Rooted In The Word, Growing In Faith, Reaching Out To Our Uprooted World. Home Visitors Vistors' Guide Find Us About Us Preschool News News & Notices WELS Connection Podcast Subscribe Activities Calendar Green Team Education 365 Day Bible Sunday School & Bible Classes Stewardship Building Use Contact Get Our News & Notices Your eMail Address* Close News & Announcements Sunday School Stories for February February 5 - Balaam Blesses the Israelites - Numbers 22:1-24:11 February 12 - Rahab and the Spies - Joshua 2 February 19 - Achan's Sin - Joshua 7:1-8:29 February 26 - The Israelites Turn Away from God - Joshua 24:1-31; Judges 2:6-23 The Sunday School teachers will have their staff meeting on Tuesday, February 14, at 6:30 PM. Bible Classes The Sunday morning Bible class continues to work through John's gospel. The class last Sunday began working through chapter 7. The Wednesday class continues to be an adult information class. The curriculum for this class is called 'Basic Bible Christianity, a Study in the Truths of the Christian Faith.' This class meets at 7:00 on Wednesday evenings. The Friday morning Men's Bible class is now over half way through a study called, 'Did My Baptism Count?' The study is based on a translation of a letter Martin Luther wrote in response to an inquiry made by two pastors who were dealing with people who insisted that Christians had to be re-baptized as adults. The answer to the question, 'Did my Baptism count?' is 'Of course it did and does!' Preschool News It's hard to believe it is actually the start of February with how mild the weather has been. This month in preschool, the 3 year old class will learning about 'Shapes'. We will do a variety of projects and activities to help us learn how to name as well as recognize the different shapes. At the end of the month we will go on a field trip to Trader Joe's to do a 'Shape Hunt'. In the 4 year old class this month we are starting out the month by talking about 'Groundhogs'. Next, we will learn about 'Friendship and Love' and then we will end the month learning about 'A Healthy Me'. The children will enjoy a visit from Sue the Dental Hygienist who will discuss the importance of taking good care of our teeth. During Jesus' time the children will continue to learn about some of the different miracles that Jesus performed while here on the earth. Both classes will enjoy a 'PJ' Valentine's Day Party. The children will get to wear their favorite pajamas, robes and slippers to school that day. Finally on February 9th we will be having our 'Open House' from 6:30-8PM. If you know anyone who is looking for a preschool please let them know about the open house. -Mrs. Lori Dundore, Preschool Teacher Death of a Former Member Steven Gerard Willer (October 10, 1967 - November 7, 2011) of Mountain Home, AR, formerly of Lake Zurich, IL, passed on November 7. Beloved husband of the late Yvonne Willer, he is survived by his sons Cody Justin and Jesse Trevor, his parents Warren (Judy) Willer and Bernadine Willer, his brothers Robert (Renee) Willer and Michael Willer, his nieces and nephews Danielle (Bryan) Foley, Joseph Willer, Kelsey Willer, and Jeffrey Willer, and his great-nephew Joshua Foley. Cards of condolence can be sent to Cody and Jesse in care of their grandparents John and Constance North at 2063 McCracken Ridge Road, Mountain Home, AR 72653-5094 John 11:25 - Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in Me will never die.' Sunday School Mission Offering The Sunday school mission offering for the first half of the school year ($160.40) was sent to support St. John's Lutheran School in St. John's, Antigua. The school, founded in 1973, has 235 students. The school has 9 teachers and offers grades preschool through 6th grade. Tree of Life Lutheran Preschool Open House Stop in to tour our facility and meet our teacher Mrs. Dundore on Thursday, February 9th from 6:30 - 8:00 PM Registrations are now being taken for the 2012-2013 School Year! New Life Lutheran Church is located at 910 S. Old Rand Road in Lake Zurich. For more information call 847-438-5018 or visit us at www.newlife-wels.org New Life Choirs The Tone Chime Choir will have its next rehearsal on Tuesday, February 14th at 7:30 PM. The New Life Singing Choir will rehearse on Tuesday, February 28th at 7:00 PM. GREEN TEAM NEWS After getting snowed out of our first attempt, the Green Team was finally able to race the rocket racers on the evening of January 26. Everybody had a good time watching the glow in the dark rockets race the length of the Fellowship Hall. On Sunday, January 29, the Green Team traveled to Elmhurst to the Mayan Adventure Water Park for an afternoon of water fun. Thanks to the Branch Connection for subsidizing the cost of the outing. The Green Team's next meeting will be held on Thursday, February 9 at 6:45 PM. The Green Team is scheduled to begin work on their pine cars and also make a Valentine's Day craft. Lenten Meals Groups and/or individual families are needed to volunteer to host Lenten dinners before Wednesday night services. The group and/or individual families would be responsible for providing a meal for 20 - 25 people at 6:15pm. The sign-up sheet is located downstairs, or let Becky Freeman know if you'd like to host a night. She can be reached at 269-352-6727 or by eMail. Usually, the first, third and fifth Lenten meals also double as fund raisers for non-budgeted / inadequately funded items (such as Green Team, due to numbers that attend). This year, our