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I Have Some Good News… If you remember back to the season of Advent, Pastor Ben and I shared with you that this year in worship we will read a lot from the book of Mark. We began our first week focusing on the very beginning when Mark announces, “This is the beginning of the good news…” While we took a break from Mark when we entered into Lent and the Easter Season, we are now jumping back into the book of Mark for the beginning of the summer. Just as Mark began by stating, “I have good news to share”, I too, want to begin by saying “I also have good news to share!” This summer, we have great worship opportunities at Holy Trinity that we want you to know about (both on Sundays and Wednesdays). A New Worship Series Begins: Following Jesus In June, we are jumping back into the book of Mark for our worship series called, “Following Jesus.” We are going to pick up where we left off and walk through one story at a time in the book of Mark. So, again, we will take our Bibles out of the sanctuary chairs and dig deep into the stories together. Weekly Wednesday Worship: Holy Trinity Unplugged On Wednesday evenings this summer, we will continue offering a meal at 5 pm prepared by the incredible Hospitality Team. Worship will continue at 6 pm and we are calling it Holy Trinity Unplugged as it is acoustic worship led by Tim Price with an informal set-up and style. Come as you are from work or from playing outside! 4th Wednesdays of the Month Worship: Holy Trinity Lakeside On the 4th Wednesday of June/July/August, we are launching a Lakeside Service called Holy Trinity Lakeside at Cedar Lake Park. We will have a picnic style meal provided at 5 pm in the pavilion and worship to follow at 6. Cedar Lake Park is beautiful and acces- sible with paved paths both to the pavilion and worship area. We want to challenge you to not only mark your calendars for these Lakeside Services, but also to invite others to join you! This is a unique opportunity to invite others to be a part of the Holy Trinity community! *In case of inclement weather, we will have worship at Holy Trinity. Friends, we have great worship opportunities at Holy Trinity this summer. God has blessed us with gifted musicians, worship leaders and volunteers! Mark your calendars and invite others to come and experience the good news that Mark has to share this summer! In Christ, Pastor Alicia The Visitor NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID NEW PRAGUE, MN 56071 PERMIT #51 Holy Trinitys Staff Co – Pastors: Pastor Alicia Hilding & Pastor Ben Hilding Office Manager: Jamie Bisek Custodian: Jim Cody Ministry Coordinator: Karen Taylor Facility Manager: Jon Bergquist Worship Team: Rita Sapp, Terry Drommerhausen, Rose Fife, Tim Price, & Lexie Lammers Special Music Cooridnator: Rose Fife Adult Choir Director: Toby Thietje Hospitality Coordinator: Donna Galvin Your Church Council Members Tyler Kienow—President Dirk Berger—Vice-President Karla Klingfus—Secretary Eric Fiala—Treasurer Jay Schoenebeck, Dan Jacobson George Winn, Kim Gassner, Laurie Thorp Holy Trinity’s Worship Schedule Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m. Coffee and Fellowship follow Sunday’s worship service. Wednesday Worship 6:00 p.m. A meal precedes Wednesday’s Worship Service. Distribution of the Lords Supper is celebrated on the 1st and 3rd Sundays and following Wednesdays of each month. All are welcome to the Lords Table. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church 1300 Main Street East New Prague, MN 56071 Phone: (952) 758-3513 Fax: (952) 758-4407 June 2018 Volume 37 Issue 6 Learn more about us at www.holytrinityonline.org Church Office Hours Monday—Friday 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. In This Issue: Council Leer pg. 3 Volunteers pg. 4 Children & Youth Events pg. 8 THANK YOU to the many volunteers who helped make Crew Time, Sunday School, and Confirmation a suc- cess this past year!

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I Have Some Good News…

If you remember back to the season of Advent, Pastor Ben and I shared with you that this year in worship we will read a lot from the book of Mark. We began our first week focusing on the very beginning when Mark announces, “This is the beginning of the good news…” While we took a break from Mark when we entered into Lent and the Easter Season, we are now jumping back into the book of Mark for the beginning of the summer.

Just as Mark began by stating, “I have good news to share”, I too, want to begin by saying “I also have good news to share!” This summer, we have great worship opportunities at Holy Trinity that we want you to know about (both on Sundays and Wednesdays).

A New Worship Series Begins: Following Jesus In June, we are jumping back into the book of Mark for our worship series called, “Following Jesus.” We are going to pick up where we left off and walk through one story at a time in the book of Mark. So, again, we will take our Bibles out of the sanctuary chairs and dig deep into the stories together.

