Communique May 2017

St. John Lutheran Church 2700 Babcock Road Green Bay, WI 54313

Inside this issue

Annual Budget Meeting. 2

Adult Lutheran Fun ........ 2

Synod Assembly ............. 3

Women’s Book Club ...... 4

Memorial Day Service ... 4

Youth Outreach Event ... 4

Letter Carrier Food Drive 5

Stocked Shelf Statistics 6

Pastor’s Page………………. 7

Youth & Family Director. 8

Youth Events………………. 9

Women of ELCA…………… 10

May Birthday/Anniversary

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Financial Statistics………. 12

FMSC 2016 Statistics….. 13

Special points of interest

Sunday, May 7 at 9 AM Spring Musical

Sunday, May 7 New Member Brunch following worship.

Sunday, May 7 Youth clean up St. John Cemetery from 10:30—Noon.

Saturday, May 13 Postal Workers Food Drive.

Friday, May 19—Saturday, May 20 ECSW Synod Assembly

Sunday, May 28 Memorial Service at Church Cemetery

St. John Spring Musical

Sunday, May 7 at 9:00 AM

This familiar Bible story is told once again using the animals' perspective as God leads Noah on one of the most outrageous adventures in the history of mankind. Noah's obedience protected him and his family through the greatest storm the earth will ever encounter. This fun-filled musical is a great reminder to children, and our church, that God will help us weather any of life's storms as long as we are obedient to His will.

New Member Reception

Following the Spring Musical, all are invited to make their way to the Fellowship Hall for a reception in honor of the newest members of St. John.

Jim and Patti Tuyls

Catherine Burdick

Glenn and Sue Ann Thiede

Barry and Linda Brehmer

Andrew and Amirtha Reginald

www.stljohnash.org Volume 3, Issue 5

Friday May 12, 5-6:30 PM

Our Saviors Lutheran Church Fish Fry 120 S Henry Street, Green Bay

You gotta try their fish. Fantastic. And dessert too! if you choose.

Cod $12 3 Chicken Strips $7 Perch $14 2 Strips $5 Combo $13 Dessert $3

Please sign up on the bulletin board so we can save seats together. Call Flo Parfitt 920-530-2928 Fparfitt@new.rr.com. If you need directions

Saturday, May 13, 9:00 AM We are also still trying to put together a trip to

Milwaukee Boerner Gardens. Leaving Ashwaubenon at 9 AM.

View tulips, lilacs, apple blossoms, and other spring blooms.

There is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board if you are interested in going

Monday, June 12

Heritage Hill, Music on the Green, featuring the Allouez Band

God has “called [us] out of darkness into his marvelous light”! As God’s “royal priesthood … God’s own people,” we joyfully claim the identity God has bestowed on us. (See 1 Peter 2:9).

Sunday, May 21 2017-2018 Annual Budget Meeting

Adult Lutheran Fun (ALF) May Events

Thursday, May 11

Finance makes any

changes to the draft

budget based on the

congregation input

during listening

sessions. Council

approves final 2017-18

Operating Budget.

Sunday, May 21

Congregation annual

meeting to approve

2017-18 Operating

Budget.

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Thank You

Thank you to

all who have

provided

Sunday morning

refreshmentsin

April:

Elvi Ruotsala

Gloria Boerst

Synod Assembly Service Project

This year the Shawano Conference will be the recipients of our assembly service projects. The project we, the Green Bay Conference, are support-ing is Safe Haven, Shawano, WI, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault Center. The items needed are: Disinfectant wipes/spray All purpose liquid cleaner/ degreaser Liquid dish soap Dryer sheets Rubber cleaning gloves Vinyl gloves Baby wipes Laundry detergent (he) Gas cards $10/$20 increments This organization will

benefit greatly from your

giving. Thank you so much

for helping out with this

year’s service project. If

you have any questions,

please feel free to contact

Pastor Brad Dokken at

pastorbrad-

dokken@gmail.com or

Darlene Kalfahs at

darlene.kalfahs@ecsw.org

East Central Synod of Wisconsin Synod Assembly 2017

KI Convention Center

Hyatt On Main Hotel, Green Bay

May 19th-20th, 2017

Pre-Event, Thursday evening, May 18

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Pre-Assembly Event: We are Lutheran: What does this

mean?” Synod Assembly Service Project Each year, the East Central Synod of Wisconsin (our synod) has a service project for an agency or agencies in one of the synod conferences. This service project is held in conjunction with the Synod Assembly that will be held at the KI Center in Green Bay, May 16-17. Congregations are asked to donate items for the project and have their delegates bring them to the Assembly. St. John's delegates are Randy and Julie Johnson.

