St. Paul Lutheran Church
2012
Pastor Robin Schaunaman
Home Phone: 532-4144
Email:stpaul@itctel.com
May 2012
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NO CONFIRMATION After school, Luther League leaves to go roller skating |
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May Fellowship Day at Catholic Church 9:00 am registration 9:30 am brunch and program |
New Orleans youth at Tae Kwon Do Tourney |
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4:00 pm-7 confirmation 5:00 pm-8 confirmation 6:00 pm- LL with senior recognition 6:00 pm-Cemetery clean-up 7:00 pm-Council |
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Mother's Day 9:30 am-worship-Senior recognition 10:30 am-Fellowship and Last day of SS |
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1:00 pm-WELCA 4:00 pm-7 confirmation 5:00 pm-8 confirmation 7:00 pm-Baccalaureate |
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9:30 am-worship with communion 10:30 am- fellowship-work day |
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St. Paul Lutheran Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
301 South Smith Street
Clark, South Dakota 57225-1741
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May, 2012
Living in grace, growing in grace, sharing God's grace with others.
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From Pastor's Desk
As you drive around in the country you will see many farmers out in their fields working to get their crops in the ground for the season. Over the last few weeks we have had some wonderful weather allowing the farmers to get into their fields. Let us keep all those individuals working in the fields in our prayers for safety. We all know these next few weeks will be busy with graduations and the ending of the school year events.
Summer is fast approaching with VBS starting on June 11th to the 15th and the next week from June 17th to June 22nd the Confirmation youth will be attending Confirmation camp at NESODAK for that week. A few weeks later the youth will be finishing up and packing for New Orleans. With God's help all the events planned for this summer will just fall into place and all will be good. I am sure many of you are looking forward to some nice warm days after being teased off and on this spring with 80 degree days and a few days later we are back down to the 40's or 50's. But how great it is to see God's creation as it has begun to bloom with the tulips, the daffodils flowers opening up, and now this week with all the trees buds flowering. Isn't it nice to see the wonderful colors of green, red, yellow, purple and white, instead of the brown dead grass and fields we have been used to this winter season? Isn't it amazing to see how God's creation continues to regenerate throughout the seasons of the year, God has given us a wonderful place to live and care for, but the question is "are we doing the best we can when it comes to caring for God's creation?' I was just discussing this very topic with some of the residents at Roetells this morning, and it was commented how now many farmers are removing their shelter belts so they have more land to farm, and how in the 1930's many farmers wished they had shelter belts to keep the wind from blowing away their top soil. The residents talked about how they would see dark clouds on the horizon, thinking it was rain clouds and in all actuality it was dust and dirt being blown around. Sometimes we forget the past and repeat it. God gave us this world to care for and to make it the best that we can, yet there are many times we do the opposite then what we have be taught or experienced over the years.
In the summer it seems the majority of churches run into the problem of smaller participation in church activities including Sunday worship services. I found a humorous dialogue between a member of a church and their pastor regarding taking summer off of from worship it goes like this: Member: "We take summer off from worship to get away to the cabin." Pastor: "That's okay; God doesn't care about you during the summer either." Which we all know is not true in the greatest of sense, because God does care about us all the time, including summer. But I think the Pastor was making a point, if we don't find our faith or church important all year round, why would God find us important all year round. He is saying that God loves us everyday and He makes time for us everyday, so why can't we as His children make time for Him everyday, even on those days in the summer when we want to spend time at our cabins, or just traveling? We as Christians need to remember that no matter the time of year, we are called to honor the Sabbath, and the Sabbath happens weekly, no matter where we maybe. Whether you are here sitting in a pew on a Sunday morning or not our church still is. Imagine what it would be like if all of a sudden after being gone from your pew all summer you came back in the fall and your church or pew was not longer here, how would that make you feel? Would you wonder what happened in those 3 months you were taking off to spend at the cabin or the lake? In reality the church still runs with you in the pews or without you in the pews, and we would love to have you in the pews throughout the summer months. God needs you and your church needs you!!!
