Pastor of St. Peter, Appleton
Ski: "Solid Rock Ministry? That's too hard to say. Let's try C.O.R.E."
Welcome Pastor Ski & Family!!
Pastor James Skorzewski (you are encouraged and free to call him Pastor Ski for the sake of ease) accepted the call to serve as the pastor of our daughter congregation and he and his family have now officially relocated to the Appleton area. Pastor Ski and his wife Janinne have been married for 13 years and have 3 children; Abbie (11), Megan (9), both of whom are in our Christian Elementary School, and Jackson (21 months). We are excited to have them here in the area and wish them all God’s blessings as they serve the Lord here in Appleton and as Pastor Ski begins his ministry at The CORE (this is the new church’s official name).
Pastor Ski will be installed in the 10:30 a.m. service here at St. Peter on November 16th. The service will take place in the gymnasium and there will be light refreshments served before and after the service allowing everyone the opportunity to meet Pastor Ski and his family. The service will be similar in style to what the daughter congregation might be like. Make plans to be there on that day to welcome Pastor Ski to the area and wish him God’s blessings on his outreach efforts at The CORE.
The CORE has no members (other than Pastor Ski’s family) to officially welcome them, so to welcome them to our area, we are going to collect canned goods and other food to help stock their food pantry as well as any household paper products (paper towels, etc.) that can be used by them in their new home. There will also be a box out for the next few weeks to collect monetary gifts which we will put towards a gift card to a local grocery store. Please mark the bags for this with the words "SKI FAMILY". Once again, welcome Pastor Ski and family.
MEANING of the name "The CORE"
The new daughter congregation will be called "The CORE". The idea behind that is first and foremost that Christ is at the core of everything we do as a church and should be at the core of everything we do as Christians. At The CORE we will help you strengthen your most important core, your spiritual core. The letters are also significant:
C = connected to others and Christ
O = overhauling your life with the Gospel
R = reconciled to God through Christ
E = engaged in the world with the Gospel
Ultimately that is what we are about – connecting people in a personal relationship with their Savior and other Christians which inevitably transforms their lives because of the power of the Gospel and then encouraging people to share that.
http://www.stpetercares.com/home/2440/2440/docs/Church%20Newsletter%20-%20November%202008.doc?sec_id=2440
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GJ - Rev. Ron Ash is the pastor of the sponsoring WELS congregation, St. Peter in Appleton, Wisconsin. Someone said they already had 40 WELS congregations in the area, so C.O.R.E. must be meeting a vital mission need. Or maybe they just got a juicy grant from one of their Church and Change connections, like Bored Member Bruce Becker, head of WELS Perish Services. At any rate, Jeske's church has one less mouth to feed during a drought of donations. Ditto, St. Mark, Depere (Paul Kelm call to The Love Shack).
Overheard at a WELS' pastoral conference - "Ichabod is finally lerning how to spell."
