The Shepherd’s Staff

Dear Members of Shepherd of the Hills, Dr. Luther once referred to the devil as “the origi-nator of sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles.” Contrasting this unholy influence that the devil has on us and our world, Jesus is a source of peaceful rest

and certain hope in the promise of God’s love, mercy and kindness. Someday, when we are in heaven- our true homeland, we will know nothing but the Lord’s comfort and reassuring love. We will have only very faint, harmless memories of the sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles we experienced in this disturbed, earthly setting. For now, it serves God’s holy purposes for us to simply live by faith that His promises will be fully realized when it is pleasing to Him. In the meantime, it enriches and strengthens our souls to give Him glory and to remember Jesus at all times. Please let me know if you are having difficulty securing a copy of the new Luther’s Small Catechism with Explanation, which was released by Concordia Publishing House in No-vember of 2017. It is definitely the greatest Christian hand-book I have ever seen, and I believe that those who commit themselves to studying it cover to cover will experience a major leap forward in their self-confidence regarding their Christian faith. After all, no one would want to be only mod-erately sure or just half certain of what their church teaches and believes. Thankfully, as Missouri Synod Lutherans, we cling exclusively to the doctrines and traditions left behind by the apostles themselves, and the new Catechism with Ex-planation bears that out quite splendidly. Your pastor loves you very much!! Pastor Andrew

Where to find: Page # Bible Studies 3 Celebrations 8 Christian Education 18 Church Calendar 10 Greeters 14 Helping Hands 16 In Our Prayers 11 KICK 4 & 5 LWML 13 Mark Yer Calendar ! 8 Music Ministry 16 Member Address changes 12 Presidents Note 2 Property Guys 15 Puzzle 19 SAGE (former Sr. Ministry) 6 Serving the Lord 14 Sheepdogs 7 SLF Daycare 18 Stephen Ministry 9 Stewardship 3 & 13 Thank you’s 11 Thrivent 6 Visiting Friends 7

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The President’s Message Don Guckenberger, Council President

How do we serve and obey God? That is the theme I established for the council back in

January. I ‘borrowed’ this from Luther’s Small Catechism, because I like Dr Luther’s explana-

tion: ‘God puts me into a network of relationships with the people around me whom I am

called upon to serve.’ This not only applies to the council but to our entire congregation. It is

fitting to review this theme as Pastor Andrew begins studying the 2017 version of this im-

portant book in his Sunday Bible classes.

This past month provides wonderful examples of how ‘serve and obey God’ is alive in our

congregation. Fred Mundt and his building committee have completed the building plans

and have published them on our church website, Bill Hinterman, John Wedlund and Phil Win-

terroth have done wonders expanding the kitchen, creating secure storage for our quilters and

preparing to relocate the coffee bar. They plan to move the stairs this month. LWML hosted

Pat Paavola who gave an informative talk on the House of Hope in Haiti – a ministry that we

actively and enthusiastically support. Early Childhood Ministry began the first summer pro-

gram for area children from which we learned key lessons for going forward with ways to ex-

pand our outreach to children in the community. Bill Baessler has been instrumental in this

and is making good progress in beginning a KICK Sunday School. And our youth… they host-

ed a ‘Decades Dance’ that drew such luminaries as Danny & Sandy from Grease – it was a joy-

ous time as all got to relive the music and dress of their favorite decade. And this past Sunday

the youth ran a car wash to raise funds for their attending the National Youth Gathering next

year in Minneapolis. Some cars got washed, but all the kids got ‘washed’ also. And we culmi-

nated the month with nine people joining our congregation, followed by Jan Simko and her

Growth Team hosting another delicious and outstanding Pot Luck Blessing. Thanks be to

God!

