We continue offering worship via Facebook Live at 9:30 a.m. on Sundays - please join us on our Facebook page for this opportunity!

If you have trouble joining Facebook Live, the worship videos will be available by each Monday on New Life's YouTube Channel.

Thank you to all who have been participating in our weekly worship!

To watch last Sunday's 9:30 am service from Trinity Sunday June 12th, here is a link to view it.

ACCESS WORSHIP

Join us for worship Sundays at 8:15 a.m. (Traditional) and at 9:30 a.m. (Praise Band Worship) which is also always livestreamed on our Facebook page and available on our YouTube page any time after, not just when we're live. Our most recent worship services are also posted to our website on Monday mornings and will be featured in the weekly newsletters on Wednesdays. Masks are optional but encouraged if people would like to wear them.

COMMUNITY OUTDOOR CONCERT – SAVE THE DATE

SUNDAY JUNE 26^TH from 4:00-6:30pm

Come enjoy a lovely afternoon with great entertainment! The dance troupe, Magnum Opus, that has joined us in worship will perform and share news of their new Arts Studio opening soon. And then Mad City Funk will delight us with wonderful music! Plus, our youth and leaders headed to the Boundary Waters will be offering a cookout dinner as a fundraiser throughout the afternoon. Be sure to put it on your calendar and access it through our Facebook Page.

WACKY WEDNESDAY CANCELLED FOR TONIGHT DUE TO WEATHER!

Dinner and Wacky Wednesday normally takes place for ALL AGES, with dinner beginning at 5:30 pm!



Next week we will meet at the Culvers in Cottage Grove to dine together. We need more helpers for Wednesday dinner the last week of JUNE and into JULY! If you can help, it's easy, and you can get family, friends, or a group to help you! See the sign-up sheets by the kitchen serving window. And then after dinner, we’ll select a couple of different wacky activities to do together – outdoor and indoor options. For example, crafts, games, or movies inside and group games or projects outside (weather permitting). 

Come and enjoy good food, fun, and fellowship!

YOUR OFFERING

Thanks for your support to meet our financial obligations. Consider giving online, if you aren't already! You can select a one-time donor or recurring donation, and it's easy to do - just click the box below to begin. Or as always, you can mail in your donations to New Life.

New Life Kids

Join us during the 9:30 a.m. service for a children’s message and craft. 

Wacky Wednesdays - All Ages Welcomed!

Tonight is CANCELLED due to weather.

Next Week we will meet at the Culvers in Cottage Grove to dine together.

Vacation Bible School

Monday-Wednesday, Aug. 15-17 9am – 3pm Thursday, Aug. 18 is Family Night 5:30pm - 8pm 

• Registration is now open! 
• Kids who have completed 4K-5th grade are invited to join us for a farmin' fun as we are reminded that Jesus will always love us! Click here to register now!
• Kids & youth who have completed 6th - 12th grade and adults are needed as volunteers! Click here to register as a volunteer! 
• Volunteer activities include being crew leaders or assisting station leaders in crafts, music and games. 

If you are interested or want more information on any of the activities, feel free to reach out to Jessica Korrison.

MEN’S GROUP

Thanks to those who participated in the first get-together of the men's group on June 11th.  We're offering a time for the men of our community to gather and be strengthened in their faith.

The next get-together will be Saturday,  July 16th from 8:00-9:00 a.m. at the church - the guys hope to see you there!

SUPER SALE

July 14 – 16, 2022

Thursday from 7am-6pm

Friday from 7am-3pm

Saturday (free will donations) from 8-11am

We will once again host our Super Sale with proceeds going to our youth and children ministries. Start looking through things at your house and donate them to our Super Sale! Please bring items into the ReCreation Center and place on the tables behind the partition. Please do not sort anything. If you would like to help with sorting beforehand or on the days of the sale we will be taking those volunteers - let us know in the church office about pre-sort, to be done certain times before the sale.  

Here is the sign-up sheet to help volunteer for the event on the dates above! We'll also have a printed copy out on the table this Sunday at worship.

WAYS TO PARTNER

We have established a partnership with the Nehemiah Center, which means that we will be looking for and offering ways for you to connect with their leadership in our area serving communities of color. We will highlight ways that you can personally and with your family grow this partnership alongside what we're doing as a congregation.  Kathy Mullen is currently collecting the following items (women's toiletries):  shampoo and conditioner, toothbrush and toothpaste, feminine hygiene products, razors, lotion, deodorant and body wash.  Just place items on or around the table in the front lobby.

