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PRINCE OF PEACE

LUTHERAN CHURCH

APPLETON, WI

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Welcome John Hughes John Hughes was installed as Canticle Choir Director on

Sunday, August 10. He is pictured here with

his wife, Mandy and daughter, Ellie.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Prin s of Peace

Nette & Megan Kimball fill bags for

Christmas in August which were blessed on

Sunday, August 17.

Also, on Sunday, August 17th, Cheryl Davis was installed

as Prince of Peace’s first intern.

VBS Pictures Some extra pictures from VBS in July. Therron Tracanna

is Moses and is telling the kids all about escaping to

the wilderness.

ELCA Malaria Campaign A child dies from malaria every 60 seconds.

We are in a special moment to help turn this around. Since the start of the ELCA Malaria

Campaign, ELCA members and our companions overseas have already seen a reduction in the

number of deaths from this preventable, treatable disease. We are a church that believes God

is calling us into the world together. Working through Lutheran partners in Africa, the ELCA

Malaria Campaign is uniquely positioned to help provide mosquito nets, education, testing,

medication and more to help eliminate deaths from this disease—for good. Learn more at

www.elca.org/malaria#sthash.4PbjB9HD.dpuf.

Prince of Peace members have participated in the Malaria Campaign in past years and the campaign is close to its

$15 million ELCA goal ($12 million so far) and our synod goal of $300,000 ($260,000 so far). We will do one more

Door Offering for Malaria Campaign on September 21. (Maybe we each can give a few coins each time we get a

mosquito bite this next month!) We can be happy we are now safe from malaria in USA. We can also pray for brothers

and sisters who can die from a mosquito bite. A few pennies... and a prayer... can help! Let's end this campaign strong!

Let's make malaria history! PoP Global Mission team

Lutheran World Relief is in Urgent Need of School Kits and Personal Care Kits Currently they have more requests from around the world than they have kits to fill them. Lutheran World Relief (LWR)

is asking us to please make a few more kits than we normally do. Prince of Peace members are encouraged to

contribute to this worthy cause by donating the items needed for the kits. The need is great.

School Kits

70-sheet notebooks (no loose-leaf paper) Blunt scissors

30 centimeter rulers (may have inches on reverse side) Pencil sharpeners

2.5" erasers Boxes of 16 or 24 crayons

Black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink)

Personal Care Kits

Light-weight bath-size towel (maximum 52”X27”), dark color recommended, new or gently used.

Two bath-size bars (4 to 5 oz.) of soap, in original wrapping

Metal nail clipper (attached file optional)

Sturdy comb (no picks or fine toothed combs)

Items may be dropped off at anytime in the storage room behind the library. If you would prefer to give a monetary

donation, please make your check payable to WELCA, noting LWR Kits, and send it to Jeannine Bultman at W6072

Cornflower Drive, Appleton, WI 54915. Questions? Call Lorraine Krenz at 993-1880. Thank you for your support.

SEPTEMBER 2014 • PRINTS OF PEACE 2

The theme for this year’s VBS was

Escaping to the Wilderness.

Transitions

One thing I always appreciate about the Bible is its unvarnished

and accurate portrayal of people as they respond to God. Sometimes,

their portraits are flattering and other times they aren’t. Yet one

characteristic of virtually all of them is that they are in constant

movement, always changing, always being affected by their interactions

with God. Rarely, do we see people, who are unmoved by their

interactions with God, and those that are, are usually the tragic ones,

who have become stuck in their views of self and God. For example,

contrast Peter’s growth and development from when he first met Jesus

on the shore of the Sea of Galilee to the Pharisees. Jesus had an effect

on both, but the one who had the most positive growth was Peter. Why

did that happen? I believe it happened because he was willing to be

touched and changed by our Lord.

This is true for us too. We are always in transition and the most positive change for us will occur when we are

willing to be touched and transformed by Jesus. As we look ahead to the coming month and prepare to say goodbye to

Pastor Gary and his family, we realize that our lives have not been standing still. Though, we may recall so many times

of our ministry together, as if they happened only yesterday, we have perpetually been in motion and transition. In fact,

we are always transitioning from one thing to the next. The challenge for us is whether we acknowledge those changes

and adapt and embrace them or become unrealistically stubborn and demand that things stay as they always have

been, which is ironic, because there never was a time in any of our lives when things were ever static.