Recently we asked Pastor to lead prayers to find a contractor to bid on the Fellowship Hall

and Youth Room expansion. We started with seven potential construction companies and so

far three have declined to bid. Our good Pastor did as we asked - ‘ it is clear that we must

STORM heaven with our earnest appeal’ he wrote in his email. I, too, ask you to continue your

prayers, and I would also ask you to end your prayers with ‘Thy Will Be Done.’ I love and trust

God and am constantly asking him to guide me so that I carry out His will. Sometimes that

becomes very difficult as I strive to complete our plans. As your council president I continually

need to remind myself that God wants me to ‘Serve and Obey’ Him. Our church congregation

is the ‘network of relationships’ Dr Luther was referring to. And individually and collectively

we are called to upon to serve Him. I am excited to see what God has in store for us as we all

‘storm heaven’ with our prayers.

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Weekday Adult Bible Study Classes

Bob Neff Bible Study : The Bob Neff Bible Study exploring 1 Corinthians this month at 1pm on Fridays in Classroom 1 at SOTH. Deborah Circle: Deborah Circle will not meet in August. They will resume on Tuesday, September 18th at 6:30 PM, at the home of Mary Beck. Contact Mary at 261-2808 for more information.

Fairfield Glade Bible Study: The Fairfield Glade Bible Study group is taking a summer break and will meet again on Thursday, September 6 at 7:00 P.M. at the home of Dorothy Buuck to resume their study of Parables. More information will follow later.

Email: sothbiblereadings@frontier.com to sign up for one of the available studies or daily devotions for men/women.

Sunday Adult Classes: 9:15—10:15 in Fellowship Hall.

Electronic Daily Bible Studies are available.

Worship Videos: Worship videos are available through our church website (shepherdcrossville.com). Just go to Bulletin/Newsletter, worship service videos, watch Pastor Andrew's recorded service and select the service you would like to watch.

Board of Stewardship Stephen Mahlburg, contributor

Most of the children in our church partner attend schools that are taught in the Tamil lan-guage. There are some that attend English language schools. This means that all their topics are taught in English. However, they live in communities which primarily speak Tamil and Sinhala, not English. Often their parents speak no or little English.

This means that it is difficult or impossible for the parents to provide help with their school work, nor are they able to practice English outside of school.

I was asked to teach an English language Bible class for the youth in the upcountry. I was ea-ger to do this.

The class has been a real blessing for me. I enjoy connecting with the youth and look forward to building lasting relationships with them. Most important, I pray that their faith will be strength-ened and their relation with Jesus.

The youth are eager to learn about the Bible and do far better with English than I am with Tam-il. Whether I am teaching children in English or training pastors or encouraging parishioners or tell-ing a taxi driver about Jesus, this is all God’s work. I am thankful and humbled that God would en-trust us with participating in His work here in Sri Lanka. Thank you for partnering with us.

We took a trip to visit some cultural sites in Sri Lanka. We visited the cave temples at Dambulla, the ancient ruins at Anuradhapura, and ruins of the ancient fortress at

Sigiriya. Liberty and Skye competed in a school drama competition. We also celebrated Skye’s 15th birthday. as she prepares to begin university

in the U.S.

GIVE THANKS FOR:

New believers.

The opportunity to spread the mes-sage of Jesus around the world.

Family News:

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Christian Education Bill Baessler, Chairman

K.I.C.K. TIME SUNDAYS ARE COMING

K.I.C.K. (Kids In Christ’s Kingdom) Time is a new Bible study class for chil-dren in grades 1-5 and it is coming to SOTH on Sunday September 9th. Entitled “The Thread of Promise”, it follows God’s promise of salvation all through the Scriptures. It’s purpose is to teach our children the origins of God in the Bible and important Bible accounts so that they not only grow in their faith and rela-tionship with God, but are able to understand the foundations of our faith. We will be offering the classes on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month through De-cember at which time the K.I.C.K. Time team will determine whether to continue with the program. Children will leave for class after the reading of the Gospel les-son in the 2nd service. The class will last approximately 35 to 40 minutes and will use a variety of teaching methods, such as power point, story telling, and videos. Registration is through the month of August (see registration sheet in this News-letter).

Don’t let the children in your life miss learning about God and His promise of salvation in the most important book ever written! Fill out the registration form and turn it in to the Gathering Place today!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS WITH THE K.I.C.K. TIME SCHEDULE!

