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WEDNESDAY ADULT BIBLE STUDY

4pm - 5pm We are currently doing a

chronological reading of the Bible. For our weekly reading schedule

please contact Pastor Trish.

RUTH CIRCLE (WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY)

Thursday, August 10th 1pm at Salem

August Hostess: Doris Schmidt All are welcome

Wednesday, August 16th 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Please come and bring your friends! Adults $10.00

Children (4-12) $5.00 Under 3 - Free

Watch for the sign-up sheets to bring food and to help.

SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH 2017

September 10th, 2017

following worship.

On the agenda this year:

2 year term Treasurer

2 - Servant Leader Council (SLC)Positions

2018 NEMN Synod Assembly

Delegates & Alternates

3 Nominating Team Members

Endowment Team Members

2018 Proposed Budget

Updated Salem Lutheran Church Constitution and Bylaws

An annual church meeting is

not so much about business

as it is about

Ministry and Mission!

ALL are welcome to join us for a

Tremendous BBQ Picnic Lunch

immediately following the

Annual Meeting

To my dear Salem family,

your cards and calls,

your prayers and gifts of food

were all greatly appreciated

during this time of

recovery from surgery.

Every thought, every kind deed has

been most helpful. I look forward to

being back on schedule at Salem!

Gratefully, Eunice H. Benson

Salem Lutheran Church

The Church Bell

August 2017

Rooted in Christ, to Love, Grow & Serve

JOY GROUP A group of (still working, raising

family, or newly retired) women

desiring to grow stronger in their

relationship with

Jesus, Others & Yourself.

Thursday, August 24th 6:30pm

at a site to be determined (will be

revealed in postcard)

Invite your friends!

Please RSVP Pastor Trish so we

know how many to plan for.

SALEM SMORGASBORD

For more information about becoming a

Member

Associate Member

or Friend

of Salem, please contact

the church office or Pastor Trish.

Our next New Member Sunday will be

September 10, 2017

All are welcome here!

AUCTION ITEMS If you have items you want

to donate to the church

for the annual auction

you may bring them yourself by coming

to the office for the key to the storage

building or if you need help getting

your items to the church please call the

church office or Ron Wiehle

and someone will come out to

pick-up your donations.

Thank you!

Ron Wiehle - 363-3070

Office - 363-2011

SALEM’S ANNUAL AUCTION

Saturday, August 12th

All proceeds, after expenses are

donated to Local Needs, Salem’s

Needs (as they arise) and

Camp Scholarships.

MUSIC IN THE PARK To host Roe Family Singers

August 27

The Roe Family Singers will appear

in concert at the gazebo in the park

area of Salem Lutheran Church on

Sunday, August 27, at 5pm.

The two-hour concert

will feature the good-time,

old-time hillbilly band from the

community at the headwaters

of the Mississippi River,

Kirkwood Hollow, MN.

The group is led by wife & husband,

Kim Roe (Best Female Vocalist, City

Pages / Village Voice) and Quillan Roe

(Accident Clearinghouse).

The band is known for its blends

of characteristic old-time sound with

rock & roll urgency and influence.

Joined by as many as seven musicians,

and featuring banjo, autoharp, guitar,

and washboard, the band and

family of fans have been regularly filling

the Minneapolis 331 Club every

Monday night since 2005.

In 2010 the band opened for both

Doc Watson and Del McCoury, each

playing at the Cedar Cultural Center;

the Grascals at the MBOTMA Winter

Bluegrass Weekend; and Jim Kweskin

and Geoff Muldaur at the National Jug

Band Jubilee in Louisville, KY.

In 2011 the group was awarded the

prestigious McKnight Fellowship

for Performing Musicians,

and has previously won the title of

World’s Best at the 20th annual

Battle of the Jug Bands.

With a mix of original music and

contemporary takes on old-time,

traditional, and gospel tunes,

every performance raises a ruckus.

Bring lawn chairs, blankets and

a picnic lunch to enjoy this concert.

Popcorn and lemonade will be

available. In case of rain, the concert

will take place inside the church.

The last concert in the

Music in the Park series will be the

Grand Rapids Area Male Chorus on

September 17. (indoors).

