Faith Works & News 2021-10-22

Faith Works & News

October 22, 2021
 

Know Christ!  Live Christ!  Make Christ Known!

This Christmas season, the Chrismon Committee needs your help spreading Christmas cheer to residents at local nursing homes. The committee is planning on giving out wreaths to 20 residents who have family far away or who do not have any family. We need your help to raise funds for this mission project. Each wreath costs approximately $20 to make, and we will be taking donations before and after church services October 24 . The goal is to raise at least $400 for this project as well as take any additional money collected to make more ornaments for the sanctuary.

 The committee will have 20 angel pins for purchase for $10 each. Any amount donated will be greatly appreciated for our mission project as well as providing more Chrismons for the sanctuary. If you write a check, please add “Chrismons” in the memo line of your check. If you have any questions, please feel free to email Kim Herndon or the church office.

Chrismons are Christmas tree ornaments that use Christian symbols. The word, Chrismon, is a combination of Christ and monogram (meaning symbol). These symbols of Christ on a Christmas tree help Christians to remember that Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’s birth and a look into His life, and the ultimate gift – His death and resurrection. The story of Jesus is explained through the ornaments in traditional colors of white and gold. White is the liturgical (or Church) color for Christmas and symbolizes that Jesus was pure and perfect. Gold symbolizes His Majesty and Glory.

The LWR Quilts and Kits Blessing
will be on October 31st. 

Come see all the beautiful quilts
on display in the sanctuary

Quilters & Helping Hands Members wish to thank the Congregation for their support.

What Is A Lay Reader?  A lay reader is a person who reads the scripture lessons during our worship services.  Public scripture reading is an important ministry as the reader becomes a vehicle for sharing God’s word with the congregation.

Who Can Be A Lay Reader?  Members of Faith who have the gift and commitment to read.  This is a very practical way to invite people to become more involved with our church. 

A schedule for the 2022 lay readers will be published before the end of this year.  You will receive a copy of the worship guide from the church office a few days before your scheduled date, so you can prepare and review the scripture reading.   

Deadline to get your information back to us is SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24.

CLICK HERE TO LET US KNOW YOUR INTENTIONS.

Ushers are urgently needed for the 11:00 service

What does an Usher do?

Pass out Faith Alive

Count the number attending

Direct communion – let rows know when to go forward

Present the offering

Check pews after the service 

Sign-up at the Visitor Center or BY CLICKING HERE.  

Need more information? Contact, Gil Bowers or the church office.

Do you like to SMILE?  Meet new people? 

Would you like to be on a Greeter team at our church?

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP TO BE A GREETER

(Deadline to sign up is Nov 8th.)

We encourage ALL members (including children) to consider greeting! 

“Welcome him in the Lord with great joy!”  -Philippians 2:29.

Any questions, please text or call me.
God’s Blessings,
Kathy Craig, Greeter Chair (church box 38)

       For more information, contact Vicar John Cotner, 512-863-7332.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP

A Grief Support Group will be offered on Sundays from 9:45 a.m. until 10:45 a.m., beginning on October 31, 2021.

This will be an open group.  You can start any week, attend as frequently as you want and discontinue when you want.  This will be a safe place to share the story of your loved one and how their loss has impacted your life.   We will practice confidentiality. 

We will gain strength as we share our experiences, consider Scripture and pray.  We will gain hope as we know that God is close to the brokenhearted.  You are invited to attend whether your grief is fresh, or if your longer-term grief still needs additional processing. 

Contact the church office if you would like more information or would like to talk with the Facilitator, Dolores K.  For planning purposes, it will be helpful if you can let her know that you plan to attend.  

4TH ANNUAL CAR SHOW -always free to spectators-

ANGEL TREE GIFTS for 80+ GIRLS

Would you help us provide Angel Tree gifts for 80+ girls at the Upbring New Life Children’s Center in Canyon Lake? Contact Danny Swafford if you would like to shop with a wish list.

3 WAYS TO HELP:  Shop for an Angel’s Gifts Make a Monetary Donation Purchase Gift Card(s).

This special outreach ministry is a way of sharing some Christian love with formerly abused and troubled teenage girls. The TREE and Wish Lists will be available soon at the Ministry Center.

