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A Ray of Hope 1 September 2007 A Ray of Hope 1 September 2012
A Ray of HopeA Ray of HopeA Ray of HopeA Ray of Hope Monthly Newsletter of Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church
5728 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55417, 612-827-2655 www.hopempls.org
Ministers of the Gospel: The Baptized 84 years in ministry 1928—2012
Volume 81 Number 9 September 2012 Making Christ Known through the Spirit of Hope
9:00 a.m. Cross-Generational Education A learning event for all ages led by Pastor Chris and Education
& Family Minister Amy Morphew
10:00 a.m. Worship 4G-Faith: How’s your connection?
11:00 a.m. Potluck Picnic Bring a dish to share to complement the grilled hamburger and hotdogs.
If your last name begins with: A – N side dishes or salads; O – Z desserts.
Activities: Games, dunk tank, a moonwalk/bounce house, face and nail painting, root beer floats,
fire truck, basket silent auction and other fun.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
RALLY DAY & COMMUNITY PICNIC CELEBRATION
Invite your friends and neighbors to join us!
How’s your connection?
Hop
FAITH
New Sermon & Education Series
4G-Faith: How’s your connection? Improve your connection with God and one
another through sermons and adult forum topics
on four critical aspects of a life of faith.
Gathering, Growing, Giving and Going.
Sundays, September 9—October 7
Silent Auction Silent Basket Auction on
Rally Day to benefit
Minnehaha Food Shelf.
If you’d like to donate a
basket or if you have
questions, contact the
church office or
Becky McDaniel.
Phoneraiser Fundraiser To complement our 4G-Faith worship, Hope
will be collecting used cell phones and inkjet
cartridges as an outreach fundraiser this fall
to benefit the Minnehaha Food Shelf. All
donations will be sent to a company that will
resell the phones to markets with developing
technologies where they can be reused, if possible. If they are
unable to reuse the phones, the phones will be destroyed and
recycled. Both benefit the environment by reusing and
recycling. Watch for the large cell phone collection box in the
gathering area.
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How’s your connection? In the 21st
century, we have a much greater capacity to be connected to
people than ever before in history – through the World Wide Web and mobile technologies with
4G satellite networks – while at the very same time our modern existence can be incredibly
isolating. We stand on street corners, in restaurants, or in our homes connected to a global
network of information and communication at the touch of a screen and yet struggle to relate to
the people living next door or sitting across from us. Furthermore, if you have ever had a dropped
call on your mobile phone or waited in a long line at an automated airport check-in kiosk, then you know that
technology is limited in its ability to create connections.
There is one, however, with whom our connection is never lost and to whom our calls never get dropped. While
technology and modern life fail to fulfill our need for connection, God’s capacity for connection is limitless. In fact, God
will stop at nothing – not even death on a cross – to make a connection with us and reconnect us to each other. God’s
loving intention in creation, which was affirmed and fulfilled in the death and resurrection of Jesus, is for us to
experience a connection greater than the latest satellite technology. We were reconciled to God through Christ to live a
life of deep and trusting connection to God and to one another, a life of 4G Faith!
For five Sundays, beginning on Rally Day September 9th
, we will explore in worship and adult forums the 4G’s of faith:
Gathering, Growing, Giving, and Going. These 4 critical aspects to a life of faith are what create and nurture God’s
intended connection for us. I invite you to upgrade your faith connection to 4G through this series and the many other
ministry opportunities beginning this fall at Hope.
Connected in Christ, Pastor Chris Steubing
Pastor Chris Steubing
“In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them,
and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.” 2 Corinthians 5:19
Adult Education Opportunity for September Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 12, Pastor Chris will lead a 5 week study series on Holy Communion entitled
Fed and Forgiven. There will be video, discussion, and scriptural reflections each week as well as opportunities
for continuing your learning through the week.
Sunday Morning Schedule beginning September 16: 8:40 a.m. “Gather and Grub,” education building
9:00 a.m. “Spark” Sunday School,” education building
“Jump Start” Youth Group, education building
Adult Education, fellowship hall and education building
10:00 a.m. Worship
11:00 a.m. Coffee and Fellowship, lower level
11:20 a.m. Kid’s Time (after donuts), gathering area
Wednesday Evening Schedule beginning September 12: 5:15 p.m. Pizza and Salad Bar
6-7 p.m. Kids Connection; Adult Study—Fed and Forgiven
6:30 p.m. Contemporary Ensemble Rehearsal
7:00 p.m. Youth Group and Confirmation
7:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal
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CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY MINISTRY Amy Morphew: Children, Youth and Family Minister
Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 12
7:00—7:30 p.m. Youth Group in the lower level (fellowship hall) of the church.
