Available Signups & Links |
Access Code, If Needed, Is Serve
See the end of this newsletter for our emails and links to our website.
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Faith Quest Sunday School
Continues This Sunday,
October 17, 9:30 a.m.
Details & Registration Link Below
Please note: We are reporting an exposure to
COVID last Sunday, October 10.
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We are excited, blessed, and grateful to announce, Faith Quest Sunday School (age 4 through 6th grade) has resumed, and continues this Sunday, October 17!
Special thanks to Genal Heinsen and Dana Tran for their willingness to lead our efforts.
As we have done in the past, children will join their parents for the beginning of worship. After the Children’s Message, children will be invited to go to Faith Quest. Classes will include activities, crafts, songs, and prayer. We have begun planning for our Children’s Christmas Program. Due to varied vaccination status, and children under 12 not being vaccinated, and our classes including all ages as we get started, all children are asked to wear masks at this time.
An initial and brief look ahead includes the following schedule for Faith Quest to meet:
October 17, (No Class October 24), October 31
November 7, November 14, November 21, (No Class November 28)
December 5, December 12 (Children’s Christmas Program date to be finalized soon)
We look forward to having you join us soon, as our quest to grow in faith continues!
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Join Us This Sunday
October 17, 9:30 a.m.
In-Person & Live-Streamed
As we continue to welcome
Kyle Dacon as our new pianist!
Please note: We are reporting an exposure to
COVID last Sunday, October 10.
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We hope you join us this Sunday in person or on Facebook, as we continue to welcome Kyle Dacon as our new pianist! Kyle comes to us with many talents and gifts, and we are filled with gratitude and truly blessed!
Worship includes congregational singing and Holy Communion. Access our bulletins and our Facebook page via the links in the article above, or via our website: lordoflifemn.org.
Worship Volunteers Needed!
Please join us as together, we do everything possible
to keep one and all safe and well!
If you do not feel well, please stay home!
If you or someone close to you has been exposed, please stay home!
If you or someone close to you is waiting for a test result,
please stay home!
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9th Grade Students
Confirmation Class Begins
This Sunday, October 17, 11 a.m.
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If you have a 9th grade student and are not able to join us for class, please email Pastor Jamie.
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Women's Ministry Book Club
Sunday, October 24, 6 p.m.
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Join us to discuss The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah on Sunday, October 24, 6:30 p.m. We will meet at Lord of Life.
"Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance.
In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli—like so many of her neighbors—must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life. The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation."
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Life Nite
Wednesday, November 3, 6-7 p.m.
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Life Nite is a class for 6th-9th grade, October-May, the first Wednesday of each month, from 6-7 p.m. As you hear the sirens each first Wednesday of the month, remember you have Life Nite and you get to see each other!! This monthly program is designed to connect and bridge Faith Quest, to Confirmation, and IGNITE.
Each Life Nite includes a simple meal, study, discussion, life application point, planning future IGNITE events, and fun! Watch for a way for future Life Nite meetings to have families coordinate efforts to pick up and deliver and serve meals.
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All Saints' Sunday
Sunday, November 7
Daylight Saving Time Ends
On Sunday, November 7
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On Sunday, November 7, with Christians around the world, we celebrate All Saints' Sunday, as we share a special time remembering loved ones who have gone before us to join the company of saints in the glory of heaven. You are invited to submit names of loved ones to be read as part of the morning prayers.
Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Saturday night/Sunday morning, November 7. Enjoy that extra hour of sleep!
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Veterans' Dinner
Monday, December 6
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On Monday, December 6, Lord of Life will host the Farmington Beyond The Yellow Ribbon Network Veteran's Dinner at 6 p.m. If you are interested in helping serve those who have served so willingly, or singing carols to entertain the troops, please sign up online here. We are looking for donations to cater the meal, as well as people to set up, serve & clean up.
Also, the Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts will be conducting the flag ceremony. If your Scout would like to participate, please sign up and arrive at 5:45 p.m. The access code is Serve.
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Council Update
Director of Music Ministry
& Pianist Positions
Continue To Be Posted
We continue to offer our gratitude and appreciation to Doris McNamara, Ann Mikiska, and Scott Hanson for leading our services during our extended search and hiring process. We also thank our Search Team for their time and devoted efforts: Co-Chairs: Ted Dau & Brian Rogers, Rachelle Gilbertson, Doris McNamara, and Nancy Zaske.
