David H. Hatch

O u r S a v i o u r L u t h e r a n C h u r c h – G r e e n B a y W i s .

Don’t wait for Thanksgiving! Thank Him now!

The Voice November 2011 Volume 23, Issue 35

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sanctuary just before the voter’s meeting began. Thus, only remnants of the whole voting membership decide for the larger voting-eligible church body. It is the responsibility and privilege of each voting member, unless unavailable, to steer the future of the congregation by his informed vote. Would you agree? Save the date for December 4, to join in our brief voter’s meeting after the abbreviated 9:15 a.m. service. Loyalty Sunday – On December 11, we will celebrate Loyalty Sunday. Commitment cards are available at every corner like in the Voice and bulletin inserts. It may be time to completely rethink our response to the Savior’s call to sacrifice, to give generously and to consider getting back to the Biblical concept of the tithe. The mission is alive here. The halls and rooms are filled with activity, almost every day of the week! He is using our gifts for His work! The cards have a place to convey your pledge for 2012. Only the Lord knows your name. May God use our gifts to His glory here and elsewhere!

Harvest. Thanksgiving. Turkey. Stuffing. Those are words that recall strong impressions for us. These words spark memories. But what do these words really mean? They remind us that He is "sustaining" us. That is, our God is providing us with the necessities of life. Luther says it best in the meaning to the Second Article of the Apostle's C r e e d . . . I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of h e a v e n a n d e a r t h . "What does this mean? I believe that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears and all my members, my reason and all my senses, and still takes care of them. He also gives me clothing and shoes, food and drink, house and home, wife and children, land, animals and all I have. He richly and daily provides me with all that I need to support this body and life. He defends me against all danger and guards and protects me from all evil.

All this He does only out of fatherly, divine goodness and mercy, without any merit or worthiness in me. For all this it is my duty to thank and praise, serve and obey Him. This is most certainly true." Wow. Simply, wow! Don't wait for the Thanksgiving meal to begin giving thanks. It is to begin at this very moment! His love is shown through as He sustains us - Our response is, "to thank and praise, serve and obey Him." Finally, we have permission to start the Thanksgiving meal whenever we like.

A Christian Duty – The annual Voter’s Meeting is approaching on December 4 – Save the date! When we have called voter’s meetings for both the budget and the calling of pastors, a large percentage of the members have left the

He has sustained

you; sustain His

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OSLC official acts Weddings: Shelly Montevideo and

Todd Oudenhoven

United on September 17, 2011

Kayla Hansen and Sean McIntyre

United at Our Saviour on

September 24, 2011

Shelly Schauer and Dan Reznichek

United on October 8, 2011

Baptisms: Madelynn Kathleen Schimberg Born: July 26, 2011 Baptized: September 25, 2011 Daughter of Allan and Heather Schimberg Layla Faith Hillmann Born: August 21, 2011 Baptized: October 9, 2011 Daughter of Jason and Kelli Hillmann Membership Changes IN: Brett and Teri Lange, confirmed child, Noah, unconfirmed/minor children Elijah, Jacob, Natalie and Kenji, transfer from Christ of the Bay Skip and Julie Wyss, unconfirmed/minor child Peyton, transfer from Christ of the Bay Received their Crown: Eunice F. Jensen May 10, 1938 - October 5, 2011 Funeral service held on October 8, 2011

It’s time to give your brains a treat! Our special interest classes will begin in November! Join us for a chance to learn something new. Class will start at 6:00 p.m, and end around 8:00 p.m (unless otherwise noted). The following classes have been scheduled so far, with more to follow. November 7 in classroom one – Entertaining at your home – The Thanksgiving/Christmas season can leave us all in a crazy whirlwind. Hosting a get-together can add even more stress. We have fantastic ideas on entertaining on a budget. So start creating your guest list, and pick your date for that special gathering! Take home gift included! (Fee: $3) November 21 in classroom one – Holiday decorating on a dime – You can create your own department store window wonderland at home without spending all your cold cash. Let’s have some fun, take home your own home-made project, and share ideas on great decorating tips. (Fee: $5) December 5 in classroom one – Family fun for the holidays – Make a lasting impression on your family with these great, no to low cost ideas to celebrate the Christmas season.

