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Peace Lutheran Church and School

November 2017

Prints of Peace

Special points of interest:

The next time…

If there is not hope…

No matter how hard…

Prompt me to say…

It’s telling a story…

Community Of Christ…

Thanksgiving feast…

We’ll do our part…

Thus we place all…

After reading a story...

Our Mission: God’s family united to ...Preach God’s Word ...Teach God’s Grace, ..Reach God’s World

Inside this issue:

Editor: Irene Lindquist

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The Center of God’s Will

What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?

(Psalm 117)

What is the longest chapter in the Bible?

(Psalm 119)

Which chapter is in the center? (Psalm 118)

Fact: There are 594 chapters before Psalm 118.

Fact: There are 594 chapters after Psalm 118.

Add these numbers up and you get 1188.

What is the center verse in the Bible? (Psalm118:8)

Does this verse say something significant about God’s perfect will for our

lives? The next time someone says they would like to find God’s perfect

will for their lives and they want to be in the center of His will, send them

to the center of His word—Psalm118:8: “It is better to trust in the Lord

than to put confidence in man.”

Now isn’t that odd how this worked out (or was God in the center of it)?

Pastor Mick Sprengeler

PAUSE A MOMENT

There is no special time for prayer, One can pray 'most anywhere.

When things aren't going quite your way, Pause a moment, just to pray...

If everything seems to bother you,

And nag at you the whole day through. To dispel those awful clouds of gray,

Pause a moment, just to pray...

If there is not hope in sight, You see the tunnel but not the light.

Do not wander, do not stray,

Pause a moment, just to pray...

When all your efforts seem in vain, You struggle hard but see no gain.

Do one thing without delay, Pause a moment, just to pray...

When you feel there is no hope, When with life you cannot cope.

God will help along the way, Pause a moment, just to pray...

By Joseph Ferrara

From the Pastor

Pause A Moment

1

Elders Corner

Holy Spirit

2

The Box

Eph. 2:8-9

3

LWML 4

Anniversaries

Birthdays

Greeters

5

Church Movie Night

Thanksgiving Potluck

Cub Scouts

Thank You Veterans

6

We Give Thanks

Give Thanks

7

School News

November Recipe

8

Prints of Peace

Solid Rock

Fall is upon us once again. Another year has come and will soon be gone. We sure have a lot to be

thankful for. This year we marked the 500th year of the Lutheran Reformation. It seems hard to believe.

Many rulers have come and gone. We have been through two world wars. In fact much has changed

across the globe over the past 500 years. However, no matter how much change has occurred, one thing

has remained constant, God’s Word.

God’s Word has always been there for us. No matter how much we as man want to change the world

around us, God’s Word will be the one constant in our lives. No matter how hard we try, the Word will be

the one solid rock amongst the shifting sands of our lives. What a great comfort this is for us. No matter

how uncertain the future is, we know that the Word will be there to sustain us. Thanks be to God.

“Now thank we all our God

With Heart and hands and voices,

Who wondrous things hath done,

In whom His world rejoices;

Who from our mother’s arms

Hath blessed us on our way

With countless gifts of love

And still is ours today.” (Martin Rinckart, TLH 36)

HOLY SPIRIT:

LEAD ME WHERE YOU WANT ME TO GO TODAY,

INTRODUCE ME TO THOSE YOU WANT ME TO MEET,

PROMPT ME TO SAY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO SAY, AND

THEN, HELP ME GET OUT OF YOUR WAY SO THAT YOU CAN WORK YOUR MIRACLE OF

LIFE.

AMEN

The Box

Some Christians believe, and I was taught

You could track Christian growth, like the stock that you bought

Your spiritual growth, let’s make it clear

Not the growth of your body, you see in the mirror

If we trust in God, our graph just rises

If we trust in ourselves, we see some surprises

The graph then has, its ups and downs

You could almost track your smiles and frowns

An upward trend is what you need

Just trust in God and you’ll succeed

Now picture this graph, as it were, in a box

It’s telling a story, as though it talks

If you just go to church and don’t get involved

Your graph will go flat and nothing is solved

The bottom of the box, is important indeed

If you violate that, you’re in dire need

In need of a change in the way you are living

A stronger commitment to faith and believing

So stay in the box, and keep your graph rising

The effect on others, can be quite surprising

Anonymous

Ephesians 2:8-9 8 For by grace you have been saved, through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. od’s ICHES T HRIST’S XPENSE

