T HREE R IVERS COMMUNIT Y A CTION THE UNITED REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH

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May 2011

Head start is available at no cost to families of three and

Email: admin@hcinet.net
Fax: 507-732-7304
Phone: 507-732-7303

Zumbrota, MN 55992
560 W est 3rd St
United Redeemer Lutheran Church
four year old children. Families must meet income
eligibility guidelines. Classes are held four days per week
for 31/2 hours per day. Our goal is to work collaboratively
with other community programs in an effort to provide the
best possible services to children and their families.
Families who have children with special needs are
encouraged to apply.

More information is available on the bulletin board by the

office. Please contact Karina Ceja at 1-800-277-8418,
Ext. 156 with any questions.

STAFF CONTACTS
Pastor Ike……..pastorike@hcinet.net Ext. 103
Pastor Susan…pastorsusan@hcinet.net Ext. 104
Eileen……….…bookkeeper@hcinet.net Ext. 102
Jessica…….…..admin@hcinet.net Ext. 101
Cindy Wilson….youthurlc@hcinet.net Ext. 107

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Phone: 507-732-7303 Believers, we are united in Christ by God,
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 The Pastor‟s Page
In the course of my reading,
sometimes I come across an
article or a story that strikes a
cord and I want to share it.
Perhaps getting a reaction or two
from another reader. The article
is an attempt at a definition
really. An author by the name of
Frederick Buechner in his book WHISTLING
IN THE DARK has given his view of Easter.
"Christmas has a large and colorful cast
of characters including not only the three
principals themselves but the Angel Gabriel,
the Innkeeper, the Shepherds, the Heavenly
Host, the Three Wise Men, Herod, the Star of
Bethlehem, and even the animals kneeling in
the straw. In one form or another we have
seen them represented so often that we
would recognize them anywhere. We know
about the birth in all its detail as well as we
know about the births of ourselves or our
children, maybe more so. The manger is as
familiar as home. We have made a major
production of it, and as minor attractions we
have added the carols, the tree, the
presents, the cards, Santa Claus, Ebenezer
Scrooge, and so on. With Easter it is entirely
different.
The Gospels are far from clear as to just
what happened. It began in the dark. The
stone had been rolled aside. Matthew alone
speaks of an earthquake. In the tomb there
were two white-clad figures or possibly just
one. Mary Magdalene seems to have gotten
there before anybody else. There was a man
she thought at first was the gardener.
Perhaps Mary the mother of James was with
her and another woman named Joanna. One
account says Peter came too with one of the
other disciples. Elsewhere the suggestion is
that there were only the women and that the
disciples, who were somewhere else, didn't
believe the women's story when they hear it.
There was the sound of people running, of voices.
Matthew speaks of "fear and great joy." Confusion was
everywhere. There is no agreement even as to the role
of Jesus himself. Did he appear at the tomb or only
later? Where? To whom did he appear? What did he W O M E N O F U NI T E D R E DE E M E R
say? What did he do? D I S B U R S E M E NT O F F U NDS - 2 011
It is not a major production at all, and the minor
attractions we have created around it --the bunnies and
Women of United Redeemer Disbursement of
baskets and bonnets, the dyed eggs --have so little to
do with what it's all about that they neither add much
Funds - 2011
nor subtract much. It's not really even much of a story Zumbrota Area Food Shelf $600.00
when you come right down to it, and that is of course Good Earth Village $500.00
the power of it. It doesn't have the ring of great Habitat for Humanity $400.00
drama. It has the ring of truth. If the Gospel writers Zumbrota Health Care (Activity dept) $200.00
had wanted to tell it in a way to convince the world that
Lutheran Social Services $200.00
Jesus indeed rose from the dead, they would
presumable have done it with all the skill and fanfare Hope Coalition: Red Wing Women's Shelter $300.00
