King of Glory Lutheran Church

The Glory News

September 2016 Volume 49, Issue 9

208-377-0220 kglory@koglutheran.org

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Our Purpose

Reflecting God’s Grace

Our Guiding Principles Jesus is Lord and Savior. Everyone is Welcome!

Our faith is rooted in Word and Sacrament.

God grants us unique gifts for bold service.

In thankfulness, we share generously.

We embrace and nurture God’s creation.

Transform us, Holy Spirit! _____________________ Bridge Interim Pastor John Hergert Director of Music Ministries Laurann Taylor Director of Choirs Seth McMullen Nursery Director Tiffany Longwill Ministry Coordinator Julia Bennett (208-867-1217) Administrative Assistant Linda Novey Custodian Charlene Etoka Librarian Nicki Tompkins Council Members Kevin Winsauer - Pres. Sandy Lieske - V-Pres. Bill Amos - Sec. Sally Husted Wayne Bradburn Lois Wisner Ken Reglin Kari Twiss Jordan Wallace Financial Secretary Becky Newberry Treasurer Sharlene Harvey

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, If I might I'd like to introduce myself to you through a few words about myself. As you know for the next few months I will be your Interim (Bridge) Pastor here at King of Glory. I'm very excited to be with you as you continue your journey to place a new pastor to be your shepherd in the years ahead. That doesn't tell you much about me though. I have been a pastor in the ELCA or its predecessor bodies for the past 34 years. So I come with lots of experience and hopefully some common sense learned through the years. You can check with a few of my friends to see if the common sense part is true or not.

I was raised in the wheat farms of the Palouse in Eastern WA. The name of the community is Endicott and during my youth over 50 years ago it was common to hear German spoken on our streets, we had a strong ethnic identity like many Lutheran churches. It was within the confines of Trinity Lutheran Church that I was baptized, confirmed and eventually ordained in 1982. I am the middle child of three and have an older brother and younger sister and their families who live in the Pacific Northwest. Once I was ordained I served congregations in Pennsylvania and Maryland before moving back to the Pacific Northwest where I eventually ended up at First Lutheran Church in Pasco, WA. I served in that congregation for the next 23 years. While there I married and raised two great kids, Joshua, who just graduated from the University of WA in June and now makes his home in Seattle and Kyle, who turned 18 on Sept 1. He is enrolled in high school in Pasco and continues to live with his mother, my former spouse, Mary Kaye. Life can sometimes be complicated, as you all know after your last few months and that was certainly true for me these past few years. It seemed to me that I needed a time of reflection away from ordained ministry, yet I also wanted to remain a part of the greater church, hence I chose to move to Holden Village, the Lutheran associated retreat camp in a remote part of the North Cascades Mountains. I worked there as part of an intentional community. My job was in the post office, which is ironic for my dad was the Post Master of our small town when I was growing up. I believed it would be a peaceful place to rest and recharge and work at different tasks for the first time in many years. Of course I didn't know about the forest fire that would visit us last summer. The Wolverine Creek Fire came up to our very doorsteps in the days after our evacuation, but thanks to good planning and assistance from Forest Service Hot Shots we survived and returned to the village. My original plan was to stay for one year, but I extended a few more months through this summer and saw the forest begin its long recovery. I received an email from Bishop Wells a few weeks ago about the opening that had unexpectedly happened. It was your need to have an Interim Pastor for a few months. He asked me to consider serving here and after prayerful consideration that lasted about 5 seconds I said yes and feel very good that your council said yes too. It is a time of beginnings for all of us and God will be leading us on this next leg of the journey. A journey I'll be making with you too as pastor and fellow member of the body of Christ. I look forward to getting to know as many of you as I can and to preach the liberating power of the Gospel in our day to day lives. God's love is present in all of us. Peace, Pastor John

Sunday, September 11

8:30 Worship

9:45 Sunday School

11:00 Worship

12:15 Potluck (hot dogs provided)

