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TRINITY LUTHERAN 4560 Glendale Avenue Toledo, OH 43614

Newsletter

April, 2016

You are cordially invited to join us each Sunday for worship at 8:00, 10:30 or 10:45.

Please see the attached April calendar for a schedule of events and join us!

NEXT NEWSLETTER DEADLINE IS the 20TH OF THE MONTH AT 5:00 PM.

The Mission of Trinity Lutheran is Sharing Jesus Christ through Worship, Education, and Fellowship

Website: www.trinitylutheran.org Dial-A-Devotion: 419.385.AMEN (2636) FAX: 419.385.2636

Sunday Worship at 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. ..................................................... Holy Communion on First, Third and Fifth Sundays Wednesday Worship at 7:00 p.m. .............................................................. Holy Communion on First and Third Wednesdays Contemporary Worship on Sundays at 10:45 a.m. .......................... Holy Communion on Second, Fourth and Fifth Sundays

Adult Bible Class and Sunday School at 9:15 a.m. Office Phones --- 419.385.2651 or 419.385.2301

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

2:00—6:00 Girls Day

Out! - 8th Grade

Fundraiser (Gym)

3 Second Sunday of Easter

8 & 10:30 Traditional/Comm.

8:45 Contemporary Rehearsal

9:15 Sun. School/ Bible Study

10:45 Contemporary Worship

6:00 Men’s CRHP Mtg.

4

Pastors’ Circuit Mtg.

7:00 Women’s Bible

Study

5

6 - 7:30pm Kindergarten

Open House

6:30 Trustees

6 7:00 am Women’s Prayer

8:25 Chapel

9:45 Bible Study

5:30 Praise Team Rehearsal

5:30 Confirmation

7:00 Worship/Comm.

8:00 - 10:00 Men’s Basketball

7

9:00 Quilters

7:00 Bible Class

7:30 Adult Choir Rehearsal

8

High School Youth

Lockout 6:00—12:00

9

8:00—Noon Trustee

Grounds Day (mulch)

10 Third Sunday of Easter

8 & 10:30 Traditional Worship



10:45 Contemporary/Comm.


11

5:00—8:00 Chick Fil -A

Night


Study

12

6-7:30 Middle School Open

House

6:00 Elders Meeting

7:30 Council Meeting


8:25 Chapel

9:45 Bible Study


5:30 Confirmation

7:00 Worship


14

9:00 Quilters

6 - 7:30 Preschool Open

House

7:00 Bible Class

7:30 Adult Choir Rehearsal

15

16

8:00 am Sammy’s Diner

17 Fourth Sunday of Easter

8 & 10:30 Traditional/Comm.



10:45 Contemporary Worship


18


Study

7:00 School Board

19

1:00 FC Games

6:30 Trustees


8:25 Chapel

9:45 Bible Study


5:30 Confirmation

7:00 Worship/Comm.


21

10:00 Friendship Circle

7:00 Bible Study

22

23

24 Fifth Sunday of Easter

8 & 10:30 Traditional Worship


9:15 Sun. School/Bible Study

10:45 Contemporary/Comm.

5:00—7:00 Black Cloister

Table Talk


25

6:30 Comfort Dog


Study

26

1:30 Prayer Shawl

7:00 Assembly of Kits in

Music Room


8:25 Chapel

9:45 Bible Study

1:00 Kit Assembly (Music

Room)


5:30 Confirmation

7:00 Worship


28

9:00 Quilters

7:00 Bible Class

7:30 Choir Rehearsal

29 30

Traditional Worship Services are Sundays at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m., and 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday evenings; Contemporary Worship is Sundays at 10:45 in the gym. Communion is celebrated on the 1st and 3rd Sundays & Wednesdays in the traditional services and 2nd and 4th Sundays in the Contemporary service. When there is a 5th Sunday in the month, we offer communion at all services.

April

Jr. High Youth—Tool Time/Ann Arbor

Men’s CRHP Retreat

Saturday & Sunday

TLS Spring Musical/ Thursday & Friday 7:00pm

Men’s CRHP Retreat

Setup

Trinity Lutheran Newsletter

Newsletter Date April 1, 2016

RESURRECTION – HERE AND NOW!

