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September, 2017
REFLECTIONS
Page 1 From the President
Page 2-3 From the SW Corner
Page 4-5 From the Elder
Page 6 Stewardship
Page 7 This ‘n That
Page 8 CDC News
Page 9 Kids’ Corner
Page 10 Birthdays, Flowers,
Missional Outreach
Page 11 Music Ministry
Page 12 September Calendar
A Publication of Ascension Lutheran Church What’s INSIDE
PRAY for
those in need
and for those
who serve
them with the
love of Jesus.
GIVE money and other items
when the call goes out for them.
Cash gifts are needed the most at
this time. 100% percent of your
gifts will go to the affected
areas. CLICK HERE or go
to http://southernlcms.org/disaster
-relief-donations/ to give online.
You can send your checks also by
mail to: Southern District - 100
Mission Dr. - Slidell LA 70460.
Please mark them for Harvey
Relief. CLICK HERE for a list of
care boxes that will be needed.
Please do not send them until they
are needed. We do not want to
overwhelm the centers with items
they do not need.
From the District President - Rev. Kurtis D. Schultz
This important email is coming to you as an update on the Southern District
response to Harvey relief efforts.
I know many of you have been praying for those in the path of the storm and are
anxiously waiting to know how you can help. I have waited with this information
because of the uniqueness of this storm. We are still three days away from it leaving
our area. We continue to be in touch with our Louisiana folks as the ride out the
remainder of Harvey.
Our Southern District Disaster Relief team has been asked by the Texas District to
provide our experience and resources, especially in the area of organization and
management of volunteer work camps. That team consists of Dave Buss, Camp
Restore-Baton Rouge LA, David Goodine and Kurt Jostes of RAI and Camp
Restore-New Orleans LA, Ed Brashier, Shepherd's Heart Ministries-Gardendale AL,
and me. Preliminary work has started and a meeting of partners will be held next
Wednesday in Houston.
It is important that we support the coordinated efforts of the Texas District. This will
allow for the best stewardship of our resources. We will not be neglecting the needs
of Louisiana and we will respond as we become aware of them. The volunteer
camps will triage the needs as follows: 1. Pastors, teachers, church staff, churches
and schools. 2. Church members with special need families receiving high priority.
3. Families in the communities. This order is not in order of importance but focuses
on building greater capacity of care. We are enabling our churches and their people
to be servants to their neighbors. The camps will also be centers of distribution to
meet the basic and immediate needs of all people. Very early numbers from Texas
are reporting over 105 members have water in their homes. Many members
evacuated from their homes (over 30). Church damage - 6 with roof leaks, 3 with
minor damage, 2 flooded. Pastors' homes flooded - 5. Staff and teachers evacuated -
3 Staff and teachers flooded - 3. 30,000 people in shelters. These numbers will
increase as assessment continues.
VOLUNTEER next week after the search and rescue phase is over we will be
providing contact information to sign up to help. Watch our website -
SouthernLCMS.org, Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/southernlcms.org -
Southern District-LCMS, and Twitter @SDLCMS for more information.
I thank all of you for your partnership in the Gospel and your generous sharing of
Jesus' love, mercy, and compassion.
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From the New Testament
comes this needed advice,
“Therefore, encourage one
another and build each other
up, just as in fact you are
doing.” (1 Thessalonians 4:11)
Why now? It’s September
where the Fall begins, where
the deadly effects of the Fall
into sin
become
visible
in
Nature
to all
who
can see.
The much-anticipated great
American Eclipse has come
and gone. The beautiful
greenery of the summer is
ready to fall away into the
golden tones of Autumn. And
the vibrancy of life is being
threatened by the onset of
death.
These are all factors that lie
between courage and sorrow.
They are why many are
discouraged. There are many
reasons why we need
encouragement.
At best, our world is messed
up. We are both the cause of its
mess, and the result of it, also.
