THIS WEEK July 30 - August 6, 2017

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1 SUNDAY MONDAY THIS WEEK July 30 - August 6, :00 - Worship 9:00-9:15 a.m. - SCRIP Open 9:15 a.m. - Pastor Bode Recognition 9:45-10:00 a.m. - SCRIP Open 10:00 a.m. - Pastor Gorske Installation 6:00 p.m. - Worship TUESDAY 6:30 a.m. - BC at Mary s 6:30 p.m. - Member Ministry WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY MOL School Forms & Fees Day 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. & 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 8:30 a.m. - Mornings with Mommy 1:30 p.m. - Ladies Aid Meeting 6:30 p.m. - MOL Parent Sport Meeting 3:30 p.m. - Frost/Crass Wedding 7:30 p.m. - Recovery/Peace through Christ 5:30 p.m. - Worship NEXT SUNDAY 8:00 & 10 a.m. - Lord s Supper 9:00-9:15 a.m. - SCRIP Open 9:15 a.m. - Bible Study 9:45-10:00 a.m. - SCRIP Open OFFERINGS/OTHER INCOME BUDGET ACTUAL Offerings Week of 7/24/17 $21,016 $27,920 Offerings Year-to-date $779,220 $758,059 Offerings + Other Income Year-to-date $1,033,188 $1,013,109 USHERS (July) Saturday 5:30 p.m. - Jerry Greve, Captain; David Kolander; Chris Reichelt; John Knapp. Sunday 8:00 a.m. - Mark Arnold, Captain; Ben Liebzeit; Mark Broehm; Robert Bauer. Sunday 10:00 a.m. - Chad Krowas, Captain; Andrew Sagunsky; Scott Rademacher; Jared Kraftzenk; Monday 6:00 p.m. - John Hoh, Captain; Bob Luedtke; Ron Peters. GREETERS (8:00 a.m.) Carl & Marion Wenzel, Petra Thao; (10:00 a.m.) Richard & Joan Mueller, Josh & Melissa Kaphingst. Next Week: (8:00 a.m.) Ron & Donna Zahn, Lynn Page; (10:00 a.m.) LaWellyn & Yolanda Tesch, Steve & Catherine Wunderlich. COFFEE CAFÉ (8-9:45 a.m.) Mary Jo & Jim Van Dyke; (9:45-11:30 a.m.) Kathy Erickson, Karen Thomas. Next Week: (8-9:45 a.m.) Cindy Van Zummeren, Sarah Raasch; (9:45-11:30 a.m.) Louise Kesting, Jamie Zoromski. AV TEAM This Week: July 29 (5:30 p.m.) - Tim Mielke; July 30 (8 a.m.) - Cody Manske; July 30 (10 a.m.) - Noah Schuff; July 31 (6 p.m.) - Jon Leahy. Next Week: August 6 (5:30 p.m.) - Erick Nason; August 7 (8 a.m.) - Josh Lecker; August 7 (10 a.m.) - Caden & Carsen Rindt; August 8 (6 p.m.) - Scott Krueger. ALTAR GUILD (July) Betty Flunker, Sandy Kath, Mary Hall, Louise Ebert, Karen Johnson. 15

2 Announcements Attendance All Services: 857 Saturday: 203 Sunday: 8:00 a.m. 222, 10:00 a.m. 295 Monday: 137 A Cross Bouquet is placed to God's Glory by Stanley, Sandy, and Mark Arnold in memory of Carol Arnold. Pastor Ron Gorske will be installed as our new visitation pastor during the 10:00 a.m. service this week. A Closer Look, our summer Bible class/discussion, will resume in the Church Sanctuary next Sunday, August 6th, at 9:15 a.m. So few have signed up. Could you please help? Baked goods and fruit platters/bowls are needed for our school s Forms & Fees Day on August 2nd. Please deliver your items to the Atrium any time before 10 a.m. on August 2nd. A sign-up sheet is in the Atrium. Ladies Aid is an organization for women of all ages. We enjoy fellowship and service to our Lord and congregation. We meet on the first Wednesday of each month but do not meet in January or July. Our meetings take place in the afternoon to make it easier for some of our older members to attend. Please consider attending as a guest or joining Ladies Aid. We would love to welcome you! Our next Ladies Aid Meeting is August 2nd at 1:30 p.m. in the Mount Olive Fellowship Hall. Have an extra room to rent out? My name is Audree Marcis and am currently 19 years old. I'm a college student looking for a place to stay during the school year. I can pay a monthly rent and help out with chores if needed. I am enrolled in Early Childhood Education courses and would be happy to help with kids during the evenings or weekends. References can be provided. If interested or have any questions call/text or me at 716adm@gmail.com. Thank you! LINKS Program: Make sure to read the August edition of the Messenger to learn about Mount Olive s new LINKS program. Would you like to be one of our links? Today we give thanks to God for the gospel ministry which Pastor David Bode conducted as our visitation pastor for the past 11 years. Pastor and his wife Carol are looking forward to spending a little more time travelling, visiting their grandchildren, and doing volunteer work in their retirement. A fellowship hour in Pastor Bode s honor will be held in the Atrium between services on Sunday. 16

