February

2020

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Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them. Deuteronomy 5:1 (ESV) Discipleship, creation, and the Ten Commandments! These are a few of my favorite things. This winter we started a sermon series from the book of Genesis entitled, “In the Beginning.” It has been meaning-ful to learn that God is a God who wants to be known, but he also wants us to know who we are (his image bearers). Following our Genesis series, we will embark on a journey through the Ten Commandments. Through-out Lent, we will spend our Sundays looking at God’s “ten rules” for Godly living. Some are harder to follow and some easier. But all ten of them are a guide and a blessing to us. Also, another small fact, the Ten Commandments coincide with the Sermon on the Mount, our Lenten series this year. So, it will be fun to see how the two interact with one another. Finally, last fall we began the slow process of discipleship at the church. As I am writing this, I am drawing up plans for discipleship here at Calvary. Those who signed up will be contacted shortly, but anyone is still welcome to join. So this winter is full of purpose and content. I am always amazed (I probably shouldn’t be anymore) at how God works all things together in harmony and how things just line up. This winter has a great line up and I am excited to share it with you and your families. God bless you all. And as always, who loves you? God loves you, and I love you. And it’s a privilege to be your pastor.

Pastor Aaron Olson

Calvary Free Lutheran Church PO Box 303

Arlington, SD 57212

605-983-5254

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Angela Teal 2-18

Sandy Smith 2-19

Sharon Nuttbrock 2-19

Shari Haufschild 2-20

Roger Spilde 2-21

Candace Cederstrom 2-21

Lora Haufschild 2-22

Gaylene Christensen 2-24

Jesse Spilde 2-25

Kelly Moffit 2-25

Shirlee Olson 2-28

Breckyn Leighton 2-28

February Anniversaries

Clint & Jane Hoyer 2-02-1985

Tim & Joan Leighton 2-15-1974

If your birthday or anniversary is not listed,

please let us know so that we can celebrate

your special day with you!

February Birthdays

Rhonda Danielson 2-1

Kinley Miller 2-1

Wyatt Hillestad 2-3

Pastor Aaron Olson 2-4

BreeAna Olson 2-4

Melonie Huntimer 2-4

Ron Smith 2-4

Emryl Hoff 2-4

Julio Diaz 2-5

Bob Haufschild 2-6

Gerald Moe 2-6

Jordan Schneider 2-7

Kaelyn Ulschmid 2-8

Dessa Bryant 2-9

Mitch Brandriet 2-10

Cathy Folsland 2-11

Duff Renmoe 2-11

Clinton Hillestad 2-12

Josie Schneider 2-13

Youth Freed

FREED YOUTH February 12th at 6:30 & February 26th at 6:00 CALVARY FREED YOUTH Calvary FREED Youth will be meeting two times in February with TWO DIFFERENT TIMES! We will be meeting on February 12

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supper, games, worship, and a lesson. We will be meeting on February 26

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Ash Wednesday Service. As always, friends are welcome to join us! FREED Youth is for all youth ages 7

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Free and Living Youth…Freed from our sins…Free for all to come

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Our speaker for 2020 SIDExSIDE is Steve Jensen. Pastor Steve serves as pastor of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at Schwer in Milford IL. Steve and his wife Brandi met at AFLBS in 1998. 19 years of marriage and 9 kids later he has found that God's grace is something which should be held with two hands. He enjoys Ultimate Frisbee and video games. A good movie where all the family is gathered together is one of his favorite things. Originally from Colorado, Pastor Steve enjoys sharing God’s Word with teenagers and is looking forward to SIDExSIDE.

Patrick VandenBos will be our speaker for the 2020 Sno-Daze winter youth retreat. Patrick is a 3rd year semi-nary student at the AFLC seminary in Plymouth, MN. He and his wife, Anna, have 6 children: Caleb (12), Adelyn (10), Joshua (9), Evelyn (6), Isaac (3), and Axel (1). Patrick was formerly a High school and Middle school Math teacher, as well as a church youth leader. He has a passion for sharing the Word with youth and assuring them of their importance and purpose in the Kingdom of God. When he is not doing homework, he enjoys doing things with his family like playing Go Fish, cheering for the Atlanta Braves, and relaxing outdoors.

