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NEW BRIDGE CHURCH WINTERSE AUGUST 2021
c o n n ec ted
learn from the Bible how to treat other people,
A message from Pastor Mike and learn the basic Christian values. I am not
The Next Generation sure why parents who are so eager for their
kids to get involved with sports, music, dance,
It was awesome to see the kids young and old 4-H, and school activities of all kinds; and yet
playing at our “Summer Fest”, water slide and they seem to have no interest in having their
foam party. It was a perfect sunny afternoon kids attending anything church or God related.
for getting wet and not too hot nor windy. To More and more I see the mandate that God
see families enjoying one another and being has given us in his Word for us as a church,
able to relax and have some meaningful con- and as parents to reach and teach the next
versations with old and new friends was a real generation. I love what the Psalmist wrote and
blessing. The burgers and dogs were great expresses my heart’s desire;
and the snow cones were a big hit. A big God, you have taught me from my
thanks goes out to the many workers who youth, And I still proclaim your wondrous
made it all happen. It was also exciting to see works. Even while I am old and gray,
all the children here at Science Camp this God, do not abandon me, while I proclaim
week to learn how we are fearfully and won- your power to another generation your
derfully made. Another month and summer strength to all who are to come.
will be history. School starts again and the Ps. 71:17-18
summer busyness is over. I am looking for-
ward to September and getting more people Please join me in praying for the next
back into Sunday morning Bible study and generation and another generation after that so
worship. I can’t emphasize enough how im- that they may learn of God’s wondrous works,
portant it is for everyone to nd a class or and his amazing power! Pray that God will
small group to get plugged into. It seems to send us teachers and leaders to teach his
me more and more parents don’t see the need Word. Pray that God’s people will develop a
for their children to get into Sunday School. I desire to come to worship him, study his Word,
strongly believe that it is so important for chil- fellowship with other believers.
dren to learn Biblical truth, values, and princi-
ples for life. Not to mention having fellowship In Christ,
that builds friendships. I remember so many Mike
stories from the Bible that I learn, as a young
child. It used to be that even non believers
wanted their children to attend Sunday
School, Vacation Bible School so they could
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Deacons meeting
This meeting is scheduled for August 8th at 3:30pm.
Pray for Students as They Head Back to School:
Classes for Winterset students will begin on Monday, August 23rd. Be in Augus
prayer for the teachers, administration, and school staff as well as the Birthdays
students. 2 Arthur Mayer
4 Louis Lehmer
Kay Smith
CLT meeting: Emily Tucker
The CLT team chose to move their monthly meetings to the 4th Thursday 5 Alta Jones
of each month. Reminder: all CLT meetings are open for church members 9 John Shaull
to attend. This month the meeting will be Aug. 26th at 6:30pm. 10 Holli Jordan
13 Velva Cole
Natalie Drevet
Ministry Celebration at the Park 16 Ronald Harling
Our next Ministry Celebration will be packed full of FUN. It is our 7th 18 Jim Smith
22 Laura Reed
annual Church Picnic at the City Park. And after a year of not having the 25 Ethan Safford
opportunity to gather for a celebration meal we are 28 Linda Smith
pleased to start up this way! So get this exciting 29 Rachel VanDerLinden
potluck on your family calendar. It is AUG. 29th
from 5-8pm at the North Shelter House. Catch up
on what has been happening at New Bridge Church August
this summer, and what the fall will be bringing. Anniversarie
4 Micheal & Laura VanDerLinden
12 Ben & Crystal Mayer
16 Richard & Marilyn Cole
Concerns to Consider at New Bridge Church 18 Morrie & Dixie Smith
From time to time we all need reminders. Please review the following: 22 Paul & Kelly Heffron
23 Roy & Wanona Dwyer
! Missing items - Many items have gone missing over the past year,
28 Tom & Shery Dorman
including kitchen items, decorations and tools. Exodus 20:15
“Thou shalt not steal” If you need to borrow something, please
sign it out and then be sure to return it promptly when you are fin-
ished with it.
! Empty rooms - When you are the last to leave a room, please
make sure the thermostat is on “run program”, turn off the lights,
and close the door.
! Messes and damages - If you are aware of a mess, or something
that got damaged, please notify the office staff, and or the custodi-
ans, ASAP! Larry and Shirley Ham, our custodial couple need to
know what has occurred, this will allow them to promptly do addi-
tional cleaning or repairs. ALSO please when you remove a light
bulb that has burned out PLACE it in the outside dumpster! The
janitors are finding burned out light bulbs placed back into the
box of new bulbs.
