Volume 34, Issue 7
Summer Worship
Pastor’s Pen 2
Youth News 3
Keenagers 4
Adult Ministry 4
July Anniver-saries & Birthdays
5& 7
Aug. Anniver-saries & Birthdays
6 & 8
Church
Calendars
9
&
10
Inside this issue:
Hope Lutheran Church, Bozeman, Montana
July and
August 2013
SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Sunday Mornings at 8:30 and 10 am
Sermons on the Assigned Biblical Texts
Wednesday Nights
5:45 pm Picnic
Fellowship
6:30 pm Informal
Worship
Sermon Series:
“I Always Wanted to Hear a Sermon on…” Bring a lawn chair or blanket and
a picnic dinner for you and your family.
Lemonade and a grill will be provided.
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Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Welcome to KAYLA and ERIC. Kayla starts her year as our pastoral intern on July 1.
They moved into their apartment on June 25 and hopefully have begun to get the lay
of the land. I know you will welcome them to our community. You might want to
invite them for a cookout. I know how much Joyce and I enjoyed those early dinner
conversations and the opportunity to get to know folks here at Hope in a casual
atmosphere.
Hope Lutheran church is a learning center and I, as Kayla’s supervisor, become an
extension of the seminary’s faculty. The pastoral internship is a critical part of the
education for future pastors in our church. Reports throughout the year will be
shared with both Kayla’s candidacy committee for her Synod and with Luther
Seminary. Kayla and I will have a formal weekly supervision meeting where we will talk about her
experience and learning objectives throughout the year. The goal of the internship year is to give
the seminarian an opportunity to experience the full spectrum of what life as a parish pastor entails.
Kayla and I will join with the other interns and supervisors of Region 1 twice during her internship.
These cluster meetings are always beneficial as we hear from all the interns how their year is going.
Every congregation serving as an internship site also has a Lay Internship Committee that will meet
with the intern each month to discuss how the internship is going and address any concerns raised
by the intern. The Lay Internship Committee also will be asked to provide a six month and final
evaluation. The chair of our committee this year is Brent Rosso.
Kayla will be preaching on a regular basis with frequency that will increase to every other week in
the final months of her internship. She will be interacting with the various teams, committees, and
the Congregational Council. She will be making pastoral visits and will join Paul and myself as a
member of our program staff.
I am delighted to have Kayla and Eric join us for the coming
year and look forward to having Kayla as a pastoral
colleague. Eric, a music major in college, has accepted my
invitation to restart and direct our bell choir here at Hope
Lutheran.
There will be a reception following each service on Sunday,
July 7 to welcome them.
Kayla and Eric Billings
Calling all Middle School
Youth: Don’t miss our
annual community service
day camp! This year we will
gather once again with
Christ the King Lutheran
and First Presbyterian for a
week long service camp
experience. Join us as we
work with many area
service organizations, and
learn about serving
others...both here in this
valley and across the world!
We meet every morning at
9 a.m. for an opening
celebration and service
assignments. We then head
out to several locations
each day. Some possible
projects include: building
wheel chairs with Roc
Wheels , bettering our trail
system with Gallatin Valley
Land Trust, helping feed
the hungry through the
food bank, learning about
homelessness with Family
Promise and much more!
This year on Friday we will
enjoy a high ropes
course at Rock
Haven camp! The
cost for this week is
$50 and online reg-
istration will be
available in early
May. Sign up
early...it always fills!
Only 5 spaces
currently remain!
Contact Paul
Goodman for more
information.
Service Plunge
their trip. As a sponsor, you
commit to financially support
one day of youth’s experience
at $50. Likewise, you commit
to pray for youth and you
commit to write a note or
card to your sponsored youth.
Youth will receive these notes
on your assigned day and will
pray for you.
This year, we will have a
sponsor dinner on Sunday,
August 25, where youth will
share their experiences with
We are currently seeking daily
sponsors for our youth and
adults who will be attending the
Arizona Trip this summer.
Sponsoring a youth directly
connects you to the youth and
their experience. While in
Arizona, each youth will blog
about their experience, and will
send you a card directly from
Sponsor a Youth
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Vacation Bible School was
a huge success this year! We
had 140 children and another
25 youth and adults who helped
make it happen! Throughout
the week children learned what
it means to Stand Strong for
God. This was a wonderful
joint effort with Holy Rosary!
Thank you to all who helped
make this happen!
ADULT FAITH ENRICHMENT
BIBLE STUDIES
The Thursday 11:30 Bible Study focuses on the Scrip-
ture texts assigned for the upcoming Sunday services.
