The Parish Communicator

Annual Meetings Annual Meetings will take place at both congregations the first Sunday in February (February 2, 2020) following a shortened worship service. While baptized and con-firmed members are expected to participate in the voting procedures, we would like to encourage EVERYONE that attends Salemsborg to stay for the annual meeting to be included in discussions of some exciting upcoming pro-jects"......

Soup Lunch at Falun Falun Lutheran Women will serve a soup lunch after the annual meeting at Falun. A free-will offering will be taken with proceeds benefiting Mission Projects!

Bridal Shower BRIDAL SHOWER for Sabrina Patrick (Alex Feistner) on Sunday, February 2nd, 2:30 PM in Salemsborg base-ment. Sabrina and Alex are registered at Target and Amazon. Please join us for the fun! All are welcome!

Salemsborg Job Opening: The Salemsborg Cemetery Association needs to hire a mower/groundskeeper for the Salemsborg and Smolan cemeteries AND for the Salemsborg Church properties. If interested, please contact Rex Tjaden or Kevin Pihl for more information. In case of bad weather, be sure to check social media, emails and local radio and television sta-

tions for church event cancelations!

The deadline for info needed in the March 2020 Newsletter is Thursday, February 20th.

The Parish Communicator Falun/Salemsborg Lutheran Parish

February 2020

How Boutcha Church!

Can you believe it? February is here and we are as busy as ever! Lots of baptism’s and the Spirit continues to lead in our Parish! We rejoice for all of the many blessings in our lives, most importantly each other. There continues to be an endless feeling of welcome and acceptance in our parish and it is so wonderful for all of us and all that join us for worship! We have a lot going on in our Parish and if you haven’t made it to our Bible Study, or 20’s-30’s club we’d love to invite you! We also have Sunday School programs for people of all ages, and Middle School and High School Youth programs! If you have a passion for some kind of ministry and would like to start something new, please give me a call and we can vision what that might look like! As we continue to embrace the new year and all that it has to offer, we remember that the Spirit truly is leading our Parish in so many wonderful ways. Leading us to the Cross, together as a community. Christ calls us to be in community together in the Body of Christ, and we are an-swering that call! Know that I continue to pray for you all every day and I’m excited to see where the Spirit Leads us in February! Please continue to let me know if you would like to visit or if you have loved ones that need prayers or visitations. The best part of this calling to be with all of YOU!

Peace, Ben

Parish Mission/Vision. Outreach is the broad focus with specific

emphasis on Camp Tomah Shinga, Bethany College, Young Adults and following up with our visitors.

www.fslc.net pastor.fslp@gmail.com

Congratulations to Archer Joe Mattox on your baptis-mal day, Sunday, January 19, 2020! Archer’s parents are John & Amber Mattox. His sponsors are Derek & Amy Pihl. Grandparents are Ron & Sue Pihl. Great-grandparents are Don & Betty Pihl. God’s blessings for this happy family! IN MEMORY

Martha Dunham May 1, 1921—December 25, 2019

Martha Dunham, 98, of Lindsborg passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at Bethany Home. Martha was born May 1, 1921 in Paris, TX to the late John Ryan and Martha Elizabeth (Davis) Long. She was the widow of Joseph Dunham. They were married January 6, 1946. She is survived by one son: John W. Dunham (Cindy), of Lawrence, KS and a granddaughter, Tricia. Martha is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a brother and a sister. Visitation was Sunday, December 29, from 5-7pm at Crick-Christians Funeral Home, 103 N. Washington, Lindsborg, KS. The funeral was held at 10:30am on Monday, December 30 at Falun Lutheran Church, 317 E. 3rd, Falun, KS with Pastor Ben Fulton Officiating. Burial followed at Falun Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Falun Lu-theran Church, Bethany Home, or the Lindsborg Senior Center.

Falun Lutheran Women

The FLW will host a soup lunch after the Annual Meet-ing on Sunday, February 2, 2020. The Falun Senior Citizens will meet on Tuesday Febru-ary 11th at 12:00pm. This will be their new start time each month.

Women of Salemsborg

THE PROGRAM BOOKLETS FOR WOMEN OF SA-LEMSBORG ARE NOW AVAILABLE. PLEASE PICK YOURS UP AT THE BACK OF THE CHURCH! Calendar Group #4 will be in charge of coffee time in February—Leaders are Paula Allmon and Audra Schartz Altar Guild is Audra Schartz and Ronda Sjogren. Lydia Tabitha meets February 27, 2020 at the Fellow-ship Hall. Ash Wednesday is February 26, 2020. Calendar Group #1 will be in charge of coffee time in March—Leaders are volunteers. Altar Guild is Kathy Rishel and Mona Tjaden. Daylight Savings Time begins March 8, 2020. Bethany Home Auxiliary meets Monday, March 23, at 2:45pm. Lydia Tabitha Group meets March 26, 2020 at the Fel-lowship Hall at 2:00pm. March 29th is a 5th Sunday with Joint Parish Worship.

