ANNOUNCEMENTS

Choir Rehearsals will

resume on August 17

Women’s Luncheon is August 11 at 11:30AM

at To Be Announced

Spiritual Journey Class

Mondays at

7:00 PM

Led by Billy & LaMarque Petty

Next TDJ Night to

be announced as

soon as its

scheduled

Men’s Prayer Breakfast

will meet on the last

Saturday of the month

at 9:00AM, next one

will be August 27

No Church Fellowship for the

month of August. Next one

will be September 11

Join the Women’s Bible Study on Tuesdays 10:00 am—11:00 am, Led by Donna Brown.

No meeting in

August

Tommy Gregory has been

picking up our pecans for us

for years and shells them for us

and it’s a way our church can

bring in some money. If you

would like a bag or two, please

call Angie in the office or let

Betty Lively know.

Shelled Pecans (1 lb bags)

$9.50 a bag

Men’s Ministry—Keeper's of the Flame

"Fan into flame the gift of God." 2 Timothy 1:6

I'm excited where our ministry to men is starting to go. I hope that you will find a

time and a place to meet with us. Here are the times and places we meet.

Tuesday - 7:00 a.m. Here at the church with Pastor and Billy Tripp

Wednesday - 6:00 a.m. at Catfish and Company. Led by Billy Petty

Thursday - 12:00 p.m. Young men's group. TBA Call Larry (432/770-8307) to

find out place. Chuck Blalock and Pastor Larry heading up the group. We work

to make sure you get back to work on time. Some guys can't get there until

12:15 and it still works.

Friday - 6:00 a.m. Catfish and Company. Anybody is welcome

4th Saturday of the month - 9:00 a.m. Men’s Prayer Breakfast (next one is

August 27)

Medicine Bottles

Collection is now

cancelled—program is

discontinued. Thank You.

Daily devotions are being

featured on the NALC website.

The daily devotions are also

posted in the North American

Lutheran Church group on

Facebook and the NALC Network.

Written by NALC pastors and

coordinated by Pastor Ryman,

NALC Communications

Coordinator, the devotions are

based on the daily Scripture

readings from the Lutheran Book

of Worship Daily Lectionary. The

Scripture readings from the Daily

Lectionary are active links at the

top of each devotion.

www.thenalc.org

Goodnews

Colossians 2:6"So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,

continue to live your lives in him, 7rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with

thankfulness."

Pastor’s Heart

Is it just me or has our world gone crazy? The world has always been full of pain, hate, anger and ugliness, what has made the difference is the actions of God’s children (or not). Make no mistake about it, God does not take sin or a lack of faith lightly. I truly believe that the direction that God takes with our country and the Church will be the response of the faithful. The question really is: “Do we see the need and importance of being the church? “ Society has already shown us that they don’t think we make a difference in the issues and problems of the world. They’ve shown us by not showing up (I’m not sure most believers are far behind). The hope is ; GOD HAS NOT CHANGED AND NEITHER HAVE HIS PROMISES. “If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and heal their land.” It won’t happen in a day, with a new president or with the perfect church or pastor, only when we, God’s children, come together in faith, hope and love. I believe…

Blessings!

Larry

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER | LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE RISEN LORD | AUGUST 2016 – VOLUME 8

Church Events Aug 2 Rainbow’s End

Emmaus Group

Aug 11 Ladies Luncheon

Aug 22 1st day of school

Aug 27 Men’s Prayer

Breakfast

TDJ Night to be announced.

Weekly Activities

Mondays at 7:00PM—Spiritual Journey

Tuesdays at 10:00AM—Ladies Bible

Study

Wednesdays at 7:00PM—Choir

Rehearsal No Choir Rehearsal until

August 17

Thursdays at 7:00PM—Young Adult

Bible Study

We were saddened to hear of Pastor Frederick Jensen’s passing on July 12th. He was our interim pastor from

February 14—June 23, 2013. We were blessed to have him and Beverly here for the short time they were here. He

will be missed. For those that want to send a card to his family can send it to this address:

Jensen Family 520 5th St. S.W. #316 Willmar, MN 56201

Here is his obituary:

Rev. Frederik V. Jensen, age 88, of Willmar, died unexpectedly, on Tuesday, July 12, at his residence in Willmar.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be at St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery in Raymond. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. on Monday, July 18, at the Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and will continue for one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday.

