Altar Guild for SeptemberSusan Nelson and Theresa Smith

MONTH Year

THE MESSENGER

VOLUME 24 • NUMBER 12VISIT US ONLINE FirstAnyChurch.org

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Notes from Pastor Linda Kerkhoven Lutheran Council Notice VBS Mission Project Luther League News Sunday School News Lutheran Campus Ministry News WELCA News Evangelism and Outreach News Worship Assistants Birthday List Baptism Anniversaries Recognition of Baptisms Updates and Announcements Prayer Requests Missionary for a Day

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Kerkhoven Lutheran Church402 North 12th Street

PO Box 317Kerkhoven, MN 56252

320.264.2823

Email Address:kerklc@tds.net

Web Site:www.kerkhovenlutheranchurch.org

SEPTEMBER 2018 ISSUE

FROM THE PASTOR: September notes:

End of summer Greetings, Brothers and Sisters in Christ.

Can you believe it, summer is almost over! We’ve spent the last five weeks or so studying Jesus as the bread of life. We have been challenged and motivated to understand what it means to be the body of Christ in the world. But we are also comforted knowing that Christ is the bread of life that feeds us, strengthens us, encourages us to be God’s people.

Together as a community of faith, we are the body of Christ for each other. We feed each other through Holy Communion and fellowship, we strengthen each other and encourage one another. The Word of God lives in us and through us for the sake of the community and the world.

As we continue our journey of faith, we are called to join Jesus in being bread for the world. We are to feed the hungry, bring clean water to the thirsty, ensure shelter for the homeless, clothes for those in need, and to welcome the stranger – the lost, the least and the last.

May God bless you richly to be bread for those nearby, those across the street, across town, and those far from us economically, socially, and those different from us and those like us, for all are created in the image of God.

Pastor Linda

Drawing by Mark Miller

WELCOME AUTUMN

In This Issue

(Luther League continued)

The minutes of the August Council meeting are posted on

the bulletin board by the church offices.

Next Church Council Meeting: September 5, 2018

Boards Meet at 7:00 pm

Council Meets at 7:30 pm

LUTHER LEAGUE NEWSVBS MISSION PROJECTWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,

2018 – MISSION TRIP Information Meeting at Bethel Lutheran Church in Willmar

On Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 6:45 p.m. the parents and youth from grades 6th through 12th are invited to Bethel Lutheran Church in Willmar to attend an information meeting in regard to going on a Mission Trip with Bethel in 2019. Leader, Jenni Thorpe stated they are looking at going to Harrisburg, PA/Washington, DC from July 28, 2019 to August 2, 2019 with one or 2 days of travel on each side. They are probably flying. Parents, please bring your child to the information meeting to ask questions and see if they are interested! It would be a great mission trip!

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 – Air Maxx Trampoline

Park in St. CloudOn Sunday, September 16, 2018 the Luther League and their families will meet at 11:00 a.m. in the fellowship hall to carpool to St. Cloud. Bring money to eat out at a fast food restaurant. Then we will go to Air Maxx Trampoline Park in St. Cloud. Luther League will pay $29.00 for the Ninja Warrior Course, Trampoline Jump and jump socks. You can invite a friend, but they will need to pay $29.00 for the Air Maxx Trampoline Park Registration forms and waiver forms will be e-mailed, and a few will be by the church office. Contact Loretta Falk at 320-979-6959 if you are willing to carpool to St. Cloud.

VBS MISSION PROJECT THANK YOU!

The Mission Project for VBS this year was local, working with the owner of Kerkhoven’s southside trailer court to update the property’s basketball court & playground equipment.

This group disassembled two swing sets, two basketball poles, sandbox and mowed the lawn and cleaned around the basketball court.

This group put up the new swing set. They also filled a dumpster with garbage and served a meal to the helpers

One day the new basketball poles were cemented in the ground. Another day a group dug away the sod from around the swing set and filled it with pea rock. Still left to do is applying pavement sealer to the basketball pad and installing two backboards.

A HUGH THANK YOU to everyone that has helped with this VBS Mission Project! We are excited to be so close in being done. Town & Country VBS which includes the following churches: Bethel Baptist-Kerkhoven, Evangelical Free-Kerkhoven, Hope Lutheran-Sunburg, Kerkhoven Lutheran and Salem Covenant-rural Pennock.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018 – Mall of America, Mary’s Place and Great Wolf Lodge Adventure Park

On Saturday, October 6, 2018 the Luther League will meet at 8:30 a.m. at Kerkhoven Lutheran Church to ride coach bus to the cities.

