The Trumpeter

In This Issue Address Corrections-pg. 2 Ash Wednesday-pg. 5 Birthdays, Baptism Birthdays,

Anniversaries-pg. 4 Calendar-pg. 7 Epiphany Season-pg. 3 Flower Chart-pg. 5 From the Pastor-pg. 1 HEPAW-pg. 1 Homeless Fundraiser-pg. 3 If You Are Hospitalized-pg. 4 Important Notice-pg. 2 Installation of Congregation

Leaders-pg. 1 Lenten Giving-pg. 6 Lenten Midweek-pg. 6 MoM’s Thrift Store-p. 2 Remember in Prayer-pg. 2 Souper Bowl Sunday-pg. 6 Stewardship Corner-pg. 4 USD Choir-pg. 2 Worship Assistants and Other

Servers-pg. 5

From the Pastor The Epiphany season is nearing a close. Lent be-gins on February 14 on which we obverse Ash Wednes-day. February 14 is also Valentine's Day. St. Valentine was an early Christian martyr in the 3rd Century. One story goes that Emperor Claudius II decided that single

men made better soldiers so he outlawed marriage in the empire. Apparently a priest, named Valentinius, defied the emperor's edict and continued to perform marriages. He was executed for treason. (Google St. Valentine and you will find that there may have been at least three Valentines who were martyred in the early Church.)

Whether or not Valentinius was actively supporting the desires of men and women in love with each other, St. Valentine's Day is a holiday for given special cards and gifts to those whom we love the most.

I think it is interesting that Valentine's Day--the day of lovers—is also Ash Wednesday. On Ash Wednesday we begin a season dur-ing which we pay special attention to God's greatest gift of love to humanity...the gift of Jesus. His ministry is told in the Gospels. The most detailed stories center around the end of Jesus' earthly minis-try culminating with his death on the Friday we call Good.

We cannot earn God's love...God freely gives it. By grace we have been saved. Please join us for worship, not only on Sundays, but, during this Lenten season, on Ash Wednesday, the following Wednesdays, and special services during Holy Week.

Peace be with you.

Augustana Lutheran Church, Sioux City, Iowa February 2017—Volume 25 Issue 2

Installation of Congregation

Leaders New and returning members of the Augustana Congregation Council and of the Augustan Lutheran Foun-dation Board will be installed at both services on Sunday, February 4. Please pray for all the leaders of our congregation, both elected and volunteer.

HEPAW Holden Evening Prayer Around the World Once a year Holden invites Villagers across the globe to come

together through participation in the Holden Evening Prayer. Togeth-er, we seek to support and draw strength from one another, reaffirm-ing our values as people who have been called, equipped, and sent, and supporting each other’s work in environmental stewardship and justice for all people.

Augustana will be hosting a HEPAW event on Wednesday, Feb-ruary 7. All are invited. Disclosure: Incense will be used in the ser-vice.

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Remember in prayer. . . Oriah Boling-Ellens, Glenna Brockhaus, Chase Broyhill, Shaun Broyhill, Ken File, Barb (Becklund) Filer, Pastor Gene Fortune, Kris Grunig, Gwen Hart, John Hart, Paula Hebron, Alyson Heck, Ron Houske, Elysha Iversen, Olivia Kallaos, Mackenzie Keith, Dave Kellen, Mark Kreutzian, Ken Lawson, Chris Liberto, Brock Lind-gren, David Lindgren, Peter Macfarlane, Trevor & Nicholle Mammen and family, Janet Maxwell, Dorothy Midland, Janice Mohan, Marion Moline, Janet Morgan, Jacob Muck-ey, Chad Muecke, Denise Nurse, Tom Peterson, Wendy Pohl, Lenona Raymond, Bev Robinson, Maria Schweim, the family of Susan Shacka, Alice Sea, Adam Smith, Kristie Smith, Dorothy Swenson, Dennis Travis, the family of Jack & Jane Ward, Cindy Washinowski, Brianne Wilson, Carol Yaneff, Tami Zerr, and those affected by disasters through-out the world.

