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The VisitorCHRIST Evangelical Lutheran Church | 500 Park Street -
West Salem, WI
608-786-1250 facebook.com/CSJWS christlutheranwestsalem.com
MAY 2019
19 On the evening of that first day of the week, the disciples were together behind locked doors because of their fear of the Jews. Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. So the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. (John 20:19-20)
What are you afraid of? One of the kids at school? Your boss’ reaction at work? The upcoming doctor’s appointment? Talking about Jesus?
All of these things can make us afraid. The one thing in common is that we’re not sure what the reaction is going to be once we’re there.The disciples were afraid, too. It’s Easter evening. Jesus had been crucified. Jesus’ body was gone. Some were saying they had seen him alive. It was all so unnerving!“Peace be with you!” Jesus is the one who takes away all fear. Even if we still have to deal with the bully, the boss, the diagnosis and hostile reactions when we speak the good news of Jesus, there is still peace.
Fear is caused by sin. Peace is ours by grace. Fear comes naturally. Peace is an amazing gift. Fear is what we deserve because of our sin. Peace is what we
have because Jesus is alive.Even as a congregation, there have been things that made us afraid. We wondered about the staff at school. God’s grace has supplied us with teachers! We wonder how to meet our obligations. God’s grace supplies all that we need through hearts he moves to joyously and cheerfully give for his work. The list could go on and on, and each of you reading this could add even more from your own list of fears. Easter gives us the answer to all our fears, concerns and worries: He is risen! He is risen, indeed! Along with the disciples, we rejoice as we see the Lord in Word and Sacrament. The Visitor Page 1 May 2018
“Peace be with you!”Please join us at the next All Church Meeting on May 14th @ 6:30PM. We begin with Bible study, and continue with member input, council reports, and committee meetings. . This month’s “But Why?” question: “But why can’t I take communion?"
BIBLE STUDY OPPORTUNITIESAs summer approaches, we are wrapping up our studies in preparation for the summer break. Just because
our formal studies stop for a while, doesn’t mean our need for God’s Word stops! Don’t “vacation” from worship! The joy of our risen Savior is something we love to hear with our fellow Christians week after week!
FAMILY BIBLE STUDY & SUNDAY SCHOOLSUNDAY MORNINGS 9:15AM
MEN’S BIBLE STUDYTUESDAY MORNINGS 6AM
WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDYTHURSDAY EVENINGS 6:15PM
BIBLE INFORMATION CLASSSUNDAY NOON 12:00PM
SUNDAY MORNING FAMILY BIBLE HOUR: We are studying the same lessons as our children in Sunday School. Come and grow as a family!
TUESDAY MORNING MEN’S STUDY: What is your vocation? Come and find out!
THURSDAY EVENING LADIES STUDY: The Ladies meet at 6:15PM. We are studying Exodus and are learning about the Tabernacle and it’s furnishings.
BIBLE INFORMATION CLASS: This class is a wonderful review for anyone wanting to brush up on the basic teachings of God’s Word. It’s also the class designed for those interested in membership in our congregation. Contact the pastor for upcoming classes.
May God bless all women who serve and pray, provide and comfort, and live as an example to us by keeping His truth alive in their hearts.
The COULEE REGION OWLS will meet Thursday, May 9th at First Lutheran Church, 400 West Ave S, La Crosse at Noon with a potluck luncheon. Bring a dish to pass and your table service. Coffee provided. Members age 55 or older are welcome. Enjoy friends, a good lunch, and excellent program. There will be a free will offering.
MEETS Thursday, May 2nd @ 1:15PM in the Multi-purpose Room. All Women of Christ are welcome to attend.
Dates to RememberSunday May, 19:Last Sunday for Family Bible HourSunday, May 26:Summer Worship Schedule Begins
Graduate Recognition; 8AM Thursday, May 30: Joint Ascension Service @ 7:00PM @Barre
Wednesday, June 12: Summer Picnic @ Vet’s Park;#2-5:30PMMonday, July 22-25: VBS @ Christ 9-11:30 AMThursday, July 25:VBS Picnic @ CHRIST – 5:30PMAugust 7:Summer Picnic @ Vet’s Park; #2 – 5:30PM
Join us for a JOINT ASCENSION SERVICE at St. John’s Barre on May 30th at 7:00PM. Everyone is welcome to attend! Meal following service.
