DANISH LUTHERAN CHURCH
210 – 10th Avenue N.E.
Calgary, T2E 0W9
March 2017 to May 2017
Pastor´s corner
On the occasion of the inauguration of the 45th
president of The United States, Donald Trump
(also called the most powerful man of the
world), I came to reflect on this little word,
“power”.
What is or what does “power” mean? At a
lexical level, “power” means: the capability to
accomplish ones goal against the will of others
and in defiance of the interests of others; the
possession of control or command over others.
But the idea of “power” is not clear.
When we end the Lord’s Prayer by saying “For
thine is the kingdom, the power ... ..” then it
may well be that we initially think of “power”, as
described above. An example of this meaning
we find in the book of Job in the Old Testament
where God show His power to Job. The only
purpose is to get Job to understand that before
God he is both foolish and powerless.
But as we turn to the New Testament, we find
a completely different understanding of “power”
than the one that The Old Testament often
shows us.
In the New Testament the power of God is
shown in the way He gives up his almighty
“power”.
The very fact that God gives up using His
almighty “power” has always made people
sneer at and make fun of Christianity. Truly, it
is strange that He just submits himself to
maltreatment,
mockery and
crucifixion instead of
demonstrating his
power by climbing
down from the
cross completely
unharmed. Now
that it is within the
power of the almighty God to do so, if He
wants to. That is also what people were
begging him to do: Come down from that
cross. Then we will believe in you! In exactly
the same way that we today might take into our
heads to say: intervene in the muddle of the
world! Abolish war, diseases, violence, stress,
impaired drivers, exclusive focus on economic
factors, and all the devil’s thoughtlessness and
meaninglessness. Then we will believe in you!
But God will no longer use his almighty “power”
to bully us into submission to Him by or
coercing us with demonstrations of power!
Why not? Wouldn’t it be very nice, easy to
understand, and make the world more simple or what? Well, by letting his son, Jesus Christ,
be born on earth God wanted firstly to show us
that He loves us as we are, for better or for
worse, and secondly He also wanted to show
us that love can’t be forced through the use of
“power”. The latter is indeed a painful situation
which we humans also experience from time to
time. However dearly we love another human
being, we can neither buy nor force the other
person to love us back. Or as Paul writes in his
praises of Love in his first letter to the
Corinthians: ”Love is patient and kind.” In other
words it is not possible for love to get its way
through raw power.
Therefore, the novelty of the New Testament is
that now we only know God’s “power” as the
power of
Love.On the other hand, when we meet love in
our own lives, then we have no doubts
whatsoever that Love itself is a “power” too,
although it is not experienced as a power in the
traditional way of thinking of “power”. On the
contrary, where love makes its entry, there
hatred, suspicion, violence, wars and other self
-sufficiency must give way. So “power” and
“power” is not unequivocal words.
Our human “power”, is quite tangible, we can
see and feel it well. But, God’s “power” we can
only
believe in! In other words, we can only believe
in and hope that love will eventually prevail,
even though it is a completely invisible power
that hasn’t got the option of resorting to
tangible power!
The crown of God’s “power” is the resurrection;
firstl the resurrection of Jesus on the first
Easter morning and since then our own
resurrection!
Easter is about “power”, God’s “power”, the
“power” of love. That turned out to be so
powerful that even a tomb couldn’t keep the
dead One down.
He came alive again!
So remember!
God’s Easter tiding speaks a word
Of what never happens in this world;
And this word appears so weak and bare
Vulnerable to the world’s hostile glare.
(Translated from Danish by Karen FalkenbergAndersen and C. Berg)
Happy Easter! C. B.
Maundy Thursday Service April 13. at 7 pm.
Coffe and Tea is served afterwards
Good Friday, April 14. at 10:00 a.m.
Our Good Friday service will be a liturgical
service without sermon and communion.
Family service, April 30. at 10.00
Theme: Easter!
Usually, if there is a 5th Sunday in the month
we have a child-friendly service followed by a
potluck.
We hope to see many of the children of our
congregation and feel free to bring friends!
General Prayer Day Friday May 12. at 7:00
pm. we will celebrate General Prayer Day, with
a short evening service and afterwards there is
coffee downstairs where the traditional kind of
wheat buns are served toasted. This service is
a special Danish tradition dating back to 1686.
