pp may 2021 - united in christ lutheran parish

Volume 25, Issue 5 May 2021

PASTOR’S NOTES

I have mentioned repeatedly over the past year that the current phase that my 3-year-old Harry finds himself in has not been a particularly easy one for me. For almost a year I have been struggling to connect with my son as he throws tantrum after tantrum and gleefully does the exact opposite of what I ask him to do. Now though, I see some light. I am very pleased to announce that Harry has a new favorite television show. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe ran from 1983 to 1985 and was all the rage when I was Harry’s age. I am unashamed to say that He-Man was also my favorite show when I was young, and that yes, I did put the show on in front of him hoping that this would happen. Now it has happened. Now my son runs from room to room with a toy sword modeled after the one He-Man wields (I may or may not have received this sword as a gift in my late 30’s) yelling at the top of his tiny lungs “By the power of Greyskull, I have the power!!!” For the first time Harry asks me to turn on the tv and I excitedly say “Yes!” For the first time in a long time, I see myself in him and am pleased, as previously I was seeing myself in him and being decidedly unpleased. He is mine. I take responsibility with no reservation. Is this the reasoning behind God feeling about us the way he does, that he sees something of himself in us? I really don’t know. I just wanted to tell you about what I hope is the beginning of a new chapter. Now if you will excuse me, I’m going to put professional wrestling on in the room where my children play and see if anything happens… God’s peace be with you,

Pastor Dan Morton

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Council Meetings:

5TH- LITTLE NORWAY 7PM

11TH-CONCORDIA 7PM

12TH-FAABERG 7PM

18TH—MAPLE LAKE 7:30 PM 19TH—TRINITY 7PM In this Issue:

Parish/Conc. News 2

Conc. News Items 3

LN News Items 4

Parish/Faaberg News 5

Faaberg News Item 6

Trinity New Items 7

ML News Items 8

ML News Items 9

Daily Bible Readings 10

Parish News 11

Children’s 2

Worship Schedule 13

PARISH PULSE UNITED IN CHRIST


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Pastoral Acts for April

Concordia — ○Funeral—Bob Norland; (Pr. Dan & Pr. Phil) ○First Communion: Brett Riegert, Easton Kieckbusch, Leila Vasfaret, & Aubrey Vasfaret-(Pr. Phil)

Jax Horeshimer- (Pr. Dan) ○Affirmation of Baptism— Seth Lavalier, Alec Haas (Pr. Phil)

Katie Pearce (Pr. Dan)

○Baptism—Briggs Hall, son of Tyler & Maci Hall (Pr. Phil)

Trinity — ○Baptism— Evangeline Johnstad, daughter of Andrew & Krista Johnstad (Pr. Phil)

Faaberg — ○First Communion— Isaac Grieve, Brooklyn Olson, Archer Stock (Pr. Phil)

Maple Lake — ○First Communion— Alex Lunak (Pr. Dan)

MAY 2021 WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS

Thank you for serving in this capacity! If you are unable to serve on the Sunday listed, please exchange with someone on

the list and notify the church office.9:30 a.m. Worship

May 2– Altar Guild: Sylvia Rickey and Susan YellUshers – Ron Sannes and Taylor SannesGreeters – Terry & Caty LarsonLector – Ray NelsonCommunion Assistants – Heidi & Kurt LarsonAcolytes-

May 9–Ushers – Dave & Amanda Riegert FamilyGreeters – Chad & Kari HitchenLector – Lindi ChrisFansonCommunion Assistants – Jodie & Danny StremAcolytes-

May 16–Ushers – Daryl Haas and Ron HansonGreeters – Jesse & Rachael SannesLector – Pam BlaeserCommunion Assistants – Sue & Mark LindbergAcolytes-

May 23–Ushers – Daryl Haas and Elliot HaasGreeters – Neil & Bridget SteffesLector – Sue LindbergCommunion Assistants – Kelsey & Dick BraunAcolytes-

May 30–Ushers- Dan and Brady NetlandGreeters- Ray & Sylvia NelsonLector-Kelsey BraunCommunion Assistants- Ray & Sylvia NelsonAcolytes-

IMPORTANT DATES

SENIOR RECOGNITION

Concordia—May 16th Faaberg—May 16th

Little Norway—May 16th Trinity—May 16th

Maple Lake—May 16th

LAST DAY OF SUNDAY SCHOOL

Concordia—May 9th Little Norway—May 9th Maple Lake—May 16th


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CONCORDIA NEWS ITEMS

Concordia Church needs two new library volunteers. The two on now are past retirement age and would like to be done. Please prayerfully consider this. If interested,

contact the church office at (218) 945-6696. Thank you!


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May Anniversaries 28-Mike & Rachel Roggenbuck May Birthdays 01-Allan Erickson 02-Mark Gullickson

07-Jeffery Morvig 10-Lisa Duckstad 13-Payton Larson 14-Byron Troite 19-Stacie Kronschnabel

23-Jacob Larson 25-Lee Duckstad -Harry Morton 26-Garth Kaste 28-Ella Kronschnabel

LITTLE NORWAY NEWS ITEMS

DEACON:Kim Larson JANITOR: Mark Gullickson CIRCLES: DORCAS- May 10th at church- 7PM MARY & ESTHER- Thursday, May 6–Movie “St. John in Exile” will start at 1:00-come early! Circle will meet at 2:30 with Kathy ChrisFanson leading study.

Attention Little Norway Youth:

Bible Camp pamphlets are on the bulletin

board, all Little Norway youth interested in

going, the tuition will be paid by Education

Committee.


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May announcement: The seniors at Faaberg will be recognized with a quilt presentation at the Sunday service on May 16th. The seniors are Isabel Horgeshimer and Branden Van Den Einde.

