Do you remember when you held your baby for the first time, heard her laugh, felt him grip your finger? You dreamed of how your child would grow and become whatever she wanted to be.
Holding on to that dream can get hard when your child:
- Begins to walk and talk, asking questions you aren’t sure how to answer.
- Starts school, bringing the realization many others also influence how your child thinks and acts.
- Grows up, bringing you into the roller coaster years of adolescence, where all you can do is hang on for the ride.
- Learns to drive, works, and has more independence and outside influence than you may be ready for.
And when your child graduates you wonder if you did all you could do to raise your child to be a person of faith and character, connected with Christ and able to make good choices that are in line with the values you instilled in her.
Beginning with this end in mind, All Saints Youth Ministry wants to partner with parents to help you keep your baptismal promises to nurture your child so that he develops a relationship with Christ. Our hope is that your child is connected to faith, parents and others in such a way that she is able to make good choices and be a person of faith and character.
To help you pass on your faith to your child, All Saints Youth Ministry has four ministry teams. Each is designed to help you and your child grow and mature in faith at different ages and stages of life.
Our newest team will explore ways to connect parents to God and to each other so your faith can grow and truly feel a partnership with the Church to keep the promises made at baptism.
Children’s – Preschool - 5th Grade
This team will continue Sunday school, VBS, First Communion and JAM while finding new ways to partner with parents to raise faithful children of good character.
This team will continue Sunday school, confirmation, and Club 678 while finding new ways to work with parents to help connect our youth to their faith, parents and others.
This team will continue the work begun in our high school ministry in Christian education, fellowship and service while seeking new paths to prepare our youth to go into the world, connected with Christ.
All Saints "Culinary Creation" cookbook, features recipes from our congregation and friends. Recipes range from appetizers to crock pot meals to desserts and come conveniently in a plastic-comb binder easy to keep open while cooking.
Books are $16 and available for during regular hours -- 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. at the church office.
Proceeds benefit our High School Ministry’s planned trip to the 2012 ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans.
All Saints' annual Stewardship Campaign, this year focuses on moving Onward! We have concluded our campaign for the year, but it's not too late to submit your pledge cards and Ministry Opportunity forms! If you haven't had a chance, please return them to the church office.
It’s been an exciting year for All Saints, as we watched Pastor Bonnie Gerber take over the role of lead pastor, a revitalization of our youth program and continued progress in worship and service.
To continue in our growth to where God calls us, we rely on our members, who generously donate their time, money and talent to our ministry.
This year, we are asking members to prayerfully consider increasing their donations by 5 percent.
All Saints member John Rogers has accepted a year-long commission through ELCA Global Missions to teach at Evanjélike gymnásium Jana Amosa Komenského Lutheran High School in Kosice, Slovakia.
The congregation will commission his him during worship Aug. 13, and he plans to depart for Slovakia by Aug. 16.
We ask for help send John to serve God and represent our congregation!
All Saints hopes to underwrite basic needs such as a reliable laptop computer (new or used), airfare and personal expenses for the period after John arrives and before local support in Slovakia begins.
If you feel led to join in supporting this mission outreach to Eastern Europe, you can place your contribution — marked “Slovakia Mission Fund” — in the offering plate. Or donate online here. Follow the instructions there and enter the amount of your gift in the space labeled “Slovakia Mission Fund.”
Over the year of John’s service, he will keep us informed through e-mail and a blog. Your ongoing prayer is
requested and much appreciated.
I rejoiced when those who said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord. Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
~Psalm 122:1
Can you imagine standing in Jerusalem reciting those words? Join us as we travel to Israel March 16 through 26, 2012. Walk where Jesus walked; take a dip in the Dead Sea; and deepen your faith.
To find out more, contact Pastor Mike at mikew@saintsonhigh.org.
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