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This Week’s Calendar of Events

October 28, 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, October 30 – Reformation Sunday – Wear RED!!!
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
J.A.M. 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. – Coffee & Cake with Confirmands

1 – 3 p.m. – Trunk-or-Treat

Monday, October 31 – Happy Halloween!
9:30 a.m. – Cover Girls quilting group

Tuesday, November 1
8:30 a.m. – AA Meeting in Lounge

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

Wednesday, November 2
9:30 a.m. – Coffee and Prayers in-person

10:30 a.m. – Ukuladies Group

7:00 p.m. – Treasurer’s Meeting with Committees

Thursday, November 3
5:00 p.m. – Cream City Suzuki Strings

7:15 p.m. – Adult Choir Rehearsal (lower level)

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

Saturday, November 5
9:00 a.m. – Cello Institute

12:00 p.m. – Cream City Suzuki Strings

3:00 p.m. – Hephatha Partner Appreciation Day

5:00 p.m. – AA Meeting

Daylight Savings Time (for the last time!)

Sunday, November 6 – All Saints Sunday
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
J.A.M. 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.

4:30 p.m. – Scouts meeting

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

This Week’s Calendar of Events

October 21, 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, October 23 – Healing Sunday: Blessing all Healthcare Workers
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
J.A.M. 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.

4:30 p.m. – Scouts

5:00 p.m. – ABC (Confirmation) Grades 6-8

Monday, October 24
CHURCH OFFICE IS CLOSED

Tuesday, October 25
8:30 a.m. – AA Meeting in Lounge

8:30 a.m. – First Word for Men Bible Study in Luther Room

6:30 p.m. – Task Force for Safety

Wednesday, October 26
9:30 a.m. – Pastor’s Bible Study In-Person & via Zoom

10:30 a.m. – Ukuladies Group

6:00 p.m. – Team Training with Peter Reuss

Thursday, October 27
5:00 p.m. – Cream City Suzuki Strings

7:15 p.m. – Adult Choir Rehearsal (lower level)

Friday, October 28
7:30 p.m. – AA Meeting

Saturday, October 29
9:00 a.m. – Cello Institute

12:00 p.m. – Cream City Suzuki Strings

5:00 p.m. – AA Meeting

Sunday, October 30 – Reformation Sunday – Wear RED!!!
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
J.A.M. 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. – Coffee & Cake with Confirmands

1 – 3 p.m. – Trunk-or-Treat

This Week’s Calendar of Events

October 14, 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, October 16
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
J.A.M. 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.

5:00 p.m. – Scout Court of Honors (Fellowship Hall)

5:00 p.m. – Soup’R Books (upstairs)

Monday, October 17
9:30 a.m. – Cover Girls quilting group

Tuesday, October 18
8:30 a.m. – AA Meeting in Lounge

7:00 p.m. – Congregation Council

Wednesday, October 19
9:30 a.m. – Pastor’s Bible Study In-Person & via Zoom

10:30 a.m. – Ukuladies Group

Thursday, October 20
7:15 p.m. – Adult Choir Rehearsal (lower level)

Friday, October 21
7:30 p.m. – AA Meeting

Saturday, October 22
5:00 p.m. – AA Meeting

Sunday, October 23 – Healing Sunday: Blessing all Healthcare Workers
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
J.A.M. 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.

4:30 p.m. – Scouts

5:00 p.m. – ABC (Confirmation) Grades 6-8

Strategic Plan Updates

October 11, 2022 by BayshoreLutheran Leave a Comment

Dear Bay Shore,

We have now come to the time when we are creating three core teams to initiate steps to achieve our goals and to implement the new mission and plan for Bay Shore. The three teams are divided like this:

The Talking-to-People Leadership Team

This leadership team will be responsible to propose and realize actions to:

Speak up for our church life and way of faith in our time and place and

Help members to be invitational and make it easy for newcomers to be with us

The Neighborhood Leadership Team

This leadership team will be responsible to propose and realize actions to:

Reach out to people, not just in our namesake villages of Whitefish Bay and Shorewood, but also in Fox Point, Glendale, and Milwaukee’s East Side

The Next-Generation Leadership Team

This leadership team will be responsible to propose and realize actions to:

Raise people of faith in younger generations, by enabling parents to share God’s love with children and inviting young adults and children into our midst.

