Incarnation Image As we come back together after the renewing season of summer, it’s good to think about those actions on our part that can “bind us together.” The follow-ing 7 directives are from a book by Norma Cook Everest a former seminary professor of mine. I encourage members of Incarnation to join me in heeding them as we reassemble this fall for another exciting year of mission and minis-try together in Christ’s name.

1. Rely on God. So simple and yet so difficult. We want to be the central play-ers; we want to figure out for ourselves how to escape the struggle or to re-solve the problems. We want to impose our own rules upon the events and people in our lives. We construct layer upon layer of defenses to keep the un-expected and the unpredictable from upsetting our carefully ordered world. If we are imprisoned by the need to control our existence, we cannot be God’s person for others. Rather, we are captive to the need to protect ourselves against others and manipulate them for our own purposes. So, we cannot be agents of God’s grace to a broken and hurting world. These efforts to rely on ourselves isolate us from God and close us to the strange and mysterious working of God in the world. To rely on God is to trust the liberating power of Christ.

2. Remember our Baptism. Each of us is called to Christ in baptism. Amid all differences of status and title and in the midst of antagonisms, each of us is a child by Christ’s grace. The church is a com-munity of those who have been promised forgiveness of sins and newness of life through baptism in Jesus Christ. Such a community of believers lives in the awareness that through the cross we are em-powered. We as a resurrection people are empowered to live in suffering love for our neighbor. What God has done in uniting us in Christ’s death and resurrection in baptism, God continues to do each mo-ment of our lives as we face conflicts and struggles. God has defeated the forces of evil. That does not mean that we have no struggles, but that, beginning with the life-giving waters of baptism, Christ gives us faith and hope.

3. Recognize the Variety of the Spirit’s Gifts among God’s People. A community of Christians is a collection of gifts with the potential to bring out each person’s strengths and carry each person’s weaknesses. We dare not stifle one another’s gifts or hide our own. The body of Christ is healthy when all of us use such gifts to respond to others and to nurture one another for mission. Out of such one-ness and such diversity of gifts, the work of Christ is called forth.

4. Trust One Another. People may leave the church because of conflict more than for any other rea-son. People don’t join a church because they see a good fight going on there. Neither will they join or stay at an apathetic church exhibiting no energy. The opposite of destructive conflict is not boredom; it is trust. Can I trust the church? We hold out false expectations when we hope to find a church in which there is no conflict, and yet we can hope for and work toward a faith community that is a place to faithfully struggle with conflict. This calls for a trustworthy environment. We cannot fully trust one an-other, particularly ourselves. God is love and God is trustworthy. We can confidently trust God’s love, which frees us to create a trustworthy environment to live in relationship.

5. Encourage and Support One another. We may be able to work through some of our bondage and brokenness alone with God. But when God deals with us, we will ultimately need to deal with one another. In such times we confess our sins to one another and bear one another’s burdens. Christ reu-nites us so that we become for one another the means of grace through which God brings us to whole-ness. Reunion is God’s gift.

6. Bear One Another’s Pain and Suffering. In a caring fellowship in Christ, the people care for one another and for those around them. This means listening, listening very carefully. Jesus listened; he listened more than he spoke. To listen to one another’s needs is a sign of God’s grace working in our world.

7. Work at a Shared Vision of Mission. When a congregation looks inward only, the result is a poor morale, stress, and an obsession with maintenance. But if a church recognizes and engages in the larger challenge of mission, it will turn outward as it listens and grows. Witness, service, and healing are the keys.

Pastor Ralph

Reformation Sunday

October 27

P A G E 2 O C T O B E R 2 0 1 9

SUNDAY SCHEDULE Worship - 9 am

Fellowship , Adult Forum -10 am

Special Praise Worship Every 4th Sunday:

October 27 at 9 am

Scrappy Stitchers Quilting Group is Back! 9:30 am 2nd 4th Fridays—Oct. 11 & 25

Church Council 2nd Thursday— 6:30 pm

October 10

Men’s Bible Study 1st and 3rd Monday

October 7 & 21 at 6:30 am

Women’s Bible Study 1st & 3rd Thur. at 9:30 am

October 3 &17

Worship Updates

& Schedules Our 51st Year continues .

We celebrate every day !

NOTE TO THE CONGREGATION Council Notes this month are abbreviated because of space for our 2020 Stewardship Forms.

