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St. John’s Lutheran Church

June 2011 Church BellFrom Pastor Disney

How would you feel if we justskipped summer and went fromwhatever that was that wecalled spring and dived rightinto fall? You would probablyfeel like someone yanked out apart of your soul, right? As faras I know summer has not beencanceled. It may have beenshortened due to budget short-falls but there should still beplenty of sweat andbugs so that we allget our fill.

Unfortunately, whenit comes to our spiri-tual life, it seems thatmany people look at the calen-dar and just cross off summer.In the church year, the seasonof summer is called Pentecost.It is the season where we aresupposed to grow just like na-ture does during summer. If youmiss the season of Pentecostyou might be missing thewarmth and light of the HolySpirit. During Pentecost ourscripture lessons are filled withthe parables and stories of Je-sus. We sit at His feet and letHis words wash over us. Tiny

miracles happen in our souls,each of them building thestrong roots that can anchor usthrough a long winter.

The church year was designedto be a kind of comprehensivecourse covering the wholecounsel of God’s wisdom andinstruction. In school nobodycan say they have learned a

subject fully if theyhave missed afourth of theclasses. I think thatsome of the bestparts of our explora-

tion of God’s Wordand wisdom come to us duringthe summer months.

I think someone smart oncesaid there are basically twoquestions worth asking: Whoam I, and, Who is Jesus? Wespend a large part of the churchyear working on understandingwho Jesus is. The journey startsin late fall in the season of Ad-vent as we consider the Onewho was promised to come.

The Gift ofSummer

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St. John’s Lutheran Church302 NE 2nd Street

PO Box 238Buffalo, MN 55313

Phone: 763-682-1883Youth Line: 763-684-0460

Fax: 763-682-1936Noah’s Ark Pre-School: 763-682-1368

info@stjohnsbuffalo.orgwww.stjohnsbuffalo.org

Newsletter Deadline:Deadline for the July newsletter is Monday, June 20th.

Join the Newsletter Mailing Crew on Tuesday, June 28th at 9:00 am.

Bulletin Deadline: Tuesday at midnight

Staff:Rev. James Disney, Senior Pastor

jdisney@stjohnsbuffalo.org

Kelly Thole, DCE, Youth Directorkohland@stjohnsbuffalo.org

Zoe Eckblad, Office Administratorzeckblad@stjohnsbuffalo.org

Carla Myhre-Vogt, Office Assistantcvogt@stjohnsbuffalo.org

Dan & Jackie Korbel, Custodianskorbel@stjohnsbuffalo.org

Nicky Haskins, Noah’s Ark Preschoolnoahsark@stjohnsbuffalo.org

Jim Chapa, TreasurerMary Peterson, Financial SecretaryCheryl Olsen, Board SecretaryGary Schillinger, Music Director

Worship Times:Saturday 7:00 pmSunday 8:00 & 10:30 amSunday’s Service Radio Broadcast onKRWC 1360 AMSundays at 8:00 am

Office Hours:M-F 8:30-4:30

Chairman of the CongregationStan Meyer

Board of Elderselders@stjohnsbuffalo.org

Nyles Gentz, Head ElderGregg Beckman

Dan GreenDave Haggerty Dan Husom

Troy LanieRichard Marquette

Bruce RosineGlen RossLee Ryan

Roger Strege

Board ChairsAltar Guild: Dorothy Bowman

Education: Open Evangelism: Roger Strege

Fellowship: Bill Cook Kid’s Club: Ken and Amy Hill

Library: Shala Holm Memorial Endowment/Investment:

Janice Marschel Project Compassion: Sandi Baert

Sanctuary Decorating: Shala Holm Stewardship: Open

Trustees: Brad Hoseck Women in Mission: Chris Husom

Worship: Pastor DisneyYouth & Family Ministry: Open

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Then at Christmas we considerthe great mystery of His humblebirth. We consider this mysteryunveiled and revealed in theseason of Epiphany. The moodshifts as we begin the walk withJesus to the cross and to Hissacrifice to pay for our sin.Then, of course, the crowningday of the church year comes atEaster. Jesus’ Resurrectionopens the floodgate of clarity.Jesus is the triumphant Son ofGod.

After we celebrate Jesus’ ascen-sion into heaven, the season ofPentecost comes in with abang. God sends the Holy Spiritupon us and it is time for us toturn to our other question: Whoam I? The Spirit first whispersthe answer given to us in bap-tism; you are a child of God.From there the question getsmore complicated as the smallchoices we make each day cre-ate the answer.

Life can mean absolutely noth-ing if you let it, but if you sochoose it can be filled and over-flowing with profound purpose.God lets us choose. That is atonce the most liberating andfrightening news we can re-ceive. The trouble is that we arebroken. As Genesis says, “Everyinclination of man’s heart isevil.” As Paul said in 1st Corin-thians, without the spirit of Godwe can end up being very fool-ish. As Jesus said, once a treehas gone bad it is only going toproduce bad fruit.

