Concordia Highlights August 4, 2019

MINISTRY STAFF

Church Office…………..828-464-3324 School Office……………828-464-3011 D. Paul Nelson Vacancy Pastor 828-464-3324 Craig Schultz Asst. Vacancy Pastor 828-320-1023 Kyle McClure Minister of Music 828-302-1236 DCE Chris L. Henze Youth Minister 828-446-9639 Alex Sloter Vicar 828-464-3324 David Beringer CCDS Principal 828-464-3011 Bill Unverfehrt UCHS Principal 828-855-2995 Betsy Murray Assistant Principal 828-464-3011 Leslie Brown Business Admin. 828-234-0372 Susan Harman Admin. Assistant 828-464-3324 Belinda Bost Children’s Ministry 828-464-3324 John Holland Praise Service Music 828-446-9930 Phil Heath Praise Service Leader 828-464-3324

Web Page: www.concordianc.org/church

Sunday Worship: 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 AM

Concordia Lutheran Church and Christian Day School

216 5th Avenue SE Conover, NC 28613

Members and guests, please write your name in the Welcome to Worship folders at the end of the pews so we can more faithfully serve you and get to know you by name. A Nursery for ages 6 weeks to 4 years is available in the Church Nursery and PK-4 Room at the school. The nursery is available during all services. Children’s Bulletins are available as well as crayons and colored pencils and can be found at the welcome centers. An usher can give directions to the nursery or give children's bulletins. Memory verse of the week:

Life does not consist in abundance of things. Pentecost 8, August 4 READ: Ecclesiastes 1:2-14; 2:18-26 (Pew Bible p. 703) Psalm 100 (Pew Bible p. 635) Colossians 3:1-11 (Pew Bible p. 1253) Luke 12:13-21 (Pew Bible, p. 1108) PRAY: For a proper understanding of the role of money in life. BE READY: To watch for for all kinds of greed. Pentecost 9, August 11 READ: Genesis 15:1-6 (Pew Bible p. 13) Psalm 33:12-22 (Pew Bible p. 587) Hebrews 11:1-16 (Pew Bible p. 1283) Luke 12:22-40 (Pew Bible p. 1108) PRAY: To trust the Lord for everything you need. BE READY: To put your treasures and your heart in God’s hands. Pastor Nelson’s office hours this week are: Wednesday, August 7th 10:30am-12:30pm After August 23rd, the Sloters’ address will be 21A Circle Drive, Cottage Hills, IL 62018.

Hospitalized: Gail Hunsucker (Georgia/Re-hab).

Members in need of healing: Janice Pitts, Sydney Karre, Doug Howard, George Deal, Debbie Kuehnert, Shirley Watts, Donna Lacicer.

Friends of congregation in need of healing: Brenda Kanipe (friend of Gina Sigmon), Virginia Adams (mother of Tony Adams), Linda Efird (sister of Johnny & Donald Brown), Barbara Kennedy (mother of Carmen Isenhower), Michelle Day (friend of Lesa & Opie Williams), Doris Abernathy (mother of Debbie Roth), Judy Abernathy (sister of Debbie Roth), Bernie Rager (husband of Cristal Rager).

Blessings to: Kyle & Vanessa Brown upon 20 years of marriage.

Concordia Members in the Military: Eric Galloway, Kendall Hamm, Tony Sherrill, Christopher Walker, Jaylen Joyner, Chandler Christians, Jeremy Christians, Nathan Malin.

Missionary of the Month: Rev. David & Jennifer Preus serve as missionaries in the Dominican Republic. David plants new churches and develops groups of believers into mature, self-sustaining and self-replicating congregations through Word and Sacrament ministry. David & Jennifer have seven children. Ask God to guide this team as they network and centralize mission efforts across this region of the world.

Concordia Ministries: Call to Rev. Vollrath, Homecoming Sunday, Family Camp.

All of our Concordia Ministry Staff: Sally Sulivan – PK 3 Teacher, Mary Edwards – 1st Grade Teacher, Suzanne Alms – 7th Grade/Language Arts Teacher, Paul Von Rentzell – Science Teacher, Belinda Bost – Children’s Ministry.

Just the Facts: General Fund Offering: $ 12,689 Budget Needs: $ 19,864 Attendance: 291 Online Giving: $ 1,860

Leading Worship Today: 8am Liturgist: Pastor Nelson / Preaching: Pastor Nelson 9:30am Liturgist: Phil Heath / Preaching: Pastor Nelson 11:00am Liturgist: Pastor Nelson / Preaching: Pastor Nelson

Member of the week: Bobbie Brooks–519 East 2nd St, Newton, NC 28658. Her birthday is August 12th.

Do you know we have a Bible Buck store for kids who attend F.I.S.H. to go shopping for treasures? Each week students earn Bible Bucks for bringing their Bibles, memorizing scripture, participating in activities and showing love and kindness to their friends. At the end of the month, the children use

their Bible Bucks to purchase items from the store. Please consider donating to the Bible Buck Store. Dollar Tree toys, crafts, books and writing supplies make good items for the store or you can make a monetary donation through the office. Contact Belinda Bost, Children's Minister 828-244-1905 or bbost@concordianc.org for questions.

