Christ Lutheran News. Legend of the Sand Dollar Author Unknown. April, 2018

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1 Christ Lutheran News April, 2018 Legend of the Sand Dollar Author Unknown There's a lovely little legend That I would like to tell Of the birth and death of Jesus Found in this lovely shell. If you examine closely You'll see that you find here Four nail holes and a fifth one Made by a Roman's spear. On one side the Easter Lily In its center is the star That appeared unto the shepherds And led them from afar. The Christmas Poinsettia Etched on the other side Reminds us of His Birthday Our Happy Christmastide. Now break the center open And here you will release The five while doves awaiting To spread Good Will and Peace. This simple little symbol Christ left for you and me To help us spread His Gospel Through all Eternity We will seek God s will, share God s love, and serve as Christ s people.

2 Worship Information Contact Information Saturday: 5:15 pm Saturday Evening Worship with Holy Communion Sunday: 9:00 am Sunday School (September 10 May 6) 10:15 am Worship (Holy Communion 1st and 3rd Sundays) Broadcasts: Sunday, 11:30 am Worship broadcast on Radio KJOE FM Wednesday, 10:00 am Worship on Television Channels 3 & 67 Executive Council Mike Stelter, President Lora Hopp-Hansen, Vice President Kathy Behrends, Secretary Ronda Radke, Treasurer Church Office: Street Address: 2959 Queen Avenue, Slayton, MN slaytonchristlutheran@gmail.com Website: christinslayton.weebly.com Dawn Mouw, Office Manager Dale Lange, Custodian Pastor Dawn Quame cell phone: dawnquame@gmail.com Pastor Len Halvorson cell phone: clcpastoroffice@gmail.com Prayer Requests Inside this issue: Pastor s Column 4 Message from Bishop Eaton 5 Interim Update 6 Financial Information 7 Extending the Table/Prayer Concerns Calendar 10 WCLC/Donations Needed 12 Worship Assistants/New Members 14 Birthdays/Anniversaries 16 Driver Safety/Canews 18 8 Remember to check out our Mobile Friendly Website: christinslay- Slayton Christ Lutheran Church Would you prefer to read your newsletter online or by ? Please us: slaytonchrist lutheran@gmail.com Call the church office at , or with your prayer requests. If you would like a pastoral visit or be included in pastoral prayers during worship, please call the church office. Address, Phone & Corrections Christ Lutheran maintains a database of all members. If you have had any changes to your address, phone number, marital status, etc. please contact Dawn with your name and the changes that need to be made. If You Are Ill Hospitals no longer notify churches when their members are admitted for care. While we feel these laws are important to maintain your privacy, we would like to support you with prayer and a visit. Please call the church office to keep us informed of your situation. 2 3

3 From Pastor Len s Desk... 4 Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! This variation of Luke 24:34 is widely accepted as the most ancient of Christian greetings, and it is found in the oldest of Easter liturgies. We generally say that the Church was born on Pentecost with the coming of the Holy Spirit and our first understanding of the Holy Trinity, but certainly there was nothing that could labeled as Christian prior to the resurrection of the Christ. As individual Christians we often speak of our personal calling in language like that used to call the disciples. We use language like that of the Word taking on human form. We use the language of the season of Epiphany to speak of Jesus of Nazareth walking the earth. We use the language of the cross and Good Friday to speak of the way that God makes himself know in our suffering and shares those dire moments with us. But I think it is safe to say that without the resurrection --- without Easter --- there would be no Christian church today. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 15: 19 If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died. But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead! That is a bold claim, but it is the critical Easter claim. In fact! Christ has been raised from the dead! Easter has taken on a lot of secular characteristics as our culture has broadened. Easter eggs and bunnies, pancakes and candies, spring break, the Final Four and Baseball season opener, lambing and calving, planting and more. All these things are fun and fine, but it incumbent on us as Christians to remember the great miracle: Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed. Pastor Len An Easter Message from Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton It all started with such promise the angel announcing to Mary that the child she would bear would be called Son of the Most High; the conviction of Mary that this child would be the embodiment of God s promised justice, that the hungry would be filled with good things and the rich sent away empty; angels announcing his birth; thousands being fed; the sick healed; the dead raised. And then, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? It was over. The world hadn t changed. Might still made right. How ridiculously naïve to believe that any reversal of the old order could come about. Hope is for the gullible. Looking at this broken man hanging utterly helpless, naked and broken on a cross, the powers and principalities, earthly and spiritual, death and the devil must have said, You fool. This, as St. Paul reminds us, is the wisdom of the world. And the world can present plenty of hard evidence that it is right: children killing children in horrific school shootings, 60 million displaced people all of this supported by our rebellion against God, our idolatrous claim that we are in control and the world is ours. In the face of this and all of the suffering others cause and we cause others, we, too, might cry out, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? I believe that the beginning of Psalm 22 expresses the anguish of the psalmist and the anguish of our Lord, but there is more going on here. Citing the first words of a text was, in the tradition of the time, a way of identifying an entire passage. The psalm ends this way: All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him. Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord, and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, saying that he has done it. This is the wisdom of God. Jesus crucifixion is the death of our death. His innocent suffering has reconciled all of creation to God. He has done it. We stake our lives on this. This year, Easter falls on April 1. We shall have come through the Lenten desert to the Easter garden. We shall say, Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia! And we shall confess this and live this in the face of worldly wisdom that is based on death. Life wins. Love wins. And if the world wants to call us April fools, we are glad to claim that title. 5