Weekly Wednesday Worship: Holy Trinity Unplugged On Wednesday evenings this summer, we will continue offering a meal at 5 pm prepared by the incredible Hospitality Team. Worship will continue at 6 pm and we are calling it Holy Trinity Unplugged as it is acoustic worship led by Tim Price with an informal set-up and style. Come as you are from work or from playing outside!

4th Wednesdays of the Month Worship: Holy Trinity Lakeside

On the 4th Wednesday of June/July/August, we are launching a Lakeside Service called Holy Trinity Lakeside at Cedar Lake Park. We will have a picnic style meal provided at 5 pm in the pavilion and worship to follow at 6. Cedar Lake Park is beautiful and acces-sible with paved paths both to the pavilion and worship area. We want to challenge you to not only mark your calendars for these Lakeside Services, but also to invite

others to join you! This is a unique opportunity to invite others to be a part of the Holy Trinity community! *In case of inclement weather, we will have worship at Holy Trinity.

Friends, we have great worship opportunities at Holy Trinity this summer. God has blessed us with gifted musicians, worship leaders and volunteers! Mark your calendars and invite others to come and experience the good news that Mark has to share this summer!

In Christ, Pastor Alicia

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In This Issue:

Council Letter pg. 3

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Children & Youth Events pg. 8

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Page 11 Church Council meeting minutes, April 16, 2018 6:30 p.m.

Call to Order: 6:31 p.m. by Kienow. Present: Council Members present included Fiala, Schoenebeck, Gassner, Kienow, Winn, Berger, Klingfus. Pastor Alicia and Pastor Ben were present. Approval of Agenda: Motion by Gassner, 2nd by Winn Approval of March 2018 Minutes: Motion by Berger, 2nd by Klingfus Opening Devotional: Klingfus Ministry Team Reports: Risk Management Committee (Gassner) – Reviewing certificate of insurance to ensure as we hold events we have coverage. Faith Formation Team (Hilding, on behalf of Thorp) – 7 members. Synod recommended two local churches to consult on faith initiatives. Benevelence (Winn) – Meeting last week to discuss processes and a proposed action. Communications – (Hilding on behalf of Jacobson) – Team is formed with two high schoolers and seeking another members. Pastor Alicia Report: Financial Training – Training has concluded with 12 families participating with Kahnke family leading. Augustana – Has created a relationship with Shelley, Marketing lead, to create a community connection. There are twenty people from HTLC that toured the Rosemount facility. Gustavus Association of Congregations – Three members of HTLC are attending the event this weekend at Gustavus Synod Assembly – May 4 & 5th – Alicia will be attending with the Gullicksons. Emeaus Service – Five speakers shared their walk in faith stories and positive feedback was shared. Children, Youth, & Family Ministries – At end of program year (Summer), Alicia will take on Children ministries function, allowing to build on relational as-pects while balancing operational tasks as well. Pastor Ben Report: Worship – March was a big month for Worship. Lent attendance numbers (excluding Holy Week): 2016 = 290, 2017 = 238, 2018 = 359. Maundy Thursday and Good Friday attendance was similar. In 2018, we had increased attendance slightly on Easter Sunday. Snow Day Service – Short worship was recorded and posted on Facebook for Sunday, April 15th in place of cancelled worship services due to blizzard. Positive feedback from Council. Rachel Kurtz (local songwriter and performer) will be assisting in leading worship this weekend as a guest. Treasurer Report: YTD - We budgeted being at -$8,876 and actual is $5,517. Giving is up from budget. Some items at risk include: missed Sunday of giving with April 15th blizzard; Outreach/Benevelence is underspent against budget but will adjust as monies are spent; potential loan repayment March reporting error. Old Business: Constitution Update – Alicia spoke to Synod. We are updating our constitution to bring up-to-date with 2016 Synod version. Synod recommends a small group come together to draft, bring to Snyod and then bring to annual meeting. Recommendation of the small group is past president (Luke Friendshuh), current council president (Tyler Kienow), active participant in past draft (Tim Miller), and Pastor (Alicia). Road Bids/Construction Updates – Augustana will be working on road and shed had to be moved. Shed was emptied and a move was attempted with the shed falling apart. One playset will be moved and one will be dismantled. To close Hwy 19, we will work with state. We do not need sewer or water, we need storm drainage. The best building time would be July/August – with three to four weeks. Steps include the drawing, engineer, inspection. We may be able to share engineering costs with neighbor. Winn made a motion to allocate up to $8,000 (paid from capital fund) for HTLC 1st Street SE engineering process. Berger seconded. Motion passed. New Business: Latino Ministry - We’ve been asked by Synod to partner with other Southwest District churches to sponsor a Latino Ministry in our district. We have $17,000 available in 2018 for purposes of local benevolence. The team has recommended $5,000. Jorge Espinosa has 12 years of seminary experience. Plan on having him at May 6th and 9th services with a Spanish translator. Organic and relational – building the exploration of the ministry. Schoenebeck moved to allocate $5,000 of benevolence monies. Klingfus seconded. Motion passed. Sonshine Research – Schoenebeck has been participating in Sonshine boarding meetings and meeting with various constituents in an effort to learn more about Sonshine. Dedicated staff with some challenges such as road construction, bathroom locations, playset movement and declined enrollment. Recom-mendation from council to meet with Sonshine staff and Sonshine council to ask further questions about organization. Line of Credit - HTLC has two lines of credit that are re-stated every year. Kienow and Fiala met with bank to discuss to learn about long-term debt option with fixed rate for 7, 10, or 20 years. Finance team is meeting April 23, 2018 to discuss further and will return to council with recommendation. Closing Prayer: Lord’s prayer. Meeting Adjourned: 9:15 p.m.; motion by Klingfus, 2nd by Gassner. Next Meeting: May 21, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by Karla Klingfus

