The East Side VoiceThe East Side VoiceThe East Side Voice Volume 16, Issue 9 September 2015

The Fall activities will resume in September. This year we are starting with a “bang”: a Block

Party on Saturday, September 12th (11:00am to 2:00pm) the day before Rally Sunday. Your

council has worked hard to prepare for this event and we are inviting our neighborhood, many

others … and you! So plan to attend, invite your neighbors to join you, enjoy some good food,

fellowship and fun.

Then on Sunday, September 13th, we gather again for worship and to celebrate the start of

another year of Sunday School. Hard to believe, but this will be East Side Lutheran Church’s

96th year of serving Jesus Christ on the east side of Sioux Falls!

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The Voice

is the monthly newsletter of East Side Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is sent to all members of the parish, and others upon request. It can also be downloaded from our website.

East Side Lutheran Church 1300 East 10th Street, Sioux Falls SD 57103-1796

(605) 336-3597 Fax: (605) 336-8660

www.eastsidelc.org

Staff

Rev. Dr. Olaf Roynesdal . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Pastor

Rev. Joshua Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Pastor

Rev. Kermit Rye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Visitation Pastor

Rev. Dr. Carroll Marohl . . . . . . . . . Education Pastor

Gigi Rieder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office Manager

Ashley Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Receptionist/Secretary

Linda Hoeck . . . . . . . . . . . . Membership Coordinator

and Volunteer Coordinator

Jennie Hoefer . . . . Children/Youth Ministry Director

Properties

Michael Rieder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Custodian

Mark Weber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Custodian

Music Ministries

Paul R. Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Organist

Glenyta Hanson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choir Director

Linda Hoeck . . . . . . . . . Celebration Ringers Director

(Vacant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . King’s Choir Director

Worship Services

Sundays 8:00 am 9:30 am 11:00 am 6:00 pm

Radio Broadcast:

Sundays, 11:00 a.m.

(KSOO 1140 AM) The audio broadcast is also available on our website on

Monday afternoon —

www.eastsidelc.org/radio.php

Anne Uithoven, whose funeral was held on August

10th at East Side.

This is periodic reminder regarding your hospital

stay. We call Avera McKennan and Sanford

every business day to obtain a list of our

hospitalized members. However, you will only

show up on our list if you list East Side as your

congregation when you register.

If you are hospitalized at the Avera Heart

Hosptial, Avera Behavioral Health, the Veterans’

Hospital, Sioux Falls Surgical Center or area

hospitals you need to call the church office and

inform us of your stay there.

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(given by friends and relatives unless otherwise noted

as of August 23rd)

In Memory Of:

Julie Binkerd Roof Fund: Dee Hohn

Harold Bosler Radio Fund: Selma Rich

Jean (Rye) Brunn Roof Fund: Marvin & Laurie McKnelly

Memorial Fund: Eileen Hartman

Robert Daggitt Roof Fund: Beverly Daggitt Shirley Michaelson Roof Fund: Louis Skrondahl, Stan & Colleen Birkeland

Mike & Gigi Rieder, Marv & Laurie McKnelly Ione Quigley-Wich Roof Fund: Beverly Daggitt

Milton Stiegelmeier Roof Fund: Bob & Jane Himrich

Sophie Thompson Memorial Fund: Robert Thompson Sr.

Stanley Thompson Memorial Fund: Robert Thompson Sr.

Virgil Thompson Memorial Fund: Robert Thompson Sr.

Don & Eleanor Wilson Roof Fund: Doug Wilson

In Honor Of: Glenn & Judy Adler’s 50thAnniversary Rejuvenation Fund: Lynn & Cheri DeYoung

Building Fund: Evelyn Weidenbach

Radio Fund: Selma Rich

Colin & Harriet Barrett 50th Anniversary Roof Fund: Lynn & Cheri DeYoung

Marcella Shafer’s 90th Birthday Roof Fund: Don & Janet Messner

Office Hours Starting September 8th

Monday-Friday 8:00am - 12:00pm

1:00pm - 4:30pm

Sunday 8:00 am - 11:00 am

The office will be closed

Sunday, September 6th

Monday, September 7th

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RADIO SPONSORSHIP

Many people benefit from the broadcast of our worship service each week, which is aired in five states!