Yet through this all the one who helps us is our Lord, who is unchangeable in His love, but always open to His

changing children. As the writer of Hebrews says in 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”

He is the one, whom we can cling to and He is the one, who gives shape and order to our ever changing lives.

Over the next month, I hope you will enter anew into the ministry opportunities that are before you. Consider

volunteering for something you have never done before. You aren’t the same as you were yesterday. Be open to God’s

Call. Also, I hope you will joyfully enter into the affirmations and celebrations of Pastor Gary’s long ministry in our

midst. I know this will be an emotional month for many. I know it will be for me. We may find ourselves with moments

of happiness, sadness, grief, joy, nostalgia for years ago and a desire for things to not change. That is understandable,

healthy and normal. But as we go through it all, may we allow the one who knows our hearts and minds better than we

know ourselves guide us. As we do, we will find the Lord is already where we are going!

Joy,

Fall Schedule

Prince of Peace’s fall worship schedule begins on Sunday, September 7 as follows:

8:00, 9:20 & 10:45 a.m. Worship with Holy Communion

9:40 a.m. Sunday School

Monday Evening Worship at 6:30 p.m. will take place the second Monday of every

month after the second Sunday. In September that will be September 15th.

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CROP Walk 2014

A Walk to Help End Hunger

Sunday, October 12

Make plans to join fellow Prince of Peace members as we walk together as a congregation

to help end hunger. CROP Hunger Walks are community-wide events sponsored by Church

World Services and organized by local volunteers to raise funds to end hunger. Join us

either by walking or sponsoring a walker on October 12.

Beginning September 21, members of Social Concerns Ministry will have forms available in the narthex between the

services that you can either sign up to walk or sponsor one of PoP CROP Walk walkers. You can also visit the PoP CROP Walk

website to sign up or donate! The link will be available around September 1 on PoP's home page www.popappleton.org.

2014 FOX CITIES CROP Hunger Walk (1, 3, or 6 mile walk)

• Sunday, October 12

• 12:30 pm Registration with Walk beginning at 1:00 pm

• Memorial Presbyterian Church, 803 E. College Avenue, Appleton

Questions? Contact Ron Jones of the Social Concerns Ministry (phone: 731-9250 or email: [email protected]).

They live among us, but we do not really know them. They have come, as our

ancestors did, to make a better life for themselves and, above all, for their children.

But their efforts are complicated by a restrictive and politicized immigration system.

Walk in our Shoes: Understanding the Latino Experience, is a Simulation experience,

developed and produced by ESTHER, that will give participants a chance to deepen

their understanding of the problems that the Fox Valley’s 20,000 Latinos face: finding

jobs and transportation, obtaining health care, keeping their documentation up-to-

date or living without it, and trying to

understand a strange language and culture.

During the 2½ to 3-hour event, each

participant will assume the role of a Latino character. The individual will face

specific challenges that must be solved during the simulation, which will cover four

days in the life of the character.

Prince of Peace will be co-hosting this Latino Simulation with our neighbor from

across Calumet Street, Fox Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Congregation.

The Simulation will be held at Prince of Peace on Saturday, October 25th from 9:30

to noon. There is a sign-up sheet on the Social Concerns bulletin board in the

narthex. For more information or to volunteer to help organize this event, contact

Ron Jones at [email protected] or call at 920-731-9250.


Monday Evening Service Update Council has decided from Sept. 2014 – August 2015 to only offer a Monday night

service once per month. That will be on the Monday after the second Sunday.

(Since September starts on Monday, our first Monday night worship will be Sept.

15.) Those services will be conducted by an ordained pastor, who is a member of

Prince of Peace. This is an attempt to ease Pastor Roger’s responsibilities during

this interim time and to truly give him a Sabbath and time to stay rested and

refreshed for the increased responsibilities. Thank you for your understanding and

also thank our pastors for serving us in this way.

