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In September, my 6 year-old granddaughter, Natalya, began Kindergarten in Stillwater. She knew many things including the Alphabet Song from pre-school. But last week when I was visiting my son Vitali, I heard her doing something she hadn’t before. She was not just saying the letters of the Alphabet, but she was making a sound for each of the letters. Ah, Ba, Ca etc. Making the right sounds is actually one of the key skills to decoding the language for reading. When she masters the sounds, she can begin to master pronunciation.
This coming Sunday, you’ll find a little devotional booklet at the doors of the church called Alphabet of Gratitude. In small type you will also read, Alphabet: a set of letters or other characters with which language is written, and Gratitude: appreciative of the benefits received. The booklet is a collection of words, definitions, quotes and scripture passages for a guided practice of gratitude. A is for Abundant, B is for Beauty and C is for Community.
The word gratitude is truly as expansive as our English alphabet. Letters can often make more than one sound, and that’s why we need to practice repeating and decoding the sounds over and over again. We discover that every November as we approach Thanksgiving Day. It is easy for people to say that I am thankful for all the benefits of this past year, but how richer and fuller their expression would be if they sound out their blessings and gifts.This little devotional booklet is certainly not a definitive work on gratitude, but it invites us all to think beyond knowing the letters of the alphabet, and instead learning the sounds for decoding thankfulness and gratitude in our own lives. The booklet also invites us to create our own personal Alphabet of Gratitude.
This booklet has another purpose which is to help us prioritize the importance of friends, faith, family and fellowship in our lives. We often take our greatest blessings for granted. A guided practice of gratitude helps us become truly thankful and grateful.
Blessings and peace, Pastor Arden Haug
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Confirmation
October 30th 2022
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Congratulations to our confirmands
Lenore Marie Raykovich
& Nicholas Peter Alexander Messerli!
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Inspired by Christ, living and growing in faith, Lake of the Isles is a loving and open community of worship, witness, & service in God's world
In-Person,
Livestream Worship,
& Sunday School
Sundays – 9:30 AM
Coffee Hour – 10:30 AM
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Upcoming Events
November 3 – 7:00 PM
Women's Bible Study
Library
November 3 – 7:30 PM
LHCO Concert
Sanctuary
November 4
Our Saviour's Shelter Meal
November 5 -- 9:30 AM
Priscilla Circle
Library
November 6 – 2:00 AM
Daylight Saving Time Ends
November 6 – 4:00 PM
Isles Ensemble Concert
Sanctuary
November 10 – 7:00 PM
Growlers & Theology
Parsonage
November 12 – 5:00 PM
Saint Martin Fest Dinner
Fellowship Hall
November 13 – 9:30 PM
Remembrance Sunday
Sanctuary
November 17 – 7:00 PM
Women's Bible Study
Library
November 18 – 5:00 PM
Women's Book Group
Home of Deb Gilroy
November 20 – 9:30 AM
Stewardship & Thanksgiving Sunday
Sanctuary
November 20 – 10:30 AM
Buffet of Pies
Fellowship Hall
November 27 – 9:30 AM
First Sunday of Advent
Sanctuary
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Children's Ministry November 2022 |
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Winter Gear Drive Wraps Up
Sunday, November 13th
Please consider donating your gently used or new winter gear to help those less fortunate stay warm this winter. We have a new process in place this year to ensure that we can match the specific needs of the families that Project for Pride in Living is serving. Please remove donation tags from the donation trees (in the back and side entrances) for the items that you are committing to donate. This will help us know what needs are being met and will also serve as a reminder for you of what you have committed to donating. Return the tags along with your donations to the collection bins at both entrances to the Sanctuary. Donations will go to Project for Pride in Living after our drive wraps up on November 13.
