The Messenger A P R I L 2 0 1 8 G O D S W O R K, O U R H A N D S PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH Glacial Ridge WELCA Spring Gathering Trinity Lutheran Church of Benson will host the Glacial Ridge WELCA Spring Gathering on Monday, April 23rd. Registration is from4-4:30pm, meal is at 5:00pm, and program at 6:15pm, given by the Heartland Girls Ranch and music by the Benson High girls choir. Please meet at St. Paul s to carpool. Patrick Bursau Debbie Chan Nellie Engebretson Melissa Fierro Harrold Guderian Zach Steve Hoffman Jan Johnson Jane Kundz Jaqueline Paulson Anne Snider Pat Thompson Jackie Thurk New Members St. Paul s welcomes and celebrates its newest Clothing Drive We will be collecting clothing, shoes, linens, sheets, blankets, towels, houseware pans, silverware, dishes, glasses, Spring Cleaning Our annual church cleaning is set for Friday and Saturday April 6-7.Some cleaning supplies are at church, as well as a list of areas to be cleaned. members; Lloyd & Kathryn Pahan. As usual, come when you can, bring a friend, and mark the area you cleaned off the list. Welcome to St. Paul s! cups and utensils for the Marie Sanvik Center after Easter. We will start packaging April 15th after quilt dedication for Lutheran World Relief and continue to accept items through Sunday, April 22nd. The church will be open 8am - 8 pm on Friday and 8am - 5pm on Saturday. Feel free to come anytime during the week if this doesn't work for you. Spring Fling Variety Show Fundraiser A "Spring Fling" variety show is planned for Sunday, April 8th at 4:00 pm. WELCA will be serving a light meal after the show. Free will donations will go to the Building Fund for the church.
March Council Meeting Minutes St. Paul s Lutheran Church Council Meeting: March 1st 2018-6:30pm Members Present: Sam Poegel, Pastor Joe, Kori Gullickson, Bob Mork, Dan Femrite, Judi Femrite, Randy Elenberger, Mike Schroeder, Cade Fish. President Sam called the meeting to order. Pastor Joe gave devotions. Secretary Report: February minutes approved as printed. Motion to approve Secretary s report was made by Randy. Judi seconded. Treasurer s Report: Beginning Balance February 1st: $81.91 Month Income: $18,402.29 Expenses: $9,833.54 Funds Available: $19,928.58 Transfers: ($150.20) Transfers: $1,444.38 Balance on Hand February 28th: $9,944.84 Motion to approve the Treasurer s report was made by Kori. Mike seconded. Approved. Old Business: Communion every Sunday: St. Paul s started having communion every Sunday at the first of the year. Katerri Fish has been doing a very good job of checking ahead of the schedule for Deacons and making sure there s enough supply for communion and noted that the bread baking is going well also. Parsonage Basement: parsonage basement project is going very well - almost complete. The project is staying under budget from the approved estimate; all that is left to do is trim work, flooring, and egress window installation. Pastor Joe and Dennis Jones both used $250 Thrivent Action Team dollars towards the project as well to help with some of the costs. A thank you to all the help donated with the project to offset the overall costs of the update for the basement. Wish List Items: Sam received the wish list from the building committee and a lot of the items that were listed have been already updated or acquired with the new building addition. The list of items to still be acquired/ completed will be posted in the future encouraging people to give towards/donate any of the items if they feel so called. WELCA Fireplace: WELCA purchased an electric fireplace for the Multi-purpose room; it has arrived and will be installed in the near future. Synod Conversation with SPLC (January 2018): Back in January the Synod got in touch with Pastor Joe and wanted to discuss with him and some church members to commend St. Paul s on their recent thriving and healthy congregation. The Synod also wanted to use the conversation to learn about what God has been up to and what things are working here at St. Paul s. Paul s. The discussion included the importance and value of the Church s committees like WELCA, Fellowship Team, Education Committee, partnership with Discovery Days, noisy offering, etc... and other areas of the Church that offer a great foundation for our Church s growth, and mission. Another point of emphasis was the positive turnover of leadership in various areas in the church that previous leadership has been healthy and competent, while also compassionate and gracious in turning over those leadership positions to new and different members. The Synod was impressed with St. Paul s Church and wanted to note for the whole congregation to keep up the good work.
