The following people have volunteered to Sponsor a COFFEE
HOUR during
the month of June:
6/ 1 – Kris Suckow & The Melby’s
6/ 8 – Jim & Kathryn Crawford & Bill & Joan Swift
6/15 – Art & Elayne Hanson & Betty Ring
6/22 – Bob & Dorothy Waldo & Dan & Carol Pulsfus
6/29 – Jim & Shelly Lauth
& Ann Ciske
Nursery
Volunteers for the month of June are:
6/ 1 – Marj Margelowsky & Teagan
Olson
6/
8 – Judy Thurston & Matthew Peterson
6/15 – Angela Pace & Marana Stone
6/22 – Dianna Bush & Bret Lentz
6/29 – Kris Suckow & Molly Bublitz
* * * * *
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS for the
month of June
are:
6/ 1 – Thelma Hurd & Carol Pulsfus
6/ 8 – Luann & David Peterson
6/15 – Elayne Hanson & Bobbie
Goodman
6/22 – Del Molden & Jack Paulson
6/29 – Ann Ciske & ________________
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GREETERS for the month of June are:
6/ 1 – Jim & Kathryn Crawford
6/ 8 – Luke & Deb Hensler
6/15 – _____________________
6/22 – Dianna Bush
6/29 – Marj
Margelowsky
USHERS – The following people have
volunteered to be
ushers for the month of May:
6/ 1 – Jim & Kathryn Crawford
6/ 8 – Tom Parrish
6/15 – Tom Parrish
6/22 – Luke Hensler
6/29 – Luke Hensler
Altar Guild -Listed
below is the Altar Guild schedule for the month of June:
6/ 1 – Bill & Sue Barreau
6/
4 – Carol Anacker
6/ 8 – Bill & Sue Barreau
6/11 – Judy Donahue
6/15 – Fran Nelson
6/18 –
Denise Derey
6/22 – Fran Nelson
6/25 –
Judy Haase
6/29 – Charlotte Gilman
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Listed below is the
Acolyte schedule for
the month of June:
6/ 1 – Molly
Bublitz & Emily Inglett
Runner – Noalyn Martin
6/ 8 – Ryan Kucksdorf
& Andrea LaBella
Runner – Paige Ringelstetter
6/15 –
Bradley Charles & Jordan Jones
Runner – BreeAnn Mueller
6/22 – Alec
Gaffney & Ryan Hess
Runner – Lindsey Johnson
6/29 – Ben Pucel & Tristan Werner
Runner – Tate Zarecki
SERMON BROADCAST
The sermons broadcast on Sunday mornings at 8:30 a.m. on Radio Station WPDR AM
1350 are being
sponsored this month by:
6/ 1 –
Pastor Dick & Mary Inglett
6/ 8 – Don
Salzman
6/15 –
Bobbie Goodman
6/22 –
Michael & Rhonda Jones
6/29 – John
& Rachel Houk
CHANCEL
FLOWERS
The following people will be supplying our flowers
during the month of May:
6/ 1 – Don
Salzman in memory of his Wedding
Anniversary.
6/ 8 – Jim
& Angie Buchholtz in honor of their
49th Wedding
Anniversary
6/15 – Don
& Betty Levzow in memory of Loved
Ones.
6/22 – Wayne
& Bev Johnson in memory of
Loved Ones.
6/29 –
Lorene Knutson in memory of Loved Ones.
Jamie Marie Mohr and Michael James Carney
were married at our altar on Saturday,
May 17th.
We extend our best wishes to Jamie & Mike.
