Lefsa Day

Our Redeemer's 

Lefsa Day 

will be December 6 at 1:00pm.

Anyone wanting more information or wishing to attend should contact Sharon Smith...

but she says don't stay home just because you forgot to sign up!

Lefsa day is a fun day in the O.R. kitchen with fellow enthusiasts of this delicious traditional treat.

Bring your lefsa grills, turners, and supplies...

or come join the fun to LEARN how to make lefsa.

Children's Christmas Program

The Children's Christmas Program will take place during the 10:30am worship service on December 14th.

Practices will take place during Sunday School and there will be a "dress rehearsal" on Saturday, Dec 13th.

This program is open to children of all ages and costumes are provided.

Please call Kathy Baumgartner to have your child included in the program cast.

Hat Sewing Day for "The Mitten Tree"

Calling all the ladies...

Come join the fun on 

Wednesday, Nov 19th,

from 9:00am to 3:00pm.

We will be sewing hats to be donated to the "Holiday Mitten Tree."

Donations of mittens and gloves would also be appreciated!

Contact Sharon Smith for more info.

Project Linus

Project Linus will be on Wednesday, October 15th

9am to 3pm

Bring your scissors and a large needle to tie with if you have one! RaeAnn donated many cute panels to put together so there is lots to do.

Don’t worry about bringing food, as it will be taken care of too.   That is the best part of the day: coffee time in the morning, and lunch and visiting  of course.

        Just come when you can,  even if you can’t come for the whole day. 

Next month the group will work on hats for the hat and mitten tree donation for children at Christmas-time 

Community Breakfast

Sunday, October 12th is Community Breakfast!

Everyone is welcome to this free meal served from 9:15-10:30am.

Biscuits & Sausage Gravy

Fresh Fruit

Apple-Cinnamon Oatmeal

Made-to-Order Eggs

Juice, Coffee, & Tea

Our Redeemer's Autumn

Please join us Sunday, October 5th, for a potluck meal after 10:30am worship service.

Community Breakfast will be served at 9:15am next Sunday, October 12th.

If you are too far away to visit us this month, here are some photos of Our Redeemer's and the Puposky neighborhood during the gorgeous season of Autumn.

Breakfast & Linus This Week!

Community Breakfast is this Sunday morning!

Remember the worship time change means breakfast will be served at 9:15am to 10:30am.

Everyone in the community is welcome to partake of this free meal!

 

Also, the ladies will be getting together on

Wednesday, September 17th., to quilt again.   

The day begins at 9am and ends at 3pm.  But come when you can, even if you can just come for coffee or lunch and visit. 

Bev is making soup for lunch this month.



Several Announcements

August was a busy month for our Parish and September looks almost as busy....

The Announcements Page has been updated so please take a look so you don't miss any of the community events coming up soon.  The Lake Julia Dinner Cruise is scheduled for this Sat. Sept 6th!

The two churches in our parish will switch start times on September 7th.

That means for the next year, Trinity will start at 9:00am and Our Redeemer's will start at 10:30am.

There will be potluck after worship service at Our Redeemer's this coming Sunday, Sept 7th.

Last, but not least, Our Redeemer's is in need of volunteers to sign up for the work schedule.  Please add your name to the chart posted in the narthex.  We need volunteers to greet worshipers and prepare communion, read scripture, teach Sunday school, and clean the church.

Thank you to all the volunteers that helped make this past summer and busy August such a successful and enjoyable time of gathering at Our Redeemer's.  Every gift of time and help is a blessing to us all!

 

Lake Julia Cruise & Potluck

Everyone is invited to the first ever Lake Julia Cruise and Potluck!  

Please click on the photo to make it bigger and read the info.

More Crafts for Sunday's Ice Cream Social!

Another sweet child's apron in yellow

A little dress in purple with flower ribbon trim.

Ice Cream, Crafts, & Fun on Sunday!

Please join us this Sunday, August 24, from 1-4pm for a lovely afternoon out on the lawn at Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church.
(Large tent and handicap accessible indoor space also provided)
 

The Annual Ice Cream & Pie Social is filled with good food, good fellowship, music, a raffle, a silent auction, and a craft sale bursting with interesting handmade goods.

Plus, this year there will be two activity tables set up for children to create their own delightful crafts!

