For materials to use at home for the weekly Bible stories and faith activities, please continue to check your email and visit Sunday School or Family on the Resources Page. These pages are password protected. Contact Diane LaMere for assistance.
May they be a blessing
to your family
as you practice
faith at home
While printed copies of the Holy Week bulletins will be available, they will also be available online at Worship Service Bulletins
Special thanks to Joseph LaMere for filming, editing and uploading our videos to Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church YouTube channel. We couldn’t do it without you!
Thank you to the entire congregation for supporting our Sunday School Service Day. While we weren’t able to assemble the items together, they were delivered to Lutheran Social Services at the end of March. We donated six New Mom Kits, (a bath towel set, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, body lotion and razors) and six Baby Kits (a box of diapers, baby bath towels, a rattle, a book, two pairs of socks, and two packages of baby wipes). A total of 132 items in total were delivered – providing many items on the most needed list from LSS.
Kay Christianson served for over 30 years in executive management at Minnesota corporations and nonprofits, including NCS/Pearson, LearningByte International, and Children’s Cancer Research Fund. Throughout her years of employment, her love of photography was always a vital part of her life. From the early days of having her own darkroom and working with black and white images to her current work with digital photography, Kay’s work has always been inspired by nature. Now retired, she developed her Enlightened by Nature Photographic Portfolio. This collection has been created from the many kayaking, backpacking, hiking, cross country skiing, and running adventures that she has had and continues to experience. As she says: It is always such a delightful surprise to take a turn in the forest or paddle around a bay and discover the next unforgettable view of nature. Her work has been exhibited and sold at art institutes, galleries and cafes in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Her work has received numerous awards including first place in the 2019 Minnesota Parks and Trails Photo Contest.
She is honored to be invited to exhibit at LOTI.
Kay Christanson
Lutheran World Relief Personal Care Kits
This Lent, we’re joining Lutheran World Relief in A Season of Hope to announce to the world the HOPE of Christ. Each week, we’ll collect a different item that we’ll use to assemble Personal Care Kits that give people around the world tools to stay healthy in life’s most challenging situations and provide assistance for struggling families in fragile corners of the world. An insert will be included in the Sunday bulletin. Copies will also be available at the sanctuary entrances.
Our goal is to assemble 75 Personal Care Kits.Contributions can be made in two ways:
- Cash donation to support purchasing in bulk.
- Items may be purchased by individuals and delivered to LOTI, when we gather after after Minnesota’sshelter in place order is lifted.
We will schedule a date for assembly and shipping preparation at that time. Each kit will include:
- Two or three bars of soap
- One bath towel
- One toothbrush
- One comb
- One nail clipper
Important Guidelines
- Be sure to shop for light or medium-weight towels in darker colors, which are easier for kit recipients to hand wash and air dry, take up less storage space and are considerably less expensive than the fluffier towels we may prefer.
- Please give new items only.
- Please do not donate items with any religious symbols, messages or a group’s name.
- Please do not donate any items decorated with a U.S. flag, patriotic or military symbols, or references to the armed forces, including camouflage.
- Please do not add other items or leave out any of the items listed.
- All items should be new.
- Do not enclose kits or any contents in plastic bags.
Contact Linda Nelson with questions or to let us know that would like to help.
Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church has provided a meal for 40 the first Friday of every month for many years. This is a wonderful opportunity for families or a group of friends to work together!
In the midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic, we continue to seek volunteers to provide the scheduled meals.
Our Saviour’s has notified us that participants can choose one of four ways to provide a meal during the Minnestota Stay at Home Order.
- Prepare and serve as usual
- Prepare and deliver to Our Saviour’s
- Order a meal for 40 from a restaurant and have it delivered to Our Savour’s
- Donate by check, money order, or online and Our Saviour’s will order a meal. The suggested donation is $250.
Contact Cheri Moe or phone (952) 431-5226 to volunteer or for more information.
Thanks to Mechels & Amann Families for serving on March 6.
Sign up to volunteer for an event in 2020!
| APR 3 | Mary Knoblauch & Marty Carlson | SEP 4 | |
| MAY 1 | Chanda & Lars Olson | OCT 2 | |
| JUN 5 | NOV 6 | Monica & Andy Schwarm; Andrea & Casey Christy | |
| JUL 3 | DEC 4 | Cheri Moe & Family | |
| AUG 7 | Cathy Carlson, Peter Van Bergen, Dave & Mary Goplen |
Recipes are provided.
Thrivent members are eligible to apply for a Thrivent Action Grant to cover the cost of the meal and purchase supplies for Our Saviour’s Shelter continuing needs.
Donation of the grant by Thrivent members, who are unable to make the meal, is much apprecitated! (4-6 weeks lead time)
If you have not served the meal, feel the cost is more than you can comfortably contribute, or would like to work with others, contact Cheri Moe or Linda Nelson. You will be connected with others for a shared, enjoyable experience. oscs-mn.org
Get ready to lose an hour of sleep, but gain an extra hour of daylight. Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 am on Sunday March 8, 2020. That’s when we’ll move our clocks forward by one hour to 3:00 am.
Weekly rehearsals are Wednesdays at 7:45 pm in the Library.
We are preparing weekly anthems as well as looking ahead to music for
Lent and Easter.
Pickup Choir is March 15 at 9:00 am
New singers are welcome!
Join us!
Ready to think about and plan some summer fun? We are! Joel Legred, Executive Director of Luther Park in Danbury, WI will be coming on March 1 to share the fun opportunities for our youth Grades 1-12. Go to www.lutherpark.com for registration and more information about this great summer option for our youth (type carefully to make sure you are at the Danbury, WI Luther Park!)
Director of Music
After four months of weaving together organists and choir director, we are delighted to announce that the Church Council has hired and appointed a Director of Music for Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church, Dr. Kristina Rizzotto. She played on both the organ and piano for the Council, and rehearsed with the choir. Dr. Rizzotto has demonstrated her ability to lead from both the piano and organ, and bring to the church a unique blend of music, history and heritage.
Latvian Brazilian organist Dr. Kristina Rizzotto received a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma, a Master of Music from East Carolina University, and a Bachelor’s degree from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
Dr. Rizzotto graduated with a degree in piano performance in 2010, Magna cum Laude and performed as a concert pianist in Brazil. She attended East Carolina University in North Carolina, as an exchange student sponsored by the Brazilian Ministry of Education. Once back in Rio to graduate, she was nominated as the organist of the city’s Benedictine Abbey, which houses one of the oldest organs in South America. Dr. Rizzotto returned to East Carolina University in 2011 for the Master’s degree program in organ performance and sacred music, which is also where she met her Brazilian born wife, Dr. Clara Rizzotto. After completing the master’s degree in North Carolina, Kristina pursued the Doctor of Musical Arts degree (DMA) at The American Organ Institute at the University of Oklahoma, in Norman, Oklahoma, where she studied under Dr. John Schwandt. Interestingly, our former organist, Kenny Vigne, studied with John Schwandt, as well.
For the past 3 ½ years, Dr. Rizzotto has served as the organist and choirmaster at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Golden Valley. Dr. Kristina and Dr. Clara Rizzotto married in Alaska in 2015 and are now the proud parents of Kristian Walter, born in June 2017.