Long
Lake’s First Ever… Bingo Night!
Join us
FRIDAY MARCH 12TH
for a night of FAMILY
FUN as we treat you
to dinner and Bingo! All
ages are invited to join us as the South Dakota Crew hosts this evening
of food, fun, and prizes.
WHO? EVERYONE is welcome!
WHAT? Dinner followed by 25¢ per
card Bingo for all different kinds of prizes. (We will have prizes for all ages
for every BINGO)
WHEN? Friday March 12th. Dinner at 5:30pm. Bingo starting at 6:15pm.
WHERE? LLLC – of course!
Cost? We will
take a free will offering for dinner and 25¢ per
card for Bingo.
WHY? Fellowship, Fun, and
Fundraising for Mission!
First Communion
Education
It’s that time of
year when we
gather those children who are
ready for their first communion
and their families together to
talk about what it means to come to the table and receive the sacrament.
We would like to
invite all 5th grade students and 4th grade students,
whose parents think they are ready for the experience, (AND their parents)
to join us for our 2010 First Communion Education which will include the
following:
·
Two
sessions: one on Sunday March 14th and one on Sunday March 21st
– both from 9:15am – 10:15am in the Sanctuary.
·
Our
Seder Supper Experience on Wednesday evening March 31st at 6:00pm.
·
Maundy
Thursday Worship and First Communion at 7pm on Thursday April 1st.
If you have a child
who you feel is ready, but is not yet in the “right” grade – make sure to talk
to Pastor Rhonda about the possibility of taking part in our Education process
this year. In addition if you have an older child who has simply not yet
received communion and would like to take part in our Education process, please
make sure to talk to Pastor Rhonda as well.
Kid Wisdom
“No matter how
hard you try, you can't baptize cats.”
From Pastor Rhonda… Well,
we certainly can’t say that things have been boring around here can we? From the sweetheart dinner to Lenten suppers
– from kids singing in church to more than 200 hearts being hung in our
sanctuary! Ministry is going strong here
at Long Lake and it is GOOD – VERY GOOD!
I would like to introduce you to the new Youth Representative on our
Council here at Long Lake…he is awesome!
We couldn’t ask for a more faithful replacement to our exiting council
Representative – who I also want to give props to. Tina Anderson served as the Youth Rep. for
three years and did it oh so well. She
will be missed – but not much, as she will still be cajoled into a myriad of
things as just because her term is up doesn’t mean her passion for kids is!
:0) Thanks Tina – for all your hard
work! And –now – welcome Bruce Riebe…man
of the hour. We welcome you with open
arms and a great big “to do” list my friend!
Why don’t you tell the congregation a little bit about yourself…
From the Youth Chair…
My name is Bruce Riebe and I am the Vice
Chair of the Church Council and will specialize in youth ministry. I bring to Long Lake a list of experience
that I hope can better all aspects of our church:
On
the Youth side – Coaching: 5+ years of Youth Football and 6+ years of
Youth Baseball. I also have been working the youth on Sunday mornings and
Wednesday nights at Long Lake and have even chaperoned the WI Dells Quake.
Organizational-Business
side – Current Webmaster of Long Lake
Lutheran site as well as many other Youth & Community organization’s
websites, 5+ years of Chairman of Trinity Lutheran School Board, past Board
Director of MNUSA Wrestling, past Director and VP of Gladiator Wrestling. In my work I am charged with keeping 300
computer servers/systems running for 3000 users. I supervise a staff of 41 to make sure that
happens.
My goal at Long Lake is to reinforce the
love of Christ to the youth that are currently involved with Long Lake and to
bring in more youth that have rejected the “Church Way”. I would also like to teach them that they can
have a friend in Christ and with people at Long Lake Lutheran. I hope to be able to marry my strengths of
organizational-business skills with my experience working with youth to better
our already exciting program!
One of my first tasks as a member of the
Council is the Renovation of the Cornerstone building. I am looking for input and help in this
task. Please contact me via email bruce.riebe@gmail.com or phone (763) 444-7078 if you can help!
VBS Corner…
God’s Great Get-Together
Baobab
Blast is an open invitation to be a part of God’s Great Get-Together. Set under
the impressive baobab tree, kids will have the opportunity to hear the Word, be
amazed at God’s wildlife creations, and be a part of a supportive community.
Baobab Blast VBS will take
place Sunday June 20th through Thursday June 24th from
5:30pm – 8:30pm for all kids from age 3 to 6th grade!
This is a change from the past few years when we
have done it on Wednesday nights. We
decided to do it 5 nights in a row starting on a Sunday and ending on a
Thursday – hoping this would accommodate most people’s schedule AND allow for a
continuity for our kids giving them the ability to build relationships with
each other and with THE STORY in a way we were not able to just meeting once a
week.
We are
now looking for Volunteers in all of our areas, which are….CRAFTS – SNACK –
STORY TELLING – SCIENCE – MUSIC –SHEPHERDS (Both adult and Jr.) – and PEOPLE TO
DONATE MANY ITEMS TO MAKE VBS SUCCESSFUL!
If you
are interested in helping with VBS…talk to Pastor Rhonda or Monica Ahlman– or
watch for a sign-up sheet in worship and the narthex soon!
+ =
And it will
be FABULOUS! Join us Easter Sunday April
4th between services from 8am – 9:30am as the South Dakota Mission
Trip Crew WITH the help of the SQUARES GROUP and their EXPERTISE cook their way
to immortality (well that might be a stretch…).
But it is bound to be GREAT!
What will
you be eating? The full menu has yet to
be decided – but there will be scrambled eggs, sausage, (French toast, waffles,
or pancakes), fruit, juice, milk, possibly sweet rolls, and we will see what
else we come up with by Easter….
So – join us
Easter morning to celebrate with fellowship and food in the fellowship hall at
our annual Easter Breakfast.
Butter Braid Fundraiser!
What – you ask is a Butter Braid?
It is a YUMMY pastry filled with fruit and
sometimes cream cheese too that is perfect for any morning, brunch, or just
about any time. It comes frozen and all
you need to do is take it out of the freezer, let it rise and bake it for a
short time to enjoy its wonderfulness!
WANT TO TASTE ONE?
Join
the South Dakota Mission Trip Crew on Palm Sunday (March 28th)
after our 1 service for fellowship hour where we will treat you to a taste
of yummy Butter Braids and a chance to then purchase them as a fundraiser
for our mission. We will
have a limited amount on hand to take
with you and will also be
taking pre-orders. We will be taking orders Palm Sunday and Easter for
delivery later in April.
Don’t miss this YUMMY fundraiser!
Time to Mark Summer Camp on the
Calendar!
We have blocked space at confirmation camp this
summer for our middle school kids for the week of July 11th –
16th. (This is the
week BEFORE the Isanti County Fair) We
would like to have as many of our confirmation students attend as possible – as
it is such a marvelous experience and faith stretching opportunity. See Pastor Rhonda for Registrations or go
online to lutherpoint.org to get registered today!
Youth & Family Calendar
March 3rd: Confirmation and
Worship 6pm
March
3rd: Mission Trip Meeting 7:30pm
March 7th: Youth Ministry
Team 11:30am
March
10th: Confirmation to FMSC!
March 11th: Education
Ministry Team 6pm
March 12th BINGO DINNER FOR EVERYONE!!
March 14th: 1st
Communion 9:15am
March 17th: Confirmation and
Worship
March 21st: 1St
Communion 9:15am
March 24th: Confirmation and
Worship
March 28th: Palm Sunday
Worship (one
service) BUTTER
BRAID FUNDRAISER
March 31st: Seder Supper/Confirmation 6pm
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
Worship 7pm
(First Communion)
April 2nd: Good Friday
Worship 7pm
April
4th: Easter Breakfast 8-9:30am
April
7th: NO CONFIRMATION!!!!
April 8th: Education Meeting
6pm
April 11th: Youth Ministry
Team 11:30am
April 14th: Confirmation 6pm
April 21st: Confirmation 6pm
April
23rd – 25th: WI Dells Quake – YIPPEE!
April 28th: Confirmation 6pm