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“For everything there is a season,

and a time for every matter under

heaven.”

This well-known passage from

Ecclesiastes 3:1 reminds us that

there are different times for

everything we do. Right now at

Kinsmen, as we are cleaning up from Camp Hope and

gearing up for the Fall, we are reminded from this passage

that there is “a time to break down, and a time to build up.”

We are building up for the fall, but there were a lot of

exciting things that happened this summer in the life of the

church: the official launch of our Capital Campaign “In the

Community…for Good,”[1] the Germany Reformation trip,

the interviewing of community leaders to help us with our

Long Range Vision, the formation of a call committee for a

Spanish speaking pastor,[2] the time spent at Lutherhill camp,

the training of leaders for Camp Hope, the launch, three

weeks, and conclusion of Camp Hope,[3] and the

volunteering and participating in the ELCA youth gathering,[4]

Wow! What a summer!

Now we are building up and getting ready for the fall!

Teachers and students will be returning to school. Sunday

school and confirmation will resume. On August 18th and

19th we invite all to bring their backpacks and briefcases to

worship for a simple blessing.[5]

Pastor’s word But there will be some other “building up” at church I don't

want you to miss! Many of the things we are planning

have to do with our Strategic Plan. For instance, as part of

the “Expanding Community of Hope” initiative, there will

be a new Community of Hope training beginning this

month. As part of the “Create a Discipleship Path”

initiative, a group will be going to an Alpha training

seminar on Aug. 4, so they can learn to be leaders this

Fall.[6] As part of the “Communicate our Faith Stories”

initiative, we will launch a small group series in September

that will help all of us share our own faith stories better.

To “Establish a Spanish Ministry,” the newly formed call

committee will be seeking initial funding and candidates

from the Synod and Churchwide sources. The community

partners we are working with on God’s Work Our Hands

Sunday are all part of our efforts to “Implement a

Partnership Model” for our Outreach team.[7]

There are many other things being built up as well, but

this is just a snapshot of the exciting mission and work

God is calling us to do together this Fall. If this is the time

God is calling you to jump in and get involved, we need

you! Let me (or any of us on staff) know that now is the

time and season for you to help build up the body of

Christ at Kinsmen!

Grace and Peace

Beth Warpmaeker

Senior Pastor

[1] For the Capital Campaign update, see page 9. [2] For the Call Committee update, see page 10. [3] For the Camp Hope report, see page 6. [4] For the Youth Gathering report, see page 7. [5] For Blessing of Backpacks and Briefcases, see page 11. [6] For information about attending an Alpha leadership training, see page 4. [7] For the God’s Work. Our Hands. Article, see page 11.

(We will also be sharing stories from the Youth Gathering on Aug. 25/ 26 which is God’s Work. Our Hands.

Weekend.)

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Kinsmen’s Long Range Vision:

Seek love and embrace all in our community by building

relationships, sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and

communicating our faith stories.

2018 Priorities:

Grow Disciples and Strengthen Community Relationships

through:

Expanding Community of Hope

Involving Community Children & Youth

Launching Neighborhood Missional Groups

Engaging Young Adults

Building Spanish Ministry Outreach

Increasing Cultural Understanding

Communicating Faith Stories

As we reach the final stages of our capital campaign launch, we are excited to report that thanks to your tremendous

generosity, the campaign has been a huge success both financially, and spiritually in that it has brought our Kinsmen

family together for a common purpose.

As a reminder, the In the Community … for Good campaign was launched to enable us to:

Attain financial health for our ministry,

Improve the facility to serve our ministry needs, and

Implement our vision for the future which can be summarized as growing new worship communities by increasing

generational and cultural diversity, and growing our discipleship through focused outreach and communication.

As of July 14, 2018, we have received more than 176 commitment cards and these pledges, coupled with cash

donations, total more than $1.3 million. We have now exceeded our goal for the number of pledges received, and we

stand within striking distance of our financial objective of $1.5 million. We are continuing to accept commitments and

trust that the Holy Spirit will lead us to the point where we can fully fund our three strategic initiatives.

We thank God for the generous gifts we have received and pray that He will continue to inspire us as we begin to put

these gifts to work In the Community … for Good.

