02/02/2014 Announcements

IN OUR DAILY PRAYERS this week let’s pray for Helen Schamber who is recovering from a fall that dislocated her shoulder, for Clara Baer who is also still in recovery, for all others who are recovering at home from illness and surgery, for those in cancer treatment programs as well as for our shut-in and inactive members, and for at least 2 family members or friends in your life who do not yet know Christ.

MAIN STREET LIVING – Feb. 2^nd – Kid’s Crossing tells the story of Zacchaeus and how much God loves each of us.  The featured speaker will be Rev. Gene Bauman St. Paul Lutheran Church in Spearfish.  His sermon theme will be “Our Rescuer – Our Savior.”  The program is interpreted for the hearing impaired.

LADIES AID will meet on February 6th at 7:00 pm with Lea Lagendyk as Hostess.  The Bible Study will be Session 3 – The Great Banquet, followed by the Business meeting.  On Altar Guild for February is Sharon Pfeiffer and Millie Gunderson is Visiting Helper.

THE MENTOR/MENTEE GROUP will be hosting the annual Valentine Dinner on Sunday, February 16th. Meal times include 5:15 p.m. 6:00 p.m. or 6:45 p.m. Please see a youth member after church in the fellowship hall to sign up".

RECIPE CORRECTIONS:  We would like to make one final request for corrections to mistakes or misprints that need to be made to any recipe that was printed in the church cookbook.  As a reminder please write the correction to any error that affects the outcome of the recipe itself into the notebook on top of the microwave in the kitchen. Please do not assume that someone else has already made the correction.  A small

list of corrections will be posted and copies available for the cookbooks.

ATTENTION DART BALL PLAYERS;  This week's games are on Monday, February 3.  Freeman plays at Dimock.  Anyone wanting to car-pool to Dimock should meet at the church parking no later than    6:30 pm.  Game time is 7:30 pm.

DELMAR LIPELT ESTATE – Just a note to clear up any uncertainties with regard to the Estate of Delmar Lipelt of which SPLC is a beneficiary … Gary Pfeiffer was correct (as expected and as we are used to!!) in his presentation to last week’s voters assembly.  To briefly reiterate and expand on Gary’s comments – Delmar Ray Lipelt, who was a single man with no children, died on July 5, 2013.  He had previously created a living trust.  Upon his death, the Delmar Lipelt Living Trust became irrevocable and Duane Lipelt (Delmar’s brother) is now the successor trustee.  Selected beneficiaries have decided to legally challenge the trust’s distribution provisions and have asked to court to modify the trust document accordingly.  A hearing on this matter has been scheduled for Feb. 11, 2014.  Regardless of the hearing’s outcome and who gets how much, before any distributions can be made Delmar’s estate has to be probated which is expected to take about 6 months.

THE SOUTH DAKOTA GIDEONS have a short presentation for us after today’s worship service.  Doug Gilbert, representing this Christian Businessmen’s Association, will discuss the Gideons’ mission to distribute the Bible around the world and what we can do to help them.  We give praise and thanks to our God that so many people have been given access to the Holy Scriptures because of the Gideons.  Some miscellaneous facts:

            There are more than 300,000 Gideons and Auxiliary members

            Between 1999 and 2012 they distributed over 942 million copies of the Bible

            In 2013 more than 84 million copies of the Bible were distributed

            About 1.8 billion Bibles have been distributed worldwide since 1908

            More than 2 copies of God’s Word are distributed every second

            Over 1 million Bibles are distributed every 4½ days

A freewill offering for the Gideons’ work will also be accepted after today’s service.

OUR 2014 CHURCH OFFICERS being installed today are Matt

Dannenbring (Chairman of the Congregation), Cheri Knittel (Secretary), Lisa Andersen (Board of Education), Blaine Saarie (Board of Elders), Mark Harberts (Board of Evangelism), Jesse Thomas (Board of Trustees) and Bryan Olesen (Board of Ushers).  We thank God for raising up these servants to work in His kingdom and pray that He will give them the wisdom, strength and courage to fulfill the duties of their respective offices.

PLEASE REMEMBER that the back pews on each side of the church are reserved for families with small children (as noted on the signs).  If you do not have small children, please courteously move forward so that our families who do have children can sit where it will be easier to take care of them.