Peace Lutheran Church

Peace Council
Nancy Waugh, Chairperson
805 Spruce Ave
Barrett, MN 56311
320-528-2282
nhwaugh@runestone.net

Tom Gardner
P. O. Box 5
Barrett, MN 56311
320-528-6278
tgardgmc@runestone.net

Tom Perry
PO Box 159
Barrett, MN 56311
320-528-2342
T.RP@live.com

Terry Volker
17239 US Hwy 59
Barrett, MN 56311
volkercrr@gmail.com

Jan Vipond
Po Box 188
Barrett, MN 56311
320-528-2421
djvipers@runestone.net

Leon Johnson
19330 150th Ave
Barrett, MN 56311
320-528-2304
fruidnits@runestone.net

Brenda Long
19594 120th St
Herman, MN 56248
320-246-3237
long@runestone.net

Jennifer McLaughlin
107 6th St. South
Hoffman, MN 56339
320-986-2139
mikejen@runestone.net


SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS

Our Vacation Bible School was a success! A big thank you to Isaac,
Rachel, Rae, Sari, and Taylor from Luther Crest!

The biggest thanks ever to Marlene Dreier and Chelsey Anderson for
their hard work every day at VBS. The meals were great and it was so
nice of you to pitch in wherever needed. We couldnt have done it
without you!

Thanks to the Mens Breakfast, Altar Guild, WELCA, Sunday School,
and everyone else for serving and sponsoring our meals. We certainly
appreciate your support.

Thank you Emily Johnson for your help with registration.

We had a wonderful bunch of young men who were our Group
Leaders: Kaleb Getz, Teigen Moritz, Braden Overson, and Carter
Overson, along with help from Jacob Bright, Ian Getz, and Jaden
Stevens. Way to go, guys!

We also want to thank the kids who attended our VBS and their
parents for talking the time to bring their kids. Hope you enjoyed it as
much as we did!

Now is the time to start thinking of our upcoming Sunday School
Program. Please, please let me know if you can help in any way! We
need 10 willing people (and a couple substitutes) to lead our lessons
2 for each room: Preschoolers, Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Games, and
Movies.

If you can help one Sunday or any number of Sundays, call Joyce and
let her know. I promise it will be a very rewarding experience!

Joyce Hanson, Peace Sunday School Director
320-528-2354 (Home) 320-304-0727 (Cell) baskets@runestone.net (email)



