North Beaver Creek Lutheran Church

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Super exciting! Our council is meeting with Living Hope's council and the Parish Formation Team to finalize the Covenant of Cooperation before putting it to our congregations for a vote to formally become a 2 point parish. Thank you for your prayers!!

Wishing you a blessed 4th of July holiday.

We had a fantastic time on Sunday hearing our kiddos sing songs from VBS and celebrating our newest members!! Welcome Carol, Ron, Shari, Scarlet, Amber and Brad!!

Big Day at NBC tomorrow! We will welcome new members and hear songs from our Vacation Bible School kids! See you at 8:45 at the brick building!

We had some special visitors last night at VBS...baby piggies 🐷and kitties🐈!!

Monumental Vacation Bible School is underway this week! We are learning and singing and playing and creating and growing in God's love everyday!!

Rest eternal grant Dianne, O Lord, and may light perpetual shine upon her.

Obituary for Dianne L Kraemer | Kratz Funeral Home Share memories & support the family

Very thoughtful! Hope you take a moment to read this.

"We need more young families in our church." Ok, but why?

Only four more days until Synod Assembly! If you won't be joining us in person, be sure to check out the livestream of opening worship and all the plenary sessions at youtube.com/-elca2/streams. Live videos will pop up on the channel each time we start a new session, so tune in throughout the weekend.

There will be worship on June 9 at 8:15am at Living Hope Lutheran Church. But maybe you want to take a drive down to Riverside park and worship in a beautiful place with hundreds of other Lutherans in the La Crosse Area Synod! Your synod assembly voting members (Scott V., Norval G., and Pastor Libby) will be there. Lunch is served afterwards.

Invitation to Assembly Worship 2024 Bishop Malpica's invitation to Synod Assembly Worship at Riverside Park Sunday, June 9th at 10:00 am. Learn more at: www.LaCrosseAreaSynod.org

June 9 - Synod Assembly Weekend
9:15 at Living Hope (sanctuary) to discuss Review, Adaptation, and Termination
(Joint Worship at 8:15am at Living Hope)

The Parish Formation Team (PFT) is hosting a series of forums to aid in the construction of a 2 Point Parish Agreement. Each forum is dedicated to ONE general topic. A forum on every topic will be offered at BOTH Living Hope and North Beaver Creek.
The topics are:
1. Worship and Education Programs
2. Finances & Buildings
3. Pastoral Needs and Expectations
4. Operational Structure and Decision Making
5. Review, Adaptation, and Termination

Members of BOTH congregations are welcome to ALL forums at either church. If you are unable to attend, your voice still matters. Please seek out a member of the Parish Formation Team to share your thoughts.

Bring an open heart and mind! Please hold the process in your daily prayers. We look forward to these important conversations with you!

Pastor Libby, Lanie Baer, Marlys Leque, Steve Lyga, Steve McDougal, Brent Sweno, and Joe Vehrenkamp

Today is Memorial Day. Let us pray: Almighty God, you are our strength and our shield. We give you thanks for the members of our armed forces past and present, and especially for those who have died while serving. May their sacrifices serve the cause of peace, and may our nation be ever grateful for their service. With your wisdom and strength guide our military’s leaders and give to all people a desire for justice and peace. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. (Prayer for Memorial Day, Sundays and Seasons)

May 28, 2024 at North Beaver Creek (brick bldg)
12:30pm Visitation
2:00pm Funeral
Burial and lunch following

Obituary for Ardis Elvina Sexe | Kratz Funeral Home Share memories & support the family

Worship tomorrow at 8:45am with our neighbors from Living Hope ... one joint worship service for both congregations. We will welcome Pastor Paul Drees, Interim Pastor of LuMin (Lutheran Campus Ministry) in La Crosse. See you there!!

Update: Visitation starts at 12:30pm at North Beaver Creek (brick bldg.). Funeral at 2pm. Burial and lunch following.

Our prayers are with the family and friends of long time member, Ardis Sexe, who died late last night. Rest eternal grant her, O Lord, and may light perpetual shine upon her.

Come, Holy Spirit!! Join us for worship tomorrow at 8:45am as we celebrate the feast of Pentecost! ALL are welcome ALL the time!

Deadline is Tomorrow! Take the survey Today!

Our synod's anti-racism team would really appreciate hearing from you.

The anti-racism team would like your feedback regarding issues of race, racism, anti-racism work and how these issues intersect our faith and public life. The deadline to complete the survey is Tuesday May 14th.
https://mailchi.mp/lacrosseareasynod.org/anti-racism-survey

Don't Forget!! This Sunday, May 19, worship starts at 8:45am at the brick building! See you there! ALL are welcome ALL the time!!

HAPPENING NOW THRU JUNE 9: Bring new socks and underwear to church to be distributed to Coulee region relief organizations, shelters, and clothes closets. This is a synod wide project to serve our neighbors in need.

Today we blessed our graduating high school seniors with the prayers of the church and beautiful handmade quilts from the quilters of NBC. Special thanks to Deena Daffinson for her words and presentation of the quilts and to Angie Byom for the photos.

Congratulations to our class of 2024: Kellee Hangartner, Sierra Instenes, Paige Kelly, Ben Lien, and Anna White!!

This Sunday at NBC our 10:30 Worship service will include holy communion, children's sermon, noisy offering for "Water is Life" project through ELCA World Hunger, and a greeting from Nancy Solberg to share about our synod's companion relationship with the Lutheran Church in Peru. All are Welcome All the Time!

Today was the last Sunday of Sunday School, and the children sang in worship. Special thank yous go to our excellent and devoted teachers: Nicole Borreson, Maygan Kujak, Sally Steine, Crystal Sweno, Linda Heimdahl, and Bree Lien. We will formally thank them for their service on Sunday, June 23 when we kickoff our week of Vacation Bible School. Well done everyone!! Your church family appreciates and loves you!!

ALL are WELCOME ALL the TIME! We would love to see you in worship on Sunday at 10:30am!

Our synod's anti-racism team would really appreciate hearing from you.

The anti-racism team would like your feedback regarding issues of race, racism, anti-racism work and how these issues intersect our faith and public life. The deadline to complete the survey is Tuesday May 14th.
https://mailchi.mp/lacrosseareasynod.org/anti-racism-survey

Happy Earth Day!

🌍 For Angelita Galinato, every day is Earth Day. A member of the Tagbanua tribe, one of the Philippines oldest ethnic groups, she has a close connection with nature, relying on the earth — and her hard work as a farmer — to provide for her family. But flat land and harsh weather conditions made farming challenging. Angelita and her community were struggling to harvest enough food to survive, and traditional farming techniques were harming their delicate watershed ecosystem. 🌱

That is until caring neighbors, like you, sowed the seeds of the hardy purple yam into their lives.

Because of you, Angelita and her community learned sustainable practices that not only yield healthier crops and higher incomes, but also protect the earth that nurtures them.

This Earth Day, let's celebrate the power of small changes to create a big impact. What change will you make? 🌏💚

Read more: https://bit.ly/3W0og94

God our creator, you have ordered seedtime and harvest, sunshine and rain. Give to all who work the land fair compensation for the work of their hands. Grant that the people of this and every nation may give thanks to you for food, drink, and all that sustains life; may use with care the land and water from which these good things come; and may honor the laborers who produce them; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (ELW, p. 78)

Amen!

Today is RevPaul Sannerud's birthday! Send him some love!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY Pastor Paul! NBC is glad you were born 😊