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Pastor’s Letter 1
Council Minutes 2
Worship Assistants 6
Birthdays & Anniversaries 7
Activities/Events 8
Calendar 9
Inside this issue:
Pastor’s Message Pastor Beth Bachman Caulfield
February 2017
Administrative Office:
Mon-Fri 9am-3pm
(515) 292-2131 Pastor Beth’s cell:
(515) 708-2840
Winter Sunday School: 9:30am
Adult Forum: 9:30am Sunday Worship: 10:30am
Fellowship 11:30am
[email protected] www.standrewsames.org
Twitter: @AmesStAndrews
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church 209 Colorado Ave., Ames IA 50014
(515)292-2131 [email protected]
www.standrewsames.org
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Sometimes People Ask, “What Does the Pastor Do?”
Here’s a glimpse of Pastor Beth’s ministry over this past month:
St Andrew’s Meetings/Events
Quarterly meeting with music staff: Christmas debrief, Lent/Easter planning
Monthly meeting with Worship & Arts committee
Monthly meeting with Stewardship committee
Several Madrigal rehearsals and performed in two performances
Colleague Meetings
Met with two pastors, both new to Ames
Bi-weekly ecumenical sermon study group
Monthly Ames/Ankeny/Des Moines ELCA Mission Pastors Group
She is the new co-convener of the Ames Area Religious Leaders Association. At the monthly meeting in January, Sean Carlton and Ruth Carlton-Appleton shared their plans to start a Black Lives Matter chapter in Ames. They need 100 signatures. They are planning a march in February.
Met with two mentor pastors
Met with Liz Hall, Lead Organizer of AMOS (A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy)
Staff
Working with Heather Eddy, office administrator, on expanding our social media presence
Working with Heather Eddy, office administrator, on plans for a new church picture direc-tory
Weekly meetings with Michelle Rowe, youth coordinator, on youth program plans
Pastoral Care
First meeting with a couple planning for an April wedding (typically 4-6 pre-marital meet-ings)
2 nursing home visits Continued next page
Council Minutes
2 hospital visits
3 sessions pastoral care/direction/guidance
First meeting with an individual interested in baptism
Upcoming:
She has a goal of attending one leadership event each quarter. She plans to attend two leadership events in February.
- Tuesday, February 2: Fred Pryor Communication and Leadership Seminar in Des Moines
- Monday/Tuesday, February 27-28: “Rebuilding our Institutions: 2 Day Organizing Training for Clergy” in Newton, Iowa. A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy (AMOS Institute of Public Life)
She is working on worship plans for Sunday, February 26 with worship leader/musician Hans Peterson. He and his son, Nel-son, will lead worship that day.
She is working on plans for a “Pulpit Swap” with Pastor Eileen Gebbe, United Church of Christ (and hopefully one other pas-tor) tentative dates April 23, 30, and May 7.
That’s a glimpse of some of the things she’s been working on…
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St. Andrews Lutheran Church Council Minutes 1-19- 2017*
*Includes final 2016 SALC Council Minutes and initial 2017 SALC Council Minutes
2016 Meeting
President Lokken called the meeting to order at 6:31 pm.
Mary Lokken gave devotions.
Attending: Mary Lokken, Al Jergens, Sarah Birkestrand, Andrew Sage, Pastor Beth, Linda Seaverson.
Approval/revision of agenda – Pastor Beth requested that 2 items be added to Pastor’s report – see below.
Last minutes (December 2016) accepted.
Pastor’s Report
1. See Pastor’s report.
o New item 1 – there will be some modification in custodial staffing from February 14-23; Don Boyle will be per-forming custodial activities during this period.
o New item 2 – heating concerns in sanctuary are currently being addressed.
Old Business
Four applications to carry over remaining committee funds from 2016 into restricted lines were received and reviewed. Motion to approve made by Linda and seconded by Sarah. Motion approved.
Linda reviewed the 2017 SALC proposed budget. The Stewardship & Finance committee had asked com-mittees and ministries for further reductions to mitigate an anticipated budget shortfall. S & F selected the remaining reductions. Motion made to approve the 2017 budget as proposed by the S&F committee – motion
carries. The S&F committee also cautioned Council to not continue to practice budget deficit spending in future years as this model is not sustainable in the long-term. Motion made, seconded and approved to accept the S&F committee recommendation to discontinue deficit spending practices in the future.
