Our Mission to nurture people to love God, love others, and to make disciples

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Weekend of April 24, 2016 The Fifth Sunday of Easter

Our Mission …to nurture people to love God, love others, and to make disciples.

Please Contact the Church — if you have a prayer request.

Parenting

— if you are entering the hospital. — when you have a new baby. — if you have a new address.

Welcome to Grace Grace is more than just the name of our church and school. Grace is the love and forgiveness that God has for us, even though we do not deserve it. God sent His Son to suffer, die and rise again for us, so that we might receive the gift of salvation, and the opportunity to live with Him forever in heaven. As a response to this gift of God, we reach out to one another and to our community with the Word of God that tells us of forgiveness and new life in Jesus Christ. This message lies at the heart of our mission and ministry as Grace Lutheran Church and School! For your convenience, Hearing Assistance Devices are available at the Welcome Center. The nursery is staffed during the 9:30am Sunday service.

Traditional Worship Sunday, 8:00am Rejoice Worship Saturday, 5:00pm Sunday, 9:30 & 11:00am Senior Pastor ............................................. Rob Goodwin Pastor of Family Ministry and Missions ....... Joel Howard Pastor of Adult Ministry and Discipleship ... Aaron Kuehn Pastor Emeritus ..................................Warren A. Granke School Principal ......................................... Tim Gieschen Deaconess .......................................... Marlene Anderson Minister of Music .............................................. Bill Cahill Business Manager ............................................ Carol Bird DCE Intern ................................................... Nick Butcher

Church W196 N9525 Cross View Way Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 Phone: 262-251-0670 Fax: 262-250-1065 School N87 W16173 Kenwood Blvd. Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 Phone: 262-251-7140 Fax: 262-251-3460 grace-connect.org

This Week: Flowers on the Altar Flowers on the altar have been placed by Chris & Aileen Fornal in honor of their 10th wedding anniversary. Best wishes!

General Announcements

Connections - Life is better together! Make Bible study a part of your schedule. All classes meet in the 1st floor Conference Room.

Sunday—9:20-10:30am, Amos and Isaiah, led by Sarah Kostrzewa and Dick Maas. Monday Men’s Bible Study—Mondays 7:008:30pm. Contact Paul Brozowski.

GriefShare, a series of sessions for those who have 3rd Monday of the month at 1:00pm—Marianne lost a loved one through death, will be starting Hornung’s Bible study, Acts of God . soon. GriefShare includes Biblical teaching on Monday evenings, Apr 11-May 2, 6:30-8:00PM in topics of grief, with follow up group discussion. If the Commons or Thursday afternoons, Apr 14you or someone you know would benefit by May 5, 1:00-2:30PM in the Conference Room, attending, please contact the church office or “The Girl’s Still Got It” four week study for Deaconess Marlene. We want to help! Participants women with Deaconess Marlene. need not be a Grace member. Tuesdays, 11:45am-12:45pm--study of 1 & 2 Thess To view today’s or past sermons go to gracewith Deaconess Marlene. connect.org in the “worship” tab under “media” 4th Thursday of the month at 10:30am, study of and click on “launch media.” 1st & 2nd Timothy and Titus led by Myrtle Online Volunteer Signup is available for this Boese. summer’s LCMS National Convention, July 9-14. To access this online tool, go to swd.lcms.org and Missions & Service follow the link to “LCMS National Convention.” Compassion International helps children around Our Prayer Partners are eager to pray for you or the world who live in poverty and neglect to thank God with you through the Prayer Chain. receive sponsors who help them get nutrition, Contact the church office or Cheryl Tebo at education, and spiritual growth. Individuals like you [email protected]. A Prayers and Squares quilt can sponsor children throughout the world to comfort and reflect God’s people in prayer changing their life forever! First Immanuel can also be requested. Cedarburg is offering a "Compassion Experience" an interactive journey through the true stories of Hunter Safety Class—Offered April 25 for four those whose lives have been changed from poverty straight Mondays from 6:00-9:00pm, and a field to hope on May 6-9 from 11:00am - 4:40pm. For day on May 14. You are required to attend all information contact Pastor Howard. classes. Classes will be held at the Waukesha Gun Club. The class has limited spots and will be The Manna Committee—Special needs: rice, open to Grace before it is open to the public. pancake mix, syrup, & other non-perishables. Contact Shari Arndt—414-870-8566. Furniture—small tables, chairs, & microwave

Our Serving Ministry at Grace Our Stephen Ministers meet with those who are going through challenges in life. If you or someone you care about could benefit from the care of a Stephen Minister, contact Deaconess Marlene.

stands. All for struggling families. Drop off bin adjacent to commons. Call Arlene Dassow at 414466-8797 for large items. The Economy Center Thrift Store, 7814 W. Burleigh, welcomes donations of items in good

repair. Volunteers needed, call Dee Jobe @ 262255-5251. Profits benefit LCFS & Lutheran Special School. Ongoing collection of bath-size soap for Lutheran World Relief victims of disaster may be dropped of in the bin adjacent to the Church Commons.