We hope to see you there!

Here is another sneak peek at some of the crafts on the sale...

A ruffle scarf and matching flower pin.

Cedar flower planter (flowers not included)

More Crafts!

Just a few more of the beautiful donations to the upcoming craft sale....

Remember...you can click on any photo to see a larger version!

Autumn Leaves Framed Print

Blue Quilt, Pieced on Front and Back

Tortilla Cozies

Child's Blue-Eyelet Apron

Little Chicken Pin Cushion

Craft Sale This Sunday, Aug 24!

Please join us at the church next Sunday, August 24th, from 1-4pm for homemade ice cream, live music, crafts, and children's activities! 

While preparations are being made for churning ice cream and making pies, the members of Our Redeemer's are also gathering their crafts for the craft sale, raffle, and silent auction.

Some are whimsical, some practical, some yummy, and some gorgeous.  

Several will be featured on this site over the next few days.

Embroidered Dish Towels

Crazy Quilt

Tiny Satin Dress with Strawberries

Homemade Goods such as Raspberry Jam and Honey

Donations for Ice Cream Social

Our Redeemer's Ice Cream and Pie Social and Bazaar Sunday August 24 is gratefully accepting all donations whether pies, crafts, hand canned or baked goods or garden produce.
Darlene  will answer  or direct questions about outside activities, Sharon is  the raffle person, Diane will cashier for  the indoor bazaar and Mary and Sabrina  will set up the silent auction and children's activities.
Please leave contributions at the church Saturday Aug. 23 from 9 A.M. to noon or before noon on that Sunday.

Thanks.

Potluck This Sunday

Even though it is a busy month, Our Redeemer's will still have its monthly potluck meal after worship this Sunday, August 3rd.  Please plan to join us.  Bring any dish to share, or just stay for the meal anyway!  We always have enough to go around.

Register Now for August VBS Fun!

 Registration is now open for Vacation Bible School at Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church in Puposky.  Please call Kathy at 218-243-2042, to register for this fun event.  Registration is open to children ages 4-12 years.

The VBS session, which will be held Tues-Thurs, August 5-7, at 6-8pm, will be the Gangway to Galilee theme. 

Come to VBS and learn about Jesus' ministry by the Sea of Galilee!  

Adjustment of Worship Start Times

Pastor Mike and the Parish Council have been discussing changing the start times for the two parish worship services to allow more drive time between Puposky and Debs.  Safety and adherence to start times are the two main concerns.  The Council needs congregational feedback to make the best decision for our parish.  Suggested time adjustments are as follows: 8:30 & 10:30-------9:00 & 11:00--------8:45 & 10:45.  To streamline public announcement and avoid confusion, the Parish Council would like to discuss and vote on this issue PRIOR to the regular September 1st time switch.  If you have questions about this issue please talk to Pastor or any of your Council members.  The Council looks forward to hearing your opinions and preferences on this issue.  Thank you.

Northwest Christian Women's Retreat

The Northwest Christian Women's
5th Annual Retreat

will be held Saturday, October 4th, 2014

8am - 3pm

at Evangelical Free Church

(115 Carr Lake RD SW, Bemidji, MN 56601)

Leslie Nease

Complete information about the event and the special speaker, Leslie Nease, can be found HERE

Cost is $17 if registered by Sept 20th and $25 for late registration.

(lunch included)

Click HERE for registration form.

This retreat is where the pillowcase dresses made by the O.R. Sewing Group will be deposited for distribution in Africa.  Read all about the project on the NCW site.

All women in the community are welcome to register for this event.
We hope to see you there!

Pillowcase Dresses!

The Our Redeemer's ladies sewing group met Wednesday, June 18th, to make pillowcase dresses to send to young girls in Africa.

There was a job for everyone in attendance: cutting fabric, pinning bias tape and hems, threading elastic, sewing seams, picking out trimmings, and ironing the finished dresses.  

There was also plenty of time to enjoy the luncheon and refreshments that several ladies contributed.

There was a sense of joy that accumulated with each vibrantly colored dress that was completed.  

May each dress carry love and blessings to its future owner.

Induction Service Thanks

Pastor Stephen Peterson and Pastor Mike Naylor

Thank you to Pastor Stephen Peterson from the ELCA NWMN Synod, and to Pastor Vernon Nelson (retired) for leading our worship and celebration of induction for Pastor Mike Naylor.

