Vol. 73 November 10, 2019 No. 45 ELDERS PRAYING WITH PASTOR: - Mike Fritch DON’T FORGET THAT NEXT SUNDAY, Nov. 17, after the Twenty-Second Day after Pentecost ASSISTING WITH HOLY COMMUNION: Joshua Eckhoff, 9 a.m. service, we will have our Semi-Annual Congregational WELCOME TREASURED MEMBERS AND Kirk Wessler Meeting. All members should have received a mailing by now HONORED GUESTS! When God called Moses to tell GREETING YOU THIS MORNING are Laurie Hibbs and containing the ballot for 2020 vice-chairs of all boards, agenda Pharaoh to let His people go, Moses had an identity crisis. He Linda Wenzel. for the meeting, and proposed constitutional changes. Please believed he was unable to take on the great task. But eventually bring your copies of the board summaries and the proposed he trusted in God, the great I AM. We, too, by ourselves are ACOLYTES: Serayna and Imari Kline constitutional changes to the meeting. helpless, but God is not dead, and still does marvelous things; NEXT SUNDAY: Amelia and Joe Lamberti even through us. THE ANNUAL LWML COOKIE WALK is coming! Mark USHERS FOR NOVEMBER: Team #2 (Samuel-Hannah and your calendars for Saturday, December 14th, 9:00 a.m. to Noon, NOTE TO OUR GUESTS: Since Holy Communion is a public Team #4 (Simeon-Anna). in the Community Room. Cookies and candies are still only demonstration of unity in faith, those who commune should $5.00/pound. Be sure to share the date with family and friends! express their acceptance of the faith and teaching for which we LAST WEEK: Tithes and Offerings: $10,389.00. Improvement stand. Our welcome to visitors is heartfelt. Visitors from Fund: $. Attendance: 151. N-2nd 7, 3rd-6th 7, 7th-HS 9, Adults 44, IT’S TIME TO ORDER POINSETTIAS FOR ADVENT! another Lutheran church or Congregation are asked to please Visitors 2. Total 69. They are $8. Money is due to Christel VandeVoorde by approach our Pastor, if you have not already done so, before THIS IS THE 45th SUNDAY OF OUR PLEDGE YEAR November 17th. attending communion this morning. Also, if you’re not a member of an LCMS church but would like a , HOSPITALIZED: 125th ANNIVERSARY - We still have a limited number of your arms across your chest to receive the blessing. Individual CONTINUED PRAYERS: Jayme Knapp, Mike Clayton, Barb tickets available for the 125th Anniversary Celebration Dinner. cups are available, in addition to the common cup, as you Dreher, Shawn Foote, Abigail Young, Eddy Jones, Pat If you know of anyone who would like to attend, please speak approach the . Non-alcoholic white wine is available in Kretzmann, Christel VandeVoorde, Claire Schinkel, Joel with Rae Ann as soon as possible. Ommen, Riley Stanley, Donna Hawbecker, Bud Neptun, Donna the center of the tray. Schmidt, Jervon Hester, Betty Leggott, Ron Seibels, for those in THANK YOU! The ladies of LWML would like to thank the VISION STATEMENT: Christ Lutheran Church will continue the military, for our Church Boards and their members, for members of our congregation for all the men's hygiene items its Christ-centered, life directed focus, responding to the needs Christians being persecuted worldwide. THE BOARD OF received for the General Wayne A. Downing Home for Veterans of its members, emphasizing local and worldwide witness, and ELDERS REMINDS YOU that if you wish to have your prayer acting as a catalyst for the improvement of the neighborhood. request added to the Christ Lutheran Prayer Chain, please on Jefferson Street. Your donations are greatly appreciated and contact either the church office (637-5309 or will be delivered to the home tomorrow, Veteran's Day! And as Hymns: 811; 524; 534; 611; 540; 917 [email protected]) or our Lay Minister, Al Schneider (697- we celebrate Veteran's Day, a special "thank you" to all the Liturgy: Divine Service, Setting One ...... p. 151 9475 or [email protected]). veterans in our congregation for your service to our country! The First Lesson: Exodus 3:1-15 ...... page 46 The Epistle Lesson: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8, 13-17 .... page 989 FLOWERS ON THE ALTAR TODAY are given to the glory YOU ARE INVITED to the 40th Annual “All You Can Eat” The Holy Gospel: Luke 20:27-40 ...... page 880 th Organist: Mrs. Connie Bremer of God and in celebration of the 16 birthday of Emma Stenger Spaghetti Supper at Trinity Lutheran Church, Hamilton and th Choir: CLS 3rd-5th grade choir on November 11 by Dave and Jan Lyons Randolph, Peoria, on Friday, November 15th, from 5-7 PM. Sermon: Rev. Karl F. Eckhoff Tickets are adults $8 and children (12 and under) $3. Please use “Who Am I Meets I Am” ...... Genesis 3:1-15 CHRIST LUTHERAN SCHOOL NEWS - CLS is hosting the off North Street. Come enjoy the food and their first annual Veterans’ Day Breakfast on Monday, fellowship. CHECK OUT THE CHRIST LUTHERAN FACEBOOK th PAGE AND “LIKE” US TO STAY INVOLVED AND November 11 at 8:15 AM. All veterans are invited to come. INFORMED. Please RSVP with the school office at 637-1512.

