say they need to learn more, and still others

might say that they need more life experience

before they could be considered wise.

I will tell you though, that when push

comes to shove, these young men are wise;

especially in the way Jesus describes people

who are wise. Out of all the things we did on

the trip, there were a couple of things that

were most memorable. When I asked the

guys what the most memorable part of the trip

was; the first thing that was brought up was

when we packed enough food to feed 61

children for an entire year. Let that sink in for

a moment; it wasn’t the Mall of America, it

wasn’t which girl was cutest, and it wasn’t

about any of the other places we went to…it

was packing enough food to feed 61 children

for the year.

Even in the midst of all the

excitement, there were moments throughout

the event where these young men were able to

sit and experience who God was. They

experienced God through the food packing,

the speaker, and even through my own story

that I shared with them. These young men

were able to see what it’s like to build their

house on the rock…and hopefully they will

remain standing when the storms come.

You see, that’s the other part of this

passage that Tiger McLuen shared with us.

That for both the wise and the foolish builders

the storms came, the rain fell, and the winds

blew hard. And at the end of the day, the only

Matthew 7:24-25: 24

“Therefore

everyone who hears these words of mine

and puts them into practice is like a wise

man who built his house on the rock. 25

The rain came down, the streams rose,

and the winds blew and beat against that

house; yet it did not fall, because it had

its foundation on the rock.”

Well I just got back from a great trip

to Youth Encounter in Bloomington, MN

with the confirmation students. We had six

students attend this year…all boys. There is

only so much I can say about the event, and

that doesn’t even break through the surface of

the experiences we had. One of the passages

that the main speaker Tiger McLuen shared

with us is this one about building your house

upon a rock. In this story that Jesus tells, the

only difference between the two builders is

that one is wise and one is foolish. The wise

one builds his house upon the rock and the

foolish one builds it in the sand.

On our trip, I had a van full of teenage

boys, and most people would look at them

and call them foolish. I mean these are the

types of guys that still laugh at farts, are

anticipating the trip to Mall of America over

anything else, would rather talk about girls

than talk about God (or anything else for that

matter), and really wanted to see how many

people could fit in the revolving door. I mean

at first glance, wise is not the first word that

would come to mind. Some would attribute it

to needing to be more mature, others would

Faithfully Yours Membership Newsletter April 2015

Faith Lutheran Church ~ Rev. David Johnson, PastorFaith Lutheran Church ~ Rev. David Johnson, Pastor

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F r o m t h e P a s t o r ’ s D e s k c o n t . . .

amazing in even something so ordinary? Where

have you seen God do the extraordinary? These

are the things that strengthen our faith; these are

the things that help us to build our lives on the

rock. Share these experiences, talk about them,

and hold onto them. Pray for our confirmation

students that they do the same. So that when the

storms of life come and rage (we all know they

will), that we will all be able like the wise man

and cling to the rock and remain standing when

the storm is over.

house that remained standing was the one that was

built on the rock.

All of what we experienced at Youth

Encounter, and any way in which God entered into

the lives of these young men will not keep any of

us out of the storms that this life throws at us. It

will only help us all to endure and to remain

standing even as everything else is crumbling

down around us; only as long as our foundation is

built upon the rock.

Where have you encountered God in your

life? Where have you seen God doing something In God’s Peace, Pastor Dave

WWW.FORTUNELAKE.ORG / 906. 875.3697 APRIL

Church Staff Retreat—April 17-18

Upper Elementary Retreat —April 24-25

Grades 3-6

MAY

Adoptive Family Retreat - May 1-3

JUNE

85th Anniversary Celebration June 7

Dear Members of Faith Lutheran Church,

Thank you for the beautiful

carnation flower and bud vase you sent

out to me on Valentines Day. You really

brightened my day. Thank you for

your thoughtfulness and many

prayers. And to Pastor Dave a big

thank you for taking time out of your

busy schedule to come out to my house

for a very nice visit.

