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A publication of Bayside Baptist Church www.baysidesuperior.org Volume 2 No. 7 April 2019
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For God and For Eternity
I MPAC T I MPAC T “Making Disciples and Loving the Least of These”
ministry events. You might find him anywhere in the building, mostly likely with his earphones on catching up on news and current issues. He works around events at church either setting up or taking down tables and chairs. He said the kitchenette across from the church offices is the hardest to get into. “There is always something going on in there. It is the busiest place,” he said.
Prior to becoming the custodian at Bayside, Jim had worked as a firefighter for the Superior Fire Department from 1988 to 2014 and was serving as captain at headquarters when he retired.
In 2001 he was injured in a house fire in Superior’s East End. Jim said they thought there were still some people upstairs and even though part of the stairs had burned, he went up to check the upstairs rooms.
“When I went to go back down,” he added, “I fell off the stairs and down onto a coffee table. I injured my back and had to have two fusions of vertebrae in my neck. I was off for three months and then came back for light duty. I’m still bothered by the injury.”
Jim has three grown children: Shannon,
H aving a well-kept, clean church is something many of us who attend
Bayside Baptist take for granted. But, thanks to Jim Lehikoinen (lay-he-coin-nen), who has served Bayside Baptist Church as its custodian since June 2014, Bayside attendees always enjoy the comfort of a well-kept church building.
Jim, 61, works at Bayside about 20 hours a week. He gets through the building weekly with vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, cleaning bathrooms and windows and shoveling snow.
“Winters are harder,” Jim said, “as the church becomes a total mess. There is much more to clean up. Summertime is easier, and that’s when I work on things like cleaning pews or trying to remove coffee stains. I do minor repairs. Sometimes I find a screw on the floor so I need to find out where it came from.”
Keeping regular hours is not possible for Jim. He comes in late at night to adjust to multiple
By Corinne Scott, IMPACT Editor
Jim Lehikoinen, church custodian, often works alone in an empty church, sweeping, vacuuming, cleaning and preparing Bayside for Sunday services.
-- More than a Quiet Custodian
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to the training camp practices, to the pre-season scrimmages, to the weekly grind of the regular season and to the exciting challenge of the playoffs. Everyone is working toward the common goal of participating in Super Bowl Sunday.
In the same way, the church has one main goal, purpose and focus: The gospel of Jesus Christ. This is the center of everything we do as a church. We celebrate His birth during Christmas, we study and teach His word each week, we make disciples in His name every day and we remember His death and resurrection on Easter Sunday! Everything in our church revolves around the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ!
So, what does that mean for us as we enter the Easter season? First, let’s make sure we have a firm foundation in our understanding of the gospel. We all have sinned. The penalty for our sin is death and separation from God. But the free gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord! God’s grace is available to us through faith in Jesus Christ. If we confess
Have you ever heard someone refer to Easter as “the Church’s Super Bowl Sunday?” Many churches look at Easter as the biggest Sunday of the year. For many churches, Christmas and Easter are the most attended Sunday morning services of the year. For many Christians, they are the guaranteed Sundays that we make every effort to attend Church services. So, what’s so important about these Sundays?
Of course, it starts with the background of these two holidays. As we all know, Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. And Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ – the foundation of our faith! So how do Easter and Super Bowl Sunday relate?
The Super Bowl is the biggest and most important game of the football season. Everything that a professional football team, coach and player does works towards one goal – winning the championship on Super Bowl Sunday. From the signing of free agents, to the drafting of rookies from the college ranks,
our sins and repent, God is faithful in forgiving us of our sins! Because Jesus Christ paid the price for our sins by His death on the cross and claimed victory over sin by his resurrection from the grave! Let’s keep that in mind and celebrate with joy this Easter.
I also want to encourage our congregation to consider how to make this Easter a Super Sunday – not just for each one of us individually, but for others around us as well. Prayerfully consider what the Lord is leading you into this Easter season. Maybe it is to invite someone to Easter Sunday service. Maybe it is to serve on Easter Sunday. Maybe it is to share the gospel with someone this Easter season. Whatever it is – let’s make this Easter even more than just a Super Sunday!
Stay the course. God is still at work! Pastor Tom
By Hunter Tunell, Children and Youth Ministry Director Instead of highlighting a specific area or story from the Children’s Ministry this month, I’d like to share a quote I heard the other day. Bayside recently established a Children’s Ministry Core Team, and at the beginning of each meeting, a short devotional is given by one of the members of the team.
