(The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod)

210 East Pleasant Street Oconomowoc, Wisconsin 53066

Church Office: 262-567-5001 Daily Devotions: 262-567-1001 Website: www.splco.org

Worship Schedule: *Saturday 5:30 pm * Sunday 8:00 am Traditional in the Church * * Sunday 10:30 am Contemporary in the Church

St. Paul’s Mission Statement: “Reaching, Serving and Growing Disciples”

(observed)

Rev. Lance Armstrong O’Donnell, Senior Pastor Steven Scharnell, Vicar Rev. Ronald P. Krug, Serving the Church Triumphant Ben Mueller, Youth Director Rev. Paul Borgman, Pastor Emeritus Diane Bleke, Organist/Choir Director Jonathon Pickelmann, Principal Kelly Kulas, Kinder Place Director Volume 21 Office Hours - 7:00 am - 4:00 pm Number 41

BIBLE STUDIES

In-Depth Study of Scripture Readings

567-5001 Sun. - 9:15 a.m. Fellowship Hall

The Life and Ministry of the Messiah

567-8195 Tues. – 7:00 p.m. Muecke’s Home

October 26th & 27th, 2013

WELCOME to everyone, especially our guests.

Your presence is important to us.

St. Paul’s is an evangelical Christian

congregation, embracing historic Christian

teaching on all doctrines, centered on Jesus

Christ. Our desire is to bring the Gospel both

to those who are searching for answers to the

meaning of life and to those who desire a

closer relationship with God. We here at St.

Paul's have chosen to align ourselves with the

teachings of the Lutheran Reformation, due

to the clarity with which these help us to see

the true meaning of God's Word.

Specifically, St. Paul's is a ministry of the

Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod, one of

America's truly biblical churches!

• Members and guests: please fill out an

attendance card and place it in the

offering plate to indicate your presence

today. For Holy Communion, please read

our confession and indicate your

agreement with our beliefs by checking

the box next to the names of those

communing.

• Those sharing our beliefs, especially from

parishes in fellowship with us, are

welcome to receive.

• If you desire Holy Communion but hold a

confession differing from that of this

congregation, please speak with a Pastor

or an Elder.

• Non-communing, baptized children are

welcome to come to the table for a

blessing.

Please note: Half the inner circle of individual

glasses in each tray contains water with one

drop of communion wine for those hesitant to

drink larger amounts of wine. Those glasses

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Come to worship. As the prelude begins, worshippers are encouraged to conclude

conversation and quietly prepare to enter

into the experience of worship.

Theme: Theme: Theme: Theme: A Head-On Collision

Pastor: Pastor: Pastor: Pastor: Paul Borgman

Traditional Service Divine Service 2, pg. 167Divine Service 2, pg. 167Divine Service 2, pg. 167Divine Service 2, pg. 167

Contemporary Service Special OrderSpecial OrderSpecial OrderSpecial Order

The radio broadcast radio broadcast radio broadcast radio broadcast this Sunday is sponsored

by Don & Harriet Groose for their 57th

wedding anniversary on October 28th. Flowers Flowers Flowers Flowers

are sponsored by Fred & Barb Boldt in praise

to God for all of their families’ birthdays and

anniversaries. St. Paul’s 8:00 am church service

can be heard Sunday over WTKM (104.9 FM &

1540 AM).

Diane Bleke, Organist/Choir Director

PRAYERS FOR THIS WEEK “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.

With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.” Ephesians 6:18

Those sick or hospitalized: MEMBERS – Susie Meyer; Dick Allen; Agnes Thurow; Mark Poytinger; Nancy

Ellsworth; Rick & Kathie Ware; Lloyd; Ed Krelwitz; Ewald Baumann (VA Hospital); Andy Stenson; Quinn

Bandomir; Marie Wisser (brain tumor); Frederic Marohn; Vanessa (nee Stock) Hood - Leukemia; Bill Duchow;

Dorothy Peterson (Shorehaven); Barb Krug; Crystal Parker (fractured sacrum).

