The Beautiful Savior Banner is our monthly newsletter. Below
are a few of the articles included this month.
MEET OUR INTERIM YOUTH
WORKER
Pam Williams was born in Davenport, Iowa. She spent her
childhood in Lawrence, Kansas, and Kearney, Missouri. She graduated from
Kearney High School in 1992 and then attended college in Springfield and
Warrensburg. She graduated from the University of Central Missouri in 1997
with a degree in Office Administration.
Pam met Trent Williams in the late 90’s, and the two were united in marriage
at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church by Pastor Schwartz in August of 1999.
They have been blessed with two wonderful daughters: Shelby who is 8 and
Danika who is 6. Pam’s husband Trent is a lumber salesman for Owen Lumber
Company in Lee’s Summit.
Pam has been actively involved at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church since she
was confirmed in April of 1999. She taught preschool Sunday School for
seven years and after that helped with K-5 Sunday School. In the past few
years she has been helping Tim and Heidi Koehler with our youth program.
She has been a youth counselor at Lutheran Valley Retreat in Colorado two
times, helped with the confirmation retreat at Lutherhoma in 2010, and has
also attended the Kansas District Youth Gathering. Pam has been involved
with the VBS Team for the past two years, leading the crafts. She has
helped out with the Sunday Evening TAG Events and Midnight Volleyball.
Pam’s leadership has led to the involvement and support of Kohl’s and their
associates with the annual youth mission trip garage sale.
This past year Pam coached her daughter Shelby’s Upward Basketball Team.
She is an avid supporter and fan of the Upward Program.
Pam’s hobbies include softball, shopping, scrapbooking, and spending time
with family and friends. Her favorite foods are seafood and Mexican food.
Pam is excited about working with the youth of Beautiful Savior and helping
them grow in their walk of faith with Jesus our Savior.
FACEBOOK
Did you know that Beautiful Savior now has a Facebook page?
Log in to your Facebook account, search for “Beautiful Savior Lutheran
Church – Lee’s Summit, MO” and click on “like.” When you “like” the
church’s page, you will then receive our status updates on your Wall. This
is a good communication tool for us to let you know what’s going on here!
Please also use the “share” tool to recommend our page to other members of
BSLC. The more people we have who “like” our page, the more useful the tool
becomes! (Please note: when you “like” an organization’s page, it cannot
see any of your information, so your postings, pictures, and discussions
stay with you and your “friends,” not the church! – not that you should have
anything inappropriate on your page anyway, right?)
CONGREGATIONAL UPDATE
On September 19th we will have a congregational
update in the Family Life Center. We will be sharing informational updates
on the Liturgical-Contemporary Worship plans, the Family Life Center
Upgrade, and also on interim and permanent ministry plans for the DCE
vacancy. Please plan now to attend this informational gathering at 9:20
a.m.
OKTOBERFEST
We will once again have a booth at Lee’s Summit Oktoberfest
to promote our church and our Upward Basketball Program. As in past years,
children will be able to shoot a basketball and win prizes. We will be
handing out flyers concerning our church as well as registration forms for
Upward Basketball. For this event to be productive, VOLUNTEERS ARE
NEEDED! Please sign up for a shift or two. This an efficient way to
advertise and promote a wonderful program that Boldly Shares the Love of
Christ!
UPWARD BASKETBALL
Upward is an evangelistic sports ministry specifically designed
for Kindergarten through sixth grade boys and girls that promotes salvation,
character, and self-esteem in every child. Upward provides opportunities for
churched and unchurched of our community to get involved in the ministry of
our church. They will have the opportunity to pray for our program, coach a
team, referee a game, and develop relationships in order to open avenues of
ministry to the people of our community who will participate in our program.
We need many, many
volunteers to keep this ministry alive in Lee’s Summit and at our church.
Evaluations will be in October. We will need volunteers for the evaluation
process.
Also please consider helping us during January
and February on game days. If you would like to referee, coach, keep
score/time, introduce players, set up/tear down, or help with concessions,
please contact Pam Williams at (816) 524-7288 or pam4640@att.net. Register
online starting September 1 at
www.beautifulsavior-lsmo.org.
Are
you interested in learning or reviewing the primary teachings of the
Lutheran Church? Are you interested in attending a Christian doctrine class
that could lead to membership in the Lutheran Church? If so, then plan now
to attend the Christian Essentials Class that will meet from 6:30 to
8 p.m. on September 12, 19 & 26 and October 3, 10, 17 & 24. Babysitting can
be provided if you need it; simply contact Pastor Schwartz.
Note: If you plan to attend, please sign up in the
communication center by September 12.
CONFIRMATION MEETING
All
parents of students entering grades 5, 6, 7 & 8 should attend a special
parents’ meeting on Wednesday, September 1, in the Family Life Center.
