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418 West Main Street Sidney, MT 59270

Phone: (406) 433-3350

Fax: (406) 433-3352 Email: [email protected]

Facebook: Pella Lutheran Church Web page: www.pellachurch.net

Radio Broadcast: 95.1 FM 9 am

PELLA LUTHERAN

CHURCH

PASTOR: Audrey Rydbom

[email protected] DIRECTOR OF YOUTH AND

FAMILY MINISTRY: Janelle Leader Lamb

[email protected]

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Chole Butler [email protected]

PARISH ASSISTANT: Becky Reidle

[email protected] CUSTODIAN:

MISSION PARTNER

Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church at Rocky Boy

COMPANION SYNOD Cape Orange Diocese Evangelical Lutheran Church

of South Africa

COMPANION CONGREGATOIN Upington Parish

Northern Cape, South Africa

THE PELLA

“AMBASSADOR” IS

PUBLISHED MONTHLY

BY PELLA LUTHERAN

CHURCH

Office Hours

Monday - Friday

8:30 am - 4:30 pm

(Closed from Noon to

1:00 pm for lunch)

Pella Lutheran Church

418 West Main Street

Sidney, Montana 59270

September 4 - 5:00 p.m.

Church Cleaning, meal provided.

Please come and help us get ready!

Office closed on Monday, September 2.

Pastor Audrey will be on vacation September 23 through

October 4. In her absence Pastor Alton Hillesland

will be on call.

September 1 - Sunday

9:00 am Worship

10:00 am Fellowship FH

September 2 - Monday

Labor Day - office closed

September 3 - Tuesday

1:00 pm Staff Meeting W

September 4 - Wednesday

5:00 pm Church Deep Cleaning

with meal served

September 5 - Thursday

7:00 pm Table Talk Meadowlark


9:00 am Worship

Bible Presentations


4:00 pm Alpha Marriage Course


11:00 am Staff Meeting W


8:00 am Quilting CR D&E

7:00 pm Council Meeting CR C


Wednesday night activities begin

5:15 pm WBS/Praise Band

6:00 pm Community Meal FH/K

6:45 pm Confirmation/LYO


6:30 am Men’s Breakfast FH/K

12:00 pm Faith Circle CR D&E



God’s Work/Our Hands

9:00 am Meeting - Go out

to serve in community



11:00 am Staff Meeting W



5:30 pm Christian Ed Mtg W








September 20 - Friday

News letter Articles Due

September 21 - Saturday

2:00 pm Baby Shower FH/K


9:00 am Worship



September 23 - Oct. 4

Pastor gone on vacation

Please pray for their travel

mercies.



10:30 am Worship Ext. Care









9:00 am Worship-Praise Band



October - December Oct. 6 - 20

Finish Marriage Course

Oct. 18 - 19 LPA Class: Prayer

Oct. 27 Reformation Sunday

Nov. 27 No Wed. Activities

Nov. 28 - 29 Office Closed

Dec. 1 First Sunday of Advent In Dec.: Advent Services -

Holden Evening Prayer

Christmas Eve Services

4:00, 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.

Dec. 24 Office Closed at noon

Dec. 25 Office Closed

Room Codes: FH = Fellowship Hall, K = Kitchen, CR-D&E = Double Classroom, CR-C = Corner Classroom, CR-B = Kindergarten,

CR-A = Preschool room, L = Library, N = Nursery, CR-Comm = Classroom Commons, M = Music, GC = Gathering Commons,

NX = Narthex, S = Sanctuary, W = Work room in Office. Basement areas: YR = Youth room, LL-CR = Lower Level Classroom

