July, 2016

Memos St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church

Worth, Illinois

708-448-6555

Pastor Jay Trygstad

11007 S. 76th Ave., Worth, IL 60482 (708) 448-6555 (fax) (708) 448-6594 Web: www.stmarkworth.org Email: stmarkworth@comcast.net

10A.M.

Prayer & Praise

(Contemporary)

8:00 A.M.

Classic Grace

(Traditional Worship)

ANNUAL TENT EVENT Saturday, June 25th 5pm

All ages Welcome! Bring your tent or RV and join in a night of fellowship, worship, and fun! We will share dinner, make s’mores, light the tree activity and much more. Start a new summer tradition with your family and join us for the fun.

I hope everyone is finding time to enjoy God’s Crea-tion this summer. During this season several years ago we went to two services on Sunday morning. We found that allowing for this change gave musi-cians (and pastors) a welcomed respite to recharge and renew. This schedule worked because so many in the congregation were willing to make the need-ed adjustment in their schedule to accommodate for two services. The blessing in this sacrifice is a larger community gathered to sing and worship our Lord. Along with a special time to meet with other members who may usually attend the service be-fore or after the one you go to each week. I hope many of us will be able to attend the 9am Bible Study before or after worship, just another opportunity to grow in our faith together this summer.

Your brother in Christ, Pastor Jay

July 3rd:Monster’s Inc.

July 10th: Napoleon Dynamitte

July 17th: Despicable Me

“St. Mark Goes to the Movies.” Summer Sermon Series &

Summer Worship Schedule

3 Week Sermon Series

As Jesus used stories (parables) to teach about the kingdom of God, we will be using cuttings from different movies to com-municate the good news. Here

is the schedule so far:

July 3 Monster’s Inc.:

Scully and the worry wart

July 10 Napoleon Dynamite:

When you don’t feel good enough

July 17 Despicable me:.

It’s all I ask. Just trust me

Summer Worship Schedule

Sunday, July 3rd - Sunday, September 4th 8am—Classic Grace (Traditional Service) 9am– Bible Study (see information below) 10am– Joyful Prayer & Praise (Contemporary)

Please pass the word.

Prayer Concerns

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“And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer;

and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. “ Isaiah 65:24

Let us pray . . . For Pastor Jay, Virginia Nommensen, Devon Neubauer, Debi Doolan, Bruce Shake, Marty Schallmos, Lari Jo Meyers, Chase Landgren, Mir-iam Smith, James Claude, Damien Deist, Jen-nifer Armstrong, Christine Starr, Rich Otto, Mary Martin, Janet Spencer-Fieme, Regina Pahr, Jim-my Johnstone, Maureen O’Meara, Deanne Kim-ball, Nicole Munoz, Ed Muscarella and George Williams.

For the homebound -

Erwin Brauer, Ruth Voegele, Dave Brasel, Lois

Fisher, Joy Rossner, Agnes Khoury, Joe and Glo-

ria Melnyk, TheaNelle Kerr, Mary Zelner, Max-

ine Kucala, Henry and Betty White, and Bob

Scott.

For the President, our country, and those Serv-ing in our Military:

Kirsten Smock, Dale Smock, Joe Ruger, Luke Bial-cyk, Seth Kluge, Isaac Bartosik, Eric Carlson, Matthew Stemos, Tyler Craig, Nathan Rogers, K.C. LaBuda, and Matthew Alvis.

M i s s i o n s s u p p o r t -

Manuel Alvarez Ramirez (our St. Mark spon-sored child in Mexico), our Missionaries (Justin & Kari Eller and Nick & Becky Lauranzana), PADS (our volunteers and those who seek shelter with us), our Prison Ministry, Operation Christmas Child (and the 127 children who received our shoeboxes this year), D'Ante Davis, the students, staff and families of Grace Christian Academy, the Palos United Methodist Church Food Pantry, Pastor Saeed Abedini, the ELCA”s Lutheran Dis-aster Relief efforts, and our Teddy Bear Ministry.

May 6, 2016 Dear PAD’S Site Manager & Volunteers, I want to thank you for doing what you do. Thank you for the great hot breakfast and regular breakfast, thank you for the great dinners and lunches. Thank you for opening your doors to the homeless, because with-out you I don’t know where I would be on a cold winters night. Just thank you for ding what you do.

Baptized June 19th 2016 Liam Michael McCann

Liam was born on February 24, 2016 in Pekin Illinois to his proud par-ents Eric and Karli McCann. His baptismal sponsors are Tracy Oblak and Marni Oblak. In honor of Liam’s baptism the special candle on the alter and the Baptismal cross are given by the St. Mark Altar Guild. May the Lord bless Liam in his baptism and always.

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“what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us;

and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.” 1 John 1-3

F e l l o w s h i p a t S t . M a r k

Baseball at the old ballpark! Saturday, August 13th

6pm Bring all your family and friends for a night of Windy City Thunderbolts baseball! At just $5 a

ticket you can’t beat this family friendly fellowship event. Join us as we cheer on the team and share a great evening of baseball.

See Rich Otto for Tickets

Standard Bank Stadium 14011 Kenton Ave

Midlothian, IL 60445

Sunday, August 28th Noon

Annual festival featuring arts and crafts vendors, musical entertainment, a variety of foods, carnival games and amuse-ments, children's activities and a spectacu-lar fireworks show at the close of the festi-val. Carnival will close one hour before festival closes.

“God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as

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We are again collecting school supplies for the students at Grace Christian Academy. Please use the Supply List provided to help students return in the fall ready to learn. There is a collection bin in the Narthex.

Also, all our General Mills box tops donations are given to this worthy ministry thank you for your continued support.

Paulette Loper - Missions Chair

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THE NEXT CHAPTER (from the Newsletter of Justin & Kari Eller)

As I laid my son down to bed tonight and he slowly drifted off to sleep, I hummed to him, taking deep

breaths, and tried to emanate a sense of stability in the midst of so much change. He was restless and I

was too. At the end of the month, we are leaving. We made this decision as a family for so many rea-

sons, but suffice it to say that it is simply the right time. God brought us this far by faith and it is with

a strengthened sense of that very same faith that we will close the seven year chapter of our lives as

missionaries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

To be a m i s s i o n a r y i s complicated to say the least, but it is also as simple as being a part of

God´s mission, of what God is up to in the world. Some do this locally, others in another city, state, or

country. We have been blessed these past seven years, to not only be missionaries, but to be mission-

ized, transformed by those who have loved us and become our “chosen” family. We leave with hearts bursting with stories and mem-

ories of time spent with our companion church brothers and sisters, their joys and struggles, and above all, we leave enriched and fed

with their love and care.

Everette finally fell asleep and as I plotted my escape plan (so he wouldn´t wake up- ha!) the Christmas lights in his room that stay

up year round because he just simply likes them, shed light on the world map on his wall, appropriately titled, Our World, and I was

inspired to write this to you. Our world is about to change. Everette is excited and eager to see his grandparents, aunts, uncles, cous-

ins, and his dog again, find a new house, make new friends, learn new things, and yet as a five year old he does not quite understand

how his best friend won´t be able to come over and play every week or how at his new school, they will sing different songs in an-

other language, or how he won´t be able to buy a Kinderegg on Fridays. In different ways, Justin and I will do the same. Like Ever-

ette, we are excited for what´s in store, but know that it will take us probably a year or two to adjust, to begin feeling our roots grow

deeper in new soil, and truly at “home” again. While we are still and always will be just Kari and Justin despite our physical location,

things about us have changed and when we open up our storage unit of stuff in the US, we´re bound to notice.

Our next year will be about letting the first part of our lives meet the last seven years of our lives and seeing how that beautiful com-

bination fits perfectly into our new calls. On the other hand, our next few weeks are sure to be packed with emotional highs and lows

as we sell our things, spend time with friends here, and prepare for the journey ahead. These past seven years for us have been a

chapter well worth writing and I hope on your side, worth reading. I want to thank you for all your years of accompaniment, kind

words, and support. Sharing our journey with you has been an important and fun part of it all. Our world is your world too. We are

all in it together and as our world constantly changes, it is made better when remember that we are not alone, nor are we forgotten.

God´s mission is about being a good neighbor to whomever is in need and our neighbors are both close and far away. This will be

my last newsletter and although they will stop coming, I humbly ask that you continue to keep those far-away neighbors in your

prayers and with your actions, and in your words locally, remember them globally.

We will begin our reintegration process spending time with our families in NC during the first few months, attending Summer Mis-

sionary Conference in Chicago, and once we know where Justin will be called, we will publicize it on my website

(karieller.weebly.com) that I will keep up for a while until the end of our reintegration. As we reflect on where we have been and

weave it into where we are going, we are steadied and propelled by this prayer called Keep me in Touch with my Dreams by Ted

Loder. May it cover you as well with peace that is beyond understanding as you gaze into your future and discover that God is al-

ready at work in your story.

With much love and blessing ,

Scissors (especially pointed ones for older students) Colored Pencils Pre -School Scribble Pads Washable Markers Water Color Paints Glue Glue sticks Pencils Wide-Lined notebook paper 2-Pocket folders Electric Pencil Sharpeners

Dry-Erase Markers Compass Protractor Jumbo Beginner Pencils Large Pink Erasers Red Pencils Graph Paper Lined Index Cards Pencil Sharpeners with catcher 13 x 5 Plastic Storage Boxes 3" Three Ring Binder

Duct Tape

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Keep Me In Touch with My Dreams Guerrillas of Grace Prayers for the Battle by Ted Loder Keep Me In Touch with My Dreams...O Lord, In the turbulence And the loneliness of my living from day to day And night to night, Keep me in touch with my roots, So I will remember where I came from and with whom; Keep me in touch with my feelings, So I will be more aware of who I really am And what it costs; Keep me in touch with my mind So I will know who I am not And what that means; And keep me in touch with my dreams, So I will grow toward where I want to go And for whom. O Lord, Deliver me From the arrogance of assuming I know enough to judge others; Deliver me From the timidity of presuming I don’t know enough to help others; Deliver me From the illusion of claiming I have changed enough When I have only risked little, That, so liberated, I will make some of the days to come different. O Lord, I ask not to be delivered From the tensions that wind me tight, But I do ask for A sense of direction in which to move once wound, A sense of humor about my disappointments, A sense of respect for the elegant puzzlement of being human, And a sense of gladness for your kingdom Which comes in spite of my fretful pulling and tugging. O Lord, Nurture in me The song of a lover, The vision of a poet, The questions of a child, The boldness of a prophet, The courage of a disciple. O Lord, It is said you created people Because you love stories. Be with me as I live out my story

M i s s i o n s a t S t . M a r k C o n t i n u e d

In August we will be traveling to FMSC to pack meals to be distrib-uted around the globe. Please check weekly bul-letins for date this Au-gust. Questions?

Even though our regular P.A.D.S. season ended in April. We

are serving dinners throughout the summer on Thursday Eve-

nings. If you are interested in donating food, help in serving

meals or would like more information on the program at St.

Mark please contact Flo Breitbarth (708) 254-1142.

Thinking ahead to the Fall, Meal Coordinator Linda M. will

be looking for volunteers to make meals from October

through April. If you are interested in helping to offer a meal

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Our next Market Fair is the last Saturday in July (June 30th) and we would like you to join us.

The Outdoor Market Fair will be held on the last Saturday of each month through September.

The spaces cost $15.00, and actual selling time is from 7:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M. with set-up time

beginning at 6:00 A.M.

Food (Kozy Kitchen) will be available from 7:00am –1:30pm.

Resident Nurse available for Free Blood Pressure Screenings

As in the past, we can use help in several categories: Set-up, clean-up, food service, and other general help.

Please contact Vivian Falcone 708-444-1720 or the church office if you have any questions or would like to

volunteer.

At the OUTDOOR MARKET FAIR we work hard and play hard , it’s a great deal of fun, not to mention a

super fundraiser. Come out and be a helper, or a seller, or a buyer. Anything you can do is greatly appreciated.

For more information please check us out on the webpage at www.stmarkworth.org

Upcoming Dates: Saturday 7am-2pm

July

30th,

Aug

27th, &

Sept

24th

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Outdoor Market Bake Sale Help support the Kozy Kitchen by donating some scrumptious homemade baked goods. Baked goods can be dropped off Fri-day before 5pm or early Saturday morning. Thank you for your support of the outdoor market. Please consider joining us for breakfast or lunch at the Kozy Kitchen. If you should have further questions or would like to donate baked goods please contact Vivian or the church office numbers above.

PADS MINISTRY It is with deep appreciation for all of the PADS volunteers and site managers of St. Mark that I’m writing

this thank you letter. For those from other churches and private sources who come to cook, deliver, or serve the delicious meals provided for our guests every Tuesday and Friday Night. Thanks to your generosity we have been able to stay open two nights a week. The statistics will not be in this letter, but will be included in the note-

book I am preparing for each Cook Team this fall. The servers and the clean up crews are awesome as well are those who make desserts, lunches, and breakfasts. Thank you to those who come in during the wee hours in the cold to work second and third shifts. To those who put away pads and sanitize the facility, we can’t say thanks enough. To boy scouts and their leaders who set up the sleeping area with mattresses, linens, take lunch and hygiene product orders. During our break the boy scouts earned merit badges by brightening up our facility with a fresh coat of paint. Last but not least to our site managers Flo B and Tom T who do an amazing job of keeping us up and running. Together they are responsible for the checks and balances we need for this organization to keep the site open and providing this valuable service to the community. I will be contacting you by phone in the upcoming weeks to see if you are able to continue with this very special ministry. I hope to have everything in place in July. Feel free to call me or leave a message for me with the church office. Bless you all, Linda M.

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Consider using DIVINE$ gift cards for your weekly

shopping errands. With all the upcoming

graduations, weddings, baby showers, and

birthdays, don’t forget that Divine$ make a

wonderful gift. No more last minute shopping for

that perfect gift. Divine$ offer time,

convenience and help our church ministry. Stop by

the table on Sunday.

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Youth Please Note Garth will be making a schedule for July 2016. Please contact him to let him know what dates you are not available. If you need a copy of the schedule let him know. Thank you.

WORSHIP ASSISTANT SCHEDULE

PREACHING

June 5th– Harry James

June 12th– Pastor Jay Trygstad

June 19th– Mark Kuehner

June 26th– Margaret Hanson

WORSHIP VOLUNTEERS — Ushers / Readers / Greeters / Hospitality Servers / Communion Celebrants / Acolytes. SIGN UP on the calendar by the front door or call the church office @ (708) 448-6555

Worship Service June 3, 2016

8 am Service

10 am Service

ACOLYTES

USHERS EVANS

GRISWOLD

READERS HARRY JAMES

COMMUNION

CELEBRANTS

LOIS MARTINO

LYNN MCMAHON

GREETERS CAROL & GEORGE

HOSPITALITY HAMMOND

Worship Service July 10, 2016

8 am Service

10 am Service

ACOLYTES

USHERS ANDY NOREN

RON GOFF

READERS

GENE MEYERS

COMMUNION

CELEBRANTS

NO COMMUNION

GREETERS CINDY HAVEMAN

LAURA FIRKINS

HOSPITALITY

HAMMONDS

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Worship Service July 17, 2016

8 am Service

10 am Service

ACOLYTES

USHERS GEORGE’S

READERS MARTHA WEBER

COMMUNION

CELEBRANTS

OZ & AUDREY

MENCINSKY

GREETERS CINDY HAVENMAN

LAURA FIRKINS

HOSPITALITY JUDI LABUDA

LAURA SCHULDT

Worship Service June 26, 2016

8 am Service

10 am Service

ACOLYTES

USHERS GENE MEYERS

JOE ELI

READERS BILL LAMMEL

COMMUNION

CELEBRANTS

NO COMMUNION

GREETERS OZ & AUDREY

MENCINSKY

HOSPITALITY ROSE KLECKA

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God’s Promises

Please join us on Sunday morning as we study

the promises that God has given us. Over the past few weeks we have seen the great comfort

and inspiration that God has given to His people

at the time of Abraham and Noah. We will discuss Moses and David in the coming weeks.

I hope you will consider joining us on Sunday Mornings at 9:30am in the Luther Room as we

continue to discuss God’s promises for us.

Need More Information:

see Mark Kuehner or Call the Church office.

Summer Study at 9am

Book Club “AKA BookFinders”

Thursday, July 14th at 10:30 am

The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan

We will meet at the home of Ruth Voegele in Chicago

Ridge. For more information please call Marcie

DeChristopher at 312-613-1234. Join us for interesting

and stimulating discussion. New members and commu-

nity members are always welcome.

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1. Peggy George

Patricia Kuehner

2. Ray Powers

3. Nancy Hogel

Susan Griswold

4. Olivia Soto

6. Jim Prochaska

7. Bob Scott

9. Michael Doeden, Caleb Melendez

13. Ramona Kiedow, Justin Weisenaurer

15. Matt Noonan, Emily Powers

16. Richard Moldovan

20. Margaret Streider, Linda Noftz, Susan Trygstad,

Kim Ulrich, Kayla Berry, Lauren Boyle

21. Alex Gentry

23. Jean Brinkman

24. Mike Maddox, Ivan Rohac

25. Agnes Khoury, Ellen Rukujzo

26. Joe Melnyk, Dana Muersch, Nicholas Kolegas

27. Bob Tillman

28. Chrissy Durso, Bob Janko

29. Karen Janis, Laura Firkins

31. Jeanne Elder, Bill Wetzig

QUILTERS

This group is open to the

community. No sewing

experience required!

