L I V I N G T O D A Y F O R E T E R N I T Y

LIVING SAVIORLutheran Church

Many people in our country mark the last day of this month as Halloween, but we in the Lutheran Church celebrate October 31st as the birthdate of the Reformation.  It was on that day in 1517 that an Augustinian monk, named Martin Luther, nailed his 500 Theses on the door of the Church in Wittenberg.  Well, if you do your math, we quickly realize that this month marks 499 years since that momentous event.   In remembrance and celebration, we will begin a year-long series of studies, events and worship services dedicated to learning more about our Reformation roots, but also about the ongoing call we have as Christians to spread the Good News that Martin Luther taught and preached from God’s Holy Word.   On October 2nd join us in the Sunday morning Adult Bible Class as we begin the

first of three different video-based studies related to the Reformation.   “No one is justified before God by the law, for ‘The righteous shall live by faith.’” (Galatians 3:11)

October 2016

Inside This Issue

Notes from Pastor........1 Activities & Events……2

Articles of Interest…….5

Birthdays & Anniversaries……..……7

Calendar………….……8

REFORMATION: 499 YEARS

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

October 2 What’s

Happening at CUTX

October 6 Ladies Lunch

Bunch

October 6 LWML Meeting

October 13 BASIC Group

Meeting

October 13 Ladies Bible

Study

October 20 Pray Up

Montgomery

October 22 Oktoberfest &

Auto Show

Ladies Lunch BunchThursday, October 6 at 11:30am

All ladies are invited to join us for food and fellowship at The Old Montgomery Steak House, (in downtown behind the Cozy Grape). Please RSVP on-line, http://www.livingsaviortexas.org/ladies--lunch-bunch-rsvp#.V8I3aGU5Z3E or on the sign-up sheet in fellowship hall. If you have any questions, please contact Julie Krenz.

Thursdays at 10:00AM

The Thursday morning Ladies' Bible study will begin a new study on Thursday, October 13. It is entitled Under His Wings: Indecision

Certainty. The first part is Indecision:Looking to God for Answers in Our Lives (A Study of Psalm 20). The group meets from 10:00 to 11:00. If you are interested, please contact the church office or Annet Riley (asriley@ymail.com or 713-598-2556) so that we can have materials for you. Please prayfully consider joining us as we look to God for answers in our lives.

Fellowship MealSunday, October 16th

Join us for brats and fellowship following the late service. The delicious meal will be prepared by our awesome cook team!

“Grace Alone, Faith Alone, Scripture Alone” Myerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas

October 16 at 7:00pm.

Over 1,460 tickets have already been sold! Tickets are $10 or $15. Ticket Request Forms are posted on the bulletin board in the Family Life Center. If you’d like information on group seating, please contact Judy Kutach. For a preview, please visit www.lutheranhymnfestival.org.

Coming Events

Oktoberfest & Auto ShowSaturday, October 22, 2016

10:30am-1:30pmJoin us for a family fellowship day filled with great fun, delicious food, snazzy vehicles, rockin' music and more!!  There will be fall activities for the kids and a car judging contest.  You won't want to miss out!! Registration to show your car, truck, motorcycle, or any other vehicle is FREE if you register by Wednesday, October 19. There will be a late registration fee of $10 per vehicle after October 19. Walk-up registration is available 10:00-10:30am on October 22. Go to www.livingsaviortexas.org to register. We need volunteers in many different areas….setting up tables, leading games for kids, and serving food.  We also need donations of the following items: bags of non-melting candy, prizes to give away at booths (ie: pencils, Jesus stickers, etc…), 2Lt. bottles of sodas, small apple/peach/cherry pies, (Please label the following donations with your name so they can be returned) 5 canopies, bales of hay, horse shoes, washers, dominoes, checkers, Chess sets, dart sets, or any other lawn type game.  Please drop off donations in the fellowship hall and notify Cheryl of items that need to be returned at cgbailes@livingsaviortexas.org. Please contact Cheryl Bailes at 936-597-8013 or cgbailes@livingsaviortexas.org for more information.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15TH * REED ARENA 7:00PM * TICKETS ARE $26.50 * CONTACT CHERYL AT cgbailes@livingsaviortexas.org for more information

PRAY UP MONTGOMERY

Thursday, October 20

The emphasis for October is:  State Government

During your personal prayer time, please include: Governors, Executive Leaders, Legislative Leaders, and Judicial Leaders that they diligently seek guidance from God in their positions.

More Coming Events

Breakfast with SantaSaturday, December 10

Christmas in Historic Montgomery and Breakfast with Santa will be here before you know it!  We will be accepting candy donations for the children's goodie bags. With Halloween at the end of the month, candy can be purchased at a discounted price.  Left-over Halloween candy will also be accepted. Thrivent seed money is available to

purchase the food for the breakfast. If you are a Thrivent member, please consider volunteering to request this seed money. The request is done online. Contact Annet Riley (asriley@ymail.com or 713-598-2556) for more information.

