Schedule

• Sunday, November 5 @ 9 a.m. – Worship Service; @ 10:15 – Choir practice
• Wednesday, November 8 @ 6:30 p.m. – Youth Food Drive, Council Meeting
• Sunday, November 12 @ 9 a.m. – Worship Service; @10:15 – Choir practice; @ 3 p.m. – Pipe Organ Recital at Clarkfield Lutheran Church

Joys and Concerns

• Concerns – Bea Read’s brother, Harold Anderson, has been in the hospital; family of Jack Masters; family of Sandy Finnes.
• Joys – Two Somali women have joined the St. Cloud Apollo swim team; Terry’s grandnephew is interested in farming; Peggy spent time traveling with Katie and Julia; thanks to Terry & Peggy for stepping up to do today’s service; Helen’s friend Becky is home after surgery for a brain aneurism.

Next week’s readings

• Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25
• Ps 78:1-7
• 1 Thess 4:13-18
• Matt 25:1-13

Schedule

• Sunday, September 24 @ 9 a.m. – Worship; Choir Rehearsal following worship
• Wednesday, September 27 @ 4 p.m. – Confirmation
• Thursday, September 28 @ 6:30 p.m. – Joint Council Meeting
• Sunday, October 1 @ 9 a.m. – Worship; Choir Rehearsal following worship

Joys and Concerns

• Concerns: Wildfires in the west and floods in the south; Sue K. is leaving for Arizona Wednesday – joy and concern; health issues and added casts they bring; genocide of the Rohingya people in Myanmar.
• Joys: Council voted to send disaster funds to MN conference; Bill & Sue’s Arizona pastor in D.C. lobbying on boarder issues; people before us had wisdom to set land aside from development.

Schedule

• Sunday, September 17 @ 9 a.m. – Worship; Choir Rehearsal following worship
• Wednesday, September 20 @ 4 p.m. – Confirmation; 5:30 p.m. – Pastoral Relations, Highway Clean-up
• Thursday, September 21 @ 7 p.m. – Circle of Stone @ Kvams
• Sunday, September 24 @ 9 a.m. – Worship; Choir Rehearsal following worship

Joys and Concerns

• Concerns: Hurricane and flood victims of the Gulf Atlantic coastal areas; Pearl Lenzen for the loss of her brother Ralph; Earthquake victims in Mexico; all those who struggle with mental illness; wildfires in the western US; Molly Jaenish; Tom Agre.
• Joys: Having Emily Wright here to share her story; the choir is back; thanks to Steve for fixing the shed door; Laura B. accepted to Univ. of Bulgaria for study; new school year.

Schedule

• Sunday, September 10 @ 9 a.m. – Worship; Choir Rehearsal following worship
• Wednesday, September 13 @ 4 p.m. Confirmation; 6:30 p.m. – Council Meeting
• Sunday, September 17 @ 9 a.m. – Worship; Choir Rehearsal following worship; @ 5 p.m. – Community Meal at the Granite Falls Lutheran

Joys and Concerns

• Concerns – Beulah Miller; Pearl & her brother’s family as he passed away; family of Dale Arneson; Slettedahl family in the loss of Bob & Dave’s sister Barb; Cathy Schaub; Gulf Coast people dealing with flooding & devastation
• Joys – Pearl’s birthday – September 6th; Karen Halling birthday – September 6th; 55th class reunion for Duwayne & Sally; choir sings next Sunday; Dick & Sharon went to Chanhassen; Barb Gustafson says hi

Schedule

• Sunday, August 13 @ 9 a.m. – Worship/Communion
• Sunday, August 20 @ 9 a.m. – Worship/NOISY OFFERING

Joys and Concerns

• Concerns: Liz DeBlieck; Steve Schaub; Lori Carter; shooting in Florida; bombing of the mosque in Bloomington
• Joys: Hallings new outhouse is ready; Dee Lundberg & UCC Church in Casper (visit MTV News’ website to view the video)

Please see attached.

August2017 ENCOUNTER (2).pdf

Schedule

• Sunday,August 6 @ 9 a.m. – Worship/Communion
• Wednesday, August 9 @ 6:30 p.m. – Council Meeting
• Sunday, August 13 @ 9 a.m. – Worship

Joys and Concerns

• Concerns: War in Yemen, Somalia & Sudan
• Joys: Terry asked to present at Pilgrim Point a camp of 50 children from the cities on agriculture; seeing old people and learning new things

Schedule

• Sunday, July 30 @ 9 a.m. – Worship Service
• Thursday August 3 @ 7 p.m. – Circle of Stones at Sharon’s
• Sunday August 6 @ 9 a.m. – Worship Service

Joys and Concerns

• Concerns: Dan – his anxiety and his attempts to deal with it; famine in Sudan & Somalia; Problems in Jerusalem; Liz DeBlieck; Steve Schaub
• Joys: beautiful morning; Audrey’s reunion and John’s reunion coming up; Pat Putnam’s 90th birthday; new organizer for urban work; Lori Carter is home and healing

Schedule

• Sunday July 9 @ 9 a.m. – Worship Service
• Sunday July 16 @ 9 a.m. – Worship Service

Joys and Concerns

• Concerns: Liz DeBlieck; Steve Schaub; Pearl’s granddaughter Jenny; Travelers during this 4th of July week
• Joys: Norm & Sybil Pavey’s 50th wedding anniversary; UCC General Synod going on in Baltimore now

Please see attached for this month’s Encounter.

July 2017 ENCOUNTER (2).pdf