CROSS OF CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH24155 Griswold Road, South Lyon, MI 48178

248-437-8810Fax: 248-437-7708

www.crossofchristlutheran.org Email: cross-christ@att.net Like us on FACEBOOK at: www.facebook.com/crossofchristsouthlyon

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Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

Holy Communion is celebrated on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Sundays of the month.Sunday School classes held during the school year.

Sunday School: 10 a.m. – 3 years old through fifth grade Adult Bible Study: Sundays 9:00 a.m.

Youth Bible Study: 10 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays)

Dear Beloved Members and Friends,

Happy Spring and Summer! Blessed Pentecost! The Day of Pentecost is celebrated on June 4, 2017. The season of Pentecost will be celebrated the remainder of spring, all summer and until November 26, 2017.

Pentecost Day was an important day in the lives of Jesus’ disciples. Christ’s disciples were gathered together on Pentecost Day. Pentecost was also called the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Harvest and the Day of First-fruits. The disciples obeyed our Lord’s command to stay in Jerusalem and wait for the gift His Father promised. Jesus promised His disciples that they would be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

The sound like the blowing of a violent wind and tongues of fire resting on the disciples preceded the Holy Spirit’s arrival. Wind is a sign of the Spirit. A sound like the blowing of a mighty wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where the disciples were sitting. The disciples were teaching and learning God’s Word. The Holy Spirit comes and works when God’s Word is proclaimed. The Counselor comes and works in your life when you hear and read God’s Word.

Jesus baptized His disciples with the Holy Spirit and with fire on Pentecost. Christ baptized you with the Spirit when you received Holy Baptism. All of the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as He enabled them. The Spirit helped the disciples to speak in languages they had not previously learned. Jews of various languages and nationalities were gathered in Jerusalem for Pentecost. The disciples could speak Aramaic, Greek and Hebrew. The Counselor enabled the disciples to speak God’s Word in languages in addition to those three. The Comforter helped the disciples to speak God’s Word in fifteen or more other languages.

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The Apostle Peter said in his Pentecost message, “repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are

far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call (Acts 2: 38, 39). You were filled with the Holy Spirit when you were baptized. You received the forgiveness of sins that Jesus won for you on the cross. You received the gift of the Spirit. Parents, your children received the forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit when they were baptized.

The Holy Spirit has helped you since your Baptism. The Spirit has given you words to say to people when you spoke about God. The Comforter has comforted and encouraged you with His presence and Word. The Counselor has helped you to comfort and encourage others. The Holy Spirit has helped you to tell people that Jesus is Savior and Lord.

The Spirit has enabled you to bear the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. The Spirit of truth has led you into truth in the Bible. The Counselor has helped you remember Jesus’ teachings. The Comforter daily forgives all your sins. The Holy Spirit has called you by the Gospel, enlightened you with His gifts, sanctified and kept you in the true faith. The Spirit enabled you to memorize and remember God’s Word. Praise and thank the Holy Spirit for blessing you!

The Holy Spirit helps you to speak the wonders of God to people. The Spirit encourages you to tell people that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord Jesus will be saved. The Counselor enables you to tell others that Jesus did miracles, wonders and signs during His public ministry. The Comforter encourages you to share with folks that wicked men put Christ to death by nailing Him to the cross. The Holy Spirit helps you to tell people that God raised Jesus from the dead. The Spirit leads you to share with folks that Christ ascended into heaven. The Counselor enables you to tell people that Christ received Him from the Father and poured Him out on Pentecost. The Comforter helps you to encourage people to repent and be baptized.

The Holy Spirit encourages you to call on the name of the Lord by receiving His Supper. Jesus will save you from your sins by forgiving them. Christ will give you joy, life, love, peace and salvation. Jesus will give you His body in the bread you will eat and His blood in the fruit of the vine you will drink. You will proclaim our Lord’s death until He comes again in glory. Give thanks to the Lord for all the blessings He gives you in His Supper.

May God bless you and your family this summer and always!

Sincerely Yours in Christ,Pastor Terry Nelson

CONGREGATION MEETING

At a recent Congregation meeting, it was voted to submit an application to refinance our current mortgage and add an additional $100,000 for capital improvements. Improvements would include a new roof, parking lot, and replacing 20 year old furnaces and air conditioning units.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

SUNDAY SCHOOL classes are held during our worship service for children three years old through fifth grade during the school year. YFC - BIBLE STUDY for grades 6-12 is held at 10 a.m. on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month during the school year.

A Year-End Sunday School party will be held on Sunday, June 4, during the Sunday School class time. Hope all of your children can attend!