Games for any age on front lawn

Time & Talent Inventory On September 11 a new Time & Talent packet will be available that describes the ministry opportunities available to all of us at King of Glory. Complete your Time & Talent inventory on September 11 and be entered into a drawing for a gift card. When the data is collected, this becomes a valuable tool for committees and other groups to see who might be interested working as part of their ministry. The packet will have three pieces: 1. A short survey to help each of us consider and reflect on our gifts we can share 2. A brief description of the ministry areas within King of Glory 3. The Time & Talent inventory sheet which you will fill out and turn in There is also a spiritual gifts survey online that you might consider taking as well: http://www.spiritualgiftstest.com/test/adult http://www.spiritualgiftstest.com/test/youth

Capital Expenditure Ideas If you have capital expenditure idea(s) or project(s) you would like for the congregation to consider and vote on in October, you are invited to submit them to the church office or leave them in the Council President's mailbox. A capital expenditure project is one with an estimated cost of $5,000 or more (i.e., updating the kitchen). In October, we will let each congregation member vote on their top three choices so we can determine as a collective congregation where we should focus our money. Submissions will be accepted through September. Please seek out a council member if you have questions.

Sign up now for Financial Peace University! King of Glory will be hosting a Dave Ramsey based financial planning class called Financial Peace Universi-ty beginning September 11 at 4:00 p.m. The class will run for nine weeks and will be led by Kari Twiss. The class is open to anyone in the community so feel free to let other

friends and family now about the opportunity. We all need a plan for our money. Financial Peace University (FPU) teaches God's ways of handling money. Through videos, class discussions and interactive small group activities, FPU pre-sents biblical, practical steps to get from where you are to where you've dreamed you could be. This approach will show you how to get rid of debt, manage your money, spend and save wisely, and much more! The class registration fee is $93 plus shipping and includes all your materials as well as many online tools. To sign up for the class or to get more detail on the lesson plan for each week go to the following link for the KOG class: http://www.daveramsey.com/fpu/classes/1021912 For more information, please contact Kari Twiss.

July Treasurer’s Report Summary All the bills were paid through the end of July, the checking account is balanced and the balance in the account as of July 31, 2016 was $56,331.29. Lutheran Community Services of Idaho received $700.00 and the Synod received $3,833.00 as our monthly benevolence. Congregation members using the automated giving through Vanco contributed $4,196.75 to the General Fund. This was 13% of the total giving to the General Fund, up from 11% last month. For the year to date income was $18,735.00 less than we expected to receive. However, we spent $8,484.00 less than we expected to spend during the month of July.

Pastor Kristi received all her final checks during the month of July.

Did You Know? The KOG Stewardship Committee is excited to announce that you can now manage your giving online! Giving online is easy and allows you to set up automatic recurring contributions and view your complete online giving history from anywhere you have access to the

Internet. Contributions can now be debited automatically from your checking or savings account or processed using your credit or debit card. Our new electronic giving program offers convenience for you and donation consistency for our congregation. We know many of you have travel plans during the summer and this is an easy way to maintain your giving with no headaches. Simply follow these easy steps: 1. Visit the KOG website of www.koglutheran.org 2. Click on the green "Give Online" button on the right hand side of the home page 3. Click on the "Create Profile" button 4. Follow the onscreen instructions to create an online profile and to schedule your recurring contributions

King of Glory has provided support through the ELCA Missionary Sponsorship program for the mission work of Nathan and Sharonette Bowman in Japan. After over thirty years, they have completed their service and retired on August 1. If you

would like to send them a note of appreciation, they can be reached at nsbowman@sl.kcn-tv.ne.jp. Thank you for your generosity and prayer for their ministry!