Connect - Grow - Bridge

Corner Table groups serve at 10:30am: Souper Stars, August 5th, Sun Shiners, August 28th.

ECCCM’s “Share the Harvest Banquet” is Saturday, September 14th. Tickets are now available and are $75 each. Join us at Catawba Country Club. Enjoy a night of great food, music, dancing, silent auction and much more! This is ECCCM’s 50th Anniversary year!

Oooppsss!!! We made a mistake in the newsletter. Bob Malin and Paula Klinger were married in July. Adrian and Hilda Hefner’s anniversary was left off the anniversary list. Their anniversary is August 28th. Please add these important events to your newsletter.

It is time again for the drawing for the Camp Linn Haven Boosters Club fund raiser. The dinner and drawing will be Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at Bethel Lutheran Church. The tickets are $100, the grand prize is $10,000. Only 300 tickets are sold, see Doug Brady to get your tickets. Proceeds will go to the construction of a new bridge going into camp.

The Bible Study that meets on the First and Third Wednesdays will NOT MEET in August, but will resume in September at the same time, 10:00am.

It’s time to make your reservation for Family Camp. Look for an email to come later in the week. It will also be posted on our Facebook page. ECCCM is in desperate need of volunteers for our thrift store. We need people to run the register, to put new merchandise out, to organize and tidy up the store, etc.! If you would consider volunteering on a regular basis, whether daily, weekly, or monthly, please call Allen Sherrill at 828-465-1702 ext. 116, or go to our website's volunteer section at ecccm.org to learn more and fill out a volunteer form. Times are flexible and we will work with what is convenient for you! Thank you for considering serving!

Kids In Worship! Our worship word for August 4 is “Greed.” A greedy person values

material goods more than they value God. Greed is never satisfied

no matter how much material goods one can accumulate. A greedy person always

wants more much like the man in the parable of The Foolish and Rich Man, Luke

12: 13-21.

Jesus doesn’t say that possessions and money are bad. He just says that

worrying about them and chasing after them is not the way to live a life that is

rich in God’s eyes. Our possessions are temporary. God’s kingdom lasts forever.

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for all of your amazing gifts we have in our

lives. We pray for help in placing you first in our priorities. Amen.

Be sure and get your Kids in Worship bulletin form the greeters or ushers. Crayons and colored pencils are at the Welcome Stations. For all things Children’s Ministry contact Belinda Bost, Children’s Minister at 828-244-1905 or bbost@concordianc.org

Adult Bible Study Opportunities Weekday Small Group Bible Studies: Mondays: 6:30pm Small Group – Led by Steve Bost - BLCFM.

Wednesdays: 7am Ladies’ Bible Study – Led by Kim Hauser. Adult Room #1

6:30pm – Bible Study – Led by Pastor Nelson. Library

Thursdays: 7am Men’s Breakfast & Bible Study–Daniel-Led by David Isenhower. CVMC-AHEC 105.

PrimeTimers meet August 12th at 11:30 AM in the Emmaus room for our pot luck luncheon and business meeting. Our entertainment will be the musical talents of Paul and Francis Hale. You might remember the last time they entertained us. Elvis was in the building. i.e. Paul sang Elvis’ songs. Our hosts for August are Harold and Barbara Unger. Please remember Vicar Alex and his family in your prayers as they prepare to return to the seminary for his last year of classes and field work before he graduates and receives a call to start his ministry. Please pray for the Call just issued to Rev. Jon Vollrath as he considers Concordia as his next congregation. Christ's blessings, peace, love and mercy to all.

Anyone 55 and older is welcome to join PrimeTimers at any of our activities.

May God guide

our new Pastor

and his “CALL”!

August 4, 2019

Youth Ministry

Highlights

Chris Henze

Youth Minister

The Sr. Youth Council meets TODAY, August 4th at 12pm!

Our 5th-8th graders are going to the Crawdads Baseball Game:

The Pre-Teen and Jr. Youth will meet this Friday, August 9th in Youth

Central at 5:45pm The cost is $6.00. Ya’ll come!

Boy Scout BBQ is on sale, NOW!

The Youth Ministry Team meets next Sunday on August 11th at 12pm.

We meet in Youth Central and as always, parents are invited!

Our Acolyte Class for all new 5-8 graders is Wednesday, August 21st!

All youth officially advance 1 grade on the rosters on September 1, 2019!

We pray for our youth and families as they prioritize their fall schedule of

events with church, family, youth group, school, sports, music, scouts, job,

dance, karate, band, service, and free-time!

Thanks to those who attended last week’s NYG Share Event:

We showed a picture slide video and fed 80+ people (Bo’jangles). "THANK

YOUS" were shared and a lot of questions with discussion about the NYG &

souvenirs (displayed on tables) were asked by parents/adults/visitors.

Thanks to Doug Brady for introducing Pastor Deknatel and his wife.

Requests were made to go to the 2022 National Youth

Gathering in Houston, TX

*Our NYG group in Minneapolis at the main stage!