Fun Activities

ATTENTION: PARENTS AND KIDS GRADES 5TH-12TH! (*NOTE THE AGE CHANGE*) Sno Daze/SidexSide is January 31-February 2nd 2020. There are changes this year with our registration so DO NOT REGISTER ONLINE WITHOUT TALK-ING TO KIM. The kids are to meet at the church on Friday, January 31st at 10:30 and the bus will depart at 11:00. If you have any questions, please talk to Kim.

Tubing—Basketball—Broomball—Dodgeball ...and more!

Great Speakers

January 31-February 2, 2020

WMF BIBLE STUDY TIMES AVAILABLE: 1

st Thursday of every month – 1:30 pm

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Tuesday of every month - 9:00 am 3

rd Tuesday of every month - 7:00 pm

These are Bible studies available to our WMF ladies. Each group offers a different subject, so ladies can find one that meets their individual needs. All groups meet at church. If you would like additional information, please refer to the WMF book or talk to a WMF officer. If you have not received a Calvary Free WMF book and would like one, please talk to Amy Schneider or Karen Spilde.

WORSHIP TEAM IS LOOKING FOR YOU! If anyone is interested or feels called to lead the songs during worship ser-vice, we would be happy and excited to have you be a part of the worship team! This is a wonderful way to serve the church while serving God! If you like to sing, PLEASE think about it, pray about it, and then GO FOR IT! You could also sign up to be a substi-tute if you would rather have that op-tion. If you have any questions, or if you know that you would like to partici-pate in this opportunity, please talk to Heidi.

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CALVARY FREED YOUTH SWEETS AND TREATS

The Calvary FREED Youth will be having their annual bake sale fundraiser February 9th. If anyone

is willing to help the youth by donating baked goods it would be greatly appreciated! Please

bring your items “sale ready.” There will be a table set up that day to place your items on. All

items will be free will offering. No need to mark a price on them.

For everyone else who may have a sweet tooth, you may want to come to church early on the

9th and pick out some of your favorite SWEETS and TREATS before your favorites are all gone

Thank you SO much for supporting our youth!

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ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE Calvary Free Lutheran Church will start the lent season with Ash Wednesday Service on February 26th at 7pm. Holy Communion will be served. All are welcome and encouraged to come.

VALENTINE and EASTER CARDS I wanted to let you know that we have Valentine and Easter cards for sale on the card display. What a wonderful way to show someone you are thinking of them… send them a card

celebrating the best news ever….. JESUS LIVES!!!!!

Hallelujah, What A Savior!!!

Ash Wednesday

Thanks for the cards, gifts and visits that kept me celebrating my 97th birthday for a week. It was awesome and I am so very grateful. Needless to say, I have a number of new books and I’ve already read three of them. Whether they make it to the church library or not, I am considering. By the way, I do put more books into the library than I have room to write about on this page, so you might like to take a look. If you need an explanation about the location of the various kinds of books, just grab me and I’ll be happy to explain.

“River’s Song,” by Melody Carlson, is fiction. Following her mother’s fu-neral, and on the verge of her own midlife crisis, widow Anna Larson returns to the home of her youth to sort out her parents’ belongings, as well as her

