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HELPING HANDS ASSIGNMENTS Month of October 2020

USHERING:

Sunday, Oct. 4 at 10 a.m.: Chad & Amy Wobbema family

Sunday, Oct. 11 at 10 a.m.: Matt & Allison Pfeiffer family

Sunday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m.: Kent & Sheila Brown family

Sunday, Oct. 25 at 10 a.m.: Kristy O’Connor family

READER: Sunday, October 4: Susette Allmaras

CO-CHAIRPERSONS: Susette Allmaras & Sheri Anderson

FUND: Carpet Fund

COFFEE FELLOWSHIP:

Sunday, Oct. 4 at 9:15 a.m.: No coffee fellowship

Sunday, Oct. 11 at 9:15 a.m.: No coffee fellowship

Sunday, Oct. 18 at 9:15 a.m.: No coffee fellowship

Sunday, Oct. 25 at 9:15 a.m.: No coffee fellowship

Please note: If you cannot do your task, please find someone to switch with! If you cannot find someone to switch, please notify a chairperson.

Thanks for your help!

Attention Ushers: Please fill out the Usher Report provided at the back of the church on the shelf by the offering plates. It is important that you take a head count and put the number on the report. There is also a sheet on the

bulletin board with the duties of the ushers.

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What is THAT? A Fun Story from Pastor Amy

I arrived in New Rockford on April 19th for my “in-person socially distanced” interview to be your pastor. I knew what the outside of the church looked like from the website, Google, and because I had been to New Rockford when I served my internship year in Binford. But I had not seen any pictures of the inside of the church sanctuary. I walked in and was greeted by the friendly faces of the call committee members. As I walked further in, I looked to the left and saw a big screen tv on the wall. The whole screen was filled with an image of a church sanctuary.

For a second, I thought maybe it was a screen saver image. Then, I thought maybe it was a picture of my home church in Bottineau… I mean, it sure looked like it. I pointed at the tv and said, “Um, what is THAT?” The friendly faces explained that it was the sanctuary; that there is a camera that projects the sanctuary onto the tv screen in the fellowship hall. I stood there dumbfounded and delighted. I was dumbfounded because the sanctuary here at First Lutheran is exactly the same design as the church in Bottineau where I grew up. Oh, and the name of that church is also First Lutheran. Check out the picture! See?!

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Thanks to all who continue to send in their offering, even if you are not yet attending in-person worship services. Seeing our financial numbers staying strong during the pandemic shows just how important the ministry of First Lutheran is to our members! We appreciate you all and your continued support of FLC! 7th & 8th graders and parents will meet for a Faith Stepping Stone class on Saturday, Oct. 3rd from 1-3 p.m. or Sunday, Oct. 11th from 6-8 p.m. Please get your registration forms to the church office. A special worship service will be held on Sunday, October 18th to cel-ebrate our 100 years in ministry, hope you can join us! What is the Synod Endowment Day? It is our once per year opportunity to support the EaND Synod Endow-ment Fund. What is the Synod Endowment Fund? Good question! The Synod Endowment Fund is an amazing ministry of the Eastern ND Synod of our church. It was established in 2000 to help our synod recruit and retain strong pastoral leadership. How does the fund accomplish this? This fund currently provides: Scholarships to Seminarians Student Loan Repayment for Pastors Pension Funds for Pastors Funding for Rural Congregations to Host Pastoral Interns How can you donate to this important fund? Another great question! On Sunday, October 4, and Wednesday Octo-ber 7, we will receive a special offering. Checks should be made out to “EaND Synod Endowment Fund”. A note from Pastor Amy: I am just so thrilled to lead a congregation that donates to this fund. Each semester of my four years at seminary, I received $2000 from this fund. It made all the difference in my financial situation. My seminary classmates were all a bit jealous that their synods did not support them at the level of my synod. This is a ministry we can be really proud of in Eastern ND Synod. Thank you in advance for your generosity

