THE PEACE MESSENGER NOVEMBER 2018

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Grace and Peace to You Dear sisters and brothers in Christ!

Some highlights from this past month…. Celebrating Jesse Larson’s Confirmation. Jesse blessed us
with the message that day recounting stories from his confirmation years and most importantly proclaiming
that in his baptism he is a Child of God and marked with the Cross of Christ Forever! And he was the
Assisting Minister for the 1st time… well done Jesse and thank you for sharing your Wednesday afternoons
with me for the last three years!

What fun we had this these last four weeks playing our Kazoo’s for the sending song. Everybody
has been a good sport as we open ourselves to praise God in different ways!

Thank You to the Budget Committee of outgoing treasurer Luann Teige, incoming treasurer Tony
Garland, Amy Sedin Stewardship council member and Kathy Johnson church secretary. These faithful
servants spent a Monday evening not finishing until nearly 10:30pm until we had a mission plan (budget)
prepared for our Sunday, November 11th Annual Meeting.

Another highlight – welcoming Amelia Opsahl into the Church Militant (baptized Christians) on All Saints
Sunday! Thank You Amelia for your presence that day in your baptism as we also remembered the saints
who joined the Church Triumphant this past year.

Blessings Grow and Grateful this month of November!

Pastor Donna Rutten: Cell—715-815-0897; Pastor Email: pastorpeacepoplar@gmail.com

Mailing Address: PO Box 345 Poplar, WI 54864 Office Phone: 715-364-2593
Website: www.peacepoplar.org Church Email: peacepoplar@gmail.com Facebook: Peace Lutheran Church, Poplar, WI
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September 13, 2018 Peace Lutheran Council Meeting Minutes

Present: Pastor Donna, Tricia, Tony, Sherry, Gerry, Amy, Rita, Jon, Ray
Absent: Dale, Yvonne, Carol
Called to order at: 6:35
Devotions: Gospel of John

Clerical Business:
Secretary Minutes: Reviewed, Amy/Gerry MSA
Calendar: Reviewed; Blessing of the Pets, Playground 10/4 6:00, Council 10/16 at 6:30, 50th Meeting 10/24
6:30, Lake Superior Conference 10/18 at 6:00, changes sent to Kathy. A Motion was made Approval for build-
ing usage on 11/3/18 Amy/Rita MSA
Pastor's Report: Reviewed, Rainbow trails possibility for next year
Parish Nurses Report: Reviewed

Financial Report:
Treasurer Report: Report was not approved due to several expenditure questions and money market not calcu-
lating correctly. Checkbook balance off $524.08 for the second month.

Committee Reports:
Women:
Men:
Youth:
Education: Sunday School Starting 9/16/18
Property: Landscaping was completed by Wes, Leroy, Garret, Lance at the parsonage. 2Nd bid for basement
was obtained more expensive and less warranty coverage. Quarterly update to be given 9/16/18.
Outreach/Inreach: Discussion of Fish Fry’s, 4 instead of 6, Lent starts 3/6, Easter 4/21, time change 3/10,
NHS break 3/11 to 15th and Italian Night more details in coming months
Worship:
Stewardship:

Old Business:
Playground: sides are up, sand being shoveled in, Boy Scouts to help w/ pea gravel
Quarterly Meeting will be on Parsonage Basement 9/16/18

New Business:
Next 50th Anniversary meeting will be 10/24 at 6:30
Italian Night will be Valentine’s Day 2019
Harvest Dinner, Reviewed, sign up sheets and help list
Invite Evening Circle to Council to talk about November Craft Bazaar plans.
Special Congregational Meeting 10/21 to lower Quorum for voting.

Thank you cards: Lance Lindahl for Fabric, Garret and Wes Little, Leroy and Lance Burger land-
scaping work at Parsonage
Next Executive meeting: TBD
Next Church Council Meeting 10/16 at 6:30pm
Motion to Adjourn Amy/Rita at 8:01 with the Lord's Prayer
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Fight the Flu

“A wise man is mightier than a strong man, and a man of knowledge is more powerful than a strong man”.
Proverbs 24:5

We are heading into the flu season again. If you recall, last year was especially severe with the dominance
of the H3N2 virus. In fact last year’s flu season was one of the deadliest in the last 40 years. An estimated
80,000 people died, including 180 children. This year the vaccine will be quadrivalent meaning it will
hopefully match the four common circulating viruses including an additional B virus component.

