820 Belknap Street Superior, WI 54880 (715) 392-4731 Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Mailing Label Goes Here Permit No. 1194 Superior, WI 54880 U.S. POSTAGE PAID Non-profit Organization Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church If you change your address or phone number, or have a temporary address, PLEASE CALL US AT 715-392-4731. Radio Broadcast Each Sunday KDNI 90.5 FM 10:00 a.m. & 10:00 p.m. Worship on Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Sunday Worship Service 8:45 & 10:00 a.m. 820 Belknap Street Superior, WI 54880 715-392-4731 www.plcsuperior.org 2017 Ash Wednesday (Lent Begins) ~ March 1 ~ Mariners’ Sunday ~ March 5 ~ ~ March 21 ~ Church Council ~ March 29 ~ Assemble April Progress Habitat for Humanity Fundraising Dinner ~ March 30 ~ UWS Int’l Students Final Friday ~ March 31 ~ March 1 UWS Recital Series Concert at Pilgrim ~ April 4 ~ PCS CLASSES THIS MONTH WALK & TONE — Mondays & Thursdays (ongoing) Love Wins — Wednesdays March 8, 15, and 22 STAFF Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Will Mowchan Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . Curt Hanson Lay Ministry Coordinator . . Laura Swanson Custodian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cedric Johnson Organist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Tryggestad Choir Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curt Hanson Education Coordinator . . . . Tanya Haugland Youth Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vacant About Lent The word ‘lent’ is an old English word that means ‘lengthen’ and also ‘spring’. Religious beliefs are always influenced by the world around them. So then, in the northern hemisphere, where many core Chris an tradi ons developed over the centuries, lent happens at the me of year when days are lengthening towards spring, and for its new life. Spring in the natural world is a me to get ready for growth by cleaning out what has died, preparing the ground and plan ng. Lent for believers is a me to prepare for new growth and new life. Just as there are certain things gardeners in all mes and places do for new growth, believers in all mes and places do certain things for that bring new growth: Studying scripture, praying, shedding things and habits that have lost their purpose because we no longer need them, and giving and serving in ways that will grow into more good for people Pastor Emeritus . . . . Rev. Dr. Donald Berg Council President . . . . . . . Tanya Haugland Council Vice-President . . . . . Larry Winner Council Secretary . . . . . . . . Jenny Dudderar Congregation Treasurer . . . . . Rachel Streit Financial Secretary . . . . . . . . Anna Hansen Weekly Church Bulletin Please remember that all information for the Sunday bulletins should be in the church office by 12:00 pm each Wednesday. Monthly Pilgrim Progress Missionaries to Tanzania Dr. Steven & Bethany Friberg Submissions for the April issue should be in the church office by M !"#$, M#&'( 20)( Church Office Hours Monday—Thursday: 9:00 am—3:00 pm Friday: 9:00 am—12:00 pm Phone: 715-392-4731 OFFICE VOLUNTEERS PLC E-mail Addresses around us are all things that grow into new growth and new life. During Lent — the 40 days before Easter — Pilgrim’s Sunday services and Wednesday evening soup suppers and services are mes to get ready for new growth and new life for [email protected] (Curt) [email protected] (Laura) [email protected] (Pr. Will) website: www.plcsuperior.org Facebook: Pilgrim Lutheran Church Superior Lois Strauman Sylvia Patterson Betty Crist Julie Ford Elaine Arnovich Caroline Kuhlman Lucy Johnson Bob Patterson Muriel Stewart Anita Maki Marlys Swanson ourselves, for people around us and for our world. P A - F What new life awaits you this Lent? Bap sms: None Your Pastor, Marriages: None Funerals: Will Mowchan None 1 PLC ONLINE ~ Check out Pilgrim’s website at www.plcsuperior.org for weekly bulletins, the monthly calendar and newsletter, pictures, and much, much more. PLC ON FB: Go to your FACEBOOK page. Enter ‘Pilgrim Lutheran Church Superior’ in the search box. When Pilgrim’s FB comes up, ‘LIKE’ it. You can then see regular PLC news, updates and photos. 