Please add to your daily prayers:

SHUT-INS, THOSE IN ASSISTED CARE & NURSING HOMES:

Virginia Driesen, Betty Stoakes, Lorayne Gross, Koidula Maeste, Cal Langer, Roland Krueger, Bev Lehl, Jeanette Kroening, Betsy Katona,

Karen Oelhafen Kathy Roth Ernest Lehl Jean Waagen Tim Weymier Loren Knaus Janet Knaus Mary Nettesheim Kathleen Shores Sherlie Miller Melissa Drunasky Robert Karsten

Tom DJ Horen Jim Roeder Dan Mantz Timothy John Reinhardt Pat Kolar Gary Bennett Bob Kappel Bob Semler Hans Biersack Madeline Pawlak

Mary Lehl Wayne Schmidt Sandy & Bob Geier Dave Degeler Liam Kirsch Lorayne Gross Peggy Sepanski Tracy L. Beverly Brady Zoellick Bob Rublee William Hanson

Redeemer Lutheran Church 255 W. Lincoln Ave.

Hartford, WI 262-673-2550

Website: www.redeemerhartford.com Office e-mail: redeemerhartford@gmail.com

Pastor : Marcia Carrier pastor1mom@gmail.com

Ministers: All Redeemer Members President of Congregation: Craig Ruegg

V. P. of Congregation: Sheila Bauer Recording Secretary of Council: Jenny Nettesheim

Treasurer: Gabriele Priesgen Church Secretary: Anne Clasen

Keyboard: Lori Pawlak Sunday School Coordinator:

Craig & Shannon Ruegg Financial Secretary: Marge Smits

This morning’s service broadcast on WTKM 104.9 FM at 10:30 a.m.

is being brought to you by Redeemer Communication’s Sponsors:

Gerken Specialty Machining, Jeff Gerken Andy Hughes, Thrivent Financial Consultant

KM Tours Fehring’s Landscaping & Lawn Care Schnorenberg’s Floor Covering, Inc.

Rick’s Plumbing, Inc. Shimon Funeral Home

Thielmann & Son Heating & Air Conditioning Faith & Giggles Inspirational Gifts

Alec R. Lothert, Edward Jones

COMMUNICATION CARDS

If you are not in the habit of filling out the Communication Cards found in the pews, please take the time to do this. The reason for this is we are now tracking the attendance of our

members, not to give you a gold star for perfect attendance or to scold you if you miss a service or two, but it has been shown that if a member misses four weeks in a row the possibility for that member to drop from the church increases greatly. We need all of you to be with Redeemer. So with this tracking

system, we can review it to see if someone has been missing for several weeks in a row and give them a call to say we miss you

and hope to see you next Sunday or Monday. And, maybe there is another issue in the member's life that we can help

them with. So, please fill out those cards and pass them to the end of the pew.

COMING UP THIS WEEK

Monday, May 15th

10:00 a.m. - Swedish Weavers 6:30 p.m. - “Come as You are” Worship

Wednesday, May 17th

2:00 p.m. - Pastor’s Cluster Study at St. Luke’s

Friday, May 19th 6:00 p.m. - Margelowsky/Barnard Wedding Rehearsal

Saturday, May 20th 2:00 p.m. - Margelowsky/Barnard Wedding Sunday, May 21st 8:00 a.m. - Worship/Communion 9:15 a.m. - Adult Forum 10:30 a.m. - Worship/Communion

SERVING AS WE WORSHIP THIS MORNING Sunday, May 14th

8:00 a.m. Lector: Don Horen Ushers: Luis & Nico Murgas Acolyte: Rylee Baetz

10:30 a.m. Lector: Joyce Thies Ushers: Acolyte: Lindsay Arvidson Counters: Linda Krohn & Laurie Horst

SERVING AS WE WORSHIP LOOKING AHEAD

Sunday, May 21st

8:00 a.m. Lector: Pat Dobbe Ushers: Glenn Boltz & Randy Sponholz Acolyte: Olivia Otto

10:30 a.m. Lector: Tom Hostad Ushers: Barb Menden & Jeanette Weber Acolyte: Rhegan Benicke Counters: Shannon Ruegg & Bruce Horst

May Chancel Server: Helen Haluzak

PLEASE NOTE: Please let the office know if anyone on the above prayer list needs to be removed.

May 14, 2017

WEEKLY ATTENDANCE

Sunday, May 7th 8:00 a.m. - 32 10:30 a.m. - 46 Monday, May 8th - 10

A Community Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. at St. Aidan’s on the last

Saturday each month. Come for a free hot meal with the Hartford

Community! If you are interested in volunteering (9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.)

to help serve the meal, show up to help on that day. We need help with desserts. Please consider baking a dessert to be served. You can drop it off at St. Aiden’s at 11:00

a.m. the morning of the meal. If you have questions, talk to Barb Menden.

