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Announcements ----------------------------------- Plan now to attend "Jonah in June: A Whale of a Time!" - "Jonah" is for ALL ages - Join us for fun and dinner and music and more fun! Crafts and drama and fun and bible study and games and still more fun!
Cost is $5/person, $20/family (whales admitted free). Registration forms in the upcoming May LOTI Link. For more info, contact Bob at 612-377-5095 or Jennifer at vllnc88@aol.com! -----------------------------------NIP Leisure Time Party The NIP Leisure Time Party is fast approaching - Thursday, May 15! We need folks to volunteer to pick up 2 attendees at their homes that are not too far from LOTI and we need a crew to serve and clean-up from We also need Bingo Prizes! The folks like mittens, scarves, t-shirts, games, toiletries and room décor items - please, no candy or candles. There will be a box in the Narthex for your contributions. We provide entertainment from 1-1:30, coffee and dessert from You're encouraged to stop in and greet these folks and spend a few minutes talking to them. The entertainment is always good and the dessert this time is apple cake (homemade!) with cinnamon ice cream. If you can help, please call Mary Ann Lisk at 612-250-2177 or 612-935-4357. -----------------------------------
Tara Lamo and Howard Boone in Iraq.
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Howard & Lois Dahlgren; Fritz Kottke; Margaret & Don Powell; and Duane Westphal.
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Join in and lend a hand! Every Sunday morning we need . . . .
Altar Servers; Acolytes; Ushers; Readers -------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------- Shelter Meal Coordinators Needed
This is a great volunteer opportunity for 4-6 people a month --- super for one family with school-age kids! The 1st Friday of each month, Lake of the Isles prepares, delivers and serves a supper meal to residents of Our Saviour's Housing in Minneapolis. Time commitment is about 3 hours, beginning at 5 p.m. For details, call the church office. A sign-up sheet is posted in the kitchen. -------------------------------------------
------------------------------ Are you struggling with financial hardship for any reason--job loss, medical emergency, other set-backs? Lutheran social service now offers financial counseling services that help people solve their budgeting and spending problems and manage their money to achieve their financial goals. for more information, check their website at www.lssmn.org/debt. --------------------------------------------------- Parking at church We now have 4 "courtesy" handicap signs reserving parking nearest the front & side doors. please leave those spaces for folks who have handicap stickers and others who are less able to walk. also, remember that we are invited by kenwood school to use their lot on sunday mornings. especially during the winter months, if you are able to walk the distance, please use the lot and leave the parking closest to the church for our elderly and families with infants. thanks! --------------------------------------------------- If you are hospitalized if you would like a hospital visit from pastor Gayle or would like to be listed for prayers . . . . . please have someone call the church office. Due to new federal privacy laws, hospitals can no longer release any information about you - not even your presence in the hospital - unless you inform the hospital that you wish to be listed in their directory of patients and ok the release of basic information to the church. ---------------------------------- Prayer Cards
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NIP Adult Education The Knit-Wits Wednesday Morning Bible Study Twenty Year Club Our Saviors Shelter Meal Servers Do you have an idea for a small group at LOTI (walkers, runners, golfers, bowlers, readers, eaters, boaters, motorcycle riders, etc.)? Let us know - we'll help you organize it! All of these groups are made up of people who have a lot in common with you! Join in and get to know your fellow congregants! -------------------------------------------
Two Wolves
He said, "My son, the battle is between two ?wolves' inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego.
The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?" The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."
There were four major items on the agenda:
2. Election of members to the Congregational Council, 3. Vote on the parsonage question 4. Approval of the 2008 budget.
In addition, there were reports presented in writing from Pastor Gayle, outgoing Council President Mark Du. ff, and all Ministry and Action teams. Karen Holmes spoke briefly about the very successful 2007 stewardship drive, noting that $218,000 was pledged and that 47 members had increased their pledges this year.
1. Amendment to article C12.01 of the constitution:
The voting membership of the Congregation Council shall consist of the pastor(s) and not more than thirteen (13), members of the congregation, one of whom shall be a youth member, confirmed and under the age of eighteen (18). This number includes the officers of the congregation. Any voting member of the congregation may be elected, subject only to the limitation on the length of continuous service permitted in that office. A member's place on the Congregation Council shall be declared vacant if the member a) ceases to be a voting member of this congregation or b) is absent from four successive regular meetings of the Congregation Council without cause. (Changed language is underlined.)
Previously, the Council membership was twelve adult members only. After brief discussion, the amendment was passed.
At this time, the youth member will have a voice on the Council, but will not have a vote. When the amendment is ratified at the next year's Annual meeting, the youth member will have full voting privileges.
2. Election of members
Two synod delegates were elected for a one year term. They are Judyth Bigelow and Jennifer Vaillancourt. John Hanson, Susan Kinder and Mary Knoblach were elected to a one year term as Nominating Committee and Nicole Engstrom and Matt Rand were elected to one year terms as auditors.
3. Vote on the Parsonage question
The Resources Working Group explored all facets of keeping or selling the parsonage and presented those facts to the congregation in a number of open meetings, in the LOTI Link, and on the LOTI website.
After 30 minutes of discussion involving questions and answers and two minute presentations by members, the vote was take with this result: 48 members voted to keep the parsonage.(majority vote) 43 members voted to sell the parsonage
At the February 21st meeting of the Congregational Council, steps will be taken to create a plan for determining the use of the parsonage property. That plan will be presented to the congregation for approval at some future date, not yet determined.
4. Approval of the 2008 Budget
If you were not at the meeting and would like to read the reports of Ministry and Action teams, the church year statistics or the financial summaries and statements for 2007, copies are available in the church office. Call Bob at 612 377 5095. ------------------------ |
