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Faith Lutheran Church
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Columbus, WI 53925
Permit No. 70
Faith Lutheran Church
120 Faith Drive
Columbus WI 53925-1602
2
August
2020
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH 120 Faith Drive Columbus WI 53925
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – ELCA
South-Central Synod of Wisconsin
August 2020
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH 120 Faith Drive Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-3610
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.faithcolumbuswi.org
Christine Hilbrich, Administrative Assistant 920-885-4741
Sue Frish, Assistant to Treasurer 920-484-6545
Jeanne Miller, Assistant to Treasurer
CHURCH COUNCIL
Henry Elling 920-350-5644 President
Pat Sullivan 920-484-3545 V. President Marilon Krebs 608-516-2934 Secretary
Stephen Peterson Treasurer
Sydney Penzotti, Youth Rep.
Melissa Jacobs
Liz Mitchell Pete Kaland
MISSION STATEMENT
Joyfully recognizing God’s commitment
and faithfulness to us, FAITH LUTHERAN
CHURCH exists to serve God through serv-
ing 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
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.
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the
conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1
We’re on the web:
www.faithcolumbuswi.or
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August 2020
MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF FAITH –
August, 2020 brings another opportunity to experience the richness of God’s gifts to His people in Columbus. We have the benefit of a new minister to assist us in worship. Pas-tor Mary Pharmer will join us to lead the Sunday morning on-line worship from our sanctuary. She will be familiar to some of us who first met her last summer as she led us twice during the absence of Pastor Larry. Her position will be as “supply pastor” for the time.
We also have the benefit of several recommendations from Pastor Beth to the council and congregation. Her first recommendation was to keep things simple during this re-maining time of change. Focus on three or four strengths of our group and work to keep those effective and growing. Those areas are music as a part of worship, support of our little pantry/library, the confirmation education of our youth, and the efforts to bring for-ward a full-time, settled pastor.
Finally, we have the blessing of a committed staff to support these efforts. Lisa and Chris continue their work to find ways to communicate with us, encourage us, and bring forward new ways to keep us connected. Thank you from all of us to them for their on-going work.
We will continue on-line worship for the month of August and into September. The wor-ship committee has asked us to plan for an on-line/in-person/outdoor worship event in September and perhaps October. A set of parents will be meeting to review the confir-mation program for the fall season. And we still need to coordinate something for our youngest members who will be starting a school year in an unusual way.
God blesses us every day with new and exciting opportunities to serve Him and our neighbor. Thank you for your work to the benefit of God’s kingdom on earth.
Henry
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ELCA “Good Gifts”
The spare change container is in the Narthex, within the goose decoy. The mission for your spare pennies, nickels and dimes is the
ELCA “Good Gifts” program. Starting this new year the flock is up to 90 chickens! Our few extra coins are turned into food and livelihood for people in need, world-wide. Thank you.
For men only…third Thursdays at Faith
Hosted by the Java men (Denny, Pat, & Al). Come for food, fun, fellowship and a little faith exploration at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, August 20th, Text or leave a message by 8/18 on Denny’s mobile phone 920 296 9388 to confirm your attendance. Feel free to invite a friend.
THE RED
TENTERS’
BOOKCLUB
The book club is meeting in Fellowship Hall
on the 27th of August at 7:00pm. The book
we are reading is “The Residence” by Kate
Anderson Brower. Hope to see you there.
August 2020
CALENDAR AND
WORSHIP ASSISTANTS FOR AUGUST
There will be a August calendar but again no Worship Assistants for the month of August.
Thank you for your understanding and everyone keep safe.
