2012 AUGUST SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS Our “SON SURF Beach Bash” Vacation Bible School was a blast! Our enrollment consisted of 39 kids which included 16 preschoolers! We have lots of people to thank for its success: *Meals: Marlene Dreier for planning and preparing the meals, along with her help- ers: Ardis Soberg, Lois Scherer, Jeff Dreier, Jan Vipond, Brenda Long, Sandy Perry, Marilyn Frykman, Linda Buchite, and Stephanie Nelson. *Meal Sponsors: Peace Men’s’ Breakfast, Peace WELCA, the Janshen Families: Earl & Marlette, Sherri & Jason, and Kim & Jeremy, and the Dreier Family. *Decorating: Bonnie Leraas, Jen & Mike McLaughlin, Pat Ronhovde, and Jan Vi- pond for the table decorations. *Registration: Tanya Schleicher, Brenda & Breadon Long *Music & Skits: Pastor Matthew, Andy and Mary Thompson, Koel Seifert, Taylin Schleicher, Ryleigh Johnson, Keaton Long, and Lauren McLaughlin and to Bob Roe for making copies of the music CD. *Group Leaders: Kristy Simar, Keaton Long, Kode & Kore Seifert, Taylin Schlei- cher, Ryleigh & Alliah Johnson, Zach Ketcher, and Andy Thompson. * Bible Story Center: Bonnie Leraas & Tim Buchite *Craft Center: Deb Erickson and May Thompson *Games Center: Brady & Jake Combs, Beau & Dakotah Kashmark (and helpers). *Snack Center: Diane Puchalski, Marlene Dreier, Sherri Wendt, Kim Arroyo, Chel- sey Helget, and Carter Overson. *Props & Decorations: Bonnie Leraas, Jen McLaughlin, and John Paulson. *All the people who contributed monetary donations and those who may have been missed! Our Fall Festival will be held on Sunday, September 9 th at 9:30 AM. If you are in- terested in teaching or helping with our Sunday School Program, please call Joyce at 320-528-2354 or 320-304-0727! THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE! Peace Lutheran Church Peace Council Derek Getz, Chair PO Box 214 Barrett, MN 56311 320-528-2445 [email protected]Nancy Waugh 805 Spruce Ave Barrett, MN 56311 320-528-2282 [email protected]Tom Perry PO Box 159 Barrett, MN 56311 320-528-2342 [email protected]Terry Volker 17239 US Hwy 59 Barrett, MN 56311 [email protected]Patricia Schack 20815 180th Ave Barrett, MN 56311 218-685-5478 [email protected]Diane Puchalski 22785 Co Rd 21 Barrett, MN 56311 320-528-6208 [email protected]Craig Schroeder 23877 Co Rd 21 Elbow Lake, MN 56531 218-685-6277 [email protected]Jennifer McLaughlin 11254 Co Rd 2 Barrett, MN 56311 320-986-2139 [email protected]Youth Representative Koel Seifert August 2012
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2012 AUGUST SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS
Our “SON SURF Beach Bash” Vacation Bible School was a blast! Our enrollment consisted of 39 kids which included 16 preschoolers! We have lots of people to thank for its success: *Meals: Marlene Dreier for planning and preparing the meals, along with her help-ers: Ardis Soberg, Lois Scherer, Jeff Dreier, Jan Vipond, Brenda Long, Sandy Perry, Marilyn Frykman, Linda Buchite, and Stephanie Nelson. *Meal Sponsors: Peace Men’s’ Breakfast, Peace WELCA, the Janshen Families: Earl & Marlette, Sherri & Jason, and Kim & Jeremy, and the Dreier Family. *Decorating: Bonnie Leraas, Jen & Mike McLaughlin, Pat Ronhovde, and Jan Vi-pond for the table decorations. *Registration: Tanya Schleicher, Brenda & Breadon Long *Music & Skits: Pastor Matthew, Andy and Mary Thompson, Koel Seifert, Taylin Schleicher, Ryleigh Johnson, Keaton Long, and Lauren McLaughlin and to Bob Roe for making copies of the music CD. *Group Leaders: Kristy Simar, Keaton Long, Kode & Kore Seifert, Taylin Schlei-cher, Ryleigh & Alliah Johnson, Zach Ketcher, and Andy Thompson. * Bible Story Center: Bonnie Leraas & Tim Buchite *Craft Center: Deb Erickson and May Thompson *Games Center: Brady & Jake Combs, Beau & Dakotah Kashmark (and helpers). *Snack Center: Diane Puchalski, Marlene Dreier, Sherri Wendt, Kim Arroyo, Chel-sey Helget, and Carter Overson. *Props & Decorations: Bonnie Leraas, Jen McLaughlin, and John Paulson. *All the people who contributed monetary donations and those who may have been missed! Our Fall Festival will be held on Sunday, September 9th at 9:30 AM. If you are in-terested in teaching or helping with our Sunday School Program, please call Joyce at 320-528-2354 or 320-304-0727! THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE!
