June 2016 - Our Savior`s Lutheran Church

OUR SAVIOR’S
LUTHERAN CHURCH
JUNE 2016 NEWSLETTER
W omen of the
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Rachel Circle Going out for lunch, at Racks,
Wednesday, June 15, 2016, 11:30 AM. No meeting
in July or August.
Rebekah Circle No meeting or Evergreens Coffee
Hour in June, July, or August.
Remember our Deadlines!
Articles and announcements for the newsletter:
The 17th of each month.
Announcements for the worship bulletin:
Thursday, noon.
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Mission Statement
Using God’s Word as a foundation, Our
Savior’s Lutheran shall, through
meaningful worship, study, prayer and
mission outreach, provide a Christcentered atmosphere of enthusiasm,
support, sensitivity and openness to all
people.
God’s people find a place of belonging,
God’s people devoted to seek God’s purposes,
God’s people committed to compassionate caring.
Remember in Prayer
Our Pastor Call Committee: Jon
Dahl (chair), Krystal Campbell, Jerry
Klevan, Dave Schlitter, Liz Gusa,
Chad Knode, Sandy Richardson, Brayden
Oeltjen, Jan Christianson, Paul Vomhof.
Our incoming pastor--unknown to us, but
known by God
Watch recordings of OSL
Worship
Spring Valley Senior Living: 6:30
PM, Mondays. KING4 local cable
access: 8:00 PM Thursdays &
Fridays, and 2:30 PM on the
following Sunday.
Do you have any interesting stories,
anecdotes, or upcoming notices? Send your
information to Renee via email at
[email protected], bring it in to the
office, or mail it to the church address. Thank
you.
Senior Class of
2016 Congratulations to
Congratulations!! To the
recipients of this year’s Our Savior’s
Scholarship: Josie Bellrichard and Kiara
Reichstadt.
Dear Our Savior’s Lutheran Church,
Thank you for awarding me a college
scholarship for my freshman year. I am
really enjoying my freshman year at
Hamline University. I would like to
thank the church for supporting me throughout the
years. Thank you again and I appreciate your
support.
Sincerely,
Amy Welch
Please note!
Please remember to have family notify the
church office if you are in the hospital. The
privacy data laws do not allow the hospital to
notify the church of your admittance.
If anyone is not receiving the newsletter or
notifications from the church, either by mail,
email, Facebook, or website, please let
Renee in the office know and we will get
your information updated. Thank you.
Notice:
Special Congregational
Meeting
To Call a New Pastor
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Following the 9:00 a.m.
Worship Service
our High School Students who
will be participating in
Graduation Ceremonies on June 3, 2016:
Logan Back, Josie Bellrichard, Sophia
Johnson, Cory Kaster, Troy Leutink, Hannah
Meyer, Eaen O’Byrne, Elisa Raum, Kiara
Reichstadt, Karson Reiland, and Hailey Smith.
God’s Work Our Hands with the Rebekah Circle
In May, the Rebekah Circle concluded 9 months of
gathering together for Bible study and fellowship.
We meet, the third Tuesday of each month at 7:30
PM, either in homes or at the church. We begin
with prayer and have a Bible study from the Gather
magazine. The first topic this season was ‘Slow
Faith’. In our present day of instant-everything,
God’s rhythms get drowned out. [Gather 9-2015]
We explored how to keep the Sabbath. Exploring
Christian Citizenship were lessons for four months.
Intergenerational relationships with women
culminated the studies.
Each month an offering is received (this is sent on
to SE MN Synod). We also have a Penny Fund that
members contribute to each month to fund our
circle projects.
We again hosted monthly coffee hours September
through May at the Evergreens. All residents were
welcome. With our Penny Fund, gifts were
purchased for 3 children for Christmas in Fillmore
County; $50.00 was given to Journey to The City;
and postage was funded for graduate mailings. We
provided 40 cookie plates at Christmastime, which
were given to congregation and community
members. Each year we are given names of shutins and graduates to remember throughout the
year. We are often reminded that we are ‘Blessed
to be a blessing’.
We welcome new members and will resume
meetings in September.
