THE PARISH HAPPENINGS

August 10, 2008

 

All:

            Notice:  There will be a Tri-County Call Committee meeting tomorrow evening, Monday, August 11, at Berea Lutheran Church, at 7:30pm.  Bishop’s Asst. Pr. Judy Gifford will be in attendance.

            This is the last Sunday to turn in your sign-up sheets for the Annual Tri-County Worship and Picnic at Sullivan Hills for attendance and meat selection.  If you have not filled one out, please do so today and put it in the offering trays or hand them to the pastor today.  Remember, you are welcome to include friends and family to attend with you.  You are asked to bring your tableware and a salad or dessert to share.  Beverages will be provided. This is a great day for everyone to meet, worship, eat and enjoy the day at Sullivan Hills.  Car rides are available to Sullivan Hills, just let the Pastor, worship leader or Marilyn know and they will take care of it.  See you there!

            Parish WELCA’s  will be gathering items for Lutheran World Relief kits to be shipped this fall with the quilts that are made and collected for this special project.  A list of items for the LWR Kits is posted in each church for your convenience or they may be copied and distributed as needed.  Clothing items are no longer accepted by LWR, so our efforts must go into the kits for the needy peoples of the world.  Soaps of any brand may be given also, but they must remain in their original wrappings.  Bath size bars are preferred, but any size will be accepted.  This is a worthy and necessary act of charity for all the disaster ridden areas of the world.

            There are three Peder Eide concerts this month fairly close to us here in the panhandle of Nebraska.  The first is at Deshler, NE on August, 16 at 7pm.  The second is at Grand Island, August 17th, at 7pm.  The third is at Englewood, CO on August 20th at 7pm.  This is a great concert for teens.  Make their day and their life by planning to go to one of Peder’s concerts!

Look at his website.  Just Google his name and check it out.

Calendar Dates to add:

            Sunday, August 31st will be a day of special blessings and also a Hymn Sing Sunday.

There will be the Blessing of the Teachers and Students as they begin the new school year, and there will also be the Blessing of the Wheat.  Farmers, please bring some of your seed wheat to place on the altar that day for blessing.

            September 1, is Old Settler’s Day at Lodgepole.  Gloria Dei has a Pie Stand.

            Sunday, September 7, will be Rally Day in all Parish Churches who observe it.

*The A/C is still down in the office at St. Mark’, so Marilyn is working from home until it is repaired.  Please call at her home- 308-772-3974 or cell- 308-778-7499 for the next week or so.  She can access your e-mails from her home office.  Thank you!

ST. Mark’s:

            Today St. Mark’s welcomes Penny and Cole Birkel at worship.  There will be a special fellowship in their honor following worship to meet and greet them. 

            St. Mark’s will have Communion on Sunday, August 24th.

           

 

 

 

Berea:

            Tomorrow, Monday, August 11th, there will be a cleanup at the Berea Cemetery.  Please come and bring cleanup tools.

            A special congregational meeting will be held at Berea following worship on Sunday, August 24.  Please plan to attend this important meeting. 

            WELCA will be assembling health kits which will be shipped with Lutheran World                    Relief Quilts.  A list for health kits will be posted in the church.
     Coffee, nuts and candy bars, Equal Exchange products, are for sale in the narthex.

Gloria Dei:

             Gloria Dei celebrates the marriage of Cassandra Oliverius and Kevin Chalburg. Cassandra is the granddaughter of Ron & Roberta Sick.

Gloria Dei will be having a pie stand in the south park for Old Settlers celebration. Each

family is asked to furnish 2 nine inch pies.

Gloria Dei will be making school kits again this year for LWR. A list of items is

available.

Equal Exchange products are the same price until a new order is sent in.

 

 

TRI-COUNTY PRAYER LIST

All:  All military personnel on active service and their families.

St. Mark’s:  Lila Moffat, Wally Schuler, Kathleen Carlson, Micky Gordon, Jim Olson, Jean Kling, Dorothy Hawkins, Landra Markowski, Babe Hensley, Jerry Delatour, Brian Buresh, Louie Menghini, Bill Zorn, Jerry Custer, Matthew McConkey,  Jim Jessen, Regina Muchmore, Liz Wyatt, Terry Rhiley, Matt Rhiley, Matt Klemke

Church Family:   Jeanie and John Kaps

Berea:  Neal Fornander, Darold Cheleen, Ryan Boden, Burt Porter, Mullen Widdowson, Jim Jessen, Arlen Peterson, baby girl Kendra Jane, Keith Wright, Tanny Akerson

Church Family:  Bob and Kathy Hazlett

Gloria Dei:  Lillian Sullivan, Debbie Misegadis, Esther Walker, Jessie Hellus, Cliff Sander’s mother, Chad Butts, Mullen Widdowson, Bob Teague, April Misegadis, Tanny Akerson,  the family of Nanette Misegadis

Church Family:  Scott and Debi Hendrickson and family

Grace:  Hunter Worell, Shane Bittner, Pearl Kayton, Ken Johnson, Lyle Worley family, Bob Teague, Lonnie Schmid

Church Family: Lyn Wilds

 

 

 

 

COMMEMORATIONS FOR THE WEEK

Sunday, August 10,Lawrence, deacon, martyr, died 258,  As one of the seven deacons of the church at Rome, Lawrence was responsible for the church's financial matters and for the care of the poor. Asked by the emperor to gather the church's treasure, he presented a collection of orphans, lepers, and the like. The enraged emperor had him put to death.