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August 2021
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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* Men’s Bible
Study/Breakfast @
the church 6:00 am
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* S.S. 9:00 am * Men’s Bible * W. Christian
* Worship Service Study/Breakfast school workday
10:15 am. @ the church
* Deacons 3:30 pm 6:00 am
* ONE17 5:30 pm
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* S.S. 9:00 am * Men’s Bible * The Cupboard * The Cupboard
* Worship Service Study/Breakfast 4-6:00 pm 9-10:00 am
10:15 am @ the church
* ONE17 5:30 pm 6:00 am
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* S.S. 9:00 am * Winterset * Men’s Bible * Deadline for the * CLT meeting @
* Worship Service schools & Study/ Breakfast Sept. Newsletter 6:30 pm
W.Christian
10:15 am starts @ the church
* ONE17 5:30 pm 6:00 am
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* S.S. 9:00 am * Men’s Bible
* Worship Service Study/ Breakfast
10:15 am @ the church
* Ministry Celebra- 6:00 am
tion at the Park
5-8:00 pm
* ONE17 5:30 pm
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NEW BRIDGE CHURCH WINTERSE AUGUST 2021
Church Life Team Velva Cole : There will be a wedding here on September
June 24th, 202 25th.
Meeting adjourned: Notes taken by Dianna Spark
Eldon Cole, Velva Cole Mike Carlson, Al Ner
Steve Luneburg, Larry Stout, Dianna Sparks, Jay Saffor Ministry Celebration:
Steve Keller June 27, 2021
Opened in prayer by Eldon Col Opened by Eldon Cole
Nominations from the Church Life Team for Vice
Mike Carlson: Discussion on Winterset Christian Academy Moderator: Steve Luneburg, for Assistant Treasurer:
and their enrollment for fall. Currently they have 39 students
enrolled for fall. School starts on September 7th and meet the Donna Savareid, no other nominations received from
teacher night is September 2. Preparations for school will the floor
begin on August 23rd. Mike and Dianna met with the direc- Motion passed
tor last night and worked on the building use policy for her
to sign They would like to use the Fellowship Hall to do Eldon reported that there are financial reports available
their lunch time. They will also be using the sanctuary once for anyone to pick up in the foyer
a month for chapel. Discussion on whether to ask the school
to pay the custodian for extra hours needed to clean, this will Eldon talked about the possibility of buying a large
be evaluated after school starts. Discussion of reevaluating smoker for the church. The cost would be between
how things are going in December or January. They have $1500 and $2000. The money to purchase it will not be
requested a few more fobs because 4 new teachers have taken out of the general fund. If anyone would like to
been hired donate money to help purchase it please give to Eldon
New people have been recruited to help with children's Cole or Steve Keller
church. The ministry celebration on August 29th will be
held at the city park Pastor Mike Carlson
Talked about upcoming events happening at our church
Mike will check to see which new of cers need to be Plans to have a Summer Fest outreach for kids on July
reelected at the June ministry celebration. Updates on 17 from 3-6 pm, teens will use the water slide from 6-8
the nances will be available for people to pick up in pm. There will be food and a water slide. The purpose
the foyer is to promote all of our children's ministries, Science
Al Neri: A new leak was discovered in the kitchen behind Camp will be held July 18-21
the ice-maker, it has been repaired. There was a leak in the The Ministry Celebration in August will be held at the
roof after the last hard rain and it has been repaired. Al will
order 2 windows in July to begin replacing windows that are city park on August 29th
worn out. He will be restaining the playground set this Bridge Kids and One 7 and Wednesday night prayer
summer and replacing some of the vinyl that has holes in it
meeting will begin on September 8th
Steve Luneburg: The receipts and expenses are both under
The 9-11 First Responders meal will be held on Sep-
budget. Memorial money has been designated for some
painting, plants and helping to pay the summer interns if tember 9 at the City Park (CHANGED: to Sept. 9 at
needed the church) from 5:30-7:30pm.
Steve Keller: Science Camp has been scheduled for July
19th-22nd , Summer Fest will be held on Saturday, July 17th
from 3-6 pm for the kids. There will be food and a water
slide. This event is to promote the children's ministries of
our church
Jay Safford: Jolien, the summer intern is working out well.
She is spending lots of time hanging out with the girls. Sam
Tucker has a full time job but has been working with the
boys when he is able to. Youth Camp went well. Discussion
on doing a love offering for Sam at the end of summer be-
cause of his limited hours from week to week. The students
painted the youth Sunday school room
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ONE17 and ONE
It’s here! Wether we like it or not fall is weeks
away and school starts as I write this. That means it’s
time for Wednesday night programs to start. We are
starting Wednesday September 8th from 6:00-7:30.
