Volume 21, Issue 9 October 2018

Faith Lutheran

Church

PO Box 175

Wolverton, MN 56594

(218) 995-2556

faith@wtc-mail.net

www.faithwolverton.org

Devlyn Brooks, Interim SAM

(701) 412-8733

devlynbrooks@gmail.com

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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,

Confirmation

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.

Message from our Minister — Devlyn Brooks, S.A.M.

October Food Pantry Item:

SOUP

It’s been said that excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. … And I can’t

think of a quote that better describes what I am feeling after our sensational Rally Sunday to

kick off our program year here at Faith Lutheran!

For those who have been attending Faith for years, this may come as a surprise, but not every

church functions as well, or as vibrantly, as we do here at FLC! What are you talking about,

you may ask?

Well, for instance, on Sunday we installed 13 people who have volunteered to teach Sunday

School, confirmation or our adult forum. Thirteen people! … There are congregations much

larger than Faith who struggle to find more than a dozen people willing to give their time to

ensure that they have an active and joyous faith formation program, but finding 13 people

here at Faith to do so is no struggle. … That, my friends, is extraordinary!

In addition, on Sunday, we witnessed five children come forth and either receive a new

Spark Storybook Bible or a Spark Bible. Those gifts are a tradition here at Faith, and they are

made possible by your generosity and steadfast belief in a solid faith formation program.

And, again, this is not something that every congregation has. … That, my friends, is ex-

traordinary!

After church, there were a handful of people who stayed to practice choir with Mike Nelson.

And that is absolutely wonderful! … But what’s so remarkable about that, you may ask? …

What’s remarkable is that even with fewer numbers, there is still a desire to continue on with

our church choir program, and that we aren’t just going to abandon the effort. Sure, the num-

bers may be down now, but we can’t know what the future holds! So let’s be vigilant! Bravo

to those willing to volunteer in the choir and bring a joyful noise into our sanctuary! … That,

my friends, is extraordinary!

And you may not have seen her because she was tucked in behind our organ, but our acolyte

for the day -- Tia Schroeder -- was there and served out her duties with a joyous spirit! And

that is awesome! … And you may ask again, but what is so special about that? … Well, be-

lieve it or not, there are not that many congregations left who still have the acolyte service.

It’s just not a “thing” in some congregations. And so the fact that we keep our acolyte service

alive and well is very special! … That, my friends, is extraordinary!

Also, did you hear Janelle Krump perform the readings on Sunday? She was marvelous! Al-

most as if she were auditioning for her high school speech coach! But, seriously, think about

it: Each Sunday, we have a rotating group of people willing to step forward and handle the

readings, a very important part of our service which helps set the table for the Gospel read-

ing. So, imagine what it would be like to have to drag volunteers into doing the readings each

week? Or worse yet, imagine if you had to listen to me do the readings in addition to the

Gospel! … So, yes, the fact that that we have people willing to take on this task each week is

noteworthy! …. That, my friends, is extraordinary!

And did you happen to pay attention to the service itself? Well, what do you mean, you

might ask? … I mean, did you notice that the bulle-

tins contained a properly prepared liturgy, music that

had symbolic and spiritual ties to the readings and

the sermon, and that each of the other pieces of the

service flowed together seamlessly? Well, likely you

didn’t, and that is just the point! … In a setting such

as Sunday service, we tend to only notice the infra-

The October Newsletter is

sponsored in memory of

Steve Blilie

by Wally and Bev Nord.

structure and preparation when something goes wrong. But the

only things that generally go wrong in our worship is because I

am out of sync, and that’s on me! … Otherwise, our services

are flawlessly scripted! And that is because we have more than

a handful of people willingly to serve on our Music & Worship

Committee, and gather to plan out the services months in ad-

vance. And we have Lisa Miller who graciously puts together

the service on paper each week, and prepares all of the other

thankless tasks needed to make a service function. And we

have musicians who graciously give of their time and help

make hymn selections based on the service of the day. And so I

do believe it is miraculous that all of this comes together in a

weekly practice to shine the light on God’s glory. And it

wouldn’t happen without all of these people doing ordinary

things, which you, got it … are extraordinary!

And I could go on. I didn’t even talk about the ushers and the

communion assistants and all of those who brought food or

helped serve at the post-service potluck, or even those who help

take care of the altar after service. And on and on. ... There is

are an endless number of ordinary contributions that you all

make on a daily and weekly basis to help keep Faith Lutheran

as vibrant as it is. And I certainly can promise you that that

isn’t the case in every congregation. … And that, my friends, is

EXTRAORDINARY!

So in these days following Rally Sunday, I bow my head and

thank God for the endless contributions of the people in this

church. There is something special going on here at Faith, and I

hope that you all can feel it too! … Thank you to each and eve-

ryone of you who gives in whatever way you do. It is appreciat-

ed! … Blessings to you all!