In Christ's Love,
Pastor Robin
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Fifty days after Jesus' resurrection, on a day called Pentecost, the Christian church was born. Because Pentecost was a holiday celebrating the harvest (a bit like Thanksgiving), the apostles and a large crowd had gathered to celebrate in Jerusalem.
Many people assembled near Peter and the other followers of Christ when "from heaven there came a sound, like the rush of a violent wind..." (Acts 2:2). Then tongues of fire descended on everyone in the crowd.
After the wind and fire descended, all sorts of languages, known and unknown, came out of the crowd. Each person spoke "about God's deeds pf power (verse 11)." No wonder Luke wrote, "All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, 'What does this mean?'" (verse 12).
The whole affair was mind-boggling and life-changing. The Holy Spirit had come upon the many people; they knew God was powerfully at work in their midst.
On Pentecost many years ago, some 3,000 people came to believe in Christ. That's why today Christians remember this powerful event as the birthday of the church. Pentecost occurs on May 23 this year.
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Mother's Day in Sunday, May 13.
Memorial Day observed May 28.
Brooklyn Bjerke
daughter of Bob and Lori Bjerke
Tyler Binger
son of Nichole Daphane and
Corey Binger
Kallan Christman
daughter of Rod and Wendy Christman
Tori Daniels
daughter of Shane and Sherri Daniels
Brandi Harrington
daughter of Michelle Severson and
Kirk Harrington
Ashley Heupel
daughter of Brian and Gayle Heupel
Shantel Hoogheem
daughter of Myron and
Sara Hoogheem
Emily McPeek
daughter of Mike and Deb McPeek
Robin Schroder
foreign exchange student of
Greg Furness
Kendra Stromsness
daughter of Chris and
Kristie Stromsness
Shantel Warren
daughter of Dave and
LeAnn Warren
God bless you with your future plans. "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11
The congregation wishes you the very best as you graduate from high school. Thank you for being a part of our congregation for all of these years. We will miss you. Come back and visit often. Good luck in the future.
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Rod and Wendy Christman cordially invite you to their home to help celebrate Kallan's graduation on Saturday, May 19 following commencement ceremonies. The directions from Clark are 3 miles west, 12 miles north, and 1 mile west, and ½ mile north.
JOY RANCH ACTIVITES for 2012
- Open House 1:00- 4:00 pm Sat. June 2
- Quilt Auction Sat. Aug. 25
- Grandparent and Grandchild Camp June 10-13
July 1-3
July 11-13
- Kids on Horseback June 24-27
July 18-20
- "We Get It" Family Camp-for families with July 8-11
someone with a disability
- Got Fabric? For quilters March 30-April 1 Nov. 9-11
- Scrapbookers Unite April 27-29
Oct. 26-28
- Courage abounds-For families May 12
with someone affected by brain injury
- Retired But Not Tired May 15-17
Sept. 18-20
- Basic Horsemanship for Women 4 week program
June 5, 12, 19 & 26
- Trail Ride Challenge Sept. 8
- Youth Directors Series Oct. 4
Nov. 29-30
Mar, 7-8, 2013
- Pre-Marriage Retreat Dec. 7-8
- Servant Quest for Teens: 9-12 graders June 17-22
- Family Camp-for any family with elementary age children July 22-25
and younger
For more information go on line to losd.org, call 605-886-4622 or contact the church office.
April meeting
Women of the ELCA met on April 18 at 1 pm with 19 ladies present.
Bible study was given by Pastor Robin.
Secretary and treasurer's reports were given and approved.
Old business was discussed. The Prairie Coteau Spring Gathering will be held at our church. Committees have been set up. June 15-16 is the WELCA Syndocial Convention in Pierre.
Pam Seefeldt spoke on the Clark Community Fellowship Meal to be served on April 30. Volunteers are needed.
May 4 is the May Fellowship Day at the Catholic church.
The lutefisk supper date has been changed to October 28.
The May meeting will be held in the afternoon.
It was mentioned and a motion was made to buy a refrigerator. Helen Peterson made the motion with a second from Ila Mae Florey. Sharon Larson and Sandy Altfillisch will be on the committee to select the refrigerator.