Step away from the mall, make some great memories, and start some new traditions. (Fee: $1) Other future topics will include successful couponing, meal planning on a budget, make your own cleaners, detergents, and other home goods, beauty on a budget, etc. Important stuff to know about these new events: *Classes will be limited to 15 participants. *Please RSVP with your name, phone number and e-mail address to Maggie Hinz at maggiehinz@mail.com, or by calling 920-884-0711 *Church members and non-members alike are welcome to participate.

Learn some new ideas to have successful

and memorable holiday seasons on a

budget.

The OSLC Cub Scout Pack 4070 is selling fresh Christmas wreaths for $10 each. The wreaths are 12 inches and are made of balsam and mixed greens with a red ribbon. Wreath pick-up will be on Sunday, December 4. Order forms can be picked up at the W e l c o m e C e n t e r ; completed order forms can be placed in the wreath order box at the Welcome Center. Checks should be made payable to Our Saviour.

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Like in the pictures of Les and Irma, Christ is with you here and now. What love! Let's respond in love back toward Him and toward others. If we do not have love, we have not yet figured it out! Luke 10:27 - "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

One of the Personnel a n d F i n a n c e b o a r d ’ s responsibilities is to track our weekly offerings. We know that there are peaks and valleys in giving that occur almost at the same times every year. For example, there is always what we call a “summer slump” for giving. The Adopt-A-Bill program has been very successful in filling some of the valley during the summer. Thank you to all who paid for more than $3,900 in bills this past summer. The reason for this message is to ask for your help to pull us out of the summer slump which lingered on through September this year. Our offerings for August and September are down about $12,000 from the same period last year. Year-to-date through September we are about $56,000 below budget. We figure by telling you now, there are still two months for us to recover before the end of the year. Thank you for your continued support.

Les and Irma, what a special couple. Les, a WWII vet, met his German war bride while in the newly liberated land of Luther back in the 1940s. Everywhere they went Les and Irma took pictures, albums and slides, oodles of pictures. Invisible to the untrained eye, but not to the eye of faith, there were three people in every picture of them that was taken over the years. Just behind this joyous couple, ever present, faithfully there, was the Living Savior. He stood, not between them to divide them, but to bring them closer, to hold them together, to fulfill their marriage vows. Les and Irma knew the love of Christ and their lives were lived in a joyful response to Christ's love. "Husbands, love your wives as Christ has loved the church and gave Himself for it..." Ephesians 5:25. Our God has loved us so very much, and continues to, regardless! From the vastness of His design of us before we were born, to His compassion at our redemption by His death; stretching out to His daily provision of our needs; and all the way past our death into the great eternal home He has prepared for us when our faith is in C h r i s t ! W h a t l o v e !

Help OSLC out of the continued September slump

His love, our response; yet another inspiring example.

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Evangelism board’s bulletin board packed with information, so be sure to check it out at least once a month; look for the colorful bulletin board in the hallway outside the church office.

At a Fall Rally in Door County, Linda Pelot, president of North Wisconsin District LWML, presented Our Saviour with the official membership plague. We are now official! Plans for the future include local projects and a youth group called Friends into Serving Him.

After many years of having no Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, Stephenie Hovland and Teri Watt have helped resurrect this mission-oriented women’s group at Our Saviour.

Stephenie shares a little about it. “LWML is intended for women of all ages to reach out to their neighbors and missionaries overseas. We have great opportunities through a national organization who already works with so many mission projects already. Right now, we’re focusing mainly on mite boxes. You’d be amazed how all that change adds up. We join with thousands of other Lutherans to support millions of dollars worth of missions. It’s a great opportunity!”

Teri and her family served as missionaries in Nigeria, so this group is close to her heart. She also keeps the

Lutheran Women’s Mission League is alive at Our Saviour

Receiving the plaque: (from left to right) June Williams, Deloris Siegmund, Mary Zirbel, Sandy Groth, Stephenie Hovland and Linda Pelot.

The items we gathered for a Door County organization that helps people who are abused.

“WORKING TO BUILD GOD’S KINGDOM” Loyalty Sunday response form, December 2011

Our Saviour Lutheran Church

Two good things happen as a result of your gifts…those you help will be glad…(and)…they will praise God for this proof that your deeds are as good as your belief… They will pray for you…because of the wonderful grace of God shown through you. Thank God for His Son—His gift too wonderful for words.”

2 Corinthians 9: 13-16 (TLV)

In His Word, our Lord teaches us to return to Him first out of His blessings, but these blessings are not limited just to money. Each of us is blessed in many ways, with time, talent, and treasures, and it behooves each and every one of us to return a portion of all of these to the Lord.