Bridge kids and ONE7 are getting ready to
take off and we need your to help out and serve the
body. Seriously, if you aren’t serving, then something
is missing from the body of Christ. The body isn’t
complete without you serving. God has graciously giv-
en you gifts and abilities to serve and if you aren’t
serving, then the body, is missing something, you!
Men, we need you! Talk to me about how and where
you can serve and help bring the gospel to children or
5th and 6th graders
Road to Freedom
Science Camp
Is it just me or do these months roll faster all the time?
We just nished up Science Camp: Wonderfully Road to Freedom continues to stay busy and just recent-
Made! This was probably the best week we have ever ly we celebrated our youngest members birthday and
had. We averaged 45 kids every night! We had 18 new our oldest. Yes Baby DeAndre is 1 and Mama Marie is
families! That is right, 18 new families that had not 94. What blessings to get to celebrate with both of
been a part of New Bridge Church programs! That is them.
huge and shows how awesome God is! Let’s pray that We were also blessed to get to praise and worship with
we can keep in contact with them and they can join us our dear friends The Loynachans. Wow, talk about
on Sundays. praising the Lord, Jack, Judy and Jamie do it
I also want to thank everyone who helped. Jodi wonderfully with their music and testimonies. Cory
and Gary Wabshaw put in so much work and we couldn't be here this year as he had to work and we
couldn’t have done it without them! Thanks to our definitely missed him. But Jamie can not only sing, she
teachers Lacey Drake, Sarah and Justin Summers, and can handle their mini sound system. Great job and
Melissa Tucker. Thank you guys for you hard work in much appreciation to them for sharing the Lord to us
making this week a success. Thank you to the small thru their music. Marv and I continue to be in
group leaders Jared and Jill Peacock, Shelly Grandstaff, Winterset on a regular basis and recently enjoyed
Rachel Wetzel and all the youth! The youth in our visiting with many New Bridge family at the Methodist
church did an amazing job in helping and we couldn’t Wednesday night supper. Or as Bev calls it the Baptist/
have done it with out them! Thank you all! (I know Methodist meal. Such fun.
probably missed someone, sorry!) Thanks to John and We both continue to work full time for Covid Recovery
Sharon Shaull for running our check in. It was crazy Iowa giving help to those who have been impacted in
with almost 50 kids trying to check in every night! anyway from the pandemic.
Thank you fro praying. This was truly an out- We provide resources to anyone in Iowa that might
reach event and the gospel was shared. Let’s pray that need help with rent, utilities, food, legal advice, and
the seed of the Good News will continue to grow. Let’s filing for unemployment among other things Thank
pray that New Bridge Church will continue to be light goodness we are now in the recovery mode so not quite
in Winterset. Let’s pray as busy. But still available to help where we can. We
have even referred some that need food to New Bridge
Church. Thank you for providing.
Marv will be doing a funeral in Knoxville in a week,
an uncle of a friend of Barbs from high school, so yes
Road to Freedom will be on the road again.
Gods blessings to all of you.
Pastor Marvin bull Shultz and Barb
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The Cupboard at New Bridge Church Directory:
An urgent call to arms! Has your family dynamics changed?
Do you have a more recent family
We currently have two positions open on the Cupboard
photo you would like to have
leadership team, one as the team leader and the other as
note-taker for our meetings. If you are interested, please placed in our church directory?
let us know. This fall, Linda Anderson will be
freshening up our directory.
As you can imagine, the majority of our team of volun- Please take it upon yourself to grab
teers is not young. As we move forward in this ministry, one of the directory informational sheets that are
it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to obtain the placed in the foyer and make any changes that need to
volunteers needed to provide this service to our com- be made. Address, phone numbers, and especially pho-
munity. If you are looking for a rewarding place to to updates.
serve, we can guarantee such a place! Being the hands
and feet of Jesus is always a wonderful experience.
We are praying for the person God has for this ministry!
He knows who is listening to His call to serve! Thank New at New Bridge Church
you for coming to join our wonderful team! We are excited to let you know
that a variety of new DVD’s and
books have been donated over
Next Cupboard dates: the last few months to our church
August 19: 4:00-6:00pm library. We are always pleased to
August 20: 9:00-10:00am be able to notify you of these
opportunities to read a faith
based book or watch a faith based dvd. So take a few
moments and glance through our selections. If you
Law Enforcement & Emergency have any questions feel free to check with Dianna
Responder Appreciation Meal will b Sparks and she will be glad to help you with your selec-
held at the church, on Sept. 9th from tions.