Thanks to Darlene and Arlene for serving lunch.
The meeting was closed with the Lord's Prayer and table prayer.
Many thanks to all the ladies who willingly gave their time to help serve the noon luncheon for the spring gathering. From the food preparation on Friday to the serving on Saturday, it all went quickly and smoothly and was greatly appreciated.
Social Committee
Secretary Joan Furness Joy Ranch
Grand Opening on Sat. May 2 from
1:00-4:00 pm
BRIDAL SHOWERS
- There will be a BRIDAL SHOWER for Amanda Gill and Joel Engel on Saturday, May 12 at 2:00 pm at St. Paul.
- A BRIDAL SHOWER for Lexie Clark and Cedric Seefeldt on Sunday, July 15 at 1:30 pm.
ST.PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH COUNCIL MINUTES
APRIL 18,2012
CALL TO ORDER; PRES. GAIL TEMPLE
MEMBERS PRESENT; R.HAUGERUD, K.FLOREY; C.PETERSON; G.STORMO; D.HERMAN; D.PAULSON, S.MCHENRY; D.PEDERSON; K.CEISEL
DEVOTIONS; PASTOR ROBIN
ACCEPTED RESIGNATION OF ROSELLA HANSON, AS ORGANIST OF ST.PAUL. AS OF MAY 20TH, 2012
REPORTS; PASTOR ROBIN; mta/G.Stormo 2nd/K.Florey
SECRETARIES; mta/R.Haugerud 2nd/D.Paulson
TREASURERS; mta/D.Paulson 2nd/S.McHenry
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
BOARD MEETINGS;
Parish Ed. MAY 6: Childrens program/singing
Student/Teacher Appreciation
Children will sing at Assisted Livinging and Care Centers
MAY 13: Last Day of Sunday School, Celebrate with Rootbeer floats, Volunteers to help may be necessary
Senior Recognition/Giving of Quilts,/Special Table / Cake Provided/Mothers Day. / Recognition / cake
JUNE 11: VBS; Chrissy Flora, Supt. of VBS. / Program will be. "Adventure on Promise Island" Invitations to students. through School bags and other churches.
mta/D.Paulson 2nd/S.McHenry
Deacons; Need to find Organist/Pianist for Sunday. Check out Programing Music to be played on Organ. mta/S.McHenry 2nd/K.Florey
Trustees; Quartley Mission Support: Will be paid. May 13, will have special basket for additional donations. Side Walk out of Ed unit on West side. Greg Stormo, contacted Zobel and his bid was a little over 800.00. Decided to contact Travis Werdel and see if he would take some responsibility for not having done it correctly when they replaced it last summer/fall. Money for Sidewalk project has been donated
mta/K.Ceisel 2nd/G.Stormo
OLD BUSINESS: Church Bells; They are working and being played, 9:00 - 9:15
Fire Extinguishers; needed to be serviced
NEW BUSINESS; Indiana Insurance Co/ Recommendations
service Fire Extinguishers;
lighted Exit Signs are needed to facilitate quick exit. Education Unit; East Door and South Door
Egress Doors; all exit doors should open easily and quickly for inside.
May 20th set as clean up day. List of projects will be prepared, suggestions accepted
Pastor Report on Conference; did not attend due to treatment on Monday, treatment required she not be around people for 3 days.
Pastor Report on Spiritual preparation of New Orleans Group. would begin each Sunday after School is out. Bible Studies are provided and recommended by the Conference Organization To prepare those attending with the Spiritual reason for the conference ; Pastor commented that all money needed has been raised, Will bake pies for Mothers day to use pie shells left over from previous pie sale and will do one burger feed to provide extra money for meals if necessary .
Joy Ranch Mission Basket; May 6th
Gail will call the Parsonage Committee to check on the Water System and the outside drain pipes were damaged in the wind.