Summer is a great time to workin the garden and make thingsgrow. It is also a great time towork on ourselves. The light ofthe Holy Spirit can transformus. It is time to get outside andenjoy the sun. It is also time tosavor the gift of growing in thelight of our living God. I hopeyou will enjoy both this summer.

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Baby Bottle Boomerang

The Women in Mission are again sponsoring aproject for the Pregnancy Resource Center in St.Cloud between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day,

called Baby Bottle Boomerang. PRC is a Christian organi-zation that helps women and men faced with crisispregnancies and other critical life issues. Please pick

up a baby bottle to remind you to pray for the center.And they welcome any donations.

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Fun in the Summer Time!

Enjoy some relaxed fun with PEP(People Enjoying People). PEP meetson the first and third Tuesdays of everymonth in Room 104 across from Noah’s Ark Preschool. We beginwith a brief Bible study led by Pastor Klemz followed by a variety ofactivities which may include joke telling, cards and games. In Junewe meet on the 7th and the 21st from 9:00 am to 11:30. Bring yourown beverage; come whenever you can; stay as long as you want.There is no regular commitment. The more the merrier.

Ladder ofNeeds

Help support our 2011 YouthMission Trip by taking a tagfrom the ladder in the Narthexand providing the requesteditem. Items can be used ornew. Bring your donations tothe narthex or office with thetag by June 12th.

Summer Hours forSaturday Worship

Beginning June 5th the Satur-day Evening Service will changeto 7:00 pm. We will resume the5:00 pm time on September10th.

AED Training

AED Training will be held forthose interested on Sundaysbetween services. All boardmembers and ushers are en-couraged to attend training.There is a short video and theAED's themselves which arelocated in the commons areas,one by the Library and the otherby the Fellowship Hall. If ques-tions talk to Brad Hoseck.

PrayerGroupStarting

Join us on Thursday mornings at8:15 am in our new prayerchapel next to the Library for ahalf hour of prayer. We pray forourselves, each other and for therequests received at the church.(No one has to pray out loud ifthey don't want to.) The group isfacilitated by Kathy Klemz andZoe Eckblad. Please contact usif you have questions.

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Thrivent Choice $ at work

St. John’s Lutheran has received Thrivent Choice Dollars throughThrivent Financials program which allows policy holders to choosewhere their charitable dollars can be directed. Keeping within theguidelines of religious, charitable or education purposes, followingare recent use of some of those funds:

St. John’s KRWC Radio Program - $750St. John’s Vacation Bible School Program - $1,000Buffalo Food Shelf - $500Lutheran Hour Ministries - $500Buffalo Community Center - $500Disaster Relief Matching Door Offering Program - $1,500 (futuredisaster door offerings will be matched up to $1500)

If you are a Thrivent policy holder and have not yet made direction ofyour Thrivent Choice Dollars, call 1-800-Thrivent and designate St.John’s or another organization of your choice. Any questions, callJanice Marschel 763-682-2833 or Pat Norine 763-682-3606.

St. John’s Lutheran Mission $ at Work

Again this Easter season, $6,000.00 of our Ash Wednesday, Lent,Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter envelope offerings wentto LCMS “ABLAZE”. This amount had been approved by our Congre-gation as a 5 year commitment.

Our special Lenten project for 2011 “Match My Lenten Gift for theFood Shelf” was a wonderful success. $2,340 in cash donationsand bags of groceries and supplies were donated by St. John’s mem-bers. We extend a huge thank you to everyone who participated.

Wish ListLibrary Furniture: $2,000

Received: $180.00 Balance: $1,820

Window Coverings: $2,500Received: $360.00 Balance: $2,140

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Serving in June

Ushers

8:00 Jerry UhdeAl BuskeyTim RejewskyFred Bonk

10:30 Bruce RosineConfirmation Kids

Nursery Volunteers

6/59:0010:15

No Sunday SchoolTracy Madsen

6/129:0010:15

No Sunday SchoolKris Brockopp

6/199:0010:15

No Sunday SchoolAdrienne Murray

6/269:0010:15

No Sunday SchoolAndrea Klatt

Coffee Servers

6/56/126/196/26

Oops, we needcoffee makers forthe summer.Will you sign up?

Are You Expecting?

St. John’s Cradle Roll Commit-tee has materials for parents ofnewborns with suggestions andresources to help them withtheir child’s spiritual growthfrom birth to age three. The ma-terials include a Growth Calen-dar, several books, an audiocas-sette and newsletters that willbe delivered on a regular basisthroughout your child’s firstthree years. We’d like to sendthe first newsletter, The Miracleof Birth, before the arrival ofyour child. So, if you are expect-ing, please call or e-mail yourname, address and phone num-ber to Theresa at 763-682-6305, wmhenson@charter.netor to Sheree at 320-963-6625.

LCEF ScholarshipsAvailable

Deadline to apply is June 15th.For more information, go towww.lcef.org/uppermidwest.