Each week we pray for some of the families in the con-gregation.

February 4—Eric & Jana Olivier; Bob & Lori and Jack Pad-more; Nicole Page; Jamison & Dawn Painter; Ron & Norma Parker.

February 11—Steve & Gay and Abbie Parker; Aaron Pe-terson; Doug Peterson; Kurt & Shannon, Carl and Ross Pe-terson; Tom Peterson.

February 18—Scott & Lila, Zach and Isaac Plambeck; Lynne Rask; Jason & Amy, Sophia and Isaiah Renneke; Mary Kay Richards; Matt & Lindsey, Sofie and Stella Rixner.

February 25—Clyde & Bev Robinson; Kim & Carol Rogers; Brogan Sales; Curtis & DeeAnn and Sam Sales; Jason & Mickie, Grant and Lily Saltzgiver.

USD Choir to Perform The University of South Dakota Chamber Singers will present a concert on Friday, March 2 at 7:30 pm. This group has been coming to Augustana for several years and brings a varied program each time. A freewill offering will be received to help defray costs of their tour. Members and friends of Augustana have the op-portunity to house students in groups of 2 or 3. The congregation provides a meal for them before the concert, but hosts provide snacks and breakfast. Will you open your house this year?

Downsizing? Remodeling? Most people have too much “stuff” they saw in the store and “had” to have. Is that you? Did you use it for a while and then get tired of it? Did you find something new that you “had” to have and don’t know what to do with the old stuff? MoM’S Thrift & Referral Center can help you out. Formerly known as Mission of the Messiah, the organization has moved from its original location on Correctionville Road to 2450 Transit Avenue. This is the same mall with Unclaimed Freight Furniture. MoM’S Thrift & Referral Center will come to your home to pick things up. Call 712-224-2803 to arrange a pickup time.

Address Corrections Cyd Fleckenstein, and Emily and Mia

26510 Import Drive

Hinton, IA 51024

Dick Lindblom,

rwl2112@gmail.com

Please look at your listing in the membership

directory. Is it correct? Do we have a landline

that you no longer use? Willing to share your

cell number?

Contact Bobbi at 255-7694 or churchad-

min@augustanasc.org to get us the correc-

tions. Thank you.

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Epiphany Season Comes to a Close The last Sunday after Epiphany (February 11, 2018) is celebrated as Transfiguration of Our Lord. We often speak of mountaintop experiences as those joyous times we look forward to with excite-ment and look back upon fondly, such as summer camp or an annual hiking trip. The mountaintop moments in today’s readings were different: awe-inspiring, yes, but also full of devouring fires, clouds, and fear. Vision is obscured, the familiar becomes unknown, and nothing is the same. Peo-ple get lost in fires, clouds, and fear, unable to find their way, but God’s presence is where we get both lost and found. Many biblical encounters with God involved fear, pointing to the awesome reality of God that is much more than the gentle shepherd we often imagine (though God is that, too). God is, as C. S. Lewis famously said, “not a tame lion” (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, London: Harper-Collins Children’s Books, 2001, p. 197). The truth is, we can no more plan our mountaintop times with God than we can stay there forever, as much as we think we would like to. God’s place is to invite, ours to respond, faces bowed to the ground. Eventually, of course, the time comes to leave that mountain, walking with Jesus down to the val-ley and getting dusty with the ashes of daily life. Many churches symbolically “roll up the Alleluias” today, recognizing that this is the end of a glorious season celebrating Christ’s light and the entrance to a no-less-real season of Jesus’ and our own lives, the “valley” season of Lent. But that doesn’t mean there is nothing to do down in the valley. On the contrary, the traditional disciplines of Lent—fasting, prayer, and gifts to the poor—all help us maintain the eyes, ears, and heart to see and hear God whenever and however God appears. (From sundaysandseasons.com 2018.)