The discussion is facilitated by the pastor who will be
preaching on that Sunday.
WOMEN’S CIRCLE
BIBLE STUDIES
We currently have one Women’s circle. Deborah circle
meets at the church at 7 pm on the second Tuesday
of the month except June, July and August.
They follow the Bible Study in the magazine Gather For
Faith And Action published by the Women of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Extra copies
of the study will be available at the church or at the meet-
ing.
Guests are invited to attend.
KEENAGERS PICNIC AT CHOATES
The second annual Keenagers potluck picnic will again be at Darrel and Robin Choate’s
cabin in the Gallatin Canyon on August 11 at 4 pm. No desserts for the potluck . Just ap-
petizers and salads or picnic casseroles. Folks may bring their own wine or beer. Coffee
and lemonade will be provided. Entertainment information will be forth coming.
Directions will be in the August Hope Herald. Put this date on your calendar now.
CAMPUS MINISTRY
Pastor Steve is working with the Christus Collegium Board to evaluate ways to revive the
importance of Campus Ministry. To do this, he would like to identify MSU alumni who were
a part of campus ministry while a student. If this is YOU, please call or email the office
(586-5572) or [email protected]. We need your help!
We Say Thank You
TO FOR
Cheryl and Jack Holm, Jesse and Miranda Renner, Jody
May and Karen Hall
For preparing and planting the Community
Garden
All the VBS Volunteers and Paul Goodman For a fabulous week of learning about God’s
Kingdom with 140 children.
Mitch Kayser For providing the hotdogs for the VBS
picnic
Lesley Bredvik, Paula and Dennis Beehler, Bob and Jorlene
Harold and Susan McConnell
For serving at the Community Café in June
JULY ANNIVERSARIES
July
July
Ronda and Jim Russell 1 Jan and Dan Davies 16
Nathan and Cherie Albrecht 2 Dick and Barb Deschamps 20
Kyle and Morgan Scarr 3 Jeff and Ali Weedin 20
Stu and Barb Starner 3 Angela and Doug Shanley 21
Tom and Cindy Kostrba 7 Tyler and Jody Delaney 22
Gary and Juli Bummer 8 Andrew and Tami McLaughlin 26
Wayne and Linda Heath 8 Ray and Elizabeth Linsky 27
Marsha and Geroge Polansky 9 Bud and Justine Bell 28
Jeff and Heather Nehring 14 Mark and Jeana Blomstrom 29
John and Heidi Parkes 14 Mark and Pam Refling 31
Lectionary for July
FOCUS SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR July, 2013
July 7 Isaiah 66:10-14 Psalm 66:1-9 Galatians 6:7-16 Luke 10:1-11, 16-
20
July 14 Deuteronomy 30:9-
14 Psalm 25:1-10 Colossians 1:1-14 Luke 10:25-37
July 21 Genesis 18:1-10a Psalm 15 Colossians 1:15-28 Luke 10:38-42
July 28 Genesis 18:20-22 Psalm 138 Colossians 2:6-15 Luke 11:1-13
AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES
August
August
Chris and Jan Bowers 2 Mike and Judy Hammond 51 17
Mitch and Jen Kayser 2 Russell and Jennifer White 17
Brent Rosso & Rebekah
VanWieren 3 Mark and Sue Hawkinson 18
Betsy and Walker Asserson 4 Rodney and Sharon Kott 19
Robin and Carol Long 4 Dewey and Marsha Kertz 21
Jamie and Justine Bottcher 5 Aaron and Terri Lyles 21
Kathy and Rick Brink 5 Brady and Sarah Meltzer 23
Ken and Lynn Kelting-Gibson 5 Dave and Barb Moe 23
Jeff and Jill Serocki 5 Tim and Debbie Shearman 23
Kevin and Sheila Gilbertson 7 Clayton and Helen Schievelbein 61 24
Elwood Bakken & Karma Kiang 8 Matt and Laurie Edwards 25
Mike and Ann Blake 8 Dan and Joyce Lohss 52 26
Jim and Judy McKenna 8 Scott Bohr & Jeanne Marie
Callahan 27
Ryan and Danielle Scharf 9 Brian and LaVerne Goldhahn 27
