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8001 Panorama Drive
Bakersfield, CA 93306
Phone (661) 871-1289
Fax (661) 872-6302
E-Mail: office@lcop.org
Website: www.lcop.org
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October 2025
Volume 25, Issue 10
In this Issue
Pastor’s Message 1
Birthdays & Anniversaries 2
Board Articles & Pastor cont. 3
Board od Directors & SAM 4
Missions & Puzzle 5
Calendars:
October serving us
Calendar in October
NEWSLETTER DEADLINE!
Monday
October 27th.

The Prayer Line

How often should I go?
You may have a difficult time believing this but there was a time in my life when getting up for church Sunday was not my favorite activity. Even in the midst of my studies in preparation for the ministry I often would find it difficult to get excited about coming to worship on a Sunday. I once thought to myself, “how often should a person attend regular worship service?” Well, the textbook answer is every Sunday, this is reflective of the week in which God established for His people. Six days of labor and a day of rest, or Sabbath. However, with the chaotic world we live in, and the demanding schedules people have, even spending one hour out of one week can be difficult. Upon entering the ministry often, I would come across the third commandment and Luther’s explanation. I remember vividly having a very legalistic approach to remembering the Sabbath and keeping one day holy for the Lord. Little did I realize I was not in the habit of practicing what I preached back in the day. However, at some point there was a shift in my thinking, rather than thumping people over the head with the law and its structure I tried a new approach. Emphasize the blessings of just being together on a specific day. Emphasize the rest both spiritually and physically we receive when we take just one day out of the week for the Lord. Whenever I brought out those things to myself and to others it became clearer. The sabbath day and honoring it was not an obligation. Imagine that, it was as if someone once said, “Sabbath was made for man, not man for Sabbath.” This was always the point not just for this commandment but for all. All of God’s law is fitting toward our own good. When we look at the law as mere obligation, eventually we turn into that young man who says, “I just don’t feel like doing it.”
Cont. on pg. 3

Cards, calls and prayers are much appreciated by our Military and Homebound members:

Marion Bogle
Marlene Cawelti
Linda Crookes Diana Danforth
Brian Henderson
Doris Martell

Brenton Campbell
Peter Stewart

LCoP Prayer Chain
When you have any prayer concerns, please let our prayer chain pray for you by contacting prayer_request@lcop.org
Online Calendar!
Did you know that our event calendar is online so you can access it anytime, anywhere, from the internet? Check it out at www.lcop.org, click on resources under the church name. This will also be updated during the month as events change or are added! To update, please email info@lcop.org.
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God’s blessings to everyone on your special occasion. If you don’t see your name, please call the office to make corrections or additions. We want to include everyone!
♥ ANNIVERSARIES♥
Ken & Angela Madding
Don & Jann Votaw
Bruce & Cherryl Biggar
* BIRTHDAYS *
Gayle Frye
Kerin Christensen
Chuck Poynor
Bryant Arnold
Brian Henderson
Peter Zimmermann
Roberta Jack
Vivienne Kuster
We honor birthdays and anniversaries on the second
Sunday of every month. If you would like to help
with refreshments for those who are celebrating,
bring your treat to church that morning.

Treasurer
Profit and loss from
July of 2024 to August of 2025
Income Expenses
LCOP $59,465.11 $60,739.25
WW $90,159.42 $88,751.62
LCOP & WW
$149,624.53 $149,490.87
Thank you
Terry Vergon
Treasurer

