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ANNUAL 2014 REPORTS
Annual Meeting Held January 25, 2015
CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH Cottonwood, Minnesota
God’s Work.
Our Hands.
- Who We Are -
CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH
Mission Identity
The people of Christ Lutheran Church are daily called into God’s new creation,
empowered by the Spirit, and
sent to show the Good News of Jesus Christ
bringing welcome, forgiveness, healing, renewal, and hope
to our neighbors here and in all the world
Office Telephone/Voice Mail/Fax
507-423-5100
Lay Pastoral Assistant & Organist
Gwen Arneson
612-280-5987
Custodians
Jon & Jeannette Myrvik
507-423-5131 c (Jon) 507-828-2401
c (Jeannette) 828-2407
Website: christcottonwood.org
Pastor Jim Demke
605-370-2206
Administrative Assistant
Rhoda Schmidt
507-829-1426
Contact Information and Staff Members
CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH
Cottonwood, Minnesota
Meeting Held January 25, 2015 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CONGREGATION FOR YEAR 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Agenda 2
Altar Guild Financial Report 19
Audit Report 11
Board of Deacons Report 10
Christian Education Committee Report 17
Budget - 2015 Proposed 25
Cemetery Committee Financial Report 23
Congregational Annual Comparison 6
Congregational Leaders 4-5
Fair Trade Project (Coffee, etc.) 16
Financial Secretary Report 11
Hunter’s Helping Hands Committee Report 10
LEAF Committee Report 23
Library Committee Report 20
Luther League Financial Report 22
Ministerial Acts and Statistics 5
Minutes, Annual Meeting January 2014 3
Mission Outreach Committee Report and 2015 Proposal 15-17
Nominations for Congregational Leaders 2015 24
P. A./Video Committee Report 20
Pastor Report 7-8
Pastoral Assistant Report 8-9
President Report 9-10
Senior Choir Report 18-19
General Fund Budget, Savings (Bank & Co-op), Bremer, 12-15
Missionary Fund Reports
Women of the ELCA Report 20-21
World Hunger/Disaster Response 16
Worship Committee Report 18
Agenda
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION FOR YEAR 2014
CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH
Cottonwood, Minnesota
Sunday, January 25, 2015 - 11:45 a.m.
I. Call to Order
II. Devotions by Pastor Jim Demke
III. Appointment of Tellers
IV. Appointment of Parliamentarian
V. Roll Call
VI. Adoption of Agenda
VII. Minutes of February 2, 2014, Annual Meeting
VIII. Reports:
Ministerial Acts, Statistics, Membership Comparison
Pastor
Pastoral Assistant
President
Board of Deacons
Hunter’s Helping Hands Committee
Christ Care Team (no printed report)
Board of Trustees (no printed report)
Financial Secretary — Report and Appointment of Mary Schwisow
General Fund and Missionary Fund Financial
Mission Outreach Committee and 2015 Recommendations (report includes World Hunger, Fair
Trade, Prayer Garden)
Christian Education Committee
Worship Committee
Senior Choir
Altar Committee
Library Committee
P.A. Committee
Women of the ELCA (W-ELCA )
Luther League
Cemetery Committee
LEAF Committee
Sunday Morning Fellowship Hour (no printed report)
Milestone Ministries (no printed report)
Stewardship Committee (no printed report)
Southwestern Minnesota Synod (no printed report)
IX. Ongoing
X. New
A. Election of Congregation Leaders for 2015 (back of A.M. Report Book)
B. Adoption of Congregation Budget for 2015 (back of A.M. Report Book)
C. Adoption of Missionary Fund Budget for 2015 (pg. 15 of A.M. Report Book)
XI. Adjournment
XII. Closing Prayer
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Minutes ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION
CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH
Cottonwood, Minnesota
Sunday, February 2, 2014—11:50 a.m.
I. Called to Order at 11:50 a.m. by President Mike Lee.
II. Devotions given by Pastor Jim Demke
III. IT WAS MOVED BY CRAIG AAMODT, SECONDED BY SHANE WEE, AND UNANIMOUSLY
CARRIED to ratify the new Constitution for Christ Lutheran Church.
IV. IT WAS MOVED BY PETE LAVIN, SECONDED BY MARY ROE, AND CARRIED to appoint Tellers:
Marv Kremin, Jean Dahl, Jonathon Olson, and Stacey Broberg.
V. IT WAS MOVED BY ERIC ANDERSON, SECONDED BY JONATHAN OLSON, AND CARRIED to
appoint Parliamentarian: Gwen Arneson.
VI. Roll Call was taken by a sign-in sheet: 48 voting members in attendance and 3 guests.
VII. IT WAS MOVED BY CAROLYN OLSON, SECONDED BY STACEY BROBERG AND CARRIED to
adopt the agenda with two additions.
VIII. Minutes of January 27, 2013, Annual Meeting: accepted.
IX. Reports (Printed in Annual Report Book), plus the following additions:
Pastor Jim Demke. Also gave summary of report.
Pastoral Assistant Gwen Arneson. Also gave summary of report.
President Mike Lee. Also gave summary of report.
Hunter’s Helping Hands Committee–report given by LeeAnn Boehne
Board of Trustees
Financial Secretary -- Report and Appointment. IT WAS MOVED BY DOUG WARNKE,
SECONDED BY BETSY LAVIN, AND CARRIED to appoint Mary Schwisow as Financial
Secretary.
Christian Education Committee – report given by Susanne Lee
Coffee/Refreshment/Fellowship Time Presentation by Jonathan Olson
Prayer Garden – report given by Craig Aamodt
Luther League – report given by Abby Lee
Southwestern Minnesota Synod – report given by Gwen Arneson
X. Ongoing. No matters to transact.
XI. New Business
A. Election of Congregation Leaders for 2014 (back of A.M. Report Book). IT WAS MOVED BY PETE
LAVIN, SECONDED BY STACEY BROBERG, AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY to elect congregation
leaders as nominated.
B. Adoption of Congregation Budget for 2014 (back of A.M. Report Book).
IT WAS MOVED BY SCOTT BOEHNE, SECONDED BY KEVIN ARNESOBN, AND
UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED to adopt the 2014 Budget as proposed.
C. Adoption of Missionary Fund Budget for 2014 (pg. 23 A.M. Report Book).
IT WAS MOVED BY BUD PEDERSON, SECONDED BY PETE LAVIN, AND
UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED to adopt the Missionary Fund Budget Recommendations for
2014.