MOTION TO ADJOURN S.MCHENRY 2ND C.PETERSON
NEXT MEETING MAY 9TH 7PM
CLOSING PRAYER; D.HERMAN
Council Secretary
K.Ceisel
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March Financials
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New Orleans Trip
With the help of everyone in our congregation the youth have raised $8,500.00 for their trip to New Orleans for the National Youth Gathering. Without all of your help we could not have raised the amount of money needed to attend the Gathering, so a big "THANK YOU" goes out to all of you. Just a little information regarding the trip as a whole: The Theme of the Gathering is "Citizens with the Saints" this comes from Ephesians 2:14-20.
- We will be taking a bus from Southwest Tours.
- At this point in time all the registration has been paid for, the deposit for the hotel has be sent, we need yet to send a deposit of $1000.00 to Southwest Tours.
- There will be three groups on our bus, they include: St. Paul Lutheran, Clark; Dell Rapids Lutheran, Dell Rapids; and Clear Lake Lutheran, Clear Lake. We were just able to finalize all those who would be on the bus on Thursday April 19th when Dell Rapids contacted me to let us know they would be a part of our group attending. With the 2 churches we will be splitting the $9,000.00 cost of the bus by the number of people riding the bus. Which comes to $200.00 per person.
- With chaperones and youth there will be a total of 52 people on the bus. Out bus will be travelling with the bus out of Sisseton, with the youth group from the Sisseton Lutheran group attending the Gathering.
- For the first time ever the Gathering is putting all those attending the Gathering from the same state in the same hotel. The hotel our youth as well as the rest of the youth from South Dakota will be staying in is the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, which is about 2 blocks from the convention center and about 5 blocks from the dome where all the evening activities will be held. The hotel cost is $135.00 per night per room and we have 6 rooms, which accommodates all our youth attending.
- The plan at this time is to leave in the morning on the 17th of July and return on the 23rd of July. If money and time allows we may be stopping at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City for a few hours of fun.
- The Gathering starts on July 18th with the opening of the Gathering at the dome. The rest of the week has been broken down into different events and times. At this time I know our youth will be involved in Practice Peacemaking at 7:30 on Friday. On Thursday they will be Practicing Discipleship (that would be our servant event) time and place have yet to be scheduled. On Saturday they will be Practicing Justice with time to be announced. But we are on the Gold track.
- The youth and I will be doing a Bible Study starting in June to prepare for the Gathering. It was decided to wait until that time, when the youth attending are no longer in school or sports. Our plan is to meet Sunday mornings after church. These are the topics of the Bible Studies we will be doing at that time:
Session A: Citizens with the Saints, Part 1
Session B: Baptismal Identity and Promises
Session C: Discipleship
Session D: Peacemaking
Session E: Justice
Session F: Citizens with the Saints, Part 2
- The youth are planning 2 more fundraisers and they are to: 1. Bake pies and sale them on Mother's Day and 2. 2 Burger feeds in June and July downtown like we did 4 years ago. This is just in case any unexpected expenses would arise.
- This is the group of youth and chaperones attending the Gathering: Corteny Binger, Emily Binger, Lucas Buechler, Kallan Christman, Brandon Clausen,
Chelsie Gehrke, Hannah Gruenwald, Ashley Heupel, Mikal Kirkeby, Janelle
Paulson, Kathryn Paulson, Gregg Stormo, Michael Stormo, Kendra Stromsness,
Chasity Terrill, Robin R Wanner-Schaunaman
- With the fundraising the youth have raised enough money to contribute $30.00 a day towards the youths food.
We would also like to thank everyone who has donated any items, their time, and their help in making this trip possible.
I hope this helps give a little more insight on the trip to New Orleans and where the money has gone that all of you have so generously given to the group, it is so very appreciated. If you have any concerns or issues please get in touch with me or one of the youth attending the Gathering, we will sure try to answer your questions and deal with your concerns.
Thanks you,
Pastor Robin
Youth Info
Luther League
The Luther
League will leave after school on Wednesday, May 2 to go roller skating.
The last meeting for the group will be on Wednesday, May 9
with senior recognition.
