Outreach for Hope's mission is to inspire giving to support Greater Milwaukee Synod ministries that

provide hope to those living in poverty. These

ministries, supported by the Family Bike Ride, enrich the lives of thousands in the Greater Milwaukee Synod area. The impact is transformative – here are a few ways your support makes a difference: 7 medical clinics or parish nurses are possible 16 summer youth programs are supported 13 food pantries are available 15 after school tutoring programs 7,800 meals and food bags (weekly) 6,000 people weekly are welcomed at congregations receiving OFH funding Registration is now open at ofhbikeride.com. Generous Action Grants will provide an additional $20 for each registered rider, virtual rider or volunteer AND an additional $10 for every donation raised. Visit the website to learn more about how you can help us reach this year’s goal of $120,000 to support Outreach for Hope ministries.

Be sure to register by 8/20 to receive a Ride T-shirt, and by 9/5 to avoid increased fees. All ages and abilities are welcome to participate. You’ll be a Champion of Hope when you participate in the Outreach for Hope Family Bike on Sept. 8th. Choose from two ride locations, each offering beautiful scenery along a well-maintained trail. Join friends and family on the Glacial Drumlin Trail in Dousman/Waukesha County, or the Interurban Trail in Grafton/Ozaukee County. Enjoy the fun, food, and fellowship as you pedal for a great cause. See you on Sept. 8 as we pedal together to support life-giving ministries!

ANNUAL CORN ROAST St. Olaf’s annual Bluegrass & Sweet Corn festival will take place this year on Sunday, August 19th from 12:00-5:00 pm. Admission is free, food and beverage available for purchase. There will be live music, dunk tank, bounce house, games and more! Event is held rain or shine!

St. Olaf Lutheran Church

The CALLER August 2018

AUGUST LAY MINISTRY SCHEDULE

Date Asst. Minister Acolyte

Sat., Aug. 4 5:00 p.m.

Lynn Christenson

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Sun., Aug. 5 9:00 a.m.

Assistant Needed

Tyler Christenson

Sat., Aug. 11 5:00 p.m.

Dave Johnston

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Sun., Aug. 12 9:00 a.m.

Scott Siegrist

Amiah Brakob

Sat., Aug. 18 5:00 p.m.

Assistant Needed

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Sun., Aug. 19 9:00 a.m.

Scott Siegrist

Emma Danes

Sat., Aug. 25 5:00 p.m.

Assistant Needed

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Sun., Aug. 26 9:00 a.m.

Diane Dowling

Cameron Meier

August Altar Guild: Jane Christenson Clara Birkel Susie Grulke

August Counters: Jerry Bohen Lyn Johnson Roger Johnson

AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES

1 Gerald & Jessie Bohen (48) Pr. Tom & Kris Pietz (26) 2 John & Lisa Christenson (15) 7 Benjamin & Amy Hoffmann (19) David & Joan Uhlman (36) 10 John & Jennifer Guenther (22) 11 Bruce Benson & Denise Cairns (39) 12 Tony & Stacy Brakob (13) Jeffrey & Tiffany Brewer (23) Karl & Claudine Scheife (12) 13 Randy & Heidi Sikkema (13) 16 David & Lisa Sutrick (22) 18 Chad & Carrie Smithyman (17) 22 Scott & Debbie Siegrist (20) 23 Jake & Michelle Homulos (10) 24 Kristopher & Holly Phillip (11) 25 Dennis & Debra Uhlman (45) 26 Brian & Renee Krassman (23) Corey & Tonya Werner (12) 28 Dennis & Dorothy Portz (47)

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS 1 Gabriel Hoffmann, Kathy Johnston 2 Deonne Eske 7 Ethan Birkel 8 Jeffrey Millikin

9 Benjamin Hoffmann, Roger Johnson 10 Paige Anderson 13 Darrick Novobielski 17 Robert Howell, Alaina Roth, Liana Smithyman, David Uhlman 21 Benjamin Guenther, Timothy Pietz 22 Michelle Homulos 24 Madeline Danes, David Sutrick 25 Genavieve Danes, Jayden Marx 26 Karl Scheife 29 Jessie Bohen 31 Dorothy Portz

SHOREHAVEN BINGO Friday, August 17th

1:00 Transport Residents |1:30 Assist with Bingo | 2:15 Serve Snack | 2:30 Transport Residents All age groups welcome to attend. Super way for youth to receive service hours.