XII. IT WAS MOVED BY DOUG WARNKE, SECONDED BY PETE LAVIN, AND CARRIED to adjourn.
XIII. Closing Prayer
LeeAnn Boehne , Secretary
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CONGREGATION OFFICERS President: Craig Aamodt
Vice President: Shawn Myers
Secretary: LeeAnn Boehne
Treasurer: Jonathan Olson
BOARD OF DEACONS Eric Anderson
Teresa Becker (Secretary)
David Roe
Mary Roe
Tracy Sterner (Chair)
Shane Wee (Vice Chair)
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Scott Boehne
Chuck Broberg
Jessica Laleman
David Schwarz (completed Mike Timmerman
term)
John Sterner (Chair)
Linda VanUden (Secretary)
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION COMMITTEE Dani Brower (Chair)
Wendy Fischer (Vice Chair)
Julie Gregoire (Secretary) (completed Rita
Timmerman’s term)
Tiffany Teske (completed Brenda Olson’s term)
Jessica Laleman (completed Sally Hanson’s term)
Tim Murphy (completed Desiree Grunewald’s term)
Tracy Sterner (Deacon Liaison, appointed)
MISSION OUTREACH COMMITTEE
Eric Anderson (Deacon Rep.)
Dani Brower
Brenda Hoehne
Carolyn Olson (W-ELCA rep.)
Denise Thomas Aamodt
CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Mike Berglind
Jason Fischer
John Kolhei
Gary Morken
Lisa Varpness (Treasurer )
Appointed Sexton is Jerry Aamodt
Assistant to Jerry is Craig Norland
LEAF COMMITTEE
Andrea Benson
Anne Isaackson
Darla Morken
SYNOD ASSEMBLY VOTING MEMBERS
Pastor Jim Demke
Tracy Sterner
John Sterner
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NOMINATING COMMITTEE Chuck Broberg
Corey Moseng
Shane Wee
Mike Lee
Betsy Lavin
Diane Wagner
Congregation President—advisory
STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE
Nellie Bjornebo (WELCA Rep.
Bev Isaackson
Jon Myrvik
Congregation Vice President
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
Congregation Officers
Deacon Rep. David Roe
Trustee Rep. Scott Boehne
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Mary Schwisow
WELCA OFFICERS
President: Nellie Bjornebo
Vice President: Anne Isaackson
Secretary: Barb Crouse
Treasurer: Rose Wisdorf
Mission Action: Anne Isaackson
Mission Growth Chairpersons: Executive Bd.
Mission Community: Ann Hoff, Sandy Boehne
Mission Outreach Rep.: Carolyn Olson
Stewardship Rep.: Nellie Bjornebo
Kitchen: Anne Isaackson
Auditing: Audrey Hostetler; Bev Isaackson
WORSHIP COMMITTEE
Pastor: Jim Demke
Organist/Lay Pastoral Asst.: Gwen Arneson
Eric Anderson
Neil Dovre
Nancy Kremin
Mary Roe (Deacon Rep.)
Garrett Wee (Youth Rep.)
ALTAR GUILD
Chair: Barb Crouse
Secretary/Treasurer: Mary Schwisow
P.A. COMMITTEE
Chair: Larry Isaackson
Eric Anderson
Scott Boehne
Jonathan Olson
LIBRARY COMMITTEE: Anne Isaackson
FOOD SHELF: Greg and Anne Isaackson
CONGREGATIONAL OFFICERS, BOARD MEMBERS,
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, PROJECT COODINATORS—2014
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CONGREGATIONAL OFFICERS, BOARD MEMBERS,
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, PROJECT COODINATORS—2014
WORLD HUNGER/ DISASTER RESPONSE/MALARIA COORDINATOR: Greg and Anne Isaackson
FAIR TRADE/LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF COORDINATOR: Becky Timm
HEAD USHER: Larry Isaackson
HUNTER’S HELPING HANDS: Dani Brower (Chair); LeeAnn Boehne; Jean Dahl; Tracy Sterner;
Tiffany Teske; Jackie Turner-Lovsness
CHRIST CARE TEAM: Nellie Bjornebo; Barb Crouse; Linda VanUden; Eric Anderson, Deacon Rep.
HOSTS AND GREETERS: Shi Aamodt
FALL FELLOWSHIP FAIR: Jean Dahl (General); Karen Berg, (Kitchen)
FUND AUDITORS: Nellie Bjornebo; Anna Hawkinson
FELLOWSHIP HOUR: Jonathan Olson
PRAYER GARDEN: Becky and Terry Timm; Denise and Craig Thomas Aamodt
LUTHER LEAGUE (GRADES 9-12) First Half 2014
President Abby Lee Advisors: Craig and Denise Thomas Aamodt
Vice President Paul Louwagie Mike and Susanne Lee
Secretary Alexis Laleman Burke Jonathan and Carolyn Olson
Treasurer Terrell Broberg
Worship Comm. Garrett Wee
Ministerial Acts And Statistics For 2014
Transferred to Other Communities of Faith
Eli Elston Don Rye
Tom House Beth Schwarz
Received to our Community of Faith
David and Stephanie Neuman, Teagan, Olivia
First Communion - Fifth and Sixth Graders - April 13, 2014
Trinity Broberg Evan Gregoire Colby Marczak Lucee Olson Jada Peterson
Kaitlin Fischer Jackson Klocow Jacob Myers Rilee Olson Trysta Schuler
Confirmands - due to restructuring of
Faith Affirmation Journey, the
Affirmation of Baptism Service was not
held in 2014; it will be held in 2015
Funerals/Memorial/Graveside Services
Helen Dahl Marlys Lund
Frances Hill Alan Swennes
Eileen Jaspersen Alice Peterson
Baptisms
Averly Joan Benson Peyton Elaine Johnson
Eli Eustice Elston Tavin James-Jonathan Jones
Deklan Joshua Fragodt Olivia Mary Neuman
Quinlan James Helm Emree Aiden Olson
Marriages
Kendra Johnson and Christopher Stevens
Anna Olson and Douglas Meyer
Congregational Annual Comparison - 2014
Membership
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Baptized 601 591 610 619 620
Baptized, 327 347 356 300 who have been participating in some way
Confirmed 485 482 493 504 497
Voting age 18* 217 207 218 221 *2014 Constitution 235
who have who been participating in some way change to “Confirmed” as voting age
Attendance (average)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Sunday 52 132 125 128 121 106
Lent/HW 93 105 103 103 94
Christmas Eve 233 224 245 200 170
Wednesday F.I.R.E.! Attendance Not Taken
Baptisms
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
11 9 9 6 8
Funeral/Memorial/Graveside Services
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
9 7 9 6 6
Weddings
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
0 4 5 5 2
Confirmed/Affirmations of Baptism
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
6 8 9 13 Rite not held
Sunday School Enrollment (3 Year Old - 12th Grade)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
95 87 87 88 91
Financial
(Rounded to the nearest dollar)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Income $ 170,890 167,700 166,979 174,603 176,806
Disbursements 169,123 169,160 165,445 171,870 181,452
SW MN Synod Mission Support 2012 2013 2014
8,185 * 5,328 * 4,401 * 4,788 * 5,212
*Not included in the General Fund budget—donations were given by members
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Information used to be just that. You opened a
dictionary, phone book, or encyclopedia, found what
you wanted, and used it as needed. You didn’t
“Comment,” “Like,” or “Dislike” anything. You
didn’t check to see what your friends thought about
it.
