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Mandan, ND 58554

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH

Phone: 701-663-3594

Fax: 701-663-6217

E-mail: jackie@firstlutheranofmandan.org

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One of the many things I love about North Dakota is how quickly the landscape can change. My sister, who lives north of Seattle, WA, has a green lawn all year long. Here we have seasons of green, then brown, then white, then green again. After a long winter, I really look forward to seeing the color green again.

In the 'seasons' of the church year, we also change the colors of the paraments on the altar to reflect the change of focus as we worship our Lord. On Sunday, May 19th we begin the season of Pentecost, a season of roughly 26 weeks that has its focus on the ministry of Christ. Christ's ministry begins with a few fishermen on the shore of the Sea of Galilee and continues to grow through the hearing of Christ's call to 'follow me'. The church has used the color green for centuries throughout the season of Pentecost to focus on the life and growth of the Christian witness.

There seems to be a lot of new interest in the color 'green' lately. The city of Mandan has implemented a study to ascertain the readiness of its citizens to embrace recycling as a lifestyle. As a society, we are being called to 'go green' Maybe this summer we could also try and 'go green with God'.

Why go green with God?

• God is involved in the ongoing creation of the universe and of our home, Earth.

• God creates and calls it good and dwells in the whole creation.

• God appoints humans to be hands-on caretakers of God's creation.

• Human life is dependent upon the health of the whole creation; we are Earth creatures.

• The Earth is under a great deal of stress due to our broken relationship with creation.

• Humans need to find a new way to live in harmony with the Earth in order for the Earth to heal and thrive.

• Caring for creation is a joy, a gift, and a responsibility. As Christians, we worship and act from a place of gratitude and vocation rather than fear or guilt.

As we contemplate our responsibilities as Christians who are called by God in the book of Genesis to be caretakers of the earth on God's behalf, let us look at our relationship with the earth as one of ongoing gratitude, wonder, and humility. Sometimes at night, I like to sit outside for awhile, and look up at the stars. In those times, this prayer comes to mind.

For the earth and the gift of good land, we give thanks, O God.

For the beauty of our winters, we give thanks, O God.

For the anticipation of a new growing season, we give thanks, O God.For those who work the land and those who bring us food; for the abundance of food and

the opportunities to share, we give thanks, O God.

Give us grace to be patient in suffering and sensitive to the pain of others. Help us be caretakers of this planet earth so that we may realize your kingdom where

we are. Amen. Until next time, Pastor Lee

May 2013

Administrative Pastor

Rev. Lee Herberg

663-3594

Associate Pastor

Rev. Jack Carlson

663-3594

Administrative Assistant &

Coordinator of Lay

Ministries

Jackie Schulz

663-3594 (o)

663-3082 (h)

Calling & Caring

Terryl Gaebe

751-4220

Custodians

Ron & Mavis Watson

Financial Administration

Jennifer Scheet

First Lutheran Is A Mission

Partner with Camp of the

Cross Ministries

First Lutheran

Staff

First Lutheran Church

May Newsletter

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First Lutheran Church will be preparing and serving “The

Banquet” on Thursday, May 9th. at Trinity Lutheran Church in

Bismarck. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex for those

who are interested in participating. We are looking for cooks,

servers, dishwashers, and people to help clean up. If you would

like to help, please call the church office at 663-3594. Thank

you!

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LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF SCHOOL KITS:

It isn’t too early to start watching for items for the school kits. Especially needed are the new

drawstring type back packs. Watch rummage sales, second hand, Dollar and Fabric/Craft

Stores. In 2011 using the old type school bag, we sent 199 kits, but in 2012 we received 59 new

style backpacks so that’s all we were able to send. A display showing the new style backpack

will be in the Narthex. We will start collecting the supplies and bags in August.

School Kit contents are:

Four 70-sheet notebooks of wide- or college-ruled paper approximately 8” X 10½”; no loose-

leaf paper

One 30-centimeter ruler, or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other

One pencil sharpener

One blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well)

Five unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers; secure together with a rubber band

Five black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink); secure together with a rubber band

One box of 16 or 24 crayons

One 2½” eraser

One sturdy drawstring backpack-style cloth bag approximately 14” X 17” with shoulder straps

(no standard backpacks)

In memory of our parents given by Dave & Kathy MacIver.

In loving memory of our son; Scott David

Olmsted & our parents; Charles & Katherine Olmsted & Donald & Ada Hanson given by Gary & Shirley Olmsted.

In fond memory of all our departed relatives & friends given by John & Donna Hermanson.

In memory of Jill Roth. Forever loved, always missed, never forgotten. Love, your family; given by Norm & Audrey Roth.

In honor and memory of all our loved ones given by Cal & Karen Fischer.

In honor of our lost loved ones given by Roy & Carol Poppe.

