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GOOD NEWS! Via de Cristo of SE Michigan and NW Ohio
ULTREYA
ULTREYA

FALL POST WEEKEND ULTREYA
 
Sunday November 3, 2013
3-6 pm
 
Bethel Lutheran Church 
26400 Little Mack Ave, St. Clair Shores, Michigan 48081-2154 
 
Time to come together as a community and welcome our newest members. Lets break bread, study, and fellowship! 

Please bring a dish to share for our annual "Pot Bless Dinner!"

 If your last name begins with
 A thru L bring: Desert, Salad, Fruit, Assorted chips and dips;
 If your last name begins with M thru Z bring: Casserole, Meat dish, or Soup;

***if you have a signature dish you love to make please bring that instead!
WELCOME TO OUR NEW BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST
Jim Babbitt
Randy Breece
Al Cox
Mark Cramer
Ken Crider
Randall Ginardi
Gregg King
Edward Kramer
Gregory Maxwell
Philip Thomas
Mark Ziraldo

Champagne Allen
Gayle Breece
Darcey Brodeur
Rosilyn (Roz) Brown
Katrina Cipriani
Laurie Colon
Jamie Crigger
Brenda Hess
Jenna Loga
Jade McIntosh
Patricia (Trish) Peterson
Marlea Pfeil
Kim Sterkel
Joyce Thompson
Shelly Whittaker
Lisa Ziraldo

PRAYER REQUESTS
Let's rally as a community of believers and raise our brothers and sisters in prayer......   let us pray for 

Steve Lazarus as he recovers from complications from blood clots.  

Joe Epply weekend #46 as he recovers from a cardiac procedure after a mild heart attack.

Pastor Kathy Meyers on the loss of her uncle, and for strength as she leads her flock.

Dawn Marie Bryant as she continues to deal with the recent loss of her husband.

NEWS FROM THE SECRATARIAT

Greetings Brothers and Sisters from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

 

 My name is Scott Koenig and I made Good News #30 where I sat at the terrific table of Thomas. Today I am proud to say my wife Laura and I am your Pre-Weekend Chair of the Good News Secretariat.

 

So ever wonder where those cots, podiums, palanca banners, and other things come from for the weekend?  Well, Good News owns a beautiful trailer that holds a lot of those things. As Pre-weekend chair I have the honor of pulling the trailer back and forth from church to church for each weekend. With the help of the site coordinators and a lot of people from the community, we set up St. Michael and Bethel Lutheran churches for the Spring and Fall weekends and we put the churches back together afterwards. It is truly a blessing seeing the community coming together, being the hands and feet of Jesus as the weekends happen inside and outside the Rollo room, before and after each weekend. Many serve Christ by serving others as they do many 'behind the scenes' duties. Join us any time to build relationships and the body of Christ.

 

Yours in Christ

 

Scott  and Laura Koenig

 

TIME FOR DEVOTION....

Have you ever noticed how God uses "Average Joe" and "Plain Jane" to accomplish His work? Think about it.

 

David - defeated Goliath and was anointed as the king of Israel when he was a mere shepherd boy.

 

Gideon - was a simple farmer before God used him to deliver Israel from Midian.

 

Esther - even as a slave, God used her to save His people from being massacred.

 

Mary - God could have chosen any woman in the world to be the mother of Jesus, yet He chose a peasant girl.

 

Peter - a fisherman became a fisher of men and the leader of the early Church upon God's calling.

 

Matthew - a tax collector, one of the most detestable professions of the day, became a disciple and author of one of the Gospels.


God prefers availability over ability.

 

The common factor in each of these remarkable people is their willingness to hear and obey God's commands. I believe God tries to get the attention of many world-renown leaders but for many reasons they ignore Him or can't hear His calling. God waits for no one. His Will will be done on earth in His perfect timing and if that means He does it through a shepherd boy or peasant girl then so be it. Man's ability is remarkably limited when his availability is remarkably limited. But man's ability is limitless when his availability to God is limitless.

 

By Ryan Mickley in Lead Like Jesus 

Issue Number
NOVEMBER 2013 

Support your participant!

If you had a participant for the recent weekend(s), here are some things to remember about your responsibilities as a sponsor:

  • continue with prayers
  • answer any questions they may have
  • assist them in finding or forming a reunion group
  • bring them to the first Ultreya after the weekend (Nov 3!)

 (It's not too early to become a sponsor for a participant for the spring weekends! )

Lutheran VDC
 of Central Michigan
Ultreya
Trinity Lutheran Church
45160 Van Dyke
Utica, MI

Friday November 1

7-9 pm

For more information -
contact
Judy Sutherland
 (586) 817-2391


"For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them."   
-Matthew 18:20

If you are not currently in a reunion group, and are having problems locating a reunion group, call (888) 468-3295 or email [email protected]  and we will try to connect you with someone who can assist you in locating a reunion group.
 
Please see our current list of reunion groups below:
 
 

Website:
Email: Toll Free Phone & Fax:
888-468-3295

Snail Mail:
PO Box 549
Sylvania, OH 43560

GOOD NEWS! VIA DE CRISTO


Lay Director
- Phil Meuser

[email protected]  

 

Past Lay Director - Klaus Doll
[email protected]  

 

Spiritual Director - Pr Jim Wenger
[email protected]  

 

Secretary - Tina Gans
[email protected]  

 

Treasurer - Mark Belcik
[email protected]  

 

Communications


Jason & Tammy Nordbeck
[email protected] 

 

Leaders - Tony Selk

[email protected] 

 

Palanca -

Cindy Jurosek

[email protected]  

 

Pre-Weekend - Scott & Laura Koenig
[email protected]  

 

Post-Weekend - Victoria Clifton
[email protected]  

 

Kitchen - Alan & Lynn McGowan
[email protected]  

 

Supplies - Gary & Debbie Maxwell
[email protected]  

 

National Lay Delegate

Diane Lupo

[email protected] 

 

Other support:

Outreach Coordinators -
PJ & Angie Colbeck
[email protected] 

 

Music Coordinators -
Keith & Jeana Penski
[email protected]  

 

Registrar - Bob & Nancy Rieck
[email protected] 

 

Sharing Your Experience
We are looking for community to share their experience as a participant or as a team member for our newsletters. In 250-300 words, share your 4th Day with others and how God is working in your life. Please consider sharing your story with others. We would love to hear from you.

Contact GNVDC Communications Chair
Phone: (888) 468-3295
email: communications
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