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Inside This Issue

Front Page News ...................................... Cover

VBS/Malaria ....................................................................... 2

Lutheran World Relief Kits .................. 2

Pastor’s Page/Fall Sched. .................... 3

CROP Walk ............................................................................ 4

Walk in Our Shoes ................................................. 4

From the Files ................................................................. 5

FVLH/Tailgating Party.................................... 5

Parish Ed/Confirmation ............................. 6

Calendar ...................................................................................... 7

Announcements ......................................................... 8

Equipping/Helping Hands ..................... 9

Youth..............................................................................................10

Worship Schedule .............................................11

Attendance

July 27 First Service 105

Second Service 138

Monday, July 28 26

August 3 First Service 186

Second Service 200

Monday, August 4 17


Second Service 165

Monday, August 11 34


Second Service 204



Second Service 135


Baptized Members—1,495

Confirmed Members—1,144

Baptisms Aug. 3 William Wallace Monfort

Son of Nathan & Allison Monfort

Aug. 10 Calvin Donald Rasmussen

Son of Brian & Theresa Rasmussen

Aug. 17 Ellie Grace Wohlfeil

Daughter of David & Kari Wohlfeil

Aug. 17 John Robert Bergwall

Son of Geoffrey & Erin Bergwall

Aug. 17 Bennett Michael Bergwall

Son of Geoffrey & Erin Bergwall

Memorial Service Aug. 27 William R. Brinkman

[Nov. 30, 1924—Aug. 14, 2014]

News from Fox Valley Lutheran Homes (FVLH)

September 2014

We have a couple new tenants at Linwood Place Apartments, but there

are still a couple apartments available for rent – both 1 and 2 bedroom.

These apartments are very affordable with many amenities, including an

on-site beauty shop, coin-operated laundry facilities, a beautiful

Commons community room for activities and gatherings of family

members and friends, and much more. Living at Linwood Place frees

older adults from maintenance work of living in your own home while

enjoying the friendship of other seniors who live independently, but

consider each other family. Call John, Bldg. Mgr. @ 419-5754 to arrange

a tour. To learn more about Fox Valley Lutheran Homes Linwood Place

Apartments please visit our website at www.fvlhomes.org or call Marlys

@ 734-7225.

Finally, we invite and encourage you to attend our Fourth Annual Pie &

Ice Cream Fundraiser on Sunday, September 14th from 10 AM - 2PM in

the Commons at Fox Valley Lutheran Home, 425 N. Linwood Ave.,

Appleton. Tickets are available for only $10 each from Board Members,

by calling the office at 734-7225 or purchase at the door. Delicious

home baked pies and Culver’s custard –

makes your mouth water! Come right after

church and call it breakfast or stop in after

breakfast and call it morning dessert.

Apartment tours will be available. We

welcome your participation and support.

Mark your calendars now – see you

September 14

Doesn’t that look GOOD!!

Mark Your Calendars for September 7 Join us for our second annual Kick Off tailgating party on September 7th

after the 10:45 a.m. worship service. September 7th is also the start of

Sunday School. We are holding the tailgate party on our west parking lot.

Stewardship Ministry will provide grills, brats, regular and veggie burgers,

chips, and dessert for the party. We are asking that you bring a side dish.

If you want to volunteer with cooking and set up, that would be great too.

Questions? Call or email Trisha Hendricks @ 585-5709 or

[email protected] or Trish Kostelny @ 734-4927 or

[email protected].

SEPTEMBER 2014 | FROM THE FILES

Fox Valley Warming Shelter Grateful Plateful Please join the Fox Valley Warming Shelter for our Third Annual Grateful Plateful fundraiser on October 9th. The

event will be held at the Grand Meridian, 2621 N. Oneida St. in Appleton from 5-8 p.m. Guests will enjoy a heavy

hors d’oeuvres buffet, program, silent auction and entertainment by Druids Table, a local Celtic band. Tickets for

$50 available online at www.foxvalleywarmingshelter.org, at Festival Foods in Darboy, Appleton and Neenah, or

call Connie at 419-0928 to purchase. The Shelter staff and board thank your church for all its support over the

years and we hope you will celebrate our signature event with us!