The Brammer Family wishes to extend its sincere thanks and appreciation to all our friends at King of Glory for their expressions of sympathy following the passing of our wife and mother, Fern. We thank you for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers which have given us great strength and support during this difficult time.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Social Ministry Committee would like to thank members of the congregation for your generous donation of books, magazines, and coffee for the Veterans Medical Center. The items were greatly appreciated.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Social Ministry Committee thanks you for your generous support of the Lutheran World Relief school kit project. You stretched your hearts and hands to help us reach our goal of 75 kits. Many children in the community and around the world will be immeasurably blessed as they receive these basic essentials to aid them in their learning. THANK YOU!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The members of the New American Scholars Advocacy Group would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to those who answered our call for funds to get computers to our newest Americans. Through your efforts we not only exceeded our expectations but also received two donated laptops! The laptops have already found their way to new homes, and we hope to receive the first batch of desktops in the next ten days or so. Thank you very much for all of the generous donations to help our new scholars!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Our August free community meal 46 people to eat brats on the grill, fruit salad, corn on the cob, chips, cake and ice cream. With the 9 second helpings and 13 meals sent home for those who are shut-in or food insecure, we served 68 meals. We had several new people come of which two families were new to our neighborhood. Our next meal will be September 24. The signup sheets are on the bulletin board. Thank you to all who support this important ministry.

YOUTH NEWS Sunday School Registration Please update your child’s information (especially parent contact and ALLERGIES). You can go online (right now) and submit your form at http://www.koglutheran.org/y_e_s__registration OR – look for forms in the Narthex. September 11 Potluck and WELCOME event 9:45 – 10:45 Sunday School – please check for signage to direct each age group to their classroom. 11:00 Worship 12:15 – Potluck to welcome Pastor “Olympic Games” on the front lawn for ALL ages Confirmation Schedule 2016-17 September 16-18, 2016 (weekend) Confirmation Retreat at Luther Heights Bible Camp Registration/health forms by Youth bulletin board Meetings at Hope - 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm October 9, 2016 November 6, 2016 December 4, 2016 January 8, 2017 February 12, 2017 March 5, 2017 April 2017 (??) Small Groups meeting on their own TV LYFE Schedule for Senior High School (so far) The year will be based on Micah 6:8 “Act, Serve and Walk”: Senior High Camp – September 30 – October 2 ACT – Sunday, November 20 at Immanuel (5-8 pm) JUSTICE – Sunday, December 18 at Trinity, Nampa (3-5 pm) LOVE – Sunday, January 15 at Immanuel Youth and Family As you begin to put all of those school dates into your calendar, please think about a time to get the kids of KOG together. We are looking for some parents to host a fun Fall activity in October. Nothing fancy, just some pumpkins, food and fun. Please email Julia or Katie to check on building availability.

September 11 12:15 pm - Potluck (grilled hot dogs provided)

Members, please bring the following to share.

If your last name begins with:

A - J Salads/Veggies K - R Desserts/Fruits S - Z Appetizers/Snacks

It’s time to start thinking about pre-ordering your LEFSE

WELCA is accepting pre-orders for their delicious lefse beginning on October 2 through October 30 (final day) before and after services. Cost is $7.50 per package (5 rounds). Payment must accompany the pre-order form. Please see the table in the Narthex to place your order. Orders will be distributed on Sunday, November 6.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION COMMITTEE NEWS