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Enjoy receiving encouragement and prayer requests by participating in our Prayer Chain! Submit prayer requests by:
EMAIL [email protected] them in the prayer box in the narthex CALL one of the pastors
MAYAltar Guild Servers
Vicki DegenhardtJean Hauser
Sandy StockheimerBecky Hundt
MAYWomen of CHRIST
GROUP 12
Last Names: We-Yo
SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE: Our summer worship schedule will begin on May 26th. Worship will be at 8:00 and 9:30 AM through Labor Day weekend. The Monday service remains at 6:30PM. There will be no Monday services on the following dates:
May 27 (Memorial Day) | June 3 (District Conference) | September 2 (Labor Day)Remember our website!
christlutheranwestsalem.com
May 1st Amy Froemming
May 2nd Ryan Thill
May 4th Sue Kindt, Lois Miller
May 5th Will Rommel, IV
May 6th Dorothy Roraff
May 7th Ryan Batzel
May 8th Alex Logan
May 10th Debbie Rhyme, Peggy Klotz
May 12th Calvin Rick
May 14th Ray Tollefson
May 15th Diane Hicks, Jeremy Weber
May 16th Judy Manske
May 17th Donna Dovenberg, Kevin Stello
May 18th Ruth Wehrenberg, Declan Frame
May 19th Al Knobloch
May 20th Payton Hoff, Ryley Rasmussen, Eva Young
May 21st Nancy Lounsbrough, Veronica Pickar, Cynthia Hoffman, Myrle Bruemmer, Jon Hage, Arrow Horstman, Jack Horstman
May 22nd Sarah Korstanje, Ella Gilster, Katie Rasmussen
May 25th Kevin Sonsalla, Fiona Horstman
If you have recently moved, please remember to inform the Pastor or church secretary of your new address information and phone number so that we may keep contact with you. Thank You.
Sunday Morning 8:00 am 10:30 am
Monday Evening 6:30 pm
SUMMER SCHEDULEBEGINS MAY 26TH
Sunday Morning 8:00 am 9:30 am
Monday Evening 6:30 pm
HEADED FOR THE HOSPITAL? ATTENDING ANOTHER
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Thank you to all who worked and helped make our Easter Breakfast such a success ! This is a much enjoyed tradition!
May 26th Clayton Weber, Tyler Nederloe
May 28th Megan Krueger
May 29th Samantha Strom
CHURCH? MOVING?Your pastors are here to serve in all of these areas, so please let us know when changes take place! We’d love to take you to God’s grace; a grace that doesn’t change even when our life situations do!
Confirmation of our 2019 students was Sunday, April 28th. Join us in rejoicing with our new confirmands: Catherine Bruemmer, Isabella Gilster, Macy Hage, Payton Hoff, Douglas Horstman, Jozlyn Kaiser, Joseph Kendall. We congratulate them on their diligent study of God’s word, and encourage and support them as they continue to grow in the faith and knowledge of God. May God bless us all as we strive to live our lives in service to Him! Their first Communion will be May 5th.
NOTES & NEWSTHANKS SO MUCH to all the blood donors & those that helped make our recent Red Cross Blood Drive a success! A total of 34 people donated, with 35 Pints of
blood given.
Church MemoriesIf you have any pictures of Church, church activities
and fellowship please bring to the secretary office. If you
could date and label for record keeping, as well as let know if you need them back. Efforts to organize
church history are underway. Contact Katie 386-7856 with
questions
CARING CHRISTIANS MENTAL HEALTH May 6th @ 6:30PM we gather at First Lutheran, 400 West Ave South, La Crosse. Come for support and encouragement in a safe and nurturing environment.
The next GRIEF SUPPORT meeting will be Tues, May 7th at 7 PM at St John’s – Barre Mills. Those grieving the
loss of a loved one are welcome to attend.We extend our love and sympathy to the family and friends of Jay Justin who was called home to his Father in Heaven April 22nd . We pray that God would comfort them in their sorrow and remind them of the hope we all have because Jesus is risen!
Spring Rally As a woman member of CHRIST Lutheran, you are part of the Scenic Coulee Circuit of LWMS. Please plan to attend the Spring Rally on Sunday, May 5th, 1:00PM-registration/1:30PM Meeting at St. John’s in Sparta WI. If you have questions about LWMS, please contact Nancy Lounsbrough – 786-1276 or Arlene Schroeder – 780-2476
We will gather once more May 6th @ 6:30PM – then break until fall! Feel free to invite a friend! Call/text questions & location;
Katie 386-7856
We thank the 2019 confirmands for their gift of
$130.70 toward our conference room remodel.
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Registration fees include all sessions on Friday & Saturday and two lunches and the banquet dinner. Registered attendees may purchase a banquet ticket for a non-registered guest at $50 for adults or students. Forms, schedule, speakers, lodging suggestions and more can be found on the LWMS website – lwms.org – by clicking on the convention tab. Please contact Arlene Schroeder (780-2476) or Nancy Lounsbrough (786-1276) with questions.
