September Food Pantry Item

Kids Snacks

• Fruit snacks • Granola bars • Snack mixes • Crackers • Etc.

From our Intern Pastor - Devlyn Brooks

September 2019 Volume 22, Issue 8

Faith Lutheran Church PO Box 175

Wolverton, MN 56594

(218) 995-2556

faith@wtc-mail.net

www.faithwolverton.org

Devlyn Brooks, Intern Pastor

(701) 412-8733

devlynbrooks@gmail.com

It is the mission of Faith

Lutheran Church:

To gather prayerfully as the Body of Christ; To grow in faith, love, and service; To go into the world joyfully as disciples.

Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship

10:00 a.m.

Holy Communion on the first and third Sunday of the month.

Coffee Fellowship

11:00 a.m.

Follow Faith Luther-an Wolverton on

Facebook

I’m going to let you in on a little secret

that will make my wife Shelley, and

other summer enthusiasts like her,

cringe: I … love … FALL!!!

I just do. … I love everything about it.

And maybe it has something to do with

being a former football player, or that

our sons have played football for the

past decade. And that might have

conditioned me to eagerly anticipate

the start of fall every year.

Or maybe it’s just because I spent my

formative young adult years nestled in

Bemidji, where fall brings with it

beautiful changing of the trees and a

whole different vibe than summer.

I love the gray, overcast days of fall that

make you want to snuggle into your

favorite sweatshirt and hunker down by

a fire.

I dig the sound the forest makes after

the leaves have fallen to the ground,

and I even enjoy the varying wildlife

behavior that fall brings on.

As Ecclesiastes 3:18 tells us: “For

everything there is a season, and a time

for every matter under heaven ..”

And it just so happens that my favorite

season is fall.

But this year, I’m even more excited

than normal about the start of fall. I

don’t want to give the impression that I

am ushering along these last precious

few weeks of summer, but I can …

not ... wait … for Sunday, Sept. 8!

That is the day that we will be

celebrating Rally Sunday at Faith

Lutheran, and, wow, what a kickoff

celebration we have planned!

The point of Rally Sunday has long

been to kick off the church’s

programming year with a renewed

sense of energy. Calling on the Spirit to

infuse our church and its year. .. And

nothing sets a good tone for the year

ahead like a party with all the bells and

whistles.

I think this year’s Rally Sunday at Faith

Lutheran will do just that!

As you know, on this day, we’ll formally

kickoff the beginning of our Sunday

school classes, and we’ll install and

bless all of our wonderful teachers

volunteering to help guide our youngest

members through their spiritual

studies.

But this year we’ll be doing much more

in addition to that:

-- For instance, we also will celebrate

the addition of two new members to

Faith Lutheran Church on this day.

Whoop! Whoop!

-- And the talented Mike Nelson and

Renata Smeby will be teaming up to

provide some spectacular music!

-- And we will be throwing an 80th

birthday celebration for our dear

friend Judy Getz!

-- And we will be giving Bibles to

our newest Sunday school children

joining our program! What a

beautiful introduction to our faith

community!

-- And, finally, we will wrap it all

up with a fantastic potluck meal

after service in our Fellowship

Hall. And you know that you do

not leave a Faith Lutheran potluck

hungry. So this will be one not to

miss!

As you can tell, I am jazzed to

begin this year’s programming

year! … Summer was fun and all,

and I enjoyed the relaxed pace

here at Faith. But, if you ask me,

it’s time to welcome our faith

family home and kick this year off

with a party!

I hope that you’ve felt the Spirit’s

guiding hand in your life this

summer, as I’ve surely felt it here

at the church. For the first time as

pastor, I was able to be involved in

the fall planning by the Education

(Continued from page 1) Committee, the Music and

Worship Committee and the FLC

Council for this year’s worship

calendar. And I’m excited for the

synergy that building these

connections has led to.

It's now time to come together

again as a faith community and

reinvigorate our faith lives

together. It’s sometimes hard to

renew your energy -- let alone your

spiritual energy -- on your own.

But it’s much easier in a group.

