June 2011

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Ashippun Bread Basket

The food pantry will be open every Saturday from 9-11:00 a.m. until the need outgrows that time slot.  Please give generously to the box located between the exit doors.  We want to see this program continue to grow and be a help to our neighbors in need.  The pantry will also begin delivering groceries to shut ins, so if you know of someone that could use such a service, please contact our church liaison, Gwen Downing 262-673-6717.

New Member Reception

At the new member reception on Sunday May 22^nd we welcomed Mark, Kirsten & Espen Wilke into the St. Olaf family.

Annual Meeting

The budget was approved at our annual meeting on May 22^nd.  We also elected officers.  St. Olaf’s new Executive committee is:

President:  Ron Egelseer
            Vice President:  June Sumnicht
            Secretary:  Roger Johnson
            Treasurer:  Mark Larson

Annual Reports are still available in the rack next to the kisok in the gathering area.

All Committee Meeting

Tuesday June 7^th at 6:00 p.m.

In the Fellowship Hall

Mark Your Calendars!!

Pentecost  - June11 &12, 2011  --  Everyone should plan on wearing red to worship.

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Joyous Light                  
 Join us every 3^rd Saturday of the month for our evening prayer service called "Joyous Light" written by Ray Makeever.  Ray is a graduate of Luther Seminary and a well-known musician.  This worship service is a beautiful way to center ourselves and celebrate God's Light in our life and in our world.

Contemporary Worship

Our Praise worship services will continue with the first Sunday of each month at 10:30 a.m.  Get the word out, pray for us, and join us! 

June Lay Ministry Schedule

Altar Guild: Liz Laack
Counters: Al & Pat Davies and Marl & Linda Fredrick

Aluminum Cans

Thanks to those that bring in aluminum cans for recycling. Our last batch brought in $100 for the Building Fund.  Two problems though.  One, we need to have the cans crushed so they don't take up so much room in the garage and are easier to transport to the Recycling Center.  Also, we need people with trucks to volunteer to take the cans to the recycling center of their choice and at their convenience.  Please let Justine know if you are able to take the cans in.   Thanks much! 

June Birthdays

1    Scarlett Kluewer
4    June Sumnicht
5    Kirsten Wilke
6    Lorraine Christenson, Walter Friedl
6    Bernard Krahn
7    Todd Birkel
8    Lauren Hautala
9    John Krueger
11   Ann Marie Kraemer, Bernice Wiser
13   Duane Schuett
15   Mark Christenson, Lori Dauss, Dick Feutz
16   Noah Christel
17   Savage Millikin, Codey Stephan
18   Jerrold Green, Kaitlyn St.George
19   Adelaide Krasemann, Nicholas Reitz
20   Lucy Braunschweig, Richard Jahnke
21   June Wolf
22   Carlie DeBack, James Monnahan
23   Matthew Cadena,    Joshua Homulos
24   Elaine Mason
25   Mary Davy, Elaine Monis
28   Andrew Christenson
29   Madeline Millikin
30   Mark Cadena, Rebecca Christenson

June Anniversaries

4     Richard and Janet Jahnke 
5     George and Elaine Monis                                             
9     Michael and Janet Reitz                                  
13    Bruce and Donna Schell                                 
21    Jeffrey and Mary Millikin                                
22    Carmen and Dean DeBack                             
23    John and Sherri Krueger                                 
23    Allen and Patricia Warnecke                           
24    Daniel and Sandra Gannon                              
25    Donald and Sandra Henninger                         
25    Bernard and Deborah Krahn                           
29    Michael and Cindy Stuettgen                           

Thank You

The Properties Committee members would like to thank the Town of Ashippun Chairman Steve Pennollo and Highway Supervisor Jim Jungbluth for kindly supplying the wood chip mulch used for the church landscaping.  Their timely cooperation on donating and delivering the chips is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
The Properties Committee

Ecumenical Service

Join the Ashippun area in an ecumenical church service held in conjunction with the Ashippun Firefighter’s picnic on Sunday, July 10, 2011, at 10:00 A.M. at the Ashippun Firemen’s Park.  Participating churches are: Zion, Ashippun; St. Paul’s Episcopal, Ashippun; St. Paul’s Lutheran, Sugar Island, St. Catherine’s Catholic, Mapleton; and St. Olaf’s.

