RALLY DAY will be Sunday, September 12th at 10:15 in the Gathering Place.  Plan now to attend this special kick-off to another great year in Life Passages!

Also, be sure to register your children for Life Passages 2010-2011.  Remember, you do NOT have to be a member of Lord of Life to be a part of Life Passages -- we welcome all people (including all children).

Life Passages 2010-2011 Registration Form

All choirs (Children aged 3 and up and Adult) and Wednesday Night Dinners will start the Wednesday after Labor Day, September 8.  Please include us in your fall schedules.  If anyone would be interested in helping with either dinners or children’s choirs, please contact Marylou Schmidt.

Location: Room 309

Dates: September 19th, 26th, and October 3rd

Time: 10:25-11:00

Do you have a passion for helping others, volunteering, or mission work but aren't sure where to start or who to talk to?  The Mission Team will be hosting classes in September and October to help you identify your passion within our mission fractals Talk: (Witness), Walk: (Servant), and Squawk: (Advocacy).

Anyone interested in sharing their passion for mission is invited, and encouraged to attend.  If you lead or are currently involved in a ministry, we encourage you to come and share your passion with others.

Coffee and refreshments will be provided.

If you have additional questions, please contact Jill Cottone, Joel Frederick, or Schelley Pierce.

Lord of Life Lutheran Church is participating in the collection of blankets for our homeless brethren of Central Ohio.  This mission is a partnership with Redeemer Lutheran Church. 

Blankets will be distributed to the homeless during the Good Neighbor Picnic at Goodale Park on October 9th.  Please bring new blankets to the designated place in the narthex between August 1 and September 30th 

For more information please contact Jill Cottone.

Do you remember those old-fashioned church cookbooks that your mother or aunts helped to assemble in their churches?  Many of their cherished recipes are preserved forever in those pages.  The Connect Team is exploring if you have any interest in creating a Lord of Life Cookbook.  Members would submit their favorite recipes, a cookbook team would type and assemble the book, and the cookbook would be sold (proceeds to go toward a mission project). What spiritual gifts are needed? leadership (two co-leaders to oversee the project) good communication (publicity/participation) perhaps cooks (those who know their way around cookbook design) a passion for mission (proceeds to be given to a mission cause) or simply a willing heart to assist the team in its many tasks.  If you would like to assist with a cookbook project, please contact Sherry Reis on Sunday mornings.

Lord of Life Church’s once a year “Post-Teen All-Male Bonding Choir” will sing again this summer, under the direction of our Dutch brother in Christ, Symphony Conductor Albert George Schram. Every year he manages to turn our “boar’s ear” into a silk purse... and we all have a grand time doing it! Some even claim to enjoy worshipping with us when we perform!

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The next series begins Sunday, October 3.  It's our membership course... but it's really about discovery; exploring why this church exists and whether God is calling you to join us on the journey of discipleship!  The course is led by a team of ministry leaders at Lord of Life and is designed around dialogue.  No commitment or knowledge is necessary to attend.

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Where did the summer go?  We had a great time in Life Passages this summer, learning about different vocations/hobbies and how we can be a disciple of Jesus no matter what we decide to be when we ‘grow-up’.  Many thanks to the following people who gave of their time to come and talk to the young people of our congregation:  Dr. Dave Neiger, Timothy Kuhlmann, Amy & Kevin Simmons, Pastor Herm Kuhlmann, Dr. Heather Lasher, Master Sergeant Bill Pierce, Dr. Dave Dickson and Paul Westrick.  You all were wonderful and the kids loved getting to know you.

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Update from July's Outreach: Fellowship, Food, and Fun with Over 250 Guests

This heartfelt chant rang loud and true at the Thursday Night Dinner, Table of Grace, this past week (July 15th) at First English Lutheran Church.  Over 250, men, women, and children were welcomed to a delicious dinner and then Vacation Bible School for kids and adults.  It was a fabulous summer picnic with fried chicken (400 pieces), Hawaiian rolls, coleslaw, corn on the cob, watermelon, cookies, brownies, and Nathalie Pfliederer’s moist and yummy sheet cakes.  Other than a few slices of watermelon and pieces of cake, not a scrap was left. 

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