In one of his lighter moments, Benjamin Franklin penned his own epitaph. Franklin didn't profess to be a believing Christian; his writings and works confessed the faith of a deist, a believer in a clock-maker type God, who made the universe and has left it alone for each of us to make our way with what is given to us. Franklin’s beliefs are similar to many in our world today. Although Franklin wasn’t a church member or attender, his epitaph seems to indicate that he had been influ-enced by the Christian message of the resurrection. Here's the epitaph he wrote for himself:

"The body of B. Franklin, printer, like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stripped of its lettering and gilding, lies here, food for worms, but the work shall not be wholly lost: For it will, as he believ'd, appear once more in a new & more perfect edition, corrected and amended by the author."

While this is a thoughtful epitaph, it reveals that Franklin did believe in a clock-maker type god who has left us alone in this life. Franklin’s faith was in a god who makes new, makes perfect, corrects and amends a person’s life only after death. Such is the faith of many people, but such faith rejects everything about Jesus Christ – the Son of God. HOW, YOU ASK?

The virgin birth, the life, the suffering and death, the burial, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of the “Author” are all the works of the “Author” in the here and the now, not in the here-after. Jesus Christ came expressly for the purpose of making each person NEW. As the Author has written:

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ.” Second Corin-thians 5:17-18

In Holy Baptism the “Author” unites us with His Son – forgiving us our sin, our misprints, our torn pages, and the filthy illustrations found on the pages of our lives. In these waters, the “Author” gives faith with which we receive His grace that forgives us and consequently gives us a NEW LIFE. A life that is to be lived and enjoyed here and now and more in the hereafter.

With this NEW LIFE, the “Author” gave us His Holy Spirit who, through the “Author’s” Words, daily works our faith for the correcting and amending of our lives in the here and now according to the perfection we have received now and are daily receiving. To keep and work this newness, perfec-tion, and strengthening in us for the amending and correcting of our lives, the “Author” comes to us in the here and now through His Word. He also gives us the perfection and resurrected new-ness of His Son, through His Body and Blood in the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.

As things in the here and now can be most confusing and often unclear, we live this new life in the here and now according to the “Author’s” written instruction: “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.” Hebrews 12:2

The resurrection of Jesus Christ assures us that we don’t have to wait for the hereafter to enjoy the blessings of new life. Jesus’ bodily resurrection makes it beautifully plain that new life and God’s holy perfection are for us right here and right now – where the “Author’s” Words are pro-claimed in all their faithfulness and truth. The Lord bless you in your baptismal resurrection here in time and for all eternity.

In Christ’s Service and yours,

Pastor Love

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran

Church † LCMS 4560 Glendale Avenue

Toledo, OH 43614

Church Phone: 419-385-2651

School Phone: 419-385-2301

Fax: 419-385-2636

www.trinitylutheran.org

Sharing Christ through

Witness, Mercy and Life

Together

MEMORIALS

The following members have given a memorial in

memory of Miriam Meyer: Marlene Petrillo, Doug

& Sandy Ackerman, Helen Kieswetter, Mike & Jean

Thieroff, Ernie & Chris Spohn, Carol Norton and

the Friendship Circle.


memory of Madeline Liebich: Ernie & Chris

Spohn, Dick & Leora Stainbrook, Lillian Keller, Rog-

er & Ruth Ann Schlade, Al & Joanne Greene, Barry

& Grace Harris, Dick & Ellen Schave, Bill Zahs and

Walter & Janet Veres.

The following members have given a memorial to

the Comfort Dog Ministry in memory of Madeline

Liebich: Carol Norton, Bonnie Kranz, Dick & Leora

Stainbrook, Sue Blevins, Tom & Ruth Kasch, Dennis

& Brinn Kranz, John & Randi Quackenbush, Charles

& Judith Walker, Ray & Linda Lewis, Bill & Gayle

Freitag, Marie Keller, Fred & Darlene Scholl, Buck &

Eleanor Liebich, Don & Karen Notzka and Carl &

Carol Williams.

A donation to the Comfort Dog Ministry has been

made by Kathryn Plock in memory of her beloved

husband, John Plock and her father, Carl

Wechsel.

A donation to the Comfort Dog Ministry has been made

by Ted & Cheryl Sitchanoff in memory of Pastor Carr.

Dorothy Landskroener has donated memorials in

memory of Lydia Steensen’s daughter, Patricia Astore,

in memory of Edna Greenbaum’s daughter, Patricia

Rose, in memory of Lea Grau’s daughter, Cheryl Mor-

gan, and in memory of Robert & Doretta Perry’s son,

Doug Perry.

