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(Front Row-left to right: Tom W. Pugh, Joanne Lindman, Karen Schmidt, Pastor Wally Obinger, Gary Stelzner, Brad Lagoon) (Back Row: Rick Voigt, Chari Garcia, Val Gay, Don Bidwell, Intern Pastor Sean Koos)
LMC’S 2010 CHURCH COUNCIL Our new Church Council members were installed at the January 10th worship services. We look forward to a great year and appreciate the commitment that these (9) people have volunteered to partake in for the good of Luther Memorial Church and its members. Feel free to contact any one of these council members for comments and/or suggestions to help us succeed in our mission of “Living Christ’s Love”.
SUMMER BIBLE CAMP During the week of June 9th, LMC hosted the Summer Bible Camp for children throughout our community. We had (16) registrants who spent their days singing, making crafts, playing outdoor games, doing skits, learning about Bible stories, etc., etc. It was a lot of fun for everyone involved. There were (2) Day Camp Counselors and (1) Counselor in training to keep the energy level high and the children busy. It was a wonderful week to hear the sounds of laughter and children’s voices echoing through the halls of LMC.
SENIOR RECOGNITION SUNDAY LMC honored the (11) graduating seniors from the Class of 2008 with a special worship service and gift bags full of all sorts of both practical and fun items for them to use. After worship, everyone was invited into our Social Hall for delicious cake, coffee and lemonade in their honor. Best of luck to the Class of 2008!
BEACH PARTY CARNIVAL / RAFFLE / CHILI COOK-OFF There’s never a lack of excitement at this event! Games and prizes for the kids, several tantalizing types of chili for your taste buds and last, but not least, lots of raffle prizes for folks to competitively cheer over. This annual event gets the whole church involved and then some. It normally takes place in April to kick-off the upcoming Spring season and warmer temperatures.
HUNT FOR MISSION If you enjoy pheasant hunting, you would enjoy this event. Several hunters come together for a common cause – to help raise funds for our Mlandege, Tanzania sister parish. Then, after the hunting is over, they clean their birds and share them with the congregation a month or so later at our Wild Game Dinner with all of the fixin’s.
SWEETHEART DINNER A huge thank you to everyone who came to the Sweetheart Dinner! We were able to raise $683 for our youth ministry! We would also like to thank The Grace Notes Trio…their entertainment was awesome, and was enjoyed by all! A special thank you to Karen and Jessica Higgins for making the delicious spaghetti, Pat Nelson for making the yummy cake, Jolene Pugh for making the beautiful door prizes and helping out at the dinner and with set-up, and all of the youth for your hard work at the dinner…you all did a fantastic job! Also, thank you to the parents who helped out during the dinner, as well…you are greatly appreciated!
FAMILY FUN NIGHT A wonderful time was had by all at Family Fun Night the last Wednesday in January! We had a great time playing volleyball, Bingo (with prizes), Guitar Hero, enjoying a wonderful meal of hot dogs and Sloppy Joes served by the Social Ministry Team, and watching the movie Ratatouille on the big screen in the sanctuary! We look forward to doing this again and seeing lots more of you enjoying Game Night at LMC!
COMMUNITY CRIME AWARENESS MEETING In April, a Community Event about Crime and Families was hosted at Luther Memorial Church. Dakota County Attorney Jim Backstrom, the SSP Police Department, the Minnesota Gang Task Force, SSP Restorative Justice and the SSP Healthy Youth Community Coalition presented information about gangs, graffiti and ways to strengthen our youth, families and community to prevent our youth from participating in gang activity and graffiti. Luther Memorial cares about the people and future of South St. Paul.
LMC’S NEW SIGN
Our new church sign is up and working for us already! What a wonderful way to inform our members as well as the community on upcoming events, worship services and well wishes given on behalf of Luther Memorial Church. Thank you to our Facilities Team for all of your hard work on this major undertaking! It has definitely caught the eye of passers by and will give us all much enjoyment for many years to come!
EASTER BREAKFAST WAS A GLORIOUS EVENT A HUGE Thank you to all of the youth and parents who helped out at the Easter Breakfast for doing such a wonderful job and helping the breakfast to be such a success! A special thank you to Harlan Kopp and Bill Scherado for all of their hard work and time spent organizing and implementing our new menu, as well as making all of the food! You are all greatly appreciated! Also, thank you to everyone who came to the Easter Breakfast – our youth are blessed by your generous support. We served approximately 225 people, and were able to raise $1009.44 for our youth ministry. We will also receive $350 from Thrivent Financial. Thanks again, everyone!
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