they could muster. Here there is no skill, no fanfare. Hope Coalition: Kids Count (abused children) $300.00
They seem to be telling it simply the way it was. The United Redeemer Mission Fund $200.00
narrative is as fragmented, shadowy, incomplete as life Lutheran World Relief $200.00
itself. When it comes to just what happened, there can
Christ Thru Hands (blind) $100.00
be no certainty. That something unimaginable
happened, there can be no doubt. Lutheran Assoc of Missionaries & Pilots $100.00
The symbol of Easter is the empty tomb. You can't Marie Sandvik Center $100.00
depict or domesticate emptiness. You can't make it Global Health $100.00
into pageants and string it with lights. It doesn't move Project Comfort Fund (same as World Relief) $100.00
people to give presents to each other or sing old
Fund for Leaders (seminary students, ELCA) $100.00
songs. It ebbs and flows all around us, the Eastertide.
Even the great choruses of Handel's MESSIAH sound a
Lutheran Campus Ministry $100.00
little like a handful of crickets chirping under the Faith in Action (new this year) $500.00
moon. Samaritan Fund (new this year) $400.00
He rose. A few saw him briefly and talked to him. If
it is true, there is nothing left to say. If it is not true, TOTAL $4,500.00
there is nothing left to say. For believers and
unbelievers both, life has never been the same again.
For some, neither has death. What is left now is the THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING WOMEN OF UNITED REDEEMER,
emptiness. There are those who, like Magdalene, will THIS IS WHERE THE FUNDS WERE DISBURSED.
never stop searching it til they find his face."
May the Blessed Resurrection
URLC Volunteers will serve coffee at
hold you and keep you. the Zumbrota Care Center at 1:30 pm
Pastor Ike (Snack Time) May 9th - 13th, 2011
 Y O U T H C A L E N DA R ~ The YOUTH PAGE ~ Y O U T H R E C IP E B O O K
Upcoming dates: S E N IO R R E C O G N IT IO N We are in the beginning stages of
May 1 st
This day we will have a celebration of the Sunday On May 22nd during the PACE hour we will creating a “URLC Youth Recipe
School year with ice cream treats at PACE! honor our 2011 High School Graduates Book!” We would like our Sunday
May 8th The Youth will serve a delicious Mother‟s Day A SHLEN B UCK School Youth to bring in any of their
brunch to everyone from 9am – Noon. S T E V E N C L E M E N T S ON favorite recipes! Please list your
May 18th The last day of Confirmation - Picnic at 6pm on the MOLLY G ROVER
name by your recipe. These books will be in the making
church lawn. REED HOVEN
A SHLEE K IRTZ all summer for a great Sunday School fundraiser. They
May 22nd Senior Recognition during the PACE hour. B R A N D ON K L I N DW OR T H will be ready for wonderful 2011 Christmas presents!
th
June 12th Confirmation Camp will begin until Fri. 17 for our K A I A K U B I ST A
th
7 grade at Good Earth Village. W H IT N E Y L E X V ACAT IO N B IB LE S C H O O L / D AY C A M P
CODY L ODERMEIER It‟s not too early to start thinking about summer camp!!
June 17 th
The annual “CAR HOP” will be in the church
parking lot! J ENNIFER REDFIELD We will hold VBS/Day Camp here at URLC July 18th –
T A N N ER S A N B O R N 22nd. We will again have a big Carnival after the camp!!
June 30th Picnic/Meeting for the Canoe trip on the church K AIA S AND
lawn. Mark your calendars! The registration form is included
nd
DECKER STARR
July 18th VBS & Day Camp through July 22 ending with a Please join us for the celebration with the Voice, & there are more forms located at both
program & a Carnival! entrances to the sanctuary. Please sign up by May 31 st
th
of there graduation!
July 23rd The Canoe trip to Canada leaves until July 30 . for the early bird price of $75 for Day Camp 6-12yrs. &
B IB L E S T U DY “A M B S ” $20 for VBS ages 3-5yrs. If you are interested in any
S U N DAY S C H O O L We have had a great year of breakfasts & short topics other camps held at Good Earth Village through the
each Wed. at 7am. Our last AMBS for the season is on
S U N DA E S U N DAY M AY 1 S T Wed. May 25th. We will meet at “Bridget‟s Café - Yeah,
summer, please contact Cindy for all the camp dates &