SCHOOL SUPPLY CHALLENGE TO FAITH LUTHERAN CONGREGATION
Faith in Stitches is working on an outreach project to make school bags for Lutheran World Relief. We are making 20 school bags and we need your help to fill the bags with school supplies. The stores will soon have school supply sales, so please help us fill these bags. Listed below are the supplies that will go in each bag:
• Padded or spiral notebooks of ruled paper, 8 ½ x 11, totaling 150-200 sheets (If us-ing 70 count notebooks, include 3); no loose-leaf papers
• 1 blunt scissors • 1 30-cm ruler, or with both inches and centimeters • 1 pencil sharpener • 1 eraser, about 2½ “long • 6 new #2 unsharpened pencils with erasers, secured with a rubber band • 1 box of 16 or 24 crayons • 12 sheets of 9” X 12” construction paper, assorted colors
Help us meet our goal and please bring your supplies to church by August 31. The church will ship quilts, school bags, and other needed supplies in fall.
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Wedding Anniversary's August
08/02 Jim & Jodi Smith 23 08/03 Jim & Sandy Schieble 46 08/05 Bill & Linda Bussian 48 08/06 Eric & Heather Schultz 16 08/07 Tim & Kristie Rozinski 21 08/12 Peter & Judy Kaland 53 08/13 Steve & Judy Rubert 54 08/14 Bill & Trina Byrne 27 08/15 Gene & Connie Frey 61 08/16 Eric & Jenny Anthon 17 08/17 Carl & Beth Simons 24 08/26 Joel & Luanne Miller 42 08/26 Danielle & Lucas Lueloff 3
August Birthdays
08/01 Karen Decker, Tisha Kurth, Trina Byrne 08/02 Gary Ducat 08/03 Cindy Nickell, Karin Westlake 08/04 Jim Agnew, Colleen Miller, Tanner Wescott, Drew Dykstra, Lilly Weigen 08/05 Dick Hartl, Eric Carney, Michael Rowe, Joseph Morris 08/06 Wilhelmina Mickelson, Meredithe Campbell Dexter Agnew 08/07 Teegan Weidemann 08/08 Retta Kurth, Presley Beck 08/09 Kristen Hart, Amber Bussian 08/10 Jan Ulrich, Megan Ferrera 08/11 Carson Herrick 08/12 Peggy Agnew, Jarod Alverez, Ellie Benter 08/13 Justin Stark 08/14 Connie Schulz, John Hood III, Breanna Kelly 08/15 Brody Scheeler 08/16 Betty Thom, Zach Rohrbeck 08/17 Graham Lauer 08/20 Fred Hurckman, Bob Ayer 08/21 Stephanie Dykstra, Ginny Klug 08/22 Debbie Talg, Lillian Schuster 08/24 Reta Thies, Luanne Miller, McKenzye Bruss 08/25 David Jakel 08/27 Bill Murray Jr., Heather Schultz, Jamine Kurth, Josh Kirchberg 08/28 Sandra Ebert, Pia Penzotti, Caroline Morris, Noah Sebranek 08/29 Emily Fritz 08/31 Darlene Tjugum, Holly Schuster, MaKayla Mitchell, Noelle Niehoff
August 1 Kelli Campbell 3 Hannah Fox, Avery Jacobs 6 Bethany Patrick, Gavin Bruss 7 Charli Weidemann 8 Ted Miller, Jocelyn LeClair 9 Abigail Fox, Grady Ganta 10 Tisha Kurth, Larry Haseman, Hunter Wodill 11 Norri Brozek 13 Dana Kelly 14 Jim Agnew, Jay Pohlmeier 16 Alex Lewke 17 Hunter Hurckman 18 Scott Vick 19 Emma Baxter, Blake Kurth, Cade Kurth 20 Shavlik Schultz, Gary Ducat, Boyd Weisman 21 Mitchell Freeman 22 Kelsey Dauman, Melissa Miller, Don Link Kailey Schroud, Mary Larson 24 Sienna Sell 26 Jason Gaska 27 Teegan Weidemann, Emily Anthon, David Olson 28 Dustin Miller 29 Jessica Gaska 30 Danielle Ayer, Karin Westlake Rachel Paul Connor Graffin, Wilhelmina Mickelson, Jacob Peterson, Lucas Simons, Rick Tjugum