4 Financial Information So, speaking of intentional interims By Pastor Len The time has come The Christ Lutheran Church Transition Team will be appointed during the first few weeks after Easter. For the next year or so, there are three main (and separate) key groups in the call process for Christ Lutheran. The first continues to be the Council; they will continue to provide leadership as always. The Council works in partnership with both pastors and all the congregational committees. The second is the Transition Team; they will help discern the congregation s priorities and complete the all-important Congregational Profile. The TT works closely with Pastor Len and seeks input from every group in the congregation including committees and other groups (like Sunday School teachers etc.) The third is the Call Committee. The Call Committee works with a representative of the Synod and reports to the council. The Call Committee seeks to match the Congregational Profile as composed by the TT, the Mobility papers (resume) completed by individual pastoral candidates, Pastor Len is not involved in the Call process. It s usually a bad idea to think in terms of the calendar, but it would be realistic to ask the TT to work through the summer and fall, and pass the baton to the CC at some point in the fall/winter. On this page you will find a brief overview of the month s offerings. It is our goal to provide you with actual, updated information about Christ Lutheran s financial status. Following our annual meeting, the congregation voted on the 2018 budget. The budgeted amount for general offerings breaks down to $24, each month to cover our anticipated ministry expenses. 3% of your offerings each month will be sent to the Synod office to meet our Synod Mission Support goal. ~Ronda Radke, Treasurer & Dawn Mouw, Office Manager Here s a look at where we ended February: Beginning Balance: $ (5,811.08) Receipts: $ 23, Expenses: $ 38, Borrow from Savings: $ 14, Ending Balance: $ (6,596.40) The gray bar shows our actual offerings through March 26. The black bar is our budgeted offering total. Confirmation Resumes After taking a break from class for Lent, our Confirmation classes will resume on Wednesday, April 4 at 6:40 pm. 6 7

5 Ministerial Acts Prayer Concerns Financial Update Your church leadership needs you to be aware of our financial situation. The weekly offering has not been enough to cover our bills each month and we have no reserves. If you are behind in your planned giving or feel compelled to respond generously to your church, please leave your gift in the regular offering plate, the collection in the narthex or give a gift electronically. Next week your church council will be meeting to address our financial needs for the rest of the year. ELCA Scholarship Sunday April 22 There will be Coffee Fellowship after church to raise funds for the Christ Lutheran ELCA Scholarship Fund. Deaths~ Dennis Sigurdson passed away March Memorial service for Dennis & Barb Sigurdson will be held on April 7 at 11:00 am EXTENDING THE TABLE When we celebrate the Sacrament of the Altar (Holy Communion) the altar is literally the table of the Lord s Supper. The meal is hosted by Jesus Christ, presided over by a pastor, and distributed by a number of individuals, most of whom are members of Christ Lutheran. These members who help distribute are called assisting ministers. There is a need/opportunity to establish a team of home assisting ministers who will bring the elements to people in other settings, and thus extend the table beyond the walls of Christ Lutheran. There will be a training held in the sanctuary on Sunday, April 8 following worship. Please speak with either pastor or contact the office with any questions. Home communion kits will be provided, the litany used will be provided, and all questions addressed. One frequently raised question involves the presiding over the sacrament: home assisting ministers are distributing from the altar of Christ Lutheran --- not presiding over a separate service. Baptism~ Alba MontyLynn H March 25 Daughter of Kora L & Marshall H Bill Baune, Vera Chmela, Bernice Crompton, Sheldon & Judy Dean, Lori DeGreeff, Robert Domina, Kenley Finke, Elayne Finke, Bob Gass, Allison Grieme, Orv Grieme, Les Hakeneis, Laurie Hardekopf, Scott Hegstad, Evelyn Herder, Marilyn Hoffman, Iris Idler, Irene Johnson, Julia Johnson, Amie Rowden-Kidd, Samantha Kirchner, Lynn Knutson, Randy Koll, Alan Kramer, Tony Krant, Marlene Larson, Bob & Betty Like, Carl Lindberg, Elsie Lindberg, Kristin Martin, Monica Morgan, Laurel Nelson, Kim Nesmoe, Avalon Paulson, Lynda Petersen, Floyd Schadt, Carl Schreier, Robert Sellman, Maxine Skouge, Opal Soderholm, Jeff Spartz, Mary Ann Suedbeck, Charles Swan, & Harold Yotter. Continue to remember in prayer ~ Those dealing with cancer and other long-term illnesses. Members who are shut-in Service men and women Those who mourn the loss of loved ones 8 9