In our March meeting, Jenny Paulseth presented us with an excellent word of encouragement and challenge by talking about how important it is to minister to the children and youth of the church. As she was speaking, she mentioned a quote by D. L. Moody that I thought was appropriate to include in this newsletter.
Moody’s quote: “At a certain meeting two and a half people were converted to Christ. A friend asked if he meant, two adults and one child. The facts were just the opposite -- two children and one adult. When a child is led to Christ, a whole life is saved!”
Without reducing the value of those who are getting into their “golden years,” I would like to agree with Moody’s statement! It is easy to forget that the children of today will lead the Church of tomorrow. Neglecting the task of discipling children will certainly lead to the decline of the Church, whether that be
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A Challenge to Pray for Bayside’s
(From left) Zaya McCotter, Harrison Brookmole, and Honor Prichard. Photo by Corinne Scott
“Here, Lord, is my life. I place it on the altar today. Use it as You will.”
Albert Schweitzer
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By Corinne Scott, IMPACT Editor
O n the second Tuesday of each month, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.,
five to seven moms—each with one to two tots, gather in the Fellowship Hall for Bayside Moms -- a time of crafts, games, treats, play and mom talk. Joanna McCotter, who has been the organizer for Bayside Moms since October 2018, shared via an e-mail interview about what goes on when moms and kids, usually under 5 years of age, get together each month. Joanna said there is no formal mission statement for Bayside Moms, but the purpose is for moms to get together with other moms to fellowship and build memories with their little ones. During the summer months the group plans to gather outdoors in a park.
“It can get lonely being a stay-at-home mom,” she added. “Getting together with other moms is refreshing and helps you remember you’re not alone in this. It’s also nice for our kids to get together and play, build friendships and have a fun time with their moms.”
A typical gathering would include a fun craft or game for the kids to do, usually themed around the current holiday or season, such as painting pumpkins, decorating Christmas ornaments or making “snow” out of shaving cream
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29, who lives in St. Cloud; Amber, 25, who lives in Superior; and Tyler, 22, who serves as a Marine in Miramar. Jim was divorced in 2011.
While living alone in an empty house, which is located near the colleges in Superior, Jim decided he could help out students or someone who “needed a chance to get started, to get educated or to get a good life.” So, he opened his home. At one time, Jim had three Jordanians living with him—Joseph (Salam) and his two sisters, Rose and Lydia. The sisters have moved to their own apartment but Joseph continues to stay with Jim. Ja’lon Sventek, who is studying to be an EMT (emergency medical technician), also stays at Jim’s house.
Jim was born and raised in the Cloquet area. He graduated from AlBrook High School in 1975. He attended the University of Minnesota in Duluth for two years and in St. Paul for two years, graduating with a degree in Forestry and Wood Utilization.
Raised in a Christian home, Jim grew up attending Big Lake Covenant Church in Cloquet. He said it was a very tiny, but very busy little white church. He feels like he’s been a Christian all his life. However, when he was 12or 13, his Christian walk took a more meaningful turn when he was baptized at Covenant Park Bible Camp at Mahtowa.
Bayside Baptist Church has been Jim’s home church since it was still on Ogden Avenue. He has served as a trustee of the church, been in different Bible studies and served with Amida Gallito in the singles small group. His favorite book of the Bible is James – “it reveals who you are on the inside.”
Jim is one of the behind-the-scenes workers at Bayside. Thanks, Jim, for all you do at Bayside and beyond.
and baking soda.
Joanna said treats are provided for everyone and once the kids are done with their craft, they run around and play while the moms talk. “Its very laid back and informal,” she said.
Some of the joys, according to Joanna, are fellowshipping with other moms that are in similar stages of life and seeing their kids enjoy the crafts and playing with other kids.
“I always feel refreshed after our group meets, and my kids love the crafts and playing with their friends,” she said.
Joanna said one of the challenges of Bayside Moms is trying to set up everything with her two kids – 3 and 2 years old—who usually get into everything she is doing! Another challenge is reaching out to new moms and encouraging them to come to Bayside Moms.
“Bayside Moms is something I honestly look forward to every month!” Joanna said. “I love the ladies and preparing crafts for the kids to do. I’ve heard many positive things from those who attend that they enjoy it also. It’s a great time to get out of the house, get to know other moms and have fun with your kids!”