We’re in a very different world. Most
information is not accessed in a book but on a device
in your hand. And it changes minute by minute
depending on who views it, comments on it, or links
it (literally) to something else. The message is
determined by how we and others INTERACT with
it, and with each other.
It may seem strange to many of us. But it’s
probably more like the way Christian faith and
community works. The Word of God is not simply a
set of unchanging information kept in a book for us to
access when we feel the need, and then move on.
The writer of Hebrews says, “The Word of God is
living and active...” Or to be more specific, INTER-
ACTIVE!
Faith is about INTERACTING with a God who
changes us through every encounter, and who uses
our encounters with each other to help us get to know
this God is even better and to grow in faith.
Teens of a decade ago and since then approach
life very differently from those previously. Dr.
Leonard Sweet describes it as “EPIC.” Anything
worthy of attention must be:
Experiential
Participatory
Image driven
Connected & Conversational
The church these new generations take an
interest in is not one that presents stayed information
in time-worn ritual.
Jesus did not call people to be members. He
called them to be followers, disciples, witnesses, and
servants. That’s good news! Our younger
generations are hungry to experience “church”
through participation in activities that connect them
with God and others.
What a great vision for our future as a
congregation! Imagine persons of all ages interacting
with each other in ways that make a difference!
We’ve been seeing a bit of what that looks like over
this past year.
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Pastor Jim Demke’s Annual Report - 2014
It looks like the various mission “interactions”
posted on our Mission Tree in the corner of the
Lakeside Room (go see it if you haven’t lately)!
It looks like Hunter’s Helping Hands which for a
full year now has been providing clothes for area
children and youth.
It looks like our new Christ Care Team which is
called to link special needs within our own
congregation and immediate community with the
resources of our congregation. It calls individuals to
interact through the delivery of meals, the providing of
rides, and the offering of a listening ear.
It looks like the women of our congregation who
care for the “images” (an EPIC word) in our
sanctuary, who also interact around needle and thread
to craft tangible messages of warmth to send around
the world, and who interact to turn our kitchen and
social hall into a source of comfort and conversation
(another EPIC word) at critical times for families.
It looks like our children and youth who gather
on Sunday mornings to interact with each other and
with adult mentors to hear and see and sing the story
of God’s love.
It looks like the way we gather in the sanctuary,
not to “attend” worship, but to “be worshippers,”
interacting with God and each other! We maybe do
not converse much with our neighbors while the
liturgy of God’s grace and forgiveness unfolds in
word and song. But we do synchronize our voices and
offer our hands in the peace of the Lord. We
exchange approving nods, heartfelt greetings, and
engage in caring conversations over coffee and
goodies following worship.
It looks a lot like “F.I.R.E.! – Faith Is Reaching
Everyone” on Wednesday evenings. F.I.R.E.! is
designed especially for interaction from the moment
the servers gather in the kitchen, to when we start
sitting down at tables together, to our conversational
(EPIC once again) worship, to the break-out
discussion groups where the content and experiences
of faith are exchanged, molded, and grounded through
personal sharing.
F.I.R.E.! is our prime opportunity for the wonder
of the young to connect with the wisdom of the elders
(an EPIC event). It’s where faith finds a common
language across the generations.
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It also looks like parents and grandparents who
take time for faith interaction at home with their
children. It looks like the links on our website which
offer resources for these precious times.
And it looks remarkably like “God’s Work. Our
Hands. Sunday!” What an amazing day of interaction
between worship and service, hands and mouths, hearts
and souls, children and adults! The enthusiasm grew as
we were fed for service at the Lord’s Table. The spirit
was charged as we gathered again in thanks and
celebration for the work that was done by our hands that
day, and dreamed about what we might do next…
Church is not a place to come and observe, or to
preserve our valued past. It’s a place, an opportunity, to
interact with the word of God and with each other across
generations and genders and social groupings. That is
the church God is calling us to be.
Our future as a congregation will be found in the
ways we interact together. How will we create
opportunities that engage our new EPIC generations
together with our boomers and our greatest generation?
How will each of us respond to the opportunities for a
more interactive experience of faith?
Together we can write many exciting reports in the
years to come!
Yours in Christ,
Pastor Jim
us in worship recently, I heard Herod’s words in a
new (to me) way. Admittedly, Herod isn’t in the
top ten list of stellar advisors to whom we should
look for direction, but if we discount his intent for
giving this advice, we simply hear, “Seek Jesus, and
when you find him, tell others about him so that
they might also come to honor and worship him.”
There’s certainly merit and weight to those words.
And so, at Herod’s direction, the wise men/magi
started out to find Jesus, not knowing where they
were going and not knowing what and who they
would find. We really don’t know much about
these men. We don’t know the length of their
journey, or the size of the entourage, or the location
of the house where they actually met Jesus and his
parents. We don’t know what dangers they
encountered while traveling, or their exact mode of
transportation, or the length of their stay at the
house.
And while there are details missing in this Biblical
story for us, we remember that there was much that
the wise men didn’t know, either! How long would
this trip take? What would they find astonishing?
How would the trip impact their lives?
What we DO know, is that they began a courageous
and hopeful journey in faith, following a star to
Jesus. And after they found him, they returned on a
different road. Isn’t this the case with us, too – that
once we have seen Jesus, we can’t go back via the
same road on which we arrived?
