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.

Monday, July 10, 2006

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

This Week @ Beaver Creek:
Wednesday, July 12th Bible Study @ North Prairie, 5:30 p.m. ELCM Informational Meeting & Fellowship Time @ North Prairie, 7 p.m.
Thursday, July 13th Pastor's Office Hours in Forest City, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Friday, July 14th Pastor's Day Off
Saturday, July 15th-Sunday, July 16th Heritage Park of North Iowa Heritage Fest (Non-ELCM event)
Sunday, July 16th KIOW 107.3 FM Broadcast, 8 a.m., 6th Sunday After Pentecost Outdoor Worship Service @ Thomas Bearse Park, 11 a.m.

Outdoor Worship Next Sunday! Due to the Heritage Park events next weekend, the Beaver Creek Church will not be avaliable for our use next Sunday. However, we will be having our first (hopefully annual) Outdoor Worship Service Sunday, July 16th at 11 a.m. at Thomas Bearse Park in Forest City. The park is located on J Street, east of Casey's, and is just past the Winnebago Surplus Store. In the event of rain, the service will either be held under one of the picnic shelters in the park, or the service will be cancelled. Bring your lawn chairs, and your favorite picnic lunch to enjoy after the service!

Bible Study Time Change For this week only, our weekly Bible study will be held on Wednesday, July 12th, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The Bible study will be held in the sanctuary at the North Prairie Lutheran Church of rural Scarville. The church is located a half mile north of the Highway 69 turn to Lake Mills on 170th Street. The time and location change are due to the ELCM informational meeting for our ELCM North Prairie mission that will be held that night, beginning at 7 p.m. Bring your Bibles and invite your friends to join us for the Bible study and to stay to learn more about ELCM.

ELCM Informational Night Pastor has scheduled a special Informational/Introductory meeting for our North Prairie mission for this Wednesday, July 12th at the North Prairie Lutheran Church. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. and Pastor will give those in attendance a brief overview of ELCM, and then open the floor for a Q&A session. After the meeting, a time for fellowship with bars, cold pop, and bottled water being served, with Beaver Creek members serving as hosts. Thank you to those of you who have volunteered to provide food and serve during the fellowship time.

Pastor's Day Off Change Due to Pastor & Lindsay hosting their niece and nephews from Canada later this week, Pastor's Day Off for this week will be shifted to Friday, July 14th. It will return to Mondays next week for the remainder of the summer. Remember, if you need to contact Pastor and he is not at home and it is an emergency, you may call his cell phone at 641-494-4885.

North Prairie Rededication ELCM will launch our mission congregation at North Prairie this month with a special opening service. On Sunday, July 23rd, a special Service of Rededication of the North Prairie Lutheran Church will be held, beginning at 9 a.m. The sacrament of Holy Communion will be offered at this service. Members of Beaver Creek are invited to attend this service. Beaver Creek will have its usual 11 a.m. service with Holy Communion that Sunday as well. Pastor Martin will be serving the new North Prairie mission congregation, and will continue to serve our Beaver Creek congregation as well. If you have any questions about the new North Prairie mission or about ELCM's committment to Beaver Creek, please contact Pastor.

To contact Pastor, send him an email at revcwmartin@elcmiowa.org. To learn more about Beaver Creek Lutheran Mission, visit us on the web at www.elcmiowa.org/beavercreek. To learn more about our denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium, visit www.elcm.org.