As I see it, our life together as
a body of people is always
imperfect. At times, it even
borders on being offensive. All
of us need to be encouraged
and everyone should try to be
an encourager. However, that’s
the problem.
In the words of St. Paul, the good things I should do I do not do. The evil
behaviors that I should contain I lose control over. Life in this dilemma is a
source of wretchedness. In this condition, I may feel badly about myself and
become angry with others and resentful against them. Plus, because my very
nature is contaminated by sin, it is impossible to resolve my dilemma.
My sin always affects those around me since I live in a dynamic relationship
with others. Not only does sin destroy my peace with others, it leaves me
discouraged and sad.
I wrote some of the above thoughts about no one in particular, even though I
wrote in the first person. It could be about me, but I did not intend for it to be
autobiographical. I am
writing in an attempt to
describe the humanity we all
share with each other. I am
writing to reveal our
common need to be
encouraged. One of the best
gifts we can give is to
encourage one another.
Joseph Barnabas was a
follower of Jesus during the
time the Book of Acts was
written. He was a Levite by
birth, but was widely known
through the meaning of his
name Barnabas, a “son of encouragement.” It is interesting to me that the first
time he is named in Acts, it is in connection with a major offering he gave to
the church’s treasury after he had sold a plot of land. What encouragement
that financial windfall must have provided to the apostles and leaders of the
early church.
To encourage someone is to call him to your side. Encouragement is not
theoretical, but practical. It is not rhetorical, but real.
Synonyms include “to stand by someone; to exhort
and urge him.” When we demonstrate to someone
that we are “standing by” him in his need, that very
behavior produces a strong dose of encouragement.
Our need to be encouraged is well documented as we
experience the constant changes life brings. When we
face illness or disease…when personal trials and
temptations come…when we must live only by faith
because sight fails.…when we must deal with “terrors
of the night and arrows that fly by day,” all while
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fearing for our safety, it is normal to be discouraged. These are spiritual attacks that
may quickly drive us to despair. Spiritual attacks need spiritual defenses. Spiritual
emptiness needs spiritual fillers.
Certainly, we who follow Jesus as His disciples are just as
susceptible to the discouraging effects of the Devil as
people ever were. We have the same needs as those early
disciples to whom our Lord promised His never-failing
presence.
So, here’s what Jesus promised His disciples. He
promised to send a very special Encourager, the Holy
Spirit. Jesus identified this Spirit by the word Paraclete.
This word is derived from the Greek verb that means “to
encourage” and that calls Him “One who stands by to
help.” (Remember, Jesus also calls the Holy Spirit the
Helper.)
The Holy Spirit (the Paraclete) truly is our constant source of Encouragement. The
Paraclete calls us into the fellowship of the Church, where we receive forgiveness
for our sins and hear the guarantees of resurrection and eternal life.
God is good to us. Yes, we need encouragement in the face of disease, deep sorrow
and death. Without encouragement, we can get discouraged. To correct that downer,
He gives us the Paraclete to stand by us and encourage us.
While our need for encouragement is well documented, so also is our role in
encouraging others. Our source to do that comes straight out of our Call to be a part
of the Body of Christ. Our relationship with Christ makes us able to share His grace
and love that encourages others for life here and their eternal future.
Recently, a friend was writing a thank you note for a gift he had received. “If
people’s generosity continues, I’ll be spending a lot of time writing ‘thank you’s.’” I
inquired, “Would that be bad?” Then, the following thought occurred to me. If more
of us spent more time thanking each other—if everybody would spend more time
thanking others—the entire world would be changed. Saying “thank you” is a great
way to be an encourager.
