Concordia Lutheran Church

"The wind blows where it wills..." John 3:8

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3705 Harwood Rd., Bedford, TX 76021 Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Pastor: Rev Mark Lasch Office Phone: 817-283-3560 Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. www.concordialutheran.org

November 2015

An Honest Conversation For the last few years November has brought about an interesting dynamic at Concordia. In a lot of ways it is a month of recovery on the heels of our Fall Festival, yet it is also a time when we gear up for Advent and prepare for Thanksgiving and Christmas services. One of the more important aspects of November is that it is the month when we as a community evaluate our finances and set our budget for the upcoming year. In that regard, it seems appropriate for me to use this time and space for an honest conversation. I would like to encourage you to open your Bible with me to study the words Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians chapters 8-9. By way of background you should know that the Corinthian church lived in a very prosperous region of Greece. Paul, in this section of Scripture exhorted them to learn from the example of the Macedonian churches, churches in a region of extreme poverty and financial uncertainty. In these 2 short chapters many principles of healthy Christian giving make themselves apparent. Will you examine them, and compare them to your personal philosophy of Christian giving?

2 Corinthians 8:1-2 Giving flows from the inside out, not the outside in. 8:3-4 God’s grace enables us to give beyond our abilities. 8:5 We are to give ourselves first to God and then to each other. 8:6-7 God wants His people to excel in giving 8:8 The sincerity of our love is shown in giving. 8:9 Jesus is the model and power for all giving. 8:10-12 God wants us to complete what we promise. 8:13-15 God calls for equality in giving 8:16-24 We are to keep everything completely transparent regarding giving. 9:1-5 We should seek to be positive role models in our giving. 9:6-11 Remember, you reap what you sow! 9:12-15 Giving can be a real source of joy!

I believe that God has called us together into a community of faith and that by the power of the Holy Spirit He has provided for all of our needs. By examining our personal thoughts and philosophies about Christian giving we can see to it that our mission is well funded and in mission continue to grow so that many who do not yet know Him will come to call Jesus, “Savior and Lord.” My prayers are with you as you consider how to bring praise and glory to Him through your ministry of Christian giving.

From the Board of Evangelism

Board of Evangelism has new wrist bands! Please take a couple to give away. They are available every Sun-day following service.

November 12 we will be having a “Free Hot Chocolate and Muffins” Outreach from 7am to 10am. If you would like to help we would love to have you.

Every Sunday in November is “Bring a Friend to Church” Sunday.

From the Board of Christian Education

We are studying “Growing In Christ” about Moses as he leads his people out of Egypt and their struggle to get to the Promised Land in the Preschool and Elementary Sunday School classes. Sunday School is at 10 am. Our children gather together to sing before class. They are practicing their Christmas songs for our December 20 Children's Christmas Pageant. Our pageant will be held during the 10:30 am joint worship service. Please mark your calendar's with the date of the pageant and the practice days. We will have practice each Saturday in December: Dec. 5, 12, and the dress rehearsal will be on Dec. 19. The Board of Christian Education would like all of our children to come to Sunday School each Sunday and to participate in our special Christmas Pageant.

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Welcome!!! Aiden Garrett Spinks

Born to Corey and Stephanie Spinks

October 9, 2015 8 lbs. 4oz.

Costume Workshop!! ***Wanted***

Anyone that knows how to sew or would like to help sew!

Our Children are in need of new costumes for their Christmas Paly that is coming up on December 20. The Board of Christian Education will be hosting a costume making workshop on December 5 starting at 12pm in fellowship hall. You don’t have to be a seamstress to help. Men and women alike, if you can sew a little or a lot, cut, iron, or just make good company we need you. If you have a sewing machine, scissors, an iron, or an ironing board please bring it with you. Food and Drinks will be provided. Your help is much needed and greatly appreciated. Please contact Mele Masalosalo, Lucinda (Pua) Garcia, Nancy Hoffmann, or any board member should you have an questions.

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS

1— Lolyd DeBow

3— Danielle Groulx 3— Samantha Shepperd 6— Maddie Randermann

15— Ricky Bush 15— Leslie McNeese

18— Beverly Edwards 21— Kiona Hoffmann 22— JoAnn Truelock

24— Tamara Luckenbill 26— Ronni Schiebe 28— Nancy Brazell

28— Elizabeth Schellhorn 29— Bing Burton

30— Carson Andersen

N.E.E.D. Needs

November 1: Canned meat (tuna, spam, etc.), Hamburger Helper, and Canned Vegetables.

