Jordan Women’s Guild
Jordan Women's Guild will be assembling Health kits and School kits for Lutheran World Relief. For health kits, we will need bath size soap bars, nail clippers, and tooth brushes. (no tooth paste) For school kits, wooden pencils, rulers inch and cm, ball point pens, blunt scissors, erasers, 70 page spirals, pencil sharpeners, and crayons. Shopko usually has some very good sales in August on school supplies, so we are giving this information early so we can take advantage of that. There will be a box in the narthex. We greatly appreciate donations of any of these items.
Ground Breaking Ceremony
I'm proud to announce that the Jordan Congregation approved the Handicapped Accessible bathroom addition nearly unanimously. We held a ground breaking ceremony at our recent Harvest Picnic to acknowledge the project. I was delighted that so many of our "Senior Members" and members with young children, were in attendance for the ceremony! Our most Senior member of the Jordan Church, Ruth Signer, was in attendance. I never tell a ladies age, however, she is a very young looking 95!
We will be constructing a 10' X 18' addition onto the North side of the Narthex. Entry to the bathrooms will be directly from the Narthex. There will be two separate Handicap Accessible bathrooms complete with child "changing stations" in the new addition. The design will also provide an additional two feet of width in the hallway by the coat rack. This improvement has been needed for a very long time. I received several comments of how many times it would have been used at the recent Baptisms. Construction is projected to begin mid to late fall of this year. Contractors for this project are Zweifel Construction, Lovelace Pump Company, Rock Solid Concrete, and Erickson Plumbing and Heating.
I want to thank the Anderson Family, the Luhman Family on behalf of Gary Luhman Memorial Fund, the Gene and Joyce Rufer Family, Gene and Donna Ellingson, and Jean and Steve Wenger, for very generous donations of money to be used in the construction of the bathrooms. I also want to thank our Congregation at Jordan for their support in voting to approve this project.
LaVerne
2018 Jordan Harvest Picnic Report
The 2018 Jordan Harvest Picnic was held on Sunday, August 19th. It was a huge success! Thanks to hard work and donations from many members and non members alike, we raised $2700.00 to be donated to Gene and Joyce Rufer's daughter, Shann Rufer. I just cannot thank all of the volunteers and donation providers enough. I know the entire Rufer family is very appreciative to all of you folks that made this possible. I am not going to attempt to name anyone individually for fear of leaving some out, just know that I noticed each and every one of you that pitched in for the good of a person in need.
We started a new tradition this year at Jordan. We now have a "Golden Rolling Pin Award". This will be a traveling award presented to the baker of the high dollar selling pie at our Harvest Picnic. The winner of this award will keep it until the following year. The first winner of this award was Bev Hartwig for her prize winning raisin pie. Congratulations Bev!
I came away from this event very inspired and prepared to do it again next year. I would like to share a few positive observations Margaret and I made regarding this year's event. Our biggest inspiration was all of the kids that so willingly participated and helped out during the event. There was much enthusiasm by our youth at the root beer float stand and auction. Sadly, Tyler was ill and very disappointed at missing out on making Root Beer Floats. Next year Tyler! Another positive regarding the kids was the game area. Thanks for all the work that went into making that aspect a success.
Another positive for us was the amount of volunteer workers involved with planning, food preparation, serving, cleanup, setup and teardown. I think we had the most help ever!
The auction was fantastic! We are deeply indebted to those that furnished items to be sold, and of course, all that purchased those items. Very noteworthy is all of the donations to the auction brought in by non members. You folks deserve a huge pat on the back.
I learned of a new small family farm business in our community a few days before the auction. This family donated items to our auction and also purchased items. Margaret and I are very excited to have this new family business in the Jordan Community. They are specializing in hog, beef and meat chicken products. Only so as not to slight anyone else, I will refrain from printing their name here. I would be very happy to tell you about them and the location though if you would like to purchase some quality meat products, produced on a small family farm.
We certainly can't forget our own Jordan Breeze Band. I hope you all had a chance to meet and thank their newest member, Debbie Bartosik. The people at Jordan are so extremely fortunate to be the recipients of this band's talent on a frequent basis. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
All of us attending the picnic got to witness what our congregation and the surrounding community are famous for, pitching in to help one another, especially someone in need. Both Margaret and myself came away from this event with renewed optimism and vigor in our congregation and community. We were a bit tired, but ready and eager to do it again next year. Praise be to God for the fine weather and results! Thank you all for your help!
LaVerne and Margaret
Jordan Local Missions—Winter Clothing Drive
We will be collecting winter clothing that will be donated to the Monroe School District. This year we will be collecting the following items in new or used if in good condition.
Snow Pants sizes 4T-12 in both girls and boys
Winter Coats sizes 4T-12 in both girls and boys
Boots sizes 13 to 8 in both girls and boys
Hats/Mittens sizes small and medium kid sizes both girls and boys
We will start collecting items at church at the end of September until October 15th and Jordan Lutheran Church will also be purchasing some items as well through Local Missions. We will deliver these items to the Monroe School District the first week of November.
If you have any questions please contact any member of Local Missions.
Jordan Local Missions—Holiday Meals
We will be doing meals again this year. We will have roughly 13 families that we will be providing a meal to. Like last year, this meal will be including a ham, potatoes, yams, carrots, fruit, and dessert. These meals will be delivered the weekend before Thanksgiving. We are looking for any donations for our meals……potatoes, yams, carrots, fresh fruit and homemade cookies. We ask that these donations be brought to church on Sunday November 11th. Local Missions will be providing the hams and other items needed to help complete the meals.
If you have any questions please contact any member of Local Missions.
