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PARISH OFFICE

W4950 State Highway 86

Ogema, WI 54459

715-767-5155

Email: [email protected]

Web site: www.1stfamily.org

Office Hours: 8:30AM—12:30PM

Monday - Thursday

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH —OGEMA


Ogema, WI 54459

Worship Service: 9:00 AM

3rd Sunday: 11:00 AM

Fellowship after worship.

Sunday School: 10:30 AM

3rd Sunday: 9:30 AM

(September to May)

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH—WESTBORO

N8909 Business Hwy. 13

PO Box 214

Westboro, WI 54490-0214


3rd Sunday: 9:00 AM

Fellowship after worship.

Sunday School: 9:30 AM

3rd Sunday: None (September to May)

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH —PRENTICE

670 Main Street

Prentice, WI 54556

715-428-2575


CYF Wednesdays 3:30-5:30 pm

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH—BRANTWOOD

N5090 County Road D

Brantwood, WI 54513


Lowell Bolstad, Lead Pastor

715-226-0163 (cell phone)


Bob Giese, Associate Pastor

Doctor of Ministry,

Pastoral Care and Counseling

847-899-7122 (cell phone)


Intern Pastor Quinlan Koch

641-750-3640 (cell phone)


Visitors and new members

are always welcome!

DECEMBER

2017

December is filled with a time of expectant waiting and

preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus. For

us here at Northwoods STaR Ministries, it is also is filled with

many wonderful opportunities to worship together this

season. Please join us!

Wednesday Advent Services:

Wed., December 6

•5:15 pm at Prentice

(supper following worship— 5:45 pm)

•6:30 pm at Zion Brantwood

(supper before worship—5:45 pm)

Wed., December 13

•5:15 pm at Prentice

(supper following worship—5:45 pm)

•6:30 pm at Zion Brantwood

(supper before worship—5:45 pm)

Special Children’s Worship Services & Programs:

Sunday, December 17

•9 am—Westboro Sunday School

Christmas Program

Sunday, December 17

•11 am—Ogema Sunday School

Christmas Program

Wednesday, December 20

•6 pm CYF Christmas Program at First Prentice

Christmas Eve Service Times:

Sunday, December 24

•10:30 am Westboro

•7 pm Zion Brantwood *

•9 pm Prentice*

•9 pm Ogema *

There will be NO worship services on

Christmas Day at any of our four

churches. Enjoy time with your

family and friends on that joyous

day!

*Candlelight Services. No morning

services at Zion, Prentice or Ogema.

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.1stfamily.org




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Dear members and friends of Northwoods STaR Ministries:

Advent/Christmas greetings to you all! This has been a year of change!

We started out the year as two two-congregation parishes and ended up the year as

one four congregation parish: “Northwoods STaR Ministries. Voters at the January/

February congregation meetings at First Lutheran Westboro, Ogema, Prentice, and

Zion Lutheran Brantwood voted overwhelmingly to join together as one parish while

also maintaining the individual identities of all four congregations. The Parish Council

made up of two members from each of the four congregations along with the new

parish secretary/treasurer Tracy Raab then spent the next few months putting togeth-

er the details of the new parish. Though there were some tense moments causing us

to delay the three needed votes that would officially get NSM going, on July 2 all four

congregations voted almost unanimously (only 1 total “nay” among all the congregations) to begin August 1.

On August 13 we had a joint service at Pioneer Park in Ogema at which we celebrated the ordination of 1st Oge-

ma member Sara Bishop, whom I had supervised as an intern at Püha Vaimu (Holy Spirit) Lutheran Church in Tal-

linn, Estonia 2016-17. Pastor Sara is now serving as Assistant Pastor there in Tallinn. Northwest Synod of Wisconsin

Bishop Rick Hoyme also installed Pastor Rick Hall as Lead Pastor of NSM, me as Associate

Pastor, and Luther Seminary student Quinlan Koch as Intern Pastor.

There were other joint services, too. On June 25 we had a great joint service at Lion’s

Park in Prentice hosted by 1st Prentice including a picnic. On July 16 we had a joint ser-

vice and picnic at Somo Lake hosted by Zion Brantwood.

