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Tips for Vacationing WITH God

1. Bring your Bible

2. Plan Devotions

3. Invite God on vacation through prayer

4. Decide on ways to bring your eyes towards God

5. Accept God’s grace

June 22

“It is not flesh and blood

but the heart which makes

us fathers and sons”

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Church & Staff Info

CHURCH STAFF

Pastor

Doug Klungtvedt

Church Secretary

Jennifer Johnson

Financial Manager

Chuck Ritterman

Director of Christian Education

Sarah Trogstad

Organist

Sue Jordahl

Choir Director

Del Jordahl

Church Librarian

Sandy Cegla

Custodian

Doreen Smith

COUNCIL OFFICERS

President

LaDonne Vik

Vice President

Roy Sander

Secretary

Mona Fagerwick

Treasurer

Tom Jabens

BOARD MEMBERS

Worship

Jean Moe

Evangelism

Kevin Lanners

Discipleship

Ken Lepper

Ministry

Scott Spanjer

Fellowship

Melissa Swenson

TV & RADIO BROADCAST

The worship service is broadcast at

10:00 am on radio 1100 AM and

the TV broadcast is on the City of

Fargo channel 99 on Sunday’s at

12:30 pm (there is a one week

delay). Repeated Wednesdays at

2:00 pm.

OFFICE HOURS

Monday through Friday

8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

From Pastor Doug

309 4th Street North

Fargo, ND 58103

701.232.0998

www.pontonline.org

In the hallway outside of our Church

Office are two blue plastic bins. One is

marked for “Bath Size Bar Soap.” The

other is marked for “Baby Care Kits.”

There is a list of items which go into

the Baby Care Kits: light weight cotton

shirts, sleepers without feet, receiving

blankets, socks, cloth diapers, etc.

In the Education Hallway by the elevator is our Food Cart. There is a sign that

this month we are collecting items for Nokomis. There is a place to leave

Sunmart receipts and Campbell’s labels, which benefit Oak Grove. You will

see empty egg cartons, which Lynnet Ysteboe takes care of for a mission

project. There is also a box for collecting old eyeglasses for the Lions, who

forward these around the world to people in need.

In the sanctuary is our “Coin Jar for Disaster Response.” We decided to keep

the jar in the sanctuary for the next disaster. It has already been suggested

that the next time the jar is emptied it should go to the people of Moore, OK.

Some of these collections are regular and ongoing. Others change from

month to month. Make sure you ALWAYS read in this Newsletter any articles

submitted by Malvina Moe and the WELCA. These keep us updated on our

Mission collection efforts.

One does not have to be a part of WELCA in order to fill the cart or bring in

egg cartons or no longer used eyeglasses or new baby items. We all

participate in sending items to people locally and around the globe. Did you

know that every quilt sent from Pontoppidan has this label on it: “May God

wrap you in his love! Pontoppidan Quilters.”

Pontoppidan is 135 years old, and from its first year it has been a mission

oriented congregation. Everyone is invited to participate.

Matthew 25:37-40 “Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? When did we ever see you sick or in

prison and visit you?’ “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’

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Caring For Our

Neighbors

The past few months it has been necessary to make several requests each month. This month we can focus on the needs of “Nokomis Day Care Centers” for diapers, diaper wipes, socks and underwear for toddlers. They can be placed in the “CART”. In may you were generous in your ordering of geraniums. When they arrived they were beautiful.

“Dear Jesus, Thank you for your many blessings and instill in me a grateful heart.” Amen

By Malvina Moe

Stewardship Rep.

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

On May 15th we had the joy of seeing four faithful men (Steve Albertson, Jim Kain, Bob Davis and Del Sanders) deliver 84 Quilts, 12 Baby Care Kits, and 60 pounds of soap to the LWR semi trailer.

In addition to this, the Quilters made 9 quilts that were given to our graduates, Bethany Homes, Churches United for the Homeless and New Life Center. The Quilters also made several baby quilts that will be distributed to the YWCA, Nokomis and Churches United.

Mary Circle paid for milk for the year for three needy students at Horace Mann Elementary School.

A grateful thank you to all of the above plus Congregation members and Circle members that contributed for these projects. It couldn’t be done without you.

God bless each one of you!

Malvina Moe

Stewardship Rep.

WELCA

On Tuesday, June 4th, we will have our Pentecost Celebration at 7:00 pm in fellowship hall. Dave Issacson will be our speaker, "The Fruits and the Gifts of Spirit". Nancy Malchert ( Tara's mother) will be our soloist.

Please join your Pontoppidan friends for learning, sharing and fellowship. Wear Red to celebrate Pentecost.

Anna Circle will be giving the devotions and offering meditation. Hope to see you there.

Pontoppidan’s Habitat for

Humanity Workday is

Thursday, August 15. We will be

finishing the floors and doing the

cabinets. We are looking for 10

volunteers for the day. In

addition the church is to provide

snacks and lunch including

drinks. To volunteer contact

Scott Spanjer at 271-9066

500,000 QUILTS!

