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THE FRUITS OF GOD’S SUMMER HARVEST

“The fruit of the Holy Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity,

faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. There is no law against such things.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.” - Galatians

5:22,23 & 25

As I am writing, I am at Ebert Ranch Camp in the Texas Hill Country, along

with 6 youth from Grace Lutheran Church (GLC). Even in this hot and dry

climate, the reddish-purple fruit of countless prickly pear cactus plants are in

bloom. Also, a trip to the produce section of your local grocery store shows off

the colorful array of fruits in season – watermelons, blueberries, dark cherries

and strawberries, to name a few – to delight our eyes and our taste buds.

These fruits remind me of fruits I’m seeing growing spiritually in the lives of

children and youth of Grace Lutheran Church and our community this summer.

This has been especially evident to me during the 3 weeks of camp – this week

at Ebert Ranch Camp, last week during Vacation Bible School (VBS)/Day

Camp attended by 30 kids, and early in July at Camp Chrysalis, near Kerrville,

attended by 10 kids from Grace. I’ve also seen it in the smiles of kids in

Sunday worships at Grace, including as they have come forward for children’s

sermons.

It’s exciting to see our young people getting excited about their own faith in

God, through lively worships and songs, plus insightful times of Bible study.

We can also see it as they have connected with the counselors of Cross Trails

ministry (all 3 of the camp weeks) and with caring adults from Grace Lutheran

who have given their time and effort in planning for these events, in providing

and preparing food and by being a listening ear. Through it all, they’ve been in

safe environments and have had a great time with each other!

Already, we can see fruits that are starting to grow, and we pray and trust God

that in the coming months and years they will bear more fruit. We give thanks

to God for all of these fruits of summer. Thanks to you for your prayers for

them and me, for the post cards you’ve written to the kids at camp, and/or the

financial gifts you’ve given!

Joyfully in Christ’s service, Pastor Bryan Dziadik-Willingham

V ol . 29 ∙ I s su e 8 ∙AUG UST 2014

Grace Notes Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church ∙ Lockhart, Texas

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2014 Church Leaders

and Staff

Pastor

Bryan Dziadik-Willingham

Congregation Council

Judy Cathey, President

Nell Berry, Vice President

Shirley Richardson, Secretary

Kari Labit, Treasurer

Doug Spillmann, Member

Hilary LoBue, Member

Preschool Director

Eileen Larkin

Preschool Board

Debbie Lockhart, President

Robert Cheatham, VP

Roberta Smith, Secretary

Rosie Kirkwood, Treasurer

Billy Ray Buckner, Member

Rachel Grubbs, Member

Tina Ramsey, Member

Hilary LoBue, Council Liaison

Christian Education

Tara Bittner, Supt.

Teachers: Tara Bittner,

Lenaya Pfarrdrescher, Bryan

Dziadik-Willingham

Youth Leaders

Lenaya Pfarrdrescher,

Coordinator

Women of the ELCA Officers

Jane Spillmann, Coordinator

Carol Böer, Secretary

Nell Berry, Treasurer

Altar Guild Officers

Nell Berry, Coordinator

Clara Smith, Co-coordinator

Carol Böer, Secretary

Worship

Clara Smith, Readers

Tommy Perkins, Ushers

Linda Ottmers, Greeters

Carol Barnhart, Organist

Margaret Riddle, Pianist

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Christian Education Opportunities at Grace

July 2014

Sunday School is held Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. in the sanctuary for adults.

Adult Sunday School Teacher: Pastor Bryan – Studies To Be Determined

6th Grade – 12th Grade & PreK – 5th Grade- on Summer Break

Wednesday Evening Program – Confirmation classes will begin Sept 3

Sunday School Rally Time: Breakfast and activities for grades PreK – 12th grade on September 7

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Classes resume September 14th

WELCA Bible Study Tuesday, August 12th at 9:30 am

The women of the church will gather for a monthly Bible Study. The topic will be “Lydia”.

Grace Family Event

As an opportunity to come together as a family of faith, a program geared to all families of the congregation –

young and old, we invite you to join us for our Grace Family Events.

On Sunday, July 20th

a wonderful time was had at the Sommerlattes

welcoming the Cross Trails Day Camp Staff. Volunteers and their families

joined for swimming, yard games, and fabulous hamburgers & hotdogs.