1. Meeting called to order by Don Kneisler at 6:30 p.m. 2. Roll Call of Council Officers & Council Members

3. Devotions - Bob Brum. Thank you, Bob.

Pastor’s Report—Pastor Ralph Hankermeyer -11 visits

- Men’s Bible Study 6:30 a.m. – 1st & 3rd Mondays

- Confirmation – Monday evening (date revised after council

mtg to Tuesday night)

Council Notes -Council Meeting moved to 2nd Thursdays due to Confirmation moving to Tuesday. -Capital Improvement Project 2019 (see update info in Oct. newsletter) - Sealing completed but firm will return to touch-up and apply stripping - Council approved quotes from Current Electric totaling @1,670.00 to upgrade exterior lighting to LED fixtures - Borrow from Capital Improvement fund to pay invoices as needed -Fund raising discussion to repay loan from Capital Impr. Fund rummage sale, spring plant sale, booyah sales,

- Further ideas and discussion encouraged from membership

OTHER NEWS Green Bay Conference will offer a Mission projects workshop at Trinity Luther-an on Sunday, October 27 (12:20 -2:30 p.m.). A lite worship will be offered at 2:30 p.m. Incarnation council decided not to participate as a church but individ-ual members may attend if interested.

Pastor Hankermeyer

Don Kneisler

Judy Trow

Myrna Herrbold

Allan Kvam

Present

Present

Present

Present

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Tim Kesy

Karen Flood Sherry Rasmussen

Bob Brumm

Rick Manning Aaron Hankermeyer

Present

Present

Present

Present

Present

Present

2019 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

PRJOECT UPDATE

The 2019 Capital Improvement project

which consisted of resealing the parking

lot and upgrading the exterior lighting has

been successfully completed. Lighting up-

grades included new LED exterior lighting

and related conduit and junction boxes of

which Incarnation can expect a yearly sav-

ings in electricity costs.

Project costs included $5,962.00 for the

sealing - related necessary repairs of the lot

and $1,670.00 for the LED upgrades for a

total project cost of $7,632.00. Cash on

hand for this project between the 2019

budget and donations was $2,788.82. The

balance of $4,843.18 was borrowed from

the Capital Improvement Fund (also re-

ferred to as the Olson Fund).

Various fund- raising efforts with be of-

fered to replenish the borrowed amount

from this fund. Sunday morning fellowship

and the 2019 Fall Harvest Fest free-will of-

ferings are just two of these efforts.

Please continue to support this project by

sending your contributions to the church

office. Thank you for your dedication to

Incarnation.

P A G E 3 O C T O B E R 2 0 1 9

OUR 2020 STEWARDSHIP DRIVE

A word form our

Stewardship Chair

Hello and May God Bless You!

It is Fall already?! Where did the summer go?

For me, this is a very busy time of the year. I have a lot of things going on and it seems that time goes faster and faster and I am al-ways playing catch-up.

This is also the time of year where we need to take a step back, take a deep breath and begin to look towards the future. Incarnation Lutheran Church is also at that stage in its calendar cycle. Each of us needs to look forward to see how we can fit in to our Church Family here at Incarna-tion.

In your monthly newsletter you will find a Financial Pledge form and a Time & Talent form. Both of these forms are a big part of how the Incarnation Church Council will plan for our future. Eve-ryone knows that we need the Financial Pledges to be completed and turned in. It is the basis for our financial planning for 2020.

Besides our ongoing monthly commitments, we also have some problems that creep up on us from time to time. The Parking Lot had to be redone, some electrical work became a HUGE pri-ority, and we still have windows and doors to take care of. It is with your Financial Pledge and commitment that Incarnation can plan on which of these projects can be done, and when they can be scheduled.

A more important part of Stewardship is the personal time each of us can commit to helping within the Incarnation Community. We understand that not everyone can mow the lawn and not everyone can cook for Lenten Supper, but when each of us takes a small step forward, we find that the talents of our congregation are incredible. We have a glorious choir, we have people taking care of furnace filters, we have people paying the bills and people doing so much more. Please take some time to look at all the ways you can give a small amount of your time for the church. Maybe it is counting the offering on a Sunday or two, or maybe you are able to help out with an Easter Breakfast, or maybe it’s just in helping with making quilts for those less fortunate. God gave us all talents and the ability to help our neighbor or to support a congregation. All we are asking is that you look deep into who you are and see if there is a way you can be a bigger part of Incarnation Lutheran Church.