September 9th Creation

September 23rd Man’s Fall from Grace; Sin and the Promise of a Savior

October 14th Noah and the Flood

October 21st God’s Covenant with Abraham

November 11th The Promise of God Continues Through Abraham and Isaac

November 25th Joseph and His Brothers

December 9th God’s Deliverance of His People Through

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(Please print) Parent(s) name:________________________________________________________ Address:_____________________________________________________________ Street city state zip Phone #:_____________ Email:___________________________ KICK Time is currently for grades 1-5 only. How would you be willing to help with KICK Time? (circle yes or no)

Help prepare snacks yes no If yes, when?:____________________ Make phone calls yes no If yes, when?:____________________ Assist teacher yes no If yes, when?:____________________ Audio visual yes no If yes, when?:____________________ Other: ___________________________________________________________

Parent’s signature:_____________________________ Date:___________________

Children’s name (first or nickname) Birthday Grade Allergies: especially food allergies

SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS

KICK TIME REGISTRATION FORM 2018 Please return to the registration box in the Gathering Place by August 30th

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THRIVENT COMMUNITY ACTION EVENT

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018 – 10:00 -Noon Fairfield Glade Art Fair

A Thrivent community outreach project is being organized by Mary Beck and Linda Long. The recipient of this year’s health kits is the Helping Hands Ministry located on Peavine Road. This group provides services to low income singles and families, and homeless in Cumberland County. We need volunteers to help make the health kits on Saturday, September 1st from 10:00 – Noon at the Art Fair at Fairfield Glade. We will have a Thrivent booth for the event. Donations of toothbrushes, hair combs, travel size toothpaste, deodorant, soap, shampoo and condi-tioners can be dropped off at SOTH beginning mid-July when there will be a box for donations in the area of the mailboxes. Monetary donations to purchase items can be given to Mary Beck or Linda Long.

For more information about the project or to

volunteer for this Saturday event, please contact Mary Beck at 261-

2808. Thank you for supporting this community outreach project.

SAGE (formerly Senior Ministry)

The Caregiver Coffee Hour : The Caregiver Coffee Hour will meet on Wednesday, August 15th at 2:00 PM in the Gathering Place. We invite anyone to join us for fellowship, especially those who are or have been a caregiver. For more information please call Pat Wiedemann at 337-0423.

The Shepherd’s Singles:

The Shepherd’s Singles group will meet on Friday, August 10 at 11:15 at the LaCosta restaurant in The Crossings . We meet on the second Friday every other month for good food, laughter and fellowship and welcome ALL singles. A sign up sheet is in the Gather-ing room and we hope to see your name on it. Contact Dorothy Buuck 484 7204 or Doris A. Smith 788 3442 for more information.

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Visiting Friends is an important, if not well known group in our church. Our mission is to make sure that every member knows that, as a congregation, we care about each other. If you know of someone who is struggling with health or personal issues, receiving a card of car-ing can do so much knowing that someone cares.

Visiting Friends not only send cards, we make phone calls to check on members, we make visits to those in need of cheering up and we occasionally deliver flowers donated by those who supply flowers for the Sunday services.

If this worthwhile mission is something that would bring you joy, knowing you are reach-ing out to members in need, please contact Toni McCarty at 931-337-0143 or email her at tonimccarty8@msn.com This committee meets on the second Monday of every month.

Visiting Friends Toni McCarty, Chairman

Sheepdogs Wayne Croy, Chairman

The Sheepdogs conducted a tornado drill on July 15. The drill was orderly and very beneficial in deter-mining where improvements and adjustments can be made for future drills. We would like to thank the congregation for their cooperation.

When outside in the hot, humid summer weather, be aware of the signs of heat exhaustion or heat stroke. Wear loose fitting light-colored clothing and be sure to drink plenty of water so your body stays hydrated.

