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ST. OLAF LUTHERAN CHURCH
601 6th Street NE
Devils Lake, ND 58301
A Family of Believers called to proclaim the good news of
God’s reconcil ing love.
Ju ly 2012
SCHEDULE: 8:30 am Worship Service at St. Olaf with Bishop Rindy
9:30 am Coffee Fellowship at St. Olaf 11:00 am Worship Service at
St. Olaf with Bishop Rindy 12:00 pm Free Picnic at Ruger Park Menu:
Roast Pork, hot dogs, salads, beans, coffee & lemonade,
cake
1:00 Socializing & Story Sharing Games & Jump House
Softball - Bean Bag Toss - Horse Shoes And More!
1:30 pm Burning of the Mortgage Retiring of the loan from the
major remodelling project
Bring Extra To Drink And Lawn Chairs!!
Plan now to attend the celebration Sunday, July 15th
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Merle & Cora Horner from Myrna Unger Francis Schemionek from
David & Phyllis Nelson; Ilene Schemionek; Irene Eng; Carla
Anderson John Loften from is grand-daughter Kathleen Poe Guisti
In Memory Of: Ray Sletteland from Livonia Crane
Radio Fund In Memory Of:
Brent Borgen from Allison & Dean Blazer Francis Schemionek
from Ar-men & Connie Hanson
Parking Lot Fund In Memory Of:
Merle C. & Cora Horner from Myrna Unger
Memorial s Building Fund
In Memory Of:
Pvt. 1st Class Jessica Stein SSgt. Sherri Read &
SSgt. Barry Read Cpl. Jeffrey J. Olson Sgt. Jesse S. Olson Grant
Thompson
Orville Wang Justin & Jill Johnson
Derrick Owens Jonathan Pearson
Tyler Halvorson Matthew Martin
Sgt. Major Brian Soper Nevon Heisler Ben Halvorson Brian
Pederson
Cory Schall Brent Schall
Amy & Cory Everson Austin Dammen
Please let the church office know if you know
of others serving. Page 2
We welcome into the family of God:
Rustyn Ward Ness Son of Josey & Amber Ness
Easton Lawrence
Murchie Son of Nicholas & Sarah
Murchie
Our Members In The Military
Sunday School ...............39.04 Church Supplies
...........303.25 Insurance.......................814.00
Maintenance..................36.88 Retreat Center Exp. .......87.38
Otter Tail ........................528.00 MDU
...............................437.00 City of Devils
Lake........126.84 Dakota Prairie CAA .......66.67 Lutheran Social
Services..........................................83.33 EaND
Synod...............1,333.34 Office Equip. & Maint..623.93
Office Supplies .............153.46 Miscellaneous...............
.40
Postage......................... 217.49 Auto
Expense................. 40.00 Convention Exp........... 623.22
Payroll Taxes................. 518.72
BC/BS............................. 719.20 FSA
Contrib.................. -416.66 Housing Allowance.. 2,283.32
Pension/Insurance ... 3,502.47 Soc. Sec. Allowance... 325.00
Pre-Tax Cont. .............. -200.00 Wages........................
9,653.11 Altar Supplies ............... 184.95 Total Expenses......
$22,084.34 Income ......... 16,839.70 -5,244.64
May General Fund Expenses
Date
June 3 June 10 June 17 June 24
Attendance 8:30 11:00 55 108 45 140 61 135 66 108
Building Fund
$170.00
$125.00
General Fund
$4,382.50 $5,661.50 $5,170.50
Weekly Attendance & Envelope Giving
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SOIL
(St. Olaf Is Le
git)
“Lord let my heart be good soil.” Matthew 13:23
St. Olaf
Youth Ministry
Upcoming events:
July 10 Youth & Education Board
July 16-23 New Orleans Trip
August 1-4 Houseboat Trip
August 6-9 Sojourners
God’s Work. Our Hands.