FAMILY & FRIENDS OF MEMBERS – Those with cancer: Marlene Thurs (Kelly Kulas’s mom); family

member of Wilbur & Barb Pieper; Jody; Brian Keller; Ray Liska; a family member of Wilbur & Barb Pieper

with stage 3 lung cancer; JoAnn Jonas; Sue; Jim; Roger; Chris Prouty - breast cancer; Cheri Benz - breast

cancer; Cami - healing; Tim - lung cancer; Cris Runge - breast cancer surgery; Pastor William Meyer (Don

Meyer’s brother) - Lymphoma; Luca - baby with brain cancer; Dan (stage 4 prostate cancer); Crystal Schultz -

starting breast cancer chemo; Clarence Hesse (Dale’s brother); Susie; Joann Romain - kidney cancer; Ron

Rafalski - throat cancer; Nancy - breast cancer; Lisa’s mom - colon & liver cancer; Sarah Beine (stage 4

cancer); Marian Lippert (Les’s mother) Other: Scott Kleist; Cameron’s dad; Jenna; Leah Baltarmonas (4 year-

old & friend of Steve Siegmann & Caryn Merkle) - 2nd open heart surgery; Rick Strohmayer (Mark Poytinger’s

friend); Dawn Thompson (Linda Hertneky’s mom); John Bemis (recovering from carotid artery surgery); Tom

(Art & Kathy Evert’s son) - hip replacement surgery; Angelique - recuperating from double bypass; Mavis

Layton (Bruce Bain’s mother); Andy Miller (friend of Sharon Peterson) - injured in Afghanistan; Ken

Groenke’s sister - brain aneurysm; Travis; Ray (Michelle Schlomer’s grandpa); Michael Thesing (Susan

DeWitz’s cousin) - work-related accident; Charlie (Jenny Laabs’ father) - recovering from stroke; Charles Tuff

(Alzheimer’s); Carrie Synder (Gwen & Carl Nicholson’s niece) - continued healing; Jon Franke - continued

healing; Kim Pomeroy (Cindy Lippert’s cousin) - diagnosed with MS; Laura (continued healing); Paul Fellin.

Those serving in the military-deployed: Patrick Lippert; Zach Howard, Theresa; Phil Preston; Chad Kelling,

Casey, Phil, Andy & Steve Koth; Luke, Jacob, Brian, Wayne Klamp, Randy, Kyle, Jake, Jeff, Matt, Tom, Brad,

Ben, Mike, Rob & Fabian Beats.

Those serving God as missionaries: Christie Nelson (China); Ray Wigdal (China); Dennis Denow (Thailand);

Jeff & Julie Vigil (Kenya); Bob & Chris Prouty (Australia); Pastor Reinke (Deaf Ministry); Rev. Bud Palmer.

Those in need: Our Shut-Ins; help from the Lord for my son to get off drugs and for me to be able to pay my

bills every month; Virginia - for continued good grades in college; James & Erica Feil; Jake; Camp

LuWiSoMo; those suffering from addiction and their family members.

Anniversary: Don & Harriet Groose - 57th - October 28th

Birthday: Esther Hart - 92nd - October 26th

Thanksgiving: Annie Runge - successful heart surgery

Cheryl Oelsner - 1 year anniversary of healing from breast cancer

Joy found a job

The Prayer Warriors of St. Paul's are praying daily

for these families and their needs..

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MITE BOX HELPS THIS WEEK:

Sunday Navy Day- Thank God for all our military-25¢

Monday Pray for the church workers at St. Paul’s-50¢

Tuesday Did you have coffee this morning? Yes-40¢; No-20¢

Wednesday Attending Time to Grow tonight? Yes- 25¢; No-50¢

Thursday $1 if you still have Halloween candy in your house.

Friday Thank God for our community if believers at St. Paul’s!-35¢

Saturday Have a “Cup with Kay”* and thank God for the change of seasons-25¢

*(Pray with our President for 9 min.@9a.m. with your favorite cup of the morning)

OCTOBER CARING CORNER LWML LWML is collecting Mites for our 2013-2014 District Mission Grant goal of $210,000.

Envelopes will be available on the bulletin board with the list of grants needing to be

funded by June of 2014.

LCMS PRAYER FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2013

Partnership in Theological Education The South Wisconsin District Mission Executive directs this ambitious partnership in

full collaboration with the LCMS seminaries and Concordia University-Mequon,

training students to become Specific Ministry Pastors (SMPs) and Lay Ministers for our

District, many of whom serve in cross-cultural ministries. Please include this ministry

in your prayers this month.

DOOR OFFERING FOR CAMP LUWISOMO There will be a door offering for Camp LuWiSoMo the weekend of November 2nd and 3rd. Camp LuWiSoMo is located in Wild Rose. Our church uses Camp LuWiSoMo every May for 5th/6th grade Outdoor Education, our church has several past camp counselors, past camp board members and a current camp board member. Please show your support for camp! LuWiSoMo is a great place to enjoy God’s beautiful creation. Their mission statement is: LuWiSoMo Outdoor Ministry and Retreat Center is dedicated to providing faith-growing opportunities in a Christ-centered outdoor ministry setting for all ages to refresh the whole person through the blessings of people, facilities, and God’s Word.

