May 2018 Newsletter www.healingwatersparish.org
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Office Info. 2 Pastor Message 3-4 Church Pages 4-8 Community 9-10 Calendar 11
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OFFICE & CONTACT INFORMATION
Thank you for helping with
the April newsletter assembly:
Angie & Joe Thostenson
Sunday, May 6th Augustana - 10:30 a.m. Pr. Steve Quist Bergen - 9:00 a.m. Pr. Steve Quist St. Lucas – 10:30 a.m Pulpit Supply Yellow Medicine – 9:00 a.m Pulpit Supply Sunday, May 13th Augustana - 10:30 a.m. Pr. Steve Quist Bergen - 9:00 a.m. Pr. Steve Quist St. Lucas – 10:30 a.m Pr. Stephen Olson Yellow Medicine – 9:00 a.m Pr. Stephen Olson Sunday, May 20th Augustana - 10:30 a.m. Pr. Steve Quist Bergen - 9:00 a.m. Pr. Steve Quist St. Lucas – 10:30 a.m Pr. Stephen Olson Yellow Medicine – 9:00 a.m Pr. Stephen Olson Sunday, May 27th Augustana - 10:30 a.m. Pr. Steve Quist Bergen - 9:00 a.m. Pr. Steve Quist St. Lucas – 10:30 a.m Pr. Stephen Olson Yellow Medicine – 9:00 a.m Pr. Stephen Olson
Contact Information Pastor Stephen Olson 218-290-6244 [email protected] Pastor Steve Quist 507-337-0068 [email protected] Healing Waters Parish Staff Angie Thostenson 507-766-0909 [email protected] Augustana Office Mindi Rokusek 320-269-1166 [email protected] Bergen Office Cindy Skulstad 320-841-1780 [email protected] St. Lucas Office Ronda Gregg Herigon 507-872-6535 [email protected] Yellow Medicine Office Annette Sharkey 507-768-3417 [email protected]
Please notify us when:
There is a birth or adoption of a child
There is a death in your family
There is a hospitalization in your family
Someone becomes home bound
Someone becomes unemployed
You move or get a new phone number
A child moves out of the house or attends college or whenever there is a cause for sorrow or a cause for joy
Healing Waters Parish, the body of Christ, wants to bring you Christ’s love in all the seasons of your life.
Weather Related Cancellations of Worship Services, Sunday School, or Confirmation: Website – www.healingwatersparish.org Facebook – Healing Waters Parish Radio - KMHL – 1400 AM (Marshall) or
KDMA – 1460 AM (Montevideo)
Community Prayer List
Janet Tantow, Sally Pehrson, Gary Johnson, Duane Severson, Jill Boehne, Margaret Remiger, Jerome
Timm, Cindy Buyert, Tony Rodriguez, Adela Espinosa + Please let our church secretary or the pastors know of any change that should be made to the prayer list.
Worship Schedule
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WORSHIP SCHEDULE Sunday, May 6 10:30 am Sunday, May 13 10:30 am Sunday, May 20 10:30 am Sunday, May 27 10:30 am
AUGUSTANA LUTHERAN CHURCH NEWS
Augustana Lutheran Church
921 11th Avenue
Clarkfield, MN 56223
Augustana Prayer List
Bette Schweer, Erling Anderson, Pat
Willander
2018 HWP Valhalla Schedule: Please pick a month you would be willing to bring some goody like cake, cookies or whatever you choose to serve after church services when Healing Waters Parish is scheduled. The following dates are open: June 27, August 15, October 3, & November 21. We have no dates in February, April, July, September, and December. Call Nancy Chasteen at 320-669-7427 or 320-226-1529 if you would be willing to help out. Services usually start at 2:00 pm so please drop it off at Valhalla any time prior to 1:30.
Rachel Circle will not meet May through August May work group leaders:
Dick & Elaine Petersen
Council: Nancy will
contact council
members to set date of
next council meeting. Fellowship: Remember the first Sunday of the month we have fellowship prior to services at 9:30 am. If you would like to bring something to have with coffee/juice, please let Nancy know what month you would like.
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WORSHIP SCHEDULE Sunday, May 6 9:00 am Sunday, May 13 9:00 am Sunday, May 20 9:00 am Sunday, May 27 9:00 am
WORSHIP SCHEDULE Sunday, May 6 10:30 am Sunday, May 13 10:30 am Sunday, May 20 10:30 am Sunday, May 27 10:30 am
BERGEN LUTHERAN CHURCH NEWS
Bergen Lutheran Church
4603 310th Ave.