14 M 2017 S Pilgrim Lutheran Church Church Council Minutes February 21, 2017 March 1 ~ Ash Wednesday 6:30 pm ( Intinction ) (edited for the Progress) Ushers: Asst. Minister: Lector: Sound: Driver: Altar Guild: Hospitality: Present: Robin Rickman, Andrea Rubesch, Tanya Haugland, Bob Sellers, Paul Goesling, Will Mowchan. The required quorum of 7 was not present. The council met but took no official acons. People introduced themselves. Secretary’s Report: Reviewed minutes from the December 2016 and January 2017 council mee ngs. Treasurer’s Report: Request made that monthly treasurer’s report include endowment funds and scholarship fund informa on. Youth Report: • Youth room will open March 5. Beginning Saturday, March 12 it will open from 12-2 as a place for students to connect with others and for adults to connect with students. • Tanya will offer the popular ‘Cooking for Kids’ class in April. • There will be a youth overnight at Pilgrim on April 22. Pastor’s Report: • Recent pipe organ, pain ng and ongoing exercise classes have brought many people and good ac vity to Pilgrim recently. • Community connec ons coming up soon include Mariners’ Sunday, and pre-Sunday service presenta ons by CASDA (Center Against Sexual and Domes c Abuse), Lutheran Social Services, and Camp Amnicon, in March and April. • Habitat for Humanity will have a fund-raising banquet at Pilgrim on March 30. • Lent Soup Services begin on Ash Wednesday, March 1. Mee ng closed with the Lord’s Prayer. Team 2: Tad Matheson, Capt. Colleen Elonen Laura Swanson Sue Winner None April, Laura, & Marlys None March 5 ~ Mariner’s Sunday ( Rail ~ Pouring Chalice ) Ushers: Asst. Minister: Lector: Sound: Driver: Altar Guild: Hospitality: March 19 ~ 3rd Sunday in Lent ( Intinction ) Team 3: Tanya Haugland, Capt. Jenny Dudderar Dale Johnson Don Miller Kristin Cochran Rachel, Shirley, & Diana Sally Miller Ushers: Asst. Minister: Lector: Sound: Driver: Altar Guild: Hospitality: March 26 ~ 4th Sunday in Lent ( Intinction ) March 12 ~ 2nd Sunday in Lent ( Intinction ) Ushers: Asst. Minister: Lector: Sound: Driver: Altar Guild: Hospitality: Ushers: Asst. Minister: Lector: Sound: Driver: Altar Guild: Hospitality: Team 4: Dale Johnson, Capt. Craig Peterson Courtney Dietsche Jack Notenberg Wendy Oosten Robin & Julia Matt & Courtney Dietsche Minutes Taken and SubmiCed by Will Mowchan 13 Team 2: Tad Matheson, Capt. Colleen Elonen Jean Miller Don Miller Kent Bergum Elaine & Nancy Jan Cummings W S S @ 8:45 10:00 .. W W 6:30 P.M. AAL & WOW 5:00 Soup Supper Radio broadcast each Sunday on KDNI 90.5 FM at 10:00 a.m. & 10:00 p.m. Next mee ng will be on March 21. Team 1: Ted Nelson, Capt. Torrie Greer Don Miller Sue Winner Nick Pristash Sally, Karry, & Jan Barb Manion 5:30 All Age Learning 6:30 Mid-Week Lenten Service Regular Office Hours Mon - Thur ~ 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Fri ~ 9 am. - 12 noon 2 M !"#’ S%!&' M &-W""( L"!)"! S"* +"# Pilgrim will host the annual Mariners’ Sunday on March 5th followed by a reception in the narthex. The special offering received will be given to the Seafarer’s Ministry. March 1 (Ash Wednesday), 8, 15, 22, 29, and April 5 5:00 — Soup Supper Radio Ministry Contributions PLC appreciates each gift and thanks the following members and friends who contributed to the Radio Ministry during February: Rosanne Perala David Minotte M/M Ray Somerville M/M Ron Swanson M/M Dick Porter Irvin Rounsville M/M Zane Swanson M/M Jack Notenberg Radio Ministry is an important outreach of our church. If you would like to add support to this ministry, please make your check out to PLC and designate “radio ministry” on your check or offering envelope. Pilgrim is the only congregation in the Twin Ports to remember and honor those who work on the Great Lakes. 