OUR VISION

We believe God calls us to engage, encourage and equip our church,

community and world with His unfailing love.

STAFF AT FAITH

Church Office - (561) 848-4737

E-Mail: Church@faithnpb.com

Website: faithlutheran-npb.com

Pastor - Rev. Mark Stillman

Music Director - Dr. David McCalla

Contemporary Music Director - Janet Cunningham

Pre-School - (561) 848-4737

Toddlers - (561) 842-2487

School Director - Kathy Knudtson

New Day- (561) 844-0012

Director- Julie Tombari

Sunday Worship Schedule

9:00 AM— Traditional

11:00 AM—Contemporary

2018

Faith Flame

“Well, that went way too fast.” We usually find ourselves saying that about anything that we

really loved, and had such a good time during it. A lovely evening with people we love, maybe din-

ner, and then sitting around talking and laughing. A great vacation, where we had such a good

time, saw so many things, just a real blast, and then we say, “Well, that went way too fast.”

That’s what I usually say after watching a great movie: “Wow that went really fast.” How many

times have you ever come out of a really boring, dragging movie, lecture, sermon, or anything and

say, “Well, that went way too fast?”, probably not! The reason we say that is because it was so

great, so tremendous, with so much fun, that we are lost in the wonder, and when it’s over, we

can’t believe it, because it went so fast.

I wonder if, after being with Jesus for three years, did the disciples say, “Well, that went way too

fast,” as they watched him ascend up into heaven? As the Apostle John looked back on his life in

the Island of Patmos, a life filled with miracles, conversions, excitement, danger, persecution, and

the never-ending presence and filling of the Holy Spirit, did he say, “Well, that went way too fast?”

A life lived in the presence of Jesus, is a life of adventure, peace, goodness and joy. Matthew

5:16, “Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Fa-

ther in heaven.” I think one of our goals should be to live our life in Jesus in such a way that when

we reach the end we’ll be able to say, by the grace of God, “Well, that went way too fast.” I be-

lieve we’ll say that the same way I said it at the beginning, with no regret, but looking forward to

what is to come, an eternity with our Lord and all the saints. God grant that to us all.

Pastor Mark Stillman

Join us on Sunday morning—a traditionally excellent time to study the Scriptures!

10:00 AM—"The Gospel According to Paul”—Meets in the upstairs Library of the Michel Building.

Led by Larry Hess.

10:15 AM -- Brothers and Sisters in the Word Sunday Morning Bible Study

Look a little deeper into the Scripture readings for each Sunday! Pour a cup of coffee, grab some refresh-

ment, and join us in the Michel Building Multi-Purpose Room. This Bible study will not be following a specific

series or book of the Bible, so you can come once or many times. If your schedule does not allow you to join

us every Sunday, come when you can! Visiting this week or for a few months? Come and spend an hour in

fellowship and study! Led by Magdala Ray.

Weekday Bible Studies

Home Bible Study at the home of Tom & Sally Schwartz Bible Study at the Schwartz’s is the

1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. All are welcome. The program begins at 6:30 PM and includes

potluck dinner, fellowship and Bible Study, ending promptly at 9:00 PM. Call for info and directions

@ 622-4946.

Tuesday Morning Women’s Bible Study will begin on Tuesday, September 11th at 10:00 AM.

Since there will be rummage in the Multi-Purpose Room, we will meet upstairs in the Michel Building

until after the Rummage Sale. We will be studying Ezekiel using the book What is to Come by Kay

Arthur and Pete DeLacy. Led by Fran Hickman

Sunday Morning Studies

If you would like us to add your prayer request for family or friends, please e-mail your request to church@faithnpb.com or call the church office at 848-4737

Bill Cahill, Judith Gonnerman, Bob Heath, Larry & Sharon Hess, Dave & June Johnson, Joan Kmetz, Audrey Kittelberger, Kathy McCoy, Curtis Mertz, Cynthia Mertz, Irma Mey-

er, Etta Ornstein, Howard Ostrout, Carole McCoy Satherwaitte, Tom & Sally Schwartz,

Betty Sither, Jim Stilwell, Rosie Stilwell, Laura Tegart, Monica Trautsch, Rich Walker, Sue Zickert and for Faith Lutheran Preschool students and teachers.

Our Faith Family In Need of Prayer

Prayers for the extended family of Faith

Henry Scheck, uncle of Nina Speck; former member, Dr. Howard Lyboldt; June Johnson’s sister, Marie Millington; Billy Hickman, son of Fran Hickman; Karla Woita, daughter-in-law of Ron Woita.