Thanks to Chris & Maja, Clyde & Karen for sharing!

Saturday, August 2nd

: Join with your family at Zilker’s Hillside Theatre

around 5/6 p.m. for swimming and to watch “Oklahoma!”.

Meet at 4 p.m. for caravan or van ride.

September 7th: Sunday School Rally Time, then classes start back September

14th

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If you are interested in hosting events for the remainder of 2014,

please contact Tara Bittner at 512-995-0606 or trbittner@hotmail.com.

Worship Attendance

July 6….…….89

July 13….…...89

July 20…..…..86

July 27……..102

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Summer Camps

Cross Trails Day Camp week was a huge

success! Thanks to Cross Trails Staff for the

wonderful week; to our youth crew of volunteers:

Seth Smith, Emma Utzinger, Deacon Snider,

Nicole Bittner, Alex Smith, Taylor Malaer, Anisa

Oliva, Erin Bittner, Aubrey Robinson, Alicia,

Moira Layman, and Rachel Bittner; to Michele

DW, Judy Cathey, Nell Berry, Carol Barnhart for

their help in the kitchen; to Eileen for pre-camp

help; to Lynn Kelley at First Presbyterian & First

Presbyterian Church for the facilities; to Pastor

Bryan; to Nell & Louis Berry, Bubba & Lenaya

Pfarrdrescher for opening their homes for the

week for staff; and especially to Rachel Grubbs

for being in charge with me; Lenaya Pfarrdrescher

for First Aid/ youth patrol; and Christa Utzinger

for such a wonderful job again for food/ kitchen

duty! I could not have done it without y’all!

Camp Chrysalis was a big success as well! Ten

campers and Pastor Bryan had a great time

learning more about the parables of Jesus!

Ebert Ranch…Emma Utzinger, Deacon Snider,

Emma Anton, Henry Gomez, Nicole Bittner, Fritz

Anton left out on July 27th with Pastor Bryan.

Women of the ELCA Update

Triennial Gathering: We collected $245.00 in

gift cards for Debbie Lockhart to take to the Ninth

Triennial Gathering in North Carolina. Thank you

to all who donated the cards.

Christmas in July: As of July 27, we have

collected $1,020 for the Caldwell County

Christian Ministries. We will receive additional

funds from Thrivent to add to what we have

collected for CCCM. Thank you to everyone for

their donations.

Synod Convention: The 27th Southwestern

Texas Synod Annual Convention will be held

October 10-12, 2014 at the Hilton Garden Inn in

Victoria, TX. Please contact Jane Spillmann if

you are interested in attending.

Please continue to bring your Sirloin Stockade

Receipts.

Jane Spillmann,

Women of the ELCA Coordinator

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Preschool Update Director Eileen Larkin

Mrs. Salinas’ Class Ms. Almaguer’s Class

Camping Time Circus Fun, Sunny Days

Letters: Review Letters: Review

Numbers: Review Numbers: Review

Colors: Review Colors: Review

Shapes: Review Shapes: Review

Our Faith Lesson will be: Work Hard Like Ants”

(Proverbs 6:6-8)

Thank you to: Addisyn and Ashtyn Zamora for

donating their playhouse! Thank you to VBS/Day

Camp for donating their extra food and ice cream

from camp. We enjoyed that ice cream very

much! Also a big thank you to all the folks who

worked so hard to get the Parish Hall ready for us

to move in (see page 5). They did a fantastic job,

and a big thanks to the preschool staff who

miraculously got us so well set up for Monday

morning! Billy Ray Buckner has done a

tremendous job installing the dishwasher for us as

well as several other tasks, and Pastor Bryan also

has been lending a hand on all the little jobs

which we keep finding that need doing! Thank

you to Martin Salinas and David Rodriguez for

moving shelves and filing cabinets for us and to

Mark Larkin for trimming the playground trees. I

greatly appreciate all of you!

HEB cards: If you are interested in our

fundraising efforts through HEB gift cards, please

let Mrs. Larkin know. Now through September 1,

you get 11 cents off each gallon of gas with your

gift card!

Openings: We have one or two slots left in the

four-year-old class for the fall- for TTH mornings

and possibly full-time. If you know anyone who

might be interested, please have them call us!

Labor Day: We will be closed for Labor Day on

September 2.