A donation has been made by Dick & Leora Stainbrook in

memory of Ginny Bonnough’s Mother.


memory of Charline Kucera: Lea Grau, Dick & Leora

Stainbrook, Don & Karen Notzka, Roger & Ruth Ann

Schlade, Lillian Keller, Trinity Quilters, Marie Keller, Edna

Greenbaum and Al & Joanne Greene.

A donation has been made to the Comfort Dog Ministry

by Carl & Carol Williams in memory of Charlene

Kucera.

A donation has been made to the Music Fund by Carl &

Carol Williams in memory of Russ Iverson and Miriam

Meyer.

A donation has been made to the Drager Fund by Myra

Zaenger in memory of Charline Kucera.

Pastor Love — April Bible Studies

Lutheran Table Talk To Begin!

Join Pastor Love as he leads a study through the Book of Concord starting Sunday, April 24th from 5:00—7:00 p.m. at the Black Cloister Brewing Company at 619 Mon-

roe St., Toledo (Corner of Erie & Monroe). Bring your Book of Concord and your

Bible. Copies of what we will be reading will be available if you don’t have a copy. You will be able to order dinner from an area restaurant and eat while you are

studying. We will be meeting once a month, usually the last Sunday of the month. Dates going forward are: May 22, June 26, July 24 and August 28th.

New Midweek Study—Freedom of a Christian

Pastor Love is also beginning a class on Thursday, April 7th from 7-8:30 p.m. that

will study Martin Luther’s TREATISE ON CHRISTIAN LIBERTY that examines the FREEDOM OF THE CHRISTIAN. We will be meeting in the Luther Room. Please

bring your Bible and join us. The Bible study will continue until Memorial Day.

We have just celebrated the greatest miracle ever to occur. The Son of God condescended to come to earth, to be humiliated for the sake of those He loves, and then to rise victoriously, the “first fruits of those who have fallen asleep” (1 Corinthians 15:20). We celebrate this miracle every Easter.

This is not a daylong miracle, however. The reality of Easter changes us forever. We no longer spend our days in hopelessness and defeat. We no longer go through our daily routines wondering, “is this all there is?” No, we are new creations through this miracle. We are now “more than conquerors through Him Who loved us.” (Romans 8:37)

This miracle is one to be shouted from the housetops, for it is meant not just for you and me, but for all humankind. That’s what the “Therefore” in the Great Commission (Matthew 28:20) means. Christ has died for our sins and risen again so that we might live forever with Him. He has authority to issue this command. ‘THEREFORE GO!’ Don’t keep this miracle a secret. Take time to tell it to your neighbors and friends. Use your talents to build up your church so that its mission and ministry might be enhanced. Spend your resources so that others are enabled to be [His] witnesses….to the ends of the earth. (Acts 18)

STEWARDSHIP ARTICLE

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TRINITY ’S F INANCIAL CORNER

Contributions

General

School Income

Other Income

Total

Expenses

Salaries-Benefits

Operations

Total

Net Income or (Loss)

February 29, 2016

$ 75,576

$ 42,476

$ 1,726

$119,778

$ 99,912

$ 13,746

$113,658

$6,119

Year To Date 2015-2016

$637,041

$337,044

$ 15,779

$989,864

$818,314

$215,780

$1,034,093

($44,229)

Capital Improvement Fund 2/29/2016

Funds Available: $72,485

Please note that this (loss) does not represent the full amount owed to our Designated Fund, which as of

February 29, 2016 is $169,549.45

Chick-fil-A Spirit Night Fundraiser. On Monday, April 11th from 5—8:00 p.m. join your fellow mem-

bers, friends and relatives at the Chick-fil-A on Airport Hwy. for a fundraising night of chicken for Trinity Lutheran School! Coupons will be available in the Viking Voice and the Church News and Notes; along

with the Welcome Centers and the Office. Plan for an evening of good food and fellowship and help our school at the same time!

Trinity Lutheran School Open Houses! Join us for the following TLS Open Houses in April:

Kindergarten Open House on April 5th at 6:00—7:30 p.m.;

Middle School Open House on April 12th from 6—7:30 p.m.; and

Pre-School Open House on April 14th from 6-7:30 . Plan now to join us and enroll your child at Trinity for a wonderful

Christian education!

Help Needed! We will need help in spreading mulch on the play-ground on April 9th between 8:00 and Noon. Please bring a rake or a

shovel to help move the mulch in place. Your help to support our chil-

dren and their playground is much appreciated!