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John Arn Pauline
Blankenheim
North View Heritage
House
601 Latton Way 2685 Airport Road #23
Portage, WI Portage, WI
Alice Bue Marion
Clemmons
Heritage House
Divine
Savior Nursing Hm
2685 Airport Road 1015 West Pleasant St
Portage WI Portage, WI
Elaine Huebner Gordon Kluth
Remington
House Maple Ridge
113 Industrial Drive 2876 Village Road
Pardeeville WI Portage, WI
Bill Kroncke Karl- Heinz Lehmann
Divine Savior Nursing Hm Columbia
Health Care
1015 West Pleasant St 323
West Monroe St
Portage, WI Wyocena WI
Milo
Nelson Opal
Siewert
WI Veterans Home Heritage House
N2665
Cty Qq 2685 Airport Road
King, WI Portage, WI
Norene Solheim
Divine Savior Nursing Hm
1015 West Pleasant St
Portage, WI
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Betty Ring would like to
thank all who donated cards, stamps & money
for the Sunshine Club.
“Thank You” also goes to Bob
Rehdantz for mowing and Dick Olson for
planting the planter around the church sign.
* * * * *
Ditch the workout, Join the Party!
ZUMBA
Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.
Thursdays at 6:30
p.m.
Zumba fuses Latin rhythms and
easy-to-follow moves to create a workout that is FUN! Kari Langkamp will be offering Zumba classes
in the Fellowship Hall on Wednesday mornings at 9:30 and Thursday evenings at
6:30 this summer. Try
your first class for free! Single classes are $5 each, or a 10-class punch card
is available for $35. Childcare will be available for a small charge in
the nursery as well.
For more information or to
register, call Kari at
697-4149, e-mail zumba.kari@charter.net.
or
www.zumbawithkari.blogspot.com.
(Class will not
meet June 12-19, June 26 or July 17).
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God’s Great Creation
Our
summer worship theme is God’s Great Creation.
To help us celebrate and enjoy God’s great creation our praise team will
lead us in three outdoor worship services.
The second Sunday in June, July and August we will worship
outdoors. The altar and Praise Team will
be set up under the basketball hoop on the east end of the building. You are invited to bring your favorite lawn
chair to sit on. Folding chairs will be
available as well. If the weather does
not cooperate we will simply move
indoors to the
sanctuary.
We
hope you make an extra effort to come and worship on Sunday June 8th
as we praise God for creation even as we soak in the glory of God’s creation on
a beautiful Sunday morning.
Tips from the
Care of Creation Committee
EVERY DROP COUNTS – This is the time of the year
we like to think about water. Water is
one of our most precious resources, yet it is easy to waste. By conserving water we can keep plenty of
clean water on tap for our health and well-being. And
save money,
too.
FACT: Nearly 97% of the earth’s water is salt
water. Another 2% is locked in ice caps
and glaciers. That leaves just 1% of
fresh water suitable for farming, recreation, manufacturing, washing and
drinking.
Here are some water-saving tips:
AROUND THE HOUSE –
·
Install a toilet
dam or bottle filled with water in your toilet tank to cut down on the amount
of water used for each flush. Be sure
these devices do not interfere with operating parts.
·
Put food coloring
in your toilet tank. If it seeps into the
bowl, you have a leak. It’s easy to fix,
and can save more than 600 gallons a month.
·
Insulate hot
water pipes so you don’t have to run as much water to get hot water to the
faucet.
·
Set your hot
temperature no higher than 120 degrees.
·
Don’t use running
water to thaw food.
·
Keep a pitcher of
water in the refrigerator instead of running the tap for cold drinks.
·
Water plants only
when needed. More plants die from
over-watering than from under watering.
·
Plug the bathtub
before turning the water on, then adjust the
temperature as the tub fills up.
·
When shopping for
a new washing machine, consider energy models such as front loaders.
·
Wash clothes in
cold water cycles.
·
Run the
dishwasher at night during off-peak
electrical hours.
CLEANING UP –
·
Install low-flow
showerheads. They’re cheap, easy to
install, and can save hundreds of gallons a week.
·
Take navy
showers. While lathering your head or
body, turn off the water.
·
Run your washing
machine and dishwasher only when full.
You could save 1,000 gallons a month.
·
Soak pots and
pans rather than let them sit under running water while you scrape them clean.
