N E W S C A S T E R
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N E W S C A S T E R
“Love. Grow. Serve.”
June 2014
Are you, “Taking Off for the Summer?” Recently, I overheard someone mention they were taking off for the summer or “we” as a church were taking off for the summer. It sure can appear that way at times. Our winter guests have all gone up north for the summer which has become more and more noticeable on Sunday mornings! The church council is not meeting in June. So, it might feel like we are taking off for the summer…..but I hope not! Summer is great time to recharge and recreate. We have a number of capital improvement projects going on this summer and you will soon see and feel the impact of these improvements. We will be starting a new Bible study series in June. We are also trying to start two new Bible studies for Sunday mornings so that we will offer more than one Bible study each Sunday. Our Bread of Life ministry of giving out loaves of bread to our guests is very close to being in full operation. We will also be having the Grand Opening of our Bread of Life Food Pantry in June. Summer is not the time to “take off” but a time to evaluate and re-engage in those ministries that will be most beneficial for your spiritual growth and maturity. Look around Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and consider stepping up to a new level of participation as Consecrated Stewards actively involved in Kingdom service. Summer time is often the time when families move to a new community. This may be the year you make a new friend or welcome a new family to our fellowship at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. It is always the season for sharing, welcoming, growing, becoming, enriching, serving, and loving our neighbor at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. Please don’t take the summer off but do enjoy your summer and grow this summer in your walk with Jesus. Pastor Craig
June 8th – Special Presentation Do you have answers for these five wishes? The Person I want to make care decisions for me when I can’t. The kind of medical treatment I want or don’t want. How comfortable I want to be. How I want people to treat me. What I want my loved ones to know. June 8th during our Adult Bible class time we have invited Liana Hotusing of VITAS, Innovative Hospice Care to Lutheran Church of the Redeemer for a presentation about these important end of life issues. Each participant will receive a “Five Wishes” booklet. Liana and Pastor Craig will lead us through this material. Plan now to attend this special presentation!
Phone Tree has come to Lutheran Church of the Redeemer As all of you must know by now, we have installed the Phone Tree ministry tool at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. We are in the process of tweaking it and getting the bugs out of it so that it will do the most good for us. When we use it again you should hear a clear greeting from Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. This will alert you to the important message that will immediately follow the greeting. We don’t plan to use the Phone Tree program often but it will be available for special announcements so that the entire congregation can be notified within a very short time. Please listen to the entire Phone Tree message when you receive the call and enjoy the application of this technology to stay connected and in communication with your brothers and sisters at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer.
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer 12 East Avenue A — Melbourne, Florida 32901 E-Mails: [email protected] — [email protected]
Phone/Fax: (321) 723-4152 Website: www.lcrmelbourne.org
Upcoming Topics Life Tree Café Wednesdays at 7 PM June 4 June 11 June 18 June 25 July 2
Dr. Danger? Fatherless Does God Play Favorites? A Family Divided Saluting Those Who Serve
“Card Shower” On June 15th Richard Garber (my Father) will be 95 years old. His health is reasonable for someone his age, but he seldom leaves his home. Please join family and friends with a "Card Shower" to celebrate, as he calls it, "the anniversary of my birth." You may leave cards at the church or mail them to him at 4235 Lakemont Road, Melbourne, FL 32934.
Tool Drive The Social Ministries Committee will be conducting a new tool drive from June 1st through the 15th (Father’s Day) for Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County. There will be a list of suggested tools at the rear of the church. June thank offering donations will also go to the tool fund.