Bayside Moms— Tots, Crafts, Treats,
Play and Talk!
From left : Joanna, Zaya, Ethan—McCotter; Harrison, Olivia, Scarlett—Brookmole; Amy, Ezra, Everett—Lemaster; Emily, Isaac, Madeline—Thompson; Melissa, Rees—Compton; Honor, Allyse—Prichard. Photographer Corinne Scott
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BAYSIDE
MISSions
Visitation Team: Thank you to the women who brought bars and/or served in any way at Lorraine Saari’s funeral on March 11.
JOY Ministry: Twenty-four attended the 3/17/19 Mystery Café on St. Patrick’s Day. Groups went to Barker’s Island, the Dry Dock and
the Vanilla Bean.
Coming JOY events: Friday, May 3, 5:30 p.m. YJOY – Youth and seniors gather to eat walking tacos and play games.
Sunday, July 14, 12:30 p.m. JOY and Men’s Ministry join together for tailgate lunch and Huskies Baseball game at Wade Stadium. Watch for more information.
BRIEFS
From Tina’s Newsletter: One of
February’s highlights was doing an outreach at the Chippewa Valley Technical College. The Word’s Project is one of the evangelism tools offered by Cru. The Word’s Project asks a person to pick a word on one of the navy blue hexagons that has been or is especially meaningful or significant to them. After they pick one, then you build off the word with the descriptor cards. There really isn’t a right or wrong way to do the Word’s Project but the game does serve as a really easy and fun way to start spiritual conversations with students on campus.
The Word’s Project Outreach was so fun! Our team was able to have really meaningful conversations with students on campus. It helped that we were also giving away free cookies, too, but students were genuinely open to talking about spirituality.
I had some tough conversations with students. One student had picked the word “Suffering” to build upon. This young lady has experienced severe emotional and physical abuse from her family growing up and believed that people need to suffer in life to live. She made this comment, “My mom used to tell me that I was worthless and taking up space.” There was no emotion behind her comment because she truly believed this about herself. I began to tear up because I know how much God loves her but she didn’t have any knowledge of the gospel or Jesus. I felt a push to tell her just how loved she is by God. My hope and prayer for this young lady is that God would work in her heart to show her his unconditional love for her.
Tina Lurndal
Prayer Requests:
• Prayers for God's protection and
safety for 15 students and faculty
during a Spring Break Trip to the
Middle East (a closed country) on a
Launch trip. Pray for God to begin
softening the hearts of people in this
country to be responsive to the
gospel.
• I would love prayer for raising
support again to intern with Cru for
a second year. I would love prayers
for the Holy Spirit to raise up a team
of financial and prayerful supporters
for the 2019/2020 school year and
that God would protect me from any
spiritual warfare.
Tina Lurndal serves on the Northwest Wisconsin Cru Staff Team. She is a missionary on campus at both UW-Eau Claire and Chippewa Valley Technical College. She is in her first year-long internship with Cru and is opting to do a second year!
serves as a CRU missionary
Tina Lurndal at CVTC with Word’s Project
Bayside
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Editorial Advisory Board
Do you have a testimony to share?
If the Lord has done great things in your life and you would like to share, IMPACT would consider publishing your testimony. Perhaps God healed your marriage? Perhaps God redeemed you? Perhaps God healed you? Perhaps God answered a prayer – for finances, for raising your kids, for direction etc.? If so, contact Editor Corinne Scott at [email protected] or call (218) 590-1607.
Lighten
Spring Jokes
When do monkeys fall from the sky?
During Ape-ril showers!
Can February March? No, but April May!
Why is everyone so tired on
April 1? Because they've just finished a
long, 31 day March!
What flowers grow on faces? Tulips (Two-lips)!
Why are trees very forgiving? Because in the Fall they "Let It
Go" and in the Spring they "turn over a new leaf".
Why is the letter A like a flower?
A bee (B) comes after it!
When do people start using their trampoline?
Spring-Time
What do you get when you pour hot water down a rabbit hole?
A hot cross bunny
What did the tree say to spring? What a re-leaf.
