Volume 1, Issue 3
January 19,2014
8800 N. Rollin Hwy., Addison, MI 49220,
517-547-4261 ~ lcoloffice@gmail.com ~ www.lcol.org
Weekly Connection
LCOL MIINISTRIES
“Receiving and sharing God’s mercy together.”
Christian Hospitality
Education
Kids’ Worship Connection
Small Groups
*Ken Pollack—467-7081
“In the beginning God created”
Each person of the Holy Trinity is part of the creation process. We acknowledge the
Father is the Creator. In the
creed we say Jesus is the one
“by whom all things were
made” and the Holy Spirit is
“the Lord and giver of life.”
God is all about life—from
beginning to end.
Hospitality is the theme this
month. Today’s Gospel tells
about John the Baptist pointing people to Jesus (Behold the
Lamb of God.”)
Sometimes we can take the
gift of life too lightly. For every abortion, at least 10 other
people are affected. Women,
men, parents, families and
children are all part of the
community left grieving. Perhaps you know of someone
Elders
Altar Guild
Usher Teams
*Richard Covell 392.6765
Fellowship
Coffee Connection
Special Events
*Cheryl Bias 734.812.6685
“Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you.” Romans 15:7
who is filled with guilt or regret from this decision. So
God calls us to listen, love
and point to Jesus. Comfort
comes from knowing Christ.
We can join John the Baptist
in introducing Jesus into the
lives of others. “Behold the
Lamb of God who takes away
the sin of the world.”
The First Article I believe
that God has made me and all
creatures, that He has given
me my body and soul, eyes,
ears and all my members and
still preserves them...for all
which it is my duty to thank
and praise Him, serve and
obey Him and hold Him in
love and esteem.
‘Sweet Tooth’ Auction ~ Feb. 2
The Board of Christian Care
is hosting an auction of all
things sweet on Sunday,
February 2, 9:30-10:30AM.
All proceeds will go to replenish the Gifts of Love
fund. This fund gives assis-
Christian Care
Gifts of Love
Meals On Wheels
*Cheryl Perry 547-6465
tance to families in Addison, SERVICE TIME CHANGES
Brooklyn, Hanover/Horton,
On February 2, 2014, Worship
Hudson, Onsted.
Service times will change to:
Needed:
 Baked goods to auction Traditional Service—8:15AM
 Aggressive bidders!
Praise Service—10:45AM
Evangelism
Welcome Center
Publicity
LCOL STAFF
Pastor: Rev. Steven Newberg
715.218.8571 lcolpastor@gmail.com
Music Minister: Rex Engle
517.784.8335 rexengle49@aol.com
Administration: Nancy Teets
517.499.0786 lcoloffice@gmail.com
Cong. Chairman: Bill Langenderfer
517.547.5545
Vice Chair: Jay Fernamberg
517.536.0756
Finance: Tim McLaughlin
517-815-1364 tmac62277@gmail.com
Trustees:
Bob Jacobs—517.467.2050
Bob Daum—517.812.9351
Weekly Connection
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This Week in Service
This Week
Today 8:30am
9:45am
10:30am
Mon.
Tue. 10:00am
Wed. 10:00am
11:00am
Thu. 9:00am
6:30pm
Worship
Coffee Connection
Jr. Catechism
Christian Care
Worship
Pastor’s Bible Study
Knitting Group
Staff Mtg
TOPS
Bible Babes
Praise Practice
LITTLE CAESAR’S PIZZA SALES
This is the last Sunday to order!
 See a Catechism student to order
 Place order at Volunteer Desk
 Payment due with order
Perfect addition to Tip Up Weekend or
your Super Bowl party-both Feb. 2nd.
Orders will be delivered January 26.
Elders:
Dick Covell/Mike Ruhl
Altar:
Kathy Schmidt
Ushers:
Mike Helf, Dick Rose, Gil LaVoy,
Lloyd Lash, Rick Riley, Chris Wyman, Ron Wyman
Praise Team: Sue Weber, Christin Draa,
Linda Baker, Cheryl Bias, Mike Blackmar, Louie
Walch, Dennis Pickford, Chris Morningstar
Multi Media: Kassidy & Tim
Chloe & Clara
Greeters:
Dave & Nancy Reynolds
Jim & Renee Previch
Lay Readers: Betty Kipke/Tami Lash
Acolytes: Daniel Merrill/Courtney Lake
Coffee Connection: Team Joshua
Children’s Message: Pastor Steve
Children’s Worship: Michelle Henning
Ida Snyder
SECRET SISTERS
There’s still time to sign up for Secret
Sisters. Forms are on the Volunteer
Desk and should be turned in today.
Due to the Sweet Tooth Auction on
February 2nd, the date for revealing last
year’s Sisters and receiving this year’s
has been moved to February 9, 9:45.
