Please note:    – Make sure to check the calendar for weekly activities, meetings and Bible study times.

Gold Club is a time to get together for some wonderful food, fun and fellowship.  Our Gold Club is no longer just for seniors.  It is fellowship for anyone.  If you are free during the day, please come join us.  We also encourage you to bring a friend if you know someone else who would enjoy some social time.  Bring a dish or treat to share and join us Wednesday, July 17 at noon.

The part-time custodial position at BSLC is vacant.  (This is a paid position.)  Click here to view some general information regarding the job description.  If you have any questions regarding the position, please send an email to the church office or visit with one of our pastors.  If you would be interested in applying for this position, please complete a Job Application form and return it to the church office.

Thank you to Kym Gilman for your years of service to Beautiful Savior and for keeping our church looking so clean!

Please join us on Monday, August 5 for a picnic and RedHawks baseball game hosted by Thrivent Financial!  The picnic begins at 5:30 pm at the east entrance of the stadium with your choice of a pulled pork sandwich or hotdog and includes chips and pop.  Then stay for the baseball game at 7:02 pm.  All this for just $10 per person!  Tickets are on a first come, first serve basis.  Ticket sales end on August 1 or when sold out.

To order tickets, click here or call Katie Lewis at (701) 478-7132 or email at northlandtmn@thrivent.com with questions.  Game tickets will be mailed directly to you.  You should receive your tickets no later than August 2nd.  They will be mailed to the address that you type in to purchase these tickets.  No refunds are available.

The 3rd annual Beautiful Garden in Beautiful Savior’s backyard is looking for you!  Would you like to join an informal, flexible gardening fellowship group?  This is a fun, rewarding, flexible activity.  If you enjoying gardening, but do not have a garden of your own, we are what you are looking for.  We meet at the garden on Wednesdays at 5:30 pm during the summer and fall.  Or feel free to show up on Saturday mornings at 10:00 am.  Be a part of our gardening group, enjoy some delicious vegetables and improve your growing skills!

If you are interested in helping and benefiting with our garden and harvest, just show up on Wednesday or Saturday.

This summer, Beautiful Savior will offer a Wednesday 7 pm worship service.  If you can’t make it to church on Sunday morning, we hope you will consider joining us on Wednesday evening.

(The Sunday service/sermon is repeated on the Wednesday following.)

If you have something you would like included in the upcoming newsletter, please submit your article(s) by the 20th of the month.

Grace Lutheran School has two openings for part-time teachers and is looking for a part-time cook.  They are also working to extend a call for a full-time Pre-K teacher.  If you or someone you know are interested in any of these job openings, please contact the school at (701) 232-7747 or email principal@gracels.com.

All youth in grades 6-12 are invited to our annual tubing trip on Tuesday, July 23.  We will meet at Beautiful Savior at 9 am for Bible study then travel to our destination.  Registration fee of $10 which includes transportation, tubing rental and shuttle, if you register by July 14.  (Late registration is $15 and will be accepted only if room allows.)  Bring extra cash for lunch at Detroit Lakes and ice cream on the trip back to Fargo.  We will return around 6 pm.  Let Pastor Brian know if you need to return to Fargo before 6 pm.  Click here to print the registration form.  Return the completed form along with the registration fee to Pastor Brian by July 14 if interested.

PATH’s Community Based Services are in need of every day essentials for the families they serve.  Items they are needing are:  nonperishable food items, hygiene items, cleaning supplies, kitchen supplies, towels, blankets, diapers, pillows and tennis shoes for second and third grade boys.  Please consider donating.  A basket is located in the narthex.

Pastor Brian Shane was ordained and installed as our associate pastor on Sunday, June 23 during a 4 pm service.  Congratulations on your Ordination, Pastor Brian!  We are so happy to have you as our associate pastor.

(Click on the picture to the right to view it in a larger format.)

“Many hands make light work”…  That is for sure!

Thank you to everyone who was able to come help with the storm cleanup on July 1st.  It was truly a blessing to have so many extra hands to help pick up all the branches and twigs.  If you weren’t able to come, take a look at the berm and see just how many branches the storm displaced from our trees.

Again, thank you for giving of your time to care for our church home.

BSLC members, men and women of any age, are invited to gather on Friday mornings at 9 am at Randy’s University Diner, 2130 University Drive S, Fargo.  Please join us!  Everyone is welcome!  Feel free to bring a friend.

