RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE Tuesday, July 18th; 1:00 7:00

MESSIAH Messiah Lutheran Church Mounds View, MN Sharing The Savior Developing Disciples M A Y, 2 0 1 7 N E W S L E T T E R Staff RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE Tuesday, July 18th; 1:00 7:00 HERE AT MESSIAH With the Blood Drive coming up in July, please know that you cannot donate blood anywhere after May 24th if you want to donate here at Messiah on July 18th. For those who presigned up at our November Blood Drive, you will be called to confirm or adjust your time. You will also be given opportunities to sign up between worship services in June or July. You may also just go to Redcrossblood.org and make your appointment online. Even if you don t make an appointment time ahead, you can come and you will be able to donate as soon as possible. We want to encourage everyone who is eligible to donate blood, and we would especially like to have teens (16 and up) donating. We will have the needed parent permission forms available in June. Questions can be addressed to Jim or Kay Kinzie at 651-633-1643 or Carl or Linda Schwanbeck at 763-767-7421. Ext. Senior Pastor Kurt Klaus... 112 Associate Pastor Christopher Kollmann 113 Director of Education, Website Allison Burkhow... 111 Director of Preschool Annie Bilski... 114 Director of Parish Music Kay Knutson... 123 Director of Senior Youth Andrew Asp... 172 Administrative Assistant & Choir Director Heather McAllister... 110 Secretary JoElla Kath... 124 Bookkeeper Lowell Brutlag... 172 Custodian Curt Flor... 125 Custodial Assistants Ron Boyce Dave Anderson Church Office Hours Monday-Friday...9:00 am to 4:30 pm Phone Number... 763-784-1786 Sunday Schedule 7:30 am...traditional Service 8:45 am...traditional Service 10:00 am... Education Hour 11:00 am...contemporary Service Wednesday Schedule 6:06 pm... Casual Service Church email Address messiah@messiah-lutheran.org Church Web Site messiah-lutheran.org

Attention Graduates Every spring we recognize the efforts of those who have reached a graduation milestone. At the 11:00 service on May 21 we will call forward our Messiah Preschool, Sunday School and High School gradates to celebrate their achievements. There will be a slideshow featuring a photo of each of our young graduates. Please submit a digital photo to aburkhow@messiah-lutheran if you would like your graduate included. We also encourage adults who are achieving graduation from further schooling to submit their names for the bulletin and to come forward for a special prayer during the service. Names may be submitted for the bulletin to JoElla or Heather in the office. CHURCH WORKER SCHOLARSHIP Each year our Stewardship Ministry Team makes available a scholarship program, approved in 1996 by our congregation, which provides financial assistance to members and former members who are preparing for a career in church work. Applicants must be enrolled as a full-time student in a Lutheran school of higher education beyond high school. The purpose of this fund is to assist in affirming an individual s vocational decision by giving aid and encouragement to such students. In order to apply for this scholarship an individual must each year submit an application to our Stewardship Ministry Team Leader (Bill Kath). All applications will be reviewed and awarded by our Financial Aid Committee composed of the Stewardship Team Leader, The Senior Pastor, the Leadership Council chair and an at-large member designated by the Leadership Council. The necessary application can be obtained in the church office. Applications for the 2017 2018 school year should be submitted by May 15th, 2017. 2

WOMEN GIVE WORKSHOP Saturday, April 29, 9-1 pm Chain of Lakes Church, 10130 Davenport Street, Blaine Celebrate the power of women to change the world through their involvement and generosity at a WomenGive infaith workshop. We will explore your values, faith, passion and joy of giving by sharing stories, discovering your giving style and taking action in a giving circle. Strengthen your capacity to make a difference at this workshop! Bring a friend and enjoy the morning with us. Snacks and lunch will be served. Contact Linda Krohn at 763-754-2670 or linda.krohn@thrivent.com with any questions or register online at www.infaithfound.org/womengive/workshops * A $25 registration fee which will be donated during giving circle demonstration Thanks for a Great Year Kids of Service 3 21 college care packages 60,000 meals 3 cat shelters 12 kennel pillows 19 toys for dogs and cats 750 sandwiches 3,000 pounds of onions 6 grocery carts of food 141 Mercy Bags...and LOTS of fun!!!!