Monday, August 11, Clare, Abbess of San Damiano, died 1253, A contemporary of Francis of Assisi, Clare and a growing number of companions established a women's Franciscan community, called the Order of Poor Ladies, or Poor Clares. She inspired other women to pursue spiritual goals.

Wednesday, August 13, Florence Nightingale, died 1910; Clara Maass, died 1901; renewers of society

Nightingale was born in England, and horrified her wealthy family by deciding to become a nurse. She led a group of nurses in ministering in the midst of the Crimean War, and worked for hospital reform. Maass, a native of New Jersey, was also a war nurse, and volunteered as a subject for research on yellow fever. She died of the disease.

Thursday, August 14, Maximilian Kolbe, died 1941; Kaj Munk, died 1944; martyrs, Father Kolbe was a Franciscan priest arrested by the Nazis and confined in Auschwitz. Kolbe gave generously of his meager resources, and finally volunteered to be starved to death in place of another man. A Danish Lutheran pastor and playwright, Munk strongly denounced the Nazis who occupied Denmark in the Second World War. His sermons and articles helped to show the anti-Christian nature of the movement.

Friday, August 15, Mary, Mother of Our Lord, The church (including Martin Luther) honored Mary with the title theotokos, meaning "God-bearer," for her role in giving birth to the Son of God. Her song, the Magificat, speaks eloquently of God's lifting the lowly and feeding the hungry.

 

 

WHAT’S ON THE CALENDAR IN OUR PARISH?

 

Every Sunday:             Worship in all churches

                                    St. Mark’s       9am

Berea              10:30am

Grace:             9am

Gloria Dei       10:30am

August 10                   Miller Care- 1:30pm

August 11                   Berea Cemetery Cleanup

                                    Tri-County Call mtg with Pr. Judy Gifford 7:30pm, Berea

August 16                   Gen WELCA mtg  at Berea 9:30am

                                    Peder Eide Concert at Deshler, NE 7pm

August 17                   Tri-County Worship and Picnic at Sullivan Hills, 10:30am

                                    Tri-County Council mtg following picnic

                                    Peder Eide Concert at Grand Island, NE, 7pm

August 20                   Gloria Dei Bible Study, 6:30pm, council mtg follows at 7:30pm

                                    Peder Eide Concert at Englewood, CO, 7pm

August 24                   Communion at St. Mark’s

                                    Berea- Special Congregational mtg following worship

Riverview 1:30pm, GCNH     2:30pm

 

 

WHO’S DOING WHAT IN WORSHIP

 

All                               August 17th                             Sullivan Hill Worship and Picnic

 

St. Mark’s:                 August 10, 2008

Ushers:                         Jim and Gary Gortemaker                      Lector: Carol Olson

Acolyte:                        Megan Dormann and Bailey Miller        

Musician:                      Mary Delatour                                      Minister: Pr. Tim Rahn

St. Mark’s:                 August 24, 2008

Ushers:                         Mike Waltman, Vern Bartling                 Lector: Sharon Paulsen

Acolyte:                        Megan Dormann and Bailey Miller         Deacon: M. Waltman, C. Dormann

Musician:                      Sharon Paulsen                                     Minister: PMA Wayne Fraass

 

Berea:                         August 10, 2008

Ushers:                         Tim Johnson and Larry Rutt                   Lector:  Fauneil Johnson

Greeters:                       Betty and Melvin Kechley                      Acolyte: Elizabeth Slinde

Deacons:                      Bob and Kathy Hazlett             

Musician:                      Kathie Cabela                                       Minister: Pr. Tim Rahn

Berea:                         August 24, 2008

Ushers:                         Tim Johnson and Larry Rutt                   Lector:  Dale Fornander

Greeters:                       Larry and Janet Flohr                            Acolyte: Melissia Kepler

Deacons:                      Dale and Vicki Fornander                     

Musician:                      Kathie Cabela                                       Minister: PMA Wayne Fraass

 

Gloria Dei:                  August 10, 2008

Head Usher:                 Loren Block                                          Lector: Glenn Fraass

Usher and Greeter:        Ernie Kahrs                                          Deacon : Patti Fraass    

Musician:                      Julie Bond                                             Minister: PMA Wayne Fraass   

Gloria Dei:                  August 24, 2008

Head Usher:                 Loren Block                                          Lector: April Misegadis

Usher and Greeter:        Ernie Kahrs                                          Deacon : Patti Fraass    

Musician:                      Sonja Havorka                                      Minister: Pr. Tim Rahn

 

Grace:                         August 10, 2008

Lector:                          Neva Schmid                                        Cookies:  Neva Schmid

Musician:                      Alice Johnson                                        Minister: PMA Wayne Fraass

Grace                          August 24, 2008

Lector:                          Lyn Wilds                                             Cookies:  Lyn Wilds

Musician:                      Alice Johnson                                        Minister: Pr. Tim Rahn