Rev Nathan Thompson

Office Phone:

Office: 320-986-2514

Cell: 651-210-8014

Becky Meyer

Secretary Office Phone: 320-986-2024

messiah@runestone.net

COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Sunday—7 10:30 am

Outreach team

Wednesday—10 8:30 am

Executive Team

Thursday-11 6:00 pm

Education Comm.

Wednesday-24 5:30 pm

Messiah Council At Shirley Sampson’s

AUGUST

2016

web site:www.messiahhoffman.org

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH

Dear Friends in Christ,

August is another wonderful month at Messiah as we finish out the summer and transition to the fall program year. Please make sure you are inviting others to come and share in Messiah's wonderful worship and numerous ac-tivities.

Vacation Bible School (VBS)

VBS is August 1-4 and is open to the whole community. Thanks to Thrivent Choice for providing significant support so VBS can be offered at a reasona-ble cost per student/family. Please invite your neighbors and friends to bring their kids—it's going to be great!

Camilla Bjorklund Worship Minister

Camilla will become Messiah's Interim Worship Minister on August 1 when she returns from her month long studies in Paris, France. Camilla will be helping plan and leading worship each Sunday; practicing with and leading the Praise Band; deciding on choir music and preparing to begin rehearsing with Messiah's Choir in September. Welcome Camilla!

Harvest Festival Worship

Messiah is organizing, leading and I am sharing the message at the annual Harvest Festival Service in the park on Sunday, August 14, 9:30 A.M. Since this weekend is also celebrating the 125

th Anniversary of Hoffman this will be

an extra special service. Please pray that this will be a great day as we share worship and Christ's love with the community.

Amazing Messiah Volunteers/Helpers

Messiah is an amazing church in that there are lots of individuals who will-ingly and regularly volunteer and help with so many things. Many of these people often go way above and beyond what is expected. One example is all the people who said “yes” to help with worship when I was out of town two Sundays in July.

In these past weeks we have also seen volunteers paint the stripes in the parking lot; serve meals in the park and at Saturday evening services; give extra cleaning to the church with the Children's Team members cleaning/organizing the nursery toys and supply room; leaders spending countless hours on succession planning and revising building policies; along with many other tasks. Thanks to each person who has helped in any way—you are wonderful!

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MARRIAGES 6-11-16 David Martinson and Michelle Goodyear

7-15-16 Alex Coleman and Ashley Kircher

LIVESTREAMING SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Each week Messiah's worship service is livestreamed all over the U.S. and the world! All you need is a computer and internet access, and you can watch! If you would like to sponsor our services for a month in honor or memory of a loved one(s), the cost is $50. Please stop in the office and talk to Becky if you are interested.

ITEMS STILL NEEDED TO COMPLETE MISSION KITS

SCHOOL KITS: Cloth bag with shoulder straps 14x17; Rulers (30 cm metric OR inches on 1 side and centimeters on other side); Notebooks 8 1/2 x 11 ruled paper with 70 sheets (no loose leaf paper) ( Remember each kit needs 4 notebooks); Crayons ( box of 16 or 24); pens black or blue ball point (no gel); pencil sharpeners.

We have plenty of scissors, erasers and pencils

BABY CARE KITS: Long gowns or sleepers without feet (we can cut feet off); Receiving blankets (cotton or flannel); Cloth diapers, flat fold preferred (items may be new or gently used—garage sales); Bath size bar of gentle soap (4 –5 oz); Sweater, jackets with hood or a cap(6-9 months).

We have lots of bigger jackets, caps, hand towels, and diaper pins

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Financial Giving Reminder

Each of the six years I have been at Messiah there has been a regular downturn in giving during the summer months (except last year with “Grace For The Journey” bringing in some very gener-ous summer giving.) Please remember to keep your giving up to date in the summer—to give as God has blessed you so Messiah's stewardship will continue to grow stronger. Thanks to each one for your support and generosity!

Interim Youth Minister

Messiah has not yet received any applications for the Youth Minister position. Please keep net-working and spreading the news about this great ministry opportunity. Job Descriptions and Appli-cations are available from Becky in the Church Office.

God is so good!