Devlyn Brooks

S.A.M.

FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH COUNCIL

Meeting Minutes—not approved

September 5, 2018

Opening Prayer: RC Stein

Opening Devotions: Brad Nelson

Members Present: RC Stein, Kylie Hendrickson, Debi Byars,

Michael Aigner, Mark Miller, Brad Nelson, Ross Aigner, Chad

Erickson and LaDawn Turner

Others Present: Devlyn Brooks, Pastor Jill Steichen & Jeff

Nord

Devotions for October: Ross Aigner

Communion Assistants: Sept. 9th Ross Aigner, Sept. 16th Brad

Nelson & Oct. 7th Ross Aigner

Offering Counter: All of Council

Food Pantry Item for October: Soup

Secretary’s Report: Approved

Treasurer’s Report: Approved

SAM report: Devlyn sends weekly reports to council. His 16

hours per week CPE has started on Tuesday afternoon, Satur-

day and Sundays at Sanford hospital through December.

Council Conversation: Ross and RC attended a workshop in

D.L. on Practicing Resurrection Experiencing Vitality on Au-

gust 30th.

Jeff Nord met with us to discuss a donation he would like to

make. He has gotten prices and information on a new 90% effi-

ciency furnace from Terry Schritz Plumbing & Heating. This

will include new furnace, bladder tank and on call pumps. We

had discussion on things not included such as electrician, 1,000

gallon propane tank, removal of old boiler and fuel tank. Prop-

erty and maintenance committee will meet with Terry and fol-

low up with other questions we had.

Committee Reports:

Education: Kylie reported Rally Sunday is Sept 16th.

Faith Women: LaDawn reported we will meet Sept 8th at the

church to go to Jill Rogers. Debi reported Book club will be on

Oct. 2nd and we will be reading Sister Secrets by Matt Valan.

Discussion about new carpet in the sanctuary.

Men’s Group: Ross reported they are working on a project for

Gods work our hands cutting and splitting wood for Doug Ness.

They are in the process of opening a checking account.

Music & Worship: Debi Byars reported all Sundays are sched-

uled through November and the next meeting is Nov 13th.

Devlyn will be starting a child segment during Sunday services.

Stewardship: Ross will be attending a conference in November.

Youth: Michael reported new officers have been elected. Presi-

dent is Austin Erickson, V.P. is Carter Erickson, Secretary is

Kaden Schroeder and Treasure is Ava Aigner. They will be

sharing about their National Gathering trip on Sunday Sept. 23rd

during church service.

Old Business:

Seminary Scholarship special offering on September 16th and

October 7th.

Discussion on audio visual recording equipment for internship.

Discussion on old stained glass windows and baptismal font

placement.

Confirmation presentation of gifts and serving cake in Austin,

Ben and Kaden’s honor Sept. 9th.

New Business:

Discussion on starting the budget process.

Discussion on making change for next year’s ushers to assign

by family.

Discussion on project management committee for timeline of

work to be done with new organ, electrician, alter repairs,

changes needed under the steps, carpet etc.

Adjourn

The Lord’s Prayer

Submitted by

LaDawn Turner

Faith Happenings

October Birthdays 1 Ethan Tucker 2 MaryAnn Olthoff 2 Ivy Rorup 5 Krista Hanneman 7 Cass Edwards 15 LeRoy Turner 17 Tom Poppel 17 Tammy Annett 21 Wayne Krump 22 Quinn Affield 22 Christie Erickson 25 Alisha Nord 31 Curt Carlson

October Anniversaries

3 Stephanie & Brad Beyer 14 Dennis & Kris Bohner 25 Andrew & Stacey Rohan 26 Matthew & Melanie Johnson 27 Kerry & George King 28 Lowell & Deanna Picotte

THE FUNERAl for Ayven Grace Peeters,

infant daughter of Nicole and CJ Peeters, was

held September 7 in Fergus Falls. Ayven was

the granddaughter of Jay and Cindy Nord and

Great Granddaughter of Wally and Bev Nord.

MEN’S GROUP

The men’s group meets the first and third

Tuesday’s.

CHOIR

The choir rehearsals are after worship. While

we may be few in number, we are mighty in

spirit. Accept the call to give back with the

gifts and talents you are given, so that others

might experience the glory of God through

your singing!

ADULT FORUM

The Adult Forum, lead by Dave and Gayle

Matz, will meet on Sunday mornings at 9 am.

Everyone is welcome!

