Archives for February 2022

This Week’s Calendar of Events

February 25, 2022 by BayshoreLutheran Leave a Comment

Our Church Calendar

Our Zoom activities and events are linked below; we post videos on our YouTube Channel as well.

Sunday, February 27
8:00 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion

10:00 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
Faith Formation for 3 years through 5th grade

We will continue to have our worship livestreaming on our YouTube Channel beginning at 9:55 a.m.
The Prelude will begin at 9:55 a.m. You may view our worship live, or after as a recording by click here.

If you click on before 9:55 a.m., please refresh your screen (as often as needed) until you see the livestream video.

5:00 p.m. – ABC (aka Confirmation for grades 6-8)

5:00 p.m. – Soup’R Books Discussion via Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 815 3888 3731
Passcode: 472488

Monday, February 28
9:30 a.m. – Cover Girls Quilting Group

Tuesday, March 1
8:30 a.m. – AA Meeting

12:00 p.m. – Staff Meeting via Zoom

7:00 p.m. – Building and Grounds Committee

Wednesday, March 2
9:30 a.m. – Pastor’s Bible Study via Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 893 1651 5102
Passcode: 371467

10:30 a.m. – Ukuladies Group

12:15 p.m. – Ash Wednesday Worship

7:00 p.m. – Ash Wednesday Worship

Thursday, March 3
7:15 p.m. – Choir Rehearsal

Friday, March 4
7:30 p.m. – AA Meeting

Saturday, March 5
5:00 p.m. – AA Meeting

Sunday, March 6 – First Sunday of Lent
8:00 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion

10:00 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
Faith Formation for 3 years through 5th grade

If you click on before 9:55 a.m., please refresh your screen (as often as needed) until you see the livestream video.

This Week’s Calendar of Events

February 18, 2022 by BayshoreLutheran Leave a Comment

Our Church Calendar

Our Zoom activities and events are linked below; we post videos on our YouTube Channel as well.

Sunday, February 20
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion – IN-PERSON
Faith Formation for 3 years through 5th grade

We will continue to have our worship livestreaming on our YouTube Channel beginning at 9:25 a.m.
The Prelude will begin at 9:25 a.m. You may view our worship live, or after as a recording by click here.

If you click on before 9:25 a.m., please refresh your screen (as often as needed) until you see the livestream video.

10:30 a.m. – Congregational Annual Meeting in the Sanctuary

Monday, February 21
9:30 a.m. – Cover Girls Quilting Group

Tuesday, February 22
8:30 a.m. – AA Meeting

8:30 a.m. – First Word for Men Bible Study via Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting

Wednesday, February 23
9:30 a.m. – Pastor’s Bible Study via Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 893 1651 5102
Passcode: 371467

10:30 a.m. – Ukuladies Group

Thursday, February 24
7:15 p.m. – Choir Rehearsal

Friday, February 25
7:30 p.m. – AA Meeting

Saturday, February 26
5:00 p.m. – AA Meeting

Sunday, February 27
8:00 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion

10:00 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
Faith Formation for 3 years through 5th grade

If you click on before 9:55 a.m., please refresh your screen (as often as needed) until you see the livestream video.

5:00 p.m. – ABC (aka Confirmation for grades 6-8)

5:00 p.m. – Soup’R Books Discussion via Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 815 3888 3731
Passcode: 472488

From the Pastor, February 17, 2022

February 17, 2022 by BayshoreLutheran Leave a Comment

Greetings, Bay Shore!

This Sunday, we thankfully return to in-person worship at 9:30 a.m. followed by our 2021 Annual Congregational Meeting. Both will be in the sanctuary, and masks continue to be required when you are in any part of the building.

I am truly excited to begin in-person worship again because we have some more things to share—we will return to singing.

Yep, you read that correctly. We are returning to singing hymns in church. But to do this, we are asking for your continued help and support of being safe as we worship together.

Please wear a tight-fitting mask, preferably the N95/K95s that the CDC recommends. We will keep our masks on the entire service except when you partake Holy Communion in your pew. To keep our services still short, we will not sing every verse in the hymns or have a postlude. We will have a prelude, and it will begin promptly 5 minutes before the start of our services.

We will also continue sitting every other pew in our sanctuary. This allows social distancing, especially as we add singing. Please do space yourselves out in the sanctuary and remember if you arrive a little late—there is an expanded aisle halfway back that allows access to the other side’s pews.

We will continue to use the packaged communion cups and wafers. Like before, please come forward to receive communion, and then return to your seats where you can open it and complete communion in the pew. Also remember, Pastor and the Assisting Minister will hold the trays out, but will not touch the communion packages. If you or your child would like communion, please take it from the trays. We will say the words when you take the package.

It goes without saying, if you have recently tested positive for COVID, been closely exposed to COVID, or simply do not feel well for ANY reason—please stay home and watch our service online. We are asking our members to monitor this themselves, and we thank you for doing so.