Sundays, beginning September 16
9:00 a.m. “Jump Start” Youth
Group in the youth room in the education building.
A very special THANK YOU to Emmy, Ken and Rhonda Almquist for the changing table in our Nursery. We appreciate your generous donation. Blessings to you!
Wednesdays at HOPE On September 12, we will start something new at Hope. Join us as we come together to deepen our faith and connect with each other. Our adult music opportunities will continue along with the following new activities, all held in the church building!
5:15-6:00 PIZZA AND SALAD BAR DINNER
Come anytime between 5:15-6 for dinner. A suggested donation of $3.00/person will be collected each week for the meal.
6:00-7:00 PROGRAMING FOR ALL AGES! 6:00 KID’S KONNECTION for Preschool - 5th grade
will be held in the lower level. We will have weekly stories with drama, crafts and “play” involved. We will need both youth and adults to help in making this program a success! Invite friends!
6:00 ADULT STUDY in the gathering area
7:00-7:30 YOUTH GROUP - Check in weekly in the lower level of the church building!
7:00-8:00 CONFIRMATION (Monthly Learning Session) Confirmation Schedule: Wed., Sept 12 7-8pm Confirmation Orientation— families attend together. Wed, Sept 26 7-8pm Learning Session #1 “What is a Sacrament?” Sat., Sept 29 9am-1pm Mini-Retreat “Baptism & Holy Communion”
Youth and Adult Volunteers are needed. Sign up on the big bulletin board in the gathering area or contact Amy at [email protected].
Faith Filled Educational
Opportunities for All Ages
beginning Sunday, September 16
8:40-9:00a “Gather and Grub” Ed Bldg An opportunity for all to come, eat and have some morning fellowship as we begin our Sunday. The menu: Create your own Yogurt Parfait; Rolls; Coffee; and Juice. Free will offering will be collected each week.
EDUCATION HOUR Education Building 9:00 a.m. “SPARK!” Sunday School Preschool (2.5 year olds) -5th grade will experience the “Spark” curriculum and opening which will include Pastor Chris, Russ Carlson, Teresa Fernandez and Amy Morphew. We will be collecting offering this year in Sunday School. Watch for envelopes coming home.
9:00 a.m. “JUMP START!” Youth Group (6th-12th graders) Youth Room Come and check it out! We will feed your tummies and your souls at the same time. What a great way to JUMP START your week.
9:00 a.m. Adult Education 2 Adult Programs 1) A Parent Program will offer weekly topics and themes dealing with parenting and faith in the education building.
2) Forum will be held in the lower level of the Church with topical discussions and studies through the year (see page 6 for September topics).
10:00 Worship See you in worship. Nursery will be provided during worship for our little ones. We are looking for Nursery Staff. Let Amy Morphew know if you are interested in helping.
11:20 a.m. Kid’s Time after worship (and after your donut) will be held upstairs in the gathering area. All kids are invited for music and activities while the parents are downstairs enjoying coffee and fellowship.
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Staff Announcement
August 22, 2012
Dear Friends of Hope,
It is with some sadness that I am
reporting that I have notified Pastor Chris
of my resignation of my position as
Secretary at Hope Lutheran Church. I am
leaving to take a full time position at the
company where I was employed before I
came to Hope.
My last day in the office will be Friday, September 7th. Pastor Chris and the
personnel team are already working on a plan for my replacement. Ginny Olson
will be helping as interim church secretary. Our family will continue to worship
here at Hope and we will be involved as we have been in the past.
I want to express my gratitude to you all for all of the support that you have
given me in the past 4 1/2 years. I have made a lot of friendships and I expect
that the relationships that have been developed will continue on in the future.
This is an exciting time for Hope. We are looking at our vision for the future.
We have an exciting new staff and a supportive congregation. Whoever fills the
role of Secretary/Administrator will be working with a great staff and wonderful
volunteers. I’m excited to see the ministry of Hope continue, I will just be in a
different role than I am as a staff member.