That’s why we set aside one special

day at the end of the summer to

"rally" ... to "draw together for a

common purpose" seeking the

Holy Spirit’s power to "renew our

energy" for worship, for digging

into God’s Word, for praying, for

serving, and for witnessing.

I am proud of what is taking place

here at Faith Lutheran! There is an

energy of which many other faith

communities are envious, and so

why not celebrate? Why not let the

broader community know about

all the awesome things taking

place at our church? … Why not

throw a Rally Sunday party!

I, of course, look forward to seeing

all of the familiar faces returning

to worship, but if you haven’t had

the opportunity in a while to

witness how the Spirit is

invigorating Faith Lutheran, I ask

you to come join us on Rally

Sunday! There is a modern-day

revival taking place here! The

congregation is excited! I am

excited! And I see the Spirit ready

to spill that excitement out of our

doors and into the community! …

All we need is you!

Please, come join us on Rally

Sunday, Sept. 8! … And better yet,

bring a friend! … We will be

overjoyed to share the Good News

about Christ and what is

happening at Faith Lutheran with

everyone!

No matter where you are in your

faith journey, please consider this

your formal invitation to join us

for Rally Sunday at Faith

Lutheran, a faith community that

puts equal emphasis on both

“faith” and “community!”

Blessings to you! … Let’s get ready

to party!

Intern Pastor Devlyn Brooks

Page 2 Faith News

Mission Jamaica Opportunity

Cassie Huesman from Comstock Lutheran Church is leading a mission trip with Mission Jamaica in January,

and there are three open spots left for folks who would like to participate. This is the same mission trip oppor-

tunity that Intern Pastor Devlyn Brooks spoke about here at Faith in June. If you are interested, deposits need

to be in to Cassie by mid-September. If you would like more information, you can reach Cassie at 701-388-

6247.

New Member Sunday

We will be welcoming new members on September 8. If interested in joining FLC please contact Devlyn

Brooks at (701) 412-8733.

Volume 22, Issue 8 Page 4

September

Birthdays

2 Megan Woodraska

2 Miranda Schmidt

3 Ross Aigner

5 Austin Erickson

5 Garrett Mortenson

7 Tina Aigner

8 Vanessa Kratzer

9 Elaine Johnson

9 Ed Poppel

11 Jessica Church

12 Jessica Kappes

12 Deanna Picotte

14 Keira Traut

18 Renata Smeby

19 Judy Getz

19 Jackie Kragerud

19 Tom Nelson

20 Jann Emerson

21 Jeff Sell

22 Jeff Rasmussen

24 Jeff Nord

26 Sue Rasmussen

26 Spencer Nord

30 Melanie Johnson

Jane Buchholz—Sheyenne Crossing Long Term Care West Fargo, ND

Doris Dibley—at home in Wolverton

Barney Edwards—Eventide, Moorhead, MN

Judy Getz—at home in Wolverton

Louie Gruenberg—River Pointe Moorhead, MN

Rose Hanson—Bethany Grace Pointe Fargo

Elaine Johnson—Bethany on 42nd Ave Fargo

Linda Lucke—at home

Arlene Nelson—Eventide Senior Living Moorhead, MN

Keith Nelson—at home in Wolverton, MN

Prayer Requests

Please keep these people who are under medical care in your prayers. Let Devlyn know if you would like your name or that of a loved one added to

this list.

September

Anniversaries

2 Dylan and Alisha Retzlaff

3 Scott and Deb Smith

4 Ed and Alice Poppel

6 Ross and Tina Aigner

6 Mark and Kristi Johnson

14 Brent and Erica Halverson

14 LaDawn Turner and Tim Nicklay

19 Kyle and Tahnie Affield

19 Travis and Renata Smeby

20 Megan and Joe Woodraska

26 Paul and Bev Israelson

28 Doc and Tammy Dockter

28 Mark and Lisa Miller

Faith Lutheran Church will celebrate

the confirmation of Claire Aigner

on September 29.

Claire is the daughter of Ross and

Tina Aigner.

