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FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH
120 Faith Drive, Columbus WI 53925
Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America – ELCA
South-Central Synod of Wisconsin
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH
120 Faith Drive Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-3610
Email: [email protected]
Pastor Bob’s “open”:
Pastor Bob’s “private”:
Pastor Lisa’s “open”:
Website: www.faithcolumbuswi.org
Robert V. Moberg, Pastor
920-623-4390
Lisa L. Nelson, Assistant Pastor
608-834-8412
Sandra Schieble, CRPM
608-712-2910
Ruth Nordal, Administrative Assistant
920-210-3234
Wendy Corlett, Treasurer
920-210-2940
CHURCH COUNCIL
Jeanne Miller 920-326-3111
President
Tisha Kurth 920-763-2800
V. President
Worship/Multimedia Committee Liaison
Jim Schieble 920-763-3433
Secretary
Staff Support Committee Liaison
Jennifer Herzberg 920-484-3849
Social Ministry Committee Liaison
Eric Hoffmann 608-843-9958
Finance Committee Liaison
Tom Mitchell 608-609-1766
Stewardship Committee Liaison
Todd Morris 920-623-1978
Youth/Property Committee Liaison
Bev O’Brion 920-484-3473
Evangelism Committee Liaison
Lisa Sebranek 920- 623-5112
Education Committee Liaison
MESSAGE FROM PASTOR BOB
Dear Friends in Faith,
Last month (I’m writing in July) Lynne and I celebrated our 40th Wedding Anni-versary. We were married on June 14, 1974, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Virginia, Minnesota; the congregation both Lynne & I grew up in.
I remember the big party we had for my parents’ 40th anniversary. We decided to have it then because my Dad had early signs of dementia and we weren’t sure if we’d be able to celebrate a 50th anniversary with them.
Thinking of that makes me feel my age, I’ll tell you. On the other hand, my par-ents were considerably older when they got married than Lynne & I were. We hope to have more than a few good years together yet!
AND – we are happy to report – we WANT to have many years together yet!
If you listen to what people say about marriage these days, you would get the impression that 40 year marriages like ours are almost as antique and vanishing as dial telephones!
Everywhere you hear the statistic repeated as if it were established fact that “half of all American marriages end in divorce”!
The only thing is: it’s fiction. A tragically discouraging urban legend.
The “rumor” seems to be based on a misreading of statistics from the late 1970s and early 1980s when divorce rates peaked. In 1981, for example, there were 2.4 million marriages and 1.2 million divorces. At first glance, that would seem like a 50-percent divorce rate.
However, those 1.2 million divorces came out of a national pool of 54 million marriages that already existed, most of which would never see divorce.
Divorce rates are hard to calculate, partly because the government stopped keeping detailed statistics on divorce in 1996. What all experts do agree on is that, after more than a century of rising divorce rates in the United States, the rates abruptly stopped going up around 1980.
It’s true that divorce rates are higher than they used to be. Researchers give rates all the way from less than 10% to more than 40%
The bottom line is that marriage is still what it's always been: a commitment between two people who choose to remain faithful to each other. And they don't need to feel doomed because of scary statistics — least of all ones that are urban myths.
Weddings in the church always point us to the example of God’s relationship to us. God has made an unshakable and trustworthy commitment to us. Trust is the foundation of all relationships.
Sometimes trust is irreparably broken and marriages end. But, if trust can be
maintained, all the blessings of long marriages are available. Living daily experi-
encing God’s faithfulness to us can help.
Peace,
Pr. Bob Moberg
2 August 20142
FROM BISHOP MARY FROILAND
(from The South–Central Synod’s July E-Magazine)
Just What I’ve Been Thinkin’ About . . . This life, therefore, is not godliness but the process of becoming god-ly, not health but getting well, not being but becoming…. We are not now what we shall be, but we are on the way. The process is not yet finished, but it is actively going on. This is not the goal but it is the right road.
This quote from Martin Luther reminds us that life is a journey, not a destination; a process, not completion.
