THE PARISH NEWS – August, 2011                                                                                            Non-Profit Org.

Vol. 14, No. 30                                                                                                                        U.S. Postage Paid

Hayward – Trondhjem Lutheran Par                           P.O. Box 426                                                                                                                                      Permit No. 2

Hayward, MN  56043-0426                                                                                                          Hayward, MN. 56043

Pastor:  Pastor Katie Fick, email: pastorkatiefick@gmail.com

Church E-mail:  hlctlc@msn.com

Web Site: www.haywardlutheranchurch.org.

Church Office: 373-8479

Pastor’s Cell: 605-261-4650

Parish Secretary: Bobbi Hemenway, bobbi.hemenway@yahoo.com

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WELCOME TO HAYWARD AND TRONDHJEM

LUTHERAN CHURCHES

 

HAYWARD LUTHERAN CHURCH

Sunday Worship – 10:00 a.m.

Coffee Fellowship – 9:00 a.m.

 

TRONDHJEM LUTHERAN CHURCH

Coffee/S.S. Fellowship– 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship – 8:30 a.m.

 

 

THE PARISH NEWS

HAYWARD-TRONDHJEM LUTHERAN PARISH

August 2011

 

From Pastor Katie:

“Now the LORD said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.’” Genesis 12:1-2

 

We have been reading some Old Testament stories in worship that we don’t hear very often: of Abraham and Sarah and Hagar and Isaac and Ishmael, of Isaac and Rebekah, of Esau and Jacob and Leah and Rachel. We haven’t been hearing about them ruling nations, or fighting in great battles (although Abraham was in one fight), but about their family struggles – to have children, to get along as brothers, to deal with the challenges of married life, to have land and tend to it and to animals and flourish.

 

We are used to, in church, talking about God’s big plans – plans for the salvation of the whole world, for example, of which we are all a part. Promises of a nation to Abraham. But the reality of those promises in Abraham’s life are not so grand – he will have some kids and a place to have crops and tend to sheep and goats. He is part of God’s plan to bless the whole world, but it will happen for him through his complicated family and how they live out their lives.

 

It says a lot about God and about us that instead of stories about God taking place in the heavens or in palaces, they take place out in the country, with farmers and herders and their families. The stories are not about national crises but about conflict between brothers and between sisters, about parents and husbands playing favorites. They are about family life. That is where God is deeply involved in the Old Testament. There are big plans to move toward, but God is involved in the everyday living of ordinary people whom God cares for and loves.

 

We too, are involved in God’s big plans for the world – plans to spread the good news of Jesus Christ to all people, plans that everyone may know how much God loves them. But God is also deeply involved in our lives every day, from the work we do to how we treat our families. What we do, even though it may seem small to us, matters deeply to God, and shapes our lives, our futures, and how God’s plans for us will be worked out.

 

The families of the Bible are a part of our family of faith, and I look forward to continuing to read through the Bible, our family scrapbook, each week with you.

 

God’s peace,

Pastor Katie

 

     Dear Friends in Christ,

 

Please find our letter for this month below.  Many of you have contacted us about engagements with your church over the next 5 months.  If you have not, please let us know soon so that we can plan.

 

In Christ

 

Kristopher and Rebecca Hartwig

 

Crossing Over

 

Rebecca wrote a piece of music of this title, and it somehow expresses our feelings of transition.  Looking ahead, there are a host of new possibilities, which we trust in God to be made good, even as we have anxieties and uncertainties.  Looking behind, there is gratitude, some sense of relief, and more gratitude.  It is never easy to leave community and friends, yet now we must.

 

“Crossing over”:  in Biblical language, this mostly refers to the Jordan River.  The Israelites could not enter the Promised Land until they had crossed over that river.  That a whole generation was denied the crossing (Moses et al), and that Joshua’s leading of the next generation across the river was just as miraculous as crossing the Red Sea, are signs and warnings and wonders in the history of our faith.

 

In Hospice work, “crossing over” often refers to the passage from life to death.  It is a way of expressing that special time as a process, somehow analagous to childbirth in being fraught with anxiety but, inevitably, something which must come.  There is mystery here, as we have had cause to contemplate with close proximity to such recent crossings.

 

Interestingly, in the New Testament the one reference to Crossing Over that I could find was from John 5:24, referring to exactly the reverse of the Hospice meaning.  “…whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.”

 

We depart from the continent July 17th, a day after Nathan’s high school graduation, then rushing to Anchorage for Kirsten’s marriage to Ray.  From August 1st we will be based at the ELCA Missionary Apartments in St. Paul MN.  Over the subsequent several months we will look forward to seeing many of you, sharing our stories, and the different ways in which all of us have crossed over.  Please pray for us that our crossing might be filled with Grace, that we might be gracious within the process, and eager for the new promises, yet unseen, that lie ahead.  And!  May we never forget the life to which we have come, in Christ, which is, in a mysterious way, our Promised Land.

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FAMILY CAMPOUT

on the Hayward Church lawn

 

Friday, August 19 8:30 p.m.

to 8:30 a.m. Saturday

 

Bring your tent and join us for food, games, and fun outdoors as we all camp together overnight on the church lawn!

