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We will seek God’s will, share God’s love, and serve as Christ’s people.
February, 2017
Christ Lutheran News
Love Is . . . Patient
Kind Not jealous Not boastful Not proud Not rude
Not demanding of its own way. Not irritable
Not keeping record of wrong Not rejoicing in injustice
Rejoicing whenever truth wins out. Never giving up
Never losing faith Always hopeful
Enduring through every circumstance.
from 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
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Saturday: 5:15 pm Saturday Evening Worship with Holy Communion Sunday: 9:00 am Sunday School (September—May) 10:15 am Worship (Holy Communion 1st and 3rd Sundays) Broadcasts: Sunday, 11:30 am Worship broadcast on Radio KJOE FM 106.1 Wednesday, 10:00 am Worship on Television Channels 3 & 67
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Executive Council
Luke Schneider, President Mike Stelter, Vice President
Whendy Gass, Secretary Ronda Radke, Treasurer
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Inside this issue:
Pastor’s Column 4
Council Minutes 6
Financial Information 8
Giving Options 9
Leadership Retreat 10
Calendar 14
WCLC 16
Parish Nurse/Ministerial Acts 18
Prayer Concerns 20
Worship Assistants 22
Birthdays/Anniversaries 24
Time & Talent Survey/Canews 26
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Prayer Requests
Call the church office at 507-836-8291, or e-mail us with your prayer requests. If you want a pastoral visit or would like to be included in pastoral prayers during wor-ship, please call the church office.
Address, Phone & Email Corrections
Christ Lutheran maintains a database of all members. If you have had any changes to your address, phone num-ber, marital status, etc. please contact Dawn with your name and the changes that need to be made.
If You Are Ill
Hospitals no longer notify churches when their members are admitted for care. Please call 507-836-8291 and let us know so we can support you with prayer and with presence.
Church Office: 836-8291
Street Address: 2959 Queen Avenue, Slayton, MN 56172 E-mail: [email protected] Website: christinslayton.weebly.com Dawn Mouw, Office Manager Dale Lange, Custodian
Pastor Ted Kunze Parsonage (home): 836-8136 cell phone: 507-995-4277 E-mail: [email protected]
Pastor Dawn Quame Parsonage (home): 335-7855 cell phone: 507-829-7584 E-mail: [email protected]
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In the story of The Good Samaritan, found in Luke 10, Jesus faces some tough questions. A lawyer wants to know how to inherit eternal life. Jesus reminds him of the command to “Love the Lord your God…and your neighbor as yourself.” This sounds simple enough. However, the lawyer wants to justify himself and so he asks Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Then, Jesus tells the story of The Good Samaritan who shows mercy and compassion to a most unlikely neighbor found on the side of the road.
Who is your neighbor? When people see you and see how you live, do they see a neighbor? Life can get messy and difficult. People who are very different from us can often turn out to be the very neighbors Jesus is
asking us to care for. We might struggle to find anything in common, but when we put our hearts and hands to work for the sake of others, we are showing the kind of mercy and compassion Jesus speaks of here in Luke 10.
Our hands have a way of talking to others about who we are. Through our acts of mercy, compassion and love, we become the hands of Christ to others. Hands folded in prayer teach others about faithfulness and trust. Hands that are at work creating or crafting gifts for others demon-strate generosity. Hands that get messy cooking, cleaning and caring for others reveal the same kind of compassion and mercy that was shown by the Samaritan as he went out of his way to care for a battered and broken stranger lying on the side of the road.
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to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”
He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus
said to him, “Go and do likewise.” – Luke 10:36-37
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We don’t always get to choose the people who cross our paths. God quite often surprises us by placing us in situa-tions with people we don’t even like. This was true for the Good Samaritan, who was among the most hated of all people in that region. It was much more likely that a priest or a Levite would stop to care for someone who had been robbed, beaten and left lying on the side of the road to Jeri-cho. But, in Jesus’ parable, the priest and Levite could not be bothered with such things. It was a Samaritan who stopped and took pity on the man by binding his wounds and making sure he was well cared-for.