PARISH EDUCATION SUNDAY SCHOOL September Events 9/7 9:40 am First day of Sunday School/Hands 2

Grow Puppeteers in Fellowship Hall

9/14 9:20 am 4K crowned Princes & Princesses of

Peace

9/21 9:20 am 3rd Grade Bible Presentations

9/28 9:40 am 3rd-6th grades will have alternate

locations for Sunday School

Changes to Sunday School 2014-2015 1. The kids will still be excused from service @ 9:40 each

Sunday.

2. Sunday School will be dismissed @ 10:30 am this year.

3. PreK and Kindergarten will be combined.

Sunday School 2014-2015 Mark your calendars! The first day of

Sunday School in the fall will be

September 7. We will all meet at 9:40

am in the Fellowship Hall for a

performance by the Puppeteers from

Hands 2 Grow. Sunday School will run from 9:40 am –

10:30 am for the remainder of the school year.

Volunteers Needed Sunday School is about to start and I am looking for a few

more volunteers to help. Consider spending time with the

children of PoP or helping behind the scenes. Volunteers

are not expected to be here every week. A rotation schedule

will be set up to allow flexibility for our volunteers. Sign up

to help on the clipboard on the door of Katie’s office or at

[email protected]. Questions: contact Katie.

Worship Notes Sunday School students entering grades 3-6 – this is for

you! When you attend church services, fill out an “I

Attended Church Today” worship note form; don’t put it off

until the end. It is super easy. The forms can be found in the

bin under the SS Bulletin Board in the narthex.

Fall Sunday School Mission Project We are going to join forces with the WELCA ladies as they

gather supplies for the Lutheran World Relief School Kits.

SS students are asked to bring in school supplies to Sunday

School in September – we know you’ll be shopping for

these items when they are on sale and we hope you can

help with the kits! Please check the list below to see what

your grade should bring and feel free to bring other items

on the list as well if you would like to.

PreK – Grade 2: Boxes of 16 or 24 crayons, 2.5” erasers,

pencil sharpeners, blunt scissors (round tips).

Grades 3 - 6: 30 centimeter rulers (may have inches on

one side), packs of black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink,

please), 70-sheet ruled notebooks – we need LOTS of

notebooks since 4 go into one kit!

Confirmation 2014-2015 (7th-9th grade) For more information about our Confirmation ministry,

contact Gloria Allhiser (Coordinator of Youth/Confirmation

Ministry)

7th Grade Confirmation “Covenant” Meetings: Parents,

schedule your 30 minute covenant meeting with Gloria –

days available include Tuesday, Sept. 2, Wednesday,

Sept. 3 and Thursday, Sept. 4. This is the official

“orientation” time for 7th grade youth & parents!

8th Grade Confirmation Orientation (parents & youth):

Sunday, September 7 @ 6:30pm.

7th/8th Grade Confirmation – FIRST CLASS: Wednesday,

September 10 @ 6:30pm.

9th Grade Confirmation Orientation (parents & youth):

Sunday, September 14 @ 6:30pm.

9th Grade Confirmation – FIRST CLASS: Wednesday,

September 17 @ 6:30pm.

Registration forms are available on the Prince of Peace

website, via email and outside Gloria’s office. Registration

forms are due at time of orientation (or covenant meeting,

if in 7th grade).

Confirmation Handbooks (2014-2015) are also available

on the website and via email. Copies will be distributed

during orientation as well.

