God’s blessings to everyone on your special occasion. If you don’t see your name in print, please call the office to make corrections or additions. We want to include everyone!

♥ JULY ANNIVERSARIES ♥

9 Mike & Marie Lehmann

JULY BIRTHDAYS 3 Michelle Mince 4 Cameron Raasch 5 Rebecca Hedge 6 Drew Minnear 8 Sheila Eynaud 9 Pete Pavich 9 Brian Scott 12 David Manning 12 Jerry McKinney II 13 Jake Andrews 13 Nate Andrews 15 Kathy Adams 15 Charla Herider 17 Nancy Perkins 18 Norman Snyder 20 Macy Arnold 21 Lyn Espericueta 26 Ana Espericueta Sr. 26 Ryan Kritsch 27 Angela Madding 28 Grace Kraley 28 Katie Madding 29 Brandon Zink We honor birthdays and anniversaries on the Second Sunday of every month. If you would like to help with refreshments for those who are celebrating, bring your treat to church that morning.

Pastor Toenjes! Pastor Toenjes will be officiating our worship services beginning July 3rd. We’re excited to give the Toenjes family a wonderful welcome to Bakersfield!

Installation Service and Dinner

The Installation Service for Pastor Toenjes will be held at LCoP on Sunday, July 24th, at 3:00 p.m.

Everyone is invited to the dinner following the Installation at the Four Seasons Lodge, 10500 Toscana Drive, at 4:30 p.m.

There is a sign-up sheet in the Narthex. Be sure to put the number of people planning to attend the dinner.

The Prayer Line

In this Issue

Birthdays & Anniversaries .......... 1 Pastor Toenjes .................................. 1 Member Info ...................................... 2 Board Articles ................................... 2 Vacation Bible School.................... 3 Puzzle.................................................... 4 Wonder Window ......................... 5/6

Calendars: July Event Calendar Serving us in July

8001 Panorama Drive Bakersfield, CA 93306 Phone (661) 871-1289

Fax (661) 872-6302 E-Mail: office@lcop.org

Website: www.lcop.org

July 2016 Volume 16, Issue 7

Newsletter Deadline! Thursday,

July 21st, 2016

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MEMBER NEWS

Member changes or additions will be posted in this section.

Cards, calls and prayers are much appreciated by our homebound members:

Ruth Jones Carol Kritsch

Delores Markell Norm & Margaret Snyder

LCoP Prayer Chain When you have any prayer concerns, please let our prayer chain pray for you by contacting Chuck Jordin at 661-873-9565 or send an email to chuck.jordin@yahoo.com.

Online Calendar! Did you know that our event calendar is online so you can access it anytime, anywhere, from the internet? Check it out at www.lcop.org, click on Info Center and Calendar. This will also be updated during the month as events change or are added! To update, please email info@lcop.org.

Join Our Email List! Are you on our email list to have the newsletter and event reminders delivered to your inbox? Subscribe by sending an email to info@lcop.org.

Wonder Window School Board Wonder Window students are having a fun summer

session despite some hot days during June! We do want to thank everyone for supporting the Walk-A-Thon. The kids did a fantastic job and exceeded expectations in fundraising for new science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) additions for the classrooms.

The Taco Dinner put on by the school-age class, taught by Ms. Stephanie, sold out at 150 tickets. Great job everyone!! Proceeds from this event fund the field trips arranged for the students to enrich their summer school experience.

Wonder Window school-age children will have the annual bake sale on July 15th and will also be taking pre-orders this year.

Pastor Toenjes officially begins his ministry here at Lutheran Church of Prayer and Wonder Window Children's Center this month and we are all excited to welcome him and his family.

There is no school board meeting scheduled for July.

God's Blessings to you, Vivienne Kuster, WW School Board

Mission Board Meeting LCoP Mission Board will meet on Tuesday, July 26th at 7:00 p.m. in the library.

Properties Board Don Votaw, Communications

Our next meeting will be Monday, July 11th at 7:00 p.m. and our

next work day is Saturday, July 16th at 8:00 a.m. Come out and join us.

