Milltown Tidings June 2018

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1 Milltown Tidings June 2018 June is upon us and it s going to be a busy month. Beginning with Synod Assembly, June 2 nd and 3 rd, where we will elect a new bishop and say farewell to Bishop Rick Hoyme. The month ends with the ELCA National Youth Gathering in Houston, Texas a gathering we are looking forward to. During the weeks in-between we will gather at the Pioneer Home in Luck for a memorial service for our friend Bernice Hansen, we will worship, pray, study, learn to bake bread, and celebrate the ministry of Pr. Mel Rau at Fristad Lutheran as he retires. That s a lot but it occurs to me that this is what we do together as the Body of Christ; we celebrate, remember, grieve, learn, pray, and worship together, as a community. And at the heart of who we are stands the cross of Christ. The theme for the Youth Gathering is This Changes Everything based on a portion of St. Paul s letter to the Ephesians which reads, For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God. Notice that it s the cross that stands at the heart of the Gathering logo, as well. The cross reminds us of God s grace, through Christ s life, death and resurrection, that changes everything for all people. Some people ask, Why a Gathering? The following are testimonies from former Youth Gathering participants who respond to that very question: The Gathering simultaneously challenged my faith and reassured my faith. --Adam Fairchild, Westminster, MD I think one of the biggest things I took away from the gathering was the realization that I really was making a difference in this world. That my life matters. --Luisa Ruge-Jones, Champaign, IL What really impacted me, and made me stop and gaze in wonder, was seeing 30,000 other teenagers just like me, worshipping and praying, serving and learning. --Tin-Tin Lee, Tacoma, WA The Gathering is a place you get to understand more of what it means to be Lutheran. --Lance Cooper, Baltimore, MD It was very inspirational. I had the opportunity to meet new people who shared my love for Christ. I had the opportunity to serve others. --Youth Participant, Rise Up Together 2015 It was amazing! I loved how excited everyone was to praise God and serve the community. It was a positive and uplifting experience! --Youth Participant, Rise Up Together 2015 Why a Gathering? The Gathering is an extension of who we are at Milltown Lutheran Church another way for the Body of Christ to gather together around bread and wine, prayer and singing, love and service. Another way for us to be ministers of the Word in our daily lives, congregation, community, and world (Milltown Lutheran Church Mission Statement). For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God. This changes everything! Thanks be to God. Pastor Angie 1

2 Important Dates: June 24 th - Fellowship before worship will be hosted by the Houston Team. Worship including Commission Service and prayer for the team. Pastor Amy Walechli (Pr. Angie's sister) will be assisting minister. June 26 th - Team leaves for Houston at 3:00AM! July 2 nd - Team arrives home after noon. July 22 nd - Fellowship before worship will be hosted by the Houston Team. Worship will also be lead by them! We hope that you can come, so we can share all that we ve learned and thank you for your financial support and prayers! 2

3 Houston, TX Dates: June 26 th July 2 nd, 2018 Trip attendees: Anna Gingras, Grace Owen, Reagan Sorensen, Carter Waelchli, River Pfeifer, Keenan Hacker, Pastor Angie & Mike Kutney. Out-of-pocket dollars already paid for early-bird registration $2, Total additional sponsorship and fundraising dollars needed = $7, Raised to date: $2, (Pumpkin Fest, Santa Day, Painting Event, Palm Sunday Breakfast, Cards for a Cause) Out-of-pocket dollars given by attendees: $ Donations given: $ Fundraising done for matching funds: $ anonymous + $1, donated = $1, Thank you to our donors: Clayton and Carol Johnson, Margot Nelson, Dave Beaulieu, Chris & Kelly Nelson, Dan & Sarah Campbell, Harvey & Jeanine Berg, Jeff & Sue Turner, Mike & Angie Kutney, Marilyn Lacy, Mel Rau, Steve & Nancy Glaim, Viola Karr, Don & Laurie Ellefson, Jill Ditleftsen, Dawn Swanson, Mary Hahn, Wayne & Mary Ellen Deloach and Marlene Nielsen. Remaining fundraising dollars needed: $1, Help ONE attendee cover their meals: 1 meal: $12.00 All meals: $ day: $36.00 Other donation Name of donor: Address of donor: (Make checks payable to Milltown Lutheran Church) 3

