VBS Volunteer Shout Out
VBS Director: Lisa Hieber • April 28, 2025
This year's theme is going to be SO much fun, but it's YOU who will make it GREAT!
It's nearly May, and the planning has already been in the works for months. We're looking to bring lots of hands and feet on board to make this VBS a treasure. There are many different ways you can participate to do a little that means a lot. It's all been prepped so it's easy for you to step in and say, "YES!" If you have questions about any of the volunteer opportunities below, reach out to Lisa Hieber or the Church Office.
We're looking for:
- all CREW leaders (grade 6 - Adult)
- Decorators (to transform our spaces)
- Photography
- Snacks
- Games
- Elementary Storytime
- Preschool Storytime
- Elementary STEM
- Preschool Craft
Feel free to sign up for more than one and spread the word! Thanks for all you do to make VBS great for kids in our membership and in our local community. Use the buttons below to Volunteer, register campers, or purchase your VBS t-shirt.
News & Notes
You are invited!
I want to share a story, actually several stories. I remember when I was young in Tulsa, Oklahoma and in Fredericktown, Missouri, of going up to the altar rail with my parents and receiving a blessing from my pastor. I remember sticking my head in between the posts on the altar rail and the pastor giving me a blessing. I don't exactly remember the words, but I knew it was important and I wanted that blessing. I remember in confirmation learning about what the pastor was actually saying, what those words actually meant. To understand what God was saying in his scriptures and growing in it. Overall, just being absolutely amazed at what my pastors, Pastor Sean and Pastor Beering were teaching me and knowing God better and just the joyfulness of it. And I remember Lyndi going through confirmation, adult confirmation, with Pastor Schueler in Rosenberg, Texas, and then seeing from her eyes what it meant to be Lutheran, to understand the faith. I had grown up in the Lutheran church, so it was all ordinary for me, but for her it was extraordinary to know and to understand and have that time with a pastor. And I'm so thankful for the pastors in my life and all of the other church workers that have been a part of my life who have helped me to understand who God is. I mentioned in this weekend’s sermon that there's an initiative, a program through the LCMS called Set Apart to Serve. It points out that we have a lack of pastors, teachers, and other church workers. Set Apart to Serve reminds us that the Lord asks us to pray for laborers for the harvest, and I encourage you to pray for laborers for the harvest. To pray for those that teach us who God is and to help us to understand how much we need him. If you happen to know some young people considering church work or being pastors, pray for them, encourage them. God has gifted them to us to answer our questions. Pray fervently that the Lord would send workers into his harvest so that we know him. Keep that in your prayers. I encourage you to look for people who would be good to take God's calling into his church. May the Lord provide workers for His harvest that we may know God and how richly He blesses us. Amen.
By Debbie Haentfling & Bobbie Shadle
Sermon by Pastor Adam McDowell
Announcement - Special Voter's Meeting
A Note from Pastor Nate
Thank you to all of the 2025 VBS Volunteers. Thanks to you, we were able to share the Love of God with over 97 children this year!
Camp Lutherhaven is our special monthly offering for July.
Sermon by Pastor Nate Widener
Written by Tim Degen, Director of Music & Organist