“We are Lutheran: What does this mean?” Thursday, May 18

Dinner 5 PM Event 6—9 PM

KI Center 333 Main Street, Green Bay

A Pre-Assembly Event

Rev. Dr. Martin Lohrmann will be presenting on Luther’s catechisms addressing ‘big picture’ questions like Who is God? Who am I? What is the meaning of life? He will also discuss what ‘being Lutheran’ meant in the Reformation and what it means to be Lutheran today, especially in a global and ecumenical sense. There will be time for questions and interaction. Whether you are an ordained clergy or are coming in with no knowledge on being Lutheran, this event will have something for everyone. Every attendee will receive a pocket edition of Luther’s Small Catechism.

Registration is open to All! (i.e., You do not need to be attending the Assembly.)

$35 per person includes dinner Registration forms can be found in the church office upon

request.

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Memorial Service

On Sunday, May 28,

Honor the veterans in

St. John Lutheran

Church’s cemetery

and all veterans at a

special service on

Sunday, May 28th,

at 10:30 AM.

This service will be

held at the cemetery,

located on the west

end of North Road in

Ashwaubenon.

From Highway 172,

turn right onto South

Point Road, then

take the 2nd left

onto North Road.

Women’s Book Club

Dates: June 26-28, 2017

Place: We will stay overnight at

St. John Church

Who: Youth ages 12 and older

Mission work that we are hoping to include: garden work,

working with Woodside Nursing Home, New Community

Shelter, Restore, maintenance around our congregation,

library volunteering opportunities, pantry work, and we

are hoping to work at homes of church members and

neighbors. We will spend the night together at church,

serving each other and sharing our experiences and God

moments. We are also thinking about having a sleep out,

where we sleep outside in cardboard boxes to experience

the difficulties that homeless people face and to raise

awareness of youth homelessness. We will also need a few

adults to help supervise during the day at work

sites. Dates: June 26-28. We will meet Monday morning

and depart about noon on Wednesday.

Please let us know by April 30th

if your youth can partici-

pate, so we can start our planning.

Contact Brenda Conradt 562-5548

Jill Johnson 562-4999

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Congregation Youth Outreach Opportunity

The Women’s Book Club meets the first Wednesday of the month at the Green Bay Distillery at 6:30 PM. The book for May 3rd is "Small Great Things" by Jodi Picoult. Carol Pearson will be leading us in the discussion. The book for June 7th will be "The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland" by Jim DeFede. Sandy Lindstrom will lead us in that discussion. Peggy has read a great book that she wanted to share with us. The name of the book is "Being Mortal" by Atul Gawande. She wasn't sure if it would be a good book for the book club; but, thought it maybe a good book for some.

2017 Stocked Shelf Food Pantry Statistics

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Letter Carrier’s Food Drive

The Stocked Shelf Pantry needs volunteers to meet us at church to empty the truck, haul the food inside, sort it, and put it away. Last year our turnout was amazing, and we were done in an hour and a half. We probably had near 25 or more people helping. Scott has already notified the church youth that they have an opportunity to help out and several have al-ready agreed to help. If you are free that day and have friends who are free, please come to church to help. I'm hoping to have the food to church by 2 pm, but it all depends on well things go at Packerland and how fast we can get our truck loaded.

January 2017

141 Adult

75 Children

12 Elderly

6 Ashwaubenon families

3 Emergency

71 Households

February 2017

132 Adults

83 Children

11 Elderly

3 Ashwaubenon families

2 Walk-in emergency

62 Households

March 2017

122 Adults

81 Children

12 Elderly

4 Ashwaubenon families

2 Emergency

60 Households

Pastor’s Page - (Not) The Sport’s Page

Dateline: April 19, 2017 It’s good to be a Dodgers fan…We’re a few weeks into the season now and the Dodgers are, well, they’re ahead of the Giants and that’s always nice. Sure, they haven’t gotten off to the start that bluebloods would like, but it’s a long season… I’m often asked, “Josh you grew up in East Texas. How is it you’re a Dodgers fan?” Well, I’ll tell you. My mom was a Dodgers fan. Why was she a Dodgers fan? I have no idea. She was born in Portage, Wisconsin, but lived all over the U.S. and Germany as an Army (and later Air Force) brat. If she were still alive, I’d probably take the time to ask her how it was that she became a Dodgers fan, but when she was alive it just never came up. Instead, she just passed on her love of the team to me. And that’s all she wrote. Go Dodgers! I share that because it just goes to show that you never know what’s going to stick when you’re trying to raise kids, whether it’s good manners, political leanings, preferences for certain sports teams, or faith. As I write this, I’m aware that I got most of those qualities from my mom. Looking back, I’d say that’s because she shared with me what was important to her. And that brings me to the point of this little missive. Is it important to you for the children of St. John Lutheran Church to grow up in the Christian faith?