Sponsorships ($200/service) are welcome. Each Sunday we broadcast our 9:30 am

worship service over KSOO Radio (1140 AM) at 11:00 am.

The service is also available on our website, normally by Sunday noon. You can also download our Sunday bulletins (PDF) to your mobile device by the Friday

prior to the worship service. Go to www.eastsidelc.org/radio September 6th is in honor of Bill & Peg Pochardt’s 62nd Wedding Anniversary September 27th is in memory of Nathan Norem & Harlan Norem given by Harriet Norem

Food to You - Food of the Month: Pasta, any kind………….…...….Prior to August 7, 2015 Hearty Soup…………….....Prior to September 11, 2015 Cereal………….………..…..…..Prior to October 9, 2015 Peanut Butter……….….…..Prior to November 13, 2015 Tuna & Tuna Helper……….Prior to December 12, 2015 *Toilet Paper is always needed

If your child needs an art bag for school supplies you can find one

in the church library on Sunday, August 30th between services,

(9:00 - 9:30 am and 10:30 - 11:00 am). These are handmade bags

sewn by specifications for the school district. While visiting the

library you can check out a book or movie.

Have a great school year!

There was a total of 26 pounds of aluminum cans that were

recycled for the month of July. To date, that is a total of 116

pounds of cans recycled by members of East Side since March

15, 2015. Bringing the total amount of $59.40 contributed to

the Roof Fund!

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Book Lover Notes from the Library

We have a trilogy of books by author Sandra Robbins that depict three

generations of family that live in the Smoky Mountains. The trilogy is

called “Smoky Mountain dreams”. In the first book, Angel of the

cove, which takes place about 1894, we meet Granny Lawson. She is

the midwife and local medical expert of Cades Cove. Anna Prentiss

has come to stay with Granny for a few months to learn all she can

about being a midwife before she will go to nursing school in New

York. We also meet Simon Martin, the local preacher. Simon

returned from school to help his parents and the community wants him to stay and minister to them. Anna has

much to learn about the mountain people and Granny’s herbal medicines. She comes to love the people she

serves, but is determined she will follow her dreams of nursing school. Both Simon and Granny become very

fond of her and would like her to stay. In the second book, Mountain Homecoming, we meet Rani Martin, a

talented potter, who has an opportunity to leave her beloved mountains and learn more about pottery. She is the

daughter of Simon and Anna. Granny has become valued adopted member of their family. Matthew Jackson is a

boy who was born in the Cove, but left as a child. Matthew’s family history had created bad memories for many

neighbors. Now he has returned, seeking to find his place among the mountain people. In the third book of the

trilogy, Beyond These Hills, we meet Matthew and Raini’s daughter, Laurel. It is mid 1930’s and the Jacksons,

Martins, and other families are being pressed to leave their beloved valley. The Great Smoky Mountains National

Park is being developed by the government. They have been fighting a futile battle to preserve the homes and

farms that they love. Andrew Brady, the young son of a Congressman, arrives entrusted with the job of

persuading the remaining families to sell their land. Of course, we can anticipate the end of the story, but the

stories are entertaining romances and you come to admire the determination and courage of the characters.

Amanda Cabot introduces us to heroine, Harriet Kirk, in her novel, Tomorrow’s Garden. Harriet is the oldest of

6 children. The character weaknesses and resulting deaths of her parents have forced her into the position of

caretaker for the family. The family had been wealthy, but the wealth has almost disappeared. Following the

death of her grandparents and the pressures of an undesirable suitor, Harriet moves the family to a small Texas

town and begins a new life as their schoolteacher. There she finds friends and meets the current mayor/sheriff,

Lawrence Wood. He is a former Texas Ranger who has agreed to take on this job, temporarily. Of course, this is

a romance, but it is interesting to see how these two determined and stubborn people overcome their past

experiences and shortcomings to find peace with each other.

