408 Ninth Street NW

Mandan, ND 58554

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH

Phone: 701-663-3594

Fax: 701-663-6217

E-mail: jackie@firstlutheranofmandan.org

Building Faith and

Transforming Lives

in Christ.

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This is the last newsletter mailed out due to the significant increase in the cost of mailing. We spent over $600.00 to mail out the March newsletter as compared with about $180.00 for previous months. The post office has changed their mailing guidelines again and therefore we will not be mailing any more newsletters out after this newsletter. The newsletters will be available for you to pick up in the narthex at the end of each month or you may go to our website at www.firstlutheranofmandan.org click on the web links tab and then click on the month you would like to see (there is a newsletter and calendar tab) and read the newsletter there.

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Artist Georgia O’ Keefe once said about every seven years or so one ought to open the flaps on their tent and let the wind blow through. Save the wheat, but let the useless chaff fly away with the wind. Wind, earthquakes, fire, spring-cleaning, whatever the method the result can be the same. Even with Easter!

So, earthquakes, fire and wind may be a bit over dramatic attempts at cleaning out our respective closets. But in many ways, Easter is a new year. And the new year always seems to be a good time to open the flaps and rid oneself of the extra bulk we’ve accumulate. Lent is a season where we are reminded of the sinfulness we carry which weighs us down. Easter is a figurative freshening of our spirit; a clearing away of all that serves only to weigh us down as we live in the light of God’s glory, God’s victory over sin, death and the powers of evil.

Easter is an opportune time to rid our lives of debilitating frustrations that may have built up regarding relationships with peers, administrators, family members, neighbors, etc … and other psychological, spiritual, and emotional burdens. Easter is a time to remember God’s promise of eternal life, joy, happiness and peace meant for you and for all God’s children.

Open the flaps. Let God’s good news of light and life, the renewing wind of the Holy Spirit blow through and take the chaff along with it. Face life lighter and freer!

A New Beginning, by Roger Emerson

Dawn! A new day! A fresh start! It’s morning.

Light! The first light. A young world adorning.

Fueled by a heavenly spark; led by one beacon of hope. Moving away from the dark to the light. To the light!

A new beginning will start today. A chance to change and learn and know a better way. A new beginning will start with me. We’ll find a way each day to change our destiny. A dream that everyone can share and see the light from

anywhere. A new beginning starts today!

Stars! A bright star. A new dream revealing.

Life! A young life. A new hope of healing.

No one is ever alone. Nothing is ever the same. Together we’ll start moving on and on and on and on.

A new beginning will start today. A chance to change and learn and know a better way. A new beginning will start with me. We’ll find a way each day to change our destiny. A dream that everyone can share and see the light from

anywhere. A new beginning starts today.

Dawn! A new day. A fresh start! Good morning!

Happy Easter! Pastor Jack

April 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

April Newsletter

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We will be having a new member orientation on

Sunday, April 21st at 6:00 P.M. If you are

interested in becoming a member here at First

Lutheran please call the church office at 663-3594

as soon as possible. Thank you.

__________________________________________________________________

The quilters are in need of size 10 or bigger crochet thread, sheets &

blankets. They can no longer use yarn on their quilts. If you would like to donate

any of these items you may drop it off in the office. Thank you!

____________________________________________________________________________

Church School Registration

Student’s Name: ____________________________________________ M _______ F _______

Date of Birth: _______________________ Age: ___________ Grade __________

(this fall)

Student’s Name: ____________________________________________ M _______ F _______

Date of Birth: _______________________ Age: ___________ Grade __________

(this fall)

Student’s Name: ____________________________________________ M _______ F _______

Date of Birth: _______________________ Age: ___________ Grade __________

(this fall)

Parent(s)/Guardian:___________________________________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________ City: ____________________

Phone #: ___________________ ___________________ ____________________

Home Cell: mother Cell: father

Email address (please include this so that we can use email to communicate with you during

the year instead of regular mail.):

_________________________________________________________________

Non Custodial Parent: _____________________________________________________________

(If applicable)

Address: _______________________________________ City: ______________________

Attending: Sunday __________ Wednesday __________

Our church school program relies on the participation of parents. We

ask that each parent prayerfully consider how they would like to help

out this coming year. We need team teachers for 3 year olds – 5th grade

on Sundays and Wednesday as well as music leaders.

