Office staff:

Office Bookkeeper: Caroline Kroll

bookkeeper@lutheranchurchofpeace.org

Administrative Assistant: Hannah Coder

admin@lutheranchurchofpeace.org

Pastor Jeffrey P. Pedersen

pastor@lutheranchurchofpeace.org

1345 N. Water Street

Platteville, WI 53818

Office Phone: 348-3166

LCOP Website: www.lutheranchurchofpeace.org

Lutheran Church Of Peace

To Know Christ and Make Christ Known

Highlights in this issue

Free Movie at the Avalon

LCOP Job opportunity

WELCA Meeting

Quilts

Confirmation Extravaganza

Building & Grounds Work

The Tower October 2017 Newsletter!

Worship Services: September-May June-August Saturday 6:00pm Saturday 6:00pm Sunday 8:30am -Traditional Sunday 9:00pm Sunday 10:30am -Contemporary

LCOP Bible Studies & Classes Adult Bible Studies/Classes: -Book of Isaiah Study-Sundays at 9 a.m. Adult Library -Reformers Study –Sundays at 9:45 a.m. Class room -Financial Peace -Mondays at 6 p.m. Adult Library -Bible Study-Thursdays at 10 a.m. Church library -Case of Faith Study-Thursdays at 7 p.m. Pastor’s Home -Men’s Prayer Breakfast- Fridays at 7 a.m. -Country Kitchen Youth Bible Studies/Classes: -Kids of the Kingdom-Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. -Confirmation Class-Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.

A Message From Pastor Pedersen

Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really

my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the

truth will set you free.” (John 8:31)

For your spiritual growth through Christ-centered

media, we encour-age you to listen to

the following + + + + +

RADIO Life 102.5 FM

(Madison) Life 95.9 FM (Platteville)

Faith 1190 AM (Madison)

Family Life 88.1FM (Lancaster)

On the air sunrise to sunset and 24 hours

online at www.life1025.com

TELEVISION “To Know Christ”

Bible Study and “Connect” Talk Show on

Christian Television Network CTN40

KFXB -TV/ KFXB-DT Channel 22 on

Platteville Cable TV

It was October 31, 1517, that Martin Luther nailed 95 theses on a door of the

Scholastic Church, Wittenberg, Germany, where he was a professor. These

theses were in response to Papal authority, the selling of salvation, and paying

for Masses on behalf of dead relatives.

Martin Luther planned on having the 95 Theses as an informal table talk dis-

cussion was students and faculty of the University. This led to a fire storm that

eventually started the whole protestant movement. Martin Luther’s main em-

phasis is salvation in Jesus Christ. It is Jesus death and resurrection that brings

pardon of sins, and the promise of eternal life. Salvation does not come from

financial contributions, good behavior, charitable works, or any type of social

status. Salvation comes solely as a free gift of God through our Lord Jesus

Christ. Jesus is the truth that sets us free.

The truth of Jesus Christ manifests itself in our lives by the power of the Holy

Spirit working through the Word of God. Hearing the preached Word, and re-

ceiving the Holy sacraments of baptism and communion are vital in living the

Christian life. Our human nature is tempted to think otherwise, as did the

church during his time. This is the very thing that Martin Lutheran addressed or

more strongly put, “Attacked!”

Life with God is offered to us freely. We receive this gift in faith. As we live in

relationship with God and his church, we continue to grow in our love of God,

and desire to be his people, making our faith active in love.

Grace and Peace,

Pastor Jeff Pedersen

Prayer Concerns

For those with Health Concerns: Laura Kramer, Doro-

thy Grossnickle, Lavon Bennett, Arlene Crawford, April

Myers, Harrison Sheldon, Mary Runde, Amy Pohl,

Mike Weigel, Dale Weigel, John Huehne, Bob Wolf,

John Hirsch and Herbert Lohse.

