The Week of May 25

Greetings from Swedlanda on Memorial Day Weekend.

We have switched to our summer schedule now, so worship begins at 9:00 a.m. We had some beautiful flowers in church from the funeral of Corwin Anderson, which was held on Friday. It was also announced this morning that another person from our community passed away, Roger Olson. His funeral will be held at Palmyra Covenant Church on Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m.

If you were not at church today, you missed the first coffee fellowship for the season. Nancy provided coffee cake to go with our coffee and juice. If you wish to read the sermon for the day, you can find it through the link on the right.

The Legion will have a service in the Swedlanda Cemetery on Memorial Day at about 8:15 a.m. The flags are out on the graves of veterans. And some of our flowering trees are now in bloom.

Have a good weekend and week.

God bless,

Pastor Stewart

Graduation/Open House Announcements

There will be an Open House reception from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 1st at Megan S's home to celebrate her graduation from Buffalo Lake Hector High School. Congratulations to Megan for being selected Student of the Month.

There will be a Graduation Open House for Shala A. at the Hector Community Center on Saturday, May 31 from 2:00 p.m. until whenever. All are welcome.

Graduation Open House for Matthew A. on Saturday May 31, 2008 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Matthew's home.

I would like to thank the Grace Circle for my Quilt that I received, and the junior parents for hosting the senior recognition brunch. Thank You, Matthew.

There will be a Farewell for Tom B. during our Coffee Fellowship time on June 8 after worship. Tom will be celebrating his 18^th birthday on June 4.

Matthew S. graduated with honors from Minnesota Community and Technical College, May 9th (Constructional Electricity)

Jason and Sally B. received their Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences on May 17, receiving special recognition for excelling in academics, attitude and service. They will do their residency in Detroit, Michigan for four years. Jason is specializing in emergency medicine and Sally in internal medicine.

This year’s Vacation Bible School is scheduled from June 9-13 5:30-8:00 p.m., with the worship on June 15 to be led by VBS. If you would like to provide a meal for one of the evenings or help with teaching, please contact Theresa. Thank you.

Wednesday, June 18 7:00pm--"A Midsummer's Festival !" Performing and presenting at the Festival will be Kim Schnitzer & Vicki Marthaler of "Sing & Tell the Story". Midsummer's Eve historically is the day set aside to celebrate John the Baptist's birth. John the Baptist was the voice calling out in the wilderness to "Prepare the Way for the Lord." Today, as God's People, we have been called out of the darkness and into His Marvelous Light! Let us "Sing& Tell the Story" of Jesus and His love. Let us continue the mission of John the Baptist to "Prepare the Way for the Lord!" Please join us this Midsummer's Eve.