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LIVING WORD LUTHERAN CHURCH 438.9672 CHURCH JUNE/JULY 2019 NEWsLETTER

WHAt’SINSIde

Pam NelsonCommittee Contacts

Youth NewsWomen of the Living Word

Pastor’s LetterCouncil Minutes

June Event Calendar

June Birth/Ann. CalendarJuly Event Calendar

July Birth/Ann. Calendar

Senior Recognition Sunday: May 12, Zach Aker, Nathan Hansen,Alec Bien and Jacob Sandvig.Senior Recognition Sunday: May 12, Zach Aker, Nathan Hansen,Alec Bien and Jacob Sandvig.

Senior Recognition Sunday, May 12, 2019.

Last day of confirmation,May 2019.Last day of confirmation,May 2019.

Senior Recognition Sunday,May 12, 2019.Senior Recognition Sunday,May 12, 2019.

Last day of Sunday school, May 2019.Last day of Sunday school, May 2019.



Senior Recognition Sunday, May 12, 2019.

2019 COuNCiL MeMberS:

President: Roger Christensen, 237-3355,[email protected] President: Tim DeJong, 432-6953,[email protected] & education: Janel sandvig, 605-530-2012,[email protected] the World Committee:Roslyn Reich, 432-5244, [email protected] & evangelism: Jerry Brown, 432-4080,[email protected] and Vicki strege, 605-949-0648, [email protected]/Finance: Larry Olson, 938-4575,[email protected] & Management: Howard Heinje, 605-938-4142, [email protected] and Lance Bien, 432-6551, [email protected]

2019 LWLC Committee ContactsNewsletter/Website: Nancy Kruger, 380-9871,[email protected] Word Lutheran Women Officers:Coordinator: Roslyn Reich, 467-3385Vice-coordinator: Marcia Heinje, 938-4142secretary: Pam Nelson, 432-9487Treasurer: Annette Redepenning, 432-6688Mission Action: Gloria Cooley, 445-1555 and Karen Keifer, 432-4050Mission Growth: Karen McCrea, 432-6335Mission Community: Carol Grimley, 432-4627Quilting: Carol Forster, 432-6480Thrift Store Volunteers: Annette Redepenning,432-6688, [email protected]

LWLC COMMIttee CONtACtS

PO Box 301, Milbank, south Dakota 57252 • 605.438.9673 • [email protected] • livingwordmilbank.com

LWLC fAMILY

On Sunday, May 19, Living Word LutheranChurch had a “thank You” celebration forPam Nelson for 12 years of being our churchsecretary. thank you, Pam!

On Sunday, May 19, Living Word LutheranChurch had a “thank You” celebration forPam Nelson for 12 years of being our churchsecretary. thank you, Pam!

the week of July 7-12 and this isalways a fun week. I will be goingwith the kids for the week andlook forward to seeing God movein the hearts of our kids.We are hosting VbS this year and

need your help in many ways tomake this a success. The theme is“Roar,” trusting in God, leaning onHim in every situation no matterwhat we are facing. First of all I askthat you will be in prayer for ourVBs week, that the kids who aresupposed to be there will come andhear the message of God’s love.May we get enough volunteersfrom both Living Word and Central.

May God bless the kids that attendand may the message make a realimpact on the kids attending. Thiswill be in the evenings from 5-8 PMJuly 21-25 and we will be servingsupper before the programmingstarts. Please come and invite yourneighborhood kids. Registrationsignups are the pink sheets on theback table in the fellowship hall.This is free.I pray a blessing on all the

youth of our church, that they willnot lose sight of Jesus during thesummer months. May they findtime for God by attending camp,church, VBs, reading the Bible andprayer. I will continue to pray foryou all.

Grow in faith and impact the world for Christ!

Kay


YOuTh NeWSWhere did this year go? It

will be nice to get intothe summer schedule.

swimming, biking, camp, fishingand hopefully lots of sunshine! Wehave lots of fun planned for thissummer. In June, we are taking 10senior high kids to GLOrieTabibLe CaMP in New Mexico June13-20. I am so excited for the kidsto experience this camp as I knowit can be life changing for them.Thank you for your support forthis trip, and continue to pray forour safety and that God will showHimself throughout the week.bibLe CaMP aT OkObOji will be

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Last day of confirmation, May 2019.Last day of confirmation, May 2019.


As sOON As THEY COME OUT IN LEAF, YOU sEE FORYOURsELVEs AND KNOW THAT sUMMER Is ALREADY NEAR.sO ALsO, WHEN YOU sEE THEsE THINGs TAKING PLACE,YOU KNOW THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD Is NEAR.