Heat Exhaustion: a condition that is marked weakness, nausea, dizziness and profuse sweating that results from physical exertion in a hot environment. Heat exhaustion can be treated by moving to a cool air-conditioned place.

Heat Stroke: a condition marked by cessation of sweating, extremely high body temperature and collapse that results from prolonged exposure to high temperatures. This condition requires immediate medical treatment. Call 911.

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8th Marge Ellenberg

9th Melody Suntken

12th Janet Frazier

16th Jane Kampion

19th Barbara Zaccari

22nd Bill Reed

23rd Pat Hollins

24th Nancy Burns

24th Doris A. Smith

24th Barbara Wilson

25th Jim Corn

26th Norma Schroeder

26th Caroline Karstaedt

26th Elsie Schroeder

29th Ed Day

30th Jan Barber

AUGUST Celebrations

Anniversaries

Is your name missing ? Although we try to include the names of all members celebrating birthdays and anniversaries, we occasionally miss someone. Please let us know of any errors or omissions so we can do better next year! This information is taken from the official church records, so please make sure that your data is up to date and complete.

Birthdays

That adds up to 329 years of wedded bliss! We surely are blessed with seriously, long time committed couples that exude a long time loving example!!

Date Name Years Wed 8/02 Ernie & Barbara Wilson 44 yrs. 8/15 Paul (Corky) & Judy Wilson 49 yrs. 8/16 Paul & Chris Krueger 32 yrs. 8/25 Chuck & Kathy Buchtrup 67 yrs. 8/25 Jerry & Pat Day 62 yrs. 8/30 Rick Severson & Debbie Lemke 15 yrs. 8/30 Bob & Ruth Worshik 60 yrs.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

Marguerite and Wayne Watkins’

celebrated their 52nd anniversary on July 16th. This changes July’s

total to a whopping 347 total years of married bliss!

OCTOBER Hoe Down for Haiti @ Marlow’s Barn

Saturday. October 27th Joint Sponsors:

Stewardship and Fellowship.

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STEPHEN MINISTRY Rev. Paul H. Wiegert, Stephen Ministry Director

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: For the past twelve years I have served as the “Director of Stephen Ministry”. It has been a wonderful journey and very fulfilling. I cannot say how much I have appreciated the Stephen Ministers that have served so faithfully during this time. They were so faithful in attending the monthly meetings where we studied togeth-er how we could better serve our care-receivers that God had placed before us. It was fun training those who wanted to become a Stephen Minister. For 26 weeks and over 50 hours of training we grew more and more in Christian love and joy knowing that we could make a positive difference in the lives of those who were hurting and in need of support.

God has blessed our team with new Stephen Ministers coming into our congre-gation from congregations who had the Stephen Ministry program. Among those who came to us, several had leadership training. God has blessed us in that three Stephen Ministers have just come back from a week of intense leadership training so that now we have five in our group that have leadership training.

With that in mind, I am resigning my role as “Director of Stephen Ministry” I want to say thank you to the congregation for supporting Stephen Ministry and I pray that the members of SOTH will make use of this wonderful ministry if and when difficulties in your life arise. I will also continue to pray for those who are working hard to be of service to you by giving of their time to help people in need. Sincerely in Christ, Rev. Paul H. Wiegert Director of Stephen Ministry

Dear Pastor Paul,

All the Stephen Ministers want to thank Pastor Paul for his leadership of our ministry over these past years. He had many tasks to carry out, as our only leader, so he was very busy filling that role by himself.

We'll miss you Pastor Paul, not just your leadership, but as a co-worker and good friend!

