth Grim (Jonnie Franklin) John Peterson (Janet Frazier) Ralph Fuchs (Bill & Irmgard Fuchs) Kim and Trudy Lambert, Gary Stephens, (Garry & Mary Funk) Marsha Hudson (Andrew Gallagher) Zachary Fuchs (William & Irmgard Fuchs & Harold & Joyce Hughes) Carson Lane Early (Don & Punky Geary) Kameron (Della Glass) Alesia Harbert, Lorrie Hinterman-Davila (Bill & Debe Hinterman) Russ Powell (Gene & Audrey Hinzman) Holly & Jesse Punzel (Alice Hockenberry) Nancy Langeland (Marianne Langeland) The Armour, Slicker, Cahill, Draper & Smith families (Steve & Mia McLelland) Milo Jewell, Karol Moosekian, Reagan Smith, Breana Shaw, Don & Phyllis Smith (Bob & Sue Moosekian) Gary Laura (Fred & Diane Mundt) Karyn Murray, Richard Coulther (Lillian Murray) Lester Davis (Michelle Pleinis) Dean Quick, Jim Quick (Floyd & Becky Quick) Jessie Mullins (Doris M. Smith) Dale Stuebben, Denise Andrews (Dennis & Dorothy Stuebben) Anita Jackson (Melody (Gaynor) Suntken) Brad Davis (Earl Thomas) Jeannie Bady (Cyndi Vickers) Barbara Walters (Lee Walters) Ace Wedlund, Gary Burns (John & Karan Wedlund) Meghan Wenck (Pastor & Gwen Wenck) Ann Harrington, Gregg & Barb, Mary Geary (Jim & Dena Whitener) DJ, Barbara Murphy (Pat & Pete Wiedemann) Dan “Gunny” Taylor (Ernie & Barb Wilson) Bob & Carol Hunt (Paul & Judy Wilson) Jeanne Dowell (Linda & Phil Winterroth) Simon Tucker (Barb Zaccari) OUR MILITARY, deployed or stationed out of the U.S.A.:

Kaitlyn Borozenski (Lloyd & Leora Miller) Ben Crain (Nancy & Gerry Burns) Jeff Golabiewski (Bob & Sheryl Craig) Jeff Pleinis (Mae Pleinis) Nicholas Broege (Della Glass) Shane Higgins (Kay Woodruff)

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Over the last year and a half SOTH has been blessed to receive many new members. On Sunday, April 30 a pot-luck dinner was held and 25 members who have joined during that time were given a formal warm welcome. We were properly introduced to many members who we have seen but weren’t sure of their names. It was a great gathering and of course we Lutheran’s know good food!! On these pages are pics of the newest mem-bers who were not included in our new photo directory. Also included are the names of the “not as new mem-bers” who also appear in that directory. So the next time you have the opportunity to say “hi” to that new or familiar face, please do so. Don’t be shy, we all in the same boat, “I know your face but can’t remember your name!”

Growth Committee: Jan Simko, chairperson

Please say hello when you see them & remember to wear your name tag! Our new members and where they came from:

Alice & Bob Skewis Yorkville, IL

Don & Sharron Palow Florida

Jan & Earl Leschinski St. Charles, IL

Joanne & Jim Bandazewski New Jersey

Marjorie Havlik Cleveland, Ohio

Susan Dowell Maryland

Joanna & Ron Garand Illinois

Picture unavailable at this time.

Other members introduced that day are:

The Abrahams, Pastor, Monique, Andrew, Gabriel and Atticus - New York

Sandra Demars - Wisconson

Carol and Jim Schroeder - Indiana

The Vickers , Lannie, Cyndi, Maggie, Lauren, Cole, Mason, and Silas - Sparta

You will find their pictures and addresses in our new photo directory. Others ad-dresses and phone information are on page 9.

Joe and Courtney Marko Picture unavailable at this

time.

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Thank you so much for your cards, visits, calls, food & most of all the prayers that were said for me. You are all very special to me. God Bless You, Elinor Penney I’d like to thank everyone for all the prayers and cards while Ken was sick and since he passed away. Your care, concern and uplifting support are greatly appreciated. I am truly blessed to belong to such a wonderful church family. God Bless You All, Jean Hresko We would like to thank everyone for all the cards, calls, visits and prayers during Audrey’s illness. We are so grateful for such a loving congregation. God Bless You, Gene & Audrey Hinzman Thank you so very much for your wonderful concerns during my recent illness. The cards and phone calls are so appreciated. Most of all, I thank you for your prayers. God heard all of them and has blessed me with better health again. A special thank you to Pastor Andrew for his spiritual attention. I praise the Lord for all of you! Linda Winterroth Dear Shepherd of the Hills, He is risen indeed! Alleluia! It was a joy to meet you in person. Thank you for your partnership in God’s mission work as we now head to Sri Lanka. In Jesus’ love Pastor Steven Mahlburg

Thank You So Much To Our Loving Church Family!

