News & Views
June 2015
Never Too Old to Learn
Have you learned everything there is to learn? Do you know all there is to
know about everything? I hope you all said, “Of course not!” (If you didn’t, then I have
a real surprise for you.)
I think we all realize that we never stop learning and even if we were to have the
sum total of human knowledge at our disposal, there would be new facts and discoveries
already tomorrow so we would never really “know it all”. This isn’t only true of our
human knowledge, it is also true of our spiritual knowledge. Not that there will be
something new about God tomorrow, but there is so much more about God than we
can ever really know. Therefore I conclude that none of us “knows it all” when it
comes to knowing God. I would even go so far as saying that my own experience of
knowing God and learning about Him is this: the more I learn and the more I know, the
more aware I am of how much I don’t know!
So, what’s the point? Why am I rambling on about this? No one’s arguing with
me. In fact, I suspect no one is even disagreeing with my conclusions. The reason I’m
stressing this point is I meet many people every week who think that they don’t need to
learn any more about God. People act like they have no need to study Jesus’ Word because they’ve already completed their study and so they know
all they need to know! Are you one of these people? If you’re
not, then you must be taking advantage of the opportunities
that come your way to study God’s Word.
One such opportunity we’re trying to develop here at Christ
Community Church is Sunday School for ALL ages. In fact,
our Leadership Team has decided to keep Sunday School going
through the summer...9:00 am every Sunday. And we’re adding a class for teenagers so that everyone from 3 year olds all
the way up through 103 year olds have a class being offered
for them where they can learn more about Jesus!
I’ll be teaching the class for teens (youth who are in middle
school through high school age) and I’m hoping many of you
will come! In June our lessons are:
“Keeping Our Eyes On Jesus”
“Knowing Christ”
“Knowing Christ - part 2”
“Jesus Is Enough...and More Than Enough!”
Pastor Richie will continue to teach the Adult Class which is presently studying
Proverbs.
In Luke 6 we read that Jesus said, “A pupil is not above his teacher;
but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.” (Luke
6:40 NASB)
If you’re not perfectly and completely like Jesus yet, then you’re not done being
trained yet. Basically, YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN!
I hope to see you in Sunday School often this summer...
His and yours,
Pastor Dave
Inside this issue:
Church Calendar
2
Prayer Requests
3
Stewardship Report
4
June Birthdays
4
June Anniversaries
4
Looking Ahead
4
Dunk Tank Camp Fundraiser 4
Sunday Worship Schedule
5
Adult Bible Study Schedule
5
Common Ground Bike Hike
5
LAPS Baby Bottle Program
5
Camp Scholarship Reminder
6
Landscaping Project Night
6
Important Summer Dates
6
Volunteer Schedule
7
Sunday School Teachers
Needed
7
AWANA Commander
Needed
7
Youth Group-Twins Game &
Valley Fair
7
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Christ Community Church
Nisswa, Minnesota
Sun
Mon
Tue
1
2
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
3
4
5
6
11
12
13
10:30A Care & Share
5:00P Landscaping Work
Night
6-7:30P Adult
Bible Study
7
8
9
9-9:55 AM Sunday School
10:00 AM – Coffee & Rolls
10:15 AM – Family
Worship
3:00P Wedding
6-7:30P Adult
Bible Study
12PM Bike Hike on
Paul Bunyan Trail
14
10
15
16
7:30P Praise Team
6:30P Leadership
Team Meeting
6:30P Wedding
Rehearsal
17
18
19
20
7:00A Youth Group leave
for Twins Game
9-9:55 AM Sunday School
10:00 AM – Coffee & Rolls
10:15 AM – Family
Worship
6-7:30P Adult
Bible Study
21
22
23
9-9:55 AM Sunday School
10:00 AM – Coffee & Rolls
10:15 AM – Family
Worship
9-9:55 AM Sunday School
10:00 AM – Coffee & Rolls
10:15 AM – Family
Worship
11:30A Camp Scholarship
Fundraiser
(Dunk Tank)
25
26
27
3:00P Wedding
7:00P Building
Committee Meeting
28
24
29
30
6-7:30P Adult
Bible Study
5:30P Wedding
Rehearsal
7:30P Praise Team
7:30P Baptism
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We lift up many of our faith family who need an extra measure of God’s grace as they fight with illness, face surgery, gain strength in
recovery and healing, grieve the loss of loved ones, search for new employment, and seek God’s will for their lives.