Recently, I learned of the unexpected death of a member of the con-gregation I last served. I had grown close to this man and his family over the last couple of years as he struggled with serious health issues. Even though I am no longer this fami-ly’s pastor, I grieve for their loss and hold them close in prayer. I am grateful for the journey we shared for a while.
As we walk through this life we are blessed to be accompanied along the way by differ-ent people for varying lengths of time. Each of these companions on the way brings their own unique and special gifts to us during the time we share, just as they leave a little of themselves with us and take a little bit of us with them when our paths diverge.
People enter and leave our lives at various points along our life’s journey, but the God in whose hands all of life is held, is ever at our side – walking life’s path with each person, accompanying, guiding, at times carrying, but never letting us go alone. As we enter and leave one another’s lives, we entrust ourselves and those we love to the grace and care of God.
Throughout our lives we say goodbye to people who have grown dear to us and at the same time we welcome new companions. I am honored and privileged to walk this road for a while with each of you.
God’s peace,
Bishop Mary Froiland
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ELCA South-Central Synod of Wisconsin
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Madison, WI 53713 b
Photos of “Wisconsin Paths”
by Rev. Mary Kay Baum
August 2014 3
COUNCIL HI-LIGHTS
July 8, 2014
Pastor Bob shared publications from the synod and Bishop Mary regard-ing discernment on social issues affecting the church. He asked council members to study them for discussion at future meetings.
The Evangelism Committee has completed a promotional brochure for Faith that has gone to the printer. Funds for the printing came from Faith Projects.
Discussed how to provide congregational opportunities sharing infor-mation about the proposed sale of the parsonage.
Jim Schieble Council Secretary
On the Lighter Side. . .
When God sends you help, don’t ask questions.
She hurried to the pharmacy to get medi-cation, got back to her car and found that she had locked her keys inside.
The woman found an old rusty coat hang-er left on the ground. She looked at it and said, “I don’t know how to use this.” She bowed her head and asked God to send her some HELP. Within 5 minutes a beat-up old motorcycle pulled up, driven by a bearded man who was wearing an old biker skull rag. He got off his cycle and asked if he could help.
She said: “Yes, my daughter is sick. I’ve locked my keys in my car. I must get home. Please, can you use the hanger to unlock my car?”
He said, “Sure.” He walked over to the car, and in less than a minute the car was open.
She hugged the man and through tears said, “Thank you so much! You are a very nice man.”
The man replied, “Lady, I am NOT a nice man. I just got out of PRISON yesterday; I was in prison for car theft.”
The woman hugged the man again sob-bing. “Oh, thank you God! You even sent me a Professional!”
Is GOD great or what!?!
Thanks to . . .
-Dianne Patrick, Sue Mathwich, Sally Price, Jodi Smith, Jennifer Edwards and Betty Rahn for helping assemble the July NEWSLETTER.
-Sally Price, Diane Patrick, Donna Hankes, Scott Mathwich, Bev O'Brion, Jennifer Herzberg, Betty Baxter, and DeAnn Gaska. Your time spent check-ing in our members for their photo directory sessions was greatly appre-ciated!
JUNE TREASURER’S REPORT
GENERAL FUND
Beginning Balance $ 2,983.79
Deposit in Transit $ 510.00
Transfer to/from Savings $ -
Current Month Receipts $ 17,089.05
Disbursements $ (19,483.16)
BALANCE $ 1,099.68
Think Scrip for School and Sports School is just around the corner. That means school supplies, fall fash-
ion, and all the latest gear is needed to get our kids ready to succeed!
Scrip is ready to meet the challenge, and every Scrip purchase will help
Faith. It is a WIN-WIN! Need some ideas? Scrip has Walmart, Shopko,
Target, Staples, Kohl’s, Old Navy, RadioShack, Gap, Lands’ End, Eddie
Bauer, Aeropostale, iTunes, jcpenney, Best Buy and lots more!
And don’t forget the sports. Plan ahead before the trip to the sporting
goods store, and purchase your Scrip. Every purchase of Scrip helps
Faith’s ministries. Run to buy your Scrip for Dick’s Sporting Goods, REI,
Cabela’s, Target, Dunham’s Sports, Under Armour, Shopko, Nike, adid-
as, MC Sports, Gander Mountain, Amazon.com and many more! And if
you are at the store, and forgot your scrip, you can buy and use in-
stantly from your smart phone. Just talk to Troy to get it set up.
