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A SPECIAL CONGREGATIONAL
MEETING IS CALLED FOR
SUNDAY, MAY 19th AT 10 A.M.
The only item on the agenda is the
Recommendation to Receive a Donation
of Real Estate
A former member of Bethlehem has died
and her estate included an undeveloped
parcel in the Bayview Heights
neighborhood. The family would l ike to
donate the property to United Lutheran
Church of Proctor. The property has no
structures on i t presently, and is too smal l
to bui ld a church, being 100’x115’ . As per
our constitution, the acquisit ion o f rea l
estate, by purchase of gift , can only
be approved by a vote of the
congregation. We wil l cal l the special
congregational meeting to order
promptly at 10am if we have a
quorum of 50 voting members. Once
this one i tem of business is
concluded, we wil l continue with
worship.
Sunday May 19th is also Graduate
Recognit ion. This year we wil l share
blessings with three high school
graduates from our congregation, as
well as recognize others who have
completed programs of study in a college,
university , or other training. Submit names
to the office or Pastor Kowitz by Monday
May 13th to be included in the day’s
recognition. This is always a highlight
Sunday of the year. Plan to attend and
honor the progress our children, youth, and
even adults have made over the past year.
The summer worship schedule has been
studied by our council , after receiving
much input from members and the staff.
This summer we wil l continue with 8:15am
Chapel Service and 10am Worship. People
have enjoyed two options for worship, and
this may be a l l the more beneficial during
summer. However, some were concerned
that the early and late crowds miss seeing
each other. In response, fel lowship hour
wil l begin at 9am.
People who worship
at 8:15am can stay
to social ize with
10am worshipers
who arrive early for
fel lowship.
We are also revising
our Wednesday
evening format. In
an effort to draw
more of our
congregation and
fr iends together, we
wil l meet at United on the first Wednesday
of the month this summer for a meal,
worship, and a special ac tivi ty. June 5th wil l
We welcome EVERYONE! May 2019
UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH OF PROCTOR
FROM YOUR PASTOR
be United’s Birthday Party, including the
talent show. July 3rd we wil l host a folk
dance in the parking lot. August 7th is
during VLM Daycamp week. Our
counselors and campers wil l present a
specia l event. Food and fellowship,
worship and music – these are central to
our congregation. Mark the first
Wednesdays this summer on your calendar
as Do Not Miss events!
Blessings to you this spring!
+Pastor Kowitz
WORSHIP LEADERS FOR MAY Volunteer Church
Cleaners
MAY 5th:
8:15 a.m. Service Ushers: Barb & Joe
Omundson
10 a.m. Service:
Assisting Minister: Jim Kmecik
Reader: Audrey Berglund
Ushers: Joan Thompson & Dan Saarela
Greeters: Al & Bea Kitto
Acolyte: Carter Kowitz
Council Person of the Week:
Jim Kmecik
Counters: Kathy Jazdzewski & Betty
Merling
MAY 12th:
8:15am Service Usher: Janis Anderson
10 a.m. Service:
Assisting Minister: Dan Saarela
Reader: Sarah Kowitz
Ushers: Claudia Gannucci & Peggy
Jugasek
Greeter: Sue Schwarz
Acolyte: Bea Kitto
Council Person of the Week:
Claudia Gannucci
Counters: Claudia Gannucci & Dan
Saarela
Apr. 29 – May 4 Steve & Marty Jonland May 6 – 11 Victor & Mandi Murray May 13 – 18 Jim & Tammie Kmecik May 20 – 25 Peter & Sarah Kowitz May 27 – Jun. 1 Bonnie & Daryl Kurki
MAY 19th:
8:15 a.m. Service Usher: Dan Morin
10 a.m. Service:
Assisting Minister: Kathy Benson
Reader: Needed
Ushers: Al & Austin Carlson
Greeter: Alice Halvorson-Rohweder
Acolyte: Allana Carlson
Council Person of the Week:
Alice Halvorson-Rohweder
Counters: Carolyn Johnson & Janice
Bakke
MAY 26th:
8:15 a.m. Service Usher: Harold Mead
10 a.m. Service:
Assisting Minister: Amelie Livingston
Reader: Karen Nolin
Ushers: John & Karen Nolin
Greeters: Marilyn Lee & Audrey
Johanson
Acolyte: Janis Anderson
Council Person of the Week:
Kristin Rudd
Counters: Victor Murray & Mandi
Murray
:
THANK YOU
FOR CARING!
Altar Guild Leaders for the month of May: Shari Lutzka and Karen Nolin
You are appreciated!