In peace, Kristi
Kristi Gay
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Worship and Music Ministry Russ Carlson, Minister of Music
Notes from Russ
My goodness, the
summer seems to
have flown by
and here we are
at Rally Sunday
already.
Thanks to all that
provided special
music for worship during the
summer months.
I look forward to rehearsing the
choir and helping them prepare for
worship. Hope Choir rehearsals will
begin on Wednesday, September 5th
at 7:30 p.m. in the choir room. The
Contemporary Singers will continue
to meet on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.
in the choir room.
Hope’s Library
Hassle Free Library It's true.....No hassle to take out books. No checking
out or in.
We have religious books (as a church library should),
devotionals, and books on daily living, and grief. We
also have fiction, teen and children’s books.
Plus, we have DVD's for the family. No need to go to
Red Box.
Celebrate an important event or remember someone special with an arrangement of flowers on the altar.
Contact the office to arrange the order and to put a note in the bulletin.
Arrangements are $30.
I know there are others that can sing
in the congregation. You are invited
to come and try us out. Maybe you
will find a home in the Contemporary
Singers, or the Hope Choir? There are
plenty of chairs waiting to be filled.
Could this be the time for you to
come and join us?
If you play an
instrument (including
the piano) and would
be willing to share
your musical gift, please let me know.
Did you notice, on Sunday August
26th
we used setting 10 from the
ELW? This setting relies on
somewhat familiar hymns for the
liturgy. This is the first major change
in the fourth Sunday liturgy in some
time. We will use it for a number of
weeks and as the fall continues, we
will introduce and utilize another of
the liturgies the ELW has for us. I feel
it is time to spread our wings and get
familiar with liturgies we have not
tried yet. Rest assured, I will take
time to introduce the selected liturgy
to you by having the choir sing parts
of it to introduce it to you and gain
some familiarity. Please do not be
shy to let me know how these
transitions work for you.
Again, I encourage you to come and
sing with us. Come and lift your voice
to the Lord. There is a chair waiting
for you.
Russ
The Wizard of Oz Radio Show
The 2012 Festival of the
Arts dinner event program,
“The Wizard of Oz Radio
Show”, is now available
on DVD. Copies are on
the welcome table in the
gathering area. The cost of
the materials was covered
by the festival budget.
Congratulations to
Krysten & Daylan
Carlson Callahan,
married at Hope
August 17
THANK YOU! Hope’s children’s Sunday Fill the Well coin collection
raised $1276.27 and, with the matching funds, that puts
our donation at $2552.54. $2500 gives a community an
irrigation system to water their fields and help them
grow crops for years to come ..how cool is that!
Thank you for your generosity!
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Billboard for God
Have you read my #1 best seller?
There will be a test.
God
Are you in need of prayer or would you like to pray for others?
Connect to the prayer chain of Hope Lutheran Church and join in sharing the Spirit of Hope through
the ministry of prayer.
To be included as one who prays for others, phone or email Ginny Olson at 612-729-5132/
[email protected] and she will add your name to those who receive requests and updates.
To request prayers, phone or send them by email to Ginny Olson or contact Pastor Chris Steubing.
Please indicate if you would also like to be included in public prayer during worship.
Sunday Adult Forum
9am in the fellowship hall
September 9: Rally Day Cross-Generational Event
in the fellowship hall. A learning event for all ages
led by Pastor Chris and Education & Family
Minister Amy Morphew.
September 16 thru 30:
The Critical Aspects of the Christian Life
September 16: 4G Faith: Gather Pastor Doug
Morton leads this forum on the first G: Gather.
Discover how gathering in community for worship
and service is a critical component of the Christian
Life.
September 23: 4G Faith: Grow Discover your
strengths for life and ministry in this practical
workshop led by Amy Buechler-Steubing.
Conversation based on the Dependable Strength
Inventory.
September 30: 4G Faith: Give Explore the biblical
concept of stewardship and giving with gifted
Bible teacher Tim Schaeffer. Tim has served as a
parish pastor and on staff with Crossways
International as a trainer for their comprehensive
Bible study curriculum. He leads Crossways Bible
Studies in his congregation at Shepherd of the
Valley Lutheran Church.
Men’s Ministry Event:
Theology on Tap
“Gather with brothers in Christ for an
informal time of talking about faith and
enjoying a cold beverage.”
