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OCTOBER 2016
THE GATHER, GROW, & GO
NEWSLETTER “Connect ing people to Jesus as we gather, grow, and go. ”
Issue 10
IN THIS ISSUE
From the Desk of
Pastor Schultz .......... 1
News & Notes ..... 2 – 4
Missions ................ 5 – 7
Women’s
Ministry .................. 7, 8
Christian
Education ................... 7
Worship
Assistants ................ 9
Sunday Funnies ...... 10
Beautiful Savior
Lutheran Church
& Preschool
13145 S. Blackbob Rd.
Olathe, KS 66062
Church Office
(913) 780-6023
Preschool Office
(913) 780-6889
Website
www.bslcks.org
FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR SCHULTZ
THE REAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
REFORMATION
FORMATION – “The Lord God formed the man
from the dust of the ground” (Genesis 3:7). That’s
where it all began. What a beautiful formation
that was! Holy! In the Image of God!
CONFORMATION – “She also gave some to her
husband who was with her, and he ate
it” (Genesis 3:6‑7). What a tragic distortion of
the original formation! Sinful! Conformed now to
the image of the evil one! “In this way death came to all men, because
all sinned” (Romans 5:12).
RE-FORMATION – “Christ Jesus…made himself nothing taking the
form of a servant, he humbled himself and became obedient to death –
even death on a cross!” (Philippians 2:5‑8). That’s where our hope is
founded. What a wonderful step in God’s goal of re-forming sinful crea-
tion. His Son was given to the world as the suffering servant who gave
his life and rose again from the dead so that
our sins would be forgiven.
TRANSFORMATION – “Do not conform
any longer to the pattern of this world but be
transformed by the renewing of your
mind” (Romans 12:2). This is the will of God
for all people – A transformation from sin-
ner to saint, from enemy to friend, from lost
one to found one. “This is good, and
pleases God our Savior, who wants all
men to be saved and to come to a
knowledge of the truth” (I Timothy 2:3-
4).
Let God make every day a reformation day through repentance and a
remembrance of your baptism!
DON’T miss this…
Reformation
Bible Study
“Martin Luther:
The Moment”
Four weeks beginning
Sunday, October 30
Sunday mornings
For those dealing with long-term illness and health concerns:
Rose Young, friend of Pat Brackin (undergoing chemotherapy for cancer)
Jess Alton, friend of the Krull’s (brain cancer)
Aaron Krout, nephew of Bobbi Boxler (bone cancer)
Steve Martinez, friend of Danny Hundley (cancer)
Cisco Rodriquez, Tiffany Harkin’s cousin (awaiting a kidney donor)
Mary Ann Beisner, Brian Beisner’s mother (breast cancer)
Curtis Lauterbach, cousin of Kris Ada and Doug Mahnken (lung cancer)
Harry Rodgers, Sally Downard’s father (stage 4 prostate cancer) (Stroke)
Michele Hill, friend of Stacy Martinez (breast cancer)
Chris Jonah, friend of Cathy Merchant (breast cancer)
John Wendorff, friend of several members (prostrate cancer)
Karen Blatchford, friend of Amy Freiermuth (stage 4 breast cancer)
Chris Christensen, grandfather of Matthew Christensen (colon cancer)
Barbara Clark, co-worker of Pam Wellons (stage 3 uterine cancer)
Diane Page, co-worker of Dave Seutter (uterine cancer)
Dick Hainje (recovering from a stroke)
Sherri Webb (recovering from a stroke)
Randy Bell, co-worker of Dave Seutter (brain tumor)
Lois Dobbins, Hailey Kusch’s grandmother (brain tumor & in hospice care)
Jeff Richards, cousin of Carisa McMullen (metastatic melanoma)
Steve Harnish, son of Dale & Gerry Harnish (stroke)
For Military Service Men and Women:
Serving stateside: SRA Zach Hughes, SGT Brandon Seutter, MAJOR Paul Kassebaum, WO Daniel
Kassebaum, CAPT Andrew Barrier, STAFF SGT Austin Nichols, First LT Brandon Boxler, SrA
Brady Cox, Danny Myers, SSGT Philip Berube & Elizabeth, AN Christian Burdett, PV2 Jaleel
Counts, 2nd Lt. Stephen Kerns, and PV1 Dakota Pierson
Serving overseas: Geoff & Emma (Brockschmidt) Moores - Italy and CPT Michele Kerns - South Ko-
rea
For Our Expectant Mothers: Moriah Obermueller, Rebecca McDonald, Chelsie Holste and all other
expectant mothers.