Trinity Lutheran School Musical—The Word Connection will be presented on Thursday, April 21st and Friday, April 22nd from 7:00—

8:30 p.m. Please plan now to join us!

What: Growing Through Change

The Beauty of Mentoring

Blessed by God, we can be a Blessing to Others!

Change. It’s the one changeless element of human life. Year-to-year,

month-to-month, hour-to-hour – change is our constant companion. But so

is the changeless Christ! In Him we receive power to use change in positive

ways and to use our experiences with change as we encourage other women

who face changes and challenges we’ve already encountered. God’s Word

will lead us to repentance, to peace, to joy, to deeper transformation into

the image of Christ. (Romans 8:29)

When: Mondays, beginning April 4 at 7:00pm

(concluding before Memorial Day)

Who: Women of all ages

Women experiencing change (that’s all of us!)

Women at whatever stage of life you find yourself

Women, like you and me!

Where: Here at Trinity

Topics

The Changeless and the Changing - Thinking about God; thinking about me - James 1:17

Memories of the Past – Blessings of Christian mentors – Psalm 145:3-7

Here I Am – Who I am Today in Christ – Titus 2:3-5

Just As I Am – Vulnerability – 1 Thessalonians 2:6-8

A Helping Hand – Acceptance, Availability, Encouragement – Luke 1:39 – 45, 56

Where Do I Go from Here – The Challenge of Change – Ephesians 4:14-16

Dignity for Girls – Women’s Hygiene Kits Volunteer Seamstresses and Donations Needed for Kenyan Girls

In this country it seems we are constantly bombarded with advertising for personal hygiene products, but in many other countries those products may be non-existent, especially feminine hygiene products. Days for Girls is trying to change that in Kenya by producing washable feminine products. We have the opportunity to partner with several other congregations in the US to meet this need! Our second shipment of women’s hygiene kits will be sent at the end of

April. However we will continue to make these kits! We will have free and secure shipping through Orphan Grain and will be working directly with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya for distribution there. Following are ways you can contribute to this mission need. Products needed: Travel size bars of soap

Wash cloths – sturdy enough to last three years, but not too thick for efficient shipping and carrying

Actions needed: “Serging” – a special sewing technique for parts of the kits

Sewing – Right now we only need more cloth bags for the kits - simple patterns are available (In the long run, we need other items sewn, but just totes are needed now…) Kit assembly – Tuesday, April 26 at 7pm & Wednesday, April 27 at 1pm For more information, check out the website: www.DaysForGirls.org or contact Deaconess Mary Anne Hibbard. (Work: 419.385.2651 x 210 or Cell: 586.764.3561)

What – Assembling – Women’s Hygiene Kits When – Tuesday, April 26 at 7pm & Wednesday, April 27 at 1pm Come to one or both! Who: Young women in Kenya will benefit from this mission project through the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya Where: Assembling in the Music Room here at Trinity

FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE NEWS!

Come and be a part of the audience at the dress

rehearsal, as the students of

Trinity Lutheran School presents the musical

Created and Written by Ami Sandstrom Shroyer & Michael Shroyer

Thursday, April 21, 2016, 10:00 A.M.

(NOTE: This is one week later and AT an earlier time!)

Lunch afterwards at 606 N. McCord Rd, Toledo, OH

Carpooling from Trinity will be available after the show!

Reservations: Grace, 419-893-6763 or [email protected], by Sunday, April 17th.

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Two weeks later and ONE hour earlier!

Thursday, May 5, 2016, 10:30 A.M.

Enjoy a BRUNCH with friends at Sunrise Skillet, 1855 S. Reynold’s Rd, Toledo, just around the

corner, near Olive Garden Restaurant!

After eating, third through eighth grade students at Trinity

Lutheran School will entertain us with excerpts from their

evening’s Spring Musical Concert! Reservations: Grace, 419-893-6763 or

[email protected], by Sunday, May 1st.

mailto:[email protected]


LUTHERAN WOMEN’S MISSIONARY LEAGUE

MITES and MISSIONS

WITH THANKFUL HEARTS…Women of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) Ohio District

acknowledge your prayers and MITE offerings for their Mission Grant Goal. Mites received in March totaling $219.28

have been sent in to combine with Mite gifts from other churches in the Ohio District to fund the 2014-2016 Mission Grant

Goal. We pray that God has blessed our giving and the grant goal was met by the end of March.