LUTHER AND THE REFORMATION DOCU-DRAMA

SUNDAY, AUGUST 20TH - 6:00PM AT SALEM ON THE “BIG SCREEN”

Join us for Rick Steves’ PBS video of the dramatic and sweeping religious,

social, economic and political conditions, and events in the

16th century that rocked Europe and changed the world forever.

Lively discussion following video of what it all meant then and means for us

Today. Refreshments will be served.

Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the

Reformation

Message from Pastor Trish CALLED TOGETHER

Sometime during my high school years I sensed that God might be calling me into ministry…to be a pastor

specifically, but I had a few issues with this. First, I saw pastors as nearly perfect in every way and knew full

well the extent of my imperfections. Second, I had never met nor heard of any woman being a pastor and as

much as I claimed my inner ‘tomboy,’ I was still very much a girl. And third, it was required of pastors in the

Lutheran church that they learn Greek and Hebrew and my German high school teacher had made it blaringly

clear that second languages was not one of my strengths.

There were other reasons as well, too many to mention actually, and no matter how many reasons I tried to

put in God’s way to calling me to be an ordained pastor, God did not give up. This journey has not been easy

and when asked why or how I became a pastor my answer is always the same, “God!” God called, I answered

and ‘here I am.’

It is not surprising that we find one story after another in the Bible of others being called to do things they did

not believe they could do, or some like me, who simply did not want to do what God was calling them to do -

Moses, Joshua, Gideon, Noah, the Apostle Paul just to name a few. Whether we are insecure about our

abilities, following not just a dream but an unquenchable passion, or speaking God’s message of hope and

justice and love for all people, we can be sure that the journey will not be easy but we will never walk alone.

God is always with us.

All of God’s children are called to ministry in one way or another. Each of us has a passion for some aspect of

God’s work in our church, our communities and our world, and each of us is equipped by God to do the work

we are called to do. Our response is to answer, “Here I am,” and allow God to work with us, in us and

through us.

We are not perfect, we make

mistakes and we sometimes

struggle with one another and with the ways

God is calling us to be in ministry together,

but we have each other and the Holy Spirit

to guide us. And when asked why we do what

we do we can as I have done, blame God…

God has called us, we answered

and here we are.

In Christ’s love, Pastor Trish

3 Sharon Fischer

3 Dennis Hagen

3 Kathy Callies

3 Emery Hanson

4 Nancy Loren

5 Tim Marr

7 Judy Czeck

10 Joan Alley

11 Zachary

Semmler

12 Leila Duval

14 Virgil Pofahl

14 Jamey Gross

16 Gerise

Thompson

17 Traci Wicks

19 Barb McCuskey

20 Joy Mills

21 Mary Kay

Googins

23 Todd Wheeler

23 Robert Helling

28 John Weins

28 Doris Nelson

28 Elsie Hagen

30 Todd Elison

31 Bob Kohanek

31 Judy Saxerud

2 Dale and Dee Hillstrom

3 Jim and Martha Limburg

5 Skip and Terry Rosen

7 Gary and Judy Ginder

11 John and Judy Bogard

17 Mark and Barb Nordstrom

19 Dan and Sara Holmdahl

24 David and Judy Saxerud

26 Jamey and Rachel Gross

28 Wally and Shari Pretzer

28 Craig and Amy Johnson

Ruth Lerom , Co-Chair

Shari Pretzer, Co-Chair

Kathy Joiner

Ginny Muller

Karen Osmundson

Avis Savre

Carol Zahn

August

August Team Captain Karen Nelson - 363-3456

Sign up on our Hospitality Kiosk in the

sanctuary to help usher, lay read, greet,

or help serve communion or fellowship.

Join us for Worship

Sundays at 9am All are welcome here! We apologize if we missed your

birthday or anniversary, please call

the church office and let us know.

