February 2019 LifeTIMES

LifeTIMES

A monthly ministry of Lord of Life Lutheran Church of Maple Grove, Minnesota

The priest replied,

"Go in peace.

The mission you are on is under the eye of the Lord."

ŠLightstock

Judges 18:6

February 2019

LORD OF LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA)

7401 County Road 101, Maple Grove, MN 55311-4313 phone 763.420.5015 fax 763.420.7286 web lordoflife.org Visit lordoflife.org/staff for a full staff listing with photos.

Prayer requests to prayernetwork@lordoflife.org.

office@lordoflife.org

/lordoflife

/lordoflifelutheran /lolcyf

/lordoflifeluth

PASTORAL STAFF Rev. Dr. Joel Wight Hoogheem, Lead Pastor, joel@lordoflife.org Rev. Kaitlyn Forster, kaitlynf@lordoflife.org Rev. Dr. Karen Geisendorfer-Lindgren, Pastor Emeritus, karengl@lordoflife.org Rev. Peter Geisendorfer-Lindgren, Pastor Emeritus, peter@lordoflife.org Rev. Karen Greimel, ksgreimel@lordoflife.org Rev. Charles ‘Chick’ Lane, chickl@lordoflife.org Rev. David McCarty, davem@lordoflife.org Rev. Donna Rohrer, donnar@lordoflife.org

february

w o r s h i p

2/3 9/10 16/17 23/24

a n d

m u s i c

Pastor Joel Wight Hoogheem

Pastor Joel Wight Hoogheem

Pastor Kaitlyn Forster

Pastor Karen Geisendorfer-Lindgren

TABLE OF CONTENTS Worship & Music / Pastor’s Message.......................................................... Pages 2-3 Lutheranism/Adult Confirmation and Connect Life.................................... Pages 4-5 Feed My Starving Children / Generosity...................................................... Pages 6-7 Pause for Prayer...........................................................................................Pages 8-9 Lord of Life Ministries............................................................................... Pages 10-14 Karing Kingdom Preschool............................................................................. Page 15 Caught Reading LifeTIMES.............................................................................. Page 16

Saturdays: 5:30pm - Praise Band and Holy Communion Sundays: 8:30, 9:45, and 11am - Holy Communion on the first and third Sundays Third Sunday: February 17 - 10am Good Samaritan Ambassador in New Hope Worship and music schedule may be subject to change; visit lordoflife.org/worship for the most current information.

Worship & Music

With supplies at the Info Center or in the main office, these booklets are available for everyone. You are encouraged to evangelize by sharing it with a friend or neighbor or coworker. The booklets begin to share just enough about Lord of Life to pique interest, then referring to the website for more details. May we all share the good news of Jesus Christ!

2

February 2019

Lord of Life’s Discipleship Path

by Pastor Joel Wight Hoogheem

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” These are Jesus’ closing words in the gospel of Matthew (28:19-20). We take these words seriously.

As a faith community and as people who identify as Jesus-followers, we seek to make disciples and to deepen our own discipleship. This is the reality addressed by Tony Morgan in his book, The Unstuck Church. He offers the idea that an effective church at this point in history will offer people a path forward in their discipleship instead of just putting out what he calls “a pile of programs.” Each congregation has its own path, just as each congregation has its own specific mission. Here, then, is the Lord of Life Discipleship Path.

Our default identity in the world today is consumer. As consumers, our first question is: What’s in it for me? As a church in 2019, we meet people where they’re at, and they’re asking this question, so we seek to answer it.

But discipleship goes much deeper than this.

The next step on our discipleship path is to move from consumer to contributor. As our understanding and experience of Jesus deepens, we see beyond ourselves and our desires. Our question transforms into: What can I offer?

As we go further on our journey, the next step on the path is conductor, which brings the question: How can I lead? Spiritual gifts are affirmed and identified, used to conduct ministries and lead discipleship initiatives.