Lynn and Jan Strand 55 9 Harry and Becca Murphy 27
Dave and Cyndi Meldahl 11 Mark Peterson & Irene Dahl 28
Eric and Laura Roset 12 Robert and DiLyn Arneson 30
Bob and Karen Waller 14 David and Ellen Pedersen 30
John and Kristin How 15 Dan and Shari March 50 31
Paul and Diane Brokke 16
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JULY BIRTHDAYS 1st
Karen Bailey
Radley Gilpin
Brian Landsverk
2nd
Flack Babcock
3rd
Dade Dooley
Jack Hyyppa
Karma Kiang
Brett Swimley
4th
Thane Adams
Henry Asserson
Connie Plenke
5th
Bill Fiedler
6th
WJ Anderson
Ty Lourie
7th
Lena Haugan
Nora Haugan
Corrine Klepatz
Laura Roset
8th
Lisa Berkram
Hannah Waller
9th
Mike Hammond
John Thompson
Ellie Vanwieren
Rosso
10th
Beth Lohman
Monte Oliver
11th
Lois Johnson
Aaron McKenna
Connor Schultz
12th
Allison Coffman
Melvin Howe
John McDonnell
Brant Wiehardt
13th
Katie Wiehardt
14th
Betsy Asserson
Chase Burian
Paysen Naylor
Jeremie Waller
15th
Randi Stephens
16th
Kara Hagenlock
Walt (Gator) Rivers
17th
Sally Coffman
Jonathan Jennings
Gordon Mundt
18th
Matthew Miller
19th
Brett Boxwell
21st
Emma Adams
Monika Johnson
Bette March
Marsha Paulson
Matthew Roset
22nd
Brad Dirckx
23rd
Lindsey Hackbarth
Pam Refling
Maggie Russell
Olivia Waterton
24th
Chris Babcock
25th
Cole Pipal
Tim Spring
Richard Thomas
Alexis Tomac
26th
Bob Larson
Regan Lundgren
Jeff Nehring
Jeff Serocki
Bodie Smith
27th
Brant Albrecht
Jackson Fiedler
28th
Elly Atkins
Kinley Burian
Lynn Fiedler
Jen Kayser
29th
Rachel Jennings
30th
Angela Jennings
William McDonnell
Tom Sather
Lauren Waterton
31st
Sean McCarthy
Hannah Mohr
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS 1st
Paula Beehler
Glen Edsall
Kristin McAllister
2nd
Nathan Adams
Annika Landsverk
Mike Long
Nick Marudas
Becca Tilleman
3rd
Dave Cameron
4th
Toby Naylos
5th
Dylon Flikkema
Jaynee Groseth
Janice Hausauer
Eric Ibarra
Joseph Kehoe
Alanna Kraft
Brady Meltzer
Jessica Stites
Kinsey White
6th
Kaylee Davies
Peg Dirckx
Mark Hawkinson
7th
Alivia Ballenger
Kellie Cahill
Harlee Flikkema
8th
John Refling
Tyler Schultz
Jill Serocki
Walt Weaver
9th
Sue Howe
Jeff Walaker
10th
Jaydee Shepherd
12th
Nancy Astrup
Gary Bishop
Tyler Blomstrom
Naomi Mohr
13th
Carter Buchanan
Coby Lowe
Ruth Reiser
Abby Waldear
14th
Kathy Kracht
15th
Amy McMahon
Geroge Polansky
Walter Salaes
Michael Shepherd
16th
Lisa Innes
David Ming
17th
Nigel Anselmi
Rick Bilstad
18th
Scott Bohr
Jordan Davie
Norma Murdoch
Andy Walker
19th
Alden Bottcher
Brady Schulz
20th
Ian McDonnell
Karen Waller
21st
Kari Ballenger
Sophia Robinson
Nigel Waterton
22nd
Jamie Bottcher
Jason Hanson
Gail Larson
Jacob McKernon
Jon Stites
24th
Quaid Ash
Ted Hundtoft
Ashlyn Shepherd
25th
Marge Dogterom
(93)
26th
Soren Gilje
Alysyn McDonnell
27th
Jack Fellerhoff
28th
Ron Pike
29th
Zach Boxwell
Steve Coffman
Rodney Kott
Peyton Renner
30th
Mark Blomstrom
31st
Emily Christiansen
Roland Kroos
Connie Thomas
Zack Tompers
Debbie Tysse
Lectionary for August
FOCUS SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR August, 2013
Aug. 4 Ecclesiastes 1:2,12-
14; 2:18-23 Psalm 49:1-12 Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13-21
Aug. 11 Genesis 15:1-6 Psalm 33:12-22 Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Luke 12:32-40
Aug. 18 Jeremiah 23:23-29 Psalm 82
Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Luke 12:49-56
Aug. 25 Isaiah 58:9b-14 Psalm 103:1-8 Hebrews 12:18-29 Luke 13:10-17
This Hope Herald is a combination publication for
both July and August.
Please take note of topics that pertain to you for
both months.