Weekly Newsletter 7/21

Weekly Calendar
Thursday, July 18
11:30 a.m.           Exercise
Sunday, July 21
9:00 a.m.             Worship/Communion  – Sharing of the Youth Gathering
Tuesday, July 23
11:30 a.m.           Exercise
Wednesday, July 24
9:30 a.m.               Traditions Worship
10:30 a.m.            Park Lane Worship
Thursday, July 25
11:30 a.m.           Exercise
Sunday, July 28
9:00 a.m.             Worship

 Worship Assistants in July
 Acolytes
7 Cooper Pickett/Melony Wingert
14 Cooper Holtegaard/Ava Severson
21 Jackson Fischer/Maggie Wingert
28 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…………………………………………………………………….Bruce Hoff/Randy Hahn/Carol Solberg
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.

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.