The Journey - April 2016

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Change: Here and Yet to Come

We are legally and certainly something new…Living Faith Lutheran Church. We have been working on th

details to complete the process. Jill Steiner, in particular, has been working to make sure all our i’s are dotted and our t’s are crossed. We have a new Employee Identication Number (kind of a social securitynumber) for an institution. We have a new congregation number with the ELCA and are recognized as anew congregation with the ELCA. We are working through changing everything with our bank. A signcommittee is in place and working on a new sign. Things are changing; but it does take time and we appre-ciate your patience.

Congregational Meeting Sunday, April 17

There will be a congregational meeting on Sunday,April 17th at 11:30am in the sanctuary at Living

Faith East. Worship that Sunday at Wright andQuincy will be at 10:00am, to shorten the time be-tween the East worship and the meeting.

The purpose of the meeting is to extend term callsto Pastors Warren and Denise. Their call terminatedwith the ending of our previous congregations.

At the recommendation of Bishop Barrow, thechurch council, in consultation with the Consolida-tion Team and the group working on Building Mis-sional Capacity for Sustainability voted to suggest

a two year term call

to the congregation. That time

frame will allow for a Mission Exploration Study andin conjunction with that the Sustainability Team todo their work.

This is a visioning process which helps congrega-tions understand the mission that God is callingthem to and at the same time helps congregations

both tell their story to perspective pastoral candi-dates and determine what gifts might best meet theneeds of the congregation as we move into a newfuture.

Atonement last did a MET study in 2002 when Pas-tor Warren was called as the Sr. Pastor. (We alsodid a visioning process in conjunction with Atone-ment’s 100th Anniversary.) Visioning is important.Living Faith West and stronger neighborhood out-reach were both born of the last Atonement vision-ing process.

Because the Sustainability pilot project will take twyears, it was suggested that we take our time withthe MET process and issue both pastors a two yearterm call. Those calls can be either shortened orincreased depending upon the needs of the needs othe congregation. The Council voted to forward therecommendation of the two year call to the congre-gation.

A regular call committee will be organized at theNovember semi-annual meeting.


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APRIL 2016 ∙ Volume #1, Issue #1 3

February Council Meeting Highlights

The Consent agenda was approved which includ-ed previous minutes, pastor’s reports, statisticaland nancial reports.

AIM offering: $135.00 total. $10.00 was desig-nated for Accelerated Debt Reduction, $125.00was designated by the council to defray thecosts of the Easter Breakfast.

Ofcers were elected: President – TeresaReinders unanimously approved; Vice President– Vicki Seifert unanimously approved; Secretary– Margaret Robinson unanimously approved;Treasurer – Bob Reinders unanimously ap-proved; Financial Secretary – Ginny White unan-imously approved. It was noted that all ofcers

also serve as the Executive committee.

A committee was formed to begin work on newsignage and logo – We approved, as recommend-ed by Our Savior’s and approved at the annualmeeting, to spend $10,000 on sign for a base.We might need more funds if we want to get adigital sign. People who volunteered for the signcommittee were Sue Oertel and Ginny White.Recommended persons to contact; PerryRossmiller (who is working on a logo), Crystal

Heinen, Craig Schaub (owner of Dig-it

-all Signs).

The Endowment Fund needs to reorganize. Ac-cording to their by-laws, once Atonement ceasesto exist, the Endowment ceases to exist. There-fore a Living Faith Endowment needs to beformed. Money from endowment board is nowLiving Faith’s. Teresa moved that we as councilneed to recreate the Living Faith endowmentfund and use the current Atonement membersand Ginny White as nancial secretary fromcouncil as board members and reserve the fundsthat were in the fund. Seconded - Discussion onprinciples of fund. Amendment to strike motionand changed to Atonement endowment fundsmoved into Living Faith’s account but be Re-served for Living Faith endowment fund use.Unanimous vote for this motion. Moved the dis-position of endowment board to nance commit-tee for further direction.

Timing for new call committee – it was present-ed that Pastor Warren and Pastor Denise neednew calls. Their current calls ceased with thedissolution of Atonement and Our Savior’s.They need to be called to Living Faith. The ques

tion was put forth about the type of pastoralstructure we would desire. It was then recog-nized that a vision/mission exploration processshould be done before this is determined. It wasdecided that the Consolidation team would woron setting up a process for visioning and subse-quent call in consultation with the synod.

Council members chose a term out of a hat in order to stagger the terms of council so that noteveryone is new every year. 2 year terms and 1year term and each can serve for 2 terms: Mar-garet 1 year; Vicki 2 year; Bob 1 year; Tom 2year; Ginny 1 year; Sue 2 year; Teresa 2 year.

The Mission statement that the Consolidationteam worked on was presented to council: Find-ing Faith Building Faith Living Faith. It wasmoved seconded and passed to begin workingwith this mission statement. Pastor Denise willgive Perry this info for work on a logo.

Segue work on homeless shelter continues. Themayor plans for the city to receive a building.Seque is applying for 501(c)3 status with theIRS. Until that happens a 501c3 is needed to accept donations. A request was made to use Liv-ing Faith’s. A Motion was made for Living Faithto serve as scal agent for Segue until they gettheir 501c3. We will accept funds given to Se-gue and the Segue board will disperse thesefunds. Seconded, discussion: Living Faith willtake in donations and write a check to Segue forthese funds. Segue will take care of thank you’s

and acknowledgements of donations, not LivingFaith staff. We will have Segue do a newsletterarticle on what is happening.

