June 2015 - Charity Lutheran Church

A shelter in Christ transforming lives
The last day of Sunday school was May 17! Charity Children’s Director Kari Knudson stopped by each class for a special end-ofthe-year moment. Pictured is Kari with some members of Jen & Jim Skjod’s fifth grade class: Mikella Kost, Ethan Unrath, Anja
Fritz, and Raine Skjod.
June 2015—Special Dates
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June 3 ~ Volunteer/Kari Appreciation Party
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June 4 ~ Frey Family Benefit
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June 7 ~ Summer Worship Begins
June 10 ~ Youth Rummage Preview Sale
June 11-12 ~ Youth Rummage Sale
June 13 ~ Minneapolis Mission Trip
June 21 ~ Vacation Bible School Begins
June 27 ~ Food for the Poor
Summer Changes
Spring happens fast in North Dakota. Winter clings with all its life, spitting last
protests of snow into the month of May—but eventually yielding to the inevitability
of the green invasion.
Sorry for waxing poetic—but I love this time of year. I love the hope and promise of
summer. I love the warm sun, summer night campfires, the anticipation of annual
family vacations, and the change of rhythm.
Summer brings changes at Charity as well. Below are some changes we want to
make you aware of as we come into the summer season:
1. The summer worship schedule will commence Sunday, June 7. As we have done
the past several years, we will collapse our three Sunday morning services into
two, as well as continue Sunday evening Quest. This change was approved by
the Charity Vision Council. As usual, WOW is suspended until fall. It is our hope
that people will take advantage of the summer schedule to get to know Charity
Pastor Randy Upgren
people outside of their normal worship patterns.
Summer Sunday Worship:
9:00 a.m.
Blended Traditional Worship
10:30 a.m.
NOVA Contemporary Worship
6:30 p.m.
Quest Contemporary Worship
2. We are pleased to have Landon Schmeichel coming on to lead our Sunday evening Quest worship team. Landon
has a long history with Charity (through his parents Harvey and Patty at Freedom Fellowship in McLaughlin), and
has done an excellent job with our WOW worship team. Landon brings a passionate, yet genuine and humble
worship feel.
3. The Vision Council has also approved work to begin on the final phase of our stage expansion project. The new
sound system has been a big improvement, and its smaller size paves the way for actual stage expansion. The
work will be happening over the summer with the goal for the new stage to be fully operational by Rally Day in
September. This change will allow the Charity worship teams to accommodate more easily all the different worship
styles—from traditional to contemporary. We encourage people to continue to give towards that project if they
are so moved.
4. Remember, that I (Pastor Randy) will be absent for about 8 weeks this summer while on sabbatical. I am extremely
grateful to the people of Charity for the opportunity to unplug and re-energize. I will be engaging in a writing
project and some travel during this time—both of which I am hoping will benefit Charity’s ministries. I will be gone
June 29 through August 24.
Remember to keep our Vision Council and our Long Range Planning Team in your prayers as they continue to work
toward God’s will in our growth needs. Pray that God would move in such a way to make it completely clear the
direction he desires. Have a great summer!
April & May Baptisms
April 12, 2015 ~ Ashlynn Vetter, daughter of Jordan & Whitney
April 12, 2015 ~ Ethan Hegland, son of Logan & Toni
May 10, 2015 ~ Lennin Taylor, daughter of Adam & Kendra
May 17, 2015 ~ Violet Paulson, daughter of Ken & Laura
May 24, 2015 ~ Kendra Pudwill, daughter of Billy & Amanda
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Vacation Bible School is Coming Up Fast!
Charity preschool and elementary Vacation Bible School (VBS)
is scheduled for Sunday, June 21, through Thursday, June 25!
Please register your child(ren) now, if you haven’t already done
so. Registration forms are available on the tables across from
the elevator upstairs and downstairs. You may also conveniently
register online at www.charitylutheran.org.
We need many volunteers, including crew leaders, assistants, snack
prep, decorating, take down, etc. You may also wish to consider
a monetary donation to help cover expenses for this awesome
children’s program.
Please contact [email protected] for the
elementary program, or [email protected] for
the preschool program.