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

2 Quilts ofValor-9am FFG Bible Study @

-7pm

3 Neff Bib. St.-1pm

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5 Holy Communion

KICK-12n

6 Men’s Golf -8am

7 Property-8am

Sheepdogs Mtg.-10am

Foster Parents-4:30pm

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9 Fellowship Mtg-

10am

10 Shepherd’s Singles–

11:30 @ LaCosta Neff Bib. St.-1pm

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12 Holy Communion

KICK-12n Ice Cream Social-after second ser-

vice

13 Men’s Golf -8am Visiting Friends-

10am Stephen Ministry

4 PM

14 Property-8am

Lydia—9am

15 Hand Bells-4:30pm

Adult Choir-6pm

16 FFG Bible Study

Summer Break

17 Neff Bib. St.-1pm SLF Family Fun @

Fellowship Hall-5:30pm

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19 Holy Communion

Mite Sunday KICK-12n

20 Men’s Golf -8am

21 Property-8am

Deborah Circle– - Summer Break

22 Hand Bells-4:30pm

Adult Choir-6pm LWML Servant

Event @ Threads of Hope 9:30am

23 24 Neff Bib. St.-1pm

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26 Holy Communion

KICK-12n

27 Men’s Golf -8am

Elders-3pm

28 Property-8am

29 Growth Mtg 9AM

Hand Bells-4:30pm Adult Choir-6pm

30 31 Neff Bib. St.-1pm

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MEMBERS CHALLENGED BY HEALTH AND MEDICAL PROBLEMS:

Dottie Bickel Pauline Castner Carla Croy Yvette Dolan Susan Dowell Shirley Dunham Hugh Embry Andrew Gallagher Marilynn Grennan Wilhelm Heilmeier Roger Helms Lance Holman Ingeli Matthews Lloyd Miller Kathy Partain Dennis Stuebben Tom Towers Betty Tuggle Bob Wehmueller Pete Wiedemann Linda Winterroth Rich & Roz Ziemba

OUR HOMEBOUND:

Rudy & Ann Barich, Margaret Geary, Albert & Linda Fink, Marg Higgins, Roger & Caroline Karstaedt, Marlys Lee, Floyd Quick, Elsie Schroeder, Barb Zaccari

OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS:

Keith Mattingley (Jan & Bill Baessler) Andy, Al Hallgren (Rick & Terilynn Beyer) Nancy (Elaine & Len Braun) Kathi Decker, Kelly & Breana Shaw, Phyllis & Don Smith (Sue Moosekian Cox) The family of Nora Payne (Susanne Dyhr) Regina’s mother & sisters (Regina Harkins) Pat Hinterman (Bill Hinterman) Heather (Gary & Judy Holcomb) Renee Ewart, Levi Gauthier (Carol Holman) Karen Foster (Georgianne Johnson) Rose Gahns (Ed Leese) Jim Partain (Kathy Partain) Margee Thomas (Becky Pittman) Milo Jewell, Karol Moosekian, Gary Dollian, (Bob Moosekian) Macey (Pat Wiedemann) Jeanne Dowell (Linda & Phil Winterroth) Harper (Rich & Roz Zimeba)

OUR MILITARY, deployed or stationed out of the USA:

Nicole Blackwood (Joanne Bandazewski) Tobie O’Brien (John & Mary Beck) Ben Crain (Nancy & Gerry Burns) Kristin Budsynski (Albert & Linda Fink) Nicholas Broege (Della Glass) Sean & Michelle Staude (Alice Hockenberry) Jeff Pleinis (Mae Pleinis)

The prayer requests for our friends and families are difficult to keep current.

If your friend or family member is still in need of our prayers and does not appear on this list, please contact the Staff editor at: news-letter@sothmail.org and they will be entered on this new listing next month.

Removing those no longer in need of prayer will make room for others in need of our prayers.

Thank you, Sue Moosekian, editor

ATTENTION!

Heavenly Father, please walk through my house and take away all worries, sadness, financial crisis, illness, and please watch over and heal my family and friends. Please bring quiet where there is chaos, bring light where there is darkness and put love in our hearts.