God’s Blessings, Properties Board

Women’s Fellowship Guild The Women's Fellowship Guild

does not meet in July and August. We will resume our meetings on the second Monday, September 12th at 10:30 a.m. in the church library. Please note the different day due to the fact Labor Day Holiday is on our regularly scheduled first Monday.

More details to follow in the next newsletter.

Blessings in His service, Phyllis Whitfield

Save the Date for Oktoberfest!

Saturday, October 15th 12 noon - 5:00 p.m.

If you would like to help, please contact a member of SAM.

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DATES TO REMEMBER

Monday, July 4th

Wonder Window will be CLOSED for Independence Day

Monday, July 15th Wonder Window School-Age

Bake Sale

Monday, July 25th –Friday, July 29th

Vacation Bible School (VBS)

Friday, August 12th Last Day of Summer Session

Monday, August 15th and Tuesday, August 16th

Wonder Window will be CLOSED for School Prep

Wednesday, August 17th First Day of School

CHILDREN’S CENTER

Ms. Charla Herider

Director

Dear Wonder Window and Lutheran Church of Prayer family,

I would first like to take an opportunity to officially welcome our new Pastor, Pastor Toenjes and his family to both Bakersfield and to our church and school. We hope you survive your first summer with us. If you make it through this first one, you’ll be just fine! Secondly, I want to wish you all a very happy Independence Day!! I grew up in a military family and my son is currently serving in the U.S. Navy. It’s a special time of year and I use it as a reminder to say extra prayers for our nation and those who serve her.

We’re really looking forward to having Chapel time with Pastor. We would like to thank Mr. Bennie for all of his time teaching us over the last year. We have enjoyed seeing him in Chapel each week and hope that he will continue to stop by from time to time and visit with us!

Our themes this month will focus on patriotism, cooking, the beach and ocean as well as VBS. We will continue learning the Fruits of the Spirit and be learning more about kindness, goodness and faithfulness. The fruits are fitting together to shape each of us into better people.

We are super excited for Vacation Bible School which begins on Monday, July 25th. There are 5 full days where we will Bible Blast to the Past. I have heard the children

talking about what we might expect and I can tell you, they are interested in not only the message, but in the music, snacks, games and art projects. Remember to save a little change for the mission project that will be chosen. It’s amazing how a little bit of change adds up to big dollars.

Wishing you all a fantastic month filled with love, joy, peace, understanding, kindness, goodness …. and fireworks!

Peace be with you, Ms. Charla Herider

The Gift of Grace Grace is something you can never

get but only be given. The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn’t have been complete without you. Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid. I am with you. Nothing can ever separate us. It’s for you I created the universe. I love you.

There’s only one catch. Like any other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you reach out and take it. Maybe being able to reach and take it is a gift too.

—Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking

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Miss Vanessa’s Class

Happy July everyone! Our summer program is blazing along. Our class is having a terrific time with all of our fun themes.

This month, we will focus on being patriotic, cooking, the beach and ocean and having Vacation Bible School.

I want to wish Ms. Stephanie and Ms. Charla both a very happy birthday this month.

May God bless you each and every single day. I also want to wish everyone a Happy 4th of July. Be safe and have fun!! God bless.

Miss Rachel’s Class

Hello Parents! Our summer is off to a good start. We are having so much fun learning and exploring.

Our Camp Son-shine themes for July are: plants and flowers, celebrating the USA, cooking, and the beach and ocean.

Vacation Bible School will begin on July 25th. The children truly love the games, songs, crafts and learning about God.

We wish a Happy Birthday to Ms. Stephanie and Ms. Charla. God’s blessings on them.

Happy Fourth of July everyone. Let’s make it a safe one and enjoy this day with our loved ones! Take care and God bless.

Miss Stephanie’s & Mr. Jacob’s

School-Age Class July will be a very busy month for

the School Age kids! We will be going on field trips to Farmer John Eggs, having a BBQ at Hart Park and also bowling. We also will be having our annual Bake Sale on the 15th. So be sure to preorder all of the yummy goodies you want.

We would like to also thank everyone who helped and bought tickets to our Taco Dinner. It was a huge success.