When: Monday, September 24 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: The basement of Brew master Mike Grundeen
4349 Portland Ave S, Minneapolis
One Year to Live Men’s Retreat
A soul-strengthening event for men
November 9 to 11, 2012
Poynette, Wisconsin
Join with Pastor Chris and a team of men building
relationships in their lives that count. Connect to a
network of men supporting each other in daily struggles.
Sharpen your ability to resolve your internal conflicts.
Informational brochures are on the welcome table in the
gathering area.
Feel free to talk with Pastor Chris if you have questions
or are interested in this retreat.
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Hope Preschool and Childcare
Michelle Florey, director
Preschool Wish List
While doing your Fall cleaning or
garage sale shopping, if you find any of
the following items and would want to
donate to the Hope Preschool it would
be appreciated!
• Boys and girls clothes (elastic
waist is best for pants)
• Boys and girls underwear
• Swim suits and swim trunks
• Towels
• Educational board games
• Paper - any kind that can be used
for free art
• File cabinet
• Adult desk
• DVD player
• Book shelving
• Child sized furniture
Contact Michelle at the preschool with any questions or to arrange a drop off at the preschool (5712 Cedar Ave).
Hope serves and has available
Equal Exchange
in the cabinet by the kitchen
Coffee: Regular and Decaf;
Tea: Earl Grey, Green,
Breakfast Tea;
Cocoa Mix;
GEOBARS
Don’t forget the Minnehaha Food Shelf
Hope’s collection of groceries and dollars for our
neighborhood food shelf at Minnehaha Methodist
Church is on-going. The grocery cart is in the gathering
area or monetary donations are also appreciated, as
they can turn $10 into $30 worth of food thru the
buying co-op.
Literacy and Education
Literacy facts: 42 million American adults can't read at all. The number of adults that are classified as
functionally illiterate increases by about 2.25 million a year.
Continuing in September, we’ll help support the efforts to improve the educational opportunities for
children in Minneapolis and Jamaica. We are collecting school supplies for children at Wenonah
Elementary School and a mission preschool in Montego Bay, Jamaica. A box for donations is in the
Gathering Area.
Needed school supplies needed: Rulers, crayons ,colored pencils, children's scissors, copy paper, wide line spiral
notebooks, stickers, pencils, erasers.
If you would like to support this project but don't like to shop, place a check in the offering plate with "school supplies"
on the memo line.
got hope?
Everyone is asked to wear their “got
hope?” shirts on Rally Sunday. On
sale in the gathering area or contact
the church office to purchase yours.
Sizes available S-XL. Cost is $15 for
adult shirts (blue shirts) and $10 for
kid shirts (green).
Thank you to the volunteers who
participated in Nokomis Builds /
Habitat for Humanity. We worked at
the south Minneapolis site in June
and in July we worked on the 2000th
Habitat house built in Minnesota
located in St Louis Park. It is good to
work together with other Christian
communities in our neighborhood.
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Hillclimber's Alert!
Save Monday, November 5, 2012
Ozark Jubilee Country Christmas.
All top stars from Branson
Sit-down dinner
Cost: $70.00 per person
Medicine Lake Tours
Put it on your calendar if
you're interested.
More details later from
Kathryn.
Dear Hope Evangelical Lutheran
Church,
We’ve said “YES” because of you!
Thank you for your generous gift to
Feed My Starving Children. With your
donation, we’re able to say “YES” to
more new food requests from orphanages, clinics,
missions, and feeding programs across the globe. In
fact, your gift of $1,102.45 (Children’s Sunday Worship
Mission Collection) will provide 5,011 MannaPackTM
meals.
With the help of more than 600,000 FMSC committed
volunteers, we hope to package 153 million meals this
year at our multiple sites as well as through our
MobilePack events across the country. Thanks to your
partnership, we’re saying “YES,” and we’re well on our
way to feeding those who are hungry in both body and
spirit!
“Then he took the seven loaves and the fish and when
he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to
the disciples, and they in turn to the people. They all
ate and were satisfied.” Matthew 15:36-37
Thank you for helping us to satisfy requests and
appetites by saying “YES” together.
In God’s Service,
Mark Crea, Executive Director FMSC
Hope’s quilters, The Nimble
Thimbles, meet the 2nd
and 4th Mondays each month at
9:30am in Hope’s fellowship hall.
Everyone is welcome, no experience
required.
