MEMORY VERSE OF THE WEEK:Hebrews 4:15–16 (ESV) — 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
34th Convention of the
Florida-Georgia District ~ LCMS
On Thursday, June 21, 2022 at 7:27 pm, the 34th Convention of the Florida-Georgia District of the LCMS, was called to order. 101 pastoral delegates and 108 lay voters were present. Special thanks to Dennis Cerny, our lay delegate, and Russell Couch, alternate delegate, for attending the convention representing Faith Lutheran.
Elections. Among the first order of business was the election of a new district president. On the ballot were: Rev. Dr. Victor Belton, Rev. Keith Lingsch, Rev. Dean Pfeffer, Rev. James Rockey, and Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Skopak. After a second ballot was called for, the Rev. James Rockey was elected to the office of District President.
Other regional elections according to the five separate regions of the District in order to elect the Regional Vice Presidents and Regional Lay Representatives.
Region 1 (our region),
VP – Rev. Dr. Victor Belton
Lay 1 – Mrs. Karen Cerny
Lay 2 – Mr. Gary Engel
Region 2
VP – Rev. Jay Winters
Lay 1 – Mrs. Deborah Beck
Lay 2 – Mr. Tracy Cripe
Region 3
VP – Rev. Charles Reich
Lay 1 – Mrs. Sheryl DeWitt
Lay 2 – Mrs. Becky Hartmann
Region 4
VP – Rev. Dr. David Brockhoff
Lay 1 – Mr. Mark Polzin
Lay 2 – Ms. Judy Schweichler
Region 5
VP – Rev. Stephen Carretto
Lay 1 – Mr. Stephen Bradshaw
Lay 2 – Ms. Nancy Volz
Ranking of the Vice Presidents
Judge of Elections Ken Green came forward to explain the ranking process. Following the explanation, Rev. Green called for a ballot for the ranking of the Vice Presidents. Several ballots were necessary to determine majorities which resulted in the following ranking of the Vice Presidents:
1st Vice President - Rev. Dr. Vic Belton
2nd Vice President - Rev. Jay Winters
3rd Vice President - Rev. Charles Reich
4th Vice President - Rev Dr. David Brockhoff
5th Vice President - Rev. Stephen Caretto
Report from the Synod
Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison led the Convention in a report from the Synod, followed by a time of questions and answers.
Missions and Outreach
Rev. Dr. Peter Meier presented concerning the work of Missions and Outreach in the District.
Bible Study & Essay Presentation
Dr. Reed Lessing led a Bible study for the Convention, discussing Hebrews 12.
Rev. Ben Haupt presented an essay concerning “mission zeal” and seven myths about mission in our Synod.
The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) is organized into 35 districts, 33 of which are defined along geographic lines. Each district has a president who oversees the congregations in his district, which are further subdivided into local circuits. Faith Lutheran is a part of the Florida-Georgia District, with 203 congregations, 53,800 members, 45 preschools, 35 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools.
Every three years our LCMS meets in a Synodical Convention, a District Convention, and a Circuit Convocation. Next summer, the Synod will meet in convention or the 68th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), set for July 29–Aug. 3, 2023, in Milwaukee, Wis.
The convention theme will be “We Preach Christ Crucified,” based on 1 Cor. 1:18–25.
Want fun prizes for reading Christian books this summer? Look no further than the CPH Reads program! Rack up points for how many books you read, then enter to win our fantastic prizes, like an Arch Book Set. (That’s 125 books!)
Looking for something to do? Love to work with children (and adults)? Want to work, but not quite full time? Want to help out in the fall? Faith Lutheran School needs:
Projector Update two contractors have been to our campus this past week. As of the writing of this note, we have received one bid and anticipate a second before the weekend. We anticipate two or more contractors on campus this next week.
Thanks for your prayers and patience.
Pastor Carl
Richard and I want to thank everyone, and Hope, for the soup and cookies, flowers and cards, phone calls and visits and all the prayers. You have no idea how much this means until you are on the receiving end. It's wonderful to have a faith family like this. Thanks again and blessings to you all.
Shirley DeVries
Worship Changes for Summer Sundays only:
During the months of June and July, the Praise Band will be taking a much-deserved break from their weekly presentations. 11 am service will be the traditional service identical to the 8 am service for Sundays from June 5 through July 31. Join us in thanking the band for sharing their gifts and talents in service to the Faith family and to our Lord; and wishing them a safe, restful, and blessed summer!
In addition to giving the Praise Band a rest, the nursery workers will be on vacation for the summer. Please bring your children to worship with you! We love having the voices of children raised in praise to our Lord, too. If they get a little too rambunctious or just need a break, you may take them out into the lobby, where there are rocking chairs, coloring books, and crayons.
Since 1995, Faith Lutheran Church has been a member of the Lutheran Coalition for Habitat for Humanity in the northern Atlanta metropolitan region. Faith has participated with other Lutheran churches in the area in the building of over 30 houses for poor families.
We have two upcoming fun fundraising events planned:
The 18th Annual Taste of Habitat on September 16 from 7 – 9 PM at The Metropolitan Club in Alpharetta.
More information is provided for these events in the flyers below.
We are looking for volunteer chefs to represent Faith Lutheran Church at the Taste of Habitat event. Each chef is to prepare 150 “spoon sized tastes” of your specialty!Appetizers, salads, entrees, desserts.
If you have question or would like to volunteer to be a chef,please contact Gary Schleicher at garyandkim23@outlook.com or 908-339-7180.
Social Ministry
Mission of the Month:
Help fund Social Ministry
Have you noticed the rising prices of everything? We all are seeing the impact on our wallets and bank accounts; the dismay when we see what it costs to put fuel in our vehicles! Now imagine you're already living on the edge, wondering where you'll spend the night tonight? What's for your next meal? How are you going to feed the kids? There are many people right here wondering just that. Please help us help them!
For June and July we're asking everyone to donate gift cards for gas, Walmart & Target cards, grocery store cards, or cash donations. Where do you shop? Surely someone else could use a gift card for there, too. (Challenge - would you consider purchasing gift cards totaling the amount you just spent on your groceries to be gifted to another family? What about for half the amount you just spent? Think about how blessed you are.) Please put gift cards in Deb Schellman's church mailbox. Donations to the food pantry so we can feed even more families is also a blessing.
Thank you in advance, Faith family, for your generosity!
Faith's Food Pantry
Our goal is to be able to make more food bags for June and the end of July. The end of July bags will include toiletries for back to school. Good deals on toiletries will be included in our weekly sale list. Thanks to everyone for your support of the pantry. The weekly community distribution at Brumby has climbed to over 200 families weekly. The need will only grow in the summer with the children being out of school and not receiving breakfast and lunch.
The below are advertised grocery prices for Kroger, Publix, and Walmart. The sales ads run from June 22nd thru June 28th.
The pantry needs corn bread mix (Jiffy, etc), Tuna Helper, and canned vegetables (corn, peas, black beans, and baked beans) for the bags we are doing for delivery on June 28th.
PUBLIX Hormel Chili with Beans or No Beans 14 to 15 oz can - BOGO
Suave Shampoo 30 oz bottle - 2 for $3.00
Kraft Mac & Cheese 5.5 to 7.3 oz box - BOGO
Jiffy Cornbread - not listed in ad but has been running 55¢ a box KROGER Must have Kroger Card - specials vary using digital coupons which you add to your card, or buying 5 or more specials, (this can be a combination of buy 5 or more items as marked in the store) etc. Please see flyer at store. Kroger is running their ads now for basically 2 weeks with a few changes - so if you used the digital coupon the first week you are cannot use it again.
General Mills Cereal 8.9 to 16.7 oz - $1.99 - must buy 5 or more to get the sale price - can be in combination with other items
Kellogg's Cereal 10.1 - 18 oz.- $1.99 - must buy 5 or more to get the sale price - can be in combination with other item
Post Cereal 12 to 25 oz - $1.99 - must buy 5 or more to get the sale price - can be in combination with other items
Starkist Chunk Light Tuna 5 oz cans - 10 for $10.00
Martha White Muffin Mix 7 - 7.6 oz - 10 for $10.00
LIDL
Tropical Fruit Cup or Pineapple Tidbits 15.9 oz - BOGO - Limit 6
WALMART
Walmart brand Pasta - 82¢ box White rice - 1 lb bag - 72¢
Small 4 roll pack of Toilet Paper - 60¢ a pack Hunts Pasta Sauce - $1.16 each Walmart brand Pasta Sauce 24 oz jar - 88¢ Grape Jelly - $1.68
Jiffy Cornbread - 52¢
Sweets/Treats and canned fruit is always appreciated if you run into any deals on these items.
Have a great day and thanks for your support!
Hope's Happenings
As some of you may know, it's my birthday on June 29th (I'll be six years old!). My plan is to support Adopt a Golden rescue that helps families in adopting Golden Retrievers, to give them loving "forever homes."
I would appreciate if you can make monetary donations. You can indicate "Donation for Hope's Birthday" in the memo line on your check or on the envelopes and place in the offering plate. You may also place donations in my mailbox.
On June 26, I plan to celebrate my birthday with a small treat for you.
Please continue to submit your requests for a Zoom visit via the following methods:
Complete the ‘Hope Comfort Dog Request’ form via this link: https://forms.gle/8oknB7haY7VLGgtE9. When a request is submitted, the information is sent directly to my organizer’s phone.
Call the church office at (770) 973-8877 to set up a visit. Janice Schaag and Susie Glass are excellent sources for getting this information to my group.
Woof...Hope
Jun 24 - Everest Sivek (G5)
Jun 26 - Ryan Cain
Jun 26 - Charlotte Rice (Kdg)
Jun 26 - Ryan Cain
Jun 27 - Janee Gafney
Jun 27 - Elizabeth Spears
Jun 28 - Gary Schleicker
jun 29 - Frances Paradies
Jun 29 - Barrett Karvis
Jun 29 - Anastazjia Ray
Jun 29 - Aja Seaman
Jun 29 - Hope Comfort Dog
Jun 30 - Lyndsey McKeone
Jun 30 - Elijah Eckles (E3)
Jul 3 - Carter Rush
Jun 24 - Bill & Linda Smith (50 years)
Jun 25 - Aaron & Angie Rush Jun 25 - Pastor Carl & Patti Schneider (45 years)
Jun 27 - Greg & Alisa Staude
Jun 27 - Mike & Julie Wolber
Jun 29 - Dennis & Jessica Shea
Jul 1 - Greg & Janice Schaag
The convention theme will be “We Preach Christ Crucified,” based on 1 Cor. 1:18–25.
As some of you may know, 
Hope's Birthday" in the memo line on your check or on the envelopes and place in the offering plate. You may also place donations in my mailbox.
