february 2014 messenger

The Messenger

Points of Interest…

· 2013 Statements

· Camp Wyalusing

· Food Pantry

· Germany Trip

· Women’s Retreat

· Worship Services

Pastor’s Message 1

Financials 2

The ROC 3

Christian Doctrine 4

Spanish Outreach 5

Pastoral Acts 6

Ladies Aid/ OWLS 7

Memorials 8

February 2014

Every year each of us celebrates a birth-day. Some birthdays seem to receive more notice than others. When someone cele-brates their golden birthday (their age cor-responds to the number of the date of their birth, e.g. 25 years old on the 25th or 6 years old on the 6th); or they reach age 16 (old enough to drive) or 21 (considered an adult) or 65 (age of retirement) those birthdays seem to receive more attention and celebration. This year St. Mark’s is celebrating the 160th anniversary of the founding of our congregation. We had a big celebration in 2004 when we celebrated the 150th anni-versary of our congregation’s founding. This year we will spend some time just remembering God’s amazing grace in the history of St. Mark’s and how he has seen to it that the good news of free forgiveness and eternal life through Jesus Christ con-tinues to be proclaimed in our classrooms and from our pulpit. Are there any special plans? We will be producing a new pictorial directory. Work on that will begin this month and in March. You will be receiving a phone call about having your picture taken and being part of our new pictorial directory. Since we are such a large congregation and have six different worship services every week, it is hard to know all who are part of the body of Christ called St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. The pictorial directory does help our members to know who fel-low members are. We encourage all of our members to participate.

In March and April we will also begin an-other capital fund appeal for the paying off of our school building mortgage. The theme chosen for this three year campaign is “Staying the Course in Christ” “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.” (Hebrews 12:1b-2a) It has been six years since we moved into our new school building. The project cost us $4.2 million. By the grace of God our present mortgage is just under $2.4 mil-lion. We have almost paid off $2 million. The goal for our new campaign is $1,250,000. With God’s help and the gen-erous and cheerful offerings of his people we wish to raise this amount from May 2014 to May 2017. We can never thank God enough for the blessings he has given this congregation through our Christian School. During the campaign members will see and hear what blessings St. Mark’s School has been to our congregation and the many opportuni-ties we have had to reach out to new fami-lies and children with the good news of Jesus, the Savior of all. 160 years is quite a milestone. Most organ-izations, businesses and institutions do not last that long. But St. Mark’s is different. It is a Christian church where our purpose is to reach the lost with the good news of Jesus Christ and to help the found grow in their faith and commitment to their Savior and Lord. - Pastor Jim Werner

2013 Statements

The 2013 statements are available in the narthex and will be there until February 16th. Please pick yours up! After that contact the church office.

HAPPY 160TH BIRTHDAY!

The members of St. Mark’s Church contributed a total $220,324.61 in December.

$143,372.18 was received for the general operating fund in December and the operating needs

were $106,580.09, leaving a surplus of $36,792.09. With the carryover balance from 2012 and

the contributions to the debt reduction fund, no borrowing has been needed this year.

$41,174.88 was received for the month of December toward our goals for missions, Lakeside,

Property Maintenance, Debt reduction, Hispanic Outreach, and the ROC. The needs for our goals

were $29,452.64. Contributions toward the goals were $11,722.24 above the needs.

$35,777.55 was received toward Future Generations in December to pay for the school expansion

and renovation. Needs were $18,230.00. Contributions were $17,547.55 above needs.

Weekly contribution needs, for operation, is $27,200.00. $7,218.53 is needed weekly toward

goals for Missions, Lakeside, Property Maintenance, Debt Reduction, Hispanic Outreach and the

ROC.

Submitted by, Larry Schuett, Treas.

Financials - St. Mark’s Mission Statement

St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Our Mission…

To serve all people in God’s world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ on the basis of Holy Scripture.

Our Objectives…

1. To proclaim Law and Gospel

2. To strengthen believers through the means of grace

3. To equip believers in sharing the Gospel of Jesus with others

4. To provide a Christian Day School

Pebbles from the ROC - Worship

Pebbles From the ROC...

