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2012-2013 PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Mark your calendars....Blessed Redeemer Preschool will be having 2012 Registration on March 4th from 1:00pm-2:00pm.

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SR BRY Lutheran Loop Event: Dodge Ball
Sunday, Mar. 4th 6pm Dip, dive & dodge your way into a great evening of fellowship and fun! Sign-up on the Youth

Lenten Worship, Meals to begin Feb.22nd
There will be two Lenten themes this year. Every week we will hear about the events of the passion from differ-ent characters, including Herod, Peter, and Nicodemus as Pastor Deardoff portrays them using the series “They Were There.” Our Lenten liturgy will help us get back to the basics as we review the main parts of Luther’s Small Catechism. There will also be a sermon series on the catechism on Sunday mornings during Lent. We will also enjoy fellowship before each Lenten service with a meal, which will be served from 5-6pm to make it easier for families to join in Lenten worship.

Lenten Devotion Books Available
Instead of giving something up for Lent, a more positive spiri-tual exercise would be to add daily devotions to your schedule. If you are interested in doing this, free Lenten devotion books titled Jesus Christ, Man on a Mission from Lutheran Hour ministries are available at the back of the church.

MS BRY Lock-In Coming Feb. 24th
Few words get our youth as excited as the words “lock-in,” so if you are a middle school student, sign up now for the lock-in on Friday, Feb. 24th. The fun begins at 9pm and lasts all night. Parents, we need three volunteers to feed the “survivors” who are still awake a breakfast of juice, fruit, and donuts, so please let pastor or the Bd. of Youth know if you can provide one of these items.

Father/Daughter Purity Ball
Callaways in Sioux Falls will be hosting a Father/Daughter Purity Ball on Saturday, Feb 25th at 7pm. This event is geared toward girls aged 12-18 and their father (or a father figure in their life). Tickets are $20 each. For more information please call 605-361-3500 or visit www.alphacenterevents.org

Main Street Living Choir Taping
On Feb 25th 1pm at Zion Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls the Main Street Living Choir will be taping. Please wear white top and dark bottom. Contact Ann Kusman 310-0027 with any questions.

Love Languages One Time Workshop March 11th
Would you like to learn your spouse’s love language, and have them learn yours? Then you need to purchase the Gary Chapman book The Five Love Languages and read it before Sunday, March 11th. On that day Pastor Deardoff will lead a one session discussion at 6:30 pm. Please sign up if you plan to attend, and if you have an extra copy of this book to lend out, please drop it off at the church office.

Lutheran High School of Sioux Falls
Registration is now open for enrolling for the 2012-13 school year at Lutheran High School of Sioux Falls. Please contact 275-2024 with questions or visit the Lutheran High web-site at www.lutheranhighsf.org.
Concordia University—NE Symphonic Band Concert Thursday, March 1st - 7:00 pm at Memorial Lutheran Church. All are invited to join in this evening of great music. A free will door offering will be taken for the band following the concert. For more information about the concert check out the bulletin board!

Needed for VBS by March 4th – Fabric & Stuffing
Do you have a stash of craft and fabric supplies? How would you like to clean it out a little? We are looking for fabric (preferably cotton or a blend at least 2 feet square) and fiber fill polyester filling for crafts or pillows. We’d like to turn your craft or sewing project leftovers into pillows and decorations for VBS. We will be working with some youth from our congregation to make the pillows in March.

It’s Pillow Time at BRLC!
How would you like to learn how to sew and make pillows. Calling all Jr. BRY, MS BRY and HS. BRY Helpers! We’ll make 1 pillow that will be used as decorations/props at VBS this summer and 1 pillow that you can take home for your bedroom. Sunday, March 11 at 1 p.m. at church. In order to match your bedroom or another room in your house, please pick up 18 – 24 inches of fleece in a color that works with your room and bring that on March 11th. See the Sign up sheet in the hallway for additional information.

Do you like to Paint?
We’re in search of some helping hands during our lent season. Our mission: to paint one of the six windows in our narthex before each Lenten service (starting with Ash Wednesday, Feb 22nd). Please contact the church office, or Pastor for more details.

Adult Bible Class Views ?Time for a Little Smackdown?
Jesus was always getting in trouble with the religious authorities of his day for healing on the Sabbath and for casting out demons. This week the Adult Bible Study class will discuss how it is still possible for his followers today to get in trouble for doing the right thing. Our study of “Stuff They Didn’t Teach Me in Sunday School” will also take us across the Sea of Galilee for the stories of Jesus calming the storm and his face off against Legion as we view “Time for a Little Smackdown.” Please join us in the fellowship hall for new insights to familiar stories.

MOB Gets in Touch with ?Your Inner Politician?
This week’s devotion and Men of Brandon Bible Study will help us to realize that we have an “inner politician” and how this fact affects our “decision matrix.” Please join us this Wednesday morning as we begin a new Psalm of lament, Ps. 74, and discuss politics in the church, decision making, and how to please God in this process.

Fatherhood Begins Next Sunday
Men, don’t despair if you weren’t able to make it to the showing of “Courageous” last Sunday evening. You can still check out the DVD from the church library, and you can still strengthen your commitment to being a Christian father by attending two short studies. We will show the Lutheran Hour Men’s Ministry DVD Fatherhood by Rev. Joel Bierman on Sunday Feb. 26 and March 4th at 6:30 at the church. These studies will equip you and give you more confidence in the most important job you will do in your life when you serve God by being a father to your children. Please sign up today so we know how many to expect.

