PRAYERS – Jon Cook; Karen Engels; Millie Mutka; Myria Strong; Kathy Mayo; Barb Zima’s friends Mick, Steven and Marilyn Hummel, Ryan Lauritzen; Nancy Ehlinger, Gregory Bowens; Laurie Nelson; Amber Ross’s daughter Linda; Karen Stanton’s friends Don & Penny Waite and sister Pam Schweitzer; Jerrie Van Haverbeke’s niece Jolane Gervasi; Sandy Bishop’s friend Kelly Newman and brother Larry; Randy & Diane Niemczyk’s daughter Julia VanAvery, Randy’s mom Beverly and sister Karen, niece Sarah Joda, Denise Runde and Denise Hazel; Dick Volland; Valeria Hesselberg; Chris Markussen; Anne Verona’s sister/brother-in-law Pat & Woody Woodworth and friends Dennis Peterson, Natalie Madine, Eli Peters and Randy Ballard; Strong’s friend Erin Molle; Mark Lickteig’s daughter Missy; Debbie Cyrtmus’ mother, Rose Wicker and sister, Corrie Trittin; the Ebert’s friend Donna; Patricia Rasmussen’s sister Christine; Joyce Leander’s son Kevin Church; the Del Ponte’s nephew Gabriel Del Ponte; Ashley Clark’s friends Keith & Becky Hernandez and Kristie Dehart; the Waggoner’s sister-in-law Cheryl Busse, and friends Karla Zyhowski, Chris Sturgeon; Karen Engels niece Lisa and friend Bob; Kay Tupplo’s sister and mother; Ann Carlson’s people Jen, Christian and Darren; peace for all nations and comfort for those in distress.
PRAYER LIST PROCEDURE – Submit your prayer requests to the office in writing, by phone, by email or in person. If requesting prayers for someone other than yourself or an immediate family member, please obtain permission – unless the circumstances are public in nature.
GUESTS – if you are visiting us today, please sign our book at the entrance to the sanctuary.
POUR MYSELF A CUP OF AMBITION – we need help! No stumbling to the kitchen required. But we could use people to ‘yawn and stretch’ their way to the Fellowship Hall to assist with coffee hour. You can tumble your way out of worship and help set up, serve and/or clean up. Your efforts would be greatly appreciated and you don’t have to work 9 to 5 to do it.
QUILTERS UNTIE! – I mean unite to tie. Tie one on with the quilting group as they assemble quilts. Meet every first and third Wed of the month 9:30 to 11:30 am.
MOVIE NIGHT – Movie nights are coming back for the summer! We are looking for sponsors for August and September. If you sponsor – you get to pick the movie! Please contact Ann if you are interested.
JULY MOVIE NIGHT – Wed, Jul 8 at 5:30 pm will be our first movie night for the summer! 1776 will be showing!
BIKE SWAP/FREE SAFETY RODEO – May 23, 11 am – 2 pm – Boulder Junction Community Center, 5392 Park Street, Boulder Junction. See flyer on bulletin board.
HEARTS ON FIRE SHIRTS – if you requested a t-shirt – the shirts have arrived. And if you are in need of a Hearts on Fire shirt – we did order extra. Shirts are $20 each.
DOOR SIGNS – we recently acquired plastic sign frames for posting information on our doors. Please utilize these instead of taping signs. We’ve accumulated a bit of gunk on the doors and will be trying to minimize future gunk. Available in the Front Office.
BETTE MUNNS FELLOWSHIP HOUR – we will be having a special Fellowship Hour on June 14. Bette’s birthday was Jun 11. We will celebrate her life during Fellowship. Bring stories and a smile!
BIRTHDAY SUNDAY IS TODAY! – We will be celebrating Diane Niemczyk, Millie Mutka, Daniel Laatsch, Bob Michaels, Richard Volland, Karen Engels, Noreen Copple, Sandy Smith, David Cyrtmus, Debbie Cyrtmus, Rhoda Sharpee, Hope Van Lishout, Pastor Grant Van Lishout, Darlene Van Lishout, Maddux Matyska, Krista Matyska and Evelyn Strong. And it is the Volland’s and the Waskows’ anniversary month. Many apologies if we missed your name – please let Ann know and we will get you on the (good) list.
OTHER EVENTS COMING UP: Pie & Ice Cream Sunday – May 31. We will share more information next week.
ROCK THE RAFTERS – See the insert. We are looking for your top THREE hymns to incorporate into worship during the months of July and August. Please fill out the form and place in the Blessings Bucket no later than Jun 21.
HYMN SING – You will see a ‘tear off’ page at the end of the bulletin – please use this to let us know what your top three hymns are. We will be using your suggestions for worship services in July and August.