Prize donations are needed. They can be dropped off at church and placed in the box labeled “Shorehaven Bingo.” These items make great prizes:

Small Boxes of Tissues

Hand/Body Lotion, Chapstick

Note Pads/ Stationery/Pens/Stamps

Word Search/ Crossword Books

Applesauce/Fruit cups

Mini-Candy Bars (no large candy bars/no nuts)

Cash Donations for Purchasing Fresh Fruit on the Day of the Event

NEW! This year Shorehaven has suggested we bring ice cream/sherbet cups for the snack. Currently seeking sponsors for this purchase.

Contact Jenni Guenther 920-988-6493 or jjtbguenther@aol.com with any questions or to sign up.

MAPLE SYRUP UPDATE Thank you for buying/selling St. Olaf's Saintly Syrup. We have 17 quarts and 40 pints remaining to be sold. We are in need of pint jars plus narrow & wide mouth lids (Kerr or Ball brand only) for

next year's production. Typically, during the Fall season, these products can be bought at Sale Prices!

SOAR - ST. OLAF ADDICTED READERS

We invite you again to join us in reading and then discussing some of our favorite books on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm. The next selection of books is listed below. Questions? Contact Mary Hershoff.

Date Book Title Author Genre Location Leader Snacks

Aug (2018)

A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles Fiction Diane Dowling

Sept Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng Fiction

Oct The Paris Wife Paula McLain Fictional Biography

Nov The Sound of Gravel Ruth Wariner Memoir

Dec Open - Christmas party

Jan (2019)

The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman Fiction

Feb Prairie Fires (American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder)

Caroline Fraser Biography

March Camino Island John Grisham Mystery

April Upstairs at the White House Kotz & West Biography

May Manhattan Beach Jennifer Egan Historical Fiction

June Lunch - select books

July Home Going Yaa Gyasi Fiction

Aug Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson Non-fiction

Sept After Anne (Coming Home to Brewster series)

Roxanne Henke Christian fiction

Oct The Screwtape Letters C.S. Lewis Christian classic

Nov TBA

Dec Open - Christmas party

ANOTHER WAY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR A CHILD'S

SMILE PROGRAM

The community's interest in our A Child's Smile program is increasing as evidenced by the Paying It Forward effort of the James G. Herro Agency referral program. For every referral it receives and has an opportunity to prepare and present at least a home and auto quote to, it will donate $10 to the spotlight charity of the quarter. It included our A Child's Smile program last year, and it resulted in a $150 contribution. The agency has included A Child's Smile again this year. Its choice of local charities is listed below. The person you refer doesn't have to purchase a policy for your referral to count. If you are interest in supporting our A Child's Smile program by

participating from July through September 2018, the contact information is: James G. Herro Agency, Hartland, WI 262-719-8384 jherro23@gmail.com. 2018 Charities: 1st Quarter: This Time Tomorrow Foundation - provides direct financial support to individuals and families fighting all forms of cancer.

2nd Quarter: Heartland Farm Sanctuary - helps abandoned and surrendered farm animals and connecting them to vulnerable youth.

3rd Quarter: "A Child's Smile" sponsored by St. Olaf Church, Rubicon, WI - puts smiles on faces of children from local families facing hard times at Christmas.

4th Quarter: The Milwaukee Rescue Mission - hunger know no season.

WOMEN OF GRACE NEWS At our Women of Grace meeting held in July, it was suggested that I share the purpose and mission statements of the Women of the ELCA. It is always included in the annual report, but I agree that it may be something helpful for our members to be aware of the purpose of our organization of women and to be able to see how we might affect our church, community, and the world at large. So, below is first the mission statement and then the purpose statement as created by the national organization of the Women of the ELCA. We, as Women of Grace, at St. Olaf, follow these statements as well.

Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (WELCA) Mission Statement:

“To Mobilize Women to Act Boldly on their Faith in Jesus Christ”

WELCA PURPOSE STATEMENT: “As a community of women created in the image of God, called to discipleship in Jesus Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we commit ourselves to grow in faith, affirm our gifts, support one another in our callings, engage in ministry and action, and promote healing and wholeness in the church, society and the world.”

Women who are members of or attend St. Olaf are considered members of the Women of Grace and may participate in any way that they choose. Participation is always appreciated and encouraged with the hope that our spiritual lives will also be enriched by this community of women acting together.

We will NOT be having a meeting in August. There are too many other wonderful things happening. We WILL have a meeting in September. It will be held on September 13th at 6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall at church. One of the topics at that time will be to finalize the preparation dates for the lutefisk dinner, bake sale, and Scandi Butik.

Please look elsewhere in this newsletter for information about Bingo at Shorehaven. It will be held on Friday, August 17th.

Also, please read the next article that talks about a day trip being planned for September 12th. The trip is open to all, not just to the women of the church.

Thank you to everyone who participates in the projects that the Women of Grace organize. Your

continued support is vital to our congregation and may just enrich your own life as well. Respectfully submitted, Cindy J. Schlieve, President

DAY TRIP OPPORTUNITY The Women of Grace are planning a day trip to Madison on September 12, 2018. Anyone interested may attend – men, women, young people. There will be some walking involved, so please keep that in mind as you think about the trip.

Our tentative itinerary includes:

Leave church at 7:00 a.m.

Park at the State Street Capitol Parking ramp (~8:30)

Tour the State Capitol

Visit the Wisconsin Historical Museum

Lunch at the Lutheran Campus Ministry or at Brennan’s Cellars

Visit the Midvale Community Lutheran Church

Possibly, a little drive to Stoughton to visit Livsreise (a Norwegian Heritage Center)

Arrive back at St. Olaf by 6:00 p.m.

The cost for the trip is minimal – the meal, some gas money, and a small fee for one of the tours, plus any spending money desired for souvenirs.

A sign-up sheet will be posted in mid-August. I think it will be fun day and hope many will consider joining in on this day trip. Contact Cindy Schlieve with questions about this event.

FAMILY PROMISE

Guests here August 12-19 We are encouraging families to sign up to make and serve a meal together or provide fellowship in the evening. Many thanks to those families that have served together in the past. It’s uplifting to see families working together to support this vital ministry. It’s God’s Work, Our Hands that help the needy as Christ calls us to serve. Sign up on the sheets in the Gathering area.

NEWS regarding Opportunities for Cross-Generational Ministry for August, 2018

Ice Cream Social & Classic Car Show Many thanks ahead of time to all those signed up to donate items or work at our annual

Ice Cream Social/Car Show. We need many hands & feet to work at this event to make it

a success! There are still some open spots left. We will share the outcome of the day

with everyone in our Sunday announcements/bulletin.

TEC (Teens Encounter Christ Weekend)

August 2-5 at Ascension Lutheran in Fond du Lac

Please pray for the upcoming TEC weekend when 65 youth & adults will gather to learn, discuss, pray, and worship

with old and new friends from other churches, all while encountering the love that Christ has for each one of us.

Those on team from St. Olaf are Madeline Millikin, Dan Pietz, Alek Anderson, Jodi Anderson, Dave Johnston, and

Justine Cadena. Attending the weekend for the first time are Sam Millikin and Sam Pietz.

Vacation Bible School Sunday-Thursday August 5-9, 2018 VBS Youth/Family Campfire Thursday Night August 9

after VBS

VBS Worship Service Sunday August 12th

9:00 a.m.

Bingo at Shorehaven Nursing Home

Friday, August 17, 2018 2 points for service hours for Confirmation Class students

1:00 Transport Residents |1:30 Assist with Bingo | 2:15 Serve Snack | 2:30 Transport

Residents back to their rooms. Meet here at 12:30 if you need a ride there.

All age groups welcome to attend. Super way for youth to receive service hours.

Prize donations are needed. They can be dropped off at church and placed in the box labeled

“Shorehaven Bingo.” See the list of items needed elsewhere in this Caller.

Contact Jenni Guenther 920-988-6493 or jjtbguenther@aol.com with questions or sign

up on the Youth board in the hallway here at church & let Justine know you are going.