Circle members include: Jeanette Baker, Lucille
Daggett, Mary Jo Dathe, Shirley Gangstad, Sharon
Jahn, Julie Halla, Carol J. Kohn, Marge Lenz, Turby
Marchant, Marlene Rollie, Judy Rose, Lori Schlitter,
and Geraldine Williams
8th Grade Confirmation
Readings for June
Camp will be held at
June 4-5–Time after Pentecost-Lectionary 10
1st Reading: 1 Kings 17:17-24
Psalm: Psalm 30
2nd Reading: Galatians 1:11-24
Gospel: Luke 7:11-17
Good Earth village,
June 11-12–Time after Pentecost-Lectionary 11
1st Reading: 2 Samuel 11:26—12:10, 13-15
Psalm: Psalm 32
2nd Reading: Galatians 2:15-21
Gospel: Luke 7:36—8:3
June 18-19–Time after Pentecost-Lectionary 12
1st Reading: Isaiah 65:1-9
Psalm: Psalm 22:19-28
2nd Reading: Galatians 3:23-29
Gospel: Luke 8:26-39
June 25-26–Time after Pentecost-Lectionary 13
1st Reading: 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21
Psalm: Psalm 16
2nd Reading: Galatians 5:1, 13-25
Gospel: Luke 9:51-62
Scriptures subject to change.
Dear Members of Our Savior’s,
Thank you for the gift of the cross. Thank you
for providing my Sunday School, Bible School,
Camp (GEV), Journey to the City, and
Confirmation education and support throughout
the years. Thank you!
Nora Jahn
June 12-17, 2016.
Mark your calendars.
The 8th grade Confirmation students will be
spending a week of their summer at Good Earth
Village for Confirmation Camp, June 12-17. Please
pray for their time together and instruction.
Grace Notes Ministry sends
hand-written notes sharing
Christ’s grace and love to
those celebrating baptismal
anniversaries, those in need of prayer (illness,
death in family, etc.), those celebrating
milestones (baptisms, receiving Sunday School
Bibles, etc.) and thank you’s to those who
volunteer in our congregation life (choirs,
council, ministry teams, etc.) Two to six people
gather at 10:00 AM each Thursday to write
notes and by the end of May we will have sent
more than 650 notes so far in 2016. The
writers give thanks and offer a prayer for each
recipient.
You can support this ministry with your
prayers, with gifts of cards that you have
received in the mail but know you will not use,
by contributing to the Caring Ministries
account to honor or remember a loved one.
Contact Shirley Gangstad for more information.
Thank you so much for your
prayers. Thank you also for the
caring casserole, the fruit cups, and
the awesome chocolate chip
cookies.
Jeanette Baker
Mission trip Meeting:
Wednesday, June 1st @
7:00 pm.
Parents and mission trip participates are both
required for this meeting. We will be filling out
needed paperwork and going over any
questions parents have.
Senior Class of 2016
Senior Recognition Sunday
– June 5th at 9:00 AM
worship. Please wear
something that shows your
school spirit with your
school colors.
Summer Kick-Off Grill Out
Sunday, June 12th. Please
join the Mission trip youth and
their families in a grill out to kick
off the summer. Hamburgers,
hotdogs, beans, chips, watermelon
and cookie for $6.00. Please join us to celebrate
the warm weather, games, face painting and
more. 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM, serving starts at
12:00 PM.
PIE IN MY FACE
AUCTION! Ann Oeltjen,
Pastor Jim Scaife, Dave
Schlitter, and Elliot Grandall
have volunteered to take a
pie in the face for our youth.
There will be four jars in the
Narthex that you can place your monetary vote
for which ever person you would like to see get a
pie in the face. All funds received will go toward
the Youthworks mission trip. The pie will be
served at the Summer Kick-Off Grill Out! 12:30
PM.
Thank you!
Thank you to all who purchased
flowers from the youth flower
sale! All went well and all
flowers are sold! We hope you
enjoy the flowers and we thank
you for your ongoing support!
Summer is arriving quickly. Our
Summer Scrip table will always
have Sunshine Cards and we will
sell the cards that we have
remaining, but will not be ordering other than
Sunshine. We thank you for your continued
support. We are thankful that through this
program we have received approximately
$1000 in 2016! That is all thanks to the
congregation’s support of this program. The
major portion of the funds have been received
through the selling of Sunshine Cards.