At the end of July, we will have VBS which the kids always enjoy. We would like to wish Cassie a very Happy Birthday!!

In addition, we would like to wish you all a happy and safe 4th of July. Have fun wherever you are going!! God bless.

Miss Delia’s Class Hi everyone! We are having a

great summer. The 4’s and 5’s class has been busy, busy, busy!

This month we will have a Patriotic week, a Cooking week, a Beach and Ocean week and a week of VBS!

I’d like to wish a Happy Birthday to our Director, Ms. Charla on the 15th and a Happy Birthday to Ms. Stephanie on the 6th.

I hope you all have a happy Fourth of July! Be save, have fun and God bless!

JULY 2016Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

269:00 AM Worship Service10:30 AM Bible Study & SundaySchool5:00 PM Youth Jambalaya Dinner!6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study­Campbell/Loudermilk6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study­Hartnett

277:00 PM Handbellchoir

287:00 PM MissionBoard7:00 PM WW SchoolBoard

296:00 PM Praise BandPractice

307:00 PM Small GroupBible Study­Wilson

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39:00 AM Worship Service withPastor Toenjes10:30 AM Bible Study & SundaySchool6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study­Campbell/Loudermilk6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study­Hartnett

4Independence DayOffice and WonderWindow Closed7:00 PM Handbellchoir

5 66:00 PM Praise BandPractice

77:00 PM Small GroupBible Study­Wilson

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109:00 AM Worship Service10:30 AM Bible Study & SundaySchool6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study­Campbell/Loudermilk6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study­Hartnett

117:00 PM Handbellchoir7:00 PM PropertiesMeeting

1210:30 AM Women'sFellowship & Lunch7:00 PM Board ofElders Meeting

136:00 PM Praise BandPractice

147:00 PM Small GroupBible Study­Wilson

15 168:00 AM Church WorkDay

179:00 AM Worship Service10:30 AM Bible Study & SundaySchool2:00 PM Bakersfield RehabCenter6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study­Campbell/Loudermilk6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study­Hartnett

186:30 PM Service andActivities MinistriesBoard7:00 PM Handbellchoir

19 206:00 PM Praise BandPractice

21NEWSLETTERDEADLINE6:30 PM Board ofDirectors' Meeting7:00 PM Small GroupBible Study­Wilson

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249:00 AM Worship Service10:30 AM Bible Study & SundaySchool3:00 PM Installation of PastorToenjes & Dinner6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study­Campbell/Loudermilk6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study­Hartnett

25Vacation BibleSchool!7:00 PM Handbellchoir

26Vacation BibleSchool!7:00 PM MissionBoard

27Vacation BibleSchool!6:00 PM Praise BandPractice

28Vacation BibleSchool!7:00 PM Small GroupBible Study­Wilson

29Vacation BibleSchool!

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319:00 AM Worship Service10:30 AM Bible Study & SundaySchool6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study­Campbell/Loudermilk6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study­Hartnett

17:00 PM Handbellchoir

2 36:00 PM Praise BandPractice

47:00 PM Small GroupBible Study­Wilson

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Serving Us In ~ July 2016

Date

Nursery

Elders

Ushers

Greeters

Readers

Children’s Message

Acolytes

Altar Circle

July 3

Ken Campbell

Frank Cressy & Wayne

Kauffman

Shirley Curran

& Marlene Cawelti

Lew Frye

Brian Henderson

Kasen McKinney

Cherryl Biggar

& Kate

Zimmermann

July 10

Bennie Loudermilk

Harry Kraley &

Tim Hartnett

Kathy & Terry Vergon

Betty Jordin

Angela Madding

Grace Kraley

July 17

Ken Madding

Glenn Hammett

& Jerry

McKinney

Brenda Higgins

& Lane

McClure

Ann Olcott

Tammy Poynor

Zac Arnold

July 24

Harry Kraley

Lew Frye &

Jordan Adams

Ivan & Shirley Foster

Ken Madding

Marilyn Wilson

Cameron Raasch

July 31

Don Votaw

Youth

Youth

Youth

Brian Henderson

Youth