Kountze Memorial Lutheran

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MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

The Good News is the official newsletter of Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church. It is published monthly and available electronically and by mail.
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In this Issue...

In this issue…

  • Camp Firelight VBS
  • Cards with Friends
  • Drive-in Movie
  • Easter Breakfast
  • Easter Egg Hunt
  • Explore! Day Retreat
  • First Communion Classes
  • Graduate Recognition
  • Heart of Camp Gala
  • High School Graduate Quilt Blessing
  • High School Night at the Movies
  • Holy Week & Easter Schedule
  • Love Thy Neighbor Food Drive
  • Men’s Lunch
  • MS & HS Lock-ins
  • New Member Classes
  • Seven Areas of Ministry
  • Summer Camp

In this Issue...

In this issue…

• Ash Wednesday
• Cards with Friends Unfinished Objects Retreat
• CJH 36th Annual Quilt Auction
• Created for Community
• First Communion Classes
• Go And… Have the Conversation
• Heart of Camp Gala
• Lenten Schedule
• Lenten Word Search
• Pantry Love Thy Neighbor Food Drive
• Recovery Celebration Service
• Scholarships
• Women’s Lenten Retreat
• Young Adult Gathering

In this Issue...

In this issue…

  • 2024 Stewardship/Contribution Notes
  • Annual Reports/Annual Meeting
  • Confirmation Program/Photos
  • Dinners for Eight
  • Epiphany Home Blessing
  • Go and… Rest
  • High School Retreat & Lock-In
  • KCCOC – A Year to Serve with Cheer
  • Kountze Family Service Project
  • Men’s Lunch
  • Middle School Gathering
  • New Member Classes
  • Summer Bible Camp at CJH
  • Sunday Breakfast Volunteers
  • Women’s Pre-Lenten Retreat

In this Issue...

  • Advent at Kountze
  • Alternative Gifts
  • Candlelight Carol Service
  • Children’s Book Collection
  • Children’s Christmas Program
  • Go and… Be Present
  • High School Retreat
  • Merry Tuba Christmas Concert
  • Message of Gratitude
  • New Member Classes
  • Norma’s Nursery
  • Poinsettias
  • Progressive Dinner & White Elephant Gift Exchange (grades 7-12)

In this Issue...

  • Advent & Christmas Calendar
  • Advent Meals
  • Advent Wreath & Christmas Tree Blessing
  • Book Group
  • Candlelight Carol Service
  • Cards with Friends
  • Go and Be…Kountze
  • Grief Seminar
  • Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
  • KCCOC Executive Director
  • KMLC Pantry
  • Men’s Lunch
  • Missionary Update
  • New Members
  • Project Everlast
  • Thanksgiving Bags
  • Thanksgiving Dinner with St. Peter’s
  • Tuba Christmas
  • Wittenberg Center Coordinator
  • Youth Events

In this Issue...

  • Blessing of the Animals
  • Cards With Friends
  • Explore! Day Retreat
  • First Communion Classes
  • Grief Seminar
  • KMLC Book Group
  • LYON Assembly
  • Men’s Lunch
  • Middle School Retreat
  • New Member Classes
  • Reformation Weekend
  • Rev. Lucy Potluck/Installation
  • Peacemaker Service
  • Thanksgiving Dinner Prep
  • Window Celebration Thank You’s
  • Women and Gender in Luke-Acts
  • Women’s Fall Gathering

In this Issue...

  • Adult & Children’s Choirs
  • Campus Ministry
  • Cards with Friends
  • Church Picnic
  • Confirmation Night Out (gr 7 & 8)
  • Confirmation Program
  • Dinners for Eight
  • KMLC Book Group
  • Kountze Common Community Outreach Center (KCCOC)
  • Men’s Lunch
  • New Member Classes
  • Orbit Bus Trip (gr 4-6)
  • Refugee Family Update
  • Stained-Glass Window Rededication Celebration
  • Sunday School
  • Tri-Faith 2nd Annual United We Walk

In this Issue...