We would like to thank you for the prayers for Carole Motycka, She has ac-

cepted the liver transplant and is doing really well! She is a miracle girl. Thanks to the prayers of a lot of people. MaryLou Towers

My sister, Kathi Decker, wishes to thank you all for the prayers said for her

during her recent illness. While she is still under treatment she is doing better and she continues to need our prayers. Her husband Will is also recovering. They very much appreciate my church family. Thank you, Sue Moosekian Cox

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Gary & Judi Holcomb

104 Wickham Lane Crossville, TN 38558 931-456-8670 931-248-1748

New address for:

Diane (Rich) Soenen 9186 Holstein Drive Nolensville, TN 37135 D: 931-335-1033 R: 931-335-1032

Member address/phone number changes:

Please make note of the corrected phone numbers for Gary & Judi Holcomb. Their phone number listed in last month’s Staff was incor-rect. My apologies for any inconvenience. Sue Moosekian Cox

“We’ve been told SOTH is the friendliest church in town, let’s keep that going. Join the Greeter team with your winning smile and friendly hug or handshake.” The sign-up book is in the Gathering Room. Choose one week or one month, or any combination of Sun-days that work with your schedule.

Please PRAYERFULLY consider signing up for this ministry.

Greeters - Growth Committee Jan Simko, Chairman

Update on Barbara (Barb) Zaccari:

Barb has moved into a differ-ent retirement facility. She does not yet a phone in her room but she can be reached by calling the main desk and they will bring her the phone ( 260-982-0832).

Her new address is:

Peabody Retirement Community 400 West 7th Street Manchester, IN 46962

She would love to receive a card from you!

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Bulletin Benders

Sunday Fold Date Team

08/05 08/03 Elinor Penney, Leora Miller

08/12 08/10 Need Volunteers

08/19 08/17 Linda Swanson, Dana Burger

08/26 08/24 Need volunteers

09/02 08/31 Need volunteers

Board of Stewardship

Worship Attendance Weekly YTD Offerings

06/24 No information available at press time 07/01 161 8,220.21 217,427.20 07/08 193 9,942.87 227,370.07 07/15 No information available at press time 07/22 No information available at press time

LUTHERAN WOMEN’S MISSIONARY LEAGUE Jan Simko, President

Please save your change.: “Mite Sunday” is the 3rd Sunday of each month. Your continued support will help our district reach its goal. Thank you, so much for your help.

The Lydia Circle will meet continue to meet on the second Tuesday of the month in the Fellowship Hall even during renova-tions.

LWML Servant Event Our next LWML Servant Event will be on Wednesday, August 22nd. The event will be held at the Threads of Hope thrift store in the Wood

mere Mall and begins at 9:30 AM. We will sort clothing donations made to them. We are usually done by 1:30PM. The profits made by the Threads of Hope benefit the House of Hope, a shelter for children removed from meth homes and other abuses. It is not only worthwhile, we have a lot of fun and if you find something that’s just right for you, and they offer you a 10% discount!

Come join us. You’ll want to be a part of this fun mission outreach project!

The Dog Days

Of August!

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12th EARLY SERVICE Joy McKeel

LATE SERVICE Carol Jannusch

26th EARLY SERVICE Jerry Day

LATE SERVICE Bill Hinterman

Ushers Team # 1

Early Service Late Service

Dennis Barber Bob Worshik Ed Day Fred Mundt Bill Reed Max Wilson Earl Thomas Steve McLelland John Gruber Paul Krueger

5th

12th Paul & Judy Wilson

19th Gail Schroeder

26th

Altar Flowers

Date Team # Members 08/05 5 Ruth Worshik, Kathy Buchtrup, & Emmarie Reed 08/12 08/19 1 Doris A. Smith, Sue Moosekian, & Sandy Dienst, Jan Leschinski 08/26

Serving The Lord in August

If you have a celebration or a loved one you would like to remember, you can remember with flowers and help bring beauty to our altar at the same time. There is a flower sign up sheet near the photo board at the en-trance to the Sanctuary. Food City gives our church a special price, $ 20.00 and up for each bouquet of flowers. Please see Kathie at the Food City Floral Dept. by the Wednesday before your designated Sunday, to order and pay for the flowers. Delivery to the church is included for free. *To get tax exempt you need to stop by church for a card. If you wish to share your flowers, please contact Toni McCarty with Visiting Friends. When you sign up for flowers please indicate if you plan to take them yourself. If you do not indicate on the flower chart, by writing T (take) after your name the Visiting Friends group will take them to shut-ins. Thank you.

