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October 18, 2015

THOUGHTS ON STEWARDSHIP:  Mark 10:29-30: “Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, ³⁰ who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.” This is Jesus’ encouragement for every faithful disciple – let it encourage you today. 

TODAY is the deadline for items to be submitted for the NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER. Mandy Kluender is our Editor for the church newsletter and any announcements you want to be published in the Newsletter should be submitted to her at mgkluender@hotmail.com or you may call her at (309) 838-9868. 

FOOD COLLECTION: Beginning TODAY and continuing through Sunday, November 8^th, we will have a food collection for Home Sweet Home Mission. Members of our congregation will deliver the food and serve a meal at the Mission on Saturday, November 14^th.

REFORMATION SUNDAY: One week from today, October 25^th, we will celebrate Reformation Sunday and have Holy Communion in both worship services. Also that morning Rob Hilbert from Lutheran Bible Translators will be here. He will talk to the Adult Bible Class/Sunday School during the Education Hour. He will also give a brief update on his family’s mission after each worship service. We will have a door Offering for the Hilbert’s after each worship service.

CHOIR PRACTICE HAS BEGUN: Choir is meeting every Wednesday from 7-8:00 p.m. and we always need more voices. If you would like to learn more about choir, contact Steve Parry at drparry68@outlook.com or (309) 533-5200. Come make a joyful noise until the Lord!

THREADS OF GRACE PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY – INITIAL MEETING:   We invite all who are interested in helping with our new Prayer Shawl Ministry to attend an initial meeting in the Conference Room at the church on Thursday, October 29^th, at 7:00 p.m. Ann Hammond and Laura Kessler will be explaining the mission of the group; how you may help; and if anyone desires instruction in knitting or crocheting. Both Ann and Laura are willing to teach. If you are currently working on a project, please bring your work with you to the meeting and knit or crochet as we talk! At the meeting we will explain where the donation bins will be placed, as well as where the Prayer Shawls are going. We will present a flyer (designed by Isabella Kessler) that will be placed with each Prayer Shawl. We hope you will join us!

DEAR CHURCH FAMILY: As everyone is aware, Laura Kessler’s health issues continue with mounting medical costs. The Kessler family is requesting your help as you are able. A Go-Fund-Me Site has been setup for those who wish to assist and this can be done anonymously. The site is: www.gofundme.com/laurasjourney with the goals and specifics detailed. Thank you.    The Kessler Family

PORTALS OF PRAYER: The October-December 2015 Portals of Prayer are available on the bookrack in the narthex. Pick up your free copy today.

FELLOWSHIP HOSTS: The sign-up for help with coffee/doughnuts is posted on the wall by the north stairwell. We need an individual/family to sign-up each week to pick up the donuts and make the coffee. If no one is signed up by Friday of each week, the order will be cancelled. We thank everybody who continues to help with this part of our church fellowship.

THE LUTHERAN HOUR: “Reformation Freedom, Reformation Faith” is the topic for next Sunday. The sermon text will be from Romans 1:16-17. People have asked and even sacrificed their lives so that we could come to know the joy of God’s forgiving love for us in Jesus. The speaker will be Reverend Gregory Seltz. Hear this Sunday’s message on the Lutheran Hour on WGN (720) at 6:00 a.m.; WJWR (104.7 FM) and WJWR (90.3 FM) both on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Also, if you can receive Lincoln, IL radio station WLLM (1370 AM) the program is broadcast two times on Sunday at 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Tune in! You can also listen to The Lutheran Hour on your personal computer at RealAudio, www.lhm.org.

PRAYER CHAIN: If you have a prayer request please submit them by email to Mary Anne Kirchner at makirchner@yahoo.com or you may phone a Prayer Request to Mary Anne; her home # is (309) 661-6522; her cell phone# is (309) 532-2582. The Prayer Request box is on the table in the narthex for any written requests.

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October 11, 2015

THOUGHTS ON STEWARDSHIP:  Hebrews 3:18-19: “And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient? ¹⁹ So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.” Unbelief leads to disobedience – that is, every sin expresses the opposite of faith. True and living faith guides us into the Lord’s way and the Lord’s plan. And when we fall into sin it’s because we are not trusting the Lord’s goodness and provision.

THE ADULT BIBLE CLASS, led by Pastor Lueck and meeting in the church basement at 9:15 a.m. is studying “Lutheran Doctrine and Practice Today”.

TODAY IN SUNDAY SCHOOL, the lesson recalls the account of “Moses and the Burning Bush.” Just as God had Moses remove the sandals from his feet, God in Christ removes our sins from us, making us fit to approach God and stand in His presence. Discuss, “Who makes us holy before God? What did Moses have to do, and why, in order to be in God’s presence?”

TODAY will be our monthly Door Offering for Seminarian Bradley Ferch. Bradley is in his fourth year of study at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

PASTOR’S SCHEULE: Pastor Lueck will be out of the office this Monday—Wednesday afternoon attending the Central Illinois District Pastor’s Conference. The Conference is in town so if you have an emergency, please call him on his cell phone (309) 838-0306. If pastor survives the seminary grudge match basketball game on Monday evening he will be winded and sore but propped up behind his desk on Wednesday afternoon.

NEXT SUNDAY is the deadline for items to be submitted for the NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER. Mandy Kluender is our Editor for the church newsletter and any announcements you want to be published in the Newsletter should be submitted to her at mgkluender@hotmail.com or you may call her at (309) 838-9868.

FOOD COLLECTION: Beginning next Sunday, October 18^th and continuing through Sunday, November 8^th, we will have a food collection for Home Sweet Home Mission. Members of our congregation will deliver the food and serve a meal at the Mission on Saturday, November 14^th.

REFORMATION SUNDAY: Two weeks from today, October 25^th, we will celebrate Reformation Sunday and have Holy Communion in both worship services. Also that morning Rob Hilbert from Lutheran Bible Translators will be here. He will talk to the Adult Bible Class/Sunday School during the Education Hour. He will also give a brief update on his family’s mission after each worship service. We will have a door Offering for the Hilbert’s after each worship service.

PORTALS OF PRAYER: The October-December 2015 Portals of Prayer are available on the bookrack in the narthex. Pick up your free copy today.

FELLOWSHIP HOSTS: The sign-up for help with coffee/doughnuts is posted on the wall by the north stairwell. We need an individual/family to sign-up each week to pick up the donuts and make the coffee. If no one is signed up by Friday of each week, the order will be cancelled. We thank everybody who continues to help with this part of our church fellowship.

THE LUTHERAN HOUR: “Someone Up There Must Like Me” is the topic for next Sunday. The sermon text will be from Mark 10:23-31. Faith in Jesus means you can live knowing that Someone “up there” really, really loves you. The speaker will be Reverend Gregory Seltz. Hear this Sunday’s message on the Lutheran Hour on WGN (720) at 6:00 a.m.; WJWR (104.7 FM) and WJWR (90.3 FM) both on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Also, if you can receive Lincoln, IL radio station WLLM (1370 AM) the program is broadcast two times on Sunday at 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Tune in! You can also listen to The Lutheran Hour on your personal computer at RealAudio, www.lhm.org.

PRAYER CHAIN: If you have a prayer request please submit them by email to Mary Anne Kirchner at makirchner@yahoo.com or you may phone a Prayer Request to Mary Anne; her home # is (309) 661-6522; her cell phone# is (309) 532-2582. The Prayer Request box is on the table in the narthex for any written requests.

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October 4, 2015

THOUGHTS ON STEWARDSHIP:  Mark 10:6: “But from the beginning of creation. . .” In recent years our country, along with most all the Christian nations of Europe, has lost its way when it comes to marriage we have ignored the fact that it is God who created us. We always go off the tracks when we forget that He made us and that everything good in this world is from His hand. In big things and in small things, in the life of a nation or the life of an individual: things go dreadfully wrong when we ignore the Creator’s instructions for life.

TODAY is Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) Sunday. We will say the League Pledge and have a prayer for their work in today’s worship service. We thank the Lord for these ladies service in many areas of outreach in our Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

THE BOARD OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION is planning a Work Day this coming Saturday, October 10^th at 8:30 a.m. We will be cleaning out and re-organizing the Day Care/Youth area located in the basement of the church. Many years of VBS and Sunday School supplies to organize and put into proper storage. Please plan to come and help us with our tasks. Thank you! If you have any questions please feel free to call Paula Hardy at (309) 310-7917.

NEXT SUNDAY, October 11^th, will be our monthly Door Offering for Seminarian Bradley Ferch. Bradley is in his fourth year of study at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fr. Wayne, Indiana.

PORTALS OF PRAYER: The October-December 2015 Portals of Prayer are available on the bookrack in the narthex. Pick up your free copy today.

FELLOWSHIP HOSTS: The sign-up for help with coffee/doughnuts is posted on the wall by the north stairwell. We need an individual/family to sign-up each week to pick up the donuts and make the coffee. If no one is signed up by Friday of each week, the order will be cancelled. We thank everybody who continues to help with this part of our church fellowship.

THE LUTHERAN HOUR: “Clearing the Clutter” is the topic for next Sunday. The sermon text will be from Mark 10:17-22. Is there room in your life for that which is truly meaningful, important, and precious? The speaker will be Reverend Gregory Seltz. Hear this Sunday’s message on the Lutheran Hour on WGN (720) at 6:00 a.m.; WJWR (104.7 FM) and WJWR (90.3 FM) both on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Also, if you can receive Lincoln, IL radio station WLLM (1370 AM) the program is broadcast two times on Sunday at 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Tune in! You can also listen to The Lutheran Hour on your personal computer at RealAudio, www.lhm.org.

PRAYER CHAIN: If you have a prayer request please submit them by email to Mary Anne Kirchner at makirchner@yahoo.com or you may phone a Prayer Request to Mary Anne; her home # is (309) 661-6522; her cell phone# is (309) 532-2582. The Prayer Request box is on the table in the narthex for any written requests.

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September 27, 2015

 

THE ADULT BIBLE CLASS, led by Pastor Lueck and meeting in the church basement at 9:15 a.m. is studying “Lutheran Doctrine and Practice Today”. 

TODAY IN SUNDAY SCHOOL, the children will complete their study of how God worked in Joseph’s life. “Joseph Forgives” and reveals himself to his brothers, telling them that though they meant evil, God used their acts for good. Our Lord Jesus Christ reveals Himself to us and forgives us in His Holy Word and Sacraments. Families could discuss, “How was God with Joseph, blessing him through all that happened, the good and the bad? How has God turned bad or evil things in your life or world into blessings for your good?”

LWML UPDATE: The LWML is pinning and sewing quilts for Lutheran World Relief TODAY from 1-4:00 p.m. We will meet upstairs in the Quilting Room. If you have a portable sewing machine and would like to hem quilts or help pin the hems of quilts, we would appreciate your help.

THE BOARD OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION is planning a Work Day on Saturday, October 10^th at 8:30 a.m. We will be cleaning out and re-organizing the Day Care/Youth area located in the basement of the church. Many years of VBS and Sunday School supplies to organize and put into proper storage. Please plan to come and help us with our tasks. Thank you! If you have any questions please feel free to call Paula Hardy at (309) 310-7917.

PORTALS OF PRAYER: The October-December 2015 Portals of Prayer are available on the bookrack in the narthex. Pick up your free copy today.

THANK YOU: The Good Shepherd Blood Drive was a success as we exceeded our goal. Thank you to the donors, volunteers, cookie bakers and everyone else who played a part in this life-giving mission. What a blessed day as the Lord allowed us to share this gift of life!

FELLOWSHIP HOSTS: The sign-up for help with coffee/doughnuts is posted on the wall by the north stairwell. We need an individual/family to sign-up each week to pick up the donuts and make the coffee. If no one is signed up by Friday of each week, the order will be cancelled. We thank everybody who continues to help with this part of our church fellowship.

YOU ARE INVITED: Our Redeemer Lutheran Church of Eureka, IL will hold its 26^th Annual Hog Roast at the Fellowship Hall, 698 Reagan Drive in Eureka on Saturday, October 3^rd from 4-7:00 p.m. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Eureka Food Pantry. Tickets are $10.00 in advance, and $11.00 at the door for adults and $5.00 for children, 12 & under. Carryout is also available. The menu is roast pork, barbeque sauce (optional), potato salad, applesauce, baked beans, rolls and butter, cake or pie, and a drink. Pastor Lueck has two complimentary tickets or you may call the church office at (309) 467-5477.

THE LUTHERAN HOUR: “Fight For the One Next to You” is the topic for next Sunday. The sermon text will be from Hebrews 2:14-18. Who’s fighting for you? Who are you fighting for? The speaker will be Reverend Gregory Seltz. Hear this Sunday’s message on the Lutheran Hour on WGN (720) at 6:00 a.m.; WJWR (104.7 FM) and WJWR (90.3 FM) both on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Also, if you can receive Lincoln, IL radio station WLLM (1370 AM) the program is broadcast two times on Sunday at 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Tune in! You can also listen to The Lutheran Hour on your personal computer at RealAudio, www.lhm.org.

PRAYER CHAIN: If you have a prayer request please submit them by email to Mary Anne Kirchner at makirchner@yahoo.com or you may phone a Prayer Request to Mary Anne; her home # is (309) 661-6522; her cell phone# is (309) 532-2582. The Prayer Request box is on the table in the narthex for any written requests.

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September 20, 2015

GOOD SHEPHERD’S BLOOD DRIVE is this coming Tuesday, September 22^nd, from 2-6:00 p.m. Sign-up sheets are available in the narthex but if you would prefer signing up online please go to: redcrossblood.org. Enter in our zip code, 61704, find our Blood Drive and let the blood flow. Pastor Lueck will once again kick off our Drive by reaching out his right arm and turning his head. Please join us in fun and church fellowship as we help those in need with this gift of life.

COOKIES NEEDED: We need three dozen cookies for the Blood Drive this coming Tuesday. Please let Pastor know if you can bring a dozen cookies. Thank you.

THE ADULT BIBLE CLASS, led by Pastor Lueck and meeting in the church basement at 9:15 a.m. is studying “Lutheran Doctrine and Practice Today”.

TODAY IN SUNDAY SCHOOL the children will learn how “Joseph Feeds Egypt” during a great famine. Ask your children, “How do our sins cause suffering for both ourselves and others?” God sent His Son, Jesus, to save all humanity from sin, death, and the devil. Discuss the reality that in spite of how awful life seems, Jesus is with us through His Word and Sacraments, caring for us always.

TODAY is the deadline for items to be submitted for the OCTOBER NEWSLETTER. Mandy Kluender is our Editor for the church newsletter and any announcements you want to be published in the Newsletter should be submitted to her at mgkluender@hotmail.com or you may call her at (309) 838-9868.

THANK YOU: We would like to thank all who helped make our School Kit Project for the LWML a success.

PORTALS OF PRAYER: The October-December 2015 Portals of Prayer are available on the bookrack in the narthex. Pick up your free copy today.

FELLOWSHIP HOSTS: The sign-up for help with coffee/doughnuts is posted on the wall by the north stairwell. We need an individual/family to sign-up each week to pick up the donuts and make the coffee. If no one is signed up by Friday of each week, the order will be cancelled. We thank everybody who continues to help with this part of our church fellowship.

YOU ARE INVITED: Our Redeemer Lutheran Church of Eureka, IL will hold its 26^th Annual Hog Roast at the Fellowship Hall, 698 Reagan Drive in Eureka on Saturday, October 3^rd from 4-7:00 p.m. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Eureka Food Pantry. Tickets are $10.00 in advance, and $11.00 at the door for adults and $5.00 for children, 12 & under. Carryout is also available. The menu is roast pork, barbeque sauce (optional), potato salad, applesauce, baked beans, rolls and butter, cake or pie, and a drink. Pastor Lueck has two complimentary tickets or you may call the church office at (309) 467-5477.

THE LUTHERAN HOUR: “Free, Indeed” is the topic for next Sunday. The sermon text will be from John 8:34-36. When our sins and guilt stick to us like glue, Jesus Makes us unstuck. The speaker will be Reverend Ken Klaus. Hear this Sunday’s message on the Lutheran Hour on WGN (720) at 6:00 a.m.; WJWR (104.7 FM) and WJWR (90.3 FM) both on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Also, if you can receive Lincoln, IL radio station WLLM (1370 AM) the program is broadcast two times on Sunday at 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Tune in! You can also listen to The Lutheran Hour on your personal computer at RealAudio, www.lhm.org.

PRAYER CHAIN: If you have a prayer request please submit them by email to Mary Anne Kirchner at makirchner@yahoo.com or you may phone a Prayer Request to Mary Anne; her home # is (309) 661-6522; her cell phone# is (309) 532-2582. The Prayer Request box is on the table in the narthex for any written requests.

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September 13, 2015

THE ADULT BIBLE CLASS, led by Pastor Lueck and meeting in the church basement at 9:15 a.m. is studying “Lutheran Doctrine and Practice Today”.

TODAY IN SUNDAY SCHOOL:  The account of “Joseph’s Troubles” continues the study of Joseph’s life in the Sunday School lesson for today. God was with Joseph; and in Christ, God is with us in all the situations of life, providing, protecting, and forgiving us. As a family, you might discuss, “How do we usually react when we are falsely accused of wrongdoing? How can we learn to trust Jesus to work out all things for our good?”

TODAY, September 13^th, will be our first door Offering for our new adopted Seminary student. He is Bradley Ferch who is in his last year of studies at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, IN. Bradley was born in Iowa and his home church is Trinity Lutheran Church in Litchfield Park, AZ. He is married to Carole and has two daughters, Madison and Lillian. Before studying for the ministry he was a Dental Laboratory Supervisor. We look forward to getting to know his family better throughout this academic year.

LADIES MORNING BIBLE STUDY: We will resume our Ladies Morning Bible Study on the Book “Women of the New Testament” starting this coming Tuesday, September 15^th at 9:30 a.m. in the Conference Room at the church. We are on Chapter 5: “The Canaanite Women”, and will begin our Study with a light breakfast. All the Ladies from the congregation are welcome to join the Study and if you would like to know more about it, please contact Jeannette Ross at (309) 662-4622.

NEXT SUNDAY is the deadline for items to be submitted for the OCTOBER NEWSLETTER. Mandy Kluender is our Editor for the church newsletter and any announcements you want to be published in the Newsletter should be submitted to her at mgkluender@hotmail.com or you may call her at (309) 838-9868.

GOOD SHEPHERD’S BLOOD DRIVE is on Tuesday, September 22^nd, from 2-6:00 p.m. Sign-up sheets are available in the narthex but if you would prefer signing up online please go to: redcrossblood.org. Enter in our zip code, 61704, find our Blood Drive and let the blood flow. Pastor Lueck will once again kick off our Drive by reaching out his right arm and turning his head. Please join us in fun and church fellowship as we help those in need with this gift of life.

PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY:   Attention all crocheters and knitters! A new Prayer Shawl Ministry is being formed by Ann Hammond and Laura Kessler so that we may reach out to the needs of others who wish to know or better know Jesus as their Savior! “Threads of Grace” will begin this fall and an initial meeting will be arranged at Laura’s home (due to her mobility issues, she asks that we hold any meetings at her home, but tasty treats will be served!) Don’t know how to crochet or knit and wish to learn? Lessons will be offered! As well, donations of knitting and crochet yarn will be very welcome. Please watch the bulletin for further details. If you have any questions please feel free to call Laura at (309) 310-5607 or email her at dogdiva2@comcast.net. Thank you!

THANK YOU: We would like to thank all who helped make our School Kit Project for the LWML a success.

FELLOWSHIP HOSTS: The sign-up for help with coffee/doughnuts is posted on the wall by the north stairwell. We need an individual/family to sign-up each week to pick up the donuts and make the coffee. If no one is signed up by Friday of each week, the order will be cancelled. We thank everybody who continues to help with this part of our church fellowship.

THE LUTHERAN HOUR: “Tradition, Tradition, Tradition” is the topic for next Sunday. The sermon text will be from Mark 7:1-13. What role do traditions in our relationships to God and each other? The speaker will be Reverend Gregory Seltz. Hear this Sunday’s message on the Lutheran Hour on WGN (720) at 6:00 a.m.; WJWR (104.7 FM) and WJWR (90.3 FM) both on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Also, if you can receive Lincoln, IL radio station WLLM (1370 AM) the program is broadcast two times on Sunday at 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Tune in! You can also listen to The Lutheran Hour on your personal computer at RealAudio, www.lhm.org.

 PRAYER CHAIN: If you have a prayer request please submit them by email to Mary Anne Kirchner at makirchner@yahoo.com or you may phone a Prayer Request to Mary Anne; her home # is (309) 661-6522; her cell phone# is (309) 532-2582. The Prayer Request box is on the table in the narthex for any written requests.

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