FINANCE & ATTENDANCE UPDATE

Revenue & Expenses –

(Finance update as of April 30, 2018) Revenue: YTD Budget $166,455 YTD Actual $174,834 Expenses: YTD Budget $177,283 YTD Actual $171,635 Revenue - Expenses: YTD Budget -$10,828 YTD Actual $3,200

NEXT NEW MEMBER GATHERINGS

Interested in becoming part of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church? Sign up today! Our next 2018 New Member Gathering will be held from 3:30-6:00 p.m., on Sunday, August 5th. We will take some time to hear about you, share about Holy Trinity, and enjoy a meal togeth-er. Childcare will be provided. To sign up, please go to Holy Trinity's Website and click on the "Sign-up Genius" logo or call the church office.

Welcome to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church!

New Member Gathering May 6, 2018

Tom & Megan, Cy, Celia Borgos; Jeremiah & Katy, Aaden, Mallery, Breck Lennon; Joe & Marcie, Brieanna Malecha; Michael

Orvick; Don & Dee Matson; Nate & Tera, Hazel Thomas; Anthony & Denise Smisek

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Dan’s Council letter to the Holy Trinitarians (June 2018)

Blessings to you All,

My name is Dan Jacobson and I consider myself blessed to be part of such a special

Church and congregation. I have been serving on our Church Council for about a year and a

half now. In addition to serving on our Church Council I am head of a Communications Team for

our Church. This is fairly new team established to improve both internal as well as external com-

munications. The Communications team currently consists of 6 members. They are Pastor Alicia,

Deb Lindblom and her daughter Abby, Mary Busch, my daughter Bethany Jacobson and myself. I

felt it is very important to involve our youth in this team to help spread the word about our be-

loved Church and assist the team in keeping up with the ever changing trends of social media. It

is always a blessing to see so many new faces in our congregation. With that being said, I want

to inform you all that we are in the beginning stages of planning to update our directory. I have

reached out to Lifetouch, the same company that has done our directories in the past. Our new

directory will be able to be updateable, which means we won’t have to wait 5 years for the next

directory. An additional new and exciting change will be a mobile directory. This will allow an ad-

ditional resource to have at your fingertips to view our directory as well as many other capabili-

ties. In the near future, I will be doing a Mission Moment to better show you how exciting these

new changes will be.

Blessings to All,

Dan Jacobson

In Our Prayers

In a Health Care Facility..

Barb Loebner

In Our Prayers…

Gladys Beinhorn, Laurie Tolzmann, and

Bonnie Tupy

Please inform the church office of any ill-

nesses, hospitalizations, or prayer re-

quests as desired.

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Additional Church Council Meeting held in April

Holy Trinity Church Council Meeting Minutes

April 24, 2018

Call to Order: 5:30p.m. by Kienow.