Easter breakfast – form to help sign up if youcan.

It was suggested that someone look into havinga newspaper article regarding the consolidationWarren will look into this.


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4 | The Journey A publication of Living Faith Lutheran Church

Names in the News

Anniversaries: Cliff and Alma Vacek will cele-brate their 50th wedding anniversary on April 9th …Jim and Donna Braun will celebrate their 57thwedding anniversary on April 11th ...Vic and Carol

Howard will celebrate their 56th anniversary onApril 16th. Hoping you enjoy many more happyyears together.

Nonagenarian Birthdays: Charlotte Bauernfeindwill celebrate her 95th birthday on March 14th …Joyce Jensen will celebrate her 90th birthday onApril 29th. Best wishes one and all.

Weddings: Arthur Steege and Kimberly Deschlerwere united in marriage off-site on March 19,2016. Congratulations to you both!

Baptisms: Paige Nicole Buschke, daughter ofDuane and Nicole (Yohn) Buschke was baptized onMarch 13, 2016 with Tami Christensen-Awe andJason Yohn as sponsors … Twins Evelyn Mae Bah-ler and Theodore Dean Bahler, daughter and son ofBradley and Michelle (Powell) Bahler were bap-tized on March 20th , 2016 with sponsors for Eve-lyn, Chris & Jonni Powell and sponsors for Theo-dore, Derek & Stephanie Reinke. Welcome newmembers!

“Russ and I want to say thank you for the wonderful meatloaf dinners that Margaret brought over!They were totally delicious and we can’t thank youenough for your generosity and thoughtfulness.”

“Dear Living Faith West Congregation, Thank you

so much for including Thread by Thread in your“Noisy Offering.” What a wonderful surprise! Thismoney will be used to buy new socks & underwearfor our guests. There is such a need in Racine, asyou know, for this type of service. Our guests trulyappreciate the clothing items that we get donated,that they can pick from. Sincerely, Jacci Young,TXT Clothing Ministry Committee”

“Dear Ladies of Living Faith Lutheran Church,There are no words to express how thankful we ar

for your MOE visit to the 911 Dispatch Call Centeron Monday! It is not often that we receiveacknowledgement from the public for the job wedo, so your very thoughtful support and encouragement were greatly appreciated. Thank you for youkind words and keeping us in your prayers!”

“Dear friends in Christ, Thank you so much for allthe support through prayers during my 9 months otreatment for breast cancer. I complete my radia-tion treatments this week and I am doing

well.

Gayle Engelstad”

Condolences

Heartfelt love, sympathy and support to wife Linda and children Mark (Christine) Kramer, Terrie (Rick)Lewandowski, Kingston (Lita) Kramer and Kerry (Joe) Scherer at the death of former member Duane Kramer who passed away on February 17th in Appleton, WI … children Patrick (Mary) Jacoby, Carol Arm-strong, Ruth Jacoby, Elaine Drier and Linda Millburn at the death of ANN JACOBY whopassed away at Becker-Shoop Center on March 2nd … sons Michael (girlfriend-KelleeHenzel), and Kevin (spouse David Laing) & step sons Robert (Sandie) Hansen and Richard(Kimberly) Hansen at the death of former member Mike Wheeler who passed away onMarch 2nd in Tucson, AZ.

“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” Psalm 116:15

Known to be Hospitalized

St. Mary’s: Jewel Marks Home Again: Sue Nielsen, Dan Zelinger and Marj Byra

Pastoral Hospital Visits Strict patient condentiality rules prevent the hospital from notifying thechurch if you or a loved one is hospitalized. The hospitals are no lo nger ke eping church lists, so if you’dlike a pastoral visit and/or having your church family praying for you, please let the church ofce know.


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Cathi (Helding) Webster

Cathi is the daughter of Curt & Barb

Helding; Curtis is a lifelong member of

Our Saviors Lutheran Church. Barb

joined when she married Curt. Cathi was

born and raised in Racine and was a life-long member of Our Savior’s until 2012

when she joined Bethania Lutheran

Church. Cathi has two sisters , Crystal

and Cheryl, and a brother, Frank, who

also grew up at Our Savior’s. Crystal and

her husband Mark are still members. Cathi has a

husband, Keith, ve children and three grandchil-

dren.

Although quiet and shy, Cathi’s love and passionhas always been her church. While growing up her

mom, Barb, was the church secretary at Our Savior’s

and she helped out in the ofce off and on over the

years. Cathi has taught Sunday school, has been the

Sunday school superintendent, youth leader, youth

choir leader, Neighborhood Camp site coordinator,

assistant site coordinator, Spark leader, substitute

secretary, decorating team, call committee and

choir member.

In 2011, when offered the “Interim” Ad-

ministrative Assistants job, Cathi gladly

stepped in even though she knew the job

may end at anytime since at that time the

future of Our Savior’s was uncertain. The

staff at Our Savior’s was all interim: Pas-tor Ron was the interim Pastor and Mark

was the interim Maintenance man. As

talks progressed and things moved on

with a consolidation with Atonement, the

ofce and Cathi were moved to Atone-

ment into the former Sunday School Coordinator

ofce and Pastor Ron moved on. When the building

sold in December 2015, Mark was hired by the new

owners to help with the building care.