There will be NO 9:00 A.M. worship at St. Olaf’s.  If you are not inclined to participate in an outdoor service, you are encouraged to attend our 5:00 P.M. Saturday service. 

Directions from St. Olaf:  Go west on Hwy O to Hwy 67.  Take a left on 67; take a right after the railroad tracks onto Hwy O (Oak St.) to the park. 

St. Olaf Scrip

Do you eat?  Do you go shopping?  Do you put gas in your car?  If you do any of these things, then you can benefit our church by using the Scrip program. You will pay exactly the same amount that you normally would when you check-out, but if you use the pre-paid Scrip gift card, the church gets a percentage of that sale.  It doesn’t get any easier! 

Here’s an example:  You buy a card for Piggly Wiggly for $100.  You get a card with $100 on it. The church is able to purchase the card for $97.  So if you are spending $100 a week on groceries, that adds up to $156 a year for our church – from just one family eating as they normally do.  If all of our members (and friends!) at St. Olaf would use this program for all normal household expenses, we could easily make $10,000 a year.   So what’s stopping you? 

We carry an inventory of the most popular cards so you can just pick them up at church.  If you want some of the others, please fill out an order form.  We currently have these cards on hand:

BP Gas $50                              Kwik Trip $25
Cabela’s $25                            Menards $25
Chili’s $25                                Pick ‘n Save $25
Domino’s Pizza $10                  Home Depot $25
Piggly Wiggly $50, $100           Pizza Hut $10
I-Tunes $15                              Starbucks $10
JC Penney $25                         Subway $10
Kmart $25                               Walgreen’s $25
Kohl’s $25                               Walmart $25

Family Promise Week at St. Olaf’s    June 12-19, 2011

Cleanup days to get ready for our guests will be Saturdays June 4^th & 11^th.  9-11 a.m.

Once again, we at St. Olaf have the opportunity to show hospitality and to reach out to those in need that are in the Family Promise of Washington Co. Program by hosting the families here.

The sign up sheets for set up, clean up, meals, fellowship, and overnight duty are on the table by the crosses in the Gathering area.  Please check your calendars and sign up for when it is convenient for you. 

If you have not filled out a Volunteer Application form when our families were here in March, please do so if you plan on volunteering and place the form in Justine’s mailbox so she can forward them to Family Promise.   Also please fill out a pink “Joyful Servant” card for our records.   

Family Promise is currently serving 3 families and could change at any time.  We will keep you posted!  They are also asking if anyone knows of available rental properties in the Slinger area for one of the families.  Let Justine know and she will forward the info to Family Promise.

Thanks to all who have volunteered in the past and will volunteer for our week in June.  Any questions, call Elaine Monis (920)474-4092 or Justine Cadena (262)224-5048.  If anyone would like to be a Volunteer Coordinator, please talk with Elaine or Justine. 

NEWS FLASH:

Please mark your calendars for this fun Sausage Race event Commerce State Bank is hosting as a charity event for 5 non-profits of which Family Promise is included. Come and cheer on the Italian Sausage (Family Promise Sausage) Wed June 15th 5:30 - 7:30 PM at the Commerce State Bank on Silverbrook Dr. in West Bend.  There will be activities and food available.   Please see the flyer posted and sign up on the kiosk if you know if you will be able to attend as an RSVP has been requested.

“Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.  If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?  In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”   James 2:15-17                                                  

It's Time for St. Ben's Again

Please sign up on the sheet to help provide ground beef, carrots, celery, tomatoes, potatoes and cookies. We will cut vegetables on Monday, June 20^th at 4 p.m. We'll prepare the stew on Tuesday, June 21st, starting at 9:15 a.m.  That afternoon we'll leave for St. Ben's at 3:15 and return by 8:00.  Please help us as we serve out our mission in Christ. 

Donations Needed

Thank you to everyone who has already helped with the Arts & Crafts donations for VBS!  Our theme this year is SonSurf Beach Bash, where we'll meet up with Jesus on the beach and get fired up for the Savior in our Lives.  During the week we'll be making several Awesome art projects that will  get the children amped up for Jesus!  I updated the list and we still need the items below:

Box of flat tooth picks
4 bags of play sand- can find at any hardware store
White tag board- 35 needed (they have tag board at the dollar store in Delafield  2 for $1.00)
Stickers- Any summer or beach animal stickers
Fabric Markers- 6 sets needed
24 case of 16oz. Bottle water- 4 cases needed
12 elmer glue bottles
6 packs of crayola washable markers the fat kind not the skinny kind
brightly colored 3x5 sponges- 3 per child a total of 80
craft wire

VBS Donation box is located next to the nursery door in the hallway.  If you would like to give a cash donation towards the purchase of these items, please place the donation in the envelope taped inside the VBS donation box.