For those serving in the Armed Forces: Casey Gof-

finet, Timothy Cook, Sarah & Jason Mullins, Jeff

Kueter, Ryan Nordstrom, Ryan Sheldon, Zak Hands,

and Dylan Goke

Cookie Sale: Delicious homemade cookies for

sale! Order forms are available in the Narthex or by

calling Sylvia Goke at 608-348-6418 or Lois Radloff

at 608-330-3334. $15 a batch/pan. Approximately 4

dozen in a batch or 9x13 pan of bars. Many varieties!

All Funds raised will go the church needs.

Thank you to Pastor Pedersen for the won-derful funeral service for Mel, to Edith for the beautiful music, to the kitchen Krew for a great job and for all the love and support the congregation has given our family during this difficult time. -The family of Melvin Bertram

Stewardship Focus:

Budgeted Year to Date

Total Income $163,812.37

Total Expense $162,209.20

Total Difference +1,603.17

Non Budgeted Year to Date

Anniversary $2,197.00

World Hunger $2,540.00

Parking Lot $1,028.00

Rock of Ages $21,886.00

Evangelism/Outreach is sponsoring an effort

to support the local food pantry and we are

asking for your help! A collection box will be

located in the Narthex for specific food items

that the food pantry has indicated they have a

special need.

Food Pantry Items for October

Apple Juice, Hot Cereal, Dish Soap

The Thursday 7 p.m. Case for Faith Bible Study, will not be meeting until October 26th.

Tree cutting party at Pastor Pedersen’s house on Sunday, October 8, at 12:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided.

If you have an axe to grind with your pastor, please bring it.

This year marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. On Reformation Sunday, October 29th, we will be

showing the movie, “Luther” at the Avalon theater at 1:30 p.m. followed by going to Steve’s Pizza. All are

welcome, and bring your friends to this free movie!

Start training, the Lutheran Church of Peace is having a Fun Run on Saturday, November

11 at 9:00 a.m. There will be a three mile walk/run and a 13 mile run/bike ride. These are non-

competitive runs, we will be encouraging each other to finish.

Lutheran Church of Peace

Youth and Family Ministry Coordinator needed

ROLE: To develop and strengthen the youth of the church in their faith, relationship with God and

knowledge of the Bible through fellowship, milestones of faith and service/mission work.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Coordinate youth activities and volunteers to include

Sunday School including curriculum selection

Organize planned activities such as youth group, Christmas program, Youth and Family meetings,

milestones of faith (including confirmation assistant), mission trip and fundraisers, and sum-

mer events.

Coordinate the maintenance of the youth and family library and nursery.

Develop and monitor the Youth and Family Ministry Budget

Communication with parents, volunteers and youth via parent newsletters, bulletin and tower announce-

ments, texts, emails and Facebook posts. Send in a letter of interest with a resume to the office to

apply. Deadline to apply is October 15.

Previous experience working with youth preferred.

Position is 10-20 hours per week.

Just a few notes

Bible Studies & Classes

Phil Karrmann is teaching Bible study on Sunday mornings at 9:40 a.m.. He is teaching the book Isaiah. This is a very important book that spoke to the exiles during the time of the Babylon captivity. God speaks judgment to the nation Israel/Judah, King Ahaz, and the surrounding nations. This book also has prophesies about the coming Messiah (Jesus), and the hope of rebuilding and newness of life. Phil is a very good teacher, so you will want to take advantage of this opportunity. The class meets in the adult library.

This year marks the 500th year of the Reformation. Pastor Pedersen will be teaching a class on the reformers dur-ing the Sunday mornings from 9:45-10:15 a.m. in the upstairs education room. The schedule is as follows:

September 10 – John Wycliffe October 8- Martin Bucer November 12- William Fare

September 17- John Hus October 15- Philipp Melanchthon November 19- Thomas Cramn

September 24- Martin Luther October 29- John Calvin November 26- John Knox

October 1- Huldrych Zwingli November 5- Theodore Beza December 3- Desiderius Erasmus

December 10- Menno Simons

Linda Fansler is teaching Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University course on Mondays from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of Peace. This is a good chance to learn more about finances. This course has been helpful to many people.