Our encounters with Jesus change us in countless
and varied ways, just as such encounters changed
the lives of all who have come before us and passed
on faith to us in this place and in this time. Thanks
be to God for the witness of our forefathers and
foremothers who have gifted us with a legacy of
courage and perseverance in seeking ways to BE
God’s church in this context. They have brought
you and me to the baptismal font and Lord’s Table,
shared God’s Story, and taught us how to serve and
love God and neighbor.
It is from these faithful and hopeful folks that we
have been given the gift of knowing what it is like
to be a part of the Church’s memory. To be part of
this expansive “Church’s memory” (“Church”, as in
God’s Church across all time and space, as opposed
to a particular congregation) is a greater privilege
and brings a deeper calling that goes far beyond
having a place in a “congregation’s history”.
History seems to reside mostly in the head while the
Church’s memory takes up residence in our hearts.
It is our calling as Christians to have important
“heart to heart” conversations as we pass on the
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Pastor Jim Report, Continued
Pastoral Assistant's Report to Christ Lutheran
Congregation - 2014, Gwen Arneson
“Memory and Wonder”
These first days of January in the season of Epiphany
have provided many Facebook users with stunning and
diverse artistic images of The Magi traveling to see the
toddler Jesus in his home. Elaborately detailed at the
whim of the artist’s creative touch and brush, I’ve seen
depictions of learned people on a quest to find Jesus
from global painters and sculptors. It isn’t unusual for
us now to see modern renditions of bumper stickers that
read, “Wise Men Still Seek Him.” And as much of a
bad rap as King Herod receives and certainly deserves
for his malicious motives, his advice to the magi might
still grab us by the ears today: “Go and search
diligently for the child, and when you have found him,
bring me word so that I may also go and pay him
homage.” (Matthew 2:8) When this text was read for
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Church’s memory from one generation to the next.
Church memory doesn’t harken back to a golden age
that may or may not have existed, and it doesn’t
create in us feelings of despair and foreboding gloom
as we look to the future. Church memory stirs in us a
sense of hope for what God has done, is doing, and
will do in the days to come. It is our joy and delight,
our calling and duty, to now steward and pass along
this Church memory.
Poet Mary Oliver has these words in a stanza of her
poem entitled, “Sometimes”:
“Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
How might we work together to intentionally pay
more attention to the mission territory here in
Cottonwood and beyond where we find ourselves at
this point in time? Where will our energy be focused?
Does something need to be pruned in order for
communal and individual growth to take place?
Might we open ourselves up to be more expectantly
and humbly astonished at what God is doing in our
midst? Will we wonder, like the wise men, about
what might be and what will be found as we journey
to and with Jesus, and look to the future with hope
that the best is perhaps yet to be? Might we even
heed Herod’s advice to “Go and search diligently for
the Child,” and then tell what we’ve found?
Memory and wonder.
We look back and we look within ourselves and we
look forward – together. Collectively, we hold on to
what is true and worthy of praise. We share the
Church’s memory with one another and pass it on to
the generations to come. With communal wonder,
open hands and outstretched arms, we reach for what
is yet to be in this marvelous, wild, unpredictable life
of faith.
Christ Lutheran Church Council meetings often close
with a prayer that helps us consider memory and
wonder as we journey in these days:
“Lord God, you have called your servants to
ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths
as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us
faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where
we go, but only that your hand is leading us, and your
love supporting us. Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.”
Thanks be to God!
Gwen Arneson Report, Continued Congregational President Report - 2014,
Craig Aamodt
This has been and exciting year of growth,
worship, ministry and mission at Christ
Lutheran! While reflecting on the past year, I
recalled this passage:
Romans 12:4-5 (NIV)
(4) For just as each of us has one body
with many members, and these
members do not all have the same
function, (5) so in Christ we, though
many, form one body, and each
member belongs to all the others.
I think the event that encapsulated that
sentiment best this past year was in September
for the God’s Work. Our Hands. Sunday. It
was wonderful to work along with others in our
congregation as we went out into the
community and let God’s light shine through
us.
However, 2014 was not limited to this single
event. There were so many things this past year
that were done to show that we are the body of
Christ. Here are just a few that I want to
highlight:
Hunter’s Helping Hands has collected and
distributed hundreds if not thousands of articles
of clothing throughout the year to children and
families in need. This sprung from our church
in recognition of a need in our community, and
has been a blessing to those helping and those
being helped. If you want more information,
please contact Dani Brower or Leeann Boehne.
We support missions both locally and around
the world. Whether we are serving a meal at
Esther’s Kitchen in Marshall, supporting
Charles and Anita Jackson’s work in
Mongolia, or supporting the Kikatiti School in
Tanzania, it is amazing what God is doing
through us to make a difference in people’s
lives. To see all of the missions we are active
in, check out the Mission Tree on the back wall
of the Lakeside Room behind the sanctuary.
F.I.R.E. is our Wednesday night
intergenerational worship, learning, and
fellowship time. If you have not checked it
out, you really need to. It is a wonderful time
when all ages can all come to sit together to
enjoy a meal for the body and the soul.
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I had the privilege this past summer to take a
group of 10 young people to Christikon Bible
Camp in Montana for a week of hiking, fun,
growth, and reflection. I am always awed by
the energy and depth of our youth – the future
is bright! Thank you for your support of our
young people as they continue their growth.
We are looking forward to the Annual Youth
Gathering in Detroit this year.
And finally, the remodeling project that we
started three years ago has been paid for in full.
I think we would all agree that this was a great
way for us to show that all are welcome in
God’s house.
These are just a few of the many things that
highlight how God is using this church in the
world. I would like to encourage you all to
think of how you, as a member that makes up
God’s body, can use your talents to continue to
reimagine what our church is, and what our
church can do.
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Craig Aamodt Report, Continued
Board of Deacons Report - 2014,
Tracy Sterner, Chair
What is the Board of Deacons? Our primary
responsibility is to monitor the spiritual
condition of the congregation and develop
programs to continually improve our spiritual
health. In order to do that, we need to work with
a variety of committees and teams to develop
activities in the areas of education, stewardship,
service, and evangelism.
Your Deacons for 2014 were Eric Anderson,
Tracy Sterner, Mary Roe, Shane Wee, David
Roe and Teresa Becker. Thank you to all of you
for a wonderful year and unselfish service!!
THANK YOU to Pastor and Gwen for keeping
us motivated and challenging us to think of new
ways to learn and serve as individuals as well as
a congregation.
For the first time we participated in the
churchwide servant event in September. We
have a very talented congregation and it was
wonderful to see those talents put to use! Giving
without expecting anything in return is a rare
thing in today’s world~Thank You! A nice bonus
is we learned a little more about each other.
