April 2017 April

Cross Talk Holy Cross Lutheran Church SCHEDULE WEEK HOLY 5:00 Worship p.m. Service (Sat.) MAUNDY 10:00 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 Worship a.m. Service 10:30 Worship a.m. Service 9:00 a.m. 9:00 Egg Hunt 8:00 a.m. 8:00 Worship Service 5:00 Worship p.m. Service 1:00 p.m. Worship Service 7:15 p.m.7:15 Worship Service p.m.7:15 Worship Service 7:30 a.m. SonRise Service HOLY EASTER SUNDAY EASTER 5:00 Sedar p.m. Meal PALM 8:30 a.m. Breakfast GOOD (April 8

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FROM PASTOR’S HEART down, which has resulted in offerings being behind budget. If you do take a look at the financial state- ments, you would probably say that we are not doing e is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia! so badly. I am only mentioning this because I would HYes, I know we don’t celebrate Easter until April 16, like all of us to be in prayer about this. I know that but we will be halfway through the Easter season the economy is not doing well here in Yoakum and when the May Newsletter comes out. Please don’t our surrounding area, and that we had some very cold forget our Holy Week services begin with Palm/ weather on a few weekends which hurt us. What I am on April 8/9. We will have a Com- asking is that all of you remember that this is God’s munity Palm Sunday/Easter Service at Austin Street Church and that His will shall be done; but at the Baptist Church at 5:30 p.m. and those that attend we same time, this is your church and without you, the are asked to bring a dessert. Here at Holy Cross we church cannot function or exist. Please consider how continue our solemn observance of Holy Week on you can help or participate. Maundy Thursday (April 13 at 10:00 a.m. or 7:15 Lately I felt a renewed sense of purpose for the p.m.) with Holy Communion and the Stripping of the mission and work of Holy Cross. What I mean by Altar at both services. Don’t forget to sign up for our that is that I feel God is leading our congregation to Seder observance which will happen before our eve- renew our purpose. We have been talking about Vi- ning service. On Good Friday, April 14, we will have sioning in our council meetings and we have an up- a 1:00 p.m. service, which will focus on the Seven coming Congregational Workshop in May that will Last Words of Christ, and then we will have a Good help us and of course we had a Renewal Workshop Friday service at 7:15 p.m. This is a service back in January. Therefore, I having been asking my- of Darkness, which you might not have experienced self the following questions: why are we here; what the way that it will be presented. I am not going to are we doing; what are we supposed to be doing; and tell you what we will be doing, because I do not want what has God called us, as a congregation, to do? Of to take away from the intention of that service. I just course we need to answer these questions according would like to encourage all of you to think about to God’s will for this congregation. coming to both services because I have done the ser- Therefore, to help us answer some of these ques- vices so that you could attend both and experience tions, I want to invite those of you who have been Good Friday in two different ways. I would think asking these questions yourself, to come together as a that you would be especially moved in our evening group in order to study God’s Word and listen to service, which I have been told in the past is very God. We would then brainstorm what God wants us moving and powerful. to hold near and dear to our hearts as a congregation. Our Easter observances begin with an I am very much concerned about the future (10 or 20 on Saturday April 15 at 5:00 p.m. and then will con- years from now) of Holy Cross. You need to remind tinue with our Easter Sonrise service, April 16 at 7:30 yourselves that this is your Church, it is not the Pas- a.m. followed by an Easter Breakfast by JC’s Crew at tor’s Church. Yes, I am one of the Shepherds, but we 8:30. We will have an Easter Egg hunt at 9:00 a.m. don’t just do what I want to do. We are the body of which will be followed by our late Easter service at Christ, here in Yoakum, we work together to do 10:30 a.m. Seeing that Easter is the high point in the God’s will, not only for our Church, but for the com- Church year, let us make this the biggest celebration munity as well. Therefore, I am asking if there are for Holy Cross Lutheran. We have the best reason to others, not just Council members, who are willing to celebrate because Jesus, our brother and Savior, has come together to listen to God’s Word and in prayer risen from the grave and has defeated the devil and seek out His will for our Church and community then death for us. Therefore, we need not fear them, so let let’s get together in God’s name. Have a joyous us come together and sing glorious praises to our Easter Celebration, for He is risen! He is risen, in- Lord and Savior. deed, Alleluia! Speaking of worshiping our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I have noticed that our attendance has been Pastor Alsen

2 A NOTE FROM PASTOR SARAH

o all God’s people, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the T Lord Jesus Christ.

