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UNITED REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH
THE VOICE
Office & Staff Contacts
Office Monday -Thursday 9am-4pm
Office Manager: Jennica Hartwig
507-732-7303 fax: 877-331-3770
Pastor Marggi Sippola
(952) 594-2092
Youth: Cindy Wilson
(507) 421-4105
Finance: Teri Paulson
Custodians: Paul & Lori Severson
Music Ministry
Jubilee Bells: MaryAnn Urban
732-7028
Sanctuary Choir: Ruth Reppe
732-7828
UR Singing Sisters: Dianne Isaacson
732-4537
With One Voice: Cindy Wilson
732-4188
New Door Code Access
In case you have not noticed, the church has a new keypad lock on the
east door. All those who need access to the building during non-office
hours & non-worship hours, have received a code from Sonia Stehr, a
property management member. Please do not share the code, or prop
open the door at any time. All those who will be using the building, will
be locking the door behind them when they leave. If you have any
questions in regards to the new door access, please call the church
office or Sonia Stehr at 507-269-3567. If you think you should have
an access code, but have not heard from Sonia, please contact her
immediately. Thank you for taking care of our church.
Hike the Superior Hiking Trails Attention women hikers!!! June 26
th - June 29
th
Head to Grand Marais and hike the next three days through beautiful
trails on the Superior Hiking trails!!! Stay at a small hotel in Grand
Marais. There will be a meeting for more information on February 14th
at 9:30 a.m. in Pastor Marggi’s office. Mark the days on your calendar!!
Bring a hiking buddy (female)! If interested, but unable to attend the
meeting...speak with Pastor Marggi!
*Oh, and dogs are welcomed too (either male or female)!*
2 0 1 6 E a s t e r R e s u r r e c t i o n G a r d e n We have made arrangements wi th “Flower ’s On Main ” fo r order ing Easter l i l ies . By order ing through the church, a
p lant wi l l be furn ished for $13.00. We welcome other l i l ies , p lants , or f lowers, as wel l , to make 2016 the f inest
Easter Garden we ’ve seen yet ! P lease have your o ther p lants to the church by 8 :00 a .m. , Saturday, March 20th, and your l i l ies ordered through the church, by Monday, March 14th. Order forms are inser ted in to the Sunday
bu l le t in and located outs ide the church of f ice .
The month of March2016
March 2016 Newsletter Voice
Check us out on Facebook, or at our website: urlchurch.org where you can find our calendar of events and more information about us! You may also call the office at (507)
-732-7303 with any further questions or concerns. We would be happy to speak with you about visiting, our future events, or becoming a part of the congregation.
PLEASE SEND YOUR SYPMATHIES
TO:
Judy Krause & family after
the loss of her brother-in-
law, Gerald “Jerry”
Torvund, who passed away
on February 8, 2016.
Kris Ferguson & family
after the loss of her mother
Sigrid Jorgenson, who
passed away on
January 12, 2016, at age
77.
PLEASE SAY A
PRAYER FOR: Edith Goplen
Please contact Bernice
732-5318 with prayer
concerns. **Names
submitted to the Prayer
Chain will stay on the list
for three weeks.
FLOWERS & ALTAR
for April: Martha Schaefer
Helen Sorby
Red Cross Blood Drive March 3rd, 2016 from 12:00pm to 6:00 pm
We are looking for VOLUNTEERS (2-3 members) to head the Blood Drive,
responsibilities would include meeting with the Red Cross team member and
coordinating volunteer teams to run the blood drive.
Please contact Jennica, in the office, or Pastor Marggi, if
you are interested in volunteering to head the blood drive.
We will also be looking for people to DONATE blood,
so please tell friends and family, there will be snacks
and drinks provided to those who donate!
Season of Lent
During the season of Lent; February 14-March 13, we will
have worship services every Wednesday night at 6:30 pm
with a soup fellowship meal prior from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm,
that is served by the confirmation youth, this is for all to join.
If anyone would like to volunteer to bring soup, crackers,
butter, milk, etc., please see the sign up sheets located outside of the church
office.
Spain's Costa del Sol & The Portuguese Riviera Spain's Costa del Sol and The Portuguese Riviera Sept. 8-20th. Please
consider traveling with us. Any questions contact Pastor Marggi and /or let
her know you and a friend will be coming! (travelers do not need to be
members of URLC) Brochures are available in the church or pastor’s office!
ANNOUNCEMENTS for the Bulletin or Voice: Any announcements for the bulletin, need to be e-mailed or dropped off by
Wednesday at Noon for the upcoming Sunday bulletin.
Any announcements for the Voice needs to be emailed or
dropped off by the THIRD Monday of the month for the
following month’s Voice.
