Engaging Enthusiastic Followers of Jesus

In this issue…

Health Ministry………………………………..Pg. 2

Miscellaneous FYI…...………...………….…..Pg. 3

Operation Christmas Child……...……………..Pg. 4

Habitat Progress…………………...…………..Pg. 5

Charity Golf Classic/Serving…....………….....Pg. 6

Calendar………………..……………………...Pg. 7

All in the Family……………………………....Pg. 8

August 1, 2011

What I Learned at Church Camp Sunday

August 7, 2011

9:00am and 10:30am Worship

Dress is Super Casual

Worship is OUTSIDE on the FRONT LAWN

If you ever attended a church camp, you probably have wonderful memories of faith and friends. You

may remember how God seemed so real and so near. You made new friends who shared our love for God.

You sang fun songs, learned about the Bible in new ways, drank bug juice and ate s'mores. On Sunday, August 7, our whole congregation can experience these joys when we join together as a

church family to experience the fun and faith-building power of Church Camp without the sleepover! Here are a few things you should know:

we will have chairs on the lawn but you are welcome to bring your own lawn chairs or

blankets

no Sunday school because this service is geared for all ages

there WILL be bug juice (the kind you drink), and s'more fixings

you will enjoy other surprises that will connect us all to our God and to each other

Please join us for a unique and joyful morning!

Save the Date!!

Fox Trot 5K Fun Run/Walk

When: Saturday, September 10—Where: Fox Point Lutheran Church

Grab your sneakers and join us for fun, fellowship and fitness. There is a place for everyone. The route

will be clearly marked and the course is relatively flat so there is no need to worry about “the climb”.

You can wear new shoes, old shoes or flip-flops though not recommended!

Registration forms will soon be available at church as well as online. Contact Sharon Moore in the

office with questions or by email moore@foxpointchurch.org.

Sure to be a fun event for the entire family!

Health Ministry

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Living Healthy Is A Prayer

Pray About Everything

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him

for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds all understanding. His peace

will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7

In my last Messenger article I confessed I was a worrier. Several readers shared with me that, they too,

struggle with the worry gene. I decided to go a little deeper into this problem. We believe as Christians that

God has total and complete control over our lives and that His will be done, not ours. Why then, is it

sometimes so hard to surrender our thoughts and worries to Him and just let Him handle everything?

Every Saturday morning I meet with two dear friends for coffee and our own version of a Bible study. Each

week we begin by naming five things that we are most grateful for. We proceed to share our joys and our

concerns. We are always telling each other to “pray about it” no matter what it is and God will guide us. This

is such a sweet reminder that God wants us to share everything with Him, especially our worries. What a

comfort it is to know that my friends, who I consider to be very faith-filled, also struggle with doubt and worry

from time to time. It is so important to recognize and share our worries and concerns with friends and family

who know us and love us. God is our heavenly father and He wants us to turn to Him for re-assurance and

love. I want to share some scriptures that address worries.

Ruminating on all my worries brings no resolution to my problems but bringing my cares before God does.

Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. 1 Peter 5:7

How awesome it is that we as children of God can take our worries to God and know that He hears our

prayers.

The Lord hears his people when they call him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles.

Psalm 34:17

He not only hears our prayers but He answers them.

I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me. Psalm 120:1

Let God take over your worries… He is much better at handling them. Start your day out with this reminder:

Good Morning!

This is God. I will be handling all your problems today.

I will not need your help. So relax and have a nice day!

Peace and health in Christ,

Joni Ledzian

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Miscellaneous FYI

Outreach Opportunity

Please consider signing up to take dinner to Serenity

Inn, a residence at 2825 W. Brown in Milwaukee for

men in recovery from alcohol and/or drug abuse.

Open dates are these: Fridays - Aug. 19, Oct. 21 and

Dec. 16; Thursdays - Oct. 13, Nov. 10, and Dec. 8;

Wednesdays - Sept. 28, Oct. 26, Nov. 23, and Dec.

28.

The commitment involves making dinner at home for

5-10 residents, taking it warm to the Inn at 6pm, and

sharing the meal and fellowship with the residents.

You are most often on your way home by 7pm, and

the anti-drug/alcohol message from the residents is

especially appropriate for the young people among

us.

If you are interested in signing up or would like more

information, stop at the Outreach Kiosk where you

will find the sign up folder and a FAQs handout,

contact Lorraine Buehler at 414-964-8933 or

lcbuehler@cs.com, OR sign up online at

volunteerwiz.com/calendar/foxpointlutheran. The

password is fplc.

7th and 8th Grade Confirmation

Registration for the 2011-2012 Confirmation

program is currently taking place. All 7th and 8th

grade students should have received an informational

mailing which included a registration form. If you

didn’t receive this mailing or are new to the church

and would like to take part in Confirmation, please

contact Linda Cole at cole@foxpointchurch.org

or call the church office (352-8990). Please return

your registration form if you haven’t already done

so.