March Council Meeting Minutes Continued P A G E 3 New Business: Wheelchair: John and Judi Dahlseng are donating a wheelchair to St. Paul s to be used and stored at Church for anyone needing to use it, it does fold up and can be stored at Church. Thank You John and Judi. Sunshare Solar: Back in December of 2015 SPLC signed a 25 year agreement with Sunshare Solar Farm, which is very close to being up and running just north of Starbuck. The agreement is to receive 10% credit on our electrical bill with Xcel. Sunshare Solar recently sold out to Cypress Creek Solar that will still uphold the same contract agreement that was with Sunshare Solar. March 16-18th Pastor Vacation: Pastor Joe will be on vacation March 16-18th and Pastor Jim Grunewold will be pulpit supply for Sunday service on March 18th. Paternity Leave: Pastor Joe and his wife Margaret are expecting their second child in May, and he ll be using paternity leave not all at once but split up for May and part of June. He and Carrie are working on structuring the leave and finding people to fill in during Pr. Joe s absence. They have secured pulpit supply from Lutheran Service on May 13th. As the due date gets closer, more dates may be filled in as they can make more accurate guesses as to when Pr. Joe will be on leave. NOTE: Pr. Joe will lead on May 20th and June 3rd and be in the office leading up to those Sundays (they are Day/Graduate Sunday respectively). Pr. Joe s leave will be partial as he will still be semi-available for crisis ministry, continue to teach, and help with Luther League while on leave. Building Fund: While reviewing the treasurer s report and noting the amount of money in the building fund of $35,017.39, it was discussed that some of the money should be applied towards the loan principle for the new addition and leave the remainder in the account for upcoming payments. Applying the additional money towards the loan would help lower the principle amount owed on the loan. Bob made a motion to use $20,000 from the building fund to be applied towards the principle of the loan for the new addition. A second from Randy. Motion carried. Announcements: Next Meeting April 5th 2018, 6:30p.m. *Breakfast & Bible Study March 3rd @7a.m. *Final Adult Ed Mon March 12th @6:30p.m *Wednesday Meals & Services Continue through March 21st 5:30/6:30p.m respectively *Luther League Cinnamon Prep Day & Sale Saturday March24th/ Palm Sunday March 25th *Holy Week Services: *Maundy Thursday Potluck Worship-Thursday March29th @6:30p.m. *Good Friday Worship- Friday March 30th @6:30p.m. *Easter Sunday Worship-Sunday April 1st @9:30a.m. Bob motioned to adjourn the meeting. Cade seconded. Approved. Closed with the Lord s Prayer Respectfully Submitted, Kori Gullickson, Secretary
March WELCA Meeting Minutes The meeting was called to order by president Pam Jones with 12 members present. Devotions given by Esther Circle. Secretary s report was read. Motion made to approve minutes. Motion seconded and approved. Treasurer s report given with the following balances on hand: $2,448.73 general, $1,116.96 kitchen, $822.71 altar, $2,092.55 mission. A motion was made to place the treasurer s report on file. It was seconded and approved. Sunshine Committee: Cards sent to Jimmy Anderson, Norman & Irma Johnson and Kahla Weber. It was suggested that cards be sent to Pahans, Deb & Al Dahlseng, and Bob Gandrud family. Mission Growth and Action Committee: When rummage sales start, please look for baby things in sizes 6-24 months. Clothing should be free of stains. Quilt dedication will be April 15. Glenwood Retirement Village: Salad luncheon April 25. Request for salads will be at the next meeting. Altar Committee: None. Correspondence: None. OLD BUSINESS: The bathroom stand is here and has been assembled and in place. The fireplace is here and once the tile has been removed from the wall and been repaired, will be installed. There are requirements for placement height from the floor and the ceiling. Discussed Little Dresses for Africa Tabled until next meeting. Spring event update: Spring into Life will be April 8 at 4 p.m. Work committee (Ann D, Deb D, Karen M, Kathy D, Pat T, Carrie A, Margaret S, Terri M, Judi D, Jackie H) will serve BBQs, potato salad, beans, chips and bars. The event will be a free will offering. There will be more discussion in the future. Maundy Thursday will be a potluck meal on March 29 with the meal as part of the service. Lori Mork will pick up the milk, bread and lemonade for the meal. The collection of Tom s receipts has begun; our goal is $100,000. NEW BUSINESS: The Glacial Ridge Women s Spring Gathering is April 23 with registration from 4-4:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Benson. The presentation will be by Heartland Girls Ranch and program by the Benson 9th grade girls choir. Spring Lutheran World Relief is on Friday, April 27. Please bring clothing, linens, blankets, towels, houseware, pans, silverware, dishes, cups & glasses, utensils, etc. AFTER Easter. Items will be packed on Sunday, April 22 after church. Church spring cleaning will be after Easter on Friday-Saturday, April 6-7 at 8 a.m. There will be lists of jobs that need to be done. The Starbuck Memory Care Unit has requested quilts or fleece quilts. Kathy DuVall has already been given three quilts for this project. WELCA will check to see how many more might be needed when we pack up for LWR. It was requested that WELCA purchase lemonade or juice for use during coffee after church. After discussion, it was decided that Chris Gulbranson will be asked to buy one large container of each and we will see how this works. Mission quilting is March 26-27. is May 20. Graduation is June 3. A motion was made to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded and passed. Meeting was closed with the Lord s Prayer. Lori Mork, secretary
April 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9:30am Easter Sunday Worship. No Fellowship. No Sunday. 8 Church s Closed 9 6pm Education Committee Meeting 10 No 11 6:30pm Council Meeting 12 13 14 9:30am Worship. New Member Sunday. 7pm Martha Circle 3:3opm 7am Breakfast & Bible Study 4pm Spring Fling 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 9:30am Worship. Quilt Dedication. Fellowship to follow. 3:30pm 2pm Esther Circle 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 9:30am Worship. Fellowship to follow. 3:30pm 6pm Luther League 29 30 9:30am Worship. Fellowship to follow.
St. Paul s Lutheran Church 201 Maple Street Lowry, Mn 56349 April 2018 March/April Work Committee: Deb D, chairperson; Ann D, Karen M, Kathy D, Pat T, Carrie A, Margaret S, Terri M, Judi D, Jackie H. Coffee Servers: Readers: 1: Easter Sunday No Fellowship 1: Alyssa G 8: Cheryl F, Sara R, Nicole F 8: 15: Myra F, Carrie A, Pat T 15: Deb D 22: Amy S, Kahla W, Jennifer K 22: 29: Chris G, Jean P, Jennifer H 29: Ushers: 1: 8: 15: 22: 29: Noisy Offering: March/April: Pope County Families in Need Pastor: Joe Skogmo : 320-283-5413 Parsonage: 320-283-5422 Cell: 320-424-3755 Email: stpaulspastor@runetsone.net Secretary: Carrie Ahern : 320-283-5413 Email: stpauls@runestone.net