Bus and/or hotel accommodations are not
included in registrations fees.
Thanks to the Snow
Shovel Brigade for keeping
the church’s sidewalks clean
during the winter months (and into
spring)!
Sermons Are Available as audio files on our website!
Visit christlutheranwestsal
em.com click on
Resources/Sermons and select the one you’d like to hear.
Family Art FairSunday, May 19th, 11:30 am to 2:00 pm
Do you sew, quilt, paint, scrapbook, knit or crochet? Are you a baker, woodworker, cake decorator, or jewelry maker? Have you created using your God given talents?If you answered “YES” you have something to show at the Family Art Fair! *Display your art and share your inspiration with others!*Enjoy food, drink, fellowship and creativity!*Supplies area for kids to create their own masterpiece!If you have something to display, please call Randy or Susie Mathe at 608-787-8373.
Monthly Bible ReadingsThe Discipleship Journal Bible Reading Plan offers special features that will help you in your journey through the bible. By reading from four separate places in the Scripture every day, you should be able to better grasp the unity of the Scriptures, as well as enjoy the variety of seeing four different viewpoints.
Don’t become frustrated if you fall behind. Each month lists only twenty-five readings. That offers several “free days” each month for catch up if they are needed. Here are the passages for MAY.
NEW TESTAMENT OLD TESTAMENT
MARK 2 CORINTH PSALMS 1 SAMUEL1 9:33-50 1:1-11 95 1-22 10:1-16 1:12-24 96 3-53 10:17-34 2 97 6-84 10:35-52 3 98 9-105 11:1-11 4 99 11-136 11:12-26 5 100 147 11:27-33 6 101 15-168 12:1-12 7 102 17-189 12:13-27 8 103 19-20
10 12:28-34 9 104 21-2311 12:35-44 10 105 24-25
13:1-13 11:1-15 106:1-23 26-2812 13:14-31 11:16-33 106:24-48 29-3113 2 SAMUEL14 13:32-37 12:1-10 107 1-215 14:1-11 12:11-21 108 3-416 14:12-31 13 109 5-717 GALATNS18 14:32-42 1 110 8-1019 14:43-52 2 111 11-1220 14:53-65 3:1-14 112 1321 14:66-72 3:15-29 113 14-1522 15:1-15 4:1-20 114 16-17
15:16-32 4:21-31 115 18-1923 15:33-41 5:1-12 116 20-21
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24 15:42-47 5:13-26 117 2225 16 6 118 23-24
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. (Malachi 3:10)
March Financial SummaryNeeded Monthly to meet budget $ 39,128March Income Received $ 46,923March Expenses $ 38,485Income (vs) Expense $ 8,438Outstanding DebtsChurch Mortgage $166,707Church Commitments $ 0Church line of credit:* $ 0
(* We borrow from here up to $75000, when we can’t pay the bills)
FELLOWSHIP
Our June Fellowship Picnic will be June 12th at Vet’s Park (off highway 16) Shelter #2.Bring something delicious to share and enjoy dinner and conversation. Following our meal will be fun filled activities for the whole family to enjoy!
MAY 2019Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 29 30 1 2 3 4CONFIRMATION
SUNDAY8:00 AM Worship
Ushers – C10:30 AM Worship
Ushers – H
6:30 PM Worship Usher – Miller
7:00PM BCE Mtg
6:00AM Men’s BStudy
1:00PM-3:PM Visitation3:00PM Jay Justin
Funeral Dinner to follow
7:00PM Choir Practice
1:15PM Ladies Aid
2:00PM Salem Trc Worship
3:00PM Mulder6:00PM Ladies
Bible Study
6:30PM CSJ Musical
5 6 7 8 9 10 118:00 AM Worship
Ushers –D9:15AM Family Bible
Hour10:30 AM
Confirmation Ushers – I
12:00PM Bible Info Class
6:30 PM WorshipUsher- Cook
6:30PM Knit & Cr. Circle
6:30PM Caring Christians@ First Luth
6:00AM Men’s Bible Study
7:00PM Grief support @ Barre
Early Release6:15PM Choir
Picnic7:30 Luther
Conference of Delegates
1:00PM Mill St Bible Study
2:00PM Salem Trc
3:00PM Mulder Bible Study
6:00PM Ladies Bible Study
7:00PM Knight Review @ Luther
9:00AM Crosses Down
12 13 14 15 16 17 18Mother’s Day
8:00 AM Worship Ushers –E
9:15AM Fm.Bible Hr.10:30 AM Worship
Ushers – J12:00PM Bible Info Cl.2:00PM Spring
Spotlight @ Luther
6:30 PM WorshipUsher – Osgood
7:30 Elders Meeting
6:00AM Men’s Bible Study
10:00AM Pastor Circuit MTG
6:30PM All Church Mtg
6:00PM Ladies Bible Study
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19 20 21 22 23 24 258:00 AM Worship
Ushers – F9:15AM Family Bible
Hour10:30 AM Worship
Ushers – K11:30AM-2:00PM
Family Art Fair
6:00PM Worship Usher-Miller
6:00AM Men’s Bible Study
6:30PM Fair Booth Meeting
7:00PM Joint Voters Meeting
(Call meeting if needed)
6:30PM Pre-K & 8th Grade Graduation
6:00PM Ladies Bible Study
11:00AM Closing Service CSJ
CSJ’s Last Day of School
26 27 28 29 30 31 18:00 AM Worship
Ushers – G9:30 AM Worship
Ushers – L
Memorial Day(No Worship
Service)
7:00PM Joint Ascension Service @ St. John’sCSJ- Junior Choir Sings
Christ-St. John’s Lutheran SchoolServing: Christ Ev. Lutheran Church, West Salem & St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Barre Mills
Teaching Christ’s Love. Pre-Kindergarten – 8th Grade.