Since we need SO many of each of the list below, donating the following will help defray the costs of VBS:
• Baby Wipes
• Quart size ziploc storage bags
• Black Sharpies (thick & thin tip)
• Glue Dots
• Bandaids
• Small Hand Sanitizer bottles
Nursery Childcare
Attendant Needed
Nursery care is needed
effective Sunday, June 7,
during the Sunday NOVA
10:30 a.m. service. This is
a paid position. A simple
background check is
required. An adult or teen,
age16 or older is preferred.
Please email lorri.mittleider@
charitylutheranchurch.org
or cell/text at 400-1849.
WINGS Trophies
& Children’s Sermon
Families, don’t miss our Charity worship services
Sunday, June 14! All WINGS participants will receive
their trophies on this special day. Also, a special
children’s sermon will be
shared with all!
Confirmation Testimony:
Skye Wald
All my life I have been blessed with
people who have a strong love
for the Lord like my parents and
grandparents.
I believe that God put his
protection around me from day
one. Very shortly after my birth, I
was placed in foster care. At age
three, I was adopted by my foster parents’ daughter and family
(Hilary and Lisa Wald). I was surrounded by my new family as I was
baptized.
My birth mother drank heavily while pregnant with me, resulting
in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. As a result of this, I face many
challenges in life. Without my strong faith and walk with God,
these challenges might seem insurmountable.
My family began to attend Charity a few years ago and I am
grateful to my parents for that. Shirley Hanson from Charity
reached out to me and has been such a major support in my life
and a great friend. She is also just so darn cute!
I have learned so much on my faith journey during Charity WOWs,
Youth Group and even during a mean game of predator with the
indescribable Sam Coleman and outrageous Julie Dolbec. I look
forward to continuing my faith journey and trust that Jesus Christ
will be with me every step of the way.
My favorite verse has always been Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the
plans I have for you, “declares the Lord, “Plans to prosper you and not
harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Summer Adult Sunday School Sails On!
The Adult sermon discussion group that met this year during the Nova service
has decided to continue throughout the summer. Everyone (elementary age
through adult) is invited to join us for informal, thought provoking discussion.
We meet in the Fireside room at 10:30 a.m. with coffee and cookies. We will
also have special missions guests some Sundays including Pastor Walter Volz
from Food for the Poor on Sunday June 28. There is no need to register for the
group—just come when you’re in town! You’ll be glad you did!
ALPHA is Back By Popular Demand!
Searching for more? Alpha is back by popular demand, following a
highly successful program last fall that drew nearly 150 participants.
Alpha is a worldwide 10-week practical introduction to the Christian
faith that offers answers to many key questions. The course begins
Monday, September 21, with a celebration dinner and will conclude
Monday, November 23. Each Monday session begins at 6 p.m. with
supper and concludes at 8 p.m. following small group meetings.
Child care will be provided.
Sign up sheets will be available at the church in early August.
We ask you to pray about joining us for as many of the 10-week
sessions that you can. We are also in the early stages of assembling
volunteers to help in various capacities with the course, and are
asking you to consider whether this may be your time to commit to
these 10 exciting weeks of fun, fellowship and learning.
To learn more about Alpha, visit www.alphaus.org. We’ll have more on the course at worship services
this summer and in future newsletters. For more information, contact Pastor Scott Bauman or Pastor Sam
Coleman at the church, 258-1258.
Wellspring Update
We are pleased to report that Charity has collected enough contributions to fund a tenth well for Wellspring
for the World!
The purpose of Wellspring is to provide safe drinking water for the people of Mali, Ghana, and other areas of
the world. Learn more at www.wellspringfortheworld.org.
Every dollar raised is tripled through matching grants provided by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and
other donors through World Vision. Through these matching grants, wells will supply hundreds of people
with a lifetime of fresh, pure, life-giving water!
If you are so moved to contribute towards this worthy cause, checks may be made payable to Charity and
designated for Wellspring.
Articles for the Charity newsletter are due by the 20th for the upcoming month
and may be emailed to [email protected].
Contact Judy in the church office at 258-1228 for event details.
