TRANSFIGURATION LUTHERAN CHURCH
11000 France Ave. S. - Bloomington, MN 55431
Office: (952) 884-2364 (Also 24-hour Pastoral Emergency Service)
Office Open Monday-Thursday, 9:00am to 4:00pm
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Sunday, July 11
In-Person and Live-Stream Worship Services
8:30am & 10:00am
Ice Cream Hospitality After Each Service
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Updated COVID Guidelines at TLC, Effective July 2021
All are welcome to come worship and sing in the TLC sanctuary every Sunday!
Communion
Communion elements (fruit juice and wafer) are available in sealed, prepackaged containers in the church Narthex. Please take one when entering the Sanctuary, or... Communion (wine/juice & wafer) will also be distributed by the pastors from the altar area. At-home (online) Communion is also practiced and addressed by the Pastors during the service.
Masks
8:30am Worship Service
Masks are optional.
10:00am Worship Service
Masks are recommended and encouraged for all in-person worshipers
out of solidarity and concern for the unvaccinated and those with underlying health conditions. This recommendation is consistent with CDC current policy and will be reevaluated and updated for the month of August.
Socializing Comfort Levels
Please wear a name-tag with a colored sticker that indicates your level of socializing comfort. Name tags & colored stickers are provided in the Narthex.
Green – handshakes and hugs are welcome
Yellow – fist or elbow-bumps only, please
Red – wave or Peace Sign only, please
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Rob Reid
Director of Music
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Joyful, Heartfelt Music
Coming your Way this Week!
Looking forward to seeing more and more of you in the Sanctuary each week as we gather together again!
This Sunday, July 11 at 8:30am and 10:00am, the Praise and Worship Team will lead our hymns and songs, and will share their own special numbers as well. We'll sing the Glory to God by Bonnie Drewes and Thy Word by Amy Grant, and a Gospel arrangement of Just a Closer Walk with Thee. A new song by Bret Hesla called For the Wholeness of the Earth will be our Psalm for the day (based on Psalm 42). And Praise and Worship will sing a lyrical piece for offering called Spirit Song (John Wimber), and two energizing songs to open and close our services: Lord, Reign in Me by Brenton Brown and Messiah by the group, Dakota Road.
Interim Youth and Family Minister Pete Erickson will preach, Interim Co-Pastor Eva Jensen will preside and lead our prayers, and Interim Youth & Family Support Pastor Melanie Heuiser Hill will share our Time for Children.
Come, let's worship God together!
Peace,
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Live-Stream Viewers
&
In-Person Attendance
Sunday, July 4, 2021
8:30am Service
Live-Stream: 50
In-Person: 20
10:00am Service
Live-Stream: 156
In-Person: 25
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June 27, 2021 Imagination Event
BUILDING & PROPERTY
Links to pdf reports on the following:
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Finished with your Masks?
TLC will be collecting new, unused or washed Face Masks over the next two weeks to ship to Liberia. Currently, West Africa is seeing its biggest spikes of the pandemic due to the Delta Variant. Vaccinations are available to only 1% of the population and masks are in great need. Our goal is to fill a suitcase with masks by the end of July. Masks may be placed in the boxes outside the TLC office.
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Plan to enjoy these legendary Minnesota and national chefs, athletes and celebrities to support hunger relief:
-Matt Birk
-Ben Leber
-Mark Rosen
-Kyle Rudolph
-Lou Nanne
-Ron Schara
-Laura Schara
-Tony Oliva
-Kent Hrbek
-Rich Gannon
-Jason Zucker
-Paul Molitor
-Bobby Bell
-Chad Greenway
-Jalyn Holmes
-Chris Wright
-Randall McDaniel
-John Thomas
-Tyler Conklin
-Ben Johnson
-Nick Bijugstad
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Taste Fore the Tour is back this year at Interlachen Country Club in Edina. Hosted by three-time James Beard award-winning TV personality and chef Andrew Zimmern in advance of the 3M Open golf tournament, Taste Fore the Tour gathers Minnesota and nationally known chefs, athletes and celebrities in support of hunger relief. Proceeds from the event go to VEAP, one of the largest food pantries in Minnesota, providing millions of meals annually to community members in need. |
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MONDAY, JULY 19
Interlachen
Country
Club
Edina, MN
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-By Pete Erickson, TLC Interim Youth and Family Minister
TLC “Seniors and Care Ministry” Imagination Event – July 11 from 1-4PM at TLC – YOU ARE INVITED!