School Calendar for May3 CSJ Musical6 Principal’s conference @Luther8 Early Release 12:15PM
12 Spring Spotlight @ Luther 2:00PM23 Pre-k & 8th Grade Graduation 6:30PM24 Last Day of School-closing service
11:00AMChildren Dismissed at 11:30AM
Note From The Principal As the last month of each the school year
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Save the Date! On August 4th we are excited to honor Pastor Riediger’s 25 years in the ministry! There will be a special afternoon celebration at church that we hope everyone will be able to attend.
Be watching for more details…
CHRIST LUTHERAN CONTACTS
Pastor Galen RiedigerPh: (608) 786-1250, Ext. 113Ph: (608) 512-0028 (Home)E: [email protected]
Church Secretary – Katie RasmussenPh: (608) 786-1250, Ext. 114E: [email protected]
President – Randy MathePh: (608) 787-8373E: [email protected]
Vice President – Dean BuchananPh: (608) 386-7222E: [email protected]
Christ-St. John’s Lutheran SchoolPh: (608) 786-1250Web: www.christstjohns.org
Principal – Stephen BergPh: (608) 786-1250E: [email protected]
LHS Principal – Paul WichmannPh: (608) 799-2083
approaches we often reflect on the past and look to the future. We can look at all of the activities and accomplishments of our students this past year and thank the Lord for giving them the ability to learn and grow. We can look to the future with a certain amount of anticipation and excitement as significant changes to our programming, facility, and faculty will be taking place. We will be expanding our pre-school program to five half days per week with separate 3k and 4k classrooms. We will be remodeling a room and moving our library. We will welcome Mr. Nate Livingston as our new principal and grade seven and eight teacher, Mr. Timothy Voigt as our grade five and six teacher and athletic director, and Mrs. Amy Cook as our second pre-school teacher.One thing that has existed in the past and will exist in the future is God’s love and grace. Despite our sinful shortcomings God has and will continue to bless those who confess Jesus as their Savior. As long as we keep that as our mission the Lord will bless Christ- St. John’s Lutheran School.
24 End of Fourth Quarter (44 days)29 Faculty In-Service @ CSJ 9:00AM30 Ascension @ St. John’s 6:30PM
VBS is scheduled for July 22-25 from
9-11:30AM! Like last year, we’ll end the week with a family picnic!
Details will be provided in upcoming newsletters.
Adult & Student Volunteers Needed Postal Food Drive on May 11th from
11-5PM at Our Saviors – West Salem
Ella Aberly Scholarship Scholarships for Luther High tuition are available from the Ladies Aid. Forms are on the Usher’s Cabinet or from the CSJ School Office Manager. Questions please call Lois Miller at
786-1262. Applications must be turned in by June 1st.
GRADUATE RECOGNITION MAY 26 Congratulations 2019 Seniors!
Recognition at 8AM service.We are no longer collecting Kwik Trip milk
caps, printer cartridges, or Campbell’s labels. We are only collecting Box tops, there is a labeled basket on the bookshelf in the Church hallway.
Are We There Yet?CSJ performs their musical on FRIDAY, MAY 3rd @
6:30PMThis is the musical story of Moses and the exodus! There is slavery and complaining, plagues and whining, idols…and a bit more whining. Go along with Moses and the Israelites on this long and weary journey.
😊 Taco Boat Dinner (Get reserved tickets at CSJ office)A free-will offering will be collected to help cover event expenses
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