Comforter Ministry - News, Notes and Newsletters
APRIL - 2018
Christ's resurrection is his glorious victory over Satan and all our foes. It declares to us that the Father has accepted his sacrifice for sin, and now there is forgiveness of sins for the whole world. Because of this forgiveness, we know that we too will arise on the Last Day and have eternal life. Because he lives, we also will live.
This resurrection life, born in Baptism and nourished through the Word and the Holy Supper, will climax in the resurrection of the body. To all of us who have been united with him by faith in Baptism, the Redeemer says that he has conquered death for us and there is nothing more glorious. For the believer's body, the grave has become a restful sleeping place, while the soul is with Jesus in glory, awaiting the Last Day. Then he, with his very body, will break forth from the grave glorified as Job of old confessed: "I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God...I, and not another" (19:25-27). Every Christian's casket is closed not only in sorrow but in confident hope that it will break forth in victory. The grave has lost its sting, and death has been swallowed up in victory. The conqueror comes forth from death's three-day prison house. Praise him, the victor divine, conqueror of the universe, Lord of lords, and King of kings.
Prayer: O Jesus, victor divine, in joyful thanksgiving we celebrate the feast of the resurrection, the victory of life over death, the victory of heaven over hell. Cause us always to treasure all the benefits of Easter given us in Holy Baptism, and strengthen us through your means of grace to live resurrection lives, free from Satan's tyranny, to the glory of your triumphant name. Amen.
(God's Gift to You by Gaylin R. Schmeling)
This Joyful Eastertide (CW #160, verse 1)
This joyful Eastertide Away with sin and sorrow!
My love, the Crucified, Has sprung to life this morrow.
Had Christ, who once was slain, Not burst his three-day prison,
Our faith had been in vain: But now is Christ arisen, arisen, arisen;
But now is Christ arisen. Amen
HE IS RISEN; HE IS RISEN INDEED!
GOD'S SAFEKEEPING BIBLE VERSE -
"When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross (Colossians 2:13-14)."
A COMFORTER MINISTRY WOMAN WITH A PRAYING HEART -
If you read my Comforter Ministry Newsletter - Winter 2017-18 issue you will remember I have a special focus for 2018, one that has been on my heart for some time. If you are a woman with a praying heart you may wish to participate. I am asking you to set aside a few minutes each day or some regular time of your choosing in order to pray for Comforter Ministry Recipients, CM women who have been diagnosed with cancer.
The CM Prayer List and Prayer are found right here on this page. Simply continue scrolling down and you will find a list of names for 2017 and 2018. There are many more names but I have chosen to share specific names from the past year and current year. You are encouraged to pray not only for the specific names listed here but also in a more general reference as simply "CM Recipients" and "all those who have been diagnosed with cancer."
Please prayerfully consider being a Comforter Ministry Woman with a Praying Heart.
**COMFORTER MINISTRY PRESENTATION OPPORTUNITIES**
I would appreciate the opportunity to share with many others the ministry/mission of Comforter Ministry, Inc. which could include a Comforter Ministry Prayer Gather/Prayer Bible Study if applicable. I would also encourage invitations to various events in order to share the Comforter Ministry Display.
These opportunities might include ministry/mission themed events within our WELS, women's retreats, women's groups, quilting workshops, college campus groups, high schools, Lutheran Pioneers (LGP), upper grades of Christian Day School and Sunday School, home schoolers, etc.
You are encouraged to contact me and we can determine if date, time and place can be arranged. My hope and prayer? To search for ways to get the word out about the Comforter Ministry and the blessing it offers women of all ages. To date, 10 years old has been the youngest CM recipient diagnosed with cancer.
WILL YOU HELP ME?
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PLEASE!!! QUILTS NEEDED - Can you help? I can always use more quilts so...
Please consider making and donating quilts for Comforter Ministry, Inc. All you need to know can be found under "How the Ministry Works" and click the appropriate choice for further criteria. You may contact me, as well, if you have questions or need a Comforter Ministry journal when your quilt is complete and before sending to me (as pointed out in the criteria). Please take note of checking the CM criteria for making and donating a quilt as some recently have been on the "too small" side and others have had no CM journal. Thank you!