AUGUST 2014
Peace Church Council Meeting Minutes June 11, 2014 6 p.m.
Call Meeting to Order-- Absent Tom P, Terry and Jan.
Devotional TimeJob Chapter 28. Where can wisdom be found and understanding dwell? God is with you even during
the hard times.
Secretarys ReportTom G motion to accept as submitted. Jennifer 2
nd
. MCU
Treasurers Report--A check written to HK Food Shelf had not been cashed. They normally send a receipt and nice
thank you. Have contacted them to see if it was located. Will issue another if not located and discuss with bank about stop
payment. Jennifer motion to accept. Tom G 2
nd
. MCU
Pastors ReportSummer is going well. Preparing for babys arrival by having substitute ready to step in when needed.
Appreciation was expressed for the 5 year anniversary recognition. Would like to start on a new 5 year plan for growth.
Will add goal development to be put on the future meeting agendas and ask congregation for feedback. Mystery mission
planning going well. Adult volunteers are solid. Four spots left for kids to join. Valley fair trip yesterday was great. 15 kids
went. Proud of the kids for handling themselves well.
Sunday School ReportJoyce presented the report and asked some questions regarding VBS planning. Waiting for Lu-
ther Crest worker to get back to Pastor Matt with more details. Had 30 students enrolled in Sunday School this year with
an average weekly attendance about 15 kids. Problem area was shortage of teachers. Hoping for more teachers to volun-
teer even for a very part time commitment next year. Sunday School has taken in more than they have spent this year once
budgeted differently and the coffee money for 3
rd
Sunday of the month was designated for Sunday School needs. Dis-
cussed that council had previously discussed coffee money for two summer months was earmarked for Luther Crest, but
we did not designate which months. Agreed for coffee money for 3
rd
Sunday of June to be for Sunday School and July/
August coffee money for Luther Crest. Sandy K will be able to track those funds as Bob Roe itemizes coffee money sepa-
rately from offering.
Old Business
Lift InspectionStill locating who to contact
BlindsJan not present. Pastor aware that they have been paid for, but have not yet been installed.
Berheim ScholarshipAt the WCA awards night 5 Peace Lutheran Seniors were awarded scholarships in the
amount of $100. Recipients are Daniel Schack, Braeden Long, Dakotah Kashmark, Lauryn McLaughlin and Andy
Thompson. Jennifer will contact Sandy Perry to discuss the drafting of an award letter for kids to send to their
college financial aid office.
New Business
Fuel ContractingTom P. not present for report.
Sound SystemHave heard that the volume on the Runestone channel is still not loud. Pastor will explore this
further. It is better than it was before sound system upgrades, but there are some imperfections.
LP OdorBrought to our attention that congregation members have once again identified gas odor when entering
the building. This was identified and corrected a few years ago as being a problem with the stove needing some
leads to be cleaned. Jim Johnson assisted last time. Nancy will talk to Jim about what was done to correct the
problem before.
AdjournMotion by Tom G, 2
nd
Brenda. MCU.
Closing PrayerLords Prayer
Jennifer McLaughlin, Secretary


August 2014
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
Faithful Folders
10:00am

2
3
Worship at
Immanuel Church
10:30am

No Worship
Service at
Peace
4 5 6
WELCA
Potluck Picinic
12 noon

7 8
Faithful Folders
10am
9
Open House
Bridal Shower
Shelby Dreier
9-11am
10
Worship 9:30am
Parents
Confirmation
Meeting 8-9th
graders 10:30am
11 12 13
Council 6pm
14 15
Faithful Folders
10am
16
17

Worship 9:30am
18 19 20 21 22
Faithful Folders
10am
23
24
Worship 9:30am

31
Worship 9:30am
25
Adult Mission
Trip
26 27 28 29
Faithful Folders
10am
30

Readers
8/3 Immanuel Service

8/10 Youth

8/17 Marilyn Frykman

8/24 Pat Ronhovde

8/31 Anya Brantley


WORK GROUP # 2
Jim & Sharolyn Johnson
Ron & Kay Johnson
If you are unable to be a
helper on your Sunday,
please call one of your
work group leaders and he
or she will help you find a
replacement.
Thank you.
Serving in August
**Parents Confirmation Meeting on Sunday, August 10 at
10:30am. Students in 8th and 9th grades.

**Open house Bridal Shower for Shelby Dreier on Saturday,
August 9, 2014 from 9-11:00am. Everyone Welcome!!

**The Feed My Starving Children Mobile Pack Event at the
Morris Elementary School will be held on Tuesday, August 26 and
27. You can sign up to help pack meals by going to fmsc.org and click
on Mobile Pack Events. Click on MN, then Morris, then volunteer to
pack. OR you may call Ellie Tomford at 320-589-2808 to register. We
would love to have you join us in making a diference for Gods
starving children! Thank you so much! Sheryle Dahl