A new Mission Grant Goal will be voted on at the Twenty-sixth Biennial LWML Ohio District Convention to be held

June 24 to 26, 2016 at the Cincinnati Marriott North, 6189 Mulhauser Rd., West Chester, Ohio. The convention theme “It

Only Takes a Spark” is based on Luke 24:32. The women of the Cincinnati area are looking forward to hosting this

convention, as we joyfully worship our Lord, study His Word, conduct business with an emphasis on Mission Grants and

enjoy Christian fun and fellowship. The Proclaimer at Friday evenings’ opening worship service, with communion, will be

former national LWML Pastoral Counselor, the Rev. Kris Whitby. The Rev. Keith Witte, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Liberty

Center, Ohio, will lead us in Bible study and Tim Hetzner, President of Lutheran Church Charities, the K-9 Comfort Dog

ministry, will be the keynote speaker. There will be Interest Sessions and Servant Events. Saturday evening’s banquet will

have special entertainment. Registration and Housing information and forms are in the spring issue of the Ohio District

Edition (ODE) and at the district’s website http://lwmlohio.org. Deadline for general registration is May 15, 2016. No

registration is needed to attend the opening worship service on Friday evening. A one day registration is also available.

The spring issues of the LUTHERAN WOMEN’S QUARTERLY and ODE are available in the narthex and near the gym

door. This Quarterly’s theme is “Milestones in Life” and features an article on Ashley Renee of the opera duo ACTE II!

Included in this issue, Grants at Work, is the story of one of national’s mission grants, Phil’s Friends; a total listing of

national LWML Mission Grants, along with the amount of each grant; Bible studies for your spiritual growth and many

other interesting features. Be sure to pick up a copy of the Quarterly and the Ohio District Edition, the ODE which has

registration and housing forms and information on the 2016 LWML Ohio District Convention this June in West Chester,

Ohio and news from the LWML Ohio District.

LWML MITE SUNDAY IS APRIL 17th. Continue to fill your Mite Box with coins, dollars or quiet money. Empty

your Mites into an envelope regularly. Bring your Mites to church on April 17th and place them into the large Mite Box in

the narthex or near the gym door. Remember this national Mission Grant in your prayers:

REDEEMING LIFE MATERNITY HOME, Sanford, Florida

Over 25 years ago Rev. Edward DeWitt and his wife, Sheryl, dreamed of opening a maternity home for women who

choose life for their unborn babies but who lacked the resources to live independent, healthy lives. Redeemed Life

Maternity Home (RLMH) was started by Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Sanford, Florida, in 2013. Since then this crisis

pregnancy ministry has served as a home to 15 women and referred some 60 more to other service agencies.

At RLMH, residents live together as family, learning to support and accept one another. Here faith, family, and

education are upheld as keys to living a healthy, hope-filled life. A resident may choose to parent or to place her child for

adoption. A goal of these women is to finish her education and/or obtain the job skills necessary for success. Active

involvement of the congregation, daily prayer, devotions, worship and Bible study foster spiritual growth.

This grant from the LWML will support the home’s programs for educational and vocational learning, instruction in

financial management, parenting skills and life skills. Individual, group and specialized counseling is also available. This

organization is upholding the value of human life and sharing the message of Christ’s salvation. Mothers having been

instructed in the faith are bringing their babies to the waters of Holy Baptism.

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THE LWML TOLEDO ZONE SPRING RALLY will be held at Concordia Lutheran Church, 1431 E. Sixth Street,

Findlay, Ohio on Saturday, April 30, 2016, beginning at 9:30 a.m. The rally theme is “LOVE ONE ANOTHER”, based on

1 John 4:19. Our program speakers are Mary Domke and the Rev. Matthew Shive. Mary will give us an update on

International Friends in Christ. Concordia’s ministry to the Japanese living in and near Findlay, teaches English as a Second

Language and life skills, etc. English/Japanese Bibles purchased with funds from an LWML Ohio District grant are being

used in this ministry. Pastor Shive, Concordia’s pastor, also serves as Chaplain to the local Sheriff’s Department. He will

share how he serves the police department and others he comes in contact with.