Lent is ending and Easter approaches! No longer do we let sin keep us in ashes and sack cloth while wailing out of despair for our fallen natures! Our Messiah has come! Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna! Before our Lord Jesus, all was dark, frightening, demons everywhere waiting to swallow us up. But now humanity has a new hero. He is greater than any hero of Greek mythology, and greater than any hero ever dreamt up in the DC or Marvel comics. Our hero battles the agents of darkness, who are the minions of the Devil. What does He fight them with? His divine light that drives them back into the fiery pit of Hell! Does our hero have a highly ad- vanced super suit that makes him invisible and can withstand the impact of a scud missile? Does our hero have a fancy plane or a weapon loaded armored car that can climb walls and become a submarine? No. Our Hero wears a simple robe of linen and rides a donkey. Our hero chooses to be vulnerable, just as we are. Our hero lived life as anyone of us did and chose not to use His super powers unless His Father asked Him too. Our hero is humble, meek, mild, and loves us, even the villains. Our hero let the villains capture and kill Him. They thought they had won and celebrated. But! Our Hero had a plan. To die, go to Hell and defeat the Devil once and for all! Three days later, His Father raised Him from the dead and brought Him back home. Our Hero died so that He could conquer the villains and make it possible for us to join Him forever in paradise. Who is this Hero?

Jesus (His identity is only secret if we let it be.) Blessings, Pastor Sarah

What’s New with the JC’s Crew!

The JC’s Crew has 6 new members through our outreach program. We are so excited that they have joined even though their families have not yet been to our church! Through the Evangelism Committee’s efforts to reach families in need of hearing the Gospel and receive Christian love, children from several families are get- ting picked up in the church van for Little JC’s Crew, JC’s Crew and Family Fun time. We hope that this is the beginning of a fruitful ministry in our community. This month the JC’s will be helping with the Blue Bonnet Youth Ranch’s fundraiser on April 2nd , attending a live Christian concert in Victoria on April 22nd, playing “The Amazing Race to Jesus”, and “The Glow in the Dark Olympics.”

If you know of a disadvantage child or teen that could benefit from our youth programs, please let me know and we will reach out to them.

Please note that there will be NO JC’s Crew on April 16th because of Easter.

God Bless You, Pastor Sarah 3 FOOLS FOR CHRIST

April Fools’ Day isn’t a religious holiday, though it may date to Pope Gregory XIII and his new calendar. In 1582, he shifted New Year’s Day from April to January, and people who didn’t believe the change were called April fools.

April Fools’ Day may also be connected to the lightheartedness that comes with warmer weather, as well as to medieval Christian festivals that involved pranks, disguises and a temporarily inverted social order.

Yet, in Scripture, such reversal characterizes the kingdom of God. In 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, St. Paul writes that the gospel seems foolish to people who don’t know Christ, that God uses the “foolishness of our procla- mation” to offer salvation to all and that God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom. Jesus “foolishly” in- verted the social order, saying the last will be first and the first, last.

So if on April 1 — and every day — we live as “fools for Christ,” we’re precisely what he calls us to be!

Happy Anniversary!!

Wednesday, April 12th, marks the 2- year anniversary of Pastor Sarah Shanks as Associate Pastor at Holy Cross Lutheran Church. Our congre- gation has been truly blessed by her presence here and we look forward to many more years to come.

PALM SUNDAY COMMUNITY SERVICE

When: Sunday, April 9th at 5:30 p.m. Congregational Workshop Where: Austin Street Baptist Church 1308 E. Gonzales St. On May 5-7th, Rev. Mark Vander Tuig Yoakum, TX will be at Holy Cross to present a work- shop that incorporates Biblical concepts A meal will be provided to challenge, inspire and encourage us to following the services. remember who we are as the Body of Those attending are asked Christ. All members are invited! to bring a dessert.

