[m-m-online] M-M ONLINE UPDATE, August 25, 2006

[Minister to Minister online]

OUR CHRISTIAN LOVE AND SYMPATHY TO . . .

DEL KING (Faith, Laredo)and his family on the death of his wife, Carolyn, on
August 19 in St. Louis.  The funeral was August 23 in Affton, MO.

THOMAS AND CYNTHIA HOYT (Holy Cross, Warda) - on the death of Tom's father,
Clyde Hoyt, August 21 in Alexandria, LA.  The funeral was also Wednesday in
Alexandria, LA.

SYLVIA KOKEL (Early Childhood Director St. Paul, Austin) and her family  as
they mourn the death of Sylvia's mother who died while out of state to
attend her grandson's wedding.  To compound the tragedy, the grandson's
bride was killed in a car accident on her way to the funeral.   Keep Sylvia
and her family in your  prayers.

The family of FORMER INDIANA DISTRICT PRESIDENT E.H. ZIMMERMANN who died on
August 19  in Fort Wayne, IN, at the age of 86, from liver cancer.  He
served as District President from 1970-1988.  For 16 years following his
retirement he served as Editor of the Indiana District's monthly insert to
The Lutheran Witness.  The funeral was August 23 at St. Paul Lutheran Church
in Fort Wayne.


IN OUR PRAYERS . . . 

BRIAN and JAYNE CUMMINS (Beautiful Savior, Arlington) and their family after
they lost a good part of their home to a house fire on Wednesday (August
16).  We give thanks to God, no one was injured.  The insurance company has
told them they will probably be out of their home for about four months.
They will go into temporary living quarters.  Brian says that we keep them
in our prayers.

ANNA WACHHOLZ wife of retired Pastor Edward  Wachholz (Emeritus, Austin), 
underwent double bypass surgery on August 9th.  She is recuperating at the
Park Bend Nursing Home in Austin.  

RICK AND YVONNE HARTMANN (Emeritus, San Antonio) - Rick was diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer.   Please keep the Hartmanns and their family in your
prayers.

KATHLEEN AND BILL SCHWERTLICH (Candidate, Katy) - Kathleen was released from
the hospital on Monday (August 21) following her hip replacement surgery. 
Bill reports that Kathleen seems to be making steady improvement.   Continue
to keep both Kathleen and Bill in your prayers.

SHIRLEY AND HENRY BIAR (Henry, Emeritus, San Antonio) - Shirley fell down 13
steps at a nurse's seminar on Thursday resulting in three broken ribs, a cut
on her had that required staples to keep it closed, and a severely bruised
left foot and ankle.  Henry says that she is badly bruised but at home under
his care.  Remember Shirley and Henry in your prayers.

MINISTRY CALLS

PASTORS

ACCEPTED

Paul Hartfield, Emeritus, Serbin to Christ (Loebau), Giddings (part-time)

COMMISSIONED MINISTERS

ACCEPTED

Landon Becker, Grace, DeWitt, IA to DCE, Bethany, Austin

Roy Heflin, Candidate, to DCE, St. Mark, Hollywood, Florida

Rhonda Mohr, Zion, Denison, IA to DCE, St. John, Cypress

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RETREAT FOR PRAYER AND SPIRITUALITY

The next all professional church worker and spouse retreat on prayer and
spiritual formation will be this Oct. 2-4 at Canyon of the Eagles Lodge and
Nature Park outside of Burnet, TX.  This retreat is for those who have never
attended this or a similar retreat ("101") in the past as well as those who
have attended and would like to move further along in this process
("alumni").

Pastor Walt Waiser will facilitate the 101 and Pastors Randy Haedge and
Steve Stutz will facilitate the alumni.  All facilitators are LCMS pastors
who are well trained with years of experience in leading these retreats.

Both tracts of the retreat will be held at the same place at the same time
sharing the same schedule for meals.  This means if one spouse has been to a
retreat and would like to return for further depth and the other spouse has
not, both could come and participate in separate retreats while sharing
meals.

Both tracts are designed and organized to provide time, space and
intentional opportunity for one's personal growth and spiritual formation
based on God's Word.  Dress is casual and the accommodations are excellent. 
This event is subsidized by the District and Thrivent.

The registration form is on the Texas District web site (txdistlcms.org),
and listed on the menu in the center.


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RETIREMENT PLANNING WORKSHOP

Concordia Plan Services of the LCMS is conducting a two day Retirement
Planning workshop September 16-17 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Houston to
help Professional Church Workers and their spouses understand the process of
planning for retirement.   The workshop will includes sessions on budgeting
and finance, retirement income, envisioning your retirement lifestyle,
health concerns, where to live, and what to do with you time in retirement.

Both professional church workers and their spouses are encouraged to come. 
Registration is $20.00 per person (which basically covers the cost of three
meals) plus $20.00 for each registrant to take the online Retirement Success
Profile from CPS. 

The workshop begins at 9:00 a.m. on Sept 16 of which there is an evening
session.  Both lunch and dinner are provided that day.  The workshop
continues after breakfast on the 17th and after the provided lunch ends at
3:00 p.m.  A list of local hotels will be provided those who will be
attending.  Room reservations and payment are separate from workshop
registration.

If you have any questions, contact John Hirsch at 800-951-3478, cell:
512-769-6736 or e-mail: jhirsch at txidstlcms.org. 





Claudetta Theiss
Office of President Jim Linderman
7900 E. Highway 290
Austin, TX 78724
1/800/951-3478
1/512/926-4272 
1/512/926-1006(Fax)