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DEVILS LAKE, NORTH DAKOTA

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St. Olaf Lutheran Church 601 6th Street NE

Devils Lake, ND 58301-2525

Phone: 701-662-4911

FAX: 701-662-4820

Email: stolaf@gondtc.com

www.stolfchurchdevilslake.com

Pastor Jim Paulson

Deacon James W. Travers

Family Ministry Coordinator

Darci Gilbertson

Office & Financial Secretary

Kirk Sweeney, Custodian

Dan Nybo, Organist

Samantha Richards, Choir Director

Wednesday, March 1

5:30: Soup & Sandwich Supper with Book Study 7:00 Worship with Holy Communion and imposition of ashes

Supper, Book Study & Worship continue Wednesdays: March 8, 15, 22, 29, April 5

All are Welcome!

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Chad & Amanda Engen SSgt. Sherri Read &

SSgt. Barry Read Cpl. Jeffrey J. Olson Sgt. Jesse S. Olson Grant Thompson

Justin & Jill Johnson Derrick Owens

Jonathan Pearson Matthew Martin

Sgt. Major Brian Soper Nevon Heisler

Brian Pederson Cory Schall Brent Schall

Amy & Cory Everson Austin Dammen

Cole Baker Ryan Mertens Gregory Fritz

Cpl. Cole Baker & Spc. Jade Baker

If you know of someone serving in the military, please let the church office (662-4911) know.

St. Olaf offers electronic giving,

which allows you to make donations on a scheduled, automatic basis. If you are writing checks and preparing envelopes every week, you will especially appreci-ate electronic giving.

How to get started To set up elec-tronic donations, simply complete the authorization form available in the Centennial Room or call the office and Darci will send you one and return it to the church office. Donations can be debited automatically from either a checking or savings account.

Weekly Attendance & Envelope Giving

Electronic Giving for January (24 Households): $3,200.00

Date

January 29 February 5 February 12 February 19

Attendance 8:30 11:00 45 73 53 98 44 102 66 136

General Fund

$2,249.00 $4,547.00 $4,217.00 $4,129.02

January General Fund Expenses Adult Ed Exp ............................... 111.82 Altar Supplies ............................. 131.20 Auto Exp. (Mileage) ................... 401.04 BCBS Exp .................................... 699.90 Church Supplies ......................... 267.79 Confirmation Exp ....................... 399.63 Cont. Ed—Fam Min Exp ............. 661.52 Convention Exp .......................... 217.00 Custodian HIR Exp ...................... 280.00 Missions: EaND Synod. .......................... 1,333.26 Luth Soc Serv .............................. 86.67 Hope Center ............................. 200.00 LR Community Shelter ............. 100.00 Otter Tail .................................... 769.00 FMC Housing Allow .................... 381.50 MDU ........................................... 419.00 Insurance Exp ............................. 755.42 Maintenance Exp ................... 1,027.60: - BlueLine Co. (roof snow removal)250.00 - Dakota Washmaster (snow) 193.25 Office Equip ................................ 636.66 Office Supplies ............................... 4.82 Miscellaneous Exp .................... 139.17: Ramsey Bank (LOC) ......... 116.62 Vanco................................. 12.55 ND Sec of State (report) .... 10.00

Pastor Housing Allowance ...... 1,666.66 Pastor Soc. Sec. Allowance ........ 367.46 Payroll Exp ................................. 690.44 Pension/Ins Exp ...................... 3,701.90 Postage Exp ................................ 271.41 Retreat Center Expenses: Greater Ramsey Water ............. 20.80 MDU ......................................... 55.59 City of Devils Lake ...................... 124.61 Ramsey Co. Treas. (Specials) ..... 261.63 Sunday School Exp ..................... 403.52 NDTC (tele./internet/security) .. 366.73 VBS ............................................. 300.00 Worship Supplies ....................... 165.82 Wages ................................... 11,739.38 Youth Activities .......................... 645.97 Total Expenses .................... 29,220.65 Total January Income ............ 27,713.38 (1,487.27)

Loan Balances What we owe Ramsey bank as of 2/23/17

Line of Credit ......................... $19,875.00 (General Fund expenses)

Would you like to

know more about the

Lord’s Prayer?