Growing Together St. Olaf’s Youth & Family Ministry
VOLUME 16 : ISSUE 7 July 2012
Made to Make a Difference On July 16 our group of youth and
adults leave for New Orleans. First we fly to Memphis, TN where we
will join up with 180 others from Eastern North Dakota. In Mem-phis
we will pack 10,000 meals for the hungry. On July 17 we will drive
to New Orleans. The Gathering starts on July 18 and goes till July
22. On Thursday we will be doing a service project involving
Literacy. Friday will be spent in worship and small groups as a
synod practicing discipleship. Saturday will be spent doing hands
on learning and exploration of faith and life. On Sunday the
Gathering ends with wor-ship in the morning. The Sunday morning
worship service will be broadcast live on the internet, so we hope
to have a TV set up during the coffee hour at St. Olaf, so people
can watch if they want to. After worship we will drive back to
Memphis and fly home on Monday, July 23.
We want to thank you for all your support and we ask for your
prayers as we travel. We are looking forward to sharing our
experiences with you when we get home!
Sojourners Our annual week of camp at our Retreat Center will be
August 6-9. This camp is for youth who are going into 4th-7th
grade. Registration deadline is August 1.
A weekly lunch, Bible & walking group for all ages.
All summer long in Ruger Park at noon on Mondays.
You can walk, jog, run or ride your bike as long or as short as you want. If it rains we will have lunch and walk inside at Lake Region State College. Bring your own lunch and meet us at the picnic shelter in Ruger Park after we eat and have a short devotional reading and prayer we will walk. You set your own pace and length of walk. Anyone of any age is welcome to join us.
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Minutes from the June Council Meeting Meeting was called to
order by President Joe Hoiberg at 8:05 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2012.
Present: Chuck Olson, Janice Breakey, Karen Lindseth, Cara Mitzel,
Stacy Mac-Donald, Jamie Travers, Ray Sletteland, Marlene Young, Ron
Heisler, Joe Hoiberg, Pastor Jeff. Absent: Loretta Bloomquist, Pat
Berggren, Roger Knutson, Mary Jane Stubbe. Minutes: Ray moved,
Janice 2nd and car-ried to approve the minutes as published in the
Spire. Treasurer’s Report: General fund has positive balance today
but will be short for payroll and automatic withdrawals sched-uled
for Friday, June 15. Miscellaneous Designated Funds balance is
$39,404.84. Building fund has $2,099.07. Marlene moved to borrow as
needed from the con-tingency fund to cover payroll and to pay bills
and return the funds to the contin-gency fund as soon as possible.
Karen 2nd. Motion carried. Reports: Pastor Jeff: I presided over
two baptisms this past month: on May 27th I baptized kaiden Wayne
Kalis; on June 10th I bap-tized RUstyn Ward Ness. On June 9th, I
presided over the wedding of Dean Allan Fandrich, Jr. & Codi
Marie Peterson. I have three more weddings schedule in the next
five weeks. I presided over the funeral of Francis A. Schemionek,
Sr. on May 25th. I led Holy Communion worship ser-vices at Park
Place on Thursday, May 17. I presided over Holy Communion services
at the Odd Fellow’s Home on Sundays, May 20 & June 10. I led
guitar services on May 27 and June 10. There will be one more
Sunday of guitar services on June 17th. Our family drove to Iowa
for, number one daughter, Katy’s graduation at the Univer-sity of
Iowa from Friday, May 11 through Sunday, May 13. In the past month
I have been working with three couples on pre-marital
counseling/arrangements. I will be gone from Friday, June 29
through Mon-day, July 9 for daughter Kay’s wedding in Sheboygan,
WI.
