T raveling somewhere can be very fun and exciting, but it can also be tiring and grueling. It’s always nice to be home and have the trip

behind you. Then you can then look back at everything that happened and remember the good times.

Sing along if you want to. “He’s making a list, checking it twice – gonna find out who’s naughty or nice…”

Seems like every movie with Santa Claus in it eventually gets around to talking about the “naughty” and “nice” lists. Of course, the people on the “naughty”

list get a lump of coal in their stocking (if even that) – and the “nice” people get all sorts of beautiful,expensive presents.

If God had “naughty” and “nice” lists like those, and if we could take a look at them, which one would we find our name on?

Based upon how well we keep the Commandments, we’d all wind up on the “naughty” list. “For all have sinned and

fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) So can we all expect to get a lump of coal in our stocking this year? Not from God.

What we can expect this Christmas is the same thing that God has given us every Christmas – His Son! What a pre-cious gift! And the gift isn’t based upon how well we’ve behaved or how much we deserve it – it’s based upon God’s love for us. “But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Christmas isn’t about being rewarded for doing good. It’s about being forgiven for Jesus’ sake. Remember that as you prepare and celebrate. That’s the real reason for this season.

— Pastor Wetmore

Christ Lutheran Church • 1300 Townline Rd., Wausau, WI 54403 • 715-848-2040 • www.clc-wausau.org • Fall/Winter 2010

“Our mission is to help all people know Jesus as their Savior and grow in relationship with Him.”

A Nice Gift This and Every Christmas

Inside this issue:Thank Yous Pg. 2Little Lambs Day Care News Pg. 3Care Group hits the river Pg. 4

The Voice needs your newsPlease submit your group's news and photos to be published in Christ Lutheran Church's monthly newsletter, The Voice.

You can e-mail items to naptime17@gmail.com or drop them in Brian Otten's mailbox.

Holiday schedulePlease note the sched-uling for Advent and Christmas Services

ADVENT SERVICES will be on the following Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., December 2, 9 and 16.

ADVENT MEALS are scheduled from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays during Advent and will be hosted by the following groups: Thursday, December 2: Ladies GuildThursday, December 9: Youth GroupThursday, December 16: Ladies Guild

CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR’S SERVICES will be held as follows:Christmas Eve: Friday, December 24 at 6:30pmChristmas Day: Saturday, December 25 at 10:00amNew Year’s Eve: Friday, December 31 at 6:30pm

Watch for registration and volunteer opportuni-ties for you and your family!

PASTOR'S MESSAGE:

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CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH1300 Townline Road, Wausau, WI 54403Church Office: 715-848-2040Internet: www.clc-wausau.org

Pastor: David Wetmore 920-655-7173 < pastordave@clc-wausau.org>Pastoral Assistant: Arleigh Lutz 715-302-8465 < alutzjr@verizon.net >Little Lambs Day Care Director: Donna Stolze 848-2040 ext. 4Church Secretary: Mary Schmitz 715-848-2040 <secretary@clc-wausau.org>Newsletter Editor: Brian Otten <naptime17@gmail.com> 298-0591Deadlines: 20th of each monthChurch Officers 2009President: Steve Bahr 446-2711Vice President: Peter Erdman 355-5731Secretary: Grace Pfingsten 842-9765 Treasurer: Sandi Michaelis 355-6849Financial Secretary: Yvonne Schilsky 355-7993

Elders: Serving families with last name

Open A-B 218-5616Bill Meyer C-F 675-2533Brian Otten G-H 302-2411Bud Redeen I-L 845-4553Bryan Piepenburg M-N 573-5549 Al Krueger O-R 298-2171Eric Erickson S-Se 581-0825Brian Garrity Si-T 359-2490Dave Juliot T-Z 573-3348

Board of Education Cindy Straub Mike Otten Patti Brzezinski

Evangelism Bruce Anklam Nancy Lewis Larry Weisenberger

Stewardship David Piehler Beth Gille Alissa Anklam

Trustees Larry Gavitt Al Schmidt Brian Kinney Lyle Krueger Del Hoffman Jim Straub

Youth Margaret Kinney Laurie Garrity Bob Stolze

In Our Prayers This Month . . .Please remember: Pastor Baese (health); Leonard Budahn (Connie’s uncle, health); Al Burns (Sue Meyer’s dad, health); Anita Fisher (healing); Kollette Hermann (coma); Carl Hunsicker (health); Lorraine Hunsicker (health); Margaret Kinney (healing); James Michaelis (Sandi’s brother, healing); Irma Mientke (mother of Cheryl Hoffman, health); Laura Post (health); Betty Rawson (health); Diane Rhyner (health); Pastor Ruhbusch (health); Rachel Sauer (healing); Keith Sazama (health); Yvonne Schilsky (healing); Scott Socha (cancer, healing); Sara Staubs (Jean Richards’ daughter-in-law, cancer); Harold Thiel (health); Marge Thome (Bud Redeen’s sister, health); Florence Weisenberger (health); Wisconsin Valley Lutheran High School; those seeking employment; and the unchurched.