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Year 2014 brought a year of settling in for the
journeys we started in 2013.
Wednesday night F.I.R.E. (Faith Is Reaching
Everyone) to enhance our youth Affirmation
journey with inter-generational worship and
fellowship time.
Hunters’ Helping Hands has been an amazing
resource to supply clothing for local families in
need. Thank you to all who have contributed to
this program!
It was overwhelming to see all the gifts for the
Angel Tree again this year. Thank you to all who
donated. We focused on older children this year
as that is where Heart to Heart indicated they fall
short.
If you have ideas, concerns, or questions please
contact any of the deacons. Please, please share all!!
We look forward to a wonderful FAITH-filled 2015!
Hunter’s Helping Hands (HHH)
2014 Annual Report, Dani Brower, Chair
Members in 2014: Dani Brower (Chair), LeeAnn
Boehne, Tracy Sterner, Tiffany Teske, Jackie
Turner-Lovsness, and Jean Dahl
The HHH responsibilities of 2014 are to go
through donated items and organize according to
size and gender, as well as distribute the items
when referrals are made.
This year HHH helped 48 families by providing
them with clothing items needed. We distributed
925 articles of clothing. These articles of
clothing are things such as packages of socks,
packages of underwear, shoes, shirts, pants,
pajamas, coats, and snow pants. Not included in
this number are the miscellaneous things we
were able to help families with, such as changing
tables, baby bibs, bouncy chairs, diapers,
Halloween Costumes, baby towels, books, and
baby bath tubs.
HHH would like to thank the congregation for its
generous donations! We look forward to helping
people in 2015!
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Savings Account at United Southwest Bank Balance Balance Account 12-31-13 Deposits Interest Disbursements 12-31-14
BIZ Plan (medical) 3,849.16 3,849.16 0
Milestone Ministry 662.43 412.76 249.67
P.A. System 2,090.77 35.00 28.00 2097.77
Outreach 33.46 33.46 0
Prayer Garden 2.41 303.74 191.10 115.05
F.U.N. 221.84 329.00 341.98 208.86
Special Needs 756.83 400.00 300.00 856.83
Remodel 4,421.01 12,164.00 5.41 16,590.42 0
Capital Improvements: 7,577.02 3,054.26 18.32 1,630.52 9,019.08
C Demke Memorials 336.05 336.05 0
Misc. Memorials 0 235.00 23.19 211.81
H Hildebrant Memorials 221.41 221.41 0
Making Disciples 1,856.60 1,586.46 2,349.34 1,093.72 (from Fall Fellowship)
Tanzania 1,671.41 1,671.41
F.I.R.E.! Ministry (531.66) 1,630.94 1,099.28 0
Helen Reishus Memorials 11.70 11.70 0
Hunter’s Helping Hands 100.00 510.83 89.97 520.86
TOTALS 23,280.44 20,249.23 23.73 27,508.34 16,045.06
Given for DESIGNATED Purposes, Deposited/Disbursed through Checking Acct. (Mission Support to SW
MN Synod (5212), Donations for Various Ministries and CLC Organizations, Camps, Bibles, Food Shelf/March
MN Food Share (1248.80), World Hunger (2,366.85), Disaster Response (1,410), Malaria (10), LSS (685), FIRE
Meals, Paid Out of Savings Accounts, Kikatiti School)
2014 Receipts: $ 83,215.23
2014 Disbursements:
Global Missions Member Contributions 312.00 for Kikatiti School, paid to Our Savior’s
Other (includes Mission Support to Synod 82,903.23
And others-see narrative at top)
Total Disbursements: 83,215.23
Balance: $ -0-
Missionary Fund Checking Account at United Southwest Bank - 2014
Balance on Hand, December 31, 2013 $ 851.11
(Missionaries-$851.11; Sunday Morning Live -$0)
Receipts
Missionary Offering Contributions 17,379.36
Sunday Morning Live Offerings 695.60
CampFIRE Offering (summer) 134.44
Kikatiti School Memorial 275.00
Bremer Investment 610.09
Loaves & Fishes/Esther’s Kitchen 100.00
Interest 1.60
Total Receipts 19,196.09
Total Receipts and Balance 20,047.20
Disbursements
Missionary/Foreign Worker Monthly Commitments:
WMPL - Charles and Anita Jackson 6,000.00
Robin’s Nest Children’s Home 6,000.00
Kikatiti School (payable to Our Savior’s Luth.) 2,400.00
Additional Missions
Loaves & Fishes/Esther’s Kitchen 440.00
Kikatiti Memorial 275.00
Sunday Morning Live Missions:
Thooft Family (fire) 70.38
Runholt Family (fire) 107.55
Hunter’s Helping Hands 195.83
Lutheran Indian Ministries 134.44
Gary Timmerman 161.00
Lakeview School Backpack Hygiene Products 160.84
Total Disbursements 15,945.04
Balance on Hand, December 31, 2014 $ 4,102.16
(Missionaries-$4,102.16; Sunday Morning Live -$0)
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Mission Outreach Report – 2014
Mission Outreach Committee members: Eric Anderson (Deacon Rep.), Brenda Hoehne, Carolyn Olson
(W-ELCA Rep.), Dani Brower, Denise Thomas Aamodt.
The facts and figures of the committee are pretty much the same as last year. Our basic support for the Kikatiti
School, Robin's Nest, and the Jacksons is still our main mission monetary support emphasis. Christ Lutheran has
many more mission outreaches, however. Our monthly support of ELCA World Hunger is another important
aspect of the outreach. Fair trade Coffee sold at the kiosk in the Lakeside room helps support farmers directly.
Sunday Morning Live, the Luther League, and W-ELCA all have raised funds for various projects.
Probably the only change having to do with our committee is with Esther's Kitchen at which we help serve one
meal a month. It is now managed by an outfit from the Twin Cities called "Loaves and Fishes.” The requirements
for our days to serve also include buying bread and milk, donating a monetary amount, and then of course helping
in the kitchen and dining room. For anyone who has never volunteered for this I highly recommend it; you will be
able to be do God's work at a local level and for appreciative people.
So the dollar amounts we as a committee recommend for 2015 are: $500 to Robin's Nest, $500 to Charles
and Anita Jackson (WMPL), and $200 to Kikatiti School in Tanzania. All these are per month as funds are
available.
Enough can't be said of how grateful we are for the support of the Congregation. Our Mission support is separate
from the overall budget, so we give above and beyond! Continued On Next Page
To give you a more visual image of all we do in mission support look at the Mission Tree on the northwest corner
of the Lakeside room.