Present: Council Members present included Berger, Fiala, Gassner, Jacobson, Kienow,

Klingfus, Schoenebeck, Thorp, Winn. Pastor Alicia was present.

Sonshine: Content of the meeting held with Sonshine staff and Sonshine council on April 22nd

was reviewed. Three options were discussed: continue Sonshine ‘as is’, close at end of

2017/18 school year, or close at end of 2018/19 school year. After much discussion, Berger

moved to close Sonshine at end of 2017/18 school year. Gassner seconded. Motion passed.

August 20th Council Meeting: Meeting will be held at Remfert’s.

Meeting Adjourned: 9:15 p.m.; motion by Klingfus, 2nd by Gassner.

Next Meeting: May 21, 2018 at 6:30 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted by Karla Klingfus

THANK YOU to Holy Trinity for

helping to support Pastor Jorge

Espinoza as he gets ready to

launch the Latino ministry in the

Scott county area. This year,

Holy Trinity has committed to

tithing 10% of it's offerings,

meaning 10% of the money giv-

en to the church will be given

away. Because of your gifts, we

are able to support Pastor Jorge's ministry with $5000! Way to

go! Also, thanks to local high school Spanish teacher Kari

Schroeder for being willing to translate for our worship service.

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Volunteers of the Month

Call me biased, but I think we have the best music during worship in town. We are blessed with a very

musical congregation with talents aplenty. Sometimes, we are doubly blessed to have a soloist backed up by

our amazing Worship Team and it turns into a “goosebump” moment. How lucky are we!

This month, I’d like to recognize the talented members of the Holy Trinity Choir, the Handbell Choir and

the amazing vocal and instrumental soloists and small ensembles we have in our church. Every week, we are

blessed with some sort of special music. On Wednesday evenings, we hear the elementary and middle school

kids making beautiful music. It is truly awesome to hear and see everyone giving their best to make a joyful

noise unto the Lord!

If you are interested in making your own joyful noise during worship, please connect with Rose Fife,

Music Coordinator, via email at [email protected] or call 952-758-3513.

If you are looking for more ways to give back to our church as a Worship Assistant, please connect with

Karen Taylor before or after worship services or email [email protected] or call Jamie Bisek, Of-

fice Manager at 952-758-3513.

Blessings to you and your family,

Karen Taylor, Ministry Coordinator

Don't forget to mark your calendars for Holy Trinity's

2018 Vacation Bible School, from July 9th-12th! This

year, our theme is Babylon, and we'll learn about the

story of Daniel's courage in captivity. VBS runs

from 9:00am to noon, and you can register online

at www.holytrinityonline.org.

An Invitation to Help Elementary Students -

During the month of June, HTLC is collecting Boxes of Granola Bars for the Peace Center in New Prague. At the Peace Center, the Granola Bars will be added to the food/snack take home backpacks for elementary students. Backpacks are for students each weekend during the summer months.

All HTLC members, youngsters - adults, are invited to be a part of the needed collection. Boxes of Granola Bars can be dropped off in the basket provided at the Welcome Center.

Donations will be received June 1- June 30, 2018.

Happy Summer to our Youth! We had a great time with our monthly activities this year and at our last activity (the New Prague Half Marathon Water Sta-tion) we made $150 to donate. We decided to donate that $ to the youth who will be traveling later this month to the ELCA National Youth Gathering! As we pause our activities for the summer, we will be making some changes for the next year. Melissa will be stepping down as the monthly youth group activity planner and will instead be focusing on how to plan wonderful activities to get the entire congregation active as one with Pastor Alicia and Pastor Ben. So be on the look-out in the fall for activities, but ones where we can include our entire church family! Come to worship this summer and give us ideas of what kinds of activities you would like to see our whole congregation be a part of. It will be amazing!

THANK YOU to Joe Taylor, Liam Fife, McKenzie Holgate, Abby Nielsen, Catie Skaja who helped with this year's Sen-

ior service on Pente-cost Sunday. What a great way to

hear the Gospel speaking through new voices in our midst! God's blessings to each of you as you embark on the new

journeys ahead.

SONSHINE: Thanks to all who helped make the last

month of Sonshine a good month for the kids. As school

came to a close, the kids got ready for summer with a bike

blessing. While Holy Trinity is sad to see this ministry

come to a close, we are grateful for the impact Sonshine

has made over the last 20 years!