September 2019

Ambassador

9/1 12th Sunday after Pentecost

Proverbs 25:6-7

Psalm 112

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16

St. Luke 14:1, 7-14

9/8

13th Sunday after Pentecost

Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Psalm 1

Philemon 1-21

St. Luke 14:25-33


Exodus 32:7-14

Psalm 51:1-10

1 Timothy 1:12-17

St. Luke 15:1-10


Amos 8:4-7

Psalm 113

1 Timothy 2:1-7

St. Luke 16:1-13


Amos 6:1, 4-7

Psalm 146

1 Timothy 6:6-19

St. Luke 16:19-31

Scripture for September

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MEMORIALS

Endowment Fund

In memory of J. Harry Johnson

From Larry & Robin Johnson

From Frank & Deberah Keogh

From Craig & Julie Johnson

Set Free to Serve

In memory of Lola Strasheim

From Violet Tharp

From Kendal & Bec Kallevig

In memory of J. Harry Johnson

From Violet Tharp

In memory of Borgny Simonis

From Violet Tharp

In memory of Dick Christensen

From Ron Steffens,

Betty Cumming,

Mark & Kathy Iversen,

Randy & Kelly Johnson,

Dale & Charlotte Iversen,

Palmer & Doris Norby,

Gene & Judy Sondeno,

Ed & Toni Eberling,

Violet Tharp, Ed Vaira,

Alton Hillesland,

Nancy Reitan

In honor of Greta Thunberg

From Terry Anvik

In honor of Pella’s Pie Crew

From Adeline Dige

SEPTEMBER ACOLYTES

1 Mercedes Lamb

& Matthew Savage

8 Rylee Mickelsen

& Kylie Schoepp

15 Nathan Carlsen

& Jori Horsburgh

22 Parker Brothen

& Corey Christensen

29 Mercedes Lamb

& Matthew Savage

September 2019 Page 9

Prayer Shawl News

So far, this year, Pella’s Prayer Shawl ministry has given nearly 20 hand knitted or crocheted

shawls. Most are given to Pella members here, but some are given to friends or folks who are in

other places. If you would like to take part and need sizes, ideas or encouragement, just call the

church office at 433-3350 or me at 488-3465. There is always a “stash” of yarn on a shelf in the

Gathering Commons area.

Thank you one and all who so cheerfully share time, resources and prayers making these shawls.

I have experienced first hand the sincere appreciation felt by those who receive a prayer shawl.

Join us if you can! You will so enjoy sharing this mission with us. In Christ, Betty Cumming

Calling Volunteers for Quilting The quilting group here at Pella meets each Tuesday from 8:00 –11:30 a.m. Last year we made

198 quilts for the Lutheran World Relief organization and others were donated to local

fundraisers/benefits and some were given to our Pella high school seniors. We can always use

more help, please come and join us for fun and fellowship! If you have any questions, please call

Linda Tibbits at 433-2215.

Worship in the Park and Blessing of Animals

August 25 Thank you to everyone who made our end of summer

worship in the park with an animal blessing a faithful

witness to God’s glory in creation. The membership and

outreach team puts in many hours planning this worship

service and ensuring everything is in place for the people

to experience God’s glory. Special thanks to Kyra Hagberg,

Dawn Biebl, George Biebl, and Becky Reidle for planning

and logistics. Thank you Nancy Trudell for bringing extra

tables and chairs. Thank you to Power 95 for

having a tech available to transmit the worship

service from the park. Thank you to Vi Tharp for

ensuring we have a key to use the band shell, flag

room and food service area. Special thanks to

Karen and Kevin Boehler for always blessing us

with great music and the use of the sound system.

It takes a team!

We were especially blessed to have ten special

fury companions worship with us and be blessed.

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FROM THE DOG HOUSE

Hello, Rella here this month …

Wow …. what a summer! I was happily lazing in the sun and hunting birds and

mice in the yard here in Sidney when all of the sudden I was in a pet carrier in the

truck! Eric had packed me up with the dogs and we headed to the mountain house!

I was pretty sad after my friend Clementine died and I just wanted to be left alone. I think Eric

thought that once I got to the mountain house I would be happier hunting all the mice and chip-

munks in the woods around the house.

Well, eventually the very long drive ended and we all got out of the truck. It was good to be back at

the mountain house. There’s always lots of activity there. I might just watch, but I’m never bored.

I’m 11 now and getting older, but don’t really look like it. I think Eric noticed I was slowing down a

little because I didn’t catch very many mice. I like to sleep a lot in the warm sun now.

I did watch Eric do one thing. I watched him bury Clementine. He was very careful and then he

drove way up to a mountain lake and got a big rock to mark where she was buried, just like all my

other friends that have died. He even bought little brass tags and put their names on the rocks. It

made me feel good to think I might be cared for like that someday.

Then a BAD thing happened. It was time to leave and come back to Sidney and I was sleeping in a

nice dark hiding place and Eric and Pastor Audrey couldn’t find me for hours. Finally, they just had

to leave and I was stuck in the house all alone. That made me feel very sad. It’s terrible to be in that

big house all alone without my people or my other dog friends. I was there for 10 days all alone. It’s

terrible to be all alone like that.

Finally, someone came and got me and we went on a car ride to Big Timber, and when we got there,

there was Pastor Audrey waiting. She put me in her car and we drove back to Sidney. When we got

there, there were all my friends and Eric waiting and they were all VERY happy to see me. I hated

being alone. It made me think that people probably hate being alone all the time too. It’s so nice

when regular family or even church family comes to visit. It’s nice to feel wanted and not alone. So

remember all those people who are alone and go see them. I know what it’s like to be alone for a

long time … it’s terrible.