Baptisms at Salemsborg Congratulations to Avery, Rhyann and Rhonda Gas-ton on your baptismal day, Saturday, December 28, 2019. Parents are Mason & Rhonda Gaston. Sponsors are Doug and Nicke Stevenson. May God bless this happy family! Congratulations to Ridge Michael Haverfield on your baptismal day, Sunday, January 5, 2020! Ridge’s parents are Michael & Melissa Haverfield. His sponsors are Mat-thew Wimer, Michael Wimer and Ryan Haverfield. Grand-parents are Joel & Jeri Wimer. God’s blessings for this happy family! .

Council Chairperson: Nita Kay Carlson nitakaycarlson@gmail.com 785-227-5363 Parish Secretary: Donna Swanson donlee@hometelco.net 785-668-2600 Calendar Events: Nita Kay Carlson nitakaycarlson@gmail.com 785-227-5363 Security Issues: Doug Anderson kst8r603@gmail.com 785-212-0371 Custodian: Maria Wolf Worship & Music Committee Liaison:

Tom Holmquist tholmquist@smokyvalley.org 785-668-2420 Caretaker/Property Committee: Rex Tjaden mona.tjaden@gmail.com 785-452-3070 Kendall Pihl Kendallpihl@yahoo.com 785-826-6346 Falun Council Chair Clair Oleen oleenc@bethanylb.edu 785-826-3222

Pastor Ben Fulton can be contacted at 785-845-1567

Parish Women’s News

Parish Notes

Food Bank Sunday Food Bank Sunday is the 1st Sunday of each month. Flour is needed for the month of February; however, any item you wish to donate will be greatly appreciated. Pa-per products, flour and small clean containers are always needed. A box is located next to the front door of the church for your convenience.

Please contact Tricia Hartshorn or Donna Swanson if there are names that can be

removed from our prayer list. Contact them as well if you would like to add someone. We remember in prayer those who have been

brought to our attention: Pastor Ben Fulton and his family; Verna Kay McQueen, Gay Carlson’s

mother, hospitalized for blood clots in her lungs;Oden Family from Sterling, lost their home

and all belongings in a fire; Ray Applequist, broken femur; Raiden Stewart, paralyzed after car accident,

transferred to Nebraska for rehab; Ryan Staggs, friend of Angel & TC, legs amputated due to frost-bite; Weston Stacks, Angela Stacks son, hospital-ized for RSV; Dan Kvacik, Edna Kvacik’s son,

shoulder injury from a fall, surgery on Thursday; John Geiger, receiving chemo for CLL; Kaitlyn

Allton, sinus surgery; We also pray for all members of the armed services and law enforcement officers around the world as well as all Christians who are

facing persecution; All our friends at Bethany Home and the cottages as well as those at River-

view in Marquette. Special prayers for the new Par-ish Mission/Vision focusing on Camp Tomah

Shinga, Bethany College, Young adults and our visitors; We pray for peace, healing, strength and courage, that all will feel God's loving hands. We also pray for many unspoken requests. If we have

missed anyone who should have been listed, please let us know.

.At the beginning of each month, the prayer list will be changed. If you have someone that you would like to place on the list, please let Donna or Pastor know. We are doing this to make sure all the needs listed are current. Some needs are continuous or immediately pressing and we do not want to miss the opportunity to pray for God’s help for all in need.

If you can’t make it to worship, you can watch l ive (or la ter ) on YouTube : ht tps ://www.youtube.com/SalemsborgLutheran

The Children’s Christmas Programs, which were can-celed last month due to inclement weather, were re-scheduled to Sunday, January 12th during normal wor-ship times. As always, the children did a wonderful job. Thanks to all who participated, as well as the parents for their encouragement and support. Christmas Decorations were taken down at both churches on Sunday, January 5, 2020. On Sunday, January 5, 2020, the worship times for Falun and Salemsborg changed. Falun worship at 9:00am, Coffee/Fellowship at 10:00am, with Sunday School at 10:30am. Salemsborg worship is held at 11:00am, with Sunday School at 9:30am and Coffee/Fellowship at 10:30am. Our new weekly Bible Study began in January! We will be meeting at 7:00 every Tuesday evening. Check the church calendar for locations where we will be meet-ing!

Contact Donna Swanson with information for the bulletin or newsletter at : 785-668-2600 (home) or email her at donlee@hometelco.net. You can call or text her cell at: 785-452-1279.

If you are interested in using the Salemsborg Church or the Fellowship Center for any reason, please contact Nita Kay Carlson. She can be reached at nitakaycarlson@gmail.com, or on her cell at 785-227-5363. Those who would like to send a donation di-rectly to the Synod may do so by mailing it to: Cen-tral States Synod E.L.C.A; 420 W. 14th St., Suite 101; Kansas City, MO. 64105 (New Address)

Salemsborg Lutheran Mission Statement “We at Salemsborg have so benefited from the gifts of God’s love, peace, strength and joy through Jesus, that we seek to share these same gifts with others in grateful response!”

Falun Lutheran Mission Statement

“As children of God, we strive to love, care for, and inspire one another as we extend

the grace of Christ to all.”

The Falun/Salemsborg Lutheran Parish 3831 West Salemsborg Road Smolan, Kansas 67456-9724

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2020 Service Times

Falun

9:00am—Worship 10:00 am—Coffee/Fellowship 10:30am—Sunday School

Salemsborg 9:30am—Sunday School

10:30am— Coffee/Fellowship 11:00am—Worship

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish,

but have everlasting life.” John 3:16