The Guiding Team is inviting you to consider serving on one of these teams—but we also know that this is a big task. On Wednesday, October 26^th from 6-8 p.m., we are having an Open Training for people in Bay Shore who would like to learn more about the teams, their function, and receive training and guidance on the team’s creation and next steps. Our consultant, Peter Reuss, will lead the 2 hour training. We will provide a light meal, beginning at 5:45 p.m. We also are willing to provide onsite childcare if needed.

If you are interested, please RSVP here. (Click on the word RSVP)

It is our sincere hope to have Council members present as well as Committee Chairs and any one else in our community who feels called to serve in this important way.

This Week’s Calendar of Events

October 7, 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, October 9
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
J.A.M. 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.

5:00 p.m. – ABC Class (confirmation)

Monday, October 10
9:30 a.m. – Cover Girls quilting group

Tuesday, October 11
8:30 a.m. – AA Meeting in Lounge

8:30 a.m. – First Word for Men Bible Study in Luther Room

Tuesday Praise at Hephatha
Thanks to Barb & Tom Johnson for providing snacks!

Wednesday, October 12
10:30 a.m. – Ukuladies Group

Thursday, October 13
5:00 p.m. – Cream City Suzuki Strings

7:15 p.m. – Adult Choir Rehearsal (lower level)

Friday, October 14
7:30 p.m. – AA Meeting

Saturday, October 15
5:00 p.m. – AA Meeting

Sunday, October 16
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
J.A.M. 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.

5:00 p.m. – Scout Court of Honors (Fellowship Hall)

5:00 p.m. – Soup’R Books (upstairs)

From the Pastor, October 5, 2022

October 5, 2022 by BayshoreLutheran Leave a Comment

Dear Bay Shore,

What a busy few weeks and October looks to be the same. Not only is “church” busy, but I am also getting everything ready for a wedding. I’m too excited to be exhausted!

I have two important things to share with you about our Strategic Plan Process (and how you can help) and this Saturday’s Black Lives Are Sacred gathering.

Strategic Planning Process

First, I am so grateful for our Guiding Team members who have faithfully led us to this next step, we owe them a sincere “thank you!”: Kerry Bantz, Curran Burns, Reed Groethe, Andy Ratajski, and Jessica Weyer. I continue to be thankful for this team of servants who truly wanted to do their best in leading Bay Shore forward into the future.

The Talking-to-People Leadership Team

This leadership team will be responsible to propose and realize actions to:

Speak up for our church life and way of faith in our time and place and

Help members to be invitational and make it easy for newcomers to be with us

The Neighborhood Leadership Team

This leadership team will be responsible to propose and realize actions to:

Reach out to people, not just in our namesake villages of Whitefish Bay and Shorewood, but also in Fox Point, Glendale, and Milwaukee’s East Side

The Next-Generation Leadership Team

This leadership team will be responsible to propose and realize actions to:

Raise people of faith in younger generations, by enabling parents to share God’s love with children and inviting young adults and children into our midst.

If you are interested, please RSVP here.

It is our sincere hope to have Council members present as well as Committee Chairs and any one else in our community who feels called to serve in this important way.

Black Lives are Sacred

Bay Shore has become a quiet partner with Bay Bridge—a local group here in WFB/Shorewood which is increasing awareness about racial injustice and how we, as members of the community, can best respond. We have now been a part of several events with Bay Bridge—for example, our MLK Day of Service and more recently the Library-led program, How Racism Distorts the Human Spirit. Other area churches around us have done even more in the work of racial justice and equality.

This Saturday, we have been invited by our siblings in Christ from First United Methodist—WFB to stand for one hour (10-11 a.m.) at the corner of Lake/Marlborough/Silver Spring and silently share our support, using signs, that Black Lives Are Sacred.

This is different from the Black Lives Matter movement. BLAS is a movement within Christian churches that recognize how our black siblings in Christ need our visible support, and not just thoughts and prayers.

To learn more about this, please visit their local Facebook page.
To learn more about the unique history of BLAS, visit their website.

I will be there along with our neighbors from 10-11 am this Saturday. I find this simply to be extension of what our church already does—advocating for those in need, standing for equality for all of God’s people, and being a visible person of faith. If you are able, please join me.

Blessings and peace to you all,

Pastor Sarah