The annual meeting of Abiding Savior Lutheran Church reviewed the previous year's finances and looked ahead to 2015. The financial statements showed income exceeded expenses in 2014 due to reduced costs, rental income, and consistent rent payments. While discussing the line-of-credit loan, it was determined to let endowment funds continue growing rather than paying off the loan. The congregation agreed to increase monthly donations to the Synod and their mission work. Other items discussed included passing the 2015 budget, electing new council members, and various operational matters. The meeting ended positively as members shared meaningful experiences from the past year at Abiding Savior.

1. Abiding Savior held its annual
meeting on Sunday, January
25, reviewing the previous year’s
financial statements and activities
and looking ahead to 2015.
John Hempler, Business
Manager, reviewed the financial
statements with the congregation,
reporting that income exceeded
expenses at the end of 2014 by
$4,800. This was due to reducing the
church’s overall expenses, receiving
rent from Christ Temple Apostolic
Church, and receiving consistent
rental payments from a new
parsonage tenant. A question was
raised regarding the current line-of-
credit loan and the congregation’s
ability to pay it off using monies
in the Endowment Fund. It was
explained that the Endowment Fund
was earning more in interest than
the church was paying towards the
line-of-credit loan; in that situation, it
is better to let the Endowment Fund
continue to grow and only make the
required minimum payment toward
the line-of-credit loan.
There was consensus that
more money should now be given
to the Synod and their mission work.
After discussion, it was agreed that
$4,000 should be given now with a
Upcoming Events
March/April 2015
Congregation Looks Back,
Ahead at Annual MeetingPassion Sunday
Sunday, March 29
8:00 & 10:30 a.m. worship
Maundy Thursday
Thursday, April 2
Noon & 6:30 p.m. worship
Good Friday
Friday, April 3
Noon & 6:30 p.m. worship
Easter Vigil
Saturday, April 4
6:30 p.m. worship
Easter Celebration
Sunday, April 5
8:00 & 10:30 a.m. worship
Easter Breakfast: 9:00-10:30 a.m.
NO Evening Worship
Monday, April 6
In this issue...
Pastor Mike’s Note
Message from Pastora Blanca
Community Breakfast Progress
Soup Meal Photos
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Abiding Tidings
The
regular contribution given monthly.
The congregation hopes to give six
percent of offerings received to the
Synod.
Other items mentioned
include:
The 2015 budget was
unanimously passed based on actual
monthly expenses for 2014.
Marie Hoppe, Deb Jacobs
and Jonas Edstrom will join Dave
• Food pantry monies should be
designated to St. Catherine’s in-
stead of Florist Avenue Lutheran.
• The Living in the Light account
should be deleted from future
budgets.
• The Mt. Meru Coffee account is
not balancing; this will be re-
searched.
• Salaries were increased for the
music/communications director
and business manager; the pas-
tor was granted an extra week of
vacation.
• The bulk mailing account should
be deleted.

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Abiding Savior Lutheran Church,
5214 West Luebbe Lane,
Milwaukee, WI 53223.
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Community Breakfast
Planning Moves ForwardKasik and Heather Willette on church
council. Greg Eggold’s term is finished;
the congregation thanked Greg for his
time, dedication and leadership during
his tenure as president.
The congregation moved on
to discuss new business. Items includ-
ed:
The meeting ended on a
positive note with members sharing
meaningful experiences that occurred
at Abiding Savior over the past year.
Highlights for members included the
Advent Vespers service and tree trim-
ming party, participating in the Gather-
ing, the commitment to continuing
to do what the church does despite
challenges, congregation support dur-
ing the death of a loved one and the
ability to make music with the Rejoice
Singers.
Thank you to everyone who
attended the meeting! It was wonder-
ful to look back on a terrific year and
exciting to look ahead to future pos-
sibilities!
meeting. Whenever the zoning
change is approved, the application
for a new occupancy permit will be
resubmitted.