Granite Falls, MN 56241
320-841-1780
ST. LUCAS LUTHERAN CHURCH NEWS St. Lucas Lutheran Church
4232 170th Avenue
Cottonwood, MN 56229
Bergen Prayer List:
Bonnie
Westfield, Carol Crosby
Opening Church &
Work Group
Leaders:
TBD
St. Lucas Prayer List none
St. Lucas Lutheran Cemetery Association Rules and Regulations
Effective January 1, 2016 ~Memorial Day flowers and decorations are permitted one week before and one week after Memorial Day. ~Flowers and decorations at other times must not interfere with the maintenance and care of the cemetery. Removal of these will be at the discretion of the cemetery board. ~No planting of trees or plants is permitted. ~Cremated remains may not be scattered anywhere in the cemetery. The remains must be in a container and buried within a burial space approved by the cemetery board. ~The St. Lucas Cemetery assumes no responsibility for vandalism or defacing of interment lots. ~The cemetery board reserves the right to change these rules and regulations as they deem necessary for the operation of the cemetery.
Bergen Women’s Meeting will meet at the church on Wednesday,
May 9th at 1:30 pm.
Sunday School News: May 6th – 9:00 am
Sunday School May 16th – 6:30-7:15 pm
Sunday School
If you have information you would like to have in the newsletter, please contact Nancy Chasteen at 320-669-7427/320-226-1529 or [email protected]
We are still in need of a congregational representative to serve on the Healing Waters Parish Council. Please let Nancy or Jolene know if you would consider serving a term. Jolene is Augustana’s Council representative.
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WORSHIP SCHEDULE Sunday, May 6 7:00 am Sunday, May 13 9:00 am Sunday, May 20 9:00 am Sunday, May 27 9:00 am
YELLOW MEDICINE LUTHERAN CHURCH NEWS
Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church
101 Main Street, P.O. Box 119
Hanley Falls, MN 56245
Yellow Medicine
Prayer List Dennis Brouwer,
Elvera Cole, Heather Torke, Zee
Anne Reishus, Bruce Engel, Loie
Dale
May Birthdays: 01 – Janeen Kompelien 05 – Larry Stensrud 07 – Wesley Anderson 08 – Beulah Anderson 16 – Charlotte Hoff 22 – Norman Anderson 25 – Isaiah Brusven 29 – Teal Bofferding
Sunday School News: No Sunday School for the summer
High School Seniors Receiving Quilts Sunday, May 13th, 2018
Brianna Oftedahl, Jakob Pringle, Kolin Eckstrom, Nick Lindstrom, Jared Stevens, Hannah Lecy, Holly Oftedahl, Zach Thorkelson, and Austin Timm
May One Thing The theme for May is “Help a Hero”. There are many non-profit volunteer groups across the country that ship packages of essentials to the brave men and women serving around the globe. We are again asking for individualized powdered drink mixes (ex. Crystal Light, Koolaid, etc.) and chapstick. We are adding dental floss and letters that express your thanks
for those serving our country. Please bring these things during the month of May. There will be a drop box in the Narthex. These items are requested and greatly appreciated. Please be generous and “Help a Hero”.
Graduation Open House for Teal
Bofferding Saturday, May 19th from 3-6 pm at the
Terry & Linda Dieken residence – 335 Northwood Dr.
Cottonwood
Annual Ascension Day Brunch hosted by the Hope
Lutheran Church Women will be on May 10th at 9:30
am. Please let Connie Pehrson know if you are interested in attending.
Pastor Eric Natwick of Tracy Lutheran will be the speaker
for this 28th annual event.
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GRADUATION CELEBRATIONS! KOLIN EDWARD ECKSTROM, son of Adam and Laura Eckstrom, will be celebrating his
graduation from YME High School with an open house at his home, 225 5th Avenue, Hanley
Falls, on Saturday, June 2nd, from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
HANNAH AMANDA LECY, daughter of Chuck and Amanda Lecy, will be celebrating her
graduation from YME High School with an open house at her home, 1836 610th St., Echo, MN
on Saturday, June 9th, from 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
NICHOLAS JAMES LINDSTROM, son of Cory & Sue Lindstrom, will be celebrating his
graduation from YME High School with an open house at his home, 142 S 3rd Street, Hanley
Falls, on Friday evening, June 1st, following commencement.
BRIANNA LYNN OFTEDAHL, daughter of Carrie and Ben Albertson and the late Adam
Oftedahl, will be celebrating her graduation from Lakeview High School with an open house at
her home, 91 Juno Lane, Cottonwood, MN on Sunday, May 20, from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
HOLLY JEAN OFTEDAHL, daughter of Mark and Laura Oftedahl, will be celebrating her
graduation from Lakeview High School with an open house at the Hanley Falls Fire Hall, 105
Rail Road Ave. Hanley Falls, MN, on Sunday, June 3rd 2018 from 3-6 pm. Please join us and
help her celebrate! Holly will be attending USF in Sioux Falls for Radiology.