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College Care Packages
Donations Needed by Sunday, November 13th
Our Sunday School children will be assembling the college care packages just before Thanksgiving for our college age members. The Care Packages will contain a letter of encouragement from Pastor Haug, snacks and other fun items. If you would like to donate items for the care packages, please contact Diane LaMere for a list of items needed. The packages will be mailed out after Thanksgiving so that they arrive in time for finals weeks. |
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Sunday School Calendar Notes |
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NOV 13 –Winter gear and college care package donations due
NOV 20 –Assemble care packages during Sunday School
NOV 27 – No Sunday School (Thanksgiving weekend)
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Linden Hills Chamber Orchestra Concert
Thursday, November 3rd
7:30pm
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The Linden Hills Chamber Orchestra began in 1980 through efforts of Linden Hills area residents in conjunction with Minneapolis Public Schools Community Education. Now in its 42nd season, the adult volunteer orchestra has grown to some 50 musicians from the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The LHCO performs a variety of classical music in concert halls, neighborhood churches, and parks, as well as in residential care facilities.
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GABRIEL FAURÉ
Élégie Op.24 for cello and orchestra
DAVID MALLAMUD
Élégie for cello and orchestra from the ballet Nijinsky’s Last Dance
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Der Freischütz Overture
FRANZ LISZT
Les préludes, S.97, Symphonic Poem No.3
Soloist, Daniel Keeler, cello
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Under the direction of Conductor and Music Director, Yuri Ivan,the orchestra
presents free public concerts.
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Women's Bible Study
Thursdays, November 3rd & 17th
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We are studying Children of the Day,
by Beth Moore.Our session is at 7:00 pm in the Library on
Thursdays, November 3rd & 17th.
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Our Saviour's Housing Meals 2022 |
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For many years, Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church has provided a meal on the first Friday of each month. Due to COVID-19, our monthly meals are by donation. The shelter orders & serves the meal. Cost per meal is $250.
Thank you to Jean & Bruce Carlson for the October contribution.
Our 2022 schedule:
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Mary Sabatke
Carol Kuehn & Family
Lizbeth & Mark Brown
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Join us
November 5th
9:30 am
for a time of camaraderie
in the Library.
There is no membership requirement or time commitment.
Just come to enjoy the fellowship, for a few minutes, or a couple of hours!
(No knitting skills required)
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Daylight Saving Time Ends
Sunday, November 6th
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Get ready for an extra hour of sleep! .
Daylight Saving Time 2022 ends at
2:00 am CDT, Sunday November 6, 2022.
That's when we'll move our clocks backward by one hour to 1:00 am CDT.
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All Saints Sunday
Sunday, November 6th
Gabriel Faure’s Requiem
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All Saints Sunday, November 6th, is a special time in the church year to remember those we have loved who have become a part of the church triumphant. It is an occasion to reflect on the shining promise of Christ’s everlasting life against the background of nearing winter darkness. |
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This year the LOTI Church Choir and guest instrumentalists will perform Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, Op. 48. Fauré began work on his Requiem in 1887. This was two years after the death of his mother and months after the death of his father. There is a wonderful calm and consolation to this piece. This was not a complete liturgical Requiem. Fauré made a personal selection of texts, laying emphasis on the idea of rest and peace instead of the traditional focus on the day of judgment. This original version was first performed for a funeral in the Church of Madeleine where Fauré’ served as choirmaster, and continued to be used in this abbreviated form for another decade. Five years later, however, he added two final movements for grander occasions. |
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Isle Ensemble Concert
Sunday, November 6th
4:00 pm
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Founded in 2004, the Isles Ensemble is a group of musicians from the Twin Cities who present a series of Sunday afternoon concerts at Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. Chamber music is our passion, and our mission is to help build a vibrant chamber music community in the Twin Cities. |
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Interior Journeys
PETERIS VASKS
Castillo Interior for Violin and Cello
ANDRE CAPLET
Conte Fantastique for Piano and String Quartet
BEDRICH SMETANA
String Quartet in E Minor, op. 116
Kenneth Freed, Emily Switzer, Timothy Lovelace, Joanne Opgenorth, Laura Sewell
Guest Artist: Tamala Lacy
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For many of us, the pandemic was a journey through uncertainty and pain toward new understanding. Our second concert takes you on three journeys, each finding a unique path through suffering. A journey of faith through seven stages of prayer in Vasks’ Castillo Interior, Meditations on the Writings of Teresa di Avala leads to peace and union with God. By contrast, the journey through seven elaborately decorated rooms of the castle in Caplet’s Conte Fantastique, based on Poe’s The Mask of the Red Death, leads to a terrifying death. Smetana’s autobiographical String Quartet in E Minor leads us through a life well-lived but overshadowed by a curse. |
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Admission is $25 for individual tickets, or pay as you are able.