As faith matures and discipleship deepens further, the next step on the path is connector. The question becomes: Who can I empower? This is not mere delegation. It’s about raising up new leaders and being secure enough to give away responsibilities by trusting in our fellow sisters and brothers in Christ. pasto r's a rt i c le

We’ll keep focusing on the Lord of Life Discipleship Path as we continue taking Jesus’ words seriously: Go, make disciples; baptize them; and teach them.

And remember, Jesus is with us to the end of the age.

February 2019

3

You are invited to particiate in—

A Lenten Look at Lutheranism / Adult Confimation During Lent beginning March 3, Pastor Karen Geisendorfer-Lindgren and Lord of Life member and Luther Seminary graduate Ina Barton will be leading sessions on what it means to be Lutheran. Held in the Luther Room at 11am, we will talk about how Lutherans understand: •

The Bible

•

Baptism and Communion

•

The Holy Trinity

•

Grace

•

Living a Christian life.

We will also learn about Martin Luther and other key players in the Protestant Reformation. Who was Frederick the Wise, John Staupitz, Philip Melanchthon, and Katharina Von Bora? And why are they important to the reformation movement?

In addition to learning about what it means to be Lutheran, we will talk about how Lutherans are similar yet different than other denominations.

Participants will also have the opportunity to follow an adult confirmation track, if they would like to be confirmed. Shared briefly below is the story of Wendy and Chris Tollefson who were confirmed as adults

by Pastor Karen. You are encouraged to pray about this exciting step in your own faith journey.

Feel free to visit lordoflife.org/adultconfirm or contact Pastor Karen directly (karengl@lordoflife.org).

chris tollefson My wife Wendy and I took the adult confirmation class together.

Neither one of us grew up in the church and did not attend worship, church school, or confirmation as children.

lifelong

learning

When we saw that there was an opportunity to get confirmed as adults, we were both excited and eager to attend. We wanted to learn and experience our new faith, especially being a young family with children of our own. We felt that we needed this experience to be able to support our family who would soon be starting on their own faith journeys.

4

Adult confirmation was sort of a launching pad for us as we became more active in ministries at Lord of Life. From helping teach church school, attending Bible studies to being C3 confirmation ministry leaders for all four of our kids. We have developed so many relationships because of the adult confirmation course, both as a couple and individually.

[Chris is now also a member of Lord of Life’s council.] From Word for Women, Inspired Images, Via De Cristo, Men’s Ministry—but the biggest relationship gained was the one we have with Jesus, knowing and understanding that we are loved by Him beyond measure.

February 2019

February 5, 7pm, at OMNI Brewing in Maple Grove—

Connect Life: The 5 Love Languages Words of affirmation.

Quality time.

Acts of service.

Physical touch.

Receiving gifts.

These are the five love languages that Gary Chapman outlines in his popular book, The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts. He believes that the more we understand ourselves and each other—on how we give and receive love—the stronger our relationships will be. This can be an important thing to learn for our ourselves, relationships with significant others, parenting, and so much more.

Connect Life explore the various ways we experience love in our lives and how to grow deeper in our relationships. Our large group presenter will be Matthew Spoden, sharing his research as a pastor-in-training on this topic. On February 5, we invite you to engage in this meaningful and worthwhile discussion. All participants are encouraged to complete the free online quiz at 5lovelanguages.com to help understand their own love language before our time together.

For more information and to reserve a space, visit lordoflife.org/connectlife or contact Pastor Kaitlyn (kaitlynf@lordoflife.org).

February 5, 7pm Bring a friend!

connect life February 2019

5

There’s a spot for you during the Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) MobilePack—

A Donation Worth Double!

Lord of Life members and friends gave an outstanding contribution to FMSC during the annual October FMSC drive. As we were able to donate the funds prior to year-end, every dollar donated was doubled by an individual for a total donation of $50,000. Praise God and thanks to Lord of Life—thank you so much!