JAKOB ALLEN PRINGLE, son of Aaron & Alison Bakkelund and John Paul & Heather Pringle,
will be celebrating his graduation from YME High School with an open house at the Hanley
Falls Fire Hall on June 2nd from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
JARED CLAYTON STEVENS, son of Sharon Stevens and Dan Stevens, will be celebrating his
graduation from Lakeview High School with two open house celebrations at the Hanley Falls
Fire Hall--Saturday, May 12th from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. and on Saturday, May 19th from
4:00 - 8:00 p.m. All are welcome!
AUSTIN GLEN TIMM, son of Kelly and Connie Timm, will be celebrating his graduation at his
home (2109 510th St., Hanley Falls) after commencement ceremonies at Lakeview High School
on Friday, May 18th.
Youth Church Softball League needs your help! We are looking for youth grades 7th through 12th to play as part of the youth softball league in June and July.
This is open to anyone in Healing Waters Parish and the community. There are no standards at how good you
are as long as you are willing to play! If you or anyone you know is interested please contact Gary Enger at 507-
828-9400 ASAP as he needs to get the leagues set up. If we do not get enough youth to make a team the
youth church softball league will soon end. Please consider this FUN opportunity!!
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OTHER NEWS:
THE MAY YMLC COUNCIL MEETING will be held Tuesday, May 8th, 2018, at 7:00 p.m.
RAFFLE ITEMS NEEDED: THE WELCA Spring Fling is coming in May. We are asking for donations of
additional raffle items for the May Quilt Raffle. If you can offer an item or items for the raffle, please
contact Carol Engel at 507-768-3695.
YELLOW MEDICINE LUTHERAN CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL is in need of leadership for the next school year.
Please let one of the Church Council members or Annette know if you are interested in helping with this. “New Ideas” are always welcome!
34th ANNUAL QUILT AUCTION FOR GREEN LAKE LUTHERAN MINISTRIES will take place Saturday,
July 28, and plans are well underway. The Quilt Auction is GLLM’s largest fundraising effort each year and
is such a fun event. We hope you can join us at the auction! Quilts and silent auction items can be
delivered to camp now through July 20th. If you are interested in volunteering during the event, please
contact us at (320) 796-2181 or [email protected]. Auction begins at 11:30 a.m. at Green Lake Bible
Camp, 9916 Lake Avenue South, Spicer, MN. Live online bidding at www.gllm.org. Quilt Review is $3.00.
on Friday, July 27th, 5-8 pm and Saturday, July 28th, 9-10:30 am.
MAY
BIRTHDAYS! 01 Orlen Torke
04 Carol Rikke
05 Mark Thostenson
Kendra Velde
06 Tomas Volstad
07 Trevor Tusberg
08 Douglas Anderson
10 Will Jeseritz
Tyler Lundin
Allen Torke
11 Billy Sharkey
12 Hannah Fry
Jay McPhail
Jessica Stolen-Jacobson
13 Madelin Kuehl
14 Larry Torke
15 Derrald Meyer
Kelly Thorkelson
16 Gary Enger
Paul Gullickson
18 Kayleigh Albertson
Heather Torke
20 Jon Thostenson
21 Zoe Velde
22 Tim Dale
Tony Eye
Sue Nelson
Nick Risacher
29 David Anderson
JoHanna McPhail
30 Danny Eye
31 Blake Lindstrom
Brooke Sand
MAY ASSIGNMENTS:
Ushers: 6 Kevin Eye 15 Gary Enger 20 Arlan Gustafson 27 Allen Torke
Lay Readers: 6 Elmo Volstad 15 Kristin Nygaard 20 Glenn Sharkey 27 Jon Thostenson
Altar Guild: Connie Velde Communion Assistant: Wanda vance Acolytes: 6 Carter Eckstrom Crossbearers: 6 Naomi Kuehl Funeral Chairs: Service Group #3 Carrie Albertson (612) 716-5825 Brenda Brusven (507) 828-0892
Yellow Medicine Lutheran East & West
Cemetery
Rules & Regulations
~No shrubbery shall be allowed
~All family decorations are at the family’s own risk and will be
removed at the next mowing. ~All foot markers to be set at grass
level to preclude equipment damage.
~It shall be the duty of the Sextons to enter upon any lot or grave to
prohibit, modify or remove and dispose of any structure or object
which may have been placed there in violation of any of the rules and
regulations submitted, or which may be considered in their judgement to
be unsightly, dangerous, objectionable or interferes with the
cemetery operations. ~Family shall be responsible for the
cost of snow removal in the case of winter burials.
~The cemetery board reserves the
right to change these rules or to make such other rules as they deem
necessary for the operation of the cemetery. No notice of such intended
changes shall be required.
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COMMUNITY
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