5:30 — All Age Learning 6:30 — Worship Quotes from Mar&n Luther: • “Cannons and fire-arms are cruel and damnable machines; I believe them to have been the direct sugges on of the Devil. If Adam had seen in a vision the horrible instruments his children were to invent, he would have died of grief.” • “Forgiveness is God's command.” • “Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.” • “The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.” • “Chris ans are rare people on earth.” • “Our Lord has wriCen the promise of resurrec on, not in books alone, but in every leaf in spring me.” • “I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.” BIBLE STUDY QUILTERS Wednesdays at 9:30 am Next meeting TBA 3 H S !!! C Going south for the winter? Please let the office know of any address changes so you will continue to receive the Progress and any other mailings from the church. As winter is upon us, the possibility of an event cancellation increases. In case of inclement weather, should it be necessary, we will announce any church cancellations via local radio stations KDAL (610 AM), and WDSM (710 AM). Extra postage for returned mail adds up. P L C C President: Tanya Haugland Vice-President: Larry Winner Treasurer: Rachel Streit Secretary: Jenny Dudderar Brenda Blomfelt, Jan Cummings, Paul Goesling, Victoria Greer, Robin Rickman, Andrea Rubesch, and Dr. Robert Sellers These people have been elected by you to be spiritual leaders and to oversee the operation of the congregation. Please feel free to contact them with your concerns and comments. The minutes from the previous month’s council meeting can be found in each issue of the Progress. 12 P C S Spring Classes Love Wins, a book discussion led by Craig Peterson, will be Wednesdays March 8, 15, and 22 from 5:30—6:30. This is a discussion of the book by Rob Bell. Topics include God, Jesus, and the relationship to Judgment and salvation. Come to the soup supper at 5:00 and stay through the discussion and Lenten service at 6:30. No fee, but must purchase book prior to class. Pastor will order through Amazon. Tanya Haugland reprises her Cooking with Kids series of classes on Saturdays April 15, 22, 29, and May 6 from 10:00—12:00. Cost is $10 per class. Preregistration required one week prior to classes. Sign up for the classes on the kiosk or call the church office at 715-392-4731 to register. If you have ideas for future classes you would like to see, or if you know someone who could offer an interesting class, talk to Craig Peterson or Pastor Mowchan. All Age Learning and Worship on Wednesday continue each Wednesday during Lent starting with a soup supper at 5:00, AAL at 5:30, and the Lenten service at 6:30. The new Youth Room will be open starting March 5th during the 8:45 and 10:00 services and on Wednesday evenings during AAL and WOW. Additional hours will be on Saturdays from 12:00 to 2:00 to start. We are looking for suggestions for having open youth rooms hours and volunteers to come and be here during those hours. If you would like to volunteer or make a suggestion, please contact Tanya Haugland either through the church office or in person. There will be another session of Cooking with Kids starting on April 15th and running until May 6th. Hours are the same 10 to 12 and all ages are welcome. Any questions, please see Tanya. Overnight: On April 22nd starting at 7:00 pm, there is an overnight scheduled at Pilgrim. Doors will be locked at 9:00 pm and open at 7:00 am. Kids can bring sleeping bags, pajamas, games, etc. No electronic games are allowed, phones are allowed only for emergency use. Kids are allowed to bring a friend as well. There will be games, movies, and treats. Any questions, talk to Tanya Haugland. S ~ The Scholarship Committee is now accepting applications for the Pilgrim Memorial Mission Trip News Scholarship. Scholarships are available for high school seniors and those wishing to continue their education. The deadline for submission is May 7th Applications are available in the office. Pasties for Sale! M B B (but certainly not at Pilgrim) The Mission Trip team going to Georgia next summer is selling homemade pasties. All proceeds go to help offset the cost of the trip. Pasties are $5 each or 6 for $25! • Tuesday at 4:00 PM there will be an ice cream social. All ladies giving milk please come early. • Wednesday the Ladies' Liturgy Group will meet. Mrs. Johnson will sing, "Put Me in My Little Bed" accompanied by the Pastor. • Thursday at 5:00 PM there will be a meeting of the Little Mothers Club. All ladies wishing to be "Little Mothers" will meet with the Pastor in his private study. • The service will close with, "Little Drops of Water." One of the ladies will start quietly and the rest of the congregation will join in. • The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind. They can be seen in the church basement Saturday. • A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow. Pasties are made with lean hamburger, potatoes, carrots, rutabaga and a little onion! Pasties will be available for pickup on Sunday, March 12th. Pay when you pick up. Questions? Contact Brenda Blomfelt at 218-310-9272 or Colleen Elonen at 715-394-9195. 