In Search Of: Someone interested in proofreading & editing church bulletins & documents,
weekly! The volunteer could come into the office one day a week (probably
Tuesday or Wednesday) or the information could be emailed back and forth!
PLEASE contact Jennica, in the church office, if interested!
February 2016 Activity Report
Date 1
st
Service
2nd
Service
Total Plate
Offering
01/31/16 $3171 97 Unknown
02/07/16 106 Unknown $4,456
02/10/16 30 155 $444.50
02/14/16 Unknown 71 $2,276
The Charlie Buck Estate
gave a gift of $31,686.53 to
the URLC Trust Fund.
URLC YOUTH Confirmation
Large Group class will resume on Wednesday,
April 6, 2016.
Confirmation class during Lent: Soup Supper info
During the season of lent, confirmation classes halt until April 6th. Each confirmation group will be scheduled to help set up & serve at the soup suppers. we would like the kids to come at 5pm to get the hall ready for the 5:30pm supper, & help clean up after the meal. We will send out a note of which night your child is up to help serve at the soup suppers.
“CBC”
Christian-Breakfast-Club
Come join our group! This is for all Confirmation age students & above! Invite friends from the community, we
are a welcoming group of CBC’rs! Please bring a couple $ for the breakfast provided. There’s always a ride to school
for you, no worries!
Sunday School Come join us for
Sunday school! Any 3yrs – 7
th gr. student
is welcome to come any Sunday at
9:15a.m., to join class! We do not
have Sunday school class on Sun. March 27
th for Easter. We
are always in need of teachers/shepherds for our new year of Sunday school, just
let Cindy know. Sunday school can’t run without all our
volunteers, so please think about helping in
a small or big way. We would love any kind of time you can spend with our youth
at Sunday school here at URLC!
Praise Room The “Praise Room” will be open on Sunday, March 6
th. Remember to
memorize your Sunday school memory work to receive your tokens. You can
find some awesome prizes in the “Praise Room”! .
7th
Grade “BASIC” Class 7
th gr. students are now set up
to acolyte, please check the schedule found in the Youth
Handbook. Class begins each Sunday at 9:15am we hope to see you there! Confirmation Camp is scheduled for June 12
th-17
th. f you ever have a
questions for Joan, please e-mail her at
“URLC Store” United Redeemer Store
Come shop at our new United Redeemer clothing
store! This is located in the small room off the back stairs by the balcony.
Many years ago it was our “nursery room.” This room is open each Sunday. We
have clothes in stock to buy, with more styles/sizes
to order! Check it out!
Noisy
Offering in
January
raised $200!
URLC YOUTH
5th Grade 1st Communion We start classes for the 5th grade
students & their Parents to attend on Sunday March 13th & 20th. They will learn all about Communion at these
classes, & make their special Goblet to use at their 1st Communion set for
Maundy Thursday, March 24, 2016, at the 6:30pm service. The Seder Meal will be on Wed. March 23rd at 6:30pm for all
Bobbie Rae Benson, Tanner Finstuen, Sam Knowlton,
MacKenzie Markham, Lucas Mann, Ava Mercer, Tate Miller
Anna Soltau,
Kacey Scholl Tommie Quenzer, Megan Schoenfelder,
Josie Stensland, Maddie Jarrett
The 7th Grade will be selling Cinnamon Rolls in February and March. Look for the pre-order form in your bulletin or outside the church office. If you ever forget to order, we
always make more than we need, stop by the kitchen for some! We’ll have those huge frosted rolls and the Caramel rolls too! We’ll be baking each Sunday until Palm
Sunday, March 20th. This helps pay for the remaining portion of the 7th grade Confirmation Camp, where they will spend a week at Good Earth Village in June!
Delicious Cinnamon Rolls
Did we mention these rolls are DELICIOUS?!
6 rolls for $6.00 or 12 rolls for $12.00
Mission Trip The Mission Trip 2016 is set for July 17th- July 22nd in Nashville, TN through Youth Works.
19 youth & 9 leaders are signed up for our big trip! Your deposit of $200 is due, please pay Cindy if you have not already.
ALSO: I have set up a short meeting for the parents & youth, for Sunday, April 3 rd at 6:30pm. This meeting will give you more details of our travels / sites we are seeing / & more about the actual mission work
we will be doing.
WELCA
WELCA Afternoon spring High Tea is in “high gear” planning stage. It was so much fun last year we are doing it again.
Consider helping by:
Decorating a table or two or three. As many as you like. Talk to JoAnn Ring about it.
Providing some dainty homemade goodies.
Helping in the fellowship hall or kitchen the day of the tea.
Sharing in the fun by buying tickets and bringing your mom, mother in law, daughters, friends, neighbors or anyone else you want. The more the merrier!