We will have an ingathering of Mites for Missions and collect women’s personal items for Lutheran Social Services of

Findlay. These may include, soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc. A light lunch will be served at noon. All

women of Trinity are welcome to attend. We hope that you will save the date and join us.

http://lwmlohio.org/

Worship Servants –April 2016

Date 6:30 8:00 10:30 10:45 Wednesday Evening

Communion Assistants

4/3 Mark Snyder Bryan O’Neill

Dan Gibson Jeff Hutchins

4/6 Bernie DuShane

4/10 Derek Dierks Phil Snyder

4/17 Bryan O’Neill Jeff Hutchins

Dan Gibson Charles Fahncke

4/20 Ed Mauntler

4/24 Jonathan Rodebaugh Dan Pinkelman

Donuts & Doors – Elder Bryan O’Neill

Acolytes

4/3 C. Werning, C. Dismuke, N. Thebeau C. O’Neill

C. Higgins, A. Truman, M. Fahncke, N. Liegel

4/6 N. Semro

4/10 M. Hamilton, M. Hickman E. Brubaker, D. Dent 4/13 J. Diehl

4/17 G. Warner, A. Briars, J. Skiver, A. Landskroener

M. Fahncke, W. Fairchild, A. Yambert, L. Pinkelman

4/20 E. Hayes

4/24 A. Momany, A. Momany C. Leimkuehler, I. Love 4/27 N. Semro

Usher Teams

8:00 Paul Svatik, Captain Roger Schlade John Quackenbush Jerry Thomas Jeff Dutkiewicz

10:30 Randy Huner, Captain Richard Stainbrook Mike Gibson Jacob Huner John Wenberg Chad LaPlante

10:45 Jahmal Green Brian Zieber Jeff Rice Steve Shipley Mike Falkenberg Dana Falkenberg

8:00 and 10:30 Greeters Welcome Center Volunteers

4/3 4/10 4/17 4/24

8:00 10:30 Mack & Nancy Borders Jack & Kay Hoefflin Al & Joanne Greene Fred & Darlene Scholl Debbie Sommers Lois Schumm & Carol Norton Don & Karen Notzka Richard & Ellen Schave

8:00 10:30 Dorothy Landskroener Marylin Hodak Melissa Kisandi Jack & Kay Hoefflin Leo Knox Marylin Hodak Jack & Kay Hoefflin

4/3 4/10 4/17 4/24

10:45 Greeters Dan & Kendra Pinkelman Chris & Amy Jaquay-Williams Mike & Dana Falkenberg Scott & Denise McDonald

April Birthdays and Anniversaries Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary! If your name has inadvertently been left off our list, please call the church office. God Bless all our celebrants!

April

Birthdays

1. Dennis Hagenwald

Brian Scott

Peggy Packer

2. John Quackenbush

Jeffrey Treadaway

4. Suzanne Blevins Bethany Hausch John Randolph Nicholas Vincent 5. Pastor Mark Love

Carol Nielsen

Jennifer Schefft

Ann Maier-Sugg

Leslie Wilt

6. Chad Lowry

7. Troy McCready Brody Swinford Madeline Tucker

8. Jackson Dettinger

Kenna LaChapelle

Karl Schefft

Tatum Scott

Isabelle Sood

Norah VanNeil

9. Kevin Brubaker

Elisabeth Burchfield

Barbara Herman

Layla Teems

Maxwell Vallier

10. Hillary Lorton

Holly Lorton

12. Aubrey Shirley

13. Pat Eistetter

Hattie Shipley

15. Donovan Dent

16. Jacob Anderson

William Bates

Jonathan Rodebaugh

Sandy Snyder

Malcolm Stambaugh

17. Holly Hahnlen

Cassidy Tucker

Michelle Underwood

18. Laura Dery

Pat Dodge

Gabe Jaquay-Williams

Marianne Kazmaier

Andreanna McMillin

Tom Metzger

19. Charlene Brisbin

Mike Falkenberg

Lillyann Garcia

Patti Momany

20. Steven Shipley

Rebekah Stainbrook

Lindsay Turner

21. Kim Strzyzykowski

Steven Young

22. Adam Crisp Cathy Kunz Nicole Maxon 23. Justina Filipovich Hunter Hayes Anna Miller 24. Ruth Klein Joni Schmidt 25. George Eistetter Amy Packer Jeff Rice Angie Sawicki Marilyn Shirley 26. Katelyn Haas Ruth Haynes William Herman Andrew Lucier Avaya McMillin John Stacy 27. Elisabeth Landskroener Christina Martin Dennis Stallbaum 28. Libby Snyder Sarah Teems Don Wilms

