February 2016

Issue 2

St Peder’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

4600 E 42nd St.

Minneapolis, MN 55406

(612) 722-8000

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Climate Change Lenten Sunday

Series ...................................................1

Caring for Creation @ the Library…2

Meet Our New Council Members .....3

Ottar Jorgensen Service

Award…..............................................3

Faith & Doubt: Wednesday Lenten

Series………………………………………....4

Codfish Dinner ..................................4

Faith Formation ................................5

Grand View Choir Concert……………6

Special Fiber Arts Classes ................7

SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST

Gather Bible Study

Quilters

Pub Theology

Fiber Arts

Lenten Book Study

The Messenger

In this season of reflection, it is appropriate to spend some time ex-

ploring climate change and what it means for all of creation – in-

cluding how we live in our world.

This year, our Sunday morning schedule will be different during the

five weeks of Lent. We’ll have one worship service at 9:00 a.m., fol-

lowed by a time for coffee and conversation. Then, we’ll re-convene

to the sanctuary at 10:15am by a speaker on the topic with time for

questions and answers. There will also be activities for kids

available each week. (Confirmation and high-school youth are

encouraged to attend the series.)

Here is the schedule for the series…

February 14 – Claire Curran & Trevor Lenzinger of Minnesota In-

terfaith Power & Light, will be our presenters as we learn about the

Paris Climate Talks and actions taken at this historic event.

February 21 – Dr Mark Boslough, Physicist for Sandia National

Laboratories, Albuquerque, and adjunct professor in Earth and Plan-

etary Sciences Department at the University of New Mexico. He’s

also appeared on NOVA (on PBS) and the National Geographic

channel. (He’s also went to high school with Pastor Julie!) He will

speak about climate change in general.

February 28 - Dr. Mark Seeley, Meterologist, University of Minne-

sota (You may have heard him on MPR.) He will speak about climate

change and Minnesota.

Continued on page 2...

Climate Change and

Care of Creation:

A Lenten Series

A WORD FROM

PASTOR JULIE

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(Climate Change & Creation Care) Continued from front page

March 6 – Kimberly Byrd, bioethicist and lecturer at the University

of Minnesota (the Initiative for Bioenergy and the Environment). She

will speak about the Pope’s Encyclical from a non-Catholic viewpoint.

March 13 – Julia Nerbonne, Director of Minnesota Interfaith Power

and Light. She will speak on how we, as individuals and as a congre-

gation, can care for creation in light of climate change.

We hope you’ll make time on your Sunday mornings as we engage in

this “life-long learning” series that is intended not to just be enlight-

ening and informative, but to stir us to awareness and action in our

own lives and as a community of faith.

Peace to you in these winter days,

Pastor Julie Ebbesen and the Series Planning Team

(Shannon Kearns, Gordon and Wendy Legge, Allison O’Day, Jeanne Schleh, and Karen Vetsch) Photos public domain courtesy of National Fish & Wildlife and NASA GRIN

CARING FOR CREATION…

AT THE LIBRARY

Want to read more in connection with St. Peder's Caring for Crea-tion Lenten series? Check out our new acquisition, The Sixth Ex-tinction: An Unnatural History, by Elizabeth Kolbert. (We have 2 copies to circulate.) It won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. With her engaging writing and the urgency of the subject, this is readable science at its best. For kids, we have Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, a story about ecology way ahead of its time. For more than 40 other titles in our library, go to:

librarything.com/catalog/stpeders Then click on All Collections, scroll down to and click on Creation/Nature/Science. We would like to expand our library's coverage of Caring for Crea-tion subjects. If you have a book to recommend (or donate), contact Jeanne Schleh -- The Library Committee

LENTEN SOUP SUPPERS…

Ash Wednesday, February 10 Shepherding Group 7

February 17 Shepherding Group 8

February 24 Shepherding Group 9

March 2 Shepherding Group 1

March 9 Shepherding Group 2

March 16 Shepherding Group 3

With the 9 Shepherding Groups, each group will serve twice in 3 years. This year, Groups 4, 5, and 6 are off.

Sparkle Dusters are changing to the third Thursday of the month at 1 pm start-ing on February 18th.

RECIPIENTS OF THIS YEAR’S OTTAR

JORGENSEN SERVICE AWARD…

Each year at the annual meeting we present the Ottar

Jorgensen Service Award to two households at St Peder’s in

thanksgiving for their faithful service to the ministry of this con-

gregation. This year, Sonya Clementson and Andrea Wollak will

share the award statue (it’s a smaller bronze version of Peter and

Jesus that adorns our entry) - and we are indeed thankful for

their work and presence at St Peder’s!

