February 2009 Proclaimer available

The February 2009 issue of The Proclaimer, our monthly congregational newsletter, is now available for download.

January 2009 Proclaimer available

The Proclaimer for January 2009 is now available for download.

Recent Events

Christmas Schedule:
Dec. 24 - Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 7:30 Pm
Dec. 25 - Communion Service at 11:15 am
Dec. 28 - 11:15 am
Please Join Us!

Our church has been well used. The annual Christmas Concert put on by our Sunday School was on December 14. Once again, we were treated to the Christmas story reenacted by our Sunday School. It was a delightful performance, reminding us of the real reason for our Christmas celebrations.

Waiting is sometimes the hardest - especially when you are in costume!

The angel spoke from "on high"!


The Kitchen Committee sponsored a Pancake breakfast on December 7th to raise money to buy items for the kitchen. It was a time of great fellowship!

The kitchen crew hard at work!


Our annual Christmas Banquet was a huge success.

Pr. Harley from Saskatoon, involved the audience in his presentation.

Special Delivery entertained us with a number of uplifting Christmas songs.

Christmas lighting greeted you as you entered the fellowship hall.


Craft and Bake Sale Huge Success!

The live auction is always entertaining! Gordon and Dale were our auctioneers.

Mission Work

Ladies make gowns, sweaters, etc. at home for layettes and then we get together for a "Button" party!

Our ELW has for years made quilts and layettes to send off to Lutheran World Relief for distribution to third world countries. We packed 113 layettes and 162 quilts.

Layette packing assembly line!

On the first Tuesday of the month, between 4 and 10 people go to Saskatoon to volunteer at Imed - Food for the hungry.

Medical machines are repaired and sent off to needy destinations.

Len had to build a storage container before packing up supplies for shipment.

Elaine, Arlene and Krista help sort, fold and pack hospital linens.

Sunday School

Once a month is craft day at Sunday School. In October, they could carve pumpkins - but had to use a Christian theme instead of the usual jack-o-lanterns. This group carver out "LOVE".

We are enjoying our paved parking lot. The lines will go on in the spring.

Download the December Proclaimer!

The Proclaimer (our monthly congregational newsletter) is now available for download!

The Proclaimer for December 2008

Sorry that this is so late - the next Proclaimer should be posted in a more timely manner.

Parking Lot Paved

United Paving from Swift Current arrived on Friday, Oct. 24 and began paving our parking lot. They worked on Saturday and completed all but a small part of the parking lot. We were able to use it on Sunday, though!

Looking Northeast

Southeast Sunday School Wing

Starting the front area

In front of the Kitchen area.

They will probably finish on Monday. They are also paving a patio area on the east side of the church. Barbecue anyone??

Busy Week

It was a busy week. It began with quilting on Monday morning which continued through Friday. Two groups from Sask. Historical High Schools also met in our church on Monday. The presidents and principals met in the Fireside Lounge while the deans met in the Youth Room. The Quilters used the Sunday School Assembly area as well as 4 of the Sunday School rooms. On Wednesday, the Mission Group met in the Fireside Lounge. We are making good use of our new building!

We had an average of 14 ladies show up every day to quilt. It was the first time in our new church so we had to experiment to find the most efficient way to set up!

Jan, June, Iris and Doreen set up in the big Sunday School room. They "sandwiched" the tops, and backs together with a filler.

Doreen K, Phyllis, Ona and Doreen C. tie the quilts as the final step in the quilt making process.

Avis is handy with the iron while Lila pins the quilt together in readiness for sewing.

The Sunday School Assembly room was busy as we pieced together quilts, ironed seams and sewed. Here we see Diane ironing, Lila and Sara in consultation, Myrtle sewing and Leslie - probably finding just the right piece to finish off a back.

Coffee and fellowship are important! After all, we are Lutherans!!!

Our ever willing model, Carrie, can always find some interesting attire!

Syrha and Rebecca from LCBI were two of the four students who came to help out on Tuesday afternoon. Here they are packing layettes. They also folded diapers for us.

Kathleen and Kait help tie quilts.

I didn't see these guys in the quilting room! Somehow, they showed up for coffee though! (I have to admit that I did see two big spruce trees in the yard which they had dug up and transplanted for us!)

At the end of the week, we had 150 complete quilts with about 25 "fit to be tied!" We will meet again to finish tying these quilts, sew buttons on layette items, and then pack up the quilts and layettes for shipment to Winnipeg.


MISSION PRAYER BREAKFAST:

Garth and Maureen hosted the mission prayer breakfast on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at the church. Everybody is invited to come out for breakfast at 7 am and stay for a brief prayer meeting. This breakfast was special in that we had special prayer for Lorne and Darlene as they prepare to leave for the Haggai Institute in Hawaii. We also keep Arlin and Ruth Olson in our prayers as they serve in Afghanistan.




The food is delicious and it is always good to start your day with prayer!

Kitchen Shower

About 35 people attended our "giftless" kitchen shower. It was an evening of entertainment, games and good fellowship.

Our capable MC, Bea, kept the evening going. Her most challenging part was to explain to poor Miss Fanny that there was no bride at this shower!

Miss Fanny in person! And where is the bride??? Isn't this a shower?

Margo kept us in stitches as she sang about the ELW and how "We've always done it this way" is kind of hard to say when it is the first time in this church!

Kirstie and Sherryl have a hard time unwrapping their presents!

Ernie shows them how! Just use your teeth!