Pastor Vernon Nelson

 

Pastor Stephen Peterson (standing) and Pastor Mike

Induction Services for Pastor Mike Naylor

(The following article was submitted to The Pioneer)

The Debs-Puposky Parish will officially induct Pastor Michael Naylor as its pastor on Sunday, June 22^nd, 2014.  Our Redeemer’s Lutheran in Puposky will hold a service at 9am and Trinity Lutheran in Debs will hold its service at 10:30am.  Pastor Stephen Peterson, Assistant to the Bishop of the Northwest Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), will speak during both services.  The community is invited to attend these services to formally welcome Pastor Naylor to the Parish.    

Pastor Naylor accepted the call to minister in the Debs-Puposky Parish in December 2013 and he began leading services in January 2014.  He succeeds Pastor Jay Borchert, of Debs, who retired in December.  Pastor Naylor is from Bemidji and he and his wife, Mary, raised their family here.  He started lay pulpit supply in 1986.  The first parish he served was the Pinewood-Puposky-Debs Parish.  Since then he has provided pulpit supply for churches in Kelliher, Waskish, Shevlin, Solway, Bemidji, Mizpa, Grand Rapids, Gully and Trail.  Prior to accepting the call at Debs-Puposky, Pastor Naylor was leading up to 50 Sunday services throughout northern Minnesota each year. 

Pastor Naylor has a long history of musical performance and ministry.  In 2012 he became one of the original inductees to the North Dakota Rock Country Hall of Fame.  He also has served on three Synod Music Teams in the LCA as well as the ELCA Constituting Convention.  During his first six months of service, Pastor Naylor has enthusiastically dedicated many hours each week to one of the Deb-Puposky Parish’s top priorities: visiting Parish members in local nursing homes that can no longer attend regular worship services in their home churches.

Happy Father's Day

Today we remember all of the fathers that have been involved in our lives....

After church we celebrated with a little cake and coffee.

Thank you to all the great DADS out there!

Project Linus Message

A message from Sharon S. to all ladies in the community that enjoy sewing and quilting:

 

Time to get together again for Project Linus!

Wednesday, June 18th, at Our Redeemers Church.    

9 AM    to   3 PM.

We will work on quilts and on little pillow case dresses.   

So if you have any trims, such as bias tape, rick rack, lace etc. that possibly could be used on the dresses, and you don’t mind bringing it along, that would be nice.

If you can bring your machine that would be helpful also.

 

The little dresses will be taken to the Retreat in October.    From there they are sent to Africa for children in orphanages.  We will have more info about the Retreat later.  It is a great day to be at it.

 

Darlene P. is making a pasta salad for lunch for Linus Day.  Sounds good.   Always food and time to eat.  

So just come even to visit. 

Hope to see you on the 18th!

Father's Day Sunday

Cake and coffee will be served after worship service this Sunday, June 15th, in celebration of Father's Day.  Please join us!

Community Breakfast

The second Sunday of the month is fast approaching and we hope you plan to join us for breakfast at Our Redeemer's.  The men of the church will be serving this all-you-can-eat meal from 8am to 9am on June 8th.  This is a free meal offered to the entire community.  

Show up and we will feed you!

The Old Green Sign

The "Old Green Sign" on the corner of Co.Rd. #26 and Durand got a fresh coat of paint last Sunday.

Many thanks to Kylie S. Chris P. and Whitney S. for their hard work in the hot sun!

The old sign looks great from both directions!

Cemetery Flowers

All the flowers and memorials left on the graves in the Our Redeemer's Cemetery have been removed and placed on the bench under the trees.  Removal was necessary for lawn mowing.  Please collect your memorial arrangements soon if you wish to keep them.  Thank you.

Potluck This Sunday

A potluck meal will be served after 9am worship service this Sunday, June 1st.  The entire community is invited to join us for this meal.  Bring a dish to share or simply enjoy the feast.  There is always PLENTY!

Graduation Quilts

In 2013 Our Redeemer's started the tradition of presenting each high school graduate in the congregation with a quilt.  Last year three grads were given quilts.  Another three young people from our church graduated this year.

