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GOVERNING BOARD (GB) LEADERSHIP: The GB elected the following persons as leaders for
the next year: Dave Briscoe (Chair), Ed Wines (Vice-chair), Patty Gadberry (Secretary). The GB meets
once a month and welcomes your attendance and prayers. |
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WELCOME TO THE MINNETONKA ADVENTIST FAMILY: Transfer in 8/20/08: Guadalupe
Williams from Minneapolis First Hispanic Church Baptisms 8/9/08: Alan Hammer,
Hudson Dougan, Bradley Williams Baptisms 8/16/08: Charles Saunders, Anthony and
Tiffany Wicklund Profession of Faith: Donnita Spann Baptism 8/23/08: Kyle Latterell |
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Congratulations to Joshua and Norah Makori and sisters Moraa and Anna. Mercy Kwamboka became
the newest member of our church family on Aug. 8, 3:39 a.m. She was 20-1/2 inches long and
weighed 6 lbs 7 oz. |
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Condolences: Sergey Kobzev's brother, Yuriy Kobzev, passed away in Siberia after a severe illness
at the age of 45, leaving his wife and two children. Yuriy was a well-known musician and actor and
very close to Sergey. Our hearts go out to this grieving family and we lift them up in prayer to God for
comfort and hope. |
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Church Office Hours: Our church secretary, Mary Stauner, works part-time and her hours
are: Tuesday through Friday, 8:00-12:00 noon. |
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Lost and Found: Please check the table in the church foyer today for items left behind. If you
lost a valuable item (keys, ipod, Bible, etc.) while at church, please also check with the
church secretary. |
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New Church Sign!: With thankful praise our $25,000 goal has been reached! Thank you very
much for your generous contributions. We are working at having the sign installed this summer. |
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Disaster Response Training will take place in Rochester at the Adventist church on
September 26-27, 2008. If you wish to be trained so that you can be on a team to assist
during a disaster, please talk to Les Morrison to obtain details |
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Iowa Disaster: For those of you wishing to support the Iowa Disaster response financially,
send the monetary donation to the Iowa/Missouri Conference, PO Box 65665, West Des
Moines, IA 50265. Phone (515) 223-1197. Mark the donation for Iowa Disaster Relief. |
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The 12-Cubed Club to support our school. We need 1200 people to participate.
Please fill out a form today, place it in a Title envelope and drop it in the offering
plate or hand to a pastor. |
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Monthly Potlucks are being suspended until further notice. We have
started a new hospitality ministry that involves families inviting guests and church
members home for Sabbath lunch. |
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Gift Planning & Trust Services – The MN Conference Gift Planning & Trust Services Department
has recently overhauled its website. For quick answers or large volumes of information on
gift and estate planning, go to: www.mnsda.com/giftplanning. Free assistance is available to
create plans which may benefit any ministry of an official Adventist organizational entity. |
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To build a LENDING LIBRARY, we are looking for DVDs and videos (new or used)
suitable for children for Sabbath enjoyment, e.g. with biblical or nature themes. Can
you help? Contact Pastor Elvera. |
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Minnetonka SDA email: If you do not receive Pastor Ivan’s weekly email or Pastor Benji’s
Youth email, please email your email address to: secretary@mtka-sda.org.
(Please indicate which list you would like emailed from.) |