Congratulations to Larry & Joyce Arneson
on the birth of their granddaughter, Taylee Ann
Arneson, daughter of Lance & Corbin
Arneson, who was born on Monday, May 16,
2016.
Women's Day at Good Earth Village
Saturday June 25th 9:00am-4:00pm
“Workshop wonderfully presented, hands on. A truly
"light-filled" spiritual experience. God Bless!” Women’s Day Participant 2015
Women across generations are invited to encounter
the hope that leads to action at Women’s Day 2016.
The day will begin with Keynote Speaker Pastor
Margaret Kelly with Shobi’s Table providing food,
friendship, faith and employment skills to the
homeless and near homeless people of St. Paul.
Pastor Margaret’s creative and passionate approach
to ministry will have you seeing things differently.
After connecting over a delicious lunch, workshops
ranging from hiking the trails to intergenerational
ministry will be available. We’ll close the day
worshiping together before returning home with a
spark and hope from experiencing glimmers of the
Kingdom of God.
Whether you bring a few friends or a bible study
group or attend as an investment in your personal
faith, we hope you will feel leaving more connected
and with a sense of belonging to the Kingdom of
God.
Register at www.goodearthvillage.org
The Monday morning Book Study Group took
an offering every week and we are pleased to
donate $300 to the weekend Back Pack
program. We will have another book study
starting in September and everyone is invited
to join us.
June 7, 2015-August 30, 2016, Tuesdays:
Summer Downtown Organ Recitals, Trinity
Lutheran Church & Christ United Methodist,
Rochester, 12:15 PM.
“God’s work.
Our hands.”
Save the Date!
September 11, 2016
The 2016 Southeastern Minnesota Synod
Assembly took place on May 6-7. A collection
of videos and resources from that weekend are
available online. These videos and resources
are a reflection of our synod's mission to "equip
congregations and leaders to follow Jesus into
a changing world." Consider using the videos
for an adult education hour or Bible
Study! http://semnsynod.org/archived-eventmaterials/
Caring & Concerns for members &
friends in Special Care Facilities
Spring Valley Senior Living & Rehab:
Adah Fowler
June Freeman
Arlene Kappers
Dottie Leibold
Maxine Mlenar
Donna Ristau
Donald Rowe
Donna Rowe
Spring Valley Senior Living-Evergreens:
Fran Burmeister
Dorothy Hafner
Eudoris Hagen
Bob & Maxine Jahn
Mick & Irma Rathbun
Melvin Schmidt
Ostrander Care & Rehab:
Wilma ‘Willie’ Esklund
Ethel Larson
Ruth Ness
Dale & Juneus Ristau
Jewel Ruud
Ostrander Senior Living:
Clifford & Georgine ‘Jean’ Davis
Good Shepherd, Rushford:
Anita Anderson
Submitted by Paul Vomhof
My Grandpa Ed Kohlmeyer always loved
challenges and enjoyed being a problem
solver. With that being said, Grandpa was
putting bales on the elevator, one right after the
other, almost touching. Dad & Floyd were in
the barn and couldn’t keep up with the bales.
Floyd yelled to Grandpa “Ed we got a problem
up here.” Grandpa came up eager to solve the
problem. Floyd went down and started putting
bales on the elevator, as fast as Grandpa was;
Grandpa yelled to Floyd “They’re coming to
fast.” Floyd said “You figured it out.”
Country Side Senior Living, Owatonna:
Pastor E. C. Franke
Grand Meadow Health Care Center:
Lester Fimon
Known to have been hospitalized in May:
Jordan Pease
Dottie Leibold
Eleanor Bernard
W omen of the
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L utheran
C hurch in
A merica
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Sue Skifter, Education
Minister
[email protected]
WELCA NEWS
OSL Hosts Bloodmobile June 20, 2016.
Spring Valley Community Center. 1:00-7:00
PM.
Circles not meeting every month in
summer: check calendars/bulletins.
Thank you Bonnie G for donating special
occasion cards.