And then on October 29 we celebrated the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, 50

years of ordination by Pastor Michael Meier, and the joint Confirmation of this year’s con-

firmands from our congregations at 1st Ogema. 1st Ogema hosted the service and 1st

Prentice hosted the meal for Pastor Michael and Toni (at 1st Ogema). One bonus is we

had Bishop Rick Hoyme with us twice this year and also Bishop’s Assistant Greg Kauf-

mann!

From a ministry standpoint, the sad part of this year is the resignation of Lead Pastor Rick

Hall to accept a call to a congregation in North Dakota. It is with much sadness and a

variety of other feelings we bid him goodbye in October. But Bishop’s Assistant Greg

Kaufmann quickly found us an interim Pastor, Lowell Bolstad, who will be our Interim Lead

Pastor and lead us through whatever is reflection and planning is needed for as long as

needed until we of Northwoods STaR Ministries call and receive a new pastor (or pastors).

Vacation Bible School was a great success as usual. First Prentice hosted VBS in July with

counselors from Luther Park Bible Camp leading. First Ogema hosted VBS in August

adults and teens from the congregations leading. Though there was some talk about

having only one VBS in the future, I’m betting we will keep two because they offer different kinds of VBS and also

options for when to attend VBS. And, of course, children could choose to go to both.

This fall we began our eighth year of “University Style Confirmation.” At the moment our numbers of confirma-

tion age children are small, which makes it even more important that we’re doing it together.

From Pastor Bob...

Sutlepa Chapel near Tallinn,

Estonia

2017-18 Intern Pastor Quinlan Koch—

Children’s Message

At Pastor Linda’s ordination in

February in Jacksonville, Illinois

Sara Bishop Ordination Pio-

neer Park—August 13

Northwoods STaR Ministries

Installations August 13

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CYF (Christian Youth Fellowship) at 1st Prentice is growing again thanks partially to

the presence of Intern Pastor Quinlan, who, along with a couple parents, accom-

panies interested students from school to church each Wednesday. For those of

you unfamiliar with this, CYF is sort of like Sunday School, only on Wednesdays.

With 4 congregations, there have been even more festivals and suppers, including

the first annual Summer Festival at Lion’s Park, the lasagna supper, fall suppers at

three congregations, and hunters’ suppers. All were well attended and delicious.

These offer food and fellowship to hundreds of people from our communities. They

also offer the opportunity for many people to volunteer their time and talents in giv-

ing, preparing, serving, etc.

I completed my service on the Synod Council and the Executive Committee of the Synod Council in May. One of

my goals is to continue to reduce my pastoral obligations until I am actually working only the 11-16 yours per week I

am currently called to work. That has been difficult this year because of first the lack of a local intern and then

Pastor Rick’s departure. But with the arrival of full time Interim Pastor Lowell in mid-November, I should now be able

to begin to work less and get the time off I am supposed to receive. My prime responsibilities will be supervising

Intern Pastor Quinlan, preaching and leading worship (but less), and other leadership activities as requested by

the Parish Council. Interim Pastor Lowell and Intern Pastor Quinlan will be doing the majority of pastoral ministry.

I also continue to participate in a support group called CARE, which meets in north suburban Chicago monthly

including two overnight retreats per year. I’ve been a part of this group since 1981. It’s a long way to go but more

than worth it. This group has kept me going in life and ministry with its listening and wisdom. This year with all the

ministry changes and personal changes, this group has been especially important to me.

It’s been an interesting year trying to learn how to actually work only part time after 36 years of working 60-70 hours

per week. But the way we arranged the year—with me gone in January and off May-July—has helped me actually

slow down.

Going backwards in time, in February Jo and I were able to attend and participate in the ordination of our 2015-16

intern Linda Strader in Jacksonville, Illinois. It was a great honor to be able to lead the worship for that service. Pas-

tor Linda is now the pastor of a newly formed three-point parish in Central Illinois. Just think, our ministry with her

helped prepare her for that! From the ordination we continued our journey down to Big Bend National Park, Texas,

for a couple weeks of hiking and relaxation.

Our daughter Rachel is in her second year at Luther Seminary studying to become a pastor. So far, she loves it. Our

congregations just keep helping send pastors into the greater church.