Charity Navigator, the largest and most-utilized charity evaluator in America, has once again given FMSC their highest rating of Four Stars. This is the 14th year in a row FMSC received this rating; it puts them in the top 1% of charities nationwide for Charity Navigator’s recognition!

In the FMSC office, LaVie Kinvig presented the check to Director Mark Crea.

Mark your calendar for FMSC’s next big event—the annual Northwest Metro MobilePack on February 20-24. Sign up your small groups, youth, OWLs, family and friends to help pack a million meals during this five-day marathon. See more details below.

Thank you to all who contributed financially in October and who will contribute with time working at February’s MobilePack. May all of you have a wonderful 2019 with God’s Work. Our Hands.

—LaVerne and Denny Kinvig

Your time and efforts make a difference toward—

One Million Meals

Take part in packing one million meals for hungry children and families throughout the world. Measure and scoop ingredients, seal bags, prepare boxes for shipping—it will all be explained and demonstrated thoroughly for newcomers. This is a great service opportunity for families, friends, coworkers, small groups, sports teams, scout troops, and others. Please note volunteers must be at least five years old.

Although you are welcome to register at any time, a specific Lord of Life packing day has been set for Thursday, February 21, from 12:30-2:30pm or 6-8:30pm. The location is at the Egan Companies in Champlin. You are encouraged to join in on February 21 with many others within the congregation. It is an opportunity to show we are “Loved

by God. Sent to Serve.”

Register at lordoflife.org/fmscmp for a Lord of Life packing shift or another day/time that works better with your schedule.

Fa i t h & F e l l o w s h i p

Along with providing food for the Jamaican ministry, FMSC food nourishes Uganda’s Smile Africa children.

At left, food was served by a missionary to young ones; at right, students wait in line for food served by missionary Jane Blank from Wisconsin.

6

February 2019

A New Look series of articles by members of Lord of Life about why they give. Plans have changed. Check back

e t n

ing givin g f a

Giving at Lord of

ct

Last month I promised this page would contain a

i

by Pastor Chick Lane

t res

Life is on a roll. 2018 was the

seventh year in a row in which

next month for the beginning of that series.

giving to the congregation increased

For several reasons, I have decided to try a new

compared to the previous year.

look for this page. In the past there has been

More giving means more ministry

information here about giving to date compared

in our congregation, in our

to budget, and a bar graph that has shown each

community, and around

week’s offering compared to budget. I know people care deeply about Lord of Life and some people

the world.

want to know “how we are doing financially.” My hunch is that very few people care about how each week’s offering compares to budget. I also think that comparing current giving to last year’s giving is more helpful than comparing it to budget.

Therefore, I am going to give a new look a try. On this page will still be an article about stewardship and giving at Lord of Life. There will also be simpler statistics comparing year-to-date giving for the current year and the former year. Most exciting for me is a new section, which will be an “Interesting Giving Fact.” In this issue that fact has to do with a series of seven straight increases in giving. In future issues, it will have to do with other “fun facts” about your giving to Lord of Life.

This is a trial. If you have reactions or suggestions,

2017 Total Contributions: $3,796,538 2018 Total Contributions: $3,809,809*

I’d like to hear them: chickl@lordoflife.org. My hope is that this new look is more helpful for more people.

Oh, and come back next month for the first article in the series, “Why I Give?”

*subject to year-end audit

February 2019

generosity

Let me know what you think.

7

Seeing Time

by Margot Storti-Marron

This morning, standing in the bathroom, I looked out the door and thought about how many times I got up fast, hurrying for practices, lay there worrying about how to get it all done and what to do first, or, not enough, woke up enjoying the peace of waking, surrounded by family.

I can almost see it in the warm air left over from a night of sleeping, swirling over the top of rumpled pillows, the bedspread not yet pulled tight. Then, it’s gone.

No matter how I was . . . mindful, time is gone.

I think of mindful as a bargain to be made with time. If I would simply be mindful, time would slow or stay with me, longer.