Homelessness is a real problem in Siouxland!

You can help by participating in... A Fundraiser for the Warming Shelter

at Buffalo Alice, Sunday, February 19 from 4:30-7:00 PM.

$9 for adults, $4 for kids 4-12, kids 3 and under are free

($25 household maximum). Please bring friends and non-perishable goods for the food pantries of First Lutheran Church and St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, and the Blessing Box at St. Luke Lutheran Church.

100% of your tips go to the Warming Shelter.

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Birthdays

1 Adam Frisch 3 Kulia Kakarala 4 Deb Fegenbush Maria Schweim 8 Russ Wooley 10 Lila Plambeck Sydnee Wynn 11 Jessica Krager 12 Jessie Koons 17 Jonathan Levay 18 Steffi Sea 20 Steven Cox 22 Caleb Christopherson 23 Kim Rogers 25 Sue Levay 26 JoAnn Dickman Jackson Wynn

February Celebrations

Wedding Anniversaries 2 Steve & Amy Macfarlane 9 John & Marilyn Hagberg 21 Jerry & Sue Levay

Baptism Birthdays 1 Kim Christopherson Rosie Stenwall 8 Cyd Fleckenstein 9 Bob Padmore 13 Trisha McAllister 14 Dave Nelson 18 Dominic Trobaugh 20 Elaine Kreutzian Marion Moline Jennifer Stewart 22 Aiden Whitsel 25 Sue Hagberg Chase Koons 26 Chris Levine Josh Midland Elliott Swenson 27 Craig Dickman

If you see a missing name or incorrect date, please advise the office.

Stewardship Corner Thank you for the huge response to the end-of-the-year appeal last De-cember. For the first time in several years, we began the new year with both the General Fund and CIP (Building) Fund having positive bal-ances. The problem is that we should not have to make a special appeal to the end year in the black. Christian stewardship means a response to God’s blessings every day of the year. We still have ministry to do and bills to pay. We don’t pay dues to be-long to the Church, but we do have the opportunity to give thanks to God for all God’s blessings as we give back to God a portion of what God has first given us. Going to miss a Sunday? Bring two week’s of offerings the week be-fore. We also have service from the United States Postal Service, so you could mail your offering to us. Having your offerings sent to the church through an electronic funds transfer (EFT) is probably the easiest and most convenient way to ensure that your offering gets to the church on the schedule you choose. One option is called Simply Giving. Check out this link to get more details or call Ruth for more information. https://www.simplygivingbytfb.com/ Your personal banker should be able to help you set up and EFT if you would like to do it that way. Again, you control the frequency of giving as well as the amount. Thank you.

If You are Hospitalized...

If you are or a family member is hospitalized and you

want Pastor Del to come visit, please call the office (712-

255-7694) or Pastor Del’s cell (712-

490-6510). Neither hospital is calling

the church with names of those admit-

ted, sometimes even when you ask

them to!

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Ushers for February Bullock family (Darrel, Captain), Gough family, and Ginny Ericson.

Funeral Helpers The following are asked to bake a cake or help in the kitchen for funerals during the month. The Funeral Coordina-tor will contact you if needed. Wendy Baker, Christi Bullock, Lois Daniels, Kari Dickman, Marian Erickson, Cyd Fleckenstein, and Krystal Gough.

Worship assistants, you are responsible for serving on the day they are scheduled. If you are unable to

serve on a date scheduled, please arrange for a substitute and notify the office so the correct names may be entered in the bulletin.

