He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! What a wonderful week of services, music and worship during Holy Week, starting with Palm Sunday through Easter Monday! · Talents, time and treasures have been evident in the past few weeks as we have been very blessed here at Our Hope. · The Anchor Ringers and their uplifting music was a true blessing. Worship was truly enhanced by all the wonderful playing of hymns and the joyful singing. · All those of you who made the great pies and to those who ordered them God Bless You for helping with the AED fundraiser. · The Easter Lilies looked fantastic in the altar area thank you to those who ordered them, to those who helped set up the display thank you. I hoped you noticed the cross. · To those who helped setup and then helped clean up the Easter Break fast thank you for all you did. The Easter Breakfast was very yummy and well attended. Thanks for the donations to help the Youth going to the National Youth Gathering. · Did you see all the older youth at the Easter Egg Hunt? A special thanks to staff, and members who helped with the special eggs and bags for those participating. · The Easter Eggs in the baskets were all wonderfully decorated by the children and staff and thanks to all who hard boiled all those eggs. · We have been truly blessed at Our Hope. The new windows are a blessing. New lights and the paint job in the entry way are very inviting. · For the past several weeks the sharing of our treasures have been a great blessing. Increased church offerings and school tuition has truly blessed this congregation. To God be the Glory. May the Lord continue to bless us each and every day. Mind Boggling & Mind Opening! When the meaning of the resurrection really sinks in it is mind boggling and mind opening! So much so, that we celebrate what it means to be One in Spirit and Purpose: “Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scrip-tures. He told them, ‘This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are wit-nesses of these things.'” Luke 24:45-48 Our greatest privilege as a redeemed child of God is to be His witnesses!

A Note from Pastor Joe

THE ANCHOR

A P R I L 2 0 1 6 V O L . 1 6 N O . 4

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Thank You!

1440 Minutes

3 Zone Spring

Rally—LWML

L.A.M.B.S.

April 5th & 19th

Senior Adult

Fest at Holy

Cross

Preschool News

Food for Your

Soul

CTS News

www.ourhopelutheran.com

Jesus Christ is the Anchor of Our Hope!

Elder News

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Elder news for April is slim being that our

March Madness is not basketball but setting

up of Our Hope's Holy Week and contacting

lost church members. We hope to strive on

sending out letters to our lost members yet

still building on new church membership

which means a little new and younger blood.

Like always, talk to your friends and

neighbors to come and experience Our Hope

Lutheran Church where you'll leave as our

friend.

Richard Frick

Board of Elders

Stewardship 1440 Minutes As mentioned in our last Anchor article, each of us has a responsibility to invest our talents and to commit a portion of our time in service to our ministry.

1 Peter 4:10 — “Each of you should use what-ever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”

Giving of time involves being with God in

prayer and worship, sharing our love with family and friends and volunteering our time in church and com-munity activities that help others.

Sharing our talents arises from the fact that God has given each of us the ability and gifts to do certain things well and we are to develop those tal-ents for the good of others.

Our Stewardship committee is completing a final review of our Talent & Interest survey. It is our interest that this effort will help you discover or clarify your gift or gifts. Will we be using this tool to call members in search of volunteers? No. It will, how-ever, be used to assist members in answering God’s call to service.

What if you don’t have the time to volunteer

to help in church? For a lot of us these days, this is certainly a valid excuse. For the large majority of us it’s not a question of having the time but of using the time we have. A recent study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the average American over 18 spends his or her time during the 1,440 minutes avail-able each day as follows:

Sleeping - 7 hours – 39 min Working/Commuting - 9 hours – 12 min Leisure, TV, sports - 2 hours – 51 min Eating/Drinking - 1 hour – 7 min Cooking/Cleaning – 52 min Reading Newspaper – 6 min Grooming - 48 min Shopping – 34 min Education – 6 min Phone/Email – 5 min Caring for children / elderly - 33 min Volunteering / Religious Activities - 7 min

Again, this is an average which may or may not repre-sent your specific daily schedule. By way of sugges-tion, why not keep a record for a week to see where all your time goes? This may identify an hour or two that you can add in service to our Lord. There’s always plenty to do. For example: Our Nursery revamp is well under way. Please consider volunteering 1 Sun-day per year in the Nursery watching over the little ones. This will allow us to offer our younger parents uninterrupted participation in our services. In His Service, Jeff Alexander Stewardship

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION JOIN US FOR BIBLE STUDY!