Can’t make it to the garden on Wednesdays?  No problem.  We added a 2nd gardening time to our weekly schedule.  Please join us on Saturdays at 10 am.  Bring your gardening gloves and help weed and pick the vegetables as they ripen.

If you would like to be on our garden communication list and receive emails regarding the garden, please contact Tim at tim.deitemeyer@hotmail.com.

The food pantry at BSLC is in need of non-perishable items: peanut butter, canned fruit, soups, rice and pasta boxes or mixes, spaghetti sauce, and boxed cereal.  If you are able to help with these needed items, you may drop them off in the church office.  Thank you.

Beautiful Savior will offer one Sunday morning worship service at 9 am, followed by fellowship time and Bible study, starting Sunday, May 26, and going through Sunday, September 1.  Our midweek Wednesday night 7 pm worship service will run through August 21. 

(The Wednesday service/sermon is the same as the prior Sunday.)

Summer Office Hours:  (Memorial Day – Labor Day)
Kim will be in Monday through Thursday from 9:30 am – 1 pm during the summer.  If you need to stop by the church at any other time, please call ahead to make sure someone is around.  Thank you.

Our Beautiful Garden could use some supplies.  If you have any of these items and would like to donate them to us, please bring them to the church or contact Tim at tim.deitemeyer@hotmail.com.

The items we need are: plastic baskets, plant/vegetable pallets, strawberry crates, wheelbarrow or wagon, garden tools, especially spades, shovels and hoes, tomato cages, and 5 gallon pails. 

Thank you in advance if you are able to help us out.

Do we have your current phone number and address?  If you have moved, dropped your landline, have a new phone number or move to the lakes for the summer, please let the church office know.  You can inform us of the changes by calling, emailing or leaving a note in the office with the new information. Thank you.

There are brochures in the narthex for those who would like to attend church camp.  This year’s theme at Shepherd’s Hill at the Crossroads is “A Great Cloud”.  Some of the camps offered are horse camps, art camp, guitar camp and even an adult camp.  Their website is www.shretreat.org.

 

This year’s theme at Lutheran Island Camp and Christ Serve Ranch is “Forgiven”.  There are great programs for all ages.  Their website is www.islandcamp.org.

The evangelism committee is looking for families or individuals to mentor new members.  If you think you would be interested in helping, please email tim.deitemeyer@hotmail.com.  Thanks.

A BSLC member is in need of a used car in good running condition.   If you would be willing to donate or sell a car to them, at a reasonable price, contact the church office at (701) 293-1047.

Are you thinking about where you or your  children may go for college?  Consider one of our LCMS universities.  Grants are available to assist youth and adults who wish to begin or continue their education from an LCMS university or seminary.  Applications are available in the church office.

If you are a Thrivent member and are eligible for Thrivent Choice dollars, please go online or call your representative to have your Thrivent Choice dollars designated to Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church.

Valley Senior Services of Cass County is looking for volunteers to help deliver meals to seniors.  You only need to sign up for 1 hour at a time!  Please call (701) 293-1440 if interested in helping this worthwhile organization.

Do you have a family member in the military?  The LWML would like their address so that they can send cards of encouragement to them.  Please leave their address on the church office desk or email them to the church.  Thank you.

Did you know that Amazon will donate every time you shop when you shop thru Smile.Amazon.com ?

Did you know that Beautiful Savior offers an electronic option for giving your donations?  Just like paying your bills electronically, the Simply Giving program offers convenience for our members by allowing you to not have to write a check or remember your offering envelope on Sunday morning.  Electronic Giving also provides much-needed donation consistency for our church. e-Giving is a secure direct debit giving program used to automatically transfer funds from your checking or savings account to the church’s bank account on a monthly, semi-monthly or bi-weekly basis.

 

As you consider future contributions, please also consider signing up for electronic giving.  The authorization form can be printed from the “Resources / Forms” tab of this website or can be picked up in the church office.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Beth Gustafson or the church office.

With over 500 young people in our association churches, many of them can benefit greatly from an education based here at Grace Lutheran School.  Let us take you for a tour of the school to get an idea of what Grace Lutheran is like.  We have needs based financial aid with over $100,000 available for your students to attend Grace!   Registration is only $50.00 for new families. 

Give us a call and set up a Care Visit with our Principal or Marketing Director today! 