Guest Speakers
Our Guest Speaker on March 28. at 7.30 pm
in the lower hall of our church, is John
Christensen.
John Christensen was
born into a hard-working
Saskatchewan farm
family in 1941. As a
prairie farm boy of Métis
lineage, John’s life
centred on hunting,
fishing, trapping, and
roaming the countryside
in which he lived.Then,
without warning, a
crippling and brutal illness changed his life
forever. After months of hospitalization and
therapy, John returned to the farm with
permanent paralysis of his left leg. Later and
after several misfortunes in life Christensen
established the Global Disability Foundation.
Meet the man behind the book “The 13th rope”
and hear how he managed to turn misfortunes
and disasters into endurance, optimism and
courage.
Does life have a meaning?
Have you found it?
On April 25 at 7.30 pm our last guest speaker
this Spring is Per
Falkenberg-Andersen.
He was born in in
Denmark and grew up
in Copenhagen, where
he finished his
apprenticeship as a
carpenter in 1951.
Afterwards went to the
institute of Technology
to become a civil
engineer. He emigrated
to Canada in 1952,
where he worked as an carpenter until 1959,
when he went back to Denmark to finish his
Engineering degree. He then worked as an
engineer the West-Zealand road department
until 1975. The same year he emigrated back
to Canada, where he bought a farm near
Dickson, Alberta. In 1997 he left the farm to live
in Calgary as a pensioner.
Per will share with us his spiritual experiences,
which he has had from a very early age and
continue up until now.
The Canadian Badlands Passion Play Last
year this trip was cancelled due to a
thunderstorm in Drumheller, so we’ll try again
this year. How many of you would be interested
in going to The Passion Play in Drumheller
Friday July 14. at 6:00 pm? In order to get
good seats, we will have to decide soon. Last
day to sign up will be April 9 ( if you want to
be sure to sit together as a group), Later
enrollments can of course be made and then I’ll
try to get seats as close as possible to where
the rest of the group will be seated.If 15 or
more are interested we can get 10% off the
regular price. Seniors $59.00, Adults: $64.00,
Youth $44.00. (Children under the age of six
cannot be accommodated. Car pooling will be
arranged.)
The Church’s Annual General Meeting will
be held April 2nd, 2017.
After our morning service there will be a light
lunch served in the hall downstairs and then we
will start the meeting, at approximately 12:00
noon. We hope to see all of you there. If you
have questions or concerns, this is a good time
to bring them up. If you are interested in
serving on the Board of Directors, please let us
know. You are needed! The reports, minutes
from last year, and new agenda will be
available two Sundays before the meeting.
Look for them on a table in the downstairs hall.
See you there. On behalf of the Board, Kristine
Andersen
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. In the
lower hall of The Danish Lutheran Church The
Viking girls are presenting their 5th Annual
Dessert Night Fundraiser! →
DANISH LUTHERAN CHURCH ANNUAL DINNER & AUCTION
April 28th, 2017
Danish Canadian Club - 727 11th Avenue S.W. In the Valhalla Hall
Doors open at 5:00 pm. Dinner at 7:00 pm.
Call early to order tickets at $ 50.00 each. Jens Lehmann can be reached at 403-540-0201.
Join us for an evening of fun and fellowship, so bring your friends and enjoy.
We will carry on the tradition with many great and beautiful items for sale.
It could be a stay in a cabin, gift certificates, paintings, and more. Come and discover!
If you have anything to donate to this auction, it can be taken to the church.
It will be a tremendous help if there is a note attached with a description of the donation and
the name of the person donating.
Please e-mail Jens Lehmann with a description of your donation or to plan when someone will
be at the church to receive your donation. [email protected].
We accept new, or in mint condition items.
Please note that anything pledged after April 20th will not be in this auction.
This year the charity will go to the organization:
DAYS FOR GIRLS
“Every Girl. Everywhere. Period”
(www.daysforgirls.org)
For $10 at the door you may again this year
indulge yourself in all the dessert you can eat!
Fell free to bring your family and friends.
Anyone may come and
take part in the evening.
You don’t have to have
been part of the study
group. Coffee, tea and
popcorn will be served.
Open House lunch!