If you know of someone who may wish to participate in this ministry, please pass along this information to them. THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
It is not as though I cannot purchase quilts as I have money set aside from a special gift of money for doing so should the need occur but I want to use that avenue as a last resort. I think all would agree that a beautiful part of this ministry is the opportunity it provides for others to participate and share their love, compassion, and gift(s) with those in need...just wanted you to understand my continual plea for quilts :)
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COMFORTER MINISTRY NEWSLETTER - WINTER 2017-2018
Enjoy the latest Comforter Ministry Newsletter - Summer 2017 which is now available. Click here or scroll down to the bottom area of this page, click and read/print. I encourage you to print and share with others. YOU are my PR Department :) Thank you!
PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO SPRING ISSUE OF THE COMFORTER MINISTRY NEWSLETTER
New Comforter Ministry Quilts
Thanks to the following quilters who have made and donated comforters for CM recently - Check out the Photo Gallery :)
*New Comforter Ministry Quilter/Quilt Group
Joyce N - Bonduel WI
Barb S and St. Michaels Mission Quilters - Bloomington, MN
*Mary W and Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Quilters - Tucson AZ Welcome!
Tabitha Quilters - Emanuel Lutheran - Owatonna, MN
Check out these amazing quilts in the Photo Gallery!
Christ's resurrection is his glorious victory over Satan and all our foes. It declares to us that the Father has accepted his sacrifice for sin, and now there is forgiveness of sins for the whole world. Because of this forgiveness, we know that we too will arise on the Last Day and have eternal life. Because he lives, we also will live.
This resurrection life, born in Baptism and nourished through the Word and the Holy Supper, will climax in the resurrection of the body. To all of us who have been united with him by faith in Baptism, the Redeemer says that he has conquered death for us and there is nothing more glorious. For the believer's body, the grave has become a restful sleeping place, while the soul is with Jesus in glory, awaiting the Last Day. Then he, with his very body, will break forth from the grave glorified as Job of old confessed: "I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God...I, and not another" (19:25-27). Every Christian's casket is closed not only in sorrow but in confident hope that it will break forth in victory. The grave has lost its sting, and death has been swallowed up in victory. The conqueror comes forth from death's three-day prison house. Praise him, the victor divine, conqueror of the universe, Lord of lords, and King of kings.
Prayer: O Jesus, victor divine, in joyful thanksgiving we celebrate the feast of the resurrection, the victory of life over death, the victory of heaven over hell. Cause us always to treasure all the benefits of Easter given us in Holy Baptism, and strengthen us through your means of grace to live resurrection lives, free from Satan's tyranny, to the glory of your triumphant name. Amen.
(God's Gift to You by Gaylin R. Schmeling)
This Joyful Eastertide (CW #160, verse 1)
This joyful Eastertide Away with sin and sorrow!
My love, the Crucified, Has sprung to life this morrow.
Had Christ, who once was slain, Not burst his three-day prison,
Our faith had been in vain: But now is Christ arisen, arisen, arisen;
But now is Christ arisen. Amen
HE IS RISEN; HE IS RISEN INDEED!
GOD'S SAFEKEEPING BIBLE VERSE -
"When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross (Colossians 2:13-14)."
A COMFORTER MINISTRY WOMAN WITH A PRAYING HEART -
If you read my Comforter Ministry Newsletter - Winter 2017-18 issue you will remember I have a special focus for 2018, one that has been on my heart for some time. If you are a woman with a praying heart you may wish to participate. I am asking you to set aside a few minutes each day or some regular time of your choosing in order to pray for Comforter Ministry Recipients, CM women who have been diagnosed with cancer.
The CM Prayer List and Prayer are found right here on this page. Simply continue scrolling down and you will find a list of names for 2017 and 2018. There are many more names but I have chosen to share specific names from the past year and current year. You are encouraged to pray not only for the specific names listed here but also in a more general reference as simply "CM Recipients" and "all those who have been diagnosed with cancer."
Please prayerfully consider being a Comforter Ministry Woman with a Praying Heart.
**COMFORTER MINISTRY PRESENTATION OPPORTUNITIES**
I would appreciate the opportunity to share with many others the ministry/mission of Comforter Ministry, Inc. which could include a Comforter Ministry Prayer Gather/Prayer Bible Study if applicable. I would also encourage invitations to various events in order to share the Comforter Ministry Display.