On May 1st we will have our “Sundae Sunday” information! THINK SUMMER!
Someone else gets to cook for me!! Please bring $5 for
celebration at PACE with all the Sunday School Youth &
Congregation, to end our Sunday School year! We will
your breakfast at Bridget‟s! F U N D R A IS E R S U C C E S S
T H E B IG „ 1 1 C A N O E T R I P
hear the Sunday School sing, & have ice cream treats! A big Thank You to everyone that
The date has been set for Sat. July 23rd to Sat. July
30st for our BIG Canoe Trip this helped with the Soup Supper & with
We still have DVD‟s of the Christmas Program. They
Summer! I have set a picnic/ the Cinnamon Rolls! The soup supper
are awesome! Please contact Cindy Wilson if you
volleyball/meeting for all canoer‟s fundraiser brought in a total of
would like a keepsake of this great program! Suggested
& their families on the church lawn, $1,386.00 & the Cinnamon Roll sales
$5 donation.
June 30th at 6pm. I‟m sending out brought in $866.00. All these
If you have any questions about any of our youth programs donations help with different youth activities, the canoe
the health/permission forms in
please contact Cindy Wilson. Youthurlc@hcinet.net
May, & I would like these forms to come back at the trip, & future mission trips. Thank you!
Office: (507) 732-7303 Or Cell: (507) 421-4105
picnic.
 When the Game is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box
By John Ortberg PACE for May 2011 W E N E E D Y O U R H E L P
st
G r o u p F e l l o w s h i p 4 th T h u r s d a y o f t h e Mo n t h ! May 1 - URLC Sunday School Kids We are looking for donations for the
We meet next on May 26 th 6:30-7:30pm "Sundae Sunday - Sunday School Celebration!" Red Wing Haven of Hope, Women‟s
May 8th - URLC Youth Shelter (Hope Coalition). The following
Join us in exploring a program by John Ortberg called „When
the Game is Over, it all Goes Back in the Box‟. The rewards new or gently used items are requested.
“Mother‟s Day Brunch"
of life‟s game can be thrilling. But eventually everything goes
back into the box, and what ultimately matters is how we May 15th - Kyle Meerkins B e d d i n g ( A l l Si z e s)
have lived according to what we have learned from God. “My Studies Abroad" Non-feather pillows Quilts
Al l a d u l t s a r e i n v i t e d t o t h e F e l l ow s h i p H a l l . nd Pillow protectors Sheets
May 22 - URLC High School Graduates
An d b r i n g t h e k i d s t o p l a y d o w n s t a i r s ! Pillow cases Blankets
“Senior Recognition"
Contact Cindy Wilson if you plan to bring your Comforters Crib Bedding
children, there are usually at least 2 or 3 May 29th - Memorial Weekend
kiddos, she just needs to know how many A l so N e e d e d :
older youth to have around for helping hands. “Coffee & Conversation"
Hygiene Items (All ages Male Towel Sets
FROM THE FINANCE OFFICE & Female) Baby Diapers & Wipes
B LESSING B OARD
We have celebrated the Lent season with Easter Sunday,
T HRIVENT F INANCIAL FOR L UTHERANS IN N ORTH G OODHUE C OUNTY
April 24th. We all give thanks for the gifts we receive and
Continuing through May, our congregation has been Donations should be held by the donors until Sunday
URLC thanks you for your generous gift of $23,753 as of April
invited to make gifts of money (in any amount, 17th. This helps us meet our 2011 budget of $312,611. We May 15th and then brought to the Church Fellowship
children & adults included) and all are waiting the joyous arrival of spring this year, the Hall between services.