11 4 Weekly Parking at Pilgrim F S We would like to remind everyone who comes to the church during weekly business hours to park in the blue parking spaces if at all possible. The yellow striped spaces are contracted with UWS for their use. UWS Parking Services monitors the lot and will ticket those who park improperly. In exchange for permitting the university partial use of Pilgrim’s lot, the university helps to maintain it by plowing in the winter which saves the church quite a bit of money. There are five blue spaces designated for Pilgrim use only on the south side of the church next to the old elevator door. There are about 20 blue spaces in the main lot area closest to the portico. (Of course they are hard to see in the winter.) The signs in the middle of the lot show where the designations begin and end. For major events such as funerals, and for groups who regularly meet at the church, we notify the university and Pilgrim patrons are permitted to park anywhere in our lot. Parking configurations may change next year with the coming Belknap Street project. Attendance Our records show the average weekly attendance in February as follows: 2014 ~ 117 Pilgrim’s annual Rummage/ and Bake Sale will be Saturday, May 13th from 8 to 3 in conjunction with Our Savior’s and Concordia. All three churches will be advertising for each other. Donations accepted through May 12th. Items not accepted: electronics, large furniture, beds and mattresses, medical equipment, etc. Any questions, please contact Tanya Haugland. CASDA to Visit and Share Information with Pilgrim Sunday, March 12th If you or someone you know is experiencing the trauma of domestic violence, sexual assault or child abuse, the Center Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse, Inc. (CASDA), can help. Located in Superior’s East End, CASDA provides supportive services to adult and child victims and survivors — whether they are facing violence in the present or struggling in the aftermath of past abuse. CASDA’s phone (715-392-3136 or 1-800-649-2921) is answered by a staff person 24 hours a day, and its advocates help connect callers with the services that best fit their immediate needs. CASDA offers short-term crisis counseling and emotional support; an emergency shelter for women and children needing to escape a violent home; a children’s program for youth who have been abused or witnessed violence; and legal advocacy for individuals needing assistance with restraining orders or other court proceedings related to the abuse they have suffered. CASDA also offers referrals to other valuable community resources, and gladly provides speakers on topics related to domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. Finally, CASDA invites individuals and groups to help carry out its mission! Volunteers assist in many areas, including transportation, childcare, office support, fundraising and public education. CASDA’s Board of Directors also welcomes new members who contribute time, talent, financial support and business expertise to help ensure the agency’s effectiveness. For more information about CASDA’s services, volunteer opportunities or public education program, you are invited to meet members of its staff before, between and after Pilgrim’s March 12th Sunday services. You may also call 715-392-3136 or visit www.casda.org. 5 2016 ~ 124 2017 ~ 107 Financial Report January 1 - January 31, 2017 (all figures rounded off to nearest dollar) Actual Mission Mission Plan Better (Worse) General Giving Other Revenue 11,647 8,182 19,829 14,411 10,655 25,066 (2,764) (2,473) (5,237) Expenses (excl. utilities) Utilities 19,313 2,247 21,560 22,477 3,040 25,517 3,164 793 3,957 Surplus (Deficit) (1,731) If unsure where you can park, check with the church office. Rummage/Bake Sale 2015 ~ 118 (451) Consider Giving For the Long Term Pilgrim’s Endowment Funds provide ongoing, long term support for bringing Pilgrim’s ministry deeper into our church, community and world. The funds secure this future ministry by giving for it now. When making gifts to the endowment, donors can designate if their gifts should be used for a particular purpose. Or donors may decide that the congregation’s leaders should decide how and when to use it. Most endowment funds use only their interest income, leaving the principal to keep on generating income. Many kinds of gifts can be given, including cash, life insurance and assets that can be easily converted to cash such as publicly traded securities and Scan the image with your unencumbered real-estate. There can be smart phone to connect significant tax advantages for donors, dewith a mobile version of pending on each donor’s own situation. the PLC online giving site or If you would like more information about go to www.plcsuperior.org possibly making a gift to Pilgrim’s Endowand click on the green ment, talk to an attorney or financial advisor “donate now” button at that you know and trust. the top of every page. 10 The 95 Theses Disputations of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences (1517) The Progress will print Luther’s 95 Theses through October 2017. These are numbers 41-50. ___________________________________________________________________________ Out of love for the truth and from desire to elucidate it, the Reverend Father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and Sacred Theology, and ordinary lecturer therein at Wittenberg, intends to defend the following statements and to dispute on them in that place. Therefore he asks that those who cannot be present and dispute with him orally shall do so in their absence by letter. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. ___________________________________________________________________________ Disputations 41-50 41. Papal indulgences must be preached with caution, lest people erroneously think that they are preferable to other good works of love. 42. Christians are to be taught that the pope does not intend that the buying of indulgences should in any way be compared with works of mercy. 43. Christians are to be taught that he who gives to the poor or lends to the needy does a better deed than he who buys indulgences. 44. Because love grows by works of love, man thereby becomes better. Man does not, however, become better by Unless I am convinced by proofs from means of indulgences but is merely freed from penalties. Scriptures or by plain and clear reasons and arguments, I can and will not retract, 45. Christians are to be taught that he who sees a needy man for it is neither safe nor wise to do anyand passes him by, yet gives his money for indulgences, thing against conscience. Here I stand. I does not buy papal indulgences but God's wrath. can do no other. God help me. Amen. Martin Luther (1483-1546) 46. Christians are to be taught that, unless they have more than they need, they must reserve enough for their family needs and by no means squander it on indulgences. 47. Christians are to be taught that the buying of indulgences is a matter of free choice, not commanded. 48. Christians are to be taught that the pope, in granting indulgences, needs and thus desires their devout prayer more than their money. 49. Christians are to be taught that papal indulgences are useful only if they do not put their trust in them, but very harmful if they lose their fear of God because of them. 50. Christians are to be taught that if the pope knew the exactions of the indulgence preachers, he would rather that the basilica of St. Peter were burned to ashes than built up with the skin, flesh, and bones of his sheep. 