For every purchase of Scrip, Faith retains a small percent of the pur-
chase that helps support our ministries. And those small percentage
gifts to Faith are tax deductible at the end of the year. It only makes
sense to use Scrip for all your purchases. For more information, includ-
ing how to buy Scrip online, contact Troy Tadych ([email protected],
920.623.9514), or click over to our website
(http://faithcolumbuswi.org/church-news#scrip).
Eric and Jenny An-thon, Bill and Linda Bussian, Bill and Trina Byrne, Pat and Wendy Corlett, Gene and
Connie Frey, Donna Hankes, Fred and Pat Hurckman, Christi Jurger-son, Pete and Judy Kaland, Dawn Kaminski, David and Lori Kikkert, Tom and Renee Meister, Joel and Luanne Miller, Tim and Kristie Rozinski, Steve and Judy Rubert, Jim and Sandra Schieble, Eric and Heather Schultz, Carl and Beth Simons, Jim and Jodi Smith, Kim Steers, Rick and Sandy Tjugum, Linda Ulmer.
Celebrate your special
day!
THE RED TENTERS’
BOOKCLUB
For our August selec-tion we are reading Obituary Writer by Ann Hood. We will meet on Thursday, August 28, 7pm at the home of Emma Jones. New members are always wel-come to join us. .
The Overnight Confirmation Re-
treat for all confirmands being
confirmed on Sunday, October
19, 2014 is set for August 22-
23 at Lutherdale Bible Camp,
Elkhorn, WI. Plan to leave Faith
at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, August 22
and return around 3:30 p.m. on
Saturday, August 23. Remember
to bring money for your Friday
evening meal in Whitewater,
towels, toiletry items, sleeping
bag, pillow, and anything else you
will need to stay over at the
camp. Most important! Remem-
ber to bring your Bible, a pen,
the final draft of your Statement
of Faith, PLUS the names and
addresses of your baptismal
sponsors. Don’t forget some
‘soda money’ and ‘munchies’ for
Friday evening. If you have not
done so, your retreat payment of
$45.00 is due to Ruth by Sunday,
August 3.
Confirmation
Retreat
Vacation
Bible School
Attention..
VBS IS
CANCELLED…
Attention! Please note that VBS has been canceled due to low registration. We are sad to announce this cancellation, but look forward to trying again next summer.
Congratulations
to Marissa and Adam Aeschlimann on the birth of their daugh-ter, Flynn Kay Ann
born Thursday, July 10 at Meriter Hospital in Madison. Grandpar-ents are Paul and Barb Bergum .
For all those Spaghetti Supper watch-
ers, the date is October 11. Please
keep the date open for volunteering,
making bars and cookies, Pumpkin
Patch donations, or anything else you
would like to do to help. But espe-
cially please keep it open to come
and EAT! Thank you!
4 August 2014
Heigh ho! Heigh ho! It’s
off to camp we go!
Lutherdale Bible Camp:
Claire Walz
Have a great time!
Friesland Community
Men’s Chorus
On June 22nd the Evangelism Com-mittee presented the Friesland Com-
munity Men’s Chorus concert.
It was a delightful afternoon and there were 156 attendees. The Evan-gelism Committee furnished a nice lunch for the Chorus and their spous-es. All the food was donated by the
Committee.
It would not have been accom-
plished without the help of members
of Faith. We especially want to thank
Denny Langfeldt, Jim Schieble, Erin
Bussian, Dennis Sampolinski, Rod Pat-
rick, Rod Schubert and Merlyn Lienke
for hauling the risers from the high
school and helping with the setup and
returning the risers to the high school
on Monday morning. After the con-
cert Sue and Scott Mathwich, John and
Norri Brozek and Tim Meeusen and
others mentioned above helped take
down the risers and clean up the area.