The subjects will be:

1. Super Saving 4. Dumping Debt 7. Retirement and College Planning

2. Relating With Money 5. Buyer Beware 8. Real Estate and Mortgages

3. Cash Flow Planning 6. The Role of Insurance 9. The Great Misunderstanding

Pastor Pedersen is holding prayer services on Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m. These is informal. It is a time where you can come and pray for our church, your concerns, and for the concerns of other people. We will also pray for our nation, the nations of the world, and also for the church throughout the world. All are welcome.

Pastor Pedersen is leading a small group study at his home Thursday’s @ 7:00 p.m. The book we will be study-ing is the Case for Faith.

Women of the Church

All confirmed women of the congregation are automatically members of WELCA

GATHER BIBLE STUDIES

The Apostles’ Creed

Session 2: I believe in Jesus Christ…

In Scripture, Jesus is called the Messiah, the Son of God, a teacher, a healer, the pioneer of our

faith, the rock of our salvation, Son of Man and other titles. In the Apostles’ Creed, Jesus’ life and

ministry is briefly summed up. Jesus is described as God’s only Son and our Lord—one who was

conceived by the Holy Spirit and born by the Virgin, who suffered under Pilate, who was crucified,

died and was buried. The creed is a definition of the work of the Father, Son and Spirit, yet there

is also fullness to being followers in the Way of Christ that is not described in the creed. How

does the creed encompass faithful living in imitation of Christ? In other words, what does it mean

to believe even more about Jesus and following Jesus than we say in the words of the creed?

WELCA September Calendar

Tuesday, October 3 at 9 a.m. –Quilting & Activity day in the Fellowship Hall

Thursday. October 12 at 11:30 a.m. –General Meeting and Bible Study at the House of Peace

Thursday. October 12 at 1 p.m. –Board Meeting at the House of Peace

Tuesday, October 17 at 9:00 a.m.–Quilting & Activity day in the Fellowship Hall

WELCA Purpose Statement As a community of women created in the image of God, called to discipleship in Jesus Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we commit ourselves to grow in faith, affirm our gifts, sup-

port one another in our callings, engage in ministry and action, and promote healing and whole-ness in the church, the society, and the world.

Wednesday, October 12th at 11:30 pm we will have the Fall general meeting and Bible study. We

will meet at the House of Peace. Pastor Pedersen will conduct the Bible study, lunch to follow.

All ladies are welcome!

Building Kits of Care With Hands & Hearts On A Mission

These women and many others collected, purchased, packed and prepared Care Kits for shipping to Lutheran World Relief. The 132 kits included Personal Care Kits, Fabric Kits, School Kits and Baby Care Kits. The kits will be sent to people dealing with some of life’s most difficult situations –the aftermath of earthquakes and floods, fleeing home to escape violence and living in extreme poverty.

Due to the Thrivent Financial sponsored Soap Drive in August, LCOP members were able to donate 100 bottles of laundry deter-gent for our Food Pantry.

There are four quilts made by the women’s sew-

ing group on display in the Narthex that are being

offered in a silent auction. Consider a donation to

purchase a quilt to keep you warm at home, with

the money going to keep us all warm at church.

The silent auction will continue through the month

of October.

On Sunday September 24th, the quilts

made by the women’s sewing group were

displayed in the sanctuary. 37 of the quilts

were packed and sent to Lutheran World

Relief. The rest of the quilts will be donated

to local missions. This year we will be able

to track the destination of the quilts and will

report where they were sent.

Some of the ladies from the Women’s

sewing group making quilts

Sugar Creek Bible Camp:

Oct 2 YESTERDAY’S YOUTH – please call to register Oct 6-8 MIDDLE SCHOOL RETREAT (6-8th grade) Oct 16-18 YOUTH DIRECTORS’ RETREAT Oct 28-29 3rd – 5th GRADE YOUTH RETREAT

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September Events

October 1 @ 5 p.m.-Youth Gathering Mtg. at church

October 17 @ 6:30 p.m.-Youth & Family Meeting

October 18 @ 6 p.m. Confirmation Extravaganza

ELCA Youth Gathering

October 1, there is an interest meeting for all who are thinking about going to the ELCA youth convention in Houston, Texas. The meeting will be from 5-7 p.m. supper will be provided.