  • Affirmation of Faith
  • BBQ Party – Lutheran Center
  • Blessing of Backpacks
  • Book Group
  • Camp Week Photos
  • Cards with Friends
  • Children’s Choir
  • Choir Members Needed
  • Coming in September
  • Confirmation Orientation
  • Congregational Meeting
  • Faith Formation Leaders Needed
  • Go and… Share Your Story
  • Men’s Lunch
  • OSJ Training
  • Pantry Garden – Archives
  • Rally Day
  • School Supplies Needed
  • Serving in Mission
  • Stained Glass Window Update
  • VBS Photos
  • Youth Trip Sharing

In this Issue...

  • 2023/24 Confirmation
  • Archives
  • Book Group
  • Call Committee Update
  • Camp Week
  • Cards with Friends
  • Class of 2023
  • CPR/First Aid Training
  • House Painting
  • Men’s Lunch
  • New Members
  • Note from Vicar Gretchen
  • Sewing Group
  • South Window Update
  • Summer Confirmation
  • Sunday Morning Parking
  • Vacation Bible School

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • A Day Without Shoes
  • Affirmation of Faith
  • Archives
  • Ascension Day
  • Blindness Prevention Month
  • Call Process Checklist
  • Camp Week
  • Cards with Friends
  • Carol Joy Holling Camp Work Day
  • Christian Spirituality Retreats
  • Compline
  • Confirmation 2023/24
  • CPR/First Aid Training
  • Farewell to Vicar Gretchen
  • Graduation Sunday
  • House Painting
  • Lutheran Women of Omaha
  • Men’s Lunch
  • NeLCM Golf Scramble
  • Summer Confirmation
  • Sunday School Service Project
  • Vacation Bible School
  • Youth Sunday Evening Gatherings

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • A Day Without Shoes
  • April Service Project
  • Bowari Family Update
  • Cards with Friends
  • Compline
  • Confirmation Day
  • Easter Egg Hunt
  • Explore! Day Retreat
  • God. Tacos. Legos
  • Graduate Recognition
  • Holy Week at Kountze
  • Book Group
  • KMLC Camp Week
  • Quilters and Others
  • Men’s Lunch
  • New Member Class
  • Omaha Young Adults Ministry
  • Summer Confirmation Program
  • The Call Process Checklist
  • Vacation Bible School
  • Youth Trip Sponsorships

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • Archives
  • Call Process Checklist
  • Carol Joy Holling Camp Events
  • Daylight Saving Time
  • ELCA Youth Gathering
  • First Communion Classes
  • Heart of Camp Gala
  • Lent
  • March Service Project
  • Middle School Lock-in
  • No Parking
  • Sunday School Good Gifts
  • Worship Assistants Needed
  • Young Adult Gathering

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • Archives
  • Ash Wednesday
  • CJH Heart of Camp Gala
  • Congregational Meeting
  • Elementary, Middle & High School and Young Adults Events
  • February Service Project
  • KMLC Scholarship Program
  • Kountze Café
  • Lenten Meals
  • Men’s Lunch
  • Nursery Volunteers Needed
  • Pantry
  • Pantry “Souper” Bowl
  • Women’s Pre-Lenten Retreat

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • Archives
  • Bible Study
  • Book Group
  • Children, Youth, & Family
  • Epiphany Home Blessing
  • Holden village, 2023
  • Kountze Café
  • Men’s Lunch
  • New Member Class
  • Nursery Volunteers
  • Service Project
  • Young Adults Table Theology

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • Alternative Gifts
  • Archives
  • Bible Study
  • Blessing of the Advent Wreath & Christmas Tree
  • Christmas Worship Schedule
  • CJH High School Retreat
  • Eucharistic Ministers
  • High School Lock-in
  • Holden Village
  • Holy Darkness – Advent
  • Journey to Denver Youth Trip
  • KMLC Young Adults
  • Merry Tuba Christmas
  • Middle School Gathering
  • New Nursery Attendant
  • Pantry