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Book Club

Join us on Tues-day, June 7th at7:00 pm as wecontinue discuss-ing A Lineage ofGrace by Francine Rivers.Books are available in the li-brary for $12.00 or from a bookstore. Contact Sue Schleif orShala Holm for more informa-tion.

In this compilation of the fivebooks in the best-selling Line-age of Grace series by FrancineRivers, we meet the five womenwhom God chose—Tamar, Ra-hab, Ruth, Bathsheba, andMary. Each was faced with ex-traordinary—even scandalous—challenges. Each took great per-sonal risk to fulfill her calling.Each was destined to play a keyrol e in the lineage of JesusChrist, the Savior of the World.

E-News

If you would like to receivethis newsletter by email ratherthan snail mail, send an emailto info@stjohnsbuffalo.org.You’ll get the news faster plussave the church some moneyin postage and printing. We’llsend the newsletter as a PDFdocument which downloadsquicker and opens automati-cally in Adobe Reader. Mostcomputers already haveAdobe Reader, but if you donot, call Zoe in the office at763-682-1883.

Have you thought about your funeral?

You can save your family some extra worry, but stating your funeralwishes now. St. John’s has a simple form you can fill out and leavewith the pastors here at church. You can also keep a copy with yourwill and/or give a copy to family members. If we already have a copyof your funeral wishes on file, you may want to review them to see ifthere is anything to update. You can pick up a form from Zoe orCarla in the church office or call 763-682-1883 to request one to besent to you. You can also download a form from our web site atwww.stjohnsbuffalo.org under Resources/Forms.

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Want to Honor SomeoneWith a Gift to St. John’s?

Here’s a convenient way to do it. There’s no need for the recipientto deliver your gift to St. John’s and you can write your check directlyto St. Johns.

1. Pick up a gift card and envelope on the counter in the Narthex.There are two kinds of cards. White cards are for gifts in mem-ory and ivory cards are for gifts in honor that can be used forbirthdays, anniversaries, etc.

2. Fill out the card and enclose it with your greeting card orsympathy card.

3. Enclose your check made payable to St. John’s Lutheran Churchin the envelope and fill out the front. Drop the envelope in theoffering plate or in the church office.

4. We will send you an acknowledgement for your tax records.

If you have questions or need more information, please call thechurch office at 763-682-1883.

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Memorials and Gifts for AprilDonor Memory or

Honor of:Item:

Dan & Karen Spaude Butch ForsytheBirthday

Youth & Family Ministry

Deb, Melvin & Shirley Burmeister Brandon Lanie Building FundCarl & Dorothy Bowman Richard Kobbe Building FundDan Berg Richard Kobbe Undesignated Memorial FundEarl & Sharon Dierks Richard Kobbe Undesignated Memorial FundAnonymous Richard Kobbe Undesignated Memorial FundAudrey Mainquist Richard Kobbe Wish List- Window CoveringsPaul & Debbie Henning Wish List - Library FurnitureAngela Stenglein Ethan & MacKenzie

Ottenstroer BaptismGeneral Fund

Bill & Carol Cook Riding Lawn Mower

No Service

Please note that due to the Buffalo Parade and a wedding conflict,we will NOT have a service on Saturday evening, June 18th.

St. John’s Softball ScheduleChurches for Christ Softball League Season is about to begin.St. John’s has two teams for twice the fun. Come on out and rootfor your team. All games are at Bentfield Mills Park, 1306 CountyRoad 134, just east of Target.Date Time Visitor Home Location06/03 8:00 pm St Johns 2 at St Pauls Field 206/03 9:00 pm St Johns 1 at Zion Field 106/10 7:00 pm Grace at St Johns 2 Field 106/10 8:00 pm St Francis at St Johns 1 Field 206/17 7:00 pm Spirit of Joy at St Johns 1 Field 106/17 9:00 pm St Johns 2 at Covenant 1 Field 106/24 7:00 pm St Johns 1 at Covenant 2 Field 206/24 8:00 pm Buff E Free at St Johns 2 Field 1

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Women In Mission

Our project, the Baby Bottle Boomerang, for the Pregnancy Re-source Center in St. Cloud runs through Father’s Day. PRC is aChristian organization that helps women and men faced withcrisis pregnancies and other critical life issues. If you haven’tdone so, please consider picking up a baby bottle from the ta-ble in the Narthex. And remember to return your bottles on Fa-ther’s Day, June 19th, or leave them in the church office.

You are invited to participate in the Servant Event Mission Tripin Minneapolis/St. Paul on July 17-21st. According to the LWMLwebsite, “The VBS venue has been changed to provide youwith an opportunity to share the love of Jesus with acts of loveand witness. You will stay in the dorms at Concordia Universityin St. Paul and be transported to the various event sites. Ten-tative work sites include: Global Health Ministries, Union Gos-pel Mission, Dorothy Day, Foodshelf and possibly others. Weare still in the process of setting up the schedule. Possible ac-tivities might include unpacking and sorting items, preparingand serving meals, etc. No landscaping or outdoor activitiesare planned at this time.