If you have any questions please contact Kathy Monis-262-670-0731

Thanks for all your donations,
Kathy Monis

Vacation Bible School

Let’s get our groms together and get amped, dude! 

If you need a translation of that, you’d better come to this year’s epic Vacation Bible School program, SonSurf Beach Bash!  We’ll meet up with Jesus on the beach and get fired up for the Savior in our lives.

We welcome all children who will be 4 years old by 9/1/2011 up to those who have completed 5^th grade to participate.  This program is open to the community, so we encourage you to invite classmates, friends and neighbors to share in the fun and learning.   Any older children are invited to volunteer to help.

Prior to the beginning of VBS each night we will once again offer a meal for our families.  It’s hard to get your family fed and then to church, so we are offering kid-friendly meals for your entire family.  There is a $5 charge for each person to eat the whole week.  What a deal!  We’ll start serving meals at 5:30 each day.  Then we will begin at 6:15 p.m. each evening and close at 8:30 p.m.  We invite you to stay for the opening worship and fun skits.  Please fill out the attached registration form and return it to the display at church by July 15. 

There is no charge for a student to attend this fun-filled week, but donations are appreciated to help us cover the costs.  It costs about $20 per student.  Any amount you are able to donate will be greatly appreciated.  An envelope is attached for your convenience and can be returned to the church office or put in the VBS display.  A donation is not mandatory for your child’s participation. 

Join us for SonSurf Beach Bash –an unforgettable beach blast where kids will come to know the living Jesus who said: “I am the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me.”  (John 14:6). 

If you have any questions or would like to help, please contact Tiffany Brewer or Laura Lee. 

Sunday School Thanks

Thank you to all the volunteers who shared God's blessings with all our youth during Sunday School this past year!  "Then Jesus called for the children and said to the disciples, 'Let the children come to me.  Don't stop them!  For the Kingdome of God belongs to such as these." Luke 18:16
Laura Lee                     Tiffany Brewer
Clara Birkel                  Carmen DeBack
Anne Hautala                Sheila Parker
Lisa Sutrick                  Stacey Brakob
Edie Schlehlein             Laura Sandler
Cody Millikin                John Roth
Pam Eggert                   Linda Feutz
George Monis              Elaine Monis
Justine Cadena             Amy Hoffmann
Jenny Schutze               Kathy Monis
Dave Wiegel                 Bridget Van Lare
Carrie Crabtree            DeAnn Slade
Mary Millikin                Jenni Guenther

One Day VBS

Zion in Ashippun will be hosting a one day VBS, Son Surf Beach Bash on Saturday June 25^th from 8:30 – 2:30.  Registration is due June 5^th.  VBS is open to the community for children 4 years old through 5^th grade.  Older children are invited to help out with the younger kids.  Call Zion at 920-474-7234 or Marian Kluewer at 474-7236 with questions or to register.

If So, Then What?

A study of the gospel of Mark starting Sunday, June 5 at 10:15am and running throughout the summer. Please join us we dig deep into Mark's gospel and find out how to translate his message for our lives today. Questions? Contact Marilyn Carlson or Mary Hershoff.

Father's Day Cook-Out

Join us right after the worship on Father's Day on June 19 for a cook-out.  We'll be providing the meat, but we ask that you bring a salad, side dish or dessert. Join us for some fun and fellowship as we celebrate the fathers in our lives.  Any questions, please contact Lisa Iaquinta or Laura Lee.  

 Father’s Day
         Sunday June 19^th

 Mark Your Calendar for these Upcoming events at St. Olaf

Graduate Recognition
Sunday, June 5

Family Promise
June 12-19

Father’s Day Cookout
Sunday, June 19

Youth Mission Trip
July 3-8

Ice Cream Social
Sunday July 24, 3-8 p.m.

Vacation Bible School
July 31 – August 4

Teens Encounter Christ (TEC)
August 4-7

Youth Brat Fry Fundraiser
At Piggly Wiggly Hwy P
August 13