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HTLC PARK & POPSICLES Let's celebrate summer!

At 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 3rd- children's ministry families (birth - entering 5th grade) are invited to gather at Memorial Park at the playground to play at the park and have popsi-cles. This is simply a time to get to know other kids and families of the church and to celebrate summer! This is a family event, so children need to be accompanied by an adult. Feel free to invite another family!

FOOD FAMILY FUN FELLOWSHIP

MUSIC BEER GARDEN

KIDS’ ACTIVITIES

RIBS, BEER, AND GAMES...OH MY! RIB FEST IS COMING! Our Third Annual Holy Trinity Rib Fest is coming up on Friday, August 3rd (5-8 pm)! Ribs, pulled pork, beer...and so much more! This is a family-friendly event. We will have hot dog meals available for kids to eat, lawn games to be played, and even a few surprises. Mark your calendars and please extend a few invitations to family and friends, or better yet-give a few tickets away! Can't wait to see you there!

Thank you to everyone who supported the youth attending the National Youth Gath-

ering fundraiser! We met our financial goal thanks to your generous donations. We

are looking forward to experiencing God’s love in new and exciting ways next month.

Thanks again!

MacKenzie, Janae, MaKayla, Jack, John, Bethany, Vincent, Jeffrey, Megan, Katen,

Pastor Ben and Karen

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT SERVICE Dinner is served weekly from 5:00-5:50pm.

Worship service will be from 6:00-6:45pm.

June 6th—Summer Menu June 13th—Summer Menu June 20th — Summer Menu June 27th — Summer Menu

All menus are subject to change.

Holy Trinity Lakeside

Save the dates! This first year, we're going to have 3 Lakeside

services at Cedar Lake Park, so please mark

your calendars for the 4th Wednesdays of

the month: June 27, July 25, and August

22. Let's pack the park!

We are so thankful and blessed to have been part of the 2018 Minneapolis Area Syn-

od Assembly which was held at the Lord of Life Church in the northern suburb of

Ramsey. Approximately 600 people representing 153 churches of the Minneapolis

Synod gathered for the annual meeting. The Minneapolis Synod is the largest of six

synods throughout the state of Minnesota. There are 65 synods of the ELCA through-

out the United States.

Along with getting to know Pastor Alicia better, we also met and heard many wonder-

ful and wise spirit filled people.

One of the major events of this year's assembly was the voting for the bishop of our synod. Bishop Ann Svennungsen was

reelected for a second term of 6 years. Our own Dirk Berger was also elected to represent Holy Trinity as a voting member

of the 2019 Church Wide Assembly to be held in Milwaukee later this year.

Our synod and worldwide church is and will continue to spread the good news of Jesus Christ. Thanks be to God

Love, hope, peace, faith and joy to all.

Bob and Barb Gullickson

Middle School Youth Group

went to Feed My Starving

Children on Friday, April 27th.

They packed enough food to

feed 49 kids for a year! Won-

derful job to all who partici-

pated!

LOVE TO SING OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT? If you are interested in providing Special Music this summer, please email Rose at [email protected] . We'd love for you to share your talents. All are wel-come!

Remember that name? Sara was going to come and

help lead worship this winter, but she turned around

after she got stuck in a snowstorm! As we've been

looking for a date to reschedule, she heard about the

Holy Trinity Lakeside services, and said- "I'd love to do

that!" Come hear this fantastic worship leader

on Wednesday, June 27th as she teams up with acoustic guitarist Tim Price as we wor-

ship out at Cedar Lake Regional Park! Dinner at 5pm, and worship at 6pm!

Sara Renner

6.27.18

Prayer Shawl Ministry update

Submitted by Kim Gassner

We knit or crochet shawls to help provide comfort or mark a special occasion. We provide prayer shawls to individuals due to death, illness,

other traumatic events, or to celebrate a baptism. Since January 2018 we have given out 9 baptismal shawls and 22 prayer shawls. Anyone may re-

quest a shawl. Sometimes we know the recipient personally and sometimes we do not.

The Holy Trinity Prayer Shawl Ministry held our first meeting on Saturday, January 13, 2018. We meet the second Saturday of each month at

9 a.m. in the Fireside Room. Yes, we will be meeting during the summer months. Meetings are very informal and attendees come and go as their

schedule allows. We knit or crochet shawls, but the monthly meetings also allow us to get to know others in our congregation on a more personal level.