“Therefore, encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are
doing.” (1 Thess. 4:11)
Love,
Pastor Bernie
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From the Elder
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by daily sorrow and repentance, and die with all sins and evil lusts, and, in
turn, a new person daily come forth and rise
from death again. He will live forever before
God in righteousness and purity.” In this
answer, Martin uses strong terms to describe
the process of sanctification. He talks about
drowning the old Adam, that sinful flesh that
abides in all of us, by daily sorrow and
repentance and, in his place, a new person, a
forgiven person, comes forth and lives in
righteousness and purity (i.e., holy living). In
reality, our old Adam is not yet dead, and
despite our best intentions to live a holy life,
we, as Paul describes, fall victim to sin and evil and again need repentance
(restarting the “repentance, forgiveness, holy living” cycle). Only when
Jesus returns and we are taken to heaven will this process of sanctification
be fully completed and repentance no longer be needed.
Sanctification is a fancy term that literally means "set apart for particular
use in a special purpose or work and to make holy or sacred." (Wikipedia).
I like to think of sanctification as the process whereby God slowly, but
surely, changes me into someone who is a little bit more like Jesus today
than I was yesterday. How does He do this? How does this process of
sanctification work?
The answer to how sanctification works lies in the “repentance, forgiveness,
holy living” cycle. Each time we go through one of these cycles, God has
the opportunity to work on us, to change us, to make us a little more like
Jesus. With holy living, that is, with completed sanctification as the ultimate
goal, we repent and are forgiven many, many times in our Christian lives.
Repentance is the process where
we, like the lost sheep (Luke 15:1
-7), like the lost coin (Luke 15:8-
10), like the lost (prodigal) son
(Luke 15:11-32), have gone
astray and God comes, picks us
up and turns us around.
Repentance is a combination of
contrition and faith in which
contrition is a recognition of both
our sins and that we are sinners,
that we are by nature enemies of
God, that a holy God absolutely
hates sin and that we, as we
weekly confess, truly deserve
God’s temporary and eternal
SANCTIFICATION – A LIFETIME OF
DAILY REPENTANCE/BAPTISM
Ken likes to use the phrase
“repentance, forgiveness, holy
living” to describe the life of a
Christian.
Even though we have been
converted to faith in Jesus Christ as
our Lord and Savior, we, as Luther
declares in the explanation to the
fifth petition of the Lord’s Prayer,
“daily sin much, and indeed deserve
nothing but punishment” and, as St.
Paul asserts in Romans 7:19
describing himself (and us), “For I
do not do the good I want to do.
Instead, I keep on doing the evil I
do not want to do.” Therefore, our
lives, by necessity, must be filled
with regular repentance followed by
God’s forgiveness and our trying
(and failing) to live a holy life
according to His commandments.
In the Small Catechism, Martin
Luther answers the question “What
is the meaning of such a water
Baptism?” with “It means that the
old Adam in us should be drowned
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punishment. Repentance is the Holy Spirit using the Law to convict us of
our sins and to turn us away from those sins.
Forgiveness is the promise of the Gospel received
through faith. By His perfect life and His atoning
suffering and death, Jesus paid the penalty for our
sins. We no longer must suffer eternal punishment for
our sins; we no longer must face God’s wrath; we no
longer must await eternal damnation and separation
from God. By His death on the cross, our sins are
forgiven. We receive this forgiveness through faith,
through believing that the Gospel is true, through the
gift of the Holy Spirit opening our hearts and our
souls to this truth.
Through the Law, the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sins and turns us back
to God. For this conviction to happen, the
Law must be in our hearts and minds either
because we read it, we hear it or we meditate
on it. Therefore, we need regularly to be
reminded that we are sinners, that we are by
nature enemies of God, that we have not
loved God with our whole heart and our
neighbor as ourselves, and that we deserve
the terrible punishment of eternity in hell.
When we recognize our dire state, then we
are truly contrite and ready for the Holy
Spirit to turn us around, to lead us to repentance.
The Gospel gives us hope. With only the Law, we would stand convicted
and hopeless. With the Gospel, we have hope, we have the promise of
God’s mercy and forgiveness, we have His
Word that He will take us to Heaven where
we will spend eternity in His presence. As
for repentance, we acquire this promise,
this forgiveness, through believing God
(that is, through having faith) and through
hearing, reading or meditating on His
Gospel.