Green Thumbs Needed
1 Dennis & Melissa Reep
2 Justin & Vanessa Anderson, William & Rhonda Brown, Morgan & Donna Doll, Jim & Tamara Neumiller
3 Larry & Chris Markwardt, Don & Cheri Wenzel
4 Robert & Rita Willer
5 Terrance & Debra Traynor
7 Al & Kathy Jaeger, Mike & Heather Miller,
Mark & Stephanie Murdock, Scott & Tracy Wegner
8 Wilbert & Alvina Fueller, Neil & Lindsey Tafelmeyer
11 Richard & Diane Eichhorst, Wayne & Marilyn Reep
12 Michael & Patricia Dwyer,
Nevada & Wendy Jorgenson,
Michael & Karol Riedman, Don & Erma Roesler, Kevin & Debi Selby, Jeffery & Debra Uline
13 Alan & Dorothy Lommen
14 Kevin & Carol Bjork, Bruce & Autumn Roth
15 Brian & Caryn Iverson
17 Derek & Melissa Hill, Allen & Kari Knudson, Marshall & Janice Liudahl
18 Thomas & Carmen Leno, Larry & Patricia Lysengen
19 Marvin & Joyce Borgelt
20 Francis & Betty Kuhn
21 Art & Shirley Carlson
22 Daniel & Patricia Beyer, Jason & Rhonda Fritz
23 Doug & Barb Berglund, Dale & Kristi Preszler
24 Matt & Nicole Kivisto, Paul & Linnette Kuehn,
Robert & Pamela Nelson
25 Dan & Lacey Eastgate, Kevin & Jackie Hay,
Donald & Sylvia Schmid
26 Daniel & Alison Lubbers
27 Dennis & Byrdi Naasz, Roland & Dorine Wiedrich
28 Josh & Natasha Churchill, Jon & Norine Haugen, Kevin & Dawn Kindel, Christopher & Michelle Nyhus,
Aaron & Sharon Zempel
29 Dustin & Kira Fischer, Jeff & Rose Gitter,
Charles & Gayle Little, Jerry & Renee Walz
30 Kevin & Jane Brown, Steve & Joanne Felchle,
Duane & Faye Wangen
Got a green thumb?
Charity needs help
trimming/shaping shrubs/
trees, and/or a person to
manage the terraced shrub
and garden area, including
refurbishing the wooden
plant markers throughout
the gardens. Email doug.
[email protected]
if you can help!
JASON
FREY
BENEFIT
Jason is a wonderful husband to
Heather and father to 3 young boys Aiden (10), Kian - (6) and Liam - (4).
Thursday,
June 4 at 5:30
Bismarck
Eagles Club
313 N 26th St
Jason has been diagnosed with
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). He
is currently undergoing treatments at Mayo
hospital to KLB (Kick Leukemia's Butt)!
Children’s Ministry Fund
In Memory of Clint Fischer, Albert
Blumhagen, Blanche Okerson by
Wilbert & Alvina Fueller
Memorial Fund
In Memory of Gerald Hjelmeland by
Delores Hjelmeland and Wilbert &
Alvina Fueller
Join us for a spaghetti dinner and silent auction.
All proceeds will help Jason and Heather with medical
expenses.
FREYSTRONG
Security First Bank of ND
3000 N 14th St
Bismarck, ND
58503
There is a benefit account set up for Jason at Security First Bank of ND.
Deposits can be made at any Security First Bank of ND branch or checks mailed to the address above.
Checks can be made payable to: "Jason Frey Benefit"
Mission Moment: Food for the Poor
Dear Friends:
CHRIST LIVES!!! OUR ETERNAL LIFE IS ASSURED!!! EVERY DAY IS A BEAUTIFUL
DAY TO SHARE HIS LOVE WITH OTHERS!!!
I look forward to sharing worship again with the good folks at Charity on
Sunday, June 27. By making regular trips to Haiti and our many missions in
Central America, I am able to observe firsthand the progress that is taking
place among the people who have suffered much in recent months and years.
Just last month Food for the Poor shipped two 40-foot containers to Haiti,
one filled with food (Vita-meals) for our Lutheran schools and orphanages,
and the other container filled with school items for a new school and classes.
We work directly with pastors and missionaries when supplying resources for
orphanages and schools in each of the 17 countries we serve. That is a critical
element of our distribution policies, to insure that our supplies reach the
people, and also a major factor in keeping our administrative costs under five
percent. Food for the Poor recently surpassed the 100,000 milestone of houses
built since 1985 in Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2014, our donors
constructed 7,367 housing units and gifted them to destitute families. Six
hundred containers of medicines and 430 containers of educational supplies
were shipped in 2014.