This

year

during

the 40

days of

Lent we

are of-

fering

devo-

tions for

your

Lenten

Journey. The journey involves

reading and then praying a

short devotion each day on a

part of the Lord’s Prayer. Also,

before our Wednesday Lenten

services we’ll meet at 5:30 pm

to discuss the preceding week

of devotional readings. Togeth-

er these experiences will guide

us all to grow spiritually. Since

prayer and Bible study are

among the disciplines of faith,

you are invited to walk with

Pastor Jim and our members in

deepening your understanding

and to explore the meaning be-

hind the Lord’s Prayer. To

plan for this Lenten Journey,

we need you to sign up as ear-

ly as possible so we can place

an order for the devotional

booklet. We’ll be using the

Book of Faith Lenten Journey

entitled 40 days with

the Lord’s Prayer, by Henry F. French. A sign-up

sheet is now in the Centennial

Room.

The season of Lent is here,

beginning with Ash Wednes-

day . Lent is the opportunity

to explore our faith practices

in new ways. Everything be-

gins with our baptism as this

blessing from God comes with

the promise of receiving vari-

ous spiritual gifts. We may

view our

worship

and church

involve-

ment as

already

being quite

satisfacto-

ry. But

during

Lent we

can ask

God to

guide us to

deeper

faith and

not be

afraid of

what that

means.

What means something now

as faith can be even more, if

we are open to it. While

Epiphany makes us aware of

God’s revelation to us through

Christ, Lent guides us to dwell

on our receptivity of God’s

spirit through the practices of

prayer, fasting, Bible study,

worship and sacraments.

Make no mistake that God is

always there, but Lent is our

time to be honest about the

obstacles—the sin that gets in

the way. What keeps us from

growing in our faith? What

could be different in our

awareness of God speaking

to us? Please understand

that obstacles aren’t really

mysterious things , but can

include poor choices that po-

tentially lead us away from

rather than toward God. How

we use our time and what

time we

leave for

God are

things to

consider

during Lent.

It is a win

win when

we make

God and

doing God’s

work to be

more im-

portant.

We’ll be

praying and

discussing

the Lord’s

Prayer too during our

Wednesday nights in Lent. It

is a prayer many of us know

well, but there is always the

chance of learning a fuller

meaning to something we al-

ready pray.

Blessings to you in

Christ’s name,

Pastor Jim

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Greetings this Lent!

Deborah Circle Aasmundstad, Corrine Axtman, Cynthia Bachmeier, Sara Blanchfield, Karin Boehmer, Sherry Braathen, Marilyn Clemenson, Sonja Crane, Livonia Cruse, Gail Dettling, Sandra Eckes, Mina Encinas, Alexandria Faleide, Judith Forsberg, Lisa Forsberg, Sandy Foss, Idelle Geller, Cynthia Gilbertson, Darci Gilbertson, Vivian Greicar, Rhonda Hatten, Sherri Jallo, Margaret Johnson, Arlene Johnson, Heather Johnson, Kristin Johnson, Patty Kalhagen, Betty Kenner, Amanda Kraft, Kathy Larson, Angie Lilleberg, Stacey Lysne, Denise MacDonald, Heather

Mertens, Diane Mertens, Kelsey Miller, Adeline Moen, Sheila Nelson, Dorothy Obenchain, January Olson, Barb Olson, Eva Olson, Michelle Overbo, Kitty Papachek, Stella Peters, Marilynn Quam, Rachel Rogne, Florene Rolland, Betty Saari, Karen Saele, Dianne Salisbury, Ardys Sander, Amber Skramstad, Norma Sogge, Deanne Strong, Judy Stubbe, Lori Stubbe, Mary Jane Thompson, Kerry Thompson, Kris Tollefson, Karen Tollefson, Kristie Trottier, Farrah Tweeten, June Visby, Jan Walden, Barbara Yager, Nan

If you are interested in attending the Triennial Convention in Minneapolis in July 2017, there will 2 buses from Eastern ND, one will begin in Jame-stown (7-13-17 @ 6 a.m.) -location to be determined- and make stops as needed on the way to Fargo; the other will begin in Devils Lake (7/13/17 @ 6 a.m.) - location to be determined and heading east. The buses will meet in Fargo and head to Minneapolis. Cost is $100 round trip with a full bus. To make reservations call Julie Garrett 701-238-5171 or Pam Neumiller 701-200-6035.

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What is a Circle? Are you in one?

This is the third in a series about St. Olaf circles and their missions. While the circles are typically comprised of women, men are welcome to contribute with either items, $ or time. Anyone with a Thrivent product can apply for a $250 grant toward any of the missions talked about in this series. Go to the Thrivent web site and click on action team and follow the prompts.