Beans—Canned Fruit—Canned Meat, Tuna—Diced Tomatoes—Tomato Paste—Mac & Cheese—Pasta—Peanut Butter—Pop-Top Cans—Canned Vegetables —Rice—Soup—Canned Spaghetti Sauces

We also need volunteers 2 hours on Wednesdays (with enough volunteers, this opportunity oc-

curs about every 5-6 weeks). If you have 2 hours to donate, this involves distributing groceries to

those in need. The hours are; 10 AM—12 Noon. If able, please call Carla: 561-744-1076. Thank

you......

Marcia’s Food Pantry News

Please continue your food donations, see suggestion list for groceries

needed and thank you for your past and continued giving. Keep

those donations coming!!!

Greeters, Readers, Altar Guild and Ushers needed!! we need to add to our Chancel Work-

ers corps. These dedicated people serve a crucial role here at Faith. It’s not a hard job, but vi-

tally important. If you’d like to serve, a sign-up list is in the Narthex (Lobby) as well as on our

web page. We’ll have a training meeting soon; stay tuned for more info.

Our Marcia’s Food Pantry now has a new sign! The sign was donated by Ron Wiley who fur-

nished the wood and the cutting of the letters. Walt Wiley painted the sign and installed it over the

pantry door. Ron is Walt's brother who lives in the Villages, FL. Thank you to the Wiley brothers for

their fabulous work!

2 Barb Specksgoor

4 Rick Knudtson

9 Kenitha Drury

19 Etta Ornstein

Jon Schuemann

21 Betty Sither

24 Herman Nkuruniziza

29 Ben Schuemann

16 Matt & Beth Henshaw

Men Of Faith

Quarter Auction

Thursday, September 27

Doors Open @ 6:00 PM

Auction Starts @ 7:00 PM

It’s a cross between a home party, a raffle, bingo and a Chi-

nese auction! Bring a roll or two of quarters and bid on prod-

ucts from local vendors for quarters; while supporting our

charity.

Paddles to bid are $2.00 each, Dinners will be sold for $5.00

prepared by the Men of Faith.

Come, party with us and have the most fun you’ve had in a

long time while winning expensive items at inexpensive prices

or maybe even FREE!

Come at 5:30 PM to the “Faithful Walkers” Come join in the fun and

fellowship in an air-conditioned gym! This is a multi-muscle walking pro-

gram done to a Leslie Sansone Walk at Home DVD. Bring your water bot-

tle, towel, hand-weights, stretch bands. No fees.

We all need to take care of the body God has entrusted us with, so get off that couch and that

means YOU! (FYI—You can go on YouTube to view Walk at Home DVDs.)

Check Out Our Tuesday Evening Wellness Ministry

Altar Guild Meeting—Monday, September 24th at 6:00 PM in the Conference Room—New mem-

bers are needed, anyone that is interested in helping set up the altar, please come to this meeting

to learn more what the Altar Guild does.

Women of Faith Next Meeting—Monday, October 1st at 6:00 PM in the Conference Room—All

women are invited to attend.

“Beyond the Book Club”—Monday, September 10th at 7:00 PM in the Multi-Purpose Room of

the Michel Building. This month's book is “The Perfect Couple” by Elin Hilderbrand. Everyone wel-

come. Please contact Debbie Weier with any questions: weier.debra@gmail.com

Craft Club—Wednesday, September 19th at 7:00 PM in the Multi-Purpose of the Michel Building.

Want to learn about card making, scrap booking, jewelry making, floral design, cake decorating,

home decorating, drawing or painting? Just let us know what you are interested in.

COME ENJOY AN EVENING OF FUN AND LAUGHTER WHILE LEARNING EASY THINGS YOU CAN DO YOURSELF. For More Information Call: Judith Gonnerman - 561-386-3218

New Day Adult Care Center

Presents

A Health & Wellness Day

Wednesday September 12th

2:00 – 5:00 PM

* Blood Pressure Checks by the New Day Nurse *

* Flu Vaccines by Walgreens*

(Cost covered by Medicare all others $35.00)

*Memory Screenings by Memory Training Centers of Florida*

*Speech Screenings by Florida Movement Therapy Centers*

*Physical Therapy Screenings by LifeCare of Florida*

*ID Locator Bracelets by Alzheimer’s Community Care*

(Discuss and/or sign up for ID locator Bracelets)

Event Location:

New Day Adult Care Center 301 Ebbtide Dr. 2nd Floor

North Palm Beach, FL 33408

(561) 844-0012

To the Members and Friends of Faith Lutheran School

From Kathy Knudtson a fellow church member and director of Faith Lutheran School

This is my state of the union letter for your school. For those of you who are new to Faith School,

our doors are open from 7:15 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Friday year round. We are licensed

by the county, the state and hold a Florida Gold Seal National Lutheran School’s Accreditation.

