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Whitnall Park Lutheran Church 5847 Lilac Lane Hales Corners, WI 53130 Pastor Michael Fazio

Office Phone (414) 425-1169/ www.wplc.net Email: assistant@whitnallparkchurch.com Summer Office Hours Monday - Thursday 8:00 am to 1:00 pm, closed Friday Sunday Worship 8:30 am & 10:15 am Communion ~ Sundays and all Fes"vals Services with Healing ~ August 12th Sunday School 10:15 am September through May

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AUGUST COFFEE HOUR The proceeds from the Social Ministry Commi+ee’s Coffee Hour on August 5th will benefit the Mt. Meru Coffee Partnership. See more informa/on below.

FRESH GARDEN PRODUCE TABLE The Produce Table is back. Everyone is encouraged to bring in their surplus garden produce and take home the donated bounty. This summer the Produce Table will again benefit ELCA World Hunger and Milwaukee’s Hunger Task Force.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES This summer school supplies are being collected for both Lutheran World Relief School Kits (worldwide) and the Milwaukee Rescue Mission (local).

LWR School Kit ~ The goal is to send 300 school kits to Lutheran World Relief in October. There are enough le4over pencils and pens from last year and enough pencil sharpeners have already been purchased. Two Thrivent Ac/on Team Grants will be used to buy enough 70-page wide ruled notebooks, boxes of 24 crayons, and blunt-/p scissors. What is s/ll needed for the 300 schools kit is as follows: *300 approximately two and one-half inch pink erasers. *300 sturdy 30-cen/meter/12-inch wood rulers from Walgreens. *40 cardboard boxes holding ten reams of copy/printer paper.

Milwaukee Rescue Mission School Supply List, Grades K-12

MERU PARTNERSHIP Mt. Meru Coffee can be ordered or purchased on the cabinet near the kitchen or on the website at www.mtmerucoffee.org/collec/ons/order-coffee. All sales help improve the lives of the coffee farmers, their families, and their communi/es in the Mt. Meru Diocese of Tanzania.

The Annual Mt. Meru Coffee Project Benefit Golf Ou/ng will be held on August 19th at the Ke+le Hills Golf Club, please see the bulle/n board for more informa/on.

UNITY LUTHERAN CHURCH Bring in non-perishable food items for the Food Pantry at Unity Lutheran Church. Protein items are in great need (peanut bu+er, spam, can or pouch tuna or chicken, etc). Unity can also use toiletries and men’s clothing (underwear, socks, t-shirts, pants, hoodies, seasonal coats and sweaters).

WPLC serves at Unity the 2nd Wednesday of every month. WPLC volunteers have a meal prep crew starting at 1:30 pm, serving crew at 4:45 pm and a clean up crew at 6:00 pm. If you have an interest in helping at Unity, please contact Jeff @ 419-346-3202 for more info. We are always looking to expand our group.

Dry-erase markers and cleaners, Crayola markers, Calculators, Pens (blue, black, red), #2 pencils, Erasers, Vinyl pencil pouches, Pencil sharpeners,

Mechanical pencils, 2 pocket folders, Glue s/cks, Crayola colored pencils, Backpacks, Prang watercolors, College-ruled loose-leaf paper, Wide-ruled loose-leaf paper,

College ruled notebooks, Wide ruled notebooks, 1.5’ 3-ring binders with dividers, Rulers, Scissors, Khaki pants, Navy blue polo shirts, Kids tennis shoes.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Michelle LeHouillier 8/01 Diane Brunner 8/02 David Scherbarth 8/02 Troy Vande Yacht 8/02 Dorothy Perkl 8/03 Ralph Klute 8/04 Michael Sparacino 8/05 Amber Mar/n 8/06 Gabrielle Ried 8/06 Ellen Dallmann 8/07 Sherry Robinson 8/08 Dean Strom 8/09 Kimberly Mason 8/10 Karen Olson 8/10 Arleen Pfeil 8/10 Ann Girlinghouse 8/13 Arya Roe 8/13 Eiley Roe 8/13 Lou Graef 8/14 Mary Girard 8/15 Olivia Knier 8/15 Don Holt 8/16 Maggie Aderman 8/17 Amanda Oberheu 8/17 Sandra Day 8/18 Alan Peters 8/19

Thomas Schulte 8/19 Lucas Biloff 8/20 Marion Bruce 8/20 Cheyenne Paneitz 8/20 Adelyn LeHouillier 8/21 Dyani Palmer 8/22 Karl Sorvick 8/22 Kraig Sorvick 8/22 Patricia Kilbey 8/23 Michael Palmer 8/23 Hannah Cotey 8/24 Julie Buss 8/25 Joan Lance 8/26 Bri+ney Henneberry 8/27 Dani Kaboskey 8/27 Mary Schlueter 8/27 Julie Sorenson 8/27 Jill Underberg 8/27 Jeffrey Dietz 8/28 Lindsay Strom 8/28 Allen Schubert 8/29 Ashley Roffers 8/30 Shaun Stone 8/30 Dorothy Saari 8/31 Vern Vorpahl 8/31