3 Mount Olive s New Visitation Pastor - Pastor Ron Gorske Pastor Ron Gorske grew up in northeastern Wisconsin. He was baptized and confirmed at Christ Ev. Lutheran Church in Denmark. He graduated from Northwestern Prep ( 63), Northwestern College ( 67), and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Pastor Gorske s first call took him to western Minnesota. In 1974, he accepted a call to Fox Valley Lutheran High School to serve as a guidance counselor and religion teacher. He also taught Latin for 15 years. He served as the Religion department chairman, and his extracurriculars included boys and girls tennis, as well as other clubs and groups. His wife, Judy (Kretzmann), taught part time at Mount Olive for several years before serving 25 years at Immanuel, Greenville as a 4th grade teacher. In addition, she has also been an area organist. The Lord blessed their family with five children, who, along with their seven grandchildren, are scattered from Minnesota to Maine. Ron enjoys golfing, gardening, woodworking, and watching Wisconsin sports teams. Pastor Gorske is looking forward to serving the Savior and His people at Mount Olive. Please Keep Our Homebound Members in Your Prayers As Pastor Gorske begins his new responsibilities as Mount Olive s visitation pastor, please keep Pastor Gorske and our Mount Olive shut-in members in your prayers. Our Mount Olive family members being served by Pastor Gorske are: Irene Albrecht Patti Arnold Roger Arnold Stan Arnold Harvey Beyer Cliff Broehm Joy Chasty Roger Hall Dawn Crooks-Houle Lloyd Hoeffner Vivian Huisman Margaret Jenkel Mark Klitzke Irma Marko Michelle Nelson Alyce Olson Sharon Riehle Bettie Schroeder Ron Schroeder Shirley Schutt Tom Seidler Myrtle Siegler Lois Sonnenberg Pat Uher Elda Van Handel Charlotte Watson Ron Ziegler 17

4 Open Position at Mount Olive Lutheran School Mount Olive looking for one person to be a classroom aide in the 8th grade classroom for the duration of the school year. This person does not need to have an Education degree but does need to be willing to learn subject matter as necessary and also have a love for children. We need this aide from 8:00-10:00 a.m. every school day and pay will between $8.50-$10/hour. If you have any interest, please contact Principal Zacharyasz right away at principal@mountoliveappleton.com. 18

5 Northern Wisconsin District s Reformation 500 Service Unchanging Grace Fox Cities Performing Arts Center Saturday, October 28, 2017 Service begins at 2 p.m. The Northern Wisconsin District is holding a special Reformation worship service to commemorate the 500th Anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation. The service begins at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 28, 2017, at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton. Prof. Paul Koelpin from Martin Luther College will serve as our guest preacher. The Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Chorus will join us as well as choirs from our district's area Lutheran high schools. Following the service, there will be a food and fellowship hour in the lobby of the Performing Arts Center featuring displays from around the district and synod. For more information, or to register for tickets to this event, please visit or Tickets are needed for each individual attending this service. There will be 2,000 tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis. Those who register on the website for tickets will have their physical tickets placed in their Mount Olive mailbox in mid-october. Contact the Mount Olive s Church Office at if you would like assistance ordering tickets. We hope you will be able to join us for this special event! UPDATE - Currently, only a little over half the tickets remain for this special service. Please do not wait to register. Area WELS Announcements Organization of WELS Lutheran Seniors (OWLS): The seniors of our WELS congregations are invited to join us at 1000 Islands Nature Center (located at 1000 Beulien Court in Kaukauna). Our summer picnic will be held on Tuesday, August 8th, beginning at noon with a potluck lunch. Please bring a dish to share and your own tableware and beverage. Following the meal, an EMT member of the Kaukauna Fire Department will give two presentations entitled, "If You Are a Victim of a Stroke" and "The Safety Precautions in Your Home." All seniors are invited to join us for our picnic and an afternoon of Christian fellowship. You may wish to come early and view the many displays at 1000 Islands Nature Center. 19

