The Rev. Ryan Aarestad and his wife, Mary, moved into our community and into the Bigfork and Effie Fredheim Lutheran Parish in August, 2005.

 

 

A Word from Pastor Ryan:  

Check out the news happening in our community:

**Decision by Bigfork Lutheran to accept the Invitation from First Presbyterian in Bigfork to worship with them

**Decision by the Bigfork Lutheran Congregation to put the Church, and the property upon which it is built, up for sale

**"Together We Grow!" Capital Campaign to raise funds for the new community church building

**Stewardship program for Bigfork Lutheran to run concurrently with the Capital Campaign

 

Wow! There are a lot of things happening in our parish. Each step is built upon the other. Running all the buildings was seen as wasteful stewardship. First Presbyterian offered a home for the Bigfork Lutheran family to worship together with them. What a wonderful invitation! It was accepted, and the two churches will be worshipping together starting after October 1st. Effie Lutheran will continue to hold worship services in Effie. There are a lot of details to be worked out. The Bigfork Lutheran Council will meet with the First Presbyterian Session to begin this work soon. Watch for details in the bulletin.

 

Proceeds from the sale of the Bigfork Lutheran Church building will be used for the new community church building. The new church building would offer new opportunities for our ministries to grow in the area. That is why the Capital Campaign was called, "Together We Grow!" 

 

Community members will be invited to consider Statements of Intent for gifts of 3-5 years in order that we can approach financial institutions to see what we will need to do to build the new community church. You will be invited to fill out these Statements of Intent at Home Gatherings to be held starting on August 9th. Several Home Gatherings will be held during the week of August 9th, and there will be make up sessions to be held if you are unable to attend that week.


AmeriBuilt Buildings Co. has been working with the drawings that were created from the work of the Building Committee and has given an estimate of $350-400,000 to build a church which meets the needs of the ministries of our church family. This includes a building with steel roof and walls, in-floor tubing and boiler system heating, electrical and plumbing included, and walls finished but unpainted.

 

Please keep the ministries of our area in your prayers! Many new opportunities are possible, and with your help God's will can be fulfilled.

 

Pastor Ryan is available to answer questions you may have. Please call him for further details.  Please remember that all the meetings are open to everyone. Your input is valuable and needed. Thank you for your prayers, your support, and yes, even for bringing up areas of concern. We are a family?we face the future together?for Together We Grow!

 

Pastor Ryan

 

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