4 DISTRICT NEWS!! Missional Intentionality

Goals were always important to me when I was growing up. Like a lot of young people in Iowa, I was an ac- tive member of a local 4-H club and through 4-H, I learned how to set-goals, develop plans, and see projects through to completion. These skills that I learned very early on in life have served me well when put to use.

As I reflect on my life, I can see seasons and chapters where I was clearly focused and living very intentionally as I worked towards the goals that lay ahead. However, I can also see seasons of the mundane, going through the motions, and times when my only goal in life seemed to be surviving the latest crisis I was facing.

Recently I heard the results of a 2015 church survey that sought to understand why some churches were more effective at reaching the unreached than others. Countless pages of data were collected from churches of all sorts of denominations, but the bottom line is this: congregations who organized around a missional intentionality were far more effective than those who did not. They grew faster, were more financially se- cure, and saw greater percentages of people coming to Christ than those congregations who did not organize around such intentionality.

How were they doing this? Well there were several correlating factors. Effective congregations were highly visible in the community (met in public buildings, easy to find, and visibly active in the community); inten- tional about getting the word out (utilizing mailers, social media, podcasts, website, email management, etc.); focused on developing relationships with the unreached (held evangelistic revivals, hosted sports leagues, regularly participated in servant evangelism such as food pantries, support groups, homeless shel- ters, etc.); and committed to multiplication (discipleship, leadership development, and church planting strategies). In other words, they were living together with a mission intentionality that defined their congre- gation.

And quite honestly, as I reflect on my personal life, this completely makes sense to me. When I have no goal and when life is reduced to just surviving the crisis of the day, I have little progress to show for my day. But when we actively have a goal that is meaningful, then we have something worthwhile to strive for and each step we take every day has greater significance and is taken on purpose towards the goal.

Paul writes in Ephesians 5, "Pay careful attention, then, to how you live - not as unwise people but as wise - making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So don't be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is." I believe it is the Lord's will for all to know him and follow him. That should be our goal: both as indi- vidual followers of Jesus and congregations in mission for Christ, that all may know and follow Jesus.

Pastor Bryce Formwalt is the Director of Mission Growth for the LCMC Texas District. Feel free to contact him with any questions or comments: 512-942-7776 or [email protected].

5 Join us for some Family Fun

The fourth Sunday of every month is Family Fun day. Everyone is welcome to join in from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Snacks are provided and games are available for children and adults of all ages!

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF KITS

The LCW is gathering items for kits. If you would like to donate, the only items needed are:

 One light weight bath-size towel (20” x 40” to 52” x 27”) dark colors recommended  Two bath-size bars (4 to 5 oz.) of soap, any brand, in original wrapping  One adult-size toothbrush in its original packaging

Attention all ladies of Holy Cross: Sunday Worship Schedule for June & July The annual LCW Friends Luncheon will be Thursday, (beginning June 4th) May 4, 2017 in the Parish Hall. ALL are invited and

8:00 a.m. Bible Study for Adults guests who are not church members are welcome. 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Please bring a salad to share. The meal will begin 9:30 a.m. Worship Service and promptly at 12 noon so if you are Sunday School for the children working please join us on your lunch time. Let's get to know each other Saturday Worship will continue better. Hope you can come. to be held at 5:00 p.m.

GOLDEN NUGGETS

Everyone 55+ is welcome to join us for our monthly Golden Nuggets meeting. Meetings Worship - consist of song-time, friendly visits and a WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? great, hot meal. The next Do you know why we worship the way we meeting will take place on do? Every part of a worship service has a Tuesday, April 18th at special meaning. We continue a series of 11:30 a.m. in the devotions on the various parts of a wor- Fellowship Hall. ship service. See pg. 10 & 11.