Rella …

September 2019 Page 7

ELCA Church wide Assembly Submitted by: Ron Gebhardt

The ELCA Church wide Assembly was held August 5-10 in Milwaukee, WI at the Milwaukee Center.

As a member of the Montana Synod voting delegation, I was able to participate in all the activities at

this assembly – Plenary sessions where we took action on several proposals, worship with around

1000 other representatives and guests, meals, and Hearings on proposals and memorials.

Bishop Elizabeth Eaton was re-elected presiding bishop on the first ballot. Sue Rothmeyer was

elected as Secretary after several ballots. Sue has been the assistant to the Secretary for several years

and will provide continuity within the office.

During the plenary sessions, we were able to participate in debate and discussions of the proposals

presented to us by the church wide council. ALL of the proposals came with a recommendation from

the church wide council to approve as presented. There were SEVERAL items which were removed

from proposals for separate consideration and debate/discussion on the floor. Most of these related to

the constitutional amendments and memorials submitted by the various synods. The social statement

which serves as guidance for the church did not generate a lot of debate in either the hearings or on

the floor. There were NO close votes on any issue brought before the assembly.

Something to remember is that ALL of the action taken ONLY affects the national church. Each

synod and congregation retains its autonomy from each other – this was a key take-away from the

constitutional amendments – that EACH congregation, EACH synod and the national church are

SEPARATE bodies and are NOT bound by the actions of each other.

Visit the ELCA.org website to view the activities and read all of the materials utilized at the assembly

if desired. The following is a summary from: www.elca.org/News-and-Events/8003 of the actions

taken during the assembly.

Continued from Page 2 … Pella Pantry News

Pella Pantry Youth Volunteer Winners This year 32 children and youth volunteered their time to Pella Pantry. Some of these students

worked one or more shifts; some of them helped with preparation and cleanup tasks; and some of

them did a combination. Thank you to everyone who helped! Janelle held a drawing for all the youth

volunteers, based on their age groups, and here are the gift card winners: WBS age – Eva Peterson

Confirmation age – Matthew Savage

LYO age – Alexis Iversen

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Thank You from Pella LYO Thank you for supporting LYO’s food booth during the “Rock What You Got” Women’s Expo on

Saturday, Aug. 17!

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http://www.elca.org/News-and-Events/8003

Page 6 Ambassador

Youth Help Volunteers Beautifying Sidney (VBS) with Projects

by Janelle Leader Lamb

On Aug. 5, a group of Pella youth teamed up with a group from St. John’s Lutheran – Mapleton,

MN, to work on a couple projects in Sidney. The group from Mapleton (5 youth and 3 adults) made a

stop in Sidney on their way to Glacier Park. They wanted to meet some other Lutheran youth and do

a service project during their trip, so they researched churches along their route and found Pella.

Teaming up with VBS (Volunteers Beautifying Sidney) led everyone to the completion of two

service projects.

Project 1 was painting the concession/bathroom building at Water Tower Park. Project 2 was picking

up rocks/debris along the walking path. Between the projects we enjoyed a meal and fellowship at

the church. Then after the work was done, we had some fun at the Fairview Lift Bridge/Cartwright

Tunnel, had more food/fellowship time and enjoyed a beautiful sunset drive. It was a great day with old friends and new friends; service and fun; food and fellowship. We’re

thankful that the folks from Mapleton found us!

If you’d like to see more, there is a photo collage in the main hallway at the church.

Before After

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September 2019

Confirmation

Confirmation is Pella’s educational program for students in 6th through 8th grades. Confirmation is

designed to assist each confirmand in his/her faith journey with God/Jesus/Holy Spirit and in

becoming an active adult member of Pella Lutheran Church. This is accomplished through studying

(Bible, Catechism), worshiping and serving in the church and community.

LYO (Lutheran Youth Organization)

LYO is Pella’s high school group (9th thru 12th graders). LYO meets to grow in faith, serve others,

walk together through life’s ups/downs, socialize and have fun in a safe and casual environment.

We always encourage the youth to come as they are, come when they can, and bring a friend.

Care Packages

Each Fall Pella sends care packages to those who have moved away to pursue education/career

training, but we need your help.

If you have someone in your family who would appreciate a care package, please contact the office

with his/her name and address.

Also, if you have something to donate for the care packages, please deliver it to the church. Items to

consider: toiletries, snacks, school/office supplies. We are estimating that we’ll send about 20

packages, and will plan to mail them in the mid to end of October.

Thank you for helping us stay in touch with those in our faith family who are away from home!