Please Pray For:
Prayer requested by:
Please Pray For:
Prayer requested by:
People Battling Cancer:
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Branden Burnard
Wendy Maravec
Brady Lind
Kelly Marcum
Deb
Larry Olson
Aunt Bonnie
Deb Anderson
Don Pearson
Connie Norheim
Mel
John Jackson
Lynlee Otterstad
LeAnne Hines
Marilyn Zimmerman
Dave Leary
Bob Erbe
Debbie
Jennifer B
Lisa Utter
On Going Health Problems:
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Betty Hanson
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McKayla
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Dave Thomsen
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Cole Southerton
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Emily VanKampen
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Berniece Anderson
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Kim Harvey
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Dennis Trowbridge
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Valerie Williams
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Don Walter
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Tim Stange
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Gilbert
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Ardie
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Ray Simenstad
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Michael Hartwig
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Kanee
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Chris Schlais
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JoAnn
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Emily Mitchell
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Jeff Hoffmann
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Kyla Woodall
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Timothy Goble
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Butch Larson
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Martha Larson
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Jo & Lenny Wagner
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Irvin & Willa Serbousek
Helen Arnold
Deann Ebert
Heather Cook
Nancy Wallin
Kelly
Betty Simenstad
Kelly Erickson
Tina Beck
Heather Cook
Deb Frazer-Leary
Edith Thomsen
Deb Schleussner
Hattie Sunde
Nancy Garland
Helen Arnold
Julie Uhrich
Betty Simenstad
Heather Cook
Peggy Thomsen
Judy Eckart
Edith Thomsen
Nieman’s
Nancy VanKampen
Edith Thomsen
DeLynn Howard
Betty Simenstad
Nancy Garland
Heather Cook
Kelly Erickson
DeLynn Howard
Betty Simenstad
Heather Cook
Kelly Erickson
Tina Beck
Susan Mitchell
Lisa Johnson
Kim Blakeman
Hattie Sunde
Helen Arnold
Helen Arnold
Helen Arnold
Betty Simenstad
On Going Health Problems:
•
Hattie Sunde
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Lisha Bischoff
Julia Biley
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Cam Dorion
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Jim Arnold
Helen Arnold
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Paul Thomsen
Edith Thomsen
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Mary Jane Neiman
Dave Neiman
Recovery from Surgery/Rehabilitation:
•
Lanny Norgren
Pastor Dave
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Tom Thomsen
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Darrin Mitchell’s Mom, Ann
Others With Needs:
•
Bonnie
Jeremiah & Kelly Erickson
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Donald & Joyce
Tina Beck
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Wayne Cook
Heather Cook
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Rebecca
Lisa Johnson
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Tyrel Nelson
Hattie Sunde
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Mark
Deb Frazer-Leary
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Marc W.
Heather Cook
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Jessica M
Stacy Sundstrom
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Lee Downey
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Grandma Beck
Dawson Beck
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Sheri
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Steve Larson
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Courtney, Jase & Landyn Walton
Pam Rice
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Tiffany Berg
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Julia Biley
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Dan & Tina Gibbs
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Barb
Julie Uhrich
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Helen Arnold
Jill Clark
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LuJean Larson
Steve Larson
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Grace Lother
Julia Biley
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Brad Clark
Jill Clark
Those Greiving:
•
Family & Friends of Carol Eveland
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Family & Friends of Ted Dullum
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Family & Friends of Arvid Gravdahl
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Family & Friends of Ruby Jepperson
We Praise God for Answered Prayers:
•
Debbie McFarlane
•
Shirley Young
•
Sue
•
Judy Eckart
Dana Kletscher
Helen Arnold
Ray & Kathy Long
To stay up-to-date on the prayer requests we are asking if you have someone on the prayer list you want to keep on the list,
please submit a new prayer request. Fill out the “Comments, Prayer Requests and Praise” tear-off on the side of Sunday’s
bulletins. We will be compiling a new prayer request list EACH month. You will need to fill out one of these requests
each month you would like us to continue praying. You could also e-mail your prayer request to
[email protected].
This will help us to stay up-to-date on each individual request. We also appreciate your updates on answered prayers.