Adult Ministry All Widows and widowers welcome—Please join us for food & fellowship at the Olive Garden Restaurant, 18180 W. Bluemound Rd, Brookfield, on Sunday, May 15 at 11:30am. RSVP to Ethel Mayer, 262-251-6667 by May 12. Pastor Kuehn’s Brown Bag Bible Class will be held on May 18 at 11:00AM in the Commons. Bring your lunch and a friend! To find out more about G3 monthly visitations to residents contact Dee Jobe @ 262-255-5251:  The Arboretum on Monday, May 9, from 2:00-3:00pm.  Menomonee Place on Thursday, April 28, at 10:00am.

Children & Youth Ministry IGNITE  Youth Discipleship (Confirmation)

—Sundays, 5:30—7:30pm  Youth Group (Jr. High & Senior High school) —Sundays, 6:00-7:30pm April 29-The HANGer 7:00-9:00pm –Join us for pizza, milkshakes, live music and a time just to HANG (get it?) High School Only.

Upcoming Events: April 27-Night of Witness 6:30pm 8th Grade Students April 30-Confirmation Rehearsal & Pictures 8:00am

May 1-Confirmation Celebration Service 1:30pm Arrive by 12:45pm May 8 -No YDM/ Youth Mother’s Day Weekend of May 15-Brad Alles @ St. Paul, Grafton May 22-Stepping Up 5:30-7:30pm (5th -12th grade)

Grace Lutheran School Library Art Show—The 12th Annual Parochial School Art Show will be held at the Menomonee Falls Public Library from April 8-30. Each K-8 Grace student will have one piece of art on display. Coach PJ Winkelmann extends a huge thank you to all the Junior Raider participants and adult helpers. The season was a great success because of the great coaches and students we were blessed to have working with our students. Fine Arts and Spring Concert - Fri, May 6 6:00pm7:30pm at the school campus. Students will display art projects and the band, 6th-8th grade choir, choir chimes, will perform along with student soloists and small ensembles in grades 6-8.

Lutheran High Schools Grace Church supports Lutheran secondary education and subsidizes the tuition of members attending one of the Missouri Synod Lutheran high schools. Contact Sue Jaeckel at [email protected].

Lake Country Lutheran High School Summer Camps—www.LightningAthletics.org. Living Word High School Fri & Sat, May 6 & 7 @8:00 PM and Sun, May 8 @7:00 PM – “Story Theatre” – a comedy. Martin Lutheran High School Annual Rummage Sale – May 4-7, opens each day @ 9:30 AM, closing times: 5/4 @ 7:30PM, 5/5 @ 3:30 PM, 5/6 & 5/7 @ 1:00 PM

Milwaukee Lutheran High School Fri., Sat., April 29 & 30 – 7:00pm & Sun. May 1– 2:00pm. “Man of La Mancha” – for reserved seats call the high school—tickets only $12 each.

Adullam Rummage Sale, 3033 N 30th St, Milwaukee, May 6 and 7, from 7:00am to 4:00pm. Proceeds will go to the Adullam general fund, for operational costs.

All Lutheran High Schools taking registrations for summer programs

Concordia University Wisconsin Soccer Academy begins in June. For information go to www.cuwfalcons.edu/cuwsa.

Other News Wendysue Fluegge will be singing the national anthem at Miller Park on Friday, April 22nd for the Brewer's evening game against the Phillies at 6:50pm. , it's 5-County, 5-Day Celebration, which means you can save 50% on select seats if you are a resident of Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Washington and Waukesha Counties. Spring Retreat for 55 & Up, Wednesday, May 11: A day of spiritual enrichment, a delightful lunch and fellowship at Cedar Valley Retreat Center. Registration is $60. Go to swd.lcms.org or call Peg at the District office, 414-464-8100.

Blessed Again Resale Shop, which helps support the Refuge House, is seeking a PT Assist. Manager. If interested contact Sue Jaeckel at [email protected] or by phone @ 262-255-2179. Menomonee Falls Food Pantry Needs—sugar, pancake mix & syrup, canned potatoes, canned mushrooms, jello/pudding mixes, snacks, salad dressing, BBQ sauce, pickles, chili w/meat, chunky soup, flour, small cans of coffee, laundry soap, dish soap, lotion. Milwaukee Lutheran H.S. is in need of a fulltime Technical Ed teacher for 2016-2017. See Connection Corner for more information

Acts of Grace Fish Fry Friday, May 13th 4:30PM - 7:00PM Kenwood Campus Gym     

$10 for two-piece plate $11 for three-piece plate $4 hot dog plate 50¢ charge for carry-outs Desserts will be available for purchase

The funds raised go to the ACTS of Grace projects.

