The Trumpeter

From the Pastor The longest day has come and gone. The fireworks have been going off “officially” for a few days now. Sev-eral of you and I are Facebook friends. Those of you with pets—especially dogs—are not so fond of the noise associated with the new fireworks law in Iowa. I empa-

thize with you, but am also concerned about the potential for serious accidents with young and old victims. If you are shooting fireworks, please be careful and watch your children carefully!!

Once again I’m really looking forward to going to Lutheran Lakeside Camp with some of our younger members and their par-ents the morning of July 10 for God’s Little Sprouts. This will be the third year we have done this. I think this is a marvelous way to intro-duce the kids and parents to the camp!

From Lakeside, I’ll be traveling north to attend the Region 3 As-sociation of Lutheran Church Musicians Conference in Minneapolis July 10-13. I’m looking forward to this excellent continuing education offering.

I’m so happy to welcome our new Office Administrator, Bobbi Laskowske. Please see her article on page 3 of this edition of The Trumpeter.

Remember that even when we are on vacation, the bills contin-ue to be sent to Augustana. Please make arrangements for your offerings to be received while you are gone.

Blessings to all for a happy and safe summer!

Augustana Lutheran Church, Sioux City, Iowa July 2017—Volume 25 Issue 7

Downsizing? Remodeling? Most people have too much “stuff” they saw in the store and “had” to have. Is that you? Did you use it for a while and then get tired of it? Did you find something new that you “had” to have and don’t know what to do with the old stuff? MoM's Thrift & Referral Center can help you out. Formerly known as Mission of the Messiah, the organiza-tion has moved from its original loca-tion on Correctionville Road to 2450 Transit Avenue. This is the same mall with Unclaimed Freight Furni-ture. MoM's Thrift & Referral Center will come to your home to pick things up. Call 712-224-2803 to arrange a pickup time.

In This Issue Augustana Night at Camp High

Hopes-p. 6 Birthdays, Baptism Birthday, and

Wedding Anniversaries—p. 4 Calendar—p. 7 Directory Change—p. 4 Evangelism Notes—p. 2 Flower Chart—p. 3 From the Pastor—p. 1 Greek Fest 2017—p. 6 If You Are Hospitalized—p. 2 Mom’s Thrift & Referral—p. 1 New Office Administrator—p. 3 Prayer List—p. 2 Stewardship Corner—p. 4 Thank You!—p. 1 Vacation Bible School—p. 3 WIS Discipleship Academy—p. 6 Worship Assistants and Other

Servers—p. 5

Thank You! Thank you to all those who set up, brought food, served, and cleaned up at the June Potluck for Century II apart-ments. The residents appreciated us sharing from the abundance with which God has blessed us.

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Remember in prayer. . . Robert Barger, Todd Boland, Oriah Boling-Ellens, Chase Broyhill, Jean Clem, Mari Ellsworth and family, Ken File, Barb (Becklund) Filer, Neil Funke, Pastor Lorene Glant, Barb Gough, Doug Gough, Kris Grunig, John Hart, Paula Hebron, Ron Houske, Judy How-ard, Elysha Iversen, Pastor Paul Johnston, Olivia Kallaos, Mackenzie Keith, Collin Krause, Mark Kreutzian, Alice Lam-bert, Ken Lawson, Ron Leninger, Brock Lindgren, Peter Macfarlane, Trevor & Nicholle Mammen and family, Doro-thy Midland, Marion Moline, Judy Moore, Janet Morgan, Jacob Muckey, Denise Nurse, Ouida Olson, Wendy Pohl, Lenona Raymond, Stella Rixner, DeeAnn Sales, Alice Sea, Adam Smith, Kristie Smith, the family of Jack & Jane Ward, Cindy Washinowski, Brianne Wilson, Chad Wolf, Carol Ya-neff, Tami Zerr, and those affected by disasters throughout the world.

Each week we pray for some of the families in the congre-gation.

July 2—Pastor Del & Jane Olivier; Eric & Jana Olivier; Oui-da Olson; Bob & Lori and Jack Padmore; Nicole Page.

July 9—Jamison & Dawn Painter; Ron & Norma Parker; Steve & Gay and Abbie Parker; Aaron Peterson; Doug Pe-terson.

July 16—Kurt & Shannon and Carl and Ross Peterson; Tom Peterson; Scott & Lila and Zach and Isaac Plambeck; Lynne Rask.

July 23—Jason & Amy and Sophia and Isaiah Renneke; Mary Kay Richards; Matt & Lindsey and Sofie and Stella Rixner; Clyde & Beverly Robinson.

