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The Beacon – October 2016
THE BEACON The monthly newsletter of Light of Christ Lutheran Church
Delano, Minnesota
OCTOBER 2016The Marks of Discipleship
Pray dailyWorship weekly
Read the BibleServe at or beyond Light of Christ
Relate to others for spiritual growthGive of my time, talents and resources
ListeningLove for God begins by listening to God; and love for each other begins by listening to one another.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Lutheran pastor and professor who was martyred by the Nazis at the end of the Second World War, wrote these words in his little book called Life Together. He wrote Life Together in the mid-1930s when he was the head of a secret, underground seminary in Germany. He intended the book to serve as a handbook for his seminary students in ordering their life together as a community of faith.
Listening—from the heart, with complete focus, attentive to the meanings and nuances behind the words—is the beginning of love. Because listening in this way says, “You are important to me. You are so important that I will put everything else aside, and focus totally on you, and try to understand exactly what is on your mind and heart. I love you, and I want to connect deeply with you.”
I believe that the Lord wants us to listen like this wherever we are: at home, in school, at work, in the sanctuary, in our prayer closets, with our family and friends, even with strangers. For we are called to love everyone, without any exceptions.
So as I begin my ministry here at Light of Christ I will be doing a lot of listening—to God and to you—because listening “from the heart” is the way that genuine love begins. What’s more, it’s also the way in which we begin to discern what God is up to in our life together. So I encourage you to listen “from the heart” as we seek the hear the Lord’s voice and follow him into the future he has for us.
The Beacon – October 2016
COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING WORSHIP HERE at LIGHT OF
CHRIST
The Delano Area Clergy invite their faith communities and the public to the Annual Delano Ecumenical Thanksgiving Worship Service & Community Choir performance on Sunday, November 20 at 7:00 PM.
This QR Code provides a simple and easy way of supporting Light of Christ through online giving weekly, monthly or a one-time gift. If
you don’t have a QR scanning app on your phone, they are free and quickly installed. Thank you! The Stewardship Committee
August Financials Faith Sharing for the month: $29,500
Expenses for the month: $36,914
CHURCHWIDE CLEAN UP DAYSaturday, October 15th, 9-11:00 amThe Property Committee is planning a morning of work & fellowship to help with some general tasks: washing windows, cleaning screens, cleaning pews, general dusting, pulling weeds, wiping tables, washing walls, installing volleyball net, installing gutter clips, etc. The day will start with coffee & donuts at 8:30. Please contact John McClelland at [email protected] or 763-972-8241 if you can help, or if you’ve noticed any other itemsto add to the task list.Come & help get thechurch looking spic& span for PastorBruce’s installationon October 16th!
SAVE THE DATE for the Women of LOC’sAnnual Advent BrunchSaturday, November 19th
The Beacon – October 2016YOUTH PAGE
Rachel Bash, Director of Children, Youth & Family MinistryConfirmation (grades 7-9)Upcoming events:- Thursday, October 20th - Soul Sisterhood Summit, a leadership/exploration camp for girls at St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church from 8:30am - 4:30pm. Email Rachel at [email protected] if you’re interested, or check out their website at thesoulsisterhood.com- Wednesday, October 26th - The 10th grade Confirmation students will present their faith statements to their peers during Confirmation at 6:30pm. Parents, grandparents, and sponsors are welcome and encouraged to attend.- Sunday, October 30th - Service of Confirmation at 10:45am
High School (grades 9 -12)Pumpkins!The high school youth grew pumpkins this year behind the woodpile, and will be available for sale during the month of October. Funds will go to the 2017 summer mission trip. Thank you for your support of our youth!
Weekly updates: Are you a parent of a Confirmation student or a high schooler that is interested in all of the activities and events your youth is invited to? Please email Rachel ([email protected]) if you would like to be signed up to receive a weekly High School Update or a weekly Confirmation Update via email. Help Rachel promote news quickly and easily by subscribing to her weekly emails that will be filled with important information about fundraisers, sleep outs, mission trips, lock-ins, and other exciting youth events throughout the year.