LUKE 21:30-31

We delivered 35 hygiene kits for the OrphanGrain Train! Thank you all for this successfulMiSSiON PrOjeCT. Our mission projects

for the months of June, July and August will beschool supplies for our local schools. All schoolsupplies are needed (prefers Crayola products). Dropoff at the church.In June we will be completing our CirCLe bibLe

STuDY in “The Proverbs 31 Woman.” I hope you haveenjoyed this study as much as I have, exploring realwomen, with real struggles and gifts, with deep,abiding faith and a passion for the will of God. In Julywe will begin a Bible study based on the book ofEcclesiastes called “Through This Vain World”. We will belooking through the lens of the cross asking questionsof purpose and meaning in our daily struggles.

Circle is open to all women of Living Word. If you are interested injoining a circle let Roslynknow. We have four circlesmeeting the third Tuesday of each month at 7:30AM, 9:00 AM and 7:00 PM. We would love to haveyou come and join us.

DaTeS TO Mark ON YOur CaLeNDarS:• June 4 at 2:00 PM GeNeraL WOMeN’S

MeeTiNG. All women of Living Word are invitedto attend. Our theme is hats and teacups. Thoughnot required but will add to the fun, wear yourfavorite hat, straw hat or gardening hat and bringyour favorite teacup for a delightful tea party.shirley Zahn will be presenting the program, FaithCircle will do the decorating, Dawn/Love Circleswill offer the devotions and music andMary/Martha Circle will provide the refreshments.

• June 18 and July 16 CirCLeS meet

I wish you all a wonderful summer!LWLW Coordinator

Roslyn Reich

WOMeN Of tHe LIvINg WORd

Living Word LutheranWomen made 80quilts which wereshipped to Africa.

Living Word LutheranWomen made 80quilts which wereshipped to Africa.

QuILtINg QuiLTer QuiPS: HELP!!! Living Wordquilters would like to invite anyoneinterested in quilting to join us in makingquilts for missions. Our quilting schedule isthe second and fourth Tuesdays of everymonth, weather permitting, at 9:00 AMuntil about 12:00 noon. We are a fun groupto be with, and sewing is not a requirementas there are several functions involved inthe construction of the quilts. As of the end of May, 80 quilts were

boxed and added to a container beingshipped to sierra Leone in Africa for theKissy Mission. All the work we do is missionrelated. Most of the materials are donated.We would like your help to keep thismission active. Come and check us out!

Be Blessed, LW Quilters

Mary could take no credit for seeing Jesus.Her behavior on that Easter morning onlykept her from seeing him who was raised.

In fact, the only conclusion she could generate onher own was, “They have taken my Lord away!” shewouldneverhavecome toknow therisen Lordif not forJesus’Word. In the midst of her blind confusion, Jesuscalled her name and as he said “Mary,” her eyes wereopened. His single, solitary word had the power tocreate faith in one who was barren of hope. This story reminds me of sarah in Genesis. sarah

could not give a child to Abraham. Her womb wasdead. Yet in Genesis 18, the Lord appeared toAbraham and sarah in the form of three men andpromised that sarah would have a son within a year.

It was too good to be true. How they both must havedoubted. sarah laughed in disbelief, but the laughterbecame joyful celebration when their son appeared.God brought life from a barren womb. Mary, in the garden, was barren of hope. Her faith

was dead.Only thecoming ofthe sonallowedfaith andhope tospring

from that barrenness. Left to ourselves, we do notsee God’s presence. We cannot with our own eyessee Christ in our times of darkness. We are like Marywhen we look with our eyes and conclude that weare alone and abandoned. Then the spirit whispersour name and brings faith to a barren heart. Thisfaith is always a gift causing us to see what ournatural self never can, Jesus. We can only say, “I haveseen the Lord!”

PAStOR’SLetteR

BARREN WORKsJohn 20:16-18

“I have seen the Lord.” (v. 18)


We have seen you Lord. You have given us faith. You have gifted us with the knowledge of your love and presence.

Thank you for the Spirit who has shown us you. In your name we pray. Amen


COuNCILMINuteS

Living Word Lutheran Church Council Minutes,MAY 7, 2019MeMberS PreSeNT: Larry Olson, Roger Christensen,

Roslyn Reich, Howard Heinje, Jerry Brown, Vicki strege, Janel sandvig, Pastor Kent.

OPeNiNG: Pastor opened the meeting with prayer for God’sguidance for our agenda.

aGeNDa aPPrOVaL: The agenda was accepted and themeeting proceeded.

SeCreTarY’S rePOrT: A motion was made and approvedto accept the secretary’s report.