·
Us a commercial
car wash that recycles its
water.
·
Turn off water
while you brush your teeth and save 4 gallons a minute – that’s 10,000 gallons
a year for a family of four.
·
Use a broom
instead of a hose to clean your driveway and sidewalk. You could save up to 80
gallons of water every time.
For more earth saving tips check www.earthshare.org.
Kathryn Crawford
Care of Creation Committee
And the Lightning
Strikes…..
As the storms raced thru Columbia County on Friday, April 25th,
the steeple at Bethlehem Lutheran was struck by lightning. In addition to the steeple being hit, our fire
alarm, sound system, phones and a
handful of electrical outlets were
damaged.
Thank you to Tony Hess for
his quick response and perseverance in seeing that all of these items were
repaired in a timely manner. Thank you
to Frank Grossman for taking care of the electrical issues, Frank Gauger from
Harmony Construction & John Denhartigh and council leadership for the extra
work they put in as well.
Tri North, the original
builders will be repairing the steeple in the next couple of weeks.
Talents, Skills,
or Gifts?
“...the body does not consist
of one member but many...If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing
be? If the whole body were hearing,
where would the sense of smell be? But
as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as [God]
chose. If all were a single member, where
would the body be?” 1 Corinthians 12:14,
17-19
Traditionally in the church,
gifts have been equated with one’s talents, skills, or strengths. Therefore the
gifts had to do with what we do rather than who we are. Another misconception is that to be gifted one must exhibit the
extraordinary. Therefore we respond
with, “Oh, but I don’t have any real gifts” or “I just don’t have enough talent
for that”. Please don’t misunderstand
or confuse this with arrogance; I come from a traditional pious background
myself and cringe at the thought of saying, “I’m gifted at .... and I would do very well serving as a....” Notice, I couldn’t fill in the blank space
either. I have experienced the belief it
wouldn’t be “humble” to simply say “thank you” much less to step forward on my
own and assert, “ I’d love to be involved in that; I
think I have some of the gifts needed to carry out that ministry”. Right now I’m going to take a deep breath,
believe I’m a human being which God has created; gifted, called and loved, with
all my imperfections, with all my piety, and say “I’m gifted at writing Position
Descriptions”. What tags along with a statement like this is high anxiety about
the thought of maybe, “I’m not doing enough volunteering at church” or “now
someone will corral me, twist my arm, or touch my passion into doing something
I really don’t have the time, energy, or money to do”. Gift Based Ministry involves affirming the
gifts we have, those yet to be discovered, and provides the structures for the
high anxiety feelings to be address through allowing a person to say “no”, with
no need for explanation why and providing people with a Position Description
which is honest about time commitment, resources available to help you, to ask
if you have questions, a list of responsibilities, the length of the
commitment, what training is needed, and the gifts needed. The Evangelism Committee and Task Force on Gifted
Based Ministry has been involved building those
structures needed to implement Gift Based Ministry here at Bethlehem.
We Thank you for your feedback and
support.
In Christ, Pr. Brenda Ertl,
Volunteer Coordinator
Summer Mission Trip
Fund Raising Activities
In the summer of 2008 Bethlehem
Lutheran is sponsoring a mission trip to Inner City Minneapolis,
Minnesota. The dates for the trip are
July 6 - 11.
16 youth and adults are registered for the trip.
Thank you to all who helped
with and donated to our Plant and Brat Sale as part of the end of Sunday School
Celebration. Flamingo Insurance is still
available. There is a transportation tree in the Narthex and Stock can still be
purchased for our youth. Our final big
event is a Car Wash and Brat Sale at Portage National Bank on Saturday May 31
from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Thank you for all the support
that you are providing our youth as they work to serve God and God’s
people.
* * * * * *
Mission Trip Fundraiser –
We will be having a card
party on Saturday June 21st, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at /Bethlehem Lutheran
Church. The cost will be $2.00 per person. If you know of anybody in the community who
enjoys playing cards and sharing stories, bring them along. All monies collected will go toward the
mission trip. If you have any questions
or would like to volunteer, please contact Tony Hess or Jeanette Gessner.