This March I’m turning 70 so
come see me at the church
basement for an "open house”
arrangement.
April 8. between 1 pm and 4 pm.
Peter Berg
Guided tour to COOP Medical Center.
Do you know how many different small things
have been invented just to make everyday life
easier for you? From a swiveling seat to put on
the carseat, so it is easier to get in and out of your
Movie night.
To complete this winter’s study about Martin
Luther we will watch a movie about Martin
Luther on April 27, at 7.00 pm in Mikkelsen
room.
car, to tools that helps you put on socks if you can’t
bend down or use one of your hands. Are you
curious and want to know more? Then one day
between May 8 - 19, in the afternoon, a guided tour
focusing only on those small invention that make a
huge difference in everyday life will be arranged at
The COOP Medical Center. It is the biggest store of
its kind in Canada. At this writing it wasn’t possible
to get a fixed date, but by late March more
information should be available .
Spring Cleanup
This year our spring
cleanup is set for May
13th. We will start at
9:00 am. and
hopefully be done by
12:00 noon.
After we are done
working, we will all
meet in the hall and
finish with a light lunch. In case of inclement
weather, May 20th is the alternate date.
Many hands make light work!
Crafter’s Group
This group meets the fourth Wednesday of
the month at 7:30 pm. (April will be an
exception, because of The Viking Girls)
While we work on a craft of our own choice we
enjoy chatting and drinking a cup of coffee or
tea (or two). Anyone is welcome to attend.
If you have any questions or want to know
where we will be meeting on any of these
evenings please call Pastor Charlotte at 403719-3832.
Upcoming meetings will be on March 1, in the
Church basement. Hideko Koizumi will be
teaching us how to make various kinds of
sushi. On April 5 we will be hosting our 5th
Dessert Night in the Church basement ( see
add on page 3-4). On April 26 we will meet
together in the Mikkelsen room to assemble gift
baskets for the annunal silent auction and
dinner on April 28. (Gift baskets can be made
at home if you are not able to come on April
26.) There will be no meetings in May, June,
July or August. For more information contact
Pastor Charlotte Berg at at 403-719-3832.
Ladies Auxiliary
The ladies are busy making crafts for the fall
Bazaar Nov. 4, 2017.
If you would like to join us, we meet every
third Monday unless it is a Statuary Holiday
then it would be the 4th Monday at 1:30pm.
May will be our last meeting till the fall. We
would all like to wish you a Happy Easter
celebration with family and friends. Louise
Dresen 403-242-7894 [email protected]
Sunday School Notes:
Our Sunday School meets on the 1st and 3rd
Sundays of each month. Any Sunday that
there is no Sunday School class those children
who come to Church can go with an adult over
Literate Vikings
to watch a DVD during the sermon.
This lively group meets on the third
Sunday School classes will be held on March
Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm in the
5, March 19, April 2, April 16, May 7 and May
Mikkelsen Room.
21. The children continue to collect money to
We will be continuing with a DVD series called, give to the Calgary interfaith food bank.
“When God’s People Pray”, by Jim Cymbala.
Contributions are welcome.
An interesting discussion always follows.
Cecilie, Karen, Liselotte, Markus, Ron, Sonja
Everyone is welcome to attend!
For more information contact Karen
Merry Kitchen Boys
FalkenbergAndersen at 403-863-3115.
They meet every first and third Tuesdays of
the month at 6 pm.
The Viking Girls Ladies Group they meet the Come and join for a night of food and
first Wednesday of each months at 7:30 pm. comradery!
Prayer Line
The prayer line is active and available for support. Contact Krista at 403-681-0870 or email
her at [email protected]
Mission Moments:
On the afternoon of Saturday November 19,
ten children gathered in the Sunday School
room to pack shoeboxes for Operation
Christmas Child. This is a project the children
of our Church have been doing for close to 20
years and it is
something that they
enjoy doing
immensely.
This year we
packed 50 boxes in
about 2 hours.
A number of adult
volunteers helped
out.
After the last shoebox was filled we
enjoyed a delicious
supper in the
Church basement
prepared by Margaret Propp. Then we watched
the movie, "The Secret Garden", which Ron
Propp had set up for us. Thank you to the
parents and grandparents who helped out with
packing shoeboxes, cleaning up after supper,
supervising children, and vacuuming up
popcorn at the end of the evening. A special
thanks to Tillie Olson who baked cookies to go
with our dessert! A wonderful evening was had
by all.