“Cost for this Servant Event is $175.00 which includes lodgingand breakfast and dinner (see registration form for details). Noairfare, no shots to get, no passport needed. Come and seehow much fun you can have sharing the love of Jesus with oth-ers.” Contact Chris at 763-682-3997 for more information.

There is also a Minnesota South Women’s Retreat July 28-30th

called, “A Woman in God’s Plan,” at Gustavus Adolphus Col-lege in St. Peter, MN. On Friday evening the “LWML TALENTSHOW” will be held. Contact Margaret Hohenstein at 507-454-7387 to participate or to get more details.

“Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievancesyou may have against one another. Forgive as the Lordforgave you. And over all these virtues put on love whichbinds them all together in perfect unity.” Colossians 3:13,

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The following packages are available: A – $150.00 – Thursdayevening through Saturday noon lunch & A/C room; B –$120.00 – For Friday (No Breakfast) through Saturday noonLunch & A/C room; C – $95.00 – Friday/Saturday Registration(No housing & No Breakfast) Use the registration form atwww.mnslwml.org. Deadline for registration: July 17, 2011.

We are looking for some people to help with some Craft Daysor Craft Evenings. We’d like to make items for the Country Fair.It could be Christmas ornaments, or greeting cards, or cro-cheted dish cloths, whatever you choose. It’s a fun way to getto know others better and make items that will help fund mis-sion projects. Please call the church office or Chris at 763-682-3997 if you are interested.

Our 43rd Annual Country Fair for Missions is set for Saturday,November 12th. As you plan your garden, perhaps you canplant an extra hill of cucumbers for pickles, or tomatoes andpeppers for salsa, or any garden produce. We also welcomehand-crafted items, baked items, and attic treasures.

Each Tuesday afternoon you have the opportunity to work onquilts and other projects in the Sewing Room, off the Fellow-ship Hall. We welcome you to come whenever you can.

If you know of a specific mission need, please tell us. Thereare mite boxes in the narthex. Feel free to take one and fill it tohelp support our mission projects. Please join us for our busi-ness meeting, monthly Bible study or for any of our projects aswe Serve the Lord With Gladness!

Upcoming Events:June 2nd: Board Meeting at 6:00, Bible Study, “Standing onthe Rock,” at 6:30. We meet in the upper level board roomin the Family Life Center. All women are welcome.June 23-26th: The LWML National Convention, “Being withJesus--Living on the Edge,” in Peoria, IL.July 17-21st :Servant Event Mission Trip in Mpls/St. Paul.July 28-30th : MN South LWML Retreat in Mankato.November 12th: 43rd Annual Country Fair for Missions.

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Youth & Family Ministry

Join thePandaMania!

Over 100 children depend on you to experi-ence VBS! There are many ways you canmake the adventure happen for the kids.You could donate supplies, help with regis-tration, teach, be a crew leader and more!

Here are some ideas of what your role could be:

Be a…Crew Leader: Through out the week kids travel insmall groups to stations with their crews and leader. Crewleaders are not Teachers! They’re simply part of the Crewfamily. They participate in all the activities and encouragekids to talk about and apply what they are learning. Lovekids, but hate to teach! This is the place for you.

Be a…Station Leader: Instead of leading independent, iso-lated classes, Station Leaders see all the kids each day.There are seven different stations and kids will visit eachone everyday. Each station features a different Bible learn-ing activity to meet the needs of different kinds of learners.Some of the stations are: Crazy Crafts and Missions, Chad-der’s Movie Mania, Treetop Treats, Bambo Blast Games, andWild Bible Adventures. Leaders will be in pairs for each sta-tion.

Donate Supplies: Beginning the end of June through Julypick up tags in the Narthex for the snacks and supplies weneed for VBS.

No matter your age, or interestthere is a place for you at PandaMainia!

Contact Kelly at 763-684-0460.

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Youth & Family Ministry

Monday through Friday,

August 8th through the 12th

from 8:30 to 11:30 am

Mark your Calendar Now!

Kids from age 3 through 4th gradewill experience the fun and excitementof summer camp right here in Buffalo!Children will have a great time singing,

watching skits, creating crafts and playing games.

PandaMania is filled with incredibleBible learning experiences that kids

see, hear, touch and even taste!Kids will love God like never before.

Serve God like never beforeand have the time of their lives doing it!

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Youth & Family Ministry

St. John’s2011 High School Graduates

Congratulations!

Rebekah Ann BjorkMatthew Chapa

Alexander Lee CharlsonMcKenzie Nicole CramerBrittney Sharon Downs

Emilee Jane DuskeAshley Delite Fieldseth

Calleigh Jo ForcierNikolas David GentzTaran Alik Hagan

Olivia Rae HaggertyRyan Edward Klima

Krista Marie LambertRachel Joy Mussell

Ryan Robert SaundersKayla Christine Schimmele

Brentley Dean StevensCarly Marie Winkelman

Trevor Zaffke

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Youth & Family Ministry

Lutheran YouthFellowship Dayat ValleyfairMonday June 27th

Tickets can be ordered at a discount rate of $24.00(Regular entrance fee is $37.99)

Unlimited fun and thrills on the rides and water park!A new LYF bracelet to wear and to help you meet over1000 other LYF people from the upper Midwest region!