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
We are a church that is deeply rooted and always being
made new. As we gather for worship this morning, may
the Holy Spirit fill and guide us, so that we may be a
church that is both resilient and always reforming.
In less than a year, we will celebrate the 25th
anniversary of the ELCA. As we celebrate, we look back
at the people and events that have shaped us as a
church.
Join us in celebrating the stories that have made us
vibrant and distinctive yet brought us together as nearly
10,000 congregations, 65 synods and numerous
churchwide ministries freed in Christ to love and serve
neighbors in our own communities and around the
world.
What God has done through us is indeed worth
celebrating. In 25 years, we have:
· Started 435 new congregations
· Ordained nearly 8,000 pastors
· Sent more than 2,000 missionaries to serve
around the world
· Contributed more than $350 million toward the
alleviation of hunger and poverty
The year of our 25th anniversary begins Jan. 1, 2013,
with the theme “Always being made new.” I invite you
to join me in celebrating these 25 years together in
Christ. Visit www.ELCA.org/25years for more
information, and begin planning ways to bring this
celebration to your congregation.
I am grateful for your leadership, support and prayers in
making the work of this church possible.
In God's grace,
The Rev. Mark S. Hanson
Presiding Bishop
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Thank you!
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Music for Missions CD Recorded by Pastor Jim Sbertoli, Warren Elness, Jeff Hotchkiss.
Suggested donation: $15. All donations given are earmarked
for mission outreach by the community of Hope. Contact the
church office to order.
A group of 11 participated in the 5th annual intergenerational service trip to
Wilderness Canoe Base. This year we were the only group on the island.
On Sunday we started our day with a sunrise canoe paddle around the
island. As the mist rose off the lake we had the opportunity to confess our
sins and hear the words of God's forgiveness. We also sang "This is My
Father's World" and "Beautiful Savior" - songs that reminded us of the
wonder of nature that surrounded us. Work projects included the moving of
firewood, clearing trails, cleaning window screens, freshen tent pads with
new mulch and giving the kitchen a good cleaning.
We also had free time to do some more canoeing, visiting the Chik-Wauk
Museum and hiking to the Magnetic rock on the Gunflint Trail.
Home cooked meals served family style were enjoyed by all. As our days
began with the sunrise, they ended at the campfire under an amazing star
filled sky.
Front Row: Debbie Christensen, Gloria Karbo, JoAn Overton, Rachel Peterson, Amaris (Karina’s friend),
and Danielle Donnelly-Brooks
Back Row: David Christensen, Marlan Karbo, Karina Karbo-Wright, Mary Peterson and Cody Thompson
A Wilderness Retreat for
Mature Adults (50+) at
Wilderness Canoe Base
October 1-5, 2012
$550 per person (before Sept 15)
$600 per person (after Sept 15)
The theme for the retreat is
Wilderness Faith. The get-a-way will
take place on Fishhook and Dominion
Islands on Seagull Lake on the edge of
the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness. Retreaters will have the
opportunity to be part of the
wilderness: swim in it, paddle on it,
walk around it, absorb it. We’ll learn
about the history of the Canoe Base
and the BWCAW from wilderness
veterans. Our times in the Word of
God will focus on the wilderness, too.
For questions and more information,
go to: [email protected].
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Becky McDaniel and Pastor Chris visited
National Night Out parties near church.
They were well received and had many
good conversations with neighbors and a
picture with Mayor Rybak. (See picture
on Facebook).
The council approved the
recommendations for Endowment Fund
disbursements presented by Tom
Overton:
Hope’s Nimble Thimbles $100;
Feed My Starving Children $300;
363 Ministry $200;
Youth Servant Trip $500;
Cherish Our Children $200;
Fill A Mind and Heart $300;
Operation Christmas Child $ 100.
A proposal for Wednesday and Sunday
educational opportunities was
presented. (See information elsewhere in
this newsletter). Policy Manual changes were
recommended by Personnel Chair,
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Regarding Pastoral Visits, Hospitals, and Care Centers:
Please Call
Privacy rules are making it
increasingly difficult for churches to
locate their members at hospitals
and care centers. Consequently, if
you or a family member would like to
have a visit from the pastor during a
hospital stay, please notify the
church office. If you or a family
member are moved to a care center,
please call or e-mail the information
to the church office.
We want to stay in contact with you
and continue our ministry of
presence and prayer.
