Emanuel Lutheran Church

June 2021

Enlightener

Michael Holman, LLM

(231)824-6757 (cell)

holmi@1fj.com

Emanuel Lutheran Church: 906-942-7245

emanuel@tds.net www.be-lutheran.org

Emanuel Lutheran Church of Skandia , ELCA

Celebrating 126 Years of

God’s Faithfulness

Council Members

Sandi Ruotsi

Richard Cooke

Lois Kokko

Betsy Koski

Jane Sims

Dan Bahrman

Jolene Kokko

Christian Education

Michael Holman, LLM ~

Confirmation

Leah Kainulainen , Karen Maki ~

Sunday School

Sandi Ruotsi ~ Adult Forum

Office

Jolene Kokko ~ Office Assistant

Michael Holman, LLM

(231)824-6757 (cell) Email: holmi@1fj.com

Office Hours: Tuesday 1-5pm, Thurs. 9am-2pm

Committee Leaders

Sandi Ruotsi ~

Council President

Barb Bach ~ Stewardship

Sarah Kimball ~ Outreach

Betsy Koski ~ Christian Education

Jane Sims ~ Worship & Music

Roger Kimball ~ Building &

Property

Pam Bahrman~ Cemetery

Business Manager

Emanuel Lutheran Church has both a Face Book

Page and website! Catch up on upcoming and past

events, our monthly calendar and Enlightener

newsletters and view our Sunday worship service at:

www.be-lutheran.org

Congregational Leadership

Sunday Worship is being held indoors in the sanctuary while social

distancing and wearing masks beginning at 9 AM. It is also available online at

www.be-lutheran.org and can be heard via radio station 87.9FM during

the worship service in the parking lot.

Remember in Prayer …

Our members, family, and friends who are ill, have

health concerns, are grieving, or are in need;

Cindy Shelton, Craig Wolf, Carol Wolf, Sarah Kimball,

Mary Lou Behrens, and Connie Ritter.

Our members and friends who are absent from

worship and unable to attend,

prayers for Vonda Berglund.

Our Thanks and Praise to God. If you have a prayer

request for yourself or others, or would like to be on the

prayer team, please let the office know by calling or by

leaving a message at 942-7245.

Birthday Blessings Birthday Blessings

June 1-Carlos Perez

June 2-Ronda Barr

June 4-Sherri Jo Murphy

June7-Tom Mattson

June 9-Pam Bahrman

June 9– Connie Ritter

June 15-Toni Peterson

June 16-Dale Ingalls

June 23-John Berglund

Anniversary Blessings

June 2-Andy & Becca Bahrman

June 7-Dave & Sue Ridolphi

June 10 Paul & Betsy Koski

June 15-Bob & Bonnie Barr

June 16-Todd & Karen Maki

June 26-Chuck & Patti Bergdahl

Thank you to Toni Peterson for sponsoring the

June worship bulletins in memory of Keith.

“ Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing

up and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a hundred-

fold.” Mark 4: 8

Dearest Sisters and Brothers in Christ, hope and grace and

peace be with you.

The weather has finally turned so now we turn our focus

toward doing some gardening. I can not speak for all of you but

as for me I find great joy while working the soil whether it be a

small raised bed or large acreage it just feels good to me. The

soil is prepared, the seeds sown or maybe a plant transplanted

as our growing season is rather short, things are watered and

with great hope, we anticipate a fantastic harvest that might be

shared with others. Not everything planted is for eating though

as flowers of all varieties add a splash of color everywhere as

well as attracting those insect pollinators that we need. Yes, I

think it might be safe to say the growing season is upon us. The

natural world also preparing to grow and show off its splendor.

As I mentioned it is the growing season, not only in the

physical world but also in our spiritual realm. Throughout these

growing days we will continue to be bombarded by the

craziness of this world. Our willingness to endure these things

will be tested so just like our gardens we will need to tend our

health both physical and mental so that we might grow and

flourish in Christ Jesus our Lord. We need to build on the

foundations that have been established within us. We will need

to feed ourselves with God’s Word and actively work to remove

that which tries to separate us from the love of God. With daily

care our roots will reach deep drawing all that we need for life

making us stronger and stronger. Together we will blossom and

begin to set fruit, fruit that we might see an abundant harvest

down the road.

My hope is that we all get some rest and pleasure in these

coming days. That our work will give us great joy as we labor

toward the harvest. That we trust in our Creator to nourish and

tend to us that we might give praise and glory to the Father,

Son and Holy Spirit. May your joy be complete in Christ Jesus

our Lord.

Shalom,

Michael

Lifting Up to God in Prayer

•For our congregations in transition. We pray that God

raise up and prepare pastoral leaders who will be blessed

and be a blessing in each situation.

•For those who are awaiting a vaccine for Covid. May the

supply meet the demand all across the world.

•For peace and a way forward in Palestine and Israel

•For Bishop Emeritus Dale Skogman and former Synod

Vice President Pamela Long, both diagnosed with terminal

cancer. God grant comfort, the support of family and

friends, and that peace that only God in Christ Jesus can

give.

•Prayers of thanksgiving and gratitude for the Spirit that

gathered people across our Synod together in assembly.

We give thanks and praise for all that was accomplished,

discussed, experienced, and shared!

Check out www.prayfaithfully.org for a weekly Breath Prayer

and Daily Devotions and visit the Northern Great Lakes Synod

website: www.nglsynod.org.

We are supporting Habit for Humanity by

supplying a lunch for the work crew, now

Wednesday, July 28 for 20 workers. We

need help with preparing a lunch for the

workers. I will not know the location and

any worker’s food allergies until the week before. Donating a

bag of chips, juice boxes, fresh veggies and dip, yogurt cups,

fruit, etc. are just a few ways to help. Please call or e-mail me

if you can help with providing the lunch in any way for the

workers; 942-7492 or kimball125@tds.net and thank you!