Worship Assistant Needed Third Sunday of the Month

Are you interested in the “behind-the-scenes” work

to make sure the worship service runs smoothly? If

so, please consider becoming a Worship Assistant on

the 3rd Sunday of each month. Your responsibilities

include assisting the acolytes with their robes and

candle lighting, and washing out the blender after

Pastor Bill makes a Sermon Smoothie! You will

arrive before the 9:00am service and stay until the

candles are lit for the 10:30 service. Please contact

Susan Janik if you are interested in this position or if

you have any questions. Phone: (414) 803-3427

Celebration Sunday

September 11, 2011

Mark your calendars for Celebration Sunday,

September 11. Watch for announcements of new

programs that support the Fox Point Lutheran

Church mission of Engaging Enthusiastic Followers

of Jesus.

Service times: 8:00, 9:00 & 10:30am Sunday School

(children age 3 through Grade 6) 9:00 & 10:30am.

The inflatable slide and bouncer will be back for this

Sunday!

Attention Photo Enthusiasts

and Camera Bugs

If you love to take pictures, we need your help. We

are “building” a Fox Point Church photo library. If

you take pictures at any church sponsored event

(including community outreach and service projects),

we would love to share them with everyone in the

congregation. This includes all church-related

activities from Vacation Bible School to the Holiday

Boutique, and everything in-between.

Please email your photos directly to Deb Schmidt,

Schmidt@foxpointchurch.org If possible, take a

few minutes to select your best shots and remove

duplicates (this will save us a little editing time at

church). For batches of 10 or more photos, please

copy them to a computer disc or flash drive and drop

it off in Deb’s mailbox at the church office. Deb will

return your flash drive.

Who Says It’s Too Early to Send Out Christmas Cards?? Last week Fox Point Lutheran received its first Christmas card—from Kerala, India.

Kerela, with a population of 33 million, is a popular tourist destination on India’s southwest coast. Although Kerala enjoys beautiful natural beauty—“God’s Own Country”-- and a high Human Development Index (a measure of stats including life expectancy, literacy, and education), it has a low Economic Development Index. It was also one of the areas hit hard by the 2004 tsunami.

Our card came from a 6th grade boy, Shijil, who is living in a small Christian orphanage in Kerala. Shijil writes:

My most important duty is to study well. My hobby is playing cricket. I have many poor Muslim and Hindu friends in school. The pencils, pens, etc. that you gave me were shared with them. Using suitable occasions, I would tell them the stories of Jesus Christ.

I request you pray for me and I would like to thank you for the gift that you sent me. I was feeling guilty for not thanking you for so long. [He had lost our address in a move.] I would like to know the news and information about you.

With much love and regards to you. Shijil I am always so touched that we are able to reach out in love to so many places and to so many chil-dren throughout the world with Operation Christmas Child. As you can see, even a few pens and pencils can make a difference.

At last count, we had about 350 shoe boxes beginning to pile up downstairs. We have a long way to go, but I know that next November our boxes will go even further in sharing God’s love to many of the children in the world who need it most.

Operation Christmas Child

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Habitat Progress

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Thanks to all who volunteered to help build our Habitat house. The "Blitz Build Week" was a huge success.

We had a total of 42 volunteers this week with 19 of Fox Point Church members volunteering for multiple

days.

Check out the awesome work that was accomplished in our Habitat for Humanity Photo Album found via

the church website, www.foxpointchurch.org, under Service Opportunities! Below are just a few of the photos

taken.

Serving

Outreach/Serving

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9:00 Dave Ellwein 10:30 Morgan Oldenburg

9:00 Quisler Team 10:30 Gepfert Team

9:00 Gary & Miriam Erickson 10:30 Mark & Minna Smith

Sara Hansen

9:00 Lucas Benson, Dave Schmidt 10:30 Carly Jones, Annie Jorgensen

Judy Theune

9:00 Plietz Team 10:30 Sullivan Davies Team

9:00 Arlene Erickson, Joan Cianciola 10:30 Tom & Jenny Kregel

Julia DeCicco

9:00 Joe De Lia, Avery Kornitz 10:30 Anna Edwards, Molly Riebau

Rachel Theune

Julia Kashou, Sherie Kubiak-Librizzi, Sharon Moore

9:00 Mark Grady 10:30 Mike Scalise

9:00 Poelzer Team 10:30 Moore Team

9:00 Jerry Keehn, Deb Friberg 10:30 Mark & Terri Chelmowski

Pat Berge, Peg Young

9:00 Jersey Judge, Aaron Trattner 10:30 Rosie Gilday, Julia Hanson

Susan Janik

Brenda Hinkens, Sharon Byrne, Lynn Poelzer

SERVING:

Lectors

Ushers

Coffee Hour Hosts

Welcome

Desk

Acolytes

Worship

Assistant

Communion

Aides

July 31 August 7 August 14

Charity Golf Classic Saturday, September 24 is the date of the Golf Classic. It will be held at the Fire Ridge Golf

Course in Grafton. The silent auction associated with it will be held in Fellowship Hall on

Sundays September 18 and September 25.

