The Portico Dr. Martin Luther Church

325 S. Main Street

Oconomowoc, WI 53066

PHONE: (262) 567-3829

Email: dmlc@globaldialog.com

Church Web Site: drmartinlutherchurch.org

Cluster Web site: lakecountrycluster.org

Your Church Staff is here to serve you…

Senior Pastor

Larry Harpster (262) 344-5942

Music Director Alison O’Leary (262) 751-1596

Band Leader

Robin Hankins (414) 254-8414

Administrative Secretary

Mary Engel (262) 567-3829

Volunteer Coordinator

Bobbie Dierbeck (262) 567-3829

Saturday 5:00 PM Chapel Service traditional format

Sundays 9:00 AM Worship

Includes a variety of musical styles, a blend of

hymns and contemporary songs so that there

is something for everyone.

Sunday School begins in worship at the

10:30 AM Praise Service

Sundays 10:30 AM Praise Service “Roll the Stone,” our Praise Band continues to

perform. Join us at this upbeat and energetic

service.

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Thank you to all of the wonderful musicians who

gave of their time and talents to lift up our Holy

Week services this year!

The weekend of Palm Sunday featured a

wide variety of musical styles and singers,

Maundy Thursday was uplifted by the DMLC

Praise Band, Good Friday was a meaning

ful service with various instrumental-

ists, vocalists, and ensembles, and Easter

Sunday was a joyful celebration with brass,

organ, percussion, choir, bells, flutes, and

more!

Now that the busyness of Holy Week has passed,

the youth hand bell ensemble will resume!

Before a rehearsal date and time is de-

cided, Alison needs to know how many

youth bell ringers are on-board. Please let

Alison know (alisonjeanoleary@gmail.com)

I f you know a young person grade 4-12

who is interested in trying out handbells!

No music reading experience necessary.

Mark your calendars for Mother's Day 2017! Our

9am Sunday service will be uplifted by 'Sterling

and Brass', Lake Country's own brass quintet.

WE WILL BE VISITING OUR TANZANIAN SISTER

CONGREGATION IN JUNE

Our DMLC community has recently started a sister

congregation relationship with Kitefu Lutheran church in

Tanzania, Africa. Kitefu is a rural church with four preach-

ing locations in Northern Tanzania. It is located close to

Mount Kilamanjaro, Mount Meru and the Serengeti. The

Greater Milwaukee Synod has had a long relationship with

the Meru Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of

Tanzania. They are encouraging interested congregations

to develop specific relationships with individual sister

communities.

In June, five members of our church will travel to

Tanzania to meet and get to know our new partners of

Kitefu. The five delegation members are Andy King, Kristi

Meuer, Louise Pieper, Lauren King and myself. We will be

staying in member’s homes, worshipping with them and

visiting their hospital, school and orphanage. We will be

bringing gifts from our congregation and we hope to bring

medical supplies in our suitcases as we travel by air to

Tanzania.

In May we are asking members to donate medical

supplies like Neosporin antibiotic cream, band aids,

gauze, Ibuprofen, acetominophen, antacids and other sim-

ple supplies. We will take cash gifts as well so they can

buy other items of need.

I am looking forward to this exciting new relation-

ship. I hope that our Sunday School and youth can begin

to correspond and build relationships in the next couple of

months after we return. I am planning that in a couple

years we can host representatives from their community

here at DMLC. Please pray for this new budding relation-

ship.

Blessings,

Pastor Larry

On Thursdays May 4 and 11 at 6:30pm, Pastor

Larry Harpster is hosting a Faith Talk Get-Together

for anyone interested in learning more about our

Dr. Martin Luther community. We will spend time

getting to know one another, talking about the ba-

sic building blocks of the Christian faith and reflect-

ing on the gifts God has given us. If you are inter-

ested in attending the class please call the church

office at 567-3829 or talk with Pastor Larry.

Faith Talk/New Member Get-Together

Ava Parkash Kaur Chhokar, Sophia Kaur Chhokar and

Ella Rajinder Kaur Chhokar, children of Vikramjit and

Joann Chhokar will be baptized on Sunday, May 7th at the

10:30 a.m. service. We pray God’s richest blessing be

with Ava, Sophia and Ella.

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A Healing Blessing will be available during

each service the weekend of

May 13 and 14

The deadline for the June issue

of The Portico is Monday, May

22. All information for the

month of June must be submit-

ted by this date.

Quilters will meet on Wednesday, May 17 at 9AM in fel-

lowship hall to make quilts for Lutheran World Relief.