Sarah Kimball

We are planning on holding our

2021 Annual Bazaar and Quilt

Sale Saturday, November 20

while following the current CDC

recommendations at that time.

Our event is only possible with

lots of help! Please consider

joining us by crafting once a week this fall or by making

creations on your own for the bazaar. Our wreaths are a very

traditional, popular item and clipping branches before making

them is a fun and easy way to help while sharing fellowship and

fun with others! A beautiful quilt has once again been made

and donated by Connie Arnett Ritter for our raffle, and we are

grateful for your upcoming help selling those raffle tickets. We

are now looking for additional hand crafted items for the raffle

too. More information will be coming along and thank you for

considering to help in the many different ways.

Since there will be no Sunday School classes held in person due to the

corona virus, a teacher booklet and children

been given to each family for home lessons. Adult Forum will begin

the first Sunday of October, meeting after the Sunday worship

services. Protocol will be set prior to the their first meeting

concerning precautions to be used with the virus.

Congratulations to Becca Bahrman for

receiving her degree from the School of

Nursing at Northern Michigan University.

May God bless you as you continue in your

health care career and making a difference

in so many lives!

A big thank you to both Todd Barr for volunteer-

ing to plant and care for the flower beds this

summer season at Emanuel and to Roger Kimball

for his upkeep of both Emanuel and Haglund

cemeteries. We are grateful for you both and

your dedication to keeping our church grounds

and community beautiful!

Quilting at Toni Peterson’s is under-

way for this year! It is held at her

home, 214 Maple Grove Road on

Tuesdays beginning at 9:30 a.m. All

are invited to help make quilts for

Lutheran World Relief and we also tie some quilts for our annual

bazaar. We are always in need of supplies: sewing thread, and

clean/flat sheets for the backing of the quilt tops. Thank you for

supporting this outreach ministry.

….to all that helped with the annual high-

way clean-up and cemetery clean-ups!

Upon arrival with a crew to clean up the

Emanuel Cemetery, most fallen sticks had

already been removed! A BIG thank you to

those that did that, it made a shorter clean

-up with most time spent raking and spreading gravel and a few

leaves. Thanks to all (including the very young) that again

participated in being stewards of God’s creation!

Since we didn’t hold our annual bazaar last

November, the quilting group has many quilts

available for sale if you are in need of a

special gift or would like to purchase one for

yourself! Talk with Toni Peterson or the office if

you would like more information.

EXCITING NEWS! Thank you to the support of our congrega-

tion, friends and community for the last

three years, by attending many events;

holiday bazaars, soup & pie socials, the

Scandinavian Smorgasbord, rummage sales

and by donating to our GoFundMe

account, a community member Matching

Fund, supporting quilt raffles and many

other monetary donations, our new roof has been completely

paid. Thank you all we are truly blessed by everyone’s support!

2021 Worship Times at Emanuel Lutheran Church

March –June 9AM July-Oct 11AM Nov-Dec 9AM

Our Annual Congregation Meeting will

be held Sunday, June 27th

following worship. It will be held in

person in the fellowship hall with light

refreshments, socially distancing and

wearing masks. Copies of the Annual Report are on the table as

you enter the sanctuary and they can also be mailed to you, just

let the office know, 942-7245. Please bring your copy of the

Annual Report to the Annual Meeting.

Thank you to all that have been turning in

Econo receipts to support the World Hunger

Fund. We are hoping to submit them twice

a year beginning at the end of June for

Econo’s “We Share” 1% matching funds

program. If you would like to also help by

totaling up or grouping the receipts prior to

totaling, talk with Jolene to get the

information and methods used. We are also looking for a small

calculator with paper for adding up the receipts.

We are heading into high gear in preparation for summer camp, and we couldn't be more excited!!! There are a few things that we'd like to update you on...

End of Summer Worship Service ~After the overwhelming gratitude you showed for the Epiphany worship service, we have decided to offer another one to our association congregations and friends. The 30-40 minute service is intended for the weekend of August 14-15. It will be available to preview on our YouTube channel by Friday, August 13. It can also be sent via a direct link for those who wish to download it directly. The worship service will in-clude Bible readings from the lectionary texts, prayers, worship songs, and a sermon, all done camp-style, featuring summer campers and staff. The ser-vice will be a great way to celebrate what God has done through the summer camp ministry of Fortune Lake, while providing an opportunity to worship together, and maybe even giving your tech team a week off!

Camper Update ~ We are so excited for the long list of campers who are preparing to join us this summer! There is still limited room in Youth Camp (sorry... Vagabond programs are all full!), with additional availability in Intergenerational Camp and Staff Supported Rentals. Please encourage your congregation and community members to register soon. We have waiting lists for full programs in the event that some campers need to cancel unexpectedly.

Staffing Update ~ Our 2021 Summer Staff is shaping up to be a fantastic team! We are almost done hiring, but we have four more positions we'd like to fill: 2 male Cabin Leaders and 2 female Cabin Leaders. Please encourage the young adults in your community to consider joining us! Must be at least 18 years old and available June 13-July 30. No experience necessary, as we have a strong group of returning staff ready to pass on the torch.

Camper Fees and Camperships due by June 1 ~ Here's your gentle reminder that all camper payments are due to the Fortune Lake office by June 1, including camperships offered by congregations. Those who are not paid in full by that dates will forfeit their early bird discount. If you have any ques-tions, please reach out to Deborah at officemanager@fortunelake.org

Grace & Peace, Amanda Rasner, Camp Director

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