Jordan Women's Guild will be assembling Health kits and School kits for Lutheran World Relief. For health kits, we will need bath size soap bars, nail clippers, and tooth brushes. (no tooth paste) For school kits, wooden pencils, rulers inch and cm, ball point pens, blunt scissors, erasers, 70 page spirals, pencil sharpeners, and crayons. Shopko usually has some very good sales in August on school supplies, so we are giving this information early so we can take advantage of that. There will be a box in the narthex. We greatly appreciate donations of any of these items.
Ground Breaking Ceremony
I'm proud to announce that the Jordan Congregation approved the Handicapped Accessible bathroom addition nearly unanimously. We held a ground breaking ceremony at our recent Harvest Picnic to acknowledge the project. I was delighted that so many of our "Senior Members" and members with young children, were in attendance for the ceremony! Our most Senior member of the Jordan Church, Ruth Signer, was in attendance. I never tell a ladies age, however, she is a very young looking 95!
We will be constructing a 10' X 18' addition onto the North side of the Narthex. Entry to the bathrooms will be directly from the Narthex. There will be two separate Handicap Accessible bathrooms complete with child "changing stations" in the new addition. The design will also provide an additional two feet of width in the hallway by the coat rack. This improvement has been needed for a very long time. I received several comments of how many times it would have been used at the recent Baptisms. Construction is projected to begin mid to late fall of this year. Contractors for this project are Zweifel Construction, Lovelace Pump Company, Rock Solid Concrete, and Erickson Plumbing and Heating.
I want to thank the Anderson Family, the Luhman Family on behalf of Gary Luhman Memorial Fund, the Gene and Joyce Rufer Family, Gene and Donna Ellingson, and Jean and Steve Wenger, for very generous donations of money to be used in the construction of the bathrooms. I also want to thank our Congregation at Jordan for their support in voting to approve this project.
LaVerne
2018 Jordan Harvest Picnic Report
The 2018 Jordan Harvest Picnic was held on Sunday, August 19th. It was a huge success! Thanks to hard work and donations from many members and non members alike, we raised $2700.00 to be donated to Gene and Joyce Rufer's daughter, Shann Rufer. I just cannot thank all of the volunteers and donation providers enough. I know the entire Rufer family is very appreciative to all of you folks that made this possible. I am not going to attempt to name anyone individually for fear of leaving some out, just know that I noticed each and every one of you that pitched in for the good of a person in need.
We started a new tradition this year at Jordan. We now have a "Golden Rolling Pin Award". This will be a traveling award presented to the baker of the high dollar selling pie at our Harvest Picnic. The winner of this award will keep it until the following year. The first winner of this award was Bev Hartwig for her prize winning raisin pie. Congratulations Bev!
I came away from this event very inspired and prepared to do it again next year. I would like to share a few positive observations Margaret and I made regarding this year's event. Our biggest inspiration was all of the kids that so willingly participated and helped out during the event. There was much enthusiasm by our youth at the root beer float stand and auction. Sadly, Tyler was ill and very disappointed at missing out on making Root Beer Floats. Next year Tyler! Another positive regarding the kids was the game area. Thanks for all the work that went into making that aspect a success.
Another positive for us was the amount of volunteer workers involved with planning, food preparation, serving, cleanup, setup and teardown. I think we had the most help ever!
The auction was fantastic! We are deeply indebted to those that furnished items to be sold, and of course, all that purchased those items. Very noteworthy is all of the donations to the auction brought in by non members. You folks deserve a huge pat on the back.
I learned of a new small family farm business in our community a few days before the auction. This family donated items to our auction and also purchased items. Margaret and I are very excited to have this new family business in the Jordan Community. They are specializing in hog, beef and meat chicken products. Only so as not to slight anyone else, I will refrain from printing their name here. I would be very happy to tell you about them and the location though if you would like to purchase some quality meat products, produced on a small family farm.
We certainly can't forget our own Jordan Breeze Band. I hope you all had a chance to meet and thank their newest member, Debbie Bartosik. The people at Jordan are so extremely fortunate to be the recipients of this band's talent on a frequent basis. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
All of us attending the picnic got to witness what our congregation and the surrounding community are famous for, pitching in to help one another, especially someone in need. Both Margaret and myself came away from this event with renewed optimism and vigor in our congregation and community. We were a bit tired, but ready and eager to do it again next year. Praise be to God for the fine weather and results! Thank you all for your help!
LaVerne and Margaret
Jordan Local Missions—Winter Clothing Drive
We will be collecting winter clothing that will be donated to the Monroe School District. This year we will be collecting the following items in new or used if in good condition.
Snow Pants sizes 4T-12 in both girls and boys
Winter Coats sizes 4T-12 in both girls and boys
Boots sizes 13 to 8 in both girls and boys
Hats/Mittens sizes small and medium kid sizes both girls and boys
We will start collecting items at church at the end of September until October 15th and Jordan Lutheran Church will also be purchasing some items as well through Local Missions. We will deliver these items to the Monroe School District the first week of November.
If you have any questions please contact any member of Local Missions.
Jordan Local Missions—Holiday Meals
We will be doing meals again this year. We will have roughly 13 families that we will be providing a meal to. Like last year, this meal will be including a ham, potatoes, yams, carrots, fruit, and dessert. These meals will be delivered the weekend before Thanksgiving. We are looking for any donations for our meals……potatoes, yams, carrots, fresh fruit and homemade cookies. We ask that these donations be brought to church on Sunday November 11th. Local Missions will be providing the hams and other items needed to help complete the meals.
If you have any questions please contact any member of Local Missions.
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