Frederik Vilhem Jensen was born on March 19, 1928, in Montreal Quebec, Canada, the son of John M. and Ragnhild E. (Gotsche) Jensen. He was baptized in the Christian faith at St. Ansgar’s Lutheran Church in Montreal where his father was Pastor. In 1937, he moved with his family to Spencer, Iowa, where his father was called to be Pastor of Bethany Lutheran Church. Frederik confirmed his Christian faith on May 22, 1942, at Bethany Lutheran Church and in 1946, graduated from Spencer High School. In the fall of 1946, Frederik entered Dana College in Blair, Nebraska as a pre-seminary student and graduated in June of 1950. Later in 1950, he enrolled at Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota and graduated with a Master of Divinity degree in 1953. From 1953 to 1954, he did post-graduate work at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. On September 26, 1952, Frederik was united in marriage to Janice Ruth Nygaard and they were blessed with three children, Frederik, Marcia and Rhonda. Frederik V. Jensen was ordained into the Ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church on July 11, 1954, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer, Iowa. He served as a Minister in the communities of New Denmark, New Brunswick; Montreal and St. Lambert, Quebec, Canada. In March of 1965, he was called to Minnesota and served in the communities of Evan-Gilfillan and Raymond. In March of 1981, he was called to Streator, IL until his retirement in 1991. In February of 1992, Frederik and Janice moved to Willmar where he was installed as Interim Pastor at Bethel Lutheran Church and from 1993 to 2010, he served as the Visitation Pastor at Bethel. He also served as a part-time Interim Pastor at churches throughout rural Minnesota, Wisconsin and Texas. On August 21, 2005, his wife, Janice passed away after almost 53 years of marriage. On April 14, 2007, Fred was married to Beverly Grace Dilger-Hanson. They enjoyed their aging years together and the new found fellowship with each other’s children, grandchildren, relatives and friends. Beverly passed away on June 19, 2014. In addition to his work as a pastor, Fred enjoyed sports, especially ice skating—playing pick-up hockey games when possible while in Canada. He also enjoyed tennis, golf, and was a fan of the Montreal Canadians and the Minnesota Twins and Vikings. As hobbies, Fred enjoyed oil and water painting, writing poetry, traveling with Janice and Beverly throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.

He is survived by one son, Rev. Fred (and Dawn) Jensen of Minnetonka; one daughter, Rhonda (and Dean) Anderson of Waterford, WI., seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Also surviving is one sister, Margaret Rasmussen of Lombard, IL., and one sister-in-law, Arlene Jensen of Palo Alto, CA., besides other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; both wives, Janice in 2005 and Beverly in 2014; a daughter, Marcia Hudak; one brother, Ronald Jensen and one brother-in-law, Bjarne Rasmussen.

Letter from Water Mission

Dear Congregation, thank you so much for participating in Water

Sunday. Thank you for joining this movement of believers to spread hope through the

provision of clean water. Because of your involvement, communities around the world are

hearing the Living Water message of Jesus Christ. The global water crisis is urgent, and

because you responded, lives are being transformed! We can’t thank you enough for

partnering with us.

Blessings, Haley Seitz—Church Partnerships

.

Baum, Mike

Beal, Chad

Browning, R. (Alice and Charlotte)

Clark, LaVerne

Collerd, Herb

Collerd, Tyler (power and strength for Pawpaw and his

recovery)

Custer, Carrie

Dennard, Dayton

Diaz, Maria

Dolan, Lucas

Dudley, Phyllis

Duff, Norma (Jodie—granddaughter)

Fowler, Jerry

Garrett, Shirley

Gonzales, David

Greene, Patricia (for those we lost, those who serve

and those who kneel & pray)

Gutierrez, Robin (long-term)

Koepke, Sarah (daughter– missionary)

Lawson, Janine

Lewis, Ralph

Lively, Betty (thanks be to God for Your love and

mercy)

Livingston, Kay (prayers of healing & wisdom)

Maxwell, Carimie (vision; Debbie Parsons’

granddaughter)

Moran, Connie & family (long-term)

Moran, Riley (first birthday on 07/08/16 and for his

baptism on 07/10/16)

Orta, Melissa

Otwell, Jack & Joyce

Parker, Deryl We have helped 8 families in

the month of July

Members, we need

big boxes (like the

size of case of paper

boxes) for the food

pantry. If you can

bring some, we

would appreciate it,

thanks

Pitchford, Theresa

Pounds, Tracey

Pratt, Olivia

Rasnick, Anya

Richardson, Yvette (Linda Hood’s mom)

Rutherford, Glenda

Sanders, Dorinda

Sisemore, Cathy

Slusher, Chez (please pray for my big sister to forgive those people

that hurt her so many years ago. She is making herself ill by al-

lowing the hurt & anger to turn into hate; she is teaching her chil-

dren hate and revenge is ok and the right thing to do. I pray for

god to touch and heal their hearts and souls. Thank You!)

Smith, Doug

Smith, Duane

Smith, Jody

Treadway, Marvin

Tucker, Janeice

Varley, Howard (to be a strong disciple for Christ)

Voss, Allyne

Walker, Tracy

Weber, Arliss and Trish

Webster, Kenn

Whiting, Harriet

York, Tim (Midland Memorial #711)