August 2020
08/29 Rick & Sandy Tjugum 39 08/31 Fred & Pat Hurckman 52 Donna Hanks, Christi Jurgerson, Dawn Kaminski, Kim Steers, Linda Ulmer
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Faith Lutheran Church - Financial Dashboard - 2020
Dated: 07/07/2020 Prepared by Stephen Peterson, Treasurer
Total General Ac-count Offerings,
Donations
Borrowed from Parson-age Proceeds
Trimester Giving history
January $13,855 2016 $76,759
February $12,824 2017 $74,906
March $16,199 2018 $70,394
April $17,256 2019 $67,292
Trimester 1 $60,135 $0 Trend $70,846
May $14,689 2016 $74,935
June $14,954 2017 $67,611
July 2018 $70,399
August 2019 $62,122
Trimester 2 $29,643 $0 Trend $68,399
September 2016 $87,627
October 2017 $89,350
November 2018 $89,327
December 2019 $88,329
Trimester 3 $0 $0 Trend $91,302
YTD total $89,778 $0 $230,547
General Account Expenditures by Categories in Treasurer's Report
Mission Pastoral Support
Staff Support Operations Total
Jan $2,908 $7,603 $4,245 $6,518 $21,274
Feb $2,325 $7,570 $3,972 $1,873 $15,741
Mar $1,741 $5,751 $4,245 $7,276 $19,013
Apr $2,492 $800 $4,245 $3,818 $11,355
May $2,117 $975 $3,886 $1,878 $8,855
June $2,117 $800 $4,245 $3,457 10,619
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
TOTALS 13,700 23,499 24,836 $24,821 $86,856
Operations combines Worship Programs + Education + Administration + Operations + Misc
Simply Giving portion of total
% Simply Giving
$4,170 30%
$3,910 30%
$4,270 26%
$4,772 28%
$17,123 28%
$4,833 33%
$5,161 35%
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
$9,994 34%
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
$0
$27,117 30%
August 2020
Fund balances this month - Ending balances from Summary of Cash Activity Reports
Faith General Account checking $ 24,238.69 $ 21,172.18
Faith General Account savings $ 20,093.42 $ 20,093.42
Faith Project checking $ 55,812.39 $ 35,577.20
Parsonage Proceeds checking $ 106,143.63 $ 106,097.00
Parsonage Proceeds savings Total $206,288 $ 161,141
Simply Giving $ Participation 30% of total revenue to date
Accounting system treasurer reports are posted on the Council bulletin board in the fellowship hall.
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Lu
thera
n W
orld
Relie
f (LW
R) is a n
on-go
vern
mental
organ
ization fo
unded in
1945 to
resp
ond to
the n
eeds o
f
com
munitie
s devastate
d b
y World
War II. Sin
ce th
en it h
as evo
lved
into
an age
ncy th
at work
s with
partn
ers w
orld
wid
e in
these
secto
rs:
Peace a
nd
Justic
e
Em
erg
en
cy R
esp
on
se
Su
stain
ab
le R
ura
l Develo
pm
en
t
Parish
Pro
jects su
ch as th
ose
describ
ed in
the in
structio
ns h
ere
are d
istribute
d w
orld
wid
e, as n
eeds arise
and aid
is requeste
d.
P
lease
follo
w in
structio
ns e
xactly
so th
at distrib
utio
ns are
consiste
nt an
d fair. D
o n
ot a
dd
oth
er ite
ms o
r leave o
ut a
ny
of th
e ite
ms liste
d fo
r each
kit.
•
Sendin
g top q
uality ite
ms m
akes a carin
g statem
ent to
the
recip
ient ab
out th
e give
r. Ple
ase
giv
e n
ew
item
s on
ly,
ex
cep
t wh
ere
no
ted
oth
erw
ise.