This year’s campaign will be drawing to a close the 1st week in
October. We plan to continue next year starting in about January.
So far we have assembled the following kits with everyone’s
help.
3 Fabric We have material, but we need thread.
19 Baby Care
0 School We should be able to make use of the school
supply sales.
5 Personal Care
We will send all finished kits along with the quilts to the Osakis
“pick up” in October.
Peace Lutheran Vikings Football Fans, are you interested in “Showing your Horns” at a Vikings game as a
member of Peace? Well mark your calendars for August 24 as Peace will again be participating in the Vikings Faith and Family Night. This year we will be ordering all of the tickets through the church so that we can sit together for the fun, and transportation to and from the game will be available for a small additional
cost! This is an ALL AGES event, and anyone under the age of 18 needs to be accompanied by an adult from their family. Tickets will be discounted to $20 (normally $50-62) and are located in the upper level of the Metrodome. How to Order Tickets: Please contact the Church office or Pastor Matthew directly for more information and to secure tickets. We will be placing our order on August 15, so if you would like to join your church on
this fun event please let us know before that date! August 24, 2012 7:00 pm Minnesota Vikings vs. San Diego Chargers Metrodome - Minneapolis, MN
AUGUST 2012
Thank you to everyone who made Mystery Mission 2012 such a wonderful success, through
prayers, well wishes financial contributions and encouragement. This year thirteen youth and two
adults traveled to Joplin, MO one year after an EF5 Tornado cut a one mile path of destruction
through the middle of the city. Our group was again noted for its hard work, and great attitudes,
which allowed us to be God’s hands and feet in the midst of the recovery of that community. We
were able to work on three different work projects while there:
First, we helped to honor those who had lost their lives in the Tornado. Cunningham Park has
become a memorial park for the community, and 161 trees were planted honoring each of the
deaths from the disaster. Our group was honored to help keep those trees thriving in this park,
even in the midst of this year’s draught, by bringing bucket by bucket 10 gallons of water per tree,
as well as water the bushes which surrounded this now holy place.
Second, we helped to rebuild community for those whose neighbor-
hood and homes were destroyed. There still remains approximately 350
FEMA trailers in Joplin, as even with the efforts of all the volunteers,
rebuilding livable homes is a slow task. In the middle of these trailers is
a two mile walking path that connects the different living areas with a
playground and an area for community support. Our group was able to
rehabilitate that path, by moving and laying new mulch along the full
length of the path, hopefully bringing a little bit of God’s green space
back to the temporary residents of the FEMA village.
Finally, we worked with the city to identify the permanent changes to the infrastructure. Because
the Tornado ripped a path through the center of the community, everything city wide was ef-
fected, including the city water. We were informed that because of the damage, not all of the Fire
hydrants had the same water resources or pressure throughout the city, and needed to be identified
which could be used for what tasks. Our last day we walked through, even some wealthy areas of
Joplin, with spray paint to color code the city’s hydrants.
Those of us on the trip learned a lot, not only about who we are, but who God is, through the sweat, tears and laughter that all come from being God’s hands and feet in the world, and realizing that God was already there, long before the Peace bus ever rolled into town.
Meeting called to order by Derek Getz
Members Present: Derek Getz, Patricia Schack, Diane Puchalski, Nancy Waugh, Pr. Matthew Rose, Jennifer
McLaughlin, Tom Perry, Terry Volker and Craig Schroeder.
Members Absent: Sandy Kashmark and Koel Seifert.
Secretary’s Report: Motion to approve Diane, 2nd Tom.
Treasurer’s Report: Motion to approve Diane, 2nd Craig.
Pastor’s Report was given. Motion was made for Pastor Matthew to be on vacation July 30-Aug 5 and Aug 13-19
for continuing education Tom, 2nd Terry.
Vacation Bible School/Sunday School: We will invite Joyce to our August meeting to discuss budgeting with her.