(Note: if it rains we will just move indoors and camp in the fellowship hall!)

 

OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOLY COMMUNION

Sunday, August 7

Sunday, August 14

 

 

 

I would like to let everyone know that if you need anything you can contact me via email either through the church email: hlctlc@msn.com or my personal email: bobbi.hemenway@yahoo.com, or you can reach me at home at 402-5398. Don’t be shy, stop and see me at the office or drop me a line in an email. My office hours are Tues & Thurs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m…….Bobbi Hemenway  Parish Secretary

 

TRONDHJEM NEWS

 

 

AUGUST ASSIGNMENTS

 

Altar Guild Assistants                                     Coffee Servers                                 Communion       

Shirley Kraushaar                             August 7- Dale & Elaine Lukes         Kiven & Cheryl Lukes

                                                          August 21- Pie & Ice Cream Social

Acolytes                                                            Lectors                                                     Ushers

August 7- Reed Thostenson            August 7- Elaine Lukes                          *Ethan Severtson

August 14– Anna Severtson           August 14- Elna Severtson                      Madalyn Wangen

August 21- Ethan Severtson           August 21- Linda Kraushaar                   Reed Thostenson

August 28 – Madalyn Wangen     August 28-  Shirley Kraushaar                      Emily Brekke

                      

 

August Birthdays

August 4- Jessica Naatz

August 6- Annette Naatz

August 19- Alayna Krause

August 23- Roger Severtson

August 27- Sandy Chapek

 

AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES

August 5- Sheldon & Ruth Lukes

August 22- Mark & Debbie Brekke

 

 

Memorials

General Fund

In memory of Randy Lukes by M/M Roger Krause, M/M Paul Rockers, M/M Roger Severtson, M/M Larry Greeley, M/M Doug Thompson, M/M Sheldon Lukes, Irene Benesh, Deloris Schewe, M/M LaVerne Kehret, Bill Lyle, M/M Carl Gerlach, M/M Ronald Oyer, M/M Phil Tennis, Dorothy Nelson, M/M Ray Miller

In memory of Vivian Hanson by M/M Roger Krause

In memory of Alice Chrz by M/M Roger Krause, M/M Sheldon Lukes

In memory of Wayne Miller by M/M Roger Krause, M/M Dale Lukes, M/M Sheldon Lukes, M/M Dean Lukes, M/M Steve Kraushaar, M/M Dick Kraushaar

 

Altar Guild

      In memory of Randy Lukes by M/M Dale Lukes, M/M Steve Kraushaar

 

    Organ Fund

     In memory of Randy Lukes by M/M Dick Kraushaar, M/M Emil Prantner

 

I would like to thank everyone for their prayers, visits, cards, and phone calls while I am recovering from my fall. I am slowly getting better, but have a long way to go. It is so nice to have great friends!! Dale Lukes

 

Trondhjem’s Pie & Ice Cream Social 2011

 

August 21st is coming real soon.

It starts at 5 in the afternoon.

Trondhjem Lutheran Church will open its doors

To all of you whose appetites soar!

 

Linda will serve her famous sloppy joes

And while your mouth waters, your nose knows

With your bright eyes that your stomach pines

For pie. Gobble. Swallow. Burp. Divine!

 

Which pie has your taste buds singing an ode?

Banana cream, pecan – pie à la mode?

Chocolate with chocolate shavings on top

Or a berry with a whipped cream plop?

 

Do not forget the goodies upstairs –

The silent bid and buy-and-take wares

Like homemade doughnuts and pickle spears;

We had a Bohemian mousetrap last year.

 

There are quilts and Dick’s items of wood,

Things to display and treats which taste good.

Eyeing items will keep your mind busy –

If you bid on much, please don’t get dizzy!

 

The horses will be there to give rides.

Step into the wagon; take a side.

The rides are courtesy of Naatz Farms,

And all donations will work like charms.

 

Come see us on August twenty-one!

We’ll be there in rain, but hope for sun.

At 5, Trondhjem’s Social will begin,

So come on out and let yourself in! J

 

HAYWARD NEWS

 

 

 MISSION STATEMENT

 

 

 

We the people of Hayward Lutheran Church confess the Triune God, and strive to follow the words and deeds of Jesus Christ.