I hope you answered “yes.” If so, I have a favor to ask…

Come to the Sunday School Musical on Sunday, May 7th at

9:00am! It’s a blessed day in the life of this congregation! It’s a blessed day because the congregation entrusts the children we care about with

sharing the story of our faith. So come! Even if you don’t have kids in the musical come and hear what the kids have to say and sing. Support them as they claim to their faith! After the musical, let them know they did a great job. Let them know that their growing in the faith is important to you…and might I add that most of these kids were baptized right in this congregation; when they were baptized, this congregation promised to support them in their new life in Christ. Here’s a great opportunity to do just that. You never know what kind of a seed you might plant by your presence and a kind word or two. I’ll see you then. Pax, Pastor Josh

A Prayer for Mom A young boy had been misbehaving, so his mother sent him to his room. Sometime later, he came out and told his mom he’d prayed about the matter. “That’s good,” she replied. “If you ask God for help to not misbehave, he’ll help you.”

“Oh, I didn’t pray for help behaving,” said the boy. “I prayed for God to help you put up with me.”

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Youth & Family Director’s Report

During the season of Lent, most Christians give something up. Many give up the traditional eating meat on Fridays. Karleigh gave up drinking soda. My dad gave up desserts. I tried to give up saying negative things about other people.

As I write this letter, it is Good Friday and I feel a hunger in my belly. Brian Olsen shared with me several years back that he gave up eating from Maundy Thursday night to Easter morning. I have since done the same, and it has really made me think about the sacrifice Jesus Christ made for me, and all people, by dying on the cross. Scott Conradt being a little uncomfortable for a few days is no-where near the pain suffered by Jesus, but it makes me think of what he did. All these things we give up make us focus on the ultimate gift Jesus gave, his life. But maybe for the rest of the year, rather than giving something up, we could do the opposite. By giving things up, it is more about us, rather than others. By giving something away, the focus is on someone else.

I am not saying giving something up is bad, but as we go through the rest of the year I would challenge us all to take something on. What could we do to help our church, our families, or others in the community? God has blessed us with so much and asks that we share those blessings with others. Maybe you could

give more time to your spouse or your kids. Maybe volunteering to teach a Sunday school class or joining a ministry team would be possi-ble. Maybe you could help out at a homeless shelter or visit a nursing home. It will look different for everyone. God asks that we live our lives for him, and when we look to give of ourselves we are doing just that. Step out of your comfort zone, trust God, and he will take care of the details.

Keep the faith,

Scott

May Youth Events

Sunday, May 7 Commando Paintball Saturday, May 13 Sort and stock the donations to Stocked Shelf Food Pantry received from the Postal Workers Food Drive.

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This summer, you’re invited to join us for a three-session Bible study written by Kelly Fryer titled “All Anew: Ready or Not,” Fryer challenges us to consider what we’re really asking for when we plead with God for renewal.

Session 1: Say goodbye to nice For the heroes and “sheroes” of the biblical story, being part of the “new” thing God was doing often meant having to do and say things that were un-popular with family, friends and neighbors.

Session 2: Stand with the least of these The biblical story tells us that whenever God does a new thing, it happens in, through and with people who live on the margins.

Session 3: Upend the tables The biblical story is filled with characters who challenged unjust systems, took action that turned societal norms upside down and spoke truth to power.

Thank you to everyone who attended the Women of the ELCA sponsored Lenten meal on April 5. Because of your generous donations, we were able to send $125 to ELCA Global Missions as a contribution to the support of the Roth family, who are serving as missionaries in Tokyo, Japan.

The Roths will be concluding their work with Global Missions this summer. We have already received information on another missionary to consider for spon-sorship.

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY Tuesday, May 9, 2017 6:30-8:30 p.m.

2866 Pioneer Drive (Jackie Burkat’s home)

From the introduction to the May study in GATHER magazine: “Here are 10 reflections from 10 diverse women of many generations, sharing what it means to trust God, who knows us com-pletely, with our joys and our struggles. We asked each woman to reflect on a particular time in her life, in a way that might help others in similar circumstances. Much like the many women’s circles that engage in GATHER Bible studies each month, may these authors’ warm, personal stories, shared Scriptures and prayers embrace you with a sense of fellowship, Christian hope and the knowledge that you are not alone.” (GATHER May 2017) Our study is in GATHER Magazine. To subscribe, go to www.gathermagazine.org or call 844-409-0576. Ask Jackie Burkat if you would like to see a copy. Call her at 592-1217 if you have questions. Join us at any time, even if you don't subscribe to GATHER.

WOMEN OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA

Our Purpose As a community of women created in the image of God, called to

discipleship in Jesus Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we commit ourselves to grow in faith, affirm our gifts, support one an-other in our callings, engage in ministry and action, and promote healing and wholeness in the church, the society, and the world.