Monthly Financial
Summary 2016
April 30
On behalf of the
Church Council,
we would like to thank you for your support of the
ministries at Our Saviors Lutheran.
Year to date (YTD) as of April 30th general operating
budget offering collected summary is as follows:
YTD 2016-$94,942 YTD 2015-$101,220
6.20%
YTD 2016 versus 2016 budget of $113,366 is $18,424.
In January the annual meeting the congregation
approved an operating budget for 2016 of
$322,000. In 2015 operating expenses were
$287,000, and represents an estimated need in
2016 of $35,000 or about 12% additional operating
dollars. With the decrease in 2016 YTD operating
funds we are currently 19% behind what will be
necessary to execute the 2016 congregation
approved budget.
How can we work together and accomplish meeting
this goal? Our Saviors has 285 giving units or
contributing households, if each household were to
contribute an additional $145 over what you
contributed in 2015, over the coming 8 months, or
$4.00 more per week, we can meet the approved
budget.
A note from the desk of Sue
Skifter, Education Coordinator…
And, that’s a wrap!
Sunday school 2015-2016 complete.
Confirmation worship service
complete. Time sure does fly!
Now we start the planning for a fun
week of VBS! Dates for VBS are
Sunday, July 31, 2016 through
Thursday, August 4, 2016. The
theme is SUBMERGED! Finding
truth below the surface….Psalm
139:23-24. All hands will be needed
on deck to provide a great week for
our kids. Please keep an eye on
future bulletins and watch for an
easel in the Narthex for more details!
Registration forms will be available
soon. You will find these on the
credenza in the main office hall.
God bless us all!
Mrs. Skifter
Baptisms
Madison Mae Koch (11-4-2015) Baptized on May 1, 2016
Daughter of Lucas Koch & Cassandra ‘Cassy’ Kurtz
Sponsors: Catherine Kurtz, Tyler Volkart, and Trevor Kurtz
Memorials and Honorariums
In memory of Don & Isabel Larson
Memorial Fund
John & Deb Larson
In memory of Art, Charlotte, & Dennis Christopherson
Outdoor Flower Fund
Roy & Jan Christopherson
In memory of Vinton, Jennie, & Pat Anderson
Outdoor Flower Fund
Roy & Jan Christopherson
In memory of Arlyne Seaton
Memorial Fund
Friends
WELCA
Evelyn Clark, Harlan & Turby Marchant, Rachel Circle, Friends
In memory of Marcella Sandro
Organ Fund
WELCA
In memory of Cliff Laging
Faith Chests
Dick & Sharon Jahn
Dick & Sharon Jahn
Elaine Sheldon
*Dates to Remember*
June 3 – Kingsland Graduation
June 5 – Senior Graduation Recognition
June 12 – Special Congregational Meeting
Council
Summer Kick-Off Grill Out
June 12-17 – Good Earth Village Confirmation Camp
June 19 – Father’s Day
June 25 – Good Earth Village Women’s Day
June 30 – Pastor Jim Scaife’s Last Day
July 4 – Office Closed/Independence Day
Contact Us
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
805 S Broadway Ave
Spring Valley, MN 55975
Ph 507-346-7251
Fax 507-346-7231
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.oursaviorsspringvalley.com
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507-884-4853
COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS Sunday May 8, 2016
--Received report of members who have transferred to other
congregations
--Received report from Call Committee
-- Summer Worship: Will use “Make a Joyful Noise: on 2nd
Sundays and Word and Prayer (WOV p. 46) on other Sundays
-- Staff Support Committee has been found and details are being
finalized
-- On the 2nd Saturday in August, August 13th, we will have the
Church in the Park worship
-- October 16 = Brad Boice Gospel Service
--Approved commissioning music for the 500th Anniversary of
the Reformation dedicated to Clifford Kumm
-- Approved Exec Committee negotiating contract with Lead
Pastor
Detailed minutes are available on the bulletin board by the Food
Cart.
