Click the above photo for their facebook website
The Faithful Knotters are offering this home made quilt for silent auction. The last day to bid is May 19th at the Sunday Dinner. Winning bid will be announced about 12 noon.
Kathy Grill won the quilt!
Faith and New Hope welcome new members!
From left to right: Selena and Sandra Sankkey, Jeremy Zinda, Hunter and Gretchen Hintz. Not pictured are children Sammy Sankey, Haven Hintz and Landon Zinda who were attending Sunday School.
From left to right are Betty Williams, Betty Sadogierski and Allan & Jan Kraetsch.
New Hope welcomes Linda and Wayne Carey
Bulletins, coming up & recent events
Complete services may be downloaded at the links below......though you have to BE HERE to get the sermon....... ;-) .......The services are done as Microsoft PowerPoint© presentations and Microsoft Word© but you can open them even if you don't have Microsoft Office© installed by installing a free PowerPoint Viewer (actually a "compatibilty pack" which will open most files created in Office) available here:
POWERPOINT VIEWER FROM MICROSOFT
Services are available beginning with the previous Sunday and archived for about a month
Download the May calendar PDF there>>> MAY CALENDAR
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Faith has adopted an option for planned giving where you may support your church right from your keyboard! If you wish to take advantage of this program and avoid envelopes, check writing and lousy memories click on the link for a downloadable enrollment form in order to use this convenient method of support >>> ENROLLMENT FORM
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The Easter altar at North New Hope
Betsie Graham and Craig performing Highland Cathedral on Easter Sunday at Faith, 2011. Click on the above photo for the video.
Easter Service opening hymns at Faith, Jesus Christ is Risen Today and Alleluia Jesus Lives. Click on the photo below for the video
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THANK YOU FAITH ROOF FUND DONORS!
WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP
Still to be accomplished is the addition of more insulation in the Fellowship room so we aren't aren't out of the woods yet either financially or workwise.
Ceiling work in the Fellowship Room at Faith is in progress. A new ceiling, with new energy efficient lighting, in addition to insulation is being installed.
With additional costs on the horizon for calling a new pastor next year and possible upgrades to the parsonage Faith needs to reduce its debt as much as possible.
A $34,900 debt still remains from the roof project and members of Faith have received letters asking, once again, for an additional $300 (or ANY amount) donation you can afford.
Financial considerations from other sources would be gratefully accepted as well.
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The Annual Seniors appreciation service at Faith Is celebrated annually, October 4 in 2009. Credit for taking charge and organizing this event in recent years is Patti Carter. Patti's hard work and attention to every detail is very much appreciated! Here's Patti making sure everyone has what they need at the dinner has what they need at the dinner.
Below are some of the seniors Patti works so hard to honor.
As usual, where 2 or more Lutherans are gathered.......EATING is involved:
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Click on the line below for the
DRIVE YOUR TRACTOR TO CHURCH page!
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A HANDBELL CHOIR?
WHERE..........................HERE?
Even in large cities churches that sport handbell choirs are few and far between. The Stevens Point/Plover metro area, which population exceeds 35,000, can claim only two churches that have handbell choirs. They are St. Paul's United Methodist and St. Paul Lutheran Church so it's quite a bit deal for a smallish country church to muster enough dedicated folks to staff a handbell choir much less do a good job of it. The proof is at the links below!
The first link is for a 1:08 minute 2.89 meg Windows WMV video which shows the choir doing a portion of Silent Night (edited to 1:08 for size). The second link is for the entire performance with audio only, runs for 2:38 and is only 643KB in size and the third link is for their rendition of, appropriately, Carol of the Bells which runs for 2:11 and is 536KB in size.
New Hope bellchoir Silent Night MOVIE
New Hope bellchoir Silent Night AUDIO complete
New Hope bellchoir "Carol of the Bells" AUDIO
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Here's some stuff for the kids (MORE on the Sunday Schools page):
The above page (in a B&W PDF suitable for printing) can be downloaded here > KID STUFF
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