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February 2017

Messenger

Church News 2-3

VLM Camps 4

NHCP 4

Volunteers 5

Facts & Figures 6

Gifts & Memorials 6

PPC Minutes 7-8

GIFT 9

Birthdays insert

Calendar insert

The

Inside this issue:

Our Savior’s Shared Journey

“The Love Month (But It’s Still Epiphany)”

The hearts are up.

They went up right after Christmas; and in some ways, that’s OK. Even though I

lamented the other week that our culture, by and large, ignores the Church Sea-

son of Epiphany and the greeting card and candy companies jump right to Val-

entine’s Day; the root message of the revealing Season of Epiphany and the cul-

tural season of Valentine’s is the same.

Love.

The cards you can buy for Valentine’s Day offer loving messages to just about

anybody you can imagine. Go look: it’s an awesome lesson in who we can love.

Many, many of those love wishes are not about romantic love. That is exactly the

force of the story of Jesus. And the story of Jesus is the continuation of the story of

God coming in love to the world and inviting the world back into that love. Epiph-

any’s invitation is to see the love of God, in Word, Sacrament, Jesus, sacred story

and then to love fully into that gift and example.

Valentine’s celebration encourages us to see Chocolate as an awesome way

to do that, and to be sure, there is something to that. But Epiphany reveals that

Jesus is better. Sharing Jesus. Loving like Jesus loves us. Knowing Christ so that oth-

ers know Him. Love with justice and healing. Love in feeding and housing. Love in

truth, real truth. Love through prayer. Love made real with hope and helping

hands. Love made real by inviting others into an experience of the celebration of

that love; maybe even in worship. Love demonstrated by giving. Love revealed

by looking for it in Scripture and beyond.

I wonder how it happened, that the card and candy companies settled on an

obscure saint to make an extra buck. And while part of me carries a healthy cyni-

cism into all that hoopla, there is a prophetic part of me that wants to shout:

“Exactly! Hah! Another Holiday to wish the world “happy” about! Another worldly

curse redeemed by the love and cross of Jesus!”

When I was youngster, long ago, Mom found two very interesting “Jesus” tap-

estries at some local store and brought them home. They had to be inexpensive,

because Dad’s income did not allow for frivolous spending. But they were heavy

and while not large (maybe 2 ft. by 4 ft at most) the fabric was hearty and the

colors vibrant. The one that is fixed most deeply in my memory is one that de-

picted (in what I have come to learn is Roman Catholic imagery) Jesus with his

hand on his heart, the heart displayed outside his body. As a young boy, I was

fascinated by the image, and wondered out loud to Mom: “Why is Jesus showing

us a Valentine?”

Mom was wise. While not privy to the meaning of the Roman Catholic imagery,

she had a sense that this was a witness to God’s love in Jesus. Exactly.

The hearts are up, yes indeed. May we see them in their pink and frilly glory

and heed their redeemed prophetic call to share all the love we can, beyond the

14th of the month.

I will be on that journey with you!

Pastor Chris

“And the story

of Jesus is the

continuation of

the story of God

coming in love

to the world

and inviting the

world back into

that love.”

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CHURCH NEWS

FOOD FOR 5 MEALS - $1.00

The first Sunday of the month is designated as Food Shelf Sunday. Just $1.00 can provide food for 5 meals through the program at 2nd Harvest Food Bank in Du-luth. The monetary gifts collected will help both 2nd Har-vest and Cloquet Salvation Army. This is a real bargain that every family can take part in. May we share our blessings with those in need. THANK YOU for your continued support. It's greatly ap-preciated.

Thank you, Katie & Jerry Nisula - Co-chairs October’s Contribution was $198.25

New Apple IPhone App For Contributions!

We can now accept contributions using a mobile appli-

cation available FREE on any Apple IPhone. Simply go

to the App Store, search for GIVE PLUS CHURCH,

install the application and fill in the blanks. Thereafter,

when you want to give simply click on the icon, sign on

and donate. SO SIMPLE! Give it a try and let us know

how you like it.