New Building: We anticipate the old preschool

building to be removed within a few weeks and

hopefully we will be able to break ground by the

end of August or early September on the new

building. We have settled in nicely to the Parish

Hall and are looking forward to our new building!

We are making plans for a gala fundraising event

in October. Also we will have a Noah’s Ark donor

wall in the new building. If you would like to

have your family or child’s name on the ark,

please let us know! Forms are available.

Road to Recovery

Join a different kind of cancer drive. One that

does not ask for money, but time. Donate your

time to drive a cancer patient to and from

lifesaving cancer treatment. If you have a car and

can spare a few weekday hours per month,

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., you could be of great

value to a cancer patient. All you have to do is

pick up the patient at his or her home, and provide

transportation to and from their treatment facility.

You tell us what times are best for you, whether it

is once a month or twice a week, and we will

work within your schedule. To learn more or to

sign up as a volunteer, contact the American

Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345 or visit

www.cancer.org.

August Birthdays

Jackson Walker 2

Mason Bastien 6

Jaxson Hill 11

Evan Williams 15

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Preschool Building Committee

Report

The Preschool Building Project

continues to move forward. The

house and attached car port on

Medina St. is in progress of

being moved. The car port is on

wheels and ready to move. The

house is in progress of being made

mobile. It appears that both units will be towed

away at the same time. Once these units are

moved, work will begin to move the existing

preschool building. The preschool, itself, has

relocated into the fellowship hall as of July 21,

2014. An update was given at the Congregational

meeting last Sunday and some visual aids of the

floor plan and long term use of the church

property were available for viewing. Final

construction plans are being received and made

available to the builder for cost estimates.

The possibility of a grant of a metal structure was

not received.

Promoting Healthy Living

Free Meals for Children

0-18 years old

The following sites are open this summer:

June 9-27 (Monday through Thursday)

Lockhart High School

Breakfast 7-8 am

Lunch 12-1 pm

June 9-June 20, July 21-Aug 1 (Monday through

Friday)

Lockhart Jr High

Breakfast 8-9 am

Lunch 12-1 pm

June 23-July 18, Aug 4-8

Bluebonnet Elementary

Breakfast 8-9 am

Lunch 12-1 pm

July 7-Aug 8 (Mon-Fri)

Silent Valley Mobile Home Park

Lunch 12-1 pm

South Park Village

Lunch 12-1

Food Bank (Mon-Thur)

Lunch 12-1

God’s Work, Our Hands

Monday, September 1

Mark your calendar for Monday, September 1.

Plans are being made for a service project for

“God’s Work, Our Hands”. Watch for details to

follow!

Upcoming Events at Grace

Grace Family Event Saturday, August 2, meet at 4:00 p.m.

Join us at Zilker Park Theater for a live musical

production of the classic “Oklahoma!”. We will

be meeting at the church at 4:00 p.m. to ride to

Austin.

Thank you!

To Robert & Sharon Cheatham, Pastor

Brian, Michele, and Brielle, Doug & Jane

Spillmann, Tommy & Becky Perkins, Don

Smith, Leland Smith, Judy Cathey, Debbie

Lockhart, Dickie Rutherford, Diana Salinas,

and Amy Francisco for their hard work

cleaning out the Parish Hall kitchen and the

storage building. Much was accomplished

and the storage building looks great!

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Wednesday evenings Meal, 5:45 p.m., youth meet at 6:30 p.m. The youth continue their Wednesday night classes.

August Supper Club Saturday, August 9, 6:00 p.m.

Clyde and Karen Sommerlatte host the August

Supper Club at their home in Luling.

Chisolm Trail Worship Mondays, August 11 & 25, 10:30 a.m., Chisolm Trail

Nursing & Rehab Pastor Bryan welcomes anyone who would be

interested in joining him for worship at CTL.

Parish Ed Meeting Monday, August 11, 6:00 p.m. The Parish Ed committee will meet.

Women’s Bible Study Tuesday, August 12, 9:30 a.m. The women's Bible study group will meet. All women are invited to attend.

Church Council Meeting Tuesday, August 12, 6:30 p.m. The Church Council will hold their monthly meeting.

Worship Committee Meeting Tuesday, August 19, 3:00 p.m. The Worship Committee will hold their monthly meeting.

Preschool Board Meeting Tuesday, August 26, 6:30 p.m. The Preschool Board will hold a meeting.

We Remember in Prayer… General Prayers: Debbie Allen, Keith Arnold (Michele D-W’s

relative), Hunter Barnhart, Joe Birdwell,

Dorothy Buckner, Johnny Castaneda, William

Clouse (friend of the Livengoods), Dora Contreras

(Schulles’ friend), Gilbert Cruz, Doris J. Cyphers, Cyndi

Dyer, Fred Eben (Rosie Kirkwood’s brother-in-law), Scott

Galipp, Aaron Garcia, Mary Grantham (John & Joyce

Buckner’s daughter-in-law), Oralia Gomez (Frances

Gomez’s mother-in-law), Paul Gomez, Leon Grohman

(friend of Rosie Kirkwood), Donna & Laney Hammond-

Willis, Jennifer Hellums (friend of Tara Bittner), Zoe

Henrichs, Margret Hesse, Randa Homann, Shirley Hyatt

(Dorothy Schulle’s cousin), Sissy Ibarra (Barbara Trevino’s friend), Jeannie Ingals, Donna Kelly, Chuck Keppler (Tina

Ramsey’s father), Justin & Melanie Kimball, Betty

Langford (Phil Cosper’s sister), Loretta Leonhardt, Tanya

Lloyd (Brielle D-W’s teacher), Debbie Lockhart, Mae

McClure (Joe Birdwell’s friend), Sammie Myers (D-W’s

friend), Gladys Niemann, Sandy Metz, Marie Miles, Linda

Ottmers, Edmar Paredes, Martha Parry (Lenaya

Pfarrdrescher’s grandmother), David Patterson (Dziadik-

Willingham’s friend), Donna Patterson, Elsie Pfeiffer,

Randy Pinkston (Becky Perkins’ brother), Terri Post,

Susie Pruett (Rachel Grubbs’ mother), Barbara Reed, Laura

Roberts, Jeannie Schaefer, Dorothy Schulle, Frank Schulle

Jr, Michelle Simmons, Kenneth Sneed, Harold Soefje (Tara

Bittner’s father), Milton Sommerlatte (Clyde’s brother),

Ronnie Stephens, Beth Sustala (Lena’s daughter-in-law),

Lena Sustala, Gwen Till, Ella Townes, Joaquin & Barbara

Trevino, Evelyn Wells (Rachel Grubbs’ grandmother),

Mark Withers, Nancy Woolridge (Ella Townes’ daughter),

Molly Wranitzky (Debbie Lockhart’s mother), Shirley

Zimmerhanzel, and the residents of Lockhart retirement

homes

Families of Deceased: especially Dorothy Taylor, Genevieve Bergland, Annette

Sanders, Olivia Ojeda’s grandchild, Dustin “Dusty”

Koehler, Sgt. Spitzer, Mary Jo Bourg (Nell Berry’s friend),

Billy John Arrington (Russell Barnhart’s cousin), Johnny

Simmang, James Herbert, and victims of the Malaysian

plane crash.

Public Servants and Military: All firefighters, law enforcement officers, dispatchers

and first responders.

Military: Richard Heenan (Tajikistan), Kailen Lacy (Afghanistan), Jeremy Harcourt (Franz & Linda’s

nephew, deployed in Afghanistan), Andrey Postrigan

(Afghanistan), Seth Guckian (Afghanistan), Ryan

Newell (Lillian Starr’s grandson who is in Special

Ops) and Brian Post.

Those Giving Thanks or Celebrating:

All those with August birthdays: Christa Utzinger (1),

Nicole Rawlings (6), Jerry Grubbs (7), Owen Gorman

(9), Rylee Lewis (12), Jeffrei Gamez (16), Mike Bittner

(16), Amanda Dietz Ross (17), Christopher Dietz (18),

Doug Spillmann (19), Katelyn Vera (21), Megan

Treadway (22), Daryl Krenmueller (27), Maja

Sommerlatte (28), Clara Smith (31), and Halo Snider

(31).

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NOTE: We include in our prayer list those members and

friends of Grace who desire our public prayers for healing

and comfort. To add or remove someone’s name, please email gracelutheranlockhart@gmail.com or call (512) 398-

6490. To remain current, we will keep names on the list only

through a given month unless otherwise informed.