STEPHEN MINISTRY TRAINING Our next Stephen Minister training class will begin in January of 2014. If you’re interested in receiving Stephen Minister training, contact one of your Stephen Leaders: Duane Peterson 414-573-2708, Jeff Stache 262-567-1302, or Steve Hansen 262-646-4049.

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LORD'S CUPBOARD THANKS YOU AND NEEDS YOU Thank you for the school supplies, the cash donations and the food items (lots from the Ladies Aid!) recently received which is a blessing with the Thanksgiving Food bags and the Christmas Food bags giveaway coming soon. Items of food that will be needed for these bags are: canned vegetables, canned fruit, cereal, soup, boxes of stuffing and mashed potatoes. Please put any of these items into the bins in the Fellowship Hall or outside of the Gym.

Another way to help the Lord's Cupboard is to buy any gift cards, for gifts or for your own every day use, through the SCRIP program, which you get the full amount to use for the card, and we get a small rebate for each gift card purchased (Gas, Grocery, Entertainment, Clothing). Stop in at the church office for the form or go to www.splco.org, under the school tab����family resources����fundraising����Great Lakes Scrip. Thanks again and blessings!

LAKE COUNTRY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE LCLHS is pleased to invite you to our Open House on Monday, October 28th, to learn about how a quality Christian high school operates. Discover how the right high school can really make a difference in the lives of young people. Plan to join us for our informational session which will take place in the Great Hall beginning at 7:00pm. Then feel free to chat with the Principal and our faculty about the curriculum and co-curricular programs. For more information contact Dwayne Jobst at 262.367.8600 or via email at djobst@lakecountryhs.org.

THANKSGIVING FOOD BAGS The Lord's Cupboard is handing out Thanksgiving food bags to families that need a little extra help because of an illness in the family, financial problems, or something similar. Please call the church office at 567-5001 or come to the Lord's Cupboard food pantry on the 1st or 3rd Mondays between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm to sign up. Sign up ends on November 11th. The food can be picked up on Monday, November 18th between 5:30 and 6:30 pm in the school lobby.

We will need help packing the bags on Saturday, November 16th at 9:00 am in the fellowship hall, it only takes about one hour, please join us. The Lord's cupboard needs paper grocery bags, please leave any you may have in the Lord's Cupboard green bin in the Fellowship Hall. Thank you.

CHRISTMAS CARING CORNER If you or someone you know needs help with Christmas gifts for a child/children, 18 years-old or younger, please fill out an application for the Christmas Caring Corner. Forms are available in the church office, in the narthex or on the Service & Mission Outreach bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall. Please fill out one form per person and return to the church office no later than November 19th.

TIME TO GROW DINNER - OCTOBER 30TH Potato Bar Brownies

Milk & Water

We'll supply the potatoes and the toppings (e.g. cheese, meat, bacon, chili, broccoli, scallions, sour cream, et al) and you can assemble to your satisfaction. Sponsored by the Junio family for the State Youth Trip.

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ST. PAUL’S LADIES AIDST. PAUL’S LADIES AIDST. PAUL’S LADIES AIDST. PAUL’S LADIES AID It’s not too early to talk about our annual Christmas Bazaar. That time is here again. The

bazaar will be held on Saturday, November 2nd. If any of you are crafters and you would like

to donate to the bazaar, we would feel very blessed. We will also need bakery items for our

bake sale. On Friday, November 1st, after 1:00 pm, we will be getting ready for the bazaar.

This involves decorating, baking and cooking for the bazaar. Helping hands would be greatly

appreciated--please contact any of our officers if you can help in any way. They are Mary Lou

Pagenkopf (262-567-7905), Judy Braatz (262-567-7787), Agnes Thurow (262-567-6693) or

Sue Lindemann (262-567-8985). Thank you and God bless.

TIME TO GROW MEAL DATIME TO GROW MEAL DATIME TO GROW MEAL DATIME TO GROW MEAL DATES AVAILABLETES AVAILABLETES AVAILABLETES AVAILABLE Advent meals: December 4 & December 11

This is a great way to raise funds. Please contact Angie Scharnell at angiescharnell@gmail.com

or 920-285-1264 to get more information or to sign up.

CALLING ALL GRAPHIC DESIGNERS! CALLING ALL GRAPHIC DESIGNERS! CALLING ALL GRAPHIC DESIGNERS! CALLING ALL GRAPHIC DESIGNERS! Do you have talent or experience in graphic design? Please let us know! As part of the

preparations for the upcoming 150th Anniversary celebration, St. Paul's plans to develop a new

logo which can be used on letterhead, brochures, banners, advertisements, and so on. For

more information, please contact Carrie O'Donnell at 262-443-2486 or

sixodonnells@hotmail.com. We will be gathering names until the end of the month so please

let us know soon!