Sunday, February 4, 2018—10:15 am Acolyte—Lexy Baier and Alyson Heck Greeters—Marian Erickson and Jan Mohan Assisting Minister—Shelley Hexom Communion Assistants—Josh Midland and Nicole McGlothlen (B) Technical Assistant—Pete Iversen Eucharistic Ministers—Marian Erickson and Linda Nygard

Sunday, February 11, 2018—10:15 am Acolytes—Sydnee Wynn and Jackson Wynn Greeters—Judy Swanson and Amy Swenson Assisting Minister—Amy Macfarlane Communion Assistants—Abbie Parker and Isaac Plambeck (B) Technical Assistant—Blake Lindgren

Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018—7 pm Acolytes—Noah Dickman and Abbie Dickman Assisting Minister—Dick Lindblom Communion Assistants—Marlene Levine and Jane Olivier (B) Technical Assistant—Emily Fleckenstein

Sunday February 18, 2018—10:15 am Acolytes—Trevor Welp and Madalyn Welp Greeters—Dave & Jean Midland Assisting Minister—Steve Macfarlane Communion Assistants—Jackson Wynn and Judy Swanson (B) Technical Assistant—Matt Rixner

Sunday, February 25, 2018—10:15 am Acolytes—Ellie Dickman and Dawson Trobaugh Greeters—Skip & Sheila Schossow, and Dick Sea Assisting Minister—Dave Madsen Communion Assistants—Dominic Trobaugh and Trevor Welp (B) Technical Assistant—Josh Midland

Sunday March 4, 2018—10:15 am Acolytes—Mia Hall and Abbie Dickman Greeters—Bob & Marge Swanson Assisting Minister—Matt Rixner Communion Assistants— Susie Strohbeen and Jackson Wynn (B) Technical Assistant—Marlene Levine Eucharistic Ministers—Nancy Van Meter and Linda Nygard

2018 Flower Chart The 2018 flower chart has been posted in the narthex by the north en-trance to the nave. Please sign up if and when you are willing to donate bouquets that adorn the reredos. The cost for a beautiful bouquet is $35.

Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent. This year that observance falls on Feb-

ruary 14. There will be two opportunities for worship—noon and 7:00 pm. Both services will include the Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion. Invite friends who work downtown to join us at either service, but especially at noon.

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Lenten Giving What if, during Lent 2018, we practice serving all people and striving for justice and peace by giving something up...daily or weekly? Here's a possibility. On the first Sunday in Feb-ruary 24 small plastic baskets will be available for people to take home and use. (Please, one basket per family!) As a family, decide how often an object will be placed in the basket (at least weekly is sug-gested). Look for small items to place in the basket and talk about how people might like to receive that item. Perhaps you would choose a toiletry item or an individually wrapped food item. Pray that God would use these gifts for people who need them, but who are unable to purchase them for themselves. Bring the baskets (or plastic sacks needed to hold more items) to church on Easter morning where they will be blessed. During Easter week, we will sort the items and get them to the appropriate agency for distribution. Families may participate in this event even if we run out of baskets and you need to use plastic bags. This is only one way in which we live out our baptismal promises. Can you think of other ways?

Souper Bowl Sunday, February 4, 2018 In 2017, 6,548 groups participated in Souper Bowel of Car-ing, collecting $10,167,315 in cash and food items for local hunger relief charities. “Lord, as we enjoy the Super Bowl football game, help us to be mindful of those who are hun-gry”. ($42,420.18 was collected in Iowa.) Let us work together across the nation to tackle hunger and poverty. It has become a powerful movement that is transforming the time around the Super Bowl week-end into the nation’s largest celebration of giving and serving. Be part of this movement of sharing God’s love with those in need. On Super Bowl Sunday the youth will be available with soup kettles to receive donations to feed the hungry in Siouxland. The money will be donated to Interfaith Resources which provides food for local food pantries. Non-perishable foods may also be donated. These will be distributed by the St. Thomas Episcopal Church and First Lutheran Church food pantries and the Blessing Box at St. Luke Lutheran Church. For more information regarding this active or-ganization go to “http://www.souperbowl.org/. This story tells how one small gesture can make a world of difference.