LANDSCAPING – You may or may not have noticed the landscaping around the sign. The landscape project around the sign is complete. MK Landscaping did the work and it looks like they did a very good job. Many thanks to the family of Evora Rappold for their donation. Following are the plants that were installed. Karl Forester Reed grass, Flame Miscanthus grass, Blooming Onion, Walkers Low Catmint, Yellow Acre Sedun, Marcus Salvia and Creme Brule Potentilla. Thank you to the Property Team for overseeing this project. We will remember Evora as we pass by.
SYNOD ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATION – Thank you to Lisa Kohlman and Ruth Rodda for representing Prince of Peace at the Synod Assembly on May 16th.
FUN FACT – The Structure of the Psalms by Charles A. Sullivan (heavily edited to fit)
The article by Charles Sullivan is much more indepth and can be read in its entirety by searching for Charles Sullivan.
“The structural development of the Book of Psalms has an interesting and complex history. …
The findings show that the Psalms began as an unordered list with no assigned numbers. The arrival of the Greek translation called the Septuagint brought about a numbering scheme for the Book of Psalms.
The Septuagint contains 151 Psalms, though this was not adhered to by other traditions which went up to 155. Verses were not introduced until much later.
As demonstrated by the Dead Sea Scrolls, the order of the poems in the Book of Psalms was not established in the early centuries. This happened after the widespread acceptance of the Septuagint later on.
The Septuagint assignments of numbers and order were assumed by the Latin translators, which in turn had an influence on the English Bible tradition.
The headers introducing most of the Psalms are the most controversial and misunderstood. In regards to the headers only, we are not so sure today on the meaning behind the original Hebrew or even the Greek translation. This has led to a multitude of interpretations even within the English Bible translation tradition.
The Book of Psalms, whose poems were first collated around 970 BC, is one of the oldest collections of poetry/hymns on the human record. Sure, there are older ones such as Ludlul-Bel-Nimeqi — an Akkadian narrative developed around 1700 BC with themes similar to that of the Book of Job. Or Homer’s work The Iliad which has entertained children and adults for almost 2700 years. Neither of these works reflects the depth of the human soul on the themes of joy, loss, deceit, war, peace, love, yearnings, awe, the divine interplay between God and man, and mysteries of life that the Book of Psalms invokes in the hearts of readers.
The power of human emotion somehow transcends from the original Hebrew into almost every known language of the world. The Book of Psalms demonstrates that great poetry has a magic unto itself that overcomes language and cultural barriers.
The main contributor to the Book of Psalms was King David (1010–970 BC). Out of the 151 Psalms in the Christian Bible today, 73 are traditionally understood to be produced by him. The rest were produced by various Israelite authors: even one accredited to the great leader Moses.3
The Hebrew name for the Book of Psalms is תהילים, Tehillim, which means praises.”
So what triggered all of this information? The Psalms – when we print the bulletin – may have a “ | “ inserted. I asked Pastor Grant. He referred me to the hymnal. (You’ll have to go to church to get the additional information)
Even though we all have the information at our fingertips each Sunday – I thought it would be nice to share it separately in case you wanted to know even more.
NOTES FROM ANN: One neato picture. Believe it is a picture of the Falcon 9 after being launched. Then we have a picture of Millie’s birthday celebration and several pictures from our Women’s Dinner.
I don’t have much bandwidth for my mental musings this week. I am heading out (hopefully) on the road again tomorrow. This time to celebrate a member of my framily. I’ve known Holly and John since the age of 12 (ish). Holly is ten years older than me. And somehow she was convinced by our Moms to take me under her wing. When she was a newlywed – she would have me visit. I learned about combining cereal (Raisin Bran, Fruit Loops and Cheerios? Don’t mind if I do!) I learned about being able to pick out the most disgusting, sugary, cream filled concoction of a donut you have ever imagined. Since John was going to vet school, I also saw a variety of beasts being born and all other kinds of neat (to me) stuff. From vet school to establishing their home and practice, I was underfoot. Once a year until I went off to the Marine Corps. Ever since then – the door has been open for whenever I could stop by. They have been a huge part of my life. John’s Mom “Orange” passed away earlier this year. Her Celebration of Life is this Sunday. Orange was a force. In motion most of the time. With a pack of dogs at her ankles. You did NOT approach her with an excuse. You got things done. Generous with advice that you didn’t realize you were receiving. If you were allowed inside her purview, you were indeed fortunate. There may be some sadness, but it is hard to be sad when we were blessed to have been a part of her life in the first place.
Here’s hoping you all have had an Orange in your life. Or someone similar.