Our hands say many things about us. They give tell-tale signs of what a person does with their time, how they make a living and even how many years of life one has lived. In what ways might your hands speak to others? How do you use them? How are other lives affected by your hands?
Knowing that God holds us in the palm of His hand, we can boldly put our hearts and hands to work for the sake of oth-ers and for the sake of Jesus Christ.
See you in church!
Pastor Dawn
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CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH Annual Meeting Minutes
January 22, 2017
The meeting was called to
order at 11:21, by President
Theresa Nysetvold
Executive Council members
present were: Luke Schnei-
der, Luther Onken, Whendy
Gass, Pastor Dawn & Pastor
Ted.
President Nysetvold noted
that there was a quorum of
congregational members
present.
The agenda was approved as
printed M/S/P John Meyer /
Heidi Winter
The minutes of the 2015 annual
meeting were approved as
printed. M/S/P Laurel Nelson /
Kathy Wurpts
Pastor's Reports approved M/S/
P Margaret Nelson / Kari
Mathiowetz
Financial report was presented
by Luther. Synod Support con-
tinues to be a concern – we are
falling quite short. The budget
has a 1.4% increase, the synod
support remained the same.
Questions were taken and dis-
cussed. Approved as printed.
M/S/P Karen Onken / Jean As-
plin
The president’s report is on
page 20 of the Annual Report
booklet. Theresa expressed her
thanks for the support she re-
ceived during the past year.
Arlyn Stokesbary represented
the nominating committee and
presented the nominees for all
positions. The floor was open
for any additional nominations;
there were none. Tellers were
appointed and ballots were
handed out and collected. 67
ballots were cast. The nominees
were elected unanimously.
Thank you to those who have
served and those who have
agreed to serve. Your time and
talents are very much appreci-
ated. The names of those
elected, and the positions they
will serve, are listed at the end
of these minutes.
The 2017 budget was presented
and approved as printed M/S/P
Luther Onken / Marv Nysetvold
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Old Business: None
New Business: Revision to the Endowment
Fund Guidelines – The maxi-
mum grant per person or need is
currently $500.00. The Endow-
ment Committee requested that
this be increased to $1250.00,
keeping the $5000.00 a year
maximum. Motion made for
this increase to the per person
max from $500.00 to $1250.00
M/S/P Leon Kruse / Arlyn
Stokesbary
Motion made to approve the
election results M/S/P Heidi
Winter / Lorna Bader
Motion made to adjourn M/S/P
Cal Wrupts / Nancy Boerboom
Respectfully Submitted,
Whendy Gass
Recording Secretary
Election Results:
President – Luke Schneider
President Elect – Mike Stelter
Recording Secretary – Whendy
Gass
Financial Secretary – Colleen
Freeman
Treasurer – Ronda Radke
Mission Outreach – Marie
Paulzine (3 yr), Jessica Doe-
den (3 yr)
Parish Education – DeeDee
Behnke (3 yr), Mary Ever-
son (3 yr), Megan Schryvers
(1 yr)
Property & Management – Matt
Ackerman (3 yr), Dennis
Goebel (3 yr)
Stewardship – Amy VanEck (2
yr), Mark Benda (3 yr),
Nancy Boerboom (3 yr)
Worship & Evangelism – Char
Busse (2 yr), Randi Stoel (3
yr), Tim Lange (3 yr)
Youth – Brooke Swart (3 yr),
Trish Rowden (3 yr)
Fellowship & Service – Karen
Onken (2 yr)
Endowment – Dennis Opdahl (3
yr), Leon Kruse (3 yr)
Nominating – Steve Telkamp (2
yr), Dawn Groves (2 yr)
Sunday School Superintendent
– Brittany Schneider (2 yr)
Shetek Lutheran Ministries
Representative – Jeff Erick-
son (1 yr)
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Budget $21,978.43
Actual $16,789.50
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On this page you will find a brief overview of the month’s offerings. It is our goal to provide you with actual, updated information about Christ Lutheran’s financial status. Following our annual
meeting, the congregation voted on the 2017 budget. The budgeted amount for general offerings breaks down to $21,978.43 each month to cover our anticipated ministry expenses. In addition we will need $1,982.02 each month to meet our Synod Mission Support goal.