sign your name to the Blessing gardening and planting of crops which is part of
Board. The 2x4 will be built into the 2011 After May 15th you may call for an appointment at the
the gifts to each of us, URLC, the community
Habitat for Humanity home and be a living witness Hope Coalition (651) 388-9360 [ext 30] and bring the
and the world. Each of us must remember that
of our faith community‟s care that all of God‟s everyday is a BLESSING and give thanks! above listed donations directly to the Hope Coalition
children should have a place to call home. office or mail your financial donation to their office.
The Trust Fund will be sending $1000 on
behalf of URLC. Therefore we ask that HEGRE WE LCA S ALAD LUNCHEON HOPE COALITION
anyone from the congregation feel free to sign Hegre WELCA will be hosting their annual Salad 480 W. 8 TH ST.
the ‘Blessing Board’. Individual donations are always Luncheon on Tuesday May 10th, serving from 11 am to RED WING, MN 55066
more than welcome.
1 pm at Hegre Lutheran Church.
*Your individual gifts can be sent directly to: T HANK YO U FO R YOU R G E N E RO S I T Y .
O N T H E M E N U :
Goodhue County Habitat for Humanity
Salads French Bread You will be enriched in every way for great generosity,
480 West 8th Street
& Deserts Beverages which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.
Red Wing, MN 55066.
Thank you for your support for Habitat for Humanity! The cost is $7 for adults (free for preschoolers) II Corinthians 9:11
There will also be a Quilt Raffle with tickets 1 for $2 or 3 for $5.
In Christ, Q u e st i on s : Call Barb Madison 732-5152
Pastor Nick Fisher-Broin The quilt is on display at the Security State Bank in Kenyon. or The Hope Coalition (651) 388-9360 [Ext. #30]
 A PRIL W ORSHIP A SSISTANTS W E L C A
M AY 2 9 TH
C IRCLE’ S
M AY 1 S T M AY 8 T H M AY 1 5 T H M AY 2 2 N D
8:00 am Service R U T H C I R C L E
8:00 am Service 8:00 am Service 8:00 am Service 8:00 am Service
G REETERS Meets Monday May 2nd
G REETERS U SHERS & G REETERS G REETERS G REETERS THE STILLER FAMILY
12:00 pm at URLC
CONWAY MARVIN & ADAM BIRR ROSE BRIDLEY CHRIS & TAMARA BEEBE THE BRENGMAN FAMILY
U SHERS
U SHERS EMILY KROHN U SHERS U SHERS LYNN & MARYANN URBAN N A O M I C I R C L E
DAREL & BECKY BIRMINGHAM SOPHIE LEONARD DR. FRED & JUDY ROBERSON ROBER & BARBARA PAULSON CARL & NANCY POTRATZ Meets Thursday May 12th
DANA & CAROL FREDERIXON ALYSSA QUAM R EADER R EADER R EADER 9 am at Linda Pahl‟s
R EADER R EADERS KEN QUIRING FRED ROBERSON ADDIE SCHLIEP
CAITLYN HEITMAN A COLYTES R E B E K A H C I R C L E
SANDY LOHMAN C OMMUNION ( BW) A SSISTANTS A COLYTES
C OMMUNION (I) A SSISTANTS A COLYTE DENNIS & IRENE SWENSON ADAM BURDICK CARLEY HENNING Meets Thursday May 12th
FRAN & RUTH KEMPF TORGER JYSTAD A COLYTES A.V. C OORDINATOR A.V. C OORDINATOR 9 am at Lois Johnson‟s
A.V. C OORDINATOR JOE KEMPF
A COLYTES KENEDY BEEBE JOE KEMPF (8:40 carpool from JoAnn
PAUL DAHLEN JOE KEMPF LISA ECKER M AY 2 2 N D M AY 2 9 T H Ring‟s)
BLAKE LERUM M AY 8 T H A.V. C OORDINATOR 10:30 am Service 10:30 am Service
A.V. C OORDINATOR JOE KEMPF G REETERS
F LOWER & A LTER C ARE
10:30 am Service G REETERS
JOE KEMPF - M AY
U SHERS & G REETERS RENE ARENDT &
PAUL DAHLEN M AY 1 5 TH
JON GIERE U SHERS We are still looking for
M AY 1 ST
DALLAS GRUHLKE 10:30 am Service U SHERS
EVELYN KORSTEN &
help in May!
DENNIS LARSON
10:30 am Service JOSH NELSON
G REETERS JANICE OLSON & J UNE