Once again THANKS!! To God be the Glory! ~~ Eric Anderson
The mission beyond our local congregation this past year included the following:
Other Kikatiti School contributions for SPECIFIED PURCHASES such as boarded student, text books, corn
flour, and water project given by CLC members and nonmembers (sent directly to Bill Koeckeritz at New Ulm/
Our Savior’s Lutheran). Balance remaining from donations given for “trip projects” is $1,671.41 (currently in
the Savings Account).
Also contributing to Mission Outreach was the Lerstad and Appelthun investment income at Bremer. That
amount totaled $ 610.09.
ELCA World Hunger/Disaster Response/Malaria: Much appreciation to Anne and Greg Isaackson,
Coordinators (report submitted by Isaacksons). Christ Lutheran’s total for 2014: World Hunger $2366.85;
Disaster Response $1,410; Malaria Campaign $10. On the third Sunday of each month an envelope is included
in the bulletin with a place on the back to indicate how you want your gift to be directed. Gifts can also be made
online by setting up an account through Christ Lutheran, or give directly to the ELCA at www.elca.org/hunger.
These gifts, through ELCA World Hunger, help feed the hungry of the world, in both domestic and foreign
programs. A Disaster Response gift can be given to the ELCA for assisting people facing disasters such as
earthquakes, tornados and hurricanes, floods and typhoons, and other such calamities. These funds provide relief
both in our home country and throughout the world. Even though there has been significant progress made in the
eradication of malaria, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done. Gifts to the ELCA Malaria Campaign help
in these efforts through controlling and providing education about this disease. Thank you for your generous gifts
to these campaigns. These needs are ongoing; all are encouraged to continue giving throughout the year.
Fair Trade Coffee: Support of the Fair Trade coffee project continues nicely; thank you! Please continue to
support this important Fair Trade mission. The products are located at the Global Café near the Fireside Room.
By using Fair Trade products, Lutherans help farmers earn the income they need to feed their families, to educate
their children, to seek medical care, and to improve their communities. Much appreciation is extended to Becky
Timm who does the ordering, advance paying, inventory, and shelving.
Esther’s Kitchen/Loaves & Fishes. The Loaves & Fishes new slogan is: Meals, Comfort, and Kindness. In
2014, the Loaves & Fishes Board made a decision to serve the hungry, not just in the Twin Cities area, but also
throughout the state of Minnesota. As a result the board opened a Marshall site at the already existing Esther’s
Kitchen in Marshall. The board studied the census data, viewed the Hunger Free Minnesota Missing Meals maps,
and met with leaders who had identified pockets of poverty. To address the need, new sites were opened in
Marshall, Hopkins, Crystal, Brooklyn Park and Richfield. Christ Lutheran will continue its dedication to helping
to serve at Esther’s Kitchen one day a month, as the Loaves & Fishes is based on a volunteer model. Christ
Lutheran has also made a commitment to support the project of feeding the hungry by asking its members to give
generously to the freewill offering that will be used for providing food for the meals that are served. A container
is located in the back of the sanctuary dedicated to receiving monies that will be given to Loaves & Fishes.
Checks can be made out to Loaves & Fishes. Thank you for your compassion to feeding the hungry! Submitted
by Becky Timm
Food Shelf/March Minnesota Food Share: Close to 200 pounds of food and $1,248.80 were donated by
members and “matched” by congregational funds.
Lutheran Social Service: $685.
Sunday Morning Live! (Sunday School) Offerings were dedicated to various missions including two families
who suffered from house fires, Hunter’s Helping Hands, Lutheran Indian Ministries, Gary Timmerman, Lakeview
School Backpack Hygiene Products, and Christmas presents for our Angel Tree, designated for Lyon Co. Heart to
Heart.
W-ELCA (Pie Social, Salad Luncheon, and other fundraisers): funds raised from W-ELCA activities go to a
variety of mission recipients. See the W-ELCA report for more information on the mission activities of the
women of our congregation. Continued On Next Page
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Mission Outreach Report, Continued
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Churchwide and Southwest Minnesota Synod: personally-
designated contributions of $5,212 were employed in the critical mission work carried out by the hands of our
churchwide and synod staff and volunteers. The work of these individuals serves our congregation’s ministry and
makes possible our quick and effective responses to disasters and ongoing food, shelter, and health needs locally
and around the world.
Prayer Garden maintenance: Thank you to Becky and Terry Timm and Denise and Craig Thomas Aamodt for
making sure the Prayer Garden was maintained, and who recruited several others in this endeavor. Meal serving
was hosted by CLC at the Cottonwood Community Market this past summer to raise funds.
Fun Facts about God’s work. Our hands. Sunday, September 7, 2014: About 75 people participated here at
Christ Lutheran! More than 112 volunteer hours were offered! More than 547 people will be impacted by the
offering of our time and efforts! Perhaps 9 different agencies or groups will be or were touched by our offering of
time and effort!
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Christian Education Committee 2014 Annual Report– Dani Brower, Chair
Members in 2014: Dani Brower (Chair), Wendy Fischer (Vice Chair), Julie Gregoire (Secretary)
(completed Rita Timmerman’s term), Tiffany Teske (completed Brenda Olson’s term), Jessica Laleman
(completed Sally Hanson’s term), Tim Murphy (completed Desiree Grunewald’s term), Tracy Sterner
(Deacon Liaison), Lay Pastoral Assistant Gwen Arneson, and Pastor Jim Demke
Some of the CEC responsibilities in 2014 included: Sunday Morning Live! (SML, our Sunday morning
education hour), summer vacation bible school (CampF.I.R.E), SML offering designations, Christmas
Proclamation, organization of the Heart to Heart gift donations, assistance with FIRE-Wednesday night
programming, outreach to young families through Spark monthly magazine, outreach to older families
with devotional books, and summer bible camp opportunities.
Sunday Morning Live! The CEC is pleased to assist in the important ministry of education the younger
members of this congregation and help them to develop a relationship with God. We are thankful for the
teacher, substitute teachers, program leader, and musical leaders who make this ministry possible. The 3
year old-1st grade students are using the Spark lectionary curriculum. Grades 2-8 have been working in
the Firefly rotational curriculum which focuses on Bible Stories. A portion of the education hour is
dedicated to memory work and music. The high school ages view video segments and share discussions
based on bible text.
