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Things First December 2018
The Newsletter of
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
561 Chestnut Street,
Taylors Falls, MN 55084-1110
651-465-5265 www.tflutheran.com
What if?
What if we turned something off? Our phone, our TV, the car radio, the computer? What if we turned them off for 15 minutes every day or night during Advent, and walked around, thinking about preparing our hearts for Jesus?
What if we watched the news, and took deep breaths, and prayed while we learned about what was happening in our world? What if we thought about how much we love our children, or grandchildren, or parents or friends, and then tried to help someone else in the world know that someone loves them that much, too? What if we took 5 minutes before we drop off to sleep to thank God for all the beauty & kindness & generosity & abundance we have in our lives? I wonder, would that change us? How might it change us?
What if we spent Advent thinking about what we're looking for next? When Jesus comes, will we notice?
With you, preparing with hope for the arrival of the One who loves us,
Pr. Mary Kaye
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QUILTERS
SARAHCIRCLE
COUNCILMEETING OFFICE HOURS@FELC
New Members Welcome! SUNDAYWORSHIP
FAMILY PORTRAIT TIME
With LIFETOUCH
We need you to help us make this a
complete Family Album!
This will be a great tool to help us all
connect names with faces as our
church continues to change and grow!
Dates Tuesday, December 18
2pm to 8:50pm
Wednesday, December 19 2pm to 8:50pm
FREE….. 8x10 Family Photo AND a Free Church Directory!
in addition, when you bring in 1 non-perishable food item to your photography
appointment time, you receive $5.00 in THANK YOU coupons from LifeTouch!
To sign up, please visit the church website:
www.tflutheran.org or Call the church office at 651-465-5265 15
Adult CHOIRSCHEDULE
MONTHLYGIVING REPORT
DECEMBERBIRTHDAYS
James Goranson 12/01 Mary Anne Mattson 12/03 Caren Carlson 12/04 Makayla Langer 12/05 Dalton Langer 12/05 Justin Jorgensen 12/06 Gayle Langer 12/11 Isaac Moberg 12/12 Todd Hall 12/13 Colton Dexter 12/14 Emily Posey 12/17 Jerry Rhoads 12/19 Geraldine Swenson 12/19 Rachael Lamb 12/20 Carol Nelson 12/21 Susan Berthiaume 12/22 Olivia Smith 12/23 Deanna Peterson 12/24 Melissa Johnson 12/27 Luke Valez 12/29 Suntina Hackmann 12/31
Please contact the church office if there are any errors or omissions. Thank you.
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First Lutheran
Youth
C O N N E C T
I N V I T E
E Q U I P
FLY Schedule
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The youth group
was hard at work
putting beautiful
Christmas labels on
the Maple Syrup
bottles! If you are
interested in
purchasing syrup for holiday gifts or
for your family, please see Michelle or
Don! It’s always available at the
church for purchase as well!
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An animal can make a world of difference for a family in need. Animals provide food
to eat, fertilizer to grow crops and offspring to sell on the market. With one gift, you
can help a family escape the cycle of hunger and poverty for good. There are many
other gifts available to purchase: Water filters, solar-powered lantern, communion
supplies, farming field school, school uniforms, and so many more!
Our Youth Group along with the Sunday School Class and the Confirmation Class will
be saving their money, sharing with family about this great organization, and together
will be blessing families and communities in need this Christmas season.
If you are interested in donating or would like to know more information, please
contact:
Pastor Mary Kaye 612-532-7083
Michelle Lynch, Youth Director 715-220-2782
Angie Linngren, Ministry Coordinator/Sunday School Teacher 763-222-3033
Sunday Confirmation Classes
December 2nd, 16th & 23rd
Bring your Bibles and meet in the library at 10:15am!