Also to Peter Kaland for helping with
the sound system and taking the stool
(that a chorus member left behind) to
Pardeeville for their next concert.
We also want to thank Pastor Bob for
participating in the service.
The offering received was $655.00
and we sent to a check of $300 to the
Chorus for appreciation of their fine
concert.
Thank you to all who attended.
OOPS! We forgot to include the
enclosed envelope in the giving
statements. If you would like to
use it to catch up on your giving
or simply to give more, please feel
free. And thanks for using your
own stamp. God’s blessing on
your summer! Pr, Lisa.
Televised
Service
Times
Digital channel 980
Cable channel 98
Faith’s worship services are aired on the following days
and times:
Monday @ 9:00am
Tuesday @ 9:00am
Wednesday @ 9:00am
Thursday @ 9:00am
Friday @ 9:00am
There's going to be lots of excitement happening in
August-September!
Confirmation Orientation for parents and students in grades 6, 7 and 8 on August 27 from 5:45-7:00pm.
September 7 is Rally Sun-day.
Attention Sun-day school staff! The full Sunday school staff will be installed on Sept. 7 at the 8:00 service.
September 14 is Backpack Blessing Sunday. Bring you backpacks and briefcases
and place them in front of the altar before worship. We will be blessing them during both worship ser-vices. Third graders will have a Bible Class with Pr. Lisa at 9:20 and then receive their Bibles at the 10:30 ser-vice.
August 2014 5
August
Birthday’s Jim Agnew, Peggy Ag-new, Jarod Alvarez, Bob Ayer, Presley Beck, McKenzye Bruss, Amber Bussian, Trina Byrne, Meredithe Campbell, Eric Carney, Karen Deck-er, Gary Ducat, Stephanie Dykstra, Sandra Ebert, Megan Ferrera, Emily Fritz, Esther Gaumitz, Abby Half-mann, Martin Halfmann, Kristen Hart, Dick Hartl, Sue Hewitt, Bill Hoene, John Hood III, Fred Hurck-man, David Jakel, JoAnn Johnson, Breanna Kelly, Josh Kirchberg, Ja-mine Kurth, Retta Kurth, Tisha Kurth, Wilhelmina Mickelson, Colleen Mil-ler, Luanne Miller, MaKayla Mitchell, Lynne Moberg, Caroline Morris, Jo-seph Morris, Bill Murray Jr., Cindy Nickell, Noelle Niehoff, Pia Penzotti, Zachary Rohrbeck, Michael Rowe, Lyle Sampson, Brody Scheeler, Con-nie Schultz, Heather Schultz, Holly Schuster, Lillian Schuster Noah Se-branek, Debbie Talg, Reta Thies, Darlene Tjugum, Jan Ulrich, Teegan Weidemann, Tanner Wescott, Karin Westlake.
third Grade Bibles
Third grade students will receive their Bibles
on September 14 during the 10:30 service. There will be a two part in-troduction for third graders AND their parents on Saturday, September 6, 9-10:15 and Sunday, September 14 dur-ing the Sunday school hour which begins at 9:20am.
Attention all Sunday school families!
Sunday School be-gins September 7th at 9:20am (between the services). Please
complete and return a registration form to the church office by August 31st. Thank you to the many wonderful peo-ple who have volunteered to teach Sun-day school this year! We still have a need for teachers and assistants. If you are interested in helping contact Melo-dy Tadych (623-9514) or ([email protected]). Please consider helping in this very rewarding opportunity to serve our church by spreading the Word of God to children!
PASTORAL ACTS
June 29, 2014
Mayson Carter Freeman
Parent: Mitchell Freeman
July 20, 2014
Liam Steven Schiesl Parents: Richard and Nicole
Schiesl
This ‘n That The "Fur, Fin & Feathers" committee thanks the volunteers that helped with the July 4 parade food stand fundraiser, for the community fellowship event that will be held on Thursday, October 23. The Labyrinth & Prayer Garden com-mittee thanks those who donated their "Jung Dollar" coupons. We saved $33 for maintenance supplies. We pur-chased three sizes of chunk bark mulch for the Living Cross planter and Laby-rinth planters and tree disk landscaping.