These opportunities might include ministry/mission themed events within our WELS, women's retreats, women's groups, quilting workshops, college campus groups, high schools, Lutheran Pioneers (LGP), upper grades of Christian Day School and Sunday School, home schoolers, etc.
You are encouraged to contact me and we can determine if date, time and place can be arranged. My hope and prayer? To search for ways to get the word out about the Comforter Ministry and the blessing it offers women of all ages. To date, 10 years old has been the youngest CM recipient diagnosed with cancer.
WILL YOU HELP ME?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
PLEASE!!! QUILTS NEEDED - Can you help? I can always use more quilts so...
Please consider making and donating quilts for Comforter Ministry, Inc. All you need to know can be found under "How the Ministry Works" and click the appropriate choice for further criteria. You may contact me, as well, if you have questions or need a Comforter Ministry journal when your quilt is complete and before sending to me (as pointed out in the criteria). Please take note of checking the CM criteria for making and donating a quilt as some recently have been on the "too small" side and others have had no CM journal. Thank you!
If you know of someone who may wish to participate in this ministry, please pass along this information to them. THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
It is not as though I cannot purchase quilts as I have money set aside from a special gift of money for doing so should the need occur but I want to use that avenue as a last resort. I think all would agree that a beautiful part of this ministry is the opportunity it provides for others to participate and share their love, compassion, and gift(s) with those in need...just wanted you to understand my continual plea for quilts :)
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COMFORTER MINISTRY NEWSLETTER - WINTER 2017-2018
Enjoy the latest Comforter Ministry Newsletter - Summer 2017 which is now available. Click here or scroll down to the bottom area of this page, click and read/print. I encourage you to print and share with others. YOU are my PR Department :) Thank you!
PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO SPRING ISSUE OF THE COMFORTER MINISTRY NEWSLETTER
New Comforter Ministry Quilts
Thanks to the following quilters who have made and donated comforters for CM recently - Check out the Photo Gallery :)
*New Comforter Ministry Quilter/Quilt Group
Joyce N - Bonduel WI
Barb S and St. Michaels Mission Quilters - Bloomington, MN
*Mary W and Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Quilters - Tucson AZ Welcome!
Tabitha Quilters - Emanuel Lutheran - Owatonna, MN
Check out these amazing quilts in the Photo Gallery!
Words to Share...
Hello!
Each year our Boy and Girl Pioneers picks an organization to donate money raised at a pie auction to and this year we picked Comforter Ministry.
Thank you for the work you do to support women going through cancer. Please use this money to help off-set any costs you have. Christine B and the Boy and Girl Pioneers of Peace Lutheran Church-Wautoma, WI
WOW! THANK YOU, ALL, SO MUCH! I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE!
Angels without Wings
It seems that some people were placed here on earth to bless the rest of us. We've all known them. They light up the room everywhere they go. They have infectious smiles and a way with words. They always seem to be encouraging, comforting, loving and praising and the they speak to us, we feel as if we have their complete attention. But most of all, these special people make us feel we are valued - even treasured. They are angels without wings, and on their birthdays they give as many gifts as they receive just by being who they are.
Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. Psalm 97:11 NIV
THANK YOU, JOSEPHINE P FOR THOSE LOVELY WORDS OF BEAUTY AND ENCOURAGEMENT
Words of Thanks...
Christ the Lord Lutheran School - Lutheran Girl Pioneers in Brookfield, WI
Thank you, dear children, for all the wonderful, handmade cards/envelopes, the Scripture bookmarks, the beautiful hand decorated pillow cases to store quilts, and the lovely purse-size Kleenex covers. One of each will be sent along with a Comforter Ministry quilt and journal to CM recipients in the future! Thank you, as well, to leader Kathy Z :)
Janell S, Sharon P, and Rosie S (all from my church in Tomahawk, WI) made and donated MORE lovely note cards with matching envelopes for Comforter Ministry, Inc. I use the cards for handwritten messages I include in the CM journal I send along with each quilt to CM recipients. I love these beautiful cards! THANK YOU, LADIES!
Thank you, Lynnette H - Manassas, VA for the Forever postage stamps. Lynnette regularly sends a book or two of stamps to me for CM along with her very much appreciated words of support and encouragement!-
Sharing a Need...