July 30—Brogan Sales; Curt & DeeAnn and Sam Sales; Jason & Mickie and Grant and Lily Saltzgiver; Jared & Leigh and Kaden and Brecken Schossow; Skip & Shelia Schossow.

If You are Hospitalized... If you are or a family member is hospitalized and you want Pastor Del to come visit, please call the office (712-255-7694) or Pastor Del’s cell (712-490-6510). Neither hos-pital is calling the church with names of those admitted, sometimes even when you ask them to!

Evangelism Notes Let’s start with a one-question multiple

choice test. Who is responsible for carrying out an active and well-rounded evangelism program?

The pastor

The staff

The congregation council

Myself

The Evangelism Mission Team

Every member

All of the above Naturally, the best alternative is the final

response. Sometimes when everyone is re-sponsible, no one is. Let’s do our part!

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2017 Flower Chart The 2017 flower chart is been posted in the nar-thex by the north entrance to the nave. Please sign up if and when you are willing to donate bouquets that adorn the reredos. The cost for a beautiful bouquet is $35.

New Office Administrator II am a resident of Kingsley, IA with my husband, Fred. I have 2 children (boy/girl twins), 1 step-daughter, 8 grandchildren, and 1 great-granddaughter with another on the way. I grew up in South Sioux City, then graduated from Bishop Heelan High School in 1964. I went to NBT Col-lege and received a degree in Executive Secretary. In 1995 I graduated from Wayne State College with a BS in Elementary Education and a minor in Psychology. My husband and I met roller skating and enjoyed that until a few years ago. During the 1990s I coached roller skating as well as speed skating for the Special Olympics. I enjoy crocheting and working with the Girl Scouts. I am happy to be at Augustana and look forward to meeting you. Please feel free to come in and say hello. Bobbi (Williams) Laskowske.

Vacation Bible School “The Jesus Way” This is the theme for our Vacation Bible School which will be held July 17-20 from 5:30-7:30. The children will learn how to be followers of Jesus Christ. We will study four of Jesus' acts: feeding, forgiving, loving our neighbor, and pray-ing. Jesus calls out to us, "Follow me! Learn from me. Watch!" We will play games, make crafts, hear sto-ries, and learn songs. Each day we will start with a snack. On the Thursday evening, July 20th, at 7 PM we invite members of the congregation to join us for s'mores and songs. Plan to come and have fun learning about how we can be disciples.

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Birthdays

1 Judy Matsuo 3 Marge Swanson 4 Kari Dickman Shannon Peterson 5 Paul Lindblom Tara Schwaderer 7 Donna Verschoor 10 Arynn Baker Christi Bullock 11 Jean Midland Steve Parker 12 Evelyn Christopherson 13 Robyn Levine William Mize 14 Paula Hebron 15 Ellie Frisch Emily Hall Elliott Swenson 18 Nancy Van Meter 19 Jason Lindgren Rick Swenson 20 Brecken Anderson Ellie Iversen 24 Dick Hettinger Holly Lines 25 Dennis Lines 26 Kate Rosencrants 27 Carla Glass 28 Gwen Hart 31 Emily Jennings David Mara Anne Winter

July Celebrations

Wedding Anniversaries 5 Dave & Mary Madsen 12 Craig & Kari Dickman 15 Craig & Donna Walsh 19 Jason & Amy Renneke 23 Adam Frisch & Jeanne Em-mons 31 Matt & Tracy Heck

Baptism Birthdays 1 Bob Stewart 2 Lori Padmore 3 Margaret Johnson 5 Aubrey Sea 7 Nolan McCarville Alice Sea 8 Mike Moos 11 Zach Plambeck 12 Pastor Del Olivier 16 Kari Dickman William Mize Alicia Trobaugh 20 Mason Heck 21 Braedyn Glass 25 Camryn Glass 30 Scott Plambeck 31 Anna Anderson Madelyn Welp

If you see a missing name or incorrect date, please advise the office.

Stewardship Corner Attendance often decreases during

the summer months. Financial giving al-so tends to decrease.

That is not Christian stewardship! We still have ministry to do and bills to pay. We don’t pay dues to belong to the Church; instead we do have the oppor-tunity to give thanks to God for all God’s blessings as we give back to God a por-tion of what God has first given us.

Going to miss a Sunday? Bring two week’s of offerings the week before. You could mail your offering to us.