This year, we will provide a basket for you to place your Time & Talent forms and your Financial Pledge forms in and on November 3rd, Fall Festival Sunday, all the forms will be brought up to the alter and blessed by pastor Ralph.

We thank you for your tithing and your Time and Talents. There is so much that goes on at In-carnation, it is sometimes hard to keep track but with your financial support and individual help, it will all get done.

In Christ,

Stewardship Committee 2019

On the next page, Page 4, is the Financial Pledge Form for 2020, followed by the 2-page Time and Talent Form. Please print these pages, fill in and return them to church on our

Stewardship Fall Fest, Sunday, November 3.

P A G E 4 O C T O B E R 2 0 1 9

OUR 2020 STEWARDSHIP DRIVE

Incarnation Lutheran Church 2019 Stewardship Campaign

Stewardship of Treasure involves committing a regular portion of our income to our church and our

community. Please be generous with the gifts God has given you. Your contribution is essential in

keeping our small church and congregation on current financial track and also to look ahead to the

future and what it might hold in store for Incarnation and our community.

Believing all that I have is a gift from God, I pledge to share the following amounts for the Glory of

God to be used in the mission and ministry of Jesus Christ through Incarnation Lutheran Church and

through the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

CURRENT EXPENSES – dollars for the daily needs of Incarnation Lutheran Church

To be paid Weekly:

To be paid Monthly:

To be paid Quarterly:

For a total annual Pledge of:

BENEVOLENCE – dollars specifically for the needs outside our church by our ELCA Synod

To be paid Weekly:

To be paid Monthly:

To be paid Quarterly:

For a total annual Pledge of:

BUILDING FUND – dollars specifically for the ongoing needs of the Church Building and Grounds

To be paid Weekly:

To be paid Monthly:

To be paid Quarterly:

For a total annual Pledge of:

Over the years, pledging a financial amount has taken on many forms. If there is an option you

would like us to explore such as credit card payments, stocks, property or other types of gifts, please

contact the Church Council and we will be glad to help you in any way we can.

Lord, instill in our heart a spirit of charity and compassion. Help us to be open to new ways that we

can make a difference in our church and community, by being generous with our abilities and

treasure, in God’s name we pray.

Gratefully In Christ;

Stewardship Committee, 2019

Name (Individual or Family )

CAPITAL FUND – dollars to be put into the capital fund for past and future capital improvements

2020

Incarnation Lutheran Church 2019

Name #1 Name #2

Thank you for your continuous service to the Lord and our church. If you can serve in any of the activities only

for a limited time, please note the limitation on the second sheet in the limitation line.

#1 #2 #1 #2

□ □ Committee Member □ □ Nursery Assistant

□ □ Lector (Reader) □ □ Altar Guild / Communion Setup

□ □ Usher □ □ Altar Guild Coordinator

□ □ Greeter □ □ Seasons of the Church / Banners

□ □ Refreshments □ □ Acolyte

□ □ Pastoral Assistance □ □ Special Music

□ □ Choir □ □ Hymn Selection Committee

□ □ Committee Member □ □ Sunday School Teacher - Children

□ □ Adult Bible Study - Group □ □ Sunday School Teacher - Youth

□ □ Confirmation Assistance □ □ Sunday School Teacher - Adult

□ □ Youth Education □ □ Sunday School Teacher - Substitute/Helper

□ □ Children's Christmas Program □ □ Vacation Bible School - Director

□ □ Library □ □ Vacation Bible School - Teacher

□ □ Camp □ □ Vacation Bible School - Volunteer/Helper

□ □ Committee Member □ □ Fall Festival Coordinator

□ □ Welcoming of Visitors □ □ Fall Festival Volunteer

□ □ Welcoming of New Members □ □ Funeral Guild

□ □ New Member Sponsor □ □ Funeral - Food Donation

□ □ Visitation of Shut-in's □ □ Prayer Chain

□ □ Nurture and Grow Membership □ □ Lenten Suppers

□ □ Fellowship With Community Churches □ □ Strawberry Social

□ □ Incarnation Fun Fest (IFF) □ □ Easter Breakfast

□ □ Y.A.H.s (Young At Heart Seniors) □ □ Crossways Camps

□ □ Committee Member □ □ Habitat for Humanity

□ □ Coordinate Transportation as Needed □ □ Ecumenical Partnership for Housing (EPH)

□ □ Blood Drive Coordinator □ □ LWR Health and School kits

□ □ Blood Donor □ □ LWR Quilts

Incarnation Lutheran Church 2019

#1 #2 #1 #2

□ □ Committee Member □ □ Financial Secretary

□ □ Audit Committee □ □ Treasurer

□ □ Committee Member □ □ Stewardship Drive Coordinator

□ □ Counter □ □ Time & Talent Coordinator

Worship Service Time: □ 9:00

Please enter your name below and check your Time and Talents according to respondent #1 or #2 in the squares, below.