As we welcome Kyle Dacon to our staff and ministry, we do want to inform people our search continues for a Director of Music Ministry and additional pianists. Kyle comes to us with amazing talents and abilities, a most impressive resume, an energizing presence and spirit, and some limited availability, so you will continue to see the positions posted as we look to further broaden the circle of support to serve our music ministry.
For more information, talk to a member of the Search Team or one of us or Pastor Jamie. The Position Descriptions and the Applications for each of these positions are available on our website: www.lordoflifemn.org.
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5th & 6th Grade Students:
Looking to Receive First Communion?
Get Started Here!
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Simple steps are in place to connect with students and families!
If you have a 5th- or 6th-grade student interested in beginning to receive communion in the coming weeks, please email Pastor Jamie.
In an effort to welcome you to God’s table of grace, those for whom we missed providing a class over the past year, Pastor Jamie will personally follow up with you and provide you and your family information, instructional materials, schedule a time to meet, begin to prepare a certificate, and look forward to an upcoming Sunday when your family wishes to celebrate this very special day!
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Youth Ministry
Initial Plans for the Coming Year!
Faith Quest Registration Open!
See link below.
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We are so excited to relaunch our Youth Ministries this fall!
Much of the following has been on our minds and prayers over the past year as we explore how best to take next steps, to reconnect and renew our children and youth ministries at Lord of Life. We have thankfully arrived at a point in the process to share dates being explored, to hear more from you and others, to seek volunteers and support, and to begin to identify and finalize dates and details.
Some of this continues to evolve and may need to change, and yet, for now, we are making every attempt to take the next steps and we look forward to gathering again soon!
Faith Quest Sunday School (ages 4 years - 6th grade): Began on Sunday, October 3; new students welcome at any time. For now, age groups are combined, and all children are asked to wear face masks. To register for Faith Quest, click here.
Life Nite (6th-9th grade): Began Wednesday, October 6. Next meets on Wednesday, November 3, 6-7 p.m.
Confirmation (classes for 7th-9th grade); Plans are being explored to Confirm this year’s 10th-grade class and this year’s 11th-grade class! Classes for 7th, 8th, and 9th graders begin in October.
First Communion (4th grade & older); Plans are in place for this year’s 5th-grade class and 6th-grade class; talk to Pastor Jamie to learn more! A class for this year's 4th-grade class will be offered in the spring during Lent, with First Communion celebrated on Maundy Thursday (April 14, 2022).
Vacation Bible School: We recently enjoyed a wonderful day of VBS with the theme, "A Day at Camp with Jesus and Friends!" See our Facebook page for some fun photos of the day! See the information provided for a return to a full week of VBS in July 2022!
Music Ministry: We hope to be able to relaunch our choirs and bands again soon!
For more information on any of these groups, contact the church office (info@lordoflifemn.org or 952-953-4484), or see the documents below:
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Council Update
Pandemic Response Team
Worship & Music Ministry Team
Thanks be to God!
As our Council and Staff and Pandemic Response Team and Worship & Music Ministry Team continue to collaborate and to evaluate the most recent information from the CDC, the Governor, and Stay Safe MN, here are a few updates for the ministry we share:
- Those fully vaccinated need not wear face masks, unless they choose to do so.
- If you are not fully vaccinated, please continue to wear masks while in the building.
- Congregational singing & Holy Communion during worship have resumed.
- Signing up for worship, social distancing, being seated and dismissed from worship are no longer necessary.
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Protocols for worship and our day-to-day activities are evolving and will be updated and finalized and will be available in the coming weeks.
As we thank those who continue to bless us with their leadership during this time, we equally give thanks to each and every member of the ministry we share as we have made this journey with the patience, cooperation, support, and ongoing generosity of one and all! You each give energy and hope and drive to bless our ministry! We look forward to sharing the joy and spirit of these next steps and so much more!
If you have questions, to get involved, to volunteer, to learn more, talk with anyone in leadership or reach out to our staff and we will help you get started: info@lordoflifemn.org
Thanks be to God for one and all, as together we make God and our neighbors first!
