Shepherd of thePines Lutheran Church1950125thStreetNWRice, MN56367Phone: 393-4295Pastors Home/Study Phone:363-1323Email: sotpministries@jetup.net2015Church Website: sotpministries.comBlessings,I hopeyouhavebeenenjoyingthegreat giftsGodhasgivenusinthesummer months.No matter the season, let us allow our Lord to lead us and let usbe willing to go with the ow.In my devotion time I have been reading through theboo!of"cclesiastes #$he Living Bibleversion%and"cclesiastes &'()*(+jumpedout at me and I felt moved to share it with you'SeethewayGoddoesthi!sad"a## ito#ie$ %o&t'!htthe"actso"at(re$Who ca strai!hte what he has )ade croo*ed+,-oy .ros.erity whee/er yo( ca, ad whe hard ti)es stri*e, rea#i0e that God !i/es oe as we## asthe other 1 so that e/eryoe wi## rea#i0e that othi! is certai i #i"e$2$he only certain thing in this life is a saving relationship with ,esus -hrist and .is/ord.$hat0s where our certainty lies1 not on the things of this world.God is in control ofour world..e created it and the laws that govern it.It only ma!es sense that we shouldfollow his plan. 2oing things hisway willlead usto live in harmony with God,otherpeople, and the world we live in./e will never understand everything about our worldor why things happen.$here are some things in life that will never ma!e sense.But Godis in control. By trusting in him and obeying his plan for healthy living we can live aproductiveandjoyful life. LivingatoddswithGod0splanwill onlyleadtoincreasedsu3ering and eventual destruction.4egardless of the season, let us as! the .oly 5pirit to help us follow God0s plan and!now that the Lord forgives us where we fail.6astor BobBoard of Lay MinistryPending Approval MinutesJuly 16, 2015BOLMmemberspresent: Brent Betker, DebErdmann, Curt Kvamme, KeithHackett, KeithPeterson, Sarahnderson, !im "eut#, $a%ne &ohnsonEM! members present: Maria !raut, Brenda Hackettbsent: Miche''e Motchke, !om O''man and Pastor BobMeetin( )as ca''ed to order b% President Brent Betker at *:+, pm- $a%ne &ohnson opened the meetin( )ithpra%er- Mission statement )as read b% Keith Petersoncts Chapter .+ )as read and discussed-!he !reasurer/s report )as revie)ed- Motion made to accept the report b% Deb Erdmann, seconded b% KeithHackett-Motion carried- Properties 0eport:B'ue prints are in process o1 bein( dra)n up and the biddin( process is ne2t 1or the proposedchan(estothechurchkitchen-!hep'anistopresent aproposa'tothecon(re(ationattheannua'meetin(-Concrete )ork shou'd be done in the ne2t )eek, )eather permittin(-Parkin( 'ot )ork )i'' happen this month as)e''-!hecommitteehasnoticedacoup'eo1sa((in(ra1tersinthechurchand)i'' discussactionat1uturemeetin(s- !hereare'i(htsburnt out inthesanctuar%- !he%ma%rep'ace)ithLED'i(htsthrou(hout thesanctuar%- Secretar%/s report )as read-Motion made to accept the report b%, Keith Hackett seconded b% !im "eut#-Motioncarried-EM! !eam Leader/s reports: $orship 3 Miche''e Motschke had emai'ed Brent that she )ou'd not be at the BOLM meetin(, no report-Sma'' 4roups 3 Brenda Hackett reported that 5BS )as success1u' )ith 67 chi'dren attendin(- +8 kids1rom SO!P participated, .6 unchurched chi'dren attended-9+:7 )as co''ected 1or Kieran )ho has termina' braincancer- Benton !e'eco donated 9.:77 )hich covered most o1 the e2penses 1or 5BS- !he Sma'' (roup team isno))orkin(onthe1a'' Sunda%schoo' curricu'um- Sunda%schoo' )i'' resumetheCookcurricu'uma1tercomp'etin( the c'asses provided b% ;inancia' Peace et,er!heCa'' Committee)i'' soonsubmit thenames co''ected1romthe con(re(ationtothe District O11ice- 1ter names are sent in,the ne2t step in the process )i'' be to )ait1or our Ca'' Packet 1rom the District O11ice-$e a'so have a bu''etin board setDup in the1e''o)shipha'' that out'inestheprocesso1ca''in(apastor, i1 %ou/d'iketosee)hatstep )e are oninthis Bourne% %ouma%check that resource 1or updates- Fou/'' 1ind a'ist o1 the ca'' committee/s names a'soposted so that i1 %ou have an% ?uestions %ouma% easi'% contact an%one o1 the committeemembers 1or ans)ers-Be sure totune in to+2irit 9239 on&hursday/ !u"ust -th3+he2herd of the 4ines hass2onsored this day 5iththe station!Wor!hip 4hepherd!August2 Wayne Johnson August9 Curt KvammeAugust16Brent BetkerAugust23 Tim NeutzAugust30arah An!ersonAugust2 8:00amBrian & Heather Statz 10:30amJeremiah & Candace Dingmann

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