The WELCA Valentine Party is scheduled for

Tuesday, Feb. 7th at 10 am. Members are

asked to bring one or two stamped Valen-

tines which will be addressed to shut ins or

people in the hospital. Coffee & treats will be

provided. All women are welcome.

Rebecca Circle meets on Tues., Feb. 21st at

9:30 in the Fireside Room. Hostess is

Carol Maki.

Naomi Circle meets on Thurs., Feb. 16th at

9:30 in the Fireside Room. Hostesses are

Gwen Muermann & Donna Larsen

All women of Our Savior’s are invited to

attend WELCA events.

Hola,

Dave and I will be returning to the Dominican Re-

public to continue our mission to help the poor people of

Puerto Plata. Last year we accomplished the task of tak-

ing 57 families to the supermarket, that was through the

help of those who appreciate what we do.

This year, we are in need of financial help. Also chil-

dren’s clothing (no blue jeans please as it adds too much

weight to our suitcases.)

If anyone would like to contribute to our cause, we

would appreciate them by the end of January.

Thank you, Bobbie and Dave

Seminary support for Christina

Some have asked how to financially support Christina in her stud-

ies at the seminary. The church has a designated account set up for

this. A donation can be made to Our Savior’s with a note on the

memo line or on the envelope requesting that it go to Christina’s

seminary expenses. Your support will be greatly appreciated.

High School Open Lunch

For Juniors and Seniors

Wednesdays

Friends Welcome

No Open Lunch February 3rd.

Lent begins with Ash Wednesday-March 1st

Each Week : Soup Supper at 5:00

Worship at 6:30

All Wednesday Night Offering will Support our work

with Voyager’s Lutheran Outdoor Ministry

I would like to thank my church family for all the cards,

flowers, gifts, support, and most of all, the prayers that

we lifted up for me. Every day I am getting stronger, but

it will still be a long journey. So keep me in your

prayers.

God Bless, Karen Splett

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CHURCH NEWS

Haiti Mission Work I am going on a medical mission trip to Haiti from February 21st to March 7th, 2017. I am traveling with a group from the area. They work with a doctor and a clinic on the northern side of the island. The primary work is medical. But it is also a mission trip and each patient prays with a member of the team before see-ing the physicians, Sunday is spent attending the lo-cal church and working with a group called the Dor-cas women who do visitation to the sick and dying. If you would have interest in financially supporting this mission trip, donations can be made through Our Savior's with a note to apply the donation to Ministry in Medical Missions. Or, if you prefer, donations can be sent directly to Ministry in Medical Missions, c/o Marilyn Cluka, 3580 NW Townline Rd, Barnum MN 55707.

Blessings, Mary Krohn

Consider donating your gently used items to the

Spring 2017 Our Savior’s Church

RUMMAGE SALE Donation Drop Off Information:

Items will continue to be collected now until the day of the sale.:

Deliver your items to the church office or between 8am and 3pm Monday –Friday.

Items should be clean and gently used

We will not be accepting… Car seats Televisions High Chairs Pack and Plays Computers Cribs Large Appliances (Stoves, Refrigerators, Wash-ers, Dryers) Exercise Equipment

THANK YOU For your donations!

Proceeds benefit the 2017 Youth Service Trip To Chicago

Questions Contact Christina at 879-1535

Cardia Deo: “CALLED” March 3—March 5, 2015

High School Youth Gathering Big Sandy Camp, McGregor

Cost: $75 Return registration form to the

Church office with your $75 non-refundable payment by

Wednesday, February 15th Registration forms can be picked up in the church office or

by contacting Christina Kadelbach

We are Called, Gathered, Equipped and Sent to share the

Heart of God (Cardia Deo) in the world. This year we focus on

what it means to be Equipped. Bible studies led by the LYO

Board and college interns, servant learning, worship, mystery

event, camp life all make this event a deeply meaningful, fun

and faith-nurturing event.

Good Stewards of our Environment

As Christians we want to be good stewards of the planet God gave us. Some ways we can do that are to be efficient with our utilities, re-cycle and minimize what we put in the trash that is not recyclable or not biodegradable. Some op-portunities to minimize our environmental footstep are: Utilities: Turn off the lights when done in a room and turn down the heat and fireplace in the Fireside Room when leaving. Dishes: The best option is to use washable coffee and juice cups. We really appreciate all of you who volunteer to serve coffee on Sunday mornings. We realize not everyone knows how to operate the dishwasher. So we would like to offer that if you are serving coffee and you do not operate the dishwasher it is still ok to use our washable coffee mugs. After serving just be sure all the dirty cups are car-ried back to the kitchen. You can leave them on the counter next to the dishwasher. Please also leave a note on the of-fice door. We have several members who have offered to either run all the cups through the dishwasher after second service or stop in Monday and do it. The next best option is paper plates and cups. Please use Styrofoam cups and plates only as a last resort as they are not biodegradable. Recycle: The preschool collects shiny paper as a fund raiser. Put shiny paper in the bin in the narthex. Please put other paper and cardboard in the blue waste baskets and bins and the garbage company will recycle.

Thank you, The Parish Planning Council

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NHCP News

New Tuition Prices and Schedule for

NHCP 2016-2017

Half-day options

Tuesday and Thursday from 9-12pm; $80/month

Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9-12pm;

$110/month

Monday-Friday from 9-12pm; $150/month

Full-day options

Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9-3pm;

$227/month

Monday-Friday from 9-3pm; $345/month

NEW HORIZONS CHRISTIAN PRESCHOOL NEWS

January found us inside for most of the month. But, we still had a lot of fun! We even had an in-door snowball fight with cotton balls. And now we are on to February already. We are making 100 plus Valentines for the Meals on Wheels lunch bags. They are full of glitter, stick-ers, glue and so cute. We will also have a party to celebrate each other in God's love. Of course it is time for our annual Beach Party. Everyone is in-vited to stop in for a dip in our pool. Remember it is our Annual Spaghetti Lunch and Auction on Sunday Feb. 12th. Hope to see you there. Remember that God LOVES you.

the Teachers and Students

.

Shiny paper recycling Remember to bring in your old magazines to recycle. All

the profits go to our New Horizons Christian Preschool.

They are accepting white paper too! There is a bin under

the bulletin board in the Narthex. It can also be brought to

the Preschool area.

Greetings from the Preschool,

Our 9th annual Pasta for Preschoolers Spaghetti

Luncheon and Silent Auction will be on February

12th, 2017 from 11:30 am-2 pm. This event is held

in the Our Savior's Fellowship hall. Tickets are

$10.00 for 12 and older and $5.00 for 3-11 years

old. Children under 3 years are free. You can pur-

chase tickets through the Preschool or the Church

office. We also have take out orders available upon

request.

If you would like to donate anything or make a

basket for our Silent Auction, please contact me

at 218-879-7138. I can also be reached by

email: nhcp.director@oursaviorscloquet.org

We are looking forward to the upcoming month

and all of the activities that will be going on! We ap-

preciate all of the love and support from our congre-

gation and the surrounding community. We hope to

see you at the Spaghetti Luncheon on February 12th!

In God's Hands,

Angel Gamache

VLM News Voyageurs Lutheran Ministry

..in God’s Great Northwoods!

