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Getting out in the community Traditional Minot churches reach out
By CIARA PARIZEK
Staff Writer cparizek@minotdailynews.com Churches in Minot are taking steps to get out into the community and share its faith in some nontraditional ways. Father Justin Waltz of St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church, who was appointed to his current position in 2012, has been sharing his faith by inviting the congregation and others in Minot to block parties. He also shares the experience of brewing and tasting homemade beer, for people of legal age. Fr. Waltz started brewing his own beer when he was in seminary school. “I really enjoy the craft of making beer,” he said. When he started brewing beer, only two or three members of the parish joined him. As of March 12, he said the brew team consists of 50 to 75 members. In all, he has made anywhere from 3,500 to 5,000 gallons in the last seven or eight years. On one end of the min- TOP RIGHT: People stand in line at the 2016 block party at St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church. istry, they get together and See CHURCH — Page 2
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MAIN: The Bethany Lutheran Church youth group posed for a photo with the supplies they used to donate to Backpack Buddies.
Help during difficult times Chaplains respond to personal, family crisis
By KIM FUNDINGSLAND
Staff Writer kfundingsland@minotdailynews.com Unknown to many, they play a vital role in the community. They are chaplains who provide emotional and spiritual care to anyone, no matter what their religious beliefs. Mark Henson is a board certified chaplain and director of pastoral services for Trinity Health. He is one of four full-time chaplains at the hospital. They are available to help in a wide variety of situations for patients, family and staff, in the most caring manner possible. The religion of a person is not a deterrent for receiving spiritual care. Chaplains minister to everyone, regardless of beliefs. They are trained to deal with a wide variety of possibilities, including working alongside terminally ill patients and their families. Chaplains are called up to provide strength to others when they may be consumed with grief or overwhelmed with caring for a loved one. Chaplains also play important roles in the law enforcement community, such as Minot Police, Ward County Sheriff’s Office and Highway Patrol. DeVawn Beckman is one of three volunteer chaplains often called upon by law enforcement. She became familiar with the difficulties that are often faced by families, victims and uniformed officers while serving as the Minot PD public information manager for more than 30 years. “I saw a lot of the ugly in the world. It was something in my heart that I wanted to be available for,” said Beckman. Beckman obtained her ministry credentials which made her eligible to serve as a chaplain. She is currently the associate pastor at the West Minot Church of God but, as a chaplain, is often called upon by law enforcement for assistance. See CHAPLAINS — Page 2
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LEFT: DeVawn Beckman, associate pastor at West Minot Church of God, is also a chaplain for the Minot Police Department. Beckman is a former dispatch operator for the department. RIGHT: Mark Henson, director of pastoral services for Trinity Health, is a board certified chaplain who is called upon to assist patients and family members in times of need.
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have mass, then they make 60 to 120 gallons of beer. “They’re good Catholic men,” Fr. Waltz said, “that like hanging out doing this.” Religion isn’t one of the main focuses while the brew team meets. He described it as a good holy place where good guys can can get together and they do the work that supports the second end of their ministry. The second part of it is that meeting to brew gives the members a place to share the gospel and ask others if they have met Fr. Waltz. Not a lot of people know that he brews, so when they hear about it, it piques their interest and some go to check it out. Fr. Waltz likened brewing with his members to Jesus bringing people together. The summer months are reserved for block parties around the church. He has about 20 different fire pits that he brings for bonfires. The streets around the church are blocked off and Fr. Waltz said the police are really good about it. An estimated 400 to 500 people show up for pizza, hot dogs, chips, pop and beer on tap. A band is usually present to add some uplifting music to the occasion. The 2016 block party also had inflatable bounce houses to keep the youngsters busy. Father made sure to mention that the block parties are open to anyone who wants to attend. It’s not strictly for St. Leo’s church members. At the end, he talks about angels, demons and other subjects to give it a different element. “From a contemporary standpoint,” the Father said, “you can’t just hit people strong up front with the Bible or faith. You’ve got to connect with them on a human level, you know, and then they’re interested in sharing the gospel, maybe, and then you kind of get in the unique dynamics through the brewing of beer.” Like Fr. Waltz, the pastors of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church have also done a sort of block party of its own. Pastor Mark Frueh and Pastor Steve Oster get staff, members and volunteers together to feed the community in its parking lot. Food is cooked hot and fresh out of the food truck while adults talk, children play and enjoy some worship music until they switch to a playlist filled with music of all kinds. On March 11, Oster said they were working on getting a working waterfall put together to add some character to the party, along with props and other materials. “We have to change how we present the gospel,” Oster said. “Things change, and Paul said, ‘Be all things to all people.’” With the changing times, Frueh and Oster hold contemporary services on Sunday mornings for the younger members of their parish. They involve guitars, drums and keyboards. Traditional services are still done with the organ for the more traditional members of the church. They believe in music of all kinds, the pastors added. During the summer, both pastors of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church, other staff and parishioners from many churches gather in Oak Park for Worship in the Park. Trucks make food for those attending and everyone can listen to music and unwind. To reach out to the teen members, they held a youth group that turned into a community supper for everyone on Wednesday nights. Frueh estimated that about 115 peo-
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TOP: The brew team poses for a photo with some of their brewing equipment for homemade beer for the 2016 block party at St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church. MIDDLE LEFT: Father Justin Waltz, second from right, drank homemade beer. MIDDLE RIGHT: A band played in the background. BOTTOM LEFT: People enjoy festivities.