See Weekly Bulletin for

July Date or Call Church Office

July 2016

July 3, 2016 – Galatians 6:2

“Carrying Others Burdens” by Rev. Dr. Daniel J. Brege, St. Paul Lutheran Church~Decatur, IN

We are encouraged to bear one another’s burdens and thus fulfill the law of Christ. Our Savior fulfilled this law and per-

fectly carried our misery, sin and death. Now we are privileged and empowered by this Gospel to bear one another’s

burdens.

July 10, 2016 – Luke 10:25-37

“Who’s Your Neighbor?” by Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Ahlersmeyer, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN

A lawyer’s request to define who’s his neighbor launches Jesus into a story of need (the beaten traveler) and deed (the

good Samaritan). Jesus is the “ultimate neighbor” who receives and gives, calling us to be “good Samaritan neighbors”

in our world.

June 17, 2016 – Luke 10:38-42

“Complications and Challenges” by Rev. James L. Elsner, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church~Stroh, IN

What has your attention? Mary and Martha were each focused on different things. And things like those reflect your

heart’s condition. Jesus challenges us to put Him first, though.

July 24, 2016 – Luke 11:1-13

“Asking of God” by Rev. Dr. Daniel J. Brege, St. Paul Lutheran Church~Decatur, IN

Jesus says that as we ask, seek and knock in prayer, our heavenly Father will indeed give us the Holy Spirit. Believers in

Jesus have been given the Holy Spirit in their Baptism, and as God's children they continually ask for the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit only comes to us through the Word, and as He comes to us, He is really the ultimate answer to the peti-

tions of the Lord's Prayer. The Holy Spirit continues to establish us in Christ and in His salvation.

July 31, 2016 – Colossians 3:1-11

“Living With a Purpose” by Rev. Paul E. Shoemaker, Emanuel Lutheran Church~New Haven, IN

Our world encourages us to live for the moment and enjoy the immediate pleasures of life. The pathway is clearly

marked by our passions. But Christ has a different path that He has clearly marked. It is marked with “the things that

are above.”

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Worship for Shut-Ins Sermon Summaries

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Deadline for August Memos is July 15th.

Email info to: jsoto129@gmail.com

and cc: stmarkworth@comcast.net

OR Drop off Articles, Thank You notes or

comments to the editor at the church of-

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Independence Day Prayer by Mary Fairchild

Dear Lord,

There is no greater feeling of liberation than to experience this freedom from sin and death that you have provided for me through Jesus Christ. Today my heart and my soul are free to praise you. For this, I am very thankful.

On this Independence Day, I am reminded of all those who have sacrificed for my freedom, following the example of your

Son, Jesus Christ. Let me not take my freedom, both physical and spiritual, for granted. May I always remember that a very

high price was paid for my freedom. My freedom cost others their very lives.

Lord, today, bless those who have served and continue to give their lives for my freedom. With favor and bounty meet their

needs and watch over their families.

Dear Father, I am so thankful for this nation. For all the sacrifices others have made to build and defend this country, I am

grateful.

Thank you for the opportunities and freedoms we have in the United States of America. Help me never to take these bless-ings for granted.

Help me to live my life in a way that glorifies you, Lord. Give me the strength to be a blessing in someone's life today, and

grant me the opportunity to lead others into the freedom that can be found in knowing Christ.

Amen

Happy 4th of July! As we celebrate the birthday of this nation, I

thought it would be a great opportunity to make a new family

tradition - making the fourth a day for national prayer.

I am guilty of seeing things in a very negative light from our

school systems, local governmental agencies, to our national

government. There is a lot in the news to make us feel as though

all is for naught. Yet we serve a God who tells us that he is in

control and we are His children. To reconcile these two opposing

views prayer is necessary.

So this 4th of July before we head to the fireworks, or a

barbeque I plan to take a moment with my family to pray for the

things that concern me most about my community, my state and

our great nation.

Below is some inspiration if your considering adding prayer to

this important day. To those of us who have always prayed for us

2 Corinthians 3:17

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit

of the Lord is, there is freedom “ Editor’s Note

Galatians 5:13 ESV

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Isaiah 61:1 ESV

The Spirit of the Lord God is up-on me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenheart-ed, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Romans 8:1 ESV

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

ST. MARK EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Loving God – Serving Others

11007 So. 76th Ave.

Worth, IL. 60482 www.stmarkworth.org

Jay Trygstad, Senior Pastor

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