From a financial perspective, the Bible teaches about tithing, returning to the Lord a percentage of His gifts to us. You may wish to use this worksheet to help you as you prayerfully consider your commitment. Please note that you keep this portion for your records.

$ X = $

Annual Household Income Percent to Return to the Total for the Lord’s work

Lord for His work

(15% = 0.15, 10% = 0.10, 5% = 0.05)

From a time and talents perspective, we urge you to consider where God fits into your life. Is he more important than a favorite TV show, or soccer practice, or band rehearsal, or whatever it is that pulls at your life throughout the week? If so, then please consider how you can devote a percentage of your week to the work of the Lord, whether that is by attending Bible classes or volunteering on boards, committees, or special events at church. A week has 168 hours in it; ten percent (a standard tithe) would be almost 17 hours. Including worship, reading the Bible, and daily prayer, how many hours do you devote to the Lord?

Before you return this card, please pray: Lord, we thank you for your many great gifts. May we generously and trustingly fulfill our intention to support your ministries through our offerings to your cause. In the power of your name. Amen.

Please cut along this dotted line and return the bottom portion to us. We ask that all members who are able to attend bring their commitment card to Loyalty Sunday on December 11, 2011 and place it in the offering plate. Until that date, there will be a box set up in the Narthex for the commitment cards. If you cannot attend on that date, please mail the completed bottom portion of this page to Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 120 S. Henry Street, Green Bay, WI 54302. Please do not put your name or your envelope number on your pledge.

Out of thanks and trust to our Lord, I/we commit:

Talents I will offer in service of the Lord

Hours of service each week/month/year (circle one)

$ weekly/monthly/annually (circle one)

For the OSLC Family ministries during 2012 E

Readiness: to determine attitude and aptitude for action

Cornerstone Stewardship Ministry, recently selected by the NEW Lutheran High School Association, has developed a “readiness study” concept to assist schools to ascertain their readiness to move forward with proposed building

renovation, program enhancements and debt reduction plans. The main intention is to better understand how people feel about the ministry of

NEWLHS and in turn predict the capacity of personal willingness, volunteer time, and participation with financial gifts in a capital campaign during the

2011-2012 school year.

The consultants from Cornerstone, Tom Grunow and Michael Fuchs, are both experienced, former NEWLHS administrators and have both served for the past 20 years as professional counsel in the area of fund development and

strategic planning. The Readiness Study took place from September to November and involved surveys, personal and phone interviews,

demographic study, a development audit and meetings with the school staff, pastors and principals.

To date, there has been an overwhelming response in the various survey and interview opportunities to help make the Campaign Readiness study a very

valuable experience for our association and NEWLHS! Our consultants from Cornerstone Stewardship Ministry have been quite impressed with the

willingness to meet, spirited support and the general optimism shared about our educational ministry. We really do appreciate your participation!

YOU'RE INVITED!

As a member of an association congregation or a friend of the school, you are

invited to attend the Readiness Study report to hear, firsthand, the recommendations offered by Cornerstone Stewardship Ministry. The meeting

will be held at NEWLHS.

Sunday, Nov. 6, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Executive Summary Report. Snacks will be served beginning at 1:00 and we'll be done by the time the

Packers begin their away game with San Diego!

We'll look forward to seeing you!

“The Voice” 2.0

† UN-Usher needed: If you'd like to volunteer as an usher please contact the lead usher of the group you'd like to join. Or contact Rich Spangenberg at (920) 983-9821 or e-mail spangenr@uwgb.edu

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Day: Date: Service: Lead Usher Team:

Thu. 01-Dec 7:00 pm P. Kuehl Bill Baneck; †UN; †UN Sun. 04-Dec 7:45 am J. Kielpikowski Chad Kielpikowski; Ron Klumb; †UN Sun. 04-Dec 9:15 am D. Bitters Robin Williams; Frank Helebrant; Don Schultz; Shelly Williams; Trey Boerschinger Sun. 04-Dec 10:45 am G. Buechner Carmen Leuthner; Lloyd Leuthner; DeVonte King; Rich Spangenberg Thu. 08-Dec 7:00 pm B. Clayton Anthony Clayton; †UN; †UN Sun. 11-Dec 7:45 am M. Dalebroux Andrew Prescher; Al Brietlow; Barry Dalebroux Sun. 11-Dec 9:15 am W. Chamberlain Randy Dyle; Roxanne Dyle; Alex Chamberlain; McKenzie Waniger; †UN Sun. 11-Dec 10:45 am M. Charles Don Larson; Karen Kiekhaefer; Hunter Alft Sun. 18-Dec 7:45 am M. Morgan Vernon Siech; Gloria Morgan; Ralph Hoerchler Sun. 18-Dec 9:15 am D. Wians Lonnie Peerenboom; Todd Korth; Barb Korth; Davis LaMarche; Dan Richer Sun. 18-Dec 10:45 am R. Bruhn Rich Ryman; Sue Bruhn; Richard Christianson Thu. 22-Dec 7:00 pm C. Arthur Carl Zimonick; Gary Kirchman; Dick Zimonick Sat. 24-Dec 1:30 pm G. Buechner Carmen Leuthner; Lloyd Leuthner; DeVonte King; Rich Spangenberg Sat. 24-Dec 3:30 pm A. Knaus Clarence Ney; Josh VanKauwenberg; Jerry VanKauwenberg Sat. 24-Dec 5:30 pm R. Vande Hei Walt Juhnke; Tiffany Duff; Brian Duff; Chelsea Vande Hei; Rachel Vande Hei Sat. 24-Dec 7:30 pm P. Kuehl Bill Baneck; †UN; †UN Sun. 25-Dec 10:00 am R. Bruhn Rich Ryman; Sue Bruhn; Richard Christianson Sat. 31-Dec 6:00 pm B. Clayton Anthony Clayton; †UN; †UN

By making changes to our current printing and distribution methods, the congregat ion wi l l save substantial dollars and still get the church newsletter into the hands of everyone who wants to read it. Beginning with the January 2012 issue, everyone will have the opportunity to pick up a hard copy of “The Voice” at the Welcome Center when you come to worship or are in the building for meetings, etc. If you prefer, you can read it from the website, easy as pie. An e-mail will be sent when it is available on the website and a .pdf will be attached to the e-mail as well. If you are a shut–in and are unable to access the Inter-net, call Michelle at (920) 468-4065 and we will continue to mail a copy to you each month.

OSLC youth host Drop-and-Shop An opportunity for parents to go Christmas shopping, have a date day, or just get things done around the house for the holidays, child-free. When: Saturday, December 3 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Where: OSLC youth room, gym and preschool room. Cost: $4 per child per hour Activities: crafts, snacks, games, naps, movies, music What we still need: Middle school and high school youth to volunteer and children to watch +This is a fundraiser for your youth accounts and will get credit toward the National Youth Gathering in 2013 for participating. +Parents of middle school and high school youth are also encouraged to help us out. +Please watch for a sign-up on the youth board if you are interested in helping out or dropping you kids while you shop.

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120 S. Henry Street

Green Bay, WI 54302

(920) 468-4065

http://www.oslc-gb.org

Vol. 23 No. 35, November 2011 The Voice (permit No. 59) is published

monthly by Our Saviour Lutheran Church. All rights reserved. No portion

of this publication may be reproduced without permission.

Senior Pastor– David H. Hatch

(920) 465-8118

dave@oslc-gb.org

Associate Pastor– Greg Hovland

(920) 544-3614

greg@oslc-gb.org

Church Office – Michelle Burhite

(920) 468-4065

info@oslc-gb.org

Preschool Director – Christina Scholz

(920) 468-3596

christina@oslc-gb.org

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Lutheran Church

Missouri Synod

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Looking ahead: Watch out! It gets busy. November November 5: Youth movie night; movie TBA November 6: Confirmation examination November 11: Fish fry November 13: Confirmation service Youth bowling November 20: Adult confirmation November 23: Thanksgiving Eve service; 7:00 p.m. November 24: Thanksgiving Day service; 9:00 a.m. December December 3: Youth babysitting fundraiser “Drop-and-Shop” 10:00 a.m-4:00 p.m. December 4: NEWLHS Cantata at 7:45 a.m.; Voter’s meeting at 10:00 a.m. December 9: Fish fry December 15: Soup supper at 5:00 p.m.; Live Nativity at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:00 pm. December 18: Sunday school Christmas pageant December 24: Christmas eve services; 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30 p.m. December 25: Christmas day service; 10:00 a.m. December 31: New Year’s eve service; 6:00 p.m.