CampF.I.R.E (Faith Is Reaching Everyone this intergeneration Vacation Bible School was held one
evening a week for three consecutive weeks. This evening event focused on a bible story, music, crafts,
discussion, and outdoor activities which always concluded with a fire and s’mores.
Bi-monthly SML Offerings were designated to fire victims, Lutheran Indian Ministries, Gary
Timmerman, and hygiene supplies for the backpacks the Lakeview School sends home weekly.
The Christmas Proclamation was presented on December 21st during the worship service. “Christmas A
to Z” was the name of the program in which all ages of our SML program participated. The CEC is very
grateful to Jean Dahl and all of the children who provided a wonderful Christmas message to all in
attendance. A special thank you to WELCA for serving the meal afterwards.
The CEC is very pleased that many students were able to experience Bible Camp through Shetek
Ministries and Green Lake. We are also grateful for the generous response from the congregation
towards the Heart to Heart Christmas gift collection.
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Worship Committee 2014 Annual Report — Written by Gwen Arneson, Lay Pastoral Assistant
“Ascribe to the LORD the glory of his name; worship the LORD in holy splendor.”
Psalm 29:2 (NRSV)
As individuals and as a culture, we all worship. What or who we worship varies. We all, at one time or another,
may find ourselves drawn to altars of jobs or accumulation of wealth, hobbies or sporting events, home
improvements or luxury vehicles, or even, our families. As Christians, we give thanks for the privilege of
gathering to worship God. It is rich, blessed, important communal time when we come together to pray and
praise, sing and listen; to encounter Jesus with one another; to be washed and fed – prepared for service in the
world around us. We can’t leave worship without being changed by the work of the Holy Spirit in, through, and
between us. Thanks be to God!
Your Worship Committee, consisting of Pastor Jim Demke, Gwen Arneson, Eric Anderson, Nancy Kremin, Neil
Dovre, Mary Roe, and Garrett Wee, meets regularly to plan, discuss, reflect and dream about things relating to our
Sunday morning and special seasonal worship service opportunities. Assisting ministers and lectors are asked to
serve by the committee members.
Please continue to keep all who plan for and participate in our worship services in your prayers, so that all we do
gives honor to God and is done for the glory of God’s name.
Senior Choir Annual Report 2014 — Written by Gwen Arneson, Choir Director
“Oh, that I had a thousand voices to praise my God with thousand tongues!
My heart, which in the Lord rejoices, would then proclaim in grateful songs
To all, wherever I might be, what great things God has done for me!
All creatures that have breath and motion, that throng the earth, the sea, the sky,
Come share with me my heart’s devotion, help me to sing God’s praises high!
My utmost pow’rs can never quite declare the wonders of God’s might!
Creator, humbly I implore you to listen to my earthly song
Until that day when I adore you, when I will join the angel throng
And raise to you with joyful cry ten thousand hallelujahs high!” (Evangelical Lutheran Worship, #833)
These words are both our corporate hymn of praise, and the secret longing of the choir director!
Week after week throughout the school year calendar portion of the year, faithful singers take the texts for our
worship services and practices music that will lift God’s word off the pages and into our ears in a different aural
manner. When you are in worship, listen closely to how the music is connected to what you have heard read and
preached. This year we have been opening our rehearsals with devotions on the particular texts for the coming
Sunday.
I am ever grateful for the commitment of our choir members who come to rehearse and prepare the music that will
be offered in worship services. We have fun together, celebrating and weeping together over life events, and have
a passion for singing praise to God through our anthems. Please offer your thanks to members of the choir who
work diligently to prepare a musical offering to God.
Library Report – 2014, Anne Isaackson, Treasurer
Balance on Hand 1/1/14 $422.02
Receipts 0
Disbursements $ 47.39
Balance on Hand 12/31/14 $374.63
Remember to use our libraries! The children’s library is located just off the rally room in Room 302 on the top
floor. There are no sign-out cards in those books. Please put the books on the shelves when you return them.
The library in the cry room behind the sanctuary has mostly fiction books. Please use the sign-out cards in those
books. Some new books were purchased this year.
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P.A./Video Committee Report - 2014, Larry D. Isaackson, Chair
The P.A./Video Committee members are A. Eric Anderson, Scott Boehne, Jonathan Olson, and Larry Isaackson.
Advisory member of this committee is our pastor.
Larry Isaackson is responsible for assigning people to operate our P.A. System and Video Camera throughout the
year, keeping equipment in working order, and making recommendations for improvements or new equipment.
Sound System operators during 2014 were: A. Eric Anderson, Scott Boehne, Chuck Broberg, Joe Hoff, Larry
Isaackson, Pete Lavin, Carolyn Olson, Jonathan Olson, and Laura Olson.
Video Camera operators during 2014 were: A. Eric Anderson, Sandy Boehne, Pat Hinz, Bev Isaackson, Greg
Isaackson, Larry Isaackson, Jeff Laleman, Pete Lavin, Erik Lundberg, Gary Morken, Carolyn Olson, and Jonathan
Olson.
DVDs of our worship service are played over cable TV every Sunday at 11:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m. during the sum-
mer) or if service is not done by this time then as soon as the service is over. The worship service is also played
every Monday at 5 p.m. This enables the people who are sick or unable to get out to the service to see it.
The DVDs of our Sunday service and special services are kept in the PA room. We keep the DVDs for approxi-
mately 3 years. Once these DVDs have been played over the cable TV they are available to be checked out. Con-
tact a P.A. Operator to check out a DVD.
We currently need 3 copies of our Sunday service, so this fall we purchased a DVD duplicator. We are able to
make 5 copies at a time in about 8-10 minutes.
We also record our Sunday services, special services, and funerals on a cassette audio tape and these tapes are
kept for approximately 3 months. If you want a copy of the cassette tape, you can obtain it from a P.A. Operator
during that period of time. After that time, the tapes are erased and reused.
We continue to look for people who are interested in learning to run the P.A. System or Video Camera. If you are
interested or know of someone who is, please contact Larry Isaackson or the church office.
Women of the ELCA (W-ELCA) Mission Action Totals for 2014
“Sewing Day” is typically the third Tuesday of the month.