Pastor Nathan

Jacki Anderson 8-2 Luke Arnquist 8-3 Violet Bjelland 8-3 Jill Johnson 8-3 Cindy Helberg 8-3 Joan Johnson 8-3 Zephryn Volker 8-4 Patsy Anderson 8-5 David DeNoble 8-5 George Hulzebos 8-6 Wanda Saurer 8-6 Jeff Swenson 8-6 Sue Blehr 8-7 Drew Winter 8-7 Kayla Andreasen 8-8 Pam Randt 8-9 Zaeyla Volker 8-10 Carmelle Bohrer 8-11

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Vernal Nelson 8-19 LaVerne Olson 8-19 Chase Torkelson 8-19 Brenda Andreason 8-20 Kris Telkamp 8-20 Lyle Yochim 8-20 Dorothy Carlson 8-21 Candyce DeNoble 8-22 Jenna Van Denbos 8-22 Benjamin Anderson 8-24 Brian Lanners 8-24 Kristofer Beuckens 8-25 Samantha Johnson 8-25 Brian Randt 8-27 Raelene Stark 8-27 John Gran 8-28 Debra Nelson 8-28 Raymond Ziemer 8-29 Owen Sanstead 8-30

Remembering the Saints in Light

Recognizing members who have gone before us during the month of their passing

Cathy Engelby 08-03-10 Mavis Gulbrandson 08-07-11

LeMay Thorstad 08-18-13 Lillian Thorstad 08-19-13

Lester Nordin 08-19-08 Donald Giese 08-25-11

Dennis Winter 08-29-08 Marie Bjerke 08-31-08

WORK SERVICE GROUP FOR SEPTEMBER

If you are in the September/March group (listed below) please sign up at the Welcome Center for a duty in September. If you do not sign up, a duty will be assigned to everyone to fill the spots needed. This is your chance to choose a date that works best for you. You can also call the church office to sign up. Thank you for your help.

SEPTEMBER/MARCH GROUP

Tim & Cindy Bolgrean, Margaret Eblen, James & Teresa Erickson, Karla Fettkether family, Russ & Jessica Froemming family, Paul & Rhonda Gran, Dennis & Mary Haagenson, Jim & Pat Hanson, Bonnie Helberg, Lee & Polly Hedstrom, Dawn Johnson, Jerome Kiehne, Philip & Sandra Koehntop,

Bret & Lorie Oelke family, Ed & Lois Persons, Dan & Kay Persons, Justin & Amy Puchalski family, David & Kayla Sanstead family, John & Deb Starner, Mark & Cindy Starner, Jennes & Arlou Swen-son, Brent & Rachel Volker family

Lauren Johnson 8-11 Berdell Skogstad 8-12 Mark Hedstrom 8-13 Erick Stark 8-13 Jason Anderson 8-14 Annika Solemsaas 8-14 Richard Arnquist 8-15 Ryan Sutton 8-15 Katie Froemming 8-16 Dawn Johnson 8-17 Lily Mahoney 8-17 Ruth Nelson 8-17 Dennis Haagenson 8-18 Alicia Martinson 8-18 Roger Schoephoerster 8-18 Aaron Anderson 8-19 Scott Anderson 8-19 Tracy Harstad 8-19

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016—7 pm

Present: Pastor Nathan, Marisa Sabolik, Faye Giese, Jim Hanson, Shirley Sampson, Duane

Samuelson, Jen Hermes, Brian Randt, Jared Frykman

Absent: Jacki Anderson

Call to Order by Marisa

Prayer by Pastor—God’s Creation (Devotions)

Approve Agenda—motion by Faye, Shirley seconded, motion carried.

Secretary’s Report—motion by Shirley, Duane seconded, motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report—motion by Jen, Brian seconded, motion carried.

$300 heat pump, donations to date, Stan ordered heat pump.

Pastors Report—Heidi Johnson will preach July 3 service. Pat Hanson will do sermon dialogue

on July 10. Organist will fill in during time he is on trip.

Committee Reports:

Youth and Family—nothing to report

Executive Committee - nothing to report

Outreach (Jen)—Welcome bags, serve food at the 125th celebration. Kristel Olson is in charge

of float for parade.

Property—nothing to report

Memorial and Bequest Committee—nothing to report

Education Committee (Jared)—did not meet

Stephen Ministry (Faye)—Class this fall. Bible Study.

Vision and Task Force (Marisa)—Continuing to work on congregational profile and plan.

Technology—Discussed no live streaming last Sunday (June 12). Should update cards and ca-

bles.

OLD BUSINESS

Farmers’ Market—June 22, Brian and Jen in charge. Council help serve. Be there at 4:00.

NEW BUSINESS

Memorial and Bequest—Bylaws changes: discussion on minor edits and changes. Tabled until

next meeting.

Interview Committee—Interim Worship Minister Position. Motion by Shirley to accept Camilla

Bjorklund for position, seconded by Jim, motion carried. Motion for 5 to 8 hours per week with

start date August 1 by Duane, seconded by Brian, motion carried.