On July 11 from 1:00pm-4:00pm, you are invited to an Imagination Event to engage the congregation to articulate their values, hopes, and expectations about the future of Seniors and Care Ministry as an expression of TLC’s mission. Pastor Eva Jensen will facilitate this visioning event.
Here are the details:
- If you are vaccinated we encourage you to attend in person. If you are not, please join us by Zoom (see link below)
- Snacks and beverages will be provided
- Childcare for elementary-age students will be provided (please let Pete Erickson know if you will be bringing your child)
Here’s a link to the event:
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 885 0554 6383
Passcode: 850633
One tap mobile
+16465588656,,88505546383# US (New York)
+13017158592,,88505546383# US (Washington DC)
TLC Summer Ministry Opportunities – Get connected to what’s happening this SUMMER!
Are you looking for a faithfully fun way to connect with your TLC friends this summer? Here are the dates for summer ministry opportunities this summer. As always – feel free to bring friends! Here’s what’s happening:
July 12 Second Harvest Service Event, 3:30pm.
July 27 Pool Party at Sandy Stooke’s. 5:30pm. Cost: $5 for pizza.
August 3 Valley Fair 9:00am-5:00pm. Cost: $30, plus food money.
August 17 Pool Party at Sandy Stooke’s. 5:30pm. Cost: $5 for pizza.
You MUST register to participate – Here is a sign up for the summer fun! Look forward to seeing you IN-PERSON this summer!
PLEASE NOTE: we will be adhering to the current policies of the organizations we will be using for summer ministry when it comes to masks. Stay tuned for more info as we get closer to the dates.
TLC/ELC Community Night – “The Mustard Seed: Growing in Faith” - July 21 (5:00pm - 7:00pm)
Transfiguration Lutheran Church and the Early Learning Center are partnering together on TWO MORE community events this summer designed to connect in community, celebrate our resiliency over the last year, and imagine a new, exciting day for our community of faith.
We invite the whole ELC/TLC community to come for dinner plus an ice cream truck, games, stories, music, and to meet your neighbors and our community partners at TLC. Here are the details:
- July 21, 5:00-7:00pm – in the TLC Parking Lot
- August 8, 10:00am – On the north yard of TLC – this will be a worship that includes a blessing of the animals!
The planning team is looking for help to make these events happen. Here are some areas we’d love your partnership:
- Set Up/Clean Up
- Leading games
- Food support
- Engaging/inviting our neighbors to attend
Calling ALL TLC paddlers! BWCA Trips are Coming Up!
There is still space for the following TLC BWCA trip this summer:
August 28-31 – Family Mission Camp at Wilderness Canoe Base. Approx. cost $100 per person. Open to: All ages and abilities.
Please contact Pete Erickson or Pastor Arthur for more information or to hold your spot for any of the trips.
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Transition Update
There are five Imagination Events remaining. All are Sundays, 1-4pm. Every TLC member is asked to make this process a priority and attend at least one of these events along with the final Congregational Full-Day Event on October 9. Please save the dates that work for you and prioritize the ministry areas that speak to your heart!
Schedule is:
- May 23 – Children, Youth and Family (completed)
- June 27 – Building and Property (completed)
- July 11 – Seniors and Care Ministry
- July 18 – Diversity and Neighbor Engagement
- Aug 15 – Mission and Outreach
- Aug 22 – Financial Sustainability
Child care will be provided for all sessions. In-person attendance is preferred. All events will also be accessible by Zoom.
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ALL ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY!
AV Techs for TLC Services and Programs in the Sanctuary
All positions are under the guidance and supervision of TLC Director of Music, Rob Reid.
There will be informal training offered for these positions: Watch and learn, then hands-on.
Volunteer SOUND BOARD OPERATOR for Worship Services
Experience and a good ear in audio mixing helpful.
Sunday Morning Worship Services: 3 hours of your time
Monitoring the sanctuary speaker system and the audio feed to our live-stream system, the operator will:
- Adjust and mix microphone levels of various speakers (pastors, lectors).
- Adjust and mix microphone levels of musicians (singers and instruments)
- Adjust and mix input levels from external sources (video playbacks)
Paid SOUND BOARD OPERATOR for Funeral Services
Same functions as above Sound Board Operator.
Immediate Need! Occasional daytime, weekdays and weekends. Typically 1.5 hours of time. There is a modest honorarium paid for your work in this vital ministry.
Volunteer POWERPOINT SLIDE SHOW OPERATOR
Experience with desktop PC's, keyboarding, basic word processing syntax and Microsoft Office (PowerPoint) software is beneficial.