Sincerely, Jackie Pauls

YOUTH LOCK-IN

Who? Grades 6-12 (yes, friends welcome)

When?

Friday/Saturday, April 17-18, from 7:00 pm to Noon

Where? Wesley United Methodist Church, Ishpeming

What?

Music, Food, Fun, Service, including a “Harvest Pack” food packing project for children worldwide and our

local “Project Feed a Neighbor” food collection across Negaunee and Ishpeming

Guest Leaders?

Youth Encounter’s Captive Free East Lakes outreach team

Cost? FREE

Sign up by April 2 with Pastor Dave to reserve your (and friends’) spot!

This is a WIN for Christ area youth event

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Mission Statement

It shall be the mission of Faith Lutheran Church of Ishpeming to

develop, strengthen, and share witness to the message of the Gospel;

through an increased understanding of our ministry, and our daily

living, both individually and as a congregation.

Faith Lutheran Church

Council 2015

Jeff Swanson—President

Victor Cox– Vice President

Judy Swanson—Secretary

Norma Denney

Nancy Harmala

Dave Magnuson

Ross Carlson

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Online Devotional Resource

Our Northern Great Lakes Synod offers a

wonderful online prayer resource,

including a daily devotional thought.

Check it out at www.nglsynod.org/

prayfaithfully/daily-devotions.html

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Jackie Susie Mark Sandy Kim

Danielle Kayla Jan Ted

Douglas Judy

Mike M. Alice Betsy

Beverly Paige

Jeremy

Mitchell Mike Jackie

Bill Pearl Judy

Jennifer Donna

Lorraine Karen Susie Mark Bev

Elmer Simon

Our home-bound and nursing home

residents: specifically

Signe Carter Doreen LaComb

Those We Prayed For in March

Keep in our Prayers

Psalm 116:1-2,12-19

Psalm 22

Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24

Psalm 133

Psalm 4

Psalm 23

Faith is being

sure of what we

hope for and

certain of what

we do not see. Hebrews 11:1

Family of Carmen Campbell Family of Paul Coron

Family of Carl Hytinen

George Corkin 4/1

James Harmala 4/1

Ralph Keto 4/1

Justin Saari 4/4

Marlene Harmala 4/5

Brian Honkala 4/5

Rita Miller 4/5

Jeffrey Pietro 4/5

Lisa Lampi 4/7

Tucker Hemmila 4/8

Kally Manty 4/8

Justine Henry 4/9

Heather M. Nelson 4/9

James Dobson 4/11

Theodore Smith 4/11

Darren Irish 4/12

NicholasBertucci 4/13

Elizabeth Lawer 4/13

Jonathan Saari 4/13

Tiffany Katajamaki 4/15

Ethan Salo 4/15

Barbara Carlson 4/17

KristIn Anderson 4/19

Hunter Peterson 4/20

Lois Toy 4/20

Melissa Argilan 4/22

Lorraine Wheeler 4/22

David Garceau 4/23

Beverly Korpi 4/23

Deborah Pellow 4/24

Sue Stowe 4/24

Karen Katajamaki 4/25

Marlene Anderson 4/26

Taylor Watters 4/26

Lois Ombrello 4/27

Stephanie Lake 4/29

Kathleen Waters 4/30

Douglas and Debra Kroon 04/01

David A. and Brenda Keto 04/06

Leonard and Joan Magnuson 04/10

John and Danelle Juntila 04/18

PSALM READINGS FOR APRIL

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Adult Sunday School 9:15am

Children’s Sunday School 10:15am

Worship Service 10:30am - 11:30am

Communion 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays

Coffee Fellowship follows Service, each Sunday

Address: 180 County Road PPO, off County Rd 581

Ishpeming, MI 49849

Telephone: Pastor Dave’s Cell (651) 769-3365

Church (906) 486-9083 / Parsonage (906) 204-2401

Email: faithlutheran@faithinishpeming.com

Church Office Hours Pastor Rev. Dave Johnson

From 10am—6pm, Monday—Thursday; if Pastor Dave is out of the office, he is still on the

clock. Please call him on his cell phone during this time. And if you have an

EMERGENCY—CALL ANYTIME: 651-769-3365.