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Stewardship Report
Sunday Offerings
May 3
May 10
May 17
May 24
$
$
$
$
2,615
8,891
2,070
1,637
Year to Date
January - May 2015
Actual
Budget
Difference
General Offerings
$ 66,284
$ 64,638
+1,646
We give thanks to God and to each
one of you for your faithfulness in
giving. Please continue to pray that God
will provide for our church’s financial
needs. Each of us has the privilege of
prayerfully considering our pattern of giving and seeking God’s direction so that we
are offering to Him what He desires.
We began a new budget year on January 1st, 2015.
JUNE Birthdays
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3
7
7
10
10
14
14
17
20
21
23
24
24
26
27
27
28
30
30
James Fox
Debra Frazer-Leary
Gloria Nines
Andrew Louks
Ava Louks
Derek Fox
Darrick Mitchell
Heather Cook
Melissa Diemer
Marsha Speed
Alice Taylor
Dawson Beck
Marty Judd
Brooke Krivich
Mary Louks
Alyssa Bagnall
Jim Arnold
Stewart Mills IV
Sarah Stamm
Trysta Beck
Amanda Good
LOOKING AHEAD
June 3
June 3
June 3
June 7
June 10
June 10
June 11
June 17
June 20
June 21
June 23
June 24
June 24
June 28
Care & Share Meeting
Landscaping Work Night
Adult Bible Study
Bike Hike on the Paul Bunyan Trail
Adult Bible Study
Praise Team Practice
Leadership Team Meeting
Adult Bible Study
Youth Group-Twins Game
Father’s Day (Last Day for LAPS Fundraiser)
Building Committee Meeting
Adult Bible Study
Praise Team Practice
Dunk Tank Camp Scholarship Fundraiser
JUNE Anniversaries
3
4
8
10
11
11
12
17
21
24
27
28
Vince & Brook Stamm
Jim & Carol Pierce
Gary & Jill Otterstad
Bill & Carole Lewis
Bud & Nancy Garland
Tim & Laurie Prem
Steve & Stacy Sundstrom
Dave & Pearl Greaver
Ben & Leah Schrader
Bill & Amanda Good
Darrin & Susan Mitchell
Bryan & Tina Beck
We are having a fundraiser for the Bible Camp
Scholarships on Sunday, June 28th after the morning
service. Some of your favorite people will be taking time
on the perch daring you to put them under! If you would
like to see Pastor Richie, Jeff, Steve, Julie, or Terry
dropped into a cold tub of water, get in line!
As always, there will be food.
If any of you had the privilege to attend Bible Camp in
the summer growing up, you realize what a strong
experience it can be. Yes, there is a lot of fun to be had,
but having Bible time with kids your own age can change
a life. We need to replenish our scholarship fund this
year as it was depleted last year. So come, eat, and have
some fun and support Christian growth in young lives!
*Free-will offering for both the food & the dunk tank*
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Sunday Worship Schedule June 7th-June 28th
9:00-9:55AM Sunday School (Classes for all ages)
10:00-10:15AM Coffee Fellowship
10:15AM Family Worship Service
(Children’s Church Provided)
For the month of June, we will continue our sermon series on the Book of James.
June 7
June 14
June 21
June 28
Hearing AND Doing (James 1:19-27)
Mercy Disregards Outward Appearances (James 2:1-13)
Understanding the Relationship of Faith & Works (James 2:14-28)
Pastor Dave
Pastor Richie
Pastor Dave
Pastor Dave
Mark your calendars for
the Common Ground
Family Bike Hike
We will be continuing our Wednesday evening ADULT BIBLE
STUDY through the summer, meeting at the church from 6:007:30 pm. We are hoping that some of you who volunteer to
teach, listen and lead our children’s ministry and youth ministry
programs during the school year will actually be able to come and
join us during the summer when you aren’t having to teach. This
will give you an opportunity to be fed instead of feeding!
We’re continuing to study the Gospel of Luke and absolutely enjoying the rigorous discussions that arise from our study of the
text. There’s so much to learn and so little time to cover it all, we
never run out of things to talk about. Come and join us. You will
most certainly be blessed!
Everybody is welcome. If you can’t commit to being here every
week, don’t worry about it. Each lesson is self-contained so you
can be a part of any and each lesson that you are able to attend.