Succession Team Committee—replaces Call Committee. Succession Team consists of 2 council

members, 2 vision members, and 2 at large representatives. (Call committee should get names

of at large candidates first)

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Site Profile—profile will go on the Messiah Lutheran Church website. Council would like to ap-

prove it at the July meeting.

Misc.—Mark Jensen wrote a play for 125th Hoffman Celebration and wants music from Messiah,

needs actors.

Jon Moore and Kathy Hulzebos from Fellowship of Christian Athletes requested monetary gift

from Messiah. Messiah would like Temple Talk from WCA students and/or graduates before dona-

tions are given.

Youth Minister Position—no applications have been received.

July Executive Committee Meeting—Wednesday, July 13, 2016, 8:30 am

July Council Meeting—Wednesday, July 20, 7 pm

July Communion and Offering—Brian

Adjourn—motion by Jim Hanson, Duane Samuelson second

Respectfully submitted by Jim Hanson

INTERIM YOUTH MINISTER POSITION

A job description and application for Interim Youth Minister is available in the church of-fice. If you are interested in the position, or know of someone who is, please ask Becky for a job description and application. If you have any questions, please talk with Pas-tor Nathan, Marisa Sabolik, or Duane Samuelson.

GREETING CARDS FOR SALE.

Curt and Cindy Anderson have donated the card stand that was at the Dew Drop for our Care Notes. Please look for the stand around the church and feel free to take any that might appeal to you or your situation. There are some for Kids, Teens and Adults.

They also donated the remaining cards. The proceeds will be used for Messiah programs. They are located on a table by the office. The cost is .50 per card. Please leave the money in the box provided.

Thanks Curt and Cindy .

Remember that WELCA still has boxes of cards available in the Library.

SENIOR EXERCISE AT MESSIAH

A senior exercise program following a “Sit and be Fit” DVD has started at Messiah. This DVD has been seen on PBS and is hosted by Mary Ann Wilson, Nurse. It is held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-days at 10:00. For more information contact Shirley at 320-585-0313. Open to the community.

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Mission of the Month: Ronald McDonald House, Fargo, North Dakota

This will include offerings and crib quilts donated for the month of August.

Mission Items to Bring: Items for School Kits

Monday 1 Martha Bible Study at 7 PM

Wednesday 3 Farmers Market in the Park – Messiah Women serve 5-7 PM

Sunday 7 Fellowship Coffee – Group 2 at 10:30

Thursday 11 Mary Bible Study at 1 PM

Sunday 14 Harvest Festival Service in the City Park

NEWS NOTES FROM ARLOU AND SYLVIA SWENSON

Fourteen Messiah women enjoyed a potluck luncheon at Marlene and Vernal Nelson’s lake cabin on July 19

th. Pastor led us in a Bible Study on James 2. Thank you Marlene and Pastor for a

very enjoyable day.

On Wednesday, July 20th,

Beverly Yochim and Lorraine Bredy served donuts to the residents of the Barrett Care Facility on behalf of Group 1 following the worship service. Thank you. The res-idents and staff really enjoyed the treat.

The Summer of 2016 is quickly passing with a lot of activity planned for August and Septem-ber so we wanted to keep you updated on important dates for you to mark on your calendar.

Messi-

ah Women will be serving for the Farmers Market on Wednesday, August 3rd

. The Vacation Bible School students will present a program at that time too. Plan to attend. There will be a sign-up sheet at the Welcome Center for workers for before and during the serving the meal.

Our mission of the month for August will be on baby quilts and other needs for Ronald McDonald House. Sunday, August 7

th the women serve coffee and the money given will be sent to

them along with some crib quilts. We will begin quilting again on Thursday, September 1st. We will

be having a general meeting on Thursday, September 15th. We will review the calendar for the year

and add new members to groups.

August is also the month that we donate articles for school kits. Each kit includes; 2 pads of spiral notepads, 8 ½ x 11 wide ruled paper, 70 sheets, 1 pair of blunt scissors, 1 30 cm metric rulers (rulers with inches on one side and centimeters on the other side are acceptable), 1 small pencil sharpener, 6 unsharpened pencils with erasers, 1 2 ½ inch eraser, pens, black or blue ink (no gel ink), 1 box of crayons (16 or 24 crayons.) With a lot of stores featuring back to school bargains in August it is a good time to stock up if you are able. We have lots of material and patterns to sew the cloth bags to enclose all the items. If you would like to sew some please give Arlou or Sylvia a call and we will get them to you.