James Travers, Family Ministry Coordi-nator: Sin the May, 2012
council meeting: helped lead the worship services each week and
preached one; met with the Min-isterial Assoc.; met with the Youth
& family Ministry Board, the Christian Ed Board and Retreat
Center Board; worked with a cou-ple youth to serve supper to the
Thrivent Board; taught two 6th grade confirmation classes; helped
clean the ditches along Hwy. 20 with our youth; met with the 9th
graders and their confirmation mentors; attended high school
graduation, 4th grade graduation, and CMS Awards night; helped
organize and worked at the Grillapalooza Fundraiser; lead a Bible
study for our group going to the ELCA Youth Gathering; started a
weekly walking club for the sum-mer; various pastoral visits with
youth and attended youth activities including concerts and dance
programs and other duties in-cluding prep work for coming events
and activities. Christian Education: Met June 12. Pre-sent: Kory
Boehmer, Anne Rassmussen, Cara Mitzel, Brenda Langerud. Absent:
Lori Stubbe, Eric Berg and Tammy Rig-gin. A motion was made by Kory
and 2nd by Anne to approve last month’s minutes as printed in the
Spire. Day Camp: will be held at Ruger Park for 1st-6th graders and
at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church for preschool and kindergarteners
June 18-21. Lunch and supper are needed to be provided for the
counselors on Monday, June 18 and lunch on Tuesday, June 19. A
grill and help is needed with the picnic at St. Olaf on Thursday,
June 21 at 6:00 p.m. An email will be sent out to get this
assistance. Kory will provide the grill for the Thursday picnic.
Brenda moved that the lunches be taken out of the budget. Seconded
by Kory. Lunches will be brought to the park by Anne and Brenda.
Supper Monday to be provided by the Christian Ed Board.
Confirmation: 9th graders have started their summer men-tor
program. Strategic Planning: Jamie gave the Christian Ed board
members a reading to read before the July board meeting. Youth and
Family Ministry: Met June 12: Present: Becky Lang, Brady Legacie,
Joanne Legacie and Stacy MacDonald.
7th-12th Grade: 6 youth have signed up for the houseboat trip
July 31-Aug. 3. A small enclosed trailer is needed for the
houseboat trip on July 31st. If you have one please contact Jamie.
They helped in the ditch cleaning and grillapaloosa fund-raiser.
Family activities: program and picnic for day camp at St. Olaf is
June 21. We are planning games for the 125th Celebration on July
15th. Jr. Disciples (3rd-6th): Sojourners will be August 6-9 at the
Retreat Center. 2012 ELCA Youth Gathering: Stockholders fund-raiser
was successful - $3,945 worth of investments were made and we will
do 395 hours of volunteer time. 123.5 hours have already been done.
Grillapaloosa fund-raiser was successful - final profit isn’t
available but it should be close to $1,000 after supple-mental
funds from Thrivent Financial. Father’s Day Steak Fry will be held
Sun-day, June 17. June Bible study was held June 10th. The next and
last Bible study before the trip will be on July 11th.
Church Properties: Met June 12: Pre-sent: Chuck Olson, Joe
Yager, Lloyd Hintz, Kirk Sweeney, Frank Johanson, Newton Lindseth.
Absent: Roger Knutson. Joe moved to approve the minutes as printed
in the Spire, 2nd by Lloyd, motion carried. Old business: We are
waiting for a quote for the office windows from The Glass Shop.
Lighting of the steeple is go-ing ahead and possibly landscape
lighting. Discussed all the projects that need to be done around
St. Olaf. When all estimates are received, we will recommend to
pro-ceed and how to pay for them. Meanwhile we encourage everyone
to continue to give to the building fund for these mainte-nance and
updating projects. New busi-ness: sanctuary ceiling fans: one fan
does not work. Chuck moved to replace all 4 ceiling fans since
scaffolding will be set up. Fans were estimated to be over 30 years
old. Lloyd 2nd. Motion carried. Retreat Center: The Retreat Center
Board met May 14. Present: Ray Sletteland, John Dahlen, Joe Yager,
Gary Armstrong, Roger Knutson, Jamie Travers, Allan Thompson and
Pastor Nicla. Pastor Nicla opened with devotions. Discussion was
held about the misunderstanding that the
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ing adjourned with Judy making the mo-tion and Irving 2nd it.