Ministry Snapshot Saturday Worship, May 3 Sunday Worship, May 4 TOTAL Offering Collected
16 Attended 75 Attended 91 $6023.00
Saturday Worship, May 10 Sunday Worship, May 11 TOTAL Offering Collected
16 Attended 70 Attended 96 $2088.77
Saturday Worship, May 17 Sunday Worship, May 18 TOTAL Offering Collected
10 Attended 63 Attended 73 $2794.00
Life Tree Cafe May 7 May 14 May 21 Total Offering Collected
7 Attended 9 Attended 7 Attended $14.00
Endowment Fund
~$90,801.00
“BTU Bucks” We are starting a fund which we are calling “BTU Bucks” to replace the money which we have had to take from the “Endowment Fund” to cover the cost of the new A/C unit for the Educational Building. The unit has 60,000 BTU's, so the cost amounts to $17.50 per 100 BTU's. Since we face other expenses to replace the water pipes, upgrade the restrooms, put new doors on the Educational Building, and possibly create a new playground, it would be really wonderful if we could replace the money that we had to withdraw for the A/C unit. Please consider helping with this cause. $35 would pay for 200 btu's, $70 would cover 400, $105 would cover 600, $525 pays for 3000, etc. We all love our church facility, but as it ages, it needs to be rejuvenated. Just as a family may be asked to help with the care of aging parents, we need to ask our members to help us care for the church. Thank you for any help you can provide. Keep an eye on the “BTU Bucks” chart that is hanging in the narthex and watch our progress!! Thelma Moyer, for the Board of Stewardship
Annual Bread of Life Food Pantry Golf Tournament Saturday, August 23rd** **(Please note date change)
Tournament will be held at “Mallards Landing” located on the corner of Wickham Road & Lake Washington Road. Cost is:
$45 per person (covers green fees, cart & lunch) $160 for a four-some
There will be lots of prizes and free giveaways. Don’t’ miss the opportunity to play a round of golf and support the Bread of Life Food Pantry Ministry of Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. Sign-up or registration forms are available in the office. Sponsored by Thrivent Financial
Thrivent Sponsored Events – Open to Everyone 1. An afternoon of bowling on August 2nd at Shore Lanes on Dairy Road. The cost will be about $10 for three games, shoes, and pizza & soda. There will be nice prizes included, too. 2. “Steel Magnolias” will be playing at the Melbourne Civic Theatre. We plan to attend as a group on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 7th at 2 PM. The tickets for Seniors/Students are $23. Other tickets are $25. We plan to buy the tickets on the day that they go on sale, the 29th of July. Please make your reservations by July 27th so that we can be sure to get enough seats for all who want to be there. There will be folks from several other Lutheran congregations there that day. You may meet an old friend! Please plan to be there. 3. Golf Tournament August event planned to benefit our “Bread of Life Food Pantry”. See Pastor's separate article for the details.
4. Annual “Thrivent Picnic will be October 11th at Concordia Lutheran Church in Barefoot Bay from 10 AM to 3 PM. The meat and drinks will be provided. Just bring a dish to share. Comments or Questions?? Call Thelma Moyer at 259-3884.
Pollo Y Mas (chicken & more) This is the new restaurant that just opened across the street from our church. From those who have already eaten there we have heard the food is great. They are offering a small discount to us if you bring your bulletin on Sunday for lunch. They will open for us at 11:30 AM.
Temple Talk for June 2014 – Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County, Inc. has selected June for a month long new tool drive. This tool drive is set to coincide with Father's Day. The Social Ministries Committee is therefore conducting a month long new tool drive coupled with our monthly Thank Offering with Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County being the recipient of both. Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County, Inc. is the local organization of the world wide Habitat for Humanity founded by multi-millionaire Millard Fuller and his wife in 1976. His theory of raising funds, have construction work done by volunteers and selling the houses to low-income families who would be unable to purchase a house in the normal manner proved successful and by 2000, was operating in 65 countries and had built 100,000 homes. Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County, Inc. formed in 2005, conducts several fund raisers yearly. In March, they sponsor the Annual Strawberry Festival, which in addition to unlimited strawberries has a car and motorcycle show, tables for artists and crafters to display their wares and a 5K race for runners. There is a Habitat for Humanity Restore on South Babcock which sells new and slightly used building materials with the proceeds going directly back to funds to purchase more materials. During the month of June, a Father's Day Tool Drive is conducted to replenish well used tools for the volunteers to use. Basically any tool, hand or power, large or small will be greatly appreciated and will be used to construct a local house for a low-income family.
Financial Data
Sponsor a Door!
Total income for April was $18,512.61. Our expenses were $24,034.39 which means we were behind by $5521.78. Our YTD income was $66,258.15 and expenses were $78,413.96 which means we were short by $12,155.81 South Brevard Sharing Center received $116 from our April thank offerings. We added $285 to the Capital Improvement Fund. We have $759.55 in our Savings Account.
We are in the process of replacing 18 doors in the education wing of our campus. Each door will cost approximately $200; $100 to purchase and $100 to install. If you would like to sponsor a door please contribute $200 and indicate that you are sponsoring a door in the memo line of your check.
Do you know who your Elder is??? If not, they are listed below! Earl Sorensen Bob Johnston Tom Brown George Hennessy Lou Seiler Artie Ulmer Nick Nichols
Shirley Baccus – Mary Coyle Diane Davis – Jean Godwin Andi Hand – Gloria Kuhn Curtis Long – Irene Oelschlager Karen Payne – Shirley Storey Swede Swansen – Zeke Zellmer Winter Associates
Your Elder is the one next to the group of names that your name falls between. If you want to know what your Elder looks like, there is a photo of each one on the narthex bulletin board.
Newscaster Deadline For July will be June 15th!