29. Karen Francis Albert Greene Chris Jaquay-Williams

Dorothy Landskroener Rachel Marter Nancy Nuding Jerry Sawicki III Steven Shipley, Jr. 30. Troy Ames Donica Kline Mary J. Morris

April Anniversaries

1. Mike & Sarah Fairchild Lynne & Lee Armstrong Ryan & Kati Kleimola 2. John & Lindsay Sawicki Jim & Becky Wollenweber 4. Ernest & Alice Heller 5. Steven & Hattie Shipley Melissa & Michael Frankhouse 8. Barry & Grace Harris Rose & Brian Letherby 10. Ron & Darla VonDeylen 12. Dick & Ellen Schave

13. Dave & Mary Lou Baertschi 16. Steve & Kris Stainbrook 17. Charles & Debra Fahncke 18. Chad & Emily Eitniear 19. Jim & Joan Keeler 20. Keith & Kathy Diegel Susan & Nickolas Stambaugh 21. Henry & Susan Schaadt John & Lin Wenberg 23. Bob & Sue Baker Duane & Katherine Poole 24. Joel & Kim Behrman 25. John & Gretchen Mikolajczak 26. James & Bette Schneider

28. Sandra & Charles Reese Joseph & Charlene Smolinski 29. Dave & Pat Dodge 30. Robert & Tina Broadway Don & Trina Titkemeier

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2016

1. with thanksgiving for the gift of faithwe received at Baptism. Ask the Lord to continue to strengthen that faith — and the budding faith of our children — until we depart this life and are united with the Lord in heaven.

2. with thanksgiving for the Bible, the Book of Concord and the many teach-ing tools that God gives us, that we might learn about Him and our life in Christ. Pray that God would instill in each of His followers a sincere desire and passion for seeking Him.

3. for Christian families, that theLord would send them the assistance and tools necessary to overcome ev-ery challenge — big or small — that might drive them apart.

4. for strong Christian marriages,that husbands and wives would cling to each other despite life’s challenges and raise their children to walk in the way of the Lord.

5. for Christian parents, that theywould make teaching the faith to their children a priority. Please pray that they would set aside time to worship together, talk about faith issues, study the Bible and have family devotions.

6. that family members would treat each other with kindness and patience, so that each member might be built up in the family of God.

7. for our children and young people,who face daily assaults on their Christian beliefs. Ask that God would strengthen and encourage them to stand firm while engaging others with the Gospel.

8. for our churches, that they wouldprovide useful education and pro-grams to help equip people at every stage of life — teens, husbands and wives, parents, caretakers of aging parents and more.

9. that God would continue toprovide faithful church workers to serve as role models and teach people about their identity as a baptized child of God.

10. that church members would eagerly volunteer their time and talents to support the congregation’s educational programs, such as vaca-tion Bible school, holiday events and groups for young families.

11. that LCMS members would eagerly participate in Bible studies, small-group discussions and private study so that they may grow in their faith every day.

12. with thanksgiving for faithful parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, teachers and other role models who help to “train up a child in the way he should go” (Ps. 22:6).

13. for the Concordia University System and the Synod’s two seminaries, that the Lord would bless their work in training new generations of work-ers to serve the Church.

14. for the Synod’s directors of Family Life Ministry, that God would bless their efforts to support healthy relationships in the families of our congregations.

15. that we might have hearts that are willing and eager to serve the Lord in every way.

Pray For Us CalendarThese prayer requests were submitted by coworkers in the Lord’s mission. Congregations and individuals are invited to copy these pages for newsletters or other distribution. Download at lcms.org/prayforus or call 888-843-5267 to request a copy.

Remember how God works to grow the faith of His people as you pray:

TEACHING THE FAITH — APRIL 1–15 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) believes education should address the whole person — body, mind and spirit — beginning in early childhood and continuing through adulthood. This month, the LCMS celebrates the many ways that God’s children are instructed, encouraged and strengthened in the faith. By teaching the faith, we nurture the faithful and reach the lost.

INVOLVEMENT IDEAS• Find a helpful infographic — titled“The Family Altar” — about teaching the faith in the home in the March-April issue of Lutherans Engage the World. Visit lcms.org/lutheransengage to read the magazine online.

• Does your congregation pray formembers of the military, honor veterans and seek to minister to people connected to the military? If so, you are already an Operation Barnabas congregation! Email [email protected] to connect your congregation with the Operation Barnabas network.

• Visit lcms.org/armedforces to learn more about LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces, including how you can get involved with supporting U.S. servicemen and women.