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The meeting was called to order New Business— Announcements— at 2:00 pm with 23 in attendance by A motion was made to form a  LCW Bible Study is Mar. 14 President Jody Maneth. Jody also committee to provide a meal once a & 28 gave the devotional and prayer. month to the Jamison Youth Cen-  Pastor Wenzel Bible Study – Dorothy Mgebroff introduced ter. Motion carried. Susan Wenzel every Tues. from 4-5 pm Bill Lopez and Linda Hodges from and Linda McCabe will be co-chair  Grief Bible Study with Pastor the Jamison Youth Center. They for this project. A motion was Sarah on Mar. 21 gave a very informative program on made to purchase a $100 gift card  Family Game Night on Mar. the center. for the Jamison Youth Center. Mo- 26 Birthday recognition by Carolyn tion carried.  Quilting – 2nd Monday & 4th Frank to Colleen Heidaker. The Linda McCabe reported that the Thursday from 9am – 3pm Birthday Song was sung by all. April 6th trip will be to Goliad to  Lenten Meal – 6:15 pm Minutes were read by Linda visit Presidio LaBahia and Mission  Lenten Service – 7:15 pm McCabe and approved as read. Nuestra. Will leave the church at Linda also read the treasurer’s 10:00 am and return mid-afternoon. Next Meeting, Apr. 6th, the Cultural report for LCW Quilters. Jean Lunch will be at the Blue Quail Adventure Trip will be the pro- Shindler read the LCW treasurer’s Deli at your expense. Entrance fee gram. report. for both museums will be $6.50 for Meeting closed with the Lord’s seniors and $7.00 for others. Call Prayer. Committee Reports — Linda or church office to sign up. Colleen reported and thanked May 4th Salad Luncheon. You Respectfully submitted, everyone on the may invite a guest. Linda McCabe Lenten meal. Personal care kits will once again Recording Secretary Bereavement – 2 funerals – be collected from the congregation

Rendorf and Harbers for Lutheran World Relief. Watch Fun Day – 31 in attendance. Will bulletins and newsletter for details. Upcoming Events th be the 4 Sunday of each month Dorothy Mgebroff asked for Monthly Meeting from 2-4 pm. baked items for the annual Blue- April 6th - 10:00 a.m. Pastor Sarah – Grievance Coun- bonnet Youth Ranch Benefit on Cultural Adventure Trip seling will be the 3rd Tuesday of April 2nd. She has a sign-up sheet. each month. Bible Study Hostesses— Tuesday, Apr. 11th & 25th, 2:00 p.m. Old Business— Beverly Rudolph & Peggy Oliver Sign up for Easter Lilies - $10.00 Quilting each Apr. 10th & 27th 9 am - 3 pm

Cultural Adventure Trip - The LCW ladies will be taking a trip to Goliad on April 6th. They will tour the Mission Rosario and Presido LaBahia. The entrance fee is $6.50 for Seniors (age 60+) and $7.00 for others. Lunch at the Blue Quail Deli at your expense. Meet at the parking lot behind the church. We will leave at 10:00 a.m. and will return mid-afternoon. Please call the church office at 293- 3033 or Linda McCabe at 293-6494 by April 5th to sign up if you have not done so already.

7 8 9 ‘THE CHURCH YEAR’ The church calendar helps us remember and celebrate the life, death and resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Christians understand, no matter how fast or slow time seems to pass, that each day of the year is a gift from our gracious God. Indeed, for us it truly is the “year of our Lord.” But another year has been adopted and used by the church. It is a powerful tool to assist Christians in remembering the life and times of their resurrected Lord as revealed in the Holy Scriptures. It is called the church year. Used by Christians for centuries, the church-year calendar has evolved to provide daily and seasonal signposts of hope throughout the secular year for those who live in a world with “change and decay in all around I see” (LBW #272, v. 3). Not only does it help believers in Christ to live daily by faith, it can also aid them in fulfilling the Lord’s great commission to “go and make disciples of all nations” (Matt. 28:18ff).

A LONG AND RICH HERITAGE This historic calendar started with the early Christians. After the day of , these brave and Spirit-filled people began to engage in a very specific way of life and worship. St. Luke writes, “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer” (Acts 2:42); and, “Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ” (Acts 5:42). Those early believers worshiped every day. One of the first Christian customs that arose, however, was to make the first day of the week, Sunday, “the Lord’s Day” - even though these believers were coming out of the Jewish tradition of worship that emphasized Saturday (Sabbath) services. St. John (Rev. 1:10) uses the phrase “Lord’s Day” to call attention to this special day of the week which came to be used by those first- century Christians as a special day to commemorate the Lord’s resurrection. This gave way to the tradition that each Sunday is a “little Easter”.

