Our Saviour’s Housing Meals
For many years, Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church has provided a meal on the first Friday of each month. Due to COVID-19 & changes at the shelter, our monthly meals are by donation.
The shelter orders & serves the meal. Cost per meal is $250.
Thank you to Chanda & Lars Olson for May and Jim Olson for June.
2023 Schedule
| JUL 7 | Debby & Dr. Remi Pizarro |
| AUG 4 | Denise Wilkens, Mary Jubenville, Mary Flynn, Twyla Hobbs & Linda Nelson |
| SEP 1 | Kathy & Mark Hering |
| OCT 6 | Bruce & Jean Carlson |
| NOV 3 | Mary Sabatke |
| DEC 1 | Elizabeth Hansen |
To volunteer for 2024 contact Diane Lamere in the Church Office.
Make your donation to LOTI and we will send the funds to OSCS.
Children’s Ministry May 2023
Sunday School Ends
May 21st
As the Sunday School program year comes to an end on May 21, we want to say a huge THANK YOU to our youth and adults who helped in the classroom throughout the year: Lenore Raykovich, Dominik Amann, Claire Jacoby, Ben Mechels, Jill Gruys, Kamie Moen, Jennie Nelson, Nicole Olson, Andrea Reno and Cody Rustad. Thank you for sharing your love of God with our kids!
Summer Camp for Children, Youth & Families
June & July
Luther Park, Danbury WI
For registration & details go to Luther Park
Half Week Cabin Camp (Grades 1-4)
Weeks of June 18, June 25, or July 23; (Sun-Wed)
Full Week Cabin Camp (Grades 3-6)
Weeks of June 18, June 25, or July 23; (Sun-Fri)
Treehouse Camp (Grades 7-12)
Weeks of June 18 or July 23
Beginner Horse Camp (Grades 4-12)
June 25-30
Intermediate Horse Camp (Grades 4-12)
July 16-21
Canoe Camp (Grades 7-12)
Week of July 9
Grand Camp (Grandparents/Grandchildren)
July 16-July 19
Camp Getaway for Families
Fri-Sun: June 23-25, Jun 30-July 2, July 7-9, July 21-23, July 28-30
Our Saviour’s Housing Meals
For many years, Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church has provided a meal on the first Friday of each month. Due to COVID-19 & changes at the shelter, our monthly meals are by donation.
The shelter orders & serves the meal. Cost per meal is $250.
Thank you to Rick Gripentrog for the April contribution
2023 Schedule
| MAY 5 | Chanda & Lars Olson |
| JUN 2 | Jim Olson |
| JUL 7 | Debby & Dr. Remi Pizarro |
| AUG 4 | Denise Wilkens, Mary Jubenville, Mary Flynn, Twyla Hobbs & Linda Nelson |
| SEP 1 | Kathy & Mark Hering |
| OCT 6 | Mary Sabatke |
| NOV 3 | Bruce & Jean Carlson |
| DEC 1 | Elizabeth Hansen |
For information, contact Cheri Moe, or (952) 431-5226.
Children’s Ministry March 2023
March 12th No Sunday School (spring break)
& Daylight Saving Time begins.
March 19th Tom Klein, uillean bagpiper, visits Sunday School
Tom Klein Visit
March 19th
We look forward to our annual visit from Tom Klein! Tom will give a demonstration of his uilleann bagpipe to the Sunday School children during Sunday School on this day
Pastor Arden’s 10th Anniversary Celebration
On February 5th, before the Annual Meeting, we celebrated and gave thanks for the blessing of Pastor Arden’s ten years with us at LOTI. We are so grateful for all he has contributed and his outstanding leadership.
Daylight Saving Time
Sunday, March 12th
2:00 AM CST
Minnesota will begin daylight saving time 2023. Remember to set your clocks ahead one hour!
Easter Flowers Orders
Due by Wednesday, March 15th
Due to a fire at Lynde Greenhouse & Nursery, we have a different supplier for this year.
2023 Selections include:
Candlemas February 5 th~ Celebration of Baptism
Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying, “Lord, now lettest Thou, Thy Servant depart in peace.” Luke 2:28-29
There is no one more surprised than me that I am marking a 10th anniversary of ministry here at Lake of the Isles this coming Sunday on Candlemas. I have never served in any one place, nor lived in any one house this long since I graduated from high school. 10 years ago, I returned from my third tour of service in Europe for the ELCA Global Mission. 10 of the previous 18 years had been spent rebuilding Christian communities in the former Eastern Block and the remaining years had been divided between two congregations in Minnesota. When I accepted the call to Lake of the Isles, friends and former parishioners frequently asked whether a small church in Minneapolis could hold my passions long enough to keep me in place. I will be honest, I wasn’t sure. There was only one position in the ELCA Global Mission that I would have sought. Surprisingly, when I was offered that position 5 years ago, I turned it down. I had discovered in the first years at Lake of the Isles that I was content and fulfilled in my ministry here and that I was prepared to complete my working career here- whenever that may be. So, let me say to all of you- thank you for 10 wonderful years.
Prior to Covid, Candlemas served not only as my anniversary date, but also as the congregation’s annual celebration of baptisms performed in the previous year. As a part of that commemoration, we would invite the baptismal families from the previous year to the worship service at Candlemas. There was a nice parallel with baptism of Mary and Joseph bringing Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem to offer their sacrifice. It was always a wonderful day to celebrate the return of families and to see how the children had grown. I would add, it was also a bit noisy on this Sunday with small toddlers unaccustomed to being quiet in church. During the worship service, the families were presented with a medallion inscribed with their name and their baptism date.
Regretfully, this was one of the traditions that fell away during Covid. So, this coming Sunday we have invited all of the children from the past 3 years to return. That is 34 children all together. These families and their children have an important message for us. They are not simply the next generation. They are the present generation and are both our joy and responsibility. They are also, the light for the future.
Over the past 10 years, I have reflected often on the story of Simeon taking the infant Jesus into his arms on Candlemas. On some occasions, I have meditated on his prophetic words, that Jesus would be “the light to all nations.” Other years, I have contemplated on the dutifulness of Mary and Joseph journeying to the Temple, but this year I am once again captured by the physical embrace of Simeon holding the child in his arms. It may be the result of three years of social distancing amid the pandemic, and the cautiousness with which we offer any human touch and contact. We need to hold hands, to hug and embrace one another– anything less than that is to not be fully human. The story of Simeon embracing the Christ Child is a witness to the wonder of physical touch. It is not simply human; it is divine.
Sunday after Sunday, God invites us into his holy sanctuary to feel and experience his touch in the gifts of bread and wine at Holy Communion, in the waters of Baptism, and in the Sharing of the Peace. In all these ways, God is taking us into his loving embrace, and how good it is. It is almost heavenly.
Pastor Arden Haug
Children’s Ministry February 2023
Candlemas
February 5th
We will share a song we’ve been working on in Sunday School for the season of Epiphany during the Children’s Message. Family routine will be the same on this day.
Fastelavn
February 19th
Who will break open the barrel this year? Come with your muscles, kids! We will gather in Fellowship Hall after worship to see who can break open the barrel and see what’s inside.
Tuesday Morning Prayer Ministry
All are welcome to join!
We meet on Tuesdays at 9:30 am in the Christy Room or the Sanctuary.
Janna Haug
Debra Gilroy
Linda Nelson
Diane Stensrud