Church Secretary, Barb Grisham

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 6:00—8:00 pm, Saturday: 8:00—noon.

~ Faith Lutheran Church & Community ~ ~ NEWS ~

Join us Easter Sunday

April 5, 2015

9:30am Continental Breakfast

10:30am Worship Service Please note: On Easter Sunday we will not hold Sunday School, children or adults. No Confirmation that

evening nor the 12th due to Spring Break.

EVERY MONDAY, PASTOR DAVE WILL BE HAVING A CUP OF COFFEE at one of the local places in Ishpeming form 9:30am—1:00pm. Feel free to join him during this time, weekly locations will be announced in the Sunday bulletin. We are having a ENVELOPE DRIVE. There are 144 envelopes plus a few blank ones, in the narthex, take one (or two) if you can and fill it with the amount on the envelope. For the blank envelopes, the choice if yours as to how much to place in each envelope. 144 filled envelopes equals $10,000! Proceeds of this important envelope drive will be used to offset the deficit in the church accounts.

A SUNDAE SUNDAY in planned for April 19th following worship. There will also be sandwiches and chips served. The money raised is for the Fortune Lake Scholarship Fund. Thank you for your continued support.

No Mutual Ministry meeting in the month of April, the next meeting will be May 4, 6:30pm.

On April 12 the CONFERENCE 8 MEETING will be held here at Faith. There will be a workshop on

Evangelism. Anyone interested my attend. The meeting begins at 3:00pm in the Fellowship Hall.

Sunday Worsh ip Schedu le Contac t In fo rmat ion

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With Thanks to Those Who Serve

Counters 04/05 Lois Ombrello and Norma Denney 04/12 Irene Kindstrand and Lee Irish 04/19 Debbie Kroon and Kathy Richards 04/26 Rita Miller and Helen Frederickson 05/03 Nancy Harmala and Robyn Stille

Cof f ee Servers 04/05 Easter Continental Breakfast 04/12 tbd 04/19 Sundae Sunday—FL Scholarships 04/26 tbd If you are unable to serve on your scheduled day,

please switch with someone or contact:

Irene Kindstrand—Lectors and Ushers

Cheryl Salmer—Counters

Kathy Magnuson—Communion Servers.

Ushers 04/05 Linda Michalski and Sheila Wilson 04/12 John and Sue Hamel 04/19 Kurt, Kelly and Noah Penrose 04/26 Judy Helsten and Ann Poirier 05/03 Mike and Pam Boone

Lectors 04/05 Ilene Mattson 04/12 Irene Kindstrand 04/19 Kelly Penrose 04/26 Marilee Koval 05/03 Irene Kindstrand

Commun ion Servers April Jeff Swanson May Ilene Mattson June Kathy Magnuson

April 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4

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6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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Children Sing / Communion

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SUNDAE SUNDAY

EASTER SERVICE Continental Breakfast,

Worship/Communion Finance Committee

6:30pm

Council Meeting

6:30pm

Book Study

3pm

Book Study

3pm

Book Study

3pm

Book Study

3pm

Men’s Bible

Study 10am Maundy Thursday

Service 7pm

Good Friday

Service 8pm

Sunday School Teacher Schedule ~ April 2015Sunday School Teacher Schedule ~ April 2015Sunday School Teacher Schedule ~ April 2015

Pre K-Kindergarten 1st-2nd Grade 3rd-6th Grade

APR 5 EASTER EASTER EASTER

APR 12 No class-spring break ——— ———

APR 19 Church Church Church

APR 26 Emily Kaare Kathy Swanson Irene Kindstrand

MAY 3 Kathy Richards Kay Maddock Kelly Penrose

Share & Care

11:30am

Conference 8 at 3pm Youth Lock—In