Cake will be served in her honor

after worship.

Faith Care and Share

Births: Jay and Cindy Nord announce

the birth of two new grandchildren. A

grandson, Hudson Jay, was born to

Nicole and CJ Peeters on August 15 and

granddaughter, Breleigh Nord, was

born to Erica and Brent Halverson on

August 19. They join their cousin Lincoln

Anne born in April—so three in 2019!

Wedding: Congratulation to Ryan

Nord, son of Jeff and Diane Nord, and

Sarah Kemp who were married on June

22 at Caribou Highlands, Lutsen, Min-

nesota .

Special Offering to be Taken September 8 & October 6

Hello Everybody,

It will be two years in October since we started our interim ministry journey at Faith Lutheran. Everything

seems to be working well. We have retained Devlyn Brook’s services throughout his internship which started in

May of 2019 and will last until May of 2021. At that point we will need to reassess our situation and determine

our path forward.

We are all very pleased with Devlyn’s performance as a minister on Sundays as well as his involvement with

committees and youth. Last year our congregation was able to help Devlyn with tuition. The council has dis-

cussed and decided to continue to assist Devlyn with the costs of seminary. We agreed to grant a scholarship to

Devlyn in the amount of his fall tuition (approximately $5,000). Funds will be derived from two special offer-

ings which will be collected on September 8 and October 6. If additional funds are needed, the council will ap-

ply for Endowment funds.

Thank you for your prayerful consideration of this request. If you have any questions or comments, please di-

rect them to any of your Church Council members.

Yours in the Body of Christ,

Deb Byars (218)995-2157 Chad Erickson (218)995-2456 LaDawn Turner (218)995-2653

RC Stein (701)730-8785 Ross Aigner (218)995-2173 Mike Aigner (701)998-2625

Keith Kragerud (701)371-3261 Kylie Hendrickson (701)238-2910 Brad Nelson (218)995-2299

FAITH WOMEN SCHEDULE

Next Meeting: Faith women will meet on Sunday, September 15 after worship. Election of officers is on the

agenda. Sharon Rostad, Sara Aigner and Ava Aigner will share some experiences from their trip to Germany.

The SWO Convention: This year’s convention is September 20 & 21 at Luther Crest Bibile Camp in Alexan-

dria. Diane Nord will be Faith Women’s Delegate.

Book Club will meet on October 6 at 9am and will discuss the book A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Back-

man. THERE WILL NOT BE BOOK CLUB IN SEPTEMBER.

Trunk or Treat—Faith Lutheran will be providing a safe place to bring kids trick or treating on October 31.

More details will be forthcoming on how you can participate.

Church Auction is Wednesday, November 6 at 7pm. Time to get your items ready!

MEN’S GROUP

The men’s group meets the first and third Tuesday’s.

CONFIRMAITON CLASS

The start date and schedule will be announced soon.

Prayer: Devlyn Brooks

Opening Devotions: Debi Byars

Members Present: Mike Aigner,

Debi Byars, Ross Aigner, Keith

Kragerud, Chad Erickson, Brad

Nelson, RC Stein, Kylie Hendrick-

son and LaDawn Turner

Other Present: Devlyn Brooks and

Pastor Jill Steichen

September meeting date: Sept. 4,

2019 7:00 p.m.

September Devotions: Ross Aigner

Communion Assistant: August 18th

Brad Nelson, September 1st RC

Stein.

Offering Counters: All Council

Members.

Food Pantry Item for September:

Kids Snacks

Secretary’s report: Approved

Treasurer’s report: Approved

Intern’s Report- Devlyn reported

September 1st, 8th and 29th are the

dates he is planning to lead Sunday

worship services. He is getting

more involved in S.S. education

and LYO committees.

Committee reports:

Education-Kylie report the kids

loved Pathway camp this summer

and VBS at Hoff Lutheran Church

in Comstock. They had a restruc-

ture meeting on August 6th and

their next meeting is August 13th.

Endowment-Chad reported they

met and granted scholarships.

Faith women-LaDawn reported

August 21st will be there officers

meeting.

