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The Visitor June 2020

The Visitor CHRIST Evangelical Lutheran Church | 500 Park Street - West Salem, WI

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2020

Solid Foundation 46

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47

Everyone who comes to me and listens to my

words and does them—I will show you what he is like: 48

He is like a man building a house who dug down deep

and laid a foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river beat against that house but could not shake it,

because it was founded on bedrock. 49

But the one who listened to my words and did not do them is like a man

who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river broke against it, it fell immediately, and

that house was completely destroyed.” (Luke 6:46-49, EHV)

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This month, God willing, we have the great delight to confirm five more young people in the faith and

welcome them into our congregation. After having received full instruction in the Word of God they are more

than ready to be examined and to confess their faith in Christ as their Savior.

It brings back memories, doesn’t it? Maybe it brings back memories from our own instruction in the

Word of God or, perhaps, from your own confirmation. My prayer, though, is that the memory that truly comes

to minds isn’t the events that surround confirmation but the reason for it. Confirmation is meant to do one thing

above all else; to remind us of whom the true solid foundation of our faith is. Our faith is founded on Christ and

on his Word.

Jesus told his disciples a parable about what faith is like. He said that if faith and life is built upon the

Word of God then it can withstand whatever storms this world sends at it. This is all, and only, because the

foundation is solid. Yet, if we don’t build our faith and life on the Word we have no foundation at all. When the

storms and tempests of life rage everything will collapse and be destroyed completely.

We all too often like to look to the world around us for our foundation and support. We look to family to

be our rock through hard times. We immerse ourselves in work and hobbies so that we always have something

to fall back on when things get tough. We figure that we just need to be tougher and fight through the trials and

tribulations of life because then we will be strong enough to face whatever comes all on our own. The only

problem is none of these things are solid enough to weather the storms of a sin corrupted world.

Christ took upon himself the weight of our sin. He alone can carry our guilt and give us the hope and

promise of eternal life. He beckons for us to trust in him for full and free forgiveness; to build our lives on him.

He is our solid foundation. Christ is the one who can get us safely through all of life’s challenges.

If you are one of the five being confirmed this year, I encourage you to dedicate yourself to your

continued study of God’s Word. Make him your rock solid foundation. For the rest of us, we need to rededicate

ourselves to Christ. Let him be the foundation and support of your faith and life and you will never have to fear

everything falling apart.

Your Brother in Christ,

Pastor Don Frelitz


BIBLE STUDY OPPORTUNITIES

As summer approaches, we are wrapping up our studies in preparation for the summer break. Just because our formal studies stop for a while, doesn’t mean our need for God’s Word stops! Don’t “vacation” from worship! The joy of our risen Savior is something we love to hear with our fellow Christians week after week!

MEN’S BIBLE STUDY

TUESDAY MORNINGS 6AM RESUMES SEPT 8th WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY

THURSDAY EVENINGS 6PM RESUMES SEPT 10th FAMILY BIBLE STUDY

SUNDAY MORNINGS 9:15AM RESUMES SEPT 13th BIBLE INFORMATION CLASS TBA

SUNDAY MORNING FAMILY BIBLE HOUR: Thank you to all who joined us this past year! Keep your eyes on the weekly update for what we’ll be studying when we come back together next fall.

TUESDAY MORNING MEN’S STUDY: Watch the Weekly Update to see what comes next!

THURSDAY EVENING LADIES STUDY: Watch the Weekly Update to see what comes next!

BIBLE INFORMATION CLASS: This class is a wonderful review for anyone wanting to brush up on the basic teachings of God’s Word. It’s also the class designed for those interested in membership in our congregation. Contact the pastor for upcoming classes.

Special Bible Study/Fellowship Opportunities

JUNE 10TH

DEVOTION & PICNIC AT VET’S PARK; Shelter #2

Bring your family and a picnic food to share and join us for an evening of food and fun! Picnic begins at 5:00PM

JULY 30TH

VBS WEEK PICNIC AT CHRIST | Bring your family for a relaxing evening as we wrap up our week of VBS! The children will share some songs, and we’ll all share time together in faith and fellowshp. Please bring a food item to share. Fun begins at 5:30PM

AUG 12TH

BIBLE STUDY PICNIC AT VET’S PARK; Shelter #2

Bring your family and a food item to share and join us for an evening with our Lord and each other! Picnic begins at 5:00PM.

SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE: Our summer worship schedule began Memorial Day weekend. Worship is at 8:00 and 9:30AM now through Labor Day weekend, Sunday, September 6th. The Monday service remains at 6:30PM. However, there will be no Monday services on the following dates:

May 25th (Memorial Day) | September 7 (Labor Day)

Happy Father’s Day May God bless all men who lead,

serve, pray and provide for those the Lord has placed in their care.