I’m thinking now, time is like air, taking on warmth and breath, dissolving all into an invisible sea. Felt as mysterious currents brushing by, seen as beauty in the tinted air of morning.

8

baptisms

At Lord of Life, we baptize individuals at any age. The next baptism class will be Sunday, February 10, at 12:15pm. No registration is required. To schedule a baptism, call the church office (763.420.5015).

December 1

Avery Elizabeth Gohman December 2

Brody David Lachner December 8

Connor James Skorczewski December 16

Oliver Everette Bratland December 22

Emmett John Yurik December 23

Eloise Lynn Bongartz

Ella Claire Christian December 30

Cameron Laraway McMurry

James Paul Moroney

Alaina Brynn Sommer

Henry Michael Stiedel

Ayla Jean Torfin

Isla Sue Windle

Margot Storti-Marron for sharing with us her gifts and talents. As a licensed pyschotherapist, author, and poet, read more of Margot’s work (margauxessays.blogspot.com). See Page 11 for an event on mindfulness for children—where adults may benefit as well.

February 2019

©Lightstock

pa u s e f o r p r ay e r

A special thank you to Lord of Life member

Pause

for Prayer bereavements Prayers of sympathy for those grieving the loss of a loved one; may they be comforted in the promise of the resurrection.

Craig Anderson and family at the death of his brother Pat Awker and family at the death of her aunt Lucy Chisato-Rodvik and family at the death of her sister Bradley and Doug Hum and family at the death of their grandmother/mother Tom Kripotos and family at the death of his father Lisa McCarty and family at the death of her mother Steve and Val Miller and family at the death of their niece Vicki Nelson and family at the death of her mother Dave Tigner and family at the death of his father

weddings

December 1

Rebecca Czerniak &Alexander Schulz December 28

Molly Weijk & Jack Carlson

welcome to new members Travis & Krista Cook with

Logan (11) and Brody (9) Lee Skavanger

Membership at Lord of Life means you make a commitment to be an active participant in congregational life. The expectation of not only new members but all members—is to worship regularly, grow in faith, serve others, and support the church and its programs financially. For more information, contact Katie Gartzke (katieg@lordoflife.org or 763.420.5015) or visit lordoflife.org/membership. You are invited to become a part of Lord of Life.

Mike Wilson and family at the death of his mother pa u s e f o r p r ay e r February 2019

9

Update from Our Mongolian Missionaries Dear Lord of Life, Our time in Minnesota last year was short but good; it feels like a distant memory now. It was great to meet and visit you all and get to know you better! We especially appreciated the time of prayer that we had with your prayer group—that was very encouraging and great support to our whole family.

The World Mission Prayer League’s (WMPL) purpose is to pray as a Lutheran community for over 100 Lutheran missionaries, serving in 20 countries. The WMPL headquarters is based at 232 Clifton Avenue in Minneapolis.

How do I get involved...

Pray: Become a prayer partner. You can hear directly from a missionary through newsletters and email updates.

Pray: As a community of believers, attend a daily prayer group at 10am and a Tuesday prayer group at 6:30pm in Minneapolis.

Mobilize: Missionary speakers are available for events.

Send: Support a missionary or mission project financially.

Go: Serve in the mission field.

Currently it is the deep cold winter season, and pollution in Ulaanbaatar is reaching its highest point. Ulaanbaatar, the capitol of Mongolia and where we live, is the most polluted city in the world in the winter months. We live near the northeast edge of the city, where pollution has been lesser in the past. However, as more people have moved into this area, it has become increasingly bad air quality. There have been times when we cannot see more than three houses away in the thick grey/ brown smoke. The smoke is almost entirely raw coal, burnt in very basic, inefficient cookstoves from the ger district. But for those out of money, garbage, tires, and anything that can burn is used. This causes major health problems for people in our community this time of year. It is especially difficult for children and the elderly. Pneumonia is the second leading cause of death for children under five!