Bill Smithyman met with the
church’s insurance agent to deter-
mine if the church’s coverage was
adequate or if additional coverage
would need to be purchased. At this
time, it appears the church’s general
liability policy would cover the break-
fast; however, risk and safety factors
will need to be taken into account.
Online resources were provided that
offer checklists, tutorials and tips
related to insurance matters.
Connie McLaughlin visited St.
Peter’s in West Allis and St. Cath-
erine’s in Brown Deer to observe the
operation of these meal sites and to
gather ideas for recipes and food op-
tions. Connie will research recipes for
Abiding Savior’s program.
Jonas Edstrom will begin the
process of procuring the food and
money needed for meals and inci-
dentals. Heather Willette is checking
with Feeding America to see what
the organization would be willing to
donate to the breakfast.
The Boy Scouts, BENO and
other local churches will be asked to
provide volunteers to cook and serve
once a month. At least one Abiding
Savior member will be at church to
• Researching new ways to deliver
offering envelopes to help reduce
cost and work. Members were
encouraged to give electronically
through Simply Giving.
• A request was made to make the
lighting in the sanctuary brighter.
The light bulbs are being gradually
replaced by LEDs, which are bright-
er and draw less power but are
more expensive. Members were
encouraged to donate towards
bulb replacement.
• Marie Hoppe reminded the con-
gregation that she is finished as
Sunday School superintendent at
the end of May. No one has of-
fered to take the position. Marie
suggested two people or a team
could take on the responsibility.
Anyone interested in the position
should let the Church Office know
by August 1.
Back in January, efforts began to
establish a community breakfast
mission at Abiding Savior. Since
that initial meeting, a great deal of
progress has been made toward
making this mission a reality.
Two local government
agencies were contacted to find out
the necessary requirements to get a
community meal off the ground.
John Morris, Gloria Morris,
Jack Newman and Pastor Mike
Anderson met with Julie Holtz from
the Milwaukee Health Department.
After inspection, the kitchen was
given the green light to use for the
breakfast. However, a grease trap
may need to be installed and old
roaster ovens cannot be used for
tomato or acidic based foods. Food
can be brought from home as long
as it is cooked the same day it will
be served. The Health Department
will provide informational pamphlets,
training and food thermometers for
volunteers. The church’s alderman
will also be notified of the proposed
community breakfast, which will
prompt necessary inspections of the
church’s plumbing, electrical and
building systems. A permit from the
Health Department will need to be
acquired in order to operate the
breakfast; the cost of this permit is
$35.00.
City Hall was contacted
to secure an updated occupancy
permit to reflect the addition of
the community breakfast. The
request was denied due to zoning
restrictions; John and Gloria Morris
submitted an application for a zoning
change. They will also be attending
the zoning meeting on April 16 at
City Hall to hopefully receive the
desired change. The cost of the
zoning change is $950.00 and is
based on the size of the church’s lot.
There are no guarantees the zoning
change will be approved at the April

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Donors Needed for Easter Garden
Once again, three large floral
arrangements will be used to
decorate the altar area for Easter. In
addition, donations will be given to
Granville Interfaith (local mission to
older adults in the area) and ELCA
World Hunger (global mission).
As in the past, all honorariums
and memorials will be listed in the
Easter Sunday bulletin. You decide
the option(s) and how much you
wish to contribute (any amount is
fine) as you honor/remember your
loved ones. Please sign up in the
Welcome Area. Payment is due by
March 29 with checks made out to
Abiding Savior. Please use a gold
pew envelope and mark it “Flowers”
A Note from Pastor Mike
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and from our
Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ. Amen.
Irealize that you’ll likely read this note in March (the entirety of which occurs during
the season of Lent) rather than April (the majority of which occurs during the season
of Easter), but since our Tidings spans those months and seasons, I’ll try and touch on
themes for both.
Lent is a hard season in our church (not just Abiding Savior, but, The Church in
general). It’s a hard season, because what it has to say to us isn’t particularly sexy. In fact
it’s not at all. We talk about things like sin, repentance, discipline, and death.