POWER IN PRAYER
MN ADULT & TEEN
CHALLENGE CHOIR
Come hear the MnTC Choir sing songs of
hope and tel l their stories of redemption and
healing.
United Lutheran Church of Proctor
Sunday: May 5, 2019
10:00 a.m.
For over 30 years, Mn Adult & Teen
Challenge has been restoring hope to people
struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. In
addit ion to our effective and affordable
shorter-term programs, Life Renewal, and
our distinctive long-term, faith-based
recovery program, we offer prevention and
transitional/aftercare services. We have
locations in the Twin Cities, Duluth,
Brainerd, Rochester, and our new teen boys
camp in Buffalo. All of these programs and
locations a l low us to serve people with a
broad spectrum of
addict ion issues.
Mn Adult & Teen
Chall enge helps cl i ents
gain hope, healing and
freedom in their l ives.
All prayer requests can be called to Jan Bakke 628-1211 or
submitted online: http://www.proctorlutheran.org/prayer
All requests are important and we welcome any of your concerns.
HOMEBOUND VISITS
Are you no longer able to attend church?
Would you like a visitor from your church
family? Please contact the church office at
624-4255 on weekday mornings. Someone
from the Fellowship Committee would be
happy to visit you periodically.
Even though you are not able to come to
church, we want you to know that we care
about you.
MARCH FOOD CAMPAIGN 2019 RESULTS
AREA CHURCH DONATIONS: Food Dollars
Forbes United Methodist Church 622# $2,370.50
United Lutheran Church of Proctor 688# $2,246.02
St. Rose Catholic Church 189# $980
Community Church of Christ $500
Pine Hill Lutheran Church ` $304
Grace Lutheran Church 121#
OTHER COMMUNITY DONATIONS:
Proctor City Hall 110#
Country Hearth Bread 90#
Proctor Post Office 101#
Proctor Chamber of Commerce ` $100
Wayne Pulford 25#
Anonymous 61#
TOTAL DONATIONS FOR THE PROCTOR AREA FOOD SHELF:
$6,500 AND 2,007 POUNDS OF FOOD
FORBES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IS THE WINNER OF THE
2019 CAMPBELLS SOUP CAN TROPHY AGAIN. THANKS FOR YOUR
GENEROSITY AND GOOD JOB EVERYONE!
THANKS GO TO:
Serenity Accounting & Bookkeeping Services
Thank you for your bookkeeping and payroll services!
http://www.serenityduluth.com
OUTSIDE WORK DAY
CALLED HOME
A funeral service was held for
KERMIT “KOKE” EMBERG on
April 5th 2019. Born on July 21, 1928
in Proctor, MN, he gently passed in his
home on March 28, 2019.
Koke was a long-time member of
Immanuel.
UNITED LUTHERAN’S
BOOK CLUB
JOIN US ON
SAT., MAY 18TH
9:30 A.M.
AT THE UNITED
LUTHERAN
CONFERENCE ROOM
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling
author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of
World War II and illuminates an intimate part of
history seldom seen: the women's war. The
Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by
years and experience, by ideals, passion and
circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous
path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-
occupied, war-torn France―a heartbreakingly beautiful
novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit
and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone,
a novel for a lifetime.
Please join us!
WE NEED YOUR HELP
YOU ARE NEEDED to help
serve coffee after worship. Sign up
with a friend. All you have to do is
bring a treat to share. Coffee and
Kool-Aid are provided in the
kitchen. Check the clipboard on
the table in the narthex and pick
your Sunday(s).
NATIONAL DAY OF
PRAYER SERVICE
Area Churches Together wil l be hosting a
National Day of Prayer Service at :
Community of Christ Church
320 14 t h St., Proctor
Thursday May 2, 2019 at 7 pm.
The service wil l include the Presidential
Proclamation, historical readings, prayers
and patriotic songs. This year’s theme is
‘Love One Another’ .
With al l the division in our country right
now, what better way for us al l to set aside
our differences and pray for God’s love to
Unite us al l .
Bring the whole family and join your
neighbors and fr iends as we l i ft up our
country to the saving, loving power of the
God who reigns over our nation.
Refreshments wi l l be provided after the
service. The church is handicap accessible .
MAY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
WARMEST BIRTHDAY WISHES TO YOU!