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Travis & Theresa Brugger 8/01 Pastor Michael & Katayoun Fazio 8/04 Ron & Julie Sorenson 8/06 Richard & Laura Staats 8/07 Kent Brodie & Robin Nehring Brodie 8/09 Frank & Priscilla Brugger 8/10 Adam Fiedler & Sara Doering-Fiedler 8/10 Jim & Julane Gaffney 8/15 Katharine & Alexander Kasper 8/15 Ralph & Janet Cook 8/16 David & Sarah Larson 8/17

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The Godspeed Blessing will be on August 12th at the 10:15 am service. If you are heading off to college, please let Pastor know if you will be at service to receive a blessing.

Council President: John Just Council Vice President: Lori Nelson

Secretary: Corky Roe Treasurer: Troy Vande Yacht

Council Liaisons to the Church Commi+ees;

Endowment: Jon Dietzler, Lori Nelson Fellowship: Pastor Fazio

Finance: Corky Roe, Troy Vande Yacht Property: John Just, Mike Myers

Social Ministry: Jeff Girard Worship and Music: Kathi Ried

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Laptops are wonderful things. My laptop allowed me to sit outdoors on a beau/ful summer day and write my sermon for the July 8 service.

The sun gli+ered through the grape leaves as I sat in the shade of the pergola, and I no/ced many of my garden plants leaning toward the sun. Sunlight gives them life and helps them grow.

We talk of the light at the end of the tunnel when we are immersed in a difficult task or a rough patch in life. That light encourages us to con/nue the journey because we know the light brings a sense of comple/on and joy.

A few years ago, a bird got into our house via the chimney. We couldn’t catch him, nor coax him out, so we called the humane society. They said to darken the house, open the door and turn on the porch light. Sure enough, the bird flew right toward the light.

The term for plants bending toward light is “heliotropism”. A simpler way of thinking about is, that most living things prefer light over darkness. Just like plants, people want to look toward the posi/ve and away from the nega/ve.

Pastor Lloyd D. Newell writes, “It may have implica/ons for how we live our everyday lives. There is much in the world that is hard and dark and nega/ve. We cannot altogether avoid it, but we can turn away from it and turn toward the light. We can favor hope over despair, faith over doubt, posi/vity over cynicism.”

As believers, we draw on the light of Christ, and drawing on this light, we can give thanks, offer a helping hand, encourage someone who is struggling, invite someone to share our light and our love. The light of Jesus is the sunlight that gives us life and helps us grow. Let your light shine.

********* This year’s Summer Book Club Luncheon is scheduled on Wednesday, Aug. 8, at noon. The book is “The Enchanted April” by Elizabeth von Arnim. The book is about four very different women, looking to escape dreary London for the sunshine of Italy who answer an ad to stay in a medieval Italian castle on the shores of the Mediterranean for the month of April. It is described as a charming, slyly comic novel of roman/c longing and transforma/on. It was also made into an Oscar-nominated film. I will show the movie a4er lunch for anyone wishing to stay.

Please sign up on the poster located near the shepherd quilt. Those a+ending should bring a salad. I will provide desserts, beverages, and rolls. Our home is located at 4905 Su+on Lane, Greendale (about 10 minutes from church).

************ Join us for a group ou/ng to see “Mary Poppins”, the musical, at Sunset Playhouse on Sunday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 each for adults and $13 for children, aged 12 and under. Sign up on the poster, and turn your money into Mary in the office or to Robin Brodie. Checks should be made out to Whitnall Park Lutheran Church with “Mary Poppins” in the memo line. I have ordered 20 /ckets for people already signed up (as of July 9). The last day to order and pay for /ckets is Aug. 12.

******* Thanks to everyone who has already signed up to teach Sunday School next year. We have a few remaining slots, and we would like to get them all filled so that we can include everyone in the August training. If you have any ques/ons, please talk to Kelly or me. I will be available in person during most coffee hours on Sundays, and via email: robinbrodie@yahoo.com, or phone: 414-254-8812 during the week.

