January 2017 Light & Life

Christ Lutheran Church Newsletter Rev. Katherine Rood

Our Mission Statement: As members of Christ Lutheran we gather in worship, grow in God’s Word, serve in Jesus name.

Christ Lutheran Church

1820 Knight Ave. N.

Glencoe, Mn. 55336

Office: 320-864-4549

Email: office@christluth.com

Non profit organization

U.S. Postage Paid

Permit # 14

Glencoe, Mn. 55336

Address Service Requested

Christ Lutheran Church Staff Pastor, Rev. Katherine Rood, office 864-5077

Christian Ed. Coord., Susie Christianson, 864-3099

Secretary, Kathy Remus, office 864-4549

Custodians, Mark & Cindy Robertson

Abundant Table

Community Meal

The Abundant Table

Community Meal is

FREE and open to everyone-

families and children, elderly and

all seeking fellowship or in need

of a helping hand.

When: January 4th (the first

Wednesday of every Month)

Where: Christ Lutheran Church

Basement Fellowship Hall, 1820

Knight Avenue, Glencoe, MN

55336.

Serving: Spaghetti and Meat-

balls, Lettuce Salad, Apples and

Grapes Salad, Abundant Table

Bread and Brownies.

Time: Doors open at 4:30 PM for

Fellowship; Meal served at 5:00

PM.

Notification: Let us know to

prepare for you by calling Christ

Lutheran Church at 320-864-

4549.

Remember there is a place for

YOU at our Abundant Table.

December Abundant

Table

At the December 7th

Abundant Table

Meal, we served 109 guests.

We served:

“Our Christmas Meal” – Roast

Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy,

Sweet Carrots, Fruit Salad, Abun-

dant Table Bread and Christmas

Cookies and Ice Cream.

We thank Jason Zender for his

generous donation of roast beef

to our meal.

We appreciate and thank our

Christ Lutheran servers, setup

helpers and those cleaning up

this month: Mary Entinger, Judy

Peterson, Bonnie Fimon, Marv

and Fran Huwe, Ayla and Erin

Sauter, Marv and Gloria Gus-

tafson, Eldean and Nita Ender-

son, Connie Heitz, Mary

Sopkowiak, Hank and Judy Lar-

son, Carol Carver, and Kathy

Marsh.

We also thank all who donated

Christmas cookies: Dianne

VonBerge, Susan Wedin, Fran

Huwe, Joanne Chrast, Melba

Carlson, Judy Larson, Linda Si-

monson, Judy Mansanger,

Janelle Tangen, Barb Jenneke,

Jan Giese, Gloriann Walker, and

LaMane Mueller & Coborns.

Thanks to Wally Rannow, Duane

McDougall, Jerry Schimelpfenig,

Loren Mueller, LeAnn Jaster and

Rodger Jenneke for helping set-

up for the meal.

We also want to thank our faith-

ful cleanup helpers Kevin and

Peggy Menning and family.

With serving our many guests,

many jump in to help and we

may not have gotten your name-

but we thank you.

Finally, we also thank the Abun-

dant Table Ministry Team –

LaMane Mueller, Cheryl McDou-

gall, Mary Jo Schimelpfenig, Di-

anne VonBerge, Kevin and Peggy

Menning and Barb Jenneke.

We cannot do this ministry with-

out the faithful help of so many.

God Bless you and God Bless our

Abundant Table.

Just a reminder! CLC has a TEAF

fund (temporary emergency assis-

tance fund). We have chosen the

last Sunday of each month to col-

lect donations to this fund, but of

course donations at any time are

welcome. Please remember this

Mission in your givings!

All Members! Check out the new items at the Equal Ex-

change Coffee Hutch! There are new coffee’s, teas, hot cocoa, ol-

ive oil, candy bars etc…. Purchasing these items helps the small farmer co-ops around the world. Farm-ers earn a fair price for their crops, have access to afford-able credit, and can invest in education, health care and sustainable agriculture, building a better future for their families. Take a look and if purchasing please place your monies in the locked box attached to the hutch.