New Business: Ray moved, Cara 2nd to allow Karla Heisler to proceed
with in-spections of the Education Building for potential use for a
preschool. Costs for the inspections will be worked out. Mo-tion
carried. Marlene moved to give the proceeds from the Drive Inn to
the Men’s Club for the purchase of the new stove. Stacy 2nd. Motion
carried. Ray moved that St. Olaf Congregation set up a line of
credit from Bremer Bank for $10,000 to cover the cost of a new
stove for the kitchen and to designate Joe Hoiberg as President of
the congregation OR Marlene Young as Treasurer of the Con-gregation
to sign for the loan. Chuck 2nd. Motion carried. The budgeted
allowance for Youth & Family Events for the upcom-ing Youth
Gathering trip will need to be transferred to the youth account.
The amount for 2012 is $1000. A special bulletin for the 125th
Anniversary was requested. Cara moved to adjourn, Marlene 2nd.
Motion carried.
Minutes submitted by Darci Gilbertson
June Council Meeting Retreat Center would be closed. It was
determined that it is not. The Retreat Cen-ter is represented on
the council by the chairperson of Church Properties. The $35,000 CD
is up for renewal. John made a motion to renew the CD at the best
rate for 1 year, 2nd by Allan. Motion carried. John will shop
around for best rates. A motion was made by Allan to not purchase
flood insurance this year was 2nd by Joe. Motion carried. The
Retreat Center has regular insurance coverage with Farmers Union
Ins. A motion by Allan to meet on the first Sunday of the month
from May-September was 2nd by Gary. Motion carried. A motion was
made by Allan to keep the RC open through September 2, second by
John. Motion carried. A notice in the July Spire will let people
know who to call for a ride out to the RC on Sunday mornings.
Discus-sion about the gate was held. It was de-cided to leave the
gate as it is. Discussion was also held about the folks along the
property line storing items and sheds on our property. Minutes
submitted by Pastor Nicla. Congregational Life: Met June 12.
Pre-sent: Karen Lindseth, Betty Nygren, Dianne Saele. Absent: Helen
Armstrong. Meeting opened with prayer. Dianne moved to ac-cept the
minutes, 2nd by Betty Nygren, motion carried. Discussion held on
plan-ning the 125th Anniversary. Plans are in place for the meal at
Ruger Park after the 11:00 service. We will be planning for 250
people. If possible committee will set up at building in park on
Friday before. WELCA will be in charge of coffee hour between
services on July 15. Cards (5x7) will be made to sell on July 15
and after with pic-tures of church on them. Gary Axtman is making
these. Motion made by Dianne to make 200 of these and Karen second
it. Congregational Life will pay for these ini-tially and sell them
for a fund-raiser. Lay Ministry: Met June 12. Present: Ray
Sletteland, Florene Rogne, Deloris Johan-son. Absent: Ron Miller.
Florene moved to approve minutes, Deloris 2nd. Florene made 2 home
communions and did home visits. Ray made nursing home visits.
Deloris fixed hair at good Sam and visited
some of the residents. Closed with devo-tions. Men’s Club: met
at the Retreat Cen-ter. Harris made motion to go ahead with
purchase of stove. Newton 2nd. Motion carried. Men’s Club will pay
for it. WELCA: No meeting meetings in June, July and August.
Outreach & Evangelism: Met June 10 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Olaf.