~Ronda Radke, Treasurer & Dawn Mouw, Office Manager
Here’s a look at where we ended 2016:
Beginning Balance 12/30/16: $ 1,384.15 Receipts: $ 285,443.99 Expenses: $ 282,675.35 Ending Balance: $ 4,152.79
The gray bar shows our actual offerings through January 29. The black bar is our budgeted offering total.
January, 2017 Offerings
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Many of us have discovered how helpful automatic elec-tronic payments can be for those really important commit-ments we don’t want to forget – the mortgage, insurance, utilities, etc.
Our gifts to the Church are also really important matters which could be budgeted and scheduled in this way. Our donations are a response to God’s blessings, and fund the ministry of the Church in our congregation and throughout the world. Automatic electronic giving assures that our support of the church continues even when we are vacationing, home sick, or snow-bound.
Online Giving—Recognizing that some of us prefer to
use our credit card for most transactions, the Stewardship Committee is encouraging you to use your smartphone to scan this QR code which will take you directly to the church website christinslay-ton.weebly.com. You will be able to quickly add your personal information on this secure site.
Automatic Giving—Another option for automatic giving
is to withdraw your donation directly from either your check-ing or savings account. You can choose to have your do-nation taken out either on the 15th, or on the last day of the month, or at both times. Forms are available on the shelf in the narthex or on our website. Once you have completed the form, please return it to the church office.
IRA Distributions—If you are 70 1/2 or older, you can
make "qualified charitable distributions" to the church and not include the IRA distribution as part of your taxable in-come. This can help people make direct gifts to ministry and save taxes! Could this help you? For more details talk to your tax person, or call Amy Bigot, Regional Gift Planner with the ELCA at 763-443-3750 or email at [email protected] There is no charge for her service.
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Radio Broadcast Ministry
Thank you to everyone who has supported our Radio Broadcast Ministry in 2016. Checks ($65) can be made out to Christ Lutheran with “Radio Broadcast” in the memo or you can pay online by visiting our website. March 19 and April 2 are the next dates available.
Leadership Retreat February 26
All congregational officers and all people serving on our various ministry boards are urged to attend our annual “retreat” on Sunday, February 26
th, beginning at 1:30 PM in
the Chapel Lounge. It’s an important time for getting ac-quainted with one another, getting oriented to how the boards undergird our ministry at Christ Lutheran, and set-ting some goals for the year. The Congregation Council—our officers and a representative from each Ministry Board—will have the February meeting starting about 2:45 PM. Please plan to attend as we get the new year off to a good start!
Weather Policy
When school is let out early because of stormy weather, we will automatically cancel after-school and evening events that night. We will rarely (almost never?) cancel Sunday morning worship, as people appreciate the radio broadcast even more in stormy weather. Sunday School may be cancelled, however, as may Saturday evening worship. Listen to KJOE Radio for news of storm-related cancellations, or check the “Slayton Christ Lutheran Church” Facebook page. Always, of course, use your own judgment about whether or not it is safe to go out on stormy days.