Please Pray for Our Grace Family South Wis. District Missions This week, please pray for our District’s Campus ministries, giving our young people a Christian home away from home, and also reaching out to the many international students who learn of the way to

Staff Delores Jobe Deanna Kellermann Beth Klopatek Kim Knuppenburg Pastor Aaron Kuehn

Nick Leibham Katrina Ludin Gretchen Mauritz Heidi Miller Sandy Ripke

Please Pray for Our Grace Family Baptism Owen Daniel Fields—Son of Bryant and Amanda Fields Deaths Betty Bahr —wife of Ken Bahr, mother of Karen Mueller, grandma of Nathanial & Sarah Kostrezwa Geraldine St.Lawrence Joyce Starck Prayers for Health AJ Albert Barb Baas Harlon Ekvall Ken Klibowitz Dan Lulloff Shut-ins Marlene Arndt Virgil Boese Evelyn Dietz Marlene Duerr Marjorie Fick Tom Grupp Helen Koebert Families Cindy Endlich Colin & Krista Engebregtsen Lori & Michael Engelhardt Shannon Engelhardt Anniversaries April 24 Ronald & Patricia Bernardini Tom & Sandy Bingen Kyle & Allana Erickson April 25 Jim & Sheri Dow April 26 James & Barbara Mitchell Gary & Debra Schneider April 27 Tom & Kari Pearson

Ernie Polster Angela Reinke Ryan Roubik Glenn Wendler

Bernice Manteufel Arnie Neumueller Norma Radmann Natalie Sawitzke Phillip Sikes Geraldine St. Lawrence Charlie Weiss

Timothy & Katherine Engelhardt Robert Engskow Glenn & Kristina Erdman

Brian & Laura Schloesser Tim & Mary Schwabenlander Steve & Mary Sellitto April 28 Robert & Marjorie Brown Roy & Dawn Ebert April 30 Thomas & Betty Flaherty Kyle & Diane Polster Michael & Tracy Staedler Robert & Janet Stewart

Birthdays April 24 Shane Albrecht Cameron Bardele Valorie Belongia Andrew Buttke Owen Cronce Sandra Duemer Lyndsy Jaeger Carl Micklitz Aron Nakama Morgan O'Keefe Jordan Piontek Emily Skorstad April 25 Jim Dow Ryan Guilfoyle Elaine Micklitz Lavern Schlei Jerome Scholz Gary Wertz April 26 Gloria DeMeritt Emily Foran Mary Guthrie William Miller Owen Neubauer Mark Poertner April 27 Jenna Agbuis Ella Ball

Gordon Daniels Christopher Durkin James Keller Danielle Marsh Susan McMenamin Viktoria Schumacher Patrick Tamblingson Molly Theys Tammi Ziemer April 28 Maggie DeCleene Heather Hacker Laura Kalsow Andrew Okrasinski Annette Sachse Karen Scholz April 29 James Dow Lindsay Husslein Brenda Kunz Capri Lessila Spencer Lulloff Tom Pearson Dorothy Ruta Jacob Wagner April 30 JudyHaas Elizabeth Heine Samantha Husslein Trent Metzger

Military Taylor Bauer Michael Blevins Michael Colvin Leesa Klatt Lance Klatt Logan Jane Klatt Anthony Kondziella

Tom Kondziella Alex Kubiak Tyler Metzger Nathan Morgan Andrew Wahl Tom Wendler Danielle Zandi

Grace Financials

General Stewardship Fund Giving Summary - April 2016

The Bond payments made using funds from the three year campaign are now being made using General Stewardship funds. It is essential that the General Stewardship giving totals $1.6 million dollars for the coming year. To achieve

this annual goal we need $30,769 each week. The graph and table show each week’s plate & envelope and e-giving towards General Stewardship, allowing us to gauge if we are keeping pace with the amount needed.

$35,000

$1,800,000

$30,000

$1,600,000

$25,000

$1,400,000

$20,000

$1,200,000

$15,000

$1,000,000

$10,000

$800,000 $600,000

$5,000

$331,121 Balance to $1.6million Goal $1,268,879

Received through 4/24/16

$400,000

$-

$200,000

4/4 TO 4/10 4/11 TO 4/17 4/18 TO 4/24 4/25 TO 5/1

$-

Needed

FY 15/16

GENERAL FUND GIVING SUMMARY APRIL 2016 4/4 TO 4/10 4/11 TO 4/17 NEEDED $ 30,769 $ 30,769 RECEIVED $ 29,816 $ 25,703 DIFFERENCE $ (954) $ 5,066) Sat. 4/30 5:00pm Readers

4/18 TO 4/24 $ 30,769 $ 21,301 $ (9,468)

Sun. 5/1 8:00am

Carol Bird

15/16 Fiscal YTD 4/17/2016 4/25 TO 5/1 TOTAL 1,323,077 $ 92,308 $ 1,268,879 $ $ 76,819 $ (54,198) $ - $ (15,488) $ Sun. 5/1 9:30am

Sun. 5/1 11:00am

Brian Krueger

Ken Bahr

Confirmation 1:30pm

Elders

Team C

Team C

Team C

Team C

Team C

Ushers

7A

7

8

8A

1A

A/V

Mike Guilfoyle

Scott Nitsche Krista Engebregsten Paige Gahagan Calla Laabs Emma Dereszynski

Nursery Altar Circle Greeters

Bob & Nancy Lehrmann

Prayer

Gretchen Mauritz

Coffee

Julie Kren Laurie Siewert

Georgene Fletcher Karen Mueller Wayne Wallschlager

Bev Zirbel Paul & Shari Arndt Kay Wilson Mark & Lisa Podewils

Russ & Nancy Fahn Gene & Heide Farrell

TRADITIONAL SERVICE Sunday 8:00am Greetings/Announcements Opening Hymn .......................................................... Shepherd of Tender Youth, LSB 864 stz 1-4 Invocation Confession and Absolution Introit Kyrie Gloria in Excelsis Salutation and Collect of the Day Old Testament Lesson ............................................................................................. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Holy Gospel ...................................................................................................................................... Luke 11:9-13 The Apostles’ Creed Hymn of the Day .................................................Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds, LSB 867 Sermon ........................................................................ CTRL+ALT+DEL: Peace - Pastor Aaron Kuehn Offering.................................................................................................................................................... Grace Choir Prayers of the Church & The Lord’s Prayer Benediction Sending Hymn ...........................................................................................Christ Be My Leader, LSB 861

**On-line Giving** Giving to support Grace ministry can now be done online, giving you the opportunity to set up automatic recurring contributions and review your online giving history— www.grace-connect.org; click on the Worship button, and then “Online Giving”.

Shop at Amazon.com and you can get donations for Grace! Use AmazonSmile when you shop at Amazon. The Grace account is: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/39-6000209.

REJOICE SERVICE Saturday 5:00pm, Sunday 9:30 & 11:00am Pre-Service Music .................................................................................................................. 10,000 Reasons Greetings/Announcements & Invocation (11:00am) 3K & 4K Choir & Sacrament of Holy Baptism

...............

Owen Daniel Fields

Opening Songs Our God, Cornerstone (We Confess Our Sins during “Cornerstone”) Words of Institution/Songs During Communion (9:30am Handbell Choir), Come To The Table (solo), Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone), Hosanna (Praise Is Rising) Prayers & (Sat. & 9:30am) The Lord’s Prayer Offering.............................................................................................................. Nothing Is Holding Me Back Old Testament................................................................................................................ Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Holy Gospel .......................................................................................................................................Luke 11:9-13 Message Song ....................................................................................................................Great Are You Lord Message ................................................................CTRL+ALT+DEL: Parenting, Pastor Joel Howard Closing Prayer and Blessing Closing Song ......................................................................................................................... Good Good Father

Concerning the Lord’s Supper In the Lord’s Supper we receive Christ’s Body and Blood in faith, trusting in His Word and promises that proclaim the forgiveness of sins and strength for our faith. As we partake of this sacrament together, we testify to our faith in Jesus and to our unity of faith and bond of Christian fellowship. If you wish to partake of the Lord’s Supper, please be guided by your response to these questions:  Do you believe that you are a sinner and in need of forgiveness from God?  Do you believe that this forgiveness is found only in Christ, and is offered by Christ in the Lord’s Supper?  Do you believe that Christ’s body and blood are truly present in, with, and under the bread and wine as Christ promised?  Do you believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, as taught at Grace, and by your participation in the sacrament, give testimony to the faith we share?  Do you desire by the power of the Holy Spirit and the instruction of God’s Word to live a life pleasing to Him? Before communing for the first time at Grace, you are asked to please speak with one of the pastors. Children are welcomed at the Lord’s Table to receive a blessing, but should not partake of the Sacrament prior to Communion instruction. God’s richest blessings to all who come to His table!

For Those with Health Concerns: Gluten–free wafers are available in a paper liner in the center of the tray holding the bread. If you desire, please take one as the elder passes before you. Also, a wine-alternative is located in the center of the tray of individual cups of wine. Those who have need of this option, please take one as an elder passes before you.

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