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Evangelical Presbyterian

Church 806 Fritzie Ave

PO Box 7

Crivitz, WI 54114

715-854-2222

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February 2017

Worship Services

10:00am

Pastor David's Office

Hours:

Tues. 1-5 pm

Wed. & Thurs. 9am-12pm

Fri. 9-12 and 1-5pm

Pastor David's Phone:

719-225-5049

Parish Council

Northern Larger Parish

Of Marinette County

P.O. Box 7

Crivitz, WI 54114

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Parish Council

Northern Larger Parish

Of Marinette County

P.O. Box 7

Crivitz, WI 54114

THE PASTOR'S PAGE

Growing up, I went to a Catholic elementary school

that was right across the street from our house. I remember

Valentine’s day celebrations at that school for a very par-

ticular reason. If you brought valentines cards you had to

bring one for everybody in the class, you couldn’t just

bring cards or candies for your best friends but had to

bring them for everyone. Certainly, this has its pros and

cons, but one of the things that it helped me to do, was to

de-romanticize the holiday a little bit. So often Valentines is

looked at as being a day to spend with your romantic love

and that is the sole purpose for the holiday. But love is not limited to solely romantic feelings and gestures and rela-tionships. Love is so much more. The best example of how to love comes from none

other than God himself. 1 John 4:8 tells us that God himself

is love, we are frequently reminded to love others with the

same love which we have received from Christ, Philippians

2 tells us that we should have the same love and mindset

as Jesus, and in John 15 Jesus outlines what it means to be

in relationship with God through his analogy of a vine with

branches. And he summarizes this with one command,

love each other as I have loved you.

If you struggle to love people I think there is a simple

yet challenging question that you must ask yourself. Have I

grasped the depth of which God loves me? I believe that

as we continue to grow in god’s love for us and under-

stand exactly what he has given up to restore us to rela-

tionship with him, we will inevitably fall into deeper love

with the people (all the people) whom God so loves. It is

not a forced love for others either, it is a love that is

demonstrative of the same love which Christ himself

showed for us. It is a love of joyful sacrifice for the good of

another. It is a love without strings attached. It is a love

that is not conditional upon actions present past or future.

It is a love of genuine care for each other.

February is known for its love because of Valentine’s

day, but this Valentine’s day let us remember the love of

God and remember that it is not just our family and friends

that we love, but we get to love everyone whom we

come in contact with.

So I ask, "Will you be my valentine?"

Pastor David Pleuss

SESSION NEWS

The Women's Association will be holding a

Unity Dinner open to the whole communi-

ty on February 11 from 5-7pm. $5/person

and $10/family.

Ash Wednesday there will be a potluck at

6pm followed by a service at 7pm

During Lent, there will be weekly Wednes-

day potlucks at 6pm followed by services

at 7pm.

There will however, be no potluck/service

on April 12th

There will be a Maundy Thursday Passover

meal at 6pm on April 13th

There will be a Good Friday Service with

Amberg, Pembine, Athelstane and

Wausaukee churches.

The Easter Sunrise Service with commun-

ion is at 7am with breakfast to follow

The Easter Service will be at 10am with

communion

If you have any questions or concerns,

please contact the following Committee

members:

Christian Ed: Mike Zahn, Erika Lesperance

Finance/Budget: Nora Swanson, Dewey

Sessler

Missions: Don Landwehr, Rob Wenzel

Maintainance/Building/Grounds: Dale

Paust, Dewey Sessler, Mike Zahn

Worship: Iola Kelly, Rob Wenzel

Nominating: Dewey Sessler, Mike Zahn,

Personnel: Nora Swanson, Steve Porfilio,

Larry Lundberg, Jerry Herrell and Brenda

White with Glen Franzen as an alternate

Technology: Erika Lesperance, Rob Wen-

zel

If you would like to be a part of any

committee, please contact the first per-

son listed.

Gail Lesperance, Clerk of Session

A NOTE ABOUT THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR....

At the Annual Meeting held on January 22nd

there was a motion from the floor for the building

and grounds committee to investigate with the

authority to make an offer on the double lot

property next to the church. The vote was unan-

imous. More information will be coming in the

near future.

PER CAPITA 2017

Per Capita giving for 2017 is $40/member.

ABC SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION

Put God's word on your heart and memorize

scripture with us!

A- All have sinned and fall short of the glory of

God. Romans 2:23

B- Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be

saved. You and your household. Acts 16:31

C- Children obey your parents in everything for

this pleases the Lord. Col 3:20

D- Do to others what you would have them do to

you Matt 7:12

E- Even a child is known by his actions, by

whether his conduct is pure and right. Proverbs

20:11

F- Fear not for I have redeemed you, I have

summoned you by name you are mine. Isaiah

43:1

G- Give thanks in all circumstances for this is

God's will for you in Christ Jesus. I Thes 5:18

H- Honor your father and your mother so that

you may live long in the land the Lord you God is

giving you. Ex 20:12

I- I am the vine, you are the branches. If a man

remains in me and I in him he will bear much

fruit. Apart from me you can do nothing. John

15:5

K- Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from

speaking lies. Psalm 34:13

L- Look to me and be saved all the ends of the

earth for I am God and there is no other. Isaiah

45:22

M- Marvel not that I said unto thee, you must be

born again. John 3:7

N- No man can serve two masters, either he will

love the one and hate the other or he will cling

to the one and despise the other. You cannot

serve both God and mammon. Matt 6:24

O- O Lord, God Almighty, who is like you? You

are mighty O Lord and your faithfulness sur-

rounds you. Psalm 89:8

P- Put on the full armor of God, so you can take

your stand against the devils schemes. Eph 6:11

Q- Quench not the spirit. 1 Thes 5:19

R- Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.

