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| | | | This Week's Message from Pastor Hans: | | Highlight from This Week's Video: | | "This coming Sunday, June 1, will be the one-year anniversary of my time as your interim pastor. It has been a privilege of me to journey with you during this time of transition. The future is bright for this congregation in its mission and ministry." | |
Please Join Us for Seventh Sunday of Easter Worship, sumner: 9:30am
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Preaching
Pastor Hans Lee
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Scripture
Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21; Psalm 97, John 17:20-26
| | In Remembrance of Our Beloved | |
So Many Chances for You to
Engage, Give, & Learn, sumner!
| | Check Out What's Coming In the Weeks Ahead... | | One New "75 Stories" This Week: Fred Shepherd | | Next Future of Church Forum and Conversation is THIS SUNDAY, June 1 | |
An expert on innovation and congregational mission, Rev. Dr. Dwight Zscheile will talk about embracing innovation as a way to multiply leadership, grow mission and advance the spreading of the Gospel as a way to invigorate church and make it more relevant.
He'll use the example of Martin Luther as the ultimate innovator in "meeting people where they are" and how that is a powerful tool for any church in 2025 wondering how they can grow their community and increase their impact in their congregations, their neighborhood, the broader community, and the world.
| | You Are Invited to A Legacy Society Event | | |
Dear beloved people of Normandale,
The Normandale Lutheran Church Foundation has a history of 50 years of helping to develop the ministry efforts of our church, serving to grow the faith of its members and to support neighbors in need and the strength of our surrounding community.
The Foundation is sponsoring a couple of upcoming events to express this gratitude and share stories of the Foundation’s efforts and progress in recent years. As we consider the future together, the Foundation would also like to share a few stories of those who have decided to leave a lasting legacy through gifts to the Foundation, and to let you know what the Foundation can do to assist members who wish to leave a legacy for the next 75 years!
| The two hosted events are noted below, and the discussion at each will be the same, so you are invited to attend either at your convenience. Please RSVP to Brent Malcom at bmalcom@normluth.org or (952) 977-9352 to indicate whether you intend to join one of the events so that we can plan accordingly for accompanying refreshments and appetizers: | | |
Lowell Stortz
President, Normandale Foundation
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Rev. Hans Lee
Interim Lead Pastor, Normandale Lutheran Church
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Brent Malcom
Secretary, Normandale Foundation
| | Men's Night at Target Field! | | |
It's time for the annual Twins game for our Normandale men's group! Our game this year is against the Cubs on Tuesday, July 8. In order to secure our seats, we have to let the Twins know our number by Tuesday, June 17 -- so let us know soon if you can go by signing up today!
Because this game is against the North Siders from Chicago AND because we have better seats this year, the cost per ticket is $37. You can access the registration form by scanning the QR code above with your phone's or tablet's camera or the button below.
Share this opportunity with other guys! Bring your sons and / or your dads. Don't wait -- do it now! Go, Twins, Go!
| | Come Join the Class to Become A Stephen Minister! | | A Letter from Director of Worship & Music Dr. Gregory Peterson: | | |
May 1, 2025
Dear Members of Normandale Lutheran Church,
I am writing with news of my plans to retire from the Director of Worship and Music position, effective November 23, 2025. With thanksgiving to God through our Savior Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, I will complete a 40-year career in church music.
When I came to Normandale in the fall of 2021 as interim organist, and subsequently assumed the full-time Director of Worship and Music position after retiring from the faculty at Luther College in June of 2022, it was with my own understanding, and that of church leadership, that my tenure at Normandale would not be a long one. I set out to create a new combined choral director and organist role and to re-establish strength in the choirs and overall music ministry in the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic. Much of this work and re-organization is now in place, and with the change in lead pastor forthcoming, it is the right time for Normandale to build a pastor-musician team that will carry the ministry into the future. I am also ready for less commitment as I move ahead after an extensive career in academic and church work. It has been extremely rewarding, and my time here at Normandale has been a fabulous, welcoming, and spirit-led capstone to my career. For that I am most grateful!
As to next steps, a Worship and Music Transition Committee is being created to finalize a job description and lay the groundwork for a search to find a new, full-time Director of Worship and Music once a new lead pastor is in place. Council President Alison Pence will chair this new committee and I intend to be fully available during this time to assist in the process as needed and desired. After the summer when I will be away for two months, I look forward to launching another choir season, and to participating in the concluding events of Normandale’s 75th anniversary year that will include a hymn festival on November 9.
I hold this congregation in the highest regard and pray for its future as a beacon in our community, synod and beyond. The future, indeed, is very bright! In this season of new life and always, God walks with us!
With faithfulness and love,
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Dr. Gregory Peterson
Director of Worship and Music
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| | Children, Youth, and Family (CYF) | | IGNITE Movie Night on Friday, May 30! | | Kickball Kickoff on Wednesday, June 4 | | | | |
Soon-to-be 9th through graduating seniors: join us for a summer kickoff of kickball at 7:00pm on Wednesday, June 4.
Bring yourself and a friend! We will meet in Trinity Commons.
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