SETH TUPPER JOANN ATKINSON R EADER Marcia Mathees
G REETERS STEVE & MARLA LODERMEIER BERNICE RATGEN
R EADERS R EADER Nancy Fee
DIANNE ISAACSON & U SHERS A COLYTES
EVELYN KORSTEN CHASE STEFFEN KARI NICHOLS
STEVE & JANA SCHOLL KAITLEN BUCK Flower & Alter Chairperson:
A COLYTE A COLYTES
U SHERS R EADER A.V. C OORDINATOR We need someone to take on
CONNOR TEIGEN KYLE KIRTZ
BOB, KRISTI & ABIGAIL DARLENE KOOB JOANN RING the leadership position for all
A.V. C OORDINATOR
ROSENQUIST A.V. C OORDINATOR C OMMUNION (I) A SSISTANTS J UNE 5 TH the Flower and Alter
STEVE LODERMEIER
R EADER GARRY RING DARLENE KOOB &
7:45 am Outdoor Service volunteers.
LORI COPEMAN BEV O‟CONNER
U SHERS
C OMMUNION ( BW) A SSISTANTS A COLYTES DAREL & BECKY BIRMINGHAM
We Need an Office
DON & PEGGY LOCHNER MICHAEL W ICKS PAUL & JUDY ROCKNE Volunteer Coordinator:
A COLYTES GRIFFIN GARTNER
J U N E 5 TH Someone who can call and
DALLAS GRUHLKE A.V. C OORDINATOR 9:30 am Service gather volunteers to help with
SETH TUPPER CHECKTHE WEBSITE FOR DEB BRADT envelope stuffing, VOICE
U SHERS
A.V. C OORDINATOR UPDATES TO THE
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED mailing, and other „the-more-
JOANN RING SCHEDULE the-merrier‟ tasks.
WWW.URLCHURCH.ORG A.V. C OORDINATOR
GREG KORSTEN Contact the Office Please!
 U NITED REDEEMER CALENDAR EVENTS THE MONTH OF M AY
Saturday, April 30th Wednesday, May 11th
8-1:00 pm Multi-family Garage/Bake Sale (Snowmobile 7:00 am AMBS Monday, May 23rd
Clubhouse) 1:30 pm Zta. Care Center Coffee Service 6:30 pm Boy Scouts
5:00 pm-Midnight Hannah‟s Hope at VFW 6:30 pm Worship
5:00 pm Famine ends 7:15 pm Confirmation Tuesday, May 24th
7:15 pm Senior Choir 6:00 pm Weight Watchers
Sunday, May 1st May Day 6:30 pm Boy Scouts
8:00 & 10:30 am Worship (Bells) Thursday, May 12th 7:30 pm AA Meets in Library
9:15 am PACE-Sundae Sunday 9 am Rebekah Circle at Lois Johnson
(Sunday School Celebration)
(8:40 carpool from JoAnn Ring‟s) Wednesday, May 25th
1:00 pm Piano Recital
9 am Naomi Circle at Linda Pahl‟s 7:00 am AMBS at Bridget‟s
1:30 pm Zta. Care Center Coffee Service 6:30 pm Worship
Monday, May 2nd
5:45 pm Finance 7:15 pm Senior Choir
12:00 pm Ruth Circle delivers flowers
6:30 pm Church Council
6:30 pm NAMI Thursday, May 26th
Tuesday, May 3rd
6:30 pm Group Fellowship
6:00 pm Weight Watchers
Friday, May 13th
6:30 pm Boy Scouts
1:30 pm Zta. Care Center Coffee Service Monday, May 30th Memorial Day
7:30 pm AA
Office Closed
Sunday, May 15th
Wednesday, May 4th
8:00 am Baptism of Weston Connolly Tuesday, May 31st
7:00 am AMBS
8:00 am & 10:30 am Worship (WOV) 6:00 pm Weight Watchers
6:30 pm Worship
9:15 am PACE-Kyle Mehrkens 7:30 pm AA Meets in Library
7:15 pm Senior Choir
“My Studies Abroad"
7:15 pm Confirmation
2:00 pm Boy Scout Troop 78 (Fellowship Hall)
Thursday, May 5th
Tuesday, May 17th
8:00 am WIC
6:00 pm Weight Watchers
6:00 pm WELCA
6:30 pm Boy Scouts
7:30 pm AA
Sunday, May 8th
8:00 & 10:30 am Worship (Choir)
Wednesday, May 18th
9:00-noon Mother‟s Day Brunch
7:00 am AMBS
6:30 pm Worship
Monday, May 9th
6:00 pm Confirmation Picnic
1:30 pm Zta. Care Center Coffee Service
7:15 pm Senior Choir
6:30 pm Boy Scouts
Sunday, May 22nd Choral Worship
Tuesday, May 10th
8:00 & 10:30 am Worship (Choir)
1:30 pm Zta. Care Center Coffee Service
9:15 am PACE-Senior Recognition
6:00 pm Weight Watchers
6:30 pm Boy Scouts
7:30 pm AA CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR UPDATES TO THE CALENDAR
7:00 pm Property Management WWW.URLCHURCH.ORG