September at a Glance 9/9 3:00 p.m Coffee after School @ Choc & Coffee

Bistro (KHS)

9/11 6:45 a.m. Breakfast @ BABs

9/14 9:40 a.m. CONNECT (Middle School Youth)

9/16 3:00 p.m. Coffee after School (KHS)

9/17 6:30 p.m. 7th, 8th & 9th Grade Confirmation


9/21 9:40 a.m. CONNECT (Middle School)

1:00 p.m. Middle School Youth @ Cherry Berry

9/23 3:00 p.m. Coffee after School (KHS)

9/24 6:30 p.m. 7th, 8th & 9th Grade Confirmation


9/27 7:00 p.m. EVENING AT THE POPS

9/28 NO CONNECT

6:30 p.m. High School Small Group

9/30 3:00 p.m. Coffee after School @ Choc & Coffee

Bistro (KHS) SEPTEMBER 2014 • PRINTS OF PEACE 6

Sunday School Team We meet quarterly to review current policies and make

decisions for the future. Want to get involved and be a part

of the Sunday School Team? Let me know! Call Katie at 739

-5255 or send me an e-mail.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS You are Cordially Invited Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

God’s work. Our hands.

The East Central Synod of Wisconsin cordially invites you to attend

the Worship Celebration and

Installation Service for

Bishop Gerald L. Mansholt

Saturday, the Twentieth of September Two thousand fourteen

Two o’clock in the afternoon Trinity Lutheran Church

Appleton, Wisconsin

A reception will follow the service

Attention Esther Circle Members Our first meeting after the summer break is on

Monday, September 8th at 7:00 p.m. It will be at

Nancy Nagan’s home. Please NOTE her new address

is 1346 Moonridge Court, Kaukauna, WI 54130.

Questions? Please call Nancy at 460-7182. Thanks

for your cooperation.

Thank You! Thank You!

Thank You! Once again Prince of Peace

members have risen to the

occasion and provided for our

neighbors in need. We were able to donate 100

pairs of pants,100 shirts, 100 sweatshirts and 100

gift certificates for a hair cut and shoes to area

children for the important first day of school! God

has blessed us with all of our possessions and with

those possessions, you have so generously given to

these school children. As you begin to see those

yellow school buses in your neighborhoods or as you

prepare your own children for their first day of school

in a few weeks, we hope that you’ll also take a

minute to pray for the child that you purchased

clothing for or donated money to. You’ve sent them

on their way to their classrooms with a warm

blessing – Praise God From Whom All Blessings

Flow!

In addition, I wish to thank our Christmas in August

team. Without them, this event could not take place.

My thanks to Stacy and Karin Juhl, Shirley Walker,

Megan and Tyler Kimball and Donna Cook. Also

thanks to Renee Priebe and Joanne Siekierke for

helping with delivery. God bless you all! Nette

Kimball

Box Tops Thank you for your continued support in saving box

tops. Ten cents may not seem like much, but

Einstein School, with your support, has received

about $10,000 in the last 8 years. This is the

reimbursement for buying General Mills products.

The money generated from the box tops helps the

teaching staff buy much needed school equipment

that they could not afford to purchase through their

regular school budget. The box top container is

located in the hallway across from the offices

above the mail boxes. Thank you!

Fox Valley Interfaith Gathering Sunday September 21

(2:00-5:00pm) at Fox Valley Islamic Society site,

Neenah

Once again the Fox Valley Islamic Society is inviting Prince of

Peace and all churches, synagogues and people of faith to their

annual Interfaith Gathering at their mosque (103 Kappell Drive,

Neenah). The meeting will gather over 200 people of faith in the

Fox Valley to hear speakers talk about Establishing Peace based

on Justice and Fairness from the perspective of various faith

leaders in our community. September 21 is also the 30th

anniversary of the United Nation’s International Day of Peace—

what better way to demonstrate our striving for peace than this

interfaith dialogue!

After the speakers and table discussions, our hosts have invited

all to eat a special meal together. For many years this special

event gathers people of many faiths, allows us to learn together,

meet one another and share a common meal together. All are

invited. (In case of inclement weather, the gathering will be held at

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 140 S. Green Bay Road, Neenah.)

Call Chuck Steinbach at 954-1164 to carpool or for more

information.


Step into Serving! You can make a difference at Prince of Peace and in

the Community! Prince of Peace engages a large network of volunteers for its

various ministry teams and small tasks. We need your God-

given gifts to serve a mission-driven and a growing church.