Our family is privileged to afford indoor air filters and good quality masks. Many people cannot afford these or do not realize their importance. Prayers for a solution for this city’s air pollution problem are needed! Air quality testing statistics are provided by the US Embassy; readings are literally off the charts when measuring pollutants.

It has been a continuing challenge to learn how to lead and minister in a culture far from our own. For me, Ben, the challenges of leadership alone are high! This has been the biggest area of growth, stretching, and prayer for me. God calls us, equips us, and gives us grace. But it is another area of prayer we could definitely use support!

Leadership is at the same time both deeply rewarding and deeply taxing.

I love to be partnering with God and God’s plans as well as being a willing instrument for God. Our family is doing well. Our kids have become busier with more friends and increased freedom as they mature, like learning to take the city bus to their events. They really enjoy a nearby international church youth group. They also are doing a play with the homeschool co-op. Kaylee is actually the director and the main character for the play! We are thankful to the Lord for providing for these social needs for our teenagers and preteen.

Thank you and for your continued prayers, support, and partnership!

Sincerely,

Ben and Jody Selin & family

There are many short- or long-

ministries

term service options available.

10

For more details on the Selin family mission in Mongolia and WMPL, visit lordoflife.org/wmpl.

February 2019

T Kay

Monday, February 25, 6:30pm—

Mindfulness Skills

by Michelle Tomlinson In a fast-paced world it is hard enough for adults—let alone children— to slow down and be mindful. Mindfulness is a common phrase being used these days. Do you know what it means to practice mindfulness? It may be described as “a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, and used as a therapeutic technique.”

Lorilee Virnig, MA, BCC, RYT, from Healthwise Behavorial Health & Wellness will be the Refresh guest presenter on February 25 at 6:30pm. It may be difficult enough for adults to sometimes acknowledge their feelings—imagine what it might be like for a child.

Ms. Virnig has extensive training in individual and family play therapies including collaborative problemsolving, healthy parenting and relationship skills, and mindfulness techniques. She is a board-certified life and ADHD coach. She is also a certified instructor of Yoga Calm® for Children, Yoga4Cancer®, and mindfulness training for children, teens, and parents.

Come and learn skills to help your children slow down and establish mindful habits. Who knows, you may just learn something that you can put into practice.

There is no cost or registration needed. Questions? Contact Michelle Tomlinson at michellet@lordoflife.org or 763.420.5015 x118.

The Selin Family (left to right) ylee, Jody, Aidan, Ben, Keean, Audri

“

God calls us, equips us, and gives us grace.

To learn more about upcoming monthly Refresh events, visit lordoflife.org/refresh.

To view previous presentations, visit lordoflife.org/previousrefresh.

Ministries

Thank you to everyone who contributed toward the Christmas cookie drive for soldiers.

These soldiers are very appreciative and say thanks!

February 2019

11

Warm Hearts and Hands

by Donna Rizner

A February Minnesota winter can be brutal— particularly for those who are homeless and without proper clothing. Mittens on a Mission creates mittens from old sweaters, wool, and fleece. The mittens are then delivered to adult men and women who are homeless in Minneapolis/St. Paul. The next sew-athon is February 16. Fleece and wool sweaters are collected year round, please bring your donations to the Service Center. Ready-to-make kits are available in the office. Thank you to Lynn Anderson and Inspired Images for their work with the circular tags.

To get involved and for more details on this ministry, visit lordoflife.org/mittensmission.

Older Wiser Lutherans february events

save the date

February 7: Food, Faith, and Fellowship

March 14 (note week change): Join in as we travel to Minneapolis and tour the Pavek Museum to see antique radios, phones, and TVs. We will also tour the Bakken Museum that houses some mysteries of the electrical world and medical devices. We will have lunch at Patrick’s Cafe in Bachman’s between tours.

Leave LOL at 9:30am and return by 3:30pm.

Cost is $41 including lunch.

ministries

Valentine Party! God’s love endures forever.