Date will be decided soon and tickets will be available from board members and at a couple of stores downtown. Keep alert for more information!
If you have any ideas for a program—call me 732-7297
Happy Spring,
Leah Wichmann Hinz
WELCA President
Quilting group will meet on March 31, 9 am at church. (Note the date change due to Maundy Thursday. Group will meet one week later than usual.) Everyone will go out for lunch after
working.
Naomi and Rebekah Circles will meet together at 9am, March 10, fellowship hall at church. Naomi circle will host.
MARCH is FOOD SHARE MONTH — READY...SET...GO!
Our Zumbrota Area Food Shelf helps to provide food to many needy families every month. During March the money and food collected determines how much food they can get from Channel One Food Bank. Last year we challenged another church to see how much could be raised. (WE Won!) This year they declined. So this year we are going to challenge ourselves. Here is how: The congregation will be divided into 2 groups according to first letter of last names. A-L will be Team 1 M-Z will be Team 2
The challenge will begin on March 1 and end on March 31.
A pound of food will be a point and each dollar will be a point.
Boxes labeled team 1 or team 2 will be at each exit door of the church.
Food will collected each week and tallied at the food shelf according to each team.
Money can be given to me, the office, or put in the offering plate on Sunday. Be sure to mark it for Food Shelf.
LETS SEE IF WE CAN EXCEED LAST YEAR’S TOTAL!! At the end of March the team with the least points will host an ice cream social for the winning team!! Join the fun!! The real winners are the families who use the food shelf. We can be very proud of how we can help them. Now get busy everyone. Start stock piling. Little Kids, Big Kids, all grown ups. Lets do it!! P.S Dan Johnson is on both teams. He has a secret weapon to help. If you don’t know about it—talk to him or me. ~Leah Wichmann Hinz~
PROJECT 3R There are a number of ways to give to the Project 3R Fund:
You can put a separate check with ‘3R’ on the memo line with your regular
offering.
You can put a check in an envelope marked ‘Project 3R” in the offering plate.
You can mail or drop a check off at the office – just make sure to note that it is
for Project 3R.
You can access the automatic giving through the website at urlchurch.org.
Go to the ‘GIVING’ window and select MONEY. This takes you to the donation
page where you need to fill out all requested information and put Project 3R in
“Other Donations” description line.
If you want to keep things simple, you can e-mail the bookkeeper at
[email protected] and she can set up a one-time gift or a
reoccurring gift for you.
There will be special envelopes to help accommodate all of the above with a form to fill out available at the Feb 28th services for the URLC members’
convenience. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message at the office.
** The funds we have accumulated so far vs. the expenses the project requires, will be announced soon, keep your eyes peeled in the Sunday bulletin! **
March Worship Assistant Calendar
Sunday, March 6, 2016 AV: Deb Bradt 8:00 AM Acolytes: Marissa Walters & Avery Steffen Communion: Gary & LeAnn Grover, Brett Edstrom
Reader: Nikki Rockne Ushers: Fred & Judy Roberson, Roger Madison 10:30 AM Acolytes: Jenna Stene & Alivia Berg
Communion: Peggy Keller, Brian & Laura Haugen Reader: Youth
Ushers: Sunday School Families
Sunday, March 13, 2016 AV: Steve Lodermeier
8:00 AM Acolytes: Anja Thorson & Hailey Quenzer Youth Readers: Blake Stiller
Youth Ushers: Natalye Quam & Celina Sheda 10:30 AM Acolytes: Carly Fredrickson & Morgan Archer
Youth Readers: Hannah Keach Youth Ushers: Hailee Hammel & Greta Gartner
Sunday, March 20, 2016 AV: Greg Korsten
8:00 AM Acolytes: Kyra Nichols & Makenna Bramble Reader: Leah Wichmann-Hinz
Ushers: Charlie & Diane Nelson, Roger & Leah Hinz 10:30 AM Acolytes: Jon Quenzer & Jacob Smith
Reader: Youth Ushers: Sunday School Families
Sunday, March 27, 2016—Easter AV: Nolan Biorn
6:30 AM Sunrise Easter Service 8:00 AM Acolytes: Emily Haugen & Abby Rosenquist Communion: Ken Magnuson, Fred & Judy Roberson
Reader: Ken Magnuson Ushers: Allan & Jaycee Nilson, Mary Goplen, Sonia Stehr 10:30 AM Acolytes: Brianna Dose & Mattilyn Stensland Communion: Helen Sorby, Janet Ofstie, Dick Whitaker
Reader: Helen Sorby Ushers: Sunday School Families
Maunday Thursday,
March 24, 2016 1:30 PM Communion:
Rene Arendt
6:30 PM Communion:
Wayne & Cathy Radke, Paul
Drackley