We will NOT provide the transportation to allow families tochoose when and how long they will be there.

Name _________________________________________

Number of Tickets _______________________________

Make your check payable to St. John’s and leave it with thisform in the offering plate, in the church office or give toKelly.

Deadline to order is June 19th.

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BirthdaysJordan Andrews 6/1Drew Crone Jr. 6/1Tammy Hulett 6/1Jacob Lambrecht 6/1Troy Lanie 6/1Mark Ordorff 6/1Breia Zumbusch 6/1Teresa Berg 6/2Ashley Elsen 6/2Beth Fenhaus 6/2Brody Hopkins 6/2Dan Husom 6/2Carla Vogt 6/2Crosby Bruhn 6/3Ben Clifton 6/3Luke Korbel 6/3Daniel Lambert 6/3Larry Letsinger 6/4Faye Stenglein 6/4Alexander Zaffke 6/4Andrew Hicks 6/6Pam Mensinger 6/6Brady Miller 6/6Lydia Annen 6/7Ottomar Buttenhoff 6/7Kendra Klima 6/7Caroline Laugtug 6/7Anna Runke 6/7Lila Spike 6/7Daniel Wessels 6/7Oliver Elletson 6/8Ana Henning 6/8Michelle Kennedy 6/8Holly Stelton 6/8Gavin Warne 6/8Christine Weber 6/8Kristine Wren 6/8Laynie Mills 6/9Jolianna Popelka 6/9Adam Jeske 6/10Diana Brecht 6/11Jaxson Brown 6/11Todd Hanson 6/11Jade McKenzie 6/11Patrick Ordorff 6/11Carolee Fieldseth 6/12Nicole Jorgenson 6/12Scott Spadgenske 6/12Spencer Anderson 6/13

Chad Huikko 6/13Megan Mahan 6/13Marjorie Niesen 6/13Drew Nowak 6/13Judy Dykhuizen 6/14Madison Hulett 6/14Samuel Klatt 6/14Erica Seidenkranz 6/14Diane Stenglein 6/14Cyndi Bonk 6/15Scott Brecht 6/15Mason Lachermeier 6/15Dan Vergin 6/15Brad Arntson 6/16Jackson Coss 6/16Susan Crawford 6/16Kathryn Elsen 6/16Ty Klatt 6/16Peter Churness 6/17Roland Halsten 6/17Michael Luoma 6/17Connie Boonstra 6/18June Endreson 6/18Betty Lambert 6/18Caitlin Ruckle 6/18Kaiden Warne 6/18Jennifer Wren 6/18Julie Beaudry 6/19Jerald Bonstrom 6/19Nicole Elsen 6/19Elizabeth Giese 6/19Marin Johnson 6/19Shane Pierce 6/19Brandon Thibodeau 6/19Jordan Bruhn 6/20Payton Erickson 6/20Brianna Gaughan 6/20Eileen Bodin 6/21Dorothy Ladda 6/21Cole Madsen 6/21Mike Mueller 6/21Karie Peter 6/21Alyce Gervais 6/22Amy Popelka 6/22Becky Randt 6/22Terry Runke 6/22Melanie Dokkebakken 6/23Karen Haas 6/23Brenda Hicks 6/23

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Anniversaries

Tracy & Sammy Madsen 6/1Heath & Kathrine Schwanke 6/1Linda & Daniel DeWitte 6/3Bill & Shirley Elletson 6/4Larry & Shirley Holland 6/4Janet & Ralph Arnold 6/5Jed & Del Larson 6/5Connie & Peter Rodosovich 6/7Aaron & Lois Dixon 6/8Willis & Barb Miller 6/8Kurt & Rosie Bergemann 6/9Carrie & Chad Coss 6/9Howard & Mary Bremmer 6/10Earl & Sharon Dierks 6/10James & Deb Chapa 6/11Terry & Sue Napper 6/11Ron & Joyce Uecker 6/11Gary & Sandra Vergin 6/11Travis & Emily Korbel 6/12Bill & Carol Cook 6/13Kathleen & Matt Schlink 6/13Andy & Erin Crone 6/14Lorrie & Mike Lepinski 6/14Tom & Ann Rassat 6/14Justin & Joy Bonk 6/15Matthew & Myriah Elletson 6/15Roger & Helen Klemz 6/15