November’s newsletter reflects on giving thanks. We are fast approaching this festival of thanksgiving. In addition, December we

celebrate the magnificent wonderful festivity of the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Lindquist family gives praise and

thanksgiving for all of our wonderful blessings, and particularly for the free gift of eternal life. Moreover, we especially give thanks to

our Father for His cherished gift of Peace Lutheran Church and School. We ask that all of our members, teachers, staff, and

students, pray and continue to share God’s GRACE with everybody. Particularity, throughout these next few months as we continue

to strive to work together as a family during this time of transition and always. Praise the Lord! For our Peace Lutheran Church and

School!. Irene Lindquist

Prints of Peace

Back by popular demand! The Lutheran Women in Mission will once again be sell-

ing $25 Flowers to Go Flower Cards that will entitle the recipient to go to any of

the local Flowers to Go locations and pick up a free bouquet each and every

month! For every card sold, the

Lutheran Women in Mission will

earn $10 to support their Mission Projects. If you want to make

someone really happy, pick yours

up today! Contact any of the

Women in Mission or the church office to purchase your cards.

Community of Christ at Memorial Lutheran Church has extended an invitation

to the ladies of Peace Lutheran to join them for a Bible study from the LWML Quarterly on

Tuesday, November 14th at 9:30 am.

Please bring your Fall 2017 Quarterly with you. They will be doing the Bible study on page

24 called "Serve the Lord with Gladness! Come into His Courts with Thanksgiving!” by Sheila

Lutz. This Bible study will teach us that in the quiet times with God, we can seek His face and

know what gives us joy. When we rejoice, what a sound there can be!

Please RSVP at 360-377-0161.

Thank You, Nancy Van Buskirk

Our youth represent the future of our church and our nation!

In our effort to remain connected to our young adults away in

either the military or college, we pack goodie boxes to send

them each Christmas. Here is how you can help:

1) Providing names & current addresses of Young Adults away in

college or the military. It is very important that we receive addresses

even for those we have sent to in the past. The cost of postage is too

high to assume the address we have is correct, pay to ship a package

only to have to pay return postage and then ship it again!

2) Donate items for the boxes:

Individually wrapped packages of:

Homemade cookies (empty frosting

containers make great packing vessels)

Small gift items

Snacks Popcorn Crackers

Cocoa Tea Cider

Ramen Candy Gum

We invite you to place your donations in the box in the narthex and then join us for our

monthly Ladies Fellowship Potluck Brunch plus a packing party on November 18 at 10:00 am.

11/01 Terry Fritz

11/02 Lauren Johnsrude

11/04 Nathan Carnahan

Bret Kelly

11/07 Galileo Ramirez

Jonathan White

11/10 Hailey McAuley

11/11 Matthew Bethke

11/16 Bob Lindquist

11/20 Darlene Trotsky Walker

11/21 Cindy Stone

11/22 Ginny McAuley

11/23 Jeremy Russell

Nina Harmon Sutton

11/24 Jody Porter

11/25 Darrell Davis

11/27 Sam Bonsell

11/29 Katie Stroud

11/02 Jim & Elsie Botz

11/12 Darrell & Janet Davis

Terry & Loretta Fritz

Del & Dorothy Sutton

11/26 Pete & Pat Bieber

Andrew & Hannah Donner

11/29 Paul & Jo Austin

Bob & Daren Schadt

11/05/17

8:00 AM Tim and DeeAnne J

10 :45 AM Bob and Irene L

11/12/17

8:00 AM Pamela W and Cindy S

10 :45 AM Wes and Amy P

11/19/17

8:00 AM Dave and Glenda N

10 :45 AM Robert and Irene L

11/23/17

10:00 AM Robert and Irene L

11/26/17

8:00 AM Robert and Irene L

10:45AM Glenn and Lorraine B

November Acolyte Schedule

11/12/17

8:00 Gunnar Nilsson

10:45 Gunnar Perry

11/19/17

8:00

10:45 Galileo Ramirez

8:00 Eric B

Randy F

Blake W

Josh W

10:45 Steve C

Dalton C

Mike H

Blake K

November Usher Schedule

10:00 Eric B

Steve C

Dalton C

Blake K

Thanksgiving Ushers

Prints of Peace

The Cub Scouts of Pack 4506 have a BUSY and FUN November planned!