Faith Lutheran School’s budget for 2019 is $1.61 million.

We offer highest standards of Christian and secular education in 12 classrooms, two activity rooms

and one gym, when it is available. This past summer we had 63 children in our infant toddler build-

ing at 301 Ebbtide Drive and we averaged 70 children per week, the nine weeks of summer camp.

At this time, we have 8 infants, 21 one-year olds, 22 two-year olds, 25 three-year olds and 32 four-

year old children on our two campuses hearing about the love of Jesus. In addition, we currently

have in our care, 67 elementary aged children after school and all day on school holidays. We have

space for two fours, three threes, and three ones at this time. Our staff consists of two directors,

twenty one full-time teachers, two part-time teachers and one full-time and two part-time recep-

tionists.

If you would like more information about our school or would like to volunteer please contact me at

561-842-2487.

Help wanted now for an assistant teacher in a two-year old classroom. Also needed on November

5th an assistant for a baby room and in January another assistant in the baby room, for babies that

are being born and on our wait list. All positions are full-time from 9 AM to 6 PM with benefits.

Send resume to kknudtson@faithnpb.com. Forty-five hour childcare certification preferred, but will

train.

Dinner & Movie Night — October 6

Dinner at 6:00 PM

(Sign up forms will be in the Narthex and Office)

Movie at 7:00 PM — “I Can Only Imagine”

Friday, September 14th

10:00 AM—2:00 PM

Saturday, September 15th

9:00 AM—1:00 PM

Wanting to Finish up your Summer Cleaning, De-clutter your closets and drawers???

Clean out your garage??? Now is the time to do it!

Bring in all your gently used items for the next Rummage Sale.

You may put your donations, in the Multi-purpose room in the Michel Building

beginning August 26th

Many hands are needed to facilitate this event, please come and donate your time to help set-up tables

Sunday, September 9th after late service; and Tuesday through Thursday (September 11—13) begin-

ning at 9:00 AM to place and price items. Volunteers are also needed to work the days of the sale and to

clean up after the sale.

JEWELRY NEEDED FOR THE SEPTEMBER RUMMAGE SALE

Your donations help make our rummage sale a big success and the jewelry tables are

always a favorite. We would appreciation your donations starting now. It takes a lot of time to

sort and price each item. You may leave them at the office and we can pick it up there.

Thank you for your support. Judith Gonnerman and Donna Van Bommel

Thank you to all who made our annual Back Pack Drive

a huge success. We collected 58 back packs and with

money donated we were able to purchase school sup-

plies. These back packs and school supplies were deliv-

ered to Lake Park Elementary this past week.

Thank you again Faith Lutheran family for your part in

blessing our neighborhood school.

Also a BIG “Thank-you” to Cynthia Mertz for organizing

this annual event.

Thrivent Action Team Report Summary Actual Project Date: 07/07/2018

Story: Our Backpacks For The Homeless team started by making a list of all the items we thought the home-

less would need that could fit into a backpack. Then we wrote letters to the congregational members and to the

parents of children in our upper and lower Dayschools. Collection boxes were placed in key areas around the

campus to serve as convenient sites for everyone to place their donations. After several weeks, we organized

the items, took inventory, and made a shopping list of missing items to be purchased. This we did with funds

from THRIVENT and several other generous donors. 100 Backpacks had been ordered to serve in this minis-

try with the Bible verse Matthew 25:40 printed on the outside. On packing day we had more volunteers to as-

semble and pack the items into each of the backpacks, some for men and some for women. There will be a

follow-up meeting to assess our work and to continue the project into the future. Assembled backpacks are

placed in the church entrance for members of our church to take and distribute to the homeless that they see

on roadsides as they travel through the Palm Beach County area. Pictures of our work have been placed on

Facebook and there are more to be submitted.

Results: Volunteers: 20

Hours Per Volunteer: 20

Preparation Time: 11

Total Volunteer Hours: 411

Participants: Parry Bolognese

L.J. Boolt

Erica Eggerman

Matt Eggerman

Matt Henshaw

David Hernandez

Karen Hernandez

Larry Hess

Sharon Hess

Daria Klotz-Johnson

Steve Johnson

Christine Kamikazi

Marta Krisko

Jesse Levier

Hermann Nkuruniziza

Sally Schwartz

Tom Schwartz

Donna Van Bommel

Paul Van Bommel