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1 GEMEINDEBRIEF GEMEINDEBRIEF GEMEINDEBRIEF GEMEINDEBRIEF “I am the vine, and you are the branches!” GRAPEVINE GRAPEVINE GRAPEVINE GRAPEVINE 46 JAHRGANG / VOLUME 46 + NO. 7 + JULY/AUGUST 2019 ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN CHURCH 11423 CHICAGO RD. WARREN, MI 48093 586-979-3850 Fax: 586-979-3903 email: stpeters_church@sbcglobal.net Website: www.stpeterswarren.org REGULAR FEATURES Anniversaries/Birthdays Bible Study Calendar Home Bound Schedules: Bus Flower Reader Seniorenkreis Sunday School Sunday Services . . . And much more! Have a great Summer !

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GEMEINDEBRIEFGEMEINDEBRIEFGEMEINDEBRIEFGEMEINDEBRIEF “I am the vine, and you are the branches!”

GRAPEVINEGRAPEVINEGRAPEVINEGRAPEVINE 46 JAHRGANG / VOLUME 46 + NO. 7 + JULY/AUGUST 2019

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN CHURCH

11423 CHICAGO RD.

WARREN, MI 48093

586-979-3850

Fax: 586-979-3903

email:

stpeters_church@@@@sbcglobal.net

Website:

www.stpeterswarren.org

REGULAR FEATURES Anniversaries/Birthdays Bible Study Calendar Home Bound Schedules: Bus Flower Reader Seniorenkreis Sunday School Sunday Services . . . And much more!

Have a great Summer !

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4. PENTECOST SUNDAY, July 7th Isaiah 66:10-14 Galatians 6:1-16

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

9:45 AM German Hymn Sing

5. PENTECOST SUNDAY, July 14th

Deuteronomy 30:9-14 Colossians 1:1-14

Luke 10:25-37

6. PENTECOST SUNDAY, July 21st

Genesis 18:1-10a Colossians 1:15-28

Luke 10:38-42

7. PENTECOST SUNDAY, July 28th Genesis 18:20-32 Colossians 2:6-19

Luke 11:1-13

8. PENTECOST SUNDAY, Aug. 4th

Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14 Colossians 3:1-11

Luke 12:13-21

9:45 AM German Hymn Sing

9. PENTECOST SUNDAY, Aug. 11th Genesis 15:1-6 Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

Luke 12:32-49

10. PENTECOST SUNDAY, Aug. 18th

Jeremiah 23:23-29 Hebrews 11:29-12:2

Luke 12:49-56

11. PENTECOST SUNDAY, Aug. 25th Isaiah 58:9b-14 Hebrews 12:18-29

Luke 13:10-17

10:00 AM Service

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11:30 AM “Bring a friend, meet a friend and find a friend!”

FOOD, DRINKS,

RAFFLE, GAMES for everyone (please bring a prize for the raffle)

Great food and lots of fun is waiting for you!

Everyone is invited to the service at 10:00 AM

Sign up in the Narthex or call

586-979-3850

July

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The Kingdom Comes A man experiencing homelessness enters the church on Sunday morning, and the pastor greets him. As though to provide some sort of evidence that he deserves to be there, the man reaches into his wallet and hands her a yel-lowed, worn-out-from-folding piece of paper. The pastor's eyes move from the man to the pa-per, and she reads, "Certificate of Perfect Sun-day School Attendance at First Lutheran Church." It is his most prized possession, car-ried through every crisis on a difficult journey. Decades before, Sunday school teachers in the classrooms of First Lutheran Church had loved and served a little boy. Planning lessons on Sat-urday evenings, teaching him stories and songs about God's love each Sunday morning, they planted in him a sense of belonging, of being beloved by God. The kingdom work they started in that little boy still stirs in him as he crosses the threshold of a church and reaches into his wallet, handing his certificate to the pastor. When Jesus sends the seventy out to proclaim the good news of God in every town, he makes it clear that whether they are welcomed or re-jected, they are to say plainly that "the kingdom of God has come near" (Luke 10:9). As we move about our lives, we are called to love and serve where we are, trusting that when we leave, the Spirit remains. The work of the Spirit is not finished when we leave a place. The in-breaking of the kingdom does not depend on our remaining or being pre-sent to continue the work. God will keep breath-ing life into people long after we have moved on, maybe even years after Sunday school teachers have awarded stars and certificates. The love we offer and the stories and songs we teach are just some of the ways we declare that the king-dom of God has come near. The Spirit moves, and we get to participate! Love. Serve. Proclaim the good news:

The kingdom of God has come near!

