This article is a follow-up to the sermon message of June 11th.  If you were not at Living Savior that day, it’s a taste of what I shared with everyone.  If you were there, it’s another reminder of what we are called to do as God’s messengers of the Gospel.   When Jesus said, “Go and make disciples,” He was commissioning the disciples there that day and us as well to start right where we are right now.  What He means is, “As you live your everyday life, tell about Me.”  This actually means making a huge shift in thinking compared to what we have often understood as “mission work.”  Yes, 16 of us from here at Living Savior and 8 from Living Word in The Woodlands have just returned from a “mission trip.”  And yes, the love of Christ was shared with many people in Puerto Rico through blood (not much), sweat (lots) and tears (some), but the real impact of a trip like this is what is brought home:  eyes, ears, hearts and minds ready

to share the Good News with people right here in our own community as we “live our everyday lives.”   It is my prayer that as many of you as possible will be able to experience the joys and challenges of a far-away mission trip.  However, my more urgent prayer is that you see that it doesn’t take a trip at all to be on mission for the Gospel.  It’s just a matter of living out your call as a follower of Jesus wherever you may be.  (Matthew 28:18-19)

July 2017

Inside This Issue

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

Articles of Interest…….3

Birthdays & Anniversaries……..……5

Calendar………….……6

Mission: Starting Local

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

July 4 Independence

Day

July 4 HLC 4th of July

Concert

July 6 LWML & Ladies

Lunch Bunch

July 24-27 Living Word VBS

Ladies Lunch BunchThursday, July 6 at 11:30am

All ladies are welcome for food, fun & fellowship. We will meet at The Pizza Shack in Montgomery. Please contact Velma Powell for more details or to RSVP.

Vacation Bible School July 24-27 6:00-8:00pm

Living Savior will NOT be hosting VBS this year due to renovations. However, we will be carpooling to The Woodlands Living Word Lutheran Church to attend their VBS. Go to www.lwlc.org under the events tab to register to help or be a participant.

Houston Lutheran Chorale invites you to come celebrate with us:

Date: July 4, 2017 Time: 6:00pm

Location: Trinity Downtown 800 Houston Ave.

Join us for a concert of Faith and Freedom. Bring your folding chairs and stay for hot dogs and fireworks. No tickets required!

Happy Birthday USA!

Dime StockingDon’t forget to add seven dimes for the month of July!

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

Important InformationCoupons for Military

FamiliesDid you know that overseas military members can use expired coupons up to SIX months past their

expiration date?  Military families stationed overseas are often living on one income and money can be scarce.  Let's support our military by showing them some coupon love!

    *Bring in only manufacturers coupons (DO NOT bring store or restaurant coupons).      *Clip your coupons OR bring the whole flier and someone will clip them for you.     *DO NOT send coupons that are over 30 days expired.

Eye Glass MissionTrinity Klein Lutheran Church’s global mission, Trinity Ablaze in Kenya, sends missionaries to Kenya yearly to provide eye care, glasses and spread God’s love.  We are in need of old eye glasses and fabric scraps to make eye glass cases to be taken to Kenya.  If you have any bright colored, bold printed, medium to heavy weight cotton or cotton blend fabric scraps, 7 1/2" x 9" or larger that you would be willing to donate, please place them in the fellowship hall on top of the large wooden donation box. If you have any questions or would like to help, please contact Linda Mattfeld for more information.

Altar GuildSeeking women who are willing to serve the Lord and Living Savior by taking care of altar preparations for worship at the 10:45 service.  Training will be provided and is not difficult.  The initial preparations for both setting up and taking down does not require more than 15 minutes on average. Please consider joining us as we serve the Lord at His altar.  Contact Cyndy Reneau at creneau@comcast.net or 832-465-4452.

NO Summer Doldrums around Living Savior! We are busy packing and figuring what will go where and how it will get there, while making contingency plans for the many ‘what ifs’ that can go with an expansion/construction project like we are going to experience soon!

The tongue in cheek description of this changing time for us is our “Exile”… Our destination is a short one, just down the sidewalk to the Fellowship Hall. How blessed we are to have such a wonderful location with minimal disruption… and closer to the coffee pot to boot!

There will be some adjustments, twists, and turns and inconveniences, but nothing we cannot handle when we put ourselves in the hands of Him who Stills the Waters, Heals the sick, Forgives our sins, and created and preserves our very beings.

With that being said, there have been huge amounts of time, meetings, planning, discussions, and prayer that have gone into this endeavor prior to where we are today. We give thanks to God and them for their dedication and service to the Long Range Planning Committee!