In memory of our parents, given by Deb & Dale Klein.

In memory of our parents; Ray & Dona Jungling & Archie Zahursky & our brothers; Larry & Lee Jungling & Ardean Zahursky given by Lorell & Renae Jungling.

In memory of Leah Schott, Teddy Nappen & Jim Coats given by Alice & Bill Schott.

In memory of our parents & Jim & in honor of my children; Kelly, Lori, Jan & families given by Norma Lundstrom.

In honor of Dennis & Sandy Baier & Cory Allan. In loving memory of Delmar Allan given

by Scott & Brenda Allan.

Rest in peace Punky given by Ernie & Anita Seeman.

In loving memory of Del McNalley given by Amy McNalley.

In honor of our parents & grandparents; Art & Adeline Ziemann & Gen Backsen, In loving memory of Hank Backsen given by Allan, Sue, Matt & Michael Ziemann.

In honor of our families & friends given by Wayne & Denise Carlson.

In memory of our loving wife & mother;

Marilyn. We all still miss you. Given by Chuck Kottsick.

In memory of our dad, grandfather, great

grandfather & husband; Arthur Fisher. We

love you & miss you. In honor of our mother,

grandmother, & great grandmother; Esther

Fisher. You are very special to us. We love

you! Given by Dale & Debbie Charvat, Phobe

& Jason Frye, Tosha, Scott & Camden Kunrath

& Esther Fisher.

In memory of our dad, grandpa & great grandpa; John Charvat. We love you & miss you. In honor of our mother, grandmother, & great grandmother; Elda

Charvat. You are very special to us. We love you.

Given by Dale & Debbie Charvat, Phobe & Jason Frye, Tosha, Scott & Camden Kunrath.

In memory of our parents; Lynn & Darlene Martin &

Maude & Charles Tanaka given by Terry & Don Tanaka.

In memory of my husband; Ben. It’s a year since

you’re gone. Miss you so much. Given by Anna Kottsick.

In memory JoAnn Gaasland, Arne & Lydia Gaasland,

George Walker Sr., Bill Walker & Jerry Walker given by Richard Gaasland, Trent, Stacy, Katelyn Rose & Kylie Jo Aune.

In honor of our loving & and wonderful parents; Dale &

Debbie Charvat, and the best grandpa & grandma. We love you always. Given by Phobe & Jason Frye, Tosha, Scott & Camden Kunrath.

In memory of Rick, Ben & Dotty Hurdelbrink & Bryce & Ruthie Henderson given by Judy Hurdelbrink & family.

In loving memories of lost loved ones given by Don & Joan Hanson.

In honor of Mary’s parents; Paul & Beryl Dinkins & in memory of Jerry’s parents; Albert & Irene & Dorothy given by Jerry & Mary Bauer.

In memory of our parents, grandparents, great grandparents; Howard & Matilda Soule, Harold Miller, Reine & Toni Miller Raeszler given by Frank, Muriel,

Carleen & Gavin Soule.

In memory of our dads given by Tim & Shereen Schwagler.

In honor of our family given by Pastor Jack & Monica Carlson.

In memory of Melvin & Elizabeth Nerem & Sebastian & Helen Brunner given by Jodi Hammer & family.

In memory of Louise Sackman & Jake Sackman given by Jackie Haugen & family & Shirley Geizer & family.

In loving memory of our parents, grandparents & great

grandparents; Tony & Marlene Dasenko given by Barb Dasenko, Sherri, Roger, Joe, Amy, Jordon & Jayden,

Jon, Dawn, Zakkry, Sofie, Ezra Arenz & Pam & Michael Adams, Kristy, Ryan, Ryan Jr. & Ky Brouche’t.

In loving memory of our parents, grandparents, & great grandparents; Clyde & Ollie Arenz given by Roger & Sherri, Joe, Amy, Jordon & Jayden & Jon, Dawn, Zakkry, Sofie & Ezra Arenz.

In loving memory of our parents, grandparents & great grandparents; Billy & Florence Adams & Irene & William Adams. Given by Michael & Pam Adams, Kristy, Ryan, Ryan Jr., & Kye Brouche’t.

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Our Easter Garden

Flowers were given...

In memory of our parents & siblings given by Fred &

Inez Ziemann.

In grateful appreciation for family, friends, and our

church community given by Tony Sayler.

In memory of our parents & grandparents; Harlow & Lillian Haverkamp & Peter & Viola Mellmer given by

Jim, Donna & Jason Mellmer & Erin & Jere Heide.

In loving memory of Louise Dockter given by David D. Dockter.

In loving memory of our parents and in honor of our families given by Mark & Jean Thompson.

In loving memory of my mother; DeLoris Rodgers given by Faye Rodgers.

In memory of Robert Goertel given by Carol Goertel.