Later in the week a total of 58 shoeboxes were
delivered to Samaritan's Purse headquarters in
NE Calgary. Our load was made up of the 50
shoeboxes packed by the children, others
packed by adults from our congregation, and 3
dropped off by someone in the community.
This year we had been asked to include
toques, mittens, and warm socks in the
shoeboxes so that they could be sent to the
Ukraine where winters are cold. Over 11.2
million shoeboxes were
collected and delivered by Samaritan's Purse
International to many countries around the
world in 2016. Of those, 660,000 were
collected and delivered by
Samaritan's Purse Canada. Thank you to everyone who bought vegetables at our fall auction, or knit toques and mittens, and gave
money and/or other items for the shoesboxes.
Your contributions have touched the lives of
many children!
Karen
The International Peoples College, IPC, is
the only traditional Danish folk highschool with
an international focus. This means that all
subjects are taught in English. This summer
they are offering a course of three week´s
length where you can study the Danish
language, Danish culture and society.If you are
interested in learning more go to: http://
www.ipc.dk/summer-school-2/danishcourseculture-and-society to see a folder about the
courses.
At the Scandinavian Centre
(www.scancentre.ca)
Choirs:
Monday night Youth Choir, 6:00-7:00 pm.,
e-mail: [email protected]
for more information.
Wednesday night adult choir, 7:30-9:00 pm,
e-mail [email protected]
Hytte til Hytte i Norge
(Hut to Hut Hiking& Skiing in Norway)
Den Norske Turistforening (DNT) has been
developing a network of summer and winter
trails and huts throughout Norway for 140
years. The 20,000 kms of summer trails are
loosely based upon Allemannsretten, The
General Law, which entrenches the right of all
people to move freely throughout the country,
Folkdance – a fun way to spend a couple of
providing it is done in a respectful manner.
Thursday evenings each month. Dates are
The 500 DNT huts, supplemented by many
posted at www.nordicfolkdance.ca.
private huts, mean that you can always get out
Spring Concert – 7 p.m. Friday May 5. Tickets of the elements at the end of a tough day.
are $10 for over age 16, free for age 16 and
At many of these huts a hot meal, wine and
under. Available in April from the ScanCentre, beer are available. At other huts food is
phone 403-284-2610
stocked so you don’t have to carry it yourself.
There are cozy sitting rooms, drying rooms,
libraries, and private and dormitory rooms to
sleep in.
Ken Myhre will share logistics and
experiences of hut to hut hiking and skiing
in Norway.
March 6, approximately 8:00 p.m., Valhalla
room, Scandinavian Centre
Everyone is welcome.
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Mon
6
13
20 1.30 pm
The Ladies
Auxiliary
27
Sun
5 10.00 am
English Gen
3:1-19; 2 Cor
6:1-2(2-10);
Matt 4:1-11
Sunday
School
12 10.00 am
English, 11.15
am Danish Ps
42:2-6; 1Thess
4:1-7; Matt
15:21-28
19 10.00 am
English Deut
18:9-15; Ef 5:(1
-5)6-9; Luk
11:14-28
Sunday
School
26 10.00 am
English, 11.15
am Danish
Deut 8:1-3; 2
Cor 9:6-11;
John 6:1-15
28 7:30 pm
Guest Speaker
John Christensen
21 6.00pm
Merry Kitchen
Boys
14 7.00 pm
Board meeting
7 6.00pm Merry
Kitchen Boys
Tue
29
22 7.30 pm
Crafter’s night
15 7.30 pm
