This Week At HOPE - January 7, 2019

Please lift up the following people in prayer

Carol Moenke

Dick Larson (friend of Olive & Bill Olson)

Dick Swensen

Bernie Abrahamson (Nancy Abrahamson’s husband)

Jody Testaberg & his Family

Dorie (sister of Michelle Leisz)

Robert Bakke (father of Debra James)

D'Marie Murray (relative of the Boocks) Cody Castillo (friend of Linda Jacobson)

Jerry Kendall (Cara Getschel’s father)

Santos Family - Asylum family

Gloria & Art Johnson and Family

Debi Forsyth (friend of Linda Jacobson)

Cheri Boock (relative of Boock family)

Jon Boyce

Lane Branson (relative of Boock Family)

Ardis Johnson (friend of Betty Lou Oppegard)

Bekka Johnson (niece of Betty Lou Oppegard)

Jay and Jeri Jorgenson (friends of the Bohnerts)

Craig & Jane Olson and family

Brian Roquette

Marilyn Schmidt (Darcy Boock’s sister-in-law)

Sunday Worship Volunteers

Sunday, January 13th

Baptism of Our Lord

Preaching Pastor Bill Montgomery

Assisting Minister Karen Rodewald

Communion Prep Connie Kurten

Bread Maker Gloria Johnson

Communion Server Sarah & Mark Bondhus

Ushers Nancy Abrahamson

Acolyte

Greeters Sarah & Mark Bondhus

Reader & Prayers Diane Clark

Pianist Betty Lou Oppegard

Fellowship Nancy Abrahamson

HOPE Lutheran Annual Meeting

Please mark your calendar’s for HOPE’s Annual Meeting

Meeting - January 20, 2019

Time - 10:30 Following Worship Service

Looking Ahead at HOPE

Monday

January 7th

12:30 – Communication Ministry Meeting

4:00 – Congregational Life Ministry Meeting

7:00 – Worship Ministry Meeting

Tuesday

January 8th

5:30 – Executive Ministry Meeting

Wednesday

January 9th

4:00 – Faith Adventures

5:30 – Pizza & Fellowship Meal

6:00 – Midweek Worship Service – Lisa Ziebarth

Service Leader

6:30 – Confirmation Class

Sunday

January 13th

9:30 – Sunday Worship Service

Breakfast at HOPE-January 20th

HOPE’s Youth Mission Members will be serving breakfast between the service and

the annual meeting! The menu will include Egg Bakes, Donuts, Fruit and Juice!

Please plan to enjoy the food and fellowship!

December In Pictures

This Week At HOPE - January 7, 2019

Gift and Memorial Committee

HOPE’s Gifts and Memorial Committee is looking for a new members to be part of

the committee. If you are interested in this ministry please contact Carolyn Jackson

or Karen Brohaugh.

Call Committee Update Continued prayers are requested for the work of your Call Committee. We are ex-ploring additional recruiting options with our new Synod representative, Rev. Randy Olson, and discussing channels through which we might inform potential candidates of HOPE’s opportunity. Please contact committee chair Bill Warner (715-425-8394, william5997@att.net), or any committee member, with questions and suggestions. Thank you for your continued support!

Daytime Book Group

We will not meet during January and February. We will resume our meetings in March

March 25th - Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

April 22nd - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

May 20th - The President is Missing by Bill Clinton & James Patterson

HOPE Mission Trip Fund Raiser - Monday, January 7th

Please join us for dinner at the Hudson Culvers on Monday, January

7th, from 5:00 - 8:00 PM. HOPE’s Mission Trip youth will be serving

meals to customers. They will receive 10% of the profits to help with

the Mission Trip during this time.

If you would like to know more about what’s happening at HOPE

please contact the office. Olive will be happy to send you Minis-

try Reports, Council Minutes and Financial Reports.

This Week At HOPE - January 7, 2019

Prayer Requests One of the privileges of being a part of the body of Christ is the opportunity to share in the joy and the sorrow of others. If you have a special prayer request or would like to place someone on the prayer chain, please contact the church office via email hopelutheran.rf@gmail.com or call 715-425-9750, and we will make sure to add that person to our prayer list. HOPE also has an email Prayer Chain. If you would like to participate in praying for people asking for our prayers, please contact Sarah Bondhus at sarahbondhus@gmail.com.

Gorden Hedahl 2-Jan

Kenna Frisch 6-Jan

Katherine (Klacan) Schilling 11-Jan

Camryn Shea 11-Jan

Kaye Anderson 12-Jan

Mary Thompson 13-Jan

Jan Malaney 15-Jan

Connie Juaire 16-Jan

Samantha Brill 18-Jan

Owen Bailey 18-Jan

Sydney Wolfe 19-Jan

Sarah Parks 20-Jan

Lexy Getschel 21-Jan

Mason Shea 21-Jan

Andrew Parks 24-Jan

Jeremy Wolfe 31-Jan

Gregg Heinselman

Mark Bondhus

Sarah Bailey

Wendy Tokheim

Lisa Ryland

Karen Rodewald

Rachael Engesether

Greta Wunrow