Our Mission To mobilize women to act boldly

on their faith in Jesus Christ.

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May 2 Grace Vanden Hoogen

3 Chad Federman

4 Jackie Corcoran

Luke Linna

9 Gail Schneider

12 Shana Atkinson-Welch

Lauren Haen

14 Travis Thiede

Lloyd Witte

17 Jordyn Clarke

Austin Gloyd

19 Juliana Godeck

23 Pat Anderson

Sydnei Hurd

Kaitlyn Keisler

27 LaVonne Hohn

29 Birgit Ruotsala

Jean Wagner

30 Beth Knoespel

31 Sandy Blakley

Dennis Vlotho

Sherry Winchester

May 9 Dick and Jean Wagner

46 years

May 12 Lloyd and Marian Witte

55 years

May 16 Shawn and Sandy Blakley

8 years

May 17 Emerson and Mariann Marcks

65 years

May 18 Ben and Lisa Bellile

15 years

May 22 Josh and Jennifer Fite

13 years

May 24 Travis and Tanya Thiede

3 years

Birthdays

Anniversaries

The Ashwaubenon 22nd Annual Community

Plant & Bake Sale will be held on Saturday,

May 13, from 8 AM to 12 PM at the

Ashwaubenon Historical Society Museum,

936 Anderson Drive, Ashwaubenon.

There will be a lots of plants, homemade

bars, pies, cookies, and the famous 50-cent

cup of coffee.

The Village Forester will be on hand to

answer any questions.

Plant and Bale Sale Saturday, May 13

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Saints-In-Service Sunday

May 7

SPRING MUSICAL

Sunday

May 14

MOTHER’S DAY

Sunday

May 21

Sunday

May 28

Memorial Day

Deacon

9:00 Betty Runge Jessica Zeitler Roger Barber John/Carol Olsen

Ushers

9:00 Larry & Deb Frazier John & Ingrid Filcher Tom & Lizz Jayne Brian & Deb Olsen

Greeters

9:00 Ace & Carol Enderby Elroy & Pat Nelson Jim & Patti Tuyls Flo Parfitt &

Ila Lardinois

Reader

9:00 Sandy Blakley Barry Severson Tom Jayne Kelly Fite

Assisting Minister

9:00 Sarah Vissers Diane Olsen Paul Hering Joy Pahl

Acolyte

9:00 Josh Miller Raya Severson Jaidyn Steinfeldt VOLUNTEER

Communion Set-Up/

No Communion Mary Hanmann Paul & Jill Johnson Shelley Berndt

SPRING TOOL DRIVE

Help Habitat for Humanity out this Spring by donating working tools!

If you have new or gently used hand and power tools that you are willing to donate, drop them off

at out ReStore and get a coupon for $5 off of $25 in the store!

Examples of tools we need:

Hammers

Cordless Drills

Pliers

Wrenches

Hand Saws

Anything that is in safe, working condition

Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity ReStore

2965 Ramada Way, Green Bay

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Finance Ministry

Werner Burkat

592-1217

Tom Jayne

337-9837

Jim Tuyls

662-1166

Dan Schneider

499-0929

INCOME

$22,778

EXPENSES

$19,489

INCOME

$21,824

EXPENSES

$19,398

INCOME

$19,368

EXPENSES

$21,850

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EXPENSES

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BUDGET

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$23.560

EXPENSES

$22.539

If you have questions about the

chart, e-giving or St John’s financial

picture, please contact a member

of the Finance Ministry; Werner

Burkat, chair; Tom Jayne, Jim Tuyls

or Dan Schneider, bookkeeper.

Annual Budget Meeting

Sunday, May 21

Following worship

A quorum will be needed to

approve the

2017-2018 Operating Budget.

Lenten Donations

Here is the total Lenten donations that

St. John has made for the designated

missions:

Feed My Starving Children $2,391

March 1 (Ash Wednesday)

- Wednesday, April 5

This includes the Lenten dinners

and offerings for the evening worship.

Helping Hands and $ 605

Men on HIS Mission

Maundy Thursday and

Good Friday offerings are

split between these two ministries

ELCA Missionaries $ 125

Meal donation from April 5 Lenten meal

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St. John Lutheran Church

2700 Babcock Road

Green Bay, WI 54313

CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED

Website: www.stjohnash.com

Telephone Numbers E-mail

Church Office: 499-1142 Ext 5 secretary@stjohnash.org

Pastor Josh’s Office 499-1142 Ext 6 pastorjosh@stjohnash.org

Youth & Family Director’s Office: 499-1142 Ext 7 scottconradt@yahoo.com

St. John Lutheran Church, ELCA

1873—2017