Rite of Confirmation

During worship on July 29, Payten Syth, Mikael Savage and

Colten Dahl affirmed their faith. Congratulations!

School Year Blessings

During worship on Aug. 18, Pastor

blessed all students and teachers

who are starting a new academic

year. Blessings to everyone for a

safe and successful year!

FALL KICK OFF! by Janelle Leader Lamb

Student and Volunteer Recognition at September 8 Worship

Preschoolers, 3rd

Graders and 6th

Graders Receive Prayer Books and Bibles ALL students and volunteers participating in Pella’s education programs are invited for a special

recognition during worship on September 8. This is the Sunday prior to our Wednesday program

start, so we would like to kick off the year by worshiping together and recognizing all that

participate. In addition, this will be the day when 3rd graders are presented Bibles – a longtime

tradition at Pella. Last year we launched the tradition of giving 6th graders a new Bible for their

confirmation journey, which also will occur on this day. And new this year, we will be

acknowledging preschool students who are joining the program for the first time. They will receive

a prayer book. If you have any questions, please contact Janelle.

Wednesday Night Programs Begin September 11

Pella’s midweek programs start a new year on Wednesday, September 11. The schedule will be the

same as last year:

5:15-6:15 pm – WBS (Wednesday Bible School)

6:00-7:00 pm – Community Meal

6:45-8:00 pm – Confirmation and LYO (Lutheran Youth Organization)

STUDENTS: If you have returning students, you only need to contact the office if your information

needs to be updated since last year. If you have new students, please register using a form from the

church or from the Pella website.

WBS (Wednesday Bible School)

WBS is Pella’s educational program for kids in preschool through 5th grade. The goal of WBS is to

give children a foundation of learning from the Bible and to help them develop a relationship with

God/Jesus/Holy Spirit. Our hope is that WBS is not a solitary event in a child’s week but a source

from which they can develop what they’ve learned at home, at worship and elsewhere.

TEACHERS: We are in serious need of teachers for WBS, so please talk to Janelle. We love having

parents volunteer, but you don’t have to be a parent. Please consider what you might have to offer

our younger sisters and brothers in Christ.

Community Meal

Community Meal … The name itself invites not only our congregation but anyone in

the community. EVERYONE is welcome. This is not just a meal to sustain our

bodies, it is a time of fellowship. So invite someone to join you. If you see someone

new, invite them to sit with you or ask to sit with them.

The meal is free! That being said, a free-will donation is collected each week to offset

expenses. Thank you for considering how you can support this ministry!

Ambassador Page 4

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September 2019

THANK YOU for the rhubarb contributions! We are sorry you were missed in the August Ambassador—Shirley Miller, Anna Ginther

and anyone else who donated.

Alpha Marriage Course When a couple is married in the church the church promises to pray for

and help guide the couple through the marriage. For this reason Pella is

offering the Alpha Marriage Course Sundays, beginning September 8,

through October 20, 2019 from 4 to 6 p.m. A meal will be provided.

Daycare is available with advanced notice.

This seven week course is for ANY married or cohabitating couple

whether they have been together for one or sixty-one years or are

THINKING about being married. The course is beneficial whether the

couple has a good relationship or are struggling. The good news is that

there is NO SHARING of intimate details of the relationship with anyone but your partner. Each

couple will have their own space, and after learning about a common issue in a marriage, will be

given the opportunity to discuss the issue which has been raised. Each participant will have his/her

own manual to work through and make notes.

Please let pastor Audrey know if you plan to attend. We would like to ensure we have enough guest

manuals. Sessions can be made up on your own if one is missed.

Faith Circle Meetings Faith Circle, is open to all women. They will be meeting the 2nd Thursday of each month

from 12-1pm in a classroom, starting September 12. We will continue our book study from last year,

“Unshakable Hope” by Max Lucado. Please simply join us at noon, or contact the church office

with questions.

Food Bank Needs

Ramen Noodles

Canned fruit - all kinds (15 oz.)

Dry milk/nuclear milk (boxed)

Hotel soaps & Shampoo

Egg cartons

For more information contact

Candy Markwald.

Ambassador Page 2

2019 Pella Pantry Report by Yvonne Gebhardt

Thank you, Pella volunteers, for all your efforts to make this year’s fair booth a total success! Our

booth was cleaned and readied for the fair in about an hour, and post-fair cleanup was similar. All

that unseen work helped make the fair shifts much more productive and fun during the week!

I hope that during the fair you had time to make new friends or reacquaint yourselves with old

friends. I know that conversations flowed both in the Pella kitchen during pie baking and at the

Pella Pantry during shifts. Your smiles and friendliness shone through in all areas!