Dan & Kelly Erdmann 6/17Richard & Karen Haas 6/17Greg & Jennie Buttenhoff 6/18Gene & Mary Jo Lambert 6/18Ashley & Nick Allerson 6/19Michael & Marie Lambrecht 6/19Arnold & Lila Spike 6/19Gary & Jane Anderson 6/20John & Carol Berg 6/20Lee & Rhonda Charlson 6/20Robert & Kathy Forcier 6/20Bill & Annette Pulvermacher 6/20Eric & Jill Ebeling 6/21Darryl & Pat Stoppelman 6/21Peter & Sandy Churness 6/22Mark & Debra Ordorff 6/22Bob & Jill Furneisen 6/25John & Nancy Lambrecht 6/25Ralph & Diane Faue 6/26Betsy & Jeremy Risk 6/27Jessica & John Giles 6/28John & Sarah Hoppe 6/28Scott & Christine Niesen 6/28Allen & Barbara Stelton 6/28Amy & Lee Vidmar 6/28Bob & Gloria Fieldseth 6/29Debbie & Steve Reineccius 6/30

Ben Mueller 6/23Arnold Neutz 6/23Nicholas Ordorff 6/23Leah Otto 6/23Lori Schimmele 6/23Gary Anderson 6/24Elizabeth Bjork 6/24Sophie Ellis 6/24Darlene Lohse 6/24Braden Overcott 6/24Nolan Rumsch 6/24Olivia Haggerty 6/25Ruth Jans 6/25Barb Miller 6/25Joan Sandstede 6/25Daniel Witry 6/25Dylan Korbel 6/26

Jeffery Workman 6/26Joseph Cummings 6/27Jada Vieths 6/27Michael Bonk 6/28Kyle McLellan 6/28Lance Moy 6/28Stephanie Novacek 6/28Barbara Stelton 6/28Richard Wald 6/28Andrew Charlson 6/29Gary Marquette 6/29Cassie Stech 6/29Arlys Bauer 6/30Jonathan Danielson 6/30Brian Jans 6/30Nicholas Johnson 6/30Adele Tonsager 6/30

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Call to Order: Stan MeyerOpening Prayer: Pastor DisneyAgenda Reviewed, approved.New Business: Pastor Call Process – StanMeyer spoke on the fact Pastor Bode hadreceived a call and left St. John’s. The Boarddecided to have the President of the SouthDistrict Lane Seitz join us to discuss what ourneeds might be for future decisions. Wemade the decision to send out a survey toeach and every congregational member sothat we can get some input as to what yourvision, your needs are for the future. So,when the decision is made it might be that wewill need leaders in other areas such as aDirector of Christian Outreach, a Director ofMusic, Director of Education etc. There aremany different people out there and manyways to get the job done. We want to makesure we do the right thing. We will need alittle time to do this, get the survey done, anddigest the input and then you will be hearingmuch more on this later.Pastor Report: Pastor Disney commentedthat his numbers had changed already fromthe written report with Baptisms at 14 andFunerals at 5. Attendance has gone up to anaverage of 383 through Palm Sunday fromthe last half of 2010 which was 355 so wemay be looking at the average attendancerising again. Saturday night has not seen amuch appreciable change even with shiftingthe time to 5:00 P.M. with an average some-where in the 40s. He still does not haveenough people to form a Contemporary MusicBand. So if you know anyone who maybeplays guitar, drums or any musical instrumentit doesn’t matter what age, anyone who wouldlike to play in this band please contact Pas-tor. The question was asked, how doe’s Pas-tor Disney feel about the call situation. Hefeels that the model of a Pastor leader with alot of generalists is a good model and hasseen this as a working situation where thechurches are really growing. He would love tosee us grow and have some dreams cometrue and is at the point where he would do

whatever it takes to get this done. The Ascen-sion service will be held on the following Sunday(June 5).Youth & Family Ministry Board – Education: Kelly Thole said the kids are getting ready forthe trip to Middletown, Ohio. The group hasgrown to 25. Thank you to the Congregation forall their support. There are still fund raiserscoming up including the Plant Sale. The Journeyto the Cross event was a highlight a huge thankyou to all who helped make it such a specialevent. May 22nd is Confirmation Sunday and inJune we will celebrate our Graduates, Kelly isgetting ready for these last events for the year.Thank you again for all your support and help. A congratulations was extended to Kelly andall the helpers on a fantastic Lenten season andthe Journey to the Cross event.Secretary’s Report: A motion to accept reportwas made by Lynette Smith and seconded byRoger Strege. Motion accepted.Financial Secretary’s Report / Treasurer’s Re-port: Jim Chapa reviewed the highlights notingthat there is a slight shortfall for the first quarterwhich is due to the timing of the end of thequarter. The Budget differences were also dueto timing. The Building Fund now has only about1 ½ months in reserve. There was a nice in-crease in the Food Shelf giving. A motion toaccept report was made by Dan Korbel andseconded by Lynette Smith. Motion was ac-cepted. General Fund Contributions and Ex-penses for Quarter: Contributions $102,042 Expenses 103,180 Net Increase (Decrease) (1,137)Elders: Nyles Gentz, written report. All Eldersnow have contact information. Please feel freeto contact an Elder with any situation. The Boardis doing evaluations and has met with ChurchCouncil regarding Pastor Bode’s accepting of acall and what is needed to move forward. TheBoard provided hot dishes for Soup Suppernight during Lent and they will also be giving outflowers for Mothers Day. New Members Received: Cooper Bonk, OwenCzanstkowski, Reese Peter, Andrew Crone, Erin