COMFORTER MINISTRY POSTERS AND BROCHURES
Can you help? If you would be willing to display a Comforter Ministry poster at your church, school, etc. please contact me. Comforter Ministry brochures are also available if you have a tract rack, a women's meeting, group, retreat, etc. for distributing. Thank you in advance for helping to promote CM to those around you :) THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE CONTACTED
ME AND REQUESTED THEM!
Prayer Notes
Please add to your personal prayer list the following 2017/18 Comforter Ministry recipients -
Laura - Milwaukee, WI; Sue - Jackson, WI; Lindsay - Geneva, IL; Jihan - Geneva, IL; Cheryl - Anchorage, AK; Linda - Manitowoc, WI; Beth - Marietta, GA; Annette - Tomahawk, WI; Mrs. Martinez - Oak Creek, WI; Pat - Green Bay, WI; Becky - LaCrescent, MN; Connie - Mt. Vernon, TX; Lorraine - Kewaskum, WI; Carol - Waupaca, WI; Mary - Wilmar, MN; JoAnn - Van Dyne, WI; Amy - Anchorage, AK; Donna - Appleton, WI; Jolene - Orleans, ON, Canada; Cathy - Green Bay, WI; Joan - OshKosh, WI; Janet - Algoma, WI; Bernita - Bruce Crossing, MI; Donna - Warsaw, IN; Dorothy - Mosinee, WI; Evelyn - Pinehurst, TX; Kathryn - Bloomington, MN; Gail - Menomonee, MI; Jena - Manitowoc, WI; Jarret - Cumming, GA; Tracy - Lake Stevens, WA; Christine - Gurney, IL; Kim - Rockwall, TX; Cindy - Lone Oak, TX; Marilyn - Willmar, MN; Fran - Eden Prairie, MN; Kristy - Wauwatosa, WI; Shar - Two Rivers, WI; Rachel - Janesville, WI; Amanda - Montgomery, IL; Juanita Kaye - Greer, SC; Karen - White Settlement, TX; Lois - Zumbrota, MN; Clara - Cocoa Beach, FL; Karen - Manitowoc, WI; Joy - Oklahoma City, OK; Kathy - Stevens Point, WI; Marilyn - Forestville, WI; Annette - Hales Corners, WI; Sandy - Rhinelander, WI; Judy - Menasha, WI; Debbie - South Milwaukee, WI; Krysta - Austin, TX; Ann - Oklahoma City, OK; Melissa - Magnolia, TX; Nancy - Maquoketa, IA; Heather - Manassas, VA; Diane - Jackson, WI; Pam - Shakopee, MN; Susana - Arlington, TX; Elizabeth - Eau Claire, WI; Sue - San Jose, CA; Jessica - Appleton, WI; Laura - Columbus, WI; Julia - Manitowoc, WI; Margie - Indianapolis, IN; Karen - Forest Lake, MN; Kim - Mishicot, WI; Jean - River Falls, WI; Melissa - Jordan, MN; Sandy - Lincoln, NE; Amy - Yorba Linda, CA; Marlyn - Erie, CO; Carol - Waupaca, WI; Lisa - Watertown, WI; Lori - Manawa, WI; Nancy - Shawano, WI; Melody - Appleton, WI; Audrey - Afton, MN; Dorothy - Eau Claire, WI; Carolanne - Hoyt Lake, MN; Lorraine - Oakfield, WI; Marlene - Black Creek, WI; Julie - Brownsville, WI; Traci - Heath, TX; Dixie - Tomahawk, WI; Phyllis - Jackson, WI; Gretchen - Hobart, WI; Lisa - New Ulm, MN; Gloria - Minneapolis, MN; Clarice - Brookfield, WI; Shanna - Brookfield, WI; Julia and parents Chris and Jessica - Nashotah, WI; Nancy - Chippewa Falls, WI; Sue - LaCrosse, WI; Sheila - Tomahawk, WI
Holy Comforter, Bring peace of heart and mind to these women. Their earthly tribulations are at a high point during these most difficult days. They need Your presence and peace to comfort and sustain them. Through Your Word You promise to strengthen and comfort all who believe in Jesus as their Savior. Through Your grace may they experience your holy comfort and, if it be Your will, grant them complete healing. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
REMEMBER - IF YOU KNOW OF A WOMAN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND WOULD LIKE A COMFORTER MINISTRY QUILT AND JOURNAL SENT TO THEM, PLEASE CONTACT ME.