The Meaning of Life The book of Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Bible is full of situations the author describes as "vanity" and "chasing after wind." The author is troubled by these situations, which seem unfair or ab-surd. He laments over a wise man who must leave all his possessions to a foolish heir (Eccles 2:21), and over a rich man who loses everything on a bad venture (Eccles 5:13-14). The author of Ecclesiastes believes that hard work and wisdom should be fairly rewarded, but notes that reality often turns out differently. One might see today's parable from the Gospel of Luke fitting neatly alongside Ecclesiastes' cynicism. A rich man, blessed by an abundant harvest, tears down his barns to build bigger ones—but he dies before he can enjoy the fruit of his labor. This, too, is vanity and a chasing after wind! But Jesus doesn't tell this parable as a commen-tary on the absurdity of human existence. Ra-ther, he is teaching an important lesson about what we value. All too often, we place trust first in ourselves, thinking we can achieve success and happiness all on our own. Or we believe we will be happy if only we get that latest gadget or that new car; we put our faith in blind luck, trusting that the harvest will be good, or that the stock market will continue to go up. And yet we find ourselves dis-appointed again and again. "One's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions," Jesus tells us. Wealth and materi-al success will not give our lives meaning. In-stead, we should be "rich toward God" (Luke 12:21). What does this mean? We are "rich to-ward God" as we build up our relationship with our Creator through prayer and studying scrip-ture, through worship and acts of service. Such an endeavor is surely not vanity or a chasing after wind.

Reprinted from Words for Worship, copyright 2018 Augs-

burg Fortress.

Used by permission of Augsburg Fortress.

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FORREST GUMP GOES TO HEAVEN

When Forrest Gump died and went to Heaven, he was greeted by St. Peter himself. St. Peter says, “It’s good to see you Forrest. I have heard a lot about you. I must tell you, we have an entrance exam for everybody.” Forrest responds, “It shor is good to be here, St. Peter, sir. But nobody ever told me about any entrance exam. Shor hope the test ain’t too hard; life was a big enough test as it was.” St. Peter nodded, “Yes, I know, Forrest, but I will ask you only three questions: 1. What two days of the week begin with the letter “T”? 2. How many seconds are there is a year? 3. What is God’s first name? It took Forrest a day to think the questions over: the answers he came up with were absolutely unexpected J Forrest returned to the Gatekeeper who said, “Now that you have had a chance to think the questions over, tell me your answers”. Forrest says, “Well, the first one—which two days in the week begin with the letter “T”? Shucks, that one’s easy. That’d be “Today and Tomorrow”. The Saint’s eyes open wide and he replies, “Forrest, that’s not what I was thinking, but, you do have a point, and I guess I didn’t specify so I guess your answer is right. How about the next one? How many seconds are there in a year?” “Now that one was hard, but I thunk and thunk about that and I guess . . . The only answer can be twelve.” Confused, St. Peter asked, “Twelve? Why twelve? Forrest, why do you think there are only twelve seconds in a year?” Forrest says, “Shucks, there’s gotta be twelve: January 2, February 2; March 2 . . .” St. Peter interrupts him: “Hold it, I see where you are going with this . . . I wasn’t expecting an answer like this, but I’ll have to give you credit for that one too.” It bothered the Gatekeeper that Forrst turned out to be so clever, but he was sure that he could never answer the last questions, “Let’s go on with the final questions. Can you tell me God’s first name?” Forrest replied, “That’s easy, it’s Andy”. St Peter looked frustrated. “Andy? Ok, I can understand how you came up with your answers to my first two questions, but just how in the world did you come up with the name “Andy” as the first name of God?” Forrest didn’t seem to understand the problem. “I learnt it from the song . . .

“Andy walks with me, Andy talks with me,

Andy tells me I am His own . . .”