That’s the goal of Lutheran World Relief in 2013! That means our Pont Quilters will have to make more quilts to help reach this goal. In order to do this we will need more people helping; at Pont or at home. Come to Church on a Wednesday afternoon (12:30-3:30) to see all the different things we do. Also, it would help a lot to have non-quilters (men or women) to serve our afternoon coffee break. Another way to help is to donate funds to the LWR Quilt shipping fund. It costs $2.25 to send one (1) LWR Quilt. This project is for the entire congregation. Give me a call if you have questions. Betty Thorp 235-4363

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June 10-13

6:30 – 8:00 pm

3 year olds to 5th

grade

Register by emailing

sarah@pontonline.org or

by filling out a registration form at

the church office.

Registration fee of $15 per child or $25 per family. Thank you!

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Memorials & Honorariums Capital Campaign Audrey Bueide in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Ray and Bev Hubbard in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Pete and Marlys Peterson in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Jeanette Hermunslie in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Ellen Anderson in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Bert Stangeland in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Lorraine Van Erem in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Milo and Ruby Craik in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Milo and Ruby Craik in memory of Don Tweet

Card Makers Leon and Karen Andersen in memory of Alice Mae Wegner

Library Donne Mae Albertson in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Audrey Bueide in honor of Sandy Cegla Pontoppidan Card Makers in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Jim and Kathy Kain in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Harold and Lila Unruh in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Ed and Sandy Cegla in memory of Alice Mae Wegner

Missions Phyllis Wrolstad in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Anna Circle in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Curt and Malvina Moe in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Melvina Tranby in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Richard and Helen Arnseth in memory of Alice Mae Wegner

Radio Broadcast Phyllis Wrolstad in memory of Don Tweet Fred and Esther Anderson in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Gen Korsmo in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Pastor Gordon Berntson in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Irene Johnson in memory of Suzon Mejia Irene Johnson in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Irene Johnson in memory of Don Tweet Wally and Florence Thune in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Vern and Shirley Williams in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Marv and Betty Jo Lindstrom in memory of Alice Mae Wegner John (Mike) and Vonnie Rostad in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Arron and Doreen Smith in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Lester and Shirley Johnson in memory of Alice Mae Wegner H. Marilyn Anderson in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Mike and Betty Mickelson in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Clayton and Doris Jorgenson in memory of Alice Mae Wegner June Dolva in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Edward Gorrilla in memory of Alice Mae Wegner The Wegner Family in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Gary and Beth Anderson in memory of Alice Mae Wegner Brian and Sarah Trogstad in honor of Sunday School Teachers Paul Peck in memory of Alice Mae Wegner

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Birthdays

1: Sarah Stensland, Robyn Stromberg 2: Sherry Kling, Cindy Markovic 3: Heather Badar, Carsten Astrup, Siri Astrup 5: Hannah Berg, Audrey Bueide, Jonathan Linstad, Mychal Luehring, Mai Truong, Emily Thompson 6: Sarah Linstad, Sienna Johnson 7: Gaye Hannestad, Josh Johnson, Jeannie Sundby 8: Kailey Trimmer, Matthew Stinar, Bonnie Streed 9: Laura Thornton 10: Kevin Briggs, Kevin Koskela 11: Delroy Jordahl 12: Fred Anderson, Debra Galt, Ben Klungtvedt, Elsbeth Kielb, Jack Groener 13: Mona Fagerwick, Jan Klungtvedt, Melvina Tranby, Joni Workin 14: Angie Bennett, Wally Thune

15: Kaitlin Selseth, Miranda Lewis 16: Dyllan Badar, Adam Snyder, Jayden Bakkila 17: Kathy Bruse, Seth Holm 18: Paul Grimes, Amanda Davis, Kyle Schlicht, Sam Kain 20: Pam Heier, Ava Truhlicka 21: Lenora Kopp 22: Ben Thornton 23: Gordon Berntson, Jessica Magnuson, Karoline Olsen 24: Teresa Huff, Doreen Albertson 25: Roger Kling 26: Amanda Horpedahl, Don Sell, Kimberly Koskela, Marilyn Isaacson 27: Ray Hubbard, Gary Peterson, Maggie Pfaff, Nathan Trogstad 28: Linda Schlicht 29: Morris Krogh, Gay Seelig, Jacob Selseth 30: Heather Badar, Carol Smith

Work Group Chairpersons:

Marlys and Robert Davis 235-0145

Chavez, Victoria/Boyer, Nathan 701-318-5290 Crowley, Lorraine (donate) Duke, Denise/Bill 701-241-9303 Hansen, Clarice/Clair 237-6784 Hanson, Robin/Craig 477-0225 Ingberg, Joyce 232-6859 Johnson, Gary 233-0635 Johnson, Val/Ron 261-4470 Jordahl, Diane/Rod 239-9562 Kunnanz, Charlene 277-8255 Meth, Lisa/David 298-0846

Morris, Audrey (donate) Nelson, Derrick/Alicia 701-261-9583 Nelson, Lorraine 235-5877 Root, Joey (donate) Schlicht, Linda Skonnord, John (donate) Stangeland, Cheri/Peter 730-1808 Clean refrigerators downstairs, in sacristy and upstairs. Wipe off stoves and ovens. Clean cupboard on the east wall.

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