NEW ORLEAN'S YOUTH NEWS
The National Youth Convention in New Orleans is July 18-22, 2012. There are 14 youth going along with 2 chaperones. The group will leave on the morning of June 17 and return on July 23.
Fundraisers for the group are:
-selling 50/50 chances at the Tae Kwon Do Tourney
-making pies on May 11 at 11:00 am and selling them on Sunday, May 13
-burger feed on June 6 from 11:00 -2:00 and on June 30 at the street dance from 8:00 pm - 12:00 am.
Confirmation
- 7th grade confirmation at 4:00 pm on Wednesdays.
- 8th grade confirmation at 5:00 pm on Wednesdays.
- The last day for confirmation is on May 16.
- Confirmation camp will be June 17-22.
Sunday School
-Sunday School program will be on May 6. Student and teacher recognition will also be on May 6. The students will also sing at Wookeys, Roetells and the care center that day.
-Last day of Sunday school will be on May 13.
-Community Vacation Bible School will be June 11-15. Registration forms are in the narthex or church office. If your child plans on attending, Please fill out the form and return to the church by May 7.
God's Little Children and King's Kids
The last day of God's Little Children and King's Kids will be May 7. If you need a ride, meet by the kindergarten classroom right after school.
May 1 - Joel Carlson
May 2 - Mel Hamre, Algot Holmstrom, Kyle Christman
May 4 - Chery Albright, Earl Henderson
May 5 - Tyler Flammond, Robin Hartley
May 6 - Ethan Audus, Chad Fjelland,
Faye Knutson
May 7 - Keith Myrvold
May 9 - Lowell Pederson, Tyler Binger
May 10 - Joyce Warren, Shirley Larson,
JoAnn Boelkes, Kristie Stromsness
May 11 - Lacey Ortberg
May 13 - Sara Hoogheem
May 14 - Kent Warkenthien, Arlene Berger,
Sandy Orris
May 15 - Walter Pederson
May 16 - Adrien Bjerke
May 17 - Hazel Ness, Rod Clausen,
Andrea Larson
May 18 - Morgan Huber
May 20 - Terri Severson, Marcia Helkenn,
Jennifer Hurlbert, Joslyn Hurlbert,
Lucas Buechler, Al Warkenthien
May 21 - Michelle Severson
May 22 - Caitlyn Bjerke,
May 23 - Twyla Warkenthien,
Kristin Janisch
May 25 - Nicole Seefeldt
May 26 - Ray Hanson, Betty Krikac
May 28 - Jason McHenry
May 29 - Cortney Binger
May 30 - Mary Waxdahl, Amber Christman
Birthdays will be celebrated in church and during fellowship on May 6. Please plan to attend if your birthday is this month.
The "Faith in Action" program consists of seven groups that perform many tasks on a Sunday morning such as greeting, ushering, reading the scriptures, and serving coffee fellowship. With sincere appreciation we thank everyone for taking part and working together. If you are not involved in a group and would like to be, please call the church office and we will put you in a group. Special thanks to FIA Group 3 for assisting during the month of April.
Eileen Dunbar
Mark and Karen Ceisel
Gene and Joan Furness
Dianne Givens
Alma Holm
James Holm
Anna Kirkeby, Joseph, Mikel
Bill and Betty Krikac
Michael and Deb McPeek, Ryan, Emily
Greg and Dianna Overby
Dick and Jo Pederson
Duane and Char Peterson
Milo and Val Richter
Chris and Kristie Stromsness, Kendra, Layne, Evan
Don and Sandy Syvertson
Nina Troske
Lowell and Norma Wahl
Glen and Jeanette Warkenthien
Pastor's Report:
Worship Services Conducted: 10 regular and Lenten and Easter
Text Study in Watertown: 3
Potato Bake: 1
Emergency Calls: 2
Funeral: 1
Visitations: 6
Communions: 5
Hospital Visits: 1
Pastor's Conference: 1
Set up and plan Potato Bake: 5
Ministerial Meeting: 1
WELCA Meeting and Bible Study: 1
Vacation Day: 1
Sick Days: 3 ½ days