The Literate
Vikings
30
23
16 7:30 pm
Sing-along
9
2
1 7.30 pm
Viking girls ,
Sushi night
8
Thu
Wed
March 2017
31
24
17
10
3
Fri
25 10 am– noon
Danish class for
children beginners
18 10 am– noon
Danish class for
children beginners
11 10 am– noon
Danish class for
children beginners
4 10 am– noon
Danish class for
children beginners
Sat
3
10
17
24 1.30 pm
The Ladies
Auxiliary
2 10.00 am
English The
Annunciation Is
7:10-14; 1 John
1:1-3; Luke 1:2638 , AGM,
Sunday School
9 10.00 am
English, 11.15
am Danish Zak
9,9-10; Fil 2,5-11;
Matth. 21:1-9
16 10.00 am
English
Easterday Psalm
118:19-29; 1Cor
5:7-8; Mark 16:1-8
Sunday School
23 10.00 am
English, 11.15
am Danish Psalm
30; 1John 5:1-5 or
Act 2:22-28; John
20:19-31
30 10 am FAMILY
service, Potluck
Mon
Sun
25 7:30 pm
Guest Speaker
Per FalkenbergAndersen
18 6.00pm
Merry Kitchen
Boys 7.00pm
Advanced
Danish class
11 7.00 pm
Board meeting
4 6.00pm
Merry Kitchen
Boys 7.00pm
Advanced
Danish class
Tue
26 7.30 pm
Viking girls ,
Making
baskets for
D&A
19 7.30 pm
The
Literate
Vikings
12
5 7.30 pm
Viking girls ,
Dessert
Night
Wed
27 7 pm
Movie Night:
Martin Luther
20 7:30 pm
Sing-along
13 7.00 pm
English Maundy
Thursday Ex
12:1-11;1Cor
10:15-17; Matt
26:17- 30
6
Thu
April 2017
28 5 pm
Silent Auction
and Dinner at
DCC
29 10 am– noon
Danish class for
adult and
children
beginners
22 10 am– noon
Danish class for
adult and
children
beginners
15 10 am– noon
Danish class for
children
beginners
14 10.00 am
English Good
Friday The
passion of
Christ
21
8 10 am– noon
Danish class for
children
beginners
1 10 am– noon
Danish class for
children
Sat
7
Fri
15 12:30 pm
The Ladies
Auxiliary
22
29
14 10.00 am
English, 11.15
am Danish Ez
36:26-28; Jam
1:17-21 or Act
9:1-18; John
16:5-15
21 10.00 am
English Gen
32:25-32 or Jer
29:11- 13a;
Jam1:22- 25 or
Act 6:1-4; John
16:23b-28
Sunday School
28 10.00 am
English, 11.15
am Danish Hagg
2:4b-9 or Joel
3:1-5; 1Pet4:7b11 or Act 1:1214; John 15:2616:4
30
23
16 6.00pm
Merry Kitchen
Boys 7.00pm
Advanced
Danish class
9 7.00 pm
Board meeting
2 6.00pm
Merry Kitchen
Boys 7.00pm
Advanced
Danish class
1
8
Tue
Mon
7 10.00 am
English Is 54:710; Heb13:12-16
or Act 4:7-12;
John 16:16- 22
Sunday School
Sun
31
24 7.30 pm
Crafter’s night
17 7.30 pm
The Literate
Vikings
10
3
Wed
May 2017
25
18 7:30 pm
Sing-along
11
4
Thu
26
19
12 7.00 pm
English General
Prayer Day Ps
51:3-19 or Ps
67; Hebr 8:1012;Matt 3:1-10
5
Fri
27 10 am– noon
Danish class
for adult and
children
beginners
20 10 am– noon
Danish class
for adult and
children
beginners
13 10 am– noon
Spring-cleanup
6 10 am– noon
Danish class
for adult and
children
beginners
Sat
Pastor: Charlotte Berg
Pastor’s Office: (403) 719-3832 (Monday is the pastor’s day off)
Church Office: (403) 277-5804
Church Website: www.danishluthernchurch.ca
Email: [email protected]
Ladies’ Auxiliary: Louise Dresen, (403) 242-7894
The Board:
President: Kristine Andersen, (403) 255-1548
Vice President: Karen Falkenberg-Andersen, (403) 208-2717
Secretary: Liselotte Basboll, (403) 240-1548
Treasurer: Ulla Bartholdy, (587) 351-5470 Other
Board Members:
Hanna Christensen, (587) 353-6376
Bente Dalberg, (403 ) 991-9711
Karsten Dalberg, (403) 281-6827
Ketty Hoyem, (403) 270-3935
Daniel Ottosen, (403) 829-4580
Ron Propp, (403) 280-3944
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