Personally, it’s been a trying year. Jo was diagnosed with breast cancer just before Christmas last year and has

spent the year up through October in treatment—chemo, surgery, radiation. To make things worse, the treatments

have made her heart less stable. But for the most part, since the radiation was completed in October, things are

looking up. No evidence of any cancer left at this point.

There’s more, of course—about our church experiences and our personal life—but I’m out of space. You can fol-

low our lives on Facebook or just ask. And, thank you for being part of our lives and our ministry together.

In Christ, Pastor Bob & Jo Giese

(This is the “church” version of Pastor Bob & Jo’s Christmas letter with more emphasis on church activities. Our family vers ion will

be available soon on line or on Facebook, or ask Pastor Bob or Jo for a copy.)

Reformation Sunday Service—October 29, 2017

Joint Service—Somo Lake—July 16 Joint Service—Lion’s Park—June 25

From Pastor Bob...

Rachel, Pastor Bob, Jo

— Timm’s Hill

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Dear Friends of the Northwest Synod of Wisconsin,

The year was 1986 and it was a beautiful December morning in our new home in Minnesota. We had recently

moved and I was preparing my Christmas Eve message for my new congregation. But I was having difficulty fo-

cusing on the task at hand. Each time I attempted to pen relevant and impressive thoughts, my eyes were di-

verted to a photo on my desk; a photo of a baby with thick dark hair and deep brown eyes. Although we had

never met, she had been named and she was loved.

Her name was Laura and Lutheran Social Services had assured us that she would soon be on a plane that

would fly her from Seoul, South Korea to the Minneapolis airport and then into our arms. But for now, she was in

a crib in an orphanage in a faraway land. And that made me sad…

I was sad because this little one would spend her first Christmas alone… or as alone as one can be in a room

filled with cribs. But she would not be held in the arms of loving parents and surrounded with gifts. And that was

sad. And it made me feel alone.

But I had a sermon to write… so back to the words in my Bible and back to the story they told.

“Immanuel” - God with us. This word is first written in the book of Isaiah and then again in the Gospel of Mat-

thew. Both times it is written as a promise that God will be with us, and God will never leave us. It is a promise

that a baby will one day be born and that baby will fulfill the promise of God’s presence with God’s people.

Oh my goodness…could this be true? Could God’s promise not be an ancient one, but one that was being ful-

filled, even as I attempted to write a message of hope to my new people? Is God really with us?

Her first Christmas; wrapped in cloths and lying in a hard bottomed crib in the center of a faraway orphanage.

And God is with her. God had knit her together in her mother’s womb, and God would never leave her. And her

name was Laura. And she was a child of God.

I remember this beautiful December morning often. I remember it when I am feeling alone. I remember it be-

cause I need to believe that God is with me. And that God will never leave me. And I believe it.

This will be my last Christmas message to you as your bishop. Next year at this time, you will read words from a

new bishop but the promise will not change. God is with you. His name is Immanuel and the promise is real.

Have a blessed Christmas and… go to church! God will be there!

Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14b

A Christmas Message from Bishop Hoyme

Notice of Special Congregational Meeting

First Lutheran Church—Westboro

N8909 Business Highway 13

Westboro, WI 54490

Sunday, December 17, 2017

9 am

A Special Congregational Meeting will be

held on December 17, 2017, at 9am. The

purpose of the meeting is to approve the

2018 church budget.

This meeting will be held at the beginning of

service, during the announcements.

Sadie Jensen,

Council President

Notice of Special Congregational Meeting

First Lutheran Church—Ogema


Ogema, WI 54459


11 am

A Special Congregational Meeting will be

held on December 17, 2017, at 11am. The

purpose of the meeting is to approve the

2018 church budget.

This meeting will be held at the beginning of

service, during the announcements.

Scott Raab

Council President

CHURCH

BUDGET

MEETINGS

for

Ogema &

Westboro

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Upcoming Events....

