ObituariesPage 4 - Northwoods Press - Wednesday, October 31, 2012

AkeleyAkeley

United Methodist Church 17 1st St. SE 652-2572 Pastor Duane Gebhard Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. Sunday School meets during worship from 10:45-11:30 a.m. Coffee and Fellowship follow-ing worship

First Lutheran Church ELCA 10 Pleasant Ave. NE 652-3335 Pastor Darrell Morton Sunday School: 9:15-10:15 a.m. Fellowship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

St. John’s Lutheran Church LCMS 110 Pleasant Ave SE 652-3779 Pastor Harvey Kietzman Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. Fellowship: 10 a.m. Bible Study & Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.

White Oak Bible Chapel 7 mi. south of Akeley, 652-3848 Pastor Matthew LaTourelle Sunday School for all ages 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. Pancake breakfast: 9:45-10:30 on the 1st Sunday of the month. Youth group: Call for info.

DorsetFirst English Lutheran Church LCMS 20252 State 226, Dorset 732-9466 Rev. Chris Davis Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. Fellowship: 10 a.m. Bible Study: 10:30 a.m.

Hubbard

LaporteLaporteCommunity Baptist Church

224-2542 Pastor Matt Sconce Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

United Methodist Church

732-0224 Pastor Laurie Kantonen Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.

St. Theodore Catholic Church Co. Rd. 39 North 652-4005 www.olpparish.org Father Duane Pribula Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Trinity Lutheran Church150 2nd St. NE

224-2417 Pastor David Smith Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.

NevisBethany Lutheran Church ELCA 100 3rd Ave., 652-2030 Pastor Darrell Morton Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. Sunday School: 10-11 a.m. Fellowship Time: 10 a.m. Church of Christ

100 Pleasant St. E. 652-3900, 652-3905 Pastor Paul Bowles Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. Bible School: 9 a.m.

Frontline“A New Testament Church” 19252 159th Ave. 237-3727 Pastor Russell W. Smith Sunday Worship: 6 p.m. Wednesday Worship: 7 p.m.

Trinity Church Episcopal and Presbyterian 212 Court Ave. 732-4393 Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.

New Life Community Church Corner of Grove and Bridge Street 732-7000 Pastors Frederick and Beverly Brown Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

Riverside United Methodist Church

N. Hwy. 71 732-5205 Pastor Lee Kantonen Traditional Sunday Worship at 9 a.m. Fellowship & Coffee: 10 a.m. Contemporary Service: 10:30 a.m.

Church of Christ707 Main Ave. N.

732-5105 Pastor Scott Warne Sunday Bible Class: 10 p.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Our Lady of the Pines Catholic Church

205 Main St. W. 652-4005 www.olpparish.org Father Duane Pribula Saturday Mass: 5 p.m. Sunday Mass: 10:30 a.m

Park RapidsPark Rapids

Assembly of God Church 208 Western Ave. S. 732-8818 Pastor Arthur H. Wood Sunday Fellowship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA 112 S. Park 732-7284 Pastor Stephen Norby Associate Pastor Sara Jensen Saturday worship: 5:30 p.m. Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.

Faith Baptist Church 1505 S. Park Ave. 732-1404 Pastor Marty Giese Pastor Mark Waller Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

First Baptist Church 909 8th St. W. 732-3321 Pastor Joshua Hawn Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Lakeside Christian Church

Hubbard Community Center 732-4246 Dick Jorgensen, Minister Sunday Worship and Communion: 10 a.m.

St. John’s Lutheran Church (LCMS) 732-9783, www.stjohnspr.org Pastor Jim Neubauer and Pastor Tim Heinecke Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.. Sunday School, Bible Class: 9:15 a.m.

St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church 732-5142 Father Tom Friedl Saturday Mass: 5 p.m. Sunday Mass: 9 a.m. Daily Mass: Mon.-Thurs. 8:30 a.m.

Evergreen ChurchChurch of the Nazarene

295 Western Ave. S. 732-9694 Rev. Bill Hodge and Rev. April Hodge Sunday School: 9 a.m. Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. Children’s Church & Nursery at 10 a.m.

Peace Lutheran Church LCMC

Meet at Nevis School 218-252-3816 Interim Pastor Dan Christ Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.

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Human beings have one foot inheaven and one foot plantedfirmly on the earth. That is,

we are physical creatures whosenatural home is the earth, and yetwe are also spiritual beings who cannever completely ignore that our truehome is somewhere else. Manydeeply spiritual people express thesentiment that they are merelysojourners passing through thephysical realm. Some even expressa vague sense that they have beenseparated or torn away from theirtrue home by this earthly existence.But even if there is a kind of cosmichomesickness for heaven, we need

not feel out of place or strange hereon earth. The earth was created forour good pleasure and surely Godwants us to feel at home here. As thepoet Max Ehrmann put it in his prosepoem Desiderata, “You are a child ofthe universe, no less than the treesand the stars; you have a right to behere.” We should affirm both of ournatures; we are both physical andspiritual beings. The voyage we areon through this wondrous cosmos isboth a physical and a spiritualjourney.

