Submitted by June Torrison
It was so nice to see all seven graduating seniors in church in May the Sunday they were honored. I was at an All School Reunion in St. Ansgar recently and people came from all over. The two oldest living graduates were there – Keith Roll, age 100, and Kenneth Duenow, age 99. He is the brother of former resident Merlyn Duenow who recently passed away. Merlyn and LuAnn both sang in choir here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
July/August Clean Church Kitchen: Morning Star
July Flowers: Morning Star
September 21 Synod convention in Owatonna
For those of you who avoid Bible studies because you may think the questions or discussion would be too difficult or “uppity”, here are some questions from the lesson in the May issue of Gather magazine.
Who is the oldest person you spent time with in the last week?
Who is the youngest person you spent time with in the last week?
Now how hard was that? We enjoyed hearing the answers shared by the women in our group.
And the June issue had some wonderful articles with the theme “For just such a time as this”. We may forget that we are to “bloom where we are planted”. There is so much we can offer right where we are – an encouraging word, a compliment, a phone call, a personal note, coming to someone’s defense, etc. The lesson was about Queen Esther, and it’s a WOW story. Another article told about the previous Queen Vashti, and what she refused to do. And we think soap operas have drama!!! Ask me about it.
Since our last issue, we lost Marlene Yost, our long time organist and choir director. I have known her all my life. Her dad and my mom went to country school together in Iowa. Our parents remained friends. It was good to see many former school staff at the funeral along with relatives and friends. When I visited her, she always asked about the church, the town – she was eager to stay in touch. She was one of the organizers of the Choir Festivals to benefit Good Earth Village. She directed many cantatas here. The choir potlucks are fond memories.
The church was full for the wedding of Rachel Rosedahl and Cody Kasprick. So many ceremonies now are “destination weddings”, so it was nice to have it here. Cody’s mother “did” all the flowers. Outdoor weddings run the risk of weather issues. I know many stories about lack of Plan B for such events.
Our ELCA consists of many worthy ministries. In the past, they sent separate mailings for each. This year they are doing something new. A publication called BOUNDLESS contains stories and information about these various ministries along with (of course) an envelope. We can support just one according to our priorities, we can do several, or check Where Needed Most. The other ministries are: ELCA World Hunger, Lutheran Disaster Response, Global Mission, Missionaries, Young Adults in Global Mission, International Women Leaders, and ELCA Fund for Leaders. It’s much easier now to keep track of our contributions and see the whole picture. Together we can do more than we can alone.
It was so nice to see all seven graduating seniors in church in May the Sunday they were honored. I was at an All School Reunion in St. Ansgar recently and people came from all over. The two oldest living graduates were there – Keith Roll, age 100, and Kenneth Duenow, age 99. He is the brother of former resident Merlyn Duenow who recently passed away. Merlyn and LuAnn both sang in choir here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
July/August Clean Church Kitchen: Morning Star
July Flowers: Morning Star
September 21 Synod convention in Owatonna
For those of you who avoid Bible studies because you may think the questions or discussion would be too difficult or “uppity”, here are some questions from the lesson in the May issue of Gather magazine.
Who is the oldest person you spent time with in the last week?
Who is the youngest person you spent time with in the last week?
Now how hard was that? We enjoyed hearing the answers shared by the women in our group.
And the June issue had some wonderful articles with the theme “For just such a time as this”. We may forget that we are to “bloom where we are planted”. There is so much we can offer right where we are – an encouraging word, a compliment, a phone call, a personal note, coming to someone’s defense, etc. The lesson was about Queen Esther, and it’s a WOW story. Another article told about the previous Queen Vashti, and what she refused to do. And we think soap operas have drama!!! Ask me about it.
Since our last issue, we lost Marlene Yost, our long time organist and choir director. I have known her all my life. Her dad and my mom went to country school together in Iowa. Our parents remained friends. It was good to see many former school staff at the funeral along with relatives and friends. When I visited her, she always asked about the church, the town – she was eager to stay in touch. She was one of the organizers of the Choir Festivals to benefit Good Earth Village. She directed many cantatas here. The choir potlucks are fond memories.
The church was full for the wedding of Rachel Rosedahl and Cody Kasprick. So many ceremonies now are “destination weddings”, so it was nice to have it here. Cody’s mother “did” all the flowers. Outdoor weddings run the risk of weather issues. I know many stories about lack of Plan B for such events.
Our ELCA consists of many worthy ministries. In the past, they sent separate mailings for each. This year they are doing something new. A publication called BOUNDLESS contains stories and information about these various ministries along with (of course) an envelope. We can support just one according to our priorities, we can do several, or check Where Needed Most. The other ministries are: ELCA World Hunger, Lutheran Disaster Response, Global Mission, Missionaries, Young Adults in Global Mission, International Women Leaders, and ELCA Fund for Leaders. It’s much easier now to keep track of our contributions and see the whole picture. Together we can do more than we can alone.
