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February 4
Assist. Minister=Tim Koenig, Acolyte=Judy Hilliard, Lay Reader=Andy Petak
Ushers=Marty & Lynn Nickels, Fellowship=Lorie Ciszek & Sherry Ebert February 11
Assist. Minister = Judy Hilliard, Acolyte = Sherri Mosier, Lay Reader = Marilyn Pool Ushers = Ted Ciszek & Roger Reese, Fellowship = Marilyn Gronwick & Vicki Gordius
February 18
Assist. Minister = Andy Petak, Acolyte = Linda Masters, Lay Reader = Donna Christensen Ushers = Ron & Carol Dent, Fellowship = None
February 25
Assist. Minister = Lorie Ciszek, Acolyte = Lynn Nickels, Lay Reader = Sherry Ebert Ushers = Andy & Vivian Petak, Fellowship = Karen Riley & Barb Reese
February 2018
A publication of
Christ by the Lake
Lutheran Church,
1304 C.S. Woods Blvd.
Bull Shoals, AR, 72619
An ELCA congregation
Pastor Sherman Gordius
Church: (870) 445-4179
Cell: (970) 380-1571
Home (870)707-0072
[email protected] Making Christ Known
Prepare
The Meaning of Lent: The Christian season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday’s repentance and leads to Holy Week’s bitter story and Easter’s joy.
The word Lent is from the Anglo-Saxon meaning springtime.
Lent was originally a time when newly instructed Christians or “penitents” prepared for their baptism, confirmation and first Lord’s Supper at the Easter vigil.
Today Christians are invited to spend Lent’s 40 days in special personal house-
cleaning – worship and prayer, self-denial and giving for others – to prepare for Easter.
Lent calls us to look back on the impact of baptism on our lives. How are we doing, we who have died to sin and come alive to new life in Christ? In repentance we ask our Lord to clear our lives of sin.
The 40 days of Lent are like the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness in spiritual preparation, struggle with Satan, and choosing God’s will—the way of the cross. Events along the way include Ash Wednesday, the five Sundays in Lent, Palm or Passion Sunday and Holy Week.
The mark of the ashes, a biblical sign of humble penitence, is placed on
the foreheads of many Christians on Ash Wednesday as a reminder of our mortality and repentance.
Self-denial refers to the Christian practice of intentionally giving one’s time, energy and possessions for others, especially the needy, as Christ gave himself for us.
The word alleluia, a joyful cry of praise the Lord, disappears from our worship from Ash Wednesday until Easter, reflecting the solemnity of the season.
Colors displayed in the church are violet (for repentance) and black (for mourn-ing on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday).
Lent's Sunday Scriptures present a sweeping view of salvation history. Old Testament and Epistle lessons take us from the fall of Adam and Eve to the promise of resurrection. The gospel lessons show us Jesus' power pitted against Satan and the evils afflicting God's people.
Mid-week Wednesdays of Lent our 4pm informal worship will look at scrip-tures leading up to Good Friday and setting the stage for resurrection and revelation.
Lent’s 40 days (without Sundays) are the first half of a larger rainbow arch; the other half, the Easter season’s 50 days in which we celebrate our baptismal rebirth in Christ. The celebration continues in the church year with every Sunday as a ‘little Easter.’
After Easter the Pastor’s 10am Wednesday class will resume, ending its study of the Creed then shortly thereafter we’ll begin a study the Book of Revelation.
God’s blessings as you celebrate God’s continual revealing of Himself and his will.
Pastor Sherman
WOMEN OF CHRIST BY THE LAKE February 2018
Dates To Remember • Project Days - Monday, February 5 and Monday, February 19th - 9:30 am • Prayer Shawl - Saturday, February 24th at 10 AM • "Souper" Sunday - February 4th • WELCA Quarterly Meeting—Wednesday, February 14th—1PM
(Board will meet at Noon)
The Food Lady Linda Masters
To top off your Fat Tuesday dinner with the perfect accompaniment, we are once again sharing this year-round favorite…
Amish Sweet Bread
Makes 2 loaves
2 cup 110-degree water 2/3 cup sugar 1 1/2 tablespoons yeast 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/4 cup oil 6 cups bread flour
Dissolve the sugar in the water. Add the yeast and allow to proof for about 10 minutes.
Add the salt to 2 cups of the flour, mixing well. When the yeast has proofed, add the oil and the 2 cups flour, mixing until
smooth. Add the remaining flour 1 cup at time. It usually takes most of the flour
measurement. Knead 10 minutes by hand or mixer. Place in a large, greased container, cover with plastic wrap or a damp towel
and allow to raise until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. After it has risen, punch dough down and knead for about 1 minute. Divide
in half and shape loaves. Place into 2 well-oiled, 9-by-5-inch loaf pans. Allow to rise for about 30 minutes.