TreaSurer’S rePOrT: The financial report indicated that itis on track with the spending with having spent at this point33% of the money allotted for 2019. Janel made a motion toaccept the report and Jerry seconded it.

PaSTOr’S rePOrT: Pastor passed out an updated flyer forthe World Mission sunday and spiritual Renewal WeekendWorkshop on september 13 and 14 for regional LCMCchurches. On October 11 Pastor Kent will be officiating at awedding of non-church members here at our church. Heindicated that this is another outreach to our community. Hewill not require a fee for his services, however, there are chargesfor the use of the facility. The rent for the facility is $150, theaudio fee is $75 and the janitorial fee is $50. Pastor Kent statedthat Kay is doing well yet she is dealing with medication issuesthat affect her energy level as she is continues with her dutiesas youth director. she is working on making adjustments withthe medications. The council encouraged Kay not to overworkherself as she is recovering. Pastor will be on vacation from May26 through June 1 and will not be absent for sunday services.He will use this break to work on his writing. The topics forsummer services will be on Paul’s epistles for sunday servicesand the general epistles on Wednesday night services. JohnRogers will be leading the music during the midweek servicesthis summer.

PrOPerTY MaNaGeMeNT rePOrT: The video equipmentpurchase is still in progress. Jerry received proposals from bothMid states and VPD. The pros and cons of each were discussed.It was noted that Mid states was the company that set up theoriginal system and that would be helpful in many ways. Morefunding is also needed to support this project. Various ways offunding it were discussed. Jerry indicated that he needs morehelp in running the audio-video systems. He is present at everyservice and event that is at our church. He is willing to workwith individuals in training them. Painting the church interiorwalls was discussed as there is a lot of chipped paint and scuffsthat won’t come off. Bids will be procured from variouspainters. Painting would begin this summer or in the Fall.shelving has been purchased for the garage. The landscapingand trees were discussed. The trees that were planted will be

evaluated to see if they are alive or need to be removed. Theshingles are still in need of repair. Dave Hepper and the shinglecompany will be contacted so this matter may be resolved.

WOrShiP aND eVaNGeLiSM rePOrT: Larry or Vicki willhelp with chapel communion on May 12 and communionservers for June 2 will be Roger, Roslyn and Tim. Larry and Jerrywill be two of the servers for July. summer worship will beginon June 2 at 9:00 AM services. Midweek services will begin onJune 5 at 6:30 PM. Pastor also suggested that anotherindividual should be added to the worship committee forplanning music for services.

YOuTh aND eDuCaTiON rePOrT: A total of $2,300 wasraised at the spaghetti dinner on May 5 for the Glorieta YouthTrip to New Mexico that will be attended by 10 youth, Kay, sueDeJong, and Dr. Nanci. The camp will be held June 13-20. Afterthe fundraiser and the individual youth contributions for thetrip, a balance of $2,000 is still needed for the trip. It wasdiscussed how this amount would be covered. The motion wasmade by Roslyn and seconded by Larry that the church willcover the remaining balance for the Glorieta trip. Transportationissues for the trip were discussed. sunday school classes will bein recess for the summer and will begin again in the Fall.

OLD buSiNeSS: The Impact the World program wasdiscussed. The program is underway as planned and meetingthe projected financial goals. The $10,000 for the FCA will beused to encourage christian fellowship among athletesthroughout the state of sD. Carol Weber is attending aconference on adoption in Tennessee to see how churches canhelp with this process. Bill Moberly is working with the waterpurification process and the eyeglasses projects during themission trip to Vietnam. The Orphan Grain Train project is still inprogress. Pastor is planning a fundraiser for the Vietnam tripwhere he will ride his bike 200 miles and take pledges for eachmile or donations. The project is called “Mission Impossible.”The cross at the altar is still a work in progress.

NeW buSiNeSS: A job description is being developed forthe secretary’s position. Pam Nelson has resigned and there aretwo applicants for the position. Applications for the positionwill close on May 15. The salary for the new secretary has beenset between $13-$16 per hour depending on experience. Amotion was made by Janel and seconded by Larry that a $300per month stipend be given the new secretary to defray thecosts of health insurance as the church does not have a healthinsurance plan in place for that position. Jan Beck will be thetemporary secretary with the salary of $13 per hour and JerryBrown will help with the slideshow for the services until apermanent secretary is found. A committee has beenappointed for the interview process. Pam will keep a call logduring the transition time so she can be reimbursed for herservices as the new person transitions into the job.

DaTe OF NeXT MeeTiNG: The next meeting will be held onJune 10 at 6:30 PM at Roger’s home.

aDjOurNMeNT: Larry made a motion to adjourn themeeting and Jerry seconded it. The meeting closed with theLord’s Prayer.

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