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Last week as Janna and I were traveling in Europe, we stopped in Lund, Sweden to visit a friend and to see the historical astronomical clock in the Lund Cathedral. The clock, which was built in the 1420’s and restored in the 1920’s, continues to draw tourists and school groups every day at 12:00 and 3:00. At the appointed hour, the performance of the 500-year old mechanical figures begins. At the top of the clock are two horsemen jousting. They are to represent light and darkness. Curiously, they are dressed in the colors of the flags of Sweden and Denmark who have both claimed the cathedral as their own.
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The central figure between the two spheres is the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child on her knee. At the appointed hour, two horn players on either side of the clock begin to play one of the old Christmas carols, In dulci jubilo, thus announcing the procession of the three kings and their servant presenting their gifts to the Christ child and then disappearing again into the clock.
| Lund’s astronomical clock is a wonderful testimony to the story of music at Christmas. The majesty, mystery and simplicity of music tell us of Christ’s birth. Of course, this truth is scriptural as well. In St. Luke’s gospel we read that on the night of Jesus’ birth the angels were sent to the shepherds in Bethlehem praising God in the highest heaven and peace to God’s people on earth. | Music is always an integral part of our worship at Lake of the Isles, but the Christmas season provides even more opportunities for celebrating in a variety of styles and traditions. Each worship service has a different focus, from the jubilant baroque music of the First Sunday in Advent, to the contemplative tone of the Second Sunday focusing on O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. And of course, there are the traditional characters of Saint Nicholas and Sancta Lucia, and the Sunday School Children’s program woven into the music, as well. | Join us throughout this Advent and Christmas season as we celebrate in wonder the Word made Flesh. | |  |
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Inspired by Christ, living and growing in faith, Lake of the Isles is a loving and open community of worship, witness, & service in God's world
In-Person,
Livestream Worship,
& Sunday School
Sundays – 9:30 AM
Coffee Hour – 10:30 AM
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Upcoming Events
December 1st– 9:30 AM
1st Sunday of Advent
Sanctuary
December 5th – 7:00 PM
Women's Bible Study
Christy Room
December 6th - 5:00 PM
Women's Book Club
Home of Deb Gilroy
December 7th– 9:30 AM
Priscilla Circle
Home of Jean Carlson
December 8th – 9:30 AM
2nd Sunday of Advent
Visit from Saint Nicholas
Sanctuary
December 14th
Our Saviour's Shelter Meal
December 15th – 9:30 AM
3rd Sunday of Advent,
Visit from Sancta Lucia
& Christmas Tea
Sanctuary & Fellowship Hall
December 19th – 7:00 PM
Council Meeting
Christy Room & Zoom
December 22nd– 9:30 AM
4th Sunday of Advent,
Lessons & Carols,
& Sunday School Program
Sanctuary
December 22nd – 6:00 PM
Caroling, Caroling!
Home of the Reisbergs
December 24th – 4:30 PM
Christmas Eve Family Service
Sanctuary
December 24th – 10:00 PM
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
Sanctuary
December 29th – 9:30 AM
Worship
Sanctuary
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Children's Ministry December 2024 | | |
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Winter Gear Drive Results
137 new and gently used winter gear items were donated and delivered to Project for Pride in Living this past week! Thank you for your generosity and helping those less fortunate stay warm this winter. A special thank you to Carolyn & David Hagford and Linda Nelson for getting the donations sorted and ready to go to PPL!
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College Care Packages
Twelve care packages will be heading to our college age young adults in the next week - just in time for finals preparation. Thank you to the Sunday School children for helping pack them and thank you to the families who donated the snacks. The college students love receiving this gift of love from LOTI.
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Sunday School Calendar Notes
December 1st
Sunday School kids will work on Christmas program music after the Children's Message and then return to worship.
December 8th
Sunday School
December15th
Children process in worship with Sancta Lucia. Costume fitting during Sunday School.