November 8: Peanut Butter & Jelly, Rotel, and Refried Beans

November 15: Canned Vegetables & Fruits

November 22: Canned Tomatoes, Pasta, Rice, and Beans.

November 29: Flour, Sugar and Cooking Oil.

LAY MINISTERS: Bruce Nelson and Justin Randermann

LAY READERS

November 4— Kathy Nelson November 11— JoAnn Truelock November 18— Heather Finder November 25— Gail Shepperd

November 29— Jeanice Gerlikovski

NOVEMBER USHERS

Traditional Contemporary Mike Eskew Kainalu Garcia Roy Hoffmann Crystal Schrader

Serving Concordia in November

NOVEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

7— Heinz and Elaine Faber 8— Lloyd and Tanya DeBow

14— Scott and Melissa Westeren 16— Seretta and Don Truitt

18— Murry and Roni Scheibe 27— Eddie and Amie Jackowski

 

If we missed your important date please share it with us so we may update our records. We will be sure to  

get it in next year.

A BABY SHOWER

Ladies you are

Invited!!

It’s a Boy…..his name is Ethan Justin (EJ). His parents are

Melissa and Ed Gattoc.

Help us Welcome Baby EJ by joining us in fellowship hall

Sunday November 15 at about 12pm

following second service for a baby shower for Melissa.

Snacks and drinks will be served.

Melissa is registered at Babies R Us

and Target. EJ’s Nursery will be decorated in Baby Blue and

Navy Blue with an airplanes theme.

If you have any questions please see one of the party hostesses: Cait-lin Andrews, Nancy Brazell, Lisa

Holley, and Katy Roy-Rosar.

Hanging of the

Green

November 29,

2015 The Board of Fellowship will

sponsor decking our halls for the Christmas sea-son on Sunday afternoon, November 29 immedi-ately following the 10:30 a.m. blended service.

The Board of Fellowship will decorate the sanctu-ary, Board of Christian Education students will

decorate the fellowship hall tree and Melissa and Monica will decorate the NEED tree in the

narthex.

We will need some volunteers willing to climb the ladder into the attic to get the trees and deco-rations down prior to or immediately following the service. Each tree box is marked as to its lo-

cation in the building.

Please mark your calendar with this date and let’s make our facility even more beautiful for the

Christmas season.

For questions or concerns, please contact Katy Roy-Rosar 817 545-6224 or

shadow444@tx.rr.com.

POP TABS Thank You!!!

All of your pop tab

donations are greatly appreciated!

Have you seen the tab’s container on the table in the narthex? Any type of pop tabs can be used. Soda, soup, vegetable and fruit, Lutheran Tea

(beer), cat or dog food cans all have pop tabs. These tabs are delivered to

Ronald McDonald House to be used to offset costs to house families whose

children are in the hospital.

Concordia Community Bulletin Board

Do you have an item for the Concordia Community Bulletin Board? Ideas for the bulletin board might include help wanted, garage sale, items you are getting rid of or have for sale, or a service you pro-

vide. IF you would like to put an item on the bulletin board send your ad to Heather Finder at: hfindr@concordialutheran.org (think Business card size, JPEG file type preferred).

Deadline for Submission will be by the 23rd of the month prior.

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!

Concordia has a “New Look”…on

our web page that is! If you have not had a chance check out Concordia’s newly de-signed website (Much Thanks to Jim Wilson!)

please do so. We have a fresh updated look that we think you will love. Announcements, pictures,

schedules, and youth events are being updated weekly. Plus

Concordia is “getting social” with a fresh new Facebook page and a brand new Twitter account.

So go ahead and “like us”, “follow us”, or just check us out!

Web: www.concordialutheran.org, Facebook: Concordia Lutheran Church,

Twitter: Concordia.Lutheran@Concordia_LCMS

Free Computer Repair Lay Minister Bruce (“Bubba”) Nelson provides computer repair and assistance for Microsoft Windows desktops and laptops. Sorry, he doesn’t work on Apple. Contact him at 817-498-0899 with your computer related problems.

Trunk or Treat &

Fall Festival

PRAYER PAL LADIES

OF CONCORDIA

2015

Would you like to be a Secret Prayer Pal during the Advent Season?

If yes, this is how it works. There will be Secret Prayer Pal forms on the table in the entry on Sunday, November 1 as well as a sign up sheet if you plan to participate. Please take a prayer request form and fill out the information regarding your prayers. Once you have the form ready, please put it in the Prayer

Pal basket on the same table in the entry.