There are many opportunities for Bible study at Our Hope. Here is a list of ones to choose from: SUNDAY MORNING

BUG Club @ 9:45 a.m. children ages 3 - 5th grade

Confirmation Classes @ 9:47 a.m. > children in grades 7 & 8 meet in

Pastor’s office Dr. Maier III Bible Study @ 10:00 a.m.

> meet in the fellowship hall.

TUESDAY MORNING Men’s Bible Breakfast @ 6:30 a.m.

1st & 3rd Tuesdays @ Cozy Nook Café on Dupont Rd. Leader is Pastor Joe Fichtner

Ladies AM Bible Study @ 10:00 a.m. 1st & 3rd Tuesdays

At different members homes. WEDNESDAY MORNING

Adult Bible Study @ 9:30 a.m. At church in the lobby

Leader is Pastor Joe Fichtner

Ladies Guild

Our upcoming 3 Zone Spring Rally is on April 9, 2015 at Holy Cross from 9-11:30 AM, breakfast begins at 8:30. Registration fee is $6.00. Please let me know if you are plan-ning to attend as I have to have a count in by April 4. If you have any old eyeglasses, we are collecting them for the Nicaragua Mission Trip to take to the rally. The zones are col-lecting items to make school kits. Our Hope has been asked to bring fleece pieces that are 1 ½ yards x width. If you have any fleece that needs a new home just let me know. Our next meeting will be on April 12 at 6:30 PM. We will be having a Bible study on: How Great Thou Art. This Bible study is the Win-ter 2015 edition of the Quarterly. If you need another copy please let me know. April is also election month for Ladies Guild. Thanks to those who have volunteered to keep our Ladies Guild active by helping to continue our ministry. God certainly contin-ues to bless Our Hope with willing workers! Serving the Lord With Gladness! Cindy Fortman OHLG President

NEXT VOTER’S ASSEMBLY MEETING

May 17, 2016 7:00 p.m.

EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED ATTEND!

L.A.M.B.S

The Tuesday morning Ladies AM Bible Study

will meet@ 10 a.m. on April 5th @ church.

Joy Conrad will be our hostess and Shirley

Leiter will be our lesson and prayer leader.

Then on April 19 we will meet at the home of

Barb Horstmeyer and Betty Stucky will be our

lesson and prayer leader. All ladies are wel-

come to join us. Call Shirley at 619-3140 for

more info.

The Indiana District is planning two Senior Adult Fests this spring. Our theme will be “God’s Gifts of Heart, Mind and Soul” (James 1: 17). The purpose of the Senior Fests is to bring to-gether seniors (age 50 and above) in our congre-gations to inspire, educate and inform regarding the things that matter as we grow older. These Senior Fests will be an exciting way to learn and grow and meet our brothers and sisters in Christ from our various churches. The keynote speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Dale Meyer, former Lutheran Hour Speaker, and cur-rent president of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. His topic will be “God’s Gift of Soul.” The Rev. Ed Keinath, Director of CrossLife Ministries in Sey-mour, will speak on God’s Gift of Mind.” Ms. Trisha Neary and Ms. Lesley Freidel, both of whom are Senior Directors at Lutheran Life Vil-lages in Fort Wayne, will speak on various topics, including music, memory, and physical activities for older adults. The cost (which includes lunch) is $15.00 per per-son. The registration deadline is April 12th, so mark your calendars and get your reservations in as soon as possible. Your registration is con-firmed upon receipt of payment.

Register now for Senior Fest! Register now for Senior Fest for those 50 and

over! Friday, April 22 at Immanuel, Seymour, IN

Saturday, April 23 at Holy Cross, Fort Wayne, IN $15 per person, includes lunch and 4 really great

speakers! You don’t want to miss this.