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(Pastor Amy - continued from pg. 1) In addition to being dumbfounded, I was indeed delighted; delighted be-cause God is just that cool. God had a plan and it was becoming clearer by the minute. Members of the call committee took me into the sanctuary and I literally got verklempt and weak in the knees. I immediately was transported into my past, remembering exactly where I knelt at the rail for my first commun-ion on my confirmation day. Standing in our sanctuary that day felt like a big warm hug from Jesus, a sign that First Lutheran Church in New Rockford was my church home. And to add just one more layer of wonderment to this story, here is a pic-ture of my church in West Fargo, where I was a member and employee for just over a decade. This is where I taught children’s ministry twice a week…

Yah, God is pretty cool like that.

And I am indeed home with all of you!

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(Worship—continued from pg. 7)

Listen Anywhere Did you know there are actually three ways to listen to church on Sunday mornings?

* Radio- KDAK 1600 AM * Stream Live- head over to www.newsdakota.com and click on

“Listen”, then click on “Radio Stations Listen Live” and then on “KDAK Listen Live”

Download the App on your phone or tablet. Just search for “KDAK the Cardinal” in your app store.

We are committed to helping radio listeners be as connected as possi-

ble, both during this pandemic and beyond it. Please let us know if you have any ideas for how we can best do that.

Memorials given during September:

CARPET FUND

IMO Margaret Bollingberg, by

Marilyn Gedrose IMO Marlin Bjornson, by

Tim & Amy Perleberg Marilyn Gedrose Metta McDowell

Arlene Weber Carol Edinger

Suzie & Joey Wobbema Roy & Doreen Taylor Jim & Fern Schuster

IMO Eileen Dockter, by Marilyn Gedrose

HOPES & DREAMS

IMO Eileen Dockter, by Bev Clifton

SCHOLARSHIP FUND

IMO Beulah Bjugstad, by

Allan & Gail Weisenburger

IMO Marlin Bjornson, by

Allan & Gail Weisenburger

Joyce & Bill Starke

Mary & Mick Jury

Nancy & Chuck Ludwig

Ardyce Snyder

Verna Guler

Sharon Hirchert

RADIO FUND

IMO Brenda Starke, by

Roger & Betty Westby

IMO Eileen Dockter, by

Roger & Betty Westby

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CHURCH RECORDS

ATTENDANCE: OFFERING: Sept. 2 - 5 $ 150.00

Sept. 6 - 57 $1,745.00

Sept. 9 - 9 $ 70.00

Sept. 13 - 42 $1,087.00

Sept. 16 - 12 $ 215.00

Sept. 20 - 65 $4,116.50

Sept. 23 - 5 $ 150.00

Sept. 27 - 38 $1,615.00

WEEKLY NEED: $ 2,839.76 Y-T-D EXPENSES: $ 99,177.36 Y-T-D OFFERING: $103,420.58 Y-T-D BUDGET: $110,750.42

General Fund (Checking Account)

Balance as of 9/29/2020: $14,684.60

SPECIAL ACCOUNTS: Property Fund: $18,894.66

Hopes & Dreams: $1,605.32 Banner Fund: $189.99 Music Fund: $47.20

Budget Reserve: $4,035.31 Thrivent Choice: $452.00 Noisy Offering: $796.50

FLC Men’s group: $2,503.98 Carpet Fund: $7,616.71

100th Anniversary: $3,609.84

Special Account (Savings Account)

Balance as of 9/29/2020: $39,751.51

Susette Allmaras Tom & Sheri Anderson

Kent & Sheila Brown family Marlo & Bonnie Byberg

Jim & Michelle Fleming family Bruce & Donna Gedrose

Deb Holly Nancy Ludwig Barry McNett

Kristy O’Connor family Larry & Bev Pederson Ami Peterson family

Matt & Allison Pfeiffer family Ardyce Snyder

Chad & Amy Wobbema family Michael & Chelsey Zeltinger family

Acolyte Schedule: Sunday, October 4

Bradyn Collier & Mathew Schuster Sunday, October 11:

Kaiya O’Connor & Hannah Chamber-lain

Sunday, October 18: Bennett Meier & Brody Weisenburger

Sunday, October 25: Addysen Fandrich & Abigail Nystrom

October (Group 5)

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Thanks to all the sponsors of our radio broadcasts!

