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Children’s Ministry January 2025
Pajama & Movie Day
January 5th
Sunday School resumes on this Epiphany Sunday with our traditional viewing of the movie The Very First Noel. Narrated by Andy Griffith, the movie tells the story of the three wisemen following the magnificent star in search of the newborn King. Kids are invited to come to church in their pajamas and any comfort items to snuggle with while we watch the movie together.
Sunday School Calendar Notes
January 5th — Pajama & Movie Day
January 19th — NO Sunday School
Foodshelf Donations Needed
This month’s most needed items include oil, peanut butter, tinned meats like tuna, spam, and chicken.They accept non-expired, shelf stable foods and household items.
Donations can be brought to the wooden cart in Fellowship Hall. We will have volunteers bring them to the food shelf on Friday mornings. If you are interested in helping with transporting donations, please contact the church office.joyceuptownfoodshelf.org
Our Saviour’s Housing Meals 2024-25
Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church provides a meal on the second Saturday of each month. Our monthly meals are provided by donation. The shelter orders & serves the meal. Thank you to Mary Flynn, Twyla Hobbs, Mary Jubenville, Linda Nelson & Denise Wilkens for December.
2024-25 Schedule
| JAN 11 | David & Mary Goplen |
| FEB 8 | Mark & Kathy Hering |
| MAR 8 | Liz & Mike Brown |
| APR 12 | Stephen & Leslie Hite |
| MAY 10 | Jim Olson, in memory of ChanSoon Olson |
| JUN 14 | Rick Gripentrog |
| JUL 12 | Philip Friedlund & Lisa Isenberg |
| AUG 9 | Anonymous Giver |
| SEP 13 | Gronseth & Quam families |
| OCT 11 | Beryl & Don Waldelandn |
| NOV 8 | Mary Sabatke, in memory of Bruce Sabatke |
| DEC 13 | Bruce & Jean Carlson |
Winter Art in Fellowship Hall Continues
Paintings by Former LOTI Member Tom Maakestad
Tom Maakestad works with oil paint, oil pastel and dry pastel using regional landscapes as his main focal point. In the early morning or late afternoon, he looks for vast expanses or the complexities formed by merging land masses with light and shadow. Maakestad’s color pallet is frequently limited to what he’s viewing at that time of year.
The area around his parent’s farm in south central Minnesota has elements that he appreciates about this part of the country: long views from open ridge lines remind him of bus rides from his youth when valley bottoms were shrouded in fog, or sunsets that heighten the landforms and tree rows.
His work is held in many collections including the Mayo Clinic, The US Embassy in Oslo, Norway and the Minnesota Museum of American Art.
Maakestad’s art will be for sale and a portion of sales will go to Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church.
Saint Martinfest 2024
Children’s Ministry December 2024
Winter Gear Drive Results
137 new and gently used winter gear items were donated and delivered to Project for Pride in Living this past week! Thank you for your generosity and helping those less fortunate stay warm this winter. A special thank you to Carolyn & David Hagford and Linda Nelson for getting the donations sorted and ready to go to PPL!
College Care Packages
Twelve care packages will be heading to our college age young adults in the next week – just in time for finals preparation. Thank you to the Sunday School children for helping pack them and thank you to the families who donated the snacks. The college students love receiving this gift of love from LOTI.
Sunday School Calendar Notes
December 1st
Sunday School kids will work on Christmas program music after the Children’s Message and then return to worship.
December 8th
Sunday School
December 15th
Children process in worship with Sancta Lucia. Costume fitting during Sunday School.
December 22nd
Children present the nativity scene during the Lessons and Carols service
December 29th
No Sunday School
January 5th
Sunday School resumes
Foodshelf Donations Needed
This month’s most needed items include oil, peanut butter, tinned meats like tuna, spam, and chicken; Holiday items: gravy, instant potatoes. stuffing, cranberry, and cornbread.
They accept non-expired, shelf stable foods and household items.
Donations can be brought to the wooden cart in Fellowship Hall. We will have volunteers bring them to the food shelf on Friday mornings. If you are interested in helping with transporting donations, please contact the church office.
Our Saviour’s Housing Meals
Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church provides a meal on the second Saturday of each month. Our monthly meals are provided by donation. The shelter orders & serves the meal. Thank you to Mary Sabatke for the November meal in memory of Bruce Sabatke
2024-25 Schedule
| DEC 14 | Mary Flynn, Twyla Hobbs, Mary Jubenville, Linda Nelson & Denise Wilkens |
| JAN 11 | David & Mary Goplen |
| FEB 8 | Mark & Kathy Hering |
| MAR 8 | Liz & Mike Brown |
| APR 12 | Stephen & Leslie Hite |
| MAY 10 | Jim Olson, in memory of ChanSoon Olson |
| JUN 14 | Available |
| JUL 12 | Philip Friedlund & Lisa Isenberg |
| AUG 9 | Available |
| SEP 13 | Available |
| OCT 11 | Pierre & Diane LaMere |
| NOV 8 | Mary Sabatke, in memory of Bruce Sabatke |
| DEC 13 | Available |
If you would like to sign up to host a month in 2025, please contact the church office. The months available are listed above. Cost per meal is $250. You may contribute online at myvancoor send a check made out to Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church with “Our Saviour’s Meal” in the memo line to the church office.oscs-mn.org
The Gift of Generosity
This holiday season, we thank everyone who has supported LOTI this past year with their time, talent and financial contributions and look forward to support from all of our members in the year ahead.
End of the year gifts to LOTI must be received by Tuesday, December 31st.