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Synod “Equipping Day” Feb. 25
On Saturday, February 25th our Synod will offer their annual
“Equipping Day” for congregations at Vinje and Bethel Lu-theran Churches in Willmar. This year’s keynote speaker will be Rozella Haydee White speaking on “Everyday Re-formers,” and participants can choose 3 of 25 workshops on different aspects of faith and life (see the full list at http://swmnelca.org/event/2017-equipping-congregations-day/) If you are interested in participating, contact Pastor Ted or Pastor Dawn to plan car-pooling. Among the workshops offered are:
Live More, Spend Less Understanding Depression Young Adult Round Table: We’re Glad You’re Here! Death and Dying Messy Church! The Joy of Aging—Living Better, Not Just Longer,
While Embracing Change Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life Exploring Generosity: Having Conversations About
Faith and Giving Women of the ELCA: Not Your Mama’s Ladies’ Aid
Pastor Ted’s Vacation
Pastor Ted will take a long weekend as vacation time, start-ing the afternoon of February 3
rd through February 5
th.
Pastor Dawn will be available for pastoral care and to lead worship during that time.
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Cake Pans
Please stop by and check out our growing collection of cake pans and pie plates. If you find one that belongs to you, please take it home. Thanks!
Thank You, Thrivent Members!
We received the following note from Thrivent:
We’re excited to share that in 2016 over 335,000 Thrivent members chose to direct Choice Dollars® to more than 32,000 churches, schools and other nonprofits, including Christ Lutheran Church, through Thrivent Choice®. Based on member recommendations, Christ Lutheran Church received $1,825 in charitable outreach funding in 2016. The Thrivent Choice program helps members of Thrivent Financial make a positive impact in their communi-ties. All 2016 Choice Dollars have been made available for members to direct so there is no reason to wait. Remember, your 2016 Choice Dollars expire on March 31! Contact Thrivent to direct your “Choice Dollars.”
In 2016, Thrivent Choice Dollars were shared with WCLC for their Baked Potato Dinner and Ice Cream So-cial, The MCC Football Team for The Banquet, and to help cover part of our window expense.
Thank you for choosing Christ Lutheran!
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“Mission Support”
Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations…” ~Matthew 28:16
Our “Mission Support” offerings go where we cannot travel.
Our ELCA has 305 mission personnel serving in 45 countries!
120 new congregations are under development in the United States.
Your gifts to Christ Lutheran designated
“Mission Support” will help this work!
Designated envelopes are available in the church narthex—or use your own.
I am Thankful ...
More blessings from the Thankoffering Service in Novem-ber to inspire you as you continue to give generously to oth-ers. Service men & women, my church family, my friends,
my freedom
Our health, my family, nice weather
God’s grace, friendships, God’s blessings, answered prayers, family love
Salvation, good husband, great kids, healthy family, safe shelter, plenty of food, abundant clean water, reliable vehicles
My family, especially granddaughters who contribute to my faith
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Our Mission: To mobilize women to act boldly on
their faith in Jesus Christ.
February Visitation: Love
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Bible Study Leaders Thursday, February 2 at 5:15 pm
Peace Circle Wednesday, February 8 at 9:30 am
Bible Study Leader—Mary Mesner Hostess—Laurel Nelson
Faith Circle Wednesday, February 8 at 9:30 am
Bible Study Leader—Jean Asplin Hostess—Carol Retchzigel
Love Circle Sunday, February 13 at 7:00 pm Bible Study Leader—Marcia Kunze
Hostess—Amy Nepp
Quilting Monday, February 27 and
Tuesday, February 28 at 1:00 pm
Handmade Greeting Cards are available in the Library for $1 each. Proceeds will go to WCLC.
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Bring your Valentine to the Christ Lutheran
BAKED POTATO DINNER
Christ Lutheran Church 2959 Queen Avenue, Slayton, MN
Sunday, February 12 from 11 AM to 12:30 PM
Menu: Baked potato with assorted toppings, desserts, coffee and milk
$7 adults
Age 6 and under $3.00 $25 family maximum
Bring your friends! Sponsored by the Women of Christ Lutheran Church
Proceeds go to help support many organizations.
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This life, we are on our way~ “This life, therefore, is not godliness but the process of becoming godly, not health but getting well, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not now what we shall be, but we are on the way.”