The O.R. lady's sewing group again prepared, on behalf of the congregation, three gorgeous quilts.

We wish our graduates all the best.  And we hope that each time they use their quilts they remember how much their Our Redeemer's family loves them!

Congratulations to Mariah and Ronnie...

and Kaasandra!

Memorial Weekend

The grounds have been raked, mowed, and trimmed in preparation for Memorial Day Weekend.

An American flag has been placed on each Veteran's grave in the O.R. Cemetery.

Thank you to all our Military personnel and their families for their service to our country.

Project Linus

The Our Redeemer's sewing group will be gathering this Wednesday, May 21, to make quilts and blankets for Project Linus.

The day begins at 9am and ends around 3pm.  You may attend all or part of the day...or even just the luncheon served at noon!  

Bring a large needle and scissors if you have them.

Project Linus is always a fun day and a great chance to visit each other.

Hope to see you there!

A Lovely Weekend

So much happened at O.R. this past weekend...

Several folks showed up Saturday morning to clear brush, rake gravel, and tidy the lawn and cemetery.  It only took this dedicated group about three hours to accomplish all that work!  And a few kind people even brought snacks to church for the workers.

THANK YOU!

The private party that celebrated a baby shower in the church basement on Saturday left the facility sparkling clean.

We hope you enjoyed your party and...

THANK YOU!

Two of our three high school graduates were present on Sunday morning to receive the gorgeous quilts the ladies of O.R. made for them.

We are so proud of all of our graduates... and proud of our quilters too!

THANK YOU!

Special music was performed during worship by a lovely young person visiting from First Lutheran in Bemidji.

THANK YOU!

And finally, our church was full with the family of a beautiful little baby named Avery that was brought before the Lord for Baptism this Sunday.  It was wonderful to worship among such a crowd of loving people celebrating this child's special day.

We wish the entire family great joy and peace, and 

THANK YOU for bringing this little one to our Redeemer! 

Saturday Clean Up Day

9am -?  Sat. May 17

 Time to clean up the church grounds and cemetery before Memorial Day and lawn-mowing season. 

Bring your rakes, shovels, garden tools, wheel barrows, and skid steers to O.R. this Saturday, May 17th. Work will start at 9am and it goes pretty fast if enough people show up. Main jobs include raking gravel/rocks back into the parking lot, picking up sticks, raking leaves, etc. This is an outdoor ONLY event as the church basement will be hosting a private party. So dress for the weather and bring your own snacks and water or coffee.

Mother's Day Breakfast

Our scheduled 2nd Sunday Community Breakfast falls on Mother's Day this year.

As always, everyone in the community is welcome to join us for this free, all-you-can-eat meal.

Food is served from 8am to 9am before the worship service.  And come back down after church for another cup of coffee if you like.  :)

If anyone is in need of a ride to church, please call Pastor Mike Naylor at 218-751-3049.  He will arrange transportation for anyone that wishes to attend an event or service at Our Redeemer's.

Potluck

It is time for Potluck again!

The first Sunday of the month we gather after worship service for a potluck meal.

Please feel free to join us.  Whether or not you bring a dish, there is always plenty of delicious food and it is a great time to meet people in the congregation.

Project Linus on Wednesday

Project Linus is tomorrow at O.R.

9am to 3pm

Come for the whole day or just part of it!

Community Breakfast Schedule

Here is a calendar for the rest of the year of 

Free Community Breakfasts.

Click on the photo to see (and download/print) a larger version.

 

Community Breakfast is always held prior to the worship service on the 2nd Sunday of the month.

Notice we switch our worship time to 10:30 in September.

Easter Sunday

Celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday!

April 20th

9am Worship Service at Our Redeemer's Lutheran in Puposky

Coffee and rolls served prior to service from 8-9am.

10:30am Worship Service at Trinity Lutheran in Debs

Easter Week Services

Noon, April 17th  

Maundy Thursday Service 

Trinity Lutheran in Debs.

Lunch served after the service.

This feast commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with his disciples.

7pm, April 18th  

Good Friday Service

Our Redeemer's Lutheran in Puposky.

This service commemorates the death of Jesus Christ on the cross.

April 20th

 Easter Service

9am Our Redeemer's in Puposky

10:30am Trinity Lutheran in Debs

These services commemorate the Resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ.