6.16.24 Bulletin & Announcements

PRAYER REQUESTS-   Anderson family & baby Camden, Polly Roe, Carol Malone, Nate and Sam Simley and baby Wyatt, Garret Fenner & family, Shirley Berg, Harold Ebens, Pastor Phil Larsen and family, Trudy Torgerson, Bonnie Plath, Arlene Haux, Tanya Ausk, and Erickson family. Please pray for our elders. Please pray for the families of those that lost their lives in the tragic accident near Lisbon, Williams family and the counselors from Red Willow and their families.       

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

SUMMER WORSHIP Davenport Worship Wednesday at 7pm --  Norman Worship Sunday at  9:00am  

*The next Bible Study Recap with Erin on Wednesday, June 19th from 12-1pm at the Norman Fellowship Hall

*Wed, June 19 7pm Worship at Davenport Lutheran. All Welcome!

*This Wed, June 19 Polly Roe benefit beginning at 5pm @ Kindred Baseball field. Meal, kids games etc..

*Babysitting Clinic scheduled for Saturday, June 22 8am-1pm at Kindred Ambulance Building. Contact Pastor Katie if you are interested.

*Newsletter information, photos and articles due by June 20th to ndparishnews@gmail.com

* The rummage sale items at Davenport church will stay set up for a couple weeks. If you would like to look through the items, please contact a member for the entry code.

*Parish Vacation Bible School during Wednesday, July 17th Worship at Davenport. “Jonah and the Whale” is bound to be a whale of a good time!! Kids, you may get wet, please dress accordingly. All kids are welcome!! Kids will start in Worship and be dismissed following children’s moment. There will be VBS also on Wednesday August 14th at 7pm

*KLC Senior Community Fellowship Meal on Monday, July 15 at 11:45am at Kindred Lutheran. All local seniors are invited. Please contact Leah at KLC office 428-3630 to register for the meal by Thursday, July 11th. (so they know how much food to prepare).  Free will offering. Meal served by Uptown Eatery.

LEND A HAND UP* There is a Lend a Hand Up account fundraiser for Anderson Family, Polly Roe Family and the Simley Family. If you would like to support the family during their health journey. Please continue to lift these families up in prayer! *There are opportunities to purchase tshirts to support Wyatt & Camden with portion of sales going to their Lend a Hand Up Fundraiser account.

*Bone Builders Class at Davenport School. Monday and Thursday 9:30-10:30am.

*Treats are needed for the Monday evening AA meetings. Please sign up at ndparish.net

* The Kindred Area Food Pantry is in need of some items: Muffin mix, cereal, syrup, spaghetti sauce, Alfredo sauce, saltine crackers and graham crackers, tomato sauce, taco seasoning, chili seasoning, taco shells, taco sauce , ketchup, frosting, cake mixes, brownie mixes, rice and rice packets, chicken in a can, Mayo or miracle whip, salad dressing, granola bars…

Laundry detergent and laundry sheets, toilet paper and paper towels. A request for baby formula — anything that is compatible to “enfamil gentle ease”.

Slightly used bathroom towels..

Thank you so very much. The last two weeks have been very busy and our cupboards are pretty bare. Your generosity is overwhelming to our visitors... they are so very, very grateful!

We also are in need of cash donations. We give out vouchers to Hawks Market so they are able to get milk, bread, meat or fruits and vegetables!

All food pantry donations can be dropped off at Kindred Lutheran Church, 391 Spruce Street, Kindred. Monday - Thursday 9am-4pm  Any questions please call Leah at 428-3630 or 701-388-2124.

Upcoming Fellowship opportunities…

*Several churches are coming together on Wednesday, July 24th to present Rachel Kurtz in concert at the Rotary Shelter in Lindenwood Park 6-8pm. Meal served along with concert. All are welcome! There will be no Wednesday worship in Davenport this day, July 24

*Group trip to Medora! Join us, along with members from area churches. Spend a day in Medora, leaving on a Tuesday in August and returning Wednesday. Cost includes bus ride, pitchfork steak fondue meal, Medora Musical tickets, lodging at Badlands Motel. See the enclosed insert for more information. Contact Pastor Katie for more information.

Youth Camp opportunities. Please contact Pastor Katie for more information

Red Willow Bible Camp July 28-August 2

Castaway Camp 7-9 grade August 9-13

High School 10-12 grade camp in Missouri August 1-8

*There will be no worship on Wednesday July 3 or Sunday July 7

A special Thank You to all that donated items to the rummage sale! You were wonderful and very much appreciated! Thanks to everyone for making this event a success!

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Norman Davenport Lutheran Worship

Sunday June 16 & Wednesday June 19, 2024

Fourth Sunday of Pentecost

Pastor Katie Kringstad

PRELUDE/BELL                                                                         

WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS: P:“The Lord be with you! R: and also, with you GATHERING This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God.                                               

GATHERING SONG: How Great Thou Art # 856 vs 1-2                                            

PRAYER OF THE DAY Let us pray. A brief silence is kept before the prayer. O God, you are the tree of life, offering shelter to all the world. Graft us into yourself and nurture our growth, that we may bear your truth and love to those in need, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.                                                                                          CONFESSION & FORGIVENESS                                                                          

CHILDREN’S MOMENT –                                                                                    

OFFERING SONG: For the Fruit of all Creation #679                                                    

OFFERING PRAYER: Blessed are you, O God, ruler of heaven and earth. Day by day you shower us with blessings. As you have raised us to new life in Christ, give us glad and generous hearts, ready to praise you and to respond to those in need, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.                                                                                                            

READING: Mark 4:26-34                                                                                                       

SERMON: Pastor Katie

LITANY FOR FATHER’S DAY:                                                                               

One: For fathers everywhere, who have given us life and love, that we may show them respect and love.                                                                                      

All: Holy God, hear this prayer for our fathers.

One: For fathers who have lost a child through death, that their faith may give them hope, and their family and friends support and console them                                      

All: Holy God, hear this prayer for our fathers that mourn.

One: For men who may or may not have children of their own, but act like a father to someone in need of advice, support, nurturing, and love.                                            All: Holy God, hear this prayer for our father figures.

One: For stepfathers who have assumed that role with love and joy, who have loved the children of another as their own, and created a new family.                 

All: Holy God, hear this prayer for step-fathers.

One: For adoptive fathers, who have heard the call of God to lovingly step forward for those that need their care.                                                                          

All: Holy God, hear this prayer for adoptive fathers.

One: For new fathers, full of hope. For long-time fathers, full of wisdom. For the fathers yet to be, and fathers soon to be.                                                         

All: Holy God, hear our prayer for the fathers of your Church.

One: For those that have shaped our lives without claim of family or kinship. For those who have taught us, guided us, shaped us, and molded us into servants of Christ our Lord.                                                                                              

All: Holy God, hear our prayer for the fathers of our faith.

One: God our Father, in your wisdom and love you made all things. Bless these men, that they may be strengthened as Christian fathers. Let the example of their faith and love shine forth. And let us praise fathers who have died, but always live on in our memory and whose love continues to nurture us.                                  

SENDING SONG: How Great Thou Art # 856 vs 3-4                                          

DISMISSAL: P: Go in Peace and serve the Lord · R: Thanks be to God                   

POSTLUDE