The Beacon – October 2016
CHILDREN’S NOTES
Bible SponsorshipsTHANK YOU so much to those who havealready sponsored a Bible for a child at LOC.You are putting God’s Word in our kids’ hands!We still need more sponsors to help provide thefunds needed to present each child with a newBible. Sponsorship invitations can be found in the narthex on Sunday mornings, and checks can be made out to Light of Christ. Thank you for providing the gift of God’s Word to our children in the congregation!Singing in worship! Be sure to put these dates on your Calendar, you don’t want to miss the kiddos rocking out to awesome Sunday School jams!November 6, 10:45am: 1st & 2nd gradersJanuary 29, 8:15am: 3rd & 4th gradersFebruary 12, 10:45am: 3 year olds, PreK, & KindergartenMarch 5, 8:15am: 3rd & 4th gradersApril 9, 10:45am: 3 year olds, PreK, Kindergarten, 1st graders, & 2nd graders
The Beacon – October 2016OCTOBER YOUTH CALENDAR
The Beacon – October 2016
Rediscover Macedonia We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that has been granted to the churches of Macedonia; for during a severe ordeal of affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. - 2 Corinthians 8:1-2
In his second letter to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul praises the spirit of the Macedonians. He talks about them being enriched in every way for great generosity
producing thanksgiving to God.As a congregation, from Sept 25th through Oct 23rd, we will be
Rediscovering Macedonia and embracing the spiritual principles of giving.
1. Commitment
2. Sacrifice
3. Share
4. Give Freely
5. Generosity
6. Abundant Joy
7. Gratitude
We invite you to join us in hitting this year’s “10 / 1” stewardship commitment goal.
We aim for a 10% increase in overall stewardship commitments. We can achieve this goal together through increasing our personal giving by just 1% of income. The 2016
church expense budget was $455,000 and the giving estimate was $418,000. Growing the giving estimate by 10% will enable our congregation to close the gap on our budget.
If we commit as stewards in giving an additional 1% of our income annually,we will meet our target.
This year our church leaders will take the lead by making their commitments during the first week. We will be accepting commitment cards and tracking overall progress every
week. The stewardship committee is inspired and delighted to serve God and our congregation as we meet our goal together as a church family.
The Beacon – October 2016LIGHT OF CHRIST MUSIC MINISTRY
Sue Quist, Director of Music
Can You Name This Hymn?
Test Your Hymn Knowledge – and be a WINNER!“We too should be voicing our love and rejoicing, with glad adoration a song let us raise.”Know this hymn?? Tell Sue and you win the prize of the month!
CHOIR…JOIN US IN SONGChoir rehearsals have begun: Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00 pm in the choir room. Come and join us as we prepare a variety of anthem styles for worship.
The choir will sing in October, November and Lessons and Carols Dec. 4th
Lessons and CarolsWe are preparing the music for Lessons and Carols – December 4th. This wonderful day is our celebration of the beginning of Advent. Want to participate? All instrumentalists and singers are welcome. Email Sue: [email protected]
CHIME CHOIRLight of Christ has a set of chimes – similar tohandbells. We would love to start a chimechoir. Do you read music? Have you played handbells – or have a desireto learn to play chimes?We need 8-10 people toform this group. ContactSue if interested:[email protected]
“The aim and final reason of all music should be nothing else but the Glory of God and the permissible pleasure and delight of the spirit.”
- J.S. Bach 18th century German composer/church musician
The Beacon – October 2016
The next meeting of the Hot Topics Book Club will be on Thursday, November 3rd at 7:00 pm.
QUILTING 10:00 a.m. Mondays
Room 106
No quilting experience necessary! Join us to work on a variety of projects.