Men who like historical fiction (with some romance thrown in) might enjoy The Flying Cavalier by Gilbert

Morris. The heroes are pilots who are flying for France in World War I. Lance Winslow has come from England

to train with the French before the Great War. At this time, the French are the best fliers in the world. While

there, Lance meets and marries a lovely French girl. Unfortunately during a bombing, his wife is killed. This

loss creates in Lance the desire to kill every German he can. Logan Smith, another pilot hero, has come from the

western U.S. to help the French in their fight against the Germans. He is accompanied by his mechanic friend,

Preacher. Josephine Hellinger, a U.S. journalist, travels with Logan and Preacher. She is an independent

journalist, determined to give her readers a true picture of the war. This is not, of course, a normal role for a

woman of this time.

Secrets on the Wind by Stephanie Whitson will have a special appeal to those who like stories of pioneer times

that are set in our region. The main setting for the story is Fort Robinson, NE., during the late 1870’s. We have

visited this fort and I could link by memories of the fort and its layout to the details of the story. Sergeant Nathan

Boone and Trooper Dorsey discover a woman who had been abused and imprisoned by a homesteader. They take

her to the fort where Granny Max takes her under her wing and endeavors to restore her physical and mental

health. Recovery is a struggle for Liana and she also has a past that she would like to keep hidden. Her secret is

endangered when Trooper Caleb Jackson, a new recruit, appears at the fort.

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After almost a month here in Sioux Falls I feel I am beginning to get

into the swing of things. I greatly appreciate the warm welcomes with

which y’all have received me as your pastor. As the “new guy” I

thought it appropriate to give y’all a little background on where I come

from and how I wound up here at East Side.

To begin, I was born and raised in the Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina- arriving into

the world shortly after my identical twin brother (who currently serves in the U.S. Air Force). My

father, mother, younger brother, and grandmother all still live back home in Waynesville in the

house which my father built.

My faith journey is a winding one. I was born into the Southern Baptist tradition where I received a

genuine (pronounced geen-yoo-aiyen) believer’s baptism at 8 years old, became United Methodist as

a teenager, and finally joined the Lutheran church in college. One of the first friends I made at

orientation also happened to be the first Lutheran I ever met and is currently serving a church in

Wisconsin after graduating in the same class as my wife and I. So really, it is his fault (and the

excellent, FREE potluck cooking) for bringing me into the Lutheran fold. That and Luther’s

recognition that we are all saved by God’s grace alone.

The past year has been a busy one to say the least: finishing internship in Pennsylvania, getting

hitched to my beautiful wife, graduating seminary, being ordained, and finishing the first phase of

the Navy’s Basic Leadership Course for military chaplains. My basic hobbies

include reading, dancing, fishing, shooting clay pigeons, carving, and playing

cards.

I am glad to be here in South Dakota and I look forward to meeting each of

you, learning your name, forgetting it, and learning it again (hopefully for

good). I look forward to our time together in service of God and our

neighborhood. May you be blessed this day and always.

In peace,

Pastor Josh Johnson

WOMEN’S CIRCLES at East Side Resuming in September

Mary Ruth Circles meet on the Second Tuesday at 9:00 am

Rachel and Elizabeth Circles meet on

the third Wednesday at 1:15 pm.

Naomi Circle meets the third Monday at 7:00 pm.

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Confirmation orientation for new students will be held on Wednesday, September 9th, 6:45-7:15 p.m. All parents are to attend the first session with their kids!

Returning students will have a reorientation on Wednesday,

September 9th, 7:15-7:45 p.m. Parents are to attend this first session with their kids as well!

Those being confirmed will begin a six-session class on Wednesday,

September 16th, 6:45-7:45 p.m. We will meet in the second floor class area. Pastor Olaf will teach the class. Confirmation will be held on Reformation Sunday, October 25th at 11:00 am.

Greetings to all youth and parents from the East Side youth program! We

would like to invite you getting-to-know-you and orientation session

after the 11 o’clock service on September 20th. We will be introducing

the year’s program and asking for input while enjoying a light lunch

together in the fellowship hall. Please bring ideas, questions, concerns,

and most importantly yourself! Parents are strongly encouraged to

accompany their youth. Keep your eyes open for more information

regarding this exciting opportunity!

Sunday School starts September 13th!!!

3 years old - 5th Grade

9:15 am to 10:30 am

6th Grade, Confirmation and High School

9:30 am to 10:30 am

To register your child in Sunday

School you can:

Have an opportunity to on Rally

Day, September 13th.

Download the form online.

