Worship with Us!
9:30 a.m.
- Worship
10:30 a.m.
- Fellowship
Monthly Worship Schedule:
1st and 3rd Sundays: blended worship
2nd Sunday: traditional worship
4th Sunday: contemporary worship
Holy Communion
2nd and 4th Sundays
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Sunday Worship Scripture Links
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In This Issue
- Message from Pastor Marlene
- Sending Sara
- Shiny Sign
- Financial Statements
- Audio & Video Volunteers Needed
- Lead Music
- Service Work
- God's Work, Our Hands
- Crock Pot
- Rejoice Picnic
- Bible Study
- Fall Festival Donations
- Blood Drive
- Community Prayers and Links
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At the conclusion of worship this week we will go out and bless and rededicate the refurbished Rejoice sign! THANKS to all who worked so hard to make this a beautiful “sign” of resurrection and new life for us.
Thank you to those who have already responded to the important Rejoice-ing emphasis to provide seed money to support a new settled pastor! Letters and information went out last week. If yours has been misplaced, information and envelopes are available at church.
In case you haven’t heard, we will continue with one 9:30a worship service each Sunday morning this fall. In addition, starting Wednesday, September 11 we’ll have a midweek worship service at 7:30p after Confirmation and Faith Formation. Watch for all the details and information in the September newsletter!
See you in worship on Sunday as we consider another favorite bible story: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego!
Peace & Blessings,
Pastor Marlene
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Thanks for the Memories, Sara!
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Join us for cake and fellowship following worship as we say thank you and extend our blessings to Sara Miller, who has resigned as our Youth and Family Coordinator.
A basket will be available for cards and other expressions of gratitude and encouragement.
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Heartfelt thanks go to
Ryan & Lisa Pridgeon, Fred & Marge Varner, Paul Amundson, Deron Trovall, and Brian Johnson for the gift of our resurrected sign.
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True View: Financial Statements Ready for Pick Up
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Please check your mailbox at Rejoice. Financial statements are waiting for you.
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We believe that everyone has a God-given gift, and a place within Rejoice to share that gift. Our worship services are in need of
additional tech hands to run the power point and sound system
. If you have these skills or an interest in this area of service, call the Rejoice office at 320.558.6851 or email
rejoice@rejoicelutheranchurch.org
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Best of all, no experience is needed! Training is provided. :)
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Have you ever wanted to help lead worship through your musical talents and gifts? Now you can sign up in the blue music schedule binder found by the sound booth! Sign up to help lead worship just once or several times. Packets with music are available typically two weeks prior to the service to allow for practice time. Email Nicole Heberling at
music@rejoicelutheranchurch.org
if you have any questions. Thank you in advance!
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The last summer service projects will be held on Wednesday, August 21. Plan your day to run from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Sign up at the Youth & Family table or email
sara@rejoicelutheranchurch.org
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God's Work, Our Hands Sunday, September 8
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Mark your calendar NOW for
God's Work, Our Hands Sunday
on September 8! We will gather for a brief time of prayer, blessing and offering in the sanctuary at 9:30 a.m. and then we'll head out and dive in to be the hands and feet of Christ in our community! There will be opportunities to serve for all ages.
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We'll partner with
Great River Faith in Action
to help neighbors in need. We'll be traveling to three homes, and will likely have one more to add to the list:
- Light house-keeping and yard work in Becker
- Washing windows and pulling weeds in Clear Lake
- Mowing lawn and other yard work in Clear Lake
At church, we’ll pack school snack packs for
Pathways 4 Youth
, an organization in St. Cloud that serves homeless youth, and
we’ll take a noisy offering on August 25 in support of this food-packing event
. We’ll also be making and writing notes of love for our shut-ins and residents of the Annandale Care Center.
Don’t miss God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday! Watch for more details as the date approaches. Questions? Call Susan Chwalek at 320.267.0320.
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The next time you prepare a tasty supper in your crock pot (if you were a contributor of soup to the Lent suppers), you may find that your trusty crock pot insert just doesn’t fit the way it used to. Why? Because it may not be yours, but Linda Painter’s. A mix-up of black crock inserts has occurred. Please call Linda at 320.761.0007 and both of you will be happily making crock pot dinners again.
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Can we let summer pass without a Rejoice pot luck picnic? If you would like to plan this event, please contact Liz Smith at 320.558.6887. A sign-up sheet will be posted in the Fellowship Hall if you’re interested in lending a hand.
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Women's Bible study group meets the first Tuesday of every month at 10:00 a.m. in the meeting room at Rejoice. Please join in!
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Clean Your Closet for a Cause
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Reminder: bring your household items for Granny's Attic or Silent Auction donations to Rejoice during office hours or on Sunday mornings.
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Annandale is sponsoring a Red Cross Bloodmobile. Do you have a pint to spare?
- Thursday, August 22
- 1-7:00 p.m.
- Class Hall Event Center
- 220 Poplar Lane, Annandale
To make your appointment, call Valerie Kaz at 320.274.5531.
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f you have a loved one or friend in need of prayer, fill out a
prayer request
or use one of the prayer concern requests located on the Interest table and in the sanctuary welcome pads. The star(*) in front of a name denotes a Rejoice member. This is a dynamic list. Requests will be printed for up to four weeks; call the church office at 320.558.6851 to extend listing. If a name of a friend or loved one has been omitted please resubmit the name and/or concern using one of the prayer concern forms found in the red Welcome Pads in the worship area.
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Sympathies to:
Ray and Mary Wilson in the loss of friend,
Camila Horton
John Kastner in the loss of his mother, Joan Kastner
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Receiving Treatment for Cancer:
Maria Landers (area quilters)
Shirley Thomley (friend, Jim & Marlys Johnson)
Christy Dorris (great-niece, Duane & Darlene Johnson)
Rev. Scott Gustafson (cousin, Linnea Lindquist)
Marlene Anderson-Woods (friend, Linda Agre)
Michelle Wrightson (cousin, Mary Wilson)
Ann Czech (sister, Cindy Kirchoff)
*Pete Lidberg
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Others:
*Scott Scharmer
Ron Dettman (friend, Linda Agre)
Lester Dupont (father, Linda Painter)
Marlene Vogel (mother, Joni Hagstrom)
Jaxon Gentile (nephew, Angie Jacobs)
Michael Johnson, (son, Charlie & Edie Johnson)
David Tarro (nephew, Susie Faust)
*Bev Allen
Scott Gambill (son, Rosemary Monk)
Joyce Hoffer (friend, Linda Agre)
Ron Wolfbauer (nephew, Carolyn & Ron Stensby)
Kris (sister, Rosemary Monk)
Walker James Vreeland (grandson, David & Cindy Kirchoff)
Baby Henry Opatz (friend, Tina Bunting)
Tom Ahrenholz (brother, Mark Ahrenholz)
*Jerry Jagadzinski
*Bev Hugo
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Deployed or Returning from Active Duty:
Troy Thomas (Mike Charboneau)
Jon Fisher (brother, Joe Fisher)
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