own turbulent life. For the first time since childhood, she embraces her native heritage, despite the scorn of her mother-in-law. By transforming her family home on the banks of Oregon’s Siuslaw River into The Inn at Shining Waters, Anna hopes to create a place of healing--a place where guests experi-ence peace, grace, and new beginnings -- starting with her own family. Another novel is “the dancing master,” by Julie Klassen. Set in 1815, London’s dancing master moves his mother and sister to remote Devonshire hoping to start over, then is stunned to learn the vil-lage matriarch has prohibited all dancing, for reasons buried deep in her past. Filled with mystery and romance, this story brings to life those who taught the essential social graces for ladies and gentlemen, hoping to make a “good match” in Regency England. “Rebel With A Cause,” is the autobiography of Franklin Graham, and subtitled ‘Finally comfortable being Graham.’ I had known that in his youth he had given Billy and Ruth some gray hair and Franklin admits it. His is the story of a young rebel making his own way and making a difference. Don’t miss it. C.S. Lewis: If you think of this world as a place intended simply for our happiness, you find it quite intolerable: think of it as a place of training and correction and it’s not so bad. Albert Schweitzer: The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live….He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for every-thing. Saint John of Avila: One act of thanksgiving, when things go wrong with us, is worth a thousand thanks when things are agreeable to our inclinations. Emerson: All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. Jean Baptiste Massieu: Gratitude is the memory of the heart, but gratitude is not only the memories of our heart; gratitude is a memory of God’s heart and to thank is to remember God. Henry Ward Beecher: Pride slays thanksgiving….A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he nev-er thinks he gets as much as he deserves. Mother Teresa: The work we do is only our love for Jesus in action. Ann Voskamp has written a lovely book entitled “one thousand gifts.” It is subtitled A Dare To Live Fully Right Where You Are and is a practical guide to living a life of joy in giving thanks for God’s every-day blessings. She writes: The only real prayers are ones mouthed with thankful lips….Prayer, to be prayer, to have any power to change anything must first speak thanks….Prayer without ceasing is only possible in a life of continual thanks. Feel thanks and it’s absolutely impossible to feel angry. We can only experience one emotion at a time. And we get to choose--which emotion do we want to feel? The secret in joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is. Bonnie G. Schluter in “Love Letters from God,” writes, “Meditate on your life right now. Is someone angry with you? Are you angry with someone? Can you trace back what caused the anger? It was words, wasn’t it? Someone said something and you responded -- and the cycle began. Words. Words have power! You make people happy or you make people sad by the words you speak to them. The person who can control his or her tongue proves that he has control over himself. Submit your tongue to the control of the Holy Spirit. Ferne Liebsch 2-2020

Lines from the Library

Area Bible Studies

Please call or email for

more information.

605-983-5254

info@cflconline.org Get Plugged In!!

CALVARY FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH P.O. BOX 303 ARLINGTON, SD 57212

Arlington Thurs. 7:00 p.m.

At Calvary Free

Larry- 605-983-3316

Lake Preston Wed. 7:00 p.m.

Jan-605-847-4700

Oldham Wed. 7:30 p.m.

Joel- 605-482-8404

Brookings Wed. 7:00 p.m.

Rich- 605-692-9817

Volga Wed. 7:00 p.m.

Kendra-605-690-5954

Missionary Focus for the Month:

Missionary Focus for February ~Michael Rokenbrodt ~

Michael Rokenbrodt has accepted a call to be an AFLC Missionary. He will be commissioned at the AFLC Annual Conference in June of 2018 but begins his service in Uganda January of 2018. Michael will be serving as a seasonal mis-sionary, meaning he will be on the AFLC mission field for only part of each year. From January to May, he will be teaching pastors and church leaders with our other Ugandan missionaries. During the remaining part of the year, he will be em-ployed at Luther Island Bible Camp and doing deputation. He has worked at this camp annually for 12 years and wishes to continue his involvement in their minis-try. Michael is a member of Zion Free Lutheran Church in Wadena, MN. Michael spent six years teaching English and theology full time while continuing camp ministry in the summers. August of 2015 marked for him the beginning of two Short Term Assistant terms through Journey Missions. He worked alongside Mi-cah Berger in northern Uganda and with the Ambassador Institute curriculum. It is Michael’s goal to resume what they had been accomplishing together during his time as an STA, except now as an AFLC Missionary. His gifts in writing, speaking, and drama are qualities that will amplify the efforts of AFLC Missions in Uganda. Birthday: Michael (August 9) Prayer Concerns: For provision of continued prayer and financial support, for language learning, for safety and health