I feel that this Sunday we are one more step closer to “normal.” In truth, I believe we will continue to have some changes that stay, and others that we will all be glad are over in our communities and places we visit. I am grateful for the infection and hospital numbers going down, a new vaccine for children in the pipeline, and more. I continue to pray for our healthcare workers, the National Guard deployed, and all who serve front line during this long pandemic. Council will continue to watch the best practices of mask wearing in our schools, communities and the guidelines we have available. Please join me in thanking our Council for their thoughtful leadership during these challenging times.

Blessings and peace,

Pastor Sarah

This Week’s Calendar of Events

February 11, 2022 by BayshoreLutheran Leave a Comment

Our Church Calendar

Our Zoom activities and events are linked below; we post videos on our YouTube Channel as well.

Sunday, February 13
10:00 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
Livestreaming only (no in-person)
Souper Bowl of Caring Soup collection

If you click on before 9:55 a.m., please refresh your screen (as often as needed) until you see the livestream video.

Monday, February 14 – LAST DAY for Souper Bowl drop-offs
9:30 a.m. – Cover Girls Quilting Group

Tuesday, February 15
8:30 a.m. – AA Meeting

Wednesday, February 16
9:30 a.m. – Pastor’s Bible Study via Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 893 1651 5102
Passcode: 371467

10:30 a.m. – Ukeladies Group

Thursday, February 17
7:00 p.m. – Choir Rehearsal

Friday, February 18
7:30 p.m. – AA Meeting

Saturday, February 19
5:00 p.m. – AA Meeting

Sunday, February 20
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion – IN-PERSON
Faith Formation for 3 years through 5th grade

If you click on before 9:25 a.m., please refresh your screen (as often as needed) until you see the livestream video.

10:30 a.m. – Congregational Annual Meeting in the Sanctuary

This Week’s Calendar of Events

February 4, 2022 by BayshoreLutheran Leave a Comment

Our Church Calendar

Our Zoom activities and events are linked below; we post videos on our YouTube Channel as well.

Sunday, February 6
10:00 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
Livestreaming only (no in-person)

If you click on before 9:55 a.m., please refresh your screen (as often as needed) until you see the livestream video.

Monday, February 7
9:30 a.m. – Cover Girls Quilting Group

Tuesday, February 8
8:30 a.m. – AA Meeting

8:30 a.m. – First Word for Men Bible Study
Join Zoom Meeting

Wednesday, February 9
9:30 a.m. – Pastor’s Bible Study via Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 893 1651 5102
Passcode: 371467

10:30 a.m. – Ukeladies Group

Thursday, February 10
5:00 p.m. – Wedding Rehearsal

No Choir Tonight

Friday, February 11
7:30 p.m. – AA Meeting

Saturday, February 12
10:00 a.m. – Wedding

5:00 p.m. – AA Meeting

Sunday, February 13 – Souper Bowl of Caring Soup collection
10:00 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
Livestreaming only (no in-person)

If you click on before 9:55 a.m., please refresh your screen (as often as needed) until you see the livestream video.

From the Pastor, February 3, 2022

February 3, 2022 by BayshoreLutheran Leave a Comment

What can a can of soup do?

No, it’s not meant to be a tongue twister, but a sincere question! What can one can of soup do?

A can of soup can literally be the one meal for a person for the day.

In the case of the soup can here, this literally is a quick way to receive some nutrition and fill a belly. The can here requires no can opener, and it’s been cooked already so it could, if (sadly) necessary, be eaten cold. It can also be heated on a stove or in a microwave. It requires no water or milk and provides 22% of the recommended daily protein for the average adult.

I do realize that this is not a perfect meal, and for some—way too much sodium and preservatives. I understand that. But I also understand hunger, and when you’re hungry—none of those things matter. What matters to a hungry soul is how easy it is to cook, and how fast my child can eat it. Items that require tools, special pans, and added ingredients—those are stumbling blocks to the hungry. So that’s why I buy soups like this one. I keep it simple.

Souper Bowl of Caring has been around a long time, and through this food drive, churches stock up the shelves during lean times—when businesses and others do not donate for the holiday season. And yet, it’s still winter, people are still hungry, and the food banks see increases in people seeking assistance. Food insecurity is real, and a serious problem in our community. Souper Bowl brings this to our attention and through a fun advertising gimmick pushes us to compete and stock up those shelves.

Our collected canned offerings will go to a local food bank here in Milwaukee—I have three that I will be calling to see who has the greatest need, and we will deliver what we have there. The funds we receive will be collected and then given directly to the Hunger Task Force to use to buy food in bulk and to pass out to those in need in our county.

You are welcome to contribute in any way you can (yes, that’s a bad pun). If you are unable to drop off cans of soup when the church is open, perhaps you are able to send a check in the mail. But since this is NOT a competition, just buy some soup and drop it off yourself somewhere. I am sure wherever you drop it off, they will need it and be grateful.

Sometimes loving your neighbor is by providing a can of soup. Yes, sometimes it is that easy to love.

Blessings, peace and love to you,

Pastor Sarah