THANK YOU to all of our Sunday School teachers for their dedication to teaching the Word of God to our children: Rob & Diana Hindley, Becky Kreipke, Shealyn Lach, Carrie McShane, Kindsey Nelson, Rae Nims, Lisa Sterling, and Lynda Whitcher. Thank you to Becky Kreipke for taking the Sunday School Superintendent position. God bless her as she plans and coordinates our Sunday School program. We thank our Youth Leaders: Dom Eldridge & Amy Lockard!

“Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6

CONFIRMATION

On Sunday, April 30, the following young people were confirmed in their Lutheran Christian faith. They confessed their faith in God and promised their faithfulness to Him. May God abundantly bless our confirmands and their families!

Mary Elise Gilbert Olivia Grace Hindley Jack Ryan Petsch Noah Robert Petz Nicholas Howard Stevenson Adam Michael Walrath Eric Ryan Walrath

Confirmation instruction for 7th and 8th graders will start up again in September. A parents’ meeting will be held at the end of August.CROSS OF CHRISTCHRISTIAN PRESCHOOL

Our preschool provides a Christian, play-based program for three and four year olds with age-appropriate academics and kindergarten readiness. Three year olds have the option of a morning or afternoon class on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Four year olds will meet Monday, Wednesday, and (optional) Friday – morning and afternoon sessions. There are openings in the afternoon classes, with waiting lists for the morning classes. REGISTRATION for fall classes is off to a great start. Call the church/preschool office at 248-437-0871 to get more information or to register. V A C A T I O N B I B L E S C H O O L 2 0 1 7

We are planning this year’s VBS for JULY 24-28, 2017. Plan your summer commitments as able around VBS. This year’s theme is “Maker Fun Factory” – Created by God, Built for a Purpose. VBS is held for children going into kindergarten through going into sixth grade. A $15 materials fee is due at the time of registration. (If you help out VBS week, there is no registration fee for your child.)

Many helpers will be needed to provide this outreach. If you can lend a hand this summer, email or call the church office.

A REGISTRATION FORM and HELPER form are included at the end of this newsletter.

DONATIONS to the VBS Fund to cover expenses are greatly appreciated!2017 ALTAR FLOWERS - - Sign Up Needed

Sign up for those important dates in celebration of birthdays, anniversaries, etc. or in memory of loved ones. Vases are available for $30 each and may be taken home after worship. Two vases are available each Sunday. (You do not need to sign up for both.) Checks are made out to “Cross of Christ” – designated “Altar Flowers” and placed in the offering plate. Special envelopes are also provided near the sign-up chart. Sign up is especially needed for the summer months.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

THANK YOU to Ron Reichert for planting, weeding, and adding mulch to the front flower beds. They look beautiful. Thank you to our Trustees for their faithful grass cutting: Bill Hirth, Gary Albin, Charley Hall, Ron Reichert, and Brent Sterling!

HELP NEEDED

Help is needed on the Altar Guild and as an Usher. Teams of two serve every fourth month by changing the altar paraments as needed and cleaning the communion ware after the service. Our ushers serve every third week on a team of four. The more who participate, the less often they need to serve. If you can help out, email the office or speak with Pastor Nelson.

More help will also be needed in the coming year for grass cutting. If you’d like to try it out this summer, speak with one of our Trustees.WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP

Women’s Fellowship is meeting on the first Wednesday of each month. The next meeting will be held on June 7th at 11 a.m. Lunch follows at a nearby restaurant. Upcoming outings include a garden walk and visit to the Lace Museum in Northville. Any questions, contact Patty Wadkins at (248-446-9016) pnwadkins@gmail.com or Lynda Whitcher at (313-719-9601) lynda575@att.net.

FUNERAL LUNCHES

THANK YOU to all who provided food and helped at recent funerals. Thank you to Annie Nichols and Louise Rucker for organizing the lunches. Thank you also to all who help set up and clean up. If you would like to be added to our Funeral Luncheon List, contact Annie Nichols at 248-437-9599 or the church office.

THRIVENT CHOICE DOLLARS:Thank you for choosing Cross of Christ Lutheran Church or Preschool as your designation for choice dollars! If you have Thrivent products and would like to designate dollars, go to:

Thrivent.com/thriventchoiceLearn more about Thrivent products by calling our congregation’s representative,

Brian Bower, at:raymond.bower@thrivent.com

or call 734-531-8423.