Sept. 6: IMO Jack McDowell, by Metta McDowell and family.

Sept. 13: IMO Doris Jordan, by Tom & Kathy Ryan.

Sept. 20: IMO Char Lesmeister, by Wayne Lesmeister and family.

Sept. 27: IMO Glenn & Tillie Collier, by Cindy & Glenda Collier and Larry Danduran.

All Sunday broadcasts for 2020 are booked. If you would like to sponsor

a 2021 broadcast, please call the church office. The cost is $50 for a Sunday. Thank you for all the sponsorships!

SEPTEMBER 2020:

BAPTISMS:

WEDDINGS:

FUNERALS:

Marlin Bjornson on 9/15/20

Eileen Dockter on 9/16/20

TRANSFERS:

ALTAR COMMITTEE for October

Lisa Longnecker

Lynnae Lies

Traci Harrington

Your 2020 schedules are

in your church mailbox!

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CHURCH COUNCIL Property/Stewardship Board-Projects at the parsonage and church were discussed. OLD BUSINESS Sexual Misconduct Policy- Carissa received information on writing a sexual misconduct policy for insurance purposes and will contact the rest of the committee to begin working on it. SMASH-Will discuss the direction of SMASH with Pastor Amy. NEW BUSINESS Extra Benevolence-After discussion that the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd has canceled the Fall Bazaar this year and is asking for money in lieu of pies, Jon moved to give $100 to the LHGS, Corey seconded the motion, motion carried. COVID-19 Safety-First Lutheran does not have a COVID-19 safety policy. There was discussion about various functions being held at the church and proper social distancing procedures. Bruce will visit with funeral home staff and ask about their current policy in regards to COVID. Pastor Amy and Amy Perleberg will develop a sanitation process for users to follow. School Use of Fellowship Hall-the Council felt it would be accepta-ble for the school to continue using the fellowship hall with the un-derstanding that they will be responsible to sanitize the area after use. Fall Supper-The annual Fall Supper will be canceled this year due to COVID-19. The meeting closed with the Lord’s Prayer. Respectfully submitted, Shelly Ehni

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CHURCH COUNCIL

First Lutheran Church Council met on September 9, 2020. In attend-ance were Bruce Hirchert, Melony Allmaras, Ardyce Snyder, Jon Johnson, Carissa Johnson, Corey Longnecker, Dan Shroyer, Janine Anderson, Pastor Amy and Shelly Ehni. The meeting was called to order by president Bruce Hirchert. The agenda was approved. Devotions and Prayer- Pastor Amy led us in devotions and prayer. Secretary’s Report-Janine made a motion to accept the minutes as written. Ardyce seconded the motion, motion carried. Financial & Treasurer's report-as of September 9, the checking account showed a balance of $18,052.45. Dan made a motion to approve the financial report, Jon seconded the motion. Motion carried. Correspondence-Thank you’s were received from Pastor Amy and Nathan Holzworth. Cards of Care-Pastor Amy asked that the council send out cards of care each month to others celebrating major events, celebrations, bereavement, or needing to know they are in our prayers. 100th Anniversary Update-A letter has been sent out to former pastors informing them about the postponement of the 100th Anni-versary celebration. REPORTS Pastor’s Report- Pastor Amy shared that she has performed a baptism, wedding and funeral. Board of Education-The Board of Ed will meet again on September 23rd to discuss the direction of SMASH.

Lay Ministry/Evangelism-Discussed how to perform home delivery communion. Will be developing a worship planning committee.