Our Sunday Summer Adult Education at 8:30 am had an average of 16 adults attending. This is an excellent turn out for the experimental first time offering of an education series for adult in the summer. Fall Adult Education beginning September 11 at 9:45 am ELCA VOTES - September 11 and 18 in the Bethlehem Room Betsey McBride, a speaker from the League of Women Voters, for the presentation on September 11. The League is a non- partisan political organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government and works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. You may be familiar with them through their nonpartisan publications on candidates and issues before the public prior to major elections. Their publications are an excellent guide in making informed decisions as to whom and what to vote for. Plan to attend this interesting presentation. INTERPRETATIONS OF THE BIBLE - September 18 and 25 in the Conference Room There is no one way that the Bible has been explained over the centuries. These three sessions will introduce some of the many ways that the Bible has been interpreted. WOMEN AND JUSTICE: ONE IN CHRIST - September 25, October 2, 9, 16 and 23 in the Bethlehem Room The ELCA is currently in the process of creating a social statement on women and justice. Everyone is invited and encouraged to say what matters to them about the issues at hand. Your input is essential in ensuring that the social statement addresses issues that members find most pressing. Using the study guide provided by the ELCA, KOG members will have an opportunity to participate in the development of this social statement. COLOSSIANS: A study and open discussion of the book of Colossians on the pastoral, theological and missional message of the book. What does it mean for us that “all things are held together in Christ?” October 2, 9, 16 and 23 in the Library. KOG STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE PRESENTS: October 2: Making a Difference, Sharing Your Time, Talents, and Treasures. October 9: Assessing our Spiritual Gifts October 16, 23, 30 & November 6: “Ask, Thank, Tell; Improving Stewardship Ministry in Your Congregation” by Charles R. Lane, a book study led by the committee. There are 5 copies of the book available in the KOG library for check out. November 13 & 20: Financial & Estate Planning. All of the Stewardship classes will meet in the Conference Room. CARING FOR CREATION: This study seeks to integrate care for creation with faith formation, and takes up the theme of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation in 2017. The class will use the “Lutheran Study Guide to Pope Francis’ Letter on Climate Change.” October 30, November 6, 13, & 20 in the Bethlehem Room. PROPHETS OF THE NON-PROFITS: THE WASMUTH CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS home of the Anne Frank Memorial in Boise. Dan Prinzing, Director, will present information on their mission to promote respect for human dignity and diversity through education and to foster individual responsibility to work for justice and peace. December 4 in the Bethlehem Room. HOW THE BIBLE WAS FORMED: Who wrote the books of the Bible, when were they written, why did they write then and who were they writing for? Who decided which of the books would be included in the Bible and why were some of them (21 different gospels) left out. There will be a discussion of traditional Lutheran and several contemporary views on biblical authority. December 4, 11 & 18 in the Conference Room. CHRISTMAS MUSIC: Let’s sing favorite Advent, Christmas and Epiphany hymns and learn about their origin. December 11 & 18 in the Bethlehem Room.

Social Ministry Committee Project for September

Hope House Home for Children is the September project of the Social Ministry Committee. It is an Orphanage located in Marsing, ID. Hope House provides a Christian based home for approximately 60 young people under the age of 18 and receives no government funding.

Hope House began with a promise made by a little girl, Donnalee Velvick-Lowry who was abandoned and a victim of abuse, neglect and family dysfunction — who vowed that someday, she would make a home where children and teenagers like herself could be loved and cared for. Donna would love to share her powerful story and is available to speak at a group or class. Since they are supported only by private donations and do not receive any federal funding, they have many needs. Monetary donations are also welcome. During September please bring the listed items to provide to this worthwhile project: Girls Ankle socks in all colors, sizes 9 – 11 Hair Decorations for ages 10 – 19 Boys Short socks in white, grey & black Boxer Underwear sizes 14, 28/30, 34-36 Food Chocolate Chips, Vanilla Chips, and Butterscotch Chips

Summer Literacy Program Our summer literacy program, "Celebrating Reading", ended on August 4. Twenty children were enrolled and we had an average daily attendance of 16, once the year-round school children joined us after the first week. Nearly 40 volunteers gave many hours of time to read with students. We averaged 9-10 volunteers each day. Young people from our congregation volunteered a total of 135 hours! And a grandmother from our congregation and her granddaughter logged nearly 70 hours as volunteers! Thank you! With funds from an Idaho Community Foundation Grant, the Mission Endowment Fund, WELCA, and our church library patrons, we were able to purchase three series of leveled reading books, and many needed classroom supplies. In addition, this year, for the first time, we were able to give every child a hard-cover book, autographed by volunteers, to take home and keep. We are grateful to the church council for giving us additional space to use as classrooms this summer and for allowing us to use the church copier. The extra classroom space allowed us to have half the students in the "reading room" and the other half in the "math story problems/game room." After 40 minutes, the students switched rooms, making it possible for each student to read one on one with a volunteer for 40 minutes every day. Thank you to Linda in the office for opening and closing the doors for students and parents every day and for assisting in so many other ways. Finally, thank you KOG for your support of this community ministry.