Six days you shall labor and do all your work but

the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your

God. Ex 20:8-10

S- Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His right-

eousness and all these things will be added unto

you. Matt 6:33

T- Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean

not on your own understanding. In all your ways

acknowledge Him and He will make straight your

paths. Proverbs 3:5-6

U- Unto us a Child is born. Unto us a Son is given.

And the government shall be upon His shoulder.

And His name shall be called wonderful Counse-

lor. Isaiah 9:6-7

V- Vengeance is mine saith the Lord. Be not

overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 12:19, 21

W- Wait for the Lord. Be strong and take heart.

Psalm 27:14

X- Except ye be converted and become as little

children ye shall not enter into the kingdom of

heaven. Matt 18:3

Y-You are the light of the world, let your light

shine before men. That they may see your good

deeds and glorify your father in heaven. Matt

5:14, 16

Z- Zion heard and was glad; and the daughters

of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O

Lord. For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth:

thou art exalted high above all gods. Psalm 97:8-

9

The Confirmation Class has asked for our help in

gathering supplies year round to pack boxes for

Operation Christmas Child. There will be a room

in the basement dedicated to holding supplies.

FABRIC KITS FEBRUARY 8TH 9:00AM

With the help of others and headed up by Nikki

Stillman, we will be packing Fabric Kits for Lu-

theran World Relief. These kits are used to teach

vocational training to help individuals break out

of poverty. Cover them with LOVE.

WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY FOR WORKING WOMEN

Please let Erin (719-225-5050) know the best time

and day to meet for you! We're trying to find the

best day for everyone and maybe Saturday

Morning isn't it.

GREETERS & USHERS, ACOLYTE, COMPUTER

Feb 5th Greeters: Lois Reimes and Betty

Rogalski

Ushers: Orlin Hoof and Don

Van

Feb 12th Greeters: Jack and Barb Fulton

Ushers: Stewart and Jerry

Swanson

Feb 19th Greeters: Dale and Judy Paust

Ushers: Jerry and Brenda Reiss

Feb 26th Greeters: Iola Kelly and Dorothy

Franzen

Ushers: Gary and Marie Richter

*Greeters, please be here by 9:30am

REFRESHMENTS

Feb 5th MaryBeth and Howie Edwards

Feb 12th Pleuss and Fulton Families

Feb 19th Stewart and Sharon Swanson

Feb 26th Dale and Judy Paust

ELDERS ASSISTING COMMUNION

1. Steve Porfilio

2. Erika Lesperance

3. Mike Zahn

4. Iola Kelly

COUNTING

Feb 5th Judy Porfilio

Feb 12th Lynn Bauer

Feb 19th Larry Lundberg

Feb 26th Gail Lesperance

*Assisting Elder for February- Nora Swanson

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

Eric Corrigan 1st Virginia Hoogstra 3rd Michael Beattie 7th Bonnie Eastman 8th Morgan Schwarz 8th Fay Carlsen 9th Richard Stillman 9th Judy Johnsen 15th Iola Kelly 15th Geraldine Schuster 16th Margaret Milbrath 17th Anna Bendtschneider 20th Robert Kaas 21st David White 21st Gary and Marie Richter 8th Steve and Judy Porfilio 13th Richard and Janice Holmes 16th Tim and Sally Corrigan 17th

If we missed your birthday or anniversary,

or got it wrong, please call the church office

so that we (hopefully) don't make the same

mistake in the future!

FEBRUARY KITCHEN CHAIRPERSON

Betty Rogalski

VALET PARKING UPON REQUEST

~FEBRUARY 2017~

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1

Men's Group 6:30am

Confirma-tion/Youth Group

6:30pm Bible Study 6:30 pm

2

3

4

5

Worship

Sunday School 10:00 am

Communion New Care Service

6

Sarah Circle 12:30 pm

7

Weight Watchers 9am

Worship Practice 6:30pm

AA 7pm

8

Men's Group 6:30am

Fabric Kits 9am Confirma-

tion/Youth Group 6:30pm

Bible Study 6:30 pm

9

10

11

Youth Group Fam-ily Game Night 5-

11pm

Unity Dinner 5-7pm

12

Worship


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14

Weight Watchers 9am


AA 7pm

15

Men's Group 6:30am

Worship Night 6pm



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17 18

Adoration Under-ground Service

6pm

19

Worship


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21

Weight Watchers 9am

Session Meeting

6pm

AA 7pm

22

Men's Group 6:30am



23

Worship Prac-tice 6:30pm

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25

26

Worship


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28

Weight Watchers 9am


AA 7pm

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