I am willing to be a: (circle one) Teacher for grade _____

Music leader

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Church School Registration

We are now taking registrations for the 2013-14 church school year. There is a registration form on the next page that can be filled out and brought to the church. We would like to have all the registrations by Sunday, May 5

th. We will be offering classes on Sundays from 9:30 A.M.-10:30

A.M. and Wednesdays from 6:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M. There will be classes for 3 year olds - 5th graders.

We will have team teachers for every class. Some classes have two teachers and we have even had three or four people for a class. This gives you an opportunity to share the teaching responsibilities so that you don’t have to prepare a lesson every week. If you would be interested in teaching, please indicate that on the registration form, or talk to Pastor Jack.

C-Squad Registration

Our C-Squad class is for students in 6th-8th grades. They meet on Sunday mornings from 9:30am-10:30am. They talk about a variety of topics including current events,

different Bible topics, and much more. They also do some hands-on service events and fun activities throughout the year. If you would like to register for this class for fall,

please email Pastor Jack.

His email address is: jack@firstlutheranofmandan.org

Please include the following information: Student’s name, date of birth, grade in the fall,

parent/guardian names, address, phone number, and email address.

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!

On April 3rd the Wednesday

School kids will be singing in

church at the beginning of the

service.

Mark Your

Calendar…

3rd: 7pm - Confirmation -

Large group

4th: LAF

10th: 7pm - Confirmation -

Large group

11th: LAF

14th: 6pm - W.I.N.G.S.

17th: 6pm - Confirmation -

Small group

18th: LAF

24th: 7pm - Confirmation -

Large group

25th: LAF Youth Group

Who: 7th-12th Graders

When: Sunday, April 14th

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Join us for W.I.N.G.S. at Lutheran Church of the Cross!

Bring a friend and join us for a great time!

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Sunday ~

8:30 am ~ Traditional

10:45 am ~ Contemporary

9:30 am ~ Coffee

9:30 am ~ Church School

Wednesday ~

6:00 pm ~ Transitional

6:00 pm ~ Church School

7:00 pm ~ Confirmation

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!

April ~ Mission of the Month

Community Action Items needed are Peanut Butter, Jelly, Fruit Cups,

Granola Bars, Cereal, Pudding Cups, Applesauce Cups,

& Canned Dinners with a pop top lid (Chef Boyardee's).

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

Thank you!

Baptisms:

March 3 Emma Grace Acton

March 10 Christopher Ryan Lundstrom

March 17 Elsa Mae Bullinger

March 29 Kinnsie LaRae Hansen

March 30 Lydia Corinne Carter

Funerals:

February 23 Leland Olsen

February 26 Tom Friesz

March 6 Casey Austin

March 12 LeRoy Olauson

March 14 Marvin Lang

March 21 Lynn Lewis

Memorial Fund

Pastoral Acts

In memory of Harry Renken & Alvina Jerabek given by Hilda

Renken.

In memory of Lelend Olsen given by Russ & Jan Grabinger,

Bev Hogan, Ray & Doris Carlson, Janet Dykshoorn, Walter &

Leona Keidel, Roger & Joan Hoovestol, Don & Peggy Grosz,

Dennis & Bernice Meyer, Larry & Elaine Laubner, Arden &

Pat Hagerott, Fred Helbling, Toby & Ellen Huber, Ken

Charvat, Ernest & Anita Seeman, Jeff & Char Olsen, Charles

Bahm, Leland Olsen family, Ralph & Naida Feland & Don &

JoAnn Price.