We are excited to announce this year the Summit on Hunger and Food Insecurity in

Idaho will be held on:

Friday, October 28 The Riverside Hotel 7:30 am - 4:00 pm

Early Bird Registration Price: $75 (August 1 - September 15). After September 15, price is $90. More information to come, including specific track information and details on lodging and day of event FAQ's We are thrilled to announce our Keynote and Luncheon Speakers: Kevin Concannon of USDA Food & Nutrition Services and Ellen Teller of Food Research & Action Center For further information contact info@idahohunger.org or www.idahohunger.org/2016-information-1/

Hymns of Thanksgiving 2016 A community choir from the Treasure Valley is now being organized to present Idaho’s fourteenth (14th) annual Hymns of Thanksgiving on November 20 at the CenturyLink Arena in Boise. All capable adult musicians interested in singing in the choir are encouraged to submit an online application. Applications must be received by September 16. To learn more about Hymns of Thanksgiving, and to submit an application, log on to www.hymnsofthanks.com.

The Christian Life Study Group Will begin another season of reading and discussing theology and ideas pertaining to the Christian faith. Meeting the first and third Mondays, books of interest are chosen by the group, read in advance, and discussed in lively intellectual and life-stretching sessions. The first book this fall will be Jesus, Interrupted by Bart Ehrman, a leading authority on the Bible and the life of Jesus. The Bible is the most widely purchased, extensively read and deeply revered book in the history of Western Civilization. But, it is also the most misunderstood by lay persons of all denominations. In this New York Times bestseller, Ehrman skillfully demonstrates that the New Testament is full of contradictory views about who Jesus was and the significance of his life. How does that affect Christians who want to be well educated, and knowledgeable about the Christian faith? If you are interested in joining the Christian Life group, purchase the book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble, begin reading. Join us Monday, October 3 at 1:00 pm in the Forum. Want more details? Contact Mary Rickerd.

Treasure Valley Cluster WELCA Gathering: All women are invited to participate in the Fall Treasure Valley Cluster WELCA Gathering held Saturday, September 17, 2016 at Grace Lutheran Church in Mt. Home (2422 American Legion). We will be welcoming Officer Tim Brady with the Boise Police Department who will speak on Human Trafficking and local author B.D. Riehl who will be representing Destiny Jewelry (made by trafficked girls to assist in their transition into freedom) and her books of the Child Deliverance Series. Please arrive at 9:30 for treats provided by the cluster churches and coffee provided by the ladies of Grace. Our program will follow. It will be a wonderful and informative experience so please arrange car pools to accommodate as many ladies as possible. Questions, please contact Patty Larson On October 7-8, the WELCA Synod Gathering will be at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Kennewick, Washington. We encourage you to think about going and being a part of this gathering.

All Crafters, Woodworkers, Quilters, Sewers and other Artists - Our annual WELCA sponsored holiday bazaar will be here before we know it…Weekend of November 11 & 12. We are calling upon all our creative members to consider donating items for this bazaar. We will be contacting

people to step up to help make this bazaar bigger and better than ever. We need enough craft items for a two day bazaar; so put your thinking caps on to come up with some new craft items to donate to the bazaar. If you would like a tax receipt for items you have donated, please let us know. Any questions, please contact Mary Kay Tinker or Nancy Severson. On December 3 we will work on creating holiday floral center pieces to decorate food trays at the VA Hospital. Using the plastic caps from aerosol cans, filled with floral oasis, the caps will be decorated using various greenery, floral items and pine cones. The filled caps will be delivered to VA Hospital patients for their bed trays or wherever they would like to place them. Please save those aerosol caps and donate them in the marked box in the Fellowship Hall. The Prayer Shawl ministry is now also making prayer cloths for you to put in your pocket or purse. They are small crocheted or knitted squares of yarn that you can easily carry around with you.