The Youth Gathering is in Houston, TX. Here are some key dates to keep in mind:

Nov 16, 2017-Regular registration rate begins.

Feb 16, 2018-Late registration rate begins.

May 15, 2018-Registration closes. All payments are due.

Jun 27 - Jul 1, 2018-ELCA Youth Gathering

Financial Aid: There are still opportunities for youth to receive financial aid from both the ELCA and the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin. This is something that the individual family needs to fill out. To learn more about financial assistance from the ELCA Youth Gathering directly visit www.elca.org/YouthGathering/registration/financial-assistance. For synod scholarship information, visit https://goo.gl/forms/dju7ozfP6clTJvHc2

Confirmation Extravaganza: Wednesday,

Oct. 18th 6-8 pm at the church. Youth from

approximately 8 area churches will gather at

LCOP for a meal, activities, games and

worship!

Kids of the Kingdom: All youth grades 3-5

are invited to come to the church on Wednesday afternoons for Kids of the Kingdom. This

program goes from 3:30-5:00 p.m. We have snack, learn a Bible story or

lesson, play games, and sometimes sing. We always have a great time

together being kids of the kingdom of Jesus.

What’s up with Building & grounds?

Current and recent projects include: -Finishing the church rock repair, they added new I-Beams to the south carport. This was not part of the plan, but generally we are on schedule and on budget. We paid them $25,000 this week.

-Thanks to Jenny Plumbing and Heating the new boiler is in and ready for the winter.

-$4600 is still needed to finish putting new storms on the last 2 stained glass windows on the south side of the sanctuary.

-Air for office is still on hold. We have volunteers to drywall and insulate the offices with getting materials at cost.

-Pitzen Painting finished painting sanctuary and stairway that goes to the nursery for $2750. Thank you to Youth & Family Committee for sharing this cost.

-Electrical issues addressed this month due to problems in the kitchen and behind the alter.

-Addressed water leak in the kitchen by clearing the drain and replacing floor tiles.

-Fire pit was vandalized and David Miller repaired. Thank-you David.

Painting the Sanctuary

Repairing the Rock

The new boiler

Please help

What's going on outside of LCOP?

The City of Platteville annual fall clean up will be held on Monday, October 9 and Tuesday, October 10, 2017, with pick up the same day as your normal refuse collec-tion. Items must be placed neatly at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on the day of pick up. This service is provided to one and two family dwellings only.

UWP Homecoming: Saturday, October 14th - Float Judging starts at 8:30 A.M. - Pa-rade 10 A.M. - Football Game vs UW-Oshkosh 2 P.M. - Torch Relay at 7:45 P.M. - "M" Lighting at 9 P.M.

Trick or Treating hours in the City of Platteville will be from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 31st.

Trip sponsored by the senior Center: Wednesday, December 6th 2017 Circa 21 Din-

ner Playhouse-Rock Island, IL $80.00 Per Person/Deadline for sign-up October 20th

Payment in full is required when signing up. Tour Includes: Motor Coach Transporta-

tion, Murphy’s Park Christmas Lights in Dubuque and performance of “Elf the Musi-

cal”, Luncheon with dessert. “Elf the Musical” is a fun-filled, family friendly production

that tells the story of Buddy, a young orphan, who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag

for gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised, unaware

that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities

cause him to face the truth. With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey

to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity. Faced with the

harsh realities that his father is on the naughty list and his half-brother doesn’t even

believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his new family and help New York

remember the true meaning of Christmas. Call Jill at (608) 348-9934 if interested.