You do not need to know how to sew to help with this pro-

ject.

Quilting for Lutheran World Relief

Newsletter Deadline

We invite you to pray for and support our church mem-

bers who have lost loved ones: Terry Radtke mourning

the death of his mother, Bertha Radtke; Elsie Johnson

mourning the death of her son, Sam.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

the source of all mercy and the God of all consolation,

who comforts us in all our sorrows so that we can com-

fort others in their sorrows with the consolation we our-

selves have received from God.

When we were baptized in Christ Jesus, we were baptized

into His death. We were buried therefore with Him by

Baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the

dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live a new

life. For if we have been united with Him in a death like

His, we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrec-

tion like His.

Seasoned Lutherans

will meet on Wednesday, May 24 at noon for a home

cooked meal. Following the meal Bob Duffy, Director

of Economic Development for the City of Oconomo-

woc, will give us an update on what's happening in the

City.

May 7………………………… Robotics Group

May 14 (Mother’s Day)……. Saturday Men’s Bible

Study Group

May 21………………………….. Chancel

GIFT (Growing In Faith Together) Women’s Bible

Study

We will be meeting on the second and fourth Thurs-

days each month at 6:30p.m. All Women are wel-

come.

All Men are invited to participate in a great casual

learning and fellowship experience among the "Early

Risers" that takes place on the SECOND SATURDAY of

every month at the Cafe LaBelle (located within the

Shorehaven complex) from 7:30 - 8:30 am. Please

contact Chris Butschke (262.966.0270) or Mike

Driscoll (262.646.5605) for directions/additional de-

tails.

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We have had another wonderful year with many new friends and experiences! Our kids have just completed 44 Easter

Baskets for children at the Waukesha Women’s Center. A special thanks to Brenda and Whitney Scherret for execut-

ing the construction and Diane and Jerry Gaido for the delivery.

The Scherrets and Madeline Lewein also helped in the mak-

ing of the banner hanging in the sanctuary. It reads “Jambo

Rafiki” which translates to “Hello Friends” in Swahili. We

took a picture with all the Sunday School kids around it and

will be giving it to our new friends in Africa this summer. Our

hope is to become more connected with the children of our

new adopted church there.

I would also like to take this time to thank all of the wonder-

ful volunteers that make our Sunday School special! Brenda

Scherret, Ray Meuer, Kayla Dehnert, Hope Toebe, Abbey

Blunck, Madeline Lewein, Rachel Zastrow, Nate Scherret,

Lily Rott, Lilly Hafner, Alison O’Leary and Kristina Meuer.

Our last events for the year are listed below. We are also starting our VBS planning!

Save July 31st through August 4th! Volunteers and travelers needed!

May 14 Happy Mother's Day! NO SUNDAY SCHOOL

May 21 Last day of Sunday School - All children sing during 10:30service

Blessings from your DMLC Sunday School Team

SAVE THE DATE!

DMLC 2017 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

JULY 31 - AUGUST 3, 9:00AM - 12:00

All children potty trained through 6th grade

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Teachers (adults) and youth volunteers (must be in 7th grade)

needed.

Volunteers will be placed where most needed. Youth will assist

adults.

A mandatory meeting will be held in July. For more information contact Angie

Lewein at 567-5629 or jesustakethewheel@hotmail.com

What’s New In Sunday School!

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Volunteering at DMLC

WISHING WELL FOR MAY – MILITARY CARE PACKAGES

Please watch for more information in your weekly bulletins.

SPRING CLEANING – WANTED MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN, SATURDAY, MAY 13TH

Please plan on joining us for a couple hours in the morning. If we all come together we can get this beautiful building

and grounds given the TLC that it so deserves. Let’s all take ownership of this building we call our “Church home”.

WE NEED YOU!!!

SUGGESTIONS:

· Tree Trimmers

· Painters

· Window Washers

· Nursery Sanitized

· Narthex Cleaned

· Cleaning under Pew Cushions

· Peace Room Cleaned, and any other areas that you would like to see shine!!

GRASS CUTTERS

As you are all aware, it takes a lot of manpower and dedication to keep the grounds of DMLC looking well-manicured.

Well Spring has Sprung and the grass is already green. It is time to think about our grass cutting schedule. A sign-up

sheet is placed on the table in the back of the church. PLEASE talk it over with your families and pick a date(s) that

you might like to spruce up our grounds. If you have questions, please get in touch with us in the office. Thank you for

your consideration!

ST. BEN’S

We are always in need of sage/onion stuffing, 16-18# turkeys and monetary donations to cover the cost of these

meals. A donation of any kind would be greatly appreciated.