For the Sake of the Gospel:
Vicar Michael Hofmann and his wife Stacy, as they serve among us for the next year.
*New additions to the continued prayer list are in red.
Please contact the Church office when a prayer can be removed.
NEWS & NOTES
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NEWS & NOTES Rev. and Vickie Wingfield announce a new addition to their family.
Rev. Windfield served at BSLC as Vicar in 2012-2013.
BSLC's brand new MOPS group is off to a
great start! Over 20 moms have joined this
group with more than 25 children. We've had
our first two meetings and the theme for the
year is We are the Starry-Eyed. Beautiful Sav-
ior is blessed with a dynamite leadership team that is working hard to
make the meetings fun, Christ-centered, en-
couraging, and a place for moms to connect
with other women. The women in the group have joined us from our
church, our preschool, friends of our preschool families, and even just
community moms who found us online through the MOPS website. It
is such a blessing to finally have the space for this ministry and the
amazing volunteers from our church who are caring for the children
during these meetings!
New Address:
Nick & Katherine Aberle
27381 W. 108th St.
Olathe, KS 66061
PAGE 4 OCTOBER 2016 THE GATHER, GROW, & GO NEWSLETTER
Dear Members of Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church,
I want to start out by saying thank you all so much for all your continued thoughts and prayers throughout Kayla’s pregnancy. It was an extremely difficult four months for us, but knowing we had so many family, friends, and many church members sending prayers our way it gave us a feeling of comfort that everything would work out how it was supposed to.
Kayla was diagnosed at her week 19 appointment with a complication that results in premature delivery and put on bed rest. At 21 weeks she was admitted to the hospital and at 24 weeks all the doctors and nurses thought delivery was happening that weekend. Throughout the whole process we never lost faith, Pastor Schultz was very good at reassuring us that God already had a plan for these three little ones and we just continued to pray that whenever they were born that they would be as healthy as possible.
After that weekend, we had about three and a half weeks of lying there, just waiting for these kids to make their appearance. They didn’t want to do any testing or anything to disrupt anything, but at around week 27 and a half they checked Kayla again, and miraculously the complication hadn’t wors-ened at all. We were then given the option to go home and remain on bed rest or stay in the hospital, as they warned, this could still be happening at any minute. After six and half weeks in the hospital, we chose to go home and come in a couple times a week for appointments.
At almost every appointment we would usually hear from the doctors and nurses how big of a miracle theses babies were. One of the nurse practitioners explained that this complica-tion happens in about 1% of all pregnancies, and that once the complication reached where it was at week 24, that ba-bies would be here very shortly. She went on to explain that our story will be one she shares with other women who have this same issue to give them hope and hopefully show them that faith can literally do miraculous things.
After almost four months on bed rest, and six and a half weeks in a hospital, at 33 weeks and six days Kayla gave birth to two beautiful girls and one handsome little boy. Kylie weighed 4 lb 14 oz, Kacey was 5 lb 3 oz, and Turner was 4 lb 12 oz. They all spent 22 days in the NICU, and were able to come home on September 17.
I want to sincerely thank you all once again for your thoughts and prayers, and for all those who have already brought food to us, and for those who are planning to bring more food to us.
I heard that the Sunday after we had the babies Pastor announced their birth and also that we plan to move back to our hometowns about 40 minutes north of Manhattan. We have wanted to get back around our hometowns and around family for a long time, but never really had an opportunity to get back to our small towns. However, when you have triplets, it’s pretty tough to keep them away from grandmas and grandpas, so we decided to use this opportunity to get back home to family, as we have heard from so many people we’ll need all the help we can get. What is really neat though is that even though we will be moving towards the end of the year, that this congregation is still willing to lend out a helping hand if ever in need. So from the bottom of our hearts, Kayla and I really want to thank eve-ryone so much for everything the congregation and Pastors have done throughout these last four months, you have all been so much appreciated.