Camp Hiawatha ~ Camp Vermilion

www.VLMcamps.org • vlm@VLMcamps.org • 800-331-5148 • 218-666-5465 Camp Hiawatha, 36944 Camp Hiawatha Rd., Deer River, MN

Camp Vermilion, 2555 Vermilion Camp Rd., Cook, MN

Annual Meeting Saturday Feb. 4 at Camp Vermilion Paddle Building Retreat Feb. 17-19 at Camp Vermilion Elementary Rejuve March 10-11 at Camp Hiawatha Elementary Rejuve March 17-18 at Camp Vermilion Jr. High Rejuve March 31-April 1 at Camp Vermilion Happy Near Year from your camp family in God's great northwoods! We celebrate an abundance of snow as we prepare for the many groups heading out to camp this winter, and we are looking ahead with great joy to summer as camp registrations begin to pour into our inboxes. We hope you can join us at VLM's Annual Meeting Feb. 4 and at our monthly Pancake Breakfast this winter and spring, and we look forward to seeing many of you at Camp Sundays and Wednesdays in your church over the next few months!

CHRISTMAS CARDS Do not throw your cards away. We use these for pro-jects at the preschool. Drop them off in the office or stop in at the preschool. Thank you so very much.

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Volunteers for February

Sound Board Operators:

5th 8:30 Arlin Debele 10:45 Dave Templeton 12th 8:30 Chris Robinson 10:45 David Pyrlik 19th 8:30 Mary Krohn 10:45 John Mykkanen 26th 8:30 Randy Schmidt 10:45 Ethan Matzdorf

Readers:

5th 8:30 10:45 12th 8:30 10:45 19th 8:30 10:45 26th 8:30 10:45

Ushers:

5th 8:30 Les & Bonnie Peterson 10:45 Bev DeLacey, Bob Fountain 12th 8:30 Les & Bonnie Peterson 10:45 Joe & Suzette Randall 19th 8:30 Les & Bonnie Peterson 10:45 Bill & Carol Schlenvogt 26th 8:30 Les & Bonnie Peterson 10:45 Keith & Shannon Matzdorf

Greeters: 5th 8:30 Candi & Lyle Hultgren 10:45 Irene Rudnicki & Trevin 12th 8:30 Joyce Jerde, JoAnne Pearson 10:45 Shannon & Keith Matzdorf 19th 8:30 Sue & Ron Stahl 10:45 Julie Lyytinen 26th 8:30 RoseMarie Liimatainen, Julie Lyytinen 10:45 Shannon & Keith Matzdorf Communion Servers (Deacons):

5th 8:30 Rob Macaulay, Rich Krikava, Yvonne Bastien 10:45 Chris Vanderpool, Shown Crowser, Cindy Haglin 12th 8:30 John Hedquist, Kathy Rye, Roy Ober 10:45 Duane Buytaert, Bonnie Vanderpool, Bill Schlenvogt 19th 8:30 Sherri Waller, Jim Boyd, Ron Stahl 10:45 Denny Painter, Carol Schlenvogt, Irene Rudnicki 26th 8:30 Linda Holmstrand, Bruce Spetz, Marty Rye 10:45 Curt Nelson, Linda Bush, Dean Haglin Coffee Servers: Please sign up on the sheet in Narthex.

Acolytes: 5th 8:30 10:45 Joel Lembke, Cale & Emmet Prosen 12th 8:30 10:45 Sam Buytaert, Sam Bailey 19th 8:30 10:45 Kaitlin Lattner, Brooklyn Osvold 26th 8:30 10:45 Connor & Laura Hecht Altar Guild 5th Rob Macaulay 12th Sherri Waller 19th Linda Boyd 26th Sherri Waller Media Operators: 5th 8:30 10:45 12th 8:30 10:45 19th 8:30 10:45 26th 8:30 10:45 Evangelism 5th Shannon Matzdorf 12th Florence Nelson 19th Julie Lyytinen 26th Dennis Nelson

January Radio broadcast sponsors:

Bob and Ruth Fuller, in memory of Evelyn

Anderson.

Jane Oswold, in memory of Bob Oswold

Elvera Roe, in memory of Mahlon Roe

Thank you for your lovely meal everyone prepared. Our

sincere gratitude and blessing.

The John Estrem family

Pastor Dennis Morreim will be going on a Luther Tour

in Germany from June 19-28th. There is still space

available to join, if you wish.

