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Volume 19, Issue 7 June 2013
Pathways at the Park
camp supper + silent auction + camp worship + games + crafts + bonfire + camp songs Glyndon Lutheran Church (along with Bethesda Lutheran, Dilworth Lutheran, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Our Saviors Lutheran, and Trinity Lutheran) to host annual Pathways at the Park Event! Dinner starts at 5:30 and the cost is $5 for individuals and $20 for families (you are welcome to give more). Bring a shirt to tie-dye or buy one for $5. This year the event will be at a new location: Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. Pathways at the Park is sponsored by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and raises funds for our great partner in ministry. It also provides an opportunity to worship camp style and meet the new counselors for summer camp!
Pathways at the Park
Wednesday, June 5th 5:30 p.m. at: Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd 4000 28th Street South in Moorhead
Glyndon Lutheran Church
Save the date!
Pathways Day Camp at Glyndon Lutheran Church! Join GLC & Pathways Outdoor Ministries in a fantastic DAY CAMP experience! For Youth ENTERING Kindergarten-6th grade July 15-18th, 2013 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Get the Registration form online at glyndonlutheran.org or stop in at the office Monday or Wednesday afternoons!
Inside this issue:
Living the Story Over Coffee Council Minutes Servant Schedule, Memorials, thank you & Calendar Prayers & Birthdays Income & Expense 2 3 4-5
Chronicles
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Glyndon Lutheran Church Vacation Bible School For ages 3 through going into 1st grade August 12-15, 2013 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Fed and Forgiven! (more info to come!)
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Living the Story with Pastor Jeni
with that death. A little morbid, and yet, strangely, powerfully hopeful. St. Paul writes in Romans 6 that we when we were baptized, we were baptized into Christs death, and buried with him. But just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we are raised to live a new life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be reunited with him in a resurrection like his. At the cemetery, the place of rest for our dead ones, the feet point east. Towards Jerusalem. Towards the sunrise. So that when the resurrection happens, we are ready to stand up and face the Son, Jesus, our Savior. We are marked with crosses, marked with death, and yet alive. Death does sting, but death has no power over us. God holds the final word, and God whispers, life. And so we can enter places of death and know that death does not remain, death does not hold us forever. Even as we make our way to the grave, our song is alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, for the cross of Christ has been traced over us, blessed us, and will keep us in this life and the next. May the cross of Christ give you hope and sustain you in peace, Pastor Jeni
e come across many crosses in our life. Most we encounter as jewelry or adornments for a place of worship. Sometimes we see them in nature, like when two twigs fall to the earth and land (or are placed) in a cross pattern. On Sundays I trace the sign of the cross on the foreheads of children who are not yet taking Communion. It is a blessing, a sign that hails back to their baptism when the pastor said, Child of God, you have been marked with the Cross of Christ and sealed with the Holy Spirit forever. Its amazing to see children go to the font, take some water on their fingers and trace the sign of the cross. We trace that baptismal cross in ash on Ash Wednesday, at the start of Lent, noting that we have come from the dust and to dust we will return. Words that we hear at a loved ones graveside when we commit them to the ground. Today I was at a graveside for one of GLCs oldest lifelong members. The funeral home was out of dust to pour upon the casket (as is customary), so I took dirt from a planter and made the sign of the cross on the casket: ashes to ashes, dust to dust We are marked with crosses. That is, we are marked with the death of Jesus. However much we dress it up, Jesus died on the cross, and we are marked
Over Coffee with Kris
t is the time of year for Graduation Open Houses, putting docks into the water (now that the ice is finally gone) and hopefully a bit of a slowing down. I would like to share with you this prayer from Guerillas of Grace for the summer. O God, enable me now to grow wise through reflection, peaceful through the song of the cricket, recreated through the laughter of play. Most of all, Lord, let me live easily and grace-fully for a spell, so that I may see other souls deeply, share in a silence unhurried, listen to the sound of sunlight and shadows, explore barefoot the land of forgotten dreams and shy hopes. Amen. Blessings on the rest of your day, Kris
Let me live grace-fully
Thank you, Lord, for this season of sun and slow motion, of games and porch sitting, of picnics and light green fireflies, on heavy purple evenings; and praise for slight breezes. It is good God, as the first long days of your creation. Let this season be for me a time of gathering together the pieces into which my busyness has broken me.