FISH – Families and Individuals in Study Hour Beginning August 21st, Concordia’s Board of Christian Education will be offering small group classes for all. The night will begin with a light supper at 5:30pm each Wednesday evening. Nursery is provided.

5:30pm – Light supper in the Emmaus room.

6-7pm Classes: “How We Got The Bible” Do you ever wonder how the Bible got developed? Come and learn from Paul Maier, a professor of ancient history at Western Michigan University. This video study will be led by Brett Graff in Adult Room #1.

“Parents, Kids, and Money Matters” This class is aimed specifically for kids the ages of 6-10 and their parents. In the First session on August 21st, the kids and parents will be together. The following five sessions will be for parents, talking about money matters especially for parents with young children. The child will attend the Children’s Study Hour with Mrs. Belinda Bost. The class will led by Ryan Spleet in Adult Room #2.

Children’s Study Hour Led by Mrs. Belinda Bost, the children will learn a memory verse each week, and have a lesson especially for them. Kindergarten through 4th Graders are welcome. A nursery is provided for younger children.

Youth Study Hour Led my DCE, Chris Henze, the youth will meet in Youth Central for age appropriate classes that will include SOS, Confirmation for 7th and 8th graders and other planned activities.

Visual Faith - Mustard Seed Devotions Have you felt that your devotional and prayer life needs a jump start? Come join Kaye Deal as she leads you into reflecting on the devotion, looking at the scripture, and then creating a prayer card or book mark to share with a friend or keep for yourself.

7-8pm Classes “Noah: The Man, The Ark, The Flood” A five centuries old man building a huge boat on the startling news of coming flood waters – sounds like the makings of a remarkable story. It is. Jump in and get your feet wet with this study written by Kurt Klaus. Led my Dave Beringer in the Emmaus Room

“Preparing for Worship” Come look at the Old Testament, Psalms, Epistle and Gospel readings for the following Sunday to come better prepared to worship the Lord. Led by Pastor Paul Nelson in the Library.

Youth Study Hour Led by DCE, Chris Henze, the youth will meet in Youth Central for age appropriate classes that will include SOS, Confirmation for 7th and 8th graders and other planned activities.

Sunday, August 4 8am Worship & Communion – Sanctuary 9:30am Worship – FLC 9:30am Bible Study – EM 11am Bible Study – A#1 11am Children’s Ministry & Youth SS 11am Worship & Communion – Sanctuary 12pm Sr. Youth Council Monday, August 5 10am Concordia Volunteers at ECCCM 10:30am Souper Stars at Corner Table 1:30pm Quilt Tacking 6:30pm B/C Scouts 6:30pm Steve Bost Bible Study - BLCFM Tuesday, August 6 8:35am Staff Devotions / Weekly Meeting Wednesday, August 7 7am Ladies’ Bible Study – A#1 9:30am Ladies Bible Study 6:30pm Bible Study – Library 8pm Praise Band Practice Thursday, August 8 7am Men’s Bible Study – AHEC 110 2:30pm Boy Scouts start BBQ 6pm Trustees 6:30pm Christian Education - BLCFM Friday, August 9 5:45pm Pre-Teen/Jr. Youth Crawdads Saturday, August 10 9am Color Me SALLY Run 12pm-1pm Pick-up your Boy Scout BBQ Sunday, August 11 8am Worship & Communion - Sanctuary 9:30am Worship & Communion – FLC 10:30 am-12:30pm - Pick up Boy Scout BBQ 11am Worship – Sanctuary 12pm Youth Ministry Team 5:30pm Jr. Youth Activity Monday, August12 7pm Pick-up Boy Scout BBQ

This Week at Concordia

Acolytes 08/04/2019: (8:00) Jake Lamb (9:30) Jackson Bryan (11:00) Avery Beringer, Shea Beringer Acolytes 08/11/2019: (8:00) Katie Grace DeHart (9:30) Avery Beringer (11:00) Peyton Gerken Flowers Sanctuary 08/11/2019: Open Greeters Today: (8:00) Pat Moser, David Isenhower (9:30) George & Pat Deal (11:00) Gary & Marigene Matthews Reader Today: (8:00) Chris Henze (9:30) Jill Graff (11:00) Cristal Rager Fellowship Today: Mary Anne Wike Elders/Communion Assistants: (8:00) David Isenhower, Fred Farmer (9:30) Roy Sigmon (11:00) Steve Bost, Kyle Hayman, Don Beal Meal Serving: Group 3–Joyce Pugh & Diana Long Altar Guild for the month: (8:00 & 11:00) Frieda Williams, Joyce Pugh (9:30) Susan Harman Trustees of the Month: Lewis Robinette, Opie Williams Ushers for this month: (8:00) Steve Brewer, Rick Wike (11:00) Monte York – Captain, William Adair, Darrin Reid, Kyle Hayman 9:30am Set Up & Usher Teams 1st Sunday: Terry Kuchenbecker Team 2nd Sunday: Greg Roseman Team 3rd Sunday: Rodney Burns Team 4th Sunday: Roy Sigmon Team 5th Sunday: Scout Troop 383