Having your offerings sent to the church through an electronic funds trans-fer (EFT) is an easy and convenient way to ensure that your offering gets to the church on the schedule you choose. One option is called Simply Giving. Check out this link to get more details or call the office for more information.

Please, don’t let your financial stew-ardship go on vacation with you.

Directory Change Please update Curt and DeeAnn Sales’ phone number to 253-5892.

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Ushers Skip Schossow, captain; Jean Huff, David Midland, and Mike Moos.

Altar Guild Lois Irwin

Funeral Helpers The following are asked to bake a cake or help in the kitchen for funerals during this month. The Funeral Coordi-nator will contact you if needed. Susie Strohbeen, Amy Swenson, Jean Turner, Donna Verschoor, Cindy Welp, Kristen Wynn.

Worship assistants, you are responsible for serving on the day they are scheduled. If you are unable to

serve on a date scheduled, please arrange for a substitute and notify the office so the correct names may be entered in the bulletin.

Sunday, July 2, 2017—10:15 am Acolyte—Abby Whitsel Greeters—Pat Bergstrom and Ollie & Linda Nygard Assisting Minister—Matt Rixner Communion Assistants—Beth Schwaderer and TBA (B) Technical Assistant—Marlene Levine

Sunday, July 9, 2017—10:15 am Acolyte—Abby Whitsel Greeters—Baier Family Assisting Minister—Lexy Baier Communion Assistants—Ollie Nygard and Noah Dickman (B) Technical Assistant—Austin Baier Eucharistic Ministers—Marian Erickson and Judy Swanson

Sunday, July 16, 2017—10:15 am Acolyte—Jackson Wynn Greeters—Marian Erickson and Jan Mohan Assisting Minister—Fred Hexom Communion Assistants—Ginny Ericson and Jackson Wynn (B) Technical Assistant—Blake Lindgren

Sunday, July 23, 2017—10:15 am Acolyte—Sydnee Wynn Greeters—Skip & Shelia Schossow Assisting Minister—Susie Strohbeen Communion Assistants— Cyd Fleckenstein and Deb Fegenbush (B) Technical Assistant—Josh Midland Eucharistic Ministers—Linda Nygard and Deb Fegenbush

Sunday, July 30, 2017—10:15 am Acolyte—Mia Hall Greeters—Dave and Jean Midland Assisting Minister—Shelley Hexom Communion Assistants—Dan Graben and Dominic Trobaugh (B) Technical Assistant—Matt Rixner

Sunday, August 6, 2017—10:15 am Acolyte—Madalyn Welp Greeters—Terry and Debbie McAllister Assisting Minister—Caleb Christopherson Communion Assistants— Isaac Plambeck and Marian Erickson (B) Technical Assistant—TBA Eucharistic Ministers—Judy Swanson and Nancy Van Meter

July and August Benevolence The Social Concerns Benevolence

Event for July and August is an “Ingathering of School Supplies” for Ir-ving School. Items needed include: Box-es of crayons (16 or 24 count), thick Crayola markers, large bottles of glue, (no paste, gel, or colored glue), glue sticks, plastic school boxes, 2 pocket folders, spiral notebook (wide-lined), wide-lined note paper 200 count, scis-sors (Fiskars brand), #2 pencils, large erasers, large boxes of Kleenex, Ziploc bags (quart and gallon sizes), packages of sticky notes (small and large sizes), and old magazines. (You may check list-ing of items requested at the store for Irving School/Sioux City Elementary schools).

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Greek Fest 2017 Our neighbors to the west invite us to

Greek Fest 2017, July 28, 29, and 30. There will be:

Live Greek Music Authentic Greek Cuisine Greek Pastry-Bake Sale Greek Dancing Troupe Children Activity Area Mediterranean Greek Food Market Free Church Tours

This is a family-friendly event and all are welcomed with open arms to be Greek for a day! Admission is free!!

Augustana Lutheran Church has had a long history of good relations with Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. This is a fun and deli-cious way to help support a neighbor congre-gation.

Augustana at Camp High Hopes Augustana members of all ages are invited to tour

Camp High Hopes. The camp, located on the eastern edge of Sioux City offers unique, adaptive recreational experiences for kids, teens and adults with disabilities. In its 5th year, Camp High Hopes now serves roughly 500 campers annually and has grown to one of the premiere Camps for individuals with disabilities in the region.

Augustana is proud to support the Camp with past fundraisers including the benefit dinner at Buffalo Alice and the children’s holiday offering. As a thank you, Camp High Hopes has invited Augustana members of all ages to visit Camp for their Camp Fire night on Monday, July 24th. This rare opportunity will include a tour around camp and songs and treats around the camp fire with campers.