Lenten Midweek Services Begin February 21 Join us each Wednesday in Lent for “A Lenten Journey to the Easter Vigil” beginning at 7:00 PM. We

will use the format of Evening Prayer for our liturgy including components of Holden Vil-lage Evening Prayer. The five readings from the Easter Vigil are : Creation, The Flood, Deliverance at the Red Sea, Thirst No More, and Four Men in the Furnace.

Please join us at 7:00 for these services as we remember five stories of God’s great love for God’s people.

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

. 1 5-9pm Just for Kix

2

6-7pm Soccer

7:15-8:15pm Basketball

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4 5th Sunday after Epiphany Quarter Sunday

Souper Bowl Sunday 2-6 pm STH

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9am Staff meeting

Noon Worship & Music Team

5-9pm JfK

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10am-noon Pastors’ text study

5-9pm JfK

7 10am Women’s Bible Study

5:30-7pm Bas-ketball

7pm HEPAW

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5-9pm JfK

6:45 pm Council Mtg

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6-7 pm Soccer

7:15-8:15 pm Basketball

10 9am-3pm Worship Plan-ning and Leadership

10-am AWE Rehearsal

11 Transfigura-tion of Our Lord

2pm Magic Club 2-6 pm STH

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9am Staff meeting

9:15am Music staff

5-9pm JfK

13 10:30am Piece Corps

5-9pm JfK

14

Noon-Ash Wednesday Worship

7pm–Ash Wednesday Worship

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5-9pm JfK

16

6-7pm Soccer

7:15-8:15pm Basketball

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18 1st Sunday in Lent

4:30-7pm Fundraiser at Buffalo Alice

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9am Staff meeting

9:15am Music staff

5-9pm JfK

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5-9pm JfK

21

9:45am Bick-ford Cottage 7pm Worship

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5-9pm JfK

23 6-7 pm Soccer

7:15-8:15 pm Basketball

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25

2nd Sunday in Lent

26 9 am Staff meeting

9:15 am Music staff

5-9 pm JfK

27 10:30am Piece Corps

5-9pm JfK

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7pm Worship

Sunday mornings: 8:00—Holy Communion, 9:00—Adult Education, Music with Mrs. Wooley,

9:15—Celebration Choir Rehearsal, Sunday School, 10:15—Holy Communion.

February 2018

Augustana Lutheran Church

600 Court St.

Sioux City, IA 51101

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Office hours Mon-Fri 8:00 am-1:00 pm The Rev. Del Olivier—Pastor

Phone: 712-255-7694 Diana Wooley—Director of Music

Email: augustana1875@augustanasc.org Bob Barry and Shannon Peterson—Organists

Web site: www.augustanasc.org Bob Barry, Heidi Graben, Angela Iversen, and Shannon Peterson—Pianists

Facebook: Augustana Lutheran, Sioux City Mark Kochen—Sexton

Ja’Net Sides—Office Administrator

February 2018

Sunday Schedule:

8:00 Holy Communion Worship

9:00 Adult Education, Music with

Mrs. Wooley

9:15 Celebration Choir Rehearsal,

Sunday School

10:15 Holy Communion Worship

—unstaffed nursery available

—handicap accessible

—free taxi to worship—277-0000

Mission Statements:

Church: A welcoming, caring congre-

gation offering opportunities for wor-

ship, spiritual growth, and fellowship.

We express our faith and love to oth-

ers in the name of Jesus Christ.

Staff: We are called to work together

to enhance the community of Au-

gustana Lutheran Church as we

share our ministry of witnessing to the

living God in Jesus Christ, facilitating

the gifts and talents of people.

Congregation Council:

Caleb Christopherson (2018); Ad-

am Frisch (2016); Shelley Hexom,

President (2016); Jean Huff (2018);

Jeff Levine. Vice President (2017);

Marlene Levine, Secretary; Dick

Lindblom (2017); David Midland

(2018); The Rev. Del Olivier, Pastor;

Lila Plambeck (2017); Martin Sea,

(2016); Bob Swanson, Treasurer.