See you May 27th. Thank you!

Our Summer Worship Schedule begins on Sunday, May 28th

with one service at 9:00 a.m. and continues through Sunday, September 10th . Monday evening worship continues as usual at

6:30 p.m. Except there will be no Monday evening worship on Memorial Day, May 29th

Synod Assembly Delegate - We need an additional delegate to Synod Assembly (preferably a woman, we have two men). Please talk to Pastor Marcia for further details.

Welcome to Redeemer Lutheran!

We are a diverse community of people always learning what it means to live a life of discipleship. We are

Lutheran (ELCA); we are Republican, Democrat, and Independent; we live across the street, around the

corner, in the Hartford area, and in the nearby countryside. We work in schools, factories, offices,

fields, and hospitals. We are laborers, students, retired, and unemployed. We range in age from the

newly born to seniors. We come from backgrounds of Catholic and Protestant while some are discovering church for the first time. We come together with our

joys and sorrows, our faith, and our doubts. When we worship together, sing together, study the Bible

together, fellowship together – we love and support one another to become one body of Christ.

No matter who you are, no matter where you are on life’s journey…You are Welcome Here!

Seeds of Ministry

The passage in Acts 2: 42-47 describes life amongst the early faithful in Jerusalem. Clearly, it not our life today. How do

our lives, communal and individual, reflect our own experiences of God’s grace and action in and among us. What message do we send to the world about God by our

own attitudes and deeds concerning our possessions? How can our own lives better reflect what God has done for us

and the living presence of Christ in our midst? consider these and mirror then in our lives today and every day.

Food Pantry Sunday - The third Sunday of each month has been designated as Food Pantry Sunday. Please bring non perishable items and place them in the barrel in the Information Area on Sunday, May 21st.

Opportunity to Help an Immigrant Family…

On May 9, 2017, an Albanian family will be arriving at the airport in Milwaukee by way of Athens, Greece (where they had gone to find work). They are in their mid-twenties and have a 4-year-old daughter and 6-month-old son. They are being sponsored by (and will temporarily live with) an Albanian family that came to Milwaukee 12 years ago. My wife works at Aurora Sinai Medical Center with Stela, the daughter of the sponsor family. Stela tells us that the family will arrive with little or nothing but a few suitcases and the clothes on their backs. Stela and her family do not have the luxury of working through the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service and Lutheran Social Services, as Redeemer did when we sponsored 3 refugee families to settle in Hartford over the last 15 years. This means that they need help - and that is where we can step in. The family will be living with Stela’s family to begin with - while they find a job for the husband, an apartment, driver’s licenses, and perhaps a car. However, they will need virtually everything to make their life comfortable.

Here is a list of some things that are important:

Infant car seat and toddler booster seat

Beds and mattresses

Crib and mattress

Sheets, pillowcases, blankets

Living room furniture

Table and chairs

Pots, pans, and cooking utensils

Plates, glassware, silverware

TV

Radio

Microwave

Cleaning supplies

A Car

Gift cards from Walmart or Target - to buy clothes and personal items.

You may bring items to church and place them in the Sunday School wing. The church is open from 8:00-4:30 Monday - Thursday. Enter through the main doors by the office and go through the Fellowship Hall to the Sunday School wing. Look for a sign indicating in which room to place your items. Please give gift cards to Anne in the office. To arrange for pick-up of large items - to arrange for evening or weekend delivery - or if you have questions - call or email me: Rick Ninmann 262-224-2820 rninmann@charter.net

Jesus’ words from Matthew 25:

“I Was a stranger and you invited me in...whatever you did for one of the

least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for

me.“

Special Giving for May The Warrior House

Salute the Troops’ Warrior House, located at W462 Highway 67 in Lomira, is now accepting male veterans seeking transitional housing and support. The Warrior House, managed by Salute the Troops, aims to create opportunities to foster positive rental history, collaborate with local employers to initiate employment opportunities, empower veterans to find purpose through supportive programming designed specifically for each veteran, all while supporting the community.

Mark your calendars for Monday, June 5th . Bike your way to church as a family and join us for Blessing of Bikes and Helmets worship at 6:30 p.m. Get ready for a healthy summer!

“Take Home Bible Study” - See the insert in this week’s bulletin.

It’s not too late! We still have plots available, Free water is available from the rain barrel. Or, we have a sprinkling system that you can pay for ($40.00 for the summer.) Reserving a plot without the sprinkler is only

$20.00 for the season. You can select any plot you want. Place a sign or yard ornament to "claim" your spot. We have Countertop height raised beds & standard raised beds (18" tall). We ask that if you are physically able to use the standard beds, please do - but if you need to restrict bending or kneeling, feel free to use a countertop height bed. Stop in the office to pay for your plot. Finally, we encourage everyone to consider donating some of your produce to the Hartford Food Pantry. This is not required.