Remember our website!

christlutheranwestsalem.com

June 1st Linda Daube, Zach Sonsalla, Jim Svendsen

June 3rd Amber Londergen, Diane Weber, Arleen Bussian, Mel Kuschel

June 4th Brynlee Danning, Sharon Fuller, Melissa Scriver

June 5th Heather Gilster

June 6th John Willinger

June 7th James McClintock, Dave Bright

June 8th Pete Daube, Lynda Mueggenborg, Donovan Jostad, Amber Frelitz

June 9th Trina Willinger, Marian Yellick, Reid Rasmussen

June 10th Karen Schaller-Wolf, John Diekroeger

June 11th Sally Dahlke, Cathy Kramer, Sue Nederloe, Natalie Weimer

June 13th Bud Rogge, Tim Willinger, Sienna Horstman

June 14th Grace Cook

June 16th Bob Plenge, Jerry Schomberg

June 18th Gary Miller, Sam Baudek, Declan Frame

June 19th Laura Parsons

June 20th Dave Martin, Angie Mellor

June 22nd Caylee Bruemmer, Evylyn Weimer, Kristine Birkholz

June 23rd Steve Stockheimer

June 24th Karen Weber, Irma Rech

June 25th Red Hutchens

June 26th Leanne Bruemmer, Carol Thompson

June 28th Paula Martell

June 29th Kaleb Holzhausen, Erin Svendsen, Eric Dummer, Bobby Hoffman, Sabrina Sonsalla, David Harris

June 30th Denise Schomberg, Tyler Kaiser

If you have recently moved, please remember to inform the Pastor or church secretary of your new address information and phone number so that we may keep contact with you. Thank You.

Sunday Morning 8:00 am 9:30 am

Monday Evening 6:30 pm

HEADED FOR THE HOSPITAL? ATTENDING ANOTHER CHURCH? MOVING?

Your pastors are here to serve in all of these areas, so please let us know when changes take place! We’d love to take you to God’s grace; a grace that doesn’t change even when our life situations do!


NOTES & NEWS CARING CHRISTIANS MENTAL HEALTH June 1st @

6:30PM we gather at First Lutheran, 400 West Ave South, La Crosse. Come for support and encouragement in a safe and nurturing environment. The topic will be: Forgiveness

The next GRIEF SUPPORT meeting will be

Tues, June 7th at 7 PM at St John’s – Barre Mills. Those grieving the loss of a loved one are welcome to attend.

We remember with respect all those who have given so much to secure freedom and security for this nation. We ask GOD to bless and keep safe those who serve, and to keep their families in your care. May He bring peace to heal those who have lost loved ones.

Come to Vacation Bible School! Kids age 3-14 are invited to join us for a week of lessons, activities, and fun with friends. Register ONLINE at our website. Dates are July 27-30 from 9 – 11:30AM

2020 GRADUATES

May God continue to bless and guide you in your future endeavors. Congratulations to:

Olivia Baudek (LHS) Daniel Black (WSHS) Noah Cook (LPS) Hunter Gerke (WSHS) Joshua Hauser (WSHS) Tyler Kaiser (LHS) Ryley Rasmussen (WSHS)

Our ALL MEMBER MEETING night will be June 9th at 6:30PM. We will gather for our opening devotion and hear the updates from our various committees.

Join us for food, fun & fellowship at our summer picnics: June 10 Vet’s Park, shelter #2

July 30 VBS closing at church

August 12 Vet’s Park, shelter #2

LADIES AID will not meet in June. We will resume our

meetings in the fall.

Dates to Remember

Wednesday, June 10: Summer Picnic @ Vet’s Park; #2 – 5:30PM

June 27-30: Vacation Bible School; 9 – 11:30AM

Thursday, July 30: VBS Picnic @ CHRIST – 5:30PM

Wednesday, August 12: Summer Picnic @ Vet’s Park; #2 – 5:30PM

Enjoy receiving encouragement and prayer requests by participating in our Prayer Chain! Submit prayer requests by:

EMAIL [email protected] DROP them in the prayer box in the narthex CALL one of the pastors

JUNE Altar Guild Servers

Sue Greene

Tina Willinger

Barb Mellor

JUNE

Women of CHRIST GROUP 1

Last Names: El - Gi


Monthly Bible Readings

The Discipleship Journal Bible Reading Plan offers special features that will help you in your journey through the bible. By reading from four separate places in the Scripture every day, you should be able to better grasp the unity of the Scriptures, as well as enjoy the variety of seeing four different viewpoints. Don’t become frustrated if you fall behind. Each month lists only twenty-five readings. That offers several “free days” each month for catch up if they are needed. Here are the passages for JUNE.

