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Shelly Klemp to be Ordained Michelle (Shelly) Klemp has been interning at Christus Lutheran Church. She has now been called to serve at Christus. Her ordination/installation service has been set for Saturday, July 18, 2 p.m. at the church, 120 S. Main St., Clintonville. The pubic is invited to attend as you feel comfortable with gatherings. Congratulations Shelly!

ST. PETER’S LUTHERN CHURCH TRUSTEES MEETING June 14, 2020

Members present: Pastor Janice, Brian Knight, Jackie Baldwin, Kelly Zillmer, Sandra Krause, Chuck Adams Absent: Kris Zillmer, Jen Reinke President Kelly Zillmer called the meeting to order at 11:40 a.m. Pastor Janice led us in prayer Secretary’s Minutes: Brian Knight made a motion to accept the secretary’s minutes as written dated May 17, 2020. Sandra Krause seconded, motion car-ried. Financial Reports: Financial reports were handed out by Jackie Baldwin. Jackie re-ported that we are still in the black. Motion was made by Sandra Krause to accept the financial reports as written. Brian Knight se-conded, motion carried. Pastor’s Report: Pastor’s report was given for February, March, April and May. Old Business: Jackie has been working with the Workmen’s Comp insurance and was originally told that our insurance would be increased. Af-ter the insurance companies’ investigation as to why it would be increased, we were notified that was in error and actually it would be decreased by $3. Discussion on the Trustee’s portion of benevolence. After dis-cussed it was motioned by Jackie Baldwin to donate the funds to the Stedjee family in the form of an Econofood gift card, seconded by Chuck Adams, motion carried. New Business: No new business Motion made by Brian Knight to adjourn and seconded by Chuck Adams. Meeting was adjourned at 12:05 p.m. Next meeting will be on Sunday, August 16, following worship. Jackie Baldwin, Acting Secretary

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church N10685 Petersen Rd., Marion, WI 54950

715-754-2690 stpetersbigfalls@gmail.com

www.stpetersstpauls.org

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Dear friends in Christ, The COVID19 pandemic continues to disrupt our lives. We live our life o f faith in a fairly calm, quiet part of the country—Praise the Lord! But we hear of threats that illness will increase in our area and of riots and violence that continue around the country. Fear boils up and over in con-flict and sometimes violence. Fears for our good health and our safety attack

us even though we live in a country founded on the principle that “all people are created equal” and have the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” In the face of all that’s going on in our country right now, I urge you to join me in continuing to pray for God’s protection and wisdom, for each of us personally and for our nation as a whole. My prayer for you, from Colossians 1: 3 Every time I pray for you my heart overflows with thanksgiving to

Father God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For I have heard

of your devoted lives of faith in Christ Jesus and your tender love toward all his holy believers.

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that you would receive the perfect knowledge of God’s pleasure

over your lives, making you reservoirs of every kind of wisdom and spiritual understanding.

10 I pray that you would walk in the ways of

true righteousness, pleasing God in every good thing you do. Then you’ll become fruit-bearing branches, yielding to his life, and

maturing in the rich experience of knowing God in his fullness! 11

And I pray that you would be energized with all his explosive power from the realm of his magnificent glory, filling you with great hope.

12 Your hearts can soar with joyful gratitude when you think

of how God made you worthy to receive the glorious inheritance freely given to us by living in the light.

Let’s all pray for God’s protection (Psalm 91), to remember that God is always on our side (Psalm 46). And let’s pray for our government system and leaders and the election season we are now in, as the Bible teaches in 1 Timothy 2:1-4: Instruction on Prayer

A Message from Pastor Janice

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2020 Monthly Budget at a Glance Budgeted 2020—$139,382.57