Sharing the Savior Developing Disciples Leadership Council Minutes Present: Candace Johnson, Jonathan Spitzer, Dayle Boyce, Brian Thistle, Pam Groscost, Brady Bargman, Pastor Klaus & Pastor Kollmann The meeting started at 7:08 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 with Jon Spitzer opening with a devotion. Shepherding: Pastor Klaus presented the idea of Simple Church. Staff and LC will continue to brainstorm ideas as how this would work at Messiah. Status of monthly minutes: A motion was made to accept the January 24, 2017 LC meeting minutes. The motion was seconded. The motion passed. Member Changes: There was one funeral in January and no other membership changes. A motion was made to accept the changes. The motion was seconded. The motion passed. Treasurer s Report: January total income was $67,921, $2,004 more than budgeted. Monthly expenses for January were $3,086 less than the amount budgeted. For the month of January Messiah had an operating excess of $3,394. The mortgage loan balance at the end of January was $1,393,208. A motion was made to accept the treasurer s report. The motion was seconded. The motion passed. Pastor Update: Pastor Klaus reported that the Lenten theme starting March 1 will be Crossroads in our Lives with the youth involved in weekly skits. Old Business Pastor Kollmann reviewed the Handbook revisions. A big thank you to Pastor Kollmann for all his work on this project. The spring Voter s Meeting will be April 30 th. LC members reviewed the 2017 calendar of meeting dates. Staff Affirmations for 2017: March 12 th Lowell (20 th years); June 4 th - Curt Flor (30 years); Pastor Kollmann (5 year) date still to be determined. New Business: Pam Groscost and Candace Johnson will work together on the 2016 Annual Report booklet for the April 30 th Voter s Meeting. New Server and technology upgrades are needed. A motion was made to approve technology upgrades needed for the church. The motion was seconded. The motion passed. The meeting adjourned at 8:50 pm with a closing prayer by Pastor Kollmann. Respectfully Submitted, Dayle Boyce 4

Women of Messiah Our next meeting is on May 9 th. We will start with a potluck and fellowship at 6pm followed by our business meeting at 7pm. We will be recognizing special anniversaries and making table favors for the fall LWML Zone Rally. Dust off your spring bonnet. The Tea Party will be held on Saturday May 13 th from 1:00 to 3:00. The theme this year is Fashion Walk Into Spring. There is a sign-up sheet on the wall by the elevator. Quilting group continues to meet the first, third and fifth Tuesdays of each month in room 110 from 9am to 1pm. Helpers are always welcome. LWML National Convention is June 22-25 in Albuquerque. Registration information is in the spring issue of Women on a Mission booklet found on the LWML bulletin board. Mark your calendar for the fall zone rally on Saturday Oct. 7 th. Messiah will be hosting. ORGAN REPAIR FUND UPDATE Our repair fund continues to grow! Thank you everyone who has contributed and those who continue to give towards this fund. Because the 1st and 2nd phases are so crucial to the over - all performance of the organ, we are trying to raise enough funds to allow the work to be done at the same time, also saving on cost and down-time for the organ. We currently have $45,000 in the repair fund. The two phases together are around $63,000. Please continue to keep the repair fund in your giving so we can raise the remaining funds to begin the repairs in early 2018. 5

Highlighting Messiah s Many Volunteer Ministries Q: What is 9 acres, has 21 flower beds, and over 75 trees and shrubs to mow around? A: Messiah s property! No.. This isn t a joke! Messiah is blessed to have an extensive property with beautiful trees and plants. When you drive up to Messiah, do you ever stop and wonder how it is so beautifully maintained? We have a host of volunteers that help us with that! Our lawn mowing team is gearing up to start with their summer task to take turns with the weekly lawn mowing duties. Of our 9 acres, over 2 of those acres need to be mowed. When I asked Curt Flor why he thinks his mowing team likes to volunteer, he said, We have fun, fancy equipment that is big, red, and shiny! Who wouldn t want to play with a faster than average lawn mower that can go up to 4.7mph with power steering and locking rear differential, right? In addition to our wonderful lawn mowers, we have a group of landscapers that we rely upon. Our volunteers are each assigned an area around our grounds that they are responsible for. They trim, weed, and design the area if they wish. Each area involves approximately an hour a month during gardening season to maintain. Although we are just out of snow season, there is another group of volunteers that help us in the winter: our snow shoveling team! Our custodial staff works Monday Friday and does a wonderful job of clearing our snow during the week, but what happens when we get some fluffy inches on the weekend? In swoops our snow shoveling team to save the day! There is approximately 1,000 feet of sidewalk that gets cleared every time it snows. This group of volunteers wakes up early to make sure that those sidewalks are cleared so everyone can safely walk into church. God has truly blessed Messiah with the beauty of our property and the volunteers to maintain it. If you are interested in helping on any of the above teams, please contact Curt Flor who will be able to assign you a task. In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Psalm 95:4-5 6