Every level of skill is welcome. If you want to learn how to knit or crochet and participate in the ministry, come to a meeting and we will get you started.

I have heard comments like, “I knit, but I am not very good”, or “I used to knit but haven’t in a long time”. It reminds me of a lesson learned a long time

ago, in a hardanger class when some of us were struggling over mistakes in our stitching. The instructor said no project is ever without a mistake, as

God is the only one who is perfect. So, if you want to learn or haven’t knit or crocheted in a long time, come to a meeting and get started.

There is no right or wrong way to make a prayer shawl. It comes from the heart. For me, as the repetitive motion of the knitting pattern takes

over my mind, and I hear the quiet click of my needles when I move a stitch from one to the other, I feel a calm presence in my life. I pray for the recipi-

ent, if I know who it is, or general good thoughts and prayers, if it is a prayer shawl to add to our “stash”. I feel like while we are doing something for

others, we are also doing something for ourselves. Causing us to slow down and pray.

Everyone is busy and you might not have time to regularly attend meetings. If you would like to knit or crochet prayer shawls, there is yarn

stored in a cupboard in the Fireside Room. Feel free to take yarn and when you have completed a shawl return it to Jamie in the church office.

The prayer shawl ministry received a Thrivent Action Team grant which has allowed us to purchase yarn and other materials needed for our

mission. You might see some of us around wearing our Thrivent action team t shirts.

If you know someone who has a need for a prayer shawl, there are prayer shawl request forms in the box outside the church office, you can contact Jamie in the church office or email [email protected] or [email protected]

We will be doing a mission moment in the fall to further explain the ministry and will be having a prayer

shawl blessing at that time.

In the meantime if you have any questions you can contact either Kate Kienow or myself.

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WEDNESDAY EVENING ______________ HELP NEEDED!!

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READERS June 6 6:00 pm Kim Boulanger

June 13 6:00 pm Rob Taylor

June 20 6:00 pm Eric Fiala

June 27 6:00 pm Alyce Price

ALTAR GUILD

Mary Eagen and Lois Ryan

COMMUNION ASSISTANTS

June 6 – Intinction

6:00 pm Kim Boulanger and Karen Taylor (wine)

June 20 – Bread & Wine

6:00 pm Alyce Price & Jen Fiala (wine), Daniel

Price and Lucas Fiala (Basket Holders)

POWERPOINT RUNNERS June 6 6:00 pm John Taylor

June 13 6:00 pm Joe Taylor

June 20 6:00 pm Jeffrey Price

OFFERING COUNTERS

June 3 Julie Popple & Sande Schoenecker

June 10 Dennis Jasperson & Renee Dietrich

June 17 Jason Fife & Tammy Kajer

June 24 Dan Popple & Paul Rasmusson

RADIO BROADCAST

June 3 Pat & Deb O’Malley

June 10 Dr. Tim & Deb Miller

June 17 Jim Dyslin

June 24 Dan & Lona Rookaird

June 2018 Worship Service Times

Sunday at 9:00 am

Wednesday at 6:00 pm

If you are missing the Sunday Worship

Assistant list, perhaps it’s because you

are not on a Worship Assistant Team!

We have switched formats for Sunday’s.

Each team serves one week per month.

Would you like to be on a team?

Connect with Karen Taylor, Ministry

Coordinator in person before or after

worship or email

[email protected]

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 4

9:00 am A.A.

7:30 pm A.A.

5

6 7:30am Choir Practice

8:30 am Worship

9:15am Sunday School

9:30 am Middle School Youth

9:30 am Fireside Chat

10:30am Worship

5:00 pm Service of Remembrance

7:00 pm A.A.

7 10:00 am Staff Meeting

6:30 pm CODA-New Pra-

gue

6:30 pm Girls Scouts

Troop 25220—Room 205A

6:30 pm Lion’s Den—

Room 205B

8:00 pm A.A. & Al-Anon

11

9:00 am A.A.

1:00 pm Ladies Sewing

Group

5:00 pm Parent’s Night Out

Event

7:30 pm A.A.

12

1:00 pm Sunday

School Christmas

Program Practice

13 7:30am Choir Practice

8:30 am Worship

9:15am Sunday School

9:30 am Middle School Youth

9:30 am Fireside Chat

10:30am Worship—Sunday

School Christmas Program

7:00 pm A.A.

