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Today we celebrate the Holy Baptism of Baron David
Prosser, son of Ryan and Joanna Prosser.
Baron's Baptismal sponsors are Vince and Lisa Vertin. Welcome, child of God!
Photographs of our High School
Graduates are at the Information Center.
SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE AUGUST NEED-OF-THE-MONTH
IOCP is recruiting school supplies and
volunteers to staff the August Back To School! Program. Families living in IOCP's service area who
are financially challenged by the cost of school supplies are eligible to
participate.
We invite you to help by donating suggested supplies
or making a financial contribution.
Please bring supplies to the table in the Narthex from now through
Friday, August 21. IOCP is also looking for volunteers to help with donation drop
off, set up, distribution and tear down. Call Susan Fetterer at IOCP
(952-516-6061) if you'd like to volunteer. You will find a list of volunteer
hours and needed supplies at the donation table in the narthex.
INTERFAITH OUTREACH
AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Daily Devotional booklets are available for
July, August and September of 2009. Our
resources include The Word in Season and Christ in Our Home (large print copies
available).
Summer is half way
over. Have you fulfilled your promise to
"escape" the hectic pace and get some alone time? This month's Metro Lutheran suggests some retreat
centers that are "Lutheran" friendly, where one can go for some individual or group
time to reflect, pray, and revitalize.
Copies are available at the Information Center or in the church office.
A note of precaution:
Since the H1N1 pandemic has been officially
declared, we are taking a few precautions at worship. At Holy Communion, servers are taking care to
clean their hands with sanitizer. But if
you have added concerns, it is permissible to receive the wine only (served in
individual glasses).
For awhile we have set aside the 'Sharing of
the Peace' during the liturgy. And, the
Pastors will not be offended if you do not shake their hand after worship. A kind nod and greeting is quite
acceptable. We pray that this pandemic
will not be severe and will pass quickly.
Thanks for your support at Peace Ranch Camp 2009!
Thanks goes out to the Luther Park
Camp staff... Jessie
Niles, Ralphael Sherman, Sarah McKenzie, and Joseph Cassivy, also Pastor Jeff
for his leadership, VBS coordinator Joanna
Prosser. Our Adults-on-duty... Jean Sorenson, Nancy Broge, Beret Guidera, Nancy Peterson, Laura Kyllo and Jean Swanson. For the
Thursday night Round-Up... Joanna Prosser, Nancy
Peterson, Jackie Sater, Deb Meyers, and to all who helped
with serving and with clean-up! Special
thanks to Pam and Sarah Johnson for the horses on Thursday night. Our Overnight hosts, Matt and Nancy Peterson, Rich and Diana Borg, and Dinner hosts for the Camp staff, Rich
and Diana Borg, Russ and Janna McFarlane,
Brad and Jean Sorenson. For Ranch
Camp publicity...Nancy Peterson, Scott Rusten, Jim Broge and Evang
committee. Other Ranch Camp help: to Sarah
Kerbeshian for help with the T-shirts, Beret Guidera, Pam Hughes and Jean
Sorenson for help with registration and Don Peterson
and Clarence Splettstoeszer for lending western props. Thanks to these people and all of our students for their help in
many, many ways this week. They are
Larissa Borg, Elizabeth and Sam Reding, Maddy Johnson and Tedi Krebsbach, Jennifer
Kinneberg, Sydney Lien, Sarah and Kate Guidera, Liese Peterson, Tara Meyers and
Caitlin Fort, Emma and Britta Swanson, Adam and Sam Sorenson (and I'm sure I
missed a few!).
We'd
like to thank all of our people that made
donations of food, and snacks forourcampersand the financial
contributions were especiallyappreciated!!!
Thanks to parents and grandparents for
bringing your children!
We've had an amazing week learning
about God's love.
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