Thank you First Lutheran Congregation, for helping us get to Denver given by Tyler Weigel.

In memory of all of our loved ones given by Arden & Pat Hagerott.

We love & miss you everyday Grandma Dockter given by Chrissy, Len & Riley Brabandt.

In loving memory of my husband; Raymond, son; Bruce

& Grandson; Travis given by Marian Hohbein.

Happy Easter in honor of our families given by Rob &

Lori Lighthizer.

In loving memory of Barry Dockter & Peter Froelich given by Cindy Dockter.

In memory of my dad; Charlie given by Chuck Kottsick.

In memory of our parents; Nels & Relia Evanger & Clarence & Clara Larson given by Mark & Barb Evanger.

In memory of our loved ones given by Don & Paulette Bentz.

In loving memory of Marlys Boehm & Carl Radke given

by Michelle & Eugene Radke.

In loving memory of Ben Dove given by Barbara Dove & family.

In memory of our loved ones given by Bechke, Zane, Odessa & Olivia.

In loving memory of Robert Boehm given by Fran &

family.

Given in loving memory of Cindy Herberg & Howard Herberg given by Lee & Mikaela Herberg.

In loving memory of grandpa Johnny, grandma;

Mavis, grandma; Lois & grandma; Addy, we miss you. Given by the Power family.

In memory of Dean & Don Schmidt, miss you lots. Given by their family.

In memory of our parents given by Gary & Darlene Flaa.

In memory of Louise Sackman & Jake Sackman given by Jim Sackman & family.

In honor of our wonderful parents & grandparents; Leon & Jeanne House. We love you! Given by your kids & grandkids.

In honor of our family given by Glen & Loretta

White.

In memory of our loved ones given by Ed & Ginny Gall.

In memory of Elgie Svihla. I love and miss you. Given by Rosalie Svihla.

In honor of my father, grandfather & great

grandfather; Arthur Fisher. We love you & miss you given by Shari Horejsi, Andrew & Tami Rhea, Aiden, Anastasia & Kaylee Rhea, Joshua & Courtnee Horejsi, Shayan, Devon & James Horejsi.

In honor of Viola Keidel given by Robin, Lori & Mitchell Fisher.

In memory of my husband, father & grandfather; Arthur Fisher. We love & miss you given by Esther Fisher, Shari Horejsi, & Robin, Lori & Mitchell Fisher.

In memory of my grandparents, uncles & aunts, also special people that have passed on, you will never be forgotten given by Ken Charvat.

In loving honor of my mom; Elda. Thanks for everything. In memory of my dad; John Jr. Miss you, thanks for the memories given by Ken

Charvat.

In memory of our parents given by Patty Ritter.

In honor of our grandchildren; Hailey, Saxon, Kyle, Zachary, Kiera, Maddy, Griffin, Jayda, Emmy, Demi, Maya & Charlotte given by Jeanne

& Leon House.

In memory of Jill & Max Anseth & our parents; Harold & Maxine Anseth & Alfred & Myrtle Moen

given by Tom & Linda Anseth & family.

In loving memory of the Thorson family & in loving memory of my daughter; Violet & Sam

Don given by Carrie M. Thorson.

Mark Your

Calendar…

2nd: LAF

5th: WINGS @ Lord of Life -

Bismarck

9th: LAF

16th: LAF

Upcoming Events

VBS is gearing up!!

Camp of the Cross will be here with

us for VBS this year!!

All 4 year olds - 5th graders are invited to First Lutheran’s VBS on

Monday, July 22rd through Friday, July 26th. We need some adult

volunteers to help out. If you are interested or have questions, please

talk to Pastor Jack. Please watch for more information in next months

newsletter.

Happy Mother’s Day to all our

mom’s at First Lutheran

Church!

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Sunday ~

8:30 am ~ Traditional

10:45 am ~ Contemporary

9:30 am ~ Coffee

Wednesday ~

6:00 pm ~ Transitional

Worship Schedule

Special Thanks

Thank you to all the greeters, ushers, communion servers,

readers, communion set-up, coffee hour workers, and to all

who have supplied goodies for the last month. Your help is

greatly appreciated!

May ~ Mission of the Month

Ronald McDonald House Items needed are ‘he’ powder laundry detergent, dryer sheets,

bleach, wet ones, tall kitchen trash bags, zip lock bags, reg.

coffee, disposable diapers, baby wipes, postage stamps, &

mayonnaise. No canned vegetables or paper products please.

You may put your items in the boxes in the Narthex. Thank You.

Baptisms:

April 7 Landon David Forman

April 7 Alyssa Mae Hart

April 17 Addison Danelle Bauer

April 21 Trevin Joseph Ryder Friesz

Weddings:

April 27 Andy Decoteau & Carrie Myers

(renewal of vows)

Funerals:

Memorial Fund

Pastoral Acts

In memory of Ernest (Punky) Seeman given by

Gerald & Virginia Hambrick.

