Weekly Newsletter 7/28

Weekly Calendar
Thursday, July 25
11:30 a.m.           Exercise
Sunday, July 28
9:00 a.m.             Worship
Monday, July 29
12:30 p.m.           Visitation
2:00 p.m.              Memorial Service for Adie Milne
6:00 p.m.               Holy Outdoors Forest Bathing
Tuesday, July 30
11:30 a.m.           Exercise
2:00 p.m.              Harmony Care Center worship
Thursday, August 1
11:30 a.m.           Exercise
1:00 p.m.              Christ’s Crafters
Sunday, August 4
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 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.

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:  Thursday, August 22, at Trout City Brewery at 6:30 p.m. 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!

*THANK YOU! On behalf of the Bethel Puerto Rico Mission members and myself, we thank Christ Lutheran for the donations and prayers to support our trip.  I served coffee after church on three Sundays and collected $617, which shows the generosity of our church!  The trip was a wonderful experience. We did demo work inside the parsonage at Divina Salvador Church so that they can remodel the building to provide temporary lodging for someone in housing crisis. On the Sunday,  we participated in worship and enjoyed a lunch at Cristo Rey, Bethel’s sister church.  The people at both churches  were such gracious hosts.  I felt privileged to be part of this remarkable group.  And yes it is HOT in Puerto Rico in June!  ~ Mary Glaser                  “Serve the Lord with Gladness”  Psalm 100:2