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Aurora Trinity Newsletter Oct12 1
Aurora Trinity Newsletter Oct12 1
Monthly Newsletter
October, 2012
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Aurora Nursery
Do you have a little one and find yourself paying more attention to them instead of the church service? When you get home do you ever think, What did the minister say today? Bonnie Johnson is willing to staff a nursery for babies through 4 years old every second Sunday of the month. This way you can enjoy the service and your little one is happy too. Bonnie will be available in the preschool/kindergarten room in the basement of the church.
Welcome Corner
Presley Jenna Noel Condon & Zeah Rae-Lynn Condon, daughters of William Condon & Holly Weise became members of Aurora through the Sacrament of Baptism th on September 16 . Welcome to Ayla Rebecca Mueller, daughter of John & Rebecca Mueller. She became a member of Aurora through the Sacrament of Baptism on Sunday, June th 17 . Welcome Elizabeth Ruth Rosecke, daughter of Jeremy and Melissa Rosecke. She became a member of Aurora through the Sacrament of Baptism on Sunday, th July 29 . If you or anyone you know are interested in becoming a member of the Aurora or Trinity Lutheran Church congregation, please contact Pastor Jon at auroratrinitypastor@gmail.com/(507) 676-5696 for new member information.
Kindess Cookies
The Sunday School Students made these cookies and shared with others during the 2011-2012 Sunday School year as part of one the rotational Sunday School Sessions. cup applesauce 1 cup brown sugar cup butter 1 egg 1 cup flour tsp. baking soda tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon tsp. ground cloves Vanilla Frosting butter 2 cups powdered sugar 1 Tbsp. milk 1 tsp. vanilla
Mix applesauce, brown sugar, butter, and egg together. Then add the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and ground cloves. Cover & refrigerate for a minimum of 1 hour. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Cool & frost with vanilla frosting.
Where else?
Last month, I wrote about the importance of relationships. Have you made any new relationships since then? Have you met anyone new at church or elsewhere? As a pastor friend of mine recently told, relationships are where all that church stuff we talk about forgiveness, grace, love happens. Relationships are important. Even the promise that we are made in the image of God is a fully relational promise. We bear resemblance with God; we are related to God. God will not be God without us; God chooses to be known in and through relationships. But I dont want to simply highlight relationships in general as important. I want us to think about intergenerational relationships. Think about it where else in your life, or your kids life, is there the opportunity to spend time with three, if not four, generations of people who are not family? Church is a unique location where adults who have lived through the depression and children who have only known of iPhones and Kindle Fires come together in worship and fellowship. What a wide variety of knowledge and wisdom that resides within the walls of the church on Sunday mornings! A goal that we have this year is to strengthen the relationships between Aurora and Trinity. I have already seen movement in this area in the past couple of months, with Trinity members helping at the Aurora Diner and Aurora members helping at the Trinity Aebleskiver supper. We will continue to work on this, but as we do, we also want to strengthen the relationships within Aurora and Trinity. We want those who have worshipped together for years (decades?) to get to know one another better. Here are some of the ways we are working on intergenerational relationships in the months ahead: Inviting adults into the Confirmation program as mentors. Thirteen adults have agreed to come alongside our Confirmation students this year! Offering at least one intergenerational service project each month. All members, regardless of age, from both Aurora and Trinity are invited to help out. Finally, there will be Intergenerational fellowship events, like the Fall Festival on October 13th at Aurora. I hope that you will join us in this effort to deepen our relationships with one another. Know that I am grateful for all of you. Peace and love, Pastor Jon
Aurora Lutheran Church Council Meeting Sept 19 2012 The regular monthly meeting of the Aurora Church Council met on Sept 19, 2012, at 6:30 PM. Those present were Pastor Jon Davis, Jeanne Pichner, Cheryl Thompson, Mark Prestegard, Jodi Keck, Roger Carroll, Brett Paape, Michelle Williams, Ryan Schrom, Sara Pichner. A joint meeting was held with Trinity council members attending. Our agenda was to interview the candidates for Administrative Assistant. It was a very hard decision, as all the candidates were qualified and could handle the position. Thank you to all who applied. Lisa Korbel will be our new Parish Officer Administrator, starting in about 3 weeks. The Secretarys report was not read, nor was the Treasures report read. Jodi submitted the following totals: General Fund: $549.55; Building Fund: $4,004.60; Memorial Fund: $10,939.55; Parsonage Fund: $1,462.75; Cemetery Fund: $7,843.44. Pastor Jons notes: Pastor Jon and family will be on vacation after church on Sept 23-Sept 30. Paige Whitney will be preaching on Sept 30. Oct. 1-3 Pastor Jon will be at a preaching conference at Luther Seminary. The sign in front of the church needs the service times changed. Ryan Schrom will do it. The Parsonage is in need of painting. WELCA is looking into getting some new windows also at the parsonage using funds from the Trappers Convention. The NW side of the basement is moist at the parsonage. The copier is broken again. Our choices are to leases, buy new or look into using other churches machines. Ryan will look into leasing, Jodi will look into buying new and Pastor Jon will contact some churches. We will be purchasing a lap top for the Parish Office Administrator. Sara Pichner and Jodi will be looking into it and purchasing one. Karyn Kubista is concerned that the play ground equipment is very unsafe. The Sunday School would like to start some fund raisers to raise money to replace the equipment. The council approved the idea. Due to an over site and the company changing its name, we have fallen behind on our insurance payment. To catch up we have set up a payment plan. A motion was made and seconded to authorize Jodi to pay the insurance payment plus the catch up payment, boring from the emergency fund if necessary. We will have the back bills paid up and current by the end of December. Our next meeting will be on Oct 17, 2013 at Aurora. The joint meeting will be at 6:30 with Aurora having their council meeting following. Respectfully Submitted, Cheryl Thompson, Secretary