New Business
1. Council officer positions were reviewed and discussed. Several open positions will require replacement person-nel for 2017. These include Vice President and Treasurer Positions. Additionally, term limits for new Council members were discussed. Linda was recognized for her sustained and exemplary service to the Church while serving for the last 2 years as Treasurer.
2. Suggestions for the 2017 Council from Past President Daryle Vegge were discussed.
Final 2016 Council Meeting adjourned at 6:58 pm.
2017 Meeting
President Lokken called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.
Attending: Mary Lokken, Al Jergens, Sarah Birkestrand, Andrew Sage, Pastor Beth, Sarah Runyan, Amanda Ahrens, Gene Takle.
New Business
1. Council positions and terms were determined for new members: Executive committee = Mary (President), Amanda (VP), Al (Secretary), and Sarah Runyan (Treasurer). Sarah R, Gene T, and Amanda A will serve for 3 years and Jim will serve a 2 year Council term.
2. Pastor’s Goals/Expectations for 2017 – Pastor Beth had requested that Council respond to 2 questions with re-sponses emphasizing that SALC is a “Christian Community”. Discussion ensued on how we can work together in the future to build the SALC Christian Community and its numerous ministries. To prepare for this topic, Council will be reading 2 recommended texts as background for future discussion at the February Council meeting. Pas-tor Beth provided a closing prayer.
Our Next Meeting is February 16, 2017. Al Jergens will give devotions.
Meeting adjourned at 8:14 pm.
Madrigal 2017 Photos
Hans Peterson Worship February 26, 2017 Hans Peterson will be coming to lead worship at St. Andrew’s on February 26, 2017!
Last year, everyone had such a great time, we decided to do it again!
He will also be the guest speaker at Adult Forum that morning, so it is a day you don’t want to miss!
Join us for an amazing morning of singing and worship with this great wor-ship leader and his son.
Bring your friends and fill up a joyful heart with Hans Peterson and St. An-drew’s. Born and raised in an Alaskan village only accessible by barge or airplane, Hans Peterson has been performing since he got a hold of his grandpa’s uku-lele at age 6. With a soothing voice like John Denver, driving acoustic guitar, and creative piano playing, Hans draws audiences in with honest story telling in his songs.
Hans Peterson now lives halfway between Mankato and Minneapolis, Minne-sota on his Mother-in-law’s former dairy farm. Located in Belle Plaine Town-ship, Hans and Heidi are feeding and watering their two boys and over 10,000 trees they have planted there. When he is not weeding the garden or chasing sheep, he teaches music and continues to tour and record.
We raised $2300 for
the Youth Trip this
Summer! ! Much fun
was had by all!
St. Andrew’s Youth February Update
Youth Ski Trip (Date Change)
Sunday February 19th, 2017
11:30-6:30 pm We will meet after church to heard to Seven Oaks in Boone to ski for the
afternoon. Please RSVP by February 9th. Students pay for their lift ticket
($38.00 and we will cover rentals).
Homework and Hang-Out (Date Change)
Sunday February 5th 3:30-5:00 at Café Milo Come bring your homework, drink warm beverages,
and spend time together.