Eastsidelc.org, fill it out and return

it to the office.

Additional forms will be available

in the church office.

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Sundays at East Side Every Sunday morning at East Side there are three worship services and every Sunday evening there is one service. The first two (8:00 and 9:30) are traditional services while the 11:00 is a contemporary service. The 6:00 service is informal with no music and spoken liturgy. All services are alike in that Holy Communion is celebrated weekly and Pastors lead the service and preach a sermon to bring the word of God to those in attendance. All are different when we

look at the people who attend the services. We are different in age, height, weight, hair color, occupation and the talents we possess. But we can use these different talents to do some of the same things on Sundays at East Side. In order for the morning services to function properly there is a need for bus drivers, coffee servers, communion helpers, greeters and lectors. Our Sunday services give us 140 opportunities every month to complete these activities. So far in 2015 there have been 880 opportunities for these activities and about 300 have been filled by members of the service teams scheduled for that month. In addition, the following activities are also in need of volunteers: ushering, teaching Sunday school, participating in the choirs, and helping provide contemporary music. All Christians are called to ministry to use our God given talents. Each of us has a role to play. When you receive a call about filling one of these many opportunities, please say “yes”. If you are not comfortable filling the role you are asked to assume, just say “I am not comfortable with ______ but I would be happy to do ______ instead.” All of us need to be willing to serve in one capacity or another. Thank you. Linda Hoeck, Volunteer Coordinator

Did you remember to contact the church? There are many members for whom the church does not have contact information. We realize many people are giving up their land lines and relying on cell phones. Please remember to update your phone numbers and new addresses with the church so we can keep in contact with you. Also, the church has the ability to send out emails to members so we would like to have current email addresses also. Thank you for keeping this information current with us.

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WELCA GROWTH (Education)

ALL WOMEN RETREAT

On July 13th about 30 women attended the retreat we started about 9:30am with women coming or going as

their schedule allowed,. The June, July and August bible studies from the GATHER magazine focused on the

Lord loves a cheerful giver and why do we give3 to God. Our presenters were Pastors-Wangsness (June),

Chell (July), and Salberg (August). Each Pastor had a different approach to the focus which made the Bible

Studies very interesting and inspirational. Many of those attended had very positive comments on the day. Just

a great big thank you to the Pastors that so willingly said yes and made the day a success.

Of course, we are Lutherans so we enjoyed a wonderful potluck and great fellowship with one another at noon.

Fitting with our Bible Study, two street people asked if they could also eat the potluck and were told yes.

Hopfully, they were fed bodily and was inspired as one of them stayed and listened to part of the August Bible

Study.

We are planning next year’s programs in the next couple of months, if you have an idea of what you would

like to see WELCA do, please tell a board member.

SEPTEMBER 14TH FELLOWSHIP AT 2:00 PM.

YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS FELLOWSHIP as our speaker will be Pastor Josh talking about his

life and path that led him to ESLC. What a great way to get to know about our new Associate Pastor. Everyone

is welcome, male, female, circle member or not circle member; please plan to come.

Also, we will have the election of officers at the September Fellowship meeting.

WELCA GROWTH CHAIRPERSONS

Nancy Renner and Cheri DeYoung

WELCA News from President Janet Wilcox – August 2015

WELCA is still searching for someone to fill one position on the WELCA Board for next year. We need a

Vice President who will be willing to be President after the new sitting president leaves. The Vice President

and the President each serve 2 year terms. If someone would choose to be a Co-Vice President, we would try

to find another person to be Co-Vice President. We are so happy to welcome Katie Alexander (former ESL

secretary) as our new Secretary of Publicity. I know she’ll do a great job. WELCA does much to serve people

and we need good leadership to accomplish those services. Please prayerfully consider becoming a WELCA

Vice President and contact Donna Murphy at 251-6096 or Marcia Roynesdal at 929-7503, if you have any

questions about the open position or if you’d like to offer your talent. You can also contact any current board

member. We only need someone who is willing to work with the rest of the Board and Committees and who

loves to SERVE OTHERS. We’ll have election of officers at the Sept. 14th Fellowship meeting.

The Soup and Pie Supper will be October 8, 2015 and we will be having craft tables available again this year.

If you would like to sell your crafts at this event, please contact Nancy Renner at 336-8578. 10% of your sales

will go to WELCA. There will be many opportunities to help with the supper by supplying pies or baked

goods for the bake sale as well as actually working at the supper. Sign-up sheets will be out on Sept. 20th.

Circles will begin meeting again in September. If you would like to join a circle, please ask anyone in WELCA

about times and meeting places. You’d be most welcome at any circle meeting.

Janet

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Listed below are the members of Service Team 7, who will be serving in October.

Volunteers are needed on Sunday mornings to lector, serve communion, greet, drive the bus, and serve coffee.

If you would like first choice at volunteer options, please call Linda Hoeck at 332-7506.

Richard Adkins Joan Ferdinand Jamie Matson

Sheryll Adkins Rachel Fey Margaret McCosh

Daniel Anderson Jeremy Forseth Judith Menage

Victoria (Vicky) Anderson Tamara Forseth Richard Menage

Denise Berg Roger Gage Emma Menholt

Ryan Berg Susan Gage Camie Merry

Colleen Birkeland Garrett Gassman Lynn Meyer

Stanley Birkeland Megan Gassman Linda Miller

David Bixler Pearl Goeman Kori Oberembt

Nona Bixler Lorri Halverson Bonita (Bonnie) Oleson

Rachelle (Shelly) Boe Marion Halverson Kenneth (Ken) Oleson

Rebecca Boe Harlan Hanson Dorothy Overfield

Rhonda Boe Justin Henning Christina Petik

Robert Boe Traci Hollingshead Jamie Pyle

Andrew Champa Shantel Jennings Iris Rasmussen

Danielle Champa Cynthia Jones Jammie Reiter

Lynnette Coolidge Jennifer Lambson Kyla Retterath

William (Will) Coolidge Joey Larsen Chad Robinson

Mark Dyar Kassie Larsen Melissa (Missy) Robinson

Robert (Bobby) Dyar Travis Larsen Jacqueline Runge

Teresa (Teri) Dyar Brandon Larson Cassie Salerno

Taylor Eastman Douglas (Doug) Lovro Jenese Schwarz

Mrs Barbara (Barb) Ferdinand Serene Lovro Amber Stone

David Ferdinand Brian Masek Jeff Stone

Don (Donnee) Ferdinand Michele (Shelli) Masek Lori Stone

Alice Sylliaasen Chasity VanRoekel Troy VanRoekel

Judith (Judy) Vandersnick

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In case of emergency

phone numbers are important!

If you have an “in case of

emergency contact”,

please let the

church office know.

We would like to add it to

our records

should we ever need it

(and we hope we won’t ever

need it).

Thank you!

If you would like to sell your crafts during the

Soup & Pie Supper on Thursday, October 8th,

Contact Nancy Renner at 336-8578.

10% of all your sales will go to WELCA

Donations for the ESLC

Rummage Sale to raise

funds for the Roof are being

accepted. Please stop at the

church office for the garage

remote to drop off your

donations. We ask that all

items are clean and ready to

sell.

Thank you for supporting a great cause!

The Rummage will be held September 10th, 11th & 12th.

Attention Gardeners: If you have more tomatoes than you need, WELCA is

looking for some to use for the soup and pie supper on October

8th. Please bring them to the kitchen and WELCA personnel will

skin and freeze them.

Thank you!!

I want to send a heartfelt thank you to each of

you for the support that was shown during this

sad time in our life with the loss of my step-

daughter, Julie Binkerd. I am truly blessed.

Dee Hohn

Come help Don Grant celebrate his 90th

Birthday on September 5th with an open

house from 2:00 - 4:00 pm at the

Inn on Westport.

4000 S. Westport Ave.

East Side Lutheran Church 1300 East 10

th Street

Sioux Falls, SD 57103-1796 www.eastsidelc.org

Address Service Requested

Non-Profit Org US Postage

PAID Permit No. 1041 Sioux Falls, SD

September 2015

Sunday, August 30th

9:30 am & 11:00 am

Interest Paid Principal Paid Loan Balance

Payment, May 15, 2015 $6,351 $7,599 $1,686,002

Payment, June 15, 2015 $6,323 $7,627 $1,678,375

Payment, July 15, 2015 $6,294 $7,656 $1,670,718

Payment, August 15, 2015 $6,265 $7,685 $1,663,034

Building Fund Gifts for August $ 6,014

Building Fund Total Gifts 2015 $ 70,826

East Side Lutheran Church

Capital Campaign (and other) News

Volume 14, Issue 9 September 2015

News and Updates

We have asked much of each other this year. We’ve had a special

appeal for the Roof Fund. We ask for your faithful support for the

general fund as well as our building fund. As most of you know, the

building fund is “in the hole”! Your continued support is encouraged …

and much appreciated.

Train Up a Child…thru August 23rd the total received was $ 523 (Jar—$ 312; Sunday School

offerings—$ 211). Thirty-five children will receive a year’s tuition at the church run schools in our

companion Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon. Now that Sunday School resumes,

we remind all the students (and their parents!) that ½ of the Sunday School weekly offering goes

toward tuition support in Cameroon! The tuition is $15/student, and is primarily used to allow girls and

disabled children to attend church elementary schools.

At the special congregational meeting held on August 9th the vote was 102 yes; 4 no to accept the

congregation council’s recommendation regarding funding of the roof project. As of August 23rd, the

Roof Fund stands at $228,605

As you will read elsewhere, the St. Arbuck’s group (plus others) are hosting a Rummage Sale

September 10-12, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Your donations are appreciated, provided they are in good to

excellent condition. The final day of the rummage sale will be our neighborhood Block Party!

Our continued thanks to Dale Fritz and Dick Newhagen for mowing the church lawn each week!

The recent rain has delayed our roofer’s current projects; once completed, his attention will turn to

replacing our roof. It is expected to take between 20-30 days to complete the work.

Page 2 The East Side Building Project

In the neighborhood for God!

General Fund

Income 2015

Received

General Fund

$ 15,844

$ 15,599 $ 35,570

$ 7,041 $ 34,882

$ 6,238 $ 31,477

Totals

$ 44,722 $ 38,975

2015 YTD

$ 354,492

Score Box! Snow Removal Gas Electricity

July (2014) $ 188 $ 1,932 August $ 87 $ 1,883 September $ 13 $ 2,161 October $ 141 $ 2,128 November $ 779 $ 1,856 December $ 2,319 $ 2,319 January (2015) $ 2,290 $ 2,967 $ 2,542 February $ 763 $ 2,343 $ 2,004 March $ 2,359 $ 1,658 April $ 698 $ 2,368 May $ 204 $ 1,802 June $ 108 $ 1,485 July $ 83 $ 1,904 August $ 73 $ 1,712

Our sincere thanks to everyone who made Pastor Josh’s installation on August 23rd such a joyous event:

Pastor Bill Tesch, from the South Dakota Synod; members of the call committee, who served the

service; Kay Fritz and crew, and all who provided coffee cakes for the reception; Pat Stensland for

making corsages and boutonnieres for participants. Glenyta Hanson, Paul Griffith, the musicians and

the choir for outstanding music leadership; and our Altar Guild for their faithful service! It was a

wonderful day!

Pastor Joshua Johnson’s Address:

1205 S Cleveland Ave Apt 1 Sioux Falls 57103-3268 Cell Phone Number: 828-246-4236 Email: Josh@eastsidelc.org

Lawsuit update: the defendants to our lawsuit spent Wednesday, August 19th inspecting our building

and some of the “problem areas.” All parties have agreed to a trial date of April 18-29, 2016.

St Dysmas Lutheran Church, our congregation behind the penitentiary walls, is looking for someone

to take over treasurer responsibilities. The workload is about 5 hours a month. Payroll and taxes are

done by an outside firm, so the treasurer’s job is not a difficult job however it is an important one. This

person could serve as a member of our council or a volunteer position not on the council. A music

director is also being sought. If interested in either position, please contact Pastor Bob Chell (605) 338

-1735. St Dysmas’ office is located at East Side, on the second floor.

The barn re-siding is proceeding steadily. Thanks to Mark Weber for spearheading and financing this

project as well as all who have assisted him.

Maybe we have a public relations problem … on Monday, August 24th, we received a phone call where

we were called a “Lotharian” Church.