Deadline for

articles for the

June/July

Newsletter will be

May 23rd.

Attention Senior Parents: We mailed a letter out to you on April 22nd regarding the senior recognition service that will be held on Sunday, May 19th at the 10:45 A.M. service. If you have not yet responded, please call the church office at 663-3594 by May 10th. Thank You! Seniors we also need to have your picture sent to the church before 5:00 P.M. on Friday, the 10th of May. Please send the picture to jackie@firstlutheranofmandan.org.

Heads Up

For June, July & August our worship times will be Sundays at 9:30 A.M. & Wednesday’s at 6:00 P.M. We will not have coffee hour during the summer months on Sundays.

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You can now find us on

Twitter: @FLCMandan

Like our Facebook page for the latest

information about what’s going on

including weather related cancelations

and upcoming activities. There is a link to

our Facebook page on our website.

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First Lutheran Church Council Minutes

Thursday, March 21, 2013 7:00PM

Present: Pastor Lee Herberg, Pastor Jack Carlson, President Kris Elijah, Vice President Tam-

my Lapp-Harris, Secretary Den Na Lee Fewson, Dot Frank, Darrell Nitschke, Brian Zacha,

John Pake, Kris Theurer, Janet Reineke

Devotions:President Kris Elijah called the meeting to order. Pastor Lee led devotions.

Approval of Agenda: Dot Frank moved and Darrell Nitschke seconded the motion to approve

the agenda. Motion passed.

Secretary’s Report/Review and Approval of the minutes: Brian Zacha moved and Janet

Reineke seconded the motion to approve the amended February 21st minutes. Motion passed.

Financial Report/Review: Pastor Lee went over the February financials. The cause for the

high water bills was discovered and is being remedied.

Unfinished Business:

Moving forward in faith: Downstairs bathroom demo is finished and ready for next phase.

New chancel furnishings should arrive in time for Easter services.

Website redesign: Dot Frank and Jackie Schulz will work together to start the web design.

Dot will begin to build the new site using Word Press.

Strategic Plan 2013: Darrell Nitschke volunteered to be part of the 3-5 person Governance

team that will monitor the implementation of the Strategic Plan. The Executive Team

members will determine the remaining members.

Council Member Elections: All Council Team appointments were reviewed. Kris Theurer

will be part of the Worship Team.

Ministry Site Profiles: All council members turned in completed profiles. Pastor Lee will

finish compiling data that needs to be submitted to start the process of attaining an Asso-

ciate Pastor – Youth and Family.

“The Banquet”: The menu will be finalized soon. Sign-up sheets for workers and for donat-

ing items for preparing the meal will be in the narthex in April.

NEW BUSINESS:

Brian Zacha and John Pake will coordinate the removal of the dead bull pine tree on the

northwest corner of the church property within the next two weeks.

REPORTS:

Pastor Lee’s report – 4 funerals

Pastor Jack’s report – 2 baptisms, 2 funerals

Special Events – The next special event will be First Lutheran Church serving “The

Banquet” at Trinity Lutheran in Bismarck on May 9th.

Stewardship – No Report

Worship – Kris Theurer will be the council representative on the Worship Team.

Parish Education – Parish Education will be keeping the same curriculum for next year

but changing from a seasonal to a lectionary based format so that the material covered in

Sunday School and Wednesday School will be the same at the lessons used in worship for

the same week.

Youth – Fund raisers have been going extremely well…great participation from the youth

and parents! The Lenten Suppers have been well received – the last one for this year

was last evening. About 25 youth are regularly attending WINGS…the next one will be

in April at Church of the Cross Lutheran in Bismarck.

Evangelism and Outreach – No Report

Property and Management – Brian and John have completed a walkthrough of the

property and grounds. We are waiting for the financials to improve before replacing the 2

windows on the east side of the building that need replacement. Brian and John will look

into the condition of the outside stair railings that are becoming badly weathered.

Website – Dot Frank will begin building a new web site frame using Word Press.

CORRESPONDENCE:

A thank you letter was received from Golden Age Services for the donation of $94.62 to the

Home Delivered Meals Program.

A thank you letter was received from Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center for the donation

of $159.67 to the M-Club for residents.

A thank you letter was received from Community Action Program for the donation of

$502.25 for the Backpack for Kids Program. This money was from our Souper Bowl of

Caring Sunday, February 3rd, 2013.

Motion to Adjourn/Lord’s Prayer:

Darrell Nitschke moved and John Pake seconded to adjourn the council meeting. Motion

passed.

The meeting closed with the Lord’s Prayer.

Submitted by Den Na Lee Fewson, Secretary

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