U of M DANCE MARATHON
Megan Wiltse is asking for donations to
fund therapies for kids at Mott and Beaumont Children's Hospital through the annual Dance Marathon. Donations can be
sent by check to 200 Observatory Street,
387 Jordan Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 or
can be made online at dmum.org
This Week in Prayer & Devotion
Last Sunday at LCOL
Birthdays
1/19 Lillian Atwood
Don Connell
Nichole Dart
Sue Douglass
1/22 Dave Reynolds
Cole VanTatenhove
1/23 Mary McNally
Mike Riley
1/24 Tom Matako
1/25 Elaine Schlack
Nancy Stites
Attendance
1/12/14
Worship
Kids’ Church
Adult Bible Study
Jr. Catechism
This Week’s Catechism Meditation
The Sixth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer
“Lead us not into temptation”
What does this mean? God indeed
tempts no one but we pray in this petition that God would guard and keep us,
so that the devil, the world, and our
Anniversaries
1/19 Bob & Paula Daum
1/25 Gordon & Nancy Stites
Prayer Requests
Dave Jodway, cancer
Ray Dart, heart surgery
Sharon Covell, back pain
Shut-ins
Charlie Cox, Marcy Katon, Donna
McCarley, Lia Henning
Dick & Carolyn Herman
flesh may not deceive us nor seduce us into misbelief, despair, and
other great shame and vice; and
though we be assailed by them,
that still we may finally overcome
and obtain the victory.
Our Stewardship
General Fund:
Weekly Need:
Capital Campaign:
To date
General Fund:
Capital Campaign:
Morning Readings
S Psalm 47
M Psalm 48
T Psalm 49
W Psalm 50
Th Psalm 51
F Psalm 52
S Psalm 53
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1/12/14
$5,443.00
$5,906.00
$ 790.00
$ 9,826.50
$182,999.00
Evening Readings
S Genesis 13-15
M Genesis 16-18
T Genesis 19-21
W Genesis 22-24
Th Genesis 25-27
F Genesis 28-30
S Genesis 31-33
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8:30AM
Invocation, Confession & Absolution
Opening Hymn
215 “All Glory to God on High”
Introit, Kyrie, This is the Feast, Prayer of the Day
First Reading
Isaiah 49:1-7
The Gradual
The Epistle
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
The Gospel
John 1:29-42a
Message Hymn
366 “I Lay My Sins On Jesus”
The Message
The Creed, The Prayers
The Offering
The Sacrament
Communion Hymns 356 “Drawn to the Cross”
507 “Beautiful Savior”
“My Faith Looks Up to Thee”
281 “Lord, Enthroned in Splendor”
Song of Thanks, Closing Prayer, Blessing
10:30AM
Prelude: “Blessings”
Christin & Rex
Coming Together:
“Come, Now is the Time to Worship”
Prayer
“Today is the Day”
The Word:
Isaiah 49:1-7
“God You Reign”
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
John 1:29-42a
Children’s Message
“Lord, Reign in Me”
The Message
The Creed, The Prayers
The Blessing:
The Offering “We Are One Body”
To Our Guests
We’re glad you’re here!
You’ve heard it before and so have we:
people think church is too boring, too
intimidating, or just not relevant to their
lives. We know the opposite to be true!
Lutheran Church of the Lakes is a community dedicated to letting God’s love in
Jesus change our entire lives!
What does that look like? We are
about loving a God who loved us first.
We’re about loving people the way He
does. And we’re about trusting in His
promise to remake this world in His image--Eternal Love. Because of that, we
want to get to know you. If you’d like to
join us, or if there is anything we can do
for you, please don’t hesitate to ask Pastor Steve or any of our volunteers. We
are here for you!
Community Items & Events
VALENTINE DINNER
When? Saturday, Feb. 15, 6:00PM
Where? Olivia’s in Jonesville
What? Chicken, Beef, Fish or Pasta
Salad, Dessert & Drink
Cost?
$40 per couple
Sign up at Volunteer Desk.
WOMEN’S RETREAT
A meeting to plan a retreat to the
Women of Faith Conference in Columbus, OH on May 2nd & 3rd will be held
January 26 at 9:45AM near the stage in
the parish hall. There are still plenty of
seats and motel rooms available. To
find out more, contact Andi Langenderfer at 547-5545 or join the meeting.
Bible Babes meets every Thursday
at 9AM in the library.
“Go, Tell It On the Mountain”
What about Holy Communion?
We understand Communion to be
more than just a symbol or a statement
--it is a “means of grace.” Like the Bible, it proclaims the fearful cost of our
salvation, the depth of our Savior’s love,
and the perfect trust we can have because of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
It is an intimate moment where God
himself is with us, and should never be
taken lightly. For that reason, the Bible
tells us: “A person ought to examine
themselves before they eat of the bread
and drink of the cup.”
This Week in Service
Isaiah 49:1-7 Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb, from
the body of my mother he named my name. He made my mouth like a sharp word; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made
me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid me away. And he said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.” But
I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the LORD, and my recompense with my God.”
And now the LORD says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him; and that Israel
might be gathered to him—for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD, and my God has become my strength—he says: “It is too
light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you
as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation, the servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the LORD, who is faithful the Holy One of
Israel, who has chosen you.”
1 Corinthians 1:1-9 Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,
To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every
place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you
were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge—even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you—so that you
are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day
of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 1:29-42a
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is
he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him, but for
this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend
from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me,
‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ And I have seen and have borne
witness that this is the Son of God.”
The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb
of God!” The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them,
“What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” He said to them, “Come
and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth
hour. One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus.
Sermon Notes
Gracious Hospitality
We are fearful of strangers
Fearful, we shut people--their problems, their fears--out.
There is no fear in love. For perfect love (Christ's love) casts out fear. (1John 4)
He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness
to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (Psalm 93:3)
Jesus is our example:
It is He who is truly our host at all times!
“One thing have I asked of The Lord; one thing do I seek.
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.” (Psalm 27:5-6)