Barb Kleimola, Altar Guild Chairman

August 5 Fred Mundt

August 12 Doug Aller

August 19 George McKeel

August 26 Terry Woodley Communion Assistants: August 5 EARLY George McKeel LATE Doug Aller

August 5th August 12th Early Pat & Pete Wiedemann Early Genie Day Late Mary Lou Towers Late Mary Lou Towers Catherine Peterson August 19th August 26th Early Jim & Joanne Bandazewski Early Pat & Pete Wiedemann Genie Day Genie Day Late Wayne & Carla Croy Late Catherine Peterson Catherine Peterson

GREETERS Our

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Property Guys John Wedlund, Chairman

If you have been in the Fellowship hall during the week, in the last couple of months, you might have seen Bill Hinterman or Phil Winterroth working. These two guys have dedicated many hardworking hours to our fair share of the "Fellowship hall expansion project". Phil has done a lot of work building and changing walls, installing Sheetrock panels, painting, and installing doors. Bill has been designing the reconfiguration of electrical systems and installing switch-es boxes and outlets to coincide with the expansion plans. It is time folks for us to give these guys a hug, hand shake, or just a thank you for their efforts. Bill and Phil are perfectionist and are willing to serve our church and our Lord. I am so blessed to be able to work with those two guys and the rest of our hardwork-ing "Property crew" and volunteers. I love all of them. It has never been better. To God be the glory.

John & Mary Beck’s grandson , Noah, is the youngest Property Guy. And we so appreciate his willingness to help by pruning our roses. Great Job Noah. Thank you very much.

Brightening up the cross in the Columbarium garden are, Karan Wedlund, Susie Powers, Earl & Jan Leschinski, Jim Hardy and not pictured Bill Reed and John Wedlund.

Bill Hinterman sorting out the electrical for our Fellowship Hall expansion. Not pictured, Phil Win-terroth, who did the sheetrock work and painting of the kitchen addition. And we can’t forget to mention, John and Karan Wedlund who tirelessly devote so much of their time and efforts to the upkeep of our church grounds. And we are blessed with a host of volunteers as well. Our church thanks you all.

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Music Ministry Rick Weyhrich, Director

August is an exciting month for music ministry in our congregation!

Hand Bells resume practices on Wednesday, August 15th at 4:30 p.m. Adult Choir resumes practices on Wednesday, August 15th at 6 p.m.

Both groups enhance our worship services 2 to 3 times a month. Soloists & small groups will continue during the first part of the August. Check the sign-up sheet in the gathering room for open dates.

Please prayerfully consider serving our Lord through one or both of these music ministry opportunities. See Rick Weyhrich, Music Director, for more information.

Helping Hands Ministry

If you know of anyone who could use help with occasional meals or transportation, please contact our “Helping Hands” ministry coordinator, Marianne Langeland, 484-2728.

YOUR MAILBOX probably has moved AND that’s a very good thing!

Your name is ABOVE your box.

Each time we accept new members, the mailboxes are reorganized. Please remember to check your box often!

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Shepherd’s Little Flock Sabrina Gunderson, Director

What’s Happened – The lead teachers and I attended the Mid-South Lutheran Early Childhood conference. Charity taught 5 classes about infant toddlers and she ran the 1 year old round table. I taught a class on how to deal with difficult parents. We were able to go to the teachers store for supplies. We enjoyed our fellowship with other teachers and Immanuel Lutheran were wonderful hosts. We had a wonderful 3rd of July parade. The children enjoyed parading around the church and ending at the flag pole with parents waiting to see them. They were all dressed in red, white and blue.

What’s Happening – We will be investigating a 4 year old enhancement program for our stu-dents. It could help to better bridge our children for their kindergarten experience. We are excit-ed to be working with a kindergarten teacher who helped write the Cumberland County pre-school program. Due to the construction at the fellowship hall we will be postponing the family fun night this month. We are looking at doing something off site this fall.