This month we will talk about Deborah Circle's mission. Deborah collects items for "Baby Care Kits" for Lutheran World Relief. (These are different than the "Infant Kits" for Global Health Ministries assembled by Miriam Circle talked about last month.) Deborah Circle assembles the kits once a year in April. Assembly time will be announced in the Spire and bulletins. You may bring items to the church at any time throughout the year and leave them in the quilting room. Contact Diane Seale 662-1109 or Judy Strong 662-2460 with any questions or suggestions. The baby care kits consist of: 2 receiving blankets -med. weight cotton or flan-nel, or crocheted or knitted light weight yarn up to 52" sq., small hand towel (dark color), 4 diapers (flat fold 24x27), 2 diaper pins or large safety pins, 2 bars of soap, 2 cotton T-shirts, 2 long or short sleeved sleepers (no feet) 6-12 mo size, 2 pair of socks, hooded sweater or hooded sweatshirt or cap and sweater.

S O S St Olaf WELCA has teamed up with a Thrivent Action Team to gather bars of soap (any size) or liquid hand or bath soap. The goal is to make a very high “Stack Of Soap” to be given to Lutheran World Relief, Prairie Heights, Veterans, Hope Center, Dakota Prairie, Homeless Shelter, SAAF house or any non-profit that can make use of this (if you are vol-unteering or know of some-one who could use some soap, please call Stella at 662-8450). One of the major benefits of soap is for washing hands and preventing flu and colds. This is especially pertinent for this time of the year. Please pick up a bar or two when you are out shopping. The display will be set up in the Centennial Room through March 19th. Monetary donations are al-ways welcome; leave them in the office with Darci. Thank you so much for your participation in this project.

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Prayer Chain If you or someone you

know are in need of

prayers,

please contact:

the church office:

662-4911.

Your name and concern

will be held before God

and prayed for by

everyone on the

Prayer Chain.

You will be asked if you

would like to be included in

the prayers at Sunday wor-

ship or you may request it.

Irma Carter

Phyllis Dahl

February Council Meeting Minutes St. Olaf Church Council Meeting. Tues-day, Feb. 14, 2017 Present: Pastor Jim Paulson, Rodger Haugen, Betty Nygren, Ray Strong, Daria Miller, Jeri Steffan, Emily Kimball, Rachel Quam, Ray Sletteland, Jamie Travers, Colette Boehmer, Darci Gilbertson Absent: Tom Wade, Marcus Dahle, Steve Geigle Pastor Jim led the council in devotions and discussion on how to be a "welcoming" church. We welcomed the new council members. Treasurer Rodger Haugen called the meeting to order. Rodger presided over the meeting due to the absence of Presi-dent Tom Wade and VP Marcus Dahle. The minutes from the January council meeting were reviewed. Betty moved to accept the minutes as written. Ray Strong seconded. The minutes were ap-proved. Rodger presented the treasurer's report. The General fund, Building fund, and Designated fund all show positive bal-ances. We still owe $20,000.00 on the line of credit. Rodger moved to accept the treasurer's report. Rodger turned the meeting over to Co-lette to complete the action on the mo-tion. Ray Sletteland seconded. All ap-proved and the treasurer's report was accepted. Pastor Jim's report of activities was re-viewed. Pastor Jim added that he will be taking vacation March 12-18. Jamie's report was reviewed. Jamie reported on several activities that will be happening in March. Committee reports were presented and reviewed.

Old Business: The council discussed the Torsk Feed. The Torsk Feed will be held on Sunday, April 9. Money raised will be donated to the American Cancer Society. Emily will talk with Judy MacDonald on details. New Business: The council discussed sound problems that have been occur-ring during the Sunday service radio broadcasts. Darci has spoken with NDTC and the radio station about this. It was recommended that the equipment be moved from the furnace room to the closet under the stairs. The furnace room is too warm for the equipment to work properly. Jeri moved to have an electri-cian place an outlet in the closet so the broadcast equipment can be moved. Ra-chel seconded. The motion was ap-proved. The council discussed ideas to pay off the line of credit. One idea discussed is an envelope fundraiser. Different mone-tary amounts are written on envelopes and members would choose an envelope to make a donation. Ray Sletteland made a motion to proceed with the envelope project to help pay off the line of credit. Emily seconded. The motion was ap-proved. The council also discussed paying an amount monthly from the general fund toward the line of credit. Jeri moved to pay $200.00 a month to the line of cred-it. Emily seconded. Motion was ap-proved. Ray Sletteland made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Betty seconded. The meeting was adjourned. We closed with the Lord's Prayer. Respectfully submitted, Colette Boehmer