Sincerely, James and Kayla Hagedorn
Left to Right: Kylie, Turner, and Kacey
NEWS & NOTES
MISSIONS
PAGE 5 OCTOBER 2016 THE GATHER, GROW, & GO NEWSLETTER
(continues on next page)
Jesus made the blind see (both liter-
ally and spiritually) and the lame
able to walk. We, of course, cannot
do such miracles, but He did bless us
with the amazing gift of dogs to serve
as companions, protectors, work part-
ners, and yes, even eyes, legs,
arms/hands, or simply a calming
presence.
We will continue collecting donations for KSDS, Inc (formerly Kansas Specialty Dog Ser-
vice), an organization in Washington, Kansas that breeds and trains Golden and Labrador Re-
trievers to be assistance dogs for people through October 9, to be delivered at their fall gradua-
tion ceremony on October 15.
KSDS has been operating as a non-profit organization with financial support from the state of
Kansas for over 25 years. They are fully accredited members of Assistance Dogs International,
training three distinct types of assistance dogs: Guide dogs, which help people with visual im-
pairments; Service dogs, which help people with mobility/balance impairments; and Facili-
ty dogs which are trained to work alongside a professional to assist in education, rehabilitation
and more (the Facility dogs would be most similar to the LCC Comfort K-9's as they are fully
trained service dogs that assist more than one person in a variety of stressful situations). They
maximize the benefit of every dollar donated by operating with the help of many volunteers,
who help with special work projects and as puppy raisers.
KSDS breeds their own dogs for mental and physical soundness for their future careers, and
they have a very high success rate (over 70%) in placing the dogs as workers. At 8 weeks, the
puppies are placed in the care of puppy raisers who raise, train, and socialize the puppies until
they are between 18 and 24 months of age when they are called back to KSDS for health and
temperament testing; when these tests are passed, the dogs are placed in their specific career
training program for an additional 6 to 12 months of formal training including custom training,
based on personality matching, for their future partners. Young dogs that do not pass the as-
sessments are offered for career change adoption as pets; generally, the puppy raiser family is
given first choice to adopt "their" puppy, but if they cannot, there is a waiting list for adopting
young, healthy, well-trained and socialized Labradors and Golden Retrievers.
The dogs, each valued at $25,000, are placed with their partners at no charge other than the in-
itial $25 application fee. The persons receiving the dogs stay in housing provided by KSDS for
1 to 3 weeks, depending on the type of dog they are receiving. During this time they learn to
use the dog's skills and how to care for their new partner. At the end of this time, KSDS holds a
MISSIONS
PAGE 6 OCTOBER 2016 THE GATHER, GROW, & GO NEWSLETTER
The MLM Christmas Store started with only three families and has grown
to make Christmas possible for 3,000 needy Kansas City families. This is
MLM’s largest volunteer event and there are many ways you can volun-
teer!
Christmas Store Application Taking - Monday, October 10 – Satur-
day, October 15 at St. Mark Hope and Peace – Kansas City, Mis-
souri
Each family must have their application taken to determine if they meet
criteria for assistance. This is best for adult volunteers and requires training in MAAC-Link
(provided). Sign up online at: http://www.mlmkc.org/christmas-store-1.html or contact Brooke
Hodnefield, [email protected], (816) 285-3154.
Christmas Store - Saturday, December 3 – Saturday, December 10 at Immanuel Luther-
an - Westport
Each individual or family receives a blanket, food voucher, Bible, and gift for each family member.
We need many “Christmas Store Elves” to make it possible. Day & evening shifts available. Sign
up online at: http://www.mlmkc.org/christmas-store-1.html or contact Brooke Hodnefield,
[email protected], (816) 285-3154.
KSDS Wish List
Gift Cards Walmart/Sam’s, Target, Home Depot, Dollar General, or Pet Supply Stores
Supplies Dog Toothpaste, Disinfectant Wipes, Swiffer Dusters, or Glade Plug-ins
Dog Enrichment Toys Food puzzles, Treat dispensers, etc., or Clickers
Puppy Toys Zanies Hard Rubber Toys, Kong Tug toys, or Nobbly Wobbly II
Dog Toys Super Nyla bones, Black Kongs, Galileo Bones, or Big Chew Bones
graduation ceremony (open to the public) with lunch provided afterward by puppy raisers. The
person or family raising each graduating dog gets to present the new working team to everyone
present. It is, to say the least, an emotional experience, but the tears of sorrow shed the day the
puppy raiser returns "their" pup to KSDS are turned to tears of joy in meeting the person whose
life will be enhanced by the dog they have received and formed a bond beyond the normal pet-
human bond.