Present: Kim Hatten, LaMae Bergan and Patricia Berggren. The
committee discussed having speakers pre-sent information about
topics and programs of interest during coffee hour between
ser-vices at St. Olaf. We decided that the best months to do this
would be October, Janu-ary and April, with a different speaker one
Sunday of each of these months. Scam-ming, swing-bed, hospice and
Thrivent were some of the topics generated. The committee will work
more on this at the August 2012 meeting. In exploring other ideas
for outreach and evangelism, a sug-gestion was made that we have a
school supply drive to help provide school supplies to elementary
and middle school children. Kim will obtain the elementary and
middle school lists from the schools to give to Darci, who can
publish them in the July Spire. Since we decided not to meet in
July, our next meeting will be held on Au-gust 12, 2012 at 10:00
a.m. at St. Olaf. Stewardship: No meeting. The group will attend
the “Let’s Talk Stewardship” meeting scheduled for Thursday, June
14. Worship & Music: Met June 12. Present: Irving Thompson,
Duianne Bourcy, Judy Ovre and Janice Breakey. Absent: Lynda &
Russ Pearson, Betty Soper. Visitors: Pas-tor Jeff and Joe Hoiberg.
Irving moved to approve minutes, 2nd by Judy. The meet-ing was
called to order with the reading of the minutes. Pastor and Joe
were with us to talk about the lack of chairman for this committee.
It was decided Janice will take it for 6 months to finish out the
year. We will be looking for someone willing to take it after that.
We will have special meeting on the plans for the sing-a-long for
the 125th anniversary. Janice will talk to Lynda & Russ and get
one set up. Jamie came in with graphic results on a survey of
worship patterns and attendance on the congrega-tion. We need to
find a pastor for July 1st. Jamie will have the July 8th service.
Meet-
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Congratulations and God’s blessings on the
marriages of:
Dean Fandrich, Jr. & Codi Peterson
June 9
IW Potgieter & Jenny Walford
June 16
Peter Hoffart & Darlene Pearson
June 23
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Faith & Care Group #1 - July 2012
Faith & Care Group #2 For August 2012 Conrad Adahl Duaine
& Barb Ash Carissa Bachmeier, Ryder, Tracen Lisa Bachmeier,
Kelsey Roxanne & Mike Barendt, Morgan &
Hannah, Tanner Rodney Bennes Nicole & David Bender, Austin
Orlinda Bendickson Terry & Beth Black, Molly, Elle, Charlie Pat
Bradley Janice Breakey Jon & Cindy Brown, Drew, Casey,
Reagan Gene & Melissa Burkhard, Brady & Toby Dennis
& Paulette Clemenson Kermit & Glenna Garske Judy Hager
Walter & Helen Hanson
Jacqueline Hunt, Jesse Leonard Jemtrud Jan Johnson, Brittany
& Kayla Josh & Dona Krahler, Jadyn, Amber & Zachary
Beverly Lee Bradley Leben Ruby Lohnes, Dani Richard & Sandra
Lunde Dale & Nona Martz Kent & Hayley Ness, Ty Sigurd Olson
(Oberon) Derrick & Holly Owens, Alexander Stella Papachek Tommy
& Myrna Peterson Mabel Rabadeaux Bonnie Rader, James Sharon
Rance Ann & Richard Rasmusson
Dana Salisbury Stacy & Shannon Schmidt, Preston Valerie
Skadsem Amber Skadsem, Clint, Kasyn Glenn & Betty Soper Gaylene
Tollefson Orville & Audrey Wang, Autumn &
George Valerie Weber Mary Jane Zemek, Melissa, Rebecca,
Michelle & Mikayla Leaf Robert Anderson Vernon & Agnes
Christianson
662-6787 ........... James Andrews, Joseph & Jacob 662-3653
........... Duane A. & Susan Armstrong, Molly & Benjamin
230-3738 ........... Katelyn Armstrong & Tyler Skurdall, Ashton
662-8379 ........... Fred Biri 662-8797 ........... Kory &
Colette Boehmer, William 662-8324 ........... Jared & Elisa
Christensen, Cassandra, Kaylee, Carter 662-3401 ........... Eric
Christofferson 398-3447 ........... Judy Cox, Michael & Patrick
662-5199 ........... Cleo Deplazes 662-4081 ........... Douglas
& Lynn Goodwill, Natalie &
Cale 662-4342 ........... Donna Hagen 662-8952 ........... Dale
& Faye Halle 662-4779 ........... Lloyd & Carol Hintz
351-9224 ........... Benjamin Idland & Jenna Walter,
Kaspynn 662-5686 ........... Patty Johnson, Jared 662-3253
........... Elizabeth Kalhagen 662-4187 ........... James &
Carol Kling 662-2972 ........... Esther Larson 662-2381 ...........
