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Volume 20, Issue 2
February 2018
Inside This Issue:
Raising Abel: Stories of Conflict, Healing and Hope from the Bible
Our Wednesday evening Lenten services will focus on some of the greatest and most entertaining stories in the Bible. Through these stories we will have to opportunity to enter into profound personal, family and communal conflicts and see how God used these situations to brig about forgiveness, healing and new life. Wednesday Lent services will be held at Our Saviour’s at 5:30 and at Grace at 7:00 PM.
Ash Wednesday Feb 14
Cain and Abel: Sibling rivalry goes nuclear
Genesis 4:1-16; Hebrews 12:18-24
Wednesday Feb 21
Jacob and Laban, Leah and Rachel: Just one big dysfunctional family
Genesis 29:15-30; Genesis 31:25-55
Wednesday Feb 28
The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions
Leviticus 16; Hebrews 9:11-15
Wednesday March 7
Haman and Mordecai: What goes around comes around
Esther 4-7
Wednesday Mar 14
Hebrews and Hellenists: How to have a successful church fight
Acts 6:1-7
Wednesday March 21
Paul and Barnabas: Breaking up is hard to do
Acts 14:8-20; Acts 15:36-41
See you in church,
Pastor Peter
Baby Shower/WELCA 6
WELCA Information 7
Faithfully Refurbished 8
February Calendar 9
February Birthdays 10
“Raising Abel: Stories of Conflict, Healing an Hope”
Sharing God’s Love With All! Members 2
Church News 3
Youth & Famiy/Finances 4
Easter Flowers 5
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Pigeon Falls Assisted Living/
Nursing Care Center
Francis Foss, Margaret Steinke, Patricia Gie-bel, Marlys Giese, Jeanette Gilbertson
Riverway North - Pigeon Falls
Marian Miller
Adult Day Care - Pigeon Falls
Joyce Lyga
Tri-County Memorial - Whitehall
Iva Gabriel
Sunrise Manor - Whitehall
Clinton Larson, Lorraine Nehring, Ron Fields
Norseland Nursing Home - Westby
L. Muriel Herman
Grand View Care Center
Janice Stendahl
Altar Guild: Sharon Pederson, Shirley Hanson,
Diane Carlson
Altar Flowers: Paula Hentges, Shirley Hanson
Ushers: Tom & Kris Matchey and Karen Witte
Communion Servers: Kurt & Barb Johnson
Organist: Sue Kohnert & Sarah Toraason
Power Point Presentation: Frank family
Altar Guild: Ellen Hauser, Donna Lindberg,
Barb Mathson
Altar Flowers: Sue Hanson, Judy Haralson
Ushers: Randall and Donna Lindberg
Communion Servers: Rita Hegge, Karen Witte
Power Point: Barb Mathson
Organist: Nancy Martinovici, Sue Kohnert
Videographer: Ellen Hauser
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Annual Congregational Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Congregation was held on Sunday, January 28th.
Marnie Anderson was elected as President of the congregation with Kris Dubiel as
Councilperson At Large. Barb Johnson, Scott Schmidt and Steve Lamberson volun-
teered to join the Property & Finance Team. Harriet Witt said that she is still
thinking about joining the Finance Team. It was noted that the open Council posi-
tions can be filled at a later date with the Council’s approval. The 2018 budget was approved. The
Constitution was ratified by the Congregation. Youth and Family served a Cinnamon Roll Breakfast
before the meeting began.
Choir Concert
The Blair Lutheran Church is holding a special musical event to raise awareness
about hunger in our communities. This concert will be performed by area church
choirs (Blair Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar Catholic Church, Peace Lutheran Church
of Pigeon Falls and Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church of Whitehall) on Sunday, Febru-
ary 11th at 2:00pm. A free-will offering will be accepted to be shared with ELCA
World Hunger and local community food pantries. Light refreshments will be served
following the concert.
Girl Scouts French Toast Breakfast
The Daisy, Brownie, Junior & Cadette levels of Girl Scouts will
serve a French Toast Breakfast on SUNDAY, Feb. 11, 2018,
from 8AM - noon, in our fellowship hall.
Cost is $5 for age 10 to adult, $3 for age 5 - 9, Free - 4 & under.