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Council Minutes
Council Meeting, May 8th, 2013 7:30 pm Members Present: Pam Rudolf, Joan Stenerson, Pastor Jeni and Cindy Henriksen Devotion/Check-in/GLC Mission Statement Secretarys Report: Read and Passed Treasures Report: Read and Passed Pastors Report: Worship, Preaching, Preparation + Preached and/or presided at Worship 4/7 (in Barnesville), 4/10, 4/17 (Jeff preached, I presided--thanks Jeff!), 4/21, 4/24, 4/28 + Planned worship for Sundays & Wednesdays through May Pastoral Tasks and Visits + Attended to the daily prayers of the church + Three hospital visits + Eventide Visits + 2 Home Visits + Made and received many pastoral phone calls + Visited with people at church + Visited with church members out and about + Served breakfast and lunch at stewardship work day + Attended Esther Circle Fellowship Faith Formation + Participated in/Led Faith Formation for Pre-K through 4th, 5th and 6th, 7th and 8th, 9th on: 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, and 4/28 + Worked ahead on next year's Faith Formation schedules (5th and 6th, 7th and 8th, and 9th). Other + Vacation in NYC April 11-15th, with an extra half day of vacation on the 16th at home + Worked on Parental Leave plan with Jeff, Pam and Esther Family Ministers Report: Faith Formation Prepared Sunday School lessons and opening/closings. Prepared and executed Connect for the 5th and 6th graders. Helped prepare and executed Faith Formation focusing on the 10 Commandments for the 7th and 8th graders. Made/ate lunch with the 9th graders with Pastor Jeni. Ran errands. Worship Assisted in worship on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings. Other Activities Prepared and executed the Youth stock calling fundraiser for the Houseboat trip. Communicated with other churches in filling our house boat trip; as well as with Pathways. Attended Quilting (04/02). Lead Area Youthworker Lunch (04/18). Attended Esther Circle (04/18). Attended a Pathways at the Park meetings to plan for the annual fundraiser (04/08 & 04/22).
Helped Emcee at Glyndon Family Fun Night for the Glyndon Felton Parents Group. (04/14). Synod Work Synod Youth Gathering -Setting up and executing the Senior High Youth Gathering (04/04-04/07) -Taking care of the financials (accounts payable and mileage) Set up contracts for future gatherings Led a Practice Discipleship seminar at Cormorant Lutheran (04/28). Topics of Discussion: **Special thanks to the DGF Schools for their sponsoring a Day of Caring where senior high and fifth grades students went out in the surrounding area to help those in need with spring work and yard work. 1. Memorial Funds: We received a generous memorial. Council is deciding how to apply it. First priority is the narthex windows and second priority would be the repair of the stain glass windows. 2. Depositor: After many years of service, Don Lien will be stepping down from his role of depositing GLC offerings. We would like to thank him for his faithful dedication. Lois will fulfill this role until other decisions are made on how to proceed with this position. 3. Loss Control a. Policies: Council President Jeff Wallin spent numerous hours dealing with insurance issues. Please thank him when you see him. Policies are in place via insurance recommendations and have been adopted by the church council. These will be available on the website. b. Property Update: Doors are in place. Dry walling will occur under the handicap ramp to meet fire codes. 4. Summer Newsletter: Summer news letter will be avail able each month. It will be abbreviated as less activity in the church during summer months. 5. Summer Worship: Summer worship will be on Sunday mornings at 9:30 am beginning Memorial Day and going through Labor Day. Communion by intinction will be served from the table in front as done on Wednesday nights. There will be no Wednesday night services except the last Wednesday in June. 6. Summer Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 12-4 7. Narthex Windows: Council would like to replace three windows in the Narthex. Thank you to Bruce, Leroy, Monte, Kyle and Esther for clean out week and cleaning junk out of the church. Closed with the Lords Prayer Next Council Meeting will be held on Wednesday June 19th at 6:30 pm
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Stewardship Workday
Esther Circle
June 20th at 1pm Hostess: Darlene Sandal Bible Study: Lois Bekkerus
Mary Circle
June 18th at 7:30pm Hostess: Pauline Litch Bible Study: Lois Muhle
June 4th
Servers: Joan Stenerson & Lorraine Langseth
Servant Schedule for June
Sunday, June 2nd Ushers & Coffee Servers: Reader: Communion Assistant: Berna Schultz Sunday, June 9th Ushers & Coffee Servers: Reader: Roger Stenerson Communion Assistants: Roger & Joan Stenerson Sunday, June 16th Ushers & Coffee Servers: Reader: Deb Tollefson Communion Assistants: Don & Alvina Lein Sunday, June 23rd Ushers & Coffee Servers: Reader: Taylor Mehrer Communion Assistants: Pam Rudolf & Deb Langseth Sunday, June 30th Ushers & Coffee Servers: Reader: Ron Labrenz Communion Assistants: Darlen Sandal & Marilyn Labrenz
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9:30 Worship Kris at Haiti through 6/7
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Pastor Jeni at the Seminary through 6/14
Memorials:
General Fund: In Memory of Agnes Johnson from Joe & Kelli Fuchs In Memory of V. Jean Beutler from LeRoy Babolian In Memory of Don R. and Ron Cummings from Monty & Susan Olson In Memory of Ron Olson from Gordon & Lois Muhle Quilters: Correction: last month we printed a memorial from Marvel Jones into the General Fund. It was designated for quilters in memory of John Barsgard.