Therefore, sanctification depends on
repentance and forgiveness which, in turn,
depend on faith and on the Holy Spirit
using the Law to convict us and using the
Gospel to bring us the promise of
forgiveness.
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“Whatever your hand finds to
do, do it with all your
might” (Ecclesiastes 9:10).
God bids us to be faithful in
the tasks He calls us to do. He
calls us to be members of a
family (husbands and wives;
fathers and mothers; sons and
daughters ) .
He calls us to
be members
of society
(those who
govern and those who are
governed). And He calls us to
be members of His family, the
Church (those who preach and
teach and those who hear and
learn). Each of these callings
from God places a duty on us.
As members of a family,
husbands are given the duty to
die for their wives as Christ
gave His life for His bride, the
Church; while wives are given
the duty to respect their
h u s b a n d s a n d s u b m i t
themselves to them as the
C h u r c h
does to
C h r i s t .
F a t h e r s
a n d
m o t h e r s
are to
raise their children in the fear
and admonition of the Lord,
teaching them the Ten
Commandments, the Creed, the
Lord’s Prayer, and the
Scriptures concerning Baptism,
Confession, the Office of the
Keys, and the Lord’s Supper.
Children are to honor their
parents throughout their lives,
and even when their parents are no longer alive, serving and obeying them,
loving and cherishing them, and speaking well of them.
As members of society, God calls those who govern to bear the sword, that is,
to punish those who do evil - those who live contrary to God’s will - and to
reward those who do good - those whose lives are lived in conformity with
God’s will. Those who are governed are to obey their leaders as to the Lord
Himself, for their leaders bear the sword of God’s temporal justice for a
purpose.
As members of God’s own family, the
Church, He calls those who preach and
teach to do so in faithfulness to His holy
Word. To preach and teach the Law of
God to convict the hearts of hearers of
their sin and to encourage, admonish,
and exhort them to do good works in
accordance with God’s will. They are to
preach and teach the Gospel, the full
forgiveness of their sins accomplished
by Christ and received through faith, not
by works. They are to administer the
means of grace in accordance with the
Gospel and the Word of God. They do
all this for the young and old alike, for
those who are near and far off. Those
who hear and learn are to submit
themselves to their preachers and
teachers. They are to support them by
their prayers and their gifts.
Each of these callings from God places a duty on us.
They make a claim on our presence, our prayers, and
on our time, talents, and treasures. So, “Whatever
your hand finds to do, do it with all your
might” (Ecclesiastes 9:10). Pray for your family, for
your government, and your church. Give of yourself
by means of your time, your talents, and your
treasures to your family, your government, and your
Church. That is what it means to be faithful in the
tasks that God has given us. That is what it means to
do it with all your might.
https://blogs.lcms.org/2017/stewardship-bulletin-sentences-and-newsletter-article-september-2017
On the Subject of Stewardship Glen Huling
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From Circuit 8 Visitor John
Ninke - Circuit 8 Forum
Announcement
The official Circuit 8 Forum will
be conducted next Sunday at 4:00
PM at Christ our Redeemer
Lutheran Church in Hartselle.
A pastor and designated layman
from each circuit congregation
will nominate
the following
officers for
t h e
S o u t h e r n
District to be elected at the
District Convention next Spring.
Regional Vice-President
Pastoral and Lay Candidates
for the District Board of
Directors
Circuit Visitor.
The Forum will also consider any
memorials from this circuit to the
convention.
In Christ, John Ninke
THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL
“WELCOME/GET-TOGETHER”
to welcome new members at
Ascension. This will be held at
the Engel’s house (Carl and
Mary) on
F r i d a y ,
September
22 at 5:30
PM. Bring
a side or a dessert to share. BBQ
pork and drinks will be
provided.
