Transcript
Volume 45, Issue 02
Important Dates:
Pastors Notes
February 2015
MIDWEEK LENTEN SCHEDULE
Monday evenings First Place 4 Health 5:45 pm Wednesdays at 2:10 Confirmation classes M-W-F Fit Crew at 5:45am Feb 1st: Camp Sign up
Feb 5th: Rebecca Circle
WEDNESDAYS February 18, 6:30 p.m. – The Word Creates February 25, 6:30 p.m. – The Word Calls March 4, 6:30 p.m. – The Word Commands March 11, 6:30 p.m. – The Word Saves March 18, 6:30 p.m. – The Word Sustains March 25, 6:30 p.m. – The Word Shapes
Feb 8th: Camp Sign up, 3 year old prayer pillow class, Feeding the Flock and HS Youth Group
April 2, 6:30 p.m. – Maundy Thursday, Holy Communion, The Word Sends
Feb 2nd: 5:45 First Place Meeting Feb 3rd: Dorcas Circle, Elizabeth Circle
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First Lutheran Church
Non-Profit Org.
Feb 4th 6pm Love & Logic class, 7pm boards, 8pm council
The mission of First Lutheran Church is Inviting people to know Jesus Christ, connecting a living faith, and growing in ministry. Find us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/ flcvolga
Website: www.firstlutheranvolga.org
Thought for the day…
Sound travels slowly. Sometimes the things you say when your kids are teenagers don’t reach them till they’re in their 30’s.
Did you know that dolphins are so intelligent that within only a few weeks of captivity, they can train humans to stand at the very edge of the pool and throw them ish?
“The Seven Wonders of the Word.”
Feb 9th: 6:165pm Lit Wits
April 3, 6:30 p.m. – Good Friday
Feb 11th: 6pm Love & Logic class Feb 13th –14th: FLC @ FLC Feb 15th: Kids sing at 10:45 and MS Youth Group Feb 18th: 6:30pm Ash Wednesday worship Feb 22nd: 9:30 Bible Study Feb 23rd: 6:30pm Men’s Soup Supper Feb 24th: Quilting Feb 25th: 6:30pm Lent Worship
Have you experienced any of the Seven Wonders of the Word? That was not a typo, and we’re not referring to the pyramids or the hanging gardens. We’re talking about the 40 Day Lenten Journey that you are invited to join. Let’s walk through God’s Word and see the wonders of how the Word: creates, calls, commands, saves, sustains, shapes, and sends us. Our 40-day Lenten journey into Seven Wonders of the Word will challenge us to experience the power of God's Word in all aspects of our lives and in our world. It will also encourage us to deepen our prayer lives as we relate the power of God's Word to our personal experience. -Pastor Dan and Pastor Laura
February 2015
WELCA Welcome into the month of February. We started the new year with cold an stormy weather, not all circles were able to meet. Take time to study both lessons in our Gather magazine, on Transforming Life and Faith. Believe it or not, it is time to start preparing for our journey through Lent. Ash Wednesday is on February 18th , it’s time for the renewal of our faith. Looking ahead to March we will be hosting World Day of Prayer on Saturday March 7th. The Prayer Service will start at 9:00
am with refreshments following. Start now to make plans to attend and watch for flyers with more information. Our Pastor Laura will be our speaker. The executive board is meeting to make final arrangements. The Prayer Chain, what a wonderful way to hear when prayer is needed. We have both the telephone and e-mail chains. It has come time to renew our list. We need to know if you want to continue to be on the list and we need to know if you would like to be added. I will be updating it soon.
Dates to remember: Feb. 18th Ash Wednesday Service Feb. 24th Quilting and blocking Feb. 24th at 10:45am Bible Study Briefing with Pastor Laura Feb. 26th Dorcas Circle to visit Dakota Sun. Thought for the month: Do more than exist -- Live. Do more than touch – Feel Do more than look – Observe. Do more than read - - Absorb. Don more than hear – Listen. Do more than listen – Understand. --John Rhodes Shalom; Dorothy Weisser, President
Sunday School and Family Milestones February 8th: 3 year old Prayer Pillow Class at 9:30am February 15th: 9:30am Faithbooking, 10:45am Sunday School Kids Sing during worship
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8:30 Worship
5:45pm First Place Dorcas Circle Organizational Elizabeth Circle meeting N-Z serves
9:30 Sunday School
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2:10 confirmation Class
Rebecca Circle
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2pm FLC @ FLC
5pm FLC @ FLC ends
6pm Love & Logic 7 Boards
10:45 Worship
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8:30 Worship
5:45pm First Place
9:30 Sunday School/ 3year old Prayer Pillow Class
6:15pm Lit Wits
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2:10pm Confirmation kids meet for faithbooking
Over night until 5pm on the 14th
6pm Love & Logic
10:45 Worship 12-1:30 HS Youth Group 1pm Feeding The Flock 15
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5:45pm First Place
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2:10pm Confirmation kids meet at Dakota Sun
9:30 Sunday School 10:45 Worship /Sunday School Kids Sing
6:30pm Worship Ash Wednesday
12-1:30 MS Youth Group
2nd Sunday HS Youth Group 12:00-1:30
3rd Sunday MS Youth Group 12:00-1:30
Lutheran Outdoor Camp Sign up at FLC February 1st and 8th between services or a er.