Noisy Offerings For

DECEMBER

You can make a joyful noise at worship services

in December to help support the chosen minis-

tries at each church:

Prentice: Embrace

(Formerly the TimeOut Shelter in Phillips)

Zion: Food Pantry

Ogema: Outreach Fund

Westboro: Community Outreach

The Northwoods STaR Ministries Choir

Presents

Immanuel God With Us

Sunday, December 17th

4:00 PM

First Lutheran Church—Ogema, WI

Date: Sunday,

December 10, 2017

Time: 9 am

Place: First Lutheran

Church—Prentice

Hosted By: Shawnda Hora

(no RSVP needed)

Shawnda is inviting anyone interested to

bring a plate of 12 cookies (all one kind).

And to bring your recipe to share. The

cookie exchange will be held Sunday, De-

cember 10, 2017 at 9 am at First Prentice.

NO RSVP NEEDED—the more the merrier!

Intern Committee News

The next Intern Committee Meeting

will be on December 1, 2017, at First

Lutheran Church –Ogema at 6:30 pm

Sermon feedback is very much appre-

ciated and sought after with the in-

tern process. Feedback may be giv-

en to Intern Pastor Quinlan personally,

Pastor Bob, or any member of the in-

tern committee. Members are: Bev

Heikkinen, Cheryl Steliga, Sherry Sark-

kinen, Dave Pfarr, Lori Tlusty and Irene

Villarreal.

(There are sermon feedback forms

located at each church.)

Live Nativity

In the Barn

December 16, 2017

5:00 pm

Palmquist’s “The Farm”

North River Rd, Brantwood WI

Refreshments to Follow in

The Picaroon Lodge

Sponsored by

Zion Lutheran Church,

Brantwood

Please help support these ministries by

dropping your change in the Noisy Offer-

ing containers at church. We can all

help one coin at a time!

The Giving Tree

Would you like to do some extra "giving" this year? In the

back of the church at First Prentice there is a special tree

with mitten gift tags that list items that are needed and re-

quested by families that find themselves in hard circum-

stances.

If you would like to give to some-

one in need please take a tag

off the tree, purchase the gift,

and MAKE SURE YOU PUT THE TAG

you took off the tree on the pre-

sent, there is a code on the tag

that social services will use to

make sure the gift goes to the

right person.

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Women of the ELCA News

Zion Lutheran Harvest Dinner

Announcements & Opportunities...

Upcoming Meetings and Events—OGEMA

Wednesday, December 13 at Noon

Potluck Christmas Party

Cooking Packing—

(bring 3 dozen wrapped cookies)

Attention Ogema

and Westboro members:

It is time to order your Christ-

mas Poinsettias. Forms are

available at both churches

or an order form is attached

to the last page of this newsletter. You may al-

so call in your order to the Parish office at 715-

767-5155. Orders should be placed by Decem-

ber 11. Plants are $15.00 each.

Bread From the Heart

Bread from the Heart will provide a home cooked

meal, as well as a prayer of healing and hope to

people in need in our community. Please call one

of the following coordinators, they will make the

necessary arrangements.

Amy Esterholm 715-428-2200

Shawnda Hora 715-428-2026

Rebekah Koch 715-922-0374

Dallas Severson 715-564-3328

Here are a few pictures from the Brantwood Harvest Dinner

held on October 28 (Sponsored by Zion Lutheran—Brantwood)

Quilt was made by Karin Kivela.

Thank you to everyone

who helped make this

Harvest Dinner

a success!

Raffle donations

from members

and local

businesses.

W/ELCA Ogema is looking for ladies to help

with the Monthly Food Service. They are also

looking for individuals who would like to volun-

teer to be co-chairman or treasurer.

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Sunday School, Confirmation and Youth...

Upcoming Confirmation Schedule:

December 6, 2017 Elective—Cooking Baking PRENTICE 6:00 –7:30 pm

December 13, 2017 Elective—Christmas Caroling PRENTICE 6:00-7:30 pm

January 3, 2018 Core Course—Lord’s Prayer PRENTICE 5:30—8:00 pm (w/supper)

January 10, 2018 Core Course—Lord’s Prayer ZION 5:30—8:00 pm (w/supper)

January 17, 2018 Core Course—Lord’s Prayer OGEMA 5:30—8:00 pm (w/supper)

January 24, 2018 Elective—Bible Land Masters ZION 6:00 –7:30 pm

January 31, 2018 Elective—What Is Lent? PRENTICE 6:00 –7:30 pm

First Ogema:

Sunday School Christmas Program


11 am

This year our Sunday School students will be

performing Christmas songs and reading

worshipful narration to bring us the sounds

and story of Christmas.