Final numbers won’t be available for a couple of months as we want to make sure all bills are paid

before we set donation amounts, but I can tell you that our income was in line with previous years.

Thanks especially to Linda Anderson for heading the pie baking; Cindy Irigoin, Diane Savage, and

Linda Becker for making the delicious BBQ beef; Kelly Johnson for the Pella beans made daily and

thank you to Gail and Rhonda Peterson for supplying the ground beef for the beans. Thank you to

Larry and Tami Christensen for donating the potato chips that were used with the meals. Thank you

to the Boy Scouts for bagging and delivering our ice, also thank you to the Sidney Country Club for

their extra donation of large bags of ice delivered by Jason Lamb and Zac Leader. Randy Iversen

thank you for prepping the Pantry – lighting the water heater and ensuring a solid water supply; also

for the shutdown procedures required to winterize the booth. A special thanks to Margene Rambur

and Pam Dahl for delivering pies each day and to Stan Rosaaen for his assistance setting up the

booth with Kelly Johnson and myself each day.

Whether you worked a shift (or many), helped with pies, or enjoyed our food during the fair, your

participation helped make Pella Pantry a success. Thanks to all of you for your continued support

and God Bless!

Pella Pie Report by Linda Anderson

Another Great Fair and a wonderful Pella Pie crew! Without dedicated volunteers none of this

would be possible. Our dough makers met three days before baking. Dough rollers met on Monday

and pie baking started on Tuesday before the fair. Dough makers, rollers, fillers & fluters were:

Russ Markwald, Eileen Rein, Linda Tibbits, Judy Sondeno, Lois Dump, Nancy Dynneson,

Kathy Durham, Charolette Iversen, Kathy Iversen, Trish Neiss, Ruth Reidle, Violet Tharp,

Alida Dore, Carol Nankivel, Renee Troudt, Linda O’Connor, Mercedes Lamb, Tristan Lamb,

Nancy Reitan, Pastor Audrey and Alex Reeve. I truly apologize if I have missed anyone.

A special thank you to Trish Neiss for hanging out with me each day to bake and clean up and to

Pastor Audrey for baking for me on Friday. For cutting up rhubarb, thank you Pastor Audrey and

Becky Reidle.

Thank you to Sidney Sugars for donating the sugar for our pies. And thanks to ALL those who

donated rhubarb.

I can’t stress enough that this pie project is a total TEAM EFFORT. Please take a moment to thank

these wonderful people for their time. I am just a small piece of a very large puzzle. Pella is blessed

to have such wonderful volunteers and I am blessed to be able to work with them. Thank you all!

See page 7 for more Pella Pantry News about Our Youth...

September 2019 With Christ; We Welcome, Nurture, Equip and Serve.

Pella Lutheran Church

Ambassador

Since 2013, thousands of ELCA congregations have participated in God’s

Work. Our Hands. Sunday. This is a dedicated day of service for the

church. The idea is that the church across the United States gathers to

serve their communities in ways that share the love of God with all of

God’s people. The event has quickly become an anticipated way to be “church together” and

“church for the sake of the world.” The set day for 2019 is September 8, however, congregations

can join in this effort and use any Sunday. In 2019, Pella will be church for the sake of the world on

September 15.

On September 15 Pella will gather for a brief worship at 9 a.m. Following worship the people will

be sent out to complete various projects. The projects vary in needs of skill and physical ability.

I know, from previous experience, signing up for a project as a family is rewarding. The intent is to

ensure there are projects for all ages. Each project will take no longer than two hours. We will plan

to have sack lunches delivered to each project site by 11 a.m. so workers and those being served

can share a meal together.

Examples of projects that are in the works are: 1) Making sack lunches. These lunches will be

delivered to all participants and First Responders as a way to say thank you. 2) Deliver the sack

lunches to the various project sites and to First Responders working on Sunday. 3) Younger

children can decorate the sacks. 4) Doing crafts with clients at the ROI group homes. 5) Doing yard

work for individuals who are unable to get out in their yards. 6) Cleaning gutters and windows for

the homebound.

We would like for people to sign up for the project they would like to participate in so leaders have

an idea how many people will be working on a project. However, if you do not sign up ahead of

time, no worries; a project will be found that matches your abilities and interests.

Your service activities offer an opportunity for us to explore one of our most basic convictions as

Lutherans: All of life in Jesus Christ – every act of service, in every daily calling, in every corner of

life – flows freely from a living, daring confidence in God’s grace. God’s Work. Our Hands.

Sunday is an oppor tunity to celebrate who we are as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in

America (ELCA) – one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor. You work every day

to make your community a better place. Let’s do this work together!

In Christ, Pastor Audrey

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