September 29th, 2024
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mission Trip 2025 Registration forms are due October 2nd Contact PB if you need information or have questions.
Crew on Wednesday, October 2nd, 3:30 pm till 5 pm for all 3rd-6th graders!
Voices of Praise, Wednesday, October 2nd, 7 pm! Like to sing? Want to sing praises to God? Want to sing with others? Hate to sing in front of an audience? This is the group for you! Come join us on Wednesday nights at 7 pm for the sole purpose of using our voices to give praise to God with others. This is a fellowship group that gathers to sing together with no expectation that we will sing during worship or in front of an audience. The only requirement is a love of singing and a love of God! All ages are welcome!
Oktoberfest Craft & Vendor Fair October 12th 9 am till 2 pm at Boyceville High School There are events as well throughout Boyceville.
Fall Family Fest, Sunday, October 13th, 3 pm till 5pm. Inflatables, food, pumpkin carving, games, and more for the whole family.
Lagers with Lord is Monday, October 14th, at 6 pm at Buckshot’s! All are welcome for a time of faithful conversation.
Crew snacks needed! We invite individuals and families to sign-up to provide snacks for 50-60 youth for Crew! Feel free to team up with others! You do not need to serve the snacks, just provide them! You can provide whatever you want. Items should be here by 3 pm on the day of Crew. Sign-up in the Narthex or call the office. Questions? Talk to PB.
MISSION MADNESS 2024: October 6-November 10th: The annual tradition continues as we raise money for our Mission Partners and PB does embarrassing or weird things. Just designate your offering to either Mission Madness or to a specific mission partner like Luther Park or WestCAP as an example. As a twist this year, if a certain number of Time & Talent sheets get turned in, since part of our Mission is using our gifts for God’s glory, that will also fulfill some Mission Madness goals.
Here are the goals:
$500 PB has to wear a Star Trek shirt (reminder: PB doesn’t like Star Trek). 25 Time & Talent sheets
$1,000 PB eats a serving size of Mayonnaise. 50 Time & Talent sheets
$1,500 PB gets attacked with silly string by kids in the congregation. 75 time & Talent Sheets
$2,000 PB wears a full Packers outfit at the November Synod Gathering. 100 Time & Talent Sheets
$2,500 PB gets hit in the face with a pie by the Bishop Martin Halom on November 17th.
MUSINGS FROM PASTOR BRAD
Psalm 23:6a “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,”
I love digging into scripture, and in preparing for “Lagers with the Lord” last month on my favorite scripture of Psalm 23, I was looking at the above verse, Psalm 23:6. We must always remember that the Bible wasn’t originally written in English and everything is a translation and in a commentary I was reading it was pointed out that the word that is often translated from Hebrew as “ shall follow” could also be translated as “shall pursue.” And I have to admit, it blew my mind. You can ask those that were at “Lagers with the Lord,” I went on and on about it. Because I got this image in my head.
See, to me, shall follow is a nice image, but I think of the game “follow the leader.” We are just nicely following behind. Goodness and mercy is just very nicely and calmly following behind me. But the word pursue to me is very active. It is very aggressive. I think of a lion going after a zebra in the wild. I think of something coming relentlessly after me. So I imagine, now, that the goodness and mercy of God is relentlessly, aggressively, coming after me. Pursuing me. Me, who has been walking in the shadow of death. Me, who has been suffering. Hurting. Questioning. Wondering. That the goodness and mercy of God is coming for me. That it is inevitable. I will experience that goodness and mercy. No matter what.
This is a message of hope. I need this message of hope. I bet you do to. We all do. We need to hear that the goodness and mercy of God is pursuing us all the days of our life, coming for us a gift, a gift we see in the life, death, and resurrection of the great shepherd Jesus Christ. This God never stops pursuing you. Never gives up on you. Never stops coming for you, to shower you with love and hope and goodness and mercy. Will keep pursuing you no matter what. This is God’s promise and this is our hope.
It is again why I love studying God’s Word because you never know what nugget you might find that can open your eyes and heart to something new and also help to see God in a new way. But it also reminds us of this important truth: we are loved by God in Jesus Christ. God’s goodness and mercy is for you every single day, a goodness and mercy found in Jesus Christ for you. May you know that goodness and mercy is for you today, tomorrow, and always. For that we can say, “Thanks be to God!”