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MLC E-News for Thursday, Aug 7, 2022

It’s Rally Day! Time to Bless the Backpacks, Learners & Teachers!

Sunday, August 7, 2022
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Services of Worship at

8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Genesis 15:1-6 and Psalm 33:12-22Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
Luke 12:32-40

PRAYER
God of judgment and grace,
you ask not for sacrifices
but lives of trusting faith
that acknowledge your power and mercy.
Give us faith as deep and strong as Abraham's and Sarah's,
that we may follow you through all our days
as did Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

Text & Prayer: Year C - Season after Pentecost - Proper 13 (18) : Revised Common Lectionary (vanderbilt.edu)

Sunday, August 7 Rally Day and Backpack Blessing
8:00 a.m. – Choir Rehearsal
8:30 a.m. - Service of Worship:
LBW Setting 2 with the Lord’s Supper
9:45 a.m. – Sunday School For All Ages
9:45 a.m. – Bake Sale for Messiah’s Walk to End Alzheimers
11:00 a.m. - *Service of Worship:
LBW Setting 2 with the Lord’s Supper
5:00 p.m. – Jr. Youth
6:00 p.m. – Sr. Youth
*These services are live streamed on mlutheran.org

Worship Assistants this Sunday:
Acolytes: Natalie Zesinger (8:30), Hannah Seitz (11:00)
Greeters: Gary & Linda Heideman (8:30)
(11:00)
Ushers: Glen Long, Mark Zesinger (8:30) Tom McNamara, TBD (11:00)
Lector Laura Peterson (8:30),Jutta DeMarsh (11:00)
Stream Team, TBD,
Stephen Strand
Flower Guild: Jutta DeMarsh
Please sign up at MLC’s Sign Up Genius site if you are available to help serve for the services indicated in red. Thank you!

Announcements

Bring your backpacks and book bags to worship on August 7. The annual Blessing of the Learners, Teachers, and Backpacks will take place at both services of worship. Participants will receive a custom MLC backpack tag.

Rally Day & Backpack Blessing is Sunday, August 7

Faith Formation / Sunday School resumes for all children grades Pre-K to Grade 12 at 9:45 a.m. We will first gather in the Sanctuary and then children will meet their teachers and classmates and visit their new classrooms. This will be followed by some games outside and snacks in the Parish Hall.

Note: Sunday Fellowship Coffee will take place in the Parish Hall and will include light breakfast snacks, etc.

Parents, please take a moment to register your child at the link below. Thank you.

https://form.jotform.com/MLCmadison/sundayschoolregistration

This year’s Sunday School Teachers are:

Grades PK-1: Kari Pitchko and Deidre Hopkin in Room 9/10
Grades 2-3: Lisa Bartel in Room 6
Grades 4-5: Juanita Florio in Room 2
Grades 6-8: Chris Berry in Room 4
Grades 9-12: Sara Galyon at Starbucks

Interested in a Midweek Lectionary Study?

Pastor Diana is gauging interest in leading at Wednesday late afternoon Lectionary study. If you are interested, please let Pastor Diana know by clicking the link and leaving your name, email and preferred start time. More details will be announced soon. Thanks!

https://form.jotform.com/MLCmadison/lectionarystudy

Church Calendar

hursday, August 4
6:00 p.m. – Transition Team meets
7:00 p.m. - Kit Ministry
Sunday, August 7 Rally Day and Backpack Blessing
8:00 a.m. – Choir Rehearsal
8:30 a.m. - Service of Worship:
LBW Setting 2 with the Lord’s Supper
9:45 a.m. – Sunday School For All Ages
9:45 a.m. – Bake Sale for Messiah’s Walk to End Alzheimers
11:00 a.m. - *Service of Worship:
LBW Setting 2 with the Lord’s Supper
5:00 p.m. – Jr. Youth
6:00 p.m. – Sr. Youth
*These services are live streamed on mlutheran.org
Tuesday, August 9
9:00 a.m. - Comforters meet in Fellowship Hall
Thursday, August 11
6:00 p.m. – Transition Team meets
7:00 p.m. – Church Council Meeting
7:00 p.m. - Kit Ministry
Sunday, August 14
8:30 a.m. - Service of Worship: WOV Bread of Life with the Lord’s Supper
9:45 a.m. – Sunday School For All Ages
9:45 a.m. –
LWR School Kit Packing – Parish Hall
9:45 a.m. – Altar Guild Meeting – Fellowship Hall
10:00 a.m. – Choir Rehearsal
11:00 a.m. - *Service of Worship: WOV Bread of Life with the Lord’s Supper
5:00 p.m. – Jr. Youth
6:00 p.m. – Sr. Youth
*These services are live streamed on mlutheran.org

LOOKING AHEAD:
August 14: LWR School Kit Packing
August 21: Town Hall Meeting to discuss MSP Form Results
August 21: Quilt & Kit Blessing Sunday
August 25: Transition Team Pizza Roundtable on
MSP Form Results
https://form.jotform.com/221529153802148 to RSVP
August 28: LWR Truck Loading
September 23: Valley Consort Concert
September 24: MLC Talent Show & Spaghetti Supper
October 15:
Lunches for Learning Fall Handmade Market, Faythe Freese Organ Concert

Outreach Bulletin Board

Kits and Quilt Drive to the Finish!

Can we break last year’s record of 3 TONS of aid? The boxes are piling up! And the sewing machines are whirring!
To help:

  • School supplies are on sale in stores now. Purchase 70 ct. notebooks or 24 ct. crayons.

  • Help pack kits on Thursdays at 7 p.m. There are also projects that you can work on at home.

  • The Comforters can always use extra hands. They meet Tuesday mornings beginning at 10 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

  • On Sunday, August 14, come and help pack school kits in the Fellowship Hall in between services.

  • The Kit and Quilt Blessing is Sunday, August 21.

  • The LWR truck arrives at MLC the last weekend of August. Help is needed loading it between services on Sunday August 28th.

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Kit and Pantry Items for July:
70 Ct. Notebooks
Breakfast Style Bars & Crackers

The Thermos sale to support the rescheduled Disaster Response Mission Trip continues. You’ll find them on the Mission Control Desk in the Narthex. They are $10 each. The new dates of the trip are September 21 - 25.

Diaper Showers for Afghan families. Newborn, Size 1 and 2 diapers would be best. Having a variety of brands including store brands would be helpful. Place donation in Room 1 (The Education/Youth office just past Claire’s office).

The 2022 Chancel Flower Sign-up Board has been reset for the new year.
(It is mounted on the wall outside the old sacristy in the Narthex)

Chancel flowers beautify MLC's Sanctuary for Sunday Services of Worship and are given to the Glory of God in memory or honor a loved one or special occasion of a MLC household / member.
The cost to sponsor flowers is $30 per household and includes an optional dedication of your choice. You will be given the option to take flowers home after the late service concludes.
Up to two households can sponsor flowers per Sunday.
THANK YOU FOR SIGNING UP!

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COVID Guidelines - Masks Optional at MLC

Masks are optional for all individuals while inside MLC March 10, 2022.
Please read the full announcement, below.
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