~Martin Luther Thanks to Mark Boerboom for sharing information on exercise and how valuable it is for us as we are “on the way” in this life—doing our best for ourselves and for others. We all learned something. FYI, some insur-ance policies pay for your time at the fitness center, so check out your policy. P
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The Conversations Continue ...
Betsy Plotz will be leading a Sunday morning Conversation about “The Affects of Sugar on your Body” on March 5 at 9 AM in the Chapel Lounge. Should be interesting to learn more about this topic. Please join us and bring your ques-tions.
World Day of Prayer
Friday, March 3 is World Day of Prayer, 2017. This year's World Day of Prayer Community Service will be held at the First Presbyterian Church of Slayton at 1:00 PM on March 3. World Day of Prayer is an ecumenical celebration of in-formed prayer. This year's service has been written by women of the Philippines. They invite us to join them in prayer and song to support ecumenical efforts toward justice, peace, healing, and wholeness.
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Baby Care Kits
Please bring any of the following items to the fellowship hall to be included in Baby Care Kits that will be used as part of the women’s offering at the Shetek Conference Women’s Gathering in April. Items can be new or used (in good condition). Cotton T-shirts or Onesies Long or short sleeved gowns or sleepers Receiving blankets—medium weight cotton or flannel
or crocheted or knitted with lightweight yarn Cloth diapers—flat fold preferred Jacket, sweater or sweatshirt with a hood Socks Hand towel—dark color preferred Bath-size bars of gentle soap equaling 8-9 oz, any
brand, in original wrapping; no mini or hotel size bars Diaper pins or large safety pins
You can also donate money to be used toward the purchase of cloth diapers
Funeral~ Lori Manderscheid—passed away January 20
Funeral held at Christ Lutheran on January 24
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Ongoing Ministry Projects:
Yarn & Yak—the first Saturday of each month
at 9:00 am in the Chapel Lounge. This is a time to visit, share ideas, and learn from each other as we work on prayer shawls, baby hats, or other items. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Bring your pro-jects!
Birthday Bags—Murray County Food Shelf is in
need of Birthday Bags. The bags contain a cake mix, a can of frosting, candles, balloons, and birthday plates and napkins. All donations can be placed in the birthday shopping cart just inside the church doors.
Quilting—February 27 & 28, 2017
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Vera Chmela, Bernice Crompton, Joan Dahlgren, Sheldon & Judy Dean, Lori DeGreeff, Robert Domina, Gladys Feste, Cody Finke, Allison Grieme, Orv & Shar Grieme, Spencer Gurrola, Dan Haken, Laurie Hardekopf, Scott Hegstad, Eve-lyn Herder, Iris Idler, Irene Johnson, Julia Johnson, Amie Rowden-Kidd, Samantha Kirchner, Lynn Knutson, Alan Kramer, Bob & Betty Like, Carl Lindberg, Elsie Lindberg, Kristin Martin, Monica Morgan, Duane Nelson, Mark Nel-son, Kim Nesmoe, Avalon Paulson, Amy Petersen, Lynda Petersen, Floyd Schadt, Ily Schlenk, Robert Sellman, Maxine Skouge, Mary Ann Suedbeck, Charles Swan, Chris-topher VanMeveren & Harold Yotter
Continue to remember in prayer ~ Those dealing with cancer and other long-term illnesses.
Members who are shut-in
Service men and women
Those who mourn the loss of loved ones
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Polka Dot Girls, Who Am I?
Bible Study for girls grades 3-5 has begun. They meet from 5-5:30 on Wednesdays. Emily Rosenbrook is leading the group using “Polka Dot Girls, Who Am I?” Please bring your Bible. Hot chocolate will be served. If you have ques-tions, please contact Emily at 507-360-8484.
For God so loVed the world
That He gAve
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That whosoever
Believeth In Him
Should Not perish,
But have Everlasting life.