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Corinne Scott – Impact Editor JOY (Just Older Youth) – Team Leader [email protected]
Matthew Bordes – Team Leader Men’s Ministry [email protected]
Kathy Brookmole — Team Leader Women’s Ministry [email protected]
Denise Cooper – Communications Assistant Design/Layout [email protected]
Amida Gallito – Photographer Bayside In Focus [email protected]
Dave Hudacek – Photographer Bayside In Focus [email protected]
Shane McCotter -- Webmaster
Carol Minor — Proofreader
Josh Picco — God’s Garage Guys [email protected]
Gloria Plaisted — Faith@Work Break
Pat Sislo – Visitation [email protected]
Hunter Tunell – Director Youth and Children’s Ministry [email protected]
Barb Tunell—Women’s Ministry [email protected]
Dawn Vergamini—Proofreader
Pastors: Mark Brookmole – Pastor
Thomas Bush – Pastor
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numerically, morally, spiritually or in some other fashion.
I want to encourage all of you by saying that our ministry to children is excellent because of all the volunteers who are active in teaching or praying for the kids. Thank you for working so hard to raise up our children! At the same time, I want to challenge you to pray. If you do not pray for the children of Bayside, start immediately! Urgency is necessary when it comes to prayer, and the kids at our church need to be prayed for diligently. Praise God that we are able to enjoy so many young people at Bayside!
Madeline Thompson. Photo by Corinne Scott
Reviewed by Joyce Clock
Recently I made a trip to Poland for the birth of my 12th grandchild. While I was packing, I quickly grabbed a book off the shelf to take with me. It was “A Grandmother’s Prayers: 60 Days of Devotions and Prayer” by Kay Swatkowski. This was appropriate since I would be gone for two months.
Each day starts with a quote and a scripture. The devotions are from the author’s life experiences teaching grandmothers (and grandfathers) reasons to pray for their grandchildren. And at the end of each day she provides scripture-based ideas on how to pray. Then there is a list of things to Think and Do. All along she gives additional books that are of interest for you and your grandchildren. The one thing that permeates the entire book is the importance of grandparents in the lives of the grandchildren. The author says, “I have grown in my belief in the necessity and importance of praying for our children and grandchildren. I am convinced that our prayers are the greatest gift we give them.”
Swatkowski’s prayer is that “A Grandmother’s Prayers” will be a source
of encouragement to you as you bring your cherished grandchildren before God. May it be a reminder to you of the important role you play in the emotional and spiritual lives of children.
As a church we are focusing more and more upon the importance of prayer in our lives. I believe this will be an important tool for grandparents as they focus on praying for their children and grandchildren.
(This book is published by Discovery House Publishers and can be found on Amazon.)
Book Review: 60 Days of Devotions & Prayers, A Grandmother’s Prayers
“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?’” John 11:25 (ESV)
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,” 1 Peter 1:3 (ESV)
On Sunday, March 17, former Pastor Mark Pavola (far right) prays a prayer, commissioning Bayside’s newly elected elders: (from left) Mark Brookmole, Tom Bush, Rich Tunell, Kevin Boreen. Praying behind the new elders are Bayside’s former deacons. Photo by Corinne Scott
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By Gloria Plaisted
It’s been said that the deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated. Every day God supplies us with the resources and ability to satisfy that craving for someone in our sphere of influence. Who will it be today? Who will you encourage with words of appreciation, validation or gratitude? In the workplace today, many workers have an invisible sign hanging around their neck saying, “Make me feel important.”
We all want to feel we make a difference in this world. We want to feel useful. We want to feel that we have a skill or a knowledge that inspires someone. And, the difference we want to make doesn’t have to be on a wide scale or media worthy. I believe one of the biggest lies
that the devil tries to convince us of is that any positive difference we make is insignificant.
Here comes the kicker for many of us. It requires action on our part. It requires a genuine, authentic heart action. If words or gestures of appreciation are artificial or even overdone, then I would suggest you save your breath. Insincerity can easily be sniffed out. Even the most articulate compliment or praise that is etched from a sense of obligation or self-promoting can fall flat to the recipient. Keep in mind appreciation and gratitude don’t have to consume a lot of time or cost.
Someone at your workplace or in your family is needing for you to be intentional about telling him or her how much you appreciate them, their work, their efforts and their contribution. I thank God that
He has already gone ahead of us, lining up that person or persons who need what he has equipped us to give. In our sphere of influence, all we need do is watch for it. I love the wisdom in the Bible in Proverbs 16:9 that says: “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord directs their steps.”
