St. Jacobi Lutheran Church

8605 W Forest Home Ave.

Greenfield WI 53228

Pastor Tim Spaude

pastorspaude@stjacobi.org

414-425-2030 x26

Pastor Rich Waldschmidt

pastorwaldschmidt@stjacobi.org

414-425-2030 x25

Pastor Emeritus Paul G. Eckert

414-425-4649

Mr. Josh Walker, Principal

jwalker@stjacobi.org

414-425-2040 x24

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St. Jacobi

Wisconsin Synod

Daily Devotion

Wisconsin Lutheran High School

Luther Preparatory School

FROM OUR PASTOR…

“The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.” Psalm 145:15

What a wonderful God we have and what a world of wonder He has created. I once read that there was research which showed plants adjust their rate of starch consumption to prevent starvation during the night when they are unable to feed themselves with energy from the sun. They can even compensate for an unexpected early night. "This is the first concrete example in a fundamental biological process of such a sophisticated arithmetic calculation," mathematical modeler Martin Howard of John Innes Centre (JIC) said. During the night, mechanisms inside the leaf measure the size of the starch store and estimate the length of time until dawn. Information about time comes from an internal clock, similar to the human body clock. "The capacity to perform arithmetic calculation is vital for plant growth and productivity,"

The Bible says, “The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. You open your hand and satisfy the de-sires of every living thing.” The plants in the field are not staying up at night with a slide rule or a graphing calculator. Just as we humans do not have to calculate out the number of times our hearts need to beat while we sleep or measure out the dosage of digestive enzymes for the meals we eat, so plants don’t go to calculus classes. It is the way God made them. It is the way God made us. All of the complex processes going on inside of living beings simply reflect the skill of the Creator. “The heavens declare the glory of God. The skies pro-claim the work of His hand.”

Jesus said, “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.” Do you find that worrying is taking up a big part of your day? Do things seem overwhelming? In these uncertain times let’s continue to remind ourselves of what our God has done for us. He created this world. He keeps this world going. He sent Jesus as the Savior. So why do we worry? The one who created the universe loves us and sent His Son to dies for us. He will take care of us!

Pastor Waldschmidt

August 2020

Why? It saves the church thousands of dollars eve-ry year. And it’s a great way to show our love for Jesus. Parents, your kids can help you clean, and you can set a good example for them of service to the Lord. Everyone becomes part of a team of 6-8 cleaners. Newbies will be scheduled with people who have done it before. It only takes about an hour to dust, vacuum, clean the bathrooms, and take out the garbage. The more people who help, the faster your team gets done. And the more teams we have, the less often your turn comes up. Currently, each team cleans about 3 times/year. You can sign up as a team with a group of friends. Or you can sign up on your own and be placed on a team. There are sign-ups in back of church, and they will also be out at school on registration day. If you sign up, you are committing for a year. If you don’t want to continue after that, you can ask to be removed before the next schedule comes out. In fact, a new schedule will be out at the end of Sep-tember, so if you are currently on the list, but want to be removed, please call the church office at 425-3030. Or you can email the church administrative assistant at jmiller@stjacobi.org. Thank you.

“St. Jacobi Needs You!”... to help clean church!

Simple ways to help Church & School

General Mills Box Tops For Education:

Deposit in drawer at school. Watch for bonus

back to school box tops where two box tops

are on the same box.

Target: Sign up at store for a Target

Guest Credit Card.

Ink Cartridges: Empty inkjet cartridges to

be recycled, put in large box in school en-

trance.

Kohl’s Cards: Cash cards available from

the School office.

Scrip Program: Cards are available in the

school office. You can also email Ruth Zam-

bo at ruthzambo@sbcglobal.net to place an

order. Also, Ruth frequently has the Scrip

book available after Sunday morning ser-

vices in the church office.

Amazon Smile: A Simple, Automatic Way

to Support Your Favorite Charity. Just

choose St. Jacobi at checkout.

Ministry Financial Support Update for June

YTD Operating Fund Regular Contributions $389,481 (+8% over 2019) Operating Fund Balance as of Beginning of Year -$ 73,873 Operating Fund Balance as of June 30 -$ 86,522 YTD Mission Fund Regular Contributions $ 84,177 (-6% from 2019) YTD Building Expansion Contributions $152,265

3 EV Powered Monitor Speakers

for church 2,100

Instrumental Music 300

Timpani Drum 2,000 ____________________________

$ 4,400

We Dedicate Our New Facilities to

God’s Glory August 22-24 We plan to dedicate our newly expanded facilities to God’s service and glory on the weekend of Au-

gust 22-24. The dedication rite will take place in all the regular services that weekend, allowing as

many members and guests as possible to attend while following safety guidelines during the Covid

pandemic. A ribbon cutting and open house will be held between the services on Sunday, August

23rd. We rejoice that the Lord has provided this wonderful tool with which to serve him and his peo-

ple better.

It has been a strange, and difficult few months for both our staff and patients in Malawi, as well as for the leadership of our team in the U.S. Yet, God continues to show his love and protection for us through the struggles the Lutheran Mobile Clinic has been facing. “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” (Ps 46:1)

The pandemic continues to affect lives and circumstances on both sides of the Atlantic. It is spread-ing quickly now in Malawi, to 1742 cases and 19 deaths in early July. The cases have been imported from people returning from countries such as South Africa, and are also being transmitted locally throughout mainly urban areas. Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe has been closed to com-mercial air traffic. The relatively low death rate is most probably due to the young average age of the population (19 years) and the lifestyle of people being mainly out of doors. We are thankful that all of our staff has remained well and are following preventive measures such as staying at home, wash-ing hands, wearing masks and social distancing.