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Bread Bakers: Donna Mollema, Susan Blackmer DVD to City Hall: Randi Stoel
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017 Acolytes Lector Greeters Communion Usher Video Power Point
Sat, Feb 4 Linda Wing Linda Wing Jerome Schreier Brooke Engbarth
5:15 PM Cheryl Krant Brittany & Luke Schneider
Sun,Feb 5 Elise & Emily Pam Schreier Doug Sieve Pam Schreier Karl Schreier, Doug Sieve Tyler Winter Alyssa Groves
10:15 AM Rohrer Sara Walter Lynette Sieve Jon Swart, Sara Walter
Sat,Feb 11 Linda Thovson Sue Streff Dean & Sue Streff Linda Thovson
5:15 PM Brenda Whitehead Steve Muecke
Sun,Feb 12 Adam Winter Randi Stoel Sheila Sundahl Scott & Adam Winter James Berglund Brandon Winter
10:15 AM Randi & Travis Stoel
Sat,Feb 18 Luke Schneider Elonne Winter Luke & Brittany Schneider Rossow Family
5:15 PM Brittany Schneider Russ Winter
Sun,Feb 19 Carli Moline Cal Wuprts Ashlee Sykora Cal Wurpts Dustin Sykora, Tootie Terry Neal Everson Grace Moline
10:15 AM Ashlee Sykora John Moline, Sara Walter
Sat, Feb 25 Brenda Whitehead Linda Wing Tom & Mason Whitehead Linda Thovson
5:15 PM Sue Streff Dean Streff
Sun, Feb 26 Camdyn Kluis Arlyn Stokesbary Kathy Wurpts Arlyn Stokesbary, Greg Wasberg Linda Nelson Carisa Clarke
10:15 AM Cal Wurpts, Karl Schreier
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Thank you to everyone who is helping during worship services at Christ Lutheran Church this month. If you cannot fulfill your ministry responsibilities, please find your own substitute and let the office know of your replacement. Thank you!!!
Acolytes Lector Greeters Communion Usher Video Power Point
Sat, Feb 4 Linda Wing Linda Wing Jerome Schreier Brooke Engbarth
5:15 PM Cheryl Krant Brittany & Luke Schneider
Sun,Feb 5 Elise & Emily Pam Schreier Doug Sieve Pam Schreier Karl Schreier, Doug Sieve Tyler Winter Alyssa Groves
10:15 AM Rohrer Sara Walter Lynette Sieve Jon Swart, Sara Walter
Sat,Feb 11 Linda Thovson Sue Streff Dean & Sue Streff Linda Thovson
5:15 PM Brenda Whitehead Steve Muecke
Sun,Feb 12 Adam Winter Randi Stoel Sheila Sundahl Scott & Adam Winter James Berglund Brandon Winter
10:15 AM Randi & Travis Stoel
Sat,Feb 18 Luke Schneider Elonne Winter Luke & Brittany Schneider Rossow Family
5:15 PM Brittany Schneider Russ Winter
Sun,Feb 19 Carli Moline Cal Wuprts Ashlee Sykora Cal Wurpts Dustin Sykora, Tootie Terry Neal Everson Grace Moline
10:15 AM Ashlee Sykora John Moline, Sara Walter
Sat, Feb 25 Brenda Whitehead Linda Wing Tom & Mason Whitehead Linda Thovson
5:15 PM Sue Streff Dean Streff
Sun, Feb 26 Camdyn Kluis Arlyn Stokesbary Kathy Wurpts Arlyn Stokesbary, Greg Wasberg Linda Nelson Carisa Clarke
10:15 AM Cal Wurpts, Karl Schreier
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13 Kyle Cheskie Shannon Haugen Denver Kruse Dennis Lickness Zachary Ostman Rachel Malone Opal Soderholm 14 George Haugen 15 Lloyd Finke 16 Elsie Lindberg Abby Van Meveren 18 Roy Radke Kris Rohrer Kim Winter Willa Fransen 19 Brad Hovdet 20 Roselyn Meier 21 Donna Larson 22 Logan Gass Katie Johansen Joshua Peterson Linda Rossow Amy Anderson 23 Mack Carlson 24 Scott Bly Betty Like Jacob Swart 25 Dorothy Mears Van Prahm 26 Cole Hegstad Hannah Hegstad Wayne Mollema James Rise 28 John Leysen