Thank you for your donations of non-perishable food items for Active Faith throughout theyear. Donations are welcome in the box provided as you enter church. Our church has a monthly commitment of $250 to Active Faith. Your monetary donations are also invited.

COINS FOR CROSS OF CHRIST Dream Catchers Save your “spare” change for Cross of Christ ministry in our Dream Catcher containers. Take home a labeled can, available on the entryway table. Change will go to the Mercy Fund.

NEW MEMBER WELCOME

WELCOME and God’s blessings to our new members: Milton & Mickey Heidt Carrie McShane, Callie & Molly May the Lord bless them in our midst!MEMORIALS

+ + In memory of Frank Huber, a gift has been given by Elsie Huber.

+ + In memory of Marian Morrison, a gift has been given by James Morrison.

+ + In memory of Esther Schlosser, a gift has been given by Ken & Lyne Nelson.

Mark your calendars. We hope to have a group from our congregation attend and sit together. A sign up is available on the Information Board. Tickets are FREE but need to be reserved soon, so sign up as soon as you can. Hope many will attend.

Sunday, October 15, 2017 | East Lansing, MIMichigan District-wide Reformation Worship Service

Breslin Center at Michigan State University

2:00 p.m. Concourse Displays Open4:00 p.m. Pre-Service Concert5:00 p.m. Celebration Worship

A R E A N E W S

LIVING WATER Church, Whitmore Lake, invites our congregation to the installation of Pastor Harrison Parker on Sunday, June 25, 3 p.m. at Whitmore Lake High School.

ANOTHER WAY PREGNANCY CENTERGolf 4 Life 2017, at Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center, on

Saturday, June 10, For more information and to register, visit AWPCfriends.com/events.

PAROCHIAL LCMSSCHOOL REGISTRATIONSSt. Paul Lutheran School, Northville, is registering for the 2017-18 school year.Call (248) 349-3146, or visit the school website at: www.stpaulnorthville.org.St. Paul offers member tuition rates for all LC-MS sister congregation members.

*******************************Our Savior Lutheran School in Hartland is registering for the 2017-18 school year.

Call 248-887-4300 or go to www.oursaviorhartland.orgto get information about their tuition-free school. Students excel in top-tier achievement testing and are taught Biblical world views in a small class size setting.

EMAIL ADDRESSES & FACEBOOK

If you’d like to be added to our email list, contact cross-christ@att.net. If you’d prefer to receive the newsletter via email, please indicate that. To check out upcoming events, go to our web site: www.crossofchristlutheran.org. The monthly calendar and newsletter are available each month online. Like us on FACEBOOK at: www.facebook.com/crossofchristsouthlyon

STEWARDSHIP CORNER

The Steward’s Journey

As stewards, we are part of a lifetime journey of faith. The journey moves forward as our relationship with and our dependence on Christ grow. In our journey, God calls each of us to be faithful in our living, serving, witnessing, and giving. The steps we take are sometimes large, sometimes small, sometimes even backward.

To quote Ron Vallet, “Stewards are not simply born. We are created and molded as stewards by the Holy Spirit in a lifelong process that includes conversion to the shape of life we see in Jesus Christ and many experiences of losing and finding our way in the Lord.”

The Holy Spirit shapes, molds, and transforms us during a lifetime journey into stewards who faithfully live for Christ. Because of God’s goodness and grace we live our lives in thanksgiving and gratitude. In 2 Corinthians 5:15 we read, “And He died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for Him Who for their sake died and was raised .” Galatians 2:20 says, “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ Who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself for me.”

As God’s people and stewards we are called and equipped by the Holy Spirit to live for Christ. We are to seek God’s will and purpose for our lives. The stewardship life is a life completely dedicated to God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Martin Luther said it this way: “If anyone would rap at the door of my heart and ask, ‘Who lives here?’ I would answer, ‘Martin Luther once lived here. But Martin Luther has moved out, and Jesus Christ has moved in.’”

Jesus uses the life that is now His to build His everlasting kingdom among men. In service to our Savior we can find our true place in life and fill it.

THE HOLY SPIRIT MAKES US MORE SENSITIVE TO SIN IN OUR LIVES.

“Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry” (Colossians 3:5).