FITNESS AT FAITH

Fitness at Faith will resume its schedule of

Thursday evenings (7pm) workouts beginning

October 4. All fitness levels are encouraged to

come. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle equips

Special Offering to be Taken

October 7 A special offering will again be taken on October 7 to provide Devlyn Brooks with a scholarship for this semester’s seminary tuition. Please have all dona-tions to this fund to the church by Oc-tober 7. Thank you to all who prayerful-ly considered a contribution to this fund.

Lutefisk (and Meatball) Dinner will be

served on Friday, October 5 from 4:30—

7pm at First Lutheran Church Celebra-

tion Hall located at 619 Broadway in Far-

go.

Richland Lutheran’s Annual Luncheon

and Bake Sale is Sunday, October 7 be-

ginning at 10:30.

Community News

us to be ready to be God’s servants

and helps us in our daily living.

POINSETTIA ORDERS are due

to church office by November 4.

September happenings...

Ben Krump, Austin Erickson, Kaden Schroeder, Devlyn Brooks

Rally Sunday—September 16

Confirmation Sunday—September 9

Faith Women Minutes—Executive Meeting

August 28, 2018

President Maryann called the meeting to order at 9:30. Discussion was held on the upcoming Northwestern Minnesota Synodical WELCA

Convention held at Trinity Lutheran in Detroit Lakes, MN on September 14 and 15, 2018. Diane Nord is our convention delegate.

Faith Lutheran council asked if we would do our Thankoffering Service on November 11. Our November meeting will be held after church

that day and we start mission quilting in the afternoon through Tuesday, November 13.

The auction date is November 7, 2018 at 7:00 with Loren Seifert our auctioneer.

The first Book Club is scheduled for October 2. Election of officers will be held during the October 14 meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:30.

Diane Nord, Secretary

Faith Women Minutes

September 8, 2018

President Maryann opened the meeting at 9:00 and devotions were given by Lois Picotte. After coffee and muffins, members drove to Jill

Rogers, Barnesville, to tour her gardens. After the tour there was a short business meeting. Lisa Miller moved to give Diane Nord, delegate

to the convention on September 14, $50 to purchase travel size items to be put into welcome bags for students who attend events at Lutheran

Campus Ministry in University of Minnesota, Moorhead and Bemidji. It was seconded by Lois Picotte and carried.

Diane Nord, Secretary

Our first meeting was held on

Wednesday, August 29th. We wel-

comed new member Ava Heitman.

The group elected Austin Erickson

as their new president, Kaden

Schroeder as secretary, and Ava

Aigner as Treasurer. We look for-

ward to continuing our traditional

activities this year. Our numbers might be

small but we will make our presence known

by doing our best to serve the congregation

and the community. Our next meeting will be

held October 7th. Please keep our members in

your prayers throughout the year.

NEXT MEETING: Faith Women will meet on Sunday, October 14 after worship.

Book Club will meet on October 2 at 9am. We will discuss Sister Secrets: A Brother’s Reveal by Matt Valan. Anyone is

welcome!

Conference 5 Gathering is Saturday, October 13, 2018 at Dilworth Lutheran Church. Schedule: 8:30 a.m. Registration| 9:00 a.m.

Business meeting in Sanctuary | 10:00 a.m. Brunch | 10:30 a.m. Program | 11:30 a.m. Conclude. Speaker/Program: “Working and

Worshiping – How We Serve God in Daily Life” with Dr. Timothy Hiller, Coordinator of Community Engagement, Academic Affairs,

Concordia College, Moorhead, MN. All members of Faith Lutheran are members of WELCA and are welcomed and encouraged to attend.

See Maryann to sign up by October 1.

Church Auction is Wednesday, November 7 at 7pm. Time to get your items ready! Raffle tickets will be on sale Sunday’s.

Group 1 clean up dining and kitchen after auction

Group 2 plan & serve lunch

Set up will be done by volunteers

Quilting Dates: Faith Women will be quilting on October 14-16 and November 11-13. Come when you are able!

Faith

WOMEN NEWS

Prayer Requests

Jane Buchholz—Sheyenne Crossing Long Term Care West

Fargo

Doris Dibley—at home Wolverton

Barney Edwards—Eventide,

Moorhead

Louie Gruenberg—River Pointe

Moorhead

Rose Hanson—Bethany Grace Pointe Fargo

Elaine Johnson—Bethany on 42nd Ave Fargo

Linda Lucke—at home

Arlene Nelson—Eventide Senior Living Moor-

head

Keith Nelson—at home in Wolverton

Barb Wise—at home in Wolverton

Please keep these

people who are

under medical care

in your prayers.

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Important Dates in October and Preaching Schedule

October 7—Devlyn Brooks, S.A.M.—communion

October 14—Renata Smeby

October 21—Devlyn Brooks, S.A.M.—communion

No Sunday School or Confirmation

October 28—Guest Minister—Pr. Helen Beth Kuhens

Reformation Sunday