N E W S C A S T E R
“Love. Grow. Serve.”
June 2014
Are you, “Taking Off for the Summer?” Recently, I overheard someone mention they were taking off for the summer or “we” as a church were taking off for the summer. It sure can appear that way at times. Our winter guests have all gone up north for the summer which has become more and more noticeable on Sunday mornings! The church council is not meeting in June. So, it might feel like we are taking off for the summer…..but I hope not! Summer is great time to recharge and recreate. We have a number of capital improvement projects going on this summer and you will soon see and feel the impact of these improvements. We will be starting a new Bible study series in June. We are also trying to start two new Bible studies for Sunday mornings so that we will offer more than one Bible study each Sunday. Our Bread of Life ministry of giving out loaves of bread to our guests is very close to being in full operation. We will also be having the Grand Opening of our Bread of Life Food Pantry in June. Summer is not the time to “take off” but a time to evaluate and re-engage in those ministries that will be most beneficial for your spiritual growth and maturity. Look around Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and consider stepping up to a new level of participation as Consecrated Stewards actively involved in Kingdom service. Summer time is often the time when families move to a new community. This may be the year you make a new friend or welcome a new family to our fellowship at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. It is always the season for sharing, welcoming, growing, becoming, enriching, serving, and loving our neighbor at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. Please don’t take the summer off but do enjoy your summer and grow this summer in your walk with Jesus. Pastor Craig
June 8th – Special Presentation Do you have answers for these five wishes? The Person I want to make care decisions for me when I can’t. The kind of medical treatment I want or don’t want. How comfortable I want to be. How I want people to treat me. What I want my loved ones to know. June 8th during our Adult Bible class time we have invited Liana Hotusing of VITAS, Innovative Hospice Care to Lutheran Church of the Redeemer for a presentation about these important end of life issues. Each participant will receive a “Five Wishes” booklet. Liana and Pastor Craig will lead us through this material. Plan now to attend this special presentation!
Phone Tree has come to Lutheran Church of the Redeemer As all of you must know by now, we have installed the Phone Tree ministry tool at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. We are in the process of tweaking it and getting the bugs out of it so that it will do the most good for us. When we use it again you should hear a clear greeting from Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. This will alert you to the important message that will immediately follow the greeting. We don’t plan to use the Phone Tree program often but it will be available for special announcements so that the entire congregation can be notified within a very short time. Please listen to the entire Phone Tree message when you receive the call and enjoy the application of this technology to stay connected and in communication with your brothers and sisters at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer.
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer 12 East Avenue A — Melbourne, Florida 32901 E-Mails: [email protected] — [email protected]
Phone/Fax: (321) 723-4152 Website: www.lcrmelbourne.org
Upcoming Topics Life Tree Café Wednesdays at 7 PM June 4 June 11 June 18 June 25 July 2
Dr. Danger? Fatherless Does God Play Favorites? A Family Divided Saluting Those Who Serve
“Card Shower” On June 15th Richard Garber (my Father) will be 95 years old. His health is reasonable for someone his age, but he seldom leaves his home. Please join family and friends with a "Card Shower" to celebrate, as he calls it, "the anniversary of my birth." You may leave cards at the church or mail them to him at 4235 Lakemont Road, Melbourne, FL 32934.
Tool Drive The Social Ministries Committee will be conducting a new tool drive from June 1st through the 15th (Father’s Day) for Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County. There will be a list of suggested tools at the rear of the church. June thank offering donations will also go to the tool fund.
