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Week of August 8, 2022 9393 Church Road Grosse Ile, MI 48138 Office Hours: 9am-noon T, W, R Office: 734-675-0005

Quilters - Monday, August 8 @ 9:30 am Fellowship Hall Bible Study - Monday, August 8 @ noon Fellowship Hall

Ladies' Monthly Lunch - Wednesday, August 10 @ noon Ramsey's, W. Jefferson in Trenton Men's Monthly Lunch - Thursday, August 11 @ noon Sully's, Macomb St. on G.I. Church Council Meeting - Sunday, August 21 Staff Meeting - Monday, August 22 @ 10:30 am Conference Room Island Market - Friday, August 26, 4-7 PM St. Thomas

St. Thomas Lutheran Church Pr. Alysa Offman

WORSHIP SERVICES THIS WEEK Thursday, August 11 @ 7 pm (casual, no music) Sunday, August 14 @ 10 am (blend of traditional and contemporary)

August 14 Helpers Communion Assistants Nancy Graver Mark Graver Sunday School Coffee Hour Counters Judy Cemer Tim Perry

Committee Focus - Christian Education

A prime focus of St. Thomas moving forward is building the Christian Education program. Wendy Brozek serves as Council liaison to Christian Education and is also actively involved in planning for the future and the significant growth expected in our youth groups. Tim Perry has filled the role of Education Coordinator. Wendy Brozek, Bob Dickason, Anna Gartner, Kathie Kline and Marge Noyce are our school-year teachers and Marcia Aller and Judith Danziger are leading summer sessions. Both Wendy and Tim have been looking at curriculums for Sunday School and have had discussions with teachers, parents, Council and clergy on direction and focus. All are agreed upon using a program that emphasizes Bible familiarity, awareness of God's love and grace, and building church community. The curriculum chosen for this year, developed by Cokesbury, can be tailored to children of all ages and will be implemented when the regular school year begins in the fall. It includes lessons, crafts, music and video.

A BLAST from the PAST

The aerial photos below were recently sent by the architects - Yops and Wilkie of Wyandotte - of additions to St. Thomas Lutheran Church made in 1999. This was well before the playground was added. Note the changes in landscaping and the style of cars in the lot. Regardless of the passage of time, the building remains timeless and beautiful.

Happy Birthday! Celebrating this week . . . Jim Schiesel, August 9 Al Skrocki, August 11 Ethel Yops, August 14

Celebrating this week: Pam and Jim Schiesel, August 11

COUNCIL MEMBERS Art Wahl - President Sandi Loso - Vice President Kent Kujula - Treasurer Nancy Graver - Secretary Justine Brozek Wendy Brozek Salvo Finazzo Anna Gartner Erika Kwan David Patterson Paula Riley TBA- Youth Representative council@stthomasgi.com

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to a council member.

In Our Thoughts and Prayers

Ryan Brozek Laura Chamlee Bob Dickason Carney Dittmer Karn - Fred's wife Carol Figi Amy Hammond Lynn Henderson Tamara Howes Denise Keeler Marjorie Lockhart

Summertime is always the best of what might be. Charles Bowden