THANK YOU TO: To: Vicky Harris, Chris Starr, Twyla Kirkeby Randy Wil-son for their music ministry.

To Randy Wilson, Kay Wilson, Becky Peterson, Holly Corrick, Amanda Husted, Dave Mellesmoen, Carla Ku-ehn, Josh Kuehn, Twyla Kirkeby, Sr. Choir members & Bell Choir members for the wonderful musical Cantata presentation on Sun. Dec. 11th. To Barb & Dave Lamp, Jesse & Melissa, Hunter, Mikayla Schmidtt, Nathan, Stephanie, Macey Wilkens, Matt, Kelly, Tenley, Broc Roberts, Chad , Erin, Ayla, Keegan, Avery Sauter for their lighting of the Advent Candles, Advent liturgy and placing the Baby Jesus in his cradle. To Becky Peterson, Bonnie Hahn & Jim Carlson for read-ing the Christmas Eve & Christmas Day Proclamation. To the Praise & Pizza team members who provided mu-sic at Gert/Erma’s on Dec. 8th . To the Ushers , Acolytes, Lectors, Cantors, Head Ushers, Communion Servers who enhanced our worship life in the month of December .

To our digital projection and sound ministers: Dave Mellesmoen , Susie Christianson , Lily Kirchoff, Mason Husted, Scott Kuehn, Eli Kuehn, Connie Duenow, Steve Olmstead in the month of December. To Twyla Kirkeby , Louise Carlson, Melba Carlson for their assistance with the Grand Meadows & LTC Wor-ship services in December . To Nancy Mellesmoen for serving on Kitchen Guild in the month of December.

To Suzann Adams for the upkeep of the flowers and plants in church. To Susie Christianson for her digital worship design, preparation of the televised service and Renee Hansch for announcement preparation. To Steve & Becky Olmstead ,Brad & Bonnie Hahn, for providing refreshments in the month of December . To all members of the congregation who gifted Les and I with cards, gifts, goodies, and Season’s Greetings! We feel blessed by the goodness of God experienced through your friendship and partnership in serving Christ. Pastor Katherine To LaMane & Loren Mueller & helpers for a delicious brunch, and to Eldean & Nita Enderson, Susie Christian-son, and Cheryl & Duane McDougall for their help in setting up, serving, and helping with clean-up for the Appreciation Brunch on December 18th.

To the Milestone Ministry Team for the scrumptious cake served for the “Birthday Party for Jesus” on De-cember 18th.

To Dennis Davis for his Baritone solo and Carla Kuehn accompanying on the piano on Sun. Dec. 25th . To Haley Kirchoff for her special music she provided for the 6 pm Christmas Eve service.

To the Brass Ensemble for providing music before the Christmas Eve services. To the WELCA women who served the evening meal for the Minnesota Valley Conference Partnership Com-mittee Gathering on December 15th.

To the confirmation youth for their support of the Wednesday night Advent services. To Jeanne & Dale Pagel, Mary Stoltenburg, Joanne Chrast, Suzann Adams, Vonnie & Mason Husted, Owen Peterson, Grace Unlimited Students, Marv Huwe, Darrell Hansch, Jim & Melba Carlson who worked so diligently to provide Christ Lutheran with a beautiful Worship environment for the Advent and Christmas Seasons. To Melba Carlson, Bonnie Hahn, Frances Huwe & Su-zann Adams for serving on the Altar Guild in Decem-ber. To Jeanne Pagel, Jim & Melba Carlson for assembling of the Christmas letters that went out in December. To Mark & Cindy Robertson for their ongoing upkeep and cleaning of the church. To all members who have served and are currently serv-ing in the armed forces on behalf of America and free-dom for all.

If we have missed someone for Thank You’s please con-tact the church office and let us know.