To assist with planning please register by April 12

Call Nancy @ 260-423-1511 x.2208

Spring Break

April 1-10

Classes Resume

April 11

Camp Lutherhaven

Leads Chapel Service

Wed. April 20—8:45 a.m.

Youth & Family Ministry News

March was quite busy for the preschool. We had so much to do with Dr. Seuss week, the Scholastic book fair, Grandparent’s Day, Open House/Science Night, St. Patrick’s Day and Easter. The children really love to hear the story of Jesus’ journey to the cross. And our afternoon classes enjoyed coloring the eggs for the Easter breakfast. We begin April with Spring Break. Classes will be back in session on April 11. We will be learning about new life, weather, and all the wonder that Spring and the changing of the seasons bring. Hopefully, we won’t have too many Spring showers (or snow) that prevents us from having some fun outside. Thank you to everyone who will be stripping and waxing the FAC floors over spring break. You are much appreciated! Also, thank you to everyone who purchased books at the Scholastic book fair. It was one of our best sales. We earn dollars to purchase furniture, books and teacher resources from this sale. Looking ahead to June… We will be hosting our Barnyard Roundup VBS the week of June 13 from 9am to noon. We are in need of adult and high school/college age volunteers. Our participation numbers have been grow-ing and we are in need of helpers. It will be sad to have to discontinue such an awesome mission and outreach to our community because we don’t have enough help. You can be a group leader that escorts children to each of their destinations, or lead Snack, Games, Music or Crafts. You will receive guid-ance, support and scripts for each of these jobs. Please prayerfully consider being a role model to our young friends. You can contact Lisa South, Pastor or myself with any questions or your interest. If you know of anyone looking for childcare for the Summer months, please encourage them to check us out! There are links for registration forms and fee information at our church website ourhopelutheran.com. Happy Spring! Gina Pippenger

A BIG THANK YOU — to all the youth who showed up and helped with the Easter Breakfast this year. Your help was greatly appreciated!! NATIONAL YOUTH GATHERING NEWS We have officially been accepted to go to the National Youth Gathering in New Orleans, July 16-20. We have registered 2 adults and 2 youth to go this year. We are sure it will be a fantastic experience for them. Now we need to make plane reservations and get our hotel assignments. If any-one happens to have any frequent flyer miles that they won’t be using and would be willing to let us use, please contact Rod Bourassa @ 443-9777.

“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in

truth.” 3 John 4 PRESCHOOL NEWS

The month of April has two recipes. A dessert and an entree:

Chocolate Turtle Poke Cake

1 (15.25 oz) package chocolate cake mix, prepared according to package instructions 1 (14 oz) can Eagle Brand Caramel Flavored Sweetened Condensed Milk 1 (16 oz) can store bought chocolate frosting 1 cup chopped pecans 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips Store bought caramel syrup for drizzling on top of cake

Note: If you can't find the seasonal flavor of the Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk, you can substitute 1 cup of caramel flavored syrup (found in the ice cream section of your grocer).

Use a 9”x13” greased cake pan.

Instructions: 1. Bake cake according to package instructions. Let cool for 10 minutes. Punch holes in top of cake using the handle of a wooden spoon. 2. Pour can of Eagle Brand Caramel Flavored Sweetened Con-densed Milk over the top of cake. Spread to make sure it gets into all of the holes. Put cake in refrigerator for 1 hour. Frost cake with chocolate frosting. Add nuts and chocolate chips on top. Drizzle with caramel syrup. Slice and serve. Store covered in refrigerator for up to 5 days.

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Ham Loaf 1 1/2 lbs. ground ham (cooked) 1/2 tsp. salt 3/4 lbs. lean ground beef (uncooked) 1 cup milk 2 eggs 3/4 cup fine soda crackers crumbs 2 tsp. prepared mustard

SAUCE: 1 3/4 cups brown sugar 1 Tbs. water 2 tsp. prepared mustard 1 Tbs. vinegar

Preheat oven to 325°. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well with your hands. Put into a 9x5x3 loaf pan. Bake for approximately 75 minutes. After the first 30 minutes apply sauce and baste every 10-15 minutes until done. Serves 4-6.