Please join us for this enjoyable Christmas

worship service!

CYF Christmas Program

Wednesday,

December 20, 2017

6 pm at First Prentice

After the CYF Christmas Program,

please join us for a Spaghetti Dinner

First Westboro

Sunday School Christmas Program


9 am

The Sunday School students will be creatively

presenting their Christmas Program using the

alphabet and songs.

Please do not miss this delightful Christmas

worship service!

No Sunday School classes for

Ogema and Westboro on

December 24 and December 31.

An Advent Calendar was prepared by our Confirmation Class.

We are sharing it with you so you may join us in our Advent activ-

ities as you want, or make up your own as you make the journey

to Christmas. Enjoy!

Dec. 3 (Day 1) I will pray for a joyous Advent for all!

Dec. 4 (Day 2) I will do my work well today and with joy for God.

Dec. 5 (Day 3) Do a random act of kindness.

Dec. 6 (Day 4) Bake cookies for shut-ins. Go to Advent Worship

service.

Dec. 7 (Day 5) Go to Christmas Concerts at school.

Dec. 8 (Day 6) I will try to be more thoughtful of others.

Dec. 9 (Day 7) PJ Day! Decorate the tree with Grandma

(or others).

Dec. 10 (Day 8) Put out your Nativity Scene.

Dec. 11 (Day 9) Make a new ornament for the tree.

Dec. 12 (Day 10) Choose something nice to do.

Dec. 13 (Day 11) Go caroling in Prentice after Advent Worship

Service.

Dec. 14 (Day 12) I will keep calm and not lose my temper.

Dec. 15 (Day 13) Drive around and look at Christmas lights and

decorations.

Dec. 16 (Day 14) Visit the Live Nativity at Palmquist Farm.

Dec. 17 (Day 15) Join in the Sunday School Christmas

Service at Ogema & Westboro

Dec. 18 (Day 16) I will try to be more patent today.

Dec. 19 (Day 17) I will make a special effort to be kind to those I

find hard to like.

Dec. 20 (Day 18) Smile at everyone you meet today.

Attend CYF Children’s Service at Prentice.

Dec. 21 (Day 19) I will not complain today even if I must do

things I do not want to do.

Dec. 22 (Day 20) I will be helpful at home these last days before

Jesus’ birth.

Dec. 23 (Day 21) Watch a Christmas movie.

Dec. 24 (Day 22) Spend time with your family. Bring them

to worship!

Dec. 25 Merry Christmas! Celebrate Jesus,

God’s greatest gift to all!

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DECEMBER WORSHIP LEADERS &VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES

December Birthdays & Anniversaries

1 Wendy Cummings

Tim Dunlop

2 Gary Westberg

3 Rachel Nikkila

4 Noelle Foster

James Wiles

5 Kyle Cummings

Jody Hartmann

6 Jeanne Cummings

Ralph Lucht

8 Francis Dums

Marlene Johnson

10 Roxanne Peterson

11 Trevor Komarek

12 Nancy Beard

Bobbie Pipkorn

Beck Bleck

Brandon Rumberg

Amy Esterholm

15 Jessica Kestler

16 Charles Lundeen

Walter Dahlke

17 Amanda Holm

Beverly Hartmann

18 Ken Pearson

Chris Finkler

19 Dolores Olson

20 Ron Arkola

21 Tarek Scott

Lindsay Shaw

Joey Nelson

Kimberly Ertl

23 Olivia Bishop

Ryne Gerstberger

Tim Peterson

Craig Cummings

25 Holly Hakala

26 Daiahna Nikkila

27 Matthew McCormick

Serena Moore

30 Gerald Beaumont

Danny Nikkila

Claryssa Moore

30 Tyler Nikkila

Karen Pearson

1 Bob/Dawn Pipkorn

2 Larry/Jan Walters

4 Neil/Sharon Carlson

19 Rick/Carol Dering

29 Kevin/Jamie Hawkins

31 Kreg/Kathleen White

Pastor Lowell Bolstad Intern Pastor Quinlan

Thursdays: 9 to Noon (Prentice) Wednesdays: Noon to 3 pm (Prentice)