Must have a good “ear” listening to the hymns sung by musicians and congregation, as you’ll be advancing “slides” when a hymn’s verse or spoken liturgy is completed.
- Operate PowerPoint software on a Windows 10 PC, presenting the "slides" on the sanctuary projector system.
- Follow instructions detailed on hard copy of service “leader docs” (expanded version of bulletin).
- Operate playback of occasional video clips for worship services.
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CONTACT: Rob Reid
Phone: 952-884-2364 Ext. 19
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If you are in need of prayer or have the name of someone you would like to add, please ask permission from that person first. Then, contact Marilyn Erickson, Care Ministry at 952-884-2364 ext. 10, or merickson@tlcmn.com.
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Dave Merrill
Jane Kinyon
Joel Wigstadt
Barb Halverson
Kevin Erickson
Jerry Hanson
Jean Nyberg
Walt Thomsen
Irene Amon
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Dunwiddie Family
Don Jacobson
Judy Hanson
Ron Schultz
Ron Schroeder
Stephen Nushann
Dave Dickson
Gail Kleven
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Sympathy to Will, Becky and Madeline Dunwidde
on the death of daughter & sister, Amelia.
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Since 1965, we have been walking in this same neighborhood, and today I had not been planning to even leave the house, as it was actually raining! Well, the sun came out, and so did I. Who should I meet on our street but a young gal walking her dog, and it was her very first walk, as she'd just moved here over the Fourth of July weekend. She warned me that the tiny dog was known to bite... kind of disappointing, as I love to greet pets, as well as their owner.
So many of us have been praying for some rain, and our prayers were answered. You can run the sprinkler a long time, and it helps, but rain, hopefully without a storm and the power going off, is always the best.
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Some odd things I've seen while walking, or maybe just looking out the window. I saw this stroller being pushed, and it was going faster than any stroller I've seen. I wondered what the kid being pushed by his mom was thinking. I looked again, and the mom was on "in-line" roller skates! Way to go!! Now I suppose this child will think the ride will always be that fast. |
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In 1965 we had a basset hound, and to take this dog for a walk was not easy. "Stanley" had very strong chest muscles, so anyone trying to walk sensibly would be pulled along by him. Stanley was the cutest puppy I had ever seen when we got him from our neighbor across the street. He grew from pushing our little son's toy jeep around with his nose, to lying under the piano bench as I was teaching piano lessons, and then he started to growl a bit under there, maybe protecting his territory. Can't have a growling dog at the same time as a young piano student.....That was the end of Stanley's stay. He had run off, sensing a female dog in the area, and when the police called about him, we said goodbye to Stanley. He was adopted by the officer. No more growling under the bench.
Did you have loud fireworks in your neighborhood? Ours started about two weeks early this year....as usual. Not too many firecrackers, but on 110th Street sky rockets were being sent up. Behind the trees between our house and 110th,stars were sprinkling down regularly for a while. So pretty, and we didn't even have to leave our house.
Have you noticed with the pandemic passing... hopefully forever, that the traffic has increased as things re-open? For a while I didn't have to wait for any cars at any intersection while walking the neighborhood. Now it's looking like maybe a couple of years ago, and I guess that's the way it'll be, unless some new virus takes over.... a distinct possibility with some folks refusing to be vaccinated. Enough said about that!!
Our bird feeders have been taken over lately by about four or more very large crows. Even the bluejays are afraid of them. When seeing them scarf down the suet and other bird food, we knock on the nearby window and they leave for a while, but they'll be back.
Take care, stay well, and if you have not gotten vaccinated.....please get it done.
-Bloomington Bird Lady
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Early Learning Center Performs
Welcome to a Royal, Regal and
Rigged game of croquet!
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The Adventure Club (TAC - ELC's school age program) is back with Theater Club again this summer. We are having a blast!
We have our big show coming up in August. In our big show, many of our younger members are part of the ensemble with few lines. So, we wanted to give these students an opportunity to learn lines and have a featured role before an audience. We have been working with them on a couple scenes this summer as well as our big production. The children have lines to learn and perform, costumes to provide and timing to work out. Click on the image above to watch the first TAC Theater Club 2021 performance - a small (4 min.) scene from Alice in Wonderland.
Welcome to a Royal, Regal and Rigged game of croquet!
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Thoughts by Pastor Al Dungan
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Who Wrote the Bible?
The Story of Joseph
(Part 1)
-A Continuing Series-
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The final 20 chapters of Genesis recounts the story of Joseph and for good reason. In addition to telling us about sibling rivalry, Joseph being sold into slavery, etc.,etc. it relates how first Joseph and then his family happened to end up in Egypt.