Serving opportunities are seven days a week! We need families

and individuals to “Build the Body of Christ.” We also need

volunteers for this upcoming school year. Please prayerfully

consider volunteering in one of the following areas: Sewers for

quilting projects, helping with small outdoor projects around

the church, preparing the projection for Sunday worship

services, welcoming and offering information to

visitors and members, singing wonderful music in

choir, ministry leaders facilitating vision and goals,

mentoring 9th grade youth, and so much more.

Volunteer opportunity forms are in the narthex

underneath the ministry board. For more

information contact Pastor Roger, Pastor Gary,

Cheryl Davis (intern) or Cindy Romnek (Spiritual

Gifts Coordinator).

We are called to love the Lord with our head,

heart, mind and strength, and serve Him with our

hands. There are hundreds of ways to step into

service and build our relationship in faith at Prince

of Peace.

Last Reiminder—SMILE! You are on

PoP’s Candid Camera Friendly Reminder – Please submit your family or

individual photos for the Telephone Directory. We would like to have

the Fall Telephone & Photo directories out before Gary retires from

Prince of Peace.

What we need from you is a family or individual photo taken

sometime this summer or before September 5th. We are looking for

pictures of you and your family doing what you do best! Whether you

are into hiking or biking, traveling or cooking, following your favorite

sports team, volunteering, attending a special event or sitting with

your favorite pet— we want a picture of YOU!

Photos can be sent electronically through email to Brigetta

Wingender at [email protected] or dropped off at the office (attention

– Cindy Romnek) in an envelope with your name and phone number,

as well as all of the people in the photo. (Photos will be scanned and

returned.) Our goal is to have as many individual and family photos

as we can by September 5th. If you or your family are not able to

submit a photo, we can take a photo of you at church. Or if you would

like to use the same picture as in the last directory, please let us

know. If you would like more information, please contact Cindy

Romnek – 739-5255 or Brigetta Wingender – 882-0057.

Where did Summer go…..Starting Up for Fall. . .

Purl 1, Knit 2 – Prayer Shawl Ministry

If you are interested in knitting or crocheting shawls, you are invited

to take part in the Prayer Shawl fellowship in the library the second

and fourth Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. Join us on Tuesday, September 9th

for fellowship and prayer. The prayer shawl ministry is just another

way that Helping Hands connects people to people within our family

of faith! Please contact Pam Christianson at 731-7148 or

[email protected] or Cindy Romnek @ 739-5255.

Prince of Peace Scrapbooking

Gathering ~ Come join us! Are you a scrapbooker? Do you like to make

cards? Pack your projects and supplies and

come join us for our first Prince of Peace Crop

Night! What if I'm new to scrapbooking? No

worries! Crops are some of the best places to

interact with others, get tips, and new ideas to

try for yourself. What should you bring? Your

latest projects and photos. Feel free to bring

some "non-consumable" tools to share with the

group (like punches, stamps, and die-cutters).

Our next PoP Crop night is scheduled for Friday,

September 19th at 6:00 p.m. For more

information, please contact Betsy Guthu @ 538

-3684 or Sue Krahenbuhl @ 954-1572.

EQUIPPING/HELPING HANDS

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Fall New Member Classes If Prince of Peace has become a spiritual home for you

and/or your family, we encourage you to explore the

many opportunities that the Lord has provided in our

church family community. Are you considering joining

Prince of Peace? Mark your calendars for the

upcoming new member classes. The new member

gathering and classes are scheduled from October 5th

through November 2nd on Sundays. An informational

letter will be sent out the middle of September to all

individuals or families who are interested in joining.

YOUTH Newsletter SEPTEMBER 2014

•BREAKFAST @ BABs (Big Apple Bagels) – Thursdays @

6:45am

Wanna grab a delicious bagel w/ cream cheese, a savory

breakfast sandwich, a muffin, eggs & bacon/sausage, or a

healthy smoothie before school? And catch up with a few

friends – and Gloria – from church? Start your Thursdays off

right – come to Big Apple Bagels at 6:45 on Thursday mornings!