(Psalm 136) Come to be a blessing and be blessed. Our guest, Pastor Joel, will share devotions. Our musical guests, Blessing Gospel, will bring joy to our hearts with their gifts and talents. A freewill donation lunch will be served starting at noon in Fellowship Hall.

Please sign up on the bulletin board near the Info Center (located across from the main sanctuary doors) or contact Karen Nelson.

12

February 21: Wings of the North Museum— head to Eden Prairie for a tour of the Wings of the North Museum. The museum currently houses three award-winning aircraft in addition to others. Enjoy an Italian buffet lunch at the museum after our tour. Leave LOL at 9:30am and return by 3pm. Cost is $30 including lunch. Registration coming soon.

February 2019

In case of inclement weather and an event’s cancellation, the OWLs’ event leader will plan to contact all who are registered for that event.

Questions? Read postings on bulletin board, contact Karen Nelson (763.420.5015 x138, karenn@lordoflife.org) or lordoflife.org/owls.

You BELONG Here!

Summer programming registration opens 8am, February 4, lordoflife.org/summer

Pop-up Family Event: Game Night

Spend quality family time together playing games on Saturday, February 2, at 6:30pm. Bring your own games or try one of ours. Popcorn will also make the evening fun!

Meet in Fellowship Hall and the event will end at 8pm.

No cost, no registration, all are welcome!

Feed My Starving Children Again this year, all hands on deck for the MobilePack event at Feed My Starving Children (FMSC). Come one, come all for C3 confirmation ministry small groups to church school groups to families with children (ages 5 and up). See Page 6 for more information.

Parent Night Out (PNO) is for children birth-grade 5.

Children are invited—in their pajamas—to Lord of Life for a night of fun and faith-filled ministries

activities.Youth in grades 6-12 may register for service and leadership experiences.

February 2019

13

oup • Progresso Chicken Noodle Soup • Mulligatawny Soup • Campbell’s Vegetable Beef oup • Progresso Vegetable Soup • Chicken and umpling Chunky Soup • Hormel Chili • Creamy otato Soup • Spaghettio’s • Ramen Shrimp oup • French Onion Soup • New England Clam howder • Campbell’s Chicken and Dumplings oup • Old-fashioned Vegetable Beef Chunky Soup Oyster Stew • Hormel’s Beef Stew • Minestrone Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup • Items needed include: omestyle Chicken Noodle Soup • Salisbury Steak hunky Soup Chicken Corn • Healthy • •canned soups, chili,Chowder stew hoice Chicken and Rice • Dinty Moore Beef Stew • canned meat, chicken, tuna Chicken and Wild Rice Soup • Chef Boyardee and jelly eeF Ravioli• • peanut Italianbutter Wedding Soup • Progresso entil Soup • • Healthy Choice Chicken Vegetable canned fruits and veggies oup • Progresso Beef Barley Soup • Campbell’s Spaghetti-O’s® hai Chicken• Soup • Campbell’s Split Pea and Ham oup • Chicken • Beer Cheese Soup PleaseTortilla bring toSoup the display Chicken Gumbo • Progresso Hearty Minestrone by the main office or to the Chunky Sausage and Chicken Gumbo • Bean donations ith BaconService Center.

Soup • WolfAllBrand Chili • Chicken roccoli Cheese Soup • Oxtail Soup • Progresso are given to CROSS, our local reamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup • Alphabet Soup • foodCountry shelf — thank you for• Chunky Steak ealthy Choice Vegetable nd Potato your Soupgenerosity!

