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Change of Time- don't forget the
time of our churches in Lone Wolf and Altus have changed.
The Altus Church - worship starts at 10:30am with Sunday School
at 9:15am.
The Lone Wolf Church - worship starts at 9:00am and Sunday
School at 10:15am.
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The New Lutheran Service Book -St John's
Lone Wolf is hosting one of the locations for the introduction of the
new Hymnal coming out later this year. The date is Saturday, September 23
from 9:30am to 12:30pm and the cost is $20, which gets you one of the new
hymnals. I would like to see a good turn out from our three churches. We
need all that are interested to contact one of the staff to get your name on
the list. I need to know for sure and have the money by September 10.
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Scripture Scrapbooking is scheduled for
Saturday September 16th at Elk City. Following a short devotion, we will scrapbook
pictures that reflect Scriptures that correspond to the letters of the
alphabet. We have all supplies available for free except for your choice of
pictures. Invite a friend to join us and check out our new website to see
the Scriptures in order to plan your picture pages, www.lutheranok.org.
Call Mona at the office for info,1-800-758-2945.
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Koininia Bible Study Group meets on Thursday
evenings at 6:30pm in Blair. Talk to Mona for more information and location.
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Help Wanted: Sponsors and driver for the
youth to attend the Real Love Waits Rally in Edmond on Saturday,
September 16. Call Mona in the office to volunteer. This is an extremely
important event for our youth to attend. Parents are also encouraged to
attend.
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Special Recognition
Darren Butchee received the Grand Champion award at the 4-H Dress
Review. He also received the award for Most Improved at his piano recital.
And he has been accepted into the Summer Science Camp at Western Oklahoma
State College. Congratulations, Darren!!
We need your help: The office computers
are in need of software and hardware upgrades. Every resource we use within
the partnership (past and present) is stored and used by our computer
system. We are converting
to a new server and new licenses are needed as we make the changes.
Thank you Kevin for what you have
already done and will do in the future to keep our computer system humming.
You are a blessing to us!!!
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Opportunity for Giving
If you would like to contribute toward the cost of the
support from LCMS World Mission for ministry in Taiwan, please make your
checks payable to LCMS World Missions, and on the memo line write Chuck
Burnett Taiwan. Then send the check to: LCMS World Missions, Attn:
Debbie Feenstra, 1333 South Kirkwood Rd, St. Louis, MO 63122
- Mother’s Day Out at our Altus
church has openings for children ages 1 year and up. Please invite
your friends with children to check out our program. We are open
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30am to 3:30pm. The cost is only $12 per
day. Call 580-482-2211 for information.
Free babysitting will be available
on Tuesday and Thursdays (9:30am thru 3:30pm) for anyone visiting
patients in the Altus hospital. Child care will be provided by the
Mother’s Day Out staff. Please let your friends know about this
community service. Call 482-2211 for more information.
- Pentecost 2000+ has reached
their goal of 1,000 new cross-cultural ministries with 1,008 as of
June 30, 2004. We encourage you to check out the web site at www.pentecost2000.com to see what God has done
through individuals to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to people
of other cultures.
- The Oklahoma LWML will continue
to collect for recycling used ink cartridges and old cell phones. Funds raised will be used to fund
Oklahoma mission projects. Collected will be all types
and sizes of ink cartridges in their original package.
Partnership
Men
Men's Bible Study Breakfast meets weekly on
Monday mornings from 6:30-7:20am at the church
parish hall in Lone Wolf. There's
always a hot inviting breakfast, good discussions, prayer and encouragement. Over 15 meet
weekly in this group which is currently studying the book of Philemon. There's always room and
food for more.
Men's Bible Study Breakfast: The men of the Altus congregation
meet weekly for a
Bible study over breakfast. We meet on Wednesdays at 6:30am at the church.
B.J. leads the Bible study. They are taking the summer off and returning in
September.
Partners
Family Ministry
Mother's Day/Parents' Night Out: Every week, we're reaching new families in Altus with God's Word
and love. Parents borrow our video resources, take home our church literature, ask about
our church and most importantly they entrust us with their children. Please pray for our
families and their children and the part we have in teaching them that they are unique
individuals created by God and that He loves and cares for them. .You can also read
about us on the web at the following address www.LutheranOK.com/altuskids
"Called to Be"
Website
From the youth gathering, we posted some of our thoughts and experiences.
Check out their gathering pages at ...
http://www.LutheranOK.com/youth98
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