Your Church Council
Pandemic Response Team
Worship & Music Ministry Team
Marne Luebbert, Administrative Assistant
Jamie Thompson, Pastor
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Our Pandemic Response Team
invites and welcomes your support!
A few team members have recently relocated or transitioned into other leadership roles. We are inviting and welcoming new team members as our efforts continue!
To learn more about joining our shared efforts, send an email; or talk to Pastor Jamie or any member of our team: Bruce Duden, Amy Ehrlichmann, Bob & Julie Blomster. Thank you for considering offering your time and leadership to the ministry we share!
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Our Property Management Team
also invites and welcomes your support!
A few team members have recently relocated or transitioned from this team as well into other leadership roles. We are inviting and welcoming new team members as the efforts of this team also continue!
To learn more about joining our shared efforts, send an email; or talk to Pastor Jamie or one of these members who serve our needs in many ways: Bob Blomster, Mary Beth Edmiston, Chad Kalstabakken, Ken Teff, Tony Trevis. Thank you for considering offering your time and leadership to the ministry we share!
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Volunteer Ministry
Want to touch the lives of others?
Want to energize the ministry we share?
Join the spirit of volunteering!
Each week in worship, each week behind the scenes, our ministry is blessed in countless ways thanks to those in our ministry who build meaningful relationships, connect with others, make a priceless impact, all while giving their time on Sunday mornings or during the week.
Want to get started as a greeter, usher, communion server, worship leader, musician, setting up or cleaning up, supporting our AV or live streaming efforts, cleaning our building, caring for our gardens; it is easy, details and support provided. Talk with or email Pastor Jamie to learn more!
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Live Streaming
Equipment & Support
Our Efforts Take Next Steps!
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We are exploring taking next steps to acquire our own live streaming equipment for Lord of Life and to expand the team of support.
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Devotions continue each Friday! |
As we share and celebrate signs of God's love and grace, a devotion will come your way each Friday via email and Facebook, including access to our bulletin for indoor worship and live streaming worship, children's activity sheets, and sermon notes. You can also access these same materials and messages via our website: www.lordoflifemn.org or in the article above.
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Adopt A Highway
Our Section of Pilot Knob
Would be Blessed by Our Efforts!
Join us as we are still trying to complete our Adopt A Highway efforts for this summer. Sign up here, or email Pastor Jamie if you are interested in helping us complete our efforts.
Thank you!
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Adopt-a-Garden Ministry
"And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food." - Genesis 2:9a
If you like to garden or just putter in the soil, this is the ministry for you!
How does it work?
- The Memorial Garden and the islands in the parking lot have been divided into many small sections.
- You simply pick a section you'd like to care for during 2021.
- This can be an individual, family, or group project -- for all ages.
- Two or more families may share a section; work separately, or get together for added fun!
- As weeds love our gardens, we love and give thanks for those who remove them!
- There is no expense for you to volunteer. (At your discretion, you may decide to utilize a product like Preen to assist you in your efforts).
- If interested, we are also seeking a few people willing to change the water in the fountain every three weeks or so.
If you'd like to help, have questions, want to learn more, or simply get started, email Pastor Jamie or sign up here. Thank you for making God first in this blessed way!
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Prayer Shawl Ministry
Prayer Shawls Available
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Prayer shawls are an amazing gift, made and crafted by those with faith and giving hearts, creativity, and talent! More Prayer Shawls and Pocket Prayer Shawls have been completed and dedicated.
Do you know someone who would be blessed to be wrapped in prayer, to know you and others are praying for them; do you know others are praying for you? These prayer shawls and pocket prayer shawls are available to you, for you personally, or for you to give to another.
Most of those crafting prayer shawls continue to do so at home. This ministry is open to anyone interested. To share your interest, or to request a prayer shawl, contact Crystal Hendrix or Julie Blomster for more information.
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Prayer Ministry
Prayers for so many continue!
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Please let us know if you or someone you know would be blessed to receive a prayer shawl at any time!
Each week our prayers go out to our beloved brothers and sisters in so many places. Thank you to one and all who daily lift up in prayer one another, who daily call on the power of The Almighty, and the comforting presence of the One who is Present!