LaVerne Leier
381-2152............Darren & Lori Lippert, Kaylee, Blake
351-2418............Nicole McIvor, Julia, Blaine
662-2705............James & Gail Miller
662-2518............Necito Montaniel 662-5765............Amy
Mosbaek 351-2879............Josey & Amber Ness, Brynn,
Lainey,
Rustyn 395-4375............Keith & Joan Ness, Jessica and
Kolby 662-3347............Robert & Bernice Ness
662-3752............Rose Marie Nyhus 662-7234............Rene &
Sherri Ouellette, Cami, Carson 351-0899............Donna Popowski,
Alicia & Derek 398-3282............Art & Carol Rohr, Beth
398-3075............Byron & Jessica Rohr, Julia
662-7346............Patricia Rohrer, Lisa
351-6104............Heather Schiele, Tristan
665-3031............David & Ranae Schnaidt, Stephanie &
Emily 662-7270............Terry & Connie Straabe, Caitlin,
Michelle
& Tara 662-4289............Jarrod & Lori Stubbe, Quenten
& Malcolm 662-8026............James Travers
662-8373............Barbara Walden
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July 2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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No Thursday Fellowship
-7:00 Boy Scouts
-12:00 Walkers At Ruger Park
-7:00 Compassionate Friends
- 8:00 AA
-6:00 AA Leaders -8:00 AA & Al-Anon
-4:00 Glenn Soper Benefit at VFW
-4:00 Spire Deadline -6:00 Rehearsal -8:00 AA & Al-Non
-12:00 Walkers At Ruger Park - 8:00 AA
-12:00 Walkers At Ruger Park - 8:00 AA
-9:45 Faith & Care Meeting for Group #2
-7:00 BS
-8:00 AA & Al-Non -Quilting -7:30 Al-Anon
-12:00 Walkers At Ruger Park - 8:00 AA
- 11:00 Staff Mtg.
-7:00 Youth Gathering Bible Study - 7:15 Special Music Rehearsal
for 125th Celebration
3:00 Nicole Hanson/Josh Kuntz Wedding
-11:00 Staff Mtg.
-11:00 Staff Mtg.
Wedding -9:30 Retreat Center Board Meeting
-Quilting -7:30 Al-Anon
Summer Sunday Schedule:
8:30 Worship Service at the Retreat Center 9:30 Coffee
Fellowship at the Retreat Center 9:30 Coffee Fellowship 11:00
Worship Service
Communion on the 1st and 3rd Sundays and Special Occasions
125th Celebration
- Both services in town with Bishop Rindy -Free Picnic at Noon
At Ruger Park -1:00-4:00 Games - Music & More at Ruger Park
-12:00 Walkers At Ruger Park - 8:00 AA
-Quilting
-7:30 Al-Anon
Happy 4th Of July!
Office Closed
-7:00 BS
LRSC Staff at RC
-Quilting -7:00 Board Meetings -7:30 Al-Anon -8:00 Council
LRSC Staff at RC
-Quilting
-7:30 Al-Anon
-7:00 Boy Scouts
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July 2012
St. Olaf Lutheran Church 601 6th Street NE
Devils Lake, ND 58301‐2525 Phone: 701‐662‐4911 Fax: 701‐662‐4820
Email: [email protected] www.stolafchurchdevilslake.com
Pastor Jeffrey S. Nicla James W. Travers, Family Ministry Coordinator Darci Gilbertson, Office & Financial Secretary Kirk Sweeney, Custodian Lynda Pearson, Organist Russ Pearson, Choir Director
Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 17 Devils
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