The planning has begun. This year is Kinsmen’s 9th Annual Community Thanksgiving Feast. We will be

serving a Thanksgiving meal complete with all the trimmings on November 22 from 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM.

Before eating the big Thanksgiving meal, we will have the 7th Annual 5K/10K Run/Walk For Your Turkey

that morning. If you would like to help with the planning stages, please contact Lynnae Schatz

(lschatz@kinsmenlutheran.org).

Community Thanksgiving Feast

Capital Campaign Theme (2018-2021): “In the Community…for Good”

Kinsmen Capital Campaign Progress Report

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It is our tradition at Kinsmen to collect a “Noisy Offering” that benefits a Mission Partner on the second Sunday of every

month. Miles may separate us, but we are united with our sisters and brothers in the Central African Republic (CAR)

through God’s grace and our common faith…and the work we do together to share the Gospel. Our Noisy Offering this

month will go to our extended family in CAR so they might continue to be in THEIR COMMUNITY FOR GOOD — to heal

the sick, establish small businesses, care for their livestock, build schools and churches and quench their thirst with clean

pure water. Thanks be to God and to you for your continued support and prayers. —Judy Biffle

In May 2018, the Kinsmen Church Council initiated the

formation of a call committee for a Spanish speaking

pastor. In June, the Council approved of the members

of the call committee. Below is an update from the newly

formed team:

I am Mike Nash and I am the chair of the Call

Committee for a Spanish-speaking Pastor. The Call

Committee is comprised of Mike Nash, Pastor Beth

Warpmaeker, Linda Martens, Sandra Gutierrez,

Update from the Call Committee Julie Mulkey, Adan Plata, Randy Bratsven, and Stephanie

McIntosh and we are honored for this opportunity to serve.

We have been meeting about every two weeks since the

beginning of June and have been busy preparing our

ROSE covenant which will be used by the ELCA leadership

to select potential pastors that might be the right fit for

Kinsmen. This has been an excellent opportunity to summarize

what Kinsmen is about and why we as a church feel it is time

to send out a call for a Spanish-speaking Pastor. In our

deliberations and our discernment we have come up against

potential barriers and promising reasons why a Spanish-speaking

ministry is right for Kinsmen. We have recognized that this

process will only work if those of us on the Call Committee are

hearing and listening from the Kinsmen community and I

encourage you to seek us out and let us know your thoughts,

concerns and prayers and allow us to share in this exciting

call process we have started upon.

Yours in Christ,

The Kinsmen Spanish-speaking Pastor Call Committee

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GLIMPSES OF GRACE MAY/JUNE 2018

Noisy Offering/NAM $1,722.25

Noisy Offering/ELCA Literacy $1,105.07

Sunday School Donation/NAM $34.88

Community of Hope $92.00

General Mission Support $17,188.97

Designated Mission Support $585.40

Life Center $1600.00

KCA Scholarships $348.00

Naomi/Upbring $95.00

Outreach/Greenwood Forest Elem. $100.00

TXLa/Lutheran World Relief $100.00

TXLa/World Hunger $45.00

MAY/JUNE TOTAL $23,016.57

Y-T-D TOTAL $74,193.82

GLIMPSES OF SHARING GRACE:

CARE MINISTRY

JUNE/JULY 2018

Flower Delivery 68

Prayer Shawl 2

grace

Glimpses

KINSMEN BUDGET UPDATE - CHURCH ONLY

Operating Highlights for May

Budget Actual Variance

Total Income 136,618 131,396 (5,222)

Total Expenses (136,393) (150,962) (14,569)

Net 226 (19,566) (19,791)

Operating Highlights for June

Budget Actual Variance

Total Income 124,147 113,515 (10,631)

Total Expenses (137,970) (122,903) 15,067

Net (13,823) (9,387) 4,436

Year-to-date through June

Total Income 796,653 775,400 (21,253)

Total Expense (798,664) (795,597) 3,067

Net (2,011) (20,197) (18,186)

Giving Update through June

Thankoffering Budget Actual Variance

Month-to-Date 95,628 86,048 (9,580)

Year-to-Date 612,715 576,037 (36,678)