USING THE CHURCH-YEAR CALENDAR In the church year, the 52 weeks are separated into two parts: the festival half and the non-festival half. The church calendar can be found on page 9 in the Lutheran Book of Worship. The first half of the church year—the festival half—contains “The Cycle” and “The Easter Cycle”. The second half of the year includes “The Time of the Church”. The festival half elaborates on the life and ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ, beginning with His prophetic coming in the flesh and the events surrounding His birth. It emphasizes His baptism, the beginning of His three-year preaching ministry and His earthly suffering, death, resurrection and ascension into heaven. The non-festival half celebrates Jesus’ promise to send the Comforter, fulfilled when the Holy Spirit was revealed on Pentecost—the 50th day following Christ’s resurrection. This season emphasizes the action of that powerful Spirit working among Christ’s people.

THE CHRISTMAS CYCLE Surrounding the birth of Jesus are the seasons of , Christmas and . Advent (from the Latin: “coming”) consists of a four-week period that precedes Christmas Day. Although the secular world is already celebrating the Christmas season, the church-

10 year calendar calls on Christians to use Advent as a time to prepare to celebrate the coming of our Lord at His birth. These days preceding Christmas focus on the Old Testament pro- phetic themes about the coming Messiah. Christmas and the 11 days that follow celebrate the “Word becoming flesh, making His dwelling among us” (John 1:14). Epiphany (from the Greek: “appearance” or “manifestation”) begins its season with the celebration of the presentation of the gifts by the eastern magi—the gentiles. The appear- ance of these gentiles, foretold in the Old Testament (Is. 60:1ff), initiates a mission-outreach theme for the church of Bethlehem’s babe. The First Sunday after the Epiphany commemorates the Baptism of Jesus, which initiated His three-year preaching ministry. The season of Epiphany can last up to 8 weeks, depend- ing on the . The last Sunday after the Epiphany celebrates the transfiguration of Jesus (Matt. 17:1-9).

THE EASTER CYCLE This holy season includes , Holy Week and Easter. It begins with Ash Wednesday, the 7th Wednesday before Easter. Lent’s focus of 40 days (not counting the six “little Easter” Sundays within the season), is on the theme of spiritual renewal, repentance and self reflec- tion. Palm Sunday, the day Jesus entered into Jerusalem on a colt, begins Holy Week. This sa- cred time calls every Christian to concentrate on the great suffering and sacrifice of their Lord. The Lenten season concludes with the final three days of Holy Week. The (Latin: “three days”) observe Christ’s betrayal (Maundy Thursday), His suffering and death (Good Friday), and the day before Easter, used by some as the Easter Vigil—a day to watch and wait for Easter Day. The date for each Easter Sunday is established as the first Sunday following the first full moon of the Spring equinox. Easter (adopted from the Middle English word “Ostern,” the di- rection from which the sun rises) can be no earlier than March 22 and no later than April 25. It proclaims to the world the greatest victory that “Christ Jesus...has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel” (2 Tim. 1:10). The church calendar reserves six Sundays as a time to commemorate the great event of Easter. On the 40th day, the church celebrates Jesus’ ascension in to heaven.

THE TIME OF THE CHURCH On the 50th day following Easter Sunday, God’s people remember the great day of Pente- cost (from the Greek word for “fifty”), sometimes referred to as the “birthday of the Christian church.” Ten days following Christ’s ascension, the promised Holy Spirit was revealed tot eh 11 disciples in Jerusalem (Acts 2:1ff). The day of Pentecost initiates the non-festival half of the church year, which can last up to 28 Sundays concluding with the last Sunday in the church year, also known as Christ the King Sunday. The First Sunday after Pentecost is observed as Holy . What would the year be without a calendar? For each day, week, month and year on this earth, we can live with a sense of confidence and hope. The church-year calendar can be a helpful tool to remember the life and times of the Risen Lord Jesus Christ as time “flies by”.

