Fellowship and Hospitality Team
The Fellowship and Hospitality Ministry Team exists to encourage interacting with one another by planning special events, making the interior of our church pleasing, keeping the kitchen stocked, and finding meal and housing for guests, as Christ would have us to do.
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Celebration Sunday
About 150 people attend our annual Celebration Sunday. Events include a vintage car show, a bouncy house, a softball game, a water balloon toss, a hula-hoop game, and a gunny sack race. Soft serve ice cream and freshly popped popcorn are nice treats on a hot afternoon. (Click on images to make larger) |
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Christmas
Smorgasbord Our Christmas Smorgasbord is a church tradition that remains strong. Each December we celebrate our Swedish heritage with a smorgasbord including some traditional Swedish food like potato bologna, lutefisk, rye bread, tea rings,rice pudding, ostkaka, and lingonberries. |
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Annual Congregational Meeting
We serve in the kitchen and assist John and Kevin Lantz who provide and make the pancakes. Larry and Betty Koos provide a large selection of pancake toppings
We serve in the kitchen and assist John and Kevin Lantz who provide and make the pancakes. Larry and Betty Koos provide a large selection of pancake toppings
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Christmas Baking Day
About 10 people attend our annual baking day held in early December. We spend a Saturday making a few Swedish foods including ostkaka, rye bread, and tea rings. Everyone is able to take something home. |
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Specific responsibilities of the team:
1. Interacting with one another
a. Organizing coffee schedule for after church fellowship
b. Update phone directory when needed
c. Organize and update pictorial directory
d. Keep memory book up to date
e. Keep confirmation photos up to date
2. Planning special events
a. Christmas Smorgasbord
b. Celebration Sunday
c. Pastors’ birthdays
d. Confirmation reception
e. Annual congregational meal
f. Communion
3. Making the interior of our church pleasing
a. Church spring and fall cleaning
b. Seasonal decorating
c. Banners
4. Keeping the kitchen stocked
a. Lemonade and coffee
b. Paper goods and dish soap
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer. Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.” Romans 12: 9-13
1. Interacting with one another
a. Organizing coffee schedule for after church fellowship
b. Update phone directory when needed
c. Organize and update pictorial directory
d. Keep memory book up to date
e. Keep confirmation photos up to date
2. Planning special events
a. Christmas Smorgasbord
b. Celebration Sunday
c. Pastors’ birthdays
d. Confirmation reception
e. Annual congregational meal
f. Communion
3. Making the interior of our church pleasing
a. Church spring and fall cleaning
b. Seasonal decorating
c. Banners
4. Keeping the kitchen stocked
a. Lemonade and coffee
b. Paper goods and dish soap
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer. Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.” Romans 12: 9-13