Children's Ministry September 2023

Sunday School Begins

September 10

Sunday School for children ages 3 (by Sept 1) through 6th grade begins on September 10. If you haven’t done so already, please register for Sunday School using our online form.  

Children will begin in worship with their family and go to Sunday School after the Children’s Message and return to worship at the start of Communion.

If you have any questions, please contact our Children’s Ministry Director, Diane LaMere

Back to School Blessing

September 10

All children and youth will be invited to come forward during worship on September 10 for a special blessing of the new school year. 

Bible Presentations

September 17

Sunday School children who are incoming 3 year olds, 3rd graders or children new to LOTI will receive a brand new Spark Bible. The Bibles are a gift from the congregation to celebrate our commitment to families honoring their baptismal promise. Presentations will happen during worship on September 17.

If you have a child receiving a Bible this year, you will receive an email with specific instructions for this day from Diane LaMere. 

Choir Rehearsal

Wednesdays

7:00-8:30 PM

Sanctuary

For many years, Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church has provided a meal on the first Friday of each month. Due to COVID-19 & changes at the shelter, our monthly meals are by donation to the LOTI. Cost per meal is $250. You may contribute online at MyVanco or mail a check to the church. The shelter orders & serves the meal. Thank you to Denise Wilkens, Mary Jubenville, Mary Flynn, Twyla Hobbs & Linda Nelson for August.

SEP 1

OCT 6

NOV 3

DEC 1

Kathy & Mark Hering

Bruce & Jean Carlson

Mary Sabatke

Andrew Wallin & Elizabeth Hansen

To signup for 2024, contact Diane LaMere or Michelle McCreery

We will begin scheduling for 2024 in September.

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Join us

Saturday, September 2nd

9:30 AM in the

Christy Room

for a time of camaraderie

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)

Fall Confirmation Begins

September 6th

7:00 PM

Confirmation education for 9th graders preparing for the Rite of Confirmation on Sunday, October 29th, will begin again on Wednesday, September 6th from 7:00 - 7:45 in the Christy Room. 7th and 8th Grade Confirmation this fall will be by Zoom on Mondays at 4:30 beginning Monday, September 11th. New confirmands can register with Pastor Haug.

Rally Sunday

Sunday, September 10th

It’s time for a pie-fest - who wants to bring pie?

New Member Sunday

September 17th 

New members to Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church will be received on Sunday, September 17th. Please contact the church office if you would like to be welcomed as a member.  

Hymnus Angelicus

September 24th

9:30 AM

Sanctuary

Paul McKenzie, while serving as the Director of Music at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Hopkins, organized a community choir to perform regularly at the congregation’s monthly evening choral vespers service. The group, known as Hymnus Angelicus, performed in a variety of styles and languages with a strong emphasis on liturgy and scripture. They performed once at Lake of the Isles in 2014, and traveled in 2019 to Ireland for a music festival. The Covid 19 pandemic and the director’s retirement, however, brought the group’s performing days to an end, but it didn’t end Paul McKenzie’s passion for music. He is now trying to resurrect Hymnus Angelicus and to make Lake of the Isles their new home. 

Liturgy and scripture will remain important to their music, but there will be one significant difference. Hymnus Angelicus will be a part of our morning worship service, and their first Sunday will be September 24th, for the Festival of St. Michael and All Angels.  Please welcome Paul McKenzie and Hymnus Angelicus to Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church.

2023-24 Conversation & Cuisine

Signup by September 30th 

Conversation & Cuisine is a casual evening of getting better acquainted, while enjoying a meal in each other's homes or a restaurant of choice. Groups made up of 6-8 members & friends of Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church gather for three meals during the course of the year. If you would like to participate in the 2023-24 groups, please let Janna Haug know. You can connect with her at Coffee Hour, or contact Jana Haug.

Looking Ahead at LOTI…

Water the Lawn Fundraiser

Sunday, October 1st

5:00 PM

Home of the Reisbergs

Kenwood Pkwy

Prior to the pandemic, the LOTI Church Council regularly scheduled a fall fundraiser at Lake of Isles. These yearly campaigns went by with catchy names like: The Great Restroom Makeover Fundraiser, The Cut A Rug Carpeting Fundraiser, The Raise the Roof Fundraiser, and the favorite The Fun-Raiser Fundraiser, where no funds were sought at all. These were all welcome events that provided both an important economic incentive to completing necessary capital improvement projects, and also offered a wonderful gathering and venue for bringing the congregation together. The challenge for 2023 fundraiser is creating a memorable and snappy title. 

The past two years of drought have been hard on the church property. In addition to the lack of moisture, we have lost two trees that provided significant shade. This in turn lead to an invasion of grubs. To keep our lawn and property looking good, the Church Council has suggested that we invest in a lawn irrigation system, so what should we call the event? The Please Tread on Me Irrigation Fundraiser, or perhaps The Great Weed and Feed and Water the Lawn Makeover.” Discretely, someone on the Council; suggested that it should be called The Put Your Pastor out to Pasture Faster Fundraiser, after all he’s the one who moves all the water hoses around. Regardless of the name, we hope that you can join us! Michelle McCreery will once again organize the meal, and Susanne Haas will organize the Silent Auction. 

Thank you,

Marty Carlson

LOTI Church Council President

Guest Preacher Mark Ditmanson

October 15th

Pastor Mark and Janet Ditmanson will visit Lake of the Isles next month. Pastor Mark served Lake of the Isles from 1991-2001.  He then accepted a call to Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Grand Marais, where he served until his retirement in the summer of 2022.  We  look forward to welcoming the Ditmansons back to Lake of the Isles.

Isles Ensemble Concert

October 15th

2:00 PM

Exodus

Join Isles violist, Ken Freed, as he takes us on a personal journey of faith and hope that spans centuries of prayer, memory, and the eternal. Newly uncovered arrangements of music from Auschwitz will serve as the counterpoint to the music of Bruch, Mendelssohn, Bloch, Ravel and Golijov. 

Isles musicians: Stephanie Arado, violin; Natsuki Kumagai, violin; Kenneth Freed, viola; Tom Rosenberg, cello; Laura Sewell, cello

Guest musicians: Miryana Moteva, piano; Gabriel Campos Zamora, clarinet.

2024 Heart of Europe Tour

In the Footsteps of the Haugs

Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Czech Republic

April 1 – April 13, 2024

First Payment Due NOVEMBER 15TH

After traveling to Italy in the spring of 2023, we are excited to announce Pastor and Janna Haug’s international tour for 2024. The 12-day and 11-night tour will visit several important and favorite places the Haug family explored during their five years as ELCA personnel in Europe. The tour will include great cities along the Moldau and Danube Rivers, such as Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, Salzburg, Cesky Krumlov, and Prague. Brochures are now available. Christian Eggert of Christian Tour Europe will once again be our host.