Regular Events
Community Time
Wednesdays at 6:30 pm
Homework Party
Wednesdays at 6:00 pm
Youth Group/Confirmation
Wednesdays from 7:00-8:00 pm
Sunday School
Sundays at 9:30
February 5th
Assisting Minister – Daryle Vegge
Greeters - Kris & Rita Peterson
Ushers – John & Carol Moran, Jim & Jackie Butenhoff
Scripture Storytellers – Bonnie Smelser, Philip Dixon,
Sheryl Drury
Communion Prep – John & Cindy Russell, Victoria
McMullen, Madeline McMullen
Communion Servers – Lisa Nowers, John & Cindy Russell
Social Time – Property Committee
Counters – Sarah Buck and Glynn Frank
Sound – Kris Parsons
February 12th
Assisting Minister – Laurie Evans
Greeters – Don & Monica Behning
Ushers – Les Carlsborg, Forrest Dubberke, Kaija Rice,
Annika Rice
Scripture Storytellers - Daryle Vegge, Pauline Miller,
Andrew Sage
Communion Prep – Cheryl & Paul White, Abby Frescoln,
Emma Frescoln
Communion Servers – Mary Johnson, Judy Keeling, Al
Jergens
Social Time – Pine Ridge Ministry Team (PRMT)
Counters – John & Carol Moran
Sound – Don Behning
February Worship Assistants
Luther College Symphony Orchestra to Perform in West Des Moines
2017 Committees
February 19th
Assisting Minister – Mary Johnson
Greeters - Sam & Linda Houk
Ushers – Ben Buck, Al Jergens, Emily Frescoln, Abby
Frescoln
Scripture Storytellers - John Kovar, Masie Lewis, Andrew
Sage
Communion Prep – Kris Miles & Al Jergens, Sonja
Paulson
Communion Servers –
Social Time - Social Concerns Committee
Counters - Laurie Evans and Mary Ullestad-Heneke
Sound – Bruce Boeke
February 26th
Assisting Minister – Laurie Evans
Greeters – Daryle & Joyce Vegge
Ushers – Phil Parsons, John Kovar, Alex Kovar, Andrew
Kovar
Scripture Storytellers– Sarah Buck, Andrew Sage, Masie
Lewis
Communion Prep – Joan & Forrest Dubberke, Kendra
Caulfield
Communion Servers –
Social Time - Stewardship & Finance Committee
Counters - Miriam Takle and John Russell
Sound – Chris Caulfield
The Luther College Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Daniel Baldwin, will perform at 7 p.m. Monday,
Jan. 30, at Lutheran Church of Hope, 925 Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa. The concert is part of the
Symphony Orchestra's 2017 Midwest Tour.
The concert is open to the public with a freewill donation taken at the door. There is no charge for students. A re-
ception will follow the performance.
The program begins with a suite of dances from Aaron Copland's 1938 ballet "Billy the Kid," then features the
strings and harp alone in "Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'" by Ralph Vaughan Williams. After an intermission,
the concert concludes with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade" Op. 35, a symphonic suite based on the
folk tales "Arabian Nights."
A list of 2017 committee members has been posted on the bulletin board. If your name has been inadvertently left off or if you feel that you would like to join one of the committees, just write your name on the big sheet or let the church office know. Without the committees, the work of St. Andrew’s does NOT get done. Please give considera-tion as to where you think you could do God’s work thru St. Andrew’s.
FEBRUARY CELEBRATIONS HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
February 13 Sterling & Ruth Shreve
February 20 Richard & Lynn Engen
February 23 Chris & Aimee Lunde
February 25 Kris & Rita Peterson
February 26 Trent & Solveig Rice
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
February 3 Matt Erickson
Pat Fawcett
February 4 Don Behning
February 5 Phil Meraz
Dave Putz
February 6 Etsuro Uemura
February 8 Ardith Pollmann
February 9 Grover Haggas
Bernice Koenig
February 11 Ann Anderson
Stephanie Larson
February 12 Alex Boeke
February 19 Judy Casperson
February 21 George Christensen
Jackie Butenhoff
February 22 Kathy McMullen
February 23 Anne O’Bryan
Arla Randol
February 26 Sterling Shreve
February 28 Dagmar Frank
Judy Keeling
Giving Voice for Iowa Children and Families – Lutheran Day on the Hill
Families living in poverty. Iowa children who go hungry. Former refugees building new lives. These kinds of is-sues are rarely the center of attention at the Iowa State Capitol. Let’s change that!
Please consider joining Lutheran Services in Iowa (LSI) and the three Iowa synods of the ELCA for Lutheran Day on the Hill, an annual day of advocacy in Des Moines to uplift the needs of our neighbors. The event will be held on Tuesday, February 21. Visit www.LSIowa.org/advocacy for event details, online registration and an online toolkit for your congregation, including how to participate in this year’s congregational letter-writing campaign.
If you are new to advocacy, come learn more about the legislative process and your role as a citizen. If you’ve at-tended before, join us again. We hope this year’s schedule will also allow you more opportunities to connect with legislators.
Our Mission: Lutheran Services in Iowa responds to the love of Jesus Christ through compassionate service. LSI is an affiliated social ministry partner of the Iowa congregations of the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) and a member of LSA (Lutheran Services in America). We proudly serve people of all ages, abilities, religions, sexes, gender identities, national origins, ethnicities, races, and sexual orientations. Learn more at www.LSIowa.org and www.facebook.com/LSI.iowa.