Email Address:

Christian Education Committee:

Aaron Hankermeyer/Myrna Herrbold/ Rick Manning

Don Kneisler/ Judy Trow

Worship & Music Committee:

Tim Kesy/Bob Brumm/Rick ManningBuilding and Grounds Committee:

Karen Flood/Sherry Rasmussen

(Combined with Evangelism)

OPEN

Allan Kvam / Lee Blom

Finance and Budget Committee:

Stewardship Committee:

Evangelism

Social Ministry Committee:

2020

Incarnation Lutheran Church 2020

Finance and Budget Committee: OPEN

#1 #2 #1 #2

□ □ Committee Member □ □ Financial Secretary

□ □ Audit Committee □ □ Treasurer

Stewardship Committee: Allan Kvam / Lee Blom

□ □ Committee Member □ □ Stewardship Drive Coordinator

□ □ Counter □ □ Time & Talent Coordinator

Building and Grounds Committee: Tim Kesy/Bob Brumm/Rick Manning

□ □ Committee Member □ □ Painting Skills / Volunteer

□ □ Lawn Mowing □ □ Plumbing Skills / Volunteer

□ □ Flower Gardens □ □ Carpentry Skills / Volunteer

□ □ Shrubs and Trees □ □ Mechanical Skills / Volunteer

□ □ Electrical Skills / Volunteer

□ □ General Handyman Skills

Technology Committee: NEW OPEN

□ □ Committee Member □ □ Computer Skills/Volunteer

□ □ Website Coordinator □ □ Sound System Skills/Volunteer

□ □ Face Book Coordinator □ □ Telephone System Skills/Volunteer

□ □ Sunday School Equipment (TV/VCR/DVD/Blu Ray) □ □ Printer Skills/Volunteer

□ □ Computer Software and Licensing □ □ Photography Skills/Volunteer

□ □ Computer Virus & Security Protection □ □ LAN/Wi-Fi Skills/Volunteer

□ □ HVAC Controls □ □ Video Projection Skills/Volunteer

□ □ Lighting Controls □ □ Video Surveillance Skills/Volunteer (future)

□ □ Alarm Systems (future)

Miscellaneous Other Talents Not listed

□ □ Theatre / Plays / Skits □ □

□ □ □ □

Volunteer Limitation Section

Activity Limitation

If you can serve in any of these activities, but only for limited times, please note that limitation here.

These last four pages: Stewardship Letter, Financial Pledge Form for 2020, followed by the 2-page Time and Talent Form : are your Stewardship Section. Please print these pages, fill

in, and return to church on our Stewardship Fall Fest, Sunday, November 3.

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Sun M o n T ue W e d T hu F r i Sat

Sept 29

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Plan Ahead for Fall Fest on Stewardship Sunday - Nov. 3

Reformation Sunday, October 27

Please cut out this calendar and the event details on the back. This is also

on our website: www. Incarnationgb.com. Click on Calendar and Events.

P A G E 8 O C T O B E R 2 0 1 9

Church Calendar and all pictures in color

on our website: www.incarnationgb.com

Back-to-back “scoop” on church activities: page 5 is the calendar and page 6 has the details.

Cut this page from the Newsletter for a daily reference to Church Activities.

YAHs on Oct. 16

Meet at church 9 am

Off to Winneconne and the World Pencil Museum. Located on the shores of Lake Winneconne, this museum has over 40,000 writing instruments.

Following our time there, we will have lunch at The Finn N Feather where we will enjoy dining on the Wolf River.

Then it’s on to Oshkosh and the Oshkosh Public Muse-um located in the beautiful Sawyer House. This English Tu-dor Revival home was built in 1908. You won’t want to miss seeing the Apostle’s Clock, that has Jesus and the Apostles coming out every hour. Cost for admission is $6.00. One of the displays in October is “Cemetery Tales”. OOOHHHH!.

