THE PARISH HAPPENINGS
All:
Notice: There will be a Tri-County Call Committee
meeting tomorrow evening, Monday, August 11, at
This is the last Sunday to turn in your sign-up sheets
for the Annual Tri-County Worship and Picnic at
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.
There are three Peder Eide concerts this month fairly
close to us here in the panhandle of
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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.
Tomorrow, Monday, August 11th, there will
be a cleanup at the
A special congregational meeting will be held at
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
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
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
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
Grace:
Gloria Dei
August 10 Miller
Care- 1:30pm
August 11
Tri-County
Call mtg with Pr. Judy Gifford 7:30pm, Berea
August 16 Gen
WELCA mtg at
Peder
Eide Concert at Deshler, NE
August 17 Tri-County
Worship and Picnic at
Tri-County
Council mtg following picnic
Peder
Eide Concert at
August 20 Gloria
Dei Bible Study, 6:30pm, council mtg follows at
Peder
Eide Concert at
August 24 Communion
at St. Mark’s
Berea-
Special Congregational mtg following worship
Riverview
WHO’S DOING WHAT IN WORSHIP
All August 17th Sullivan Hill Worship and Picnic
St. Mark’s:
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
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
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:
Head Usher: Loren Block Lector:
Glenn Fraass
Usher and Greeter: Ernie Kahrs Deacon : Patti Fraass
Musician: Julie Bond Minister:
PMA Wayne Fraass
Gloria Dei:
Head Usher: Loren Block Lector:
April Misegadis
Usher and Greeter: Ernie Kahrs Deacon : Patti Fraass
Musician: Sonja Havorka Minister:
Pr. Tim Rahn
Grace:
Lector:
Musician: Alice Johnson Minister:
PMA Wayne Fraass
Grace
Lector: Lyn Wilds Cookies: Lyn Wilds
Musician: Alice Johnson Minister:
Pr. Tim Rahn