6 1 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Easter Sunday 7:00 Sunrise Worship w/ Communion 7:45 9:00 Breakfast 8:45 Faith 10:15 Christ with Communion 8 8:45 Faith 9:00 Sunday School & Adult Class 10:15 Worship; Coffee; Extending the Table Training 2nd Sunday of Easter 15 8:45 Faith 9:00 Sunday School & Adult Class 10:15 Worship w/ Holy Comm; Coffee 3rd Sunday of Easter 22 Scholarship Sunday 8:45 Faith 9:00 Sunday School & Adult Class 10:15 Worship w/ baptism /Coffee 4th Sunday of Easter 29 New Member Sunday 8:45 Faith 9:00 Sunday School & Adult Class 10:15 Worship Coffee 5th Sunday of Easter Christ Lutheran s Calendar for April Office Closed 9:00 WCLC Board Pastors Day Off 9 Pastors Day Off 7:00 Love Circle 16 Pastors Day Off 23 Pastors Day Off 1:00 Quilting 30 Pastors Day Off 3 9:00 Sunrise 10:15 Slayton Rehab 12:30 4 hour AARP Driver Safety Class 7:00 Special Council Meeting 10 10:15 Lindenwood 7:00 New Member Classes 5:30 4 hour AARP Driver Safety Class 17 Newsletter Deadline 7:00 New Member Classes 24 1:00 Quilting 7:00 New Member Orientation 4 Normal Wednesday Schedule + 11:30 Ministerial 6:00 Youth Committee Meeting 6:00 Endowment Meeting 11 Normal Wednesday Schedule + 9:30 Peace Sunrise 1:30 Faith Circle 7:00 Committees 8:00 Council :00 Pastor Len meeting at Synod Office 10:00 Exercise Group 3:15 Bible Study 5:15 WCLC Bible Study Leaders 12 10:00 Exercise Group 1:30 Clergy Group 3:15 Bible Study 7:00 Faith Council 19 Normal Wednesday 9:00 Conference Schedule + Pastors (at Worthington) 10:00 Exercise Group 3:15 Bible Study 25 Normal Wednesday Schedule + 2:00 Devotions at Slayton Rehab Normal Wednesday Schedule: 10:00 Worship on Channels 3 & 67 5:45 Children s Choir 6:00 Meal 6:40 Confirmation 7:00 Choir 26 10:00 Exercise Group 3:15 Bible Study Worship Service is broadcast every Sunday 11:30 am on KJOE FM 6 1:30 Staff Meeting 13 1:30 Staff Meeting 20 1:30 Staff Meeting 27 1:30 Staff Meeting Pastor Dawn Quame Cell Phone # dawnquame@ gmail.com 7 9:00 Yarn & Yak cancelled for April 11:00 Sigurdson Memorial Service 5:15 Worship w/holy Communion 14 WELCA Spring Conference (Grace Lutheran, Luverne) 5:15 Worship w/holy Communion 21 5:15 Worship w/holy Communion 28 1:00 Bridal Shower 5:15 Worship w/holy Communion Pastor Len Halvorson Cell Phone # clcpastoroffice@ gmail.com 10 11