St. Peter opened the Pearly Gates and said: “Run, Forrest, Run:. This story teaches us that being unique and different from the rest . . . Is not always a disadvantage.

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PLEASE let the office secretary (Astrid) know if anyone is sick, in the hospital or homebound. Thank you! In Nursing Home: / Care Facility: Boehm, Eva—Pridoehl, Hannelore - Elsa Wachner

At Home: Heinzelman, Heidi Klein, Charlotte Kraemer, Feli Mohr, Elisabeth

Cheer someone up by giving them a friendly call!

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church is participating with Kroger in their “Community Rewards”

program. We thank everyone that ha already registered. We received a quarterly check for a percentage of our purchases, but you must register your Kroger card. If you do not have a card simply go to Kroger and apply for one—this is NOT a credit card. When you receive your card, enroll online at krogercommunityrewrds.com to link your card to St. Peter’s NPO account # QS769. Not only will the church benefit but so will you thru discounts at the register every time

you shop but you will also receive fuel points for discounts at their fuel pumps. Ask your family to register their cards with us also. We thank you for all your support!

BLESSING FOR TRAVELERS

O God, whose glory fills the whole creation, and whose presence we find wherever we go:

Preserve those who travel: surround them with your loving care;

protect them from every danger; and bring them in safety to their journey's end;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Adapted from the prayer for travelers in Prayers and Thanksgivings,

The Book of Common Prayer (1979 edition).

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JULY

Ilse Hinkle 3 Erika Anger 10 Gudrun Lindert 12 Erik Quinn 15 Susanna Leprich 20 Kathryn Mackenzie 21 Juliana Mellenthin 21 Ulrich Wiedmann 21 Hannelore Pridoehl 24 Angelo Zarantonello 25 Lisa Longlois 26 Elsa Wachner 26 Benjamin Mackenzie 28 Heinz Anger 31 AUGUST Maria Leprich 1 Adam Romund 1 James Hinkle 3 Johann Klimach 8 Jonah Mackenzie 10 Frank Gablowski 11 Christine Pesta 12 Ruth Kracker 13 Käthe Fedototszkin 17 Gordon Koivu 19 Scott Linsdeau 20 Eva Adam 23 Franz Kuplent 23 Lori Longlois 25 Krystal Quinn 26 Monica Tohlman 29

ANNIVERSARIES

JULY

Mr & Mrs Scott Linsdeau 18 Mr & Mrs Norman Jones 20 AUGUST Mr & Mrs George Weiss 10 Mr & Mrs Sam Klein 18 Mr & Mrs Johann Klimach 24 Mr & Mrs Horst Trautmann 24 Mr & Mrs Ulrich Wiedmann 25 Mr & Mrs Larry Kracker 28 Mr & Mrs Peter Wild 28 We apologize if anyone’s birthday or anniver-sary has been overlooked. Please notify our church secretary, Astrid, 586-979-3850, so that we may update our records. Thank you!

Lord, we pray for courage,

strength,

and

wisdom

for our

leaders.

And we ask

You to

bless our

na�on.

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HEAT and HEAT and HEAT and HEAT and

CHURCHCHURCHCHURCHCHURCH

Don’t let the HEAT keep you

away from CHURCH this

Summer! After all, St. Peter’s IS

air conditioned.

OUR WEBSITE www.stpeterswarren.org

If you are traveling this Summer, keep in touch through our website. Our Sunday services are online as well as the latest information on events hap-pening at church.

The following groups will be on hiatus July & August: Bell Choir Church Choir Seniorenkreis Sunday School Everyone will be back in September

DRIVERS NEEDED ! ! !

St. Peter’s offers a very important service to

our members who are not able to drive to

church. With one phone call, they can be

picked up by one of our members who will

bring them to Sunday services.

Unfortunately, at the present time, we only

have three (3) drivers. We could definitely

use at least five (5) more , as our members

live in opposite directions.

If you would like to support this valuable

ministry and become a driver, please

contact the church office 586-979-3850.

Your assistance will not be needed every

Sunday and a schedule will be made.