Tickets may be purchased in person at the door, or in advance online.
Lake of the Isles Members, children, & students are admitted free of charge.
We look forward to visiting with you at our post-concert receptions!
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Growlers & Theology
Thursday, November 10th
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The informal study of theology and
adult beverages will continue at the Parsonage,
at 7:00 pm on Thursday, November 10th.
We are using in-person & Zoom options.
Over the next few months, the group will explore the last and often most misunderstood book of the Bible, Revelations.
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Saint Martin Fest Dinner
Saturday, November 12th
5:00 pm
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Please mark your calendars for this special Oktoberfest style, family friendly German festival on Saturday, November 12th. We will return to Fellowship Hall for a meal of Normandy- Style Pork Stew. Yes, our beloved chef Don Holzschuh planned this menu even before the Star Tribune posted the recipe in the Thursday, October 27th edition of Variety and Taste.
Children will be invited to pose with the Roman soldier St. Martin and sit upon his horse. This year the adults, as well as the children, will be encouraged to participate in the St. Martin’s parade of lanterns and follow St. Martin.
Music will be provided by accordionist Mark Stillman.
The St. Martin Dinner is the culmination of our winter clothes drive f
or PPL Project Pride for Living.
$15 per person or $30 per family is the suggested donation.
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Remembrance Sunday
Sunday, November 13th
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At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the guns fell silent on the Western Front, to bring to an end the First World War. Our nation has recalled that moment on this day through the decades. And now over 100 years later, we remember lives sacrificed in the service of our country, and those traumatized and injured in battle.
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Remembrance Sunday is one of the liturgical services for honoring veterans. It allows for a brief time of music, silence, wreath laying and a call to remember the fallen. Our service will feature the music of trumpeter Ben Alle as well as the men of the LOTI Church Choir and the Norwegian Glee Club.
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Women's Book Club
Friday, November 18th
Our group meets Friday, November 18th, 5:00 pm
at the home of Deb Gilroy.
Our book is The Mermaid Chair, by Sue Monk Kidd.
Join us and bring a snack to share if you like,
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Thanksgiving
Sunday, November 20th
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On Sunday, November 20th, we will celebrate Thanksgiving at Lake of the Isles. Members of the congregation will offer their reflections on what they are thankful for this year. The Zuhrah Shrine Brass Choir under the direction of Gary Lundgren will provide special music.
Thanksgiving Sunday will also be our Stewardship Sunday when we will turn in our commitment cards for 2023.
Immediately after the service we will celebrate the day with a buffet of pies as a foretaste of the feast to come on Thanksgiving.
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Valley Grove Tapestries Come to LOTI
Sunday, November 20th
11:00 am
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Valley Grove Lutheran Church, outside of Northfield, Minnesota disbanded as a congregation in the early 1970’s, but its iconic placement atop a secluded hill just north of the Big Woods State Park continued to claim a place of people’s imagination. Concerts, weddings and occasional services were held there.
During the pandemic, local weaver, Robbie LaFleur, was commissioned, through Nordic Churches Project, to create a series of four tapestries honoring the two historic church buildings at Valley Grove.