18 Lisa Olson
23 Chris Davis
25 Ariel Carlson, Dennis Wayt,
Donna Crilly, Kaitlyn Crilly
27 Gwen Nelson
31 Tammie Kmecik
2 Zachary Johnson
3 Allana Carlson
7 Sarah Kowitz
8 Kalie Sletten
11 Alice Rohweder, Amanda Lovold
12 Tammy Segel-Crilly
14 Dennis Flynn Sr., Darius & Declan
Kimball, Tate Sletten, Steve Torgeson
ONLINE GIVING
Keep God at the top of your giving list!
Giving online is easy, secure and takes only
a couple of minutes. You can also create an
account which will allow you to save your
donor information and edit your recurring
gift after your initial gift is made. Account
creation is easy and secure!
To find more details about it, please see
our website
proctorlutheran.org/giving
Download the app for your phone. Search:
“GivePlus Church”
– GETTING TO KNOW YOU –
AUDREY BERGLUND
FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Since the Annual
Meeting in February,
Audrey is performing
co-Treasurer duties where she is in charge of
the “payables-side” of our bookkeeping. She
assumes this role appropriately because she is
a retired CPA. She was a partner of three in
her own firm auditing governments, such as
counties and cities. Audrey brings a wealth of
knowledge and wil l al low us to take full
advantage of the accounting software we are
running.
You may know Audrey as Audrey Swenson as
she joined Immanuel in 1958. She was
confirmed there and was a former Santa
Lucia. She was a lso involved in the Luther
League, a youth group that met and did a l l
kinds of fun things l ike sle igh rides and
horseback r iding. She remembers her parents
choosing the “Swedish” church over the
blocks away. She chuckles as she disc loses
that her Mom told her, “Just don’t tel l them
you are Norwegian.” Do you remember those
days?
In July 2018, she and Bil l were married at
United; the second-ever wedding ceremony
performed as United. Audrey has 3 children;
Bil l has two; al l adults . Together, they have
11 grandchildren as well as, two great -
grandchildren with a third on the way in July.
While many of their chi ldren and
grandchildren l ive in town, they have two
located in Grand Forks, one in Tennessee,
two in Chicago and several in Florida.
Audrey has
moved from
Proctor and
back again a
few times
throughout
the years but
most recently
came back
after
retirement in November of 2015 to be closer
to her parents and help them stay in their
home as long as possible which wo rked for a
couple years.
Besides her passion for reading act ion -
packed adventures, Audrey has another main
passion. She runs a picture framing shop. It
is ca l led Twin Oaks Picture Framing and is
currently on hiatus pending establishment of
a new shop locat ion. Keep watch for her
grand opening in the next year!
Audrey ends by sharing the bible passage that
is beloved by so many: 1 Corinthians 13, Love
is patient, love is kind.. . The part that so
moves her is the end:
And she quickly adds, “and my favorite hymn
is Just a c loser walk with thee.” Don’t we
know it! !
…and now these three remain: faith, hope
and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Sunday, May 12th
10am– 1pm at Camp Vermilion
Join us on Mother’s Day to celebrate
Mom and help make camp happen!
For every mom that joins us on Mother’s
Day, $10 of our proceeds will go towards
summer camperships!
Cost: $15 for adults, $7 for ages 4-11, free
for those under 3
Menu includes Egg Bake, Pancakes,
Coffee, Cake, Baked Oatmeal, Fresh Fruit
and more! Please RSVP if you know you
will be joining us!
VLM is still seeking Summer Staff
members.
Do you know someone who is looking
for an experience to impact the lives of
youth and grow in a faith community?
Send them to
www.VLMcamps.org/summer-
employment or contact Brett
Amundson, [email protected] or
Aaron Burnside, [email protected].
www.VLMcamps.org | [email protected]
800-331-5148 | 218-666-5465
Camp Hiawatha
36944 Camp Hiawatha Road, Deer River, MN
Camp Vermilion
2555 Vermilion Camp Road
Cook, MN
. . .In God’s
Great Northwoods!
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WELCOME TO OUR
VISITORS
You will be welcomed at each of the following:
Chapel Service at 8:15 a.m. (Word of God and Holy Communion, with an abridged liturgy)
Christian Education at 9 a.m. (1st, 3rd, and
possible 5th Sundays of the month)
Worship Service at 10 a.m. (Full liturgy plus other celebrations like baptisms, new members, choir)
Fellowship to follow worship service
Within this newsletter are the various events hosted
by our church in the coming weeks. You are invited
to all and we look forward to seeing you.
UNITED LUTHERAN
CHURCH OF PROCTOR
www.proctorlutheran.org
office phone: 218-624-4255
Pr. Kowitz’ cell: 218-240-1660
Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/proctorlutheran
We welcome EVERYONE!
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