“What man among you, who has 100 sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the

99 in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it? When he has found it, he

joyfully puts it on his shoulders, and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors to-gether, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, be-

cause I have found my lost sheep! Luke 15:2-7

Help us gather our “lost sheep”!

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June 5th

I am sorry tat I could not be at the meet-ing, but I heard that everyone had a good time. Birthdays were cele-brated—Inge talked about future activi-

ties and as always she brought an inter-esting film about our brain function. I wish that I was there, my brain some-times takes a vacation—I could use some help. Pastor Udell spoke the table prayer, lunch was served.

June 19th

Inge welcomed everyone and was pleased to see so many happy faces. Afterwards she presented our Church President, Larry Kracker, a check of $1,000.00 again in appreciation for al-lowing us to hold our meetings here twice a month. With thanks he accepted it, but he told us we should use it for us sometimes—have some fun, how kind of him. Songs were song, Rosi Kuhlmann gave the Report “Bericht” and had something inspirational t read. All in all many had a lot to add to the program to make it a special day. Our Pastor Gerry had her own input—always welcomed and very informative. She wished us a safe and peaceful summer and hoped to see some in church on Sunday.

We had one special birthday to cele-brate—the 98th birthday of Waltraud Limberg. May God grant you a wonder-ful sun filled day and continue to bless you with good health and joy. Inge thanked everyone for faithfully coming to our meetings and wished everyone a good summer. Lunch was served after Pastor Gerry said the table prayer. Thanks to our cooks and help-ers—God bless you. There will be no meetings in July and August. May we enjoy all the gifts God blesses us with so freely this summer. The splendor of a sunset and sunrise, the beautiful flowers, a peaceful sum-mer day but, let us never forget the peo-ple that are not privileged to do that. Next meeting, September 11th. May we come back refreshed and healthy and hopefully some guests.

God’s Summer Flowers

Flowers of summer how sweetly they grow into a breathtaking floral show . . . Zinnias, pansies, forget-me-nots, butter-

cups, daisies, sweet smelling phlox. Flowers of summer J how sweet is

their smell. Perfuming the gardens ad roadsides as

well. Oh, drink in their beauty, their fragrance

filled blooms. For both summer and flowers will have

gone all to soon. Loise Pinkerton Fritz

Respectfully submitted,

Maria Leprich and the Board

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JULY 7 Ingrid Gablowski 14 Ulrich Wiedmann 21 John Benesch 28 Ingrid Gablowski

AUGUST 4 Ulrich Wiedmann 11 John Benesch 18 Ingrid Gablowski 25 Ulrich Wiedmann

The readers for July and August

are as follows:

July 2019

August 2019

Die Sommermonate lenken unsere Gedanken und Blick hinaus in Gottes freie, schöne Natur, da können wir die wunderbare Schöpfung Gottes sehen und Singen. Ermuntert euch und singt mit Schall, Gott unserem höchsten Gut, der seine Wunder überall und größe Dinge tut.

With God, every day is a day to hope for the very best – to believe our prayers are being heard, to believe good news is on its way, and that anything can happen between yesterday and tomorrow.

Respectfullly, Rosi KuhlmannRosi KuhlmannRosi KuhlmannRosi Kuhlmann (586) 792-9080

7 Michael Ganesch

14 Inge Lüdeking

21 George Cherian

28 Karen Venton

4 Blondine Klimach

11 Danielle Dusza

18 Rosi Kuhlmann

25 George Cherian JULY: 7 Ganesch Family 14 21 Waldina Kloss 28

AUGUST 4 11 18 25

JULY 7 14 21 Susanna Leprich 28 Picnic—no coffee hour

AUGUST 4 11 18 Rosi Kuhlmann 25

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BABY-CHILD BLANKETS

Our goal is to collect as many blankets for

our ill children as possible. We want to let

them know we care & pray for them.

Give a child something to snuggle with.

Won’t you please make or donate at least one?

• Any size

• Any color

• MUST be washable

• Any fabric or yarn

• Knit, crocheted or sewn

• Drop off at St. Peter Lutheran Church

Blankets are for patients (babies & children) of Children’s Hospital of Michigan, DMC.

11423 Chicago Road Warren, Michigan 48093

Phone: 586-979-3850 Fax: 586-979-3903 Email: [email protected]