(2019 confirmation schedule will be out soon. Call
church office to make sure you're on the list of those in
the class!) Group
Life
Life Group for HS and College Age young
adults will run Sundays
Dec. 2nd, 9th, and 16th
10:15—11:15am
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We can get anything we want, from anywhere in the world, whenever we want it. That’s how it is and that’s how we want it to be. Still, our lives aren’t any different than other generations before us. Our time is. We want spiritual direction, but it has to be real for us and available when we need it. We want a new format for getting Christian perspectives. NOOMA is the new format. It’s short films with communicators that
really speak to us. Compact, portable, and concise. Each NOOMA touches on issues that we care about, that we want to talk about, and it comes in a way that fits our world. It’s a format that’s there for us when we need it, as we need it, how we need it. We have plenty of DVD’s to check out! Tomato, Breathe, Kickball and Lump are just a few!
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Come join us! We will plan to
meet in the library, unless we get
too big for the room!
6:30-8pm on select Wednesdays:
December 5 & 12, then break
until after New Year’s. Bring food
if you need some or want to
share; wonderings, too!!
We’re going to dig into the
Gospel of John! Please read the
first two chapters for 11/7. New
joiners welcome
at any time!
(If we want to
know more about
God, we need to
know more of
God's word.)
Book study at the Lodge! Participants are reviewing
Be the Surprise: Experiments in Spontaneous Faith by
Terry Esau. If you’re interested in
participating, please contact PMK or
call the church office so we can make
sure you know about schedule
changes and get you a book!
Meeting time at the Lodge will be
10:30-11:30am on Wednesdays.
December Date: 5th - Will resume
January 9th
Friends & neighbors are welcome!
Attention Thrivent Partners
and Thrivent Members!
Please remember to direct
your Choice Dollars by Dec.
1st to the recipient of your
choice, (including FELC).
Thank you all and God Bless!
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We will be decorating
the church on
Saturday, December 1st
9:00am—12:00pm
18th Annual Christmas Bazaar Raffle & Bake Sale
Supports Church Ministries!
Chisago Lake Lutheran Church - Center City
Sat., December 1st 9 am to 3 pm
Cinnamon Rolls & Coffee in the morning and Sloppy Joe Lunch at 11am.
Bethlehem Bakery Bake Sale
Antique Items for Sale
Unique Gifts by 30 Crafters
Raffle Items: Hand-made Quilt, Two—$100 Gasoline Gift Cards, Two—
Minnesota Wild Hockey Tickets
Raffle tickets sold now in the church between Sunday services and on
Saturday, December 1st 9am—3pm
Sankta Lucia
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River Valley Christian Women’s Connection invites women of all ages to
“Wrapped in Love”
11:30 Luncheon
Monday, December 10
Chisago Lake Lutheran Church
1 Summit Ave., Center City, MN 55012
We meet at a different site each month
Special Feature: Holiday Bow Making and
Outdoor Winter Decorative Pots
Special Music & Speaker: Radio personality Joyce Harley speaking
on “The Gift of Love”
Reservations by noon, December 4 .
Call /text Diane, 651-808-8579
Treat someone for the holidays.
$12 -pay at the door
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We will be setting up our annual Giving Tree that supports families
from the Taylors Falls community in need. Each year, our generous
congregation purchases gifts cards for families who struggle at
Christmas. These families are blessed with gifts cards towards
gas, food and presents. If you’d like to donate toward this
wonderful cause, you can put your donation in the offering plate
noting “Giving Tree” on Sundays at worship or send your donation
to the church:
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Attn: Giving Tree
561 Chestnut Street
Taylors Falls, MN 55084
Thank you for opening your heart this
upcoming Christmas season and blessings
others!
A holiday classic for all ages,
Miracle on 34th Street
asks us all, "Do you believe in
Santa Claus?" It's the trial of the
century when Kris Kringle takes
on the skeptics in this time-
honored, holiday show - one that is
sure to have you believing in
miracles.
Nov. 24th—Dec. 23rd
Check out
http://www.festivaltheatre.org/
for show times/dates!
Chisago Lakes Area Lutheran Churches Present
PRAY AND PLAY DAY
MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019
9a.m.—3p.m. Registration starts at 8:30a.m.
At Trinity Lutheran Church, Lindstrom
Preschool (must be toilet trained) - Grade 5
Registration Fee: $10/child or $30/family
Want more information? Check out our
website: www.tflutheran.org
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Meeting Agenda
Church Council of First Evangelical
Lutheran Church
November 11th, 10:45am to 12:30pm
“To worship God as an intergenerational praying community, learning God’s Word, and building lasting relationships as we grow in God’s love and grace.”