STUDY QUESTIONS (see Pastor Wenzel for the answers) 1. Understanding our family history can help us to know who we are and where we came from. Our church family is no different. How does God view the importance of history in shaping and nourishing the faith of His people? Deuteronomy 4:9, Jude 17 2. What is the root cause of our forgetfulness of the things of God? Exodus 20:3, Matthew 6:24, Matthew 15:19-20 11

3. In order to help us remember the “mighty things that He has done,” the church year focuses our attention on the life of Christ and His church. What “mighty things” draw our attention dur- ing:  ADVENT See Jeremiah 33:14-16, Micah 5:2-5, Matthew 24:37-44, and Mark 13:33-37. God promises “physical contact” with His people, both in time and at the end of time.  CHRISTMAS See Isaiah 7:14, Luke 2:1-20, and John 1:14 God make and keeps His promises! How does that affect your outlook on life? If God was faithful in taking on our human flesh, what does that tell us about all of His other promises?  EPIPHANY See Matthew 4:23-24, Mark 9:2-9, and John 2:1-11 It’s one thing to follow in the way of God because of His revealed glory, but what does Jesus say? See Matthew 16:24-25.  LENT See Matthew 4:1-11, and Luke 15:11-32. Jesus “was tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin” (Heb. 4:15). The parable of the prodigal son reveals another difference between God and man (Luke 15:20-24). What is that difference?  EASTER See Matthew 28:1-10 and 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. What evidence is there to support the claim that Jesus rose bodily from the dead? See Is. 53:5-6, 11 and Acts 1:21-22.  PENTECOST See Acts 2:1-11 God mightily grows His church—then, and now. How is this done? See Acts 2:14, 38, 42.

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These homebound members would gladly take phone calls or visits from our church family. Please remember them in your daily prayers. Homebound Members Hallettsville Nursing Stevens Nursing Home Alice Legler & Rehab Viola Hagens Fritz Colle Lee Pfuhl Adele Hahn Curtis Garrett Allen Winkenwerder Leona Picha Sydney Kaiser Julia Bernshausen Kathryn Hall Gail Lampley Juetta Johnson Wilma Hoerig Dorothy Kuempel Viola Havlik Yoakum Nursing Tina Eggemeyer Annie Mae Barcak Bob & Virginia Putnam Sophie Wood Eric & Gladys Eckhardt Katherine Petering

On the third day, the friends of Christ coming at daybreak … found the grave empty and the stone rolled away. In varying ways they realized the new wonder; but even they hardly re- alized that the world had died in the night. What they were looking at was the first day of a new creation, with a new heaven and a new earth; and in a semblance of the gardener, God walked again in the garden, in the cool not of the eve- ning but of the dawn. —G.K. Chesterton

Answer to last month’s puzzle

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Summer will be here before you know it. Call the church office and let us know when you will be on vacation so we won’t schedule you for that weekend. Once you are scheduled, it is YOUR responsibility to find a replacement if you cannot attend.

BUNCO PARTY! Monday, April 24th Trinity Lutheran Church, Victoria 404 E. Constitution

Reg. @ 5:30 pm, Eating @ 6 pm BUNCO @ 7 pm RSVP by Apr. 21 to: Betty Dearman 578-5786

 Luella Dvorak  Rosalie Kelley  Brady Pesek  Brian Fishbeck  John Korinek  Katherine Petering  Raymond Granz  Connie Kruse  Alvin Pohl  Larry Greene  Dorothy Kuempel  Virginia Putnam  Lane Hagan  Kate Kuenstler  Landra Richter  Daniel Ahaus  Kathy Hall  Julia Franz Lanier  Rosie Rivera  Mike Behrens  Luella Havlik  Jonathan Leske  Theresa Rodriguez  Bree Bland  Samantha Hicks  Audrey Loos  Charles Soehnge  Ron Boehm  Wilma Hoerig  Cheryl Loos  Earl Taylor  Duane Brewer  Aileen Hybner  Lee Love  Sheena Vahalik  Irma Brewer  Gladys Jiral  Bobby Manning  Barry Wasserman  Lorene Byrnes  Gerald Johnson  Jimmy Miculka  Kyle Worthy  Rosemary Byrnes  Rayford Johnson  Shirley Monk  Allen Zak  Ken Cambern  Richard Josephus  Larry Munsch  Larry Zaruba  Carolyn Carroll  Elmo Kaiser Sr.  Jacob Neal  Our Soldiers and  Joey Dimoree  Russell Kaiser  Zachary Oliver their families

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