Augustana at Camp High Hopes Monday, July 24th

5804 Correctionville Rd. 6:00pm – 7:30pm

WIS Discipleship Academy The Western Iowa Synod of the ELCA has had a program of educating lay people for seventeen years.

Formerly called the Western Iowa Synod Lay School, it is now known as the Western Iowa Synod Disciple-ship Academy. Please consider the following questions:

Do you have a desire to learn more about the Bible, Lutheran theology, God’s mission and the work of Christ’s Church?

Do you wonder how you can use your God-given gifts to impact God’s mission in the church, community and world around you? Do you feel called to serve in a deeper and broader way?

The “normal” program is two years long. Year One is called “Book of Faith” and explores the Bible and the Lutheran Confessions. Year Two is called “Life of Faith” and explores missional leadership and spiritual gifts.

Additional classes currently offered are “Worship: Planning and Lead-ing” (taught by Pastor Del), “Congregational Care” (taught by several teachers and facilitated by Jane Olivier), and “Preaching Mark.” Pastor Del also teaches a workshop on “The Theology of the Cross” and there is a class on Spiritual Direction which is taught by other pastors. More information can be found on the WIS website www.wisynod.org or on the bulletin board next to Pastor’s study.

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Summer schedule: 8:00—Holy Communion, 9:00—Adult Education, 10:15—Holy Communion

July 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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2 4th Sunday after Pentecost Quarter Sun-day 2-6 pm Show Time Hoopers

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9 am Staff meeting

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Holiday—Office closed 5-9 pm Show-Time Hoopers

5 10 am Women’s Bible Study

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8-10 am Siouxland Mental Health Staff 5-9 pm Show-Time Hoopers

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8 10 am AWE rehearsal

9 5th Sunday after Pentecost

2 pm Magic Club 2-6 pm Show Time Hoopers in gym

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Pastor at Lakeside

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10 am-2 pm Piece Corps

5-9 pm Show-Time Hoopers

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Pastor in Minneapolis

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Pastor in Minneapolis 5-9 pm Show-Time Hoopers

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16 6th Sunday after Pentecost 2-6 pm Show Time Hoopers in gym

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9 am Staff meeting Noon Evange-lism Mission Team 5:30-7:30 pm Vacation Bi-ble School

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10 am-noon Pastors’ Text Study

5:30-7:30 pm VBS

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9:45 am Bick-ford Cottage 5:30-7:30 pm VBS

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5:30-7:30 pm VBS

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7th Sunday after Pentecost 2-6 pm Show Time Hoopers in gym

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8th Sunday after Pentecost

24 9 m Staff meeting 6:30 pm Event at Camp High Hopes

25 10 am-2 pm Piece Corps

5-9 pm Show-Time Hoopers

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Augustana Lutheran Church

600 Court St.

Sioux City, IA 51101

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Office hours Mon-Fri 9:00 am-1:00 pm Pastor—The Rev. Del Olivier

Phone: 712-255-7694 Director of Music—Diana Wooley

Email: augustana1875@augustanasc.org Organists—Bob Barry and Shannon Peterson

Web site: www.augustanasc.org Pianists—Bob Barry, Heidi Graben,

Facebook: Augustana Lutheran, Sioux City Angela Iversen, and Shannon Peterson

Sexton—Mark Kochen

July 2017 Office Administrator—Bobbi Laskowske

Summer Schedule:

8:00 Holy Communion Worship

9:00 Adult Education,

10:15 Holy Communion Worship

—unstaffed nursery available

—handicap accessible

—free taxi to worship—277-0000 (van)

or 252-4777 (car)

Mission Statements:

Church: A welcoming, caring congre-

gation offering opportunities for wor-

ship, spiritual growth, and fellowship.

We express our faith and love to oth-

ers in the name of Jesus Christ.

Staff: We are called to work together

to enhance the community of Au-

gustana Lutheran Church as we

share our ministry of witnessing to the

living God in Jesus Christ, facilitating

the gifts and talents of people.

Congregation Council:

Caleb Christopherson, President

(2018); Adam Frisch (2019); Jean

Huff (2018); Jeff Levine (2017);

Marlene Levine, Secretary; Dick

Lindblom (2017); Linda Lindgren

(2019); David Midland (2018); The

Rev. Del Olivier, Pastor; Lila

Plambeck (2017); Martin Sea, Vice-

President (2019); Bob Swanson,

Treasurer.