“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because

of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now” (Philippians 1:3-5) It is a wonderful blessing how our WELS churches and the members of them have been working together so well in regard to our Water-town Recreation & Outreach Center (THE ROC) for Youth. The passage above fits well the partnership and fellowship we enjoy in Christ our Savior. We see that unity at our monthly board meetings as we work togeth-er. Our board is made up of Don Bartz and Arlyn Boll from St. John’s, Rick Dunham and Pete Westermeyer from St. Luke’s, Todd Morris and Brad Steffen from St. Mark’s, and Don Frank and Bruce Marley from Trinity Lutheran Church. The pastor advisors are Pastor Mark Gartner, Pastor Mike Jensen, Pastor Paul Kuckhan, and Pastor Rodney Warnecke with Pastor Mueller as the ROC pastor/director. Our thanks goes to Harold Peckham (St. Mark’s) who finished two terms on the ROC Board and to Don Bartz (St. John’s) and Don Frank (Trinity) for accepting a second term. We welcome Todd Morris (St. Mark’s) back to the board and new members, Dan

Timm (St. Luke’s) and Bruce Marley (Trinity).

The unity we have is also seen in the continued financial support of the ROC. Many of you give gifts to THE ROC through your congregation, and the gifts are then periodically sent on to THE ROC as a lump sum. For this reason, it is impossible for us to thank you personally, but we want to sincerely thank you for your partnership and cheerful giving and generosity. At THE ROC, during Bible/Talk Time, we regularly in-clude thanks to God for you in our worship prayers. We have been greatly blessed by you and through you. Thanks from all of us at THE ROC.

Worship This Month...

Special service…

January 29, February 1 & 2—WINTER MISSION FESTIVAL

Pastor Brian Schmidt, of our home missionary in Adams, Wisconsin, is our guest preacher. Jonah 3:1-10: “The Lord Sends His Prophet”

Epiphany continues…

February 5, 8, 9

Epiphany 5: John 6:1-15 “Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand”

February 12, 15, 16

Epiphany 6: Mark 5:24-34 “I Know He can Help Me””

February 19, 22, 23

Epiphany 7: Mark 6:17-29 “Jesus Inspires the Baptist’s Martyrdom”

Everyone is invited to the ANNUAL Watertown Recreation & Outreach Center (ROC) MEETING to be held on Monday, January 27, 2014 at THE ROC (213 N. Third St.) at 7:00 p.m. At the meeting we will have the opportunity to thank the Lord for His many blessings poured out on THE ROC over the last ten years and we will also look forward as we explore more ways to proclaim Christ through THE ROC.

Christian Doctrine - Food Pantry/Calvary Academy Thanks - Messenger

Christian Doctrine: Providence

verse for even a moment, we would immediately disintegrate into oblivion! Specifically, God PROVIDES for

us and all things what we need

in order to live. “The eyes of all look to you [O Lord], and you give them their food at the prop-er time. You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.” (Psalm 145:15-16) As surely as he feeds the sparrows and clothes the lilies, our loving Lord feeds and clothes us (Matthew 6:25-34). He doesn’t stop there either. God also PROTECTS us. “If you make the Most High your dwell-ing – even the Lord, who is my refuge – then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near

Many of our nation’s founding fathers (John Adams and Thom-as Jefferson among them) were Deists. They acknowledged God, and his creation of the world. But they suggested that nowa-days people are more or less on their own. That’s certainly contrary to Scripture! Our Creator assures us that He continues to rule over

us with divine providence. To rank pagans, Paul said: “In him [God] we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28). “In him [Christ] all things hold together” (Colossians 1:17). In other words: If God withdrew his sustaining hand from the uni-

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your tent” (Psalm 91:9-10). We might respond: If God protects us, then why do we suffer pain or problems? To this our gra-cious God answers: “In all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his pur-pose” (Romans 8:28). “All kinds of trials have come so that your faith…may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed” (1 Peter 1:7). Finally, God’s eternal grace to us in Christ makes us confident of his providence for us: “He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, gra-ciously give us all things?” (Romans 8:32).