The Engels ask that you RSVP
by phone (256) 830-4227, text
(256) 653-8141; or email at
Coming up on September 5, this year’s
Confirmation Class will meet, starting
at 4:45 PM and ending around 6:00
PM. Vicar Colin will be leading this
year’s class, and we have some very
important youth who are going to be
part of this group. The group will meet
every Wednesday (unless otherwise
notified). Our prayer is that the parents/
caregivers will find joy in fulfilling
their duties as parents in bringing up
their children in the admonition of the
Lord; and that the youth will find joy in
delving into the Word and learning
more and more what it means to be an
active participant of God’s family here
in this place.
We should probably also include Vicar
Colin in our prayers, that he may find
joy in teaching this group of youth and being part of the Confirmation process
- and that he learns more than the kids ask as the year progresses.
This is a month in advance - but it’s
important that you get your tickets for this
fundraiser early - and help one of the CDC
children’s class win a free ice cream party!
It’s also being announced now in case you
want to help sell tickets for this special
fundraiser. The “official” announcement
looks like this:
Pancake breakfast fundraiser
Saturday, October 7, 7:30-9:30
Applebee’s
3150 Memorial Pkwy NW
Tickets $5.00 each
Purchase from any PTO parent or teacher!
See Carla Jo if you are interested in helping sell tickets and/or serving
breakfast on the day of the breakfast. (See Carla Jo’s article for more info.)
Grandparents’ Day at the CDC on September 8. Please join us!
This ‘n That
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September is known as the
month that education starts up,
a g a i n .
E d u c a t i o n
goes on year
round – but in
S e p t e m b e r ,
we take notice
of it. We want to recognize the
educational opportunities here
at Ascension and support those
people who make it possible.
A no t i ceab le pa r t o f
A s c e n s i o n ’ s v o l u n t e e r
educational ministry is the
Board of Education. These
members consist of Kelly
Aschenbrenner, chairperson;
Todd Ballentine; Susan
Bridges; Susann Gehring;
Jennifer Hartwig; Tim Hurst;
Cyndi Peebles; and Sue Ellen
Smith. These people take care
of Sunday School, VBS, the
CDC, and multiple other
activities.
T h e
Board has
a CDC
subcommittee with Susan
Bridges taking the lead. Sue
Ellen serves as Sunday School
superintendent. Jennifer and
Sue Ellen teach the smallest
children in our Sunday school
classes. Sarah Heritage does
the younger elementary. Kelly
instructs the middle schoolers,
and Cameron and Stephanie
Lee teach the high school
Sunday morning classes.
Cameron, Stephanie and
Susann work with the youth for
other activities. The Sunday morning adult
class is currently being led by Rick Hilst.
With the departure of the Skrabanek family, we
are in need of additional help for the Sunday
morning classes. If you would be willing to
help, please talk to Sue Ellen, Kelly or Carla Jo.
During the month of September, we are going to finish the Sunday school
series we started this spring. The month of October will be dedicated to the
Reformation and its 5ooth anniversary. We will
start children’s Christmas service practice in
November with the Christmas program held on
Sunday, December 10. The CDC Christmas
program will be on Wednesday, December 13.
The Tuesday morning Bible class plans to start
back in September with Pastor Bernie serving as
the instructor. The men’s Bible breakfast is
continuing to meet on the fourth Saturdays of each month.
Sunday School – Thank you to Donna Stoddard and Judy Burhans for leading
Sunday school this summer. Thank you also to
the children for lifting their voices in praise at the
early service Sunday, August 27. A good time
was had by all in attendance at the summer wrap
up/fall kick off during the Sunday School hour.
There was excellent turnout for our water play
day. We had bounce houses for both big and
small, a water slide, and a kiddie pool for the
littlest ones. The Stoddards brought their snow
cone truck and gave out icy treats to anyone who
wanted one (or two, or three). We finished the morning with hot dogs and
chips.
The newly formed PTO of the CDC is sponsoring a pancake breakfast on
Saturday, October 7 from 7:30 to 9:30 AM. It will be held at Applebee’s on
north Memorial Parkway. Tickets are $5.00 each. The classes are having a
contest to see which class can sell the most tickets.