Lent is gloriously countercultural. And because it’s not sexy, because it is hard and
it causes us to stop hiding from hard things, it might just be the most important season
for us to observe in our 21st century context. Lent identifies something that is critical in
human life but which we prefer to downplay or even ignore if it suits us: growth does not
come without struggle. To put it in biblical language, there’s no way to avoid The Cross. There’s no way to resur-
rection (new life) without going through experiences that cause us to experience manifestations of death.
Physiological, mental, emotional, and spiritual growth are ALWAYS the result of a process of learning to
cope with discomfort (and yes, even pain). Physical strength and endurance does not improve without subjecting
our muscles and nervous system to incremental amounts of stress. Mental fortitude does not improve without ex-
periences that develop resiliency. Spiritual growth (knowledge of the incarnational
reality of God and the interconnectedness of all creation) does not occur without
experiences that challenge long held and beloved beliefs and assumptions.
If you think of the experiences in your life which resulted in your
deepest and most prolonged experiences of growth, I’m willing to bet that in the
moment, they were not particularly enjoyable.
This year, I’d like to simply suggest that those experiences, while difficult,
are a form of Good News. They remind us that we are alive and that if we are
alive, we can improve our capacity for life. An endless progression of experiences that elevate and ascend and
keep us reaching higher and higher and higher might not be Good News at all. It could be our addiction to anes-
thetising ourselves to the cost of discipleship (as well as living an authentic life): uncomfortable, stressed (physical,
mental, emotional and spiritual) systems, and ultimately death. Good News is only Good when it allows us to rest
and recover and grow stronger from those experiences that stressed us to our limit.
My hope and prayer for you this Lent and Easter seasons is simply this: that in your participation in creation
as a child of God you would seek to make observing Lent and Easter a cyclical experience, not only tied to the
church calendar but to the whole of your life. Acknowledge stress and discomfort when they come knocking and
know that on the other side of those experiences (even when they really do bring to bear our worst fears) Christ
has been with us all the while, ensuring that we have been made new, that we truly are witnesses to resurrection.
Peace and Blessings,
Pastor Mike
“ “There’s no way to
resurrection without going
through experiences that
cause us to experience
manifestations of death.
or “Granville Interfaith” or “ELCA
World Hunger.” Include your name
and envelope number. Thank you for
helping the “flowers” grow locally
and in other parts of the world!
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Pastora Blanca’s Message
Dear Brothers and Sisters of Abiding Savior Lutheran Church,
The Cooperative Association of Consumers, Commercialization, Savings and Economic
Credit in Solidarity, CODESOL de RL, was founded in 2013 in the facilities of the National Institute
of Cooperative Development, INSAFOCOOP, which is the highest rector organization of the coun-
try’s system of cooperatives. Its founders were 25 associates, among them men and women from
diverse sectors of society, linked to NGOs and churches; as pastors, faithful and persons interested
in creating an example of economic solidarity and Christian inspiration that contributes to the
improvement of the conditions of life of its associates and Salvadoran families.
CODESOL de RL came about as a result of a process of reflection based in the national reality and
the light of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. It serves as an alternative against poverty, exclusion, and the social and
economic marginalization that affect multitudes of Salvadorans. Unemployment and increasing layoffs in the workforce
along with the informal economy continually expanding causes the people in their desperation to look for other ways to
survive. This is a broad project in which all who are able to comply with the minimum requirements established by the co-
operative may participate. Its main headquarters is found in San Salvador, but it may establish subsidiaries in any location
within the republic.
In the economic solidarity concept conceived as CODESOL, easy access is considered where all member associates
can perform commercial activities, such as product acquisition, in order to meet basic needs. The reason for this is that
consumption was considered the prime beneficial function of its associates. As a cooperative, it attempts to be accessible
where the consumers and producers are found. It was considered necessary to bring product as close to the consumer as
possible and to the communities where they live while providing a simple and practical method, using adequate means of
transportation and merchandise management and locating shops according to
the capabilities of associates.