Please come to enjoy French Toast, sausages, juice & coffee and
to support our Girl Scouts!
Christmas “Good Gifts”
Many thanks for all of the gifts given this year. You gave $529.00 to supply the following items.
2 Pigs, 3 Honey Bees, 1 Water Filter, 3 Goats, 4 Chicks, 1 Rooster, 2 Bibles, 2 School Supplies, 2
School Fees and Uniform for Girls, 2 Feed a Refugee Family for a Week.
These gifts will be a blessing in the lives of many people.
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Youth and Family Events Thank you for your donations from our Cinnamon Roll breakfast before the Annual Meeting. Save the Date for the 2nd Annual Jogging for Jesus on April 14, 2018. 10 -10:45 registration, 11 am run/walk. New this year, The Church Challenge. Who is the fastest Church? Please help us spread the word to all your friends at other churches.
Another upcoming event: At the beginning of March we will have a Simply Said Project Party. We will be ordering our project materials in February and we will enjoy a fun night of being creative with Mykayla Sygulla! We are looking for some great OSLC cooks to donate soup for the Wednesday’s Lenten soup supper! All the proceeds
for the soup supper are used for the Confirmation activities and Luther Park registration. Please sign up on the Youth & Family bulletin board at the back of the church or contact Patti Zimmerman at [email protected].
Balance as of November 30, 2017 $27,413.55
Income:
Simply Giving $ 2,105.00
Sunday Offerings $ 5,814.00
Thrivent Choice Offerings $ 00.00
Building Use $ 00.00
Thanksgiving Offering $ 10.00
Bulletin Sponsor $ 35.00
Harvest Dinner Income $ 40.00
Christmas Eve Offering $ 8,005.00
Total: $ 16,009.00
Disbursements:
Administration $ 299.45
Physical Plant $ 1,398.38
Salaries and Benefits $ 16,828.61
Benevolence $ 1,850.00
Dues $ 80.00
Parish Expense $ 915.10
Total: $ 22,051.01
Balance as of December 31, 2017 $ 21,371.54
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Flowers for the church at Easter
The Easter season coincides with the beginning of spring, a time of renewal and rebirth. Spring-blooming flowers sing of hope and carry special religious meaning as we celebrate rebirth through Christ's resurrection.
Members of Our Saviour’s may purchase and bring spring plants to the basement prior to the Easter morning services with a tag stating who donated the plant and for whom the plant is in honor or memory of. Easter plants can also be ordered for $10.00. Orders should be placed by March 18 for delivery. Or-ders can be taken to the church office or collected in the Narthex.
__________________________________________________________
Easter Flower Order Form-From:_______________________________________________
In Memory of:_______________________________________________
In Honor of:________________________________________________
Cost $10
Flower preference (tulip, Easter Lily) ____________________________
There will be no confirmation classes during the season of Lent. Confirmation students
are expected to attend Wednesday evening Lenten services and assist with the soup
suppers as scheduled Feb 14-Mar 21.
Regular classes will resume Wednesday, April 4 when we spend an evening with the
quilters. Pastor Peter
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WELCA Bible Study
Our Saviour's Lutheran WELCA will not meet in February but will resume meetings on Thursday, March 1st at Our Saviour’s Lutheran. Our meeting will
begin at 1:30pm with Bible Study led by Pastor Peter. We will then have a business meeting followed by coffee and treats. Come join us!
WELCA Invite
WELCA is invited to Strum Lutheran on March 14th for their Prayer Breakfast. It begins at 9:30am with guest speaker Pati Kachel. The program is "Irish Tales and Other Blarney". RSVP by March 7th to Strum Church 715-695-
3511 or Karen Franson 715-695-3553. Call Kay Nelson if you'd like to coordi-nate rides.
WELCA Christmas Bakeless Bake Sale
Thank you for the many donations to our Christmas Bakeless Bake Sale! Your generosity is
really appreciated. We were able to donate $100 each to TCHCC gift fund, New Horizons,
RIF, Pajama Gramma, Missionary family (Frieberg’s), Dedza Parish in Malawi & Whitehall
Schools’ Weekend Food project. We also sent $200 to Lutheran World Relief for shipping
costs for our 99 mission kits plus 5 quilts that we sent. Thank you again for helping with
mission work here in Whitehall & in the world!