In addition to financial donations, KSDS also appreciates in-kind donations, including those on
the attached wish list (on their website www.ksds.org there are additional wish list items. They
are also currently in need of families/individuals to serve as puppy raisers. You may apply to be
a puppy raiser on their website, www.ksds.org or call (785) 325-2256.
If you have any additional questions or if you would like to help deliver the donations at
the October 15 graduation ceremony, feel free to contact me, Cathy Merchant, at (913) 626-
8272 or [email protected].
WOMEN’S MINISTRY
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
PAGE 7 OCTOBER 2016 THE GATHER, GROW, & GO NEWSLETTER
Preschool’s New Curriculum
The preschool teachers have enjoyed using
our brand new CPH Bible Story Curricu-
lum One in Christ this
month. The preschool
was able to purchase
this curriculum because
of the generosity of
church and preschool
families who supported
our April Silent Auction
and Bake Sale. The
pictures show our
teachers using the vinyl
cling storyboards and
puppets to help tell the stories and to apply
it to the lives of our
children. The teachers
now have big books,
large storyboards, fin-
ger puppets, CDs, and
many other resources
to help the Bible sto-
ries come alive for our
preschool and Mother’s
Day Out children.
Theme Verse: Ephesians 2:10
Mrs. Crainshaw’s Pre-K Class:
Building the Tower of Babel
Mrs. Myers’ Pre-K Class
Mrs. Bryd’s Young 3s Class
Mrs. Hunter’s Mixed Age
MISSIONS BOXES, BOXES We’ll need
at least 150 sturdy paper ream
boxes with lids by November
when we pack up the Thanks-
giving meal donations for
Catholic Charities. If you
could pick up a few empty
boxes from your place of employment, we’d
greatly appreciate it. The Hundleys are able
to store any boxes that you have. Contact
them at (913) 322-0042 to set up a transfer or
leave the boxes in one of the coat rack areas.
Contact Debbie Hodnik or Charlotte Hundley
if you have any other questions.
Seventy-five percent of mites
collected at BSLC go towards
Kansas District LWML grants
and twenty-five percent gets do-
nated towards national pro-
jects. The following page shows the list of
Kansas projects for the current biennium.
MISSION GRANT PROJECTS and STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
2016—2018
FALL 2016 STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
$10,000 ***PAID***
LWML KANSAS DISTRICT
1. Haskell LIGHT Campus Ministry…$5,000
2. LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces/Operations Barnabas…$4,000
3. Children's Christian Concern Society, Sierra Leone…$5,000
4. Concordia Seminary Food Bank, St. Louis…$5,000
5. Jesus El Buen Pastor Lutheran Church…$3,000
6. The Lutheran Student Center, WSU…$5,000
7. Concordia Seminary Food Bank, Fort Wayne…$5,000
8. Lutheran Valley Retreat…$5,000
9. Kansas Nebraska Good News Radio…$3,000
SPRING 2017 STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
$10,000
FALL 2017 STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
$10,000
SPRING 2018 STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
$10,000
PAID
PAID
Dear Heavenly
Father, we are
thankful to be able to
support these
organizations with
our gifts. We ask You
to bless the work that
they do for Your
glory! AMEN.
Serve the
Lord
with
gladness!