The 3 main ways to fight the flu are to:

· Get your flu vaccine. Everyone age 6 months and older should receive the vaccine which is
available in a nasal spray as well as the traditional injectable vaccine. Check with your doctor to
find out which flu vaccine is appropriate for you. A higher dose vaccine is again recommended for
people 65 years of age and older. Remember, it takes about 2 weeks to be effective. Even though it
may not prevent the flu, it can reduce the severity of the symptoms.

· Prevent the spread of the virus. Cover your cough or sneeze-viruses can travel up to 6 feet! Wash
your hands frequently and avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. Use an alcohol-based hand
sanitizer if soap is not available. Clean and disinfect surfaces-viruses can live on nonporous
surfaces (wood, plastic, metal) up to 2 days and on porous surfaces (tissue, clothing, paper) for up to
12 hours. Avoid close contact with sick people. During the church service you may want to avoid
shaking hands or use the hand sanitizer in the pews after shaking hands. We plan to continue to hold
hands for the Lord’s Prayer unless there is an increase in flu incidence and severity. The peak time
for the flu is between December and February. If you are sick, remember you can infect others 1
day before symptoms develop and up to 7 days after becoming sick. Stay home for at least 24 hours
after your fever is gone.

· Ask your doctor about using an antiviral drug. If you’re young and healthy you probably don’t need
one. However, those who are at greater risk for serious flu complications should be treated. The
drug works best when given within 2 days of the start of the flu but can still be beneficial when
started later. A new antiviral drug, Xofluza, was just approved by the FDA on Oct. 24th.

Your Parish Nurses

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P. O. Box 396

Lake Nebagamon, WI 54849

K ..l.N. Tax ID Number: 02-0694846

SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM KIN

Yes, it is a bit early to think about Christmas, but at KIN we like to plan ahead
to avoid that last minute panic. With that in mind we are asking our area
churches to consider doing a little early grocery shopping before that panic
sets in. We are collecting donations of canned goods (veggies, fruit, soups,
pasta sauces, etc), dry goods (mac and cheese, noodles, cereals), jellies (we
have quite a bit of peanut butter already but can always use a bit more),
taco-kits, mashed potato buds...anything you think you would like to eat, we
would love to put in our Christmas food baskets.

So this is a good time to start watching for food ads and maybe picking up a
couple extra items when you are at the grocery store. Last year KIN served
41 families (112 children) in the Northwestern school district. There seems to
be so much sorrow and trouble in the world at large that it is easy to feel
helpless to change anything. It is a great blessing to be able to change
something in our own community. We hope and pray you will join our effort,
and we thank you so much in advance for your assistance!

You can either bring your donations to St. Anthony Catholic Church office on
Monday or Thursday from 9-12 or anytime to the Lake Nebagamon Library.
Or please call Cathy Ketola at 715-374-3796 and she will make arrangements
to pick up your items.

Thank you and Merry Christmas in advance!!!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE

FOLLOWING MEMBERS

Dawn Evans November 02

Brandon Rounsville November 04
Nov 11 Pat & Carolyn Grube
Carley Bottolfson November 06
Rita Garrow November 06 Nov 30 Steve & Nancy Grauer Meals
Kory Gilderman November 14
Nathan Lindahl November 14
Greg Kessler November 17
Tim Goddard November 21 USDA Rural Development has left us flyers
Marge Lange November 24 with information on available services and
programs through 504 Program Summary and
Jay Puhl November 24
Direct Program Summary.
Jon Kopetzky November 26
These flyers provide guidelines for amounts of
Jeremy Knase November 28
loan, fees, terms, purposes, applicant
Justin Knase November 28 guidelines, and property guidelines.
Julie Malinoski November 30 Summary sheets are available on table in the
Narthex. Please help yourself.