The “Restore His House” 3 year capital campaign is underway and off to a good start, but has a long way to go.  As was reported at the June 2018 voters’ meeting, our building is in need of a number of repairs and updates that are a normal part of taking care of a property as it ages.  Our goal for these projects is $300,000 over the next three years to meet these building needs.  In addition, we will donate 10% to Grace Lutheran School during that same time frame for a total campaign goal of $330,000.  

    A mailing was sent out in October 2018 with details about the Restore His House Capital Campaign, giving you the opportunity to make your commitment to the Campaign.  If you did not make a commitment yet, it if not too late.  You can pick up a commitment card in the church office.  Or you may make donations to the campaign anytime by writing “Capital Campaign” on the memo line of your check.

   We ask that you prayerfully consider how God has blessed you and what you may be able to commit to this campaign over the next 3 years.

   You can see a complete list of projects and also watch the progress of the campaign on the display in the Narthex.

Our thoughts are with the victims affected by the wildfires.  When disaster strikes, Christians look for ways to help those who are in need, whether it means lending a helping hand or making a monetary donation.  Thrivent Financial will match up to $250,000 in personal donations made through Thrivent.com to specific disaster relief organizations helping with the recovery efforts. Thrivent will pay the processing fees for these donations, so 100 percent goes to help.

Go online to Thrivent.com to make a donation today.   

(Note: LCMS Disaster Response Wildfire Relief is one of the organizations that you can choose to receive your donation.)

Please help to keep the sanctuary pews and chairs clean by not bringing food or beverages in the sanctuary.  If something should happen to get spilled, please clean up after yourself.  Thank you for helping us keep the Lord’s House clean and looking nice.

Do you like to volunteer for a good causes?  At Grace Lutheran school we have LOTS of ways to volunteer your talents to help us!  We always need helpers to assisting students in completing their work, helping teachers with tasks and breaks, supervising morning care and recesses.  When our cook is ill or take a day off we need help in the kitchen.  Year-round there are always projects and repairs to do around the school.  Feel free to contact us for a service project.  Please contact our school office at (701) 232-7747 for further information.

Our youth praise band is in need of you!  This is for any students in grades 6-12 who love to sing and/or play an instrument.  If you have any questions, talk with Ramsey Dahl or come to a rehearsal any Sunday at 7 pm.  Practices are usually on Sunday evenings from 7-8 pm.  Crossfire is taking the summer off – practices will resume after Labor Day.

Thinking about going to the National Youth Gathering?  Want to attend a summer service event to Ohio?  Want to join in the junior high youth gathering?  All Beautiful Savior youth age 13 and older can help work various events at the Fargo Dome to earn money for youth activities at BSLC.  For more information, please contact Pastor Brian.

We are looking for Group Fellowship Captains…  Don’t let “captain” intimidate you.  Ask a friend to do it with you and make it a co-captain position.  

What does a captain do?  Our “captains” make phone calls or e-mail members to line up treats for Sundays, to help set up or clean up for special services and funerals.  A captain is responsible for one month at a time.  There are 8 captains in all that rotate the schedule. 

If you have additional questions, feel free to visit with Mary Seiffert who would be more than happy to give you more details.  You can also leave your name in the office and Mary can call you.  Thanks for stepping up!

For information regarding our Facebook group or Instagram page for the Youth Grades 6-12 and their parents, please check the Youth page of this website located under the “Get Involved” tab above.

Earn an automatic gas rebate for Grace Lutheran School of 3 cents for every gallon of gas purchased at the Exxon/Red Carpet Carwash Stations located on 13^th Ave. S. in Fargo (by Perkins and by Family Fare).  Just swipe the card when you are paying, and GLS will automatically receive the donation!  Pick up your free GLS Organizational Rebate Card from the office – and take additional cards for your family and friends to use. (This is NOT a credit card.)  These local Exxon stations also donated to this year’s GLS Auction.

Take time to look at the picture boards outside the church office.  The Confirmation pictures from previous years are posted there.  If you have a good copy of any of the years that are printed as a 5×7 (not 8×10), please email a digital file to the church office or bring in a printed copy to the church office and we can scan it in and get an 8×10 made.

Thank you to everyone who brought in class photos of years that were missing!  (Pictured to the right is the class of 2018.)