New Members names and address which do not appear in our new pictorial directory: Bandazewski, Jim/Joanne Dowell, Susan Garand, Ronald/Joanna P.O. Box 896 26 Renwick Dr. 16 Driftwood Court Pikeville, TN 38574 Crossville, TN 38555 Fairfield Glade, TN 38558 407-361-1760 301-452-0056 847.609.9545 Havlik, Marjorie Leschinski, Earl/Jan Marko, Joe/Courtney 2166 Sunset Ridge 117 Windsor Road 15 Sherwood Drive Crossville, TN 38571 Crossville, TN 38558 Crossville, TN 38572 331-276-3117 931.788.6485 Palow, Don/Sharron Skewis, Robert/Alice Change of Address: 2166 Sunset Ridge 210 Lakewood Drive Miller, Lloyd/Leora Crossville, TN 38571 Crossville, TN 38558 100 Samaritan Way Apt. 315 239.634.6941 931.287.0036 Crossville, TN 38558

Our Growth Committee is sponsoring a Red Cross Blood Drive on Wednesday, June 28th from 10:00 AM—2:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall. If you can participate, Jan Simko will have registration cards available between services. Upon registration, your name will be included in a drawing for a gift card to Beef & Barrel.

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May 3, 2017

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Attached with this note is a flyer for your use in the hope that you and your congregational members will join us for a special 500th Reformation celebration on Saturday, June 24th. We are eager to share with you a visit by Rev. A. Trevor Sutton, author of " Being Lutheran" and " Why Should I Trust the Bible". We chose that date, as it celebrates the date of the presentation of the Augsburg Confession and also the later signing of the Book of Concord. Please note the session titles; as Pastor Sutton has concurred to highlight these events via his presentations. We particularly want to ask you to encourage Confirmation and post-Confirmation teens to come and share time with other young Lutherans in the area, while experiencing a few hours of the truths of our faith! Their fee is NO CHARGE. We would appreciate a headcount call to our office by June 20! If you would like more information or materials to publicize this event please call the Church Office:

Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church 865/458-9407 Yours in Christ’s love and service,

Pastor Brian Truog

Mr. Walt Roessler. Reformation Committee – Sutton Event

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Please Note: This event is in the

Eastern Daylight Time Zone!!

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What’s this? Sheridan traded in his bow tie

for an apron!!!!

Look at this cute couple Loren & Joseph. Congratulations Loren on your high school graduation!

Keith and Atticus, “Just a’ swingin’” Pastor Andrew has turned the tables

around! Now HE’S behind the camera!

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Consecrated Stewards Board of Stewardship, Nancy Burns Chair

Consecrated, Lord, To Thee Consecration Sunday is

June 4, 2017

Please note: The only service on this Sunday will be at 10:30 AM. Mark your calendar for this celebration.

HOW COULD I BE A VISITING FRIEND? I don't drive, I don't like meetings, AND I don't know very many people!

“Visiting Friends” have some members who participate in this ministry but have never attended a monthly meeting, maybe they don’t drive or feel they don’t know many people. But what they can do, is care about fellow members who may be hurting and just send a card to let them know they are not forgotten. Sharing a call or card with someone you don’t know is an opportunity to share God’s love. Visiting Friends meet once a month on the second Monday, at 10:00 am in the first classroom. Our mis-sion is to see that all members challenged by loneliness, health, or medical problems receive a call, a card or a visit each month. As stated before some members of this team are unable to attend meetings etc. but want to make a contribution to fellow church members. All we ask is that you keep a record on a contact sheet we provide. This is important, because we as a group and congregation want everyone to know we care about each other and no one is forgotten. We have a core group of members who faithfully visit our shut-ins and who make many calls and send cards. We could always use more volunteers in this important ministry. Your service would be not only be ap-preciated, but you will find a special peace knowing you are reaching out to someone in need. Our meetings last an hour, we open and end with prayer. After that, it's purely a discussion making sure everyone on our list has been contacted. Your sister in Christ, Toni McCarty

A note from the Editor: Occasionally the Staff will be introducing you to one of the ministries we have here at SOTH. These are some of the ministries/committees that do not have a regular monthly article in the Staff. Their quiet, behind the scenes contributions are vital to the core of our church but you may not know what they do or even that they exist. Our first contributor is “Visiting Friends”, chairman Toni McCarty.