Military Personnel . . .Aaron Felch (grandson of James & Carol Wakely), Travis Hausler (son of Kevin & Mary Hausler), Brett Mattmiller (grandson of Bud & Arline Redeen), Dakota Normand (son of Charles & Lori Normand), Josh Schmidt (son of Gary Schmidt), Sam Straub (son of Jim & Cindy Straub)

Receiving the Sacrament of Holy Baptism . . .October 3: Maliyah Shae Williams; November 7: Charles Reed Scharer

Confirmation . . .Christ Lutheran Church celebrated Adult Confirmation on Sunday, July 11 for Kaleigh Weiler and Cary Thewes. May God bless each of you, as you continue to grow closer to Him.

Installation . . .Jayme Wyss on October 10 as Director of Christian Education.

Transfers Out . . .Joshua Woller; Elizabeth Heckert; Stevie Kay Klump, Aryah Reese Williams, and Maliyah Shae Williams; Kia Schuster; Kurt & Cindy Schuster

Thank Yous to . . .• Bulletin folding / mailbox stuffing teams: Bud and Arline Redeen, Dave

and Judy Saeger, Howie & Sue Bruetzman and Margaret Maier, Donna Srb and Anita Fisher, Marilyn Zunker and Jean Zeinert, Cindy Beidle and Pauline Erdman

• Jack Mathie, Jack Zeinert, Dan Piehler, Brian and Justin Kinney for lawn mowing and trimming.

• Bud Redeen and Elinor Baese for the new banners.

• All those who worked on the new garage.

Memorials Were Given . . .For the Road Sign Fund from an anonymous donor; for the ABLAZE Fund from an anonymous donor; for the Genesis Fund from an anony-mous donor and for the Garage Fund in memory of Ellsworth Krueger by Harold and Susan Breutzman and from an anonymous donor

Remember to visit our CLC web site at clc-wausau.org

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CLC on FacebookSearch "Christ Lutheran Church" while you are logged into your Facebook account and you can become a fan. Each month's Voice is posted and you can post announcements and photos to share with other members.

Pastor Lutz's service to Christ Lutheran Church was recognized on October 24.

The Board of Evangelism has coordinated the sponsorship of a Nativity Tree for this year’s Festival of Trees (Festival of Trees benefits Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services). This is an opportunity to witness to our community about the true mean-ing of Christmas.

Thank you for supporting this evangelism opportunity. Contact Nancy Lewis with any questions.

We hope that you will take time to attend the Festival of Trees with your family and friends which will be at The Stoney Creek Inn, November 23-28.

WVLHS gave a presentation on their trip to Ghana.

Jayme Wyss was installed on October 10 as Director of Christian Education.

Nativity Tree new at this year's Festival of Trees

Little Lambs Day Care has been very busy this fall. We have learned about friendships, apples, leaves, community help-ers and our five senses.

We had Officer Friendly come to Little Lambs and talk about bike safety. He checked our helmets and bikes to make sure they were safe. We did a trik-othon and raised money

for St. Jude's Childrens Hospital.

We had fireman Al come and talk about fire safety. He let the children try on his gear and look at all the equipment on the fire truck.

We had been learning how important the five senses are and how many times we use them daily. We had fun outside

jumping in the leaves and playing games like run, turkey, run. We went to Wilke's Pumpkin Patch and went on a hayride.

Little Lambs Christmas program and potluck will be hel on Monday, December 20 at 5:30 pm. Everyone is welcme. Please bring a dish to pass.

Little Lambs Day Care news:

LIFE QUOTES from Lutherans for Life“Speak about adoption positively … as loving and sacrificial. Acknowledge that adoption is a loss and there is grief involved. Know that adoption is a tool used by God to solve family prob-lems. Biblical models of adoption abound, Moses (Exodus 2); Eliezer (Genesis 15); Ephraim and Manasseh (Genesis 48); Samuel (1 Samuel 1); and of course Jesus adopted by Joseph. In unwant-ed pregnancy situations, adoption—not abortion—is a God-pleasing solution.”

— Diane E. Schroeder, president of Lutherans For Life This “Life Quote” is from Lutherans For Life

A Life Quote from Lutherans for Life / www.lutheransforlife.org / 888-364-LIFE

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TopknottersThanks for your donationsOnly one afternoon a monthPlease consider joining the

groupKnots to hold the layers togetherNo big time in tyingOngoing sewingTalents of the sewersThanks to the sewers and all the

knotters we haveEasy work, enjoyable time of

fellowshipReserve some volunteer timeServe the Lord

We meet in the church basement on the third Wednesday of the month at 1 p.m. We have one date left to meet this year, December 15.

We work until 3:30 p.m. or so, but we also have a devo-tion and a snack. The quilts are 60x80 when finished. We accept gently used sheets and other suitable materials. Some are used whole and others are cut into blocks and sewed into tops.

We make these for LWR mainly, but have also given to Hope Pregnancy Center, The Women’s Community and the Neighbor’s Place. One is kept for a family in need.

We have made several that will go to the Camp Luther fund raiser.

Please consider joining us to give it a try and to serve in a special way.

— Jean Richards

Members of the Michaelis CCG kept in touch this summer with a trip to Karla Lokker’s cottage on Eagle River on July 25.

We went out for a nice luncheon. Afterwards, Captain Karla took us on a pontoon ride up the Eagle River. We enjoyed the scenery and looking at the beau-tiful homes along the river. We even had two sightings of wildlife - a loon and a bald eagle.

Members attending were Karla Lokker, Yvonne Schilsky, Charlene Knippel, Linda Tryczak, Susan Picket and Sandi Michaelis.

All aboard!