 

AUGUST ASSIGNMENTS

Altar Guild                                                     Coffee Servers                                             Ushers

Carole Eggum/                           August 7- John & Kris Schultz/                *Kendall & Lila Johnson

Janet Kromminga                                     Troy & April Habana                   Lowell & Dawn Nelson

                                                      August 14- Bob & Cindy Armon/           Dean & Kellie Anderson

                                                                          Scott Nelson

                                                     August 21- Dale & Millie Westland/Cheryl Freitag

                                                     August 28- Vern & Pat Frydenlund

 

Communion Assistants                                       Lectors                                     Acolyte/Ushers

Mary Anderson &                     August 7- Neal Skaar                     August 7-Logan & Tate Tufte

Bob Armon                                August 14- Logan Tufte               August 14- Mitchell & Jay Skaar

                                                   August 21- Diane Matson             August 21- Anna & Josh Englin         

                                                   August 28- Barb Miller            August 28- Kadie & Kasey Habana       

                                                  

AUGUST  BIRTHDAYS

 

                        August 1- Cindy Armon

August 1- Paulette Paulson                      August 21- Nick Schermer

August 2- Caylee Tennis                         August 24- Sylvia Kycek

August 2- Randy Eggum                        August 25- Phil Tennis

August 8- Sharon Malm                          August 25- Gwen Hanson

August 10- Natalie Larson                       August 26- Stephanie Larson

August 14- Casey Jo Eggum                    August 28- Kay Skaar

August 14- Cody Eggum                         August 28- Millie Westland

August 17-Min Westland                        August 29- Katherine Skaar

August 17- Craig Nelson                         August 31- Lila Esse

August 20- Melissa Sather                      August 31- Julie Erickson

                     

August Anniversaries

August 4- Curt & Natalie Larson

August 6- LeMoyne & Carole Eggum

August 13- Frank & Faye Learn

August 14- Troy & April Habana

August 16- Vern & Pat Frydenlund

August 18- Neal & Jean Skaar

 

MEMORIALS

General Fund.

In memory of Randy Lukes by M/M Dan Johnson

In memory of Robert Frydenlund by M/M Ashle Skaar

In memory of Bruce Noland by M/M Ray Hemenway

In memory of Randy Lukes by M/M Dave Thompson

In memory of Randy Lukes by M/M Donald Lerum

In memory of Isabel Noland by M/M Ray Hemenway

In memory of Randy Lukes by M/M Neal Skaar

In memory of Marvel Hanson by M/M Neal Skaar

 

Cemetery Fund

In memory of Elen Eggum Hanson by M/M LeMoyne Eggum

In memory of Tyler Huff by Helen Brandt

In memory of Palmer Hanson by M/M LuVerne Lyle

In memory of Palmer Hanson by Bill Lyle

In memory of Palmer Hanson by Rosalyn Lyle

In memory of Palmer Hanson by M/M James Joachim

 

Altar Guild

In memory of Judy Olson by M/M Wayne Kromminga

In memory of Judy Olson by M/M Gene Flusek

   The church is currently open the following hours each week:

Sunday: 8-noon, Monday: 9-4, Tuesday: 9-2, Wednesday: 9-4, Thursday: 9-2

 

 

WELCA NEWS

 

PURPOSE STATEMENT

 

As a community of women created in the image of God, called to discipleship in Jesus Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we commit ourselves to grow in faith, affirm our gifts, support one another in our callings, engage in ministry and action, and promote healing and wholeness in the church, the society and the world.

 

A Proposal Of Disbursements:

Furnishing Fund:                  $1,000.00

Youth Camp:                           $300.00

General Fund:                         $4,500.00

Oakland (Youth Trips):          $500.00

Thrivent Choice Rewards: Jan- June  $2,692.00

 

Brunch:                                         $366.50

Bake Sale & Contributions:          $786.00

WELCA Checking Acct:               $6,487.19

WELCA Youth Camp Fund:         $397.54

Furnishing Fund:                         $3,544.25

 

Remaining funds in WELCA Fund   $650.00

 

 

ALTAR GUILD

 

 

WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE FRESH FLOWERS?

 

          Fresh flowers for the altar are a beautiful addition to our worship service.  If you wish to furnish flowers, all you need to do is call the Altar Guild president, Marlene Thompson (373-3895).  The Guild will purchase and display the flowers for you, and if you wish, will put an acknowledgement in the Sunday bulletin.  Cost of the flowers is usually about $20.  Your generosity and support are greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

 

                                              News From Oakland-Moscow!! 

Vacation Bible School

August 15-19, 2011

Oakland Lutheran Church

For 3 year olds through 6th grade

Sponsored by Hayward, Trondhjem, Moscow and Oakland Congregations

Schedule: 6:00 pm ~ Light Supper

Everyone is welcome, volunteers provide the meal.

6:30 pm ~ Singing and Bible Story

Presented by Pastor Bob and Pastor Katie

Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel

7:00 pm ~ Craft and Discussion

 

 

Good Earth Village

The 26th Annual Good Earth Village Quilt Auction will be held on Saturday, August 20th at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 805 S. Broadway Ave., Spring Valley, MN. The auction will begin at 3 p.m. Quilt reviews will be held at the church on Friday, August 19th from 4:30-7:00 p.m. and Saturday, August 20th from 10:00 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. This year the Quilt Auction is held in conjunction with the Spring Valley Ag Days which includes a parade at 1:30 p.m. The auction will start immediately following the parade. Please join us and help support the ministry of Good Earth Village.

 

 

PARISH NEWS DEADLINE

The deadline for turning in articles and calendar information for the Parish News is the 20th of each month.  Thank you for your cooperation. ADDRESS CHANGE?  If you or someone you know has had a change of address or phone number within this past year, please inform the Church Office as soon as possible.  Thank you for your help!