1 Nicole Ash Ellen Malone Connor Kirchner Mark Benda 2 Brenda Loosbrock Hailey Sinnen Reid Stokesbary Ivy Sandvig 3 Richard Johnson Steve Muecke 4 Tim Gass Liam Schwanz 5 Susan Blackmer Kraig Boese Kimberly DeLong Pam Peters Elonne Winter Luke Woitaszewski Bryce Gertsema 7 Derek Anderson 9 Mitchell Hegstad Jodi Klein Devan Petersen Maxwell Whitehead Alexandra Schuur 10 Trish Grieme 11 Kraig Cochran Jim Johnson Amy Petersen Thomas Whitehead Carson Lewis 12 Neal Everson Kevin Ragan Tootie Terry
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Please contact the office if you notice a mistake or omission on the Birthday or Anniversary lists. Thanks for your help!
11 Gary & Dottie Muecke (1961) 14 Jamie & Wendy Danneman (2002) 15 John & Kim DeLong (1992) Jeremy & Melanie Steinle (2003) 19 Keith & Barb Falk (1983) 26 John & Mary Engbarth (1996)
The Worship & Evangelism Committee is in need of updating the church’s time & talent list. We ask that all capable parish-ioners prayerfully consider committing to one or more of the following duties listed on the back of this page. Our list has become quite limited, but with many volunteers, each person would only need to do these duties a few times per year.
Training is available if you aren’t sure what to do for specific positions. Our parish has been blessed with many new mem-bers. This is a great way to become involved!
We ask that all members fill out the survey, and return it to the church office, whether you are currently on the time and talent list or not. This will give us an opportunity to fully update the entire list. You can use the form on the next page, print your own from our website (on the News & Calendar page), or even find a copy in our pews.
Each of these positions play an important role in the wonderful church services we have each weekend. Please consider sharing your time and talent with your parish.
In Christ, The Worship & Evangelism Committee
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Position First/Last Name Sat Sun Both
Acolyte:
Lector (read the Scripture lessons):
Greeter:
Commun-ion Assis-tant:
Usher:
Video:
Power-Point:
Bread Baker:
DVD Deliv-ery to City Hall:
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14 Keeley Island Dr
Slayton, MN 56172
507-763-3567
www.shetek.org
Mark Your Calendar
February 5 — Toddlers and Trees 3-4:30pm
February 10 & 11 — Marriage Retreat
February 12 — SLM Annual Meeting
February 12 — 3rd
Annual Women’s Tea and Ski 2-4:30pm
February 19 — All about Making Maple Syrup 3-4:30pm
February 26 – All about Making Maple Syrup 3-4:30pm
For more information go to Shetek.org or Call 507-763-3567
February 2017
Shetek Lutheran Ministries Where Christ Renews and Empowers
The staff at Shetek Lutheran Ministries would like to thank all who gave of their time, talents and gifts in 2016.
With your support we together are transforming lives and nurturing Faith-filled leaders for tomorrow.
Your gift makes a difference for all who comes to Shetek Lutheran Minis-tries. It enables us to offer outstanding programs, maintain the day to day
operation, provides camperships and continually up-date our facilities.
May God richly bless you for your support!
Wishing you a Blessed New Year!
Shetek Lutheran Ministries invites you to … What: Annual Meeting
When: February 12, 4:00 pm Where: SLM Dining Hall
Please join us for a meal following the meeting
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