• A team met this week to continue planning opportunities for St. Andrew to support A Place of Peace.
• A design development team met to begin looking at the layout and functionality of each room in the new addition. Site work (earth movement, parking lots, landscape, etc.) is all being finalized as well. Look for additional building drawings soon.

Next steps
Last week, Pastor Hunter informed us of his acceptance of a two-year call to serve as a Mission Developer in Boise, Idaho. He plans to continue serving here until sometime in June. We are working with our District President, Pastor Michael Jensen, to call another pastor to serve as our Lead Pastor for Preaching and Vision. This week, we sent him important information about the roles this pastor will have and characteristics we believe would be important in the man we call: ministry descriptions, accountability charts, relationship charts, and more. We believe the ability to develop, clarify, update, and pursue common vision is critical. We are grateful to Pastor Jensen for his faithful service and guidance to us in this process. We are more grateful for a church body that gives us confidence in the theology and practice of any man we call. But we are most grateful that the Holy Spirit tells us he is the one who will provide the shepherd we seek in his timing. Our Board will work with Pastor Jensen to obtain a list of qualified men from which we will call. We can’t yet give a timeline for placing a call, but are anticipating being ready to call a pastor. Meanwhile, the Spirit has blessed us with faithful and gifted servants who will continue serving us through this transition time.

• March 5: The Hour of Remembrance | Best Chef Laura Westphal will serve spaghetti (GF available)
• March 12: The Hour of Sifting | Best Chefs Jesus Avila and Asencion Montenegro will serve pork tamales (GF)
• March 19: The Hour of Binding | Best Chef Gayle Frye will serve BBQ pork sandwiches (GF available)
• March 26: The Hour of Trial | Best Chefs Dan and Sarah Arndt menu TBD
• April 2: The Hour of Grieving | Best Chefs Dwayne and Stacy Kratt menu TBD
• April 9: The Hour of Punishment | Best Chef Jane Dew will serve hot ham and cheese sandwiches (GF available)

Worship check-in
If you worship on-site, please fill out the Connection Card attached to your worship folder. Online worshipers, please continue to check in here.

Weekend worship songs
Preview some of the songs we will use for worship on Sunday. Obviously ours won’t sound exactly like this, but listening to the links provided will certainly help you be more comfortable participating in the service.

“Rejoice” by Keith & Kristyn Getty, Rend Collective
“Praise” by Brandon Lake, Elevation Worship
“My Heart Is Filled with Thankfulness” by Keith Getty, Stuart Townend
“Yet Not I but through Christ in Me” by CityAlight

Impact podcast
This week we learn from the story of Judah and Tamar. This relatively unknown Genesis account shows us the ugliness of sin in contrast with the beauty of God’s grace. Pastor Erich Schaser, a teacher of God’s Word at Fox Valley Lutheran High School, is our guest. Listen to Impact here or by searching for “Kjenstad Impact” wherever you listen to podcasts.

PowerHour
New friends are always welcome at PowerHour. Here is the upcoming schedule:

• March 7–”Community Helpers”
• March 21–Spring Break | No PowerHour
• April 4 –“Habitats of the World”
• April 18–Good Friday | No PowerHour

PowerHour is at 10:15 in the gym. Go here to learn more about this ministry for children.

Children’s Ministries
St. Andrew is committed to helping children learn about Jesus. There are Sunday morning ministries for children from birth through high school. Anytime is a good time for your child to begin attending. Contact Staff Minister for Nurture Mr. Kjenstad with your questions.

Service opportunity | Brat Fest
Brat Fest volunteers interact with the community and earn donations for St. Andrew’s ministry. Opportunities are from May 18 – 25, and registration begins in early April. If you are interested in Brat Fest, contact Pastor Clinton.

Service roles to be filled
Do you get the impression that there’s no place for you to serve? There is. Below are a few of the teams that could get you involved in service right away. See Pastor Clinton to serve.

• Audio—mostly turning mics on and off and up and down. It may seem intimidating, but it just takes a little bit of training.
• Sunday 10:30 AM slides—controlling what is on the screens. It’s mostly about paying attention and pressing buttons.
• Thursday ushering—helping worshipers get what they need and making sure service runs smoothly

WELS Connection
Every month, our church body releases a video to highlight a specific project or ministry of some of our brothers and sisters in faith. Last month’s video focuses on our synod’s effort to plant 100 new mission churches in 10 years.