AUGUST

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 9:00am Bone Builders 2:00pm Pastor’s Text Study 6:30pm Beth Moore Bible Study

2 9:30am Music in the Park Meeting 4:00pm Adult Bible Study 5:00-6:00pm WATW Meal 6:30pm Choir Rehearsal

3 9:30am Property Team 3:00pm Finance Team 6:00pm Recovering Couples Anon. (RCA)

4 8:45am Staff Meeting 9:00am Bone Builders

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6 9:00am Communion Worship 10:00am Fellowship

7 1:00pm Busy Needles

8 9:00am Bone Builders 9:30am SMT Meeting 2:00pm Pastor’s Text Study 6:30pm Beth Moore Bible Study

9 9:30am WMT Meeting 10 - 11:30am Matter of Balance Reunion 4:00pm Adult Bible Study 5:00-6:00pm WATW Meal 6:30pm Choir Rehearsal

10 1:00pm Ruth Circle 3:00pm Tech Team 6:00pm Recovering Couples Anonymous (RCA) 6:30pm LMT Meeting

11 8:45am Staff Meeting 9:00am Bone Builders 9:30am EMT Meeting AUCTION SET UP

12 10:00am Salem’s Auction 9:30am Long Lake Property Owners Association Annual Meeting

13 9:00am Worship 10:00am Fellowship



16 4:00pm Adult Bible Study 5:00-6:30pm Smorgasbord 6:30pm Choir Rehearsal

17 4:30pm SLC Meeting 6:00pm Recovering Couples Anonymous (RCA)


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20 9:00am Communion Worship 10:00am Fellowship



23 4:00pm Adult Bible Study 5:00-6:00pm WATW Meal 6:30pm Choir Rehearsal

24 6:00pm Recovering Couples Anonymous (RCA)


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27 9:00am Worship 10:00am Fellowship 5:00pm Music in the Park



30 4:00pm Adult Bible Study 5:00-6:00pm WATW meal 6:30pm Choir Rehearsal

31 6:00pm Recovering Couples Anonymous (RCA)

Vacation Bible School - August 1 to August 4 - 9am to Noon

Servant Leadership Council Meeting July 20, 2017 Unapproved Minutes

Present: Barb Anderson, Pastor Trish, Don Falls, Dave Trampe, Sara Felton, Jan Stadtherr, Dennis Zuelke, Beth Tobiason

1. The meeting was called to order at 4:30pm.

2. Pastor Trish led the opening prayer and the devotions based on Deuteronomy 8:17-18.

3. Motion: approve this meetings agenda: Anderson/Stadtherr/passed.

4. Ministry Team Highlights and concerns:

a. EMT - A suggestion has surfaced that starting on an agreed upon date all transactions involving money be confined to the

fellowship hall in an effort to ease congestion in the narthex and increase the spiritual atmosphere of that space. Teams will

be asked to consider the idea and give their feedback for the Aug. SLC meeting.

b. LMT - Both VBS and SS need volunteers and the LMT needs to recruit new members.

c. RDMT - The leak on the new flat roof is under warranty. The shed roof has been replaced. Ramp rails on the gazebo have

been repaired. The mulch over the landscaping fabric at the road sign need to be replaced. Repairs are a never ending

expense. There is a reserve for major property repairs but it is not adequately funded. Carpet squares are being considered

for rug replacement by area. The finance committee meets on August 3 and team budgets need to be in. The finance

committee doesn’t take minutes but perhaps they would be helpful. The current Columbarium landscaping is being privately

funded.

d. SMT - Now meets every other month. Concerns over the competition caused by WATW has been expressed on behalf of

the smorgasbord committee.

e. WMT - Concern over which version of The Lord’s Prayer will be used was expressed. Also questioned was the inclusion

of budget deficit figures in the bulletin. Budget increases are also a concern.

5. Pastor’s Report

Pastor Trish spoke about her call and the many Biblical allusions about others being called to do what they did not believe

they could do. Reinforcing her call to ordained ministry was the baptism of Julian Kitchenhoff at Whipholt Beach, and the

Celebration of Life for Dick Cross in Lakeville. She noted 2 new groups meeting at Salem, the JOY Group and Recovering

Couples Anonymous. Nine new church members joined Salem in June. Pastor Trish has been invited to apply for a

Collegeville Institute Fellowship in order to participate in the Collegeville Institute Rural Minnesota Fellows Program and is

considering applying.