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TOP LEFT: Members of the Bethany youth group went shopping to donate food items to the Minot State University food pantry for students. TOP RIGHT: Youth group members pose for a photo at Bethany Lutheran Church. BOTTOM: Food to be donated to Backpack Buddies was packed by the youth group at Bethany Lutheran Church.
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“I’ve used chaplains quite a bit over my career,” said Robert Roed, Ward County sheriff. “If we do a death notification we’ll have a chaplain go to the house with us. The chaplain is there for the compassion part of it.” Chaplains are available to assist members of law enforcement too, many of whom encounter difficult situations that can effect their emotional well being. “There are times when officers are impacted strongly by the situation they are dealing with,” said Beckman. “We give them some tools that are beneficial to help them get through. I’ve been involved on several occasions with critical incident stress debriefing.”
The chaplaincy program at the Minot Police Department, said Beckman, traces it roots back to a program first created in Cleveland, Tennessee in 1978. She says Dan Draovitch, a former Minot Chief of Police, established the program in Minot. People are very appreciative of what chaplains do. It is their reward for being there for people. Often chaplains are called upon to respond to a trying and emotional situation at any hour of any day. Sometimes that means the three volunteers serving local law enforcement could use additional help. “It’s a volunteer organization that fall under police department authority,” explained Beckman. “There’s the Sheriff’s Office too and occasionally Highway Patrol and other cities within Ward County. If there’s a need for a chaplain we’re available.”
ple attend. “It’s (the adults’) social hour,” Oster explained. “They get to have supper after work when they get off work around 5 p.m. I look forward to it.” During those Wednesday night gatherings, both pastors are down talking to everyone, not standing up at the pulpit. In the spring months, the youth group picks up trash that had spent the winter frozen in a snow bank or had just been transported by the wind in the neighborhood near Roosevelt Elementary School. They pick up several pounds of garbage trying to keep the area clean. Teens usually find movies appealing, so Frueh and Oster started doing what they call “movie outreaches.” They put on a movie that has a Christian message, have a chili feed and popcorn, and it’s open to the public. Instead of watching a movie to pass along a message, Pastor Janet Mathistad of Bethany Lutheran Church in Minot organizes what she called “a reader’s theater.” Church members are cast and they present a play. It isn’t like a traditional play where the cast would have to memorize their lines. It’s a little more laid back where they can read from the script. “It’s more of a conversation than a sermon,” Mathistad said. They only do the reader’s theater during Lent, all the way up until Easter. Their youth group also meets on Wednesday nights, with some contemporary instruments like Cornerstone Presbyterian Church. Young musicians play the guitar, flute and others. The members of the Bethany Lutheran youth group sometimes help put bags together to donate to Backpack Buddies, purchase and donate food to Minot State University’s food pantry and serve turkey dinners to the congregation for some special occasions. A unique technological feature that Bethany Lutheran put in place is an online church directory that only members can access. It is password protected. Mathistad said that it’s a lot easier than using the printed directories, to update photos for members, and to add new members. Technology is making new advances every day and has been deeply integrated into society. With these changes, all three of these churches do livestreams of its services and upload them to its social media accounts for people to view later. They understand some members of its respective churches do not have access to transportation or other factors which may prevent them from attending the service in person. St. Leo’s, Cornerstone Presbyterian and Bethany Lutheran all have Facebook pages for its own church. St. Leo’s and Cornerstone Presbyterian also have Instagram to give updates on what’s happening. Each church has its own individual websites, giving names of staff members, mass times, contact information, recorded services and much more. Some of the oldest churches in Minot are making the changes necessary to “stay with the times” and making services more readily available to others. Getting out into the community is important, making connections, building relationships with others and having fun. By staying connected with the people of Minot, it has the potential to become an even better place.
