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, June 30, 2019
Sermon: You Need to Go on a Diet
Hymns: 414, 293, 296, 54
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Sermon: Jesus Is Our Tree of Life
Hymns: 12, 340, 345, 428
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 23.
| Seth Dorn
pastorsdorn@gmail.com |
Philip Heyer pastorheyer@saintstephen.org 887-1117 |
Paul Stratman pcstratman@gmail.com 885-6960 |
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 Bible Class Schedule
June 30 Psalm 23 July 28th Psalm 51
July 7th Unified Budget Discussion August 4th Psalm 103
July 14th Psalm 46 August 11th Psalm 110
July 21st Friends of China August 18th Psalm 139
Unified Budget Proposal Discussion next Sunday At the 2 most recent Voters’ Meetings, the Church Council proposed that St. Stephen’s operate under a “Unified Budget”. In reality, it’s not much of a change. A unified budget places all offerings into “one pot” and pays all “regular” expenses and commitments from that “one pot” based on what is budgeted. The most notable change that everyone would see would be the offering envelopes. The weekly envelope would not have 3 “choices” for distributing an offering (Current, Building & Debt, Missions) and there would be no monthly Lakeside Lutheran High School envelope. Amounts for WELS Missions support and for Lakeside would be budgeted and a consistent monthly contribution would be sent to WELS and to LLHS. (Special gifts for those ministries may certainly be made via Special Gift envelopes that are always available in the church entryways.)
An opportunity for everyone to ask questions and share thoughts about a Unified Budget will be during the bible class time next Sunday, July 7, 8:45 – 9:15 A.M. The proposal to operate under a unified budget will be on the agenda for a vote at the Quarterly Voters’ meeting to be held Sunday, July 14 at 10:45 A.M. So, please come to this Q&A time next Sunday so that the Voters Assembly can make an informed and conscientious decision.
Summer Picnic Mark your calendars for August 25th for the annual church picnic. This year we will be welcoming 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Krebs, and new upper grade teacher, Mrs. Boll. Please call or email the office if you would like to help out at the church picnic. A meeting time will be set up once we have a few interested families.
Membership Changes acted upon at a Council Meeting on June 17th :
New Members by Transfer
Doris Neumann, transfer from Friedens, Randolph, WI
Released
Renee Bilitz
Cole Bradley
We welcome our new member into our Christian family. May the Lord Jesus bless her membership in our midst.
Open Gym Opportunities at St. Stephen’s there will once again be an open gym this summer for all 3rd -8th graders in the congregation/school. It is held every Tuesday evening from 5:30-7:00 from June 18th-August 6th. This week the focus will be on basketball. July 9th, the focus will be on volleyball. We hope you can join us this summer!
Military Family members please contact the office if you have a family member in the military that we can help support with cards, prayers, and God’s word.
WELS Wind Ensemble will be performing this summer at the following locations:
- Thursday, July 18 –7 pm
Arlington City Park - Sunday, August 11 -4 pm
Swan Park Band Shell, Beaver Dam
includes a hot dog supper and dessert
(bad weather-Good Shepherd Lutheran)
Old Meditations at home? St. Stephen’s sends old meditations to MLC where they are used for prison outreach and other opportunities to share His word. There is a basket in back of church or you can drop them off at the office for helping with these various programs.
Vacation Bible School signs are ready to be picked up and put out on lawns. Stop by the office or pick a sign up in the back of church or on the ramp. Sign up sheets will be put out next week for donations and opportunities to help out the week of VBS. Thank you!
Our Response to God’s Grace in Christ:
Participation:
Thursday, June 20: 85
Sunday, June 23: 97 + 169 = 266
Calendar:
Sunday, June 30 – Ushers B
7:30 & 9:30am – Communion Worship
8:45am – Bible Study
9:30am – Radio Service, WBEV 1430
Monday, July 1
11:00am – Bible Information Class
6:30pm – Bible Information Class
Tuesday, July 2
6:30pm – Board of Property Maintenance
Wednesday, July 3
11:00am – Bible Information Class
1:45pm – Hillside Manor Service
6:30pm – Bible Information Class
Thursday, July 4 – Ushers B
6:30pm – Worship
Friday, July 5
1:30pm – First Friday Communion
Saturday, July 6
9:00am – Tech Committee
Sunday, July 7 – Ushers C
7:30 & 9:30am – Worship
8:45am – Bible Study
9:30am – Radio Service, WBEV 1430