Cathi has been in the Atonement Our Savior’s ofcesince March 2013 and has been doing the Our Sav-

ior’s ofce work as well as all the bulletins, Chimes

weekly, some of the social media and website stuff.

With the consolidation of Atonement Our Savior’s,

Cathi remains on staff as an administrative assistan

and is still working on the bulletins, chimes weekly,

social media and website.

Cathi looks forward to serving the members of Liv-

ing Faith Lutheran Church for many years.

Thrivent con Teams: pply for an con Grant Project for 2016!!

Since the dissolution of the chapter system forThrivent, monies are now being seeded out for projects and fundraisers through individual Thriventmembers. This could be helpful for many groupsand projects around Living Faith and in the commu-nity. For example, I received seed money for theyouth gathering fundraiser. Along with promotion-al materials I will receive $250.00 as seed moneyfor the fundraiser. I was able to fund a service project at Lutherdale Bible Camp funding life jackets.Exaudh used one of his grants to purchase food forthe food pantry and the other to help fund the Hal-loween party.

You could use the seed money to do many things:purchase materials for the Quilters or the Stitchersof Blessings, or you could lead a service project to

purchase and sort food for the FaithWorks FoodPantry or purchase light bulbs for the sanctuary.Think of a fundraiser or small project you might likto do yourself or with a couple other people. Ormaybe you are part of something coming up that isalready in place, such as the Cookie Walk. We al-ready have one action grant for the conrmationclass to serve the Community Meal. What can yougrants do in 2016? Each Thrivent member can apply for 2 projects a year. This is an offer that is notto be missed. The process is simple and can be dononline. If you are tech savvy, just log on to your ac-count with Thrivent and click on ‘my Thrivent’ andthen ‘action teams’ and it will tell you what to do. Iyou need help I am willing to help you through theprocess. Thank you, Pastor Denise


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The Foundation

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s Ministry

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Foundation grew out of a need to develop a solid nancial base giving stabiity to our congregation’s ministry in the years to come. An endowment fund was established to meet thisneed in 1972.

What is the Foundation?

The Foundation was initiated through a gift from Mr. Harry Johnson. Since then, numerous other individuals have made generous donations in support of the ministries of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Founda-tion. The Foundation is not organized for prot and there is no capital stock. It is incorporated under theprovisions of the laws of the State of Wisconsin and no elected ofcers or members of the Board of Direc-tors receive compensation for their services.

On May 28, 2013, the Foundation entered into an agreement with the Racine Community Foundation toestablish a donor advised fund that shall be called Our Savior’s Lutheran Church of Racine FoundationFund. The Racine Community Foundation will administrate the Fund’s assets through investments and diburse grants in accordance to the sitting board members written requests. In accordance with this agreement, the sitting board members at the time will be known as the“Advisory Board”. Because of this

change, the advisory board members will retain permanent seats until a resignation is tendered or upontermination by death. The advisory board will continue to administer the Fund until no board memberssurvive. At that time, the Foundation’s Fund would be added to the General Fund of the Racine Communty Foundation.

Purpose of the Foundation

The purpose of this endowment fund is to provide nances above the church’s normal needs. If we are tobe of service to our church and community, we must broaden our ministry and support worthwhile projects and programs. The Foundation has given numerous grants to missionaries through the World Mis-sion Prayer League, local non-prot organizations, education scholarships to church members and variouprojects that were documented for the well-being of the church. Such grants would continue. The forms trequest grants are available in Our Savior’s church ofce.

Donating to the Foundation

A memorial gift is an enduring method to perpetuate the memory of one you hold dear. Gifts and bequesto the Foundation can be made at any time by friends as well as members of Our Savior’s and Atonementchurch. Donations should be sent directly to:

Racine Community Foundation

1135 Warwick Way

Racine, WI 53406

In the memo of the check, please note: OSLC Foundation Fund. Also indicate if a memorial and the namememorialized. Contributions are tax deductible.


Building Missional Capacity for Sustainability

Our team (Tom Korabik, Peggy Abbott, Liz Kegel, Bob Reinders, Mareeka Abbott, Warren Williams andDenise Mbise) attended the initial retreat at St. Peter’s in Sheboygan on March 5 and 6. We worked onleadership development, discipleship, stewardship and missional initiatives and how these might be inte-grated into the life of our congregation. We were there with three other churches from our synod (Villagin Milwaukee, St. Mark’s in Waukesha and St. Peter’s in Sheboygan) and are working with staff from theELCA ofce in Chicago on this new initiative. Before our next retreat in September we will be looking atthese areas of development and how we can begin active work on them at Living Faith.


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All events in the calendar are at Living Faith on Wright & Quincy unless otherwise noted.

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 10:30-12:30 Cagiving RelationshipsClass (Parlor)1-4 Member Event:Open House for Alm& Cliff Vacek’s 50th

Anniversary

NO VESPERS

3 COMMUNION, AIM PRESENTATIONS Choir Rehearsal - before & after ServiceNO 9:15 A.M. SERVICE10:00 Special Consolidation Celebra-tion Service at Living Faith West &Sunday School at Sturtevant Sports-plex2:00—5:00 Girls Scouts5:00 ELCA Cluster Community Meal(2915 Wright Ave.)