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8:30 Worship
5:45pm First Place Quilting
9:30 Sunday School
6:30pm Men’s Soup Supper
9:30 Bible Study 10:45 Worship
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Leaders Bible Study
25 2:10pm Confirmation Kids meet for faithbooking 6:30pm Lent Worship
Deposit of $125 required at sign up. Contact Meagen Lembcke for more informa on 605‐627‐9381 www.losd.org
March 4th 2:10 Faithbooking Not on March 15th.
Cemetery news We have installed new signs at the cemeteries with guidelines for the cemetery lots. Please follow these rules when working in the cemetery. Your help on this is greatly appreciated by the cemetery board and the mowing service. Listed below are the guidelines posted at each cemetery. Thank you in advance for your help in keeping the cemetery in an orderly fashion. First Lutheran Church Cemetery Board
Worship Helpers Date February 1st 8:30
Greeters
Ushers
Coffee/Goodies
Don & Brenda Swartos
Dale & Wanda Swartos/ Jim & Wendi Peterson
Doris Knutson, Cheryl Granum, Mary Post, Kathy Heylens
10:45 Marty & Michelle Stasburg Family
First Lutheran Cemetery and Bergh Cemetery Rules: All live or permanent decora ons not contained within the monument need to be removed by June 10th. Solar lights to be a ached to monument. No permanent plan ngs of any kind are allowed. No metal rods for ornamental purposes are allowed. Annual cleanup will be performed by October 1st. Ques ons may be directed to any First Lutheran Cemetery Board member.
February 8th 8:30 Eric & Karie Benson
Bob & JoAnn Orcutt/ Bill & Kathy Heylens
10:45 Kevin & Deanna Wilson
Doug Stuefen & Carol Fowles/ Eric & Karen Barsness
10:45 Margie Schade Family February 18th 6:30pm Kevin & Kelly Jo Swartos Family February 22nd 8:30 Dustin & Lindsey Heylens
These are funds that you can request up to twice a year per member that can be used towards any fundraising events. Go to Thriven inancial.com/Ac onTeams to designate up to $250 for a ministry or ac vity of your choice. Look into the extra benefits that your Thrivent Membership has to offer you.
February 25th 6:30pm Need Volunteers
Dan Howell/ Need Volunteers
Acolyte
10:45 Kashas VanderWal/ Gabe Hanson February 8th 8:30 McKayla Mooney/ Faith Lembcke 10:45 Madeline & Natalie Jacobson February 15th 8:30 Kodiak McClure
FLC CLASSES: Sign up on the bulletin board in the fellowship hall
10:45 Bailey Riedel/ Katerina Pruett February 18th 6:30pm Kamryn Schwartz / Julia Stephensen
Classes February 22nd, March 1st and March 8th at 9:30am Week 1: The Missing Ingredient: A Beautiful Word, a Powerful Concept Week 2: Letting Grace Soak in: God’s Love for the Undeserving Week 3: An Unnatural Act: Extending Grace When You’ve Been Wronged
Prayer Bead Class March 4th & 11th at 7:15pm
Karen Vostad/ Amy Schlimmer/ Wendi Peterson/ Need a volunteer
Michelle & Howard Beito/ Amanda & John Larson
February 1st 8:30 Parker Loban/ Lauren Steege
Thrivent Ac on Team
Amy & Erik Schlimmer/ Keith & Candice King Family Erik & Amy Schlimmer/ Need Volunteers
10:45 Carri Papke & Tiffani Lebert
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Jan Matson/ Tammy Loban/ Kathy Heylens/ Need a volunteer
Carri Papka & Tiffani Lebert/ Need Volunteers
Thrivent Choice Dollars
Great news! If you have Thrivent Investments, you have Choice Dollars® available to direct. You can also call a Customer Care Professional at 800‐847‐4836 and when prompted, say, "Thrivent Choice." Be sure to have your nine‐digit Member Iden fica on number available.