We will leave church at 9:00. Sign up sheet in the narthex. Choir Rehearsal

8 am. Every Sunday

Dinner at Krabbe’s

Friday, October at 5 pm

It’s time for to enjoy a nice dinner out. Where?

Krabbe’s Kountry Klub, W2890 City Rd E, Seymour.

If eating a big evening meal isn’t for you, Krabbes

also has an excellent salad bar available. Sign up

for this relaxing night by Sunday, September 29.

on the sheet in the narthex.

The annual Harvest

Dinner at the

First Congregational

Church - Nov 17

Church is at 1018 Cedar St in De Pere. This year the annual fest is November 17 . We will meet at the church in De Pere at 5:00 and tick-ets are $12 which can be paid for at the door.

Christmas by Candlelight

Meeting

Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 2 pm

Please join in this double focus of our Christmas by Candlelight Ad-

vent gathering paired with our collection of warm clothing for children and adults: Warming the Winter with Christ.

Volunteers are needed to set up the Angel Tree, to decorate the Sanctuary and Fellowship Hall, to adopt a table to decorate, and to bake cookies.

Warming the Winter with Christ

Hats, glove, socks, and scarves for chil-dren and adults collected now through

December 7, our Christmas by Candlelight.

Angel Tree with suggested donations will be in the Narthex on Sunday, November 3

Come join us for a wonderful home cooked turkey dinner with all the fixings.

Sign up by Sunday, Nov. 10th for this event.

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outreach

O C T O B E R 2 0 1 9

We are bringing a little bit of sum-mer into Incarnation’s fall worship schedule!

This worship service features a traditional Lutheran service for-mat with new hymns and praise worship songs from current Chris-tian radio. Worship will also fea-ture music from the Incarnation Choir, Praise Band, and soloists! As with each Sunday, this is at 9 a.m.

EVERY Tuesday

6:30—7: 30 pm

Weekly Confirmation class resumes for the year.

Classes meet in the Large Classroom.

Parents and Students are encouraged to contact

Pastor Ralph with any questions they have.

Sunday Morning Adult Forum resumes Sunday, Sept. 8th

Stay after worship for coffee and treats AND Bible Study. Adult Forum will continue with the study of Luther's Small Catechism, starting with the First Article of the Apostle's Creed.

A Special Thank You Thank you for all the prayers and support we

received after the sudden death of our son,

Derek. The meals provided and monetary contri-

butions were such a blessing to our family. We

are truly grateful to belong to this wonderful

family of Incarnation Lutheran Church.

Lee & Karen Blom

Your generous donations to House of Hope

Although the Wednesday worship services

have concluded for the year, the generosity

of Incarnation continues to be evident. We

are happy to report that a total $1,250.00

was received in loose cash donations this

summer and will be given to The Lord’s

House of Hope. The 2019 Church Council

had vote to donate all loose cash donations

received during the Wednesday service be

given to the spiritual based orphanage in

Kenya.

Located on the outskirts of Nairobi, the

Lord’s House of Hope Orphanage utilizes

everyday necessities – a loving and support-

ive environment, a healthy diet, medical

care, spiritual guidance, access to technolo-

gy and heightened educational standards –

to support the personal growth and well-

being for 45 children.

Children from Lord’s House of Hope

Too many tomatoes, squash, onions? This is

a great time to supplement non-perishable

food with home grown vegetables. Please

remember these Pantries.

INCARNATION LUTHERAN CHURCH

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FALL HARVEST FEST November 3, 2019

Harvest time is an occasion to lift up all the gifts which God

has given us and to remember all the people that have that

have been part of our faith walk.

Two church calendar events are wrapped up in this Fest:

Stewardship and All Saints Sunday. They come together to

create opportunity to gather as a family, to thank Our Lord

and Savior for all the blessings we have received through-

out this year. Please invite your family and friends to this

celebration that begins with worship at 9:00 a.m.

Potluck follows Worship

Fest continues with Potluck, including Tim’s remarkable BOOYAH. A musical jam

session during the meal will be provided by Incarnation’s musicians.

Tim’s chicken booyah will be available for take-out as supplies last.

Sign-up sheets will be available shortly to aid in the planning

All funds from the booyah take-out sales as well as the free will-offering at the meal will go towards

the 2019 Capital Improvement project that updated the exterior lighting and sealing the parking lot.

A Harvest Of Blessing