The primary focus for this event is to pray for your pals requested prayers during the Advent Season. You may also give your pal cards of encouragement during this time if you wish to do so. The place for the cards will be on the table in the fellowship hall underneath the bulletin board. There will be a basket on this table

marked Prayer Pal. So, if you are participating in this event, you must check the basket often.

There will be a “reveal party”, usually the first week in January to find out your secret pal. The date and loca-tion will be announced in the near future. If any of you would like to host this, please let me know. If you

would like to give your pal a gift at this time, please limit the cost to $5.00.

There is a sign-up sheet on the table as well that we need you to sign if you want to participate and the deadline for this is Sunday, Nov. 22.

Now comes the hard part ladies…..I must have your form returned to the basket or handed to me (Katy) by

Sunday, Nov. 22. We will draw for our secret pal on Sunday, November 29 since it will be a blended ser-vice. Once the drawing begins I cannot take any more prayer request forms. It isn’t fair to all if we don’t have

everyone’s form prior to the drawing!

If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Katy Roy-Rosar at 817 545-6224 or shadow444@tx.rr.com.

Concordia Adult Christmas

Social Saturday, December 12, 2015

Fellowship Hall 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Tis’ The Season, Merry Christmas & Ho, Ho, Ho! Let’s celebrate the Christmas season with a little food and fun! We will meet in the fellowship hall to do this. Please bring a side dish consisting of salad, vegetable or dessert. Look for a sign up sheet

on the table in the entry in mid-November so we won’t have everyone bringing the same thing. Chef Bob and Katy will provide the protein.

If you would like to participate in the gift exchange, please bring a wrapped Christmas ornament ($10 value). We will kick back and do this when we finish dinner. Most of you know the drill but we will count the gifts, draw a number and start the fun. Don’t get too attached because your ornament

could be and probably will be stolen from you at least once!

Don’t forget to sign the list. Hope to see you all for a fun time.

For questions or concerns, please contact Katy Roy-Rosar at 817 545-6224 or shadow444@tx.rr.com.

November 2015

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9:00 am Traditional

Worship 10:00 am

Sunday School 11:00 am

Contemporary Worship

7:00 pm Board of

Youth

Important November Sundays November 8— New Member Reception

November15— Board of Lay Ministry meeting November 29— Hanging of the Green

6:30 pm Board of

Evangelism

11:00 am Ladies Lunch

Bunch

9:00 am Traditional

Worship 10:00 am

Sunday School 11:00 am

Contemporary Worship

9:15 am Sunday School

10:30 am Blended Worship 11:45am Voter’s

assembly

6:30 pm Campus

Improvement Committee

7:00 am Free Hot

Chocolate and Muffin outreach

6:15pm Women’s Group

Rehearsal

9:00 am Traditional

Worship 10:00 am

Sunday School 11:00 am

Contemporary Worship

7:00 pm Board of Christian Education

7:00 pm Board of Property

5:30 pm Youth Band Rehearsal

5:30 pm Youth Band Rehearsal

5:30 pm Youth Band Rehearsal

5:30 pm Youth Band Rehearsal

7:00 pm Prairie Light

Run/Walk

7:00 pm Thanksgiving Eve Worship

Service

7:00 pm Devine Praise

Rehearsal

9:15 am Sunday School

10:30 am Blended Worship

11:45 Hanging of the Green

7:00 pm Devine Praise

Rehearsal

7:00 pm Devine Praise

Rehearsal

7:00 pm Devine Praise

Rehearsal

6:15pm Women’s Group

Rehearsal

6:15pm Women’s Group

Rehearsal

6:15pm Women’s Group

Rehearsal

The Windsock is a monthly publication of Concordia Lutheran Church, 3705 Harwood Road, Bedford, Texas 76021-4013 entered as third class mail at the Bedford, Texas post office under permit number 37 as a non-profit organization.

Staff

Editor: Rev. Mark Lasch Publication Manager: Heather Finder Director of Distribution: Bruce Nelson Internet Webmaster: Heather Finder

Cartoonist: Richard Hlad

Concordia Lutheran Church 3705 Harwood Road

Bedford, Texas 76021-4013 Phone: (817) 283-3560

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m. Worship - 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.

Concordia Lutheran Church 3705 Harwood Road Bedford, Texas 76021-4013

OUR MISSION AT CONCORDIA Living joyfully in friendship, love and ministry Openly reaching out with the Gospel Visibly sharing the life of Christ through Word & Sacrament Encouraging spiritual growth and development

SHARING GOD’S LOVE & TOUCHING PEOPLE’S LIVES

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