2017 FLOWER/CANDLE CHART

Pick a date to honor loved ones or celebrate a special occasion with flowers on the altar. There are many dates avail-

able. The chart is located on the bulletin board in the Narthex.

GROCERY RECEIPTS

Thank you for saving your Piggly Wiggly grocery receipts and so faithfully submitting them to the office. I am thrilled

every time a receipt shows up in the offering plate. These receipts added together can bring in a nice check to be de-

posited into our Sunday School/Youth accounts. Continue to shop “The Pig” and send us the receipts. Thank you!

“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he thought he could do only a little”.

Bobbie Dierbeck, Volunteer Coordinator

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We thank the following people for purchasing Easter lilies:

Joyce Bahr given in memory of Ken Bahr

Daryl and Julie Burchardt given to the Glory of God

The Dierbeck Family given in memory of their precious daughter, Tricia Wright

Al Eighmy and Family given in memory of Donna Eighmy

Gordon Fleury given in memory of Gordon and June Fleury

Joan Genske

Hankins Family

Barb Johnson given in memory of Mike Johnson and Charla Gempeler

Kathleen Kimball and Family given in memory of Carl and Edna Polk

Al and Barb Kloth given in memory of Jenny Kloth and in honor of Meghan, Mary, Aaron Jr. and Anna Kloth

Roland and Arlene Krickhahn given in thanks and praise to our Risen Lord

Gary and Jodee Liedtke given in memory of Berny Liedtke and Alan Grailer

Kristi Meuer given in memory of Dennis Kado and Dennis Gerrietts

Terry Radtke given in memory of Thomas, Tim, and Todd Radtke

Carol Rauen given in memory of Alvin and Anita Miller and John S. Rauen

Beth Raush

Ken and Karen Ruehlow given in honor of their grandchildren

Larry and Sheri Schneiberg given in memory of their son Scott

Jake and Ashlea Seufzer

Joy Shong in memory of Rosyn and Joe Waddell

Betty Till given in memory of her parents George and Elizabeth Till

Betty Toepfer given in memory of her husband Ron

John and Connie Tokarski Family given in memory of Edward and Violet Schultz, Scott Skalitzky, Florian and Jean Tokarski

Kathy Vogt given in memory of her husband Gus

Milene Wegner given in memory of Herbert and Mabel Wegner; M. Thomas and Bernice Hepp and in honor of Micah & Holly West; Kevin Nettesheim; Karl and Kurt Koneck

Irene Willing given in memory of Norbert Willing

The Wright Family given in memory of Tricia Wright

Dick Zautner given in memory of Dona Zautner

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Monthly Actual Budget

Income $26,966.62 $26,381.65

Expense $24,212.84 $26,381.98

Monthly Income—Expense $2,753.78

Year to Date Actual Budget

Income $83,134.71 $79,145.69

Expense $72,344.70 $79,145.96

Year to Date Income—Expense $10,790.01

Stewardship Report February

Sunday May 14, 9am

Mother’s Day

Dr. Martin Luther Church

Sterling & Brass is dedicated to providing enjoyable, exciting brass music to all audiences. All of it's members

are from the Lake Country area in south eastern Wisconsin. The members are:

Chuck Kuhtz - Trumpet

Todd Wenzel - Trumpet

Bruce Bush - French Horn

Jack Schulze - Trombone

Scott Paukner - Tuba

They combine their unique talents to perform the best in brass quintet literature. Their music repertoire ranges

from Classical to Contemporary - including the audience-pleasing styles of Baroque, Jazz, Dixieland, Ragtime,

Swing and Broadway.

Sterling & Brass performs for corporate, family and civic functions, wedding ceremonies, holiday festivals,

parades, religious ceremonies, and traditional concert settings.

There is something for everyone at the

Family Bike Ride supporting the churches of

the Greater Milwaukee Synod doing minis-

try in low income communities.

Casual rider – includes families and children – a ride on the

paved Glacial Drumlin Trail, 14 miles or less if you prefer

Avid bicycler – either a 20, 30 or 50 mile mapped, cued and

supported ride on country roads around Dousman

Everyone – catered picnic lunch

Volunteers – over 100 positions available

Non-bikers – you don’t have to ride to impact lives - simply

donate. The results are amazing!

Please consider joining forces with hundreds of other bikers riding

with a purpose. Visit the website for updates and registration in-

formation: http://outreachforhope.org

Outreach For Hope Family Bike Ride

September 9, 2017