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Property Guys John Wedlund, chairman

It is great to have guys and gals on the Board of church property, plus the volunteers that help us time to time. They all come with their own talent and experience. Not to mention their volunteer spirit and commitment to our Lord and Savior. I can’t tell you how much it means to our church to have members give of their time and labor to help save costs on our maintenance, repair, and construction needs. However, there are times when we have to hire contractors to get some projects done. Just recently we hired Jamie Dutch, a pressure-cleaning contractor, to get rid of the black sub-stance forming on the entire church building roof. Jamie did a good job. The roof looks like new again. Where does that black stuff come from? We also hired Action Heating and cooling Co. to help solve a problem with a cooling sys-tem in the Family Life Center building. We always thank the Lord for giving us the opportunity and ability to serve.

When you wake up Tuesday morning and you are a property guy, you have no idea what adventure lies ahead for the day!!!! Thank you guys and dolls for all you do to keep SOTH so nice.

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Try it, you’ll like it!!!

One of our most important ministry’s here at Shepherd of the Hills is our Greeters. It doesn’t seem like it should be that important does it? I will tell you from our personal experiences at other Lutheran churches, SOTH is one of the most welcoming. It is not by accident. We are a very friendly, caring congregation and that comes through to anyone who visits our church.

Now, knowing how important it is to have greeters at our doors wel-coming members and visitors alike, PLEASE come forward and sign up to meet and greet once a month, or whenever you are available. There is a sign up sheet in the Gathering Place.

It is time for others, not just the same volunteers, to step forward.

We NEED on our WELCOMING COMMITTEE!

Save this Date, July 23rd! “Jesus loves children”

Our next Jesus Loves Children event will be on Sunday, July 23rd. The theme will be “Jesus, our Good Shepherd”. Save the date and spread the Word!

YOUR MAILBOX MOST LIKELY HAS MOVED AND THAT’S A VERY GOOD THING!!!

Each time we accept new members the mailboxes are reorganized.

Your name is ABOVE your box. Please remember to check your box often!.

A simple way to ease our budget is as easy as signing up for KROGER COMMUNITY REWARD DOLLARS !

Last year SLF was awarded over $500 from just 22 people. This year we have only 18 but would love to have many more. If you are a plus card member just go to Kroger.com website & click on Community. Then click on In Your Community. Scroll down to Community Rewards. Click on Enroll now.

You may either re-enroll, sign in or create an account. The site will ask you who you want to reward. Put in Shepherd’s Little Flock or the number 15029. You must re-enroll each Fall. These rewards come from Kroger and do NOT affect your personal rewards. Every little bit helps. Please take the time to sign up and tell your friends and family, too. Thanks so much.

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SENIOR MINISTRY Pat Wiedemann, Chairman

The Board of Senior Ministry wishes a Happy Father’s Day to all the members of the congrega-

tion referred to as Dad, Gramps, Father, Poppa, or whatever special name your families have bestowed upon you. May your day be full of celebration, good wishes, and remembrances of all your good times.

Senior Singles will be meeting on Friday, June 9th at the Beef and Barrel Restaurant on West Avenue at 11:15am. There is a signup sheet out on the counter in the Gathering Room. (Note to all old and new members alike: Senior Singles is a group, of widowed, divorced, never married, of any age members of our congregation or not, that meet for lunch in even months on the second Friday for fel-lowship and a good time.)

On Friday, June 16th at 11:30 am, we will be partnering with SLF and helping to present their Father’s Day celebration.

The Caregiver Coffee Hour is scheduled for Wednesday, June 21st from 2pm to 3pm in the Gathering Room. No need to sign up for this event. Church members and guests are always WEL-COME!

Calling all avid BINGO players!!! Mark your calendars!!! Sunday, June 25th the Senior Ministry will be partnering with the Youth Ministry in hosting a Bingo Ses-sion and Brunch after the second service. Our official hours will be 11:30am to 1:30pm. Brunch will be served first and we will start the Bingo session anytime you are ready. We can eat and play at the same time if you wish. The signup sheet is out! Come join us for a fun afternoon!