Toronto Mission Trip presentation August 19, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. Worship

Come to hear all about the mission trip experience from our

group that went to Toronto. They will share via power point

pictures about how they were blessed and what they learned.

IMPORTANT Meeting for Confirmation & High School Class Parents/Youth

Sunday, August 26 10:15 a.m.

We will meet in the fellowship hall and discuss the upcoming plans for Faith

Formation for our Confirmation Class & High School students. It’s important that all

parents & youth in grades 7th

& up be there to be informed. We will also discuss

the plans for our August 29th

Food Pantry and Urban Plunge experience outing for

our teens along with other Christian concerts and events we are planning.

Teens to Food Pantry and to Unity Church for Urban Plunge experience

Wednesday, August 29th

. Time & details will be emailed to parents/youth

Camping out in God’s Word

Vacation Bible School 2018

VBS is coming! We are preparing for

many adventures during the week of

August 5-9th at 6-8:15pm! Come join us

for fun, games, music, skits, stories,

crafts, and snacks!

Our key verse for the week is:

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! 1 John 3:1

SUNDAY: Catch of the Day: Jesus Chooses Peter MONDAY: Wet and Wild Walk: Jesus Walks on Water TUESDAY: Tell it Like it is: Peter’s Confession of Christ WEDNESDAY: A Rooster Crows: Peter denies Jesus THURSDAY: Lame Man Leaping: Peter Helps a Lame Man

Service Project: School Kits for Lutheran World Relief

Goal to assemble 100 school kits, more info to come! We can’t wait to see you all there! Bring your friends and call your neighbors to

experience the Love of Jesus as we learn to live as Children of God. Please return the

attached registration form by July 15th.

Any questions or like to help? Please contact:

Kathy Monis 262-490-1552 kathas2002@yahoo.com

Kris Pietz 262-490-4056 pietzkris@hotmail.com

REGISTRATION FORM on website: http://www.st-olaf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Form-

VBS-2018-Registration.pdf

Vacation Bible School 2018 Date: Sun-Thurs August 5th - 9th 6-8:15pm

Ages: Preschool (3 yrs by 8/1/2018) through entering 6th grade

St. Olaf Lutheran Church W653 Roosevelt Rd, Rubicon, WI 53078

920-474-7042

Any questions or like to help? Please contact:

Kathy Monis 262-490-1552 kathas2002@yahoo.com

Kris Pietz 262-490-4056 pietzkris@hotmail.com

Reg. Fee $10.00 per Child, $20.00 per family

Register by July 15th for each child to receive a T-shirt! If this is a financial burden, please let us know.

*Please return this registration form with fee to Kathy Monis’s church Mailbox by July 15th or by mail

Parents’ Name: ________________________________________________________________________

Home Address:________________________________________________________________________

City/State/Zip:_________________________________________________________________________

Home Phone:______________________________ Cell Phone:__________________________________

Emergency Contact:_____________________________________________________________________

Email:__________________________________ Yes! I would like to volunteer in some way with VBS ___

Please list any special needs or allergies your child(ren) may have: _______________________________

Child’s Name Grade entering September

T-Shirt size

Child ⎕S ⎕M ⎕L Adult ⎕S ⎕M ⎕L ⎕XL ⎕XXL

Child ⎕S ⎕M ⎕L Adult ⎕S ⎕M ⎕L ⎕XL ⎕XXL

Child ⎕S ⎕M ⎕L Adult ⎕S ⎕M ⎕L ⎕XL ⎕XXL

Child ⎕S ⎕M ⎕L Adult ⎕S ⎕M ⎕L ⎕XL ⎕XXL

I hereby agree to hold St. Olaf Lutheran church and any or all representatives from any harm or liability that could arise out of my child’s

participation in the 2018 VBS program. I further authorize that emergency treatment may be administered to my child by licensed emergency

medical technicians or by licensed health care providers in the event that my child is injured and I cannot be reached.

Signature of Parent or Guardian ________________________________________________________ date ____________

St. Olaf has my permission to use photographs of my child in promotional material in print or on the website ___Yes ___No

VBS 2018