Thank Yous…

The Watertown Food Pantry sent a thank you for the gift of $324.00. Stats noted a rise in clients, having served 3,047 families in 2013, of which 474 had never utilized the Pantry before. More people in the area have fallen below the Federal Poverty Level, and yet they haven’t visited the Pantry. All donations received are used to operate the Pan-try, with the biggest expense being the purchase of food. Also a thank you arrived from Calvary Academy Ministries in Florida for the monetary gift for their mission of giving hope to hurting families with children in crisis.

The Work of Our Pastors & Others: Baptisms at Saint Mark’s?

Spanish Outreach - Germany - Camp Wyalusing

Spanish Outreach...

When it’s especially cold or snowy on a Sunday evening, Pas-tors Walther & Dale often remark to one another, “It’s another night to test the resolve of our Mexican congregation.” We’re happy to say that our Mexican members have grown in Christ to such a degree that there’s hardly a drop-off in attendance, whatever the weather. Besides healthy worship attendance, a goodly amount of evan-gelism continues in the Spanish language. Pastor Walther is currently instructing Abel & Mayra early on Thursday eve-nings, and Blanca late on Monday afternoons. (Blanca brings a lot of children with her to St. Mark’s School!) In January, Pastor Walther made one of his twice-yearly pil-grimages to Luther Prep—this time to invite Spanish 2 stu-dents to visit our worship services this semester. Spanish 3 students received their official invitation for the year in the first semester. Meantime, along with the rest of the church, our Spanish lan-guage congregation observes Epiphany. This year that in-volves a study of Jesus’ miracles and discourses, as recorded by St. John.

Visit Germany...

You are invited to join a Sept 1, 2014, 10 day tour of Germany, highlighting the places of the Reformation which celebrates its 500th Anniversary in 2017. Beat the crowds, and maybe the prices, by going now. In addition to the places of the Reformation, (Eisleben, Eisenach, Erfurt, Wartburg, Worms and Wittenberg), you will also visit Munich, Oberammergau, Rothenburg, Berlin and more. The tour will be hosted by retired pastor Eugene Kock, who will be making his 9th tour there. For more information, contact [email protected] or phone 1-608-318-1079. Large dis-

counts are offered for early enroll-

ments.

Camp Wyalusing Camp will run from July 13-18, 2014. Camp Wyalusing is run solely by WELS members for the purpose of sharing God's word with children ages 8-14 (going into 9th grade) at Wyalusing State Park one week each Summer. If you have any questions, please contact our director, Pastor Paul Vander Galien at [email protected] or 920-927-5353.

HELP WANTED

We are still in need of a few addi-tional volunteers to help with vacu-uming the church and parish cen-ter on Monday mornings. If you are able to help, please contact Tim Fredrick at 261-8566 or email him at [email protected] or call AJ Ritschke @ 390-0167 or email him at [email protected] .

Pastoral Acts/Membership Updates - Women’s Retreat - Contacts

Baptisms... Birth Baptism Parents

Isla Ruby Willmann 10-28-13 1-5-14 Michael & Dena (Brugger) Willmann

Funerals… Date of Death Funeral

Ronald Uhlhorn 1-5-14 1-9-14 Antje Braatz 1-7-14 1-11-14 Elizabeth (Betty) Hall 1-11-14 1-16-14

Membership:

Transfers In: Kathy Eickmann, Brianna Stangler & 2 children Transfers Out: David & Jan Zimmerman, Dan Hahn, Gary & Bethany Winkler, Tim Dittman Confirmation: Julia Dowd, Jacob Dunbar, Liam Dunbar, Lupe & Eunice Ollarzabal & 2 children

Profession of Faith: Matt Dunbar Removed: Kim Sommer & child, Amber McCarty, Aaron Sommer, Rachel Heller

Admin., Outreach/Discipleship - Pastor James Werner (262-8506) [email protected]

Education & Youth - Pastor Michael Jensen (262-8505) [email protected]

Hispanic Outreach & Elders - Pastor Karl Walther (262-8504) [email protected]

Spanish Deacon - Dale Hella (285-6261)

Church Administrative Assistant - Linda Stark (262-8500) [email protected]

Church Accountant - Barb Bartz (262-8500 Ext. 224) [email protected]