IT’S TIME TO DO YOUR FALL HOUSE CLEANINGIT’S TIME TO DO YOUR FALL HOUSE CLEANINGIT’S TIME TO DO YOUR FALL HOUSE CLEANINGIT’S TIME TO DO YOUR FALL HOUSE CLEANING ...and look for documents, memorabilia and anything else related to St. Paul’s Congregation.

The 150th Anniversary Committee’s History’s sub-committee is asking for your help with this

project--baptismal, confirmation and marriage certificates and of course, “etceteras”. Please

bring your contribution(s) to the church office. If you have any questions, please contact Pat

Borgman at 262-567-7131.

COLLEGE CARE PACKAGE MINISTRYCOLLEGE CARE PACKAGE MINISTRYCOLLEGE CARE PACKAGE MINISTRYCOLLEGE CARE PACKAGE MINISTRY For those of you interested in receiving or having a College Care Package sent to your col-

lege student, please e-mail or call me with the students name and mailing address at

school. This is a great opportunity for us to reach out to our college students during the

school year and let them know we care. Please email Tracy Bain at bbain123@gmail.com or

call 262-965-5550.

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Philippians 2:4

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This is a great way to raise funds. Please contact Angie Scharnell at angiescharnell@gmail.com

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Active Christian Teen News

TIME TO GROW

EVERY WEDNESDAY

Food and Fellowship – 5:00-6:00pm

Opening Worship in Church – 6:00-6:20pm

ANSWERS Bible Study – 6:20-7:20pm

SUNDAY NIGHT ALIVE

EVERY 3RD SUNDAY we gather!

Upcoming Events

State Gathering November 1-3

November 17 – Deliver Thanksgiving Food Bags

December 14 – Breakfast with Jesus

December 15 – Deliver Christmas Food Bags

Don’t forget about TIME TO GROW!

We meet every Wednesday from 6:20-7:20. Come and be fed Spiritually.

Remember to bring a friend!

See YOU all this week as we continue to prepare ourselves to

DEFEND OUR FAITH.

God’s blessings to all and have a blessed week with the LORD!

Questions: contact Ben Mueller at ben@splco.org or Cheryl Tesch at Cheryl.tesch@ymail.com

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Our radio broadcast over WTKM is a very important outreach for our congregation.

Below are the dates open for the year 2013 (italicized) and 2014. Please prayerfully consider sponsoring one of these Sundays. The cost is $95.00. We praise God for this valuable community outreach. You may also contribute any amount to the “radio

fund” at any time.

November 17, 2013

January 5

January 19

January 26

February 23

March 16

March 23

March 30

April 13

April 20 (6:00 am)

April 20 (8:00 am)

April 27

May 4

May 25

June 1

June 8

June 15

June 22

June 29

July 6

July 13

July 20

July 27

August 3

September 21

October 19

October 26

November 2

November 9

November 16

November 23

November 27

November 30

December 7

December 28

If you are interested in sponsoring a Broadcast please fill out the bottom portion of this

page and hand it into the church office. Thank you. Any questions please call Heather

in the church office 567-5001.

NAME__________________________________DATE: 1ST CHOICE________ 2ND CHOICE_______

Please dedicate to (i.e. in memory of, wedding anniversary, to the Glory of God, in

honor of...etc.)_______________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPONSOR A RADIO BROADCAST?

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St. Paul’s Craft Fair 210 East Pleasant Street

Oconomowoc, WI

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM

HANDMADE CRAFTS & CHRISTMAS DÉCOR

“THEE CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE”

GIFTS for ALL OCCASIONS

Homemade baked goods & breads

Fresh out-of-the-oven butter horns & cinnamon rolls

A DELICIOUS LUNCH WILL BE SERVED

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

CHICKEN SALAD CROISSANT LUNCHEON PLATE HOT DOG PLATE

CHILI DELICIOUS DESSERTS - $1 EACH

Free admission & parking Handicap accessible

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TUESDAY October 29th

Parish Planning Council Room 219 7:00 pm

WEDNESDAY October 30th

Time to Grow Meal Parish Choir Time to Grow

Adult Choir Practice Praise Team Practice

Fellowship Hall Balcony

Various Rooms Balcony Church

5:00 pm 5:20 pm 6:00 pm 7:30 pm 8:45 pm

THURSDAY October 31st

Stephen Ministry Continuing Education Praise Team Practice

Room 214 Church

7:00 pm 7:30 pm

SATURDAY November 2nd

Ladies Aid Craft Fair Traditional Worship

AA Meeting

Various Rooms Church

Fellowship Hall

9:00 am 5:30 pm 8:00 pm

SUNDAY November 3rd

Traditional Worship Public School Confirmation

Bible Study Contemporary Worship Kiwanis Shrimp Dinner

Church Room 216

Fellowship Hall Church Gym

8:00 am 9:15 am 9:15 am 10:30 am 12:00 pm

For the most current

information on St. Paul’s

happenings, please visit our

website at splco.org.