Faith & Care Group #1—March 2017 Faith & Care Group #2

April 2017

Dennis & Jean Aardahl

Eric & Corrine Aasmundstad, Britt, Jenna, Taylor

Harlan Adahl

Duane A. & Susan Armstrong, Molly & Ben

Katelyn Armstrong, Ashton

Trent & Holly Beckedahl

Dean & Allison Blazer

Kory & Colette Boehmer, William

Duane Bokn

Marvin & Patricia Bye, Bryan, Justin

Kelsie Bye, Kennedy

William & Lynn Byram

Jared & Elisa Christensen, Cassandra, Kaylee,

Carter

Judy Cox, Michael & Patrick

Wendy Cox, Jacob, Austin

Cleo Deplazes

Jeremy & Jennifer Devier, Blair, Coby, Austin,

Zoee, Braxton, Eliza, Piper

Luann Devier, Chris

Cynthia Geller, Dana, Kirsten, Stephanie

Douglas & Lynn Goodwill, Natalie

Effie Hanson

Sharon Henke

Lloyd Hintz

Melissa Hodous, Brody, Mason, Bennett

LeAnn Holter, Crystal

Benjamin & Jenna Idland, Kaspynn

Norma Jacobson

Jared & Heather Johnson, Tristan

Patty Johnson

Elizabeth Kalhagen

Michael & Rachel Kitsch

Esther Larson

Kristian & Danielle Lindseth, Isabel, Abigail

Darren & Lori Lippert, Kaylee, Blake

Nicole McIvor, Julia, Blaine

Necito Montaniel

Allan Mosbaek

Josey & Amber Ness, Brynn, Lainey, Rustyn

Keith & Joan Ness

Robert Ness

Rose Marie Nyhus

Rene & Sherri Oullette, Carson

Art & Carol Rohr

Byron & Jessica Rohr, Julia, Clara

David & Ranae Schnaidt, Emily

Stephanie Schnaidt, Raeleigh, Rylan

Terry & Connie Straabe, Caitlin, Michelle & Tara

Jarrod & Lori Stubbe, Quenten & Malcolm

Ken & Karen Tollefson

Gordon & Shirley Tostenson

James Travers

Barbara Walden

Helen Weed

662-8547 ............... Ray & Deb (351-1527) Bertsch 662-2205 ............... Leonard & Marie Birkeland 662-2761 ............... Carl & Alta (381-2690) Bloomquist 662-2074 ............... Gordon & Marilyn Braathen 662-3605 ............... Doug & Darlene Carlson 766-4059 ............... Rhea Crane & Doug Longie 662-2301 ............... Brad & Deb Eback, Marissa, Emily, Landen 662-5001 ............... Chad & Alisha Ehnert, Morgan, Breydin 662-8085 ............... Diane Engebretson (351-2335) & Gary Walkley (351-0408) 230-4216 ............... Chad & Amanda Engen, Carter, Bennett 351-0648 ............... Cory & Amy Everson, Faith, Blake 665-3113 ............... Jim & Debra Frank, Darren, Malloree 662-4185 ............... Rodney Franson 351-4179 ............... Mark & Darci Gilbertson, Taylor, Wyatt 662-2775 ............... Larry & Elda Hatten .............................. Kimberly Hatten 662-3364 ............... Robert & Sheri Hatten, Kendall, Stephanie 230-9938 ............... Darcie IronHawk, Rebecca, Teddy 398-5122 ............... Steve & Sharon Johanson 662-8047 ............... Roger & Yvonne Knutson 230-2227 ............... Steve & Becky Lang, Amanda, Kaylee 351-0684 ............... Judy Lee 351-4910 ............... Jodie Longie, Madison, Rielly 662-3165 ............... Denise Lysne, Carley 662-9231 ............... Darin & Stacy MacDonald, Beth 662-3774 ............... Vonda Markestad 662-4330 ............... Ronald & Barbara Miller 662-3625 ............... Randy & Jamie Minnerup, Shayla, Shelby, Brynlee 393-4461 ............... Arnold Moen 544-0103 ............... Sharon Nelson & Olive Peterson 662-4413 ............... Dan & Bonnie Ness, Nikki, Wyatt 662-3752 ............... Alban Nordrum 662-3485 ............... Kitty Overbo 395-4346 ............... Kenneth & Joann Paulson 351-8925 ............... Brian Pederson 381-9187 ............... Matthew & Sara Pederson, Ethan 668-4307 ............... Kim Pederson 662-8758 ............... Janet Peterson 662-7103 ............... Brent & Toni Pflaum, Travis 662-2921 ............... Kim Rau & Kevin Birkeland, Cody 662-3252 ............... Dennis & Karen Riggin 350-0611 ............... Lance & Tammy Riggin, Hunter, Nash, Harper 351-3116 (c) .......... Roxanne Rose (662-5590) (w) 662-3203 ............... R. Glenn & Ardys Salisbury 662-6540 ............... Anna Schemionek (351-0793) 393-4374 ............... Randy & Julie Schemionek, Alexus, Justin, Ryan 662-4354 ............... Lori Schlieve, Tracy 662-3563 ............... Paul Skurdall 662-5534 ............... Ray Sletteland 350-2809 ............... Wayne Sorenson 351-4145 ............... Brian Sowatzki & Deb Weber (381-9866) Brady, Griffin 351-3845 ............... Michael & Cheryl Steffan 662-7988 ............... Arlo & Darlene Svedberg, Erika 351-2653 ............... Nancy Sylling, Amanda, Michael, Mitchell 650-1230 ............... Ashley Sylling, Saige 662-3885 ............... Brad & Kris Thompson, Kayla, Kaitlyn, Austin 662-8624 ............... Gary & Kerry Thompson 662-5635 ............... Clarence Jr. & Linda Toso, Justin 230-9075 ............... Jason & Niki Toso, Kyleigh, Kole 662-3744 ............... June Tweeten (741-3881—Janet Tweeten) 398-3706 ............... Mary Vilandre 766-4535 ............... James & Kelly 473-5338 (w) Wang, Marit, Peter 351-7070 ............... Steve Weber 318-1934 ............... Dale Volk, Mason

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Stained Glass Windows Fund

In Memory of June Meyer (Charlotte Riggin’s Mother) from the June Meyer Family

Quilting Fund In Memory of

Amy Mosbaek from Kitty Overbo Harriet Naas from Florene Rogne

Retreat Center Fund In Memory of

Irma Carter & Phyllis Dahl from Rodger Haugen

Faith & Care Fund In Memory of

Phyllis Dahl from Rory & Charlotte Riggin

St. Olaf Foudation In Memory of

Irma Carter & Phyllis Dahl from Ir-ving & Janice Thompson

Radio Fund In Memory of

Phyllis Dahl from Myrna & Tom Pe-terson, Janice Breakey, Ann Schemi-onek & Family, Vonnie Erickstad, Ron & Barb Miller, Carl & Alta Bloomquist, Larry & Betty Nygren Irma Carter from Janice Breakey, Gary Bryn, Vonnie Erickstad, Helen Hanson, Kim Hatten, Carl & Alta Bloomquist, Ray Bryn, Larry & Betty Nygren June Meyer from Ron & Barb Miller Joe Peters from Larry & Betty Ny-gren

Building Fund In Memory of

Phyllis Dahl from Kermit & Glenna Garske Irma Carter from Edna Vrem

General Fund In Honor of

Allan Thompson’s 80th Birthday from Myrna Unger

In Memory of

June Meyer from Rory & Charlotte Riggin Irma Carter from Larry & Elda Hatten, Betty Soper, Livonia Crane, Carol & Rich Lybeck, Dennis & Jean Aardahl, Dennis & Karen Riggin, Rodger & Yvonne Knutson Phyllis Dahl from Livonia Crane, Betty Soper, Dennis & Jean Aardahl, Dennis & Karen Riggin, Rodger & Yvonne Knutson, Beth Berg Scott Magnuson from David & Janet Magnuson

WELCA Stewardship Fund

In Memory of Phyllis Dahl & Irma Carter from Florene Rogne

Altar Guild Fund In Memory of

Phyllis Dahl from Harris & Dianne Saele, Joe & Nan Yager Irma Carter from Harris & Dianne Saele, Joe & Nan Yager John Rutten from Joe & Nan Yager

Memorials

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