Parents of 5th graders will meet at 6:30 pm. Parents of 6th-8th
graders will meet at 7:30 pm. We will examine confirmation curriculum,
expectations and other important matters.
Note:
If you cannot attend this important meeting, please call the church office.
Also,
mark your calendars—Confirmation and Midweek classes begin Wednesday,
September 8, at 6:30 p.m.
FIRST DAY OF CONFIRMATION, MIDWEEK, AND SMALL GROUPS
September 8 will be the first day of confirmation, midweek
and small groups. We invite all of our K-4th grade students to
join in the fun every Wednesday from 6:30-8:00pm. Our confirmation classes
are held at the same time for our 5-6-7-8th grade students. Small
Groups for our high school students also start September 8 from 6:30-8:00.
MOPS
Even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast” (Psalm 139:10)
The summer is almost over, and we are headed back to school!
Yes, we are going back to school for MOPS, and our first class this
September is “Homeroom.” We hope to see you at our first meeting as we kick
off to a fun and exciting new year! At our first meeting we will discuss
the coming year and all activities. For our craft we will be making a
stained glass cross.
We also want to welcome all other mothers who have never attended a MOPS
meeting. We would love to have you visit and experience this exciting
journey with our Christian friends. MOPS is an excellent chance for you to
meet other mothers, build friendships, ask questions or share life
experiences with other mothers, and have some time away from the little ones
while they are cared for in the church nursery.
Listed below are more details regarding this event:
Thursday, September 9, 2010, 6:30PM to 8:30PM
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
Cost for meeting: $5.00-For new members your first meeting is FREE!
Childcare will be provided at no cost!
Please RSVP to
bslcmops@gmail.com.
SAVE THE DATES
Please mark your calendars for September 19th,
2010. This year we are focused on taking care of the city of Lee’s Summit.
We will be picking up trash from 2-4 PM. This is a great experience to help
out our community! We need as many volunteers as possible. More details
will be provided at the September 9 meeting.
*Ladies night- Saturday, September 25th, 2010-Shop
and Sip at WT Bears.
JOIN US ~ we are GROWING!!
As some of you may or may not know the mission of MOPS is to
ENCOURAGE, EQUIP and DEVELOP every MOTHER OF PRESCHOOLERS to REALIZE her
POTENTIAL as a WOMAN, MOTHER and LEADER in the name of Jesus Christ.
With this thought we are starting a new branch of the ministry, MOMSnext.
This group will continue the MOPS mission with Moms of all stages of
mothering, Elementary, Jr. High and High School.
Just because you have school aged children, doesn’t mean you stop being a
Mom, it doesn’t mean you stop needing support or resources, and it doesn’t
mean you stop needing God’s help! In fact, it means just the opposite.
MOMSnext is going to be here to support the next phase of motherhood. We
want to help tackle the not so easy tasks families today have to handle;
such as homework issues, internet safety, how to handle bullying at school,
and building self-esteem.
We are still in the organizing process at this time but are looking to
launch the group this October.
Please plan to attend a forum meeting September 15 at 6:30pm in the
narthex. We are going to discuss dates, times, and topics to be explored
during our meetings.
Thank you for continuing to support our outreach ministry. Our Steering
Committee is excited to be able to reach out to Moms not only in our church
but in the community ~ you give us the chance to welcome, inspire and share
God’s love.
STEPHEN
MINISTRY UPDATE
Stephen Minister training is beginning September 16 and will
run through February 2011. Please lift up in prayer those members who have
accepted this call to serve their Lord and their brothers and sisters
in Christ.
PRESCHOOL UPDATE
PRESCHOOL WISH LIST:
This is an opportunity to donate new or gently used
items appropriate for children ages 3-5: books, puppets, Lego
Duplo blocks, cars, trucks, trains, dress-up clothes, play items for the
kitchen area, small table for computer, small cd/tape player, floor pillows,
sand/water table, plastic animals (not Little People brand), assorted gears,
cubes, blocks, etc. Donations may be brought to Pastor Schwartz’s
office. In October, the new playground will be installed. The progress
continues, and the new preschool will begin taking enrollments in January!
MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
On Sunday, September 26th at 7 p.m.
the team working on the liturgical-contemporary worship service will be
hosting a contemporary music event. Everyone is invited to
participate, and those who have any interest in singing or playing an
instrument for the new worship service are especially encouraged to be
there. We will gather in the FLC and join in singing contemporary worship
music. Instrumentalists will be able to see lead sheets, sheet music, and
chord notations and begin to see what it is like to play this kind of
music. (So if you have a guitar, bring it and strum along! You don’t have
to bring your piano, though – we have one here!) The goal is to gather to
praise God, to enjoy contemporary music, and to begin to formulate a sketch
of what our music team(s) might look like. Please join us and “make a
joyful noise to the Lord” (Ps. 98:4).