January 2017 NEWS

Women of the ELCA

Christ Lutheran Church Women

Your 2017 Coordinating Team:

Cheryl McDougall – President Barb Jenneke – Reporter/Secretary & Reports Linda Simonson – Treasurer Connie Hanson – Vice President, Jan-March Jodi Braband – Vice President, April-June Nita Enderson – Vice President, July-September Mary Jo Schimelpfenig – Vice President, October-December

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Coordinating Team 2017 Projects

Check the WELCA Booklet for our 2017 events & projects which we build around our Mission Statement:

As Sisters in Christ,

Our Mission is achieved by action in:

Caring for our Church

Growing in our Faith

Supporting our Community

This year we will be calling all CLC women to help with our projects and events. If you are interested in helping with any of our projects at any time, please contact a member of the Coordinating Team. We would love to have you help us achieve our Mission. WELCA is open to all our Church women of all ages!

Come join us! ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

The next Coordinating Team Meeting is Sunday,

January 8th at the Church Fireside Room after the 9:00 AM Service. All CLC women are welcome.

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Bold Women’s Sunday will be at the end of the month of February in 2017. We hope you will be inspired to act boldly all year long! “Let’s Find our Bold!!” Whether you live out your bold story of faith in the workplace, family or community, your faith compels you to make a difference in the lives of others. Our ability to act boldly is rooted in our baptism and is continually ena-bled, empowered and supported by God’s grace. Bold Women:

*Take risks on account of the gospel *Help with projects that assist women in our community and our world

*Grow their faith

Upcoming Events!

Save the Dates!

*Organizational Meeting for Women's Bible Study. Come to the meeting on Friday, January 13 at 10:00 a.m. Would you like a "No Frills" Bible Study that would meet once a month at church? No need to make a dessert! Just bring your Bible and your own beverage. Bring your friends! Contact Nita Ender-son if you are interested.

*Quilting begins!

Starting on Monday, January 9th at 1:00 PM, all la-dies are invited to join the quilting program at Christ Lutheran. Don’t worry about sewing skills; there is always a need to help in many different ways.

Project Updates

*Our annual Women of the ELCA Potluck Christmas Party was held December 4th at 5:30 PM. All wom-en of Christ Lutheran were invited to attend. We had a delicious supper followed by singing of Christmas carols. Those with prayer partners then exchanged their gift. A Christmas story was read by Nita Enderson. It was announced we will have Prayer Partners in 2017, but instead of gifts, we will have a donation to help a needy family at Christmas.

Linda Simonson talked about the national Women of the ELCA convention to be held in Min-nesota this summer. More information will be com-ing in 2017 about this unique opportunity for women of CLC.

We also want to announce that we will be having our meetings after our Church Service the 2nd Sunday of each month. We invite women to join us and give input and ideas how we can be “Bold Women,” spreading the news of Jesus in our Church as well as in our community and the world. Beginning at the meeting on January 8th, we will set a date for a planning retreat where 2017 officers will be elected and we will develop the agenda for the retreat and 2107 projects. If you have an idea for a project please plan on coming to the meeting.

Barb Jenneke, CLC WELCA Reporter

Christian Education January 2017

KNOW – GROW – SHARE – LIVE – WITNESS

Sunday School: Sunday School classes will resume on Sunday, January 8th @ 10:10am. The students will begin their 3rd rotation lesson, The Disci-ples, with a large group gathering.

A full schedule of our Sunday School lessons, teachers, classroom schedules and updated 2015-2016 Sunday School schedule can be found on the website @ www.christluth.com/sunday-school.

Confirmation: Wednesdays, January 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th

7th – 9th Grade Regular Class @ 5:30pm-7 pm

PLEASE mark your calendars for the Confirmation Student/Parent/Mentor Orientation scheduled for

Wednesday, February 22nd @ 5:30pm in the Sanctuary. We will be cover ing student, parent and

mentor expecations and this year’s Lenten booklet for the students. Also, 2017 Easter Breakfast infor-

mation, responsibilities and signups will be distributed for all students and parents.

GRACE Unlimited: Grace Unlimited 16-17 theme: SOUL: Sharing Our Unique Life.