Church/School Maint. Mgr. - A.J. Ritschke (262-8501 Ext. 304) [email protected]

Christian Counselor - Ron Paynter (920-723-4283)

10th Annual Women’s Retreat : St. Lucas Lutheran School/Hoenecke Hall

Saturday, March 1st 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM Fee: $17 - includes AM refreshments, lunch & presentations

Speakers: Pastor Mark Jeske from Time of Grace

Joey Schumann of The Lutheran Ceili Orchestra (& live performance) Amanda Rose from The Holy Henhouse Blog

Early sign-up and questions: Lynn Garvey at 262-626-4749

Registration forms are available in the St. Mark’s Church Office Register early!

Ladies Aid - LLHS - OWLS - Mommy and Me - 2014 Bible Study

Ladies Aid…

Join us on Thursday, February 6th for lunch at 1 PM. Pastor Jensen will present a Pastor Topic; then stay to find out what’s happening in Watertown, as Mayor John David fills us in. The monthly business meeting and election will follow. Just a reminder...Last month’s meeting was canceled, so the February committee will serve.

St. Mark’s Mommy and Me Group

2nd Tuesday of the month

9:30 -11:00 AM Parish Center: Room B1

Some months they might meet at an outdoor location, but will notify participants at least a month in ad-vance if meeting elsewhere.

Contact: Deborah Koeck [email protected]

(920) 206-1711 ...or visit our Facebook page

St. Mark's Mommy & Me Playgroup

Sunday Bible Studies We thank God for the many people that he has brought to St. Mark’s who have the gift of teaching and who have consented to conduct one of our Sunday Bible studies in the second semester. Sunday Bible studies are held in room B-2 of the Parish Center every Sunday at 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. We encourage more of our members to take advantage of this opportunity in the New Year to gather with fellow believers to study and discuss the Word of our God. Coming in FEBRUARY, Pastor David Dolan will lead the Sunday Bible Study Classes. These classes will be on “The Unique Book of JAMES — “Faith in Action.” Often one of the major criticisms people have about Christians is that so many seem to be hypocritical. The letter of JAMES speaks to this criticism by focusing on the subject of “FAITH IN ACTION.” After a brief introduction, in our 4-week study we will look at such topics as the following: Action in Trials and Temptations; Action in Being Both Hearers and Doers’ Action in Not Showing Favoritism; Ac-tion in Controlling Your Tongue; and Action in Patience and Prayer. We encourage you to join us starting Feb. 2nd.

February 2-23 Selections from James Rev. David Dolan March 2-23 TBA Rev. Kurt Lueneburg March 30-April 13 Creation vs. Evolution Mr. Jon Nelson May 4, 18, 25 TBA Rev. Tim Mueller May 11 TBA TBA

OWLS…

The next meeting of the Rock River Area Owls will be February 18th at 1:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Fort Atkinson. The guest speaker will be Pastor Michael Duncan, who will speak about our mission work in Pakistan. Pastor Duncan is eminently qualified to speak on this topic since he oversees this work on behalf of our Syn-od. The ladies of St. Paul's will serve refreshments following the meeting. Members and non-members of the Owls are cordially invited. If you would like a ride, please meet in the church parking lot at 12:30 p.m. Jim Lillo, Pres.

Lakeside Lutheran High School

For the latest happenings at LLHS, visit the website at www.llhs.org. Read or download the info!

Memorials

Memorials – for St. Mark’s Church, School, Missions, School Building Fund, the ROC, St. Mark’s Scholarship Fund, etc. These memorials have been given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of

the following:

Antje Braatz

Arline Hildebrandt, Everett & Marleen Borth, Cathy King, Gerald & Anita Hahn, Mr. & Mrs. Dan Dittmann, Lee & Ruth Dahlberg, Ellen Geiger, Rev. & Mrs. Kurt Lueneburg, Roger & Bette Hop-mann, Mr. & Mrs. John Schlom-mer, Terry & Beth Lundsten, Jim & Karen Huhn, Joanne Hemker, Ron & Joyce Zwieg, Judy Quam, Ray & Erla Nickels, Eileen Gutzdorf, Dick & Sandy Kren, Sylvia Tester, Rev. & Mrs. Myron Kell, David & Carol May, Rev. & Mrs. James Werner, Erich & Helen Zellmer,, Sandy Radloff, Rev. & Mrs. Charles Iles, Ruth Lange, Betty Huebner, Chris & Carol Deme-tropoulos, Jerry & Betty Lillge, Marie Dobbratz, Yvonne Haber-mann, Mr. & Mrs. Dan Wieden-hoeft, Hilde Kijewski, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Heese, Linda Stark, Elaine & Fred Hoppe, Mr. & Mrs. David Werner, Mr. & Mrs. Dale Henning, Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Bartz, Mr. & Mrs. Eric Schloesser, Sharon Storrs, Mr. & Mrs. Delbert Maass, Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Lohr, Mr. & Mrs. Paul Schuett, Fred Sievert, Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Steindorf, Lois Harke, Suzanne Herzog, Larry & Yvonne Schuett. Gregory & Pame-la Smith

We apologize for any names

missing or misspelled.

Elizabeth “Betty” Hall

Cathie King, Irene Mueller, Jeffrey & Heather Fortmann, Bernard & Darlene Nicodemus, Elaine Wichert, Diane Haseleu, Joan Rick-erman, Hilde Kijewski, Randy & Gloria Kuckkan, Audrey Scharp

Edwin Hollatz

Gerald & Cheryl Heiman

Gordon Jacobs

John & Barb Kaliebe, George & Marilyn Hackbarth, Linda Stark

June Knorr

Merle Zastrow

Kenny Kohls

Tim & Deb King

Gertrude Kuester

Kerri & Garth Rezek, Linda & Ronald Rezek, Joanne Ebert, Rev. & Mrs. Sharyl Iles, Dick & Sandy Kren, Sylvia Bityan

Joe Ready

Mike & Bev Holzhueter

Ruth Steinhorst

Mary Affeld

Pastor Ron Uhlhorn

Ray & Erla Nickels, Suzanne Her-zog, George & Marilyn Hackbarth, Gerald & Anita Hahn, Cathie King

Phyllis Uttech

Suzanne Herzog

Don Wille

Jeanne Wille & children, Scott & Amy

Matthew Young

Ray & Erla Nickels, David & Carol May

Gifts given to Church...

In honor of Bertha Eyre’s 75th Birth-day on January 8th, her family gave a gift to the church.

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Saturday Photo Hours: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

HOW DO I SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT? Sign-up will start at the beginning of February

You can sign up 2 ways:

1) Before or after church 2) Follow the scheduling link on our website:

www.stmarkslutheran.org – select Church

HELP US MAKE THIS DIRECTORY COMPLETE!

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We Need Photos!!

If you have photos of any church activities/events from the last few years - please drop them off at the office. We may use them for the activity pages at the beginning of our new directory. We can’t promise to return them, so be sure to keep a copy!

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1 5-8:30PM: Pre-

Marriage Seminar

(MP) (session #1)

6PM Church Service

Mission Festival

2 Mission Festival

Church Services

7:30, 9:00 & 10:45AM

9/10:30AM Bible Study 9AM Kids 4 Christ

1:30-4PM: Pre-

Marriage Seminar

(MP) (session #2)

6:30PM Spanish Ser.

3

6PM Schl. Min. Bd. 7PM Praise Singers 7PM Adult Handbells 7PM Women’s Bible Study (B3) 7PM Leadership Bible Study (Schl) 8PM Standing Bds

4 12:10 “Let’s Do

Lunch” (PC) 7PM AA Mtg (B1)

5 10AM Golden Living 2:30 Highland House 3:45 Gr. 6-7 Catechism 7PM Bible Info Class

7PM Church Service

6 6AM Dawn Patrol (MP) 9AM/4PM Bible Class (B2) 1PM Ladies Aid (MP) 7PM Chorale

7

8 6-8:30PM: Pre-

Marriage Seminar

(MP) (session #3)

6PM Church Service

9 Church Services

7:30, 9:00 & 10:45AM


1:30-4PM: Pre-

Marriage Seminar

(MP) (session #4)

6:30PM Spanish Ser.

