Today we hear Jesus say, repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. (Luke 24:47-48) Jesus has a message of freedom or forgiveness for us to share with the lost. Through faith you are His witnesses!

Monday night worship has begun. Worship is at 6:30 p.m. and will continue each Monday until Thanksgiving (except Memorial Day and Labor Day)

The voters have decided to go forward with a new sound system for our church. The blessings of a new sound system will give us proper coverage of the seating area in our sanctuary. Currently the sound is focused more in some places and less in other areas. Feedback will be eliminated. Assistance for those who have special hearing needs will be provided. We will have better audio quality for our recordings that go to shut-ins and are available on our website. We will have the option to have a professional video for shut-ins and internet. We will be able to hear those who sing or speak at special services (solos, children’s services or singing times, etc.). We will have the option to make our presentation of the WELS Connection and any other videos better in the sanctuary in terms of video and audio quality.

If you would like to consider a special gift to this project, please put it in an envelope and mark it "Sound System." May the Lord bless us as we work to make the worship experience better for all among us, especially those who may struggle with a hearing weakness of some kind.

We welcome Pastor Craig Weber from Stephenson, MI today. Pastor Weber used to serve our congregations in Wallace and Daggett, MI. We thank him for leading us in worship and sharing God's Word with us. We pray the Lord continue to bless Him.

Please mark your calendars! We want to get pictures of all our members, (even those who do not like to get their picture taken). We want to have a new pictorial directory since the Lord has blessed us with many new faces in recent years. The dates for pictures will be October 2, 3, 4. If you can't make one of those dates, please let us know ASAP. There are some other churches using Life Touch this summer and you may be able to have a photo session at another time. Let's work hard to have this new directory that helps us all put a name with a face, especially those who may not attend at the same service times.

All ladies are invited to a picnic on Thursday, May 24, beginning at 5:00 p.m. It will be held at the Ludington Park pavilion, unless the weather is uncooperative, in which case it will be in the fellowship hall here at church. Brats and hot dogs will be provided. You are asked to bring a dish to pass. Please sign up on the sheet in the narthex. We have invited our sisters in our neighboring congregations to join us for this fun evening.

In less than two years we will be celebrating 125 years of God's grace here at Salem. Pastor wants to form a planning committee for this year of celebration. This committee will start meeting in September, Lord willing. If you are interested in being part of the planning committee, please contact Pastor Doletzky or our chairman Todd Chouinard. Pastor is aware of those who have expressed interest to Todd already.

Between the free will offerings at both the soup and sandwiches and the free will offering plate in the back of church our people gave $890.75 to support our teens going to the WELS international youth rally. When we combine that with some of the teen funds that were left we were able to cover all of the cost of the bus ride for our young people. The teens going are Linnea Johnson, Krystal Wadeen, Matthew Meerstein, Mitchell Johnson, Matalyn Ellisor. Our chaperons are Jake Bruce and Cheryl Starnes. We pray that God bless their trip the last week of June. We thank the Lord for the support and gifts our family of believers have given to encourage and support our youth in Christ.

We collect both Super One grocery receipts and Labels for Education (from soup cans, cereals, etc.). Money rebated from the Super One receipts is used to purchase kitchen supplies. The Labels for Education are sent to East Fork Lutheran School in Arizona. Containers for both of these on-going projects are located on the counter in the hallway.

If you know someone that is interested in learning more about Salem, please give the contact information to Steve Cadeau our Evangelism Chairman, or Pastor Doletzky.

Thanks to all those who have served for the fellowship after the 10:30 services. There are several Sundays available for serving in the next couple of months. Please sign up on the sheet in the narthex if you would like to host on a Sunday. If you would prefer to donate money for items to be purchased, you may do so. Or if you would like to make some snacks but have someone serve them, you may do that also. Please contact Kathy Grill or Jan Baker if you have any questions about serving.