May 2011 - St John`s Lutheran Church, Gilman, WI

May 2011
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CONFIRMATION
Bible Study - 9:40
Acolyte - Laura Bolstad
Ushers - Mike & Vonda Kinas
COUNCIL MEETING following
the Church service
MOTHER'S DAY g
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Bible Study - 9:40
Acolyte - Reannon
Hartzell
Ushers - Chris & LaVerne
Fredrickson
Bible Study -9:40
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Acolyte - Jewel Fredrickson
Ushers - Shane & Dana Hartzell
W/ELCA Meeting
following the Church Service
SUNDAY SCHOOL? 2
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PROGRAM
Bible Study - 9:40
Acolyte - Amber Lodahl
Ushers - Sunday School
Lunch to follow service
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Altar Guild - Pat Meyer
Bible Study - 9:40
Ushers - John Agen &
Bernie Lodahl
Cleaning • Chris Peetz
Dana Hartzell
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ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
20310 CTY HWY H
OILMAN, WISCONSIN, 54433
May 2011
Up Coming Events
Every Sunday - Bible Study A Bible study will be held starting at 9:40 AM,
May 1 - Confirmation - Jewel Fredrickson and Amber Lodahl will be confirmed.
May 1 - Council Meeting - The council will meet following the Church service.
May 8 - Mother's Day
May 15 - W/ELCA Meeting following the Church service
Shut In's
Please remember our shut-in's in prayer, with a note or a visit. Days are long for them, they love to hear from you.
Those that are shut-in's: Louise Berge, Marie Kulesa, Marion Stebner, Carole Sime, Tom Lechleitner, Laurie Kulesa,
Mary & Walt Bublitz, Dorothy Stees, Connie Agen, Harley Faude, Jessica Sikora and Burnell Thompson. If I have
forgotten or missed someone please let me know.
Finances
In order to keep the congregation better informed the council decided to publish the finances each month. We need $335
per Sunday to meet our budget. This figure is arrived at by dividing the budget by 52 Sundays.
Income for March (Last Month Available to be Published)
March 6
$238.00
March 20
222.00
March 9
198.00
March 27
185.00
March 13
237.00
March 30
71.00
March 16
245.00
Auction
Thank you to everyone who helped make the auction a success. We raised $516 from the auction and $203 from the
lunch for a total of $719. This is a great addition to our Building Fund.
Quarter Boxes
We will be distributing Quarter Boxes again. The money front these boxes will go 2/3 to Malawi and 1/3 to Lutheran
World Relief. All money is designated to be used for food.
Affirmation of Baptism Sunday
On May 1 will be the Affirmation of Baptism Sunday for two of our young people: Amber Lodahl and Jewel
Fredrickson. They will come forward and kneel at the railing with family and friends gathered around them for the laying
on of hands during the service. This is a meaningful time in the service when families show their support while the
confirmand declares their faith and trust in the Triune God.
May each of us keep these children of God in our prayers that showers of blessings will continue in their lives
and they will keep God at the center of their living.
NEW FUNDRAISER FOR 2011
The women's group has decided to have a Pie and Ice Cream Social with Silent Auction. This event is scheduled for
June 12th, 2011. Please mark your calendars. We will be serving hot beef sandwiches along with pie and ice cream for
$5. This event is open to the public so spread the word. The Silent Auction will consist of various baskets for bidding.
Some categories of the baskets available are: women's beauty, men's, gardening, little boy and girl, cooking, sewing and
candy. Any additional basket donations are welcome. You can come up with your own or here are a few ideas; sports,
fishing, hunting, crafts, movie night, baby or game night. Be creative! Basket donations need to be brought into church
by May 22nd. Baskets will be available for viewing and bidding at church starting May 22nd. The baskets may also be
viewed on our website at stjohngilman.org. Winning bids will be announced at the Pie and Ice Cream Social. Proceeds
from this event will go towards the building fund.
Courtney Meyer
715-210-5258
St. John's Lutheran Church
May 2011 Newsletter
Dear members of St. John's
I am writing this article on Easter Monday. It's a beautiful day outside. I managed to
be out and clean out some of my flower beds. The perennials are sprouting and leafing out, so
spring must be coming.
We have ham to eat for supper, or dinner, plus potatoes, corn and salad, so I can spend
a little longer time on the computer.
Looking back on Holy Week, I marvel at how everything played out. Palm Sunday was
fun with the kids and the procession into "Jerusalem". On Monday came word of the passing
of Nina Lodahl, 92 years of age. Funeral services were held on Maundy Thursday morning at
11:00. The church was packed with family and friends.
That evening we held our first-ever Seder Feast - Passover Meal for about 20 brave
souls willing to try something new. We held it upstairs by moving the pews to each side and
setting up tables right down the middle, and how elegant the tables looked with white
tablecloths, candelabra, china dishes and glass serving bowls. The meat of the evening was
lamb and beef roasts, along with symbolic recipes for food. Such as salt water to dip the
lettuce into reminding each one of the tears shed by the Hebrews in captivity in Egypt;
horseradish symbolizing the hardships they suffered; haroseth - apples, walnuts, cinnamon
and wine mixed together to symbolize the mortar used in making the brick buildings; and, the
matzoh - cracker-like, unleavened bread that they only had time for as they hurriedly left
Egypt before Pharaoh could change his mind again. Sparkling grape juice was used in place of
wine for drinking. It was a fun evening and something we hope to do again next year.