Clergy Appreciation MonthDon’t forget to include Pastor Bailes and his family in your prayers! Here are a few other suggestions that you can do to help Pastor feel appreciated: *Week of October 9 - send cards. They can be mailed to the church address (309 Pond St.  Montgomery 77356,)  or put into his mailbox in the workroom. *Week of October 16 - Random Acts of Kindness (use your imagination) *Week of October 23 - Personal Notes  (Please note, we did not forget the paper shower, it will just not be in October this year.)

The Kroger Family of Stores is committed to bringing hope and help to local communities. We do this through a variety of activities, including charitable giving, sponsorships and the unique Community Rewards Program of Kroger. As your neighborhood food retailer, we deeply value our ability to support local organizations like yours.

Eighteen LSLC households shopped at Kroger between May and September and have contributed to a total donation of $210.06. For more information or to sign up, visit our website at www.krogercommunityrewards.com.

Dime Stocking Project Don’t forget to add 10 dimes to your collection!!

Important News

World Relief School Kits

We continue to collect for School Kit items! A comprehensive list of items is located on our website.

LWML Sunday “Lutheran Women in Mission”

Sunday, October 2The LWML is involved in many different missions across the state, the nation and around the world. We collect pennies, nickels dimes and quarters. Mite boxes are placed at the church entrance the first Sunday of the month where one can donate either in loose change or in mite boxes. 75% of mites collected stay in Texas and 25% go to the National LWML for Missions. The Mission Goal for Texas 2014-2016 was $ 197,700, which was met. Living Savior Lutheran Church contributed $ 1,121.05 through mite boxes. The Mission Grants adopted at the Texas District June Convention for 2016-2018 is $206,800. This is a current list of missions: Locally, our Mary-Martha Guild, LWML raised funds through Breakfast with Santa and midweek Advent and Lenten meals. We contributed to: Seminary Food Banks (St. Louis and Ft Wayne), Missionaries (Pastor Rickman and Pastor Askins), PACN, Hospitality House (Huntsville), Montgomery County Women's Center, POBLO  International, Ysleta Lutheran Mission Human Care, Bethesda (Tomball), Bibles for Bethesda Camp, Crisis Assistance Center, Water to Thrive, Wheelchairs for handicapped in Cuba, Redeemed Ministries, LSLC Altar Guild, Roaster for kitchen, Campership and Apache Youth Ministry.  With help from Thrivent, we also collected school kits for Lutheran World Relief.

All ladies are welcome to join us in "serving the Lord with Gladness” on the first Monday of the month at 10:00am.

1. Scholarships for Seminarians - Texas District LCMS……….…………$40,000 2. DCE Scholarships - Concordia University Texas…………………….….$24,000 3. Apartment Ministry to Muslim Women - Disciples of the Way….…$15,000 4. We > I (We Greater than I) - LINC Austin……………………………….…$15,000 5. Disaster Relief - Holy Cow Smokers……………………………………….…$16,000 6. Equipping Youth to Witness for Life - Lutherans for Life………….…$10,000 7. Building Hope in Bufuula, Uganda - Hope, Lubbock……………….….$24,000 8. Meeting Room Media - Camp Lone Star……………………………….……$12,000 9. International Student Ministry - UT Arlington…………………………..$25,000 10. Hispanic Ministry - Southeast Texas………………………………….……$25,000 11. Outreach & Media Ministry - Apostolic Antiochian Church……….…….$800

2016-2018 Mission Grants

Adopted

There are a lot of itchy eyes, throat clearing and coughing during these early days of Fall. Hooray ragweed! With it, the pace picks up, studies resume, traffic is heavier, and thoughts of upcoming holidays pop up in our minds. God’s magnificent creation reacts to the season changes and we are reminded of the orderliness He ordained and placed into the Universe.

Please WEAR PURPLE on Sunday, October 2nd as we celebrate LWML Sunday. LWML stands for Lutheran Women Missionary League –more modern name, Lutheran Women in Mission (pretend the letters match.) This is also Mite Box Sunday which you’ve heard about many times before. Loose change + prayers = support for missions here and around the world. COME AND SEE is the theme.

“Faithful Service and Suffering” will be explored on October 9th as Paul encourages Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:1-13. There will be a Voters meeting during Bible Class hour.

On October 16th, we will ponder on “The Gift of God’s Word”-what a treasure we have and often take for granted.

The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost is on October 23rd . (how about that?) Singing “Jesus Loves Me” emphasizes “Simple Enough to Know for Sure” as Jesus blesses the children in the text. There will be inserts in the bulletin on October 23&30 for you to name those in your life who have gone to with the Lord eternally since November of last year to be remembered on All Saints Sunday in November.

