######### Today’s Assistants and Ministers

######### News and Notes continued

Greeters & Ushers Pianist Presiding Minister Reader Altar Care & Communion Preparation Refreshments Custodian

Ed Taylor and Jennifer Wood Sharon Boyum Deacon Cindy Cordes-Eversole Ed Taylor Jennifer Wood Mark & Elaine Edwards Wayne Lukkason

Help at a funeral lunch needed on Monday, July 18. Dar Witman’s sister, Sharon Dodd, will be buried in the Lanesboro Cemetery at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 18. After the graveside service, the family will be gathering at the Sons of Norway Lodge for fellowship and lunch. The meal will be catered, but they need help serving. Please call Deacon Cindy at 467-3344 or 507-676-5002 if you can be of service to the family.

######### Prayer Requests

In Our Community. For our church members and friends living with chronic illness and other diseases, who are homebound, residing in care facilities, and hospitalized. See the newsletter for our members living in area nursing homes. And let us not forget those sick and dying of COVID-19, those entrusted with the authority of government, justice, and law enforcement, as well as our fallen and wounded soldiers and those still serving.

######### Presence Last Week and June Presents

Attendance Last Sunday, June 26 = 32 Average Sunday Worship Attendance for June = 40

June Contributions: General Fund = $ Designated Giving = $ Jan-Jun Income = $ NA Jan-Jun Expenses = $NA Deficit = $NA

In Our Synod. Bishop Regina Hassanally invites the people and congregations of our synod to commit to praying this week for the following faith communities: Trinity Lutheran Church, Albert Lea; First Lutheran Church, Red Wing; Mazoezi Maluga Lutheran Church, Tanzania; Isanzu Lutheran Church, Tanzania; Iambi Hospital, Tanzania; and Palliative Care Program, Iambi Hospital, Tanzania.

######### This Week in Our Congregation

Today, July 3 — Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Refreshments in the Fellowship Hall for everyone following worship

######### Acknowledgments

Monday, July 4 — Independence Day — Church Office Closed

Tuesday, July 5

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Men’s breakfast at Home Sweet Home in Lanesboro 7:00 AM

Wednesday, July 6

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Pastor Kerry at Chosen Valley Care Center, Chatfield, for chapel 1:30 PM

Thursday, July 7

Pastor Kerry at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home, Rushford, for chapel 1:30 PM

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Next Sunday, July 10 — Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Worship 9:00 AM

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######### News and Notes

God of Our Fathers Text: Daniel Crane Roberts, 1841-1907, alt., Public Domain. Music: George William Warren, 1828-1902. Tune: NATIONAL HYMN, Public Domain.

We need your help with a fundraiser! Bethlehem is staffing a shift at the Buffalo Bill Days Beer & Brat Pavilion on Saturday, August 6, from 2 to 6 p.m. A sign-up sheet is on the counter in the Fellowship Hall / Dining Room. Our shift is broken up into 2-hour segments. We need ticket sellers, grillers, food, and beer handlers. Come and serve the many visitors to Lanesboro and labor in love for our church!