News and Announcements Christ Lutheran Church Eagan Minnesota
January 31st, 2016
Verse of the Week:
“So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13)
This Week in Sunday school:
The students will be studying “The Presentation of Jesus,” through several verses in Luke (New Testament 7 - Lesson 6 of “Growing In Christ”). Josh remembered the word reconcile from when he and his
Reconciled
Josh's dad had work to do with the survey tools. The drawings needed to be accurate to give a realistic picture of what the complex had been like. Josh and his dad spent many hours recalculating the depth of the different rooms and the height of the walls against the floors. The dimensions for the stairs, the pillars and columns, the cisterns for holding water, and the baking ovens needed to be verified. As Josh rolled a rock down a water channel on one of the walls, he thought of how the walls needed to line up, or else the rock would fall to the ground. Properly aligned walls allowed the rock to roll on and on through the water channel for the entire length of the wall. There was one place where an earthquake had shifted a wall, and that made the rock stop rolling. If the aqueduct were to be reused, the wall would need to be realigned, or reconciled. There were also a few drawings where the lines for a wall had been started on different papers. Josh's dad needed to redraw some walls so they would be correct. He called it "reconciling" the line—making everything line up correctly.
father had read 2 Corinthians 5. There, reconcile described Jesus' suffering and death, which had reconciled, or brought into an unbroken line, the relationship between God and humans. Through Jesus' work on the cross and faith created through Holy Baptism, God's grace could freely and fully flow to believers. Reconciliation for Christians means that the channel of God's grace, which once was broken and out of line because of sin, was made straight by Jesus. Jesus' life and death allow God's grace, love, and forgiveness to flow to believers on earth. Taken from My Devotions Winter 2015-2016, January 27th Devotion Contributors: Leanna Christopher, Ed Grube, Jane Heitman, Cheryl Honoree, Valerie Schultz, Julie Stiegemeyer & edited by Mark Sengele Copyright 2015 Corcordia Publishing House 3558 S. Jefferson Ave. St. Louis Mo 63118 Placed in this week’s N&A by Gabriel Hartog
Announcements Please pick up: your offering envelopes and giving statements! They are located on a table in the south end of the narthex by the doors leading to the preschool. Thanks! Keep Updated: The weekly news and announcements is now a digital publication! If you would like to be added to the email list, please send an email to christlutheraneagan@outlook.com. There will still be physical copies for you to read during fellowship hour and copies you can take home in the narthex. For Your Information: At the Voter’s Meeting Sunday January 17th, a motion was presented and passed granting a $10,000 gift to Larry Johnson for his 10 years of service in the church and a $4,000 gift to Deaconess Kris Hansen for her 4 years of service in the church. Know Your elder: With all of the changes happening in the church, the Board of Elders wants you to know they are here to guide you through these transitions. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns refer to the list below to contact your Elder. They are happy to help! Last Names Aballa-Bongard: Boomgarden-Gregory: Grensth-Hultquist: Isaak-Marstad: Matschinner-Rowe: Ruchtaeschel-Studer: Sullwold-Zahnow:
Dennis Miller Robin Fink Curt Hartog Jim Struck Dick Bielenberg Curt Hartog David Hasche
Preschool Registration: for the 2016-2017 academic year is open, for returning families and families of Christ Lutheran Church. Please see the February Newsletter or the Church website for a description and cost of the classes. Our very own Hannah Hartog: will be taking a mission trip to Budapest, Hungary with Habitat for Humanity and Thrivent, June 30-July 8, 2016. Hannah is the daughter of Curt and Karra Hartog and is a junior at Concordia University, St. Paul. Hannah is asking for donations to help fund her trip. To donate or to find out more about Hannah’s trip, go to https://share.habitat.org/Hannah-hartog-gvt17604.
Upcoming Meetings and Events February family worship & Meal: Please join us on Saturday, February 20, at the 5pm service. The preschoolers will be singing, and after the service, please join us for a free meal and activity. This is a great chance to meet and connect with preschool families.
Get Involved PACK MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY: through the Feed My Starving Children Organization Join volunteers from the South Metro in packing meals for starving children around the world. They would like to pack 4 million meals during the dates of February 1-6, 2016. The packing will be done at the old Rainbow Food building, 15125 Cedar Ave (Cedar Avenue and County Road 42) in Apple Valley. Each shift is two hours long. To sign up as a volunteer go to the following link: http://volunteer.fmsc.org/Register/mobilepack/event.aspx?event=1602-191EA
Materials Needed: The igloo will be returning to the preschool room. We are in need of empty, clean gallon containers (please rinse any gallon milk or juice containers with bleach water). Please place any donations outside the preschool classroom. Readers wanted: Do you have a favorite childhood story? Do you love to read to children? If so, we would love to have you as one of our Preschool guest readers! Guest readers are needed Thursdays and Fridays at 11:30 am. A sign-up sheet is available in the east hallway on the preschool bulletin board. Please see Michele Lukanen if you have any questions. Become a Board member: All of our boards and committees could use more volunteers to help with their missions. One of our church Elders will be happy to provide more information.
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Looking Forward
Have a little fun Trivia 1. Who was Noah’s father? (Genesis 5:30) a. Abel b. Enoch c. Seth d. Lamech 2. What event occurred first? a. Jacob works for 7 years to marry Rachel b. Ruth lives with her mother-in-law Naomi c. The first tabernacle is constructed d. Hosea marries the harlot, Gomer 3. In a parable Christ compared the signs of His coming to the branches on a(n)_____ tree that show when summer is near. (Mark 13:28) a. olive b. fig c. orange d. sycamore 4. When the king’s servants brought food before Sharach, Meshach, and Abed-nego what did they refuse to do? (Daniel) a. throw the leftovers away b. bless it c. share it d. eat it 5. To whom did Jesus tell the parables of the lost? (Luke 15: 2) a. His apostles b. to the woman taken in adultery c. to the Pharisees and scribes d. to the public
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