We thought this would be a fun addition to the newsletter. Hopefully you will consider being a contributor of one or more of your favorite recipes. If you have a story to go with the recipe it would be great to publish it also. All recipes can be emailed to: ourhopeinfo@gmail.com, given to Lisa South or placed on the church office desk.

FOOD FOR YOUR SOUL

THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS – All newsletter articles are due on the third Sunday of each month. You can fax them to: 637-4673 or email them to: LSSouth1985@gmail.com or you can place them on Lisa’s desk in the church office. MENS BIBLE BREAKFAST group meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at The Cozy Nook Cafe on Dupont Rd. at 6:30 a.m. In April they will meet on the 5th and 19th. The study leader is Pastor Joe. JUSTICE BREAD – Thank you for your continued support of the Justice Bread Ministry. 100% of bread sales goes to the Cup of Kindness program at Lutheran Social Services. The month of April will feature, Wheat, Cranberry and Indian Grain bread. Cost is $3.00 each. SUNDAY MORNING FRIENDSHIP TIME needs Donuts and/or cookies. If you are willing to supply some, please sign up on the kitchen calendar on the refrigerator. Thanks to everyone. WORSHIP FOR SHUT-INS, an award winning television ministry program can be seen at the following times: Sundays at 6:30 a.m. on WPTA-TV 2, 8:00 a.m. on FIOS Channel 9, 11:30 a.m. TCT WINM-TV 63/43 and on Comcast Cable channel 55 and FIOS 25 at 4:00 p.m. and on Mon-days at 4 p.m. PRAYER NEEDED?? Call Janet Hamman at 443-6156 and we will pass it around our prayer chain. Prayer is very important and does make a difference. SCRIP IS AVAILABLE – Scrip is sold on Sun-day’s following services and on M-F, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. from Lisa in the office. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/OURHOPELUTHERAN “Like” us on Facebook and stay informed of cur-rent happenings from the church & school. SUNDAY HELPERS NEEDED – Are you inter-ested in being a reader or greeter or usher for our Sunday services? If so, please call the church office and let us know. LUTHERAN NIGHT AT THE FW TINCAPS will take place on Saturday, Aug. 29th at 7:05 p.m. You won’t want to miss the fireworks, Zooperstars, and more! Cost is $8.00 per ticket. Mark your cal-endars and see Lisa South for an order form. A BIG THANK YOU to Pastor Joe for the awe-some Easter egg hunt. Youth of all ages had an awesome time!

CONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY NEWS

Christ Academy Confirmation Retreat April 8-10

Seminary Guild Spring Luncheon Tuesday, April 12

12:00 p.m. in Luther Hall Easter Choral Vespers with the Schola Cantorum

Sunday, April 24—4 p.m. in Kramer Chapel Vicarage & Deaconess Internship Service

April 26th—7 p.m. Pastoral Call Service

April 27 — 7 p.m.

For more info call: 260-452-2100

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LUTHERAN ASSOCIATION FOR INSTITUTIONAL MINISTRIES

A Fort Wayne Lutheran Ministry since 1923

The Ministry Providing weekly worship services for hundreds of

residents in 32 Fort Wayne area nursing facilities. Providing large print “Portals of Prayer” to the

residents. The Value of This Ministry For more people, entering a nursing facility is one the most difficult decisions they will ever make. Pastors can visit and pray with them and bring them commun-ion, but, it would be impossible for most pastors to have an actual worship service for each of their mem-bers in various nursing facilities. That’s where L.A.I.M. comes in. L.A.I.M. oversees Lutheran worship services in most of the nursing fa-cilities in Fort Wayne. This gives the residents the opportunity once again for public worship with others. They get the opportunity to hear and participate in the precious parts of our familiar services—Invocation, prayers, hymns, Scripture Reading, sermon, Creed, Lord’s Prayer and Benediction. And, not only that, but family members have the opportunity to regularly or occasionally come to these services and worship with their loved ones. You Can Assist this Important Ministry Pray regularly for our L.A.I.M. chaplains and for those who participate in these services. Consider supporting L.A.I.M. with a financial gift to