The role of the chaplain
“As chaplains we provide a ministry of listening, emotional and spiritual support to patients in the hospital and their families. We do not enter the room with a set agenda or the desire to impose our beliefs on them, rather we respond to the needs of the patient helping them get in touch with their own spirituality and how it impacts their healing and their lives. “We respond to moments of crisis providing support to family: Traumas, injuries, code blues (cardiac arrest), deaths, and other emergencies that arise. “We provide a pastoral presence to patients and families by making routine visits throughout the hospital especially in the ICU. “We provide education and support helping patients complete “Health Care Directives” for end of life decisions. “We provide support to the community through speaking engagements, doing fifth steps for those going through addiction rehabilitation, and doing funerals for those who have no church affiliation. “As chaplains we are on call 24/7, able to respond to the emergencies and needs that arise.” Source: Trinity Health
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Our Redeemers Church & School
School is a mission of Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Brethren Church
By ANDREA JOHNSON
Staff Writer ajohnson@minotdailynews.com Private Christian schools in the area often have an ongoing partnership with a sponsoring church or churches. At Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Brethren Church in Minot, the connection has been a close and long-lasting one. Executive Pastor Pete Pederson said the congregation launched a kindergarten program back in 1976. In 1983 it started a day school with 15 students. In 1983, the church expanded its school to a K-8 elementary and junior high program. Our Redeemer’s expanded to include a 9-12 high school in 1995. In 2001, a school addition was added. Pederson said Our Redeemer’s Christian School is an ongoing mission of the church. “We are responsible for making it go,” said Pederson, who said church members support the school through fundraising and offerings that they designate to go to the school. Families also pay tuition to ensure that their children will receive a sound Christian education. Most of the students at the private school come from Protestant families but there are also a handful of Catholic students. Pederson said students at the school attend 30 different churches. Students are encouraged to get involved in ministry through their home churches as well as at the school. Though operations changed when schools across the state were closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus and classes transitioned to online, students are normally accustomed to attending church services for 40 minutes every Wednesday. Jeff Ringstad, the administrator at the school, said stu-
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dents are also required to make a statement of faith or indicate that they are open to learning about the word of God. Every student at the school also takes a Bible class. Ringstad said teachers want to help kids grow in their faith and to be able to defend their beliefs in a debate. Because different denominations are represented, students might have differing views on subjects like infant baptism. Ringstad said students discuss these issues in class but are also told to ask their parents about their own family’s beliefs if a controversy arises. “It has been a good thing for the church and the community, I believe,” said Pederson. Pederson said the church family is also grateful for the support the school has received from individuals and from community businesses.