Carri Papka & Tiffani Lebert/ Deanna Wilson/ Trish Sterud/ Brenda Swartos
Julie King/ Keith & Candice King Family
February 15th 8:30 Need volunteers
During this season of gra tude, we are encouraging you to direct your Choice Dollars to First Lutheran. Doing so is vital to con nue the important ministry of strengthening rela onships and changing lives!
Matt Wagner Family, Kevin & Deanna Wilson
February 22nd 8:30 Parker Loban/ McKayla Mooney 10:45 Madeline & Natalie Jacobson February 25th 6:30pm Bailey Riedel & Kamryn Schwartz
Reading
Power Point
Communion Blessings
Hudson Wagner
Cassandra Rawden
Kyan Overbo
Trevor Olson
Trevor Hanson
Natashia King
Hudson Wagner
Dani Seibel
Trevor Hanson
Mikey Richarz
Nikole Ziegler
Hudson Wagner
McKenzee McClure
Steven R
Trevor Olson
Haven B/ Jazon S
Tyler Schwartz
Tanner W
Need two volunteers
Hudson Wagner
Dani Seibel
Trevor Hanson
Tanner W
Tyler Schwartz
Teagen Moser
1st Class: Make Chaplet 2nd Class: History and ways to use
FLC Events
Class fee $10
January Baptisms:
**Open for kids and adults!
Kennedy Grace Pudwill daughter of Ashley Peterson and Lance Pudwill
FLC Preschool: The preschool is still taking Hy-Vee receipts. You can leave them in the bin right outside the preschool door.
First Place for Health / Feeding The Flock First Place for Health will be doing a little detour this spring. They will be doing the bible study and video series titled Made To Crave by Lysa Terkeurst. This study will still be weight loss focused and geared for women that desire to develop a healthier life style by finding balance in their lives. A brief organizational meeting will be held on Monday Feb 2 at 5:45 to order material for the approximate 7 week session. The cost will be $15 for the participant guide , the book and devotional are an additional charge if you desire to order them. Anyone interested in joining should be present Feb 2 or contact Cindy Benson at
[email protected]
Mowing Bids Notice: First Lutheran Cemetery is seeking lawn mowing bids for 2015. All bids to include a per time value of mowing and trimming the First Lutheran Cemetery and the Bergh Cemetery. Bids are to be written and submitted to the First Lutheran Church office no later than April 1st 2015.
All Volga Area Women Are invited to World Day of Prayer
In the new game Hunger Crunch, players not only fight hunger in a game, they also get the chance to fight it in the real world. Rice Bowls, a nonprofit that works to feed orphaned children where the need is greatest, developed the game. Players can purchase in-game power-ups with real money, which is used to provide much-needed food to kids.
March 7, 2015
Hungercrunch.com
Written by the women of the Bahamas
So, what happens when you put the hurt on hunger?
Theme ~ ~ JESUS SAID,
Any board member may be contacted with any questions.
“DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
Craig Leite,
I HAVE DONE FOR YOU?”
President
(John 13:1-17)
A lot of love, learning, and laughter. That’s what. Hunger Crunch is privileged to partner with some incredible children’s homes around the world. By providing all of their food, we free them up to make sure the kids in their care grow up to be strong leaders with bright futures. Learn more at RiceBowls.org.
www.LOSD.org 800-888-1464
First Lutheran Church Hostess Prayer Service at 9:00 a.m. (note time & order change)
For Feeding the Flock February 8th at 1 pm is the next chance to do Feeding the flock. The cost is still $50 for 5 take home freezer meals for a family of four. Sign up is in the church office and payment must be made by Wed. February 4th.
Hunger Game
Offering - - Option 1 (Women’s Health Center)
Adult:
Outlaw Ranch-Passionate Quilters,
February 5-8, Women’s Retreat, April 17-19, Scrapbooking March 20-22. Joy Ranch Crafty Chicks April 7-9, Horsemanship for Women April 7,14,21 and May 2. NeSoDak Winter Quilting Feb 12-16 and Work Day May 1-2. Family:
Outlaw Ranch-K-5 and
Parent/Grandparent June 19-20 Youth:
Refreshments following Prayer Service
Outlaw Ranch Middle School Retreat,
Mar 6-7, and Elementary Adventure Day April 26 NeSoDak Service Overnight May 1-2 Register online or contact the retreat site to register. And, remember you can book a retreat of your own design at your favorite Lutheran Outdoors site.