If you have a concern or joy and would like our prayer warriors to pray for you or others, please e-mail the office, and your prayer will be sent out on the e-mail chain.  Also please e-mail updates to the office or the pastors so it can be shared with our prayer warriors.  Please let the church office know by Wednesday if you have joys or concerns to put in our weekly announcements.  The petitions will run weekly until you ask to have them removed from the list.  Our church members appreciate the chance to pray for our special needs and joys.  Prayer is powerful. 

Main Street Living North is a Lutheran Television Program that is endorsed by the LCMS.  MSLN broadcasts each Sunday at 9:00 am, followed by “This Is Your Life” program at 9:30 am on TV station KVRR.  MSLN is also broadcast on WDAY Xtra with “This Is Your Life” program at 10 am followed by the “Main Street Living” worship service. 

The program is financially supported through donations given by the viewers and congregations of the viewing area.  The sermons and songs are video’d in advance and are then used in a future broadcast of the program.  The choir is composed of members of the local churches – you do not have to be part of our choir in order to participate.  If you would like more information about MSLN or want to watch this week’s broadcast, go to: mainstreetliving.com/north.  Once there, you can watch the current week’s broadcast with the links at the bottom of the screen.  Or you can access previous broadcasts from prior months by using the drop-down menu at the top of the screen and choosing “Watch Main Street Living” under the “Main Street Living” tab at the top of the screen.  Or use this link:  mainstreetliving.com/north/blog/category/schedule.  (Depending on your web browser, the drop down menu might show as a set of 3 lines at the top of the page.  If so, just click on the 3 lines to access the drop-down menu.)

To donate:  Financial Support checks may be sent to “Main Street Living North”, 821  5th Ave. S., Fargo, ND  58103.  You can also donate by credit card or a Paypal account at: www.mainstreetliving.com/north.  Thank you and God’s blessing in Christ!

Have you ever wondered if you could be an usher or greeter on Sunday mornings? Have you thought you might enjoy singing with the choir or playing in the praise band? Do you have a gift for prayer, sewing, gardening, working with children or teens, or planning activities? These are just some of the ways you can contribute your gifts and talents at Beautiful Savior. For a more complete list of opportunities, take a look under the “Get Involved” tab of this website.  Or if you would like to learn more about any of these or want to know how you can serve our congregation, please visit with Jennifer Krause or any member of the Church Council. 

1 Corinthians 12:27 “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.”

If you have pictures from church events and are willing to share them, please let the office know.

You just never know where we might use them…  Thanks!

LWML typically meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 6 pm.  All women regardless of age are invited to join.  Even if you can’t attend every meeting, you are still welcome to come as it fits your schedule.  There are lots of activities coming up – so even if you can’t attend the monthly meetings, consider teaming up on a committee to help make things happen.  Your participation in LWML is a great way to make new friends within the church.  And, at the same time, you will be Serving the Lord!

We are a small group of members who are joining Jesus on His mission by living each day as if it were a mission trip into our own community.  We are meeting once a month to share experiences and support each other.  Our next meeting is Tuesday, July 9 at 7 pm.  Everyone is welcome.  Visit with Pastor Brian if you have not attended and plan to attend.  

Next quilting date is Thursday, Aug 8 from 10 am to 3 pm (you do not have to stay the whole time).    This is open to all women of the church.  Bring a friend or two if you want!  Being a quilter is NOT a requirement as much conversation and fellowship is involved.  We donate quilts to local organizations and sell them to members.  If there is a silent auction we can donate a quilt for, we are happy to do so.  If you have any questions, please contact Donna at 232-2464.

Mites Sunday occurs during the months that have 5 Sundays and is called “Loose Change Sunday”!  Please bring your loose change or dollars on those Sundays and place it in the Mites Box.  On a weekly basis, the Mites Box is located across the hall from the church office and you are welcome to drop off loose change into the box at any time – it does not have to be on Loose Change Sunday.  Thank you to all who have dropped their loose change into the Mites Box.  Combined Mite Box donations amount to millions of dollars that fund district and national mission grants.  To see a list of the current recipients of the Mite Box donations, go to the “Get Involved / LWML” page of this website.

Save the Date:   This year we will be trying something new with an Autumn Brunch.  It will start at 10 am with a performance by the Grape Suzettes.  This will be followed by a buffet style brunch with tea.  We will be taking donations for the FM Honor Flight.  If you are interested in hosting a table, contact Kim Scheer in the church office.

Save the Date:  The LWML 2019 Fall Rally will be held at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church on Saturday, October 19.  More information will be available at a later date.