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(Sunday school continued)

sure everyone is behaving, so if you are able to come upstairs, the extra help would be appreciated.

We do collect an offering each Sunday to help with Sunday school expenses.

Please join us on Rally Sunday on September 9th at 10:10! We will be doing a fun mixer with everyone at coffee for something to get everyone excited about the new year of Sunday school!!

LUTHERAN CAMPUS MINISTRYserving Ridgewater College, Willmar

We are off and running at the Ministry Center already! Classes began on Monday, August 27 and we served our first FREE LUNCH of the 2018-2019 school year. We were blessed and amazed to have over 170 students join us for lunch! Over 250 people stopped in to the center to see what we are up to!

Thanks be to God for the Kerkhoven ladies kitchen crew who brought over a dozen crock pots and pans to serve all of these hungry folks 😁 . We are so thankful for our volunteers!If you would like to gather a group and bring lunch to the Ministry Center, please let me know. We have a few open spots on the calendar. If bringing a meal is overwhelming, how about a few batches of cookies? A few pans of bars? Again, let me know.

In addition to our FREE LUNCHES, we also host a FOOD PANTRY that our students can visit when their dollars aren’t stretching as far as they need to. If you could help with a donation or two for the Food Pantry, we would be so grateful. Here is a list of the items that go quickly:+Macaroni and Cheese +Chicken Noodle Soup +Tomato Soup +Peanut Butter +Butter Crackers +Jelly or Preserves (plastic jars please) +Pop Tarts +Spaghetti Noodles & Spaghetti Sauce (cans, please) +Granola Bars +Fruit Bars +Canned corn or green beans +Canned fruit or individual fruit cups

Bible Studies, Fellowship Groups, and Caring Conversations Groups will be starting soon. If you would like to bring a study or discussion to the center, call me!

Most importantly, if you would keep our students, faculty, staff, and administration in your prayers for a successful year. Thank you!

Please text or call me with any questions or to volunteer.

Blessings and JOY,

Pastor Amy Juel, Chaplain, Lutheran Campus Ministry 320.282.2225

We will eat lunch and shop at the Mall of America. Then we will go to Sharing & Caring Hands (Mary’s Place) and play with the children. Then we will go to Great Wolf Lodge Adventure Park. Stay overnight in the cities. On Sunday we will go to a church service in the cities. Each youth must fill in a registration form along with $30.00 made out to Kerkhoven Lutheran League to reserve their seat on the bus. (Each Luther League youth will get $25.00 in spending money from Luther League that day.) You can invite a couple of friends who would need to pay $35.00 towards the hotel cost. They will not get any money from Luther League.

Registration forms will be sent by e-mail and some will be by the church office. Give the forms and check to Loretta Falk as soon as possible since the hotel wants to know how many people are coming. Call Loretta at 979-6959 if you have any questions.

Hello parents:

The first day of Sunday school is on September 9th… it is coming up quick! Here are some bullet points to keep in mind:

Sunday school is from 10:10 -11. Choir is upstairs from 10:10 to 10:30 and classroom time is from 10:30 – 11:00.

Sometimes choir can get a little crazy, so please visit with your children about appropriate behavior. We welcome any extra help to supervise during choir. Eric Rudningen plays his guitar for choir and it is hard for him alone to make (continued next column)

SEPTEMBER WELCA NEWS

Thank you to everyone who brought treats during the summer worship coffee hours.

The Project for August – September:

Baby Care Kits

2 lightweight cotton t-shirts2 long or short sleeved gowns or sleepers (without feet)2 receiving blankets, medium weight cotton or flannel, or crocheted or knitted with lightweight yarn, up to 52” square4 cloth diapers, flat fold preferred1 jacket, sweater or sweatshirt with a hood, or include a baby cap2 pairs of socks1 hand towel, dark color preferred2 bath-size bars (4-5 oz) of gentle soap, in original wrapping2 diaper pins or large safety pins(wrap each kit in one of the receiving blankets and secure with safety pins)

September dates to remember:

September 4: 1:30 p.m. WELCA Bible Study at church, Florence Smith HostessSeptember 15: 9:30 am WELCA Unit Meeting – packing school kitsSeptember 9: Rally Sunday – Cinnamon Rolls and CoffeeSeptember 27: Fall Gathering at Green Lake Bible Camp, Spicer

Roses circle serves for September

Lakeland Conference WELCA FALL GATHERING

Thursday, September 27, 2018, Green Lake Bible Camp

5:00 pm Registration - $10.00 includes dinner

5:30 pm Dinner

6:30 pm Gathering Program – “From Sorrow to Joy”

Speaker Pastor Daniel Bowman

Send registration by September 18

As soon after school starts that we have the number of backpacks that are needed we will begin to pack and deliver them to the KMS schools every Friday. Our partnership with Second Harvest Heartland continues so we will be able to continue to purchase most of the food necessary for this ministry from them. We continue to have a balance in our account that should carry us through many months.

As noted previously in the update from Pastor Amy Juel, KLC has already served one free meal at the Campus Ministry Center. We saw more students than we have seen previously and we did run out of food. Please consider helping with this service project by either donating casseroles or food items that we can use to make roasters of food as the numbers each year climb. There is a sign- up sheet between the offices. The students also appreciate homemade baked items. We would love to have you join us on campus and experience the joy of seeing and visiting with these students.

Please pass on any ideas you have for “God’s Work . Our Hands” project. We are looking for project ideas to do on an ongoing basis.

EVANGELISM AND OUTREACH UPDATES

KLC welcomed Cameron James Kelm into the KLC family through baptism. Cameron, the son of Jared and Kayla Kelm and brother of Trevor and Emily, was born August 8, 2018 at Rice Memorial Hospital. He was being baptized 8/26/2018, by Pastor Linda and assisted by Keith Lundberg, his Great Uncle. Sponsors are Jeremy and Cortney Lundberg and Jordan Schwarz.

Additional Luther League InformationCoffee Serving Schedule

September 9th *Faith BarrettLuke HoeferDylan & Isaac Rudningen

September 23rd *Jared & Julia CarlsonMatthew MolenaarJackson & Christian Ziehl

September 16th *Brad & Lauren AndersonWylee & Quinn LottmanElyse VandenEinde

September 30th

*Regan CarlsonKatrina Nichols

September acolyte

scheduleSeptember 2, 2018 9:00 am September 9, 2018 9:00 am September 16, 2018 9:00 am September 23, 2018 9:00 am September 30, 2018 9:00 am

Lector scheduleSeptember 2, 2018 Kent BakerSeptember 9, 2018 Becky CarlsonSeptember 16, 2018 Carmen MausSeptember 23, 2018 Chrissy ForsellSeptember 30, 2018 Eldon Hauge

USHER scheduleSeptember 2, Kent and Judy BakerSeptember 9, 2018 Reid and Becky CarlsonSeptember 16, 2018 Ryan and Carmen MausSeptember 23, 2018 Andy Forsell FamilySeptember 30, 2018 Eldon and Marlene Hauge

Communion assistants

September 2, 2018 Arlene CarlsSeptember 9, 2018 Viva LundbergSeptember 16, 2018 Marlene HaugeSeptember 23, 2018 Eric RudningenSeptember 30, 2018

Cynthia Krieger – 3rd Gary Shaw – 16th Michael Norton – 24th

Kevin Anderson – 4th Grace Collins – 16th MaKenna Kelly – 25th

Lauren Chan – 7th Novalee Miller – 18th Keith Collins – 25th

Jed Muller – 8th Brady Guse – 19th Amy Ruka – 25th

Jeff Lindquist – 9th Sarah Holtkamp – 19th

Dillon Hauge – 26th

Robert Schoen – 10th Eldon Hauge – 19th Jewels Schreiner – 26th

Luke Hoefer – 10th Addilyn Hennes – 20th

Arlene Freetly – 27th

Avery Miller – 11th Tyler Dick – 20th Georgia Doering – 28th

Ron Molenaar – 12th Scott Doering – 20th Donald A. Johnson – 28th Matthew Just – 14th Sadie Cortez – 22nd Harper Forsell – 30th Tom Baker – 15th Roger Helms – 23rd Briana Ferguson – 30th

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL! If we missed your birthday, please let Ann Hanson know.

RECOGNITION OF BAPTISMSWe will be recognizing all of our Sunday School youth who have baptisms in September at the worship service on the 19th . All of these children will be invited up to the front and presented with shell or a cross in memory of their baptism. We celebrate their baptisms because that is the day that they became a part of God’s family and started on their journey of faith in God.

Trevor Kelm – 7th Demetria Schreiner – 18th Leah Wagner – 27th

Micah Reinke – 9th Alexandra Walsh – 21st

Quinn Lottman – 17th Waylon Henry – 25th Savannah Petersen -30th

BAPTISMS IN SeptemberWe remember people’s birthdays, but we also need to remember the day of our spiritual birth, our baptismal day. Please take note of who was baptized during this month and wish them a happy baptismal day.

Jeff Holtkamp – 2nd Michael Jahn – 12th Sydney Walsh – 20th

Laura Worden – 2nd Ashley Torkelson – 12th Jake Holtkamp – 21st

Barb Tomlinson – 2nd James Just – 13th Kalli Forsell – 21st

Jared Krieger – 3rd Barney Lilly – 13th Mona Just – 22nd

Brendan Hjelle -4th Kent Baker – 14th Becky Carlson – 23rd

Dean Mellgren – 4th Kayla Kelm – 15th Alexandra Walsh – 24th

Casey Krieger -5th Lane Carlson – 15th Jared Carlson – 24th

Eden Norton – 6th Jolynn Larson – 16th Alex Baker – 24th

Mary Jeseritz – 7th Gary Shaw – 16th Waylon Henry – 25th

Trevor Kelm – 7th Quinn Lottman – 17th Gretchen Hauge – 20th

Micah Reinke – 9th Scott Mitteness – 17th Bob Schoen – 26th Chase Norton = 10th Ryan Carlson – 19th Leah Wagner – 27th Sharyl Syverson – 11th Gen Berger – 20th Savanah Petersen – 30th

Melissa Petersen – 12th

UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Update from KLC Call Committee: We had an encouraging second interview with a pastor and would love your continued prayers, positive thoughts and encouragement!

Change to scheduled email change: At the August 8, Church Council meeting a decision was made to change the church provider of phone and internet service from TDS to Charter/Spectrum. As a result there will be a change to the KLC email address. This change will take place on Friday, 9-7. Our phone numbers at the church and parsonage will remain the same.

The Kerkhoven Farmers' Market Thank you to everyone for the tremendous support for the 2018 Kerkhoven Farmers' Market. Shoppers and vendors had a great time.  We met our goals of providing fresh food products and quality items to the area, along with some education and fellowship time.  We look forward to seeing you in 2019.  Save the date--July 9.  Thanks, again, everyone.

Thursday Food and Fun: Food and Fun returns on Thursday, Sept 13, at 11:30 at the Kerkhoven Civic Center.  Lunch, for a free will donation, will be served by the Hope Lutheran ladies.  Laura Thomas from MNRAAA will giving the program discussing the Medicare changes coming up for 2019.  Medicare users and those of you close to using Medicare will find this to be a most useful presentation.  Remember to call Kim by 3p on Tuesday, Sept 11, at the city office to sign up for a ride.  See you there.

Thank You: Thank you to the church and to the ladies of the WELCA group for the money that you gave me to go to Bible Camp. I really had a good time and learned a lot. Jared Cortez

KLC Financial pages and Council minutes: Remember you can find copies of the council minutes and financial pages posted on the bulletin board between the office and there are copies available on the table for those who may want to take them home.

Snow Removal Bids: The Board of Property and Grounds are requesting bids for snow removal for the upcoming winter season. Bids can be left in the church office or given to a member of the board. If you have questions please contact a member of the board. Board members include: Barb Norton, Ryan Maus, Reid Carlson, Ryan Carlson, Scott Doering, Dale Erickson, and Jordan Hennes.

Please continue to remember these loved ones and friends in need of prayer during this month.

Phyllis Loven Gladys Powers Harsey ScottBev Johnson Cami Fernholz Carl JustElaine Bengston Kaehlen Fernholz

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MISSIONARY FOR A DAY TO SUPPORT ALEX LACHAPPELLE

MISSIONARY FOR A DAY DONATIONS FOR AUGUST 2018

8/5/2018 In Memory of Francis Rahn by Donna Baker

8/8/2018 In Thanks to God for new Great Grandson, Cameron James Kelm by Jerry & Viva Lundberg

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