True, it’s a fairly well known story from Sunday school and Bible school but those tales only tell us the surface stories and the next several editions of Who Wrote the Bible will dig much deeper.
Jacob’s wife Leah, her maid and his wife Rachel’s maid had given him 10 sons and 1 daughter (Dinah about whom I wrote last week). Finally Rachel was able to conceive and her son Joseph was born. And, some years later a son, Benjamin, was born causing Rachel’s death in childbirth.
Because Jacob had always had special feelings for Rachel, the same feelings were transferred to her son; and because of that Joseph was treated in ways that his other brothers were not, and, so, in his brothers’ eyes was a spoiled brat.
The King James Version of the Bible mistranslated the meaning of the coat that Joseph received from his father. It was a special coat, just not one of “many colors” but rather one with long sleeves.
All the other brothers wore short sleeved shirts as befit their occupation of herders. To give someone a coat with long sleeves meant that they were considered to be thought of more highly than the others. This coat meant that the one who wore it was specially favored by the giver.
This didn’t endear Joseph to his brothers. And when he started telling them about dreams he had about the sun, moon and stars bowing down to him and sheaves of grain bowing down to his sheaf, they had had enough.
So when Jacob sent Joseph to where his brothers were feeding their flocks they decided to kill him and throw him into a deep pit. That would take care of this bratty kid who was probably going to return to his father with “tattle tale” stories.
First, Reuben, the oldest pled with his brothers to not kill Joseph because he would be held responsible for Joseph’s death but to just throw him into a pit and leave him there to die. Then Judah pled with his brothers to not kill Joseph and so, instead, they sold him into slavery to some Midianite traders who happened by for 20 pieces of silver. And then, to cover it up, they tore his coat with long sleeves, stained it with blood and told their father that Joseph had been killed by a wild beast.
Jacob was inconsolable.
In the meantime, the Midianite traders sold Joseph into slavery to Potiphar, the captain of Pharaoh’s guard.
Next time: a false accusation gets Joseph thrown into prison—or, from the frying pan into the fire.
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Transfiguration Lutheran Church
Addiction Awareness
Team
-Our Mission-
This ministry exists to provide a safe environment for those seeking hope and restoration from addiction and codependency.
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Click button above to experience additional details
about the upcoming October conference.
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If you are new to recovery or are just interested in finding out what AA or NA meetings are all about, and would like for someone to attend a meeting with you for the first time, please contact our group. We are here to support and guide you!
- Chris Campo
- Dave Dickson
- Al Dungan
- Mary George
- Griffin Myslivecek
- Louise Olson
- Beth Rahn
- Rick Zeidler
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The Mission of Exodus Lending is dedicated solely to providing trapped Minnesotan borrowers a just pathway out of payday loan debt and toward financial stability.
On behalf of enrolled Minnesotans, Exodus Lending pays off up to $1500 of payday, title, or online installment loan debt carrying more than 36% interest. Participants then repay over at least 12 months, with no interest on their loan with us.
Program Updates
Exodus Lending strives to provide a holistic, participant-centered program that helps break the cycle of predatory debt and provides resources for people to avoid the debt trap in the first place. We are building off our success over our first six years of lending by moving forward with a secondary loan product: a zero-interest, $200-$1,000 personal loan. In early 2020, we first piloted this program and distributed ten such loans with 12-month repayment terms. After analyzing the results, we are scaling up this pilot program and plan to offer a limited number of personal loans to persons referred to us through our partner agencies, by the end of 2021. Additionally, we are excited to expand our partnership with Prepare + Prosper. As a result, we are now able to enroll interested individuals in their FAIR Financial Solutions program, which offers checking, savings, and credit builder products for low-income, low-wealth households.
The Exodus Lending annual fundraiser is coming up on July 29th and tickets are only $5.00! We would love to see you and celebrate being together once again. If you'd like to learn more you can visit our website: exoduslending.org.
This is the fourth year that TLC has been a contributor to Exodus Lending. Due to a high rate of pay-back for the loans the money is then loaned again to another borrower. Through the 1+1 Fund program, TLC gave a gift of $2,000.
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TLC Memorial Garden
A place of peace and reflection, honoring and remembering those close to our hearts. Please click here to visit our website dedicated to those who have passed on -- from 2012 to the present. Each person -Saint- has a page with their obituary, video photo collage, the funeral service bulletin, homily, photo album, and in more recent years, a video of the entire funeral service that was held at TLC. |
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A Reconciling in Christ Congregation
A Culture of Diversity and Inclusion
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