10 9:50AM WHS C2

7PM Praise Singers 7PM Adult Handbells 7PM Ministry Council (Schl)

11 12:10 “Let’s Do


12

10:15AM Marquardt 3:45 Gr. 6-7 Catechism

5:30 Pre-Communion

(Session 1)

7PM Bible Info Class

7PM Church Service

13 9AM /4PM Bible Class (B2) 10:30AM Zinzendorf 7PM Chorale

7PM Pre-Communion

(Session 1)

14

15 6PM Church Service

16 Church Services

7:30, 9:00 & 10:45AM

9AM Installation of

Capital Fund Volunteers


6:30PM Spanish Ser.

17

7PM Praise Singers 7PM Adult Handbells 7PM Women’s Bible Study (B3)

7PM Annual Voters

Meeting (MP)

18 12:10 “Let’s

Do Lunch” (PC)

1:30 Rock River Owls Meet at St. Paul’s/Fort Atkinson 7PM AA Mtg (B1)

19 10AM Golden Living 3:45 Gr. 6-7 Catechism

5:30 Pre-Communion

(Session 2)

7PM Bible Info Class

7PM Church Service

20 6AM Dawn Patrol (MP) 9AM/4PM Bible Class (B2) 7PM Chorale

7PM Pre-Communion (Session 2)

21 NO SCHOOL

22 9AM Altar Guild

Mtg. (B1)

6PM Contemporary

Church Service

23 Church Services

7:30, 9:00 & 10:45AM

9/10:30AM Bible Study 6:30PM Spanish Ser.

24

10A-3PM Circuit Mtg.

@ St. Paul’s/Lake

Mills

7PM Praise Singers 7PM Adult Handbells 7PM Caregivers Support Group (B2)

25 12:10 “Let’s Do


26 10:15 Marquardt

3:45 Gr. 6-7 Catechism

5:30 Pre-Communion

(Session 3)

7PM Bible Info Class 7PM Church Service

Capital Fund

Kickoff

27 9AM/4PM Bible

Class (B2)

10:30AM Zinzendorf 7PM Chorale

7PM Pre-Communion (Session 3)

28 NO SCHOOL

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February 2014- St. Mark’s Ev. Lutheran Church Calendar

215 N. 6th Street, Watertown, WI 53094 – Phone (920)-262-8500

December 2011-

FEDeration CONnection

February 2014a publication of Lakeside Lutheran High School

Volume 3 : Issue 6

Events to NoteFeb. 2 ........ Giving Society Chili Dinner | 12–1:30 PM

Pops Concert/LES Visual Arts | 2 PMMPO Semi-Annual Meeting a!er concert

Feb. 3–7 ...................................... Winter Carnival WeekFeb. 3 ............ Capitol Conf. Forensics Meet @ Waterloo

Feb. 5 .............. Math Meet @ Madison West | 4:15 PMWSMA Piano recital at LLHS | 6:30 PM

Feb. 6–8 ...............................Winter Focus Trip to MLCFeb. 8 ..................Grand Event 2014: Mission Possible!Feb. 9 ..............A Cap Peace, Sun Prairie | 8/10:30 AMFeb. 13 ...Last night to help a Music student fundraiseFeb. 14 .................................. Winter Dance at LakesideFeb. 16 ............A Cap St. John, Waterloo | 8/10:30 AMFeb. 17 ....................... No classes | Kinderfest 9-11 AM.............................................Board of Regents | 6:30 PMFeb. 21–23 .........................LES Basketball TournamentFeb. 22 ........... WSMA Conference Festival at Lodi HSFeb. 23 ............ A Cap St. John, Je$erson | 8/10:30 AM

Feb. 24 ......................................... General Board | 7 PM

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L I S T E N I N G 2 . 0Last month, this column highlighted good listening as a means for Christians to o$er correction through the law, forgiveness through the gospel, and encouragement “toward love and good deeds” (Hebrews 10:24).

%is month our attention remains on listening, focusing on a particular aspect of good listening: discernment. Discernment is the art of making detailed judgments about your experiences.