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Minnesota filmmaker, Paul Krause, created a documentary for TPT about the history of the Valley Grove Preservation Society and included the development and creation of the tapestries.
On Sunday, November 20th at 11:00 am artist Robbie LaFleur and former LOTI member, Valley Grover and painter, Tom Maakestad, will display the tapestries and an original painting of Valley Grove as the opening of a six-week exhibition at Lake of the Isles.
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As an aside, this is where the Haugs have owned cemetery plots since in 1987. |
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First Sunday of Advent
Sunday, November 27th
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The First Sunday in Advent is the Sunday closest to St Andrew's Day, which is traditionally celebrated on November 30th. This First Sunday of Advent marks the start of the liturgical or church year. For centuries, St. Andrew has been regarded as the patron saint of Scotland. Today, it is a day for celebrated Scottish, poetry and culture. On Sunday, November 27th we will draw the themes of Scottish culture and the First Sunday of Advent together in the festival service for the beginning of the new year. Bagpiper Michael Weiser will return to play our prelude and close the service with trumpets, organ and drums on the tune Highland Cathedral. The Lake String Quartet will accompany the choir in Dietrich Buxtehude’s Rejoice, Earth and Heaven.
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Wonders of Italy Tour
April 10th – 21st 2023
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Pastor Haug will lead a tour to Europe after Easter 2023.
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The 10-day tour includes
- 4 nights in the heart of Rome,
- 4 nights in Montecatini, Tuscany
- 2 nights in Venice.
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Early Christianity in Rome |
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All are welcome to join!
We meet on Tuesdays at 9:30 am in the Christy Room or the Sanctuary.
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LOTI is available during office hours for a time of quiet meditation. You can use the sanctuary to spend time in prayer, light a candle, listen to recorded sacred music, and/or use a guided meditation tool. Please call the church office to reserve a time. (612) 377-5095
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Wednesday Morning Bible Study |
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All are welcome to come and join our Wednesday morning Bible study!
Pastor Haug leads the morning bible study group in the Library & via Zoom at 10:00 AM Wednesdays.
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To view, go to our YouTube channel, or to find the livestream link & worship service bulletin go to loti.org. |
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We're hosting Coffee Hour after the service in the Fellowship Hall.
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LOTI Sermons Podcast
Check out our new podcast series on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or Google…wherever you listen. You can find it by typing LOTI Sermons in the search bar of the platform you are using for podcasts. Listen to any of the sermons wherever you are, anytime!
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David Ackerman
Justin Kappel
Jennifer Nelson
Rich Labas
Lauren Rondestvedt
Arden Haug
Ben Mechels
Vitali Haug
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November Worship Volunteers |
Altar Servers
06 Linda Nelson & Mary Flynn
13 Mary & David Goplen
20 David & Carolyn Hagford
27 Cathy Carlson & Kathy Hering
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Ushers
06 Eric Amann
13 Ellie Holmquist
20 David Hagford
27 Eric Mechels
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Worship Assistants
06 Steve Hoyt
13 Marty Carlson
20 Kathy Hering
27 Michelle McCreery
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Readers
06 Mary Jubenville
13 Kathy Hering
20 Diane Stensrud
27 Lorraine Spies
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Coffee Hour Hosts
06 Ellie Holmquist & Ruth Lee
13 Eivor Lund
20 Linda Nelson
27 Anita Duder
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Staff Members
Jim Olson –Worship Technical Assistant
Sarah & Trevor Skorburg – Caretakers
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Contact us if you hav events, schedules or other information to share with the LOTI congregation.
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Council Members
Pamela Aagaard
Ross Bartels – Treasurer
Catherine Carlson
Casey Christy
David Hagford
Steve Hoyt – Vice President
Eric Mechels
Katie Messerli
Michelle Reisberg
Jon Sprain – Secretary
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Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church
2020 W Lake of the Isles Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55405
(612) 377-5095
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