Members Present: Duane Olson, Pastor Mary Kaye, Wendy Szczepanski, Rose Anderson, Joe Landgreen, Craig Loen and Miriam Flysjo Members Absent: Don Hansen A. Opening Devotions – Wendy Devotions for December—Miriam B. Sharing story - Rose-lefse, Wendy her sister and niece and family visiting C. Pastor Report-PMK- Getting Ready for Jesus event- collaborative meeting with the 5 churches. Upcoming event November 24 2-4p hosted here at FELC is meant to be event to focus on Jesus coming. There will be various family friendly activities like decoration making stations and Maple praline candy. PMK also shared that the next MiChiLu collaborative meeting is at Zion in Chisago City, on 1/15 at 12:30p and ALL are welcome.
Advent Tea November 25 noon - Open House Time for people to come and work on projects.
D. President’s Report- Don— no report due to his absence E. Property Report – Scandia Repairs did repairs to heating system last week. There was a hole in one of the pipes in the floor. Now all pipes are up in ceiling. The closet was cleaned out and items were put out for people to take. (Wendy volunteered to take any electronics left to recycling. Thanks!)
Steeple Repair Joe and Don will get together to talk about how to proceed with the steeple. Angie and Don working on a visual to show how much money is collected
Nativity scene- It is stored in the shed and at Olson’s. Duane will put it up before the lighting festival.
F. Treasurer Report. Joe- Everything paid for. 4% down from budget
We are signed up for new insurance company. We are not covered for the youth working at the sugar shack (but were before in the last policy) so that will be addressed. New company will have a more stable price
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G. Memorial Report- The Council got Church Informational brochures in their boxes. Please hand them out. Duane will distribute some to the information center in St. Croix Falls and other places that have informational brochures.
Memorial fund meets quarterly. Did not meet due to conflicts. There is not much on the agenda so they are meeting when they can. They are attempting to get an AED.
H. Other- The church has a goal to promote community events. An invitation to the Lefse event was sent to all churches in the area. We did not put fliers up in town, which is an area we could improve on. PMK is making a list of people who attended so we can be sure to invite them and others who have expressed interest.
The Lodge- When they opened, we got request to do worship every week. We said we’d do it quarterly. 9 or 10 people who live at the Lodge are coming to the book study and the worship. We need people to help set up, clean up, haul hymnals and help with communion. We aren’t getting many people to volunteer to help. It would be a good thing for a family to do as the Lodge residents like to see children. Next time is January 20 at 2:00 (usually the 3rd Sunday)
Directory- Lifetouch has offered to make a church directory. If we have 15 family/individuals take their picture we get a free directory. It is half size. It will just have portraits, names and addresses. Will have the ability to add members at a later date. Picture taking will be scheduled Dec 18 and 19 from 2:00-8:50. Will have sign up online and in the office. The council supports this endeavor. I. Motion by Miriam seconded Rose by to Adjourn
December Council
Meeting
Sunday, December 9th
10:45am - 12:30pm
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It always feels like someone pushes the fast forward button as soon as Thanksgiving is over. I encourage each on of you to slow down, enjoy this beautiful season of giving and magic, deep breath and enjoy your family! What better way to spread love and holiday cheer than do bless others with random acts of kindness! Here is a list of twelve—have fun!
Blessings to you this Christmas season! Angie, Ministry Coordinator
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Mission Statement
Please send submissions to: [email protected]
Articles due the 10th of each month.
“Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.” Psalm 90:1
The mission of FELC is to worship God as an intergenerational praying community, to learn
God’s Word, and to build lasting relationships as we grow in God’s love and grace.
(Mission Statement approved 2017)
Church Office 651-465-5265 www.tflutheran.org
2018-2019
Council/Officers: Don Hansen—President
Wendy Szczepanski—Vice President
Joe Landgreen—Treasurer
Miriam Flysjo —Secretary
Rose Anderson
Duane Olson
Craig Loen
Pastor Mary Kaye Ashley
Financial Secretary
Jerry Rhoads