9 J.S.B’ “E B”(AMF ) M ELM NLC The National Lutheran Choir will present a concert featuring J. S. Bach’s Cantata 80, EinfesteBurg(AMightyFortress), performed with chamber orchestra, along with works by other early Lutheran composers including Johann Walther (Martin Luther’s close friend), Heinrich Schü tz, and Michael Praetorius, at First Lutheran Church in Duluth on Saturday, March 18th at 7:00 pm. Tickets (adults $20) can be purchased by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1800-838-3006, or order online at NLCA.com. Tickets may be available at the door on the day of the concert. This is an outstandingchoir and will surely be a memorable concert. Mark your calendars. Reformation Observance at Pilgrim during Lent (submitted by David Tryggestad) Our year-long observance of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation continues through the season of Lent, which begins with Ash Wednesday, March 1. The order of service for worship at 10 a.m. starting March 12 will feature Reformation hymns substituting for elements of the Ordinary of the liturgy — those parts of the liturgy that are sung or said every Sunday, or “Ordinary.” As the Kyrie — “Lord, have mercy” — we will sing “Your Heart, O God, Is Grieved” (ELW 602), a three-stanza Trinitarian hymn, each stanza invoking a Person of the Holy Trinity. The author of the lyrics was Jiří Třanovský, a Lutheran pastor and hymn writer from Cieszyn Silesia. Sometimes called the father of Slovak hymnody and the "Luther of the Slavs," Třanovský's name is sometimes anglicized to George Tranoscius. Our Gospel Acclamation will be “Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word” (ELW 517), again a Trinitarian hymn. Martin Luther penned the lyrics, and the tune comes from 1543. We will sing two stanzas before and one following the reading of the Gospel. In response to the prayer petitions, we will sing the first phrase of “Grant Peace, We Pray, in Mercy, Lord” (ELW 784), adapted from the plainsong by Luther. As in the season of Advent, a handbell will intone our pitch and signal us to sing. “O Christ, Lamb of God” (ELW 196), one of the earliest hymns of the Reformation, will be sung during distribution of the Lord’s Supper. 6 Pilgrim Lutheran Church Coffee Fellowship 9:30—10:00 & 11:00—11:30 a.m. each Sunday Sun March 2017 Mon Tue Wed March 1 9:30 am 3:30 pm 5:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:30 pm 5 Mariner’s Sunday 6 7 8:45 am Worship 9:30 am Morning Prayer 10:00 am Worship (Usher Team 2) 12:00 pm Al Anon 4:00 pm NA 5:00 pm Walk & Tone 12 13 14 8:45 am Worship 9:30 am 10:00 am Worship (Usher Team 3) 10:00 am 4:00 pm NA 12:00 pm 5:00 pm 19 20 Morning Prayer Villa Marina Al Anon Walk & Tone Progress Articles Due 9:30 am 8:45 am Worship 10:00 am Worship (Usher Team 4) 12:00 pm 5:00 pm 4:00 pm NA 6:30 pm 26 5:30 pm Choir 6:00 pm Nar Anon Morning Prayer Al Anon Walk & Tone Property Committee 27 9:30 am 8:45 am Worship 10:00 am Worship (Usher Team 1) 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 4:00 pm NA 5:00 pm 5:30 pm Choir 6:00 pm Nar Anon 21 5:30 pm Choir 6:00 pm Nar Anon 6:30 pm Church Council 28 Morning Prayer Al Anon Label Progress Walk & Tone 3:30 pm Assemble Progress 5:00 pm Habitat for Humanity Board Meeting 5:30 pm Choir 6:00 pm Nar Anon Ash Wednesday Bible Study Assemble Progress Soup Supper / AAL Choir Ash Wed. Service 8 9:30 am 5:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:30 pm 2 Bible Study Soup Supper / AAL Love Wins (PCS class) Lenten Service 29 9:30 am Bible Study 5:00 pm Soup Supper / AAL 6:30 pm Lenten Service Sat 3 4 10 11 17 18 24 25 31 April 1 11:30 am Assemble Bulletins 5:00 pm Walk & Tone 10:00 am Foster Grandparents 11:30 am Assemble Bulletins 5:00 pm Walk & Tone 23 Bible Study Soup Supper / AAL Love Wins (PCS class) Lenten Service Fri 11:30 am Assemble Bulletins 5:00 pm Walk & Tone 16 22 9:30 am 5:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:30 pm Thu 9 Bible Study Soup Supper / AAL Love Wins (PCS class) Lenten Service 15 9:30 am 5:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:30 pm Lent begins March 1 11:30 am Assemble Bulletins 5:00 pm Walk & Tone 30 11:30 am Assemble Bulletins 6:00 pm Habitat for Humanity Fundraising Dinner 5:00 pm UWS Int’l Students Final Friday
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