Registration is now open for golfers. The committee is requesting the donation of items for the

Golf Classic Silent Auction, volunteers to assist in all aspects of the event from recruiting

golfers, soliciting sponsors and silent auction items, assisting on the golf course, and staging the

silent auction. The proceeds from the silent auction and our generous sponsors and golfers make

it possible for the Outreach Ministry Committee to sustain ministry through organizations such

as Serenity Inns, the Kujichagulia Center/Seedfolks Youth Ministry, Shoreline Interfaith and

others.

You can support this wonderful event by golfing and inviting relatives, neighbors and friends

who are not members of FPLC to golf with you. The non-golfers can and should join the golfers

for cocktails, dinner and fellowship. Check out the event brochure which was mailed to your

home. If you have any questions call Linda Cole at the church office (414) 352-8990 or David

Romoser (262) 241-5298.

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

EVERY SUNDAY:

Worship Services:

9 & 10:30am

Sunday School:

(Ages 4—Grade 4)

9 & 10:30am

1

7pm Worship

Team

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6:30am Eye-Opener Bible Study 8:30am Senior Exercise 9:30am Good Grief Support 5:15pm Golf Meeting

3

5:30pm Outreach

Meeting

4

8:30am Senior Exercise

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9am Worship

Team

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Worship Services will

be outside for

“Camp Sunday”

NO Sunday School

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6:30am Eye-Opener Bible Study 8:30am Senior Exercise 9:30am Good Grief Support 7pm Women’s Bible Study

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8:30am Senior Exercise 10am Luther Manor Communion Service

Serenity Inn

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10:30am Klug

Baptism

11:45am Glick

Baptism

2-6pm Church

Council Retreat

15 16

6:30am Eye-Opener Bible Study 8:30am Senior Exercise 9am Piecemakers 9:30am Good Grief Support

17 18

8:30am Senior Exercise

19

5pm Wedding

Rehearsal

Serenity Inn

20

2:30pm

Mattson/Cattey

Wedding

21

Holy Communion

22 23

6:30am Eye-Opener Bible Study 8:30am Senior Exercise 9:30am Good Grief Support

24

Serenity Inn

25

8:30am Senior Exercise

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Confirmation

Retreat

28

Confirmation Retreat

29

7pm Preschool

Orientation

30

6:30am Eye-Opener Bible Study 8:30am Senior Exercise 9:30am Good Grief Support 7pm Women’s Bible Study

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August 2011

HS Summer Trip

We encourage you to keep these people in your prayers during the week.

Prayer List

Steve Heronemus( brother of L. Barrieau) Sue Wolf (sister of Janet Quail)

Jan Bergin Angie Gemignani

Joel Villnow George Kolak (father of D. Metzendorf)

Nancy Sylke Verlie Keehn

Fran Riley Jack Davis Jeff Ring

Anne Bob Lynch

Kim Elys Law (sister of Gynne Benson)

Melvin Sato Paula Sandoval

Don Hiller Max

Stretch Luedeman Marge Ondrejka

Betty Arpe Sheila Dlugi

Deb

Carol Soik

Danny Johnson (great-grandson of Lloyd Johnson)

Our sympathy and prayers to Trevor, Margi, Tyler, Ally and Jennifer Will on

the death of Trevor’s father, William Will.

Our heartfelt sympathy to Elnamae

Heyman on the death of her son Neal,

brother of Craig, Michael, & Denise

Van Engel. Please keep the Heyman

and Van Engel families in your

thoughts and prayers.

Military

Samantha Rablin Ben Halbert

Congratulations

Abigail Rose Glick, daughter of John

& Katie (Stone) Glick, was born

June 27. Proud grandparents are

Peter & Leann Stone.

Fox Point Lutheran Messenger (USPS 207-560) Volume 58 Number 15 published semi-monthly, by Fox Point Ev. Lutheran Church, 7510 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53217. PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Fox Point Lutheran Messenger, 7510 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53217. (414) 352-8990. -- Dated Material -- Please deliver by Monday August 1, 2011

Next Messenger: Dated Aug. 19; deadline Aug. 11

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In case of urgent pastoral care, call the

church office at 414-352-8990.

Pastors’ cell phone numbers

Pr. Knapp 414-704-7070

Pr. Cheever 414-573-4138

STAFF D. William Knapp Senior Pastor knapp@foxpointchurch.org Bruce Cheever Associate Pastor cheever@foxpointchurch.org Dan Thurmer Pastoral Care thurmer@foxpointchurch.org Kevin Bailey Director of Worship & Music bailey@foxpointchurch.org Heide Hongsermeier Asst. Organist/Handbell Director heide@foxpointchurch.org Julie Schlifske Director of Children’s Ministries julie@foxpointchurch.org Joni Ledzian Parish Nurse joni@foxpointchurch.org Jo Ann Berdelman Director of Administration church@foxpointchurch.org Linda Cole Office Assistant cole@foxpointchurch.org Sharon Moore Publications Editor moore@foxpointchurch.org Mary Altstiel Office Assistant mary@foxpointchurch.org

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