THE GATHER, GROW, & GO NEWSLETTER PAGE 9 OCTOBER 2016
Worship
Assistants
10/2/2015 10/9/2015 10/16/2015 10/23/2015 10/30/2015
8:00 10:45 8:00 10:45 8:00 10:45 8:00 10:45 8:00 10:45
Aco
lyte
s:
Ryen
Lahey
&
Connor
McAllister
Nicholas
Chiappetta
&
Maya
Domsch
Paul
Stapf
&
Makenna
Wolgast
Camryn
Martin
&
Taylor
Martin
Grace
Yarnell
&
Rachel
Ada
Isaiah
McMullen
&
Senna
McMullen
Olivia
Bodenstab
&
Logan
Widener
Sam
Olson
&
Lauren
Tolman
James
Schultz
&
Madeline
Travis
Colton
Clark
&
Morgan
Winner
Lecto
rs:
Mark
Zarnstorff
Kristina
Tripp
Cheryl
Kerns
Eric
Olson
Sara
Zarnstorff
Matthew
Christensen
Doug
Mahnken
Gretchen
Krull
Lisa
Circle
Nick
Wright
Greete
rs:
Lance
&
Kathy
Nelson
Brett
&
Bobbie
Clark
Jim
DeLaney
&
Kari
Swan
Scott
&
Denise
Behrman
Janette
Copeland
&
Michelle
Wibe
Trish
Batten
Brad
&
Cindy
Cornell
Paul
&
Gloria
Peterson
Gary
&
Barb
Levan
Jim
&
Connie
Teig
Eld
ers:
Eric
Schlef,
Jared
Kosberg,
Mark
Circle
Matt
Shiever,
Scott
Behrman,
Eric
Olson
Mark
Chapin,
Jared
Kosberg,
Eric
Schlef
Todd
Pfennig,
Phil
Freese,
Brian
Olson
Mark
Circle,
Jared
Kosberg,
Mark
Chapin
Matt
Shiever,
Scott
Behrman,
Eric
Olson
Nu
rsery
:
Eric & Kerri Schlef TBD TBD TBD TBD
Co
un
ters:
Ron &
Karen Aerni
Jym Fees &
Chuck Tuttle
Randy &
Jeanne Kanoy
Paul Peterson
& Brian Olson
Todd Scheumann,
Keith Gloe,
Carolyn Hanson
Am
ba
ssa
do
rs:
Fred Gruhn Tom &
Brenda Bremer
Trenton &
Beth Travis
Carolyn Hanson
& Kari Swan Al Gehrt
Alta
r F
low
ers:
Darrell
&
Beth
Matthews
In Memory
of
Florence
Matthews
Ken
&
Sue
Kreissler
42nd
Wedding
Anniversary
Dave
&
Kara
Raetzel
Alyssa’s
Birthday
Joe
&
Debbie
Hodnik
In Memory
of
Joe’s father
Ivan &
Mary Jane Rees
Robert
&
Linda
Wingerter
Dan
&
Christy
Stapf
Wedding
Anniversary
Rob &
Trisha
Hunter
Mary Reffett
In Memory
of
sister-in-law,
Gretchen
Altar Guild: Kathy Stevens, captain
Pam Enserro, Joanne Hanson, Joy Rodenberger, & Pat Brackin
Worship Bag
Ministry Team:
Ushers:
(8:00) Al Gehrt, Ken Knese,
Judd Claussen, Jeff McDonald,
Chris Wibe, Beau Campbell
(10:45) Kurt Batten, Rick Vaughn,
Matt Tripp, Danny Hundley,
Daniel Christensen
The Yarnell Family
The Lutheran Hour® can be heard on
the local radio stations below. It can
also be heard any time on the Internet
at www.lutheranhour.org. Audio
daily devotions can also be downloaded to
provide a refreshing meditation on God's Word.
Broadcast Area Station Sunday
Broadcast
Time
Kansas City Metro 710 AM – KCMO 8:00 am
580 AM – WIBW 7:30 am Topeka
89.5 FM KAWZ 9:00 am
THE GATHER, GROW, & GO NEWSLETTER PAGE 10 OCTOBER 2016
Sunday Worship 8 am, 10:45 am,
& 6 pm
Sunday Education Hour
9:30 am
ATTENDANCE
Date Attendance
9/4/16 366
9/11/16 399
9/18/16 401
9/25/16 411
Preschool
Office Hours
Monday — Friday
8:30 am to 4:00 pm
(913) 780-6889
Amy Schultz
Preschool Director
Church Office Hours Monday-Thursday
8 am to 4 pm
Friday
8 am to 12 pm
Joel S. Schultz
Senior Pastor
Michael H. Ada
Associate Pastor [email protected]
Michael Hofmann
Vicar
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