Our November 10th Holiday Bazaar is coming up fast! The Evening Circle is busy planning the details. The
decision was made to focus on what has been the most popular in the past- our cookie walk and sale of our
baked goods. People are also looking for stocking-stuffer gifts and other low-cost items. New this year will
be a Chinese auction featuring gift baskets and possibly a couple rented tables. We have a quilt and a large
gift basket from Gronk’s for buying chances to win drawing. Please continue to bake, can, sew, and make
craft items as you have in the past and plan to help us go all out for our cookie walk, baked goods, and gift
baskets. We’ll also have a thrift store as we did last year. We will make final preparations on Sunday,
November 4th when we will assemble cookie boxes, set up tables, and bake cookies. Lunch will be served.
Please see the sign-up sheet in the Fellowship Hall. If you have questions just ask one of the Evening Circle
members- Luann Teige, Jan Stevens, Arlene Erickson, Lois Burger, or Cindy Sapik.
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IN NOVEMBER WE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING:

November 4 Martin Pflug, Doreen Swanson, & Pat Grube

November 11 Ashley Pearson, Randy Teige, & Milt Olson
November 18 Ian Kalin, Florence Goddard, & Jeanne Rounsville
November 25 Rita Garrow, Kory Gilderman, & Nathan Lindahl

More Parish Nurse News: The parish nurses are now selling Kwik Trip car wash cards in addition to
Kwik Trip and Holiday gas cards. You can get 5 Ultimate $10 car washes for $40. These cards are a great gift
for the hard-to-buy-for people in your lives.

The Peace Parish Nurses are starting a bereavement card ministry to provide comfort and
support to people in our congregation whose immediate family members have died. Cards will
be sent at the time of death, at 3-month intervals and at special times such as the loved one’s
birthday or wedding anniversary during the first year following a death of a spouse, parent,
child, or sibling. An appropriate Care Notes® pamphlet will be sent with the card. We recently
applied for and received a $150 mini-grant from Northern Waters Parish Nurse Ministry to start
the card ministry. We welcome people to be part of this special ministry. Let Jan Stevens know
if you want to be involved. Also makes us aware of congregation members whose loved ones
have died.

2018 CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERS

PASTOR Donna Rutten
The Poplar/Wentworth Lion’s Club
has provided a container to donate
PRESIDENT/Women Tricia Garland
used eye glasses and hearing aids.
VICE PRESIDENT/Men Dale Johnson
SECRETARY/Inreach/Outreach Sherry Jacobson

TREASURER/Worship Tony Garland

Education Jon Kopetzky
Property Ray Larson
Senior Carol Lindahl
Stewardship Amy Sedin
Please bring your no longer needed
items to the container in the Narthex.
Youth/Young Adult Yvonne Kalin
Thanks for helping with recycling.
Inreach/Outreach Rita Garrow
Seniors Gerry Karna
Administration Assistant Kathy Johnson
Financial Secretary
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Sunday Servants Schedule NOVEMBER 2018

Veteran’s Day
November 4 November 11 November 18 November 25
READER Kory Terry Gloria Amy S
ASSISTING MINISTER Hailey Rick Tony
COMMUNION Terry Martin Gabe Rick
SERVERS Gary Tony
GREETERS Kalin Rusty Wes Gerry
Family Carole Bonnie Rita
OFFERING Lois Gerry Gary Lin
Melba Rita Ray L Jan
ACOLYTE Ashley Maija Nolan Gunnar
Luke Asher Ashley
FELLOWSHIP RADA Wes & Bonnie Carol &
HOSTS tasting Little Arlene
JAPAN MISSION Rick & Donna- for Melba Jennifer & Deanna Lancour-for
Colin Everson Felker Rich Larson Don & Scott

If you cannot assist/serve, you need to find a replacement person and leave a note, or phone message to church office,
715-364-2593 or peacepoplar@gmail.com

MEN’S GROUP Peace Lutheran Women (PLW) - November

Altar Guild Team for November is Team #5 Lin Helenius
November 5 @ 7:00 pm Quilting: November 6 & 20 at 9:30
Ruth Circle: 3rd Wednesday, November 21 at 10:00
Food Shelf : Third Saturday November 17 at 9am to 11:00
PLW Meeting: To Be Announced
Evening Circle;:To Be Announced

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS

Sunday Worship Schedule:
Tuesday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Worship Service @ 9:00 am
Wednesday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Fellowship @ 10:00 am
Sunday School @ 10:00am
Thursday 10:00 am to 1:00 pm