The winning class will receive an ice cream party. Carla
Jo will also have tickets available on Sundays for
purchase. Come out and enjoy breakfast, and a time of
fellowship!
CDC News Carla Jo Brakhage, DCM
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Kids’ Corner
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Missional Outreach Visits take
place each week The
following schedule is currently
happening and everyone is
welcome to participate in these
special worship events for our
seniors and shut-ins. Contact
Bob Smith if you have any
questions. (256) 778-8655/
Cell (256) 656-9795
Regency on Max Luther Drive
September 13 and September
27, beginning at 10:15 AM.
HHR on South Parkway, Chris
Drive on September 6 and
September 20, beginning at
10:00 AM.
The Order of Worship is:
Introduction - Pastor/Vicar
1st Song
2nd Song
First Reading - Old Testament
3rd Song
4th Song
Second Reading - New Testament
5th Song
6th Song
Third Reading - Gospel
7th Song
Benediction Song
One-on-one Visits
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Adele Williams 09/01 Mary Carder 09/17
Emily Booze 09/04 Eli Jones 09/18
Burneal Fick 09/06 Jordan Reynolds 09/18
Katelyn Engel 09/07 Cory Jenkins 09/21
David Ernst 09/07 Reid Carder 09/21
Nicholas Burhans 09/07 Tammey Bowers 09/22
Heather Burhans 09/09 Donna Stoddart 09/22
Benjamin Burhans 09/10 Linda Mixon 09/23
Keith Bowers 09/11 Norman Stoddart 09/25
Donna Huling 09/11 Mike Pool 09/26
Adam Grott 09/12 John Hartwig 09/30
Lavon Hellebrand 09/15
to the Glory of God
September 3 - September 10 - Burhans’ for birthdays of Nicholas, Heather, Cory and in memory of Matthew James September 17 - Peebles - In memory of Charlie’s 20th birthday September 24 - Alan & Shelby King’s 1st Anniversary
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Welcome back to the choir loft! The adult choir will begin rehearsals on Wednesday, September 6 at 6:00 PM. As usual, we would LOVE to have you come and join us as we get underway to rehearse the special musical selections for Reformation and Advent/Christmas. You wouldn’t believe how much music there is for the upcoming seasons - more music than there are Sundays in a year! It will be fun - and different - for sure! Before we go on, though - how did you LOVE the song with the combined children and adult choirs in August? Wow! I think we should have that combination more often
because the energy was j o y f u l ! Just my o p in i o n , of course.
\Once again, we would LOVE to have an adult bell choir to enhance our worship services. The youth bell choir is going strong, and they will be starting their rehearsals soon, also. If anyone is interested in participating in either of these groups, please see Carla Jo Brakhage or Judy Burhans. A knowledge of reading music is not necessary for playing bells, just FYI. Times of rehearsals for bell choirs will be published soon! Instrumentalists are always welcome in the worship services. Besides the instruments that were mentioned in last month’s newsletter, we also have a
very talented clarinetist, Nadine Hartwig, who accompanies many hymns during the Sunday morning services and who plays special solo selections during special seasons of the church year. Mason Lee has offered his talents of playing the piano and singing solos (and duets with his mom, Stephanie). Sheila Reese plays for the Missional Outreach service that is held at Regency, and one time, Greer and Preston Heritage played for an opening number at
one of our worship services. If you are interested in adding your God-given talent to enhance our worship services, please contact or see Crissi Patterson. If you have a musical talent and you were not mentioned in either of the past two newsletters, please let the office know and we’ll see that you are included!
Thank you to all the instrumentalists who have played this past summer and in the weeks to come! We are lucky to have such talent in our midst. Please take some time to read about J.S. Bach and his history with the Lutheran Church as we approach Reformation.
https://lutheranreformation.org/history/johann-sebastian-bach/ Colossians 3:16: “Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms hymns and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.” In His Service, Crissi Patterson
Music Ministry
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