Lenten Meals and Worship Begin This Week
This Wednesday we begin the solemn season of Lent with a service that features the imposition of ashes and a celebration of the Lord’s Supper. A six week sermon series on the main parts of the catechism begins this morning, and will serve to prepare us for each Wednesday evening’s Lenten liturgy. During midweek worship you will also meet a new character from the passion story each week as Pastor Deardoff portrays characters from the sermon series, “They Were There.” Our Lenten meals, served by the various boards in our congregation, will be from 5-6 pm and will begin this week with a meal of soups, cold cut sandwiches, and desserts served by the Trustees and Preschool Boards.

Usher Training
Training for Ushers will take place following both the early and late services on Sunday Feb 26th.

Lutheran Loop HS Youth Loop-Fest
Come for a fun time together - games, service project, music, message & pizza! Zion Lutheran of Sioux Falls is excited to host this event on Friday, Feb 24th at 6:00pm. Sign-up on the Youth Board!

Church Clean-Up Day
The Board of Trustees is planning a clean-up day on Saturday, Feb 25th starting at 10am. We’ll be focusing on the Chancel and Narthex. Volunteers are welcome - please contact a Trustee if you’re interested.

Usher Training
Training for Ushers will take place following both the early and late services on Sunday Feb 26th.

Lutheran High School of Sioux Falls
Registration is now open for enrolling for the 2012-13 school year at Lutheran High School of Sioux Falls. Please contact 275-2024 with questions or visit the Lutheran High web-site at www.lutheranhighsf.org. Also, be sure to mark your calendars for the annual Lutheran High Golf Tournament on Sunday, June 3rd
Concordia University—NE Symphonic Band Concert Thursday, March 1st - 7:00 pm at Memorial Lutheran Church. All are invited to join in this evening of great music. A free will door offering will be taken for the band following the concert. For more information about the concert check out the bulletin board!

Needed for VBS by March 4th – Fabric & Stuffing
Do you have a stash of craft and fabric supplies? How would you like to clean it out a little? Lonna Smith is looking for fabric (preferably cotton or a blend at least 2 feet square) and fiber fill polyester filling for crafts or pillows. We’d like to turn your craft or sewing project leftovers into pillows and decorations for VBS. Lonna will be working with some youth from our congregation to make the pillows in March.

Do you like to Paint?
We’re in search of some helping hands during our lent season. Our mission: to paint one of the six windows in our narthex before each Lenten service (starting with Ash Wednesday, Feb 22nd). Please contact the church office, or Pastor for more details.

Courageous to be Shown This Evening
The men of our congregation get to experience a “step up to the plate” moment this evening as they learn more fully about the joys, challenges and responsibilities of fatherhood when we view the movie “Courageous.” Larry Bone has graciously agreed to let us view this movie at his home on 413 Westview Dr. (directly east of the Brandon Fire Station) at 6:30 this evening. You don’t have to bring anything other than yourself, but chances are good that no one will complain if you bring something like nachos, chips or dip to pass around!

Breakfast Bible Study Meets the ―Shepherd King
After David the shepherd boy became king, no one was shocked by the concept of a “Shepherd King” as they would have been previously. But as we will learn in our study of Ez. 34 this week, not all of the shepherds over Israel were good, and some even “fleeced the flock.” Please join us on Monday, Feb. 13th at Bethany Meadows at 9am as we continue with the good news part of the book of Ezekiel after our breakfast buffet.

MOB Takes ―The Next Stage
There is a fine line between wishing your life away and looking forward to the next stage in your life, and the Men of Brandon will try to find that line in this week’s devotion and Bible study, “The Next Stage.” Please join us on Wednesday morning as we search the Scriptures for a God pleasing approach to looking at the changes that are coming in our lives.

Talent Show “Tropical Paradise”
March 25th 4pm - 6pm Sign-up for your talents, skits and other interesting gifts!

Lutheran Loop HS Youth Loop-Fest
Come for a fun time together - games, service project, music, message & pizza! Zion Lutheran of Sioux Falls is excited to host this event on Friday, Feb 24th at 6:00pm. Sign-up on the Youth Board!

MS Lock-In
The Middle School will have an overnight lock-in at the church from February 24th 9pm to February 25th 7am.

Check out These New Library Items!
Parents, when your children ask, “Were there dinosaurs in the Bible?” you can show them our new DVD Dinosaurs, Genesis and the Gospel. Older students will like our new DVD Creation in Symphony: the Model. And parents learn how to witness to your Muslim neighbor with our new short book Muslims: How to Respond.

Choir Practice
Choir Practice will be on Wednesday evenings from 7pm-8pm. The choir will be singing for the Ash Wednesday Service. Please mark your calendars!

MOB Learns “Perspective”
How do you keep your sense of self worth when the devil and the world around you tell you that you are worthless? This week’s Men of Brandon devotion and Bible study will tackle this question as we tie together a story of an athletic challenge called “running the hill” with Ps. 44. Please join us on Wednesday morning for a word of encouragement from your fellow Men of Brandon.

 Mark Your Calendars…
A Bible Study on The Five Love Languages will be presented on Sunday, March 11th at 2pm. It's recommended that you read the book prior to at tending. Questions? Contact the church office or Pastor!

 

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