“L.A.I.M.” and send it to: L.A.I.M. PO Box 36 Huntertown, IN 46748

BITS & PIECES

Birthday Celebrations

APRIL BIRTHDAYS 1 Missy Conrad 4 Tammy Trauner 5 Pauline Milleman 5 Cloyce Steiss 6 Claire Grimes 8 Myra Shaw 8 Jerry Schoditsch 9 Charles Jennings 10 Judy Roth 12 Stephanie Grimes

13 Joyce Ehlerding 13 Pam Green 14 Cliff Greiner 15 Richard Silvers 17 Abbigail Zimmerman 18 Cindy Deutchman 20 Andrew Smith

APRIL ANNIVERSARIES

5 Arnold & Corine Bailey

9 Michael & Elaine Stewart

15 John & Suzanne Buuck

18 Lee & Connie Garber

20 Mark & Kris Fisher

20 Chad & Gina Pippenger

24 Brian & Caralee Wirges

27 Ryan & Holly Zimmerman

ELDER’S ON DUTY 8:30 AM 11:00 AM 6:30 PM

April 3 Al Fry Carl Moehle/Rick Frick

April 4 Dan Hartman/Carl Moehle

April 10 Dave Byerley Eric Trauner

April 11 Dan Hartman/Carl Moehle

April 17 Al Fry Carl Moehle/Rick Frick

April 18 Dan Hartman/Carl Moehle

April 24 Dave Byerley Eric Trauner

April 25 Dan Hartman/Carl Moehle

GREETERS 8:30 AM 11:00 AM

April 3 Al Fry Richard & Carol Thonert

April 10 Jim & Christy Owens Jake & Jennifer Fetters

April 17 Jim & Cindy Fortman Gina Pippenger

April 24 Ryan & Jennifer Bell Eric & Tammy Trauner

READERS 8:30 AM 11:00 AM

April 3 Al Fry Richard Thonert

April 10 Jim Owens Jake Fetters

April 17 Cindy Fortman Gina Pippenger

April 24 Ryan Bell Eric Trauner

USHERS

Larry Hilsmier (Co-Capt.) Al Fry Glenn South

Jack Springer (Co-Capt.) Bob Lepper Daniel South

Ken Baker Joe Roth Eric Trauner

ALTAR FLOWERS

April 3 Eric & Tammy Trauner in celebration of Tammy’s birthday on April 4th.

April 10 Jamie & Myra Shaw in celebration of their birthdays.

April 17 Lee & Connie Garber in celebration of their 49th anniversary on the 18th.

April 24 Lori Josse in memory of her father, Robert Duff.

Those Who Serve the Lord with Gladness

Anniversarys

“Serve the

Lord with

Gladness;

Come before

Him with

joyful

singing.”

Psalm 100:2

February—2016 $ MONTH YEAR-to-DATE BUDGET/MONTH DIFFERENCE

General Income 17,802 30,415 20,019 ( - 2,217) School Income 16,379 34,054 20,300 ( - 3,921) TOTAL INCOME 31,180 64,469 40,319 ( - 6,139) General Expenses 18,245 34,623 21,954 ( - 3,709) School Expenses 25,707 41,738 18,364 7,344 TOTAL EXPENSES 43,952 76,361 40,317 3,635 TOTAL P/L (-9,772) (-11,892) 2 ( - 9,773) Checking: Operating Funds 8,054 Designated Funds Past Due Bills 0 Members 12,599 TOTAL FUNDS 12,599 LCEF Acct. 611 Steward Acct. 322 TOTAL CASH ASSETS 8,988 Member Loan 20,000 Payroll Liabilities 6,500 TOTAL Liabilities 39,099 TOTAL Equity (-30,111) NET EQUITY 8,988 Loan Balance 387,451