Heike Rucker, to combine the
Pre-School Policy Manual and the
Church Manual into one. A motion was
made, seconded and approved to
adopt the recommended changes.
The Stewardship Campaign is in
process. The theme will be from
Corinthians “We are stewards of God’s
mysteries”. A four week campaign will
begin September 30, concluding with
Stewardship Sunday on Sunday,
October 21.
A Fall Mission Series and Mission
Project is in the works, A postcard is
being created for the upcoming
projects at Hope this fall. (You should
have received the postcard).
The Preschool is having a Fall Potluck
on September 13 with staff and
parents. They have invited the church
staff and council to participate. It will
begin at 6:00 pm at the Nokomis
Community Center.
Council Mini-Minutes (highlights) August 9, 2012
Next Council Meeting September 6, 7pm in Hope’s fellowship hall.
As with all of the monthly council meetings, all congregation members
are welcome to attend.
What is stewardship?
Let’s start by identifying what stewardship is not. Stewardship is not a
program, not a fall campaign for the budget, not a one-shot learning
experience. Stewardship is “everything I do after I say I believe.”
Congregations have long equated stewardship with only money. It does begin
there, but it must continue on.
“ … you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under
compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:7
Pastor Chris discovers another thing they never taught in seminary.
Rally Sunday
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Blood Pressure Monitoring The second Sunday
of every month in the gathering area
after the worship service
PASTOR Christopher Steubing church (612) 827-2655 ext 13 cell (651) 335-0256 PASTORAL ASSOCIATE Doug Morton church (612) 827-2655
SECRETARY Kristi Gay church (612) 827-2655 ext 10 MINISTER OF MUSIC Russ Carlson church (612) 827-2655 ext 15 cell (651) 699-4404
Hope Lutheran Church Contact Persons
CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILY MINISTER Amy Morphew church (612) 827-2655 ext 10 cell (651) 280-5612
PRESCHOOL AND CHILDCARE DIRECTOR Michelle Florey preschool (612) 827-4369 COUNCIL PRESIDENT Jim Gay church (612) 827-2655 NEWSLETTER EDITOR Ginny Olson home (612) 729-5132
2012 Church Council
President Jim Gay Vice President Becky McDaniel
Treasurer Clair Brenna Financial Secretary Dorian Thompson
Secretary Barb Nelson Business Management Jim Nunn
Education open Evangelism Jan Nunn Finance Dorian Thompson
Pastoral/Social Ministry Mary Peterson Property Charlie Olson Recreation/Fellowship Eileen DePoe
Stewardship Dave Fernandez Worship/Music Duane Horn Youth Jacki Just
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Members are assigned to one of the
5 monthly service groups. If your
name appears below, you may be
called on to volunteer
your time and/or a
food donation for
this month.
Callers:
Helen Applequist, Ginny Olson
Team:
Helen Applequist, Bryan and Lori
Barnes, Andrea Bolstad, Russ and
Michaelle Flaten, Kristi and Jim Gay,
Lori and Tim Kamrath, Ginny and
Charlie Olson, Heike Rucker, Rick and
Denise Stepanek
September Service Opportunities
Ushers Earl Anderson, Jim Albrecht, Barb Nelson, Wade Gibbons, Paul Ward
Greeters
September 2 Jim Albrecht
September 9 Taimi Herron
September 16 Becky McDaniel
September 23 Gary & Margaret Zuckweiler
September 30 Barb Nelson
Readers
September 2 Carol Farnham
September 9 Deb Bayer
September 16 Lori Barnes
September 23 Jim Nunn
September 30 Bunny Anderson
Acolytes
September 2 ....
September 9 .... Katie Fernandez
September 16 .. Karina Karbo-Wright
September 23 .. Mabel Wollerman
September 30...
Overhead
September 2 .... Krista Johnson
September 9 .... Jim Gay
September 16 .. Barb Nelson
September 23 .. Dave Fernandez
September 30 Krista Johnson
Hope Serves Breakfast Sunday,
September 30 at St. Stephen’s Shelter. Sign up in the
gathering area. We meet at church at 7:15am,
carpool to the shelter, serve breakfast, and are
back at church by 8:45 or so. We need four
people to serve and more people to donate food items, as listed
on the signup sheet. Thank you!
Meals on Wheels Delivery Sept 17-21
Watch for the sign up sheet
in the gathering area