We'll begin with our Holiday food drive to benefit Backpacks for Kids, collecting items in both November and December to help supplement the needs of kids during their 2 week Christmas school break. We'll provide help cleaning up the grounds and placing flags at Ivy Green Cemetery in preparation for Veterans Day. We'll do our part for Church Cleanup on Friday November 10th. To celebrate another successful popcorn fundraiser season, (thank you for your support) we're having a pool party! Finally, we're attending a concert of Navy Band Northwest at the Keyport Naval Undersea Museum.

Thanks for your continued support of our Cub Scouts! Should you ever have any questions, please ask Cathy Bonsell

Join your Peace Family in a special Thanksgiving Feast on November 19th at 12:30 PM in the Parish Hall, Bring a salad, side-dish, or dessert and we will fellowship together with great

food and fun for the family.

We pray you will please join us for this great

Thanksgiving celebration!

Thank You, Veterans!

On Veterans Day, we honor men and women who’ve served and sacrificed in one of America’s armed services. On November 11, 1918, America and her allies signed a truce with German leaders, ending World War I. In 1919, President Wilson decided the United States should remember with gratitude the end of that war and honor military members by marking Armistice Day, or “truce” day. In 1954, Congress changed the name to Veterans Day, honoring veterans of every era. Veterans Day highlights our country’s quest for peace, justice and freedom throughout the world. Followers of Jesus, the Prince of Peace, pray for unity among all nations and for the day when “nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore” (Isaiah 2:4, NIV).

A wake-up call

The good God permits such small evils to befall us merely in order to arouse us snorers from our deep sleep and to make us recognize, on the other hand, the incomparable and innumerable benefits we still have. … With [our misfortunes], God gives us a light by which we may see and understand his good-ness and kindness in countless other ways. Then we conclude that such small misfortunes are barely a drop of water on a big fire or a little spark in the ocean. Then we understand and love the words: “O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever!” —Martin Luther

We Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart

Our Father in heaven has claimed us as His own. By the shedding of His Son’s blood, by the His death for our sins and His resurrection for our justification, God the Father has received us back into His family. By water combined with His Word, promise, and name, the Holy Spirit has taken up residence in us. We belong to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He is in us, and we are in Him. And being in Him, all things are ours. In Him, we are richly and abundantly blessed. Our true treasure and wealth is that we belong to the most holy Trinity and everything that is His belongs also to us: righteousness, peace, eternal life. Even our temporal treasures are gifts from His fatherly divine goodness and mercy. We receive our treasures from Him, and thus, as (good stewards of His varied grace,) (1 Peter 4:10) we manage them in such a way that they may be returned to Him. We bring them to Him, hallowed through prayers of thanksgiving and God’s holy Word, as an offering. Thus, all our possessions, as gifts from God, are also offerings to Him, from which we eat to nourish our bodies, share with our family, neighbors, and fellow Christians, with the poor and even our enemies, as holy things given by the holy God. His temporal gifts are blessings to and for us, and bring blessing upon us even as they are pressed into His service for His kingdom and the souls that receive them. Thus we place all that we have into God’s hands, and He never fails to remember us and pours out the fullness of His promises upon us. We give thanks for all that He has done, is doing, and will continue to do. We give thanks by not taking for ourselves, but giving to all even as our heavenly Father has given to us. As we prepare for the celebrations of Thanksgiving, may we all give thanks continually for all that we are and all that we have because of God’s providential care. And may we be all the more diligent in bringing everything that we have received from God to Him, so that He may bless it and employ it for the good of all — even for us. “For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance” (Matthew 13:12).