They are also now making homemade baby blankets and hats for parents who have lost a baby. Lots of good things happening for our women!!

Pictorial Directory Photos September 15-17 Sign your family up for a photo appointment on Sunday, September 4 or 11. You can also

sign-up on our website’s front page. You can also grab a visitors card to attend another church’s photo shoot. Lifetouch Photography will be seeing families September 15-17. We look forward to seeing everyone’s shining face in our new directory!

COMPANIONS ALL We're beginning the sign-up for the 2016-17 year, and hope you'll look for the sign-up table in the narthex. Sign-ups will continue until September 11. Those of you who are not familiar with this dinner group, a few details - We meet four times during the year in one another's homes, always with six different people each time.

One dinner we host, another time we co-host, and the other two times we are guests. This is not a group for only couples, so if you're single grab a friend to sign up with you, or you can do it solo. It's a great way to get to know our fellow worshippers better. We all look forward to another year of good food, and good fellowship. Any questions? Feel free to phone Lisa Kraft, Becky Newberry or Alice Nelson.

Gramma’s Attic Items for Annual Bazaar We will be having an area for just Gramma’s Attic items. So if you have some items (Please no clothing!) set them aside until we set up for the bazaar on Thursday, November 10.

We will need to know who donated what, if items don’t sell so you can take them home. We don’t have a way to keep items stored at the church and we aren’t going to take them to Idaho Youth

Ranch or other thrift stores so your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Any questions please contact Nancy Severson or Mary Kay Tinker.

SANDWICH MINISTRY Thanks to all of you who helped with Sandwich Sunday in August. Our critical needs include meat, bread, margarine and cookies for September. See you on September 11.

Ongoing Adult Education Opportunities at KOG

1st & 3rd Monday 1:00 pm - Christian Life Study Group

2nd Tuesday 7:00 pm - WELCA Bible Study

1st & 3rd Wednesday 9:30 am - Women’s Bible Study

Every Thursday 8:30 am (unless otherwise noted)

Men’s Fellowship Breakfast/Text Study at Marie Callender’s Every Friday

9:30 am (unless otherwise noted) Text Study

OWL’s (Older Wiser Lutherans) Out to Lunch Bunch will meet on September 13 at 11:30 am at the Aztec Mexican Restaurant, located at 10386 West Ustick (basically Ustick & Five Mile Road.) Please call Marge if you need a ride or have any questions.

Free Community Meal

Free Community Meal Ministry wants to remind you that there are sign-up sheets for cooking, serving and providing food on the bulletin board outside the Fellowship Hall every month for those who wish to serve in this outreach ministry. Our next FREE MEAL is on September 24.

BOOK STUDY GROUP Meets on the first Saturday of each month (unless otherwise noted) at 9:30 am at King of Glory’s library. We read all types of books and are open to suggestions for future discussions. Anyone is welcome to join us !! September 10 ~ ~ Lost in Translation by Nicloe Mones with Mary Kay Tinker as leader October 1 ~ ~ Enigma by Richard Harris with Bob Firman as leader November 5 ~ ~ Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver with Marlene Jensen as leader December 3 ~~ Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain with Hal Wisner as leader January 7 ~~ The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Phippip Sendker with Sharon Grove as leader

Are you a Scrapbooker? Scrapbook night is September 24 at 6:00 pm in the Fellowship hall. Bring your supplies, a snack to share and join us. We have had a group of four and have room for many more. We welcome any one who wants to work on projects in the community of others, not just

scrapbookers and not just KOG people! So bring you friends who are saying they just can't get anything done. Contact Mary Floyd or Mary Kay Tinker for details.

Burrito Style Pillowcase Kits available in limited quantities These kits are currently to those that wish to help sew these pillowcases for the cancer kids at our local hospitals. Donated fabric for this project is needed to make additional kits. Contact Nancy Severson to get material requirements or a kit/s to help us with this WELCA local community service project and return completed pillowcases to Nancy by October 31. Kits will include: pre-cut fabric pieces and instructions. NOTE: You can check YouTube for a video on how to make these pillowcases if you feel you need a visual aide.