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Women’s Ministry September 2020

Beautiful Fall Day Greetings! Our wishes for health and peace are what we have for you this month. I know all of you will be as happy as we will be when we can get back to “doing things” in church. In the meantime, we must do all we can to make lives better, for ourselves and those around us. Keep our spirits up by praying to our Almighty Father in heaven, and then do all the earthly things we are supposed to do, including hand washing, etc. It seems funny to me as I can remember Mother telling me, “wash your hands!” May God bless us, each and every one, and may HE continue to be with us in His world in this time. Ardyce Snyder and Betty Westby, co-chairpersons

First Lutheran Foundation

The Foundation was established in 2009 to create an entity for contributions to FLC programs with tax favorability to donors. Contributions allocated according to these guidelines: 25% to Endowment (only interest is used); 25% to FLC programs; 25% to community projects; 25% to Missions.

Professional advice is available through ELCA. Contact your tax advisor for State and Federal tax benefits. Contact Founda-tion board members for more information: Bruce Hirchert, Jeanette Perleberg, Richard Carlson, Amy Perleberg & Dori Tollefson.

Please remember First Lutheran Foundation in your Estate and Financial planning!

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1st - Bailey Baumbach 2nd - Stephanie Grossman 3rd - Stacy Benz Rynna Jorgensen 5th - Allen Roscoe Rick Swenson 7th - Koby Duda Luann Johnson 9th - Bill Bachmeier Donna Gedrose Wendy Lesmeister Ann Eva Smith 13th -Debra Lommen Joan Shroyer 14th -Beau Baumbach

If you find that your birthday isn’t listed, or if the date is wrong, please

let us know.

18th -Tim Tollefson 19th -Mya Cudworth 20th -Tara Seward Marydean Weinmann 21st - Bev Clifton Neal Rud 22nd -Ed Brecto Carissa Johnson 23rd -Teigan Neumiller Jim Wobbema 24th –Jaxson Buck 25th -Bruce Gedrose Betty Westby 29th -Easton Benz 30th -Allan Weisenburger 31st - Duane Duda

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Worship Here or There By Pastor Amy

Holy Communion at Home The church is anywhere people gather in Jesus’ name. In the midst of this global pandemic, we gather as the body of Christ both in the sanctuary and in our homes via the radio broadcast. Wherev-er and however we gather, we worship together. Holy Communion is a special meal we celebrate when we worship together. The bread and wine are the real presence of Jesus, and we trust that Jesus is really with us in this meal. Our desire is that all worshipers are able to partake in the sacrament of Holy Communion. To this end, we have purchased prefilled communion cups (see picture). These cups contain both the juice and communion wafer in a single two-part container. You simply peel back one seal to remove the wafer and then a second seal for the juice. How wonderful is that? Love, grace, and forgiveness in a conven-ient “at home” package! Consider preparing a worship space in your home. Find a small side table and create an altar. Consider a nice doily, placemat, or cloth. Place a Bible on the altar and a small cross. Light a candle or two in preparation for worship. Place your prefilled communion cup on a fancy plate. Then partake of the bread and wine with these words, “This is the body and blood of Christ shed for you.” Pastor Amy will consecrate the “to go” communion cups and we will deliver a three-month supply to you at your home. Please call or email the church right away to say “yes” to communion at home. Make a Joyful Noise at Home We can’t sing in the sanctuary, so we are relying on those of you who are at home and able to sing loudly, to make a joyful noise for all of us! And to that end, we have hymnals we would love to loan to you for the duration of the pandemic. We will be happy to deliv-er one along with the communion elements. Call or email the church to say “yes” to a hymnal at home. Check Out the Bulletin and Scriptures You can now access the weekly bulletin and Scripture readings on our website! Go to www.flcnewrock.org and click on “Weekly Bulletins” to follow along during worship. (continued on pg. 10)

http://www.flcnewrock.org