WRITERS WRITE II
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
The March wind sometimes
tugged at our peace signs, and our fingers were icy cold inside of our gloves
as we stood on the highwy-12 Wisconsin bridge in Sauk City. There were about 80 of us, spanning a huge
age difference, from elderly, middle aged, young people, down to a few little
children who stalwartly waved their messages of hope for
peace not only in our dear country but for
the world.
A couple of signs asked
passing motorists zooming by to “Honk for Peace” and the response very
gratifying. Often the blare of the horn
lasted from one end of the bridge to the other.
Friendly waves and the “V’s for Victory” were often and appreciated, with
only a few disparaging indications
of disagreement.
Many of us have engaged in
peace rallies in the past. The largest
one I’ve ever attended was in Chicago
last October where over 20,000 of us cried out our messages or solemnly
remembered the sacrifices made by our servicemen and women. Did we reach the hearts of others watching as
we marched by? It
is never known; we can only hope.
The silent majority can no
longer be silent. It is the obligation
of the world to seek alternatives that will
lead to peace.
Through this involvement with
peace groups I have had personal challenges.
I am moved more and more, and not always successfully, to create peace
in my dealings with both friends and family.
It isn’t always easy, but I’ve been successful sometimes, when I say to myself, “If you can’t get along with an irritating friend or
relative, how in the world do you think we can achieve peace in the
world?” So I’ve consciously tried to
deal with those sticky situations we all encounter on occasion, using more
understanding and savoir faire.
Sometimes it’s positively amazing t watch what happens when I make that
kind of an effort. Talk about changing a
negative to a positive!
I will continue to engage in
peace activities as long as I can, praying I’m not just a voice crying in the
wilderness.
In the meantime, I will
fortify my spirit offering patience and love to those around me, giving an
unexpected compliment or an offer to help in some way if help is
needed, hoping that in my own way
I’m giving peace a chance.
by
Anne C. Zimmerman,
President of the Writers
of the Portage
* * * * * *
An elderly
couple had dinner at another couple’s house, and after eating, the wives left
the table and went into the kitchen. The
two gentlemen were talking, and one said, “Last night we went out to a new
restaurant and it was really great. I
would recommend it very highly.” The
other man said, “What is the name of the
restaurant?”
The first man thought and thought
and finally said, “What is the name of that flower you give to someone you
love? You know…the one that’s red and
has thorns.” “Do you mean a rose?” “Yes, that’s the one,” replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and
yelled, “Rose, what’s the name of that restaurant we went to last night?”
WEB MASTER
Bethlehem’s web site is now under the management of Charlotte
Gilman. Charlotte is a member of the Evangelism
Committee and has brought a real expertise on computers, management skills,
nursing skills, prior church involvement in other churches. . PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU
HAVE ANY INFORMATION WHICH
YOU WOULD LIKE
PLACED ON THE BETHLEHEM
WEB PAGE CONTACT CHARLOTTE
at
.
Charlotte, thank
you for your time & dedication to the church.
Dad's incredible
Author
Jim Wallis tells how his young son ends telephone conversations with him. “Daddy,”
the boy says, “I love you, I like you and you’re incredible.”
What makes an “incredible” father? It isn’t as difficult as it might seem.
Children, of course, aren’t awed by the size of your paycheck, office or
retirement account. Instead, it’s the simple, everyday gestures that make you a
No. 1 dad.
In Stories for the Family’s Heart, Steve Stephens offers some sure-fire ways to
be incredible in your kids’ eyes:
• Play tic-tac-toe and hide-and-seek.
• Be consistent.
• Buy ice cream cones.
• Don’t discipline in anger.
• Count stars together.
• Pray with (and for) your children.
•
Hug and say “I love you” often.
Happy Father’s Day
The CHIMES 