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Progress at Metigoshe Ministries Expansion and improvements double size of Retreat Center
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New carpeting in the dining area is among the many improvements that have been made at Metigoshe Ministries. By KIM FUNDINGSLAND
Staff Writer kfundingsland@minotdailynews.com Bigger and better than ever, and almost complete. The Retreat Center at Metigoshe Ministries has been undergoing a makeover for the past several months. It has been expanded to nearly twice its original size and upgrades have been made, or are in the process of being completed, throughout the entire facility. “We in the process of painting and flooring, doing the finish work,” said Jon Halvorson, executive director. “Progress has slowed a whole bunch in the last month with coronavirus and contractors finding safe ways to work a little at a time.” Halvorson said he had hoped the project would be done early, in time for the main influx of campers. Now, with the unforeseen delay, the best guess at a completion date is, “this summer, sometime.” Nevertheless, expansion and improvements have come a long way. Improvements are impressive and very noticeable, even if a few finishing touches remain. “It’s pretty exciting,” remarked Halvorson. “I’m beyond excited with the addition, adding six new sleeping rooms, new themes as well. The expansion is east of the existing buildings. There’s new chapel space and three large group comfort centers. It’s just a phenomenal place.” Metigoshe Ministries is a cooperative effort of churches belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Churches of America. The summer camp and retreat cen-
ter is located among the scenic trees and lakes north of Bottineau. Like many other summer camps, their dates of operation are very much tied to the current coronavirus outbreak. Halvorson describes the upcoming summer season as in a sort of “holding pattern”. “We know a time will come when we have to make a decision. It may come down to all or nothing,” said Halvorson. “We’re holding out and waiting. We just don’t know yet.” Halvorson said Metigoshe Ministries is in regular communication with other camps, mostly in western North Dakota, to help them determine future operating plans if the coronavirus pandemic continues. “Maybe someone will offer camp programming, even over the internet in some way,” said Halvorson. “We are working hard to figure alternative plans if it comes to that.” Metigoshe Ministries has had to cancel some early season retreats scheduled for March and April. “It was disappointing, but with the way things are now it is the only responsible option,” explained Halvorson. However, when and if Metigoshe Ministries opens this summer visitors will be greeted with a new and expanded showpiece of a building – a beautiful Retreat Center that is the culmination of several improvement projects. “It’s the last of the capital project campaign and the big, main one,” said Halvorson. “The last and biggest is well on its way.”
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‘Christ’s hands on Earth’ Catholic youth travel to Fargo to volunteer at homeless shelter By SUE SITTER
Staff Writer The Pierce County Tribune RUGBY – Members of the Catholic Youth Organization at St. Therese Little Flower Parish in Rugby traveled to the FargoMoorhead area this past August for an opportunity to act as “Christ’s hands on Earth.” “Our motto that (religious educators) keep telling us is ‘We are Christ’s hands on Earth,’” explained CYO member Amber Selensky, who said the organization’s purpose is “not just teaching how to do things, but actually going out into the world and being that change. Instead of just talking about it, we’re actually doing it.” The youth spent Aug. 8-10 in Fargo-Moorhead to volunteer their time working with homeless people and later take in some attractions western Minnesota had to offer. “On the first day (of the trip), Selensky noted, “We worked at the Churches United Homeless Shelter (in Moorhead, Minn.).” Selenksy and fellow CYO member Alec Wolf told the Tribune they saw things they weren’t used to seeing at home in Rugby. “We had a tour of the (shelter),” Selensky said. “We got to see people sleeping on benches, and there were families and people constantly coming in and out.” Selensky added, “The first thing that we did, we cleaned up out front. We picked up a bunch of garbage around there, and we cleaned out weeds.” She said they also did yard work. After the yard work, Wolf said the youth sat down for a meal with the shelter’s clients. “We ate with them,” he said. The two said as they talked with people staying at the shelter, they learned a little about them and how homelessness affects their lives. “As we talked, we got to know them,” Selensky said. “We found out that some of them were veterans, and some of them were just trying to get back on their feet, just coming from various places where they were stationed.”
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TOP: Rugby CYO members rest near a church grotto on their trip to Fargo and Minnesota last summer.
BOTTOM: Rugby CYO members pose in front of the Churches United homeless shelter in Fargo.
Churches United shelter gives to clients. “We sorted out clothes donations that they had. They collect a lot of clothes so we had to sort them out from men’s, women’s children’s. They have almost like a thrift store built into their facility so we stocked it with clothes,” Selensky noted. After a day of work at the shelter, the youth spent the night at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Fargo.
“Their lives are pretty different from ours but they’ve come a long way to where they are,” Selensky noted. Wolf said he saw families with children at the shelter too. The CYO volunteers emptied an extra room filled with bicycles and chairs to make it an overflow shelter room for a father, mother and children. More work at the shelter included sorting donated clothing
“They have a church and school, and we slept in one of the classrooms in sleeping bags on the floor,” Selenksy said. “I think the idea was to camp at a random place you’ve never been to (as homeless people have to do) with just, like, carpet floors.” The next morning, the group traveled back into Minnesota to socialize and take in some sites. “We headed to Minnesota to go to Valley Fair. We were at Val-
ley Fair from like 3 to 10. It’s got like water rides and rollercoasters and all that stuff,” Wolf said. Both Wolf and Selensky said the group noticed how the lives of families enjoying the park differed from those of the families they had helped the day before. After a visit to the park, