March 31, 2016

This Week at Christ Lutheran

Thursday, Mar. 31 4: 00 PM Serve meal at ODM 7:30 PM Worship at Open Door Mission

Friday, Apr. 1 3:45 PM Youth choir Practice (FCC) 6:30 PM Stephen Ministry Training (FCC) Saturday, Apr. 2 9:00 AM Christmas in July planning meeting (FCC) 10:00 AM Cleansing Stream (FCC)

Sunday, Apr. 3 8:30 AM Worship 10:10 AM Israel’s Mission 10:15 AM Education Hour for all Ages 3:00 PM A Movie & A Meal (FCC) “War Room”

Tuesday, Apr. 5 6:41 AM Men praying for revival (Dr. Keith’s office) 6:30 PM House of Prayer (FCC)

Wednesday, Apr . 6 6:30 PM Chancel Choir (FCC) 7:00 PM Stephen Ministry training (FCC)

Thursday, Apr. 7 6:30 PM Communications Comm. (FCC) 6:30 AM Finance & Stewardship Comm.

Friday, Apr. 8 3:45 PM Youth choir Practice (FCC)

Pastor Mark

Degner

Sunday’s Focus:

Bread ~ so basic and essential

to life. Jesus called Himself “the

Bread of Life.” He is essential to

our lives at every moment

every day. He offers us Himself

in His Word and Sacraments.

We are filled and sustained.

Who is Jesus? He is our life!

(Read John 6 before worship).

Power Word:

Revelation 7:16-17

Readings for Sunday, Apr 3

Acts 5:27-32

Revelation 1:4-8

John 20:19-31

4.3.16 Worship Assistants

Greeter: Reader: Bill Hall

Ushers: Mike, Taylen & Brayden Davis

4/3/16 Hostess: Rosalee Christiansen

New Teaching Series -

“I Am Jesus”

Have you ever longed to know

Jesus more deeply? Then our new

series of messages will lead you

into a fuller knowledge of who He

is and what He has done for you.

Focusing on some of the “I Am”

sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of

John, this series will open the eyes

of our hearts to Him as our Lord

and Savior. “I Am Jesus” is the

title of the series that begins on

Sunday.

Sunday, Mar. 27

Sunrise = 34

Festival Service = 83

Good Friday, Mar. 25= 48

Do You Need Personal Prayer?

If you would like someone to pray

with you privately and confiden-

tially, you may approach the front

of the sanctuary after our worship.

Sunday

Worship

April 3

8:30 AM

April 3rd ~ A Movie and A Meal ~

3:00 p.m.

April 8-10 ~ Rachel’s Vineyard

Retreat ~ Schuyler

Guest Speaker on April 3

Pastor Randy Freund will be our

guest speaker on Sunday, April 3.

Pastor Freund has served

churches in MN and ND, and is

currently pastor at New Creation

Lutheran Church in Perham, MN.

He is also Service Coordinator for

Augustana District, LCMC. Mar-

ried to Stephanie, Randy is a hus-

band, father and grandfather. He

is also Judi Pedersen’s cousin. We

welcome him this week!

Sunday, April 3 - 10:10 a.m.

Lesson 5 of “Israel’s Mission” will

be presented Sunday, April 3,

from 10:10-11:10 a.m. - “The

Seeking Father; The Lost Son Re-

turns.” Join us for this study of

how God’s heart for lost people

has never changed. He loves

them. He calls us to bring them

back. Come to the Fellowship

Hall to view the video and join

the discussion. You’ll be

blessed.

Jesus Follower Quotes (for

women and men)

“A woman’s heart should be so hid-

den in Jesus that a man has to seek

Him to find her.”

“There is nothing stronger and

more manly than a man who is in

love with Jesus Christ and is fully

surrendered to His will.”

FCC Bible Study

If you are 18-30 years old and

interested in a Wednesday

night Bible study, First Chris-

tian Church will be starting one

soon. Contact Pastor Mark for

more information or call James

at 402.278.1234

Pocket Crosses!

We have more

pocket crosses!

Share Jesus and His

saving love through

our cross ministry.

Why Attend our House of

Prayer? “Prayer is the strong wall

and fortress of the church.” - Mar-

tin Luther. Need a new beginning,

hope, a fresh start? Call on the

Lord at our House of Prayer ~

this Tuesday ~ 6:30 p.m., before

Bible Study.

Missional Identity

Missional is not an activity. It’s an

identity! You are God’s woman,

man or child. As Christians, we are

not people who “do ministry.” We

are ministers. We are not people

who “do mission.” We are mis-

sionaries. As we live out our iden-

tity as missionaries, we will start

to see our everyday activities as

opportunities to be witnesses for

Christ. Be Jesus to the world.

Ready, set, go!

Missional Idea

Invite friends to A Movie and A

Meal. There is no charge for this

event on April 3rd. The film, War

Room will communicate the im-

portance of being in a vitalized re-

lationship with Jesus.

Easter and Holy Week

Worship

Jesus was honored and praised

on Easter! Our Holy Week jour-

ney was worshipful and rich.

Thanks to all those who contrib-

uted in any way to the beauty

and majesty of our worship dur-

ing Holy Week and on Easter (too

many people to mention by name).

Our Chancel Choir, Children’s

Choir, Men’s Chorus and soloists

added so much. The processional

and the calla lilies were beautiful.

Sunday school was fun! You, the

people of Christ Lutheran, en-

gaged in the worship of Jesus!

Great music! Great worship!

Great church! Awesome Savior!

Living Lord!

Open Door Mission -

March 31st

Join us at the Open Door Mission

on March 31st at 7:30 p.m. as we

lead worship for the residents

and guests. This is a great way

for all of us to bless the spirits of

others. Invite others to come!

Bible Study Resumes on

Tuesday

Our Tuesday evening Bible study

will resume at 7:00 p.m. this

Tuesday.

Tuesday - Apologetics -

Worldview

Our study of apologetics will re-

sume on Tuesday night. We will

examine the different world-

views in our western culture. A

Christian, Biblical worldview is

not the dominate worldview in

America. How do you share your

faith with someone who sees the

world very differently than you?

How do you equip your kids and

grandkids to be unashamed of

Jesus? Come on Tuesday night

as we join in an interactive dis-

cussion and Bible study. 7:00

p.m.

Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat -

April 8-10

Christ Lutheran Church will offer

its second RV retreat at St. Bene-

dict Retreat Center, in Schuyler,

on April 8-10. This confidential

retreat breathes new life into post

-abortive women and men with

the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Regis-

trations are being received. Sup-

plies are also needed. Contact

Linda Degner at lmdia-

mond@live.com or 402.670.5145

to register or offer your help.

Prayer Requests

For Pam Ciulla, Carissa, Bonnie,

Mary Camden, Woody Woodring,

Sue and all who need God’s heal-

ing.

For Holli and Dwight.

For Kiley Fischer and her family.

For our marriages and families.

For our Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat

in April that many wounded ones

may be healed by Jesus.

Sharing is Caring!

“Share” our posts with your

friends from our CLC Facebook

page. Simply click on the

“Share” arrow for each post and

send an invitation to all your FB

friends.

Like Us on Facebook

If you have a Facebook profile,

be sure to “Like” Christ Lu-

theran Church! Our FB address

is: www.facebook.com/

CLCBlair/. You can “Like” our

page on FB, or just “Like” it

through our website, http://

christlutheranblair.org/, by

clicking on the small FB icon at

the bottom of our homepage.

Scholarship Opportunity:

Christ Lutheran High-School seniors who are heading to college next year are encouraged to apply for the Christ Lutheran Family Scholar-ship. This is a $500 scholarship that is available to active Christ Lutheran family members. Applications are available on our table outside the sanctuary. Deadline for application is April 17th. Completed applica-tions can be returned to any Be-nevolence Committee member or mailed to Christ Lutheran Scholar-ship Committee, PO box 652, Blair, NE 68008

Christmas in July Meeting on

April 2

Our planning team will meet on

Saturday, April 2, at 9:00 a.m. We

need your HELP! Please volunteer

and come to our planning session.

CALENDAR EVENTS

EVANGELISM & SOCIAL

MINISTRY

National Day of Prayer is May 5

(First Thursday in May), the 65th

year. 11am-1pm at the Deerfield

Property.

Focus: Wake Up America

A church that impresses God…

Redesign News

Brown Church Development Group is currently working on its redesign of our future minis-try center. More information will be coming soon.

Kids Against Hunger has been indefi-

nitely postponed. Thank you to those

who had signed up previously!

Buy a Wristband

…and help end hunger in our

community and county. A group

of Otte Middle School kids have

developed a plan to help fund

the Washington County Food

Pantry. As part of their Destina-

tion Imagination project they

are selling the orange wrist-

bands (above) for $1. You are

welcome to contribute more. All

proceeds will go to feeding the

hungry through WCFP. The

wristbands will be available on

Sunday morning.

Answered Prayer

The Lord sent His angels to pro-tect His daughters, Megan and Kiley.

A Movie and A Meal on April 3 -

3:00 p.m.

Join us for a movie and a meal on

Sunday, April 3, at 3:00 p.m. We

will be watching War Room, a

great Christian film that invites

all of us to pray to the Lord for

His grace and help. This is a great

opportunity to invite someone to

a wonderful event. It’s FREE!

APRIL

BIRTHDAYS

4/2 Lana Riege

4/8 Shelly Hall

4/15 Laurids Pedersen

4/18 Linda Woodring

4/20 Linda Degner

4/23 David Picton

4/27 Carolyn Larsen

4/28 Lyle Sass

If you know of anyone omitted or in-

correct in this list, please email Jody at

ptacnik@christlutheranblair.org to

update the church records.

CLC has received an invitation

post card…

SAVE THE DATE:

FRIDAY, APRIL 8TH

6:30—8:30 PM

SIMONE G. WEBER

and

TABLE GRACE CAFE

Location: Joslyn Castle, Omaha

(3902 Davenport Street)

Enjoy appetizers, concert and

dessert as we celebrate 5 years

of Table Grace Café.

Remember them in

your Prayers …

Leyber Garcia Mazariegos

Ambohimanambola Lutheran

Church in Madagascar

Pray for the CLC baptized members…

Cooper Schmidt

Chloe Davis

Hailie Ann Scroggins Tyler Logan Knauss Hayden Ryan Beers

Trouse Dean Davis

Kayla Marie Lyons

Trinity Jane Auciello

Tristan Lee Auciello

Taylen Michael Mammen

Brayden Lee Mammen

Amanda Lynn Davis

Triston Thomas Dein

Cayden Alan Beckenhauer

Child Sponsorship

We know the members of Christ

Lutheran are all about mission

work! We would like to see just

how many children around the

world are being sponsored by in-

dividuals from our congregation.

If you have a sponsor child

would you contact Jody with

that information.

Thank you!

APRIL

WEDDING

ANNIVER-

SARIES

Apr. 7 Laurids & Judi Pedersen

Apr. 16 Tom & Tami Christoffersen

Apr. 24 Arlan & Lana Riege

Apr. 25 Al & Ruth Bilau

If you know of anyone omitted or

incorrect in this list,

please email Jody at

ptacnik@christlutheranblair.org to

update the church records.

BENEVOLENCE

DISBURSEMENTS

February Total distribution...

$2,800.00

Blair Student Venture-Jake Loftis (monthly) $100.00 Wash. Co. Ministerial Asso (2015 & 2016 dues) $200.00 ILT (matching funds donation) $400.00 Alliance Defending Freedom (matching) $400.00 Students International-Katie Wulf (mission) $300.00 Oaks Indian Center $400.00 Samaritans Purse (flooding southern

USA) $400.00

Self Help $300.00

The Navigators (Laura Karlin) $300.00

WELCOME!

New members joined CLC on

March 13

Curt

Hougan

Duke &

Kareen

Clifton