Other ways you and your family can partner: support black-owned businesses (click here for a list), visit www.lirs.org to support refugees, visit www.ldr.org to help with disaster response around the nation, or www.elca.org to find another way to give back to people in need.

NEW LIFE BOOK DISCUSSION – August 14 & 21 right after the second service.

HOW THE WORD IS PASSED: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America, Clint Smith

A deeply researched and very readable exploration of the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history, How the Word Is Passed illustrates how some of our country's most essential stories are hidden in plain view—whether in places we might drive by on our way to work, holidays such as Juneteenth, or entire neighborhoods like downtown Manhattan, where the brutal history of the trade in enslaved men, women, and children has been deeply imprinted.

This is the UW Madison BIG READ 2022-2023 SO there will be lots of copies available at local libraries. Current purchase price on Amazon is $14.11. We also expect to have a small number of copies available by early July.

https://gobigread.wisc.edu/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUc7sb4CZwE

2-minute review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3QLemqHlrA

20-minute review/summary hitting the highlights of each chapter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcMQMXFsuEE

Conversation with the author. 58-minutes May 2021 

Please Keep These People in Your Prayers

The family of Barb Olson, Donna Butler’s grandson Anthony, Lindy Coel, Joyce Cox, Ally Fisch (studying abroad), Boyd Fleming, Terry Hines (Dave Kolmodin's cousin), Felicia Jones & family, Johnnie Jones, Michele Kiefer, Dave Kohlwey's brother Neil, Gail Kriel, Patti Kolmodin, Trish Krueger, Vicki Landes, Hailey Lennberg, Jeff Lennberg, Jeff Lehnherr, Laurie Neuendorf, Alvina Phillips, the family of Wendy Phillips (late daughter-in-law of Stan and Alvina), Vern Richmond (death of his brother Glen), Mary Ann Roelke & family (loss of father), Jeremy Showers, Bobby Spridco, Bill Sterud, Russ & Shirley Theel's son-in-law Gil Franco, Darrick Thompson, Carolee Zick, and Barb Zimmerman.

If you would like to be included on our prayer list, please contact the church office. Permission is required from the individual for us to print their name. Individuals will on the list for one month unless requested. Please let us know if there is someone to be added, or if someone has improved or healed and can be taken off the list.

This Sunday and Updates for this Week

June 19, 2022 - Father's Day & Juneteenth

8:15 a.m. Traditional Worship Service

9:30 a.m. Praise Band Worship Service

(also livestreamed on Facebook Live)

9:30 a.m. New Life Kids

Upcoming Schedule of Events This Week

Sunday, June 19 - FATHER'S DAY and JUNETEENTH

8:15 a.m. Traditional Worship Service

9:30 a.m. Praise Band Worship Service (also livestreamed on Facebook Live)

9:30 a.m. New Life Kids

Monday, June 20

10:00 a.m. - Noon Gift Cards Distributions (Social Purpose Team)

Wednesday, June 22 - "Wacky Wednesday" event

5:30 p.m. - Meal and then Activities to follow

Thursday, June 23

7:00-8:30 p.m. — Shawn’s MCF Band practice (ReCreation Center or Classroom A)

Saturday, June 25

9:30-10:30 a.m. — Praise Band rehearsal (Worship Center)

Sunday, June 26

8:15 a.m. Traditional Worship Service and Baptism of Keira Ann Hoffmaster

9:30 a.m. Praise Band Worship Service (also livestreamed on Facebook Live)

9:30 a.m. New Life Kids

4:00-6:30 p.m.  Concert on the Hill - featuring Mad City Funk and Magnum Opus Dance Troupe plus Cookout (brats and burgers) with proceeds for New Life Youth events

Office hours are Monday through Thursday. Please feel free to contact staff members of New Life by email at [email protected] or by calling the office at 608-223-9337. Contacts are listed here.

New Life Staff:

Rev. Heather Hayward, Pastor

[email protected]

Jessica Korrison, Children & Youth Ministry Coordinator

[email protected]

Kathy Scholl, Office Assistant/Newsletter

[email protected]

Nancy Schmidt, Bookkeeper

[email protected]

Shakia “Queen” Turner, Property Manager

[email protected]

Shane Peters, Custodian

ELCA South-Central Wisconsin Synod website:

https://scsw-elca.org/

New Life Church Council:

Iris Christenson, Secretary

Brian Coel, Vice-President

Jim DePass

Rick Krueger

Joe Milanese

Janice Newell, President

Tom Olson

Shawn Peters

Linda Sime

MacKenzie Swanson

Jan Wilson

Ken Wundrow, Treasurer