Not surprisingly, discernment and its root discern appear repeatedly in the Bible. Each occurrence is connected to wisdom or the fear of the Lord. Believers with discernment recognize wisdom, value it, and desire it in their lives. %erefore, discernment is a highly-prized commodity in a believer’s life.

%e Lord appeared to David’s son, Solomon, and o$ered him whatever he wanted. Solomon could have requested wealth, fame, a long life or another earthly blessing. Instead, he said, “Give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and distinguish between right and wrong” (1 Kings 3:8). Realizing his own sinfulness, Solomon asked God for a blessing to his entire kingdom: a ruler with a discerning heart, able to make decisions based on the absolutes of God and his Word. “%e Lord

was pleased” with his request, and also granted him riches, fame, and the o$er of a long life.

First and foremost to believers, discernment is hearing God speak through his Word. %e psalmist said, “Give me discernment that I may understand your statutes” (119:125). Paul also prayed for the Philippians that they might “be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ” (1:10).

From God’s Word, it is apparent that discernment is valuable, produces good, and should be desired by every believer. God, make us not only good listeners, but discerning ones, too!

Mr. Jim Grasby is principal of Lakeside Lutheran High School; his column is featured in every FedCon. Reach him at 920.648.2321 x 2204 or [email protected]

PRINCIPAL’S PEN

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school news and notes: Mr. Kuehl on students and overcoming fears togetherWhat follows is second in a series of faculty and sta" responses when asked why they’re thankful to serve at your Lakeside, with stories of what they’ve seen in the lives of students that demonstrates the distinct value of the investment of time and resources for the families who choose LLHS for their children..

Dan Kuehl teaches Language Arts classes, including Speech 1, required for Juniors

Coming back to Lakeside [Mr. Kuehl taught at LLHS from 1992–99, then returned in 2003] was a blessing I never envisioned. %e Federation “family” takes pride in the school, and we have a special place in the community and surrounding area. %e relationships so many students and teachers develop are life-long.

Taking Speech class is a de*nite “fear” for some students. One young man in one particular year was particularly dreading it. He did what he could ahead of time to see if there was any way he could avoid it. Ultimately, there was no escape.

I could see him trembling and hear his voice quivering even during the short, introductory sentence or two the students spoke aloud on day one. When it

was time to give his *rst real speech, he paused repeatedly, became red-faced and stammered his way through a few minutes in front of the class. It was probably the longest three minutes of his life.

What makes this situation memorable were his classmates. During his *rst speech, no one laughed, smirked or did anything other than look at him attentively. When he *nished, they gave him a loud round of applause and words of encouragement.

Not only could you see his relief, but his con*dence began to build. Each progressive speech was a little better. By the end of the semester, he actually looked forward to speeches. %is trembling beginner had become a comfortable, con*dent guy!

%is incident is not unusual.

One of the greatest blessings I have observed at Lakeside is the Christian love students show toward each other. Whether someone is going through a di+cult or challenging time or whether he or she is celebrating a joy in life, other students always seem to be there to support, encourage, or rejoice with each other.

God’s love is very much evident in our students!

Forensics: more than 10% of students have fun, win awards as they build priceless life skill%e season has just begun for the Lakeside Lutheran Forensic Team, and hopes are high…with good reason. Our team, under the coaching of Mr. Steve Lauber, has an history of excellence, ranking in the top 5% of teams in the state each year since 2010. At the April 2013 Wisconsin High School Forensic Association (WHSFA) State Speech Festival at UW Madison, our team placed second among 356 teams.

%e season begins early second semester as the team is chosen and students begin to work on their selections. %e formal season starts with the challenging Brook*eld and DeForest Tournaments in late January, and moves through conference, sub-district and district meets, along with other opportunities for the orators to sharpen their chops. It ends at the state meet in April.