Ministry Snapshot Saturday Worship, May 3 Sunday Worship, May 4 TOTAL Offering Collected
16 Attended 75 Attended 91 $6023.00
Saturday Worship, May 10 Sunday Worship, May 11 TOTAL Offering Collected
16 Attended 70 Attended 96 $2088.77
Saturday Worship, May 17 Sunday Worship, May 18 TOTAL Offering Collected
10 Attended 63 Attended 73 $2794.00
Life Tree Cafe May 7 May 14 May 21 Total Offering Collected
7 Attended 9 Attended 7 Attended $14.00
Endowment Fund
~$90,801.00
“BTU Bucks” We are starting a fund which we are calling “BTU Bucks” to replace the money which we have had to take from the “Endowment Fund” to cover the cost of the new A/C unit for the Educational Building. The unit has 60,000 BTU's, so the cost amounts to $17.50 per 100 BTU's. Since we face other expenses to replace the water pipes, upgrade the restrooms, put new doors on the Educational Building, and possibly create a new playground, it would be really wonderful if we could replace the money that we had to withdraw for the A/C unit. Please consider helping with this cause. $35 would pay for 200 btu's, $70 would cover 400, $105 would cover 600, $525 pays for 3000, etc. We all love our church facility, but as it ages, it needs to be rejuvenated. Just as a family may be asked to help with the care of aging parents, we need to ask our members to help us care for the church. Thank you for any help you can provide. Keep an eye on the “BTU Bucks” chart that is hanging in the narthex and watch our progress!! Thelma Moyer, for the Board of Stewardship
Annual Bread of Life Food Pantry Golf Tournament Saturday, August 23rd** **(Please note date change)
Tournament will be held at “Mallards Landing” located on the corner of Wickham Road & Lake Washington Road. Cost is:
$45 per person (covers green fees, cart & lunch) $160 for a four-some
There will be lots of prizes and free giveaways. Don’t’ miss the opportunity to play a round of golf and support the Bread of Life Food Pantry Ministry of Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. Sign-up or registration forms are available in the office. Sponsored by Thrivent Financial
Thrivent Sponsored Events – Open to Everyone 1. An afternoon of bowling on August 2nd at Shore Lanes on Dairy Road. The cost will be about $10 for three games, shoes, and pizza & soda. There will be nice prizes included, too. 2. “Steel Magnolias” will be playing at the Melbourne Civic Theatre. We plan to attend as a group on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 7th at 2 PM. The tickets for Seniors/Students are $23. Other tickets are $25. We plan to buy the tickets on the day that they go on sale, the 29th of July. Please make your reservations by July 27th so that we can be sure to get enough seats for all who want to be there. There will be folks from several other Lutheran congregations there that day. You may meet an old friend! Please plan to be there. 3. Golf Tournament August event planned to benefit our “Bread of Life Food Pantry”. See Pastor's separate article for the details.
4. Annual “Thrivent Picnic will be October 11th at Concordia Lutheran Church in Barefoot Bay from 10 AM to 3 PM. The meat and drinks will be provided. Just bring a dish to share. Comments or Questions?? Call Thelma Moyer at 259-3884.
Pollo Y Mas (chicken & more) This is the new restaurant that just opened across the street from our church. From those who have already eaten there we have heard the food is great. They are offering a small discount to us if you bring your bulletin on Sunday for lunch. They will open for us at 11:30 AM.
Temple Talk for June 2014 – Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County, Inc. has selected June for a month long new tool drive. This tool drive is set to coincide with Father's Day. The Social Ministries Committee is therefore conducting a month long new tool drive coupled with our monthly Thank Offering with Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County being the recipient of both. Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County, Inc. is the local organization of the world wide Habitat for Humanity founded by multi-millionaire Millard Fuller and his wife in 1976. His theory of raising funds, have construction work done by volunteers and selling the houses to low-income families who would be unable to purchase a house in the normal manner proved successful and by 2000, was operating in 65 countries and had built 100,000 homes. Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County, Inc. formed in 2005, conducts several fund raisers yearly. In March, they sponsor the Annual Strawberry Festival, which in addition to unlimited strawberries has a car and motorcycle show, tables for artists and crafters to display their wares and a 5K race for runners. There is a Habitat for Humanity Restore on South Babcock which sells new and slightly used building materials with the proceeds going directly back to funds to purchase more materials. During the month of June, a Father's Day Tool Drive is conducted to replenish well used tools for the volunteers to use. Basically any tool, hand or power, large or small will be greatly appreciated and will be used to construct a local house for a low-income family.
Financial Data
Sponsor a Door!
Total income for April was $18,512.61. Our expenses were $24,034.39 which means we were behind by $5521.78. Our YTD income was $66,258.15 and expenses were $78,413.96 which means we were short by $12,155.81 South Brevard Sharing Center received $116 from our April thank offerings. We added $285 to the Capital Improvement Fund. We have $759.55 in our Savings Account.
We are in the process of replacing 18 doors in the education wing of our campus. Each door will cost approximately $200; $100 to purchase and $100 to install. If you would like to sponsor a door please contribute $200 and indicate that you are sponsoring a door in the memo line of your check.
Do you know who your Elder is??? If not, they are listed below! Earl Sorensen Bob Johnston Tom Brown George Hennessy Lou Seiler Artie Ulmer Nick Nichols
Shirley Baccus – Mary Coyle Diane Davis – Jean Godwin Andi Hand – Gloria Kuhn Curtis Long – Irene Oelschlager Karen Payne – Shirley Storey Swede Swansen – Zeke Zellmer Winter Associates
Your Elder is the one next to the group of names that your name falls between. If you want to know what your Elder looks like, there is a photo of each one on the narthex bulletin board.
Newscaster Deadline For July will be June 15th!