August
1 Kelli Campbell
2 Roger Westphal
3 Hannah Fox
5 David Utz
6 Bethany Patrick
Gavin Bruss
7 Deborah Severson
8 Ted Miller
9 Abigail Fox
Grady Ganta
10 Tisha Kurth
Larry Haseman
Pr. Lisa Nelson
11 Norri Brozek
Chris Roelke
13 Dana Kelly
14 Jim Agnew
17 Hunter Hurckman
18 Scott Vick
19 Emma Baxter
Blake Kurth
Cade Kurth
Liam Thelen
20 Shavlik Schultz
Gary Ducat
21 Mitchell Freeman
22 Kelsey Dauman
Melissa Miller
Don Link
Kailey Schroud
Mary Larson
23 Jordyn Jansen
26 Jason Gaska
27 Teegan Weidemann
Emily Anthon
28 Megan Meister
Dustin Miller
29 Jessica Gaska
6 August 2014
Friesland Men’s Choir
Sunday, June 22.
The following Evangelism Committee members prepared and served the
chorus members a delicious meal following the concert: Marcia McMullen,
Judy Kaland, Joyce Lienke, Linda Huebner, Pat Schellin and Sally Price.
30 Danielle Wolf
Karin Westlake
Rachel Paul
Connor Graffin, Wilhelmina Mickel-son, Jacob Peterson, Lucas Simons, Rick Tjugum
address change Jamie Knudson
299 Arbor Vitae Drive
Marshall WI 53559-9238
Dan and Janelle Cashmore
13859 W La Salle PL
Lakewood CO 80228-4741
August 2014 7
Fourth of July - 3 FFF’s @ Faith Food Stand Fundraiser
Update from the Finance Committee: We met financial obligations in June without using the line of credit. June is the one of our higher
expense months due to insurance premiums. Premiums are about $2400 every six months. After June payroll was made and bills paid, we
have $1000 remaining in our savings account. Thank you, Heavenly Father, for your blessings, and guide us for the upcoming summer
months when giving is down.
2014 2013
Needed Monthly Giving Needed Monthly Giving
January $19,290 $12,509.62 $18,252 $15,677.72
February $19,290 $14,551.92 $18,252 $16,324.32
March $19,290 $16,202.12 $18,252 $15,422.75
April $19,290 $25,154.03 $18,252 $22,814.66
May $19,290 $13,847.81 $18,252 $14,337.58
June $19,290 $17,089.05 $18,252 $14,927.20
July $19,290 $18,252 $15,173.20
August $19,290 $18,252 $13,655.62
September $19,290 $18,252 $16,766.44
October $19,290 $18,252 $14,609.04
November $19,290 $18,252 $16,923.74
December $19,290 $18,252 $29,303.98
Average Monthly Giving $16,559.09 $17,161.35
THE AUGUST
NEWSLETTER Faith...Serving God...Serving People
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1
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Columbus, WI 53925
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Faith Lutheran Church
120 Faith Drive
Columbus WI 53925-1602
AS MEMBERS OF FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH WE PROMISE:
To attend services regularly.
To support the congregation financially.
To live responsibly as a Christian witness.
To become as involved as possible in the total life and work of the congregation.
And this we promise to do by the help of God.
MISSION STATEMENT
Joyfully recognizing God’s commitment and faithfulness to us, FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH exists to serve God through serving God’s people. We eagerly work towards the realization of God’s Kingdom by:
Offering praise-filled worship to God.
Nurturing individual spiritual growth.
Fostering an environment of caring and acceptance.
Reaching out to serve the needs of our community.
God’s love stirs us to touch others with the same love we have received—and invites them to share our life of praise and service.
Faith Lutheran Church (ELCA) Columbus, Wisconsin
FAITH’S TOP PRIORITY VISIONING GOALS:
Equip all our members for lifelong spiritual growth and ministry.
Continue and build upon our tradition of being an
accepting congregation that welcomes and serves all.
Adopted March 2010
We’re on the web:
www.faithcolumbuswi.org
Faith Lutheran Church