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9:30 Worship 11:00 Baby Shower for Pastor Jeni
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Thank You:
A special thank you to Pat & Cheryl Kemmer for the flowers outside of the church.
9:30 Worship
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June 2013
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5:30 Pathways at the Park @ Lutheran Church of Good Shepherd, Moorhead, MN
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5:30 Fun night out with Kickball, Grilling, & Cake
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Prayers and Birthdays
Please keep Trisha Baker (Afghanistan), Kally Anderson (United States) and Tyler Payla (returned from Kuwait) in your prayers as they serve their country.
Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in trials and temptations; give courage to face perils that surround them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
[our extended family]
Betsy Anderson, Pelican Rapids MN Iris Barta, Senior Apartments on Riverside Drive Margaret Kingren, Eventide Orville Muhle, Eventide Lloyd Olson, Emmanuel Assisted Living Detroit Lakes Monna Lou Leach, Eventide
June Birthdays
1 2 3 4 6 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 Emma Hellerud, Jakob Lara Daniel Baker, Amy Butze, Kylie Hamernik, Beverly Hendrickson, Kay Hopkins, Kevin Hanson Brian Busta, Ethan Fuchs, Sophia Roll, Alex Trudel, DaRinda Trudel Nick Arends, Richard Messerschmidt, Tracy Tollagson Darin Ellingson, Patricia Lynde-Hemmah, Beverly Motschenbacher Wyatt Myhre, Jayden Myhre Jenna Aakre, Christine Messerschmidt, Rick Pender Alyson Brenna Amy Caruso, Garrett Pemelton, Iva Tollagson Gavin Aakre, Darin Haugen, Reed Haugen, Sienna Ranz, Candace Rosenfeldt Alexa Larson Dale Geiser, Mark Radtke 16 17 18 19 20 22 24 26 27 28 29 30 Alysia Fuchs, Cheryl Kemmer Terry Danielson Bill Dally, Troy Leach, Cody Ranz, David Swenson Dustin Brenna, Heidi Dally, Gary Leach Jr., Jocelynn Pederson Kelli Back Heather Dvorsak Esther Ellingson, Dan Langseth, Dustin Rietsema, Kyra Rothschadl, Brady Timme, McKenzie Trudel Braydon Cummings, Lindsi Wiser Samantha Blattenbauer, Todd Tollefson, David Yardley Debbie Kuehl, Paula Nelson Shari Yardley David Palya
Happy Birthday!
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Income and Expense Income and Expense
Income Expenses Net Income $ $ $
April 2013
14,536.21 19,000.11 -4,463.90
Funds Available (as of May 28th, 2013)
General Fund Designated Funds: Food Pantry Sunday School Memorials Missions Childrens Ministry Youth Debit Card Properties Debit Card Improvements $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 1,269.69 181.46 2,415.00 16.00 35.09 527.42 574.18 210.10 535.00 Tables 351.98 Windows 25.00 Flowers 835.00 450.32 $ 10,047.97
Misc. Mission Possible Bucket
Bills to be paid, as of May 28th, 2013
Salaries (Includes staff salaries, organist, custodian, Financial Sec, Sunday Opener) Fed. Withholding MN Withholding $ 4,700 (approx.) $ 1,300 (approx.) includes S.S. $ 183.00 (approx.)
Glyn don L u the r a n C hur ch
414 Parke Ave PO Box 38 Glyndon, MN 56547
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Glyndon Lutheran Church is a Christ-centered community church, nurturing the faith of all generations.
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Sundays at 9:30 a.m. & Wednesday, June 26th, 5:30 Kickball, Grilling, & Cake Just a FUN night out!!!
Please notice new Summer Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 12pm-4pm