Your first breakfast is on us, so you might as well try it at least

once. Big Apple Bagels is located on Kensington Street, in the

plaza next to Aldi’s. Starts Thursday, Sept 11.

•COFFEE AFTER SCHOOL @ Chocolate & Coffee (Kimberly) –

Tuesdays @ 3:00pm

For our Kimberly students, come grab a latte, iced coffee, hot

chocolate, a snack, or whatever on Tuesday afternoons after

school gets out at Chocolate & Coffee Bistro (across from

Kimberly High School). Gloria will be there from 3:00-4:30pm to

buy you your first treat, and to hang out, chat and laugh. Come

visit! Starts Tuesday, Sept 9.

•Leaders needed for CONNECT Sunday Morning Middle School

Group

Sophomores, juniors and seniors are needed to lead the

Sunday morning middle school group (called “CONNECT”) in the

youth room. The leadership team will meet at 9:15am in the

youth room to check in and prep the activities/conversations for

the day. Middle schoolers will come at 9:40am, and the group

dismisses at 10:20. This is a great way to get service/volunteer

hours, and would look fabulous on college/scholarship

applications! Plus, it’s going to be fun. Can alternate weeks if

you need to. Begins Sunday, Sept 14. Talk to Gloria for more

information.

2015 SUMMER TRIPS (Mission & More!) •INFO MEETING – Sunday, October 5 @ 6:30pm

Our summer trips are open to all youth in 8th-12th grades for the

2014-2015 school year. Youth and parents are invited to join us

for an informational meeting to learn more about our 2015

summer trip possibilities.

See September at a Glance on page 6

September Baptismal Anniversaries

These young people are celebrating the anniversary of their

baptism this month! Say a prayer of thanks for their parents

who are raising them in the family of God, for the

congregation who is supporting them, and for the young

people themselves as they continue to learn and grow in

faith!

Becca Knoke

Lexie Schneider

Joey Schneider

Eric Siekierke

Andrew Spielvogel

Rachel Strong

Claire Twomey

Sean Twomey

Nicholas Wiesman

Danielle Witt

MIDDLE SCHOOL •CONNECT – Sunday Morning Middle School Group

All middle school youth are invited to come to the youth room

on Sunday mornings at 9:40am (when Sunday school is

dismissed from worship at the 9:20 service) for conversations

and games led by fantastically awesome high school

sophomores, juniors and seniors! A great time to chat about

life, school, friends & family, and how faith plays a role in it all.

Some days we’ll kick back with a game! Begins Sunday,

September 14 – no CONNECT group September 28.

•MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP (MSYG) at Cherry Berry –

Sunday, September 21

Calling all 7th-8th graders! You’re invited to join us at Cherry

Berry (by Wal-Mart) at 1:00pm Sunday, Sept. 21st for some

delicious frozen yogurt. Treats are on PoP – so you might as

well come! Sign up outside Gloria’s office so she knows who to

expect. Yes, you can bring a friend!

HIGH SCHOOL •HIGH SCHOOL GROUP – Every Other Sunday Evening

All 9th-12th grade youth are invited to a “small group” style

gathering that will meet every other Sunday evening at

6:30pm, beginning September 28th. Join us for deep

conversations about big questions (What happens when we

die? Does God save everyone? Does God really care about

me? How does my faith in God impact my actual life – and

should it?) and big topics (suicide, relationships, family/

parents, friends/cliques, life/death, joy/pain). GREAT

conversations, plus a few light-hearted things on the side.

Sounds deep, but trust me, there will be much laughter! Meets

in the youth room starting September 28 - 6:30-7:30pm (so

you can get home in time to do more homework – every other

Sunday.