YOUTH & FAMILY MINISTRY Lisa South, Rod Bourassa, OTHER POSITIONS Pastor—Rev. L. Joe Fichtner Pastoral Assistants—Dr. Walter Maier III & Rev. Bob Smith Field Workers—Daniel Broaddus & Paul Gaschler Church & School Secretary—Lisa South School Director—Gina Pippenger Praise Team Leader—Lydia Landes & Paul Gaschler Organist—Lydia Landes & Paul Gaschler Handbell Director—Cindy Fortman Nursery — Beth Alexander Librarian — Jenny Bell & Katie Ramsey Acolyte Scheduler—Pastor Joe Fichtner Custodian—Kustom Klean Thrivent for Lutherans—Martha Moehle Seniors Enjoying Life— Dartball—Jim Fortman Ladies Guild—Cindy Fortman Prayer Chain Leader—Janet Hamman Altar Flower Chairperson—Becky Clem Men’s Club—Jim Fortman Scrip Coordinators—Cindy Fortman & Lisa South

Treasurers Report

CHURCH COUNCIL President — Jack Springer President-Elect—Richard Thonert Secretary—Myra Shaw Treasurer—Cliff Glasper Head Elder—Carl Moehle & Rick Frick Financial Secretary—Marlene Carpenter Outreach/Evangelism—Steve Pierzchala, David Wenndt Stewardship—Jeff Alexander Christian Education—Rev. Bob Smith School Board Chairman—Tammy Trauner Youth & Family—Lisa South Property—Scott Link Ex-Officia—Pastor Joe Fichtner ELDERS Richard Frick, Al Fry, Dan Hartman, Carl Moehle, Fred Toenges, Eric Trauner SCHOOL BOARD Melissa Satterthwaite, Tammy Trauner, Ryan Bell, Ann Fichtner, Martha Moehle PROPERTY Scott Link, Chuck Damman, Donald Jordan

CHURCH DISCIPLESHIP February Sunday Attendance 462

Ave Attendance per Sunday 116

Potential 478

Budget for February $37,200.00

Offerings $39,054.81

Difference + $ 1,854.81

2016 LEADERSHIP

April 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

SPRING BREAK NO SCHOOL

2

3 8:30 AM Worship/C 9:30 AM Fellowship 9:45 AM BUG Club 9:47 AM Confirm. 10:00 AM Bible Study 11:00 AM Worship/C

4 6:00 PM School Team Meeting 6:30 PM Worship/C

SPRING BREAK NO SCHOOL

5 6:30 AM Men’s Bible Breakfast 10 AM LAMBS @ Church 6:30 PM Bethesda

SPRING BREAK NO SCHOOL

6 9:30 AM Bible Study

SPRING BREAK NO SCHOOL

7

SPRING BREAK NO SCHOOL

8

SPRING BREAK NO SCHOOL

9 8:30 — LWML 3 Zone Rally @ Holy Cross

10 JUSTICE BREAD 8:30 AM Worship 9:30 AM Fellowship 9:45 AM BUG Club 9:47 AM Confirm. 10:00 AM Bible Study 11:00 AM Worship

11 6:30 PM Worship CLASSES RESUME

12 6:22 PM Meeting Night 6:30 PM Ladies Guild Meeting

13 8:45 AM Chapel 9:30 AM Bible Study

14 8:45 AM Chapel

15 16

17 8:30 AM Worship/C 9:30 AM Fellowship 9:45 AM BUG Club 9:47 AM Confirm. 10:00 AM Bible Study 11:00 AM Worship/C

18 6:30 PM Worship/C

19 6:30 AM Men’s Bible Breakfast 10 AM LAMBS @ B. Horstmeyer’s 6:30 PM Bethesda

20 8:45 AM Chapel 9:30 AM Bible Study

21 8:45 AM Chapel

22 EARTH DAY

23

Senior Fest @ Holy Cross Lutheran

FFPN Meeting @ Peace Lutheran

24 8:30 AM Worship 9:30 AM Fellowship 9:45 AM BUG Club 9:47 AM Confirm. 10:00 AM Bible Study 11:00 AM Worship

25 6:30 PM Worship

26 7:00 PM CTS Vicarage Assignment Service

27 8:45 AM Chapel 9:30 AM Bible Study 7:00 PM CTS Pastoral Call Service

28 8:45 AM Chapel

29 ARBOR DAY 30 10 a.m.—5p.m. Gina Pippenger using FAC