If you are interested in more information, please call

Pastor Dennis with questions: 218-940-5123.

Pastor is not organizing this trip,

he is only a participant.

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Sunday Readings for February

1st Lesson 2nd Lesson Psalm Gospel Lesson

5th Isaiah 58:1-9a(9b-12) 1 Corinthians 2:1-12(13-16) Psalm 112:1-9(10) Matthew 5:13-20

12th Deuteronomy 30:15-20 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Psalm 119:1-8 Matthew 5:21-37

19th Leviticus 19:1-2,9-18 I Corinthians 3:10-11,16-23 Psalm 119:33-40 Matthew 5:38-48

26th Exodus 24:12-18 2 Peter 1:16-21 Psalm 2 Matthew 17:1-9

The Sunday Service May or May Not Be Using All Of These Texts.

Dec

2016

Dec

2015

Dec

YTD

2016

Dec

YTD

2015

Regular

Offerings

25,203 38,513 285,216 276,274

Other

Income

312 1342 14,399 17,721

Total

Income

25,515 39,855 299,615 289,995

Expenses 40,399 23,520 298,414 284,911

Church Records

Date Attendance Offering Offering Needed

Dec 18 80/100 4080 7463

Dec 24 287/383/89 11926 7463

Jan 1 65/48 6790 4800

Jan 8

Jan 15

74/78

84/116

5451

5289

4800

4800

33,536 29,326

Baptisms

Deaths LuJean Adams Dec. 19, 2016

Joe Wyner Dec 26, 2016 Connie Beck Dec. 30, 2016 Bea Hagen Jan. 3, 2017

Weddings

Gifts and Memorials:(continued)

Dave & Julie Beal, to Seminary Fund and Lutheran Dis-

aster Relief

Marcia Fulton, to snow plowing

Chuck & Janice Beberg, in memory of LuJean Adams,

to Boiler Fund

Bob & Peggy DeCaigny, in memory of LuJean Adams,

to Gifts & Memorials

Maxine Hennum, in memory of Connie Beck, to Gifts &

Memorials

Gene & Betty Lavan, to Haiti Mission

Don & Peggy DeCaigny, in memory of Bea

Hagen, to Gifts & Memorials

Bonnie Christopherson and Chuck & Sonja Wick, in

memory of Connie Beck & Bea Hagen, to the Do-

minican Fund

Dale & JoAnne Pears, in memory of Connie Beck

& Bea Hagen, to Gifs & Memorials

Ken & Linda Holmstrand, in memory of Bea

Hagen, to Music Ministry

Ken & Linda Holmstrand, in memory of Connie

Beck, to Boiler Fund.

Gifts and Memorials:

Bonnie Christopherson, in memory of Margaret Prud-

homme, to Quilting

Steve Korby and Jan Salo-Korby, in memory of our par-

ents Leonard & Evelyn Salo, and Charlie & Esther Korby,

to Jeff Anderson Ministry

Irene Rudnicki, and Steve & Jan Salo-Korby to Youth

Meals

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February 7 marks the 1 year anniversary of GIFT. It has been a year full of changes. Each Sunday, we see

familiar faces, new faces, and we miss some faces. But making a change as big as GIFT will do that. Looking back, I told myself it would be like this – lots of ups and downs. Some refusing to come, others supporting GIFT wholeheartedly and still other only willing to support from afar. And that’s alright. I encourage you to try GIFT by yourself, with your family or with a friend. Each week is different and you will meet new people of all ages and learn or maybe help teach someone about the love of Jesus.

In case you’ve forgotten GIFT stands for Generations In Faith Together. It means we are inviting everyone, from the youngest to the oldest, to spend time together learning and building faith and community. It is a time where the wonder of the child and the wisdom of the elder can be together. It is a time for families to build a faith journey together. It is a time for our church community to support each other.