December 22nd
Children present the nativity scene during the Lessons and Carols service
December 29th
No Sunday School
January 5th
Sunday School resumes
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This year the Sunday School children will present the nativity scene during the Lessons and Carols service on Sunday, December 22nd. Details will be sent via email to Sunday School families for this very special day. | |
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Foodshelf Donations Needed | |
This month’s most needed items include oil, peanut butter, tinned meats like tuna, spam, and chicken; Holiday items: gravy, instant potatoes. stuffing, cranberry, and cornbread.
They accept non-expired, shelf stable foods and household items.
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Donations can be brought to the wooden cart in Fellowship Hall. We will have volunteers bring them to the food shelf on Friday mornings. If you are interested in helping with transporting donations, please contact the church office.
joyceuptownfoodshelf.org
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Our Saviour's Housing Meals 2024-25 | | |
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Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church provides a meal on the second Saturday of each month. Our monthly meals are provided by donation. The shelter orders & serves the meal.
Thank you to Mary Sabatke for the November meal in memory of Bruce Sabatke
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DEC 14
JAN 11
FEB 8
MAR 8
APR 12
MAY 10
JUN 14
JUL 12
AUG 9
SEP 13
OCT 11
NOV 8
DEC 13
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Mary Flynn, Twyla Hobbs, Mary Jubenville, Linda Nelson & Denise Wilkens
David & Mary Goplen
Mark & Kathy Hering
Liz & Mike Brown
Stephen & Leslie Hite
Jim Olson, in memory of ChanSoon Olson
Available
Philip Friedlund & Lisa Isenberg
Available
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Pierre & Diane LaMere
Mary Sabatke, in memory of Bruce Sabatke
Available
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If you would like to sign up to host a month in 2025, please contact the church office. The months available are listed above. Cost per meal is $250. You may contribute online at myvanco or send a check made out to Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church with "Our Saviour's Meal" in the memo line to the church office.
oscs-mn.org
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First Sunday of Advent
December 1st
9:30 AM
Sanctuary
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Franz Tunder (1614 – 1667) was an organist in one of the Hanseatic League’s most prominent cities, today’s Lubeck, Germany. Tunder played a formative role in the development of the choral cantata which J.S. Bach would champion a generation later. During the season of Advent, Tunder would arrange for special concerts involving additional musicians who were sponsored by the city’s business owners. The LOTI Church Choir, a string ensemble and soloists will present Tunder’s seldom performed choral cantata, Hosanna, Thou Son of David, on the First Sunday of Advent. | |
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Vasa Order of America
District 7 Christmas Party
featuring the
Vasa Junior Folk Dancers
Sunday, December 1st
Fellowship Hall
2:00 PM Doors open
2:30 PM Programming begins
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The Vasa Order of America invites you to attend their annual Family Christmas Party featuring the Vasa Junior Folk Dancers held here at Lake of the Isles in Fellowship Hall. The group will present a Lucia pageant, and group singing of Swedish and America Christmas music. Traditional Swedish refreshments will be served.
Free-will offering
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Women's Bible Study
Thursday, December 5th
7:00 PM
Christy Room
We are continuing our study of Esther: It's Tough Being a Woman! by Beth Moore. Join us! LOTI Groups
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Join us
Saturday, December 7th
9:30 AM
at the home of Jean Carlson
for a time of camaraderie & Christmas Tea planning!
There is no membership requirement or time commitment.
Just come to enjoy the fellowship, for a few minutes, or a couple of hours!
(No knitting skills required)
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Women's Book Club
Friday, December 6th
5:00 PM
Home of Deb Gilroy
Mr. Ives Christmas, by Oscar Hijuelos A moving work from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author concerns the loss of faith endured by Mr. Ives, a businessman. Join us & bring a snack to share if you like. LOTI Groups
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Second Sunday of Advent
Saint Nicholas
December 8th
9:30 AM
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The Second Sunday of Advent will be marked by the annual visit of Saint Nicholas. One of the church’s most celebrated saints, not simply of children, but by sailors and pawn-brokers as well, St. Nicholas, the bishop of Myra in modern day Turkey, was an early priest in the Christian Church who died around 342 AD. Legends that surround Nicholas tell of his love for God and neighbor, especially the poor. He became known as the symbol of anonymous gift giving.