4 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth, (Psalm 54:2) Please continue to pray for: Michael Gonzalez (Dawn s greatnephew), Duane Hoefs (Pam s cousin), Sandi Christensen (Pam s nephew s wife), Jack Weber, Ellery Vollrath, Austin Boreen, Charlie Cash Anderson, Paulette Kapaun. Military: Joshua Kutney, Cameron Wood. Church Attendance 05/06: 46 05/13: 78 05/20: /27: TBD Vicar Emily Stelling. Good Sam Fund: The Emergency Food Pantry Ministry Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. Hebrews 13:2 Donations to the Good Samaritan Fund helped 3 individuals/families in April. We are always in need of non-perishable food and monetary donations for the food pantry. Please remember donations of toilet paper for Serenity Home every third Sunday of the month. Toilet paper can be brought in anytime during the month. The pick-up date for each month is the third Monday of the month. Willing Workers March 2017 Worship 10:30AM Happenings Sunday, June 10 th we will celebrate Pastor Mel Rau s retirement! 4 Worship with Fristad, North Valley and Milltown congregations at Fristad Lutheran Church. If you re planning to attend, please bring a dish to pass as the luncheon is potluck. Also, please note that your offering is for MLC on your envelope to ensure it gets to us. Thank you! (NOTE: There will NOT be worship at MLC this day). Vacation Bible School will be at Milltown Lutheran Church from August 5 th 9 th. Registration forms are in this newsletter, in narthex and linked to our website. 5:00PM Registration, gathering, games 5:30PM Dinner 7:30PM Closing, pick-up Sunday, August 5 th is Camp Sunday! Camp staff will lead and preach to get us ready for VBS!

5 COMMUNION BREAD MAKING CLASS Tuesday, June 19 th at 6:30PM Devotion followed by baking and sampling bread. Whether you've been to the class before or are brand new to baking... this is for you!" All are welcome! You will have the opportunity to: sign up to bake, prepare, or substitute as needed. THE BEST COMMUNION BREAD! Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix wet ingredients together until dissolved: 1 cup very hot water (minimum of 180 degrees F) Approximately 3 TB honey Approximately 3 TB molasses Set aside and allow to cool slightly as your sift together dry ingredients. Sift the following dry ingredients together three times: (important!) 2 c whole wheat flour +1 c white flour +1 1/4 tsp baking powder + 1 1/4 tsp salt Next, stir 4 Tbsp oil into dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients little by little and mix well. Mix by hand (not with a mixer). Dough should be slightly sticky. Do not knead. Divide into four balls and flatten each into a 1/4 inch thick disk using hands. Lay the loaves on a baking sheet, 2 per sheet. Using stoneware and no parchment OR metal cookie sheet lined with parchment. With a knife, score the top of each loaf into eight pie-shaped sections, so that the sections can be more easily broken off while serving. Alternatively, you could score a cross onto the loaf. Bake one sheet (2 loaves) at a time. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes on top rack. Remove from oven and lightly brush the tops of the loaves with oil. Bake an additional 5-8 minutes. Let cool 1.5 hours. Yield: four 8 oz. loaves. Each loaf serves 50 60*** people, depending upon the size of the piece given. Hints: 1. Make sure all the wet stuff is dissolved before adding to the dry ingredients. 2. Cool 1.5 hours wrap in foil + ziplock bag. 3. Can be frozen for use during the month. Lessons I ve learned: 1. DO not brush tops with too much oil. 2. Err on the side of generosity and add more of when the recipe says: Approximately 3 Tablespoons of the honey and molasses for flavor. 5