Special thanks to Ruth Worshik and all the members of the Senior Ministry Board who helped to make the SLF Mother’s Day celebration a memorable event. Also, to Ingeli Matthews for filling in and hosting fellowship on May 14th.

Thanks, kudos, and hugs to all! Pat

The LWML 3rd Annual Spring Fling and fashion show event

was a huge success. Men and women

alike enjoyed themselves!

!

If I close my eyes, maybe they won’t see

me!

One of our other male models,

Bill Hinterman goin’ fishin’.

Linda Caldwell and Jane Kampion

showin’ off their great outfits!

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The National LWML surpassed its 2015-2017 Mission Goal of 2 million dollars by nearly $100,000! Thanks were given to God by National LWML President, Patti Ross, for all the mite offerings re-ceived which allowed mission grants to be funded and Gospel outreach to be completed. The over-age of $97,904.23 will be used for the 2017-2019 Mission Goal. Thank you to all of OUR faithful and generous mite box feeders; YOU helped to make it happen!

The ladies of the LWML, along with many other of our church members, put on another fabu-lous Fling this year! The Gathering Place was packed, you could feel the excitement in the air, and giddy laughter rose to the rafters! Bling flew off the tables at an amazing rate! We grossed a profit of $1,216.50! The two Thrivent Seed Money Grants paid all of our expenses, so the majority of that money will go to mites and missions. Thank you to EVERYONE who helped make the Fling a smash-ing success! Many hands make light work, and we couldn’t have had a better group of volunteers and supporters than the ones you can find at SOTH!

The Plateau Pregnancy Baby Bottle Drive is in full swing! If you haven’t gotten a baby bottle yet, you can find them in a tub near the mailboxes. Fill it with whatever your heart directs, whether it be coins, cash or a check. Know that each donation to their work could help an uncertain young family choose life today, knowing they will receive the support they will need to provide for their child tomorrow.

The Summer Quarterly LWML meeting is set for July 15th. The program isn’t set yet, but we have a lead on a possible speaker. Stay tuned for more information .

Our next Mission in Motion Servant Event is tentatively planned for Friday, July 21st. We’ll be preparing and serving lunch at the Bread of Life Mission. If you are a Thrivent member, please con-sider letting us use one of the two Action Team Seed Money grants you qualify for every year, to purchase the necessary supplies. That keeps more of our funds available to turn around and donate back into the community. Please speak to me or let Diane Mundt know if you would be so inclined. And now, for some exciting big, big news: Wedding bells are soon to be ringing for our “adopted daughter!” Caitlin is engaged and will be getting married on June 28th! The story is too long and com-plicated to retell in the space I have available here, but watch for a detailed update to be out soon. Ohh Boy - what a story! Now would be a great time to send Caitlin a card or email! I’ll have stamps available before and after Bible study on Sunday mornings. There are many avenues a Consecrated Steward can take here at SOTH. The LWML offers many op-portunities to serve. Come be a part of one of them!

LUTHERAN WOMEN’s MISSIONARY LEAGUE Debe HInterman , President

Please save your change. “Mite Sunday” is the 3rd Sunday of each

month. Your continued support

will help our district reach its goal.

Thank you

The Lydia Circle meets the second Tuesday

of every month at 9 AM. Please join in this spe-

cial ministry making quilts for local and world

wide missions. No sewing skills required!

Dates to Remember:

7/15 Summer Quarterly Meeting

7/21 Mission in Motion/Bread of Life

caitlin.worden@lcmsintl.org

Calle Delta D-51

Urb. Papa Juan XXIII

San Borja, Lima, Peru

news:mailto:caitlin.worden@lcmsintl.org

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Our choirs are on summer vacation! In the next few months please prayerfully consider joining either one of our choirs. We welcome anyone willing to serve the Lord and make a joyful noise! You just need to be com-mitted to practice once a week and play or sing on an occasional Sunday. We do our best to work around everyone’s travel plans.

You do not need to be able read music to participate in bells, but your love and enthusiasm for hymns will bring you the confidence to learn.

Music Ministry Rick Weyhrich, Music Director

Weekday Adult Bible Classes Bob Neff Bible Study : The June schedule will be announced in the next newsletter.

Deborah Circle: Deborah Circle will take a summer break in June, July and Au-gust. Next meeting will be September 19th. More Information will be available in the August newsletter.