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Annual Meeting Elections Held on January 24

If you weren’t able to attend our annual meeting, written reports are available on the table in the entry.

MEET OUR NEW COUNCIL PRESIDENT… Curt Petersen… (Curt will serve a two-year term, and is eligible to serve a second consecutive term.)

I have been coming to St Peder’s as a visitor, for youth events with friends, since I was young.

Meg and I joined officially in 2000 before we got married in 2001. I was on the Council from 2008 through

2011.I currently work as an independent bookkeeper for small businesses in the Twin Cities area.

(Curt and Meg also have a daughter, Alice, who is in 5th grade.)

MEET OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS… Casey Clementson… (will serve a one year term, completing a 3-year term for a member who needed to re-

sign.)

I grew up at St. Peder's, having been a member for over 35 years, and have been mentored by many current and

former members of the congregation. Currently, I teach instrumental music in the Rosemount/Apple Valley/

Eagan school district and play flute in the Encore Wind Ensemble.

Melba Granlund… (will serve a 3-year term)

has been a member of St Peder's since 2007 and has served on the church council during the past year to fill out

a term of a prior council member. Melba is a church musician and prior to joining St. Peder's served as music

director of the former El Milagro Lutheran, and pianist, organist and choir director of St. Luke's Lutheran, Min-

neapolis, and American Lutheran Church in Long Prairie, Minnesota. During that time, she also served on the

church councils for those congregations. Melba's hobbies include weaving and other fiber arts. Recently retired

after working as a paralegal for over 50 years, she currently teaches fiber art classes through the Textile Center,

weaving guilds, and at Bay Lake Camp Folkschool. She organized and leads the Fiber Arts Group at St. Ped-

er's. She enjoys travelling and has taken several trips to Scandinavia to study the rich textile history of those

countries.

Doreen Skraba…(will serve a 3-year term)

My husband John and I have been members at St Peder's for about 5 years. We have lived in the Longfellow

neighborhood for 31 years. I have been a life-long Lutheran. I am a Nurse Anesthetist and I am currently doing

part time freelance work after retiring from HCMC last summer. Since my job change I am enjoying having

more free time which allows me to do more traveling and when the weather cooperates bicycling and cross

country skiing. We have 2 daughters, Sofia lives in Los Angeles and Simone lives in North Minneapolis. I am

looking forward to serving on the church council at St Peder's.

Thank you to all who serve on St Peder’s Council! We are grateful for your lead-ership, faith, insight, and wisdom as we seek to serve God and neighbor.

Faith strengthening Doubt:

A Wednesday

Lenten Series Theatre is all about asking the big questions: Who are we? Why are we here? What is the meaning of life? And when it comes to issues of religion and faith, theatre asks even harder ques-tions: What is truth? Who can be trusted? How does religion help or harm? By asking the ques-tions of characters in tough situations, we also ask the questions of ourselves. In this Lenten series we’ll experience vignettes from plays that ask us these hard questions. We’ll wrestle with the role of doubt in a healthy faith life. Are there situation where doubt can bring us closer to our faith and to God? Can doubt be a healthy counterpoint to faith? Experience vignettes from :

W;t by Margaret Edson

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley

Son of a Gun by Shannon T.L. Kearns

Faith Healer by Bryan Friel

(and one more TBD) This five-week series begins on Wednesday, February 17. Join us for soup supper at 5:30 p.m. (free-will offering), at 6:15 join in for the Lenten book study The Last Week by Borg and Crossan, and then we’ll gather at 7:00 p.m. in the worship space for Holden Evening Prayer along with a dramatic vignette.

St. Peder’s is holding the annual Codfish and Meatball Dinner on

Friday, March 4 2016.

Seatings at 5:00 and 6:30 p.m.

$12.00 for adults and $5.00 for children 12 and under.

The dinner also includes boiled potatoes with our famous mustard gravy,

peas and carrots, Havarti cheese on pumpernickel, cupcakes and beverages.

Call St. Peder’s Church office at 612-722-8000 for reservations. Please

state how many meatball or cod dinners, seating time preference, and phone

number if leaving a message. Hope to see you there! 4

CALLING ALL MUSICIANS…

We invite you to share your gifts

and talents at Wednesdays Len-

ten worship services.

There will be one rehearsal on

Ash Wednesday at 6:15 pm .

Interested? Talk to Rita!

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A NOTE FROM SHANNON

We're into the dog days of winter now; a time when all seems gray

and dreary and when, unless you really love the outdoors, staying

inside seems like the best possible option. This year, with Lent

starting early, it makes sense that these dreary days coincide with

the reflection inspired by Lent. How will your family mark this Len-

ten time? Are there practices you can do together (whether it's giv-

ing something up or adding something in, a time of devotional

reading before bed, etc) to deepen your family faith practice? I en-

courage you to think of ways to make Lent a family activity; to do it

communally so as to deepen the experience for everyone involved.