JUNEBIRTHDAYS

1 Hailey Bray 4 Rebecca Kreipke Bradley Miller 6 Robert Petz 7 Amanda Hackbardt 9 JoAnn Fransik

Annie Nichols10 Jen Gorman

Molly McShane13 Jennifer Besler16 Thomas Hackbardt17 Alyssa Petz

Devon Walrath18 Scott Walrath20 Brian Flook

David Nelson22 Carrie McShane23 Peyton Sterling26 Noah Petz

Jesse Precht28 Carol Erb

Hailey Lanam30 Leona Hart

JUNE ANNIVERSARIES

4 William & Patricia HicksJohn & JoAnn Fransik

5 Dustin & Tammy Wyman 6 Scott & Martina Walrath 9 Bryan & Lynne Lach13 Ronald & Bonnie Reichert16 Ken & Lyne Nelson17 Robert & Beverly Beyer

Bruce & Joy MachKenneth & Susan Miller

23 Robert & Carol Walrath25 William & Diana Baker

JULYBIRTHDAYS

1 Elsie Huber 2 Brandon Miller

Dawn MillerStephanie Petsch

5 Dana Faust 7 George Richardson 9 Nancy Marsh11 Joy Mach14 Dawn Marchesseault15 Scott McFadden

Grant NeiswinterLeslie Pratt

16 Mary GilbertJulie Mattison

17 Christopher Stevenson Jr.20 William Hirth21 Bonnie Reichert22 Ruth Morofski24 Faith Nelson25 Rich Miller26 Robert Hindley27 Chaz Hamlet28 Shelley Besler29 Robert Petz, Jr.

JULYANNIVERSARIES

15 Pat & Janet Gorman19 Bob & Tammy Smith21 Michael & Deanna Sieting31 Pastor & Chris Nelson

Please inform the church office of any missing dates or errors.

AUGUSTBIRTHDAYS

1 Milton Heidt 4 William Hicks

Jack LecknerGrace Nelson

9 Eric Miller11 David Bye

Jared Tura12 David O. Nelson

Jacob Precht15 Julia Wood17 Emily Olsen18 Arianna Russell19 Brian Mayer 21 Sabra Evans22 Lynda Whitcher27 Callie McShane28 Mickey Heidt

Kathy Sulisz30 Pat Gorman

AUGUSTANNIVERSARIES

2 Andrew & Gloria Schrom 3 Matthew & Kindsey Nelson 4 Michael & Dana Faust

John & Carrie McShane 6 Aaron & Christina Nelson12 Tom & Jan Flook14 Milton & Mickey Heidt17 Hal & Judy Nimer20 Gary & Edda Albin

Larry & Lindsay BrayMike & Michelle Conrad

22 Charles & Rose Hall27 Bruce & Julie Mattison29 John & Julie Candela30 John & Dawn Lanczki

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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL REGISTRATION FORM Cross of Christ Lutheran Church (24155 Griswold Rd., South Lyon, MI 48178 / 248-437-8810)

JULY 24 - 28, 2017 - - - 9 A.M. to NOONAges: Going into Kindergarten through Going into 6th grade

A $15 Materials Fee per Child is due with the registration form. (No fee for 3rd or more children in a family.) (If an adult helps out the full week, the Materials Fee is waived.)

CHILD’S NAME BIRTH DATE GRADE IN FALL ALLERGY/MED. CONCERN

PARENTS’ NAMES ___________________________________________________________________

______ I can be a Class Assistant the week of VBS. Days available VBS week: _______________________________

MAILING ADDRESS____________________________________________________________________________CELL PHONE NUMBERS _____________________ HOME PHONE NUMBER _________________________

_____________________ EMAIL ________________________________________HOME CHURCH ________________________________________________CHILDREN CAN BE RELEASED TO (other than parent) ____________________CELL PHONE:_____________

EMERGENCY I give permission to Cross of Christ to secure emergency medical care and/or treatment for the above child/children. _______________________________________________

Parent Signature

Vacation Bible SchoolJuly 24 - 28, 2017

9 a.m. – NoonFor children going into Kindergarten

through going into Sixth Grade$15 materials fee per child

____ I can help prepare crafts at home before VBS. (The amount of help needed for this varies from year to year.)

______ I can help the children with Crafts the week of VBS.

______ I can be a Class Assistant the week of VBS. - - MOST NEEDED

Days available VBS week: ________________________________

______ I can help at the Registration Table on Monday, July 24 – (about an hour)

______ I can assist with serving Snack.

______ I can help at Recreation VBS week.

______ I can help Decorate before VBS.

Name_________________________________________________________________

Phone Number ________________________________________________________

It may be early, but we need commitments to plan for VBS!Any questions, call the church office.

Drop off or mail to the church office.

FILL OUT A REGISTRATION FORM FOR YOUR CHILD (even if you’re a Helper)Registration Forms available soon.

Children of Adult Helpers who help out the full week of VBS do not have to pay the $15 materials fee for their children.