Lakeside is especially blessed to have such a large number of students interested in being part of this energetic, life-skill building co-curricular. Mr. Lauber has a full team

with 35-40 students practicing in their specialties. %e speaking categories Warrior orators compete in include:

! Moments in History: a 6-min original informative speech about a designated time period (this year is “the 70s”)

! Farrago: a 10-min. presentation that uses a collage of genres (poetry, stories, speeches, etc) to communicate a theme or emotion

! Demonstration: 10-min. instructive speech that includes the physical activity itself

! 4 minute: speech on a contemporary American problem

! Informative: speech must be an original composition

! Special Occasion: max 8-min on a pre-selected theme that speaks to a speci"c audience (this year’s choices are “Family Reunion Speech,” an “Award Acceptance,” or “Cemetery Rededication Speech”)

! 8 Minute: speech like 4-min. but must propose solution or urge adoption of a policy

! Prose: reading that involves emotion (e.g., short stories, soliloquies, theme essays)

! Solo Acting: humorous or serious memorized skit that uses no props, only a chair

! Poetry: 8-min. reading to connote strong emotion

! Group Playacting: a group of 2–5 students act out a 10-min. play

! Radio Broadcasting: requires editing 15 min. of content to 5-min. newscast & commercial, precisely timed

! Public Address: same as 8-min. oratory, but state determines topics (this year is Cyber Bullying, Working Conditions, Legalization of Marijuana or Private School Vouchers)

! Storytelling: memorized telling using voices of state-determined topic (stories this year from or about Africa, about a Game or Competition, about Mismatched or Unlikely Love or about Coming of Age)

%e top 25 performers will represent Lakeside at the State Meet in whichever categories Mr. Lauber believes they are the most competitive. Informative, precise, funny, touching, even scary...if you get a chance to hear our orators, don’t miss it!Honor one another above yourselves. Rom. 12:10

St. Mark’s February 2014

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Worship 6pm

2 3 4 Chapel 8:10am 5

6 7 8 Worship 7:30; 9:00;

10:45am

Omega Choir Sings

10:45am

LLHS Visual Arts Fair

& Pops Concert 2pm

BOSM 5pm

Basketball Practice

LPS Freshman BB at

SMLS 6pm

Basketball Practice

Booster Mtg 6:30pm

Worship 7:00pm

Basketball Practice

Basketball Practice

6:30PM: Sports

Meeting (Commons)

7PM: Internet Safety

Meeting (Commons)

BB @ St. Paul’s Lake

Mills

Worship 6pm

9 10 11 Chapel 8:10am 12 13 14 15 Worship 7:30; 9:00;

10:45am

Grades K,1,2 Sing 9am

(Igl, Bock, Hefemeister)

Faculty Meeting 3:30-

4:30pm

Church Council 7pm

Basketball Practice

Library Meeting 6pm

Basketball Practice

Pre-Communion #1

5:30pm

Worship 7:00pm

Basketball Practice

Lion’s Pride P.M.

Team Building

LPS Open House

grs. 5-8 @ 5:30pm

Pre-Communion #1

7:00pm

Basketball Practice

BLAC BB Tournament BLAC BB Tournament

Grades 5&6 Sing 6pm

Worship 6pm

16 17 18 Chapel 8:10am 19 20 21 22 Worship 7:30; 9:00;

10:45am

BLAC BB Tournament

LLHS Kinderfest

9-11am


4:30pm

SMLC Annual Voters

Meeting 7pm

Basketball Practice

6 Quarter BB Game

Time: TBA

Pre-Communion #2

5:30pm

LPS Phoenix for a Day

(All area 5th graders)

Worship 7:00pm

Basketball Practice

Calendar Committee

6pm

LPS Open House

grs. 5-8 @ 5:30pm

Pre-Communion #2

7:00pm

Basketball Practice

NO SCHOOL

Lakeside LES

BB Tournament

Lakeside LES

BB Tournament

Worship 6pm

23 24 25 Chapel 8:10am 26 27 28

Worship 7:30; 9:00;

10:45am

Grades Pre K 3,4, & K

Sing 9am

Lakeside LES

BB Tournament


4:30pm

Basketball Practice

Basketball Practice Pre-Communion #3

5:30pm

Basketball Practice

Worship 7:00pm

Picnic Committee

6:30pm

Pre-Communion #3

7:00p

Basketball Practice

A Boy’s BB

Tournament

St. Paul’s Ixonia

NO SCHOOL

CWLPC Curriculum

Conference

A Boy’s BB

Tournament

St. Paul’s Ixonia

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