6 Willing Workers June 2018 Date Communion Assistant Communion Preparer Lector Usher/Greeter Acolyte Bread Baking 06/03 No Communion No Communion Dave Beaulieu Todd and Cindy Sturgul NOT FILLED No Communion 06/10 Pastor Mel s Retirement at FRISTAD no worship at Milltown 06/17 NOT FILLED NOT FILLED NOT FILLED NOT FILLED NOT FILLED Carol Klapste 06/24 NOT FILLED NOT FILLED Wayne Deloach Gingras Family NOT FILLED Carol Klapste Acolytes: Kendra Wheeler, Alli Gingras, Brody Allen, Isabelle Hansch, and William Lissy. If you cannot attend service, please find a replacement or contact the church office. Training will be provided, if you need. Our Church Financials at a Glance April 1, 2017 through April 30, 2018 Receipts General Fund $10, Thrivent $25.00 Designated (Building Fund) $30.00 Designated (Book Study) $37.00 Designated (Youth Trip) $1, Designated (Piano Purchase) $50.00 In/Out - Reimbursement from area Pastors for combined Augsburg order. $ Total Receipts $11, Total Expense $10, Reported by Deanna Wheeler, Administrative Assistant Gifts Given in April ~ In memory of Eleanor McKenzie, given by Don Beaulieu ~ In memory of Eleanor McKenzie, given by Dave Beaulieu ~ In memory of Gloria Larsen, given by Don Beaulieu ~ In memory of Gloria Larsen, given by Dave Beaulieu ~ In memory of Gloria Larsen, given by Mary Nelson ~ On behalf of Chris Nelson, given by Mary Nelson ~ On behalf of Sarah Campbell, given by Mary Nelson ~ In memory of Eleanor McKenzie, given by Mary Hahn ~ In memory of Gloria Larsen, given by Terry & Joan Juleen for Bible School ~ Donation toward piano purchase, given by Mary Hahn 6

7 Women of the ELCA News June 2018 Sewing Group meets the last Wednesday of the month, 9AM- 12PM. Please join us for quilt making. You don t need to know how to sew to help us out. We cut, pin and tie, so please help. Cookbooks ($10.00 each) are very nice and make good gifts for graduations, showers, weddings, birthdays, Christmas, etc. On May 14 th, Mary Lou Randall, Jeanine Berg and Carol Johnson served the residents and visitors donuts at the United Pioneer Home for the monthly birthday party. A good time was enjoyed by all, with music and lots of visiting. We have applied for and been granted a Thrivent Action Team Project for SCHOOL KITS this summer. The grant is in the amount of $250. We will be purchasing school bags from T.L. Enterprises in Milltown. If you are able to purchase additional school supplies, we can fill more bags! The project must be completed by September 1 st. After all the supplies have been gathered, we will need several people to pack the individual bags for shipment. Thrivent will be sending several T-shirts for anyone who would like one. All Thrivent members are eligible to apply for various grants during the year. June 13 th is the monthly Gather Bible Study at Fristad Lutheran Church at 1:30 p.m. All are welcome. A meeting is scheduled for Sunday, June 17 th at 9:30 a.m. in Fellowship Hall to start planning the annual bazaar to be held in September. Please come and share ideas of what you want for our bazaar this year! Happy June! Your W/ELCA Board Just a note: We can keep up withemily s Seminarian Seedlings via her online postings here: She will finish her internship and return home later this summer! 06/16: United Pioneer Home s annual Bake and Craft Sale from 8:00AM 12:00PM. They are asking for donations of baked goods and craft items. Drop off on Friday, June 15 th or early Saturday morning. 7

8 Our Council President: Sandy Christensen Members: Dennis Soper Vice President: Sarah Campbell Neal Anderson Secretary: Kim Grossmann Linda Ek Treasurer: Mandy Wisdom Jeanne Alling Todd Sturgul Youth Representative: Jeremy Gingras W-ELCA Representative: Milltown Lutheran Church Council Minutes Milltown Lutheran Church Council Meeting May 8, Call to Order. 2. Opening Devotions. Todd Sturgul shared a devotion about his Star Word, Open Minded. 3. Mission Statement: We are called by the Holy Spirit and empowered by God's forgiving and redeeming grace to be ministers of the Word in our daily lives, in our congregation, in our community, and in the world. 4. Secretary s Report. Accepted as read. 5. Financial Report. Accepted as read. 6. Pastor s Report. I blinked and another month has flown by! April was filled with text studies, visits, a couple of non-member funerals at the Kolstad Funeral Home, snow days, spring days, the Luther Point Bible Camp fundraising brunch, and now it suddenly feels like summer! I also attended the W-ELCA Convention at Bethany Lutheran in Rice Lake on April 21. While there I attended an excellent workshop on Domestic Violence. Houston Youth Gathering update: Thanks to everyone who sold and purchased Cards for a Cause in support of the upcoming trip. We have received several requests for more cards, and so we are selling them again for a couple of weeks. Thanks! We are now in the final stages of our fundraising we are currently $1800 shy of our overall goal. Funerals: April 20, Bruce Biedler at Kolstad Funeral Home, April 25, Marian Johnson at Kolstad Funeral Home Upcoming: o May 2 nd June 20 th : The Gifts of Imperfection book study, meeting in the Fellowship Hall o May 13 th : Graduation Recognition Sunday. Come early and enjoy cake and fellowship before worship in the Fellowship Hall. o May 20 th : Pentecost and Confirmation Sunday. The families of the Confirmation students are hosting fellowship before worship today. Come early to enjoy treats and visit with these awesome young people. o o May 27 th : Eiley Jo Entwistle will be baptized during worship this morning. June 2 nd -3 rd : Synod Assembly in Eau Claire. We will be electing a new bishop at the assembly. This will be a Lay Sunday at MLC, Margot Nelson will be preaching, no Holy Communion today. In April I was able to fly down to El Paso, TX to spend a couple of days with our son, Joshua, who had just returned from deployment. It was good to be there with him. Now he is HOME and beginning the next part of his journey college! Thank you for praying for him over the last 3+ years. Continue to pray for him now as he transitions to civilian life again. It s hard to do. In Christ, Pastor Angie 8