Here’s our projected June schedule:
June 3
Luke 6:39-49 How to Live Life
June 10 Luke 7:1-10
Such Great Faith
June 17 Luke 7:11-17 Jesus’ Compassion
June 24 Luke 7:18-28 The Greatest of the Greats
Join us at NOON on Sunday, June 7th
in the Church parking lot. We will
leave from the church and arrive in
Pequot Lakes to have lunch at the
Dairy Queen before riding back to
Nisswa.
There is a sign-up sheet
located in the church
lobby for anyone that is
planning on riding their
bike or driving.
For those of you that have a
LAPS bottle, please make sure
you have them turned back in to
the office BY June 21st.
21st Also,
please check your name off the
list when turning in your bottle,
so we know who still has theirs
checked out. Thanks!
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Kids, just a
reminder to
be sure that
the church
knows if
you’re going
to summer
camp so you
get your
church camp
scholarship!
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On Wednesday, June 3rd there will be a
Landscaping Project Work Night beginning
at 5PM. Bring rakes, work gloves, and
other gardening tools. We will be planting,
adding mulch, and doing
general yard clean-up.
There is a sign-up sheet in
the lobby. Please sign-up in
case of any inclement
weather. Thanks!
June 7th-Annual Family Bike Ride on the Paul Bunyan Trail
June 20th-Youth Group at Twins Game
June 28th-Camp Scholarship Dunk Tank Fundraiser
July 12th-Church Picnic and Baptism
July 21st-Youth Group Valley Fair Trip
July 26th-Musician Mark Wayne Here
July 27th through July 30th-VBS & Kids’ Sports Camp
August-Progressive Dinner (Date to be determined)
Please watch the upcoming Newsletters for more information regarding these events.
If you have any questions, please call the church office.
News & Views
DATE
MUSIC WORSHIP
LEADER
Volume 26, Issue 6
CHILDREN’S
CHURCH
VOLUNTEER
PHONE #
6/7/2015
Julia Biley
612-845-9933
6/14/2015
Pastor Dave Uhrich
839-8972
Nancy Wallin
6/21/2015
Julie Uhrich
963-3943
6/28/2015
Julia Biley
612-845-9933
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PHONE #
SOUND BOOTH
PHONE #
James Fox
963-1026
963-2704
Dana Uhrich
330-0790
Foxes
963-1026
Pastor Richie
232-3532
Leah Schrader
330-7492
Ben Schrader
251-7762
*If you are unable to be here the week you are scheduled please call and switch with someone else on
the list. Also, please let the church office know that you have switched weeks by calling 963-2626.*
We are in need of Sunday School Teachers
for the 12 week summer session. This will
give our regular teachers some time off
before coming back for the school year. Our
goal is to get a few volunteers so that you
will only need to help out 2-3 times for the
summer. If this is
something that interests
you, please talk to our
Children’s Ministry
Leader, Steve Larson.
What: Twins Game
When: Saturday, June 20th
(leave the church at 7AM)
If anyone is interested in being Commander or
even Co-Commander for the 2015/2016 AWANA
School Year, please let us know. We will also be in
need for a Cubbbie Leader as well. If you are
interested or would like to know more about either
of these, please talk
to Pam Dorion at
218-838-0636
or Tina Beck at
218-828-8714.
What: Valley Fair
When: Tuesday, July 21st
(leave the church at 7AM)
Cost: $28
Please talk to Pastor Richie for the cost of
*Bring along extra
your ticket. He will need to know if you’re
money for any food or
planning on going by Sunday, June 14th so
souvenirs you may
he can purchase the right amount of tickets. want to purchase.*
24646 Hazelwood Drive
PO Box 627
Nisswa, MN 56468
Phone: 218-963-2626
Fax: 218-963-3287
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.christcommunitychurchnisswa.com
"A Loving Church"
… An evangelical church whose mission is…
TO KNOW AND MAKE KNOWN
OUR LORD AND SAVIOR
JESUS CHRIST AND HIS LOVE
June 2015 — Volume 26, Issue 6
“News & Views” is a monthly publication of Christ Community Church, Nisswa, Minnesota
A family bike ride on the Paul Bunyan Trail
When: Sunday, June 7th at Noon
Where: Meet in church parking lot
and ride on the Paul Bunyan Trail
(See inside newsletter for more details)
When: Sunday, June 28th
Immediately following the morning service
Where: Church parking lot
Free will offering for dunk tank & food
(See inside newsletter for more details)