In memory of Ernie (Punky) Seeman given by Ardis Hughes.

Deadline for

articles for the May

Newsletter will be

April 18th.

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First Lutheran Church Council Minutes

Thursday, February 21, 2013 7:00PM

Present: Pastor Lee Herberg, Pastor Jack Carlson, President Kris Elijah, John Pake, Dot

Frank, Tammy Lapp-Harris, Brian Zacha, Darrell Nitschke, Janet Reineke

Absent: Den Na Lee Fewson, Kris Theurer

Pastor Jack led devotions.

President Kris Elijah welcomed the new council members present, John Pake and Dot Frank.

Tom Chase took their pictures prior to the meeting for the First Lutheran Staff and Council

picture board in the narthex.

Darrell Nitschke moved and Dot Frank seconded to place the agenda on the table. Motion

passed.

After perusal of the minutes, Dot Frank moved and Darrell Nitschke seconded to approve the

church council minutes of January 27, 2013. Motion passed.

Pastor Lee went over the January financials. Expenses in January exceeded income; however,

some of this was due to the fact that December, 2012 was a high income month and the Mission

checks issued in January are 7.5% of the income received. Pastor Lee will review the high

water bill for January to see if there is an underlying reason for the increase.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

“Moving Forward in Faith” projects/loan/construction/update.

Web site redesign/possibility of hiring outside professional if we can’t find someone

in-house with needed skills/update.

Strategic Plan 2013/update regarding the formation of the Governance Team.

NEW BUSINESS

Complete council officer elections (Vice-President, Secretary) and council Team

appointments for new council officers. Tammy Lapp-Harris will be the new Vice

President; Den Na Lee Fewson will be the new Secretary; Darrell Nitschke will be

on the Stewardship Team, John Pake will be on the Property Management Team;

Dot Frank will be on the Evangelism Outreach Team; other assignments remain

the same.

Ministry Site Profile rough draft (Handout) needs to be completed and call

committee formed for Associate Pastor – Youth and Family.

Easter Services for March 31st will be as follows: youth led Easter Sunrise at

7:00A.M., with a breakfast following, Traditional Easter Festival Service at

9:00A.M., Contemporary Easter Festival Service at 11:00A.M. We will have

communion at all services on Easter Sunday.

“The Banquet” at Trinity Lutheran in Bismarck…we are down to prepare and

serve the meal on Thursday, May 9th, 2013. We need to start advance planning on

this as we need approximately 30-35 volunteers, plus planning the menu, soliciting

donations of food, etc.

REPORTS

Pastor Lee - 4 baptisms, 3 weddings, 3 funerals, communion services

Pastor Jack – 3 baptisms, 2 funerals, communion services

Special Events – Lent suppers scheduled

Stewardship – no report

Worship – hymns picked for next 2 months

Parish Education – teacher meetings scheduled

Youth – President’s weekend ski trip scheduled

Evangelism & Outreach – working on ideas for the 4th of July Parade

Property and Management – bathroom demo work continuing, looking for funds to

replace the 2 windows in the Sacristy and Archive rooms.

Website – still open to new ideas…Dot Frank talked about WordPress.com, a free

web site creation service.

CORRESPONDENCE

A thank you letter was received from Charles Hall Youth Services for the cash gift of

$25.00.

A thank you letter was received from Golden Age Services for the gift of $83.09 for the

Home Delivered Meals program.

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

$140.21 to the M-Club so enhance the life of the residents.

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

$331.30 to the M-Club to enhance the life of the residents.

A thank you letter was received from Golden Age Services for the gift of $196.33 for the

Home Delivered Meals program.

A thank you letter was received from KNDR Radio for First Lutheran’s faithfulness in

sponsoring Christmas music on their station.

MOTION TO ADJOURN/THE LORD’S PRAYER

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