Announcements for the Week of May 18, 2025
WE WELCOME OUR GUESTS: We are glad to have you worship with us today. We ask our guests to please sign our guest register. If you have any questions, please ask any member or Pastor.
EVANGELISM THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Today we heard Jesus tell us, 34“A new commandment I give you: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also you are to love one another. 35By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:34-35) God is love. When we reflect Jesus’ love to each other and then to unbelievers, it is a great place to start conversations about Jesus’ love for them. May the Holy Spirit cause us to grow in our love for Jesus and others, especially their souls, so He uses us to draw others to Jesus.
THOSE TO KEEP IN OUR PRAYERS: Judy Hubert, Dave Mlostek, Nessa Fox, Heather Conklin (recovering from major jaw surgery), Marvin Krause (at Christian Park for rehab) Dale Klein, Janice Lancour, Linda Buchanan, Lorry Flath, Judy Chylek, Mary Hupy, Jeanette Klein, Barb Lehman, Bill Herbst Sr, and Judy Wright. We pray for all of our shut-ins. We pray for our Synod and our missionaries. We pray for our troops, our leaders in the congregation, and in our city, state and nation. We pray for our straying members and those who don’t know Jesus.
DON’T FORGET!! Remember that Salem collects points at Elmers. For every 100,000 points we get a $100 gift card to the store. This helps us keep the kitchen stocked and also with events such as confirmation fellowship, and other celebration fellowships. Please consider donating your points to Salem. Our April statement shows that we are at 76,541 points. Only 23,459 points to go! If you have any questions, please see Carrie.
WEDDING RECEPTION: You should have received an invitation in your mailbox to a wedding reception for Titus and Emily who will be married in Wisconsin on May 31st. The reception will be here at Salem June 8th after our 2nd service. Please RSVP to Carrie either by phone or in person. There will be a dinner served, and a RSVP is helpful to make sure we are planning accordingly. Thank you so much and we hope that you all can come!
SYNOD ANNIVERSARY BOOKS: The Synod Anniversary books are in!! If you ordered one, the cost is $24 each. Please pay when you pick up the book. If you are paying by check, please make it out to Salem and put “book” in the memo line. If you have any questions, Carrie will be happy to help!
SALEM QUILTERS: The Salem Quilters will next meet on May 22nd from 1-4pm. Everyone is invited to come, even if you are not able to be at every gathering!
LARGE PRINT SERVICE FOLDERS: As we try to help everyone enjoy and participate in worship services, we have been printing more large print service folders. We are not sure if we are meeting the need or if we should print more. If you use a large print service folder, please let Carrie know so that we can get a solid count of how many to print. If you have not been using one but would like to in the future, please let Carrie know that as well. We want you to have what you need!
MAILBOXES: The mailboxes at the front door have been adjusted to accommodate our new members, newly confirmed students, and for some who have moved away. Your mailbox has more than likely been moved. A few stayed the same, but most moved anywhere from one slot or even to another column. If you have any trouble finding your box, just aske Carrie and she will be able to point you in the right direction. Thanks!
LWMS SPRING RALLY: The LWMS Spring Rally was held on April 26, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Lena, WI, with seven members attending from Salem. Lake Superior Circuit congregations contributed $6,477.15 for the rally mission offering which equally funded the home mission project to support current Sudanese ministries as well as future ministry expansion and the world mission project to help support initial outreach and church planting efforts in London and the greater United Kingdom. Thank you to our members for contributing $150 toward these projects. Notes from the rally are available on the hallway counter.
LAWN MOWING & BERM MOWING: If you signed up last Fall for lawnmowing or berm mowing this summer, your rotation schedule is in your mailbox. If you have any questions, please see Ken Evans or Carrie Doletzky.
PILL BOTTLES: Please note that we are not collecting pill bottles for LWMS for the time being. It is very expensive to ship the bottles overseas and our Circuit is no longer collecting them. Individual congregations are asked to ship their collections so we will seek assistance from Thrivent members for Action Grants to fund shipments. Thank you for the generous pill bottle donations – we have many to send out and will announce when pill bottles collection can begin again.
CENTRAL AFRICA MEDICAL MISSION (CAMM) MAY NEWSLETTER: A copy of the May CAMM Newsletter can be found on the hallway cabinet by the Christian greeting cards. With the May CAMM Newsletter, we hear from Alisad Banda, the Clinic Administrator in Zambia, who shares a difficult story and is asking for our prayers. Prior CAMM Newsletters can be found in the orange binder that is also located by the Christian greeting cards. Monetary donations can be sent to: WELS Gift Processing, N16 W23377 Stone Ridge Drive, Waukesha, WI 53188 with checks made out to Central Africa Medical Mission. Please continue to pray for CAMM and the people we serve in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia. Any questions about CAMM can be directed to Kathy Grill, CAMM Contact Woman for the WELS Lake Superior Circuit.
BULLETINS FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO SUNDAYS are available in the pamphlet holder on the table in the hallway.
AUDIO LOOP: There is an audio loop installed. For all those who use hearing aids, please set them to the “T” setting for T-coil or telephone.
Hymns for May 25th, Sixth Sunday of Easter – Ascension of Our Lord – (White),The Service The Word: 558-173-(169 at both, 312 at 10:30)-341 Psalm 47 Hymn 171 st. 4 & 5 in place of O Lord, Our Lord
USHERS
(8:00) Dewey Klein, Mark Juhl
(10:30) Mark Kuehn, Glen Meunier, Brian Thorsen
Next Sunday, May 25th
(8:00) Gary Calson
(10:30) Todd Chouinard, Luke Gilner, Dave Johnson
CLEANING SCHEDULE (May 18th – May 31st)
Vacuuming – Alyssa Sovey
Dusting – Coni Bruce
Sweeping – Alyssa Sovey
Restrooms – Coni Bruce
Communion Ware Clean-up (May) – Amy Gilner
LAWN and BERM MOWING
May 19th – 25th
Lawn – Todd Meerstein Berms – Matthew Meerstein
May 26th – June 1st
Lawn – Wayne Brukardt Berms – Wayne Brukardt
COUNTERS
May 18th – Steve Cadeau
May 25th – Todd Chouinard
THIS WEEK AT SALEM (May 18th – May 25th)
Today 8:00 am Worship
9:15 am Bible Study
9:15 am Last Sunday School
10:30 am Worship w/Confirmation
Confirmation Fellowship after late worship
Wed 4:30 pm Last Confirmation Class
Thurs 1:00 pm Salem Quilters 1-4pm
Sunday, May 25th
8:00 am Worship w/Holy Communion
9:15 am Bible Study
10:30 am Worship w/Holy Communion