If you need some ideas, let me know!

May you be blessed on your Lenten journey. Shannon Kearns Director of Faith Formation and Outreach

Sunday School Teachers 3-5 class:

February 7: No Sunday School

February 14: Shawna and Jeremy

February 21: Shawna and Meg

February 28: Lisa and Jeremy

Sunday School Teachers 1-6 class:

February 7: No Sunday School

February 14: Gina and Joe

February 21: Mark and Joe

February 28: Gina, Kathryn, and Jasper

Sheridan Story Volunteers:

Feb 5: Vickie and Stephen

Feb 19: Dick and Sandra

Pub Theology: FEB. 3RD 7:00PM @

PARKWAY PIZZA

We’ll be talking about congrega-tional growth and health. What are the barriers and bridges to growth? How do we feel St. Ped-er's is faring? All of this and more!

Book Study: Starting on February 17th we'll be discussing the book "The Last Week" by Mar-cus Borg and John Dominic Crossan. A counterpart to our Advent series, this book looks at the historical context of the last week of Jesus' ministry and life. We'll have these discussions on Wednesday evenings for the during of Lent, in between the soup supper and the prayer ser-vice. Shannon has several cop-ies of The Last Week

GATHER BIBLE STUDY

SERVANT-SHAPED SOLDIERS IS THE TITLE OF THE BIBLE STUDY LESSON FOR FEBRUARY. THE THEME VERSES ARE PHI-LIPPIANS 1:27--2:18. IF YOU ARE ABLE, PLEASE READ THE THEME VERSES AHEAD OF TIME WE WELCOME ANYONE TO OUR GROUP. REFRESHMENTS ARE SERVED. WHAT: GATHER BIBLE STUDY WHERE: ST. PEDER'S LIBRARY WHEN: FEBRUARY 16, 2016 TIME: 9:30-11:00

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Easter Memorial / Honorary Plants Memorial plants may be ordered to decorate and beautify our sanctuary for Easter.

Orders need to be at church by Sunday, March 13th 2016

Please complete and deliver to the church office. Thank you!

Easter Lilies $9.00 X _________ = ___________

Mums $9.00 X _________ = ___________

Tulips $9.00 X _________ = ___________

Hydrangeas $15.00 X _________ = ___________

GRAND TOTAL _____________

Check attached __________ I/We will pay later __________ by March 13, 2016

Your Name _______________________________________________________________________

In Memory of … / In Honor of … (please circle)

___________________________________________________________________________________________________

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

NOW! The Grandview College Choir will be in concert at St

Peder’s as part of their spring tour on Saturday,

March 12 at 7:00 p.m. There will be a free-will of-

fering to support the Choir. They will also be singing at

worship on Sunday, March 13.

Grandview College is an ELCA college – and was origi-

nally the “Happy Dane” college. Several St Peder’s

members are alums!

We’ll need families to host the choir members – and

folks to help provide supper on Saturday and a lunch

before travel on Sunday. Please look for more infor-

mation coming soon!

Invite your friends to join you at the concert - it’ll be an enjoyable evening!

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Sew much fun to be had this February—

WEDNESDAY QUILTING

GROUP

THE WEDNESDAY QUILTING GROUP IS SO GRATEFUL FOR THE 19 QUILTS WE FINISHED AND SENT OFF TO LU-THERAN WORLD RELIEF IN JANU-ARY. MAY THESE QUILTS BE A BLESS-ING TO ALL WHO RECEIVE THEM. WE MEET TWO WEDNESDAYS AGAIN

THIS MONTH TO START OVER ON AN-

OTHER 19, OR MORE IF YOU COME TO

HELP US.

WHERE: The Church Fellowship Hall

WHEN: February 3 & 17

TIME: 9:30-12:00 Noon

FIBER ARTS

Fiber Arts meets this month on meets this

month on February 6th & 20th from 2 pm to 5

pm.

Whether you are experienced or just starting

out, you are welcome to join us!

Questions?

Contact Melba Granlund

Together in Mission…

The offerings of your financial resources allow us not only to support the mission of our congregation, but to share our resources with

others in ministry so that all may know of Christ’s love. TOGETHER we work on Christ’s behalf in the world - none of us can do it alone!

Thank you for your offerings through the last month of 2015. A detailed financial summary report is available at the church office for

anyone who’d like to see it.