CODESOL was created to function for an indefinite period of time,
where men and women work toward a process of organization and educa-
tion that makes human development possible. CODESOL becomes a sign of
hope for those who have always been excluded from the neoliberal feast,
where the riches of the country are apportioned and shared among only a few
while produced at the cost of the sweat and effort of those excluded. With
this cooperative, conditions will be attempted to be generated that allow all
to participate in a way that promises a good life, as a sign of the Kingdom of
God, making it a reality for each and every Salvadoran.
It is designed to be a project of solidarity with a multiplicative effect,
i.e. that the 25 founding associates become promoters of the cooperative and
are able to motivate others to join and thus increase the amount that others
invest in this alternative system of economic solidarity. In this project, everyone has equal opportunities to participate. The
doctrine of the universal priesthood of all believers lights our way in the sense that we all have the same rights to partici-
pate under equal conditions, as well as both the same duties and responsibilities to others.
God taught the people of Israel in the desert that they must not horde manna because He provides what is
necessary, but if that was to be prevented, that was the reason that on the sixth day they had to take a double portion
compared to what was taken in prior days, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each
day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions.” Exodus
16:4.
Currently the life of CODESOL is identified in two phases: First phase: everything related to the legal procedures of
the foundation and its legal status, creation of statutes, internal organization, and registry with the Finance Ministry. Sec-
ond phase: establishment of the store with products that make up the extended “basic basket” for associates, promotion
and registration of new associates to achieve growth of the cooperative, and presence in distinct locations in the country.
At the moment, CODESOL de RL has 91 associates located in different departments in the country, especially in
San Salvador and San Miguel. As pastor of the church in Jayaque and associate member of CODESOL, my task is aimed at
creating conditions to establish a cooperative store in Jayaque to benefit our Jayaqueños brothers and sisters.
In order to have the material resources necessary, as the Lutheran Church, conditions are in place to expand to
nearly the entire country, through the participation of individual parish committees located in 12 of the 14 departments
of Salvadoran territory. This would provide a positive and relevant boost to CODESOL. We ask God to give us the strength
and direction necessary to manage this important economic and social project to the benefit of His children. Amen.
Shelves stocked with supplies at
a CODESOL location.

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Social Ministry Notes
Agape
Most of the Shepherd Pie
Casseroles needed on
Tuesday, March 3 will be taken from
the freezer supply made previously
by the Assembly Team in November;
however, a few members still enjoy
working from home. A signup
sheet is posted if you are interested
in making a casserole at home.
We have volunteers to deliver the
casseroles to the Agape Center on
March 3.
Cupcakes will be required on
Tuesday, April 7. Again, a
signup sheet will be found in the
Welcome Area. As in the past, these
may be prepared and frozen ahead
of time...please mark that they are in
the freezer.
We will also require volunteers
to help serve on Tuesday,
March 17 and April 21, the
third Tuesdays of these months.
Volunteers should be at the Agape
Center by 5:30 p.m. and serving
will conclude at approximately 6:30
p.m. For questions, please see Tom
Krueger.
Souper Bowl February Event
Thanks to all who donated soup
in February for our annual
event. All donations were given to St.
Catherine’s food pantry.
Our next Social Ministry meeting
will be held on Tuesday, March 31
at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome to join
us! Current members include: Gus
and Rita Barlow, Joan Cullity, Mary
Idhe, Tom Krueger, Inge Liebl, Vicky
Merwin, Marianne Newman, Sally
Newman and Pastor Mike Anderson.
Breakfast
Planning
WELCA Bake
Sale Update
Florist Avenue News
Pastor Creitz is currently involved in helping
Florist Avenue Lutheran forge a partnership
with All Peoples Lutheran Church. She will provide
an update on the progress of these discussions in
the May-June issue of the Tidings.
Florist Avenue, in conjunction with All
Peoples, started a new worship experience on
February 8 called SEEDS. This worship service is
being held on Sunday nights at 5:30 and includes an open mic beginning at
5:00. The organizers have arranged for local Milwaukee musicians to help
lead the service. SEEDS is being held at Florist Avenue and hopes to revitalize
worship for their congregation as well as the surrounding community.