REFORMATION SUNDAY is October 30th! This is a WEAR RED day. Bring your bold voices to join in

singing “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”. We will be refreshed while being reminded how to “Live in His Strength”.

Remember every Sunday to greet folks you do not know with a smile, the word “welcome,” a handshake, and simple introduction. What is really helpful is to wear your NAME TAG! If you need a name tag, please contact the church office. Try this, you will like it!

OCTOBER is Clergy Appreciation Month! On Sunday, October 2nd, Pastor will be presented with the Prayer Calendar of participants who have volunteered to especially pray for Pastor and his family on a particular day in October. The week of October 9th will be greeting cards time (send to church). The week of October 16 will be “random acts of kindness”(use your imagination), and starting the 23rd will be personal note time. This is simply a special time of recognition and giving thanks to God for our Pastor and his family. We are truly grateful for him being a pastor who is faithful and true!

MUSICNOTES

Moses’ Song: The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. Exodus 15:2

October Bible ReadingsSunday, October 2 – Isaiah 66:15-24, Revelation 7:9-14, John 1:43-46

Sunday, October 9 – Ruth 1:1-19a, 2 Timothy 2:1-13, Luke 17:11-19

Sunday, October 16 – Genesis 32:22-30, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, Luke 18:1-8

Sunday, October 23 – Genesis 4:1-15, 2 Timothy 4:6-8. 16-18, Luke 18:9-17

Sunday, October 30 - Revelation 14:6-7. Romans 3:19-28, John 8:31-36

If you have any articles, photos or

news-worthy items, please send

them to Carol Bowen at

news@livingsaviortexas.org.

The deadline for the November newsletter is

Monday, October 24.

Miss Church?Have you missed church recently due to scheduling, illness, etc…? Did you know that there are worship opportunities available on the radio or on-line? The Lutheran Hour, with wonderful pastors from our synod, is broadcast every Sunday at 12:30 p.m. on 105.7 FM radio. The call letters for this station are KHCB (Keeping Him Close By). During the week, this station has commercial free broadcasting of Christian programs and music. You can obtain their schedule at www.khcb.org. Another “closer to home” opportunity is available on our website, www.livingsaviortexas.org. Thank you to Larry Wunderlich, videos of Pastor Bailes preaching his latest sermon is available for your viewing. Just simply visit our website, click on the button labeled “Media” at the bottom right of the home page. The most recent newsletters and sermon videos are posted for you! Now, even if you miss, you can still stay current!

Darriech Hutt 10/1 Arlon Hopperdietzel 10/2 Mark Dinning 10/3 Ron McEachern 10/4 Mike Riley 10/6 Jarene Schroeder 10/12 Jack Heintschel 10/13 Carolyn Behnke 10/14 Stephen Simonsen 10/17

Christopher Langlois 10/19 Karen Harbaugh 10/22 Richard Wiese 10/23 Pat Case 10/24 Gabriel Chambers 10/24 Sylvia Bailes 10/25 Shirley Wiese 10/26 Maggie Schiette 10/27 Nicholas Rios 10/30

Doug & Anita Lee 10/11 Ed & Penny Moe 10/13 James & Diane Hadley 10/21

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Anniversary!

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

110:00a Music Practice

2 CTX/LWML8:00a Worship9:15a Fellow.9:30a Sun. Sch., Bible Class10:45a Worship12:15p Confirm.

3 4 5

3:45p Pre-Confirm

7:00p Choir

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10:00a LWML

7 88:30a Church Council Mtg10:00a Music Practice

98:00a Worship9:15a Fellow.9:30a Sun. Sch., 9:30a Voters’ Mtg10:45a Worship

10

6:00p Girl Scout Troop 10822

11 12

3:45p Pre-Confirm

7:00p Choir

13

10:00a Ladies Bible Study

6:00p BASIC Group Mtg & Potluck

14 158:00a Mens’ Breakfast10:00a Music Practice7:00p Casting Crowns-College Station

16 TX CEF8:00a Worship9:15a Fellow.9:30a Sun. Sch., Bible Class10:45a Worship12:15p Confirm.

17 18 19

3:45p Pre-Confirm

6:30p Women’s Bible Study

20

10:00a Ladies Bible Study

LSLC Pray It Up Montgomery

21 22

10:00a Music Practice

10:30a Oktoberfest & Auto Show

23 8:00a Worship9:15a Fellow.9:30a Sun. Sch., Bible Class10:45a Worship

24

6:00p Girl Scout Troop 10822

25 263:45p Pre-Confirm 7:00p Choir

27 10:00a Ladies Bible Study1:00p Worship Committee Mtg

28 29

30 8:00a Worship9:15a Fellow.9:30a Sun. Sch., Bible Class10:45a Worship

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Halloween

October 2016

Set-up For Annual Garage Sale

TX Dist. Pastors’ Conf.