--submitted by Shirley Gangstad, Secretary
STAFF
Bookkeeper – Kathy Merkel
Custodian – Toni Sanders
Education Coordinator – Sue Skifter
Music Coordinator – Elliott Grandall
Office Manager – Renee Ziebell
Youth Coordinator – Ann Oeltjen
Office Hours: M-F 8:30 AM-3:30 PM
Worship Services
Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:30 PM
Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 AM
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
805 S Broadway Ave
Spring Valley, MN 55975
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If you are unable to serve when scheduled, please find
a substitute and notify Renee with the change.
Deliver
Worship Assistants – June 2016
June 5:
Acolytes - (9:00) Mason Kolling, Garrison Hubka
Altar Guild – Gladys Peterson
Bread Provider – Bev Jertson (1 loaf)
Communion - NO Sunday COMMUNION
Greeters - (9:00) Logan Back, Sharon Jahn
Scrip Sellers – (10:15) Nora & William Jahn
Scripture Readers - (9:00) Ruth Lemke
Videographer - Dick Jahn
June 12:
Acolytes - (9:00) Nick Fetterly, Tessa Fox
Altar Guild – Wendy Kauffmann
Bread Provider - Ann Keim (1 loaf)
Communion - (9:00) Judy Frank, Ann Ihrke,
Gina Jahn
Greeters - (9:00) Geraldine & Harris Williams
Scrip Sellers – (10:15) Kori & Reid Kruegel
Scripture Readers - (9:00) Nicole Pokorney
Videographer – Nora Jahn
June 19: Father’s Day
Acolytes - (9:00) Christian Cooper, Trey Pokorney
Altar Guild – Eileen Rathbun
Bread Provider - Clarice Clark (1 loaf)
Communion - NO Sunday COMMUNION
Greeters - (9:00) Paul & Linda Vomhof
Scrip Sellers – (10:15) Scott & Renee Lechner
Scripture Readers - (9:00) Ann Ihrke
Videographer – Rick Jahn
June 26:
Acolytes - (9:00) Shelby Beck, Megan Queensland
Altar Guild - Ann Thon
Bread Provider - Joann Leutink (1 loaf)
Communion - (9:00) Verlyn Johnson, Jerry Klevan,
Ruth Lemke
Greeters - (9:00) Bob & Kathy Baarsch
Scrip Sellers – (10:15) Jennifer Knutson, Kendall Drury-DeBoer
Scripture Readers - (9:00) Jerry Klevan
Videographer – Reid Kruegel
Meals on Wheels –
Week of June 6-10: Don & Judy Rose; Geraldine
Williams
Offering Counter – Joanne Vrieze
USHERS: (9:00) Larry Arneson*, Kenny Clark*,
Verlyn Johnson, Gordon King, Colin Pickett
*denotes head usher
Saturday Service: (5:30)
Scripture Readers: June 4 – Nancy Hagen;
June 11 – Evelyn Clark; June 18 – Mary Jo Dathe;
June 25 - Shirley Gangstad
Ushers: June 4 - Sandy Richardson;
June 11 - Linda Kruegel; June 18 - Eileen Rathbun;
June 25 - Shirley Gangstad
June Service Group
Organizer: Annette Hyland
The service group lists are of people in the congregation who are asked to bring items for special
events at the church. The lists have gone through
some changes to try to even out the lists with
people who can be available to respond in service.
For a number of reasons, there are people who are
not included on the lists (shut-in, live out of town,
have indicated a desire not to be contacted, etc.)
Thank you to all the people in Our Savior’s who
live out their faith in caring support of the
ministries of the church.
Hyland, Duane
Johnson, Gary D.
Johnson, Gary A. & Linda
Johnson, Verlyn
Johnson, Wade & Grace
Jones, Bobby & Lori
Jones, Susan
Jones, Todd
Jorgensen, Todd & Val
Kappers, Barb
Kappers, Larry & Marilyn
Kaster, Gordon & Janel
Keim, Ann
Keim, Bob & Marcia
King, Gordon
Klevan, Jerry & LuAnn
Knode, Chad & Michelle
Knode, Scott & Katey
Knode, Steve & Glenda
Knutson, Duane & Gina
The service groups have been updated, re-alphabetized,
reorganized, and evened out. Some people have been
moved to different months, please check names carefully.
If you would like to help out and have never been called,
please let Renee know and she can add you to a list.
Thank you.
The Membership Ministry Team