May our prayers surround one and all who are in the midst of grief, longing for strength and hope, facing all that is still unknown. If you personally know people who have been impacted by recent events, or if you or someone you know is in need of prayer, let Pastor Jamie know.
Please keep the following families and friends of Lord of Life and their loved ones in your prayers: Amdahl (Wagner), Anderson (Brian & Valerie), Ausen, Barth, Beck, Bergquist (Matthews), Betchwars, Beyl, Blaha, Boche, Burke, Butler, Butt, Carlson (Joy & Kelton), Chambers (Deb), Chambers (Doug & Kim) (Lecher), Chadwick, Chuchna, Claywell, Connelly, Crabtree, Danielson, Dau (Kuyper), Craig & Kelly Davis family, Dentinger, Duden, Dwyer, Eads, Edmiston, Estenson, Gensmer, George, Gideon, Gilbertson, Glor, Gordon, Grady, Gwilt, Scott Haugen family, Hendrix, Herzberg, Hoehne, House, Hudson/Demming, Hunt, Iverson, Johnson, Johnston (Kaderlik, Miller), Kalstabakken, Karelis, Knopp, Kral, Krueger, Lehmann, Lindell (Hines), Lull, Lunde, MacDowell (Oxler), Martin, McAdam, Mikiska (Shaffer), Mitchell, Cheryl Nelson, Jeff Nelson, Neuman, Olson (Quinn), Oslos, Pemble, Pierce, Pomasl, Popple, Reischauer, Rogers, Roiger, Rustan, Schaaf, Schentzel, Schmidt, Smith (Diane & Jess), Sny, Sohre, States (Running), Staum, Svoboda, Taft, Tank (& Bolstad), Thompson (Evans, Schultz, & Pederson), Tran, Trevis, Ulland (Landowski), Undem, Vaudt (Erickson), White, Wratz (McAdams, Hiatt), Wright (Kathy & Nathan), Wright (Mike & Dixie), Zeigler, Zieman, and Zaske.
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Your Generosity Is Appreciated!
Giving Cards for 2021 Available Here
You can give online here. Thank you!
Scrip & Amazon Smile
Two easy ways to donate to Lord of Life while doing your regular shopping!
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Loaves & Fishes
Wednesdays at Faith United Methodist Church
Come, share a meal! Many ways to volunteer and support!
Loaves and Fishes is serving a weekly "to-go" meal, every Wednesday, 5:30-6:30 p.m., at Faith United Methodist Church, 710 8th Street in Farmington. There are many ways to volunteer and support this blessed community effort! www.loavesandfishesmn.org
These meals each Wednesday offer:
1) A meal for anyone who would appreciate a meal;
2) The gift of getting to know others;
3) The joy of serving!
Thank you, and thanks be to God, for the many ways the Lord feeds the people, our souls, and the spirit of community!
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October
17 - Worship, 9:30 a.m., in-person & live-streamed
17 - Faith Quest Sunday School, during 9:30 worship
17 - 9th Grade Confirmation Class, 11 a.m.
24 - Worship, 9:30 a.m., in-person & live-streamed
24 - No Faith Quest, due to MEA weekend
24 - Women's Ministry Book Club, 6:30 p.m. The book is The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah.
31 - Worship, 9:30 a.m., in-person & live-streamed
31 - Faith Quest Sunday School, during 9:30 worship
November
3 - Life Nite, 6-7 p.m.
7 - Worship, All Saints' Sunday, 9:30 a.m., in-person & live-streamed
7 - Faith Quest Sunday School, during 9:30 worship
7 - 7th Grade Confirmation Class, 11 a.m.
14 - Worship, 9:30 a.m., in-person & live-streamed
14 - Faith Quest Sunday School, during 9:30 worship
14 - 8th Grade Confirmation Class, 11 a.m.
21 - Worship, 9:30 a.m., in-person & live-streamed
21 - Faith Quest Sunday School, during 9:30 worship
21 - 9th Grade Confirmation Class, 11 a.m.
28 - Worship, The First Sunday In Advent, 9:30 a.m., in-person & live-streamed
28 - No Faith Quest, due to Thanksgiving weekend
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16200 Dodd Lane
Lakeville, MN 55044
952-953-4484
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