FALL PANCAKEBREAKFASTThe Community LifeCommittee will beserving breakfast onSunday, Oct. 9th after both services.Please come for pancakes, eggs, sausageand fellowship, and to welcome LOC’snewest members!
The Service of Installation for Pastor Kuenzel will be held on Sunday, October 16th, at both worship services. We are privileged to have our Bishop, Ann Svenningsen, with us to preach, preside, and install Pastor Kuenzel. We are also planning a Bishop’s Forum in the sanctuary between services. This will be an opportunity for you
to get to know Bishop Svenningsen and ask her any questions you may have about the work of our Synod. So mark your calendars and join in the celebration of this new chapter in our life together as a congregation.
ADULT EDUCATIONSUNDAYS, 9:30-10:30 am
in Rm 102Join us as Pastor Bruce
leads us on “The Returnto Macedonia.”
The Cross: The End of Sacred Violence is the topic of the Women’s Bible Study this year. Have you ever wondered: Why are some stories in the Old Testament so violent? What are these stories doing in the Bible? What do we make of them? And how do we reconcile these stories with Jesus’ command to “turn the other cheek” and be peacemakers in a violent world? What does the cross tell us about the path to Jesus’ peaceable kingdom? We will take up these questions, and more, on the second Tuesday of each month at 10:00 AM at the church. Please join us as we seek to become more effective, faithful peacemakers amidst the violence of our world today.
The Beacon – October 2016
MONTHLY SERVICE TEAMMembers of Light of Christ are dedicated to serving the Lord by sharing, caring and loving, and do so through the work of Monthly Service Teams, serving at funerals and other functions.
October Service Team families:Matt & Becky CoyleSteve & Judy Crosby
Honoring our Veterans
The Peace and Justice Ministry at Light of Christ would like to honor our Veterans on Sunday, November 13th. If you are a Veteran and your name is not already on file, please notify the church office by Monday, October 17th, so we can recognize your service. Along with your name, please provide the branch, years served, and location of your service.
WORLD FOOD DAY 2016World Food Day is a day of action against hunger. On October 16th, people around the world come together to declare their commitment to eradicate hunger in our lifetime. As a part of this day, we will be taking a
The Beacon – October 2016Patrick & Leah CusterStuart & Megan DallmannLisa DonleyTyler & Becca FinkelsonMike & Janet GalvinDan & Rachel HalbersmaJanet HeinzenJessica HolmerToby IngebrigtsonGreg & Mary JohnsonDale & Nicole KimballVernon LangeSteve & Cynthia MoeNate & Jen Peterson
Barb RussellJohn & Brenda Schroedl
Brandon & Wendy SleypenWade & Holly SprengelerMatt & Julie StroblTodd Williams
Kent & Julie Wischmann
WORLD FOOD DAY 2016World Food Day is a day of action against hunger. On October 16th, people around the world come together to declare their commitment to eradicate hunger in our lifetime. As a part of this day, we will be taking a
The Beacon – October 2016October
Birthdays01 Kennedy Menz
Sarah RubertusTaylor StoddardMichael Warmuth
02 Kristy Cardinal 03 Hannah Burgstaler
Doug LaddusawJordan Spencer
04 Lesley BerscheidAbigail FarniokScott KohlsEric ParpartDoug SchuetteAaron Sievers