4 9:00 Quilters12 noon Bible Study6:30 Dorcas Circle7:00 OA Group

5 6:00 a.m.—11:00p.m. Spring Election inFellowship Hall &ELECTION BAKESALE9:30 Stitchers of Bless-ings1-3:00 Food Pantry4:30 Spanish Class

6 8:30 Park TransitionGroup8:30 a.m. - Women’s Break-fast at DeRango’s in WestRacine (location change)10:30 Senior Center11:00 Staff Meeting4:00 Worship Conversation7:30 Belle City Brassworks

7 8:30 Park Transi-tion Group5:15 CommunityWorship6-8:00 Food Pantry8:00 SelahPractice

8 9:00-2:00Pep Girls(Parlor)

3:00-5:00Mobile FoodPantry (SouthParking Lot)

9 9:00 BuildingMissional Capacity Sustainability10:30 Caregiver Suport Group

5:00 Vespers withCommunion

10 COMMUNION8:00-1:00 HORLICK THEATER ARTSPANCAKE BREAKFAST (FELL. HALL)9:15 WORSHIP SERVICESenior Choir Rehearsal - before & a fterService 10:00 Sunday Worship at Living FaithWest & Sunday School at SturtevantSportsplex10:45-12:45 Confirmation 5:00 ELCA Cluster Community Meal(2915 Wright Ave.)

11 9:00 Quilters9:30-3:30 Our Harmo-ny Club (Fell. Hall)9:30 Ruth Circle Mtg.12 noon Bible Study 6:30 “Ladies’ NightOut” at Mike & An-gelo’s Restaurant7:00 OA Group

12 1-3:00 Food Pantry4:30 Spanish Class

13 8:30 Park TransitionGroup9:15 Rebekah Circle Meeting11:00 Staff Meeting7:30 Belle City Brassworks

14 8:30 Park Transi-tion Group 5:15 CommunityWorship6-8:00 Food Pantry8:00 Selah Practice

15 165:00 Vespers withCommunion

17 COMMUNION

10:00 WORSHIP SERVICE (Note timechange)Senior Choir Rehearsal - before & a fterService10:00 Sunday Worship at Living FaithWest & Sunday School at SturtevantSportsplex 10:15 Coffee Hour East11:30 Living Faith Lutheran ChurchCongregational Meeting (Sanctuary)2:00-5:00 Girl Scouts5:00 ELCA Cluster Community Meal(2915 Wright Ave.)

18 9:00 Quilters

9:30-3:30 OurHarmony Club (Fell.Hall)12 noon - BibleStudy 7:00 OA Group

19 9:30 Stitchers of

Blessings10:30-12:30 CaregivingRelationships Class(Parlor)1-3:00 Food Pantry4:30 Spanish Class

20 8:30 Park Transition

Group10:30 Senior Center11:00 Staff Meeting1:00 Worship and MusicCommittee Meeting7:30 Belle City Brassworks

21 8:30 Park Transi-

tion Group5:15 CommunityWorship6:00—8:00 CaregiverSupport Group6-8:00 Food Pantry8:00 SelahPractice

Northern France tripleaving

22 9:00-2:00

Pep Girls(Parlor)

23 9:00 a.m.—1:0

p.m. Music Recital Sanctuary5:00 Vespers withCommunion

24 COMMUNION

9:15 WORSHIP SERVICESenior Choir Rehearsal - before & a fterService10:00 Sunday Worship at Living FaithWest & Sunday School at SturtevantSportsplex 10:15 Coffee Hour East10:45-12:45 Confirmation 5:00 ELCA Cluster Community Meal(2915 Wright Ave.)

25

9:00 Quilters9:30-3:30 OurHarmony Club (Fell.Hall)12 noon - BibleStudy 7:00 OA Group

26 1-3:00 Food Pantry

4:30 Spanish Class7:00 Council Meeting

27 8:30 Park Transition

Group11:00 Staff Meeting7:30 Belle City Brassworks

28 5:15 Community

Worship6-8:00 Food Pantry8:00 SelahPractice

29 30 9:00a.m.-

3:00p.m. Final Retrfor those being confirmed in May5:00 Vespers withCommunion

APRIL 2016

The Racine County

Senior Citizen Nutrition

Program meets Monday

through Friday in

Living Faith Fellowship

Hall at noon.



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Conrmation Information

Thank you for all your work at the soup suppers. Everyone enjoyed them very

much.

April 10, April 24, May 1 – Class from 10:45am-12:45pm. (Note new time)

Retreat for those being conrmed this year on April 30 from 9am-3pm at church.

Afrmation of Baptism on Sunday, May 15

Acolytes - Please pick up your April acolyte schedule from the sacristy.

Monday Bible Study at Noon

We continue to meet on Monday’s at noon tostudy the lessons for the upcoming Sunday. We

are now a group of 7 seekers. Please Join us.Contact Pastor Denise for any questions.

Theological Book Study

We will have a one-time meeting on Saturday, May 7 at9:30 with brunch.

We will be discussing “The Message of Jesus Christ” by Ma-hatma Gandhi. This was a book referenced in our recentbook “The Faith Club”.

Sundaes on Wednesday with Kathi Miller, Your Personal De

Clutter Coach

Please join us on Wednesday, May 25th from 1:30pm to 3:30pm in the Parlor for a special and “Just inTime for Spring House Cleaning” event being planned just for you: “De-clutter Today for a Carefree To-morrow!”