Number of quilts finished 2014: 81
Delivered to local family, house fire (Runholt) on March 3: 3
Delivered to Lutheran World Relief on July 24: 40
Delivered to Western Community Action in Marshall in November: 62 quilts; and
3 blankets; as well as many baby sweaters and baby caps that had been made and
brought in
Cemetery Financial Report - 2014, Lisa Varpness, Treasurer
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Balance on hand Dec. 31, 2013(checking)………………… $2664.29
Interest on United SW bank CD’s 35.00
Mission Investment Fund Interest 286.60
Patronage Cottonwood Co-op 5.21
Cemetery Fund Annual Gifts & Memorials 3545.00
Burial Lots ($200 ea. none in 2014) 0.00
Surcharges (10 @ $200 ea) 2000.00
Total balance and Receipts………………………………… $8536.10
Disbursements:
Randy Fenger (mowing and spraying) $5750.00
Cottonwood Co-op (weed Spray) 92.00
Jeseritz Construction (blading) 100.00
Total Disbursements………………………………………….. 5942.00
Balance on hand Dec 31, 2014 (checking) …………………. $2594.10
United SW Bank CD’s As of Dec. 31, 2014
#13414 $5000.00
#14098 1000.00
Cottonwood Co-op Savings as of Dec 31, 2014 9989.82
ELCA Mission Investment Fund as of Dec 31, 2014 9650.12
(Sept 30, 2014 mission statement)
Total on hand: 12-31-2014 $28234.04
Funds on Deposit 1/1/14: David Loe Memorial Fund $ 3,518.59
Daniel Lange Memorial Fund 1,024.29
Robert Olson Memorial Fund 4,937.88
Gullick-Aamodt Memorial Fund 2,181.73
Seminary Student Fund 699.20
Kari and Iver Sather Memorial Fund 10,242.88
Checking Account Balance 129.21
Savings Account Balance 1,156.02
Balance on Hand 1/1/14 $23,889.80
Receipts:
Interest on Memorial Funds 890.61
Memorials and Gifts 95.00
Interest on Savings Account 1.79
Total Receipts 987.40
Total Balance and Receipts 24,877.20
Disbursements:
University of Sioux Falls-Laura O. 100.00
Concordia College-Noah D. 200.00
Gustavus Adolphus College-Kari L. 200.00
Hamline University-Alicia P. 200.00
Shelby St. P.
Total Disbursements 700.00
The LEAF committee is grateful for the original memorial funds established years ago to financially assist students
attending church colleges and seminaries. Only the interest earned from these funds is used to assist students. We
encourage you to keep the LEAF Fund in mind for gifts and memorials to support this local mission for our own
congregation members. The students that received financial scholarships in 2014 are listed in the financial report.
Thank you for the gifts given in memory of Helen Dahl, Marlys Lund, Alan Swennes, Alice Peterson and in honor of
Audrey Hostetler on her birthday.
LEAF Report - 2014, Committee Members Andrea Benson, Darla Morken, Anne Isaackson
Funds on Deposit 12/31/14
David Loe Memorial Fund 3,518.59
Daniel Lange Memorial Fund 1,024.29
Robert Olson Memorial Fund 4,937.88
Gullick-Aamodt Memorial Fund 2,181.73
Seminary Student Fund 699.20
Kari & Ive Sather Memorial Fund 10,242.88
Checking Account Balance 18.31
Savings Account Balance 1,554.32
Balance on Hand 12/31/14 24,177.20
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CONGREGATIONAL OFFICERS (1 yr. term; 3 term limit)
President: Craig Aamodt -2nd term
Vice Pres.: Greg Isaackson -1st term
Secretary: -1st term
Treasurer: Jonathan Olson -2nd term
BOARD OF DEACONS (6 members) (3 yr.term; 2 term limit)
Karen Geihl -1st term [2018]
Shane Wee - 1st term [2018]
Tracy Sterner -2nd term [2016]
Mary Roe - 1st term [2016]
Eric Anderson – 2nd term [2017]
David Roe – 2nd term [2017]
BOARD OF TRUSTEES (6 members)
(3 yr. term; 2 term limit)
Dustin Grunewald - 1st term [2018]
Wade Breyfogle - 1st term [2018]
David Schwarz - partial term [2016]
Chuck Broberg -1st term[2016]
Linda VanUden – 2nd term [2017]
Jessica Laleman - 2nd term [2017]
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CMTE. (6 members) (3 yr. term; 2 term limit)
LeeAnn Boehne - 1st term [2018]
Tim Murphy - 1st term [2018]
Dani Brower -1st term[2016]
Tiffany Teske - 1st term [2016]
Julie Gregoire – 1st term [2017]
Jessica Laleman 1st term [2017]
MISSION OUTREACH COMMITTEE (3 elected
members) (3 yr. term; 2 term limit) Denise Thomas Aamodt - 1st term [2018]
Dani Brower - 2nd term [2016]
Brenda Hoehne - 2nd term [2017]
Deacon Rep – Eric Anderson
Youth Rep -
WELCA Rep – Carolyn Olson
STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE (3 elect. memb.) (3 yr. terms; no term limit)
Bev Isaackson - 1st term [2017]
Mike Lee - 1st term [2018] continued on next column
Jon Myrvik - 3rd term [2016]
Cong. Vice President
WELCA Rep.
One or two Youth Reps.
LEAF COMMITTEE (3 members) (3 yr. term; 2 term limit)
Anne Isaackson – 2nd term [2018]
Andrea Benson - 1st term [2016]
Darla Morken – 1st term [2017]
CEMETERY COMMITTEE (5 members) (3 yr. term; 2 term limit)
Jason Fischer - 2nd term [2018]
Lisa Varpness - 2nd term [2016]
Gary Morken – 2nd term [2016]
John Kolhei -2nd term [2017]
Mike Berglind – 1st term [2017]
CHRIST CARE TEAM
(3 elected members) (3 yr. term; 2 term limit)
Barb Crouse - part term [2016]
Nellie Bjornebo - part term [2017]
Linda Van Uden - 1st term [2018]
Deacon Rep – Eric Anderson
WELCA Rep – ___________________
HUNTER’S HELPING HANDS CMTE.
(6 members) (3 yr. term; 2 term limit) Jean Dahl - 1st term [2018]
Stacey Broberg - 1st term [2018]
LeeAnn Boehne - part term [2016]
Tracy Sterner - part term [2016]
Dani Brower – 1st term [2017]
Tiffany Teske – 1st term [2017]
NOMINATING COMMITTEE (6 members)
(2 yr. term; 1 term limit)
Mike Lee [2016]
Diane Wagner [2016]
Betsy Lavin [2016]
Gary Morken [2017]
Terry Timm [2017]
Shawn Myers [2017]
Cong. President – Advisory Member Only
Synod Assembly (June13-15, St. Peter) Voting
Members (may send 2): __________; ___________
Congregational Leader Nominations for 2015