Remember, when God orchestrates this exchange of words, don’t procrastinate, don’t analyze it and don’t make excuses. A few genuine words of encouragement and appreciation can brighten someone’s day, and you may be leaving them something that will hold space in their mind for years to come, even if tomorrow you may have long forgotten what you said. In His Steps, Gloria Plaisted
Praying for America will be the theme for
Gather and Pray (GAP) at Bayside on
Sunday, April 28, at 6 p.m. On Thursday,
May 2, Bayside will join with thousands
across America to observe the National
Day of Prayer by opening the sanctuary for
prayer from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. People can
sign up for 30-minute slots to pray in the
sanctuary. Prayer sheets will be available
as well as slides listing prayer requests. The
House of Prayer Core Team encourages
everyone to set aside some time to come
and pray for our country.
The following is from a news release sent
by the National Day of Prayer.
Dr. Ronnie Floyd, president of the National
Day of Prayer, announced that the theme
of the 2019 observance on Thursday, May
2, will be “Love One Another,” based upon
the words of Jesus in John 13:34, which
says, “Love one another. Just as I have
loved you.”
“Love can change America,” Floyd said.
PRAYER A House of
“We need a baptism of love by the Holy
Spirit that will immerse the entire Church
of Jesus Christ in America and a baptism of
love that will immerse all of America
today,” he added later. “From the church
house to the state house and all the way
to the White House, we need to learn to
love one another.”
The pastor and former Southern Baptist
Convention president said the theme is
one that has potential to engage all
Americans because it is biblical, relevant,
clear, simple and understandable.
Even among the vast majority of America
that “doesn’t look like us, believe like us,
talk like us, and understand us,” Floyd
said, “They understand that America’s
broken. They may not understand why.
But they understand America’s broken,
and in their mindset, if there’s a God who
exists, He’s about the only one who can fix
it.” …
Floyd urged believers across the nation to
do everything they can to call people in
the United States to unite in public prayer
in the days leading up to and on the
National Day of Prayer, May 2, 2019.
“This is our message. This is what we will
declare. This is what we will believe. This
is what we will advance. This is what we
will forward. This is the message of Jesus:
‘Love one another, just as I have loved
you,’” Floyd said. …
The National Day of Prayer was created in
1952 by a joint resolution of Congress and
signed into law by President Harry S.
Truman. In 1988, the law was
unanimously amended by both the House
and the Senate and signed into law by
President Ronald Reagan on Thursday,
May 5, 1988, designating the first
Thursday of May as a day of national
prayer. Every president since 1952 has
signed a National Day of Prayer
proclamation.
Visit www.NationalDayofPrayer.org for
more information.
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Happenings Sundays, Worship Service, 10 a.m. (Preservice Prayer, 9:30 a.m.)
Mondays, Men’s Ministry, “The Gospel According to Jesus”
study group, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Wednesdays, Wednesday Connections for all ages: food,
fellowship, worship and the Word, 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Wednesdays, Digging Deeper—study of Hebrews, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Wednesdays, Men’s Ministry Group, meets in the Bayside garage
for Bible study and fellowship, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Wednesdays, Women’s Ministry, Philip Yancey’s “Does Prayer
Make a Difference.” 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Wednesdays, Class studying “For Women Only,” book by
Shaunti Feldhahn, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• April 11, Thursday, Bayside Moms in Fellowship Hall, 10 a.m.—11:30 p.m.
• April 13, Saturday, Men’s Breakfast in Fellowship Hall, 8 a.m.—10 a.m.
• April 13, Saturday, Women’s Ministry Game/Craft day, 11 a.m.—3 p.m.
• April 15, Monday, Adoption Connection. 6:30 p.m.—8 p.m.
Free childcare provided. Open to anyone interested in
learning more about adoption or foster care. Contact email:
• April 21, Sunday, Easter Sunday
• April 28, Sunday, Spiritual Gifts Class, suggested donation
$40, 1 p.m.—4:30 p.m.
• April 28, Sunday, All Church House of Prayer--GAP (Gather
and Pray) in Sanctuary, 6 p.m. – 7:30 -p.m. Theme: Praying
for America!
• May 2, Thursday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. praying for National Day of
Prayer in Sanctuary. Sign up for 30-minute prayer slots.
• May 3, Friday, YJOY games and walking tacos night for youth and seniors, 5:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
For more details and a complete list of church happenings, check out the “Calendar” at www.baysidesuperior.org.
New moon rising near Long Pine in the sandhills of
western Nebraska. Photo by Dr. Tyler Moore from
Omaha, NE (great nephew of Kent and Corinne Scott)