Wonder Window
Thank you all for your prayers for Wonder Window. Last month I asked everyone to please pray for more students. We had 3 students start in Sept and it looks like we will have 2 more start before Sept ends. What a huge blessing for our school and the new children starting.
Sept has been full of fun activities. We had Back to School Night Sept 4th. We had a great turn out. Cookies and bottled water were served by the School Board. Thank you to everyone who donated cookies.
Grandparents picnic was Sept 4th. Grandparents or a special friend came and did a craft with their children and then had lunch with them. Everyone enjoyed themselves.
Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets for our Tahoe Joe’s fund raiser. It’s an easy way for the school to raise money and we get a really good meal.
Trunk N Treat will be Saturday October 25, 2025 starting at 6:00 ending at 8:00. Thank you in advance for bringing candy and snacks for us to hand out. Hope a lot of you will open your trunk and join us that night. It’s so much fun to see all the cute kids that come through. Hopefully we will have more this year with all the new homes in the area. Spread the word!!
The kids will have their annual Halloween Parade in the back parking lot October 31, 2025 at 9:30. Please come out and help cheer the kids on. They love showing off their costumes.
Please continue to pray for our school, Ms. Vanessa, all our teachers, Ms. Kathy, Pastor, students and families.
Blessings,
Jann

Properties Board
Properties Newsletter October 2025
The next meeting will be on Monday October 13th at 6:30pm and the next work day will be on Saturday October 18th at 8am.
I would like to thank everyone for coming out for our last work day, we got quite a bit done. We will be installing a security camera inside the entrance to the Administration building. Last work day we raked the blue chips in the playground, our resident gardener weeded three flower beds, blew the dust off the patio grounds, added an electrical box for the security camera, put some wire on the fencing where the school van is stored and made a trip to the dump. Everything goes so much faster and is enjoyable when more people help. Most everything we do isn't hard or rocket science so come out and we will find something for you to do. This church is yours so if you see trash or something that needs to be done feel free to pick it up, repair it or let us know. Continue to pray for our nation, our pastors and our churches. Thank You,
Properties Board
Donald Votaw

Continued from Pastor,
So, the question is how often should I go? The simple answer is as often as you can. God has given us so much to be thankful for He has given us life and salvation in His Son Jesus. And our response is in our attitude, and it is so whether we attend service once a month or we are the type of person that has their own pew seat every Sunday. God knows the heart.
Pastor Hendricks

Board of Director’s
The year is flying by; fall is here and that means it’s almost time for our annual LCOP Voter’s Meeting and election of officers. Tim Hartnett has graciously accepted the search for candidates that might be willing to serve on the Board of Directors (BOD’s). Our current board members are Jerry Sturz (VP), Terry Vergon (Treasurer), Roy Eynaud (Secretary), and Mike Lehmann (Member at Large). It has been a good year and all of the board members have worked as a strong team to get some new (and a few old) things done. The board has developed some good contacts within the CNH District and Concordia Services that have helped us work through some issues, given us some opportunities to look at and have opened the door for working on our Church Mission & Vision. If you haven’t noticed post-Covid church has some different challenges than pre-Covid church and we are working to address those challenges. With that said, we are planning for a November 16th Voter’s Meeting this year. We give thanks to all who serve not only on the BOD’s, but also our other church boards: WW School Board, SAMS, Properties, and Elders.
Yours in Christ Jesus

Trunk-or-Treat Is Around the Corner!
This year the fun will be on Saturday, October 25, from 6-8 p.m. You can join the celebration in three different ways:
+ Sign up to bring your vehicle, decorate the trunk or tailgate and enjoy handing out candy to visiting children.
+ Plan to bring the special children in your life and en
joy the evening together.
+ Donate candy to help those participating.
See the display in the Narthex for sign-up
sheets and more information!

SAM
SAM met on Saturday Sept 6, 2025
Sheila asked Karen Johnson to speak about talking to her friend at Grace Lutheran. Grace is without a Pastor and we felt that it would be nice if SAM members would put together a lite luncheon for the ladies at Grace to see if we could help them out by getting together maybe quarterly and listen to their needs. First of all we need an idea of how many women at Grace would be interested before we committed to anything. Susan Asche has a contact at Grace and is willing to be involved with us to help as needed.
In September LCOP always tries to go to the Tehachapi Pulford Apple Farm so this year the date is September 27, 2025 and lunch afterwards at the ThaiHachapi restaurant in town.
Trunk or Treat will be held on October 25th from 6-8:00. Linda Hartnett is checking on a food truck for that night. Jann Votaw is getting with Vanessa about having as many teachers as needed to have cars and just to put out the word to the kids and parents of WW. It was a big success last year and we had 17 cars participating. There is a sign up sheet in the Narthex and also in the office.
We talked about starting the Carnival again next year, Jann will talk to Vanessa and see when we can schedule it. It was a HUGE success when we did it in 2019. We can also have a table with people from LCOP to invite parents to come to our church.
Our next meeting will be on Oct 11 at 9:00 am. Anyone interested please come and join us, we look forward to your ideas.
Sheila