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • Baptism Seminar
  • Bible Studies
  • Blessing of the Animals
  • Book Group
  • Call Committee Update
  • Exploring Grief
  • From the Archives
  • Holden Village, 2023
  • Kountze Café
  • Meet the Bowari Family
  • Men’s Lunch
  • Mental Health Hotline
  • Omaha Campus Ministry
  • Sunday School & Youth Activities
  • Visit from Bishop Scott Johnson
  • Women’s “Lutherfest” Luncheon

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • Bible Study
  • Blessing of the Animals
  • Call Committee Update
  • Evensong & Chili Cookoff
  • Choir – Adult & Children
  • Church Picnic
  • Confirmation
  • God’s Work, Our Hands
  • Holden Village, 2023
  • Men’s Lunch
  • New Council Members
  • New Member Class
  • Rally Sunday
  • Serving in Mission
  • Sunday Breakfast
  • Welcome Vicar Gretchen
  • Youth Events

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • Back to School Backpack Blessing & Celebrations
  • Confirmation 2022/2023
  • Bible Studies
  • Carol Joy Holling Retreats & Events
  • Congregational Meeting
  • God’s Work, Our Hands
  • Men’s Lunch
  • Neighborhood Gathering Photos
  • New Member Class
  • Night Manager Wanted
  • Scholarships
  • Sons & Daughters of KMLC
  • Stained Glass Window Update
  • Sunday School Teachers Needed
  • Sunday School Registration
  • Welcome Vicar Gretchen

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • Archives
  • Camp Week
  • CJH Quilt Auction
  • deFreese Manor 40th Anniversary
  • Endowment Fund Acknowledgements
  • Growing Young Book Study/Planning
  • High School Graduates
  • KMLC Book Group
  • KMLC Community Garden
  • Nebraska Synod Assembly
  • New Member Class
  • Order of St. John
  • Pentecost – Wear Red
  • Poem/Prayer After a Mass Shooting
  • Vacation Bible Study
  • Worship Assistants Needed
  • Youth Service Project
  • Youth Summer Trip

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • 2024 Youth Gathering – New Orleans!
  • Affirmation of Faith
  • Archives – Immigrant Families
  • Blindness Prevention Month
  • Camp Sunday
  • Carol Joy Holling Camp Work Day
  • Celebrating Our Graduates
  • Growing Young Book Study/Planning Sessions
  • Hawa Family Update
  • KMLC to Host Seminary Student for Part-time Internship
  • KMLC Youth Service Project
  • Men’s Lunch
  • New Member Class
  • Storm Chasers Faith & Family Night
  • Vacation Bible School
  • Volunteer Thank You
  • Youth Summer Trip

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • 2022 Stewardship Drive Update
  • 7 Reasons We Believe the Church Can Change the World
  • Archives
  • Celebrating our Graduates
  • First Communion 2024 Youth Gathering
  • It’s a Boy! & Diaper Drive
  • Lenten Meals Continue
  • Nebraska Synod Sister Congregations
  • Refugee Resettlement Update
  • Service Project for KMLC Youth
  • Spring Spruce-Up
  • Vacation Bible School

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • Baptism Seminar
  • Book Group
  • Congregational Meeting
  • February Fun
  • February Service Project for Youth
  • Lakota Lutheran Center & Chapel
  • Lent
  • Men’s Lunch
  • New Members Received
  • Refugee Resettlement Task Force Update
  • Summer Youth Gathering Update
  • Worship Assistants Needed

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • Baptism Seminar
  • Book Group
  • Congregational Meeting
  • February Fun
  • February Service Project for Youth
  • Lakota Lutheran Center & Chapel
  • Lent
  • Men’s Lunch
  • New Members Received
  • Refugee Resettlement Task Force Update
  • Summer Youth Gathering Update
  • Worship Assistants Needed

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • 2022 Stewardship Campaign
  • Adult Forum
  • Archives – Senior and Associate Pastors
  • Congregational Meeting
  • Epiphany Home Blessing
  • Epiphany Tree – Refugee Resettlement
  • Give Back Food Shelf Challenge
  • Men’s Lunch
  • New Member Class
  • Welcome Transition Senior Pastor Rev. Stephen Griffith