ALTAR GUILD E. Hildebrandt S. Olson C. Sroga M. Starr USHERS 7:30 R. Roehl & N. Roehl 8:45 B. Brolsma, C. Hayes, J. Kvitrud, W. Schuldt 11:00 B. Bargman & M. Johnson READERS ACOLYTES Sunday, May 7: 8:45 B. Peterson & C. Cobian 11:00 C. Burkhow & L. Johnson Sunday, May 14: 8:45 E. Kunz & E. Masso 11:00 G. Gerhard & H. Bargman Sunday, May 21: 8:45 E. Olson & H. Grey 11:00 K. Lammi & M. Olson Sunday, May 28: 8:45 J. Birkeland & J. Ness 11:00 C. Burkhow & L. Johnson Sunday, May 7: Sunday, May 21 7:30 F. Hoff 7:30 C. Hyatt 8:45 Peterson Family 8:45 R. Karger 11:00 L. Radtke 11:00 C. Schwanbeck Sunday, May 14: Sunday, May 28: 7:30 B. Gaynor 7:30 L. Reid 8:45 J. Norell 8:45 L. Brutlag 11:00 B. Bargman 11:00 J. Klemz 7

MAY, 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 7 7:30 AM*,8:45,* 11:00 AM * Worship 10:00 AM Education Hour 11:00 AM Confirmation Service 14 7:30 AM,8:45, 11:00 AM Worship 10:00 AM Education Hour 21 7:30 AM,*8:45* & 11:00 *AM Worship 10:00 AM Education Hour GARAGE SALE 28 FOOD SHELF SUNDAY 7:30 AM,8:45, 11:00 AM Worship 10:00 AM Education Hour 1 4:00 PM Grief Share 8 9 15 16 22 23 29 OFFICE CLOSED MEMORIAL DAY 2 9:00 AM Work Crew//Prayer Group /Quilting Noon Women s Bible Study 7:30 PM AA 9:00 AM Work Crew//Prayer Group /Quilting 6:00 PM WOM 7:00 PM Elders 7:30 PM AA 9:00 AM Work Crew//Prayer Group/Quilting 7:30 PM AA 9:00 AM Work Crew//Prayer Group 7:00 PM LC 7:30 PM AA 30 9:00 AM Work Crew//Prayer Group 7:30 PM AA 6:00 PM Kids of Service / Senior Youth 6:06 PM Worship Service 7:00 PM Messiah Singers/ Confirmation Reh. 10 9:30 AM XYZ to Arboretum 4:45 PM Community Meal 6:06 PM Worship Service 7:00 PM Messiah Singers 17 4:45 PM Community Meal 6:06 PM Worship Service 7:00 PM Messiah Singers GARAGE SALE 24 6:06 PM Worship Service 31 6:06 PM Worship Service 4 2:00 PM Cribbage 7:00 PM Jubilant Bells 11 2:00 PM Cribbage 7:00 PM Jubilant Bells 18 2:00 PM Cribbage/Book Club 7:00 PM Jubilant Bells GARAGE SALE 25 2:00 PM Cribbage 5.6:00 AM Men s Bible Study @ RJ Riches 12 6:00 AM Men s Bible Study @ RJ Riches 9:15 AM MOPS 19.6:00 AM Men s Bible Study @ RJ Riches GARAGE SALE 27 6:00 AM Men s Bible Study @ RJ Riches 6 13 1:00 PM WOM Spring Tea 20 GARAGE SALE 28 3 4:45 PM Community Meal