Old Business:
Church Book Audit – Still hasn’t happened. Diane will talk to Dick Puchalski about it.
Thrivent Campership- There are 5 kids going and we will pay the deposit to the parents.
Sunday school window was fixed.
Bus- Motion was made by Terry to buy a bus in Grand Forks, 2nd Craig.
The extra money needed to pay for the landscaping and the mold removal will be paid out of the funds
from the building fund, 1st Nancy, 2nd Patricia.
Confirmation Retreat, Thrivent funds will cover the extra cost of $357.54 for the retreat, 1st Derek, 2nd
Patricia.
New Business:
Fuel Contracting- Tom has contracted for the fuel.
A committee for budget will consist of Derek, Craig and Sandy.
Future Business:
In progress
Motion made to adjourn by Terry, 2nd Tom.
Pastor Matthew said a closing prayer.
Patricia Schack, Secretary
AUGUST 2012
Peace Church Council Minutes June 13, 2012
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WELCA 12:00PM
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5 Worship 9:30am
6 7 8 Council 6:00pm
9 10 Faithful Folders 10:00am
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12 Worship 9:30am
13 14 15 16 17 Faithful Folders 10:00am
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20 21 22 23 24 Faithful Folders 10:00am
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“I have already met
everyone I want to
meet.” “I’ve got
enough friends.” “It’s just too hard to get to
know people when you know they’ll be leaving
in a short time.” “I don’t have the energy.”
Have you ever thought those things?
Figured your life is full enough with the
people you already know? Ever
hesitate wondering just how involved
you want to be in making a new friend?
Sure, it’s easy to be friendly, to
welcome someone and be a gracious
acquaintance. But how deeply do we
welcome others into our lives? It takes
time, energy, and a lot of effort to get to
know someone, that sometimes we
wonder why we should bother.
You’re not alone. The first church
struggled with these same problems.
People started to get comfortable with
one another and stopped seeing the
value in the new people who joined
their group. So the writer of Hebrews
concludes his letter about God’s grace
in Christ with instruction for living out
the Christian faith: “Let mutual love
continue. Do not neglect to show
hospitality to strangers, for by doing
that some have entertained angels
without knowing it” (Hebrews 13:1-2).
Think about what you may be missing
out on in those times you don’t feel like
letting someone in: the chance to learn
more about yourself, to grow in who
you are, or to offer your wisdom and
the gift of who you are to someone
else. God’s church is made up of his
people – how we choose to welcome
others speaks volumes about our God.
So I share this bit of poetry with you that
I came across a month ago as a
reflection on what it means to be God’s
church:
God’s church is composed of people like
me. I help make it what it is.
It will be friendly, if I am.
Its pews will be filled, if I help fill them.
It will do great work, if I work.
It will make generous gifts to many
causes, if I am a generous giver.
It will bring other people into its worship
and fellowship, if I invite and bring them.
It will be a church where people grow in
faith and serve God, if I am open to such
growth and service.
So my challenge to you is to let mutual
love continue. Don’t neglect to show
hospitality to strangers – and even those
who are familiar – for by doing that, you
will find your own life enriched by the
almighty God who welcomes us into his
family!
Blessed by God through others,
~Pr. Matthew
STEWARDSHIP OF GOOD NEWS
Servers
8/5 Derek & Sara Getz Tim & Linda Buchite 8/12 Bill & Barb Little Alveda Rhude 8/19 Jeff & Cheri Lang Bob & Sheryl Leegaard 8/26 Jim & Sharolyn Johnson Wayne & Betty DeClercq
Ushers
8/5 Derek & Sara Getz Tim & Linda Buchite 8/12 Bill & Barb Little Alveda Rhude 8/19 Jeff & Cheri Lang Bob & Sheryl Leegaard 8/26 Jim & Sharolyn Johnson Wayne & Betty DeClercq
SERVING IN AUGUST
If you are unable to be a
helper on your Sunday,
please call one of your work
group leaders and he or she
will help you find a
replacement.
READERS
8/5 Tom Gardner
8/12 Jennifer McLaughlin
8/19 Pat Ronhovde
8/26 Kathy Dahl
Work Group #2 Leaders
Jim & Sharolyn Johnson
Ron & Kay Johnson
Altar Guild
Marlene Dreier
Linda Buchite
PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
PO Box 206
Barrett MN 56311
Rev. Matthew Rose, Pastor [email protected] cell phone: 218-770-8470