November 2/3 5:30 8:00 10:30

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October 19th & 20th

5:30 pm - 100

8:00 am - 217

10:30 am - 152

Time to Grow Attendance:

Church Attendance:

469 Total; 38 visitors; 431 members

ST. PAUL’S NOVEMBER EPISTLE IS NOW ST. PAUL’S NOVEMBER EPISTLE IS NOW ST. PAUL’S NOVEMBER EPISTLE IS NOW ST. PAUL’S NOVEMBER EPISTLE IS NOW

AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT

SPLCO.ORG. SPLCO.ORG. SPLCO.ORG. SPLCO.ORG.

FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN We rejoice to have families with small

children participating in our worship

services. There are baskets available

with items that might be helpful for your

children behind the back pews.

THIS WEEKEND 5:30 8:00 10:30

For the most current

information on St. Paul’s

Music Leaders Diane Bleke Diane Bleke Look2Him

Acolytes Tyler Flood & Jordan Weber TBD Evan Metcalf & Sam Swanson

Altar Guild Mary Ann Ashworth Donna Andrus Audrey Martens & Gerri Zwieg

Elders Don Gauerke Arno Kirchenwitz John Melvin

Greeters Rick Zastrow Ralph & Donna Andrus (church)

Kim Tuff (school) Jamie Stache

Lectors Don Gauerke Jim Steinberg

Power Point N/A N/A Gary Pribnow

Radio Host N/A Cheryl Tesch N/A

Ushers Mike Papa Bob Bratz John Melvin

Special Music Parish Choir Adult Choir

Readings 1st Reading: Revelation 7:9-17 Epistle: 1 John 3:1-3 Gospel: St. Matthew 5:1-12

Acolytes Clayton Polinske & Emma Schmeling Trevor & Colin Leonhardt Sierra Ebert & Leann Wolf

Altar Guild Jean Fisher Dorothy Duchow Barb Star

Elders Bryan Polinske Mike Tesch Scott Kalien

Greeters John Melvin Chuck & Jenny Laabs (church) Jim & Karen Wilson (school)

Tom & Denise Showen

Lectors John Melvin Cheryl Tesch

Power Point N/A N/A Leah Johnson

Ushers Dan Friedrich Todd Leonhardt Scott Kalien

Radio N/A Jim Steinberg N/A

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October 26th & 27th, 2013

REFORMATION DAY (observed)

Revelation 14:6–7 (ESV) Then I saw another angel flying directly

overhead, with an eternal gospel to

proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to

every nation and tribe and language and

people. And he said with a loud voice,

“Fear God and give him glory, because

the hour of his judgment has come, and

worship him who made heaven and earth,

the sea and the springs of water.”

Romans 3:19–28 (ESV) Now we know that whatever the law says

it speaks to those who are under the law,

so that every mouth may be stopped, and

the whole world may be held accountable

to God. For by works of the law no human

being will be justified in his sight, since

through the law comes knowledge of sin.

But now the righteousness of God has

been manifested apart from the law,

although the Law and the Prophets bear

witness to it— the righteousness of God

through faith in Jesus Christ for all who

believe. For there is no distinction: for all

have sinned and fall short of the glory of

God, and are justified by his grace as a

gift, through the redemption that is in

Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a

propitiation by his blood, to be received

by faith. This was to show God’s

righteousness, because in his divine

forbearance he had passed over former

sins. It was to show his righteousness at

the present time, so that he might be just

and the justifier of the one who has faith

in Jesus. Then what becomes of our

boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of

law? By a law of works? No, but by the

law of faith. For we hold that one is

justified by faith apart from works of the

law.

St. Matthew 11:12-19 (ESV)

From the days of John the Baptist until

now the kingdom of heaven has suffered

violence, and the violent take it by force.

For all the Prophets and the Law

prophesied until John, and if you are

willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to

come. He who has ears to hear, let him

hear. “But to what shall I compare this

generation? It is like children sitting in the

marketplaces and calling to their

playmates, “‘We played the flute for you,

and you did not dance; we sang a dirge,

and you did not mourn.’ For John came

neither eating nor drinking, and they say,

‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came

eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look

at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend

of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom

is justified by her deeds.”