Income

Month of December $ 31,105.86 Budget for the month $ 24,731.84

Year to Date $ 259,044.40 Budget Year to Date $ 288,182.00

Expenses

Month of December $ 22,950.43 Budget for the month $ 23,587.26

Year to Date $ 275,811.53 Budget Year to Date $ 288,182.04

Mission Support to…

Minneapolis Area Synod YTD $ 25,000.00

Special Fiber Arts Classes this Winter/Spring Nalbinding—February 20, 21

& 27

Sami-inspired Bracelet—

March 19th

Hardanger — April 2, 9 & 17

Check out the display case for ex-

amples of this heritage crafts!! See

bulletin board for class description

and registration information.

Sami-Inspired Bracelets

Hardanger Embroidery

Nalbinding

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February 7 Greeters: Jim & Heidi Nelsen

Ushers: 9:00 am Craig Rocheleau and Dan Peterson 10:30 Lisa Jensen Acolytes: 9:00am Max Vossen 10:30am Alice Petersen Readers: 9:00am Ed Gleason 10:30am Jerilynn Young

Bread/Wine provided by: Craig & Marcia Rocheleau Communion Assistants (Full Table) 9:00 am: Marcia Rocheleau, Peter

Juhl, Karin Buchen 10:30 am Darrick Jensen

Communion Set Up & Clean Up: Judy Anderson & Margaret Lundell Nursery: 9:00am Joe Munnich

Counters: 9:00am Marcia Rocheleau and Jerilynn Young LSS Safe House Dinner for February 8: Judy & Michael Hogan

Social Hour hosted by Shepherding Group 1

February 10 – Ash Wednesday Service @ 7:00pm Ushers: *volunteer needed*

Acolyte: Isabelle Geroux

February 14 Greeters: Curt & Meg Petersen

Ushers: 9:00am Ed Gleason and Paul Aitchison 10:30 Wendy Legge Acolytes: 9:00am Malcolm Munnich

Readers: 9:00am Joe Munnich Nursery: 9:00am Eva Tangen

Counters: Cameron Jamison and Paul Aitchison LSS Safe House Dinner for February 15: Anne & Nick Legeros, Peter &

Sheryl Juhl Social Hour hosted by Shepherding Group 2

February 21

Greeters: Nick & Anne Legeros Ushers: 9:00am Kathryn Gantriis and Curt Petersen 10:30am Cameron

Jamison Acolytes: 9:00am Alaiyah Nelsen-Tochechukwu

Readers: 9:00am Nick Legeros Nursery: Shawna Nelsen

Counters: Terri Vetsch and John Skraba LSS Safe House Dinner for February 22: Craig & Marcia Rocheleau,

Dwight & Kari Bullard Social Hour hosted by Shepherding Group 3

February 28

Greeters: Peter Paulson & Gina Sekelsky Ushers: 9:00am Ford Droegemueller and Susan Schnickel 10:30 am Dan

Vetsch Acolytes: 9:00am Rasmus Gantriis

Readers: 9:00am Kate Anderson Nursery: 9:00am Scott Wilson

Counters: Bob Stanich and Sue Schnickel LSS Safe House Dinner for February 29: Bill & Judy Anderson, Rita &

Dick Juhl, and Marilyn Gisselquist Social Hour hosted by Shepherding Group 4

Thank you for volun-teering your time and

talent at St. Peder’s. Please try to arrange

your own trades. If you are pressed for

time or have questions or concerns, contact

the church office at 612-722-8000 or

office@stpeders.net.

Olivia

West 2/14

Lauren Jenson 2/9

Corinna Brown Ton

2/14

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ST. PEDER’S

EVANGELICAL

LUTHERAN CHURCH

ST. PEDER’S AFFIRMS

THE WELCOME OF GOD

TO ALL PERSONS.

St Peder’s welcomes you to a

community of faith nurtured by

God’s abundant grace, Christ’s

peace and the Spirit’s lively

presence! In response to such

love, we open our hearts and

hands and doors to joyfully

serve our neighbor – whether

it’s you or someone across the

world. We invite you to join us

for worship or any activity at the

little church on the corner of

46th Avenue and 42nd Street in

south Minneapolis

Church Staff:

Pastor: Rev. Julie Ebbesen pastorjulie@stpeders.net

Director of Faith Formation &

Outreach: Shannon Kearns faithformation@stpeders.net

Office Coordinator: Sarah Zuber office@stpeders.net

Accounts Manager: Debbie Wolking bookkeeping@stpeders.net

Anika Kildegaard—Choral Director Rita Juhl - Organist

Caretaker: Jim Austin

PLEASE

PLACE

STAMP

HERE

St. Peder’s Evangelical Lutheran

Church ELCA

4600 E 42nd St.

Minneapolis, MN 55406

Phone: 612-722-8000

Fax: 612-722-8068

E-mail: office@stpeders.org