SEPTEMBER 2014 | WORSHIP SUPPORT

ASSISTING MINISTERS Sept. 7 8:00 am Alice Anderson 9:20 am Alice Anderson

Sept. 14 8:00 am Michelle Landsverk 9:20 am Michelle Landsverk

Sept. 21 8:00 am Jean Herron 9:20 am Jean Herron

Sept. 28 8:00 am Nancy Scheuerman 9:20 am Nancy Scheuerman

ACOLYTES Sept. 7 8:00 am Nathan Bullock 9:20 am Dylan Kasper 10:45 am Megan Kinser

Sept. 14 8:00 am Trevor Kislewski 9:20 am Becca Knoke 10:45 am Savanna Koester

Sept. 21 8:00 am Jason Van Zeeland 9:20 am Megan Miller 10:45 am Alexis Renier

Sept. 28 8:00 am Ian Bullock 9:20 am Audrey Roberts NO Service

USHERS NURSERY CARE PROVIDERS 8:00 am Dave Jordahl & Bill Helmeid Sept. 7, 14 & 21—Shayla Mason

9:20 am Rick Jacob & Bryan Bailey Sept. 28—Heidi Anderson

10:45 am Scott Perrine & Ed Benedict

GREETERS—EAST Sept. 7 8:00 am Allaire Family 9:20 am Armstrong Family 10:45 am Eckrose Family

Sept. 14 8:00 am WELCA Women 9:20 am WELCA Women 10:45 am WELCA Women

Sept. 21 8:00 am Greg & Sue Knudson 9:20 am Kelly Family 10:45 am Kinser Family

Sept. 28 8:00 am Roger & Leah Johnson 9:20 am Cy & Nola Wurster 10:45 am No Service

GREETERS—WEST Sept. 7 8:00 am Terry & Shirley Clemmons 9:20 am Gingras Family 10:45 am Belongea Family

Sept. 14 8:00 am WELCA Women 9:20 am WELCA Women 10:45 am WELCA Women

Sept. 21 8:00 am Arlyn & Pat Plate 9:20 am Ron & Carol Peterson 10:45 am Knoke Family

Sept. 28 8:00 am John & Yvonne Gurholt 9:20 am Tom & Nancy Scheuerman 10:45 am No Service

PARAMENTS/CANDLE VOLUNTEER FOR SEPTEMBER

Lyn Almquist

WINDOW HOSTS Sept. 7 Kris Gurholt

Sept. 14 Kris Gurholt

Sept. 21 Missy Holz

Sept. 28 Cindy Czarnik-Neimeyer

Update FMSC Successful! Thank you for your prayers, your

great team packing skills, and your

generous donations!! We met our goals….and so much

more!!

• 272,160 meals packed - enough to feed 745 children

a meal a day for a year!

1019 total volunteers from July 21st to 23rd!

The 1260 boxes of food went from our MobilePack site

directly to International Children’s Fund which is based in

Neenah. They pay for shipping to their mission sites in

Liberia.

• International Children’s Fund received our Fox Cities

MobilePack food in 2012. ICF sent pictures and news

of the food arriving and unloading from the trucks in

Liberia, the food being dispersed, and the kids eating

the cooked rice. That was within 2-3 months from

our packing to the kids eating the nutritious meals.

Again…thank you! Together we have acted locally to have

a global impact.


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Lutheran Church

2330 E. Calumet Street

Appleton, Wisconsin 54915

Non-Profit

Organization

U.S. Postage

PAID Appleton, WI

Permit No. 142

Shirley Foote, Office Coordinator

Lyn Almquist, Assist. Office

Gloria Allhiser, Youth Coordinator

Cindy Romnek, Spiritual Gifts

Amy Bartel, Financial Admin

Colleen Perrine, Assoc. Music

Katie Witt , Christian Ed

John Hughes, Choir Director

Sondra Joten, Organist

Heidi Anderson &

Shayla Mason, Child Care

Pr. David & Mary Kuck Missionaries

PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH • APPLETON, WI Mission Statement

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church is a Family of Christians Growing in Faith & Reaching Out in Love

Gary J. Nokleberg, Pastor

Roger K. McQuistion, Pastor

Cheryl Davis, Intern

Phone (920) 739-5255

FAX (920) 831-2973

Website www.popappleton.org

Worship Services ~

8:00, 9:20 & 10:45 am

Summer Services 8:00 & 9:45 am

Monday Evening Services 6:30 pm-

2nd Monday of the month

Holy Communion Every Service

SEPTEMBER 2014 N E W S L E T T E R

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