ELCM Iowa News & Notes

News, notes, and other items of interest from our North Iowa mission parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium (ELCM).

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Location: Audubon, Iowa, United States

I have served as Pastor of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Audubon, Iowa since September 1, 2007. Prior to coming to Audubon, I served as Mission Development Pastor for two ELCM mission stations, Beaver Creek Lutheran Mission, Forest City, Iowa and North Prairie Lutheran Mission, rural Scarville, Iowa from November, 2005-August, 2007.

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Beaver Creek Lutheran Mission Announcements for the Week of February 19th-25th, 2006

This Week at Beaver Creek:
Thursday, February 23rd Pastor in Forest City, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Saturday, February 25th Pastor's Day Off
Sunday, February 26th KIOW 107.3 FM Broadcast, 8 a.m. Transfiguration Worship with Holy Communion, 11 a.m.

Readings for This Sunday: Isaiah 43:18-25, 2 Corinthians 1:18-22, Mark 2:1-12

1st Wedding Jeremiah & Jamie (Marquard) Bruellman were united in marriage here at Beaver Creek on Saturday, February 18th. Jeremiah & Jamie became the first couple to be married in our new ELCM mission, and it was also the first wedding service Pastor presided over. Congratulations to Jeremiah & Jamie, and we pray for God's richest blessings as they begin their new life together as husband and wife.

Yes, Lutherans Do Change! The month of March will feature two changes here at Beaver Creek. First, during the season of Lent, beginning with Ash Wednesday, most of our hymns will be selected from The Lutheran Hymnal, which those of you with a Missouri Synod background may be familair with. We have 15 copies of TLH on hand to use that had been donated to the former Missouri Synod mission that met at Beaver Creek in 2004, and had remained in storage the past year and a half.

Second, beginning with the First Sunday in Lent, Sunday, March 5th, Sunday worship services here at Beaver Creek will begin at 10:30 a.m. Please note the time change and invite your family and friends to worship with us during the season of Lent!

Midweek Vespers is Back! Our midweek Vespers worship services will resume Wednesday, March 1st with a special Ash Wednesday Worship service, beginning at 7 p.m. This service will feature the sacrament of Holy Communion and the Rite of Imposition of Ashes for those who desire to participate in the rite. The following 5 Wednesday evenings, we will host a Midweek Lent Vespers worship service, beginning at 7 p.m. Invite a friend to come and worship with us for these special services. For more information, go to the Beaver Creek website at http://www.elcmiowa.org/beavercreek.

Be sure to check out our congregation's website at http://www.elcmiowa.org/beavercreek to learn more about our ELCM mission congregation. To learn more about our Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium (ELCM), please visit http://www.elcmiowa.org. You may also email our pastor at revcwmartin@elcmiowa.org if you are interested in learning more about our congregation, or church body, or if you, your small group, or your existing Lutheran congregation is interested in ELCM.