Parish News and Notes
July 3, 2022
The Week Ahead

Sunday, July 3
8:00 a.m. - Communion Service
9:30 a.m. - ABC & SS
10:45 a.m.- Communion Service

Monday, July 4
INDEPENDENCE DAY
OFFICE CLOSED

Thursday, July 7
Hermanson Farewell
6:30 p.m. - Worship Service

Sunday, July 10
Hermanson Farewell Weekend
8:00 a.m. - Worship Service
9:30 a.m. - ABC & SS
10:45 a.m. - Worship Service
Hermanson Farewell Celebration
immediately following 10:45 a.m. service

Monday, July 11
6:30 p.m. - Spring AIC
7:00 p.m. - Ministry Fair Planning Meeting

Calendar Subject to Change
TREASURE
Unified Weekly Need: $16,500.00
Unified Actual: $11,990.00
 
Faith Forward Weekly Need: $4,800.00
Faith Forward Actual: $1,675.00


LAST CHANCE TO RSVP FOR NEXT SUNDAY, JULY 10!
The Hermanson Retirement Celebration luncheon is immediately following the 10:45 AM church service on Sunday, July 10th. This week is your last chance to RSVP for the luncheon. If you plan on attending the celebration luncheon, please RSVP on the sign-up board in the Gathering Space with your name and the number of people attending.

If you would like to donate to help offset the cost of the luncheon, please use the special envelopes provided on the RSVP sign-up board in the Gathering Space. Place any donation in either the Valerio or Howell church mailboxes or in the offering basket. Special envelopes are also available in the office for this event.
DO YOU HAVE AN HOUR TO SPARE EVERY-OTHER MONTH?
If you have an hour to spare every-other month, if you can do simple addition (2+2=?), and you are a Faith member (man or woman) then please consider volunteering as a teller. The need is still very real. For more information please email Tim Anderson at finsec@faithantioch.org or Jeremy Lohman at ministrysupport@faithantioch.org.
NEW SUMMER ADULT BIBLE STUDY SERIES
“God just wants me to be happy.” “God helps those who help themselves.” How many times have you heard these sayings in secular culture or from a professing Christian? Despite their catchy, positive appeal, these sayings and others like them have dangerous implications for Christian theology.

Our summer Adult Bible Study series "10 Lies About God" began last Sunday, June 26th. Class is at 9:30 AM in the sanctuary. Together we will learn how these inaccurate beliefs distort our relationship with God and offers loving, Bible-based corrections that we can apply in response. The study includes ten lessons to help us respond to false teachings about God and defend what the Bible teaches:

   Lesson 1: God Wants Me to Be Happy
   Lesson 2: There Are Many Ways in God’s Presence
   Lesson 3: God Has Grown Softer on Sin
   Lesson 4: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves
   Lesson 5: God Has Made Death a Natural Part of Life
   Lesson 6: A God of Love Wouldn’t Send People to Hell
   Lesson 7: It Doesn’t Matter How God Made the World
   Lesson 8: God is Distant and Disinterested in What Happens
   Lesson 9: I Don’t Need the Bible or Worship to Have a Relationship with God
   Lesson 10: God Doesn’t Judge Anyone, and Neither Should You
Congregational Assembly Announcement - July 14, 2022
July 1, 2022
 
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
 
We will be gathering our Faith family for a mid-summer congregational assembly on Thursday July14th at 7:30pm, immediately following worship service.
 
The purpose of the meeting is three fold.
  1. Place a call for a presiding pastor.
  2. Present proposal for and seek approval for a called music/staff ministry position. If approved, place call.
  3. Present proposal for and seek approval for long-term planning committee. 

We look forward to seeing you on July 14th.
 
Blessings on your day,
 
Mark Kohl
Presiding Elder
847-406-8953
WELS CONNECTION - JULY 2022
Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minn., is dedicated to minimizing the college debt of its students so they can focus on lives of service. Learn how we can all be a part of helping the next generation of called workers in this way.
PRAYER OF THE WEEK

As the United States pauses to celebrate the liberties, freedoms, and prosperity that we enjoy, may we lift our hearts and voices in praise to you, for all these blessings come from your gracious hand. Forgive us for taking our privileges and responsibilities as Americans for granted, failing to pray to you in every concern and praise you for every blessing. Continue to allow us peace and bless all honest endeavors. Do not let our wonderful freedoms be abused or removed! Let justice and right prevail. Place loyalty in the hearts of our citizens. Above all, preserve our freedom to call upon you and to praise you. Bless our land! Amen
TRUTH

197 Worshiped on Thursday (30) and Sunday


"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.”  John 4:23
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INFORMATION AND LINKS TO WELS UKRAINIAN LUTHERAN CHURCH (ULC) RELIEF EFFORT
To mail in a relief donation:

  • Make check payable to WELS
  • Write "Ukraine" in the memo line

Mail to:

WELS
Attn: Gift Processing,
N16W23377 Stone Ridge Drive,
Waukesha, WI 53188.

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