GREETERS Sunday, May 7: Sunday, May 21: 7:30 M. Heidecker & P. Hildreth 7:30 G. & G. Garner 8:45 D. & J. Carlstrom 8:45 D. Eggers & J. Goldsmith M. Berge 11:00 M. & D. Hodges 11:00 J. Carlson & B. Smith Sunday, May 28: Sunday, May 14: 7:30 C. Slaker & A. Ballor 7:30 S. & B. Gaynor 8:45 C. & A. Ewer & N. Hanson 8:45 R. & P. Diehl 11:00 B. Hansen & R. Johnson M. Brisse 11:00 G. & G. Hanold NURSERY SCHEDULE The nursery will not be staffed during the summer months beginning Sunday, May 28 (Memorial Day) through Sunday, September 3 (Labor Day weekend). However, the nursery is always open and available for parents to use as needed. STEWARDSHIP CORNER God sets no boundaries on His giving to us. In the words of Martin Luther, He richly and daily provides me with all that I need to support this body and life. In response to God s great love for us and His bountiful gifts to us, we, in faith, share with others the wealth that has been given to us. God uses us as conduits of His love and His goodness so that we can help those in need. 9

WELCOME CENTER Sunday, May 7: Sunday, May 21: 7:15 7:30 L. Kosbab 7:15 7:30 C. & G. Tarman 8:25 8:45 J. & E. Hildebrandt 8:25 8:45 F. Laumeyer 9:40 10:00 A. Brutlag 9:40 10:00 D. Vallin 10:45 11:00 K. & P. Grubb 10:45 11:00 R. & S. LaBounty 12:00 12:15 L. Radtke 12:00 12:15 V. Fish Sunday, May 14: Sunday, May 28: 7:15 7:30 M. & J. Dullum 7:15 7:30 M. & B. Stickley 8:25 8:45 D. & J. Carlstrom 8:25 8:45 M. Berge 9:40 10:00 J. Norell 9:40 10:00 G. & K. Uthe 10:45 11:00 D. Hodges 10:45 11:00 B. & C. Sherman 12:00 12:15 N. Clark 12:00 12:15 J. & B. Oestreich Monthly Memory Verse I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. Psalm 40:1 10

Curt Flor s 30th Anniversary For 30 years Messiah has been blessed with the service and talents of Curt Flor. On Sunday, June 4th, Messiah Leadership Council and staff invite you to help celebrate Curt with a cake reception following all three services. Thank you Curt for your faithful service to Messiah and may we continue to be blessed with many more years with your servant heart and talent. Donations Needed to help Olivia Schwerr Many of you have probably heard that one of our young Messiah members, 6-year-old Olivia Schwerr, has been fighting cancer. In addition to praying for her regularly, there is also another way that we at Messiah can help. On June 24 th Olivia is going to be having a carnival benefit at the Schwerr s house. There will be lots of fun things to do, including pony rides, a bounce house, games, cotton candy, police cars/firetrucks, a silent auction, and more. The family is anticipating a big crowd! One of the ways that we can help is by donating cases of bottled water and bottled Gatorade to be served at the carnival benefit. If you are interested in helping/donating bottled water/gatorade, you can drop some off in the wooden donation bins in the hallway outside the offices. Thanks for your support! GOT STUFF?? WE NEED LOTS OF STUFF!!! The Annual Garage Sale will be held Wednesday, May 17 through Sunday, May 21. Please drop off your used but in good condition items beginning Friday, May 5. The proceeds will go to the Senior Youth and the Organ Repair Fund. This is a churchwide activity since it will benefit both groups here at church. All hands on deck as we really need a lot of volunteers to help with set up/sort/price/sell/clean up. Kay Knutson has the volunteer sheets. If you could donate even an hour or two during this sale, or offer some help in any area, it would be GREATLY APPRECIATED! If you have questions, contact Kay Knutson in the church office. 11

WOM SPRING TEA All women of Messiah and their guests are invited to attend Women of Messiah s Annual Tea on Saturday, May 13 from 1-3 PM. It will be held in the Gathering Space. This year s theme is A Walk Into Spring. We will have a style show with clothing provided by Clothes Mentor and Plato s Closet, both from Roseville. Due to the nature of afternoon teas, ladies are encouraged to wear a hat. If you have none, an assortment of them will be provided if you wish to wear one. Opportunities to serve as hostesses, to prepare food, to help clean up will also be listed. There is no charge to attend but a free will offering will be appreciated. Sign up sheets are located on the bulletin board near the elevator When moving, changing address and/or phone, please notify the church office Change Service Requested The Messiah May Newsletter 2017 Messiah Lutheran Church and Preschool 2848 County Road H2 Mounds View, Minnesota 55112-3810