Men’s Group-Ross reported they

will start meeting again this fall.

Music & Worship-Debi reported

they will meet August 13th.

Property & Maintenance-Brad re-

ported he contacted Schritz

Plumbing & Heating for price on a

gas boiler and are waiting on an-

other price.

Old Business:

Project updates-RC reported he

isn’t hearing back from Summer-

ville Electric. RC & Devlyn are

working on the recording of ser-

mons.

Internship-Devlyn and Pastor Jill

told us their schedule for meeting.

Devlyn, Pastor Jill and Ross met

for internship committee.

New Business:

Discussion on a broken window in

the dining room.

Date set for confirmation on Sep-

tember 29th.

Discussion on new member Sun-

day.

Discussion on seminary scholar-

ship letter going out in August for

special offerings.

Adjourn

Lord’s Prayer

LaDawn Turner, Secretary

FLC Council Minutes—August 7, 2019

Faith Lutheran Church Endowment

Committee congratulates the fol-

lowing students who applied and

were granted Faith Lutheran En-

dowment Scholarships; Riley Mil-

ler, Hunter Aigner, Sophie Aigner,

and Kaitlyn Israelson. The scholar-

ships will be awarded the second

semester of the 2019/20 academic

year. All students who are con-

firmed members of Faith Lutheran

Church that are enrolled in a 4

year, 2 year, or technical school can

apply for the endowment scholar-

ship each year they are attending

school with a limit of 4 scholarships

given per student. The Scholarship

deadline is July 1 of each year. The

value of the scholarship will be de-

pendent on the earnings of the en-

dowment as well as the number of

applicants. The value of this years

Endowment Scholarships are $500.

In addition, any member, former

member, or anyone who has a

blood relationship with a past or

present Faith Lutheran member

can apply for a Memorial Scholar-

ship. This scholarship can only be

given one time per student. Jayda

Janssen and Riley Smith applied

and were granted a $500 Memorial

Scholarship.

The Endowment and Education

Committees encourage all college

students to apply for these scholar-

ship next spring. Applications are

available in the church office and

on the church website.

Faith Lutheran Awards Scholarships

September 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thurs- Friday Saturday

1

10:00 am Worship w/ commun-

ion—Devlyn Brooks

11:00 am Fellowship

2 3

7:00 pm Men’s

Group

4

7:00 pm Church

Council

5

6

7

8 Rally Sunday

9:00 am Sunday School 10:00 am Worship - Devlyn

Brooks

11:00 am Fellowship - POT-

LUCK

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

9:00 am Sunday School 10:00 am Worship w/ commun-ion - Pr. Steve Trandem 11:00 am Fellowship 11:00 am Faith Women—Germany

16 17

7:00 pm Men’s

Group

18

19

20

SWO Conven-

tion at Luther

Crest

21

SWO Conven-

tion at Luther

Crest

22

9:00 am Sunday School 10:00 am Worship - Dave Matz 11:00 am Fellowship

23

Ruby’s

Pantry

24

25 26

27 28

29 Confirmation

9:00 am Sunday School 10:00 am Worship - Devlyn Brooks 11:00 am Fellowship—cake

30

September Ushers

Mark Johnson

Matthew Johnson

Jim Lucke

Jacob Lucke

Altar Committee

Lois Picotte

FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH PO BOX 175

302 1ST STREET WOLVERTON, MN 56594-0175

Faith Lutheran Church PO Box 175 Wolverton, MN 56594

September Worship Schedule

Sunday, September 1—Devlyn Brooks and communion

Sunday, September 8—RALLY SUNDAY

- Devlyn Brooks

- Judy Getz’s 80th Birthday

- Sunday School begins

- Bibles distributed and teachers

installed

- New Members

- POTLUCK

Sunday, September 15—Pr. Steve Trandem

Sunday, September 22—Lay Service—Dave Matz

Sunday, September 29—Confirmation Sunday—Devlyn Brooks

Faith Lutheran’s Worship Schedule

returns to 10:00 am worship on

Sunday, September 1.