Focus on the Flock– Celebrating a birthday this month: We Wish Happy Birthday and God’s blessings to: Adeline who will be 3 on the 14th Emma who will be 5 on the 30th Blessed Birthdays for our staff: Candice on Aug 2nd

Renee on Aug 3rd Creative Curriculum –

Our religion curriculum focus: Creations The letter for the month are: Cc Our themes will be: Dinosaurs and Creation Our monthly Bible verse is: Genesis 1:10 And God saw that it was good

Thank you – Barbara Ezelle who has volunteered to help with our bulletin boards. She has a true

talent for design.

With the Love of Jesus, Shepherd;s Little Flock Staff

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The goal of the Board of Christian Education is to allow the Holy Spirit to work in and through us to assist people of all ages in our church to grow in their relationship with Jesus as our Lord and Savior. We continue to seek team leaders or co-team leaders for the Confirmation and KICK Time (Sunday School) teams. If you wish to volunteer in either area, please speak with Bill Baessler. That being said, here are updates in each of our areas of responsibility:

Early Childhood Ministry (John Beck): The summer program is concluding as we ready to start a new school year. We learned some lessons in our first attempt at this new form of ministry and plan to benefit from those lessons in our future endeavors.

The After School Care ministry we were planning is being put on hold until we are assured of an en-rollment of 10 students in order to meet our goals. The ECM team is looking to upgrade and enhance the 4-year-old classes to meet Prekindergarten standards. The plan is to implement these upgrades this coming year and work toward a certified Prekindergarten class in the fall of 2019.

K.I.C.K. Time is our new Sunday morning children’s ministry. Children will be dismissed from the second service after the Gospel reading to go to a special class for them. The curriculum is based on “The Thread of Promise” and will feature Bible history lessons as we trace God’s promise to Adam and Eve to send a Savior for all people. The lessons through December are: Creation, Man’s Fall from Grace, Noah, The Call of Abraham, Abraham and Isaac, Joseph and His Brothers, Moses, and Happy Birthday Jesus Party. Presentation of these lessons will vary and be either PowerPoints, video, or storytelling.

Registration began on Sunday, July 22, and we urge parents and grandparents to complete the regis-tration form available in the Gathering Place (and also in this newsletter) and place it in the box for the completed registration forms.

Confirmation will begin on Sunday, October 7, for young people in Grade 6. Classes will be on Sunday mornings during the Bible Study hour. The focus from October through December will be early com-munion instruction, with First Communion Sunday on December 30. Confirmation instruction will continue in January and conclude in the spring of 2019.

The Youth (Michelle Pleinis) continue their fundraising activities, raising funds for their trip to the Synodi-cal Youth Gathering in Minneapolis, MN in July of 2019. Please support their efforts in raising their own funds for this important opportunity. There are 6 youth and 3 adults who are planning to attend. Costs are approximately $2000 per person.

Adult Bible Studies (Pastor Andrew) that recessed for the summer will begin again in September. Watch

the Sunday bulletins for additional information. This team is also seeking additional team members.

If interested, please speak with Pastor Andrew or Bill Baessler, chair of the Board of Christian Educa-

tion.

The Board of Christian Education Bill Baessler, Chairman

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SALVATION HEAVEN WRONG PREPARE LORD SPIRITUALLY JACOB LIFE JESUS ANGELS FATHER MESSIAH

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We are Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. 1461 Sparta Hwy Crossville, TN 38572.

Phone: 931-484-3461 Fax: 931-707-0042

Email: soth@sothmail.org Pray Requests: sothprayers@volfirst.net Web Page: shepherdcrossville.com/home/

Pastor Andrew’s Sunday Bible Study

LUTHER’S SMALL CATECHISM with Explanation

Begins August 5th 9:15 –10:15 AM

Sunday Worship Services

8:00 AM and 10:30 AM

Adult Bible Study 9:15-10:15 AM

Kids in Christ’s Kingdom Sunday 12:00PM