7 Women of Christ Lutheran Church 12 Our Mission: To mobilize women to act boldly on their faith in Jesus Christ. April Visitation/Bingo: Faith Circle Bible Study Leaders Thursday, April 5 at 5:15 pm Peace Circle Wednesday, April 11 at 9:30 am Bible Study Leader: Lorna Bader Hostess: Mary Mesner Faith Circle Wednesday, April 11 at 1:30 pm Hostess: Joyce Larson Love Circle Monday, April 9 at 7:00 pm Hostess: Kathy Wurpts Quilting Monday, April 23 and Tuesday, April 24 at 1:00 pm WECLA Spring Gathering Saturday, April 14 at Grace Lutheran in Luverne beginning at 8:30 am Registration is $12 and includes noon lunch. Speakers will be those from Shetek Conference who went to the Oudini Circuit in South Africa last August. Contact Amy Nepp with questions. Personal Care Kits The women are collecting items to make personal care kits for Lutheran World Relief. The following is a list that makes up one kit: 1 light-weight bath towel (between 20 x 40 and 52 x 27 ), dark color recommended 2 or 3 bath size bars of soap equaling 8 to 9 oz. 1 adult-size toothbrush in it s original packaging 1 sturdy comb 1 metal nail clippers (attached file optional) There is a box in the fellowship hall to collect the items. The kits will be made and taken to the SW MN Synod Convention in June. Shoes, Socks and ChapStick The WCLC is also collecting new, white men s socks and ChapStick for the VA Hospital in St Cloud and any and all used shoes for Soles 4 Souls. Shoes can be left in the entry way and the socks and ChapStick can be put with the personal care kit items. Wanted Pictures of Christ Lutheran Women (Past or Present) who have inspired you. WCLC is planning an event to honor the women who have served Christ faithfully through the years, guiding and strengthening their families, the members of our church and the community. Please look through your old photos and submit her picture and name. A digital picture is preferred. Either to gillette03@excite.com or text Regular pictures are also accepted. Please place them along with the other information in an envelope and drop off at the church office. Deadline for submission has been extended to April 8th. Radio Broadcast Ministry If you d like to sponsor the radio broadcast ($65), the next available dates are April 8, 15 and

8 Worship Assistants for April 2018 Sunday 4/8 Dylan Doeden Arnie Guild Perry & Stacey 10:15 AM Hegstad Perry Hegstad, Jim Johnson Neal Everson Sara Mathiowetz Donna & Kent Johansen Saturday 4/14 5:15 PM Marlys Hegstad Tom & Clarice Marlys & Leon Hegstad Kappes Morgan Winter Sunday 4/15 Abe Paulzine Carolyn Gillette Gerald & LeAnn 10:15 AM Giesen Katie Gillette Jim & Carolyn Gillette James Berglund Carter Benda Betty Hughes Arnie Guild, Gerald Giesen Saturday 4/21 5:15 PM Jim Kluis Jan & Burend Jim & Joan Kluis Rossow Family Cuperus Sunday 4/22 Drew Wittrock Ruth Hoyme Robin & George 10:15 AM Hemmingsen Jon Hoyme, Betty Hughes Tim Lange Nysetvold Family Leon & Lorie Kruse Saturday, 4/28 5:15 PM Al Husfeldt Bev Knapp Bob & Sue Gass Kathy Behrends Marshal Isder Sunday 4/29 Connor DeGreeff Jem Hamilton Randy & Dawn 10:15 AM Groves Dick & Gayle Davidson Greg Moberg Jon Hoyme Troy DeGreeff, Jim Johnson 14 Bread Bakers: Alice Beattie, Betty Hughes DVD to City Hall: Carisa Clarke Thank you to everyone who is helping during worship services at Christ Lutheran Church this month. If you cannot fulfill your ministry responsibilities, please find your own substitute and let the office know of your replacement. Thank you!!! New Members Do you want to become a member of Christ Lutheran? Does someone you know want to? Welcome! You are wanted! New Member Sunday is scheduled for April 29 during 10:15 worship. New Member Orientation will be held Tuesday, April 24. Adult confirmation is scheduled for either one or two of the preceding Tuesdays (April 10 and 17) depending on how many are attending. Speak to either pastor or call the office with any questions. Please find the Intent to Join form in the narthex and turn it in to the office. 15