The Faaberg Afternoon Bible Study group will meet Monday May 10 at 1:30 p.m with Vickie Krogstad leading the study.

FAABERG ANNOUNCEMENTS

Parish Office Hours The Parish office will be open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 8am to 4pm; Fridays

from 8am-1pm. If at any time you need a Pastor, you may reach Pastor Phil on his cell at 218-289-3970 or Pastor Dan at 320-260-6955. Thank you.

PARISH NEWS ITEMS

Parish Twins Trip to Target Field

Pastor Phil has planned another Parish Bus Trip to the Twins game at Target Field on Sunday, July 25th, as the Minnesota Twins host the L.A. Angels. We will leave the Concordia parking lot on Sunday morning at 7:00 am and travel on an air-conditioned coach bus from Anderson Bus Company in Frazee. We will return home that evening. The cost is $55 per person and you

may reserve your seat on the bus by calling the parish office at 945-6696.

PATHWAYS (CAMP EMMAUS) BIBLE CAMP BROCHURES ARE AVAILABLE AT EACH CHURCH!

Little Norway Announcement A big THANK YOU to all who helped make our beautiful quilts! Myra Kaste, Susan Jones, Deanne Bruggeman, Jamie Morvig, Jamie's friend—Teresa Gruhot made all our tops. Eileen Smeby, Jamie Morvig, Susan Jones, and Irene Vidden helped pin the the edges of the binding. Thank you to all

the knots tied by Elliona Sandness, Abrham Hererra, Kate Larson, Katrina Kratzke, Daletta Kratzke, John Gullickson, Mark Gullickson, Kim Andersen, Myra Kaste, Susan Jones, Elaine Morvig, and Lynne Gullickson. All the quilt edges were sewn by Irene, Susan, and Jamie. 53

quilts have been put together and finished in a month. We also appreciate Mark Morvig's generous donation to buy needed supplies and a new sewing machine to sew quilt edgings! Thank you!


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FAABERG COUNCIL MINUTES


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TRINITY COUNCIL MINUTES


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MAPLE LAKE NEWS ITEMS

Submitted by: Sheila Fontaine


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MAPLE LAKE NEWS ITEMS

Submitted by: Marlene Block

VBS INFO!

Welcome to Rocky Railway, where kids learn that Jesus’ power pulls us through! Maple Lake Lutheran Church will be hosting VBS June 7-11th, 5:30-8:00 p.m. Kids are asked to bring sack lunch supper each evening. To register or for any questions, contact:

Angie Petry (701) 866-5043

Elissa Raaen (218) 574-2114


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FROM THE FAIR STAND

Yes, it sounds like there will be a fair this summer! We all know what that means, find your most comfortable shoes, find your more comfortable fair stand clothes, bake two pies, and bring a mask. The fair stand committee has already met to discuss the fair stand and how to go about preparing. We decided to use the 2019 shift lists as a starting place to this years’ fair shifts. There might be some moving of people around because some shifts will not need as many people as in 2019. A few changes we made are: There will be no day shift on Thursday, that shift will start at 3:00 to be ready to open at 4. The Friday and Saturday noon will not have a hot dish, they will just serve the various sandwiches. The evening and Sunday dinner meals will remain the same. Sunday night supper meal will be a continuation of the dinner meal until gone. We may have to change how we do some things, depending on the rules in place by the time the fair rolls around. By working together, we will accomplish our goal of feeding the fair goers a good home cooked meal and raising money for our congregation and its projects.

We will also need those extra people who are so important doing behind the scenes jobs. We need people to come mornings to peel the potatoes for the potato salad, peel the potatoes for the supper meals on Friday and Thursday, doing the daily laundry, pulling the pork roasts so it can be made into the pulled pork sandwiches, making meat balls and lastly, we need to give the stand a good cleaning. It has been closed up for almost two years now, so it really needs a deep cleaning.

The calling for the shifts will begin in early June, so when you get the call, please say yes! We need everyone to help make this another successful year!

Here are a few dates to remember:

Fair Stand Cleaning: June 16, 3:00 p.m.

Make the Meat Balls: June 22, 9:00 a.m.

Pulling the Pork Roasts: July 5, 1:00 p.m.

After the Fair Cleaning: July 12, 6:00 p.m.

Tour of Alpine Europe

Pastor Phil and Darcey are hosting a tour of Alpine Europe, including Switzerland, Austria and Germany in September 2022. The dates of this 11-day tour are September 19-29,2022. The highlight of the trip will be attending world famous Passion Play in Bavaria, in the town of Oberammergau. The villagers first performed the story of Jesus' life 387 years ago in 1634, because God had spared them from the Black Plague. This village performs the Passion Play every ten years, and will again in 2022 from mid-May through October 2nd. If you would like more information and a color brochure, please talk to Pastor Phil.

PARISH NEWS


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CHILDREN’S PAGE


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NEWSLETTER OF THE CONCORDIA, LITTLE NORWAY, MAPLE LAKE, TRINITY, AND FAABERG CONGREGATIONS OF THE UNITED IN CHRIST LUTHERAN PARISH, ELCA

Philip Larsen: Senior Pastor 218-289-3970 or 945-3228 email: [email protected] Daniel Morton: Associate Pastor 320-260-6955 or 945-3025 email: [email protected]

Karin Braun: Youth Director 945-3090 or 218-637-0404 email: [email protected] Lori Sannes: Office Manager email: [email protected]

United in Christ Lutheran Parish 100 Jefferson Ave. SW PO Box 615 Fertile, MN 56540 Telephone: 218-945-6696 website: www.unitedinchristlutheranparish.org

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WORSHIP SCHEDULE MAY 2021

*NOTE-Worship times subject to change* View Church Services on:

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