Hearts + Hands =
Soup for the Hungry Event
How can we ever begin to thank
all our wonderful volunteers
for their time, talent and donations?
Our soup event on Saturday,
February 7 was a major success.
Twenty-one ceramic bowls made
by Brown Deer Elementary School
students were sold at $5.00 each.
We had a total of 65 guests plus
volunteers, including Boy Scouts
and their leaders who waited tables
and pitched in wherever needed.
Bowls of soup (chicken noodle, beef
barley vegetable and chili) were
served and proceeds (plus donations)
equaled $506.00. This amount will
be distributed to local food pantries
and Pan de Vida Lutheran Church.
All donated food items will be given
to St. Catherine’s. A beautiful quilt
made by our very own “Comforters”
was generously donated towards a
raffle; Dean Merwin had the prize-
winning ticket.
So if you volunteered to set up,
prepared food, served, baked a cake,
greeted guests, cleaned up or helped
in another way, thank you for your
help! If you attended the event and
enjoyed the soup and fellowship, we
thank you for your generous support!
We couldn’t have offered this event
without the support of volunteers
and the guests who attended!
The Women of Abiding Savior
held their annual Valentine’s
Day bake sale on Feburary 15. The
proceeds from the sale totaled
$354.75! Thank you to everyone
who contributed bake goods
to the sale and to those who
purchased them!
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watch over the process each week.
Scott Villmow will help prep and
cook each Saturday. He is also look-
ing for a convection oven that could
help the cooking process.
The community breakfast will
be advertised through local churches,
senior centers, Granville Interfaith
and the NOW section of the Journal/
Sentinel. Abiding Savior members are
asked to help contact these organiza-
tions.
The next planning meet-
ing will be held on Sunday, April 12
at 9:15 a.m. Come attend and get
involved in an exciting new ministry
that will benefit so many people in
your community!

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Food Pantry
Donations Needed
Easter Breakfast
Update LSS Sunday:
March 8
Memorials and
Honorariums
Abiding Savior has received
and gratefully acknowledges
the following gifts:
Kathy Paulson
M. A. Lore
Norman Aas
Gladys Larson
In memory of Ruth Dumke
In memory of Gerald Larson
In memory and honor of
Ruth Aas for the Sunday School
Several congregation members,
including Bill and Marilyn
Smithyman, John and Gloria Morris,
Deb Jacobs, Marlene Kapustanczek,
Sharon Kasik and Pastor Mike
Anderson met on Sunday, February 8
to discuss ideas for this year’s Easter
Breakfast. Many options were given
and discussed.
The consensus was to do a
light continental breakfast that would
be served in the Welcome Area from
9:00-10:30 a.m. Tables and chairs
will be set up so people can relax
and enjoy the fellowship. There will
be juice, coffee and bakery items
to share. A sign up sheet will be
provided for congregation members
to provide food. The breakfast will be
free.
An evaluation sheet will be
given to congregation members
to provide feedback about the
breakfast.
So on Easter Sunday, plan
to stay after early service or come
early for late service and enjoy a tasty
breakfast with your church family!
For over 100,000 people in
Wisconsin and Upper Michigan,
Lutheran Social Services (LSS) has
made a significant impact on their
lives. On Sunday, March 8 during
worship, Abiding Savior will focus on
the importance of this organization
to people within our community.
Lutheran Social Services
began in 1882 when Pastor E.J.
Homme opened a home for
orphaned children in Wittenberg,
WI. Today, LSS offers 262 programs
at 196 sites in 115 communities.
Services range from foster care to
child care to counseling to refugee
resettlement.
LSS’s 1,100 employees and
1,800 volunteers are committed to
values of diversity, interdependence,
excellence and innovation. Their goal
is to change the world—one grace-
filled life at a time.
For more information about
the services LSS provides, visit www.
lsswis.org or contact the Milwaukee
office at (800) 488-5181.
Hunger knows no season, and because of that, St. Catherine’s food
pantry is always looking for donations. Any non-perishable food items
will be accepted, but if you’re looking for suggestions, the following is a list
of items that will be needed at certain times of the year:
January: cereals, hot and cold
February: soup, canned or dry, rice, dried beans
March: canned vegetables and fruit
April: complete boxed meals, macaroni and cheese
May: canned protein, tuna, corned beef, chicken
June: peanut butter and jelly, condiments
July: pancake mix, syrup, honey
August: cereal, peanut butter and jelly, juice packs
September: pasta in any form, pasta sauces, boxed
macaroni and cheese
October: canned protein, spices
November and December: items for holiday baskets,
including any item for a holiday meal
ATTENTION:
Worship Assistants
To make the Welcome Area more
conducive for hospitality and
welcoming visitors, the location of
worship-related materials has been
moved. This change will mainly affect
Greeters and Ushers.
If you serve as a Greeter
or Usher, your name tag will now
be found in the outer office in the
cabinet labeled “Worship Assistants.”
Please return your name tag to the
cabinet after the service.
In addition, extra communion
cards and offering envelopes will
be found in the Worship Assistant
cabinet. Ushers, please check the
pews after every service and replen-
ish these supplies, as needed.
As always, if you switch your
day with someone else, please let the
Church Office know the week before
you are scheduled to serve. Thank
you!
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Soup Helps Those in Need
On Saturday, Feburary 7, the Social Ministry committee hosted its first ever “Hearts + Hands = Soup for the Hungry,”
a benefit for the hungry locally and abroad. Soup meals were $5.00 each and non-perishable food items were collect-
ed. The financial proceeds went to area food pantries and El Salvador Mission Works; the non-perishable food items
were given to St. Catherine’s food pantry. Ceramic bowls made by Brown Deer Elementary School students were sold.
Overall, $506.00 was raised! Congratulations to Dean Merwin who won the night’s raffle! He won a quilt created by
Abiding Savior’s quilting group, the Comforters. Special thanks to the Boy Scouts and their leaders for doing a
wonderful job serving and assisting during the event!

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As swimmers dare
to lie face to the sky
and water bears them,
as hawks rest upon air
and air sustains them,
so would I learn to attain
freefall, and float
into Creator Spirit’s deep
embrace,
knowing no effort earns
that all-surrounding grace.
~ Denise Levertov
Help create a festive and joyful sound
by playing with the handbell choir! High
school youth and adults are welcome to
join; no previous musical experience is
required. The choir rehearses weekly Sep-
tember through December and February
through May, playing in church once or
twice a month. For more information,
contact Susan Eggold at (414) 315-1127
or at susan@eggold.com.
Abiding Savior offers two prayer chains:
one by telephone and one by e-mail.
Members include special requests from
fellow Abiding Savior members in their
own daily prayers. For the telephone
chain, contact Joyce Clausing at (414)
354-5207 or Mary Jeanne Krueger at
(414) 354-6489. For the e-mail chain,
contact Chris Weichart at (414) 355-
0062 or at cweichart@wi.rr.com.
Physical exercise can do wonders for the
soul! And you can often help support a
good cause! Abiding Savior’s Soul Train
is a group who walks or runs in many
of the organized races in the Milwaukee
area. The runs are typically 5K or 10K
routes while walks are usually no longer
than a 5K. A schedule of available races
is posted in the Welcome Area, and you
are able to participate in as many as you
choose. For more information, contact
Jack Newman at (414) 841-8933.
Homebound Ministry makes once-a-
month calls on those in our congregation
who are no longer able to attend serv-
cies. As part of the visits, Holy Commu-
nion is given. Training is provided, and
the group meets once a quarter at 1:15
p.m. If you are interesting in participat-
ing or have questions, please see Pastor
Mike or call Joan Cullity at (414) 354-
8292 or e-mail at JoniC@wi.rr.com.
The Quilters meet every Wednesday
morning at 9:00 to create quilts to send
to Lutheran World Relief every year. In
addition, the group has people who cut,
tie and sew at home. Their goal for next
October is 600 quilts! If you have a gift
for sewing and quilting and want to help
meet next year’s goal, contact Jeanette
Lammi at (414) 354-9662. Donations of
fabric and other materials for making the
quilts are welcome, too!
Individuals who like to work in a group
setting to help organize and plan activi-
ties to reach out to the greater Milwau-
kee community and our sister parishes,
Florist Avenue Lutheran and Pan de
Vida in Jayaque, El Salvador, are encour-
aged to participate! Your hearts and
hands will offer much needed support
to others. The group normally meets on
Wednesdays, every other month, at 6:30
p.m. If you are interested in joining or at-
tending a meeting to see what the group
is about, please call Joan Cullity at (414)
354-8292 or e-mail at JoniC@wi.rr.com.
All women are invited to participate in
WELCA through small groups, called
circles, that meet once a month and in
larger gatherings held throughout the
year. WELCA also spearheads various
drives like the fall school kit and the
winter wear collections. For more infor-
mation or to get involved, contact Mary
Jeanne Krueger at (414) 354-6489 or
Connie McLaughlin at (414) 354-1944.
Abiding Savior’s services offer many roles
that help provide wonderful worship
experiences for those who attend. Your
help is always needed to read, assist with
communion, greet members and visitors,
usher or set and clean up the altar. To
get involved, call the Church Office or
e-mail at office@abiding-savior.com.
There are many opportunities to share your gifts with fellow members and the larger community. So take a
chance and try something new! You’ll deepen your faith and your relationship with others. If you would like
your group listed in future editions, please contact the Church Office.
If you enjoy singing, consider joining
Abiding Savior’s vocal choir! The group
meets on Sundays after late service six
weeks prior to Christmas and six weeks
prior to Holy Week and Easter. The
group sings a wide variety of repetoire
from beautiful classical pieces to uplift-
ing spirituals. No music reading required
and shower singers to opera divas are
welcome! Contact Kelly Grant Moore at
(414) 708-8500 or at kgmoore@wi.rr.
com for more information or to join.
The Rejoice Singers help lead worship at
the 10:30 service and are always looking
for new members! If you enjoy singing
or playing an instrument and love provid-
ing meaningful worship, consider joining!
Rehearsals are held at 9:30 on Sunday
mornings. For more information, contact
Kelly Grant Moore at (414) 708-8500 or
at kgmoore@wi.rr.com.
Volunteer Opportunities: Get Involved!
Handbell Choir
Prayer Chain
The Quilters
Women of the ELCA (WELCA)
Social Ministry
Soul Train
Homebound Ministry
Worship Assistants
Vocal ChoirRejoice Singers Ensemble
As Swimmers
Dare

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Church Directory
Abiding Savior Staff
Worship Schedule
Church Council Main Contact Information
Pastor
Rev. Michael Anderson
Mobile: (414) 379-3639
manderson@abiding-savior.com
David Kasik
(414) 357-8319
Heather Willette
(414) 747-9563
Deb Jacobs
(414) 906-1752
Jonas Edstrom
(414) 243-7868
Marie Hoppe
(414) 699-7853
Bill Smithyman
Financial Secretary
(414) 331-4307
Mission Statement
Experiencing God in our neighbor,
we serve with our hearts and hands
Mailing Address
5214 W. Luebbe Lane
Milwaukee, WI 53223
Phone
(414) 354-4514
Website
abiding-savior.com
Sister Congregation
Pan de Vida Lutheran Church
Jayaque, El Salvador
Pastora Blanca Irma Rodriguez
Mission Congregation
Florist Avenue Lutheran Church
Milwaukee, WI
Pastor Carol Creitz
Director of
Music and Communications
Kelly Grant Moore
kmoore@abiding-savior.com
Business Manager
John Hempler
treasurer@abiding-savior.com
Office Assistant
Monica Scheftgen
office@abiding-savior.com
Sundays: 8:00 & 10:30 a.m.
Education Hour: 9:15 a.m.
Mondays: 6:30 p.m.
Abiding Savior is a member of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,
Greater Milwaukee Synod