November and December Coffee Hour Grab a buddy and sign up today for 1st or 2nd service coffee hours. No baking needed, just your hands and friendly smile. Thanks for your spirit of service! Contact Julia Bennett or sign up on the bulletin board outside the Fellowship Hall.

Craft Nights Craft nights for the bazaar are September 6 and 20 at 6:30 pm. We will be finishing up the flowerpot people and making golf ball ladybugs, so we will be painting and decorating. The goal is to have several projects going, so that you can do something that fits your skills and patience. Craft nights will continue the first and third Tuesdays through October. We welcome ideas for projects. Contact Nancy Severson or Mary Kay Tinker for details.

1 - Trudy Anderson Heidi Carter Jamie Hunt Ron Nearman Erica Sarrazolla 2 - Sandra Cortezzo *** Ann Sansgaard 4 - Amanda Johnson 5 - Steve Holm 6 - Richard Sansgaard 7 - Christine Grund Norma Krick 8 - James Colburn Thomas Hunt 9 - Traci Hunt 10 - Cathie Olson Joanna Wildeman 11 - Austin Petersen 12 - Leah Holstine Donald Peterson Shawna Thompson Lianne Tompkins 13 - Liz Buckingham Fred Holmquist

14 - Yvonne Cendejas 15 - Stephanie Stohel Corissa Wildeman 16 - Bob Anderson 17 - Gene Luze Ethan Twiss 19 - Harold Brammer *** 22 - Ken Reglin 25 - Sandy Lieske 27 - Joyce Calkins *** 28 - Gail Lindquist Gratien Ntakarutimana Dave Short 29 - Andrew Cooper Ruth Etoka Dave Meyer ***The Social Ministry Committee would like the congregation to honor our home-bound members in the month of their respective birthdays or anniversary. We ask our members to either send them a card, or perhaps a phone call, letting them know they are a part of the congregation and we have not forgotten them.

1 - Kirk/Rebecca Weber 5 - Mark/Julia Drew 7 - Dean/Marilyn Falk

8 - Don/Joan Peterson 9 - Nick/Mary Kay Tinker Eric/Kari Twiss 10 - Greg/Charolette Olson 12 - James/Joni Barry Dave/Laurann Taylor 16 - Don/Yvonne Cendejas 19 - Doug/Evelyn Cooper 20 - Ron/Patricia Nearman 24 - Dave/Elaine Short 29 - Kevin/Connie Winsauer

Please help your church office to be as efficient and helpful as possible by keeping the following in mind: The Glory News -- All information for the monthly newsletter, is due in the church office by the 15th of each month. Please send your article to lnovey@koglutheran.org. Late articles will be added to the next publication. Monday - Friday, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. The church staff meets at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, and also during our lunch hour from Noon - 1:00 pm, the phone will not be answered and will go into voicemail. Bulletin Announcements -- All announcements for the weekly bulletin are due in the church office by Thursday, Noon. Voicemail & Email -- All voicemail & email messages will be answered as soon as possible. Messages left after Noon on Friday will be returned on the next business day. Do we have your email address? If not please call the church office at 377-0220 or email kglory@koglutheran.org. This has become such a widely used method of communication and we want to make sure we keep up to date. Thank you!

STAFF

Bridge Interim Pastor -- John Hergert - john121254@aol.com Ministry Coordinator -- Julia Bennett - jbennett@koglutheran.org Director of Music Ministries -- Laurann Taylor - lauranntaylor@gmail.com Director of Choirs -- Seth McMullen - seth@koglutheran.org Administrative Assistant -- Linda Novey - lnovey@koglutheran.org

Our Condolences to . . .

Shirley Dodson, family members and friends, on the death of her mother,

Marjorie Olson on August 15

Congratulations to . . .

Joël Bondedjoun & Lucienne Motorom on the birth of a son

Jacques Tresór Bondedjoun August 16