• Spaghettio’s • Sylvia’s Navy ean Soup • Manhattan Clam Chowder • Hearty eef Vegetable Soup • Campbell’s Tomato Soup • rloin Burger Chunky Soup • Progresso Chicken oodle Soup • Mulligatawny Soup • Campbell’s egetable Beef Soup • Progresso Vegetable Soup Chicken and Dumpling Chunky Soup • Hormel hili • Creamy Potato Soup • Spaghettio’s • amen Shrimp Soup • French Onion Soup • New ngland Clam Chowder • Campbell’s Chicken nd Dumplings Soup • Old-fashioned Vegetable eef Chunky Soup • Oyster Stew • Hormel’s eef Stew • Minestrone • Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup • Homestyle Chicken Noodle oup • Salisbury Steak Chunky Soup • Chicken orn Chowder • Healthy Choice Chicken and Rice Dinty Moore Beef Stew • Chicken and Wild ice Soup • Chef Boyardee BeeF Ravioli • Italian Wedding Soup • Progresso Lentil Soup • Healthy hoice Chicken Vegetable Soup • Progresso Beef arley Soup • Campbell’s Thai Chicken Soup • 14 February 2019 ampbell’s Split Pea and Ham Soup • Chicken ministries

Souper Bowl of Caring

ends on February 13

hunger in our local community The number of Americans living in foodinsecure households is now over 46 million, which means 1 in 8 people and 1 in 6 children struggle with hunger.* Since 1990, Souper Bowl of Caring has been encouraging people across the nation to work together around the time of the Super Bowl football game to fight hunger and poverty in their local communities.

Lord of Life is collecting canned goods through February 13 to fight hunger in our community.

100% of these donations will go to CROSS, our local food shelf. Please bring your donations to the display area near the main office. See sidebar for more details. Thank you for caring about hunger within our community. *Source: U.S. Census Bureau, USDA, Feeding America

february confirmation schedule 7th/8th grade

February 10/13: Ten Commandments: Not the Suggestions February 20/24: Ten Commandments: Work, Work, Work, Rest!

February 27/March 3: Ten Commandments: Honor Who?!?

9th grade

February 10/13: Faith & Life: Homelessness February 20/24: Faith & Life: Sexuality February 27/March 3: Faith & Life: Substance Abuse

A special day of imaginative learning in January while visiting the Brooklyn Park Library!

Fun in February

by Director Carly Tappe Love is in the air at Karing Kingdom Preschool! We will start our month sharing the love by talking about the letter L for Love and making Valentines for Vets January 31 and February 1 during each class. The following week we will celebrate the letter V for Valentines! We will celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 13/14 in class. Children can bring valentines and a non-edible treat for their classmates if they would like.

The week of February 18 we will talk about the letter O for Outer Space. February 22 all classes will participate in a special parent child class about space by Mad Science—information about this special class will be included in February’s mail. The last week in February we will talk about Dr. Suess and the letter G for Green Eggs and Ham. Karing Kingdom will be closed on February 8 for a teacher workshop and February 15/18 for Presidents’ Day. Registration for the 2019-2020 school year is now open! If you have questions about Karing Kingdom or would like to come in for a visit please contact Director Carly Tappe (carlyt@lordoflife.org).

February 2019

karing kingdom

Pajama “PJ” Day!

15

L O R D O F L I F E L U T H E RAN CHU R CH (E LCA ) 7401 County Road 101, Maple Grove, MN 55311-4313 phone 763.420.5015 fax 763.420.7286 web lordoflife.org LifeTIMES is a monthly ministry of Lord of Life Lutheran Church printed by Wallace Carlson Printing using ecofriendly inks. To receive LifeTIMES in the mail or electronically—call 763.420.5015 or stop in the church office or email office@lordoflife.org with your name & address. You are invited to share faith stories, ministry events, photos, poetry & artwork; send to bevm@lordoflife.org. Submissions may be edited. Deadline for the March issue is February 1. Copyright © 2019 Lord of Life Lutheran Church

TIME SENSITIV E MATERIAL RETURN SERV ICE REQ UESTED

The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6, and ends on Easter, April 21.

With the imposition of ashes, Ash Wednesday worship will be at 11am and 7pm.

Caught Reading LifeTIMES

CAUGHT READING LIFETIMES

16

With the largest attendance ever, the Mittens on a Mission January Sew-a-thon was productive and fun! See Page 12 for details on this ministry.

February 2019