St. Stephen’s Weekly News: Week of August 11, 2019

Welcome Visitors If you are visiting today, we welcome you in our Risen and Living Savior, Jesus!

• Please let us know you worshiped with us by signing our guest book in the entryway or a Care Card in your pew and drop it in the offering basket.
• If visiting, please don’t feel obligated to give an offering. St. Stephen’s members express thankfulness to God through their voluntary offerings which then support the congregation’s work.
• Introduce yourself to a Pastor, and worship with us again!

Holy Communion will be offered today in all services. You may register by card at any time. We ask all guests to please speak with a pastor before communing.

Radio Service: 9:30am on AM 1430 WBEV
Sunday, August 11, 2019
Sermon: God Provides Faithful Leaders
Hymns: 465,  366, 492,  482
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Sermon: All Means All…
Hymns: 393, 425, 521, 385

Prayer Service  We now have a prayer service on the third Fridays of the month at 1:30pm. The service focuses on sharing and bringing concerns to the Lord in prayer and includes a short Scripture reading and devotion. Our next prayer service will be Friday, August 16 at 1:30 p.m.

Bible Studies

• Women’s Bible Study Group meets on Wednesday nights at 6pm. Copies of the study are available in the church entry and at study time. All women of the congregation are welcome.
• Sunday Bible Study meets on Sunday mornings from 8:45-9:15am. This week the discussion will be focused on Psalm 110.

Summer Bible Class Schedule
August 11^th            Psalm 110         August 18^th     Psalm 139

Special Voters’ Meeting, August 4  At the special voters’ meeting on August 4, the proposal to switch to a unified budget model for 2020 was approved. For an explanation of the unified budget, see the August-September Newsletter, or follow this shortened link to read the explanation on our website:

WELS Wind Ensemble will be performing one last time this summer Sunday, August 11 -4 pm
Swan Park Band Shell, Beaver Dam
includes a hot dog supper and dessert
(bad weather-Good Shepherd Lutheran)

Last Day to sign up!!!

Gospel Outreach Opportunities This Summer

Be a greeter in the WELS Info Booth at the Dodge County Fair!

The fair runs August 14-18 this year.  Spend a couple hours at the booth with fellow believers to greet passers-by and to share Christian literature and information about our area WELS churches. You don’t have to be a doctor of theology, just a smiling believer who can say, “Jesus takes my sins away and will take me to heaven someday!” A schedule/sign-up sheet is on the entryway table, along with a “tip sheet” for volunteers in case you have questions.

Summer Picnic Mark your calendars for August 25^th for the annual church picnic.  This year we will be welcoming 4^th grade teacher, Mrs. Krebs, and new upper grade teacher, Mrs. Boll and welcome back 1^st grade teacher, Mrs. Brace

Volleyball Camp: Girls entering grades 4th-8th are invited to attend our volleyball camp, free of charge, to help you prepare for the upcoming volleyball season. The camp will run August 12th-16th during the following times:

4th-6th graders 5:30PM-7:00PM
7th-8th graders 7:00PM-8:30PM
Questions can be directed to Mr Schmidt at jschmidt@saintstephens.org.

Cards for sale The church bookstore has a variety of Christian cards for birthdays, sympathy, weddings, and many other of life’s occasions that are for sale.   Stop by the church office Monday to Thursday (8-12pm, 12:30-4 pm) or Friday (7:30am to 1pm) and enjoy browsing through our extensive selection.  Cards sell for $0.50 each. For the month of August, cards will be buy 2, get 1 free!

EHV Bibles ~ For the past two years we have been reading lessons in worship from The Holy Bible: Evangelical Heritage Version. The EHV is a new translation of God’s Holy Word that proclaims the gospel of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. This accurate and trustworthy Bible translation in presented with a readable style that will feel at once both fresh and familiar to you. You can read and study the New Testament and Psalms for free on www.biblegateway.com. To order the newly published complete Bible, you can sign up on the sheets near the ramp or in the narthex. Hardcover ($23) and bonded leather gift editions ($60) are available. We will have the sign-up sheets out until the end of August. If we have enough Bibles ordered, we may get a discount. Final price will be determined when the Bibles come. You can pay when they get here. You can also sign up by calling the church office at 885-3309 or email office@saintstephen.org.

Call for Singers and Musicians Our Christian Education Sunday will be August 25 with installations of new teachers at the 9:30 a.m. service. With all the events of this Summer, (Vanderhoofs leaving, Dorns staying, Mrs. Brace returning, temporary Call filled, window loan completed, etc.) let’s make it a festival service. Practice will be Thursdays after worship. We’ll need some singers for Thursday and Sunday 7:30, but our main ‘performance’ will be Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Email or talk to Pastor Stratman if you would like to sing! (Anybody play guitar? We can use your gifts too!)

Holy Land Tour   You are invited to join a 10 day tour of the Holy Land, April 28 – May 7, 2020.  Many places of the Bible will “come alive” for you, such as Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane, and the Sea of Galilee.  Tour host will be retired Pastor Eugene Kock. For information, email  pastorkock@yahoo.com.

Our Response to God’s Grace in Christ:

Participation:
Thursday, August 1:  90

Sunday, August 4:  99 + 293 = 392

Calendar: 

Sunday, August 11 – Ushers C

7:30 & 9:30am – Communion Worship

8:45am – Bible Study

9:30am – Radio Service, WBEV 1430

6:00pm – Fair Booth Volunteer Meeting

Monday, August 12

6:30pm – Bible Information Class

Tuesday, August 13

6:30pm – Board of Education

Wednesday, August 14

1:45pm – Hillside Manor Service

6:00pm – Bible Study 4 Women

6:30pm – Bible Information Class

Thursday, August 15 – Ushers C

6:30pm – Worship

Friday, August 16

1:30pm – Prayer Service

Saturday, August 17

9:00am – Tech Committee

Sunday, August 18 – Ushers D

7:30 & 9:30am – Worship

8:45am – Bible Study

9:30am – Radio Service, WBEV 1430