9 7. W/ELCA Report. No report this month. Look in news letter for updates. 8. Old Business: Money counters sign up for May & June Willing workers sign up for May & June - Volunteers are hard to get right now. June 10 th : Joint worship at Fristad Lutheran This is the confirmed schedule: 10:30am worship, Noon Luncheon, 1:30 program. The council will be giving him a gift basket on behalf of MLC. Still need ideas for Christmas in July donations - Northwood Homeless Shelter, school supplies for family in needs, Backpack Program, Angels in Waiting, Serenity House. 9. New Business No new business 10.Committee Reports. Building committee report sent out, if there are other ideas we need to let Jerry know. We need to make a long term plan. Jerry will give council an update at the beginning of our meeting on June 12 th. 11.Correspondence. Our insurance is going up because of added terrorism insurance. We are looking into online giving. 12.Announcements. 13. Motion to adjourn. 14. Closing - The Lord s Prayer. Next Meeting: June 12th, 2018 at 7:00PM. Present: Sandy Christensen, Sarah Campbell, Kim Grossmann, Mandy Wisdom, Dennis Soper, Jeanne Alling, Todd Sturgul, Jeremiah Gingras, and Pastor Angela Kutney. A copy of A Malawi Welcome was donated to our library by Wayne and Mary Ellen Deloach. The author, Diane Kaufmann is from Chippewa Falls, WI. The illustrator, Janelle Thompson, is also from Northwest Wisconsin. 9

10 June Calendar Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Milltown Lutheran Church Mission Statement: We are called by the Holy Spirit and empowered by God's forgiving and redeeming grace to be ministers of the Word in our daily lives, in our congregation, in our community, and in all the world :30AM Fellowship & Coffee 10:30AM Worship 4 CHURCH Worship at Fristad at CHURCH 10:30AM with luncheon at 12:00PM and program at 1:30PM for Pastor Mel s retirement 17 9:30AM Fellowship & Coffee 10:30AM Worship w/holy Communion 24 9:30AM Fellowship & Coffee 10:30AM Worship w/holy Communion Youth Trip Send-Off 18 CHURCH 25 CHURCH 5 6 CHURCH 12 7:00PM Council Meeting 19 6:30PM Communion Bread Making Class 26 Gathering 7 CHURCH 6:00PM Book Study :30PM Bible Study CHURCH at Fristad 6:00PM Book Study :00PM Book Study CHURCH 27 Gathering 28 CHURCH Gathering 8 CHURCH Gathering 30 Gathering ** Houston team returns Monday, July 2 nd. Pastor will be on vacation July 3 rd July 10 th ** Note: The fellowship hall is available for use for community events; please contact the church office to confirm availability. Deadlines: Bulletin: If you have information for the bulletin, please submit by Wednesdays at 12:00PM. Newsletter: If you have information for the newsletter, please submit by June 15th,

11 Vacation Bible School Registration Form return to church office 11

12 Milltown Lutheran Church PO Box West Main Street Milltown, Wisconsin RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED (address label) Church Phone: Website: Facebook: Milltown Lutheran Church Contact Pastor Angie for pastoral emergencies at Contents: Pastor s Message p. 1 Happenings p. 4 Willing Workers p. 6 Church Financials p. 6 WELCA p. 7 Church Council Minutes p. 8 Calendar p.10 Sunday Worship Schedule 10:30AM Worship Holy Communion each Sunday 9:30AM Coffee & Fellowship Church Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9:00AM-3:00PM Office closed Monday & Thursday 12