Faithful Servant- Julie Schafer

A retirement celebration was held this past
 Sunday, June 24, 2018
at St. Paul's Lutheran Church,
Baltimore (Catonsville) Maryland

for 

for Rev. Stephen and Julie Schafer.
In was a service framed by
"It's All about Jesus"
and completed with wonderful music offerings.

The handbell choir directed by Julie

 blessed the worship at the service.

 At lunch I was able to 

speak to her a bit about the 

beautiful banners 

that graced the sanctuary.

 They are paper banners.

Julie loves working with all 

age groups to create the banners.

Julie is a teacher at heart- 

and gifted to incorporate all 

levels of expertise 

for a learning experience.

Southeastern District President-
 John Denninger
 offers prayers and blessings
 over this ministry couple.

Pastor Steve and Julie 
were blessed to have their daughters-
Christine and Josh Wagner 
and Alicia and Joel Dreessen with 
 grandson- Grayson 
join them for the celebration.
at the FOP Lodge - Nine Mile Circle- Catonsville.

L to Right-
Congregational President-

Ken Waibel -who served at St. Paul 
as the school and early childhood center principal,
President Denninger, Pastor Steve,
   and Barb Haar-Minister of Parish Life.

As Julie and Pastor Steve transition 
into their next time of serving in the Kingdom-
may they be blessed by knowing:

Welcome to Rev. John and Teffanie Engwall

 Welcome to Rev. John and Teffanie Engwall 

to the Southeastern District!

Rev. John was installed as pastor 

at Bethlehem Lutheran Church

 in Aiken, South Carolina

 by Rev. John Denninger- SED President.

Circuit pastors gather to bless 

the new clergy couple 

for their Mission in the Kingdom in Aiken
on Sunday, June 17, 2018.

Rev. John is a new graduate from 
Concordia Seminary- Fort Wayne 
and received his first call to Bethlehem, Aiken, SC.
Surrounding the newly-installed pastor 
are brothers in the ministry.

Thanks to the congregation at Bethlehem 

for such a warm welcome for the Engwalls.

 Teffanie shares a bit more about her journey-

"Hello! I was born in Baton Rouge,

and lived in Denham Springs, Louisiana 

for my first 7 years. 

I have 2 older sisters and a younger brother. 

My family moved around a lot as I was growing up and

I have lived in Indiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.

I met John in Knoxville- where we were married. 

I have 3 nieces and 3 nephews. 

I enjoy being with friends and family and going to the movies-

especially having popcorn at the movies ! 

I grew up going to church at different denominations. 

My mother's side was Methodist 

and my father's family was Pentecostal. 

Both didn't attend- they just sent us. 

When John and I got married,

I told him we would be going to church.

So we searched different places until John 

met the chaplain of the police department where he worked. 

We started going to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church 

where I was baptized and confirmed.

We became members of Praise Lutheran Church

in Maryville, Tennessee.

I enjoy being around people and will hopefully

find a job that involves helping people.

I am so excited for our our new adventure in ministry 

with our new church families."

We give thanks for this journey of faith 

that has brought Teffanie and John

to this point in time. 

May they be blessed as they serve His people.

Visual Faith- a Counting Gifts Journal

After a MOPS Visual Faith encouragement time in May, 

a group gathered to make Counting Gift journals.

 at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Springfield, Virginia.

An evening out. 

Focused time.

All the materials right in one place?

Super!

Visual Faith Coaches- Sara Wilson and Joen Schultz 

teamed to coordinate the gathering of supplies.

 Information was sent out to the 

MOPS moms in their FB group.

Chatting and catching up with each other.

But, staying pretty focused on the task at hand.

So what is a Counting Gifts Journal?

 One Journal.

 2 pages for each month.

 One side to count one gift (or blessing) a day.

One side to gather the collected prayers for the month-

called Prayers by the Month.

Intentional and prepared prayer time.

A process to gather snippets of time for busy mommas-

for a collected PRAYER STORY.

Want more information?

Want to host your own Make and Take?

Contact Joen Schultz, Sara Wilson 

or Connie Denninger at Visual Faith Ministry.
Visual Faith Ministry