An added reminder for those of you that get to garage sales this summer. If you see bar-gains for layette items please keep our missions in mind. We are always in need of infant (6-9 month) jackets or sweaters with a hood or not. We include a baby cap if needed. Infant long gowns or sleepers without feet and cotton or flannel receiving blankets are also needed. We also need cloth diapers and bath size Ivory soap.

Thank you again for all you do and who you are and thank God for all the blessings he has bestowed upon us. Enjoy the rest of the Summer, it is passing by too quickly!

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Seek-

Sunday School Teacher’s Needed! 4 week rotations, Check the Sunday School board by welcome desk. All youth ages 3 to 8th grade, we start our Sunday School year in September, invite your friends! Connect-

Come and see our new outdoor equipment, Earned from our May Car wash/cookie sale! Join us, Sunday School Kick off- Rally Sunday, September 11th. Ages 3 to 8th grade. Impact-

2nd Annual “Join the Celebration” on Saturday, September 10th. ALL are welcome! Volunteers needed for our 2nd annual “Join The Celebration!” Game stations, food prep, And many other items. Contact church office or education committee!

Join the Celebration

HOFFMAN SQUARE

*Face Painting

*Popcorn

*Dancing and Much More!!!

Come celebrate the Hope we have because of what Our Savior has done for

us. A community Night of Fun and Celebration for

the Whole Family!

SEPTEMBER 10TH 2016

5:30-6:30 FREE SUPPER

6:30-8:30 DJ & ACTIVITIES

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!!!

GOD’S PEOPLE IN SERVICE—AUGUST ACOLYTES 7 Jayce Puchalski 21 & 28 Teagan Winter

COMMUNION 7 Vernal & Janet Olson

PREPARATION 21 Jen & Phil Hermes

COMMUNION ASSISTANTS 7 & 21 Kaitlyn Sanstead, Kali Johnson

LeRoy Stark

COMMUNION SERVERS—COUNCIL Shirley Sampson

FLOWERS Marlene Thorstad, Irma Nordquist

WELCOME TEAM

August 7 Scott & Kari Anderson, Stan & Raelene Stark

August 14 HARVEST FESTIVAL WORSHIP SERVICE AT CITY PARK

August 21 Gene & Eunice Eblen, Wanda Kaplor, Barbara Podratz

August 28 Troy & Brenda Andreasen

VIDEO PROJECTION/TRAINEE

August 7 Ireland Winter Krista Randt

August 14 HARVEST FESTIVAL WORSHIP SERVICE AT CITY PARK

August 21 Quinten Winter Kaitlyn Sanstead

August 28 Emma Swenson Savannah Swenson

ORGANISTS SOUND LECTORS

August 7 Bev Yochim Aiden Winter Stan Stark

August 14 HARVEST FESTIVAL WORSHIP SERVICE AT CITY PARK

August 21 Bev Yochim Nicole Bruns Gene Eblen

August 28 Bev Yochim Morgan Sanstead Troy Andreasen

COFFEE

August 7 Coffee served by WELCA # 2

August 14 HARVEST FESTIVAL AT CITY PARK

August 21 Coffee served by Churchmen—Rick Stark

August 28 Coffee served by Youth—Stark, K Sanstead

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If you are unable to serve your assigned spot on

any Sunday, please find your own replacement

and let the church office know who that is.

THANK YOU!!

AUGUST 2016 Pastor’s Office: 320-986-2514 Pastor’s Cell: 651-210-8014 Church Office: 320-986-2024 Church E-mail: messiah@runestone.net Pastor’s E-mail: rev@runestone.net church Web site: www.messiahhoffman.org

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

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7:00 MARTHA Bible Study

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5:30 Farmers Mkt—Messiah WELCA serve VBS program

7:00 Community Choir

Practice

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6 7:30 Men’s Bkfast Bible Study

7 9:30 Worship Service 10:30 Coffee by WELCA #2 10:30 Outreach Team

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10 8:30 am Exec Team

11 1:00 Mary Bible Study 6:00 Education Team

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HARVEST FESTIVAL

10:00 Worship service in

City Park by Messiah

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9:30 Holy Communion

10:45 Coffee by Churchmen

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23 7:00 Stephen Ministry

24 5:30 Messiah Council At Shirley Sampson’s

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Outdoor Worship

28 9:30 Worship Service Baptism of Lucas Nickolson 10:30 Coffee by Youth

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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 9:00 TO 3:00

Messiah Lutheran Church ELCA

502 Kentucky

P.O. Box 486

Hoffman, MN 56339

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

NON PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT # 12 HOFFMAN, MN 56339

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