6. SLC Ministry Work

a. Focus for 2017, Reformation Sunday and 500th anniversary

Martin Luther docudrama movie will be shown Aug. 20 at 6pm, with discussion at the tables during refreshments.

The Reformation banner is in place.

b. Visioning (included in above).

7. New Business

a. Preparation for Salem’s annual meeting. The nominating committee has been activated with the list of needed candidates.

Meeting is Sept. 10. The second reading of the proposed Salem constitution will take place this year, 2017. Several

additions to the by laws will be presented. The budget will be presented.

b. Other new business

The Longville Chamber has proposed that Salem conduct bingo games at next year’s 4th of July festivities, all proceeds

going to Salem. The SLC proposed a 2 month period to research the proposition.

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Help Wanted: Salem Treasurer

As of September 2017, Salem will be in need of a new treasurer. Our current treasurer has done a wonderful job but would like to ‘retire.’ The position entails working with Salem’s financials, budget and accounting system, as well as

preparing reports with Salem’s secretary for council meetings and as needed. Training will be provided but a knowledge of fund accounting or experience working with finances is helpful.

Benefits include: Free - All the coffee you can drink, occasional Donuts (also Free),

and “Casual Dress Fridays” everyday!

Please contact Ardis Aagard or the Church Office if you have

any questions or would like to be put on the ballot for the Treasurer Position at Salem’s Annual Meeting in September.

8. Review

a. Motion - approve last meeting minutes - Anderson/Trampe/passed .

b. Monthly financial report

Motion - divide the remaining balance in the 2016 auction proceeds fund according to the usual terms -

Anderson/Tobiason/passed.

Motion - accept monthly financial report - Anderson/Stadtherr/passed.

c. Meeting objectives have been met.

9. Motion: adjourn meeting: Stadtherr/Tobiason/passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:30pm.

The meeting closed with the Lord’s Prayer.

Respectfully submitted,

Sara Felton, Secretary

MANY THANKS for all your prayers, thoughts,

support and love sent our way.

My “up north” family means the world

to me as well as it did to Dick.

Sandy Cross & Family

Our Monthly Financial Report As of June 30, 2017

General Fund Beginning Balance 6/1/17 $-12,252

Receipts 6/1/17 - 6/30/17 $ 21,603

Disbursements 6/1/17 - 6/30/17 $-17,826

General Fund Balance 6/30/17 $ -8,475

REMINDER: $4929 is needed weekly to support the 2017 budget

approved at the 2016 Annual Congregational Meeting.

With God’s Blessing, Ardis Aagard, Church Treasurer

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS GIVING

SALEM CHURCH STAFF Rev. Trisha Jorgenson, Pastor

Cell Number: 320-248-9479

Email: [email protected]

Carol Raines, Secretary / Bookkeeper

Office Phone: 218-363-2011

Office Email: [email protected]

Jan Elliott & Eunice Benson, Organists

Charlene Olson, Choir Director

Joan Kickhafer, Custodian

Salem Lutheran Church Website

www.salemlongville.org

Office Hours

Monday - Thursday 9:00am - 5:00pm

Friday 9:00am - 3:00pm

Salem Lutheran Church 1340 County Road 5

PO Box 136 Longville, MN 56655

Rooted in Christ to Love, Grow & Serve

SALEM MINISTRY TEAMS

Servant Leadership Council (SLC) Don Falls, President Dave Trampe Barb Anderson, Vice President Beth Tobiason Sara Felton, Secretary Jan Stadtherr Ardis Aagard, Treasurer Dennis Zuelke

Executive Management Team (EMT) SLC President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer

Learning Ministry Team (LMT) Beth Tobiason, Facilitator & Council Liaison

Resource Ministry Team (RMT) Ardis Aagard, Facilitator

Dave Trampe, Council Liaison

Serving Ministry Team (SMT) Terry Daudt, Facilitator

Barb Anderson, Council Liaison Dennis Zuelke, Council Liaison

Worship Ministry Team (WMT) Jan Stadtherr, Facilitator & Council Liaison

ALL are welcome to join any of our ministry teams. If you are interested in any of the areas listed above or have questions

about how each team serves, please contact one of the team leaders or call the church office.

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