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Riverside Worship Assistants

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WANNAKSA LUTHERAN PARISH CONFIRMATION SCHEDULE 2007-2008

Informational meeting on Wednesday, September 5^th at 7:00 pm at Riverside. All students entering 8^th and 9^th grades should attend, along with their parents. Please bring baptismal information for your student. Classes continue Wednesday evenings in September:

9/12 Class—B

9/19 Class—PG

9/26 Class—R

10/3 Class—B

10/10 Class—PG

10/17 NO CLASS, MEA

10/24 Class—R

10/31 Class—B

11/7 Class—PG

11/14 Class—R

11/21 Thanksgiving Eve Service — B

11/28 Class—B

12/5 Advent Vespers — PG

12/12 Advent Vespers — R

12/19 Advent Vespers — B

CHRISTMAS BREAK

1/5 Twelfth Night-PG

1/9 Class—PG

1/16 Class—R

1/23 Class—B

1/30 Class—PG

2/6 Ash Wednesday Service - R

2/13 Lenten Vespers — B

2/20 Lenten Vespers — PG

2/27 Lenten Vespers — R

3/5 Lenten Vespers — B

3/12 Lenten Vespers — PG

3/20 Maundy Thursday — R

3/21 Good Friday — B

3/26 Class — B

4/2 Class — PG

4/9 Class — R

4/16 Class—B

4/23 Class — PG

4/27 9th Grade Retreat

4/30 Class — R

5/11 Confirmation Sunday

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

—Proverbs 22:6

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SCHEDULE FOR RIVERSIDE ROLL/YOUTH GROUP SERVING

Please have rolls to the church by 10:00 am. Each family is asked to bring 3 dozen rolls or muffins and 2 juice. (Apple, grape, cranberry or orange) Please find someone to change with if your month does not work for you. The larger the family the more times you will serve. Parents Please come and help with set up. serving, and clean up your month of serving rolls and meetings. Thanks Bill, Heidi and Rusty.

August 5^th: Ryan Petersen & Rusty Billberg

September 2^nd: Emily Severson & Mariah Ellefson

October 1^st: Ian/Zac/Ashley Larsen & Emily / Ann Beito

November 4^th: Branden Skoien & Jasmin Beito

December 2^nd: Mark Oslund & Jake Johnson

January 6^th: Emily Severson & Mariah Ellefson

February 3^rd: Ian/Zac/Ashley Larsen & Emily / Ann Beito

March 4^th: Branden Skoien & Mark Oslund

April 6^th: Jared Nelson & Jasmin Beito

May 1^st: Ian/Zac/Ashley Larsen & Jake Johnson

June 1^st: Ryan Petersen & Rusty Billberg

July 6^th: Jared Nelson & Ryan Petersen

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The youth group is selling 2008 pocketsize or wall calendars at a cost of $6.00. Order from Riverside/Bethesda youth members.

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Riverside/Bethesda Youth Fundraiser

Christmas wreaths for sale—order from a youth

member or sign up at church. Deadline to order is November 11^th.

MONTHLY LETTER:

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Youth News

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2007-2008 Roseau County Atlas

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News:

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Students Learn to Lead by Example

Almost a year and a half has passed since Hurricane Katrina, but the response to the 2005 hurricane season is still in full swing. Over the next several months, hundreds of college students will travel to the Gulf Coast region to participate in the second annual Lutheran Disaster Response, “What a Relief!” alternative spring break.

In spring, 2006 nearly 1,100 students from 54 colleges and universities made an impact on the affected regions with $650,000 worth of inkind service work.

Want to see volunteers in action? The new What a Relief! Video is the perfect resource to engage your congregation in the long-term recovery effort.

Watch the video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy_mvVveamo

For information on volunteering, visit www.ldr.org/volunteer

Reprinted from Seeds of the Parish

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Food Shelf at Riverside—all people are encouraged to bring staple items to the shelf. March is considered Food Share Month in Minnesota.

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Lutheran Video Game Available for Free Download

At the Games for Change conference held in New York and Chicago, participants discussed new ways of marketing social purpose games to teenagers. Examples of positive and uplifting games include Darfur is Dying and Peacemaker. Another new game—debuted at this past summer’s Youth Gathering—is called Rescue Riders, and was developed by the ELCA Deaconess Community. The game is reviewed here by Brian Plagge, a high school student from Cedar Falls, Iowa, and a member of Nazareth Lutheran Church.

Hans Desotel is not your average social worker. He is none other than a rescue rider, a fearless missionary who delivers supplies to the needy. Using the thunderous jeep, Desotel tears through the countryside doing what God has called him to do. The new game Rescue Riders presents a healthy alternative to the blood and gore of many modern day games on the market. As a local missionary, a player’s objective is to deliver emergency supplies to disaster victims, charities, and people in need. When a player runs out of supplies, he or she must make a stop at the church to restock. Rescue Riders presents features including online play and single player mode. The Jeep used for delivering supplies has striking qualities such as a turbo booster, high vertical jumping, and the ability to scale a mountain. The game itself presents a valuable concept, but lacks complexity in certain areas.

The Rescue Riders game is now available as a free download from the Deaconess Community’s web site, www.elca.org/deaconess. A user’s guide will be available soon, featuring ideas on how to use the game in Sunday school classes, youth groups, and adult groups. DVD versions are available to borrow from synodical and regional resource centers.

Reprinted from Seeds for the Parish

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What’s New on the World Wide Web

ELCA Videos available on Google Video and You Tube

With more than 100 million videos available and some 72 million visitors viewing the site each month, You Tube is the hottest site on the Web since the founding of Google in 1998.

You Tube, which came on the Web scene in February 2005, is a consumer media company that provides original videos for public viewing via the Web. Along with Google Video, these popular Web venues represent an affordable option for spreading the church’s message.

ELCA videos are now available at both Google Video and You Tube. The ELCA has posted 87 videos in past 6 months, says Tim Frakes, associate director for public media, ELCA Communications Services. Since then, the posted videos have been viewed over 120,000 times and downloaded 4,145 times.

To view ELCA videos such as The ELCA in Chile, the 2006 Synod Assembly video ELCA Identity, and the Story of the ELCA, simply go to video.google.com and type “ELCA” into the search box. Search results will yield videos from the churchwide offices as well as individual congregations.

“With new video distribution systems like Google Video and You Tube, congregations can distribute their videos and target their audiences in a cost-effective way, in a way that they have never been able to do before, “Frakes said. “You can take your production, whether it’s a sophisticated marketing video or just a portion of the Sunday sermon, upload it and target it to a specific audience that has access to the Web,” he said.

While Google Video restricts the posting of pornographic and graphically violent videos, congregations should be aware that they are posting to an uncensored public marketplace, Frakes said. “It’s important to understand that this isn’t sanitized, and if you’re going to put your message out there it’s going to be out there in the open marketplace, so you can’t be shocked by that. In fact, you need to celebrate it,” he added. “That's what Jesus did, he went to where people needed to hear the gospel, and this is a way we can do that more effectively than we have in a long time. We can go right to where people are.” Although he is NOT offering technical support Tim Frakes is available to supply more information at 773-380-2962 or Tim.Frakes@elca.org

Reprinted from Seeds of the Parish

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NEXT MEETING.....

Unless otherwise specified; Meetings will be 7-9 pm the 1st Sunday of each month.

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BETHESDA-RIVERSIDE YOUTH (GRADES 7-12) NEWS

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CHRISTIAN MUSIC RADIO STATION
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