Quarterly Voters’ Meeting Minutes 5/1/2011

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Crone, Andrew Crone, Jeremy Gatz, HannahGatz, Carter Gatz, Hendrix Gatz, Cory Hilk, Jenni-fer Hilk, Mitchell Hilk, Audrey Hilk, Todd Ken-nedy, Jennifer Kennedy, Danielle Kennedy,Wanda Maresh, Zachary Potter, Chelsey Potter,Mackenzie Potter, Anthony Potter, Jon Taylor,Jamie Taylor, DeLana Taylor, Terry Klaers, SarahKlaers, Lillian Anderson, Carol Clark, MyaKlaers, Charlee Miller, Randy Otten, Marie Ot-ten, William Otten, Thomas Otten, Iona Whitney,Tristan Bates, Gabriel Schillinger. Members Removed: Donald Riley, AudreyGonczy, Doug Holte, Laura Eiynk, FlorenceSchleif, Myrna Peterson. The question was asked, how are we doingwith New Members, Nyles said that when theycome on board we need to keep in touch andpossibly post pictures plus the Elders are identi-fying themselves with tags to make them visibleso if there are questions they will help to an-swer.Trustees: Brad Hosek reported that a new Fold-ing Machine had been purchased as the resultof a gift from Ruth Jans with enough money leftover to purchase a new CD recorder. A leasewas signed for a new copier with budget costsbeing the same as the old copier. AED trainingwas started. The Landscaping is being workedon. Chairs in the Fellowship Hall that were de-fault are being replaced with no cost to St.John’s. Brad extended an invitation to everyoneto join the Trustee board. Help is needed pleasegive it some thought.Worship: Covered under Pastor Disney’s report.Evangelism: Written report Roger Strege addedthat there are two softball teams and they arestill looking for players. Luke and Jesse Korbelare managing the teams give them a call or justshow up and they will put you to play.Memorials / Gifts: As printed in written report.Missions: Dan Korbel spoke on behalf of LoveInc. Big Woods. They hired Ken Norman as di-rector. In July they will review to see where theyare at and what needs to be done or changed.Volunteers are always needed and this can bedone on line. John Koch’s rents Love Inc. officespace below Setterberg’s on a month to monthbasis. It is now open Mon. and Wed. from 10until 2. Dan has been elected Treasurer. Fundraising events are coming up. A representative

from St. John’s will be the contact to helpwith the program in our church. Some itemsthat they are in need of are dressers, desks,TV stands, single beds, toddler beds, kitchentables, couches, end tables, knick-knackshelves and if anyone has storage space thatis always needed. Priscilla McKenzie com-mented that Ken Norman will be at the BabyAnimal Fair.Building - Finance: Written report.Fellowship: Written report with Bill Cook com-menting on the up coming Looney Lutheranshow May 15, tickets can be purchased atthe church.Lutheran Women in Mission: Printed report.Library: Written report with the Book for theBook Club being “A Lineage of Grace” to bediscussed in June and July, come join us,books are available in Library.Noah’s Ark: Their work continues.Decorating: Printed report.Project Compassion / Health Cabinet: Pro-ject for Easter was to have crosses made.Janice Marschel spearheaded the project.The board will meet May 24th. Please join usas a friend or caring person is alwaysneeded. (This will be a chocolate party)Other Business: A question was asked aboutthe totals for some of the offerings and JimChapa will get the answers.Janice Marschel spoke about our meetingwith Rev. Seitz and that we are at a crossroad in the life of St. John’s with a great op-portunity ahead of us. We need to look care-fully and consider carefully. Look at strengthsand weaknesses work with the survey, con-sider what programs we need, don’t dropwhat we have, assimilate what we are doing,look into why people come and how do wekeep them here, think about it prayerfully.Step up and take ownership, get our armsaround what is needed. Pastor Disney put out a call for Meals onWheels help. We do this program through themonth of May and the sign up sheet is in theNarthex.Closing Prayer: Pastor DisneyRespectfully submitted by Cheryl Olsen,Board Secretary

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Youth & Family Ministry – Education:Kelly Thole said that the Journey to theCross surpassed expectations. Theboards are now working on the up andcoming year. The Confirmation retreatwas held at Camp Omega. The Lentensuppers are finished. Baccalaureate willbe held for the graduates at Covenant.They are ordering material for VBS.Check the ladder in the Narthex forsupplies that are needed for the Ohiotrip which is from July 9th to 16th. Thegroup is at full capacity. Kelly is alsoworking on ideas to keep the in-between kids such as confirmed orgraduated involved.Elders: Nyles Gentz reported that theElders discussed the survey for the CallProcess and how they can be of help toPastor Disney at this time. Pastor Dis-ney’s review will be out shortly.Trustees: Brad Hoseck said AEDclasses have started and they also haveaccess to a CD which can be used forfurther classes. Kelly Thole asked thatthe teachers be taught how to use themachine when they resume in the fall. Itwill also be a What Shall We Do itemheld between services. The replace-ment chairs are in with help from DonLardy and Stan Meyer. A thank you wasextended to them and Bill Morris forsetting the whole situation up. Bill Cookhas supplied the church with a mowerwhich Brad is tuning up. Lock boxesand who has access to them is beingworked on. The Landscaping wasworked on by Dave Randall and Fred,Gary and Justin Bonk – thank you to allof them. The new Landscaping will be-come an Eagle Scout project for AlexLarson. The Alarm system is still provingto be a problem which needs to be re-solved so the companies involved havebeen talked to and a solution will hope-fully be found without to much expense.