DID YOU KNOW? – As you face the altar of our church and AS YOU LOOK FORWARD to your worship next Sunday, look to the left, you see the lectern, which comes from the Latin you should read the appointed lessons for Twenty-Third Sunday verb, to read. The scripture selections are read from here. Near after Pentecost: the Lectern, on the chancel wall, hangs the eternal light. This, as The First Lesson: Malachi 4:1-6 the other candles, represents Christ as the Light of the World, The Second Lesson: 2 Thessalonians 3:1-13 but the dominant focus is on our Lord's never-ending presence. The Holy Gospel: Luke 21:5-36 The light is to be lit at all times. Here at Christ church that is no problem as our eternal light is electric. This eliminates the fire- THIS WEEK THE LORD WILLING (NOV 11 -NOV 17) hazard of an unattended candle. Beneath the eternal light stands MON 11/11: CLS Veterans’’ Breakfast ...... 8:15 AM the . The Processional Cross has been part of Bell Choir ...... 6:45 PM the church since the Middle Ages. As an expression of TUE 11/12: Church Council ...... 6:30 PM thanksgiving, patience and honor, the Processional Cross WED 11/13: Lifelight @ Church ...... 8:30 AM reenacts the words of Hymn 518: "With the cross of Jesus going Chapel ...... 10:00 AM on before". The figure of Christ on our cross is a symbol of the Confirmation ...... 6:00 PM crucifixion and the can be seen with their Adult Choir ...... 7:00 PM THU 11/14: Quilting ...... NOON identifying objects: Matthew as a winged man because he FRI 11/15: stressed the incarnation of Christ; Mark as a lion, "the voice of SAT 11/16: one crying in the wilderness" (Mark 1:3); Luke as a calf or ox SUN 11/17: Holy Communion ...... 9:00 AM because he gives a full account of the sacrificial death of Christ; Sunday School ...... 10:30 AM and John as an eagle because his gospel soars, as it were, on Congregational Meeting after Service eagle's wings to the throne of heaven. (Revelation 4:7) [From December 28, 1975 church bulletin] 2019 ELDERS’ RESPONSIBILITY LIST Albert-Rayford – Cleveland ...... Ralph Teske Closen – Fredericks ...... Tommie Washington THE TRUSTEES WOULD LIKE TO THANK Tommie and Frederking – Kirkwood ...... Kirk Wessler Kisler – Mills ...... Terry Mooney, Jr. Jarrad Washington for donating and delivering a refrigerator all Minassian – Rowe ...... Mike Fritch the way upstairs of the Parish Hall for the Daycare and Aftercare. Rudebeck – Tosch ...... Joshua Eckhoff Traenkenschuh – Zentko ...... Gary Heinz STEWARDSHIP CORNER – As stewards, we rejoice in the gifts God has given to us and to the whole Body of Christ. We humbly accept and use all our resources for His glory and the building up of the Church. Galatians 6:3-5 reads, “For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load.” God wants us to accept personal responsibility for our actions. When we carry our own loads, we are in a position to help carry the loads of others. As Christians, we are to love and serve others.

ADD TO THE CALENDAR - Special Church Council meeting November 19th at 6:30 PM. This meeting includes all CURRENT Chairs and Vice-Chairs of all boards.