Needed each Month

May Income

Received

May Expenses

May Net Income

$11,615.22 $10,301.75 $8,485.14 $1,816.61

2020 Year to Date Budget at a Glance

Budgeted thru May

Income Received

Expenses Net

Income

$58,076.10 $53,262.53 $50,19.82 $2,642.71

May Profit & Loss Prev. Year Comparison

May 2020 Income

May 2020 Expenses

May 2019 Income

May 2019 Expenses

$10,301.75 $8,485.14 $8,704.17 $8,645.62

Jayden Ridge July 1 Ann Arndt July 4 Karin Koeppel July 6 Tom Miller July 6 Nathaniel Peeters July 7 Adam Anderson July 7 Tom Anderson July 8 David Zilz July 10 Logan Stedjee July 11 Melissa Stuhr July 11 Patty Zillmer July 11 Kay Knight July 13 Carola Jobst July 17 Jennifer Jossie July 18 ‘Big’ Brian Knight July 20 Joe Opperman July 21 Mary Miller July 23 Jo Opperman July 25 David Soik July 28 Jordan Arndt July 29 Mike Rohloff July 29

Staff Vacations Pastor Janice will be on vacation beginning Tuesday, July 7, through Monday, July 20. Jackie will be on vacation Sunday, July 19 through Monday, July 27. For pastoral emergencies you may contact Pastor Kay, 715-460-2131; Pastor Ron Nyhouse, 715-754-2469 or Pastor Dave Eisele at 715-920-422-4540. For all other matters contact the church and leave a message.

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Shop AmazonSmile and Donate to St. Peter’s Many of you are ordering products on Amazon.com and some of you might be familiar with AmazonSmile and may be taking advantage of donating to your favorite charity! Well, now you can take advantage of ordering on AmazonSmile and donate to St. Pe-ter’s. To shop at AmazonSmile simply go to smile.amazon.com on your web browser or activate AmazonSmile on your Amazon Shopping app on your iOS or Android phone (found under settings on your app). You use the same account on Amazon.com and AmazonSmile. Your shopping cart, Wish List, wedding or baby registry, and other account settings are also the same. On your first visit to smile.amazon.com, select St. Peter’s Lutheran Church-Big Falls to receive donations from eligible purchases before you begin shopping. Your selection will be remembered, and then every eligible purchase you make through AmazonSmile will result in a donation. AmazonSmile will occasionally contact you about donation amounts disbursed to your chosen charity or about the program. AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to St. Peter’s. Contact Jackie if you have any questions regarding this.

St. Peter’s Prayer Chain Prayers are so important at all times and St. Peter’s recognizes that and has a dedicated group of people who regularly pray for those who ask. If you are in need of prayers or know of someone who is in need of prayers, contact Faye Miller, 715-445-4600, with the information and she will relay the message to the prayer chain.

Ushers Needed Ushers are needed for the 9 a.m. parking lot service. If you are able to serve one Sunday or one month, contact Jackie at 715-754-2690.

Death Notice Pastor Janice received the following note: “Good morning Pastor Janice, hope this mail meets you well? I am sending this mail to inform you that pastor John Ani (Nigeria) died on Monday, 29th June, 2020 after a brief illness. From Kenechukwu Ani jnr .” (Pastor Ani’s son)

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Most of all, I’m writing to encourage you to pray with gratitude to God. Pray for all men with all forms of prayers and requests as you intercede with intense passion. And pray for every political

leader and representative, so that we would be able to live tranquil, undisturbed lives, as we worship the awe-inspiring God

with pure hearts. It is pleasing to our Savior-God to pray for them. 4 He longs for everyone to embrace his life and return to the full

knowledge of the truth.

Blessings,

Pastor Janice

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Worship Service Changes Worship services will change to start a soft transition to worshiping inside our church building, beginning Sunday, July 5.

9 a.m.—Worship in the parking lot This service will be the same as we have been doing. As you enter the parking lot continue to the carport to receive the Sunday song sheet, pre-filled, sealed individual communion elements and to drop off your offering. Only change is the time it is being held!

10:30 a.m.—Worship in the sanctuary As you enter the church you may pick up the pre-filled, sealed individual communion elements and a bulletin (no ushers/greeters will be handling these elements). Scarves are placed on chairs on chairs that ARE NOT TO BE USED. If you need to move them to make room, we encourage you to keep the social distancing in place. The message will be the same as the 9 a.m. service. Service will continue to be live-streamed on St. Peter’s Facebook page. As you are watching you may take communion by using any type of bread and wine or juice. If you would like someone to come to your home call Pastor Janice at 715-321-1299 or Pastor Kay at 715-460-2131 for an appointment. A pre-filled, sealed individual cup and wafer can be handed to you with a gloved hand and a prayer will be said.