Robin Nehring Brodie

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F)!\ M* S|&}$* S"^!!% D]'�, We are gearing up for the new year but we need you! Our volunteer sign up board is up and wai/ng for your signature. We have some great ac/vi/es planned and we don’t want you to miss them, so be sure to sign up. Please see Kelly Brown or Robin Brodie if you are interested or have any ques/ons. With the unfortunate events that have occurred in the past months, safety has been a huge focal point for both me and everyone else at WPLC. When we return in September, steps will have been taken to be proac/ve regarding safety. The current door handles that we have on the Sunday school doors, require them to be locked from the outside. These doors will be locked at all /mes during Sunday school. Once the door is shut, anyone needing to enter the classrooms will need to be let in by me or by the teacher inside of the room. As an added step of precau/on, deadbolt locks will be installed on the doors. These locks will not only be at an adult height but will only be used in the event of any emergency situa/on as an added safety measure. In addi/on to the locks, security cameras will also be installed in each classroom. These cameras will provide a level of transparency. We asked; they told us and we listened. In an effort to make the workshop rota/on more challenging for the sixth graders, we made some changes. We have added a worship component to the rota/on so beginning in September, the sixth graders will a+end worship on the first Sunday of every month. In addi/on to a+ending worship, students will complete sermon notes. These will be similar to the sermon notes completed in confirma/on. Rally Day is September 9th at 10:15. All children should meet in church for a brief welcome back message. During this /me, the children who will be in third grade this year will be receiving their Bible. Following the presenta/on of Bibles, the children will be dismissed to start a new year of fun and learning. We will start our year at the beginning……with the story of “Crea/on” – Genesis 1-2. Enjoy the rest of your summer. See you on Rally Day! Kelly Brown, Sunday School Superintendent

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WPLC C!|&"#% M]](#&� M#&|(]' ~ June 25, 2018 Members in A+endance: Pastor Fazio, Corky Roe, Kathi Ried, John Just, Jon Dietzler, Mike Meyers Members Absent: Jeff Girard, Troy Vande Yacht, Lori Nelson The mee/ng was called to order at 7:09 pm by Pastor and he opened with a prayer. Agenda Reviewed and accepted. Secretary’s Report: May mee/ng minutes were reviewed and approved. Treasurer / Finance Report: May financials provided. Net income is approximately $10,000 YTD. Discussion regarding eventual conversion from mort-gage to capital improvement. Pastor’s Report: Lead Worship & Preached 10 Services 1 Hospital/Rehab visit 1 Bap/sm Hunter Kuglitsch 6 counseling appointments 2 home visits 15 home/hospital communions 1 Healing service 48 pastoral phone calls 2 Funeral – Nancy Ahles & Reggie Dobogai 1 Pre-marriage mee/ng Mee/ng with DOT reps 6-25 - 2 streets east of Hwy 100 closed for 3 months later this summer. Bible Study – Parables of Jesus – Ongoing Church Clean Up Day 6-9 Recogni/on of Cynthia Winke as WPLC Accompanist 5-27 Men’s Book Club – The Day the World Came to Town 6-18 Helping Hands Fund balance as of $1,624 Chris/an Educa/on: Reports provided by Kelly and Robin Commi+ee Reports: Endowment: Upcoming mee/ng TBD. Conversa/on con/nues to revolve around how to best support programs/outreach etc.

Worship and Music: Did not meet, next mee/ng scheduled for August. Following year scheduled thru May/June of 2019. Property: Van is picking out deadbolts, & providing quote. Quote received for updated camera system. Mo/on raised by Pastor to proceed with $4,984 upgrade. Seconded by Corky. Unanimously approved by members present. Funds to be pulled from Property & Mortgage fund. Phone system upgrade (previously approved) requested to be completed by 7-31. Parking lot light is up. We Energies lights have not been turned off as of this date. Billing has been discon/nued. Van or Pat securing pricing on addi/onal light towards parking lot from church building. Pat & Van looking into addi/onal/new outdoor ligh/ng. Sanctuary ligh/ng started, lights are in, but are now awai/ng installa/on. Planned for 7-9. Need to have one of the new spots checked as it needs a new driver/strip. Social Ministry: Hometown Heroes coming 7-1 No Crop Walk this year, but may collect dona/ons from church. Collec/ng school supplies for Milwaukee Rescue Mission, later in the summer collec/ng for Lutheran World Relief. Old Business: Bylaws – Kathi and Pastor leading updates. Pu�ng Bi-Laws on agenda for special council mee/ng on 7-30 at 6 pm. New Business: Next council mee/ng scheduled for Tuesday August 28, 2018. The mee/ng adjourned at 8:50 pm. Respec�ully Submi+ed, Corky Roe

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August 26 8:30 AM Worship

Assis/ng Minister: Jerrijo Cowman Acolyte: Mason or Connor Vande Yacht Ushers: Jim Gaffney, Duane Hause, Lyle Lance Greeter: Sharon Hause

10:15 AM Worship Assis/ng Minister: Mike Sparacino Acolyte: Allison Hampel Ushers: Jerry Pagel, Jerome Thome Greeter: Susan Schlueter Altar Guild: Elaine Johnson

Readings Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 Psalm 34:15-22 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous. (Ps. 34:15) Ephesians 6:10-20 John 6:56-69