•
Ple
ase
do
no
t do
nate
item
s with
an
y re
ligio
us sy
mb
ols
or w
ord
s. LW
R p
rovid
es re
lief b
ased o
n n
eed, re
gardle
ss of
religio
us cre
ed. R
eligio
us re
fere
nce
s could
be m
isinte
rpre
ted b
y
gove
rnm
ents o
f the re
ceivin
g countrie
s, jeopard
izing th
e
delive
ry to th
e p
eople
who n
eed th
e ite
ms m
ost.
•
Ple
ase
do
no
t do
nate
an
y ite
ms d
eco
rate
d w
ith a
U.S
.
flag, p
atrio
tic o
r milita
ry sy
mb
ols, o
r refe
ren
ces to
the
arm
ed
forc
es, in
clu
din
g c
am
ou
flage. L
WR
and its o
verse
as
partn
ers h
ave acce
ss to are
as of th
e w
orld
oth
ers d
o n
ot
becau
se th
ey are
impartial h
um
anitarian
organ
izations. If th
eir
inte
ntio
ns are
misin
terp
rete
d as b
ein
g politically m
otivate
d,
their w
ork
, their p
artners an
d th
e p
eople
they assist co
uld
be
Luth
era
n W
orld
Relie
f
Parish
Pro
jects
More
details availab
le fro
m F
LC
W, th
e
SE
WIN
G K
IT
3 yard
s of 4
4" o
r 45" p
re-w
ashed co
tton o
r cotto
n b
lend fab
-
ric; 4 yard
s, if fabric is 3
6" w
ide; n
o k
nits o
r 100%
po
ly-
este
r
1 p
ackage
of ab
out 1
0-1
5 n
eedle
s for h
and se
win
g (Needle
s
purch
ased in
larger p
ackage
s can b
e d
ivided, in
sertin
g 12
needle
s into
swatch
of fe
lt or th
ick fab
ric.)
1 sp
ool o
f match
ing th
read
1 card
of 6
or m
ore
match
ing b
utto
ns, ½
" to ⅝
"
SE
WIN
G F
AB
RIC
Additio
nal fab
ric for re
cipie
nts o
f sew
ing k
its pro
vides fab
ric
for e
xtra se
win
g practice
, to m
ake clo
thin
g for th
em
selve
s,
or clo
thin
g to se
ll.
Fab
ric should
be p
re-w
ashed co
tton o
r cotto
n b
lend; n
o
kn
its o
r 100%
po
lyeste
r.
Fab
ric should
have
no stain
s or h
ole
s.
Very
imp
orta
nt: F
abric sh
ould
be cu
t in 3
-yard le
ngth
s if it
is 4
4" o
r 45" w
ide, o
r 4-yard
length
s if it is 36" w
ide.
Genera
l Info
rmatio
n
C
om
ple
ted k
its or d
onate
d ite
ms fo
r kits m
ay be p
laced
in th
e n
arthex at an
y time. M
ark b
ag “For K
its.”
S
uggestio
n: Sh
op in
Augu
st for sch
ool ite
m b
argains.
Man
y good ite
ms can
be fo
und at garage
sales. L
ook fo
r good
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CLO
TH
ING
For a varie
ty of re
asons, L
uth
era
n W
orld
Relie
f no
QU
ILTS
Quilt tyin
g is usu
ally done o
n th
e la
st Tu
esd
ay o
f each
mo
nth
from
Septe
mber th
rough
June. Q
uilte
rs meet at 9
:30
a.m. at th
e ch
urch
. If you are
not ab
le to
help
tie q
uilts, th
ere
are o
ther w
ays to h
elp
.
Mate
rials n
eed
ed
:
new
and go
od u
sed fab
ric drap
erie
s (not fib
erglass)
old
blan
kets (o
r new
) bedsp
read
s
table
cloth
s sh
eets, p
illow
cases
croch
et co
rd
strong yarn
Brin
g contrib
utio
ns to
church
and p
lace alo
ng th
e w
all in th
e
narth
ex o
r under th
e tab
le. M
ark ite
ms “F
or Q
uilts.”