1 Karagan Esterholm

2 Nicholas Cravaack

Duwayne Wiles

3 Caelyn Ulrich

6 Pastor Sandra Johnson

9 Warren Carlson Sr.

Jay Esterholm

13 Jason Steliga

15 Alice Nelson

16 Kiah Kalander

Kim Kalander

Miranda Kalander

Sheridan Kalander

20 Jed Reiten

21 Rachel Carlson

22 Courtney Carlson

Jessica Wear

27 Audrey Bant

31 David Ellis

Stacy Esterholm

First Lutheran—Ogema

Greeters/Ushers

Mark Nyberg

Acolytes

Dec. 3 Emilie Hallstrand & Ryan Griebel

Dec. 10 Leah Nehls

Dec. 17 SS Christmas Program (OPEN)

Dec. 24 (9 pm) Adam Raab & Leah Nehls

Dec. 31 Adam Raab

Altar Service

Tyler Andreae

Food Service

Rhonda Cummings, Sara Griebel,

Wendy Cummings

Lawn Mowing

N/A

First Lutheran—Westboro

Greeters/Ushers

OPEN

Acolytes

OPEN

Altar Service

Joyce Peterson

Food Service Everyone

Reader

Sadie Jensen

Cleaner

Lori Tlusty

Lawn Mowing

N/A

First Lutheran—Prentice

Shepherding Group

Dick & Linda Zielke,

Bob & Bev Hora, Terry Teeters,

Sophia Wiles, Jim Wiles

Acolytes

Dec. 3 Ryan Bergman

Dec. 10 Kal Esterholm

Dec. 17 Je’Ann Johnson

Dec. 24 Ryan Bergman

Dec. 31 Kal Esterholm

First Lutheran Prentice is looking for

someone to shovel sidewalk, ramp

and steps at church. Please contact

the Prentice Church Office at

715-428-2575 if you would be

able to help out!

DECEMBER

(Other times or locations can be scheduled by appointment.)

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December 2017 Calendar of Events

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu F r i Sat

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27

28

29

30

1

6:30 pm

Internship Com-

mittee Mtg (O)

2 6 pm Worship

Milestone Senior

Living - Tomahawk

3 8:30 am Worship (Z)

9 am Worship (O)

9:30 am SS (W)

10:30 am Worship (W)

10:30 am Worship (P)

10:30 am SS (O)

3 pm Parish Choir

5 pm Parish Council

(P)

4 Noon

Sewing

Circle (O)

5 pm Council

Mtg (Z)

6:30 pm Council

Mtg (P)

5 9 am Bible

Study @ First

Prentice

2:30 pm

Pine Village

Bible Study

6 7 am Men’s Prayer

Group @ OPL

10 am Health Group

(O)

12:30 pm Bible Study (Z)

2 pm Jail Ministry Price

County

3:30 pm CYF (P)

5:15 pm Advent Wor-

ship (P) (supper after)

6 pm Confirmation-

Cookie Baking (P)

6:30 pm Advent Wor-

ship (Z)(supper before)

7 pm Choir (O)

7 9 am Quilters

Group @ First

Prentice 9:30 am

Pastors’ Text

Study @ Hill of

Beans

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9


9 am Worship (O)

9 am Cookie Exchange

(P)

9:30 am SS (W)



10:30 am SS (O)

11:30 am Council Mtg

(W)

3 pm Parish Choir

11 Noon Sewing

Circle (O)

12 9 am Bible

Study @ First

Prentice

2:30 pm

Pine Village

Bible Study

13 7 am Men’s Prayer Group

@ OPL

10 am Health Group(O)

Noon W/ELCA Potluck

& cookie packing (O)


3:30 pm CYF (P)

5:15 pm Advent Wor-

ship (P) (supper after) 6 pm Confirmation-

Caroling (P)

6:30 pm Advent Wor-

ship (Z)(supper before)

7 pm Choir (O)

14

15

16 5 pm Live

Nativity @

Palmquist

Farm (sponsored by

Zion Lutheran,

Brantwood)


9 am SS Program (W)


11 am SS program (O) POTLUCK AFTER PROGRAM

4 pm Parish Choir Can-

tata (O)