FACEBOOK & WEB PAGE Continue to check St. Peter’s Facebook page and the webpage: www.stpetersstpauls.org for updates and news.

OFFERINGS If you are unable to attend worship with us on Sunday, we encourage you to continue your giving of financial offerings as an act of worship. You can do so by mailing them to: St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, N10685 Petersen Rd., Marion, WI 54950.

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A Message from Pastor Kay (Part 1 of a 2 Part Series in Summertime Fun!)

Summertime is amazing. The sunshine. Being outdoors for hours on end. The kids being dead tired at the end of the day because they played so hard! But there are some down sides to all this sun-shine and change in routine;. namely the fact that it can be hard to keep up a regular time of teaching the Bible to your kids. During the school year and the colder months, it is natural to sit down with your kids and be intentional about training them to love the Lord. Then, BLAM, summer happens with its vaca-tions, summer sports, yard work, and more. Be-fore you know it, summer is ending and you re-alize you haven’t had a family Bible study in a month, you’ve missed church for three consecutive weeks due to summer trips and travel, and well, just the general laziness of not wanting to be that intentional all summer long! I get it - especially the lazy part. Summer is busy and allows for more freedom in being outdoors, especially with little ones. And I will be honest, I want to just pull up a lounge chair, watch my grandkids splash in the pool and do NOTHING. But, surprisingly enough, after about two hours of doing nothing, my whole family is driving each other crazy. We need intentional, albeit more relaxing, activities for our summer. And I don’t want the kids to miss three months worth of oppor-tunities to teach them more about the Lord and His love for them. So, what can we do with those lazy summer days? Well, let’s check out some ideas for Christian summer time activities to help the kids grow in their faith! Gardening - It doesn’t matter if you have a huge vegetable garden or a small planter for flowers, here are some great ways to incorporate your faith into the activity of gardening. • Demonstrate What Good Soil Looks Like -As you prepare your

garden soil for planting, spend a few minutes showing your child the four different kinds of soil mentioned in the Parable of the Sower. Remind them that God wants them to have hearts that are good soil prepared for receiving Him.

• Planting Seeds - Discuss how important it is to share the Gospel with the lost. Talk about ways you can do that together over the summer.

• Weeds - As you weed, explain to your kids that when Adam and

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Eve sinned God had to place the consequences of those sins on this fallen world we live in. One of those consequences is weeds. Use this time of weeding to remind them that sin has consequences but God sent His Son to take away those consequences for us.

• Watering - Explain that God wants us to “water” unbelievers. Ask your kids about ways they can water the seeds that other Christians have planted. Some suggestions you can have could be praying for unbelievers, sharing a Bible or other Christian book with a friend, or inviting a friend to come to Sunday School and church with them.

• Harvesting - Talk about how God places missionaries in the field to help gather the spiritual harvest. Explain that your kids can be missionaries right where they are. Or pack a care package to send to a missionary that your church supports.

Sports Related - If your kid is inclined to enjoy the sports and physical activities offered over the summer, why not take the opportunity to use that natural interest for conversation starters? • Practice Makes Perfect - Discuss how the Christian life is a

journey of slowly growing to be more like Christ daily. Talk about ways that God might be prompting them to take steps that could cause growth in their spiritual walks with God.

• Team Spirit - Christians are all part of the body of Christ. As such, they are a team. If your child is part of a team sport, ask them how the lessons they learn working with their team can be applied to helping their relationships with the body of Christ. Remind them they are on the same team as Jesus.

• Perseverance - Sports can be hard. They require lots of perseverance. So does living the Christian faith. As you drive between all the sports practices, maybe try to have a few conversations about ways the Apostle Paul showed perseverance in his faith.

Check back in the August edition for more summertime fun activities!

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July 18, 22 Years