Grace Unlimited will resume on Wednesday, January 18th, 2017!

(There will be NO GRACE UNLIMITED on Wednesdays, January 4th & 11th.)

Snacks for Grace Unlimited We are looking for volunteers to provide snacks for Grace Unlimited on Wednesday afternoons. The 31 students love

almost any kind of snack!! We also like to include a fruit option for them too. There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board outside of Susie’s with the dates and options for providing snacks. For monetary donations please indicate on the check that donation is for “Grace Unlimited Snacks”. Thank you so much for your support of Grace Unlimited and the students and for your generosity!

GRACE Unlimited is for students in 2nd – 6th grade and will be held Wednesday afternoons through May 3rd, 2017 from

3:15pm – 5pm. Registration forms and detailed program information are available on our website @ www.christluth.com/

grace-unlimited and on the bulletin board outside of Susie’s office.

January 2017 Sunday School Schedule

Sunday, January 8th, 2017 Large Group SS Gathering/Activities

Sunday, January 15th

NO Sunday School

Martin Luther King Day Weekend

Sunday, January 22nd @ 10:10-11:10am Rotation 3.1

Sunday, January 29th @ 10:10-11:10am NO Sunday School

CLC Annual Meeting @ 10:15am

Sunday, February 5th @ 10:10-11:10am Rotation 3.2

Youth/Family Ski Trip A Youth/Family Ski trip has been scheduled for Sunday, February 19th, 2016. We will head to Mt. Kato for a day of skiing, fellowship and fun! All ages are welcome to join us. Students in 6th grade or younger will need to have a par-ent or guardian (over 18) join us for the trip. We will plan to meet at and leave from the church @ 12:30pm and should be on the slopes by a little after 2pm. We will load up the vehicles around 8:30pm and plan to arrive back at the church around 10pm (there is no school @ GSL on Monday, Feb-ruary 20th).

Registration forms are outside of Susie’s office or can be downloaded from the website @ www.christluth.com/confirmation. Registration forms will need to be turned in by Sunday, January 29th! Fees for Skip Trip: $21.00 Lift Ticket, $19.00 Ski (or Snowboard) Rental, $4.00 Helmet, $4.00 Beginner Lesson.

If anyone is in need of assistance with payment for the ski trip please contact Susie by Sunday, January 31st.

If you were not able to be with us on Consecration

Sunday we have the 2017 Estimate of Giving sheets in

the narthex. As we anticipate Christ Lutheran’s minis-

try needs/opportunities for the upcoming year, we are ask-

ing our members to give a financial commitment to CLC as

a witness to the mission we share and serve. Please re-

turn to them to the church office at your earliest conven-

ience. Thank You!

If you are changing your giving amounts and are en-

rolled in “Simply Giving” you will need to submit the

Simply Giving change form to the Treasurer or the

Church Office to reflect the change in 2017. Forms are

located on our website, in the narthex or the church

office.

The 2016-2017 Time and Talent sheets are in the nar-

thex. Please take the time to pick up a sheet and decide

on how you can help serve Christ Lutheran Church with

your talents. It takes many people to help with worship

services, altar guild, choirs and Sunday School etc.

….Return your sheets to the church office or the offering

plate. Thanks for your support!

All Members! If you have recently moved, or changed your phone number, please notify the church office with your new address or phone num-ber.

Praise & Pizza! Mark

Your Calendar! It’s a

hymn sing and pizza

night set for January

12th , 6:30 pm at Gert/Erma’s. All are invited to join

us for some food, singing, fellowship and fun! Sheet

music will be provided at the event. Please join us!

All Quilters! Mark Your Cal-endars! Quilting begins on Monday, January 9th at 1 pm in the Fellowship Hall.