Great News! We are blessed to welcome Cyndy Reneau as the new Altar Guild Leader! Tasks will be distributed among a number of ladies. We do need for more to serve on Sunday mornings preparing the communion elements. The most common phrase after being trained for this meaningful opportunity is “Is this all there is to it? I thought it would be hard!” So, even if you can only help out once a month or every other month, you will be welcomed. Contact Cyndy at creneau@comcast.net. Help is needed and would be appreciated for either service! The time involved is no more than 15 minutes before and 15 minutes

after one service. Thanks in advance for answering this call to serve in this important way. You will be blessed and you will be a blessing!

For those interested, on Sunday, July 2nd, there will be a short time of singing patriotic songs beginning at 7:50 and 10:35 a.m. (10 minutes before service times.) The Sermon title is Let Freedom Ring… This would be a good day to wear red, white, and blue, and be sure to join us in a yummy hot dog lunch after the late service in the Fellowship Hall!

The PRAYER emphasis for this month is for our NATION. Check out 2Chronicles 7:14 below.

Succeeding Sunday messages will be: Learning from Jesus to Live Lightly, God’s Purpose for Your Life, and Chosen and Treasured.

Please bring your bulletins from churches where you worship this summer and give to Judy, Velma, Helga, Tom/Nancy, Ron, Peter, Lisa, or Pastor. You would be surprised to know the ideas we use from them!

MUSIC NOTES

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2Chronicles 7:14

July Bible ReadingsSunday, July 2 – Romans 13:1-7; Galatians 5:1, 13-25; John 8:31-38

Sunday, July 9 – Zechariah 9:9-12; Romans 7:14:25a; Matthew 11:25-30

Sunday, July 16 – Isaiah 55:10-13; Romans 8:12-17; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sunday, July 23 – Isaiah 44:6-8; Romans 8:18-27; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Sunday, July 30 – Deuteronomy 7:6-9; Romans 8:28-39; Matthew 13:44-52

If you have any articles, photos or

news-worthy items, please send

them to Eric Yeager at

news@livingsaviortexas.org.

The deadline for the August

newsletter is Monday, July

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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 Mark Dinning, 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!

Sam Hadley 7/2 Tyler Schroeder 7/3 Linda Wiese 7/5 Rachel Zaragoza 7/6 Nancy Ayres 7/8 Barbara Schmidt 7/8 Charles Bland 7/9 Linda Dornier 7/9 Sharon Hayslip 7/10 Wanda Puffer 7/14 Alexis Wiese 7/14 James Jorgensen 7/16

Debra Folk 7/17 Herb Sanders 7/17 Dana Hollis 7/18 Felicity Collier 7/21 David Bailes 7/22 Lisa Dinning 7/23 Cameron Middleton 7/24 Bobbi Middleton 7/25 Beverly Henschel 7/26 Julie Krenz 7/27 Jennifer Wynn 7/28

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Anniversary!Scott & Bobbi Middleton 7/9 Ron & Joice Fangmann 7/10 Paul & Claudia Downing 7/17

Herb & Nancy Sanders 7/17 Mark & Wendy Sanders 7/19 Olin & Connie Crowley 7/21

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 8:30a Elder Mtg. 10:00a Music Practice

2 8:00a Worship 9:15a Fellow. 9:30a Sun.Sch. & Bible Class 10:45a Worship 12:00p Hot Dog Lunch

3 4

Office Closed

5 6

10:00a LWML

11:30a Ladies Lunch Bunch

7 8 8:30a Church Council Mtg. 10:00a Music Practice

9 8:00a Worship 9:15a Fellow. 9:30a Sun.Sch. & Bible Class 10:45a Worship

10

6:00p Girl Scout Troop 10822

11 12 13 14 15 8:00a Men’s Breakfast & Bible Study 10:00a Music Practice

16 8:00a Worship 9:15a Fellow. 9:30a Sun.Sch. 9:30a Voters’ Mtg 10:45a Worship

17 18 19 20 21 22

10:00a Music Practice

23 8:00a Worship 9:15a Fellow. 9:30a Sun.Sch. & Bible Class 10:45a Worship

24

6:00p Girl Scout Troop 10822

25

1:00p Worship Committee Mtg

26 27 28 29

10:00a Music Practice

30 8:00a Worship 9:15a Fellow. 9:30a Sun. Sch.,10:45a Worship

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July 2017

Camp Lone Star

Pastor on Vacation

Pr on Vaca VBS @ Living Word - The Woodlands