Kathi Miller has been an educator, mentor, and entrepreneur who combines her lifelong fascination withefciency with an unrelenting determination to truly enjoy life. She has been described as“knowledgeable, non judgmental, and inspirational with a sense of humor.”

In the words of Kathi, “Clutter-free living requires you to tell yourself the truth about your belongings,”

noting that it’s okay to admit that “I bought it, but I’ll never use it” or “Someone gave it to me, but I don’tlike it.”

Please join us on Wednesday, May 25 for a fun and entertaining afternoon and enjoy a special treat of“Sundaes On Wednesday!”

Please either sign up on the “long yellow sheet” in the bulletin or call the ofce at 637-5671 to make yourreservation. A suggested $5 donation is suggested to help offset the speaker fee. Thanks and hope to seeyou then.



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FaithWorks Food Pantry Needs

While every donation is greatly appreciated, withour new shopping arrangement at Feeding Ameri-ca, monetary donations actually go further thanfood donations.

Checks can be made out to ”FaithWorks Food Pan-try”; you will still get credit on your contributionsstatement.

That said, all food donations are welcomed. Ourgreatest needs right now are: Canned Meals: Spaghetti, Beef Stew, Ravioli,

Beefaroni, etc. Canned Meats: Chicken, Tuna, Salmon, etc. Spaghetti sauce Toilet paper and Bar Soap

Volunteers are always welcomed!

Our Harmony Club

Our Harmony Club is looking forcaring people willing to sharetheir time and talent with sen-iors who have age related chal-

lenges. We have Our Harmony Club at Living Faitthe second, third and fourth Mondays from9:30am until 3:30pm in Fellowship Hall. If you are

interested or need more information, please con-tact Dawn Vlach at 262-880-5301 or Sue Pettit at262-716-1998 or Monica Miller at 262-497-4004

Volunteers Opportunies

FaithWorks Food Pantry

Volunteers are needed to pack-age produce and bakery on Mon-days from 10:30am to 12:30pm

in the Food Pantry. Please signup on the yellow sheet or talk to Margaret Robin-son or Jodi Pease.

Tech Team Have you everwondered how things on thetechnical side of the worshipservice work? Here is yourchance to learn about it andhelp us out! We need people to help operate thescreen for announcements, etc. Training will be

provided at your convenience. If you have ques-

Wheaton Franciscan

Wheaton Franciscan Home Health &Hospice is seeking volunteers for avariety of roles, including: playingmusic, playing chess, visiting, ofceduties, knitting, quilting and more.

Training is provided.

If interested please call or email Sara Moss at 414-874-6141 or [email protected].


Election Day No Price

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Bake Sale

On Tuesday, April 5 , besides voters having a big se-lection of candidates to choose from we will be of-fering them a huge variety of baked goods andtreats to choose from as well!

We will be hosting a “No Price” bake sale in the back

entranceway throughout the day and hope that youwill help us to ll the tables with LOTS of goodies asvoter turnout is expected to reach an all time high!

From past experience, we have found that a dona-tion for the items they choose works much betterthan pricing everything, thus the “No Price” bakesale has become a good option. *All donations re-ceived will go directly to support the various Minis-

tries here at Living Faith.

Favorites we have seen to be popular in the pastare: cookies, bars, brownies, rice krispie treats,mufns, breads, pies and small cakes but pleasebring any of your favorite things you enjoy baking.If you could please bring your PRE-PACKAGED do-

nations to the church ofce either on Monday the4th or anytime during the day on the 5th, that wouldbe great!

Please let us know you will be bringing goodies bylling out the “Long Yellow Sheet” and you will becontacted to conrm. Thanks in advance and happybaking!

Please contact Vicki Siefert at 262-634-4154


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Women’s Breakfast

Please join us for Women’s Breakfast! We meet the 1st Wednesday of the month at8:30am at DeRango’s in West Racine (6100 Washington Ave., just west of WestBoulevard) for breakfast, devotions and conversation. All are welcome! If you haveany questions contact Pastor Denise, Veryl Hermes or Rosemary Fritchen.

Please join us on Monday, April 11 for Ladies NightOut. We’ll meet at 6:30 at Mike & Angelo’s on thenorthwest corner of Washington and EmmertsenRoad.

For a look at their menu, go to:www.mikeandangelos.com/menu

Please let Pastor Denise know so we can make areservation.

Senior Friendship Center

April 6 Devotion and Communion46th Anniversary Party & Lunch

Chicken Foot Dominoes

April 20 Bingo

Lunch: Surprise!

Fun “N Games

Relay For Life of Racine

Who: You and anyone who wants tohelp ght cancer!

What: The Relay For Life of Racine is ateam event to celebrate survivors, re-member loved ones, and ght back

against cancer. Have fun and raise funds for cancer

research, education, advocacy, and patient programs.The event includes games, activities, fundraiser, food,music and more!!

Where: Caledonia/Mount Pleasant Memorial Park

When: Friday, June 10, 2016 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.

Why: 1 in 3 people will be diagnosed with cancer intheir lifetime. The American Cancer Society ghtscancer through research, education on early detec-tion and prevention of cancer and to make life easierfor those diagnosed with cancer with patient pro-

grams and services.