Altar Guild
Karen Ellis
Colleen Spittle
SERVERS

8/3 - No Service at Peace

8/10 - Chad and Gwen Rollofson
Eugene and Kathleen Anderson

8/17 - Carolyn Alke
Wayne and Bety DeClercq

8/24 - James and Sharolyn Johnson
Bruce and Judy Olson

8/31 - Mike and Jennifer McLaughlin
Bill and Barb Litle




USHERS

8/3 - No Service at Peace

8/10 - Chad and Gwen Rollofson
Eugene and Kathleen Anderson

8/17 - Carolyn Alke
Wayne and Bety DeClercq

8/24 - James and Sharolyn Johnson
Bruce and Judy Olson

8/31 - Mike and Jennifer McLaughlin
Bill and Barb Litle



Stewardship of the Good News
Balance. Balance is something one often hears about
in my generation of workers. Shouts from all sides
that the most productive people strike the best bal-
ance between home and work; family and friends;
planning and spontaneity. And that being said, I
think its something that I have done a pretty good
job in my life striving for and achieving, which Peace
Lutheran has taken a large role in allowing me to do.
I have figured out the balance between being a faith-
ful pastor and a devoted family man with a wife and
three children, because as I took on the added roles
of Father to both Henry and Isaac, Peace Lutheran
gave me the flexibility to do so. I put in lots of
hours and work very hard, and yet its not at the ex-
pense of my family life, but rather because of the
balance Ive found, a way to improve my family life.
I dont say this often enough, but thank you for let-
ting me be the Pastor here at Peace, and letting me
be the father to my kids and husband to my wife. I
know that sounds simple, but Ive heard enough sto-
ries to know that although on the surface that might
be easy to say, its actually quite difficult to achieve.
That being said there is a scary side to balance isnt
there? Balance in many ways assumes things stay the
same, even if the same is that everything is a bit cha-
otic! But what happens when I move from a father
of three to a father of four? The scale gets tipped,
and everything that was a well-oiled machine for the
last four years becomes
a little less clear. With
the birth of Charlie
Samuel Rose, what hap-
pens to the balance, the
equilibrium of my life
and ministry? The scary
thing is the uncertainty. I dont know the details of
how it will all work yet, but perhaps the biggest gift
you have given me as a church family is the
knowledge that you will be just as excited and eager
to find out as I am.


In this time of personal transition for me, I thank
you for building me up, and walking along side me in
this journey. Just as many of you have invited me
into both the darkest and most joyful moments of
your life, I now invite you into the joyful time in my
own.
You will likely see Charlie here in Barrett quite often
for the first few months of his life, as Im planning
on having him with me as much as I can. I dont
want to miss out on that early time with him, so just
as I have had Chloe, Henry, and Isaac with me for
several days a week for the first 6mo-year of their
lives, I will be doing the same with Charlie. This
doesnt mean that Im ANY LESS available and
around for us as a church family, in fact Im expect-
ing to be in Barrett more hours (as I know Im less
productive with a child in tow!) This also means I
might be interested/needing adoptive grandparents
every once and a while, who live here in town, for
times I need to make an emergency hospital visit, or
sensitive counseling session. Im hoping that if
youre interested in being one of those grandparents,
you dont hesitate to talk to me!
The Church is a place that I think too often lives in a
constant fear of rocking the boat, change, loss of
balance, and yet I think its a position that we as the
church are called to find ourselves in regularly. We
believe in a God who not only created everything
from the chaos of nothing, but also cared enough to
empty Himself of that power in order to come and
live and die amongst us and still loves us enough to
sustain each and every breath we take, being active in
our lives today. God forces us, with the life, death
and resurrection of Jesus Christ to live in a world
that is upside down and in a kingdom which is both
already and not yet. To find balance in that world,
Gods world, is not a one-time thing, but a daily
death and resurrection in the waters of baptism.
~Matthew Rose, Pastor

PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
PO Box 206
Barrett MN 56311
Rev. Matthew Rose, Pastor RevMatthew@PeaceBarrett.org cell phone: 218-770-8470
Office: 320-528-2536 email: Office@PeaceBarrett.org Church: www.peacebarrett.org
YES, IT's TRUE...
It's time to start thinking about School Supplies
For three years now we have been able to give needed basic supplies
to West Central Area Schools to distribute to those who they know
need them, and we are proud to do it again for the 2014-2015 school
year.
Our Fall Supply Drive is ON...so stock up now while the prices are the
lowest!
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