Graduating High School Seniors The Milestone Ministry Team will again be coordi-nating with the Quilters to make graduation quilts for the seniors. Letters and quilt squares have been sent out. Fabric and squares should be returned to the church office by New Years or as soon as possi-ble. Please contact any of the Milestone Ministry Team with questions. Shari O’Donnell, Joan Johnson, Linda Simonson, Elde-an & Nita Enderson. CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH LUTHERAN COL-LEGE SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION This is the fifteenth year of the scholarship program at Christ Lutheran, and this congregation continues to show wonderful support for our students attending Lutheran colleges. Two students are receiving assis-tance at college this year with the help of the Christ Lutheran Church Lutheran College Scholarship pro-gram.

For our current high school students, consider the colleges of our Church when making your plans for the future. (Augsburg, Augustana, Gustavus, Lu-ther, Concordia-Moorhead, St. Olaf, Waldorf, Wart-burg, and more!) Information will come out in the spring of 2017 regarding the May 15 scholarship deadline.

For our congregation, consider giving to the scholarship fund to support Christ Lutheran students who choose to attend colleges of the ELCA. Dona-tions can be made to the account any time during the year, either by placing a check or envelope in the of-fering plates or delivering to the Church office, la-beled “CLC Scholarship Fund.” If you use the elec-tronic giving, please follow up with an email to the church office to designate the funds.

If you have questions or want more information, please contact scholarship committee members: Joan Johnson, Kevin Menning or Jeff Grant.

Baptism in December

Waylon Duane Nelson

Parents are: Erik & Megan Nelson

Baptized: December 4th, 2016

ON GIVING

The Joy of Giving

While walking along the streets of my small Wisconsin hometown I found a wallet lying on the sidewalk. I stopped to pick it up and quick-ly discovered a large sum of money housed in its folds. While I was only 12 years old at the time, even in today's inflated economy the money in that wallet would be a significant amount. Just imagine the thoughts that ran through my mind as I held that wallet. After all, I was a young boy who got less than a dollar a week in allowance. "What should I do?" I thought. Tempta-tion loomed large. "Oh what I could do with this money!" My heart was pounding as I dove fur-ther into the wallet to see if I could find out who was missing this stash of cash. Among the usual wallet cards and papers I found the owner's ID. It turns out I knew the owner. His name was Tom, a popular high school jock several years older than I. I didn't know him well. I just kind of admired him from afar. He certainly didn't know who I was. After a few more financial fantasies, I went home and rang him up on the phone. I ex-plained that I had his wallet and he could come pick it up. And here's the defining moment that I remember all these years later: Tom was ex-tremely grateful not only for the fact that I'd found his wallet, but also that I'd actually offered to return it to him intact. Tom exuded thanks. He offered a reward. I remember his words, "You've given me an early Christmas present." His grati-tude certainly wasn't lost on me, but it hadn't occurred to me that this was any kind of a "present." After all, I was just returning to him

what was his in the first place. I declined a re-ward and mumbled something about "the golden rule." As I replayed the afternoon's events, I knew I had done the right thing, and an uncom-mon sense of joy came over me. A new "joy of giving" had been stamped indelibly on my psy-che. And now, many years later, Jesus' admonish-ment of how we are to treat others, as recorded in Luke, echoes through the halls of my memory, "for the measure you give will be the measure you get back." At this time of year, we are filled with re-newed awe and wonder. This greatest gift of all--the gift of God's son--inspires us to emulate it in some way with our own generosity. In the coming New Year let us resolve to give freely of ourselves. When we give to others, we give to God. Acting as God's children we put to use what was never really ours. There is no greater joy! by Mark Quade

All Members! Our 2016 Annual Meeting will be held

on Sunday, January 29th, 2017 at 10:15 am in the

sanctuary. Please try and attend this important

meeting.

The Annual Reports will be in the narthex on Sun-

day, Jan. 15th.

Your 2017 Giving Envelopes are in the narthex.

The Glencoe Caregiver Support & Discussion Group will be held at Christ Lutheran on Thursday, January 12th , at 10:30 am.

This event is sponsored by Lutheran Social Service.

Please attend if you are a caregiver to a loved one.

You don’t have to do it alone.