Laurie Vogt helps her daughter follow along in the Lutheran Service Book during worship at Peace Lutheran Church in Sussex, Wis.

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MISSIONARY & PERSONNEL BIRTHDAYSDownload the prayer cards of missionaries and other personnel from lcms.org/prayercards.

April 1 John Cima, Southeast Asia; Joshua Gale, Peru

April 2 Sarah Berta-Somogyi, Hungary

April 9 Katie Ziegler, Dominican Republic

April 10 Angela Sharp, Uruguay; Shauen Trump, East Africa

April 12 Gail Grieser, Macau; Eric Stinnett, Ethiopia

April 13 Benjamin Helge, Czech Republic

April 14 Megan Kincaid, Hong Kong

April 16 Melissa DeGroot, Philadelphia, Pa.

April 18 Robert Ferrin, Hong Kong

April 19 Valerie Stonebreaker, Togo

April 23 Kendra McNatt, Germany

April 26 Sarah Kanoy, Kenya

April 27 Gretchen Weesner Aguilar, Asia; Micah Wildauer, Togo

April 28 Markie Burch, Peru; Matthew Fick, Taiwan

April 29 Elizabeth Meissner, Belize

MILITARY CHAPLAINS WITH BIRTHDAYS IN APRIL: Chaplain Douglas Ochner, Fort Gordon, Ga., and Chaplain Matthew Mortenson, Fort Hood, Texas.

16. that God would bless and guide the work of Chaplain Craig Muehler, MAF director, and Chaplain Steven Hokana, MAF assistant director.

17. for Chaplain Mike Moreno, project manager of Operation Barn-abas. Ask God to guide his work to care for congregations, veterans and military families.

18. for LCMS military chaplains serv-ing on active duty for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. All of our military chaplains are pastors endorsed by the LCMS to serve in the chaplain corps of our nation’s armed forces.

19. for our LCMS Reserve and National Guard chaplains, especially those who have been mobilized stateside or overseas and taken from their parishes to extended active duty assignments. Pray for those deployed, their families and their home parishes.

20. for those who suffer from battle stress and Post-Traumatic Stress Disor-der. Pray that God would bring heal-ing and renewal to those who have served or who are currently serving.

21. for increasing opportunities for LCMS chaplains to spread Christ’s mes-sage of salvation, hope and restoration to those they serve.

22. for all congregations that reach out to members of our military through Operation Barnabas, that they would uphold them in prayer as they help to meet their physical, psychologi-cal and spiritual needs through the training they have received and the Lord’s provision.

23. for Operation Barnabas, which is designed to meet the needs of congregations in the event their pas-tor/chaplain is mobilized. Operation Barnabas also seeks to assist veterans and military families during and after deployment.

24. for all chaplains returning home, that they would receive a hero’s wel-come for their sacrifice to this country so that in freedom we can continue to openly worship the one true God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

25. for all chaplains who are sick or have sick family members, that the Father of all mercies and the God of all comfort would look with favor upon them. As it pleases You, restore them to health or give them the grace to accept this tribulation with courage and hope.

26. for all chaplains in harm’s way, that You would not let their hearts despair nor their faith fail them, but sustain, guide and comfort them.

27. for all members of the military who were disabled during their duty, that our heavenly Father would mercifully guide, aid and strengthen all those with physical disabilities, enabling them to find fulfillment in their lives and encouragement for all their endeavors.

28. with thanksgiving to God for providing LCMS chaplains to serve members of the armed forces. Please pray that military chaplains would have every opportunity to share the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ with members of the military and anyone with whom they work and live.

29. for all military chaplains upon their return, that they would be re-united with their families, find gainful employment and receive all the care they need to heal their minds, bodies and souls. Grant that they would always look to You, O Christ, as their rock and their redeemer.

30. for those who minister to the armed forces, that by Your gracious working, they may honor Christ and advance the good of those commit-ted to their care, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Remember God’s work through LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces as you pray:

MINISTRY TO THE ARMED FORCES — APRIL 16–30 Since the Civil War, LCMS pastors have served as military chaplains. Today, the Synod’s Ministry to the Armed Forces (MAF) supports more than 160 active, Reserve, National Guard and Civil Air Patrol chaplains. MAF recruits, interviews and endorses all military chaplains and continues to support them throughout their entire careers. MAF also provides a network of care for our nation’s military members, families and veterans through Operation Barnabas.

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