LCoP Missionaries’ Info
If you would like to pray for and learn more about them, and perhaps also support them through correspondence and/or finances, here is their information:

.Jonathan & Carrie Federwitz
Wycliffe Bible Translators/Lutheran Bible Translators Instructor position with JAARS, (Jungle Aviation and Radio Service). In Waxhaw, NC.
Contact:j-c.federwitz@gmail.com Support: www.LBT.org
Nathan & Sarah Federwitz
nandsfederwitz@gmail.com
Campbell’s
support & contact info available at church.
Rev. Dr. Ross & Kris Shaver
Serving the Lord in the Dominican
Republic
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod P.O. Box 66861
St. Louis, MO 63166-6861
You may also mail a check to: [Payable to The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod or LCMS. Include “Shaver - Dominican Republic” on the memo line.] OR 40718 Highway E 16 Mapleton, IA 51034

Church Golfers!
Come and join us!
Do you like to golf?
We golf every Friday morning! For more information, please call or text Roy Eynaud at
661/340-4521

Thrivent—Action Teams
Thrivent Action Teams make it easy or you to bring people together to make a positive change in your community.
For more information on becoming a
Thrivent member, contact
John Heideman at 661-321-3443

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
25 / 9:00 AM Worship Service / 10:30 AM Bible Study & Sunday School / 7:00 PM Small Group Bible Study-Campbell/Loudermilk	26 / 6:30 PM SAM (Service Activities Ministry)	27 / 7:00 PM Spaghetti Dinner Hostessed by Wonder Window / 7:00 PM WW School Board	28 / 7:00 PM Schaefer Bible Study	29	30 / Golf - Check with Tim Hartnett	1
2 / 9:00 AM Worship Service / 10:30 AM Bible Study & Sunday School / 7:00 PM Small Group Bible Study-Campbell/Loudermilk	3 / 7:00 PM Host Family Meeting	4 / 4th of July / Office and Wonder Window will be Closed	5 / 7:00 PM Schaefer Bible Study	6	7 / Golf - Check with Tim Hartnett	8
9 / 9:00 AM Worship Service / 10:30 AM Bible Study & Sunday School / 6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study-Hartnett / 7:00 PM Small Group Bible Study-Campbell/Loudermilk	10 / 7:00 PM Properties Board	11 / 7:00 PM Elder's Meeting	12 / 7:00 PM Schaefer Bible Study	13	14 / Golf - Check with Tim Hartnett	15 / 8:00 AM Work Day
16 / 9:00 AM Worship Service / 10:30 AM Bible Study & Sunday School / 2:00 PM Bakersfield Rehab Center / 6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study-Hartnett / 7:00 PM Small Group Bible Study-Campbell/Loudermilk	17 / 6:30 PM Board of Directors	18	19 / 7:00 PM Schaefer Bible Study	20	21 / Golf - Check with Tim Hartnett	22
23 / 9:00 AM Worship Service / 10:30 AM Bible Study & Sunday School / 6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study-Hartnett / 7:00 PM Small Group Bible Study-Campbell/Loudermilk	24	25 / 7:00 PM WW School Board	26 / 7:00 PM Schaefer Bible Study	27	28 / Golf - Check with Tim Hartnett	29
30 / 9:00 AM Worship Service / 10:30 AM Bible Study & Sunday School / 6:00 PM Small Group Bible Study-Hartnett / 7:00 PM Small Group Bible Study-Campbell/Loudermilk	31	1 / 9:30 AM Women's Bible Study / 11:00 AM Women's Fellowship Meeting & Lunch	2 / 7:00 PM Schaefer Bible Study	3	4 / Golf - Check with Tim Hartnett	5

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