Join us Feb 18th during the church service for
a diaper/baby shower for baby Jesus!
Following the service there will be refreshments,
snacks and games! Please bring a package of diaper/wipes.
Diapers will go to the diaper closet that is in need of diapers for fami-
lies of Trempealeau County and surrounding areas. Diaper sizes
needed is mainly size 3 & 5 but any size is welcome. Any type of brand!
The main goal is the health and hygiene of the child!
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Our Saviour’s WELCA is thankful to all our committee volunteers for their
supportive work of the church:
Altar Guild: Prepare the altar for worship services. Chairwoman: Karen Witte with 2 volunteers for each month.
Flower Guild: Care for church plants and altar flowers. Chairwoman: Barb Johnson with 2 volunteers for
each month.
Funeral Service Coordinators: Organize post-funeral service gatherings. Members: Linda Schaefer, Bev
Waldera, Mary Ann Watson, Marnie Anderson & Kay Nelson.
Baptismal Towels: Cross stitched towels. Made by: Melanie Sygulla
Salad Luncheon Committee: Coordinate Salad Luncheon gatherings. Members: Marnie Anderson, Kris Dubiel, Barb Johnson, Kay Nelson and Mary Ann Watson
Mission Community (Sunshine Committee): Outreach to homebound and hospitalized members (sending
cards, delivering bulletins, etc.) Chairwoman: Shirley Mathson.
Mission Growth: Mission kits for Lutheran World Relief. Chairwoman: Marnie Anderson
Mission Action: “Stitches of Love” Quilting group. Chairwoman: Nancy Lyngen and Mary Ann Watson
2018 Meeting Dates:
W-ELCA’s meetings will take place on the 1st Thursday of each month starting at 1:30pm (Except for January
and February due to cold weather). We will meet every other month at Grace Lutheran Church in
Pleasantville, beginning with March at Our Saviour’s. Our Saviour’s will host the months of May, July, Sep-
tember (Mystery Meal Destination) and November.
The annual Salad Luncheon will take place on September 20, 2018.
WELCA Mitten Tree
W-ELCA thanks everyone who donated to our
Mitten Tree again this year. We had a very suc-
cessful collection of 37 hats PLUS a bag of 16
hand knit hats under the tree, 17 pairs of gloves
& mittens & 6 scarves. We donated them to the
Whitehall Elementary School for emergency
use. We also applied for & received a $250 gift
card from THRIVENT FINANCIAL with which
we purchased several pairs of sweatpants, socks
& underwear also for emergency use at the
Whitehall Elementary School. We will be buying
more heavy duty mittens, gloves & hats with the
balance on the card. Thanks for the generous
support of our Mitten Tree!
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Faithfully Refurbished Sale & Auction 2018
WHEN: Saturday, June 9
TIME: Gates open at 8:00AM, Tag Sale starts at 8:30AM
Auction begins at 10:00 AM.
(New format for the event - nearly all items will be tagged with a price.)
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED in key positions during the planning phase: Please contact Laura (715-797-
5342) or attend our next planning meeting at 10:15 AM on Sunday, February 11 in the church basement to express your interest.
Advertising Coordinator (s): Laura Foss and Nancy Lyngen
Volunteer Coordinator(s): Prepare the volunteer schedule for the event. Includes securing volunteers for event set-up and take down as well as organizing those who will work at the event.
Donation Coordinator(s): Be the contact for those who wish to donate to-be refurbished items. Pro-mote use of donated items (share pictures in our Facebook group), available to meet with those wanting to use donated items, organize and oversee the donation drop-off days prior to event for finished pro-jects.
Facilities Coordinator: Preparations fo grounds for event. Contact City for garbage cans and barriers. Or-ganize tent and auction trailer set-up, porta-potty, E-Z Up Tents, tables/chairs, etc.
Merchandising Coordinator(s): Price all refurbished donations. Categorize items as white tag or color tag. (All items for sale at 8:30, at 10:00 remaining white tag items go to auction and remaining color tag items are 1/2 off.)
DONATIONS NEEDED:
Seeking donations of supplies: paint, spray paint, paint brushes, gift certificates to Johnson’s Hardware, etc.
