in-person/online worship at 9:00 a.m.
Radio Broadcast (of previous week) at 10:00 a.m. on KFIL FM
bulletin 7.14.2024.pdf
Weekly Calendar
Thursday, July 11
9:00 a.m. Men’s Fellowship
11:30 a.m. Exercise
Sunday, July 14
9:00 a.m. Worship
10:00 a.m. Coffee and Cookies served by youth who are attending the Gathering July 16-20
6:00 p.m. VBS/Intergenerational Worship
Tuesday, July 16
11:30 a.m. Exercise
5:30 p.m. Craft and Bake Sale Committee meeting
Thursday, July 18
11:30 a.m. Exercise
Sunday, July 21
9:00 a.m. Worship/Communion
Worship Assistants in July
Acolytes
7 Cooper Pickett/Melony Wingert
14 Cooper Holtegaard/Ava Severson
21 Jackson Fischer/Maggie Wingert
28 Reese Larson /Josh Bakken
Computer
7 Lexi Engen
14 Taelyn Kerns
21 Grant Tieskotter
28 Lilianna Dempewolf
Lectors
7 Bev Olson
14 Mary Glaser
21
28 Traci Corson
Greeters
7 Glenn Dale
14 Brad & Alison Leathers and family
21 Sara Niemeyer
28 LaVerne & Denise Paulson
Altar Guild…………………………………………………………….Mary Irish/Gail Bunge/Vicki Kruegel
Ushers………………………………….. ……Jon Ebner/Michael Johnson/Dean Solberg/
Communion Assistants
July 7…………………………………………………..Darrel Olson/Jennifer Pickett/Michael Johnson
July 21……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Please let the office or a member of the Church Council know if one of your loved ones is sick or has passed or if you or someone you know is going to be in the hospital so that we may acknowledge them in our prayer list or pay them a visit.
Summer VBS /Intergenerational Worship – Sunday, July 14th – Come at 6pm for the meal and stay for the Outdoor Intergenerational Worship at 6:30pm. God’s Love Creates! (Please bring your own chair)
Sending for ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans – Sunday, July 14 – 9 am Worship-
Worship will include a sending and blessing for Maggie Dempewolf, Cooper Picket, Grant and Jillian Tieskotter, and Pastor Kris, who travel with Greenfield Lutheran Church July 15-20 to participate in the Youth Gathering. Following worship, the youth will serve coffee and cookies, part of their appreciation to the congregation for your generous support of this ministry.
Sharing by ELCA Youth Gathering Group Sunday – Sunday, July 21 – 9 am Worship –
“Created to Be”, based on Psalm 139, is the theme for the Gathering. The worship service will include music, prayer, and praise experienced in New Orleans. Come and learn!
Holy Outdoors – “Forest Bathing” – A Guided Walk in Nature with Sara Holger Program Coordinator-Project Get Outdoors, Inc. – Monday, July 29, 6-8 pm, Trailhead Park, Preston
Join certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide, Sara Holger, to experience the healing power of nature. Sara will lead a gentle walk adapted to our location and tailor it to participants’ abilities. Plus, this walk will meet the Walk with Ease standards of the Arthritis Foundation. What will you experience? Shinrin-yoku, also known as forest bathing, is a Japanese mindfulness practice of using one’s senses to immerse in nature. During this walk, we will explore and observe nature using all of our senses. All abilities and ages are welcome! Help spread the word; this event is for the community! Sign up in the narthex.
*Summer Book Read, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith, by Barbara Brown Taylor. (USA: Harper One), 2009. (Please borrow or buy this book on your own.) Worship: Lessons and Hymns, Sunday, August 18, 9:00 am Worship-Scripture readings, hymns, and reflections inspired by An Altar in the World and will be the focus of our worship service.
Book Discussion: Wednesday, August 23, Time and Location TBD. Interested in wondering together about Brown’s reflections on where and how we may find God’s presence in the world? Let’s meet for conversation and fellowship!
*Save the date! 2024 Craft & Bake Sale – Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, 9 am – 2 pm, Fellowship Hall (basement). Calling all crafters, Bakers, sewers, woodworkers and more! Everyone’s help is needed for our upcoming craft & bake sale so please put on your creative hats and start planning how you can help make our 2024 sale a huge success! More information to come.
*Don’t Miss Out on Church Night at the Fair – Tuesday, July 16th at 6 pm at the “Big Tent” at the Fillmore County Fairgrounds. Led by Pastor Mark Woodward, and music by the Fillmore Free Methodist Praise Team. Free will donation will go towards the Preston Area Foodshelf.
*Gundersen Health System will be hosting a virtual Healthy Living with Chronic Pain workshop on Wed., afternoons for 6 weeks starting August 7. This workshop focuses on strategies for understanding and managing pain and stress management for adults. For more information, please call Vicky at 608-775-6870 or Email wellness@gundersenhealth.org.
7/11 Keanna Weedman
7/13 Devan Schmidt; Travis & Cara Ristau, Anniv.
7/14 Trent Pikula, Logan Runtsch, Kayla Soland; Larry & Dawn Ristau – Anniv.
7/15 Judi Underbakke, Jennifer DeSilvey (Quanrud)
7/17 Jade Grabau
7/18 Arlene Brekke, Griffin Holtegaard
the family of Dean Schumacher
Richard Johnson, who is at the Harmony Care Center
Carol Gosi
Barb Barrett
Rosalie Krips
Val Christensen
Amy Timmerman
Carole Engen
Axel Heller
Steven Kling
Bo Bakke
Bridget Case
Walt Hansen, who is at Minnesota State Veterans Home, Preston
Marilyn Bunge, who is at Mabel Care Center
Adie Milne, who is at Harmony Care Center
Ann Ott, who is at Harmony Care Center
Betty Riehl, who is at Harmony Care Center
Helen Haugen, who is at Park Lane Estates
Arlene Bakalyar, who is at Park Lane Estates
Irene Aarre, who is at Traditions
Averlene Marzolf, who is at Traditions
Lew Randall, who is at Traditions
Helen Haugerud, who is at Traditions
Linda Hahn Smith, who is at Traditions
Arlen Kiehne, who is at Chatfield Care Center
Alice Cummings, who is at Chatfield Care Center
Jim Fossum, who is at The Fillmore Place
Jan Milne, Brookdale Senior Living
DeWayne Vogt, who is at Luther Oaks Skilled Nursing Care, Bloomington, IL