9 16 1 Kathy Aanenson Gerald Hubbling 2 Jesse Swanson Mikah Lentsch 3 Jim Berglund Grant Lindberg Pat Nelson 4 Tyler Ash Joshua Larson Devin Landsman Rachel Nysetvold Erica Doeden Charlie Paulzine 5 Cole Bly Carol Rechtzigel Melanie Steinle 6 Samuel Erickson Linda Wilkison 7 Molly Prahm Blake Heronimus 8 Michael Johansen Dylan Nelson 9 Diane Clercx David Rise 10 Margaret Bowman Keith Falk Jon Hoyme Dottie Muecke 11 Nathan Everson Robert Holmes 13 Jason Larson Travis Stoel 14 Jennifer Blackmer Robert Sellman Elvera Nelson 15 Joseph Erickson Marie Paulzine 16 Bobbi Jo Johnson 18 Vicki Hoffmann Vernon Holmes 19 Brad Lindberg Tyler Skindelien 21 Mylan Larson 22 Bruce Freeburg Beth Prahm Jessica Larson Brenda Whitehead Scott Wilkison 23 Allison Grieme Samantha Larson 24 Floyd Radke Samantha Wynia Gavin Wynia 25 Betty Brake Nancy Olson 26 Melissa Manson Samuel Nysetvold 27 Vera Chmela Joyce Larson 28 Emily Bose Vincent Gillette Graysin Gillette Caleb Telkamp Joshua Bonnstetter 29 Harris Johnson Jon Stokesbary Dylan Doeden 30 Leah Carlson Nancy Sauder 3 Gerald & Leann Giesen (1982) 5 Mike & Chantelle Stelter (2008) 9 Gary & Sue Johnson (1999) Dustin & Leah Carlson (2005) 10 David & Brooke Swart (2010) 12 Betty & Ivan Brake (1958) 14 Joshua & Amanda Crowley (2012) 20 Lucas & Joyce Radke (2013) 22 Charles & Susan Blackmer (1978) 24 Jason & Nicole Platt (2004) 27 Darrel & Heather Peters (2001) Please contact the office if you notice a mistake or omission on the Birthday or Anniversary lists. Thanks for your help! A Word Of Thanks: As you know, I had surgery a few weeks ago. It was bad timing, but we don t always get to choose this stuff. It s been a nuisance for me, and very humbling to exercise within the limits of human frailty. But it has also been a significant burden for my wife and any number of people that depend on me. I want to publically thank both of the Dawns. Dawn Mouw has brought the wheelchair out to my car countless times. Pastor Dawn has rearranged the preaching and visitation schedule with me almost every week. Both have been wonderful! Jeanne Cochran loaned me a wheelchair (CLC could use a standard size chair), Dale has hauled things around for me, the Altar Guild has been flexible, several folks have brought the wheelchair back from the street at night In short, Thanks to all! ~From Pastor Len 17

10 Minnesota State Driver Safety Program at Christ Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall 2959 Queen Avenue, Slayton, MN Are you aware if you re 55 or older, Minnesota drivers are eligible to receive a 10% auto insurance discount? If you ve had a course within the past 3 years, to retain your 10% Minnesota automobile insurance discount, you are required to attend a 4-hour refresher course. Two courses have been scheduled: Tuesday, April 3 at 12:30 pm Tuesday, April 10 at 5:30 pm Please contact Office Manager, Dawn Mouw at the church, , to pre-register. April 2018 Shetek Lutheran Ministries Where Christ Renews and Empowers Mark Your Calendar April Confirmation Retreat April 21 Pre-marriage Retreat April 22 Spring Toddlers and Trees April 28 Spring Clean-Up Day May 5 Spring Clean-Up Day May 6-11 Road Scholars June 10 First day of CAMP! June 18 - XIX Golf Fundraiser June 22 Quilt Auction Preview June nd Annual Quilt Auction June 23 5k Pelican Walk/Run 14 Keeley Island Dr Slayton, MN slbc@frontiernet.net For more information go to Shetek.org or Call Help send Kids to camp Become a Pelican/Timber member today. For more information call or 18 Cost is: $20.00 per participant. AARP Members receive a $5.00 discount. When: April 28 th & May 5 th Where: Shetek Lutheran Ministries Time: 9:00a.m. Lunch will be served at the SLM Dining Hall For more information please call Please RSVP Thank you!! 19

11 God s work. Our hands. CHRIST LUTHERAN CHUR CH 2959 QUEEN AVENUE SLAYTON MN Phone: Fax: slaytonchristlutheran@gmail.com RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Visit us on the web at... christinslayton.weebly.com Published 11 times a year Volume 2018, Issue #4 March 28, 2018 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION US Postage Paid Permit #4 Slayton MN