The altar was stripped before we left and the black paraments adorned the altar.
Good Friday services were held at 8pm that told the story of Jesus being betrayed and
led away to the cross for crucifixion. We all left the church in silence.
Easter Sunday morning began with the Meyer family - Al, Pat, Courtney and Jason cooking a delicious breakfast for those who came. Many thanks to them. Services began with
the altar being dressed with white paraments, and with the young people carrying in Easter
lilies and flowers from the funeral to adorn the altar area while the congregation sang, "Jesus
Christ Is Risen Today" accompanied by Tracy Gabryel on the organ. Confirmation students
had made their own crosses, designed and put together by them and their families, which also
were on display around the altar table and pulpit. Everything looked so beautiful with the
flowers, crosses, children singing, organ playing, and all the people. A grand morning it was!
Thank-you to everyone who had a part in making the most wonderful of all mornings
so special.
Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!
Howard and Bonnie Weber
Synodically Authorized Ministers - ELCA
St John's Lutheran Church
Council meeting minutes for April 5,2011
Council Chairperson, Jason Meyer called the meeting to order. Attending were: Brian Bolstad,
Al Meyer, Carol Bolstad, Jason Meyer, John Agen, Val Kulesa, Jessica Wisocky, Chris Peetz,
Pastofs Howard and Bonnie Weber, and Eileen Sikora.
Val made a motion to approve the agenda. Seconded by Al. Motion carried.
Pastor Bonnie led devotions.
John made a motion to accept the treasurer's report as printed. Seconded by Al. Motion
carried.
Val made a motion to accept the council minutes with the correction that Nina is not in a
Nursing Home but in Assisted Living. Seconded by Chris. Motion carried.
Old
Blue Book
A discussion of chapter three of the Blue book was held. This chapter dealt with the question,
"What Does It Cost?". We also went over the article in The Lutheran. Next month we will
discuss chapter 10 in the Blue Book.
Handicap Accessibility
The question came up, Is the reason people don't want to spend money on the Church because
they feel the Church is dying? Building on rather than a chair lift to the basement was
discussed. A chair lift will not meet codes. We need to find a contractor or someone that can
give us some estimates. The handicap accessibility was tabled until the next meeting.
Constitution
We worked on the constitution, starting with chapter 12. Next meeting we will start with
C 15:03. Thanks goes to Chris for typing the constitution for us.
Other
Letters to Inactive
Sending letters to the inactive members was discussed. Pastor's gave us sample copies to look
over.
Meeting
The next council meeting will be held May 1 following the Church service.
Chris made a motion to adjourn. Seconded by Brian. Motion carried.
The meeting was closed with the Lord's Prayer.
Carol Bolstad, Secretary
St. Johns Sunday School Newsletter
Where has the time gone? I'm writing this as of Monday the 25th of April and we have 4 Sundays
left of our Sunday School year. We have been very busy this past month. We have sung the past 3
Sundays during the Sunday Service. The children sang for the service when we recognized our
seniors and the confirmands—they sang "I Am the Vine". On Palm Sunday we re-enacted Jesus'
triumphant entry into Jerusalem, we had the coats, the palm branches, the children sang "Pharoah,
Pharoah" and "A Ride for the King". On Easter Sunday, some of the children were involved with
bringing the lilies to the altar, and they sang "Shine Jesus Shine" to celebrate that Jesus had risen
and of his triumphant win over the devil. The children are preparing for the final days of Sunday
School, we have so much to do and so little time to do it in. We have our Annual Rewards
Shopping to do and the end of year Sunday School Program and Sunday School Picnic to
accomplish. There's Mother's Day in there too!
Confirmation is May 1st, our 2 confirmands are Jewel Fredrickson and Amber Lodahl. They've
met all the requirements including the presentation of the 10 Commandments to the congregation.
The girls have worked hard between learning the Commandments—doing Commandment
Classification. They understand making and breaking of the all of them, and how important the
Commandments are to our spiritual health. In Sunday School the confirmation class has been
working on Route 66, that is learning little things about the 66 books of the Bible. Route 66—66
books of the Bible, cute phrase.
We will have the usual end of the year shopping, the program and the Sunday School picnic.
The students will start preparing for the end of the year program—May 22nd. I'm going to try
something different this year. I hope you enjoy it.
Vacation Bible School will be 1 week earlier this year, so please make a note. August 4, 5, 6 & 7
are the dates.
We received another balloon back from Rally Day, this time from Sheboygan, WI.
That ends my letter for this month. There was no April Birthdays for the children, but we did get
to wish Carol Bolstad a "Happy April Birthday".
God Bless Everyone
Monthly Trivia:
Do you know
there were 11 earthquakes mentioned in the New Testament?
.the name Jesus is mentioned 1,281 times in the Bible.
Question of the month:
Who performed his first miracle after Jesus descended into Heaven?
HINT: it's in the Book of Acts.
Anniversary's, Birthday's, Baptism's, Confirmation's
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Tanocf Lodahl
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Penny Sikori
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Joel Kulesa Jr
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Lindsey Thorpe
Jon Laager
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Jessica & Wade Wisocky
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Jason Kulesa
Wade Wisocky
Confirmation
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RaNae Lodahl
Trudy Chaplinski
Diane Stangel
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LaVonne Thompson
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