Bake 30 minutes, or until cooked through and bread is brown. Remove from oven and cool 10 minutes on a cooling rack. After 10 minutes, remove from pans and continue to cool.
This bread freezes well.
2018 Lenten/Holy Week Schedule All the mid-week Lenten services will be at 4:00 PM with Simple Suppers immediately following .
February 14th 6:00 PM Ash Wednesday with Imposition of Ashes
and Holy Communion. (No supper on Ash Wednesday)
February 21 4:00 PM Scripture Focus
Simple Supper provided by the Choir.
February 28 4:00 PM Scripture Focus
Simple Supper provided by the Council.
March 7 4:00 PM Scripture Focus
Simple Supper provided by the WELCA.
March 14 4:00 PM Scripture Focus
Simple Supper provided by Men.
March 21 4:00 PM Scripture Focus Simple Supper provided by the Alter Guild.
Our thanks to all for providing the suppers.
March 25 10:30 AM Passion/Palm Sunday
March 29 6:00 PM Maundy Thursday with Holy Communion,
and ‘Stripping of the Altar’
March 30 6:00 PM Good Friday Service
April 1 10:30 AM EASTER – HE IS RISEN!
Next Meeting - Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, February 14th, 2018. This is the date for our first WELCA meeting of the year. This is a very important meeting. We need to set the dates for our activities for 2018, sign up for being a hostess for our WELCA meetings and so forth. Bring your calendars along to mark down the dates. The server for the February meeting will be Marilyn Pool. Clean up by all of us please. Devotions will be done by Mary Baumann. See ya then!
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"Souper" Sunday - We will continue our drive for the Bull Shoals Food Pantry on Sunday, February 4th. We will be collecting non perishable food items and cash donations. Look for me in the Narthex before or after service.
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This is my first year as your WELCA president, I look forward to working with you and ask for your patience and input as we go through 2018 together.
In His Service, Carol Dent
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Just a little reminder of all the items WELCA collects: • Best choice Labels - Place your BC labels in Mary Phillips box. • Pop tabs - Save your pop tabs and bring to church and place them on the bottom shelf of the mail boxes in Fellowship Hall. These tabs are donated to The Ronald McDonald House. Dawn Lowe is taking care of this project. • Campbell Soup Labels & Box tops for education - These are donated to Oaks
Indian Mission. Please place them in Dawn Lowe's box.
In honor of Black History month, and a great man of faith and peace, we’ll yield Sherry Ebert’s interview page to this short bio...
February priorities: Soup, Cereal, Tuna
Shampoo &Soap
Thank you for remembering our ladies on the 4th.
The Reporting of our Offering and Attendance which has been in the weekly bulletin will now be published in the monthly newsletter instead.
We will use the year-to-date figures for the Offering and will calculate the weekly average attendance to date.
Record of Offering /Operating Budget for 2018
Through 1/21/2018
Annual Budget Total YTD YTD Budget Difference
$86,065.00 $ 4,329.00 $ 4,965.00 -$ 636.00
Attendance last week 53
Annual Weekly Average 49
Lent 40 days of giving.
It’s not what you give up, it’s what you give.
ANNUAL GIDEON SUNDAY
February 11th is our annual Gideon Sunday. It is always inspiring to hear of God’s Word planted and bringing salvation fruit to so many lives. Our speaker will have an ‘Open Bible’ following the service in which you may place donations for the Gideon Bible ministry. Thank you.
"Go therefore a d ake disciples of all aio s…" Mathew : The
Gideo s I ter aio al is a Asso iaio of Chrisia usi ess a d professio al e a d their i es dedi ated to telli g people a out Jesus through asso iai g together for ser i e, shari g perso al tesi o y, a d y pro idi g Bi les a d Ne Testa-e ts. While e are ote re og ized for our ork ith hotels, e also pla e a d distri ute S riptures i strategi lo aio s so
they are a aila le to those ho a t the , as ell as to those ho ay ot k o they eed the .
Well, maybe next year.
Easter Lilies
For three weeks beginning February 24th , we will have a table set up for donations for the purchase of Easter Lilies to decorate the sanctuary.
No more little order forms or separate collections, simply add what you can, as often as you can, and the sanctuary should be dressed beautifully in celebration of one of the most important days of our faith.
GOOD FRIDAY TENEBRAE SERVICE READERS
A sign-up sheet will be placed out or you may call office to volunteer to read some scriptures for the Good Friday service.
February Birthdays 2/1 .......................... Betty Huson
2/4 ......................... Jeffrey Smith
2/7 ..................... Paula Sheppard
2/15 ..................... William Hirter 2/17 ...................... Marie Nielsen
2/28 ........................... Jerry Ebert 2/28 ....................... Betty English
2/28 ....................... Judy Hilliard
February
Anniversaries
2/21....Sharon & Victor Just ….(48)