5:30-7:30pm
We will once again be reaching into the community to
welcome our “emergency responders, police, firefight-
ers etc…” to an appreciation Church Of ce Updates
meal. To make this activity tru- As the fall activities began to pick up and the church
ly successful we need your is opening more and more, the office hours will begin
help! to pick up. Unfortunately, it will still be sporadic and
So look for sign-up sheets in only when there is needed work to accomplish. The
the next few weeks for ways current posted hours will be Monday 10:00-3:00pm &
that you can participate. Wednesday 10:00-3:00pm. But please feel free to
We ask that you RSVP by CALL the church phone line at 515-462-1050 at any
Sept. 2nd, if you are willing to help. time and leave a message and Junell will return a call
to you as soon as she is able.
And as in the past, as a good host, you are
expected to cordially greet
and eat with our honored guests and
their families!
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NEW BRIDGE CHURCH WINTERSE AUGUST 2021
Dear New Bridge Church Family grateful. As we embark in our upcoming school year keep
Winterset Chris an Academy in your prayers that we would
Philippians 4:14-20 “Yet it was kind of you to share my
be known for advancing the gospel above all.
trouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the
beginning of the gospel. When I le for Macedonia, no Thank you,
church entered into partnership with me in giving and re-
ceiving, except you only. Even in Thessalonica you sent me Jessica Sche ers
help for my needs once and again. Not that I seek the gi ,
Winterset Chris an Academy Administrator
but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. I have
received full payment and more. I am well supplied, hav-
ing received from Epaphroditus the gi s you sent, a fra-
grant o ering, a sacri ce acceptable and pleasing to God.
And my God will supply every need of yours according to
his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be
glory forever and ever Amen.”
Just as the Philippians provided for Paul furthering
his ministry to advance the gospel, you to have provided aid
in furthering the gospel through Winterset Chris an Acad-
emy. I am so grateful and apprecia ve of your generosity in
allowing Winterset Chris an Academy to be housed in your CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
building. Without your con nued support we would not have
Sunday School - All Ages
the opportunity to train up the next genera on.
9:00-10:00am
In 2019, WCA enrolled 15 students. Those students Every Sunday
have learned that they have a Savior, Jesus, that died on the
cross for them, not because he had to but because he chose
to and loves them. As a result, several of those children have
proclaimed to accept his truth. Which led to me having the
opportunity to share that news with their parent leading Starts Wednesday,
their parent to search for con nued ways to disciple their September 8
child. In 2020, WCA enrolled 11 students who learned the 6:00-7:30pm
con nued Truth of the gospel. Four of those students ac- ages K-4th grade
cepted Jesus as their personal Savior. Their acceptance has
led to growth within each family unit at WCA. In 2021, the
upcoming school year, God has blessed us with 39 students
and 5 sta members who will carry out the mission of ad-
vancing the gospel. I am overjoyed with this opportunity that
God has supplied. Amongst the 39 students who will be at-
tending WCA a li le less than half are not a ending church on Starts Wednesday,
a regular basis. What an opportunity we have to speak truth September 8
in love to all these families. 6:00-7:30pm
5th-6th Grade
I share all of this with you because, without your
open hearts and open hands it would not be possible. You
and your church family has provided a direct avenue to ad- New Bridge Church
vance the gospel in the community of Winterset and sur- 1305 W. Je erson
rounding areas through the work that is being done at Win- 515-462-1050
terset Chris an Academy. I want to personally thank you for newbridgewinterset@gmail.com
your support. God has used your generosity and kindness to
inspire me in my personal walk with Christ and for that I am
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NEW BRIDGE CHURCH WINTERSE AUGUST 2021
connected INVESTOR NEWSLETTER ISSUE N°3 FALL 2007
New Bridge Church
P.O. Box 108
1305 West Jefferson
Winterset, IA 50273
Thoughts of encouragement in challenging times:
NEW BRIDGE CHURCH
1305 W. Jefferson St.
P.O. Box 108
Winterset, IA 50273
PASTOR:
Mike Carlson
515-321-1761
Email: mcarl1761@gmail.com
ASSOCIATE PASTOR:
Jay Safford
515-705-9174
Email: stratman61@gmail.com
Contact us:
Online: www.newbridgewinterset.com
Email: newbridgewinterset@gmail.com
Facebook: New Bridge Church &
ONE17Winterset
Phone: 515.462.1050
Worship with us:
Sunday School 9:00 AM
Worship Service 10:15 AM
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