projects will be to send as many kids as possible to Training Camp, fund the Green Team and send teens to the WELS Youth Rally. FELLOWSHIP bowling outing Sunday, February 12th, 12:15 - 2:00 PM Tom Werking, the Fellowship Chairman, has reserved several lanes at the Brunzwick Zone in Lake Zurich for a bowling outing on Sunday, February 12th. The Branch Connection will subsidize the cost of the outing, so the ending cost per person will be only $5 for bowling, shoes, pizza and soda. Prizes will also be awarded. Please set aside the 12th to spend some time bowling with the members / friends of New Life. UWGB Lunch On Wednesday, January 25th, the UWGB women's basketball team stopped at church for lunch on their way down to Indianapolis to take on Butler. The preschool kids worked on making a welcome banner, which contains the metaphor printed beneath the Phoenix, 'It takes many hands to make this bird fly.' In other words, it takes many people, working together, to make a classroom function or a basketball team be successful. LADIES NIGHT OUT Monday, February 13th, 7:00 PM at Chili's Restaurant on HWY. 60 in Vernon Hills. Sign Up at Church and Plan to Attend! New Banner On Sunday, January 29, several ladies from our congregation spent their afternoon making a new banner for our education addition entryway. Thanks to Wendy Landenberger, Holly LaPlante, Sheila Berg, Tammy Kolakowski and Rachel Bauer for making this new banner which reminds all of us, as we leave God's house, to let our light shine. The banner proclaims the message of Christ recorded in Matthew 5:16: 'Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.' Lake Zurich EXPO The Lake Zurich Expo will be held on Saturday, March 17, which also happens to be St. Patricks Day. The Lake Zurich Chamber of Commerce has picked 'Discover your local pot of gold' as the theme for the Expo. In the coming weeks, the Outreach Committee will be putting together a design for our booth and enlisting volunteers to man the booth, which will be open from 10 AM to 4 PM on the 17th. Christian Women Today Retreat The Christian Woman Today Retreat, sponsored by Christ the Lord in Brookfield, WI, will be held March 23 - 25, 2012, at the Olympia Spa and Resort in Oconomowoc, WI. Retreat brochures with registration forms may be obtained from the ChristianWomanToday.org or ChristTheLordBrookfield.org websites. The registration deadline is February 24, 2012. For questions or additional information, please contact Maureen at 262-784-0412. Volunteers Needed! Volunteers are needed to bring something to eat and drink after the service on Sunday mornings. A new sign-up sheet is located on the bulletin board in the lower level at church. WELS Lutherans for Life Pregnancy Counseling Center We have a need for one helper to come in on Tuesdays or Thursdays from 10 am to 1 pm. If you can volunteer once a month, or even less often, we can use you! The helper would be coming into the center when a counselor was there. You would help by: babysitting children while their mother is being counseled or in a Bible study; helping clients find items in the clothing closet; asking people to wait if the counselor is busy. You could be trained in more tasks if you desire. Some days we are not so busy and we will have more time for support tasks, but on the days we are busy, we will use all the people at the center in work that touches people directly and immediately. Beginning January, we will also need a helper for Fridays from 10-1 pm. Right now, we need someone for Nov. 29, and many dates in December. Thank you for your support of this mission. Mary Mays Ushers Schedule Please note that there have been some minor changes to the Usher Schedule to include new members and those recently confirmed. A new list of teams is posted on the bulletin board in the entryway. If you are a male confirmed member of this church, you are on the list. The monthly calendar will let you know when it's your turn to usher on Sunday morning. Greeters Schedule If you would like to be added to the Greeters Schedule, talk to Rachel Bauer or drop her an email at nlelc@aol.com. Being a greeter is easy. It means that you show up at church 15 minutes early, stand inside the front door, and personally welcome everyone who walks through the door. You'd be surprised how much a simple hello means to a first time visitor, a newer member, or a longtime friend. Don't be shy & give greeting a try! Church Cleaning Looking for a way to be involved at church? How about being added to the list of Cleaners for the Week? You can sign up as an individual, as a family, or pair up with another individual or family. Yes, we are all busy, but it doesn't take more than an hour when two or more are working together to get the job done. Again, talk to Rachel Bauer or drop her an e-mail at nlelc@aol.com. You will be reminded when it's your turn to clean by checking the church calendar and by the announcements for the coming week in the church bulletin. Thanks in advance for your help! Service Men & Women Posted on the New Life Network bulletin board are names and addresses of service men who are members, family, friends or acquaintances of the members of our congregation. If you'd like to write a letter of encouragement, simply take a slip with a name and address on it home, and mail out a letter. If you know of service men or women and would like to include them, bring the name and address along to church.

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