God has blessed Malawi with a fair and peaceful presidential electoral process, where Lazarus Chakwera, a former pastor, defeated the incumbent Peter Mutharika in a rerun election June 23rd by winning 59% of the vote. He was inaugurated on Malawian Independence Day in a scaled down cer-emony with social distancing and mask-wearing following the COVID19 guidelines. He will have a five-year term as president of a nation of 18 million people. We pray for strong leadership and God’s guidance in a time of a poor economy, corruption in government and a spreading pandemic.

Gary and I have been in Wisconsin since April 1 due to the start of coronavirus and having to close the mobile clinic operation to safeguard both our staff and our patients in the villages. We have had regular communication with our staff in Malawi and Zambia, have been watching the development of cases in both countries, and are learning all we can about this virus, treatment of complications, and how to prevent its transmission. I am working to find out where to obtain PPE in Malawi and state-side, and making plans to be well-supplied when we restart our work. We will be meeting with the CAMM committee and speaking with clinic staff this month to make decisions regarding the safe reo-pening of the clinics. We feel the virus will be in Malawi for some time, but know that our brothers and sisters in Christ have had to suffer from other illnesses and conditions without our medical care so we are eager to help them again. Pray that flights resume and we will be able to continue our work in Malawi soon.

On another note, we just want to praise God for what is now the 50th anniversary of the Lutheran

Mobile Clinic in Malawi. The medical work was started in 1970 near Salima, close to Lake Malawi. It’s amazing how the Lord has used this clinic, providing countless Malawian children with vaccines and nutritional support, pregnant women with antenatal care, the sick with needed healthcare and medicine, and they all hear of Jesus, their Savior. God has prompted many of you to give of your time, finances and prayers to sustain this medical mission. Thank you so very much!

Your sister in Christ,

Beth Evans – Nurse in Charge

CENTRAL AFRICA MEDICAL MISSION – MALAWI

July 2020

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August Anniversaries

Andrew Wilke Aug 1

Holly Gruenwald Aug 2

Stacy Grunert-Head Aug 2

Michelle Kazmierski Aug 2

Helen Tellier Aug 2

Michael Van Grinsven Aug 2

Toni Bertino Aug 3

John Lorino Aug 3

Mia Walker Aug 3

Jordan Williams Aug 3

Diane Dahlke Aug 4

Jamie Glodowski Aug 4

Karen Mathwig Aug 4

Charles Matranga Aug 4

Shirley Witt Aug 4

Jeanette Wagner Aug 5

Angelina Willms Aug 5

Mary Ann Grages Aug 7

Kathleen Hart Aug 7

Matthew Plaski Aug 7

Susan Stirmel Aug 7

Helena Ta’avao Aug 7

Ellen Dziekan Aug 8

Karen Reske Aug 8

Christine Binter Aug 9

Jeffrey Osterman Aug 9

Jeffrey Aumann Aug 10

Jane Browne Aug 10

Jodi Foren Aug 20

Samantha Gscheidmeier Aug 20

Ethan Muma Aug 20

Mona Shaw Aug 20

Jacob Hagmayer Aug 21

Regan Gospodarek Aug 21

Lorna Daniels Aug 22

Jane Godfroy Aug 22

Debra Kaurala Aug 22

Vickie Mielke Aug 22

Brooke Felski Aug 23

Debra Konieczka Aug 23

Andrew Mork Aug 23

Emily Ware Aug 23

Judith Olsen Aug 24

David Ortiz Aug 24

Jack Jaeger Aug 25

Mackenzie Rogowski Aug 25

Shery Statza Aug 25

Michael Haley Aug 26

James M. Johnson Aug 27

Brandon Kenyon Aug 27

Judith Lorino Aug 28

Stephanie Wisniewski Aug 28

Bonnie Goede Aug 30

Diane Parker Aug 30

Brittany Gauger Aug 31

Jansen Van Grinsven Aug 31

Jeremy Fredrich Aug 11

John H. Stuedemann Aug 11

Michael Waszak Aug 11

Justin Junek Aug 12

Karon May Aug 12

Zackary Zuberbier Aug 12

Rayna Belter Aug 13

Kelly Johnson Aug 13

Timothy Spaude Aug 13

Angelina Fields Aug 14

Nicholas Gannaway Aug 14

Peyton Lenga Aug 15

Danielle Wojak Aug 15

Robert Ayvazzadeh Aug 16

Karen Boese Aug 16

Janet Boyle Aug 16

Megan Conte Aug 16

Melissa Darelius Aug 16

Steven Dassow Aug 16

Michelle Rice Aug 16

Judy Kruger Aug 17

Emily Manske Aug 17

James Matthews Aug 17

Cynthia Hapka Aug 18

Zachary Lorino Aug 18

Rebecca Haschker Aug 19

Brandon Pintar Aug 19

August Birthdays

My son, do not forget my teaching. Let your heart keep my commands,

because they will add long days and many years to your life, (Proverbs 3:1-2).