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Aurora-Trinity Newsletter June13
Aurora-Trinity Newsletter June13
Aurora-Trinity Newsletter June13
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The next food shelf Sunday at Aurora is Sun., June 2nd! Please give to this worth cause as we Feed Bodies with the Love of Jesus! Monday Night Worship Services at Aurora Beginning on Monday, June 3rd, there will be an evening worship service at Aurora at 6:30 p.m. This service will be shorter and more informal than Sundays services. If you are unable to worship with us on Sunday, you are invited to come and worship on Monday evenings.
IMPORTANT AURORA CEMETARY NOTICE:
Due to safety concerns, artificial flowers and ornaments not in above ground pots will be removed June 15th. No glass bottles or glass vases are allowed! Tim Johnson, Cemetery Caretaker
a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Cost to attend is $10.00 per child. Please contact Jerrianne Hendricks at 507-456-2614 to sign up!
needs of people in our community seeking shelter, with the possibility of offering a free meal to this community at some point.
Mission Committee
A group of 7 people have come together to form the Mission Committee. What is the Mission Committee? This committee will gather monthly to help us give specific attention to meeting our mission goals for 2013. Together we will discern how best to respond to what God is calling our parish to do at this specific time and place. If you are interested in be a part of the Mission Committee, please speak with Pastor Jon. As a reminder, our goals for 2013 are: 1. Set up a ride-share system for members of our congregations who dont drive or have a hard time getting to church 2. Find volunteers from our congregations to visit our members who are not able to leave their homes easily. 3. Develop a relationship with the homeless shelters and transitional housing to get a deeper sense of the
+BLESS - Make sign of the cross and say, Child of God, you are loved Week of June 23rd +SHARE Share highs and lows with one another +READ - Luke 9:51-62 +TALK - Talk about the Scripture reading and what you liked or didnt like, or how it relates to the highs and lows. +PRAY Dear Jesus, as a hen covers her chicks with her wings to keep them safe, protect us this night under your golden wings; for your mercys sake. Amen. +BLESS - Make sign of the cross and say, May God watch over you all of your days.
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH QUARTERLY MEETING Sunday, May 5, 2013 Meeting was brought to order by Pres. Rich Paulson. Sec. report presented by Shari, approved as read. Copies handed out. Treas. Report presented by Lorna, approved as read. Copies handed out. Total revenue brought in for the first quarter of 2013 was $3,860.00, total expenses were $5,128.76. This leaves a deficit of $1,268.76. Balances include: $12,726.44 in checking, $12,425.68 in Memorial, and $1,684.02 in Mainstay. MISSION STATEMENT: Trinity has donated $150.00 to a family in need who lost their home to a fire. We also donated $142.00 to the Hospitality House from the Lenten folders, and $32.00 to the Malaria project. Memorial Fund: It was discussed what this fund is for. It can be used for building repairs and upkeep. Just not for regular monthly expenses. Ideas brought up included continuing the remodeling of the front of the church, replacing the cement coming into the church entrance, opening up the area where the balcony used to be, putting benches outside and making an area for summer outside services. It was decided to look more into the cement project for safety reasons. Motion was made and approved to go ahead with this, however the date has been tabled until the weather gets better. FOOD SHELF: We should try to collect items more often than just during Food Shelf Month. Aurora does a collection the first Sunday of every month. Soles for Souls: This is an organization that collects shoes, and sends them out to the needy. It is too late this year, but we will look into this for next year. Account for Local Aid: Pastor Jon sometimes gets calls from people in need of emergency items such as a room for the night, or maybe just a hot meal. Aurora has an account for local aid that is accessible to Pastor Jon for these situations. The Aurora Welca also provides gift cards for gas or meals. Pastor Jon has asked if Trinity would be interested in participating in this. This will be discussed further at the annual budget meeting for Trinity. Quarterly Meetings: It was discussed to change this to monthly meetings instead of quarterly. Motion was made and approved to go to monthly meetings. They will be on the second Sunday of the month, following the church service. They will continue to be council/member meetings since most of the members are on the board all ready. The next meeting will be held on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Graduation Sunday: Trinity has two students that will graduate from high school this year. Sunday June 9th will be designated as Grad. Sunday, to recognize these two individuals. They are Abbey Nelson, and Amber Clausen. Bible Study: Pastor Jon asked if anyone would like to have a bible study group during the summer, or if they would like to take a break for the summer. He also asked if anyone had any topics of interest that they would like to look into. Some members thought that we should take the summer off. Pastor Jon will get more peoples opinions and let us know what is decided. Summer Survey: This is for each member to reply to, not just one per household. Please turn them in by May 15, 2013. There will be a joint council meeting on May 15 th at Aurora to go over the results.
Prairie Manor: Gary announced that they are looking for a new administrator. Sue has resigned as of June 2013 due to health reasons. There are three applicants that will be interviewed on May 7, 2013. With no further business to discuss, motion to adjourn was made by Abbey, and seconded by Paul. Respectfully submitted, Shari Manges, Trinity Secretary
Old Business: Jerianne will be ordering the playground set. It will be delivered to Jeannes home to be stored until it can be installed. Brad thinks he will be able to complete the speaker system by July 1st. It was noted that we may need to replace the Pastors microphone. Brad will look into the cost of a new microphone. Michelle will ask Ryan to come the next council meeting to help us review the insurance coverage. Lighting for the parking lot still needs to be checked.
New Business: Do we need to put stripes on the parking lot. It was decided that we do not need to do this at this time. The meeting was adjourned at 8:15p.m. The next council meeting will be held on June 19th, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Nathele Beadell
The special joint council meeting of the Aurora and Trinity churches was held on Wed. May `5, 2013, at Aurora, at 6:30pm. President Jeanne Pichner presided. Curtis led us in a prayer. The special joint council meeting was held to decide what the summer church schedule should be. The ballets from the congregations were reviewed and read. Discussion followed. The council held a secret ballot. A motion was made for Option 1 by Curtis and seconded by Paul. Motion Passed. Option 1: have just one Sunday service at 9:00, rotating between Aurora and Trinity every other Sunday and Aurora will continue the Monday night service passed. The new summer rotation will begin June 2nd at Trinity. Communion will be held on June 2nd Trinity, July 14th at the Joint picnic and August 11th at Aurora. It was noted the Jeanne and Rich will be attending the synod assembly in Rochester. Paul pointed out the copier used in their home for church business needed repair of a new photo conductor. A new photo conductor would cost $150.00 and Paul could replace it. It was decided to order the part instead of trying to find a new copier. The meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Nathele Beadell