 

Christmas gifts, clothing, and contributions are due before THANKSGIVING!! Blessings on your considerate donations. Thank you.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

 

What if you started your Operation Christmas Child shoe box by writing a note to the person who will receive it?  The Love of God is a great place to start…then you will know what to put in the box for the person you love.  CLICK HERE to hear the testimony of Yuri (pictured left) who lived in 14 different orphanages and how the note from another little girl changed her life.

To build your own, amazing shoe box for a child in need,  CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF ITEMS RECOMMENDED FOR EACH AGE GROUP. If you don’t have a shoe box, put everything in a plastic bag, and we will provide boxes. All filled shoeboxes need to be turned in by Nov. 14.  We are also collecting empty shoe boxes in the Narthex. The lid has to be detachable.  Let us know if you need a shoe box.

No time to make a shoe box?   Money to ship each shoe box is needed.  It takes $9 to process and ship each shoe box.  You can drop some cash in the Sunday School Mission offering basket or write a check to Faith with “Operation Christmas Child” in the memo. 

The Sunday School Mission of the Month is Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization.  Their mission is to provide local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies, as a means of reaching out to children with the Good News of Jesus Christ.  We ship these gifts outside the US to children affected by war, poverty, natural disasters, etc, and to children living on Native American reservations in the US.  The SS Mission Offering will help pay for shipping of the boxes.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE 2022 LCMS YOUTH GATHERING

“In All Things,” the 2022 LCMS Youth Gathering will bring over 1000 loving, energetic, flexible, and faithful volunteers to Houston, TX. The Volunteer team is composed of folks from all over the USA, of all ages, gifts and abilities.

We would love for YOU to serve a few hours or the entirety of the Gathering as a Young Adult Volunteer (ages 19-25) or an Adult Volunteer  (25 and older). 

CLICK HERE TO VOLUNTEER. 

Young adult volunteer application deadline is Dec. 31.

LWML ADVENT SALAD LUNCHEON and DEVOTIONAL PROGRAM

You are cordially invited to the annual LWML Advent Salad Luncheon and Devotional Program sponsored by Faith’s Joy Mission Circle and Helping Hands Sunday November 28, 2021 after late service.

RSVP to Patricia Willoughby, Susan Schmidt, or the church office. More details to follow.

COMPASS GROUPS

 

Would you like to join a small group

for fellowship and Bible study? 

Our small groups are called “Compass Groups.” 

If you are interested in joining a Compass Group,

please fill out the form HERE.

NEW COMPASS GROUP FORMING FOR PROFESSIONAL WOMEN

 

A new Compass Group is starting at Faith Lutheran Church for Professional Women interested in digging into God’s Word while we share the joys and challenges of balancing our personal and professional lives.

The next meeting is Sunday, November 14.  Going forward from then, the group will meet on the Second Sunday of month in Room B116, 5:30-7:30 p.m.. We will use a six-session study titled “The Dwelling Place of God: Lessons from Ezra and Haggai,” which highlights God’s longing to dwell among us. To let us know you are interested or for more information, contact Jill Meyer or CLICK HERE.

 

 

 

THANK YOU TO HEARTFELT STITCHERS

 

October 6, 2021

Faith Lutheran Church, Coordinator
Heartfelt Stitchers of Faith

Dear Faith Lutheran Church,

On behalf of the Austin Outpatient Clinic patients and staff, we would like to extend our appreciation to you for your donation of hand knitted scarves, hats, and blankets to the Christmas Gift Program for Veterans.  It is through the efforts of community partners like you that allow us to continue the quality care and services that we seek to provide our deserving Veterans.  We look forward to the opportunity to work with you again for future events.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Quentin Kimble
Austin Outpatient Clinic
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – PARA CORDERS

 

LIFE THOUGHTS FOR LUTHERANS

October 24 – Pentecost XXII (Proper 25B) – Disabilities do not deserve death, either at life’s beginning or near its end. The Lord our God loves to save us in all our brokennesses (Jeremiah 31:8-9). May we learn something even greater than comfort from our limitations—may we learn in our disabilities to cry out to Jesus and follow Him (Mark 10:48, 52), through affliction to life everlasting.

WEEKLY FINANCIAL STATUS UPDATE

October 17 Sunday Summary

¹ $24,386.54 needed weekly to meet 2021 adjusted budget. 
² This number reflects completed online attendance cards, not views.
³ Pre-COVID, 3/8/2020, average worship attendance was 556.

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Readings for this Sunday: 
Jeremiah 32:7-9; (Psalm 126);
Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 10:46-52

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