Seeking donations of to-be-refurbished items: do your spring cleaning a little early! We’ll take any solid wood ot metal items that could be flipped into something neat! (No pressed board items, please.) We can pick up your items!
FLIPPERS: It’s the perfect time to get started on your projects for this year’s event! If you need some
“stiff”, check out the Church garage and Sunday School basement fireplace room.
THANK YOU: Thank you to Scott Schmitt for graciously allowing us to use his workshop on Sjuggerud
Road again this spring. Thank you to those involved in the event planning process.
CONNECT: Join the Facebook group for up-to-date planning information: “Refurbish Event Fundraiser
(INFO & PLANNING PAGE)”
GET INVOLVED: Next planning meeting is Sunday, February 11 at 10:15 AM in the church basement.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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Sunday Worship 9:15am
Sunday School
10:15 am
5
Praise Team Practice 7:00pm
6
Quilting 8:30am
Church Council
Meeting 7:00pm
7
Bible Study 9:30am
Worship 5:30pm
Confirmation 6:00pm
Jcrew 6:30pm
Senior Choir Practice 7:00pm
8
Boy Scouts
Meeting
9
Boy Scout Chili
Supper 4:30pm
10
11 Girl Scout French
Toast Breakfast 8-12 Sunday Worship
9:15am Sunday School
10:15am Youth and Family Meeting 10:15am Faithfully Refur-bished meeting
10:15am
12
Praise Team Practice 7:00pm
Transition Team Meeting 7:00 pm
13 Ash Wednesday 14
Bible Study 9:30am
Worship 5:30 pm
Soup Supper 6:30 pm
Jcrew 6:30pm
Senior Choir Practice 7:00pm
15 16 17
18
Sunday Worship 9:15am
Sunday School
10:15am
Baby Shower for Jesus 10:15am
19
Praise Team Practice 7:00pm
20
Quilting 8:30am
Life and Growth
Meeting 5:30pm
Worship Committee
Meeting 7:00pm
21
Bible Study 9:30am
Worship 5:30 pm
Soup Supper 6:30 pm
Grace Council 7:00 pm
Jcrew 6:30pm
Senior Choir Practice 7:00pm
22 23 24
25
Sunday Worship 9:15am
(Celebration/Praise Team Sunday)
Sunday School
10:15am
26
27
Board of Education
6:00 pm
28 Bible Study 9:30am
Worship 5:30 pm
Soup Supper 6:30 pm
Property and Finance
Meeting 7:00pm
Jcrew 6:30pm
Senior Choir Practice 7:00pm
Church Secretary: Julie Haessig
Church Office: 715-538-4334
Church E-mail: [email protected]
Church Website: oslcwhitehall.org
“Sharing God’s Love With All”
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
36197 Main Street
P.O. Box 455
Whitehall, WI 54773
Return Service
Requested
2 - Marlys Giese, Julie Johnson, Lilliana Ochsner
3 - Christopher Demulling, Easton Moats,
Jane Olson, Scotrene Ryan, Joseph Sygulla
4 - Darcy Goplin, Emerson Pronschinske
7 - Tracy Solberg
9 - Donna Lindberg, Adam Stendahl
10 - Nicole Carlson, Madison Wells
12 - Jamie Goplin, David Henrickson
13 - Barbara Harms, Halaynna Macharia,
Seth Olson
16 - Jill Knudtson
17 - David Anderson,
Daytona Hensley,
Tiffany Hensley
18 - Darlene Baken, Wayne Harms, Abigail Olson,
Myrtle Olson, Scott Schmitt
19 - Olivia Schaefer, Delores Stuve,
Richard Waldera
21 - Max Pientok
22 - Delores Coburn
25 - Shad Goplin, Cailyn Kniefl
26 - Paul Beck, Adam Kohnert
28 - Brennon Metzler, Jason Standish
Check us out on Facebook at: Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church of Whitehall, WI and
United in Faith Parish and OS Sunday-School and OSLC Youth.
Pastor: Peter Jonas
Pastor Cell Phone: 608-323-2006
Pastor Email: [email protected]
Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 10am-1pm
Tuesday and Thursday 8am-2pm