Board Meeting Minutes—5/9/2011

Call to Order: Stan MeyerOpen Prayer: Pastor Disney Unable to approve Agenda and Secre-tary’s Report due to no printed notes. Discussion concerning the PastoralCall Process opened the meeting. Cre-ating the Survey that will go out to thecongregation was brought up withthings like, what questions to ask, howmany questions, should a committee beformed to do such things. The consen-sus was to form an Assessment TaskForce made up of approximately sixpeople, This Task force will look at allthings like the ministry of our church,what is needed here, the things peoplehave expressed care about, demo-graphics etc. Questions will be formu-lated from their results with prayerfulconsideration. It was also noted that weneed not rush this process but look togetting it right.Pastor’s Reports: Pastor Disney had awritten report on statistics for themonth of April. He discussed the “OneCall Now” system and that it continuesto be updated and fixed with an expla-nation of how easy it is to use and thatif members are still not getting callsand have questions please call thechurch office. The Pastor Bode mes-sage on the phone is being changed. Atthis point he is keeping up and makingsome adjustments to do so and will letthe board know if he feels he needshelp. Comments on having a tapedsermon in case of an emergency werediscussed with the Elders and this isbeing looked into. The Monday nightprayer meeting has been canceled andSat. night service will be changed to7:00 as of June. It was also mentionedthat it would be nice to have what ishappening up front such as Kelly’s talkwith the kids be put up on the screen.This is being checked into.

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Skate boarding on church property wasmentioned and signs regarding eliminat-ing this problem will be checked into.Evangelism: Roger Strege said the boardis working with a project by project the-ory and it is proving successful. Theboard works on one project at a timeinvolving people for only the time it takesto complete that particular thing and notexpecting them to commit for a year orso. He also feels as part of the Missionoutreach it would be a good thing tohave Ken Norman, head of Love Inc. givea presentation. The Softball teams hadtheir first game. They are also workingwith Pastor Disney to acclimate him toface book. The web site continues to getapproximately 60 hits a week. It was also brought up that maybe weneed a team to help New Members afterthey join.Missions: Janice Marschel spoke on ameeting held by the contributors throughThrivent Choice Dollars and presented awritten report of how the money receivedthrough this program will be distributed.She said there is no direct contact per-son in St. John’s but talking with anagent in the company can help you learnof this program. A motion was made byJanice Marschel to donate $4750.00 ofthe $11,189.00 received at this time.The breakdown was $750. to KRWCradio program, VBS $1000. Buffalo foodShelf $500. Lutheran Hour Ministries$500. Buffalo Community Center $500.Disaster Relief Matching Door OfferingProgram $1500. Bill Cook secondedthe motion. Motion was approved.Thrivent members are encouraged toparticipate in this program.Lutheran Women in Mission: Chris Hu-som gave some highlights of the writtenreport. The Baby Bottle fundraiser hasstarted and will run until Fathers Day.Lillian Kent is our representative to at-tend the National Convention in Peoria,Illinois. She will take along donated blan-kets and a gift of $200.

Fellowship: There have been 120 tick-ets sold for the Looney Lutherans. Theboard is looking at using extra money toget a big name entertainer in for sometype of fund raiser.Noah’s Ark: Graduation will be at 7:00pm on May 24, 2011.Project Compassion / Health Cabinet:The next meeting is at 7:00 pm May24th. The group is always looking forpeople who would like to join and be ofcomfort to someone in need or justlooking for a friend, someone who ca-res.Library: Continue to do their work.Decorating; Completed Easter andkeeps the work on going.Financial / and Treasurer’s reports: Inabsence of Jim Chapa Stan Meyer men-tioned highlights. Restoring the 10%taken away from the salaries was dis-cussed and Nyles Gentz said he willbring that up to the Elders. It was alsomentioned that a Capital Campaign willneed to be formed again as the previ-ous one is coming to a close. Bill Cookwill check into the previous committee.General Fund Contributions and Ex-penses for April: Contributions $34,624 Expenses 29,994 Net Increase (Decrease) 4,630A motion to accept the treasure andfinancial reports was made by NylesGentz and seconded by Roger Strege.Motion accepted. There has been an on going problemwith lights being left on and doorsunlocked. Nyles Gentz will e-mail theElders and set up a check system. Allcongregation members need to do theirpart and check these things if possiblebefore leaving. Pastor Disney closed with Prayer –meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted by CherylOlsen, Board Secretary

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