Sugar Creek Bible Camp:

Oct 2 YESTERDAY’S YOUTH – please call to register Oct 6-8 MIDDLE SCHOOL RETREAT (6-8th grade) Oct 16-18 YOUTH DIRECTORS’ RETREAT

Oct 20-22 WOMEN’S RETREAT Oct 28-29 3rd – 5th GRADE YOUTH RETREAT

Please Help Our Partner, The Caribbean Synod, In the Wake of Hurricane Maria. The Caribbean Synod is one of our two Partner Synods and as you know they re-cently suffered great loss from Hurricane Maria. I spoke with a friend/pastor in Dora-do, Puerto Rico this morning. He and his family are fine. He said lack of utilities is widespread and will continue for some time. People from neighboring islands have come to PR as many of their islands suffered worse devastation than PR. Financial contributions are important. Make payable to SCSW-ELCA and put PUERTO RICO in the memo line. Thank you, Pastor Steve Kottke, Assistant to the Bishop. We are located at: 6401 Odana Road, Suite 20, Madison, WI 53719.

Some history for LCOP In 1910 Rev Lack put together the first history of the LCOP for the 65th anniversary and it was printed in the Platteville newspapers. He gathered up a lot of the early facts from the old church journals and facts as old timers remembered them and shared. As is with much of history, they were hard cold facts with not much personal commentary or observations and are mostly interesting to historians.

Feelings and observations, especially from kids, are so much more fun to find than the discovery of new cold hard history facts. Being one to never drive by a little lemonade stand without stopping and getting a glass, this little tidbit recorded in the old LCOP Journal of Minutes for the Luther League meetings after a summer picnic made me smile, and still does. It was noted at the picnic that…

“The girls really liked the lemonade, for it was so sweet”.

Also interesting are the candid reflections from Rev Lack’s oldest daughter Renata about her life as a child in Platteville. They were written 31 years ago when she was 86 years old in her “Life Story”. Reflections as only a “PK” daughter’s observation and memory can tell on Platteville life as she saw it from age eight to sixteen. She wrote….

In 1908 when I was eight years old my father received a call to Peace Lutheran Church in Platteville, Wisconsin. On the way to Platteville we went to Minneapolis to visit our many relatives. Both my mother and father's relatives had come from Denmark to live in Minneapolis and some lived in Hopkins and St. Paul, MN. One of my aunts baked pancakes for our breakfast; her son Carl would grab them onto his plate as fast as she baked them. I guess he wasn't used to sharing with so many cousins; he really was one of my favorite cousins and very good to his parents when they were older.

We moved into a nice big house. It had five bedrooms and a study for my parents, a living room and parlor, a small bedroom and a formal dining room big enough to set extra guests as the folks always were inviting someone to eat with us. We always ate in the dining room. Mother always had pure linen tablecloths and napkins; we each had a beautiful silver napkin ring and had to roll our napkins up to put in the ring until the next meal. The kitchen was big enough to work in and had a pantry. Upstairs were four bedrooms and my father's study. We always had devotion before and after each meal.

We had a large living room and a parlor. The parlor was only used for weddings and special company. My sisters and I could stand in the doorway and watch while couples were being married. One wedding I never forgot. There was a Boarding House where people from other countries would stay until they got situated. One couple who came had their license to get married and were from different countries. They couldn't speak each other's language but they knew about getting married. After the ceremony was over, the man reached in his pocket and took out a bill to give to my father the lady pushed on his arm and shook her head so he put that bill back in his pocket and took out a smaller bill; that was too much also, so the third bill he had she shook her head yes, that was O.K. My father laughed about this many times. My father always had a good sense of humor.

Also babies were christened at home, usually on Sunday afternoon. As I loved children I would go along to see the christening, and of course there was cake and food after the ceremony was over.

I took care of children in the neighborhood as I loved to do this. When I was twelve or thirteen I was hired to take care of them for pay. I think I got $2.00 a week in the summer when I took care of them full time. I didn't get to keep any of the money; I had to give it to my father so my folks could buy what we very much needed. We always had plenty to eat and nice clothes to wear. Every Easter and Christmas, mother would have a dress maker make nice dresses for us. I could go to the store and pick out the material I liked and as I grew older, I could also pick out the pattern for my dress. Mother did not sew on the sewing machine. She knitted all of our mittens and stockings. I didn't care to learn how to knit, but on my own I started making a few clothes for myself. Mother would buy material and patterns for me to get started.

THE TOWER October, 2017

Lutheran Church of Peace 1345 N. Water Street Platteville, WI 53818