St. Nicholas Day is traditionally celebrated on December 6th. Polish your shoes, or you may only receive coal this year.
Hear Special Music O Come O Come Emmanuel, with cellist Audrey Snyder
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Third Sunday of Advent
Sancta Lucia & Christmas Tea
December 15th
9:30 AM
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304 AD during the persecution under Emperor Diocletian. According to tradition, she had decided to devote her life to God and to give her possessions to the poor. In Sweden in the late 1700’s, there were legends of a woman appearing in times of great famine distributing food to the starving. Perhaps because the name Lucia means light, and since her feast day falls on December 13th, the week that marks the darkest days of the year, these stories were in turn attributed to the goodness and generosity of St. Lucia. Prior to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, December 13th was the longest night in Sweden, so there was a tradition of singing and performing music through the night. This served as the origin of the early morning Lucia procession.
St. Lucia will make her lighted appearance as a part of the Third Sunday in Advent. The worship service will feature Finnish and Swedish folk and religious music presented by the Choir, soloists, and a special visit by the ASI Nyckelharpalag.
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Following the service, please join us for our annual Christmas Tea!
Volunteers are needed for setup, serving, & cleanup. Our signup form is available in Fellowship Hall.
Items for the tea can be delivered to the church beginning Wednesday, December 11th.
Setup will begin on Saturday, December 14th at 10:00 AM.
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Fourth Sunday of Advent
Lessons & Carols &
Sunday School Pageant
December 22nd
9:30 AM
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The Church Choir will celebrate a Festive Service of Lessons and Carols on Sunday, December 22nd, the Fourth Sunday of Advent. The traditional service dates back to Christmas Eve 1918, when the newly appointed Dean of King’s College Cambridge, Eric Milner-White, a former army chaplain was convinced that the Church of England needed more imaginative worship and decided to create a unique service for King’s College. The format of the service with its blending of music and readings grew immediately in in popularity. Our service will include chimes, harp, Irish instruments & trumpet. Sunday School children will portray the Nativity. | |
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Christmas, Caroling!
Sunday, December 22nd
6:00 PM
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You are invited to join the caroling chorus!
We will gather at the home of Michelle & Bernie Reisberg to sing Christmas carols around the neighborhood before returning to the Reisberg's home for refreshments. Please bring an appetizer to share. RSVP to Pastor Haug.
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Christmas Eve
Family Worship
Tuesday, December 24th
4:30 PM
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The 4:30 Christmas Eve Family Service is designed for families of all ages. Familiars will be sung with the accompaniment of flute and chimes – all leading to the living nativity scene at the manger and the singing of Silent Night. Woven into the service will be two Norwegian Christmas carols, I am so Glad Each Christmas Eve and a new song that has taken over Norway in popularity Now is the Hour so Holy. Holy Communion will be celebrated as well. | | |
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Christmas Eve
Candlelight Worship
Tuesday, December 24th
10:00 PM
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The 10:00 Candlelight Service will be led by the choir, string quartet, flute and chimes. Inspired by the St. Olaf Choir’s performance in Norway’s Nidaros Cathedral, this musical service will feature beloved choral anthems such as Carl Schalk’s Before the Marvel of the This Night, Carolyn Jenning’s Climb to the Top of the Highest Mountain, and Daniel Kantor’s Night of Silence/ Silent Night. | | |
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The Gift of Generosity
This holiday season, we thank everyone who has supported LOTI this past year with their time, talent and financial contributions and look forward to support from all of our members in the year ahead.
End of the year gifts to LOTI must be received by Tuesday, December 31st.
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Winter Art in Fellowship Hall
Paintings by Former LOTI Member Tom Maakestad
| Mille Lacs Ice Houses, 8"x24" Oil on Canvas | |
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Tom Maakestad works with oil paint, oil pastel and dry pastel using regional landscapes as his main focal point. In the early morning or late afternoon, he looks for vast expanses or the complexities formed by merging land masses with light and shadow. Maakestad's color pallet is frequently limited to what he's viewing at that time of year.
