Cross of Christ Lutheran Church

CROSS OF CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH 24155 Griswold Road, South Lyon, MI 48178 248-437-8810 Fax: 248-437-7708 www.crossofchristlutheran.org Email: [email protected] Like us on FACEBOOK at: www.facebook.com/crossofchristsouthlyon S U M M E R , 2 0 1 7

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. nd THANK YOU to Ron Reichert for planting, weeding, and adding mulch to the front flower beds. Holy Communion is celebrated on the 2 , 4 They look beautiful. Thank you to our Trustees for their faithful grass cutting: Sunday School classes held during the schoolBill Hirth, year. Gary Albin, Charley Hall, Ron Reichert, and Brent Sterling! Sunday School: 10 a.m. – 3 years old through fifth grade Adult Bible Study: SundaysHELP 9:00 NEEDED a.m. Youth Bible Study: 10 a.m. (1 Help is needed on the Altar Guild and as an Usher. Teams of two serve every fourth month by Dear Beloved Members and Friends, changing the altar paraments as needed and cleaning the communion ware after the service. Our ushers serve every third week on a team of four. The more who participate, the less often they Happy Spring and Summer! Blessed Pentecost! Theneed Day toof serve.Pentecost If you is celebratedcan help out, on email June the4, office or speak with Pastor Nelson. 2017. The season of Pentecost will be celebrated the remainder of spring, all summer and until November 26, 2017. More help will also be needed in the coming year for grass cutting. If you’d like to try it out this summer, speak with one of our Trustees. Pentecost Day was an important day in the lives ofWOMEN’S Jesus’ disciples. FELLOWSHIP Christ’s disciples were gathered together on Pentecost Day. Pentecost was also called the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Harvest and the Day of First-fruits. The disciplesWomen’s obeyed ourFellowship Lord’s is command meeting on to the stay first in Wednesday of each month. The next meeting will be th Jerusalem and wait for the gift His Father promised. Jesusheld onpromised June 7 His at disciples 11 a.m. that Lunch they follows would at a nearby restaurant. Upcoming outings include a be baptized with the Holy Spirit. garden walk and visit to the Lace Museum in Northville. Any questions, contact Patty Wadkins at (248-446-9016) [email protected] or Lynda Whitcher at (313-719-9601) [email protected]. The sound like the blowing of a violent wind and tongues of fire resting on the disciples preceded the Holy Spirit’s arrival. Wind is a sign of the Spirit. A sound like the blowing of a mighty wind came from heaven and filled the whole house whereFUNERAL the disciples LUNCHES were sitting. The disciples were teaching and learning God’s Word. The Holy Spirit comes and works when God’s Word is proclaimed. The Counselor comes and works in your life when you hear and read God’s Word.

Jesus baptized His disciples with the Holy Spirit and withTHANK fire YOUon Pentecost. to all who Christprovided baptized food and you helped at recent funerals. Thank you to Annie Nichols with the Spirit when you received Holy Baptism. All ofand the Louisedisciples Rucker were filledfor organizing with the Holy the lunches.Spirit Thank you also to all who help set up and clean and began to speak in other tongues as He enabledup. them. If you The would Spirit like helped to be added the disciples to our Funeral to Luncheon List, contact Annie Nichols at 248-437- speak in languages they had not previously learned. Jews9599 ofor variousthe church languages office. and nationalities were gathered in Jerusalem for Pentecost. The disciples could speak Aramaic, Greek and Hebrew. The Counselor enabled the disciples to speak God’s Word in languages in addition to those three. The Comforter helped the disciples to speakTHRIVENT God’s CHOICE Word in DOLLARS: fifteen or more other languages. Thank you for choosing Cross of Christ Lutheran Church or Preschool as your designation for choice dollars! If you have Thrivent products and would like to designate dollars, go to:

Continued ...... Thrivent.com/thriventchoice Learn more about Thrivent products by calling our congregation’s representative, Brian Bower, at: [email protected] or call 734-531-8423.

The Apostle Peter said in his Pentecost message, “repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call (Acts 2: 38, 39). You were filled withThank the Holyyou for Spirit your when donations you were of non-perishable baptized. food items for Active Faith throughout the You received the forgiveness of sins that Jesus won foryear. you on Donations the cross. are You welcome received in the the box gift providedof as you enter church. Our church has the Spirit. Parents, your children received the forgivenessa monthly of sins commitment and the gift of $250of the to Holy Active Spirit Faith. Your monetary donations are also invited. when they were baptized.

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10:00am Worship + (Leslie Baptisms) 4:00pm Rehab ______Center Service ______VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL REGISTRATION FORM Cross of Christ Lutheran Church (24155 Griswold Rd., South Lyon, MI 48178 / 248-437-8810)

JULY 24 - 28, 2017 - - - 9 A.M. to NOON Ages: Going into Kindergarten through Going into 6th grade A $15 Materials Fee per Child is due with the registration form. (No fee for 3rd or more children in a family.) (If an adult helps out the full week, the Materials Fee is waived.) CHILD’S NAME BIRTH DATE GRADE IN FALL ALLERGY/MED. CONCERN

PARENTS’ NAMES ______I can be a Class Assistant the week of VBS. Days available VBS week: ______MAILING ADDRESS______CELL PHONE NUMBERS ______HOME PHONE NUMBER ______EMAIL ______HOME CHURCH ______CHILDREN CAN BE RELEASED TO (other than parent) ______CELL PHONE:______

EMERGENCY I give permission to Cross of Christ to secure emergency medical care and/or treatment for the above child/children. ______Parent Signature Vacation Bible School July 24 - 28, 2017 9 a.m. – Noon For children going into Kindergarten through going into Sixth Grade $15 materials fee per child

____ I can help prepare crafts at home before VBS. (The amount of help needed for this varies from year to year.)

______I can help the children with Crafts the week of VBS.

______I can be a Class Assistant the week of VBS. - - MOST NEEDED

Days available VBS week: ______

______I can help at the Registration Table on Monday, July 24 – (about an hour)

______I can assist with serving Snack.

______I can help at Recreation VBS week.

______I can help Decorate before VBS.

Name______

Phone Number ______

It may be early, but we need commitments to plan for VBS! Any questions, call the church office.

Drop off or mail to the church office.

FILL OUT A REGISTRATION FORM FOR YOUR CHILD (even if you’re a Helper) Registration Forms available soon.

Children of Adult Helpers who help out the full week of VBS do not have to pay the $15 materials fee for their children.