Total Pledges 107

Against Pledge 103

Over Paid Pledge —

Non-Pledged 215

Total Households

Giving 318

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Carrier, Michael 8/1

Cobb, Derrick 8/1

Hanson, Eric 8/1

Hurtado, Beth 8/1

Williams, Victoria 8/1

Zeornes, Angela 8/1

Dunnam, Amy 8/2

Mueller, Willa 8/2

Nash, Aidan 8/2

Rouser, Frank 8/2

Clark, Joseph 8/3

Blanda, Lorie 8/4

Kulhanek, Jana 8/5

Miller, Rick 8/5

Timmerman, Marianne 8/5

Beecher, Patrick 8/6

Cobb, Tyler 8/6

Edwards, Jessica 8/6

Reder, Lisa 8/6

Williams, Jason 8/6

Ferguson, Rachel 8/7

Wells, Zachary 8/7

Zochert, Riston 8/7

Banik, Hope 8/8

Cox, Kenneth 8/8

Henze, John 8/8

Meyer, Sarah 8/8

O'Donnell, Joshua 8/8

Schulze, Richard 8/8

Brady, Jeffrey 8/9

Mc Intosh, Adair 8/9

Douglas, Bob 8/10

Sell, Thomas 8/10

Meyer, Angela 8/11

Meyer, Billy Joe 8/11

Mills, Victoria 8/11

Joyce, William 8/12

Peterson, Sandra 8/12

Blair, Adam 8/13

Rivera, Lauren 8/13

Wilson, Jake 8/13

Landgraf, Andrew 8/14

Lee, Reagan 8/14

Smith, Grover 8/14

Collins, Mary 8/15

Hines, Kailey 8/15

Mihalik, Jacqueline 8/15

Rosendale, Barry 8/15

Burton, Scott 8/16

De Leon, Destiney 8/16

Grobe, Daniel 8/16

Havran, R'Nay 8/16

Hilding, Pamela 8/16

Gillette, Jacob 8/17

Orosco, Dora 8/17

Pearce, Joe 8/17

Abt, Peter K. 8/18

Alderman, Amy 8/18

Gordon, Anthony 8/18

Leffel, James 8/18

Moseley, Gitta 8/18

Nott, Scott 8/18

Poorman, Lauren 8/18

Porter, Doug 8/18

Ray, Doug 8/18

Watson, Hunter 8/18

Wilson, Timothy 8/18

Strickler, Kelly 8/19

Bertelson, Gary 8/20

Blackbourn, Tyler 8/20

Matson, Vera 8/20

Merkel, Jennifer 8/20

Young, Colin 8/20

Yuen, Mike 8/20

Ebner, Nola 8/21

Hammonds, Carol 8/21

Klein, Corey 8/21

Monrad, Elissa 8/21

Smith, Jaime 8/21

Sutter, Daniel 8/21

Fanaff, Alan 8/22

Garcia, Michael 8/22

Garner, Summer 8/22

Moore, Brian 8/22

Lee, Roberta 8/23

Mueller-Jarosh, Ian 8/23

Zoril, Molly 8/23

Clark, Janet 8/24

Hahn, Martha 8/24

Schmeisser, Pete 8/24

Wittenberg, Nadine 8/24

Holsberg, Jake 8/25

Lowe, Meghan 8/25

Rogers, Emma 8/25

Thompson, Doris 8/25

Van Deilen, Joseph 8/25

Chapman, Myrlene 8/26

Karker, George 8/26

Mc Coy, Kelsey 8/26

Clark, Cody 8/27

Rosseisen, Don 8/27

Smith, Diane 8/27

Watkins, Courtney 8/27

Anderson, Nathan 8/28

Baker, Emily 8/28

Hilpert, Spencer 8/28

Holloway, Benjamin 8/28

Hurst, Jonathan 8/28

LeMay, Grace 8/28

Mueller, Janet 8/28

Awbrey, Jason 8/29

Castaneda, Dina 8/29

Hall, Kennie 8/29

Robertson, Gary 8/29

Cooper, Tangie 8/30

Hyun, John 8/30

Mueller, Rich 8/30

Ray, Adelyn 8/30

Smith, Erik 8/30

Hilding, Randy 8/31

Kinney, Julie 8/31

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*This list is compiled from church records. If your name is missing or the information listed above is

incorrect, please notify the church office. (jhughes@kinsmenlutheran.org)