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Family of God is celebrating our 40th anniversary
as a congregation this Sept. 11th and 12th. It will be a wonderful
occasion for giving thanks to God for this faith community. Twenty plus
members of Family of God have been busy for over a year planning a
wonderful celebration.
Our history has been compiled, detailing our organization and growth. A
beautiful booklet of history, photos and remembrances is at the
publishers and will be available soon. Family dinners and gatherings of
friends are enjoying the many delicious recipes in our cookbook.
The events that are planned are:
Saturday,
Sept 11th:
4:30 – 5:30
pm choir rehearsal
4-6
pm open House at Family of God
with appetizers and refreshments
6:30
pm Celebration Dinner
at Brooklyn Park Community Center
with catered meal and entertaining program
Sunday,
Sept 12th:
10:00
Festival worship with Rev. Mark Hallonquist preaching (note no Sunday School and
only one service that day), with special anniversary offering.
Refreshments and Cake following worship
All of these events should
be well worth attending, and should make for a marvelous weekend. A
mailing list has been compiled which includes many former members
who have moved but will be excited to return to our congregation.
However, please be reminded that we need a head count for the meal
Saturday night, which has a $25 per person cost (children’s meals
cost less).. It is a wonderful catered meal, and having it at the
community center allows us to not have to worry about clean-up, take
down, etc. We need to have a head count by Friday, August 27th, so
please reserve your tickets by getting them after worship service or
by calling the church office . We are hoping for a great crowd!
There will be great entertainment with music and pictures taking us
down memory lane.
As well with the
anniversary, there will be T shirts and sweatshirts available, a
full color historical booklet of the congregation, and of course,
there are more cookbooks.
The anniversary committee,
chaired by Nancy Rhinhart, has worked so hard on all these events,
and we owe them a great amount of thanks.
Praise be to God for 40
years of ministry through Family of God Lutheran Church.
What were you doing 40 years ago?
In Brooklyn Park:
• There was
nothing north of 85th Avenue but potato fields.
• The average three bedroom home (with a fenced yard) was
$30,000.
• Brookdale Drive and Zane Avenue was the location of
Gordon’s in the Park, not White Castle.
• Pastor Leroy Pillman was door-knocking the streets and
avenues of Brooklyn Park to gather families together in a
new mission congregation of the Lutheran Church in America
Things have
certainly changed in four decades. A then fledgling church has
become a thriving, warm and welcoming part of Brooklyn Park and
the surrounding area.
Keep in mind that
our 40th Anniversary cookbooks make a wonderful
Mother’s/Father’s Day gift (or any other occasion.) Available
Sundays or any workday in the church office.
Cookbooks
 We
have LOTS of cookbooks available!!
One or two copies will be $15 each, three or more will be $12 each.
Cookbook Recipe Updates
Time Capsule
Our church’s 40th
Anniversary celebration is coming in September and it was
suggested by the Anniversary Committee we have a time capsule.
At the present time, I am working with 9th graders and their
mentors on the time capsule. The time capsule will probably
include old photographs, the current program and booklet from
the 40th anniversary, newspapers (including current events,
local and worldwide), DVD’s, and other items suggested by our
confirmands. If you have ideas or items that should be put in
the time capsule, please let me know and I will present these
ideas or items to the group.
Joe Rhinhart
Time capsule chairman
Your Favorite FOG
Memories
The History Committee for our
church's upcoming 40th anniversary would like to include some of
your favorite memories in our collection of memorabilia.
Click here to print off a
form if you'd like to submit some of your favorite memories.
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