18 Noon

Sewing

Circle (O)

19 9 am Bible

Study @ First

Prentice

2:30 pm

Pine Village

Bible Study

20 7 am Men’s Prayer Group

@ OPL

10 am Health Group (O)


3:30 pm CYF (P)

6 pm CYF Christmas

Service & Supper (P)

7 pm Choir (O)

21 Chequamegon

Conference

Pastors’ @ Zion

Granton

22

23

24 10:30 am Worship (W)

7 pm Worship (Z)

9 pm Worship (O)

9 pm Worship (P)

25

26 9 am Bible

Study @ First

Prentice

2:30 pm Pine

Village Bible

Study

27 7 am Men’s Prayer

Group @ OPL

10 am Health Group(O)


7 pm Choir (O)

28

29

30


9 am Worship (O)



1 2 3 4 5 6

PB on call PL on call PL on call PL on call IPQ on call IPQ on call PB on call

Pastor Bob at CARE

Dec 14-15 Northbrook, IL

PL=Pastor Lowell

PB=Pastor Bob

IPQ=Intern Pastor Quinlan




PL on call PL on call PL on call PL on call IPQ on call IPQ on call PL on call

Pastor Bob will be off from Dec. 25—Jan. 31

PB on call PL on call PL on call PL on call IPQ on call IPQ on call PL on call

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Northwoods STaR Ministries


Ogema, WI 54459-8340

WORSHIP SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER 2017

Sunday, December 3

1st Sunday of Advent (Communion) 8:30 am Zion Brantwood 10:30 am Prentice Intern Pastor Quinlan & Pastor Bob leading worship

9:00 am Ogema 10:30 am Westboro Pastor Lowell Bolstad leading worship


Special Advent Worship Services

5:15 pm Prentice (supper following worship)

6:30 pm Zion Brantwood (supper before worship) Intern Pastor Quinlan leading worship services

Sunday, December 10

2nd Sunday of Advent 8:30 am Zion Brantwood 10:30 am Prentice Pastor Lowell Bolstad leading worship

9:00 am Ogema 10:30 am Westboro Intern Pastor Quinlan & Pastor Bob leading worship


Special Advent Worship Services

5:15 pm Prentice (supper following worship)

6:30 pm Zion Brantwood (supper before worship) Intern Pastor Quinlan leading worship services

Sunday, December 17

3rd Sunday of Advent (Communion) 8:30 am Zion Brantwood 10:30 am Prentice Pastor Lowell Bolstad leading worship

Sunday School Christmas Programs-

Westboro and Ogema (Communion)

w/ Intern Pastor Quinlan & Pastor Bob 9:00 am Westboro 11:00 am Ogema (Special Congregational Meetings to approve budget

at Westboro and Ogema)


Special CYF Christmas Service

6 pm Prentice (spaghetti supper following worship)

Sunday, December 24

Nativity of Our Lord—Christmas Eve (Communion) 10:30 am Westboro Pastor Lowell Bolstad leading worship

7 pm Zion Brantwood 9 pm Prentice Pastor Lowell Bolstad leading worship

9 pm Ogema Intern Pastor Quinlan & Pastor Bob leading worship

NO SERVICES ON CHRISTMAS DAY.

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$15.00 per single plant in a

6½” pot

ORDER FORM - First Ogema - 2017

In memory of / in honor of: (circle one)

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

Given

by:__________________________________________

# of plants

$ paid

Make checks payable to First Lutheran Church. Drop this form with your check in the

offering basket or mail to the church office by December 11 (or call the office at 715-767-

5155)

First Lutheran Church

W4950 State Hwy. 86

Ogema, WI 54459

ORDER FORM - First Westboro - 2017

First Lutheran Church

N8909 Business Hwy. 13

PO Box 214

Westboro, WI 54490-0214

Make checks payable to First Lutheran Church. Drop this form with your check in the offering

basket or mail to the church, ATTN: Mary Wagenknecht by December 11. Or you may call

the Parish office at 715-767-5155.

(Mark your choice.)

I will bring a poinsettia to church.

I donated money toward a poinsettia.

$15.00 per single plant in a

6½” pot

In memory of / in honor of: (circle one)

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

Given

by:__________________________________________

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