8:30 AM Worship Assis/ng Minister: Jeff Girard Acolyte: Volunteer needed Ushers: Jeff Dietz, Jim Hendrickson, Linda Shea Greeter: Dorothy Perkl Altar Guild: Barbara Meyrose

10:15 AM Worship Assis/ng Minister: Laurie Sorvick Acolyte: Keegan Metzger Ushers: Larry Pfeil, Volunteer needed Greeter: Kris Laposki Altar Guild: Kathy Fazio

Readings Proverbs 9:1-6 Psalm 34:9-14 Those who seek the Lord lack nothing that is good. (Ps. 34:10) Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58

August 19

8:30 AM Worship Assis/ng Minister: Melanie Strom Acolyte: Volunteer needed Ushers: John Dobogai, John Hembrook, Ken Perkl Greeter: Janel Oberheu Altar Guild: Pat Suderland

10:15 AM Worship Assis/ng Minister: Kris Laposki Acolyte: Craig Lindenstruth Ushers: Tom Laposki, Brian & Kris/ Peyer Greeter: Karon Hedlof

Readings 1 Kings 19:4-8 Psalm 34:1-8 Taste and see that the Lord is good. (Ps. 34:8) Ephesians 4:25--5:2 John 6:35, 41-51

August 12

8:30 AM Worship Assis/ng Minister: Linda Shea Acolyte: Keegan Metzger Ushers: Jim Arneson, Mike Oberheu, Sco+ Ried Greeter: Ellen Dallmann

10:15 AM Worship Assis/ng Minister: Tom Laposki Acolyte: Dylan Andresen Ushers: Greg & Paul Saari Greeter: Janet Fazio

Readings Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15 Psalm 78:23-29 Ephesians 4:1-16 John 6:24-35

August 5

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10:15 am Godspeed blessing

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

For the past few months, our bible study groups have been looking at the parables of Jesus and discussing how Jesus’ divine wisdom, spoken so long ago, con/nues to have relevance and meaning in our lives today. Parable such as, The Prodigal Son, The Good Samaritan, The Rich Man and Lazarus, and The Judgement of the Na/ons (separa/on of the sheep and goats), to name a few, have been amazing topics that have helped us not only to be+er understand Christ and His situa/on, but also to discern how greed, self-importance, pride and various other forms of sin con/nue to creep into our lives and cause separa/on between ourselves and God as well as ourselves and our neighbors. It has been an incredibly enlightening experience for me, both as pastor and Chris/an!

As we look ahead toward the fall, I have been thinking about where our journey through the Scriptures ought to go next. Since we have been so heavily focused on Jesus (as we should be!), we also need to remember that there is an en/re other Testament that can foster faith and nourish our belief; the Old Testament. The Old Testament is full of wonderful and amazing stories that Christ Himself o4en referenced in His teachings. My idea is that we dive into some of those great stories that paved the way for the coming of Jesus and therefore our own salva/on. A few story ideas I have are:

· The Fiery Furnace - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are figures from chapter 3 of the Book of Daniel, three Hebrew men thrown into a fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, when they refuse to bow down to the king's image; the three are preserved from harm and the king sees four men walking in the flames, "the fourth ... like a son of God".

· Jonah and the Great Fish – Jonah is called upon by God to travel to Nineveh and warn its residents to repent of their sins or face divine wrath. Instead, Jonah boards a ship to Tarshish. Caught in a storm, he orders the ship's crew to cast him overboard, whereupon he is swallowed by a giant fish.

· The First Passover - In the narra/ve of the Exodus, the Bible tells that God helped the Children of Israel escape from their slavery in Egypt by inflic/ng ten plagues upon the ancient Egyp/ans before the Pharaoh would release his Israelite slaves; the tenth and worst of the plagues was the death of the Egyp/an first-born. The Israelites were instructed to mark the doorposts of their homes with the blood of a slaughtered spring lamb and, upon seeing this, the spirit of the Lord knew to pass over the first-born in these homes, hence the English name of the holiday.

· David and Goliath - David and Goliath confront each other, Goliath with his armor and javelin, David with his staff and sling. "The Philis/ne cursed David by his gods", but David replies: "This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philis/nes this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that God saves not with sword and spear; for the ba+le is God's, and he will give you into our hand."

These are just a few of the stories that I hope to cover this fall. They represent half of the stories that we will look at over an eight-session study, which of course means we need four more. I can surely come up with an addi/onal four stories, however I would like your input as to what you would like to study. What O.T. bible passages intrigue you…what stories have you heard in the past and said to yourself, “I just don’t understand that”; now is the /me to find out! Please let me know what interests you in the original Scriptures, and we will explore those stories together!

Hope to see you in bible study! God’s blessings be with you all!

Pr. Michael

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