The area around his parent’s farm in south central Minnesota has elements that he appreciates about this part of the country: long views from open ridge lines remind him of bus rides from his youth when valley bottoms were shrouded in fog, or sunsets that heighten the landforms and tree rows.
His work is held in many collections including the Mayo Clinic, The US Embassy in Oslo, Norway and the Minnesota Museum of American Art.
Maakestad's art will be for sale and a portion of sales will go to Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church.
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Middle Winter, 40"x30" Oil on Linen | |
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All are welcome to join!
We meet on Mondays at 7:00 PM via Zoom.
Janna Haug, Debra Gilroy, Linda Nelson, Diane Stensrud & Carolyn Hagford
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Wednesday Morning Bible Study | |
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All are welcome to come and join our Wednesday morning Bible study!
Pastor Haug leads the morning Bible study group in the Christy Room & via Zoom on Wednesdays at 10:00 AM.
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To view, go to our YouTube channel, or to find the livestream link & worship service bulletin go to loti.org. | | |
Coffee Hour is hosted in Fellowship Hall or on the Patio each Sunday following worship. | | |
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Happy Birthday!
Lenore Raykovich
Kate Mechels
David Brost
Steve Hoyt
Carol Kuehn
Natalya Haug
Emily Melbye
Marty Carlson
Kim Olson
Hayden Nelson
Lars Olson
Gus Frahm
Jorgen Olson
Mary Flynn
Remi Pizarro
Jon Zachman
Chris Hovda
Pauline Haug
Allyson Sprain
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Worship Technical Assistant
Jim Olson
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Altar Servers
01 Mary Flynn & Linda Nelson
08 David & Mary Goplen
15 David & Carolyn Hagford
22 Cathy Carlson & Kathy Hering
24 4:30 pm Kathy Hering & Linda Nelson
24 10:00 pm Kathy Hering
29 Ellie Holmquist, Ruth Lee & Eivor Lund
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Ushers
01 Linda Nelson
08 Mike Huttner
15 Pierre LaMere
22 David Ackerman
24 4:30 pm: Bill & Kathy Fredell
24 10:00 pm: TBD
29 Scott Gallop
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Worship Assistants
01 Steve Hoyt
08 Marty Carlson
15 Mark Duff
22 Philip Friedlund
24 4:30 pm Mary Sabatke
24 10:00 pm Michelle McCreery
29 Kathy Hering
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Readers
01 Philip Friedlund
08 Marnie Huntley
15 Mary Sabatke
22 Eric Amann, Bill & Kathy Fredell, David Hagford, Janna Haug, Mary Jubenville, and Miranda Stadem-Ward
29 Lynn Wehrman
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Communion Assistants
01 Mary Sabatke
08 Kathy Fredell
15 Michelle McCreery
22 Kathy Hering
24 4:30 pm Marty Carlson
24 10:00 pm Mark Duff
29 David Ackerman
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Coffee Hour Hosts
01 David & Carolyn Hagford
08 Dale Thomas & Pierre LaMere
15 Christmas Tea
22 Eric & Naomi Mechels
29 Robin & Mark Bloom
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Staff Members
Rev. Dr. Arden D. Haug – Pastor
Dr Kristina Rizzotto – Director of Music
Diane LaMere – Office Manager & Children's Ministry
Joseph LaMere – Worship Technical Director
Michelle McCreery – Design & Communication Director
Sandy Swan – Wedding Manager
Vitali Haug – Custodian
Molly Dengler & Anthony Ramirez – Caretakers
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Council Members
Pamela Aagaard
Ross Bartels – Treasurer
Catherine Carlson
Martin Carlson – President
Casey Christy
Steve Hoyt – Vice President
Eric Mechels
Katie Messerli
Ryne Nelson
Charlie O'Brien, Secretary
Michelle Reisberg
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Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church
2020 W Lake of the Isles Pkwy
Minneapolis, MN 55405
(612) 377-5095
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