How: Make or join a Relay team with your friends,family and co-workers, join the planning committee,register as a survivor, volunteer at the event, or makea donation! Register online today by going to relay-forlife.org/racinewi

Contact: Vicki Siefert [email protected] or 262-634-4154

Bingo

A bingo party is planned for Mon-day, April 11, 2016 at the Villa atLincoln Park. We will need volun-teers to visit with and help the resi-dents play bingo, bingo prizes and

desserts for that date. Look for more informationin the weekly bulletin.

It

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s Time to Start Gathering Items for Lutheran

World Relief Personal Care Kits

A Personal Care Kit contains the following items: 1 metal nail clipper* 1 bath towel (about 27” x 52”, new or gently used) 2 bath size bars of soap (in original wrapping) 1 sturdy comb 1 adult size toothbrush (in original packaging) *These are the items we need the most

“The very simple gesture of giving a Personal Care Kit

can give someone the encouragement to start anew,starting with a bath. You can share God’s grace andlove by providing that simple comfort.”

You can bring any of the needed items on Sunday andleave them in the marked box in the narthex. OR, youcan also sponsor a Personal Care Kit for $9, and we wpurchase the needed items.

Thank you for your support of people in crisis aroundthe world!!



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Neighborhood Camp Scholarship

Racine ELCA Neighborhood Camp leaders, in partnership with the Racine Com-

munity Foundation, are excited to announce a scholarship opportunity for camp

alumni.

Applicants must :

Be a senior from one of the following schools: J.I. Case, William Horlick, Racine Lutheran, St. Cathe-

rine's, Walden III, Washington Park, The REAL School or The Prairie School

Have participated in the Racine ELCA Neighborhood Camp for at least two summers

Rank in the upper 75 percentile of his/her graduating class

Demonstrate involvement in extra-curricular school and community activities

Pursue an undergraduate education at an accredited college or university, or at a technical or commu-

nity college

Demonstrate nancial need, including the inability to obtain traditional student loans

Application forms are available in the high school guidance offices.

Camp Intern Applications Available

Applications are now being accepted for Neighborhood Camp interns. Forms are available in thechurch ofce or online at www.neighborhoodcampracine. org/staff-resources/

Dates for 2016 Neighborhood Camp are June 20 -July 28. (Camp will not be held the week of July 4.

Mandatory training is set for Wednesday throughFriday, June 15-17.

Applications are due to Carol Yust at 1925 Summ

Avenue, Racine,53404 or byemail by May 1.

Hiring is ex-pected to becompleted byMay 31.

Come join thefun!

2016 Neighborhood Camp

We’ve just begun planning for 2015 Neighborhood Camp. Registration forms for campers and SALT areexpected to be available mid to late April.

Help Keep Camp Free

Racine ELCA Neighbor-hood Camp lls an im-portant need in our neigh-borhood during the summer. Camp is a collabora-tive, creative community outreach ministry to thechildren of Racine. It was started 16 years ago toprovide the underserved children in our neighbor-hoods a safe, fun and stimulating place to learn andplay. There are plenty of summer camps in the Ra-cine area, but Neighborhood Camp is unique as it

is provided at no cost to the campers.

Funding for Neighborhood Camp comes from vari-ous grants and from generous support of congre-gation members like you. It is easy to make a nan-cial contribution to camp. Visit the camp websiteat www.neighborhoodcampracine.org and click onthe Donor Information tab. You can make dona-tions quickly and safely online, or you can print outa form and mail your donation in.



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Keep Saving A.I.M. Now needs your UPC

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s

Thank you to everyone who has been saving UPCs and beverage/sauce

caps from participating Labels for Education partners for A.I.M. Now Child

Care Center. Campbell’s has announced that, after 43 years, they are wind-

ing down the Labels for Education program. Since we are a registered school with the program, wehave about another year and a half to participate. But, the number of participating products will slowly

dwindle. So, please, please , PLEASE continue to send in your UPCs & caps so we can get as much ben

efit from this program as we can in the time left.

Turn in what you’ve collected by reusing an envelope or baggie, marking it “Child Care,” and putting it inthe offering plate. If you happen to be going to the church ofce, you can also turn them in there.

Build Your Budget with SCRIP

If your budget is anything like mine, I would love togive more to our church, but there just isn’t anymore to give. So, why not let the retailers where youshop help with that? They set aside a certain per-centage of their prots for charitable giving, andthey often prefer to give that money to causes sup-ported by their customers.

It's easy to start using scrip for purchases you knowyou have to make every week, like gas and grocer-ies, and with a little planning, you can use scrip for just about everything. If you're working on projectsaround the house you can nd scrip for your renova-tions in the home improvement category, or checkout the clothing brands to add to your wardrobe.For fun nights out with family and friends, stock upon scrip from the entertainment and dining retail-ers. You can nd scrip for just about anything, and

every scrip card purchased supports Living Faith.

Need your Scrip right away? We keep the cardslisted in the left hand column on the front page ofthe order form in stock in limited quantities, so callKarin Langlois at 672-0635, she can probably ar-range to get it to you quickly. Need a small gift? Wstock a number of cards in denominations of $10(there are even a few $5 cards available.) Any ordeplaced by 9:00am Tuesday can be picked up as earlyas Thursday evening, by arrangement with Karin

Langlois.To get your Scrip see Dick Langlois at the Scrip tablbefore the 9:15 service or at coffee hour. You canalso pick up an order form in the narthex and callKarin or email her at [email protected] to or-der your Scrip. If you attend Living Faith West, youcan also arrange with June Klingbeil to get yourScrip there.


Focus: Oral & Personal Care Brigade

®

Each and every year, the products we use every day to make our bod-

ies clean, our teeth bright and shiny, and keep us smelling fresh, endup being thrown away after use and ultimately end up in landlls. Tom’s of Maine (a pio-

neer in environmental stewardship since 1970) and Colgate have partnered with eco-innovator TerraCy-cle® to provide a second life for empty and used toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, oss containers, mouth-wash bottles, soap packaging, and antiperspirant and deodorant containers. Together we can convertthese would-be waste materials into fun and unique products!

Oral & Personal Care Brigade accepted waste: ANY brand of toothpaste tubes, toothpaste caps, osscontainers, mouthwash bottles, mouthwash caps, deodorant containers and caps, soap packaging, andtoothbrush and toothpaste tube outer packaging. Please note: This brigade does not accept aerosol deo-dorant cans.

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Easter Lilies

IN MEMORY OF OR IN HONOR OF … From

ANNABELLE & JEROME MILLER … Monica Miller

WALTER GIBSON & CHESTER & MABEL MEYER …Carolyn, Todd & Sandra Gibson

MR. & MRS. LEROY MENTCH AND RONALD RICE… Judi Lutkus and family

MY HUSBAND, ERV BEYER … Marion Beyer

FATHER, RODNEY GUMMOW … Justin Gummow& Sarah Gummow

FATHER, RODNEY GUMMOW … Ann & Jacob Pat-ty

GILBERT HENDRICKSON … Linda Hendrickson,Dawn Hendrickson and Terri Bendorf

MOTHER AND DAD, MR. & MRS. JOHN & IVAHAYEK AND HUSBAND GEORGE KAMAKIAN …Shirley Kamakian

LOVED ONES … David & Arlene LaMack

SAM & ELIDA FORSMARK, BETTY ATKINSON,BERT & GRACE CUSHMAN, RAY CUSHMAN ANDBERTIE JEAN SAUNDERS … The Paul CushmanFamily

SUE CAMPBELL … Pat and Tom Isaacson

GEORGE ETLICHER & JOHN HAWES … DoloresEtlicher

MIKE BYRA … His family

IN HONOR OF KYLE UNGER & ALEX UNGER, & IN

MEMORY OF AUDREY UNGER … Al Unger

VERNON C. RIEKENA … from his loving wife CarolRiekena

LOVED ONES … Rosemary Fritchen

OUR PARENTS, SISTER SALLY GOLDBERG ANDBROTHER RICHARD AIELLO … David & NancyKolls

HUSBAND, DAD & GRANDPA THE REV. ED BELT-ER … Laurie Belter

JOHN R. BLANKMAN, ALICE (BLANKMAN)SONNTAG, CLARA BLANKMAN & ALICE LARSEN… from their families

MARTY MARTENAS … from her family

MY WIFE ANN ERTL, MY MOM ANN ERTL … Pat &Mike Ertl

BARBARA HELDING … from her husband Curt andher children

KEN STOFEN … Dorothy Stofen

ALLEN & JOHANNA HAIGH (ED’S PARENTS) & ED& RUTH BECK (LEANNA’S PARENTS) … Ed & LeAnna Haigh

OUR PARENTS, PETER & ELLA BERES AND OTTO& MARTHA MARKS … Jewel & Frederick Marks

America

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s Original Sin

Author Jim Wallis makes a compelling argument inhis new book America’s Original Sin, that racism isthe rst and worst sin of America, it hampers us asa nation and a people and keeps us from our bestdestiny. He also argues that it is the task of thechurch of Jesus to ght racism in whatever way we

are able.

Wallis states that in our current age, most peoplefail to see racism. People know that the battle wasone in the 1960’s for civil rights, and most Chris-tians truly despise overt actions of hate and dis-crimination. But we fail, often, to see that there isa huge gap in wealth, jobs, and incarceration rates.All of those factors are clear evidence that racism

has merely changed, not gone away.

Wallis, in his new book (recommended by The Lu-theran) suggests that the task of the church in thisgeneration is to become both multi-cultural andmulti-racial. Maintaining a segregated worship-ping body is a tremendous sin and it fails to reectthe reality of the church.

One doable bit of advice that Wallis makes is forfolks who consider themselves to be white, to giveup the designation. When forms are lled outwhich ask the question, simply check other. Whitelike black or Asian or Latino are not real catego-ries, at least not real racial categories. There is only one race, human and we are all equally loved bythe one who made us in God’s image.



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Living Faith - 9:15 April 3 April 10 April 17-10:00am April 24

Reader

NO worship at Living Faith

(Wright Ave)

Joint worship atLiving Faith West

at 10:00am

Alice Frahm Marilyn Thygeson Elaine Lucht

Acolytes

Matthew Clope Alexander Mbise Anna-Lisa Mbise

Cole Miller

*Becca Arnold Alexander Mbise Anna-Lisa Mbise

Cole Miller

Logan Munoz Matthew Clope Journey Koepke

James Breidenbach

Communion

Assistants

Fred Marks Rose Frey

Elaine Lucht

Gary King Barb Elmer

Helen Zelinger

Lika Phipps Ginny White

Dick Koch

Tech Person Jennifer Miller Chris Simon Vicy Arnold

Ushers Pat Vandenberg, Sue Daubers

Altar Guild Volunteers Needed

Coffee Hour Cyndy King

Sandy FugateLaurie Belter Gloria Simon

Vespers April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30

Reader

NO Vespers on April 2

Ray Venegas Maggie Gruenwald Janet Venegas Maggie Gruenwal

Acolyte (*Senior Acolyte)

Natalie Kegel Journey Koepke

Kara Breidenbach James Breidenbach

*Becca Arnold Natalie Kegel

Kara BreidenbachJames Breidenbac

Tech Person

Vicy Arnold

Open

Open

Open

Living Faith West April 3 April 10 April 17 April 24

Ushers

Don & Sandy Hansen

Amy Sheppard Nikki Halbur

Steve Blegen Jim Corman

Lika Phipps Chad Saliscente

Greeters Lindsey & Camden

Smith Steve Blegen Lisa Peters

Kristie Cushmanand kids

Tech Person Linda McGee Becca Arnold Adam Smith Michael Corman

Reader Kevin Ehnert Steve Engelstad Chris Malik Brenda Thomas

Prayer Sandi Kuether Gayle Engelstad Margaret Robinson June Klingbeil

Liturgy Carol Hegmann Tom Korabik Jody Pease Margaret Robinson

CommunionAssistants

June Klingbeil

Michele Burton

Tom Korabik Lisa Korabik

Austin McGee Logan McGee

Margaret Robinson

Carol Hegmann Lika Phipps

Chad Saliscente 1 or 2 kids

Jody Pease

Michelle Lovely Grace Lovely

Kristie Cushman and kids

Jim Corman

Jeanne Corman Ellaina Gorske

Michelle Larsen Journey Koepke

Fellowship Snacks Birthday treat -

Jody Pease; othertreats by lots of us

Gayle Engelstad Sandi Kuether

Lisa Peters Volunteers

Needed

Godly Play Jody Pease Shirley Blegen Jeanne Corman TBA



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Service Times

Vespers Service (Quincy) ...................................... Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. (No Vespers April 2)

Sunday Service at Living Faith (Quincy) ………………………….. ............................... 9:15 a.m.

Sunday Service & Sunday School at Living Faith West Sportsplex ............... .....…. 10:00 a.m.

Living Faith Church Office Hours

Monday - Friday .......................................................................................... 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Living Faith Staff

Ministers ................................................................. The People of Living Faith Lutheran ChurchSenior Pastor ............................................................................................... Dr. Warren Williams

Associate Pastor ................................................................................... Rev. Denise M.H. Mbise

Administrative Secretary ............................................................................................. Jill Steiner

Administrative Secretary .......................................................................................Cathi Webster

Secretary/Book Keeper .......................................................................................... Kim Saunders

Senior Choir Director ..................................................................................... Dimitri Shapavolov

Organist /Pianist ....................................................................................................Jill Wanggaard

Organist /Pianist ........................................................................................................... Tina Perri

Organist Emeritus ................................................................................................... Fred Hermes

Pianist................................................................................................................... Tina Tempesta

Part time Maintenance ................................................................................................ Jay Martin

Part time Janitorial ................................................................................................... Ollie Nielsen

Senior Friendship Center Director ............................................................................ Vicki Siefert

Nutrition Site Supervisor ...................................................................................... Donna Pankoff

Parish Nurse ............................................................................................... Joannie Williams, RN

‘The Journey’ Editor ........................................................................................... Diane Thygeson

Staff E-mail addresses

Rev. Denise Mbise ......................................................................... [email protected]

Dr. Warren Williams ................................................................. [email protected] Steiner .............................................................................................. [email protected]

Kim Saunders ........................................................................... [email protected]

Cathi Webster................................................................. [email protected]

Joannie Williams ................................................................................joanniecaritas@gmail.com

Diane Thygeson ..................................................................................... [email protected]

General Church E-mail address

Living Faith E-mail .................................................................. [email protected]

Living Faith Website ........................................................................... www.atonementracine.org

Living Faith West Website ................................................................... www.atonementwest.org

Living Faith Facebook ................. ................ ................ ... www.facebook.com/AtonementRacine

pril Readings

April 03 - Second Sunday of Easter

1st Reading: Acts 5:27-32

Psalm: Psalm 118:14-29

2nd Reading: Revelation 1:4-8

Gospel: John 20:19-31

April 10 - Third Sunday of Easter

1st Reading: Acts 9:1-6 [7

-20]

Psalm: Psalm 30



April 17 - Fourth Sunday of Easter


Psalm: Psalm 23



April 24 - Fifth Sunday of Easter


Psalm: Psalm 148




Free Blood Pressure Clinic

A free blood pressure clinic will beheld the rst Sunday of each montfollowing the 9:15 service. Pleasestop down to Fellowship Hall after

the service and have your blood pressure checked!Barb Elmer, RN and Marion Beyer, RN

Newsletter Deadline

Articles to be included in the Mayissue of The Journey should besubmitted to Diane Thygeson

(email: dfthygeson@ gmail.com) nolater than April 20.

If you are not receiving The Journey please call oremail the church ofce to let us know. Thanks!


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RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Living Faith Lutheran Church

2915 Wright Avenue Racine, WI 53405-5094

Published Once a Month

Change: Here and Yet to Come

Mission Exploration Process

April 3 - Living Faith Celebration Service

A Message from the Bishop

Meet the Staff: Cathi Webster

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Foundation

Documents

The Journey - April 2016