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“If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. So it is written:‘The first man Adam became a living being’; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven.”1 Corinthians 15: 44-47

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Jason Burton1982-2012

Jason Ryan Burton, age 30, a life long Park Rapids, MN area resident, tragically died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident while working in the oil fields near Williston, ND on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. Jason was born on October 9, 1982 at St. Joseph’s Hos-pital in Park Rapids to Berrie and Julie (Ruhnke) Burton. As an infant Jason was plagued with painful chronic earaches and would be comforted in the loving arms of his moth-er who would rock him to sleep until Jason underwent surgery to rebuild his Eusta-chian tubes in his inner ears. Because of this, Jason and his mother bonded with a special

closeness. He attended public schools in Park Rapids where he was a standout hockey player. After high school, Jason worked as a cook for Khan’s Mongolian Barbeque in Park Rapids. He also worked for his older brother, Andrew in his construction business for seven years. In 2010, Jason ventured to the oil fields of western North Dakota where he gained employment ser-vicing oil wells for the Pio-neer Well Company. Jason loved the out doors and especially looked for-ward to the treasured times he could spend fishing, deer hunting, and camping with his dad and older brother. As a young boy of 10 years, Jason and his brother would impress the older men with their skill and accuracy trap-shooting at the rifle range. In 2006, Jason met the love of his life, Jodi Kohler and has been deeply involved in the lives of her children: Devin and Michelle and Mi-chelle’s children: Haylee and Lexi, all of whom he loved as his own. He had a profound love for animals and has an uncanny

ability to connect with them. Above all, Jason cherished the times he could spend with his dad out in the woods or on a lake or river bank. He had a special tenderness in his heart for his mother and knew the infiniteness of her love for her boys. He could never go a day without talking with or doing something with his brother, Andrew and he nev-er took for granted the heart connection he shared with his soul mate, Jodi. Jason will be lovingly re-membered by his parents: Berrie and Julie Burton of Park Rapids; his brothers: Andrew of Park Rapids and Joel (Jaymie) Burton of the Edwards Airforce Base, CA; his soulmate, Jodi Kohler of Nevis, MN; his step-children: Michelle Hamblin, Devin Ferrian, Dalton Kohler, and Britny Hamblin; his step-grandchildren: Haylee and Lexi; his three nephews: Kobe, Eli and Grayson Bur-ton; as well as aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents: Gordon and Anna Lou Ruhn-ke and his paternal grand-mother, Imogene Grubb.

Funeral services were held Monday, October 29, at St Johns Lutheran Church in Park Rapids with Reverend James Neubauer and Rev-erend Tim Heinecke offici-ated. Sarah Kaufenberg was the organist. Lynn Just sang “On Eagle’s Wings.” The congregational hymns were “I Know That My Redeemer Lives,” “Jesus Lives, the Vic-tory’s Won,” and “Amazing Grace”. The casket bearers were nthony Murray, Ty-ler Ruhnke, BJ Smith, Matt Weaver, Ken Weaver, Luke Weaver, Devin Ferrian, and Dalton Kohler. The honorary casket bearers will be Alex Ruhnke, Natalle Ruhnke, Tayler Kamiel, Trista Rosing, Ashlee Rosing, Cailey Ros-ing, Madie Rosing, Jon Paul Koch, Jesse Koch, Michelle Hamblin, Britney Hamblin, Kobe Burton, Eli Burton, and Grayson Burton. Interment was in the Greenwood Cem-etery of Park Rapids. Arrangements were with Jones-Pearson Funeral Home in Park Rapids. To leave on-line condolences or view the video tribute, please visit www.jonespearson.com. 10-31c

Bill Carr joins Oak Hills Christian College faculty Bill Carr has joined the faculty at Oak Hills Christian College as a part-time Instructor in Intercultural Studies and Biblical Studies. He comes to Oak Hills hav-ing spent 15 years serving as an instructor and administra-tor for the Christian Reformed Theological Seminary of Johannesburg, South Africa, and Guguletu Bible School of Cape Town, South Africa. Prior to his service in South Africa, Mr. Carr spent time as a pastor, a church planter (in

Canberra, Australia), and an elementary school teacher. He has earned a B.S. in Elementary Education and an M.Ed. in Instructional Communications from East Tennessee University, as well as an M.Div. from Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He is currently working on a D.Min. in Missiology and Practical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. In addition to his service at Oak Hills, he will also spend

time with students at the Mokahum Ministry Center in Cass Lake. His wife Susan is also a career educator. They have two grown daughters in Tennessee.