Give Thanks

by Don Moen

Give thanks with a grateful heart Give thanks to the Holy One Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son Give thanks with a grateful heart Give thanks to the Holy One Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son And now let the weak say, "I am strong" Let the poor say, "I am rich Because of what the Lord has done for us" And now let the weak say, "I am strong" Let the poor say, "I am rich

Because of what the Lord has done for us" Give thanks with a grateful heart Give thanks to the Holy One Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son Give thanks with a grateful heart Give thanks to the Holy One Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son And now let the weak say, "I am strong" Let the poor say, "I am rich Because of what the Lord has done for us"

We give thanks to You oh Lord We give thanks

Prints of Peace

This year’s fourth graders have been working hard to grow in their knowledge and understanding,

not just of academia but also of our Lord and Savior. Over these past few months, they have been

challenged in new ways. Together they have risen up to meet those educational and social changes. This

week and coming month, they face even more.

Each student will be completing their own essays about what it means to be a veteran for the

VFW. This is a contest that kids from Peace have competed in for over a decade. Often our student

entries are the selections of the local post which move onto the next level. I am looking forward to

sharing their hard work with others.

November 1st will be the first chapel of the month, and fourth grade will be presenting it. Every

Wednesday at 8:30 the school has a chapel service, which is often presented by students. Fourth grade

would like to invite you to join us for it if you are able. We will also be decorating the school bulletin

board next to the fellowship hall for the coming month.

After reading a story about a school who had their own newspaper, the class has decided to

create one of our own. We hope to have it published before the end of October. There are articles about

athletics and important events. There is also one about our school’s student council, a comparison of the

hurricanes that decimated parts of Florida and Texas, and an expose on dangerous local animals. That is

not all though; we also have a comic, weather forecast, poetry, and an article about Minecraft.

Lucas Stroud

Cheesy Baked Dip

8 oz. sour cream

8 oz. cream cheese

16 oz. cheddar cheese, grated (sharp or mild)

4 oz. chopped green chilies

Green onion (suit your own taste)

1 c. chopped ham (cooked)

1/2 pound chopped bacon (cooked)

1 round bread loaf, hollowed out

Mix first seven ingredients together and put into the hollowed out bread loaf.

Bake at 350 degrees uncovered for one hour (no, this isn't too long - trust me!). Serve

with leftover bread or chips...

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30

8:30 AM SCHOOL CHAPEL

12:30 PM SCHOOL CHAPEL

PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL

GYMN WALK 8:15 AM

MONDAY 6:00 PM CUB SCOUTS

Mite Bite Sunday

Daylight Savings Time Ends 9:30 AM PARISH NURSE

7 PM ALTAR GUILD

7 PM BIBLE STUDY @ AUSTIN’S

6 PM PRAISE TEAM PRACTICE

8 AM FALL CLEAN-UP

8 AM MEN’S BREAKFAST 8 & 10:45 AM

WORSHIP W/COM.

9:30 AM EDUCATION HOUR

All Saints Day

Birthday Celebration

6 PM Choir

7 PM ELDERS

8 AM MONDAY MORNING WORKERS

9 AM QUILTERS

5:15 Bd of Christian Ed

5 PM PARISH ED

6 PM PRAISE TEAM PRACTICE

9:30 AM PARISH NURSE


10 AM LADIES POTLUCK

BRUNCH

8 & 10:45 AM

WORSHIP W/COM.

9:30 AM Reception for Petrich’s

8 & 10:45 AM

WORSHIP W/COM.



9 AM QUILTERS

9:30 AM Ladies Out To Brunch Bunch @ Panera Bread

6 PM Choir

7 PM Church Council

12:30 PM CONGREGATIONAL THANKSGIVING POTLUCK


9 AM QUILTERS



10 AM THANKSGIVING

DAY SERVICE

THANKSGIVING NO SCHOOL

8 & 10:45 AM

WORSHIP W/COM.


GOOD SAMARITAN SUNDAY

SCRIP ORDERS DUE

Share the Gospel of Jesus!

Give prayerful consideration to supporting Peace Lutheran

School this Christmas season, by ordering scrip, for the

scholarship program. Gift cards are an excellent and safe

way to shop, or to give to your love ones at Christmas

VETERANS DAY

SCRIP ORDERS DUE


9 AM QUILTERS



NO SCHOOL CHURCH &

SCHOOL OFFICES CLOSED

5:34 PM MARTIN LUTHER MOVIE

IN PARISH HALL

5 PM EVANGELISM BD

6 PM Choir Practice

6 PM Choir Practice 9:30 AM PARISH NURSE

9:30 AM Tea & Chat


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