Jon Cook; Millie Mutka, Zima family friends Cary Gramsch, Stefan Sladek, Dave Butschli, Mick, Steven and Marilyn Hummel; Gregory Bowens; Roger Jehnke; Amber Ross’s daughter Linda; Randy & Diane Niemczyk’s niece Sarah Joda, their dear friend Denise Hazel and Nancy Sexton; Valeria Hesselberg; Chris Markussen; Anne Verona’s sister/brother-in-law Pat & Woody Woodworth; Dawn Gonitzke’s brother Scott Premo; the Eberts friend Patricia Kulzick; the Ebert’s friend John Oliver; the Waggoner’s sister-in-law Cheryl Busse; Karen Engels’ niece Lisa and friends Bob and Dawn; Ann Carlson’s people Dwight, Stacy, Sarah, Ben, Staci, Dana, Curt and Janice; continued safe travels for all of us and our family and friends; and the people of Israel, Russia, Palestine and Ukraine.
PRAYER LIST PROCEDURE – Submit your prayer requests to the office in writing, by phone, by email or in person. If requesting prayers for someone other than yourself or an immediate family member, please obtain permission – unless the circumstances are public in nature. You may also submit a prayer request for events. For example – a family gathering and seeking prayers for safe travels to/from.
WORSHIP ON FACEBOOK – Live on Facebook on Sundays at 9:00 am and posted for later viewing.
GUESTS – if you are visiting us today, please sign our book at the entrance to the sanctuary.
COLD/FLU/COVID – if you aren’t feeling well, feel free to stay at home and join us on Facebook. If you are feeling well enough, but would like to take extra precautions, feel free to wear a mask and load up on hand sanitizer. During the Giving of Peace, feel free to bump elbows, air high five or wave from afar. Do what makes you feel comfortable and be safe with your health and the health of others.
SWEET TREATS TODAY – after worship – stop in the Fellowship Hall for coffee and pastries.
COFFEE AND LUNCH HOUR – There will be a celebration of the 10th anniversary of GWOH’s on Sep 8th. (T-shirts should be arriving prior to the event). God’s Work – Our Hands invites you to help put together care kits. So far, Prince of Peace has knocked it out of the park. Over FIFTY (5-0!) care kits have been donated. There will be lunch and coffee served for EVERYONE after worship. Come for a bite to eat. Assemble a care package. Enjoy fellowship!
GOLF WAS A SMASHING SUCCESS! Great fun had by all. It was reported that PJ Kohlman was the winner with a score of 41.
GARBAGE VS RECYCLABLES – there are two garbage cans in the parking lot across from the Front Office door. One is for garbage and one is for recyclables. Please make sure you are using the correct can when disposing of items. We are fortunate to have a volunteer take our garbage and our recyclables to the dump for us at no-cost to the church. It isn’t fair to them to have to sort through it.
ENDOWMENT GRANTS – Help the Endowment Team use our Endowment Fund as effectively as possible to enhance the mission outreach of Prince of Peace. As the fund’s custodian, the team is looking for ways to help the church ministry in the community. If you would like to offer a suggestion to the Endowment Team or financially contribute, get a request form from the narthex, the church office or the website. A donation of any amount will help immensely and be much appreciated. Recently our endowment made a contribution of $500 to Worship in the Wild and $250 to Northwoods Share.
NEW SPECIALIST IN TOWN – The ARDC of Vilas County let us know there is a new Elder Benefit Specialist in town. His name is J. Patrick Smothers. The Annual Medicare Open Enrollment period is coming up and he is offering free presentations on the following topics: Welcome to Medicare; Solving the Medicare Puzzle; Maximizing Your Medicare; Medicare Preventive Services; Medicare Programs in Wisconsin and Elder Fraud and Fraud Prevention. If there is enough interest, I would like to see if he would come once a week and present all of these topics. Please contact Ann in the Front Office if you are interested. If you only have a question for J. Patrick Smothers, you can reach him at 715-479-3625 or via email pasmot@vilascountywi.gov.
NORTHERN LIGHTS NEWSLETTER – if you are interested in what is going on with the Northern Great Lakes Synod – please know the newsletter is posted on the bulletin board. Also – if you would like to receive an electronic version of the newsletter – go to https://mailchi.mp/nglsynod/
LADIES THAT LUNCH – are lunching again in September. Sep 11th to be accurate. At 11:30 AM. Chanticleer Inn. Diane Franzen and Carol Teshky are the hostesses with the most-esses. Please RSVP to Diane at 715-891-9266 or email here at vilascountyjoy@gmail.com. Boys still not allowed.
SIGN UPDATE – Oh boy – we are getting closer! Waiting for the final tweaks and we will be in business shortly.
FUN FACT: Humor is what is being served today.
What car make did the Apostles drive?
Honda… because the apostles were all in one Accord.
Don’t worry – there are more of these to be shared in the upcoming weeks. Did you know Martin Luther was a gifted insulter? Here are some of his more colorful retorts.
“You are the worst rascal of all the rascals on earth!”
From Against the Roman Papacy, an Institution of the Devil, pg. 341 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
“In lying fashion you ignore what even children know.”
From Against Latomus, pg. 145 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 32
“I would not smell the foul odor of your name.”
From Concerning the Ministry, pg. 17 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 40
“You people are more stupid than a block of wood.”
From Against Latomus, pg. 242 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 32
(Many thanks to www.churchpop.com for gathering this important historical information)
NOTES: Feeling the humor this week. Wasn’t the place I thought I would find myself though. We have friends visiting us. They are going through a difficult time. Dealing with the “regular” life stressors, but have had a couple of additions to it. One of them in particular is feeling it. Several deaths close to them. Being targeted at work. They are here for a time out and that wonderful sigh of relief we get daily here in the Northwoods. I was looking through my ‘toolbox’ here at church and found a couple of things to share with her. One was an article from the Gather Magazine (Jul/Aug 2022) about sadness. The other was a sermon from the Lutheran Hour about Martin Luther’s affinity to Psalm 118. I’m hoping both of these articles will give her a place of reflection. A time to realize God’s love is more powerful than all of the trials and tribulations we face on earth. Funny enough (but is it really? God does work in mysterious ways) I opened my devotional that is approximately 100 years old. It is called “Forget Me Not” and was published in the 1920s. This devotional belonged to my Grandmother, then was passed down to my Godmother, Aunt Carolyn. And from Aunt Carolyn to me. Initially I was hesitant to ever open it up. The binding is fragile. The pages ornate. The words though – the words will last forever.
I give you this week – many pictures of the golf outing. The devotion from tomorrow, because apparently I am a day off this week. And a funny meme I received this week.
