Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church

Monthly Newsletter 2023

The Good News is the official newsletter of Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church. It is published monthly and available electronically and by mail. Please contact the church office if you would like to be added to our mailing list.

In this Issue…

  • Advent at Kountze
  • Alternative Gifts
  • Candlelight Carol Service
  • Children’s Book Collection
  • Children’s Christmas Program
  • Go and… Be Present
  • High School Retreat
  • Merry Tuba Christmas Concert
  • Message of Gratitude
  • New Member Classes
  • Norma’s Nursery
  • Poinsettias
  • Progressive Dinner & White Elephant Gift Exchange (grades 7-12)

In this Issue…

  • Advent & Christmas Calendar
  • Advent Meals
  • Advent Wreath & Christmas Tree Blessing
  • Book Group
  • Candlelight Carol Service
  • Cards with Friends
  • Go and Be…Kountze
  • Grief Seminar
  • Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
  • KCCOC Executive Director
  • KMLC Pantry
  • Men’s Lunch
  • Missionary Update
  • New Members
  • Project Everlast
  • Thanksgiving Bags
  • Thanksgiving Dinner with St. Peter’s
  • Tuba Christmas
  • Wittenberg Center Coordinator
  • Youth Events

In this Issue…

  • Blessing of the Animals
  • Cards With Friends
  • Explore! Day Retreat
  • First Communion Classes
  • Grief Seminar
  • KMLC Book Group
  • LYON Assembly
  • Men’s Lunch
  • Middle School Retreat
  • New Member Classes
  • Reformation Weekend
  • Rev. Lucy Potluck/Installation
  • Peacemaker Service
  • Thanksgiving Dinner Prep
  • Window Celebration Thank You’s
  • Women and Gender in Luke-Acts
  • Women’s Fall Gathering

In this Issue…

  • Adult & Children’s Choirs
  • Campus Ministry
  • Cards with Friends
  • Church Picnic
  • Confirmation Night Out (gr 7 & 8)
  • Confirmation Program
  • Dinners for Eight
  • KMLC Book Group
  • Kountze Common Community Outreach Center (KCCOC)
  • Men’s Lunch
  • New Member Classes
  • Orbit Bus Trip (gr 4-6)
  • Refugee Family Update
  • Stained-Glass Window Rededication Celebration
  • Sunday School
  • Tri-Faith 2nd Annual United We Walk

In this Issue…

  • Affirmation of Faith
  • BBQ Party – Lutheran Center
  • Blessing of Backpacks
  • Book Group
  • Camp Week Photos
  • Cards with Friends
  • Children’s Choir
  • Choir Members Needed
  • Coming in September
  • Confirmation Orientation
  • Congregational Meeting
  • Faith Formation Leaders Needed
  • Go and… Share Your Story
  • Men’s Lunch
  • OSJ Training
  • Pantry Garden – Archives
  • Rally Day
  • School Supplies Needed
  • Serving in Mission
  • Stained Glass Window Update
  • VBS Photos
  • Youth Trip Sharing

In this Issue…

  • 2023/24 Confirmation
  • Archives
  • Book Group
  • Call Committee Update
  • Camp Week
  • Cards with Friends
  • Class of 2023
  • CPR/First Aid Training
  • House Painting
  • Men’s Lunch
  • New Members
  • Note from Vicar Gretchen
  • Sewing Group
  • South Window Update
  • Summer Confirmation
  • Sunday Morning Parking
  • Vacation Bible School

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • A Day Without Shoes
  • Affirmation of Faith
  • Archives
  • Ascension Day
  • Blindness Prevention Month
  • Call Process Checklist
  • Camp Week
  • Cards with Friends
  • Carol Joy Holling Camp Work Day
  • Christian Spirituality Retreats
  • Compline
  • Confirmation 2023/24
  • CPR/First Aid Training
  • Farewell to Vicar Gretchen
  • Graduation Sunday
  • House Painting
  • Lutheran Women of Omaha
  • Men’s Lunch
  • NeLCM Golf Scramble
  • Summer Confirmation
  • Sunday School Service Project
  • Vacation Bible School
  • Youth Sunday Evening Gatherings

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • A Day Without Shoes
  • April Service Project
  • Bowari Family Update
  • Cards with Friends
  • Compline
  • Confirmation Day
  • Easter Egg Hunt
  • Explore! Day Retreat
  • God. Tacos. Legos
  • Graduate Recognition
  • Holy Week at Kountze
  • Book Group
  • KMLC Camp Week
  • Quilters and Others
  • Men’s Lunch
  • New Member Class
  • Omaha Young Adults Ministry
  • Summer Confirmation Program
  • The Call Process Checklist
  • Vacation Bible School
  • Youth Trip Sponsorships

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • Archives
  • Call Process Checklist
  • Carol Joy Holling Camp Events
  • Daylight Saving Time
  • ELCA Youth Gathering
  • First Communion Classes
  • Heart of Camp Gala
  • Lent
  • March Service Project
  • Middle School Lock-in
  • No Parking
  • Sunday School Good Gifts
  • Worship Assistants Needed
  • Young Adult Gathering

Inside this Issue

In this issue…

  • Archives
  • Ash Wednesday
  • CJH Heart of Camp Gala
  • Congregational Meeting
  • Elementary, Middle & High School and Young Adults Events
  • February Service Project
  • KMLC Scholarship Program
  • Kountze Café
  • Lenten Meals
  • Men’s Lunch
  • Nursery Volunteers Needed
  • Pantry
  • Pantry “Souper” Bowl
  • Women’s Pre-Lenten Retreat

Inside this Issue

In this issue…
  • Archives
  • Bible Study
  • Book Group
  • Children, Youth, & Family
  • Epiphany Home Blessing
  • Holden village, 2023
  • Kountze Café
  • Men’s Lunch
  • New Member Class
  • Nursery Volunteers
  • Service Project
  • Young Adults Table Theology