14

10:00 am Staff Meeting

6:30 pm CODA—New

Prague

6:30 pm Executive Board

8:00 pm A.A. & Al-Anon

18

9:00 am A.A.

11:00am Sonshine Christ-

mas Program

7:30 pm A.A.

19

20 7:30am Choir Practice

8:30 am Worship

9:15am Sunday School

9:30 am Middle School Youth

9:40 am Adult Ed

10:30am Worship

7:00 pm A.A.

21 12:30 pm Staff Meeting

6:30 pm CODA—New

Prague

6:30 pm Girls Scouts

Troop 25220—Room 205A

7:00 pm Church Council

8:00 pm A.A. & Al-Anon

25

26

27

7:30am Choir Practice

8:30 am Worship

10:30am Worship

7:00 pm A.A.

Pastor Erick Vacation

28

10:00 am Staff Meeting

6:30 pm CODA—New Prague

8:00 pm A.A. & Al-Anon

Pastor Erick Vacation

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

9:00 am A.A.

5:30 pm Taekwondo—FH

7:30 pm A.A.

2

9:30 am Taekwondo-FH

10:30 am Taekwondo-FH

3

9:00 am Worship—Baptism

10:00 am Regular Stakeholder

Meeting—Paul’s Place

4:30 pm Boy Scouts Troop

323—Room 205A&B

7:00 pm A.A.

4

1:00 pm Staff Meeting

6:30 pm CODA—New Prague

8:00 pm A.A. & Al-Anon

5

4:30 pm Taekwondo Class—

FH

5:30 pm Taekwondo Class—

FH

7:00 pm Facility Team Mtg—

Fireside Room

6

9:00 am Amazing Grays

5:00 pm Wednesday Dinner

6:00 pm Worship

7

6:30 am Men’s Bible Study

5:00 pm Taekwondo—FH

7:00 pm A.A.

8

9:00 am A.A.

1:00 pm Ladies Sewing Group

5:30 pm Taekwondo—FH

7:30 pm A.A.

9

9:00 am Prayer Shawl

Ministry—Fireside Room

9:00 am Prepare and

Enrich Marriage Retreat—

Paul’s Place

10

8:00 am Stewardship Mtg– Fire-

side Room

9:00 am Worship—Baptism

6:00 pm NPCAN—FH

7:00 pm A.A.

11

1:00 pm Staff Meeting

4:00 pm Communications

Team Mtg—Room 205A

6:30 pm CODA—New Prague

8:00 pm A.A. & Al-Anon

12

4:30 pm Taekwondo Class—

FH

5:30 pm Taekwondo Class—

FH

13

9:00 am Amazing Grays

5:00 pm Wednesday Dinner

6:00 pm Worship

14

6:30 am Men’s Bible Study

5:00 pm Taekwondo—FH

7:00 pm A.A.

15

9:00 am A.A.

5:30 pm Taekwondo—FH

7:30 pm A.A.

16

17 Happy Father’s Day

9:00 am Worship

7:00 pm A.A.

18

9:30 am Risk Management

Mtg

1:00 pm Staff Meeting

5:00pm Executive

6:30 pm CODA—New Prague

6:30 pm Church Council

8:00 pm A.A. & Al-Anon

19

4:30 pm Taekwondo Class—

FH

5:30 pm Taekwondo Class—

FH

7:00 pm PFLAG Event—

Sanctuary

20

9:00 am Amazing Grays

5:00 pm Wednesday Dinner

6:00 pm Worship

21

6:30 am Men’s Bible Study

5:00 pm Taekwondo—FH

7:00 pm A.A.

22

9:00 am A.A.

1:00 pm Ladies Sewing Group

5:30 pm Taekwondo—FH

7:30 pm A.A.

23

24

9:00 am Worship

10:00 am National Youth Gather-

ing final meeting

7:00 pm A.A.

25

1:00 pm Staff Meeting

6:30 pm CODA—New Prague

8:00 pm A.A. & Al-Anon

26

4:30 pm Taekwondo Class—

FH

5:30 pm Taekwondo Class—

FH

7:00 pm LGBT Support Group

27

9:00 am Amazing Grays

5:00 pm Wednesday Dinner

6:00 pm Worship

28

6:30 am Men’s Bible Study

5:00 pm Taekwondo—FH

7:00 pm A.A.

29

9:00 am A.A.

5:30 pm Taekwondo—FH

7:30 pm A.A.

30

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