Beaver Creek Lutheran Mission (ELCM) Announcements for the Week of April 23rd-29th, 2006

This Week @ Beaver Creek:
Wednesday, April 26th-Pastor in Forest City, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Friday, April 28th-Saturday, April 29th-Pastor in Des Moines
Sunday, April 30th-KIOW 107.3 FM Broadcast, 8 a.m. 3rd Sunday of Easter Worship with Holy Communion, 10:30 a.m.

Summer Worship Time Change Beginning Sunday, May 7th, Sunday worship services at Beaver Creek will go back to our former 11 a.m. starting time due to summer Heritage Park activities and Pastor's hope of having a 2nd ELCM preaching station in another community in the coming months, per one of the stipulations of his Official Call as Mission Development Pastor for North Iowa through our ELCM Executive Board. If you have any questions or concerns about this time change, please contact Pastor Martin.

Pastor Out of Town Pastor and Lindsay Martin will be in Des Moines later this week for a short post-Easter vacation. They will leave Friday afternoon and return late Saturday night. If you should have an emergency that would require Pastor to return earlier than planned, you may call his cell phone at 641-494-4885. If there is no answer, please leave a message so he can get back to you as soon as possible.

E-Mail Solicitations While Pastor encourages you to pass along his contact information to congregations, small groups, or individuals wishing to learn more about ELCM or our mission congregation, his inbox has been flooded in recent weeks with solicitation emails from singers, drama groups, and companies wishing to push their programs on our congregation. In order to reduce the amount of these emails, please do not give Pastor's email addresses out to such individuals , groups or ministries. Thank you.-Pastor Martin

Wedding Guidelines 1st Draft A rough draft/outline of possible wedding guidelines for ELCM pastors serving our ELCM North Iowa Mission Parish are avaliable for you to read through or provide feedback. Members of Beaver Creek may request a copy of these guidelines to be emailed to them, and may then provide adequate feedback. Please take a few moments to do so, so we can have a working document in place and ready to approve in May.

To learn more about Beaver Creek Lutheran Mission, visit our congregation's website at www.elcmiowa.org/beavercreek. To learn more about ELCM, visit www.elcm.org.

Beaver Creek Lutheran Mission Announcements for the Week of April 9th-15th, 2006

Holy Week Worship Schedule at Beaver Creek:
Thursday, April 13th-Maundy Thursday Worship with Holy Communion, 7 p.m.
Friday, April 14th-Good Friday Worship, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 15th-Vigil of Easter Worship, 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 16th-Easter Sunrise Worship with Holy Communion, 7 a.m., Easter Festival Worship with Holy Communion, 9:30 a.m.

Day Off Change for Holy Week Due to the Vigil of Easter service this Saturday, Pastor's next day off will be Monday, April 17th.

Communion Distribution Change On Maundy Thursday, April 13th, we will be using the chalice (sometimes refered to as the "common cup") for communion distribution. If you should have any comments or concerns about this change for Maundy Thursday, please let Pastor know by Wednesday.

This week's KIOW 107.3 FM broadcast was brought to you by the ELCM North American Mission reserve fund. If you wish to sponsor a broadcast in memory of a loved one or to commemorate a special event, please contact Pastor. The cost to sponsor a broadcast is $48. Listen to our broadcast each Sunday morning at 8 a.m. over KIOW, 107.3 FM.

To learn more about our denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium (ELCM), visit the official ELCM website at http://www.elcm.org. To learn more about our Beaver Creek Lutheran Mission congregation, visit our website at http://www.elcmiowa.org/beavercreek or write to our Pastor at revcwmartin@elcmiowa.org. We look forward to meeting you!

Beaver Creek Lutheran Mission Announcements for the Week of April 2nd-8th, 2006

This Week at Beaver Creek:
Wednesday, April 5th-Lent Vespers VI Worship, 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 6th-Pastor in Forest City, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Saturday, April 8th-Pastor's Day Off
Sunday, April 9th-KIOW 107.3 FM Broadcast, 8 a.m. Palm Sunday Worship with Holy Communion, 10:30 a.m.

Maundy Thursday Volunteer Needed
Pastor will need a volunteer or two to assist with the Rite of the Stripping of the Altar which will take place at the end of the Maundy Thursday service on Thursday, April 13th. If you wish to assist with this, please contact Pastor ASAP.

Communion Change
We will be going back to using the chalice (common cup as some refer to it) for communion distribution for Palm Sunday and Maundy Thursday services next week. We also may be using it for at least one of the Easter services as well.

Wedding Guidelines Postponed
Last month, it was announced that our mission parish's wedding guidelines would be drafted and proposed for your reading and input by this morning (April 2nd). However, due to several other items that have required Pastor's more immediate attention, this project will be postponed. It is now hoped to have a rough draft of these guidelines avaliable for discussion by Sunday, April 23rd. If you wish to provide input beforehand, please contact Pastor.

Beaver Creek Lutheran Mission Holy Week/Easter Worship Services, 2006
Sunday, April 9th-Palm Sunday Worship, 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, April 13th-Maundy Thursday Worship, 7 p.m.
Friday, April 14th-Good Friday Worship, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 15th-Vigil of Easter, 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 16th-Easter Sunrise Worship, 7 a.m. Easter Late Worship, TBA
Please note there will not be a Wednesday service that week. Holy Communion will be celebrated Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Easter.

To learn more about our denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium (ELCM), visit http://www.elcm.org. To learn more about Beaver Creek Lutheran Mission, visit http://www.elcmiowa.org/beavercreek. To contact our pastor, email him at revcwmartin@elcmiowa.org

Beaver Creek Lutheran Mission Announcements for the Week of April 2nd-8th, 2006