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9:30am: Sunday School (Pre-school - 5th grade, 6th-12th grade) classes meet in classrooms
9:30am: Adult Forum meets in the Fellowship Hall
10:30am: Worship Service
Questions about Sunday School? Talk to Pastor Beth, Sharon Anderson, or Laura Frescoln.
Questions about Adult Forum? Talk to Pastor Beth, John Kovar, Pauline Miller, Daryle Vegge or Sharon Prochnow.
Questions about worship? Talk to Pastor Beth, Mary Johnson, Sharon Anderson, or Sharon Mott.
WinteR Schedule - Sundays
Small Group Activities This Month
Friday Wine Down meets on the last Friday of the month. This month they are not meet-ing. Next meeting is Febru-ary 24, 2017 at 7pm, place
to be determined.
Please bring a snack.
Questions? Call Daryle Vegge at
(515) 520-1530.
Men’s Bible Study meets
Thursday mornings before
work at Frederiksen Court
Café (13th & Stange, ISU
campus) from 7am - 8am.
We have breakfast & discuss
the current study. All men
are welcome. Studies sched-
uled for this month are Feb-
ruary 2, 9, 16, & 23.
Women’s Circle meets at St. Andrew’s on the sec-ond Thursday of each month (September-May) at 9:30am in the Fellow-ship Hall. Next meeting is February 9th at 9:30am. Hostesses are Pat Thompson & Ruth Larson
Questions?
Please contact Ardith Pollmann at (515) 232-
7532.
The Edwards School
Backpack Program meets
every Thursday, September
through May, at 9am to fill
backpacks for kids in need.
For more information and
how you can help, contact
Mary Johnson at 515-292-
6226 or jsmjohn-
B.E.L.T., (Babes Eating Lunch Together) a come-if-you-can-lunch group for all
women at St. Andrew’s. Next meeting is at The Iowa Stater at the Gateway Hotel on February 16 at 11:30am. Questions? Contact Martha
Huinker or Betty Beard at (515) 292-1888 or (515) 232-
2677.
60+ Club (for those still
young at heart!) meets
all year round at 9:00am
on the second Tuesday
of each month at Hy-
Vee West (3800 Lincoln
Way).
See you on February
14th at 9:00am!
Questions?
Call Pat Fawcett at (515)
232-4428.
Pastor Beth Bachman Caulfield— [email protected] cell (515) 708-2840
Office Administrator — Heather Eddy - [email protected] (515) 292-2131 Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am -3pm
Choir Director— Steve Hoifeldt — [email protected]
Organist — Sarah Buck — [email protected]
Accompanist — Connie Sweeney — [email protected]
Youth Coordinator— Michelle Rowe— [email protected], cell: 515-418-8345
Nursery Assistants— Madison Lee and Karissa Adams
Custodian— Gary Deal—[email protected]/ 515-203-7018
St. Andrew’s Book Club meets the 4th Tuesday of the month. Next meeting is February 28th at Edith
Wessel’s home. Questions? Contact Mary Ullestad-Heneke (515) 290-4573, Mary Johnson (515) 292-
6226 or Sharon Prochnow (515-291-3266).
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February 2017
Council and Committee Meetings
Confirmation class & high school youth group meet on Wednesdays at 6:30pm-8pm at St. Andrew’s.
If you have questions, talk to Pastor Beth Bachman Caulfield or Michelle Rowe.
Pine Ridge Ministry Team - February 13 at 7pm. Youth Committee - February 5 at 11:30am. Council Meeting - February 16 at 6:30pm. Fellowship Committee - February 13 at 9:30am
St. Andrew’s has generously supported the food pantry at MICA and the need is great among the hungry in
Ames and Story County. Just a reminder, the second Sunday of each month we highlight the needs of the
hungry in Ames and Story County. This month the emphasis is on restocking paper products, toothpaste, etc.
at the MICA pantry. Please bring donations to church and place them in the shopping carts in the narthex. As
always donations of non-perishable food items are welcomed.
MICA Food Pantry
Worship & Arts - February 23 at 6:30pm. Education Committee – February 12 at 11:30am. Property Committee - February 12 at 11:30am Tanzania Ministry Team - February 12 at 11:30am
Confirmation and High School Youth Group