Fairfield Glade Bible Study: The Fairfield Glade Bible study group will take the summer off and resume their study of Miracles in September. Hope to see you all then. Have a great and safe summer.

Electronic Daily Bible Studies are available. Email: sothbiblereadings@frontier.com to sign up for one of the availa-

ble studies or daily devotions for men/women.

Sunday Adult Classes: 9:15—10:15 in Fellowship Hall.

Our Worship Videos: Worship videos are available through our church website (shepherdcrossville.com). Just go to Bulletin/Newsletter, worship service videos, watch Pastor Andrew's recorded service and select the service you would like to watch.

STEPHEN MINISTRY Rev. Paul Wiegert We are blessed to have a number of Stephen Ministers in our congregation. They are here to give confidential support and care to anyone who is experiencing stress or loss. Please contact Rev. Paul

Wiegert, at 456-9053 if you would like more information or to request a Ste-phen Minister’s assistance.

Have you signed up for tea with Pastor Andrew? He’s been practic-

ing, learning all the etiquette needed

for a proper tea party, thanks to his mentor Susanne Dyhr.

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Shepherd’s Little Flock Sabrina Gunderson, Director

Noteworthy News – I will be attending a Lutheran Accreditation Conference in Memphis at the end of this month. We will be going over the new rules for accreditation. I have been fortunate to have been on 2 accreditation teams since working for Shepherd’s Little Flock. I learned a lot about the different schools and process on becoming Lutheran Accredited. I have been blessed with meeting some wonderful people and have enjoyed seeing how different schools and daycares are being run and operated. What’s Happened – We had a wonderful turn out for our Mother’s Day celebration that the senior ministry put on. We are so thankful for the support and active church partnership. We are so thankful so many of our mother’s were able to come. We had almost all of the mother’s in the pre-school and over half from the transition room. What a wonderful turn out!!

What’s Happening – We will be having a Father’s Day celebration on Friday, June 16th at 11:30 a.m. at the fellowship hall. We are looking for any men from the church that would like to join us. Just call and let Sabrina in the SLF office know. We will be putting the “School Bus Supply List” up soon. The list of supplies are for all year and we take the funds that we raise and go the teacher store in Memphis while we are there for the Lutheran Early Childhood Conference. The teacher store gives us a discount and we do not pay for shipping and handling. We are able to purchase more supplies that way. The preschool room has asked the K.I.C.K. to join us in a free congregational car wash on Tues-day, June 27th from 9 till 11 with a grilled lunch after. If you would like to have your car washed by some very special children bring your car, truck or vehicle to the back parking lot during the morn-ing. Focus on the Flock– Celebrating a birthday this month: We Wish Happy Birthday and God’s blessings to: Carlotta will be 3 on the 3rd Charlie will be 4 on the 19th Olivia will be 3 on the 6th Fawn will be 4 on the 27th Khaidyn will be 3 on the 11th Colt will be 4 on the 28th Creative Curriculum –

Our religion curriculum focus: The Holy Spirit The letters for the month are: Ff, Cc Our themes will be: Weather, Father’s Day, Life as a Christian: our environment Our monthly Bible verse is: Matthew 19:14 Let the Little Children Come to Me

Reminders – We will be having the 4th of July Parade on Friday, June 30th at 9:30 a.m. Plan to join

us for our country’s birthday celebration.

Thank you – Sue Moosekian and Judy Bowman for their dedication and hard work on the monthly newsletter. Great Job

Ladies!!

Sabrina Gunderson

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We are Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church,

Missouri Synod.

1461 Sparta Hwy

Crossville, TN 38572. Phone: 931-484-3461

Fax: 931-707-0042

Email: soth@volfirst.net

Pray Requests: sothprayers@volfirst.net Web Page: shepherdcrossville.com/home/

Sunday Worship Services are held at 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM

SUNDAY Adult Bible Class 9:15 AM

Our Bible Study Focus Pastor Andrew is leading us in a

reading of Dr. Luther's Large Cate-

chism. It is not really that large,

and it's very readable. In this Chris-

tian classic, Dr. Luther does an ex-

cellent job summarizing the foun-

dations of our faith. This project

was chosen because 2017 marks

the 500th anniversary of the

Protestant Reformation. The discus-

sions will be held during our normal Sunday School hour beginning

in February. All are invited. Please let Judy know if you need a

copy of the Large Catechism.