1 Brandon Bauman, Thayne Davis,
Joe Morrissette
2 Kyle Kuether, Stephanie Kuhn
3 Brenda Davis, Steve Felchle, Heather Frey,
Dirk Hausauer, Violet Veitz
4 Addison Churchill, Carol Jacobson
5 Brian Bergeson, Isaiah DuFrame, Tracy Korsmo,
Alexander Schumacher, Lauren Wegner,
Sarah Wegner, Carol Wetsch, Jenna Wood
However, it is the hearts of people who find their only hope in the love of Jesus 6 Christina Lahren, Madison Reems, Faith Stelter, who are continually in the healing process. This is a long process, especially in Neil Tafelmeyer
Haiti, because the damage was so great after the great earthquake in 2010 and 7 Brooklyn Sailer, Brett Schafer
8 Gloria David, Charles Whitman
resources very limited. The struggles are similar in the 17 countries in Central
9 Adam Berglund, Casey Bettenhausen,
America and the Caribbean, served by Food for the Poor. We are enlarging a
Jennifer Bjork, Troy Jochim
10 Brynley Becker, Abby Westbee, Cole Wike
Lutheran high school in the Western region of Guatemala under the direction
11 Mickael Mittleider, Mark Murdock,
of the Lutheran Church of Guatemala and new support for Lutheran schools
Kellen Okerson, Evan Weaver
and orphanages in the Zacapa region. We also have some dynamic initiatives
12 Alexis Hochhalter, Melissa Reep
and new ministries in Jamaica, Honduras and other countries in Central
13 Samuel Bradley, Carson Braun, Paul Coughlin, America of which I will speak. We dedicated three new fishing villages in
Michael Dwyer, Mariah Kottsick, Torie Larson
14 Ashlyn Iverson, Diane Melby, Angie Wagner
Nicaragua last month.
15 Brianna Brown, Ervin Eggers, Micheal Vincent
Food for the Poor was named again this past year as the largest Religious
16 Drew Hausauer, Hunter Leno, Andrew Milas
International Charity based in America and the third largest over-all
17 Helen Brand, Aaron Edland, Arlen Johnson, philanthropy. This designation was awarded by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Nicole Opp, Dustin Peterson, Brooklyn Schwartzbauer, Jason Weaver
the foremost newspaper and study group in the nonprofit world. In addition
19 Taylor Bjork, William Dohrmann, Jackie Hay, to feeding programs, FFP has a strong ministry in supporting Christian schools, Ione Leet, Janet Schafer
orphanages, clinics, hospitals, water projects, tilapia ponds, fishing villages in
20 George Anderson, Duane Bentz,
17 countries in Central America and the Caribbean. Our administrative costs
Chelsea Erickson
21 MacKenzie Hagen, Joe Morrissette,
this past year, on a budget over one billion dollars, were only 4.1 % and have
Reece Theel, Lauren Bjork
always been under 5%, the lowest of all philanthropies that provide support
22 Jacob Morrissette, Dennis Naasz
of over 500 million dollars. However, we measure progress not by buildings
23 Jim Foss, Rebecca Schlosser
being constructed nor the number of containers shipped with supplies but
24 Daniel Beyer, William Brown, Hudson Bullock, by the resiliency of the people. They put their hope in the Good Shepherd
Michael Gunsch, Heidi Jaeger
25 Nicole Johnston, Payton Larson, who is guiding their steps in the restoration of a new life grounded firmly in
Svetlana Peterson, Milton Westgard
Jesus, who always comes with compassion and love. Our measure of success
26 Brian Artz, RJ Hentz, Alan Jacobson
is bringing the love of Jesus, with action and blending hearts—one child and
27 Darby Schmidt, Janessa Vogel, Seth Vollmer, one person at a time.
Linda Westbee
28 Alaina Hill, Samuel Kjonaas, John Kuhn,
Greetings and peace,
April Sattler
29 Adam Bartholomew, Beau Kary, Corina Larson, (Rev) Walter D. Volz, Emeritus
Audrey Liudahl, Aveya Vogel, Roland Wiedrich
Beggar for the Poor
30 Mason Martinson
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Pastor: Randy Upgren
Lay Pastor: Sam Coleman
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