LA
YE
TT
E
2 sh
irts or O
nesie
s (or sim
i-
lar)
2 go
wns o
r sleepers (w
ith o
r
w
ithout fe
et)
2 re
ceivin
g blan
kets (ab
out
36" to
45" sq
uare
)
4 clo
th d
iapers, flat fo
ld
pre
ferre
d (2
5"x
27")
1 sw
eate
r or sw
eatsh
irt (front
tie
s or b
utto
ns p
refe
rred
on sw
eate
r)
2 w
ashclo
ths
Use
sizes u
p to
24 m
onth
s, varying size
s for lo
nge
r use
fuln
ess.
No
te c
han
ge in
dia
pe
r size. If cu
tting b
lankets o
r diap
ers
from
flannel, u
se p
inkin
g shears an
d zigzag stitch
the e
dge
s, or
sew
a narro
w h
em
to p
reve
nt rave
ling. G
ently u
sed ite
ms m
ay
be u
sed. W
rap ite
ms in
one re
ceivin
g blan
ket an
d se
cure
with
diap
er p
ins. D
o n
o e
nclo
se an
y part o
f the k
it in p
lastic bags.
SC
HO
OL K
IT
pad
ded o
r spiral n
ote
books o
f
ru
led p
aper, ap
pro
xim
ate-
ly 8"x
10½
", tota
ling 1
50-
200 sh
eets (if u
sing 7
0-
co
unt n
ote
books, in
clude
3); n
o lo
ose
-leaf p
ap
er
1 b
lunt scisso
rs
1 3
0-cm
rule
r, or w
ith b
oth
in
ches an
d ce
ntim
ete
rs
1 p
encil sh
arpener
1 e
raser, ab
out 2
½" lo
ng
6 n
ew
unsh
arpened #
2 p
encils
w
ith e
rasers, se
cure
d w
ith
a ru
bber b
and
1 b
ox o
f 16 o
r 24 crayo
ns
12 sh
eets o
f 9"x
12" co
nstru
c-
tio
n p
aper, asso
rted
co
lors; fo
ld if n
ece
ssary
1 stu
rdy clo
th b
ag, appro
x.
12"x
14" w
ith clo
th h
an-
All ite
ms sh
ould
be n
ew
and in
good co
nditio
n. R
em
ove
ex-
cess p
ackagin
g. Pack
item
s in th
e b
ag, fold
the h
andle
s ove
r,
and se
cure
with
two large
rubber b
ands, o
r tie w
ith yarn
. Do
not e
nclo
se an
y part o
f the k
it in p
lastic bags.
HE
ALT
H K
IT
1 b
ath size
tow
el (ligh
t
weigh
t) 52”x
27”
1 b
ath-size
bar o
f soap
(4-5
oz.) in
origin
al wrap
pin
g
1 ad
ult-size
tooth
bru
sh in
origin
al pack
aging
1 co
mb, w
ide-to
oth
pre
ferre
d
1 m
etal n
ail file o
r nail clip
-
pers w
ith file
attached (d
o
not su
bstitu
te card
board
em
ery b
oard
for th
e file
)
6 B
and-A
ids (o
r similar
bran
d), ½
" to ¾
" wid
e
pre
ferre
d; se
cure
with
a
ru
bber b
and
All ite
ms sh
ould
be n
ew
and in
good co
nditio
n. R
em
ove
pack
-
aging e
xce
pt fo
r tooth
bru
sh. W
rap sm
aller ite
ms in
the to
wel
and tie
secu
rely w
ith rib
bons o
r yarn. D
o n
ot e
nclo
se an
y
part o
f the k
it in p
lastic bags.
SO
AP
: bath
-size b
ars (4-5
oz.), still in
origin
al wrap
pin
g