NEW TESTAMENT OLD TESTAMENT

LUKE EPHESIANS PSALMS 1KINGS

1 1:1-25 1:1-14 119:1-8 1

2 1:26-38 1:15-23 119:9-16 2-3

3 1:39-56 2:1-10 119:17-24 4-5

4 1:57-66 2:11-22 119:25-32 6-7

5 1:67-80 3:1-13 119:33-40 8

6 2:1-20 3:14-21 119:41-48 9-10

7 2:21-40 4:1-16 119:49-56 11

8 2:41-52 4:17-24 119:57-64 12

9 3:1-20 4:25-32 119:65-72 13-14

10 3:21-38 5:1-21 119:73-80 15-16

11 4:1-12 5:22-23 119:81-88 17-18

12 4:13-30 6:1-9 119:89-96 19-20

13 4:31-37 6:10-24 119:97-104 21-22

PHIL 2KINGS

14 4:38-44 1:1-11 119:105-112 1-3

15 5:1-11 1:12-20 119:113-120 4-5

16 5:12-16 1:21-30 119:121-128 6-7

17 5:17-26 2:1-11 119:129-136 8-9

18 5:27-32 2:12-18 119:137-144 10-11

19 5:33-39 2:19-30 119:145-152 12-13

20 6:1-16 3:1-9 119:153-160 14-15

21 6:17-26 3:10-14 119:161-168 16-17

22 6:27-36 3:15-21 119:169-176 18-19

6:37-42 4:1-7 120 20-21

23 6:43-49 4:8-13 121 22-23

24 7:1-10 4:14-23 122 24-25

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. (Malachi 3:10)

April Financial Summary

Needed Monthly to meet budget $ 39,128

April Income Received $ 75,337

April Expenses $ 43,525

Income (vs) Expense + $ 31,812 Outstanding Debts

Church Mortgage $ 153,728

Church line of credit $

Church Commitments $

May God bless you and those you love with a blessed, safe

and relaxing summer.


Easter Service Survey

Please take a few moments and offer your feedback as we review our Easter worship schedule.

Please check the option you prefer.

__________Option 1: Have the late service earlier.

Easter Sunrise: 6:00 am

Easter Breakfast: 7:00-8:00 am

Easter Festival Worship: 8:00 and 9:30 am

__________Option 2: Have the 8:00 am service later.

Easter Sunrise: 6:30 am


Easter Festival Worship: 9:00 am and 10:30 am

__________Option 4: Later Sunrise and one Festival service

Easter Sunrise: 7: 00 am


Easter Festival Worship: 9:30 am

Summer Bible Study Survey

We’d also like your feedback on a suggestion to continue our Bible studies throughout the year.

__________Option 1: No change

Fall/Winter (“school year”): Sunday Worship 8:00 and 10:30 am

Sunday Family Bible Hour: 9:15-10:15 am

Monday Worship: 6:30 pm

Tuesday Men’s Study: 6:00 am

Thursday Women’s Study: 6:00 pm

Summer (Memorial Day-Labor Day): Sunday Worship: 8:00 and 9:30 am


__________ Option 2: Continue Bible studies throughout the year. There would be no change to the

schedule during the summer.

Sunday Worship 8:00 and 10:30 am



Tuesday Men’s Study: 6:00 am

Thursday Women’s Study: 6:00 pm

__________ Option 3: Keep Family Bible hour going; no mid week Bible Studies during the summer.

Sunday Worship 8:00 and 10:30 am




Dear members of Christ,

God is good! He has protected and guided our congregation through significant changes unlike

anything we’ve lived through. This is all new to us, but we are still in the hands of our gracious Lord

and God.

We re-open on May 31, Pentecost Sunday! Even as we re-open, we are still mindful of the guidelines

in place to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Here are the plans that will be in place for our

worship.

Service times: Sunday at 8:00 and 9:30 am and Monday at 6:30 pm.

Distancing:

Ushers will assist as you are seated in order to maintain social distancing.

We will follow the La Crosse County guidelines that suggest seating at 25% of capacity.

Feel free to wear whatever protective gear you may need to feel comfortable (masks, gloves, hand sanitizer etc. . .)

The services will be a little shorter than usual to limit “exposure” time and allow one service to exit before the next service enters.

Singing: Some health care experts are concerned about the amount of droplets put into the air when

singing. We are a singing church, but also want to be aware of these concerns.

We will speak all liturgy responses.

The Psalm will be sung by cantors/soloists or spoken.

We will limit our hymns to 2 or 3 and may sing fewer verses.

Format: We will strive to limit surface contact and passing of materials as much as possible.

The service will be projected to screens.

A limited number of printed worship folders will be available to supplement the screen. o If you take a worship folder, please do not return it. o Worship folder and Weekly Updates will still be available on our website.

Services will still be recorded and made available online.

The offering plate will be in the back of the church.

Friendship registers, pew Bibles and hymnals will be removed. Feel free to bring your own hymnal and Bible.

Cleaning

Pew backs will be wiped down after each service.

The doors will be propped open or opened by a greeter or usher.

Ever since mid March, we’ve been learning and adjusting as we go, and this will be no different!

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we strive to bring God’s people back together!


Rachel Lynn &

Bradley Edward

together with their parents

Rev. and Mrs. Galen Riediger

&

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bender

request the honor of your presence at their wedding on

Friday, July 10, 2020

at 2:00 pm

Christ Ev. Lutheran Church

500 Park Street West Salem, WI

Please join us for appetizers and desserts in the

Multi-purpose room following the service.

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