6 College Student Contact Information Needed Members with college-aged children, please check your mailboxes for a form to fill out with your student's contact information for the upcoming school year. These contact sheets help us keep in touch with our members as well as help us keep both our Mount Olive and the WELS Campus Ministry records up-to-date. You can either fill out the paper copy and return it to Pastor Schreiner's mailbox or the Church Office or complete the form digitally on our Mount Olive website ( For electronic submission, access the "Members Page" link at the top of the home page, then click the "College Student Info" link on the right hand side under "Quick Links." If you did not receive a form, but have a college-aged child, please grab an extra sheet from the top of the rolling cabinet in the Church Narthex. If you received a form, but your child has graduated from college, please indicate that on the form, and send us their updated contact information. FVL News FVL needs an Assistant Wrestling Coach for the winter season. Contact Activities Director Shawn Hill at shill@fvlhs.org. FVL FEDERATION OPEN FORUM on August 30th at 7 p.m. - All Federation members - especially pastors, leaders, and General Board delegates - are invited to this forum to learn more about FVL s enrollment growth and the possible need for a building addition. We ll meet Wednesday, August 30th at 7 p.m. in the auditorium to share preliminary info from Somerville Associates and Catalyst Construction. This is in preparation for the September 26th General Board meeting where delegates will make a decision on these findings. We encourage all Federation churches to send representatives so that their church leaders/councils can discuss before the September vote. We hope to see you August 30th! 20

7 WELS News & Notes Cultivating Future School Leaders Participants in the Commission on Lutheran Schools (CLS) Apprenticeship Mentoring and Principal program met at the WELS Center for Mission and Ministry, Waukesha, Wis., June 20-22, to expand and hone their school leadership skills and repertoire. About two dozen WELS educators attended between the principal and director apprentices and the leadership candidates. The apprentices are teachers who graduated from the WELS college of ministry, Martin Luther College (MLC) in New Ulm, Minn., within the last two years. As apprentices, they are getting additional training and mentoring having been assigned by the Assignment Committee as principals and early childhood directors. The leadership candidates are more seasoned teachers who have demonstrated the gifts for school leadership positions and participate in the leadership program to prepare for future principal roles. The attendees participated in a module on school culture and climate presented by Cindi Holman, WELS Early Childhood Ministry national coordinator, and her husband, Mr. Jim Holman, director of Education at Wisconsin Lutheran College. Mr. James Otto, a principal apprentice serving at St. Matthew, Stoddard, Wis., says the value of attending the training extends beyond what they learn in sessions. He says, The primary reason for being here isn t just to learn but to connect with the other principal and director apprentices. The leadership candidates went through a book study on growth mindset and fixed mindset and how to continue developing their leadership gifts, along with the practical aspects of becoming a principal by getting credentials from MLC. Mrs. Linda Baumann, a third and fourth grade teacher at Trinity, Jenera, Ohio, has been teaching for 22 years and serves as a mentor to teachers new in the field. She says, It is valuable to go through the process of ministry development planning to help teachers of all levels of experience improve their instruction for the benefit of the students they serve. CLS Associate Director Mr. Tom Plitzuweit says the program started to help meet the need for WELS principals in the schools. There are people out there who have the gifts, and sometimes they need a little bit of encouragement to get into the principalship, and we know that strong schools need strong leaders. The challenge is finding these individuals and encouraging them to use their gifts for positions of leadership in their schools, he says. CLS Director Mr. Jim Rademan will address the synod in convention this August on the critical need for well-trained school leaders. In addition to leadership training, CLS also has an active and nationally recognized accreditation process called WELSSA. In June, Plitzuweit was elected as the vice president of the National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA). This is a two-year term, which will be followed by a two-year term serving as president of NCPSA. As part of the NCPSA, any WELS school accredited through WELSSA can receive state, regional, and national accreditation as an educational institution. 21