05 Jamey BoeckerKamryn DonahueDennis LohmannHenry Marketon
06 Madison HalluskaTom McKayNate Meyers
07 Carmen BensonVirginia DallyEmma Ulferts
08 Mary BuengerLydia Sievers
09 Heidi HiltnerRod Schmidt
10 Steve BrownTim JohnsonJack MagnerNicki Peterson
11 Lynn EidahlCasey SchmidtAshley Stahlke Savage
12 Sarah BersieGwen Egly
13 Hannah Williams14 Brandi Christensen
Jen PetersonSonja Wahl
15 Christopher AndersonBrad CzockRandy Durick
Sydney Imamura
16 Kirk Reierson17 Christian Eidahl
Jeanelle Kinches18 Eric Anderson
Joanne FlatenJack PrinsenKarly Schmidt
20 Michelle BunkerDale Russenberger
21 Maya CarsonAddison DallmannJonathon FranklinSuzann VanDenEinde
22 Christopher BingeaAilsa BoyackAlexandria Frake
23 Megan DallmannSam FillmoreJessica Holmer
24 Jeremy ChristensonShane JohnsonErin OlsonJanie Thompson
25 Kent BartelsMary JohnsonJeremy PrickettLisa Spencer
26 Charlotte Beltrand27 Mitchell Cayler
Hailey Ness28 Erin Johnson
Kari MagaardScott Nelson
29 Brad BruhnClaire BruhnKatherine BruhnMariah ToddKurt TruaxEllie VanDenEinde
30 Ben FarniokCarol HeyenCarol NelsonLiam OlsonSam Schluter
Jan Styve
31 Aaron BingeaBrannon ImamuraMax Lotzer
02 John & Jessica Allaire03 Dave & Lynn Eidahl04 Dan & Jodi Lind06 Kurt & Steffany Truax08 Scott & Deanna Olson09 Dave & Stacie Nelson11 Richard & Rebecca Farniok15 Cal & Zhanna Brandt15 Steve & Anne Farniok15 John & Brenda Schroedl16 Mark & Paula Anderson16 Nate & Gina Will17 Michael & Rachel Boyack17 Terry & Dawn Cook19 Josh & Heidi Hiltner19 Pete & Patti Krebsbach19 Merrill & Lynda Pavlovich21 Bev & DeWayne Bauman21 Len & Dee Beilke21 John & Annette McClelland22 Ken & Rhonda Almquist24 Doug & Helen Campbell26 Brad & Carol Bruhn26 Don & DeeAnne Palan28 Shane & Kristen Johnson28 Gary & Amy Kroells29 Kevin & Erin Olson
The Beacon – October 2016WORSHIP ASSISTANTS – October 2016
Worship assistants are now scheduled via SignUpGenius. If you have not received an invite via email to sign up, please contact the church office. If you are unable to serve on your assigned day, please arrange for a substitute or notify the church office. Thank you! Telephone: 763-972-2400 Email: [email protected]
Sunday, October 2, 2016Council Rep: 8:15 am 10:45 am Adam WortzGreeters: Amber Becker Aaron, Kylie & Evan AmdorLector: Loree Kinney Amy BigotAcolyte: Taylor Kriesel Izzy JohnsonUshers: Loree Kinney, John Zerull
Altar Guild: Ginny Iverson, Bea Zerull Kylee Amdor
Sunday, October 9, 2016Council Rep: 8:15 am Janine Holter 10:45 am Bruce BeltrandGreeters: Linda MooreLector: Julie Wischmann Sue FinkAcolyte: Madeline Engel Brenna DurickUshers: Dan & Laurie Langner
Craig Schansberg
Sunday, October 16, 2016Council Rep: 8:15 am Stacy VanCura 10:45 am Adam WortzGreeters: Lee & Cheri Ashfeld Marcus & Carmen HansonLector: Brenda Dalbec Carolyn HirschAcolyte: Alex Schramel Brennan SlipkaUshers: Len Beilke
Altar Guild: MaryAnn McKay, JoMarie Williamson Jan Styve
Sunday, October 23, 2016Council Rep: 8:15 am Stacy VanCura 10:45 am Robin OlsonGreeters: Charlie & Lona Jose Pete & Patti KrebsbachLector: Bonnie SnazaAcolyte: Gavin Carson Anna HenryUshers: Dennis & Ginny Iverson
Sunday, October 30, 2016Council Rep: 8:15 am 10:45 amGreeters: John & Brenda Schroedl Jacob & Erin OlsonLector: Amber Becker Laurie BrownAcolyte: Lili Schroedl Adam BrownUshers: Craig Schansberg
The Beacon – October 2016