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Pastor Thul's Notes for February: God is building through community
- New SSLC Executive Council: President David Darsow, Vice President Michele Prokott, Secretary Jeff Mateyka and Treasurer Mike Peabody.
- The Garage Worship Hut for Jesus has been fortified and moved to the east side of the education wing. FM sound is much improved and participants will no longer be looking into the morning sun to worship! Mark Bistodeau is adding two fans to the ceiling to allow for less window fog.
- We will be offering donuts and coffee before both services this Sunday! Be a Zero Hero!.
- The Lent-In-A-Bag kits of a half dozen at-home Sunday School lessons developed by Carla Griffin and myself will be put together on Sunday night. We are making 25-30 of them. This will give our families with younger children the opportunity to work on six lessons on their own between Ash Wednesday and Easter. Carla will be sending out information on how to get your bag!
- A “40 Days” Calendar of kind actions will be distributed starting Sunday. This two-page sheet that can be posted on a refrigerator can help us walk the walk and talk the talk from Ash Wednesday through Easter.
- We’ve filmed six Bible Character interviews and expect to complete several more in the coming weeks. We will be posting them on YouTube, Facebook and SSLCMN.
- We held our first-ever Ladies’ Bible Study Conference Calls over the past two weeks and have had nearly a dozen participants, with more to come. This is a Thursday morning at 10 a.m. thing. If you are interested, please call me or Shelly.
- On Monday, February 22nd at 5:30 p.m., I will be hosting a get-together for our high school kids. The plan is to meet twice monthly: Once for mission work and once for fun.
- The Lenten Soup Suppers are coming together nicely on volunteers and product sharing, but we are lagging individuals and families letting us know they are coming, or would like a take-out or delivery option. Please check it out on the top of this page.
- - The Ash Wednesday and subsequent Wednesday services will include Holden. We will be transmitting the service into the parking lot for anyone who wants to join in, but would rather stay distanced. I will bring communion to the cars and have our confirmation kids taking various roles both inside and out.
- Confirmation will continue through Lent, rather than go on break like it has in some previous years. I will be calling and asking for additional adults to come in and work with small groups of kids to talk about ‘living faith.’
- Ash Wednesday Liturgy and Prayer kits, complete with ashes, will be distributed this Sunday. I will also be making special trips to some of our shut-ins to ensure that they have them (even if it means that I’ll be dropping them off on their doorsteps).
- The Tuesday Morning Men’s Group is on fire for God and I am so blessed to be a part of it. If you want to know more, please call Ralph Johnson or Bill Rogers.
- The confirmation kids have begun recorded their conversations with me on Bible Characters. I posted four of them tonight. Check them out!
- Easter is April 4.
- Confirmation is April 11.
- First Communion is April 18.
- I will host a day-long retreat for all 9th grade confirmands on March 27th to prep them for their big day.
- We will be holding two classes for first communicants on March 21 and April 28, starting at 1130 a.m. The class will last about and hour and fifteen minutes and will prepared our children for this sacrament. All participants must be accompanied by at least one parent/grandparent.
- It’s been way under the radar, but we have actually had five baptisms since I returned. We will be sharing the last of the baptismal chests this Friday evening. Knowing this was coming, I took it upon myself to develop plans for baptismal boxes that wouldn’t cost $100-per to construct and have three completed. If you weren’t aware, wood is crazy expensive these days! The new models are in the narthex for you to see. If you would be willing to take a role in the preparation of the next mass of boxes (varnishing/sanding or assembly), please connect with David Darsow or myself. My guess is that we’ll need around 18 more to get through 2021.
- The Tuesday Zoom meeting has been going extremely well. The ideas have been great and I will tip my hat to my wife, Jennie, who is actually leading the discussions for us. It turns out her skill set is about as good as it gets in this modality. I will complete a report on the group’s work at its conclusion. Note: The Thursday Women’s Bible study was initially going to be the same book study, but they general consensus was a more traditional Bible study and conversation.
- Billings was a bust as a target for the Mission Trip. I am working with the pastor involved at Albuquerque, NM to ensure we will have room and board in a church. The dates for the mission trip, given the extra two days of travel, will be 30 July to 8 August. I will attempt to find us fellowship halls in friendly churches to stay in one the way down and back to mitigate some costs. We will be sending out information and holding a meeting very soon to gauge interest and to get people signed up: I suspect we will have around 25 total, but my projection skills are suspect.
God Bless You All and Please Stay Safe!
Pastor Thul
- The Garage Worship Hut for Jesus has been fortified and moved to the east side of the education wing. FM sound is much improved and participants will no longer be looking into the morning sun to worship! Mark Bistodeau is adding two fans to the ceiling to allow for less window fog.
- We will be offering donuts and coffee before both services this Sunday! Be a Zero Hero!.
- The Lent-In-A-Bag kits of a half dozen at-home Sunday School lessons developed by Carla Griffin and myself will be put together on Sunday night. We are making 25-30 of them. This will give our families with younger children the opportunity to work on six lessons on their own between Ash Wednesday and Easter. Carla will be sending out information on how to get your bag!
- A “40 Days” Calendar of kind actions will be distributed starting Sunday. This two-page sheet that can be posted on a refrigerator can help us walk the walk and talk the talk from Ash Wednesday through Easter.
- We’ve filmed six Bible Character interviews and expect to complete several more in the coming weeks. We will be posting them on YouTube, Facebook and SSLCMN.
- We held our first-ever Ladies’ Bible Study Conference Calls over the past two weeks and have had nearly a dozen participants, with more to come. This is a Thursday morning at 10 a.m. thing. If you are interested, please call me or Shelly.
- On Monday, February 22nd at 5:30 p.m., I will be hosting a get-together for our high school kids. The plan is to meet twice monthly: Once for mission work and once for fun.
- The Lenten Soup Suppers are coming together nicely on volunteers and product sharing, but we are lagging individuals and families letting us know they are coming, or would like a take-out or delivery option. Please check it out on the top of this page.
- - The Ash Wednesday and subsequent Wednesday services will include Holden. We will be transmitting the service into the parking lot for anyone who wants to join in, but would rather stay distanced. I will bring communion to the cars and have our confirmation kids taking various roles both inside and out.
- Confirmation will continue through Lent, rather than go on break like it has in some previous years. I will be calling and asking for additional adults to come in and work with small groups of kids to talk about ‘living faith.’
- Ash Wednesday Liturgy and Prayer kits, complete with ashes, will be distributed this Sunday. I will also be making special trips to some of our shut-ins to ensure that they have them (even if it means that I’ll be dropping them off on their doorsteps).
- The Tuesday Morning Men’s Group is on fire for God and I am so blessed to be a part of it. If you want to know more, please call Ralph Johnson or Bill Rogers.
- The confirmation kids have begun recorded their conversations with me on Bible Characters. I posted four of them tonight. Check them out!
- Easter is April 4.
- Confirmation is April 11.
- First Communion is April 18.
- I will host a day-long retreat for all 9th grade confirmands on March 27th to prep them for their big day.
- We will be holding two classes for first communicants on March 21 and April 28, starting at 1130 a.m. The class will last about and hour and fifteen minutes and will prepared our children for this sacrament. All participants must be accompanied by at least one parent/grandparent.
- It’s been way under the radar, but we have actually had five baptisms since I returned. We will be sharing the last of the baptismal chests this Friday evening. Knowing this was coming, I took it upon myself to develop plans for baptismal boxes that wouldn’t cost $100-per to construct and have three completed. If you weren’t aware, wood is crazy expensive these days! The new models are in the narthex for you to see. If you would be willing to take a role in the preparation of the next mass of boxes (varnishing/sanding or assembly), please connect with David Darsow or myself. My guess is that we’ll need around 18 more to get through 2021.
- The Tuesday Zoom meeting has been going extremely well. The ideas have been great and I will tip my hat to my wife, Jennie, who is actually leading the discussions for us. It turns out her skill set is about as good as it gets in this modality. I will complete a report on the group’s work at its conclusion. Note: The Thursday Women’s Bible study was initially going to be the same book study, but they general consensus was a more traditional Bible study and conversation.
- Billings was a bust as a target for the Mission Trip. I am working with the pastor involved at Albuquerque, NM to ensure we will have room and board in a church. The dates for the mission trip, given the extra two days of travel, will be 30 July to 8 August. I will attempt to find us fellowship halls in friendly churches to stay in one the way down and back to mitigate some costs. We will be sending out information and holding a meeting very soon to gauge interest and to get people signed up: I suspect we will have around 25 total, but my projection skills are suspect.
God Bless You All and Please Stay Safe!
Pastor Thul
SSLC Outgoing Council members Bill Rogers, Lyn Peterson and Melanie Mielke were recognized for their good work over the past three years.
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