In GIFT, we use Faith 5 as a foundational piece. We do this at the end of every GIFT and we want to see

everyone using Faith 5 in their home every day.

Want to try Faith 5 now? The steps are easy. Just follow the steps below every night in every home!

Share your highs and lows

Read a bible verse or story from Sunday’s teaching

Talk about how reading might relate to your highs and lows

Pray for one another’s highs and lows

Bless one another before turning out the lights on the day

Christian Education Team Do you have ideas or suggestions for Christian Education?

Please feel free to talk to any member of the Christian Education team.

Juli Lattner – Team lead

Christina Kadelbach

Megan Kazmierczak

Gina Painter

Curt Skowlund

Lindsey Weiers

One Year Anniversary

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PPC Minutes

OSLC Parish Planning Council

Minutes for Tuesday December 20th, 2016

Present: Officers Cindy Haglin, Rich Krikava, Bruce Larson, Curtis Skowlund Ministry Team Representatives: Juli Lattner,

Christina Kadelbach , Carrie Rye, Brad Browers, Jan Larson, Chris Robinson, Pastor: Chris Hill.

President Cindy Haglin called the meeting to order at 7:01pm and Pastor Chris had an opening prayer and Devotion.

Review/Approve Last Meeting Minutes A motion was made by Bruce and seconded by Rich to approve the minutes as cor-

rected. The motion passed.

Treasurer’s Report - Bruce Larson

November is the first disappointing financial month in quite a while. Offering was $4300 short of budget and $10,000 less than

November 2015. Not sure when we made the push for an extra $15,000 to help balance out 2015, but that may be some of the

reason why we are so short of last November. This November was also the second lowest offering month this year, at a time

when I expect offering to be increasing each month towards year end. At the same time, rent was again short $1000 primarily due

to ISD 94.

For once expenses didn't help any either, coming in $1000 over plan. However, rather than an unexpected expense, this was be-

cause I budgeted both confirmation expenses and Christina's mileage expense throughout the year, but both landed almost entirely

in November.

The net result was a loss that was $6400 worse than planned. The good news is we are still ahead of YTD plan by $21,000

(although we have boiler and electronic signs bills yet to come).

Lutefisk Dinner final results ended up just under $1500 profit.

Endowment Committee Meeting They decided to make 3 distributions. $1700 to Voyagers Ministry. $1100 to Boiler Fund,

$900 to Seminary in Christina’s Name.

Synod is about $112k short of budget this year so far.

Motion made by Jan and seconded by Juli all in Favor.

Pastor’s Report – Pastor Chris

Devotions

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness—on them light has shined.

What can you do with the light you are given?

Ministry Summary

+ Baptisms: Menze Twins scheduled for Jan 22.

+ Confirmation (see Christina’s report)

+ Pre-holiday worship at Nursing Homes last week.

+ How do we respond to seemingly contradictory perceived needs of the people we are trying to serve with the Gospel?

Concern over using disposable cups…If you would like to use regular cups there are people that would do the dishes after if they

are left in the kitchen.

Staffing the Nursery? How do we do that.

The idea of having someone to coordinate Baptism aged kids through Confirmation doing things like Nursery and contact with

the young families.

+ Christmas Eve looks ready (still with 3 services this year)

+ Pre-School Christmas Program this Thursday

Emerging Opportunities

+ Pre School pick–ups & drop-off driver in January

Other Updates

Electric Front Door Opener Done

Cameras installed and operational/recording. Legal/privacy issues - Door stickers in place

Ongoing Conversations

Possible increased ministry sharing with Zion

Possible ministry sharing with Bethesda, Carlton

Possible ministry sharing with Salem, Mahtowa

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PPC Minutes

Continued from page 6

Pastor’s Gone Schedule (updated) Jan. 6-8 Men’s Fishing Trip

Early or Late Feb, Winter Vacation to Washington.

Team Leader Reports

A. Christian Ed – Juli Lattner

Our Savior's first ever inter generational Christmas Program was awesome! Thanks to Cindy Haglin and Kathy Rye for all of their

work on putting that together.

GIFT will resume January 8th. Christian Education will meet to plan out the rest of the winter/spring prior to that.

B. Church Properties – Chris Robinson

Waiting to hear back from the roofing company on when they are going start on the steeple.

Circulating pump on the boiler was rebuilt and reinstalled.

C. Deacons- Shawn Crowser

The Deacons continue to pray for many within our congregation and outside. We are meeting weekly and we had several Dea-

cons participate in the Christmas program this past Sunday. We are preparing for Christmas Eve services under the direction of

Sherri Waller.

E. Fellowship Team – Jan Larson

The Fellowship Team wrapped up the Giving Tree project. We received the names of 27 children from the Salvation Army. We

collected 81 gifts so each child would receive 3 gifts. All the ornaments were taken and all the gifts returned to the office. The

gifts are bagged up by family now and ready to deliver to the Salvation Army on Thurs Dec 22. Now there are ornaments on the

Giving Tree for gifts for the preschool and church kitchen supplies. The Christmas bake sale on Dec 18th was a huge success. We

had contributions from many members in addition to the Fellowship Team. We made $534 on the sale

G. Youth/Small Group Ministry – Christina Kadelbach

Christina Leaves January 3rd for Guyana. There will be no Middle school youth group that month.

H. WELCA – Jan Larson

I. WAM Brad Browers

Getting final Arrangements for Christmas eve. Pianos are being tuned this week. Organ guys were back this week tuning the

organ. Value of our organ for insurance was put at 1 million dollars.

J. NHCS – Carrie Rye

Butter braid sale was $1400 roughly. Poinsettia sale has started. It is looking really good.

Ladies night out did not go that great. Might try to reschedule for the spring.

Still are 1 person short for the full day. Looking at doing some outreach to bring in more kids.

Spaghetti dinner is coming up February 12th.

Old Business-

Discussion of January 22nd stated meeting. Would be a joint service blended at 10:00am and stated meeting after with pizza.

Cat 7 drop box needs to be replaced to something nicer.

A touch pad was purchased for the garage door for the snow removal people so they can get in.

New Business –

Budget was presented by Bruce as to what CAT Team worked on. Jan made a motion to move this budget to the congregation.

Seconded by Juli. All in favor.

Minute taker for the Annual meeting. Jan has Volunteered.

Jan 8th and Jan 15 will be a Temple talk on the Capital Campaign for the presentation at the annual meeting.

Newsletter options. Who is reading it? Should it be bi- monthly? Should it be only mail it to those requesting it?

Next PPC Meeting January 17th at 7pm.

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Please remember to call the office if you would like to schedule a meeting in the church so we may put it in the church calendar. Thank you.

Radio Broadcast Sponsorship

The calendar for the 2017 radio broadcast sponsorship is up near the Fireside room. When signing up for a date, remem-ber to pay the office. The rate for a sponsorship is $52.50. In order to keep this service, we need more sponsors. Thank you!

*For Church related cancellations due to bad weather, an-nouncements will be made on WKLK, B105, Mix 108 radio stations, and also on Duluth TV stations Notifications will also be on our website: www.oursaviorscloquet.org. If Clo-quet schools are closed or have a 2 hour late start, New Ho-rizons’ Christian Preschool is closed for the day.

Prayer Chain Please call the Church office with your prayer chain requests.

SIMPLY GIVING

For those of you who use Simply Giving for your offering, there are pink cards available in the pews for you to use. How it works: To show your support of using Simply Giving, place the card in the offering plate. It’s that easy. This gives other members a visual and reminder of the Simply Giving program. If you are not enrolled in Simply Giving, and would like to be, there are forms in the office, in the Narthex, and on our Church website. www.oursaviorscloquet.org

This is our 67th year of radio broadcasts on

WKLK!!

OUR SAVIORS CUPS FOR SALE Cups with the new Our Saviors logo are available for sale for $10 in the Fair Trade Store. Some have told us

that $10 is a bit expensive; however, the cups cost almost $6 to make, and this is a fundraiser.

Thank you to all who purchase cups! The Evangelism Team

Are you interested in receiving the Messenger via email and not the postal service?

Call Connie in the office at 879-1535 and give her your preferred email address. This option saves Our Savior’s

paper, printing, and postage costs!

OSL is looking for someone with a boilers license to help maintain the boiler. If you have a license and are

willing to help please contact Marty Rye at

merckk@gmail.com or 218-878-2972.

Please contact the church office when you or a loved one are hospitalized or when a death occurs so we can support and care for you or

your loved one.

The 2017 offering envelopes are ready to be picked up. They are on a table in the Narthex.

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Our Savior’s Lutheran Church

615 12th Street

Cloquet, MN 55720-2321

www.oursaviorscloquet.org

Office: (218) 879-1535

Pastor: Pastor Chris Hill (ext 11)

pastorchrishill@oursaviorscloquet.org

(320)279-2374

Youth Director & Small Group Coordinator:

Christina Kadelbach (ext. 12)

christina.kadelbach@oursaviorscloquet.org

(218)213-6731

Visitation Pastor: Pastor Karen Linne

Administrative Assistant: Connie Reinke (ext. 10)

email@oursaviorscloquet.org

Bookkeeper: Bruce Larson

Sr. Choir / Praise & Worship: Ryan Hanson, Director

ryan.hanson77@gmail.com

Church Website: Administrative Assistant

New Horizons Christian School:

Director: Angel Gamache

NHCP.director@oursaviorscloquet.org

Teacher: Thera Wiersma (ext. 24) or

NHCP@oursaviorscloquet.org

Church office hours:

Monday: Closed

Tuesday: 8-3

Wednesday: 8-2

Thursday: 8-3

Friday: 8-12 (staffed by a volunteer)

Sunday Worship Times:

Traditional . . . . . . . 8:30 am

GIFT/Faith5 . . . . . 9:30 am

Contemporary . . . . . . . 10:45 am

No Wednesday Evening Services

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The Messenger Schedule: Deadline for submitting

articles is the 15th of the month. Articles submitted

after deadline will be published in the next issue.

If possible, e-mail your articles to:

email@oursaviorscloquet.org

March 2017 news deadline: February 15 by noon.

Deadline for articles for Sunday bulletins is Wednes-

day by 9:00 am. Thank you for your cooperation

and understanding.

Please keep in your thoughts and prayers for our

members of our congregation currently serving in

the military. Please contact the Church office for

any other members we may have missed or if any

of these names should be taken off.

Skylar Scheer Tony Gist Alex Lingren

Jess Roen Dane Kiehn

Tim Schlenvogt Erika Blesner

Chris Vanderpool

Please remember the following members of

our church throughout the year:

Sunnyside Health

Care Center

Dennis Sorenson

Char Franzen

Anita Fountain

Evergreen Knoll

Joyce Fuller

Grace Caffey

Charlene Hagen

Evelyn Buddish

Suncrest

Mariam Hella

Carol M. Maki

Bayshore

Vicki Diver

Flo Gehrke

Plainview-Esko

Donna Redding

Primrose

Pat Meisner

Inter-Faith Care Center

Alice Toone

Russ McKibbon

Eleanor Jania

Ricard Puumala

Barbara Puumala

Evergreen Cottages

Becky Eknes

John Manisto

Diamond Willow

Millie Johnson

Lawrence Yetka

Lighthouse

Stella Olson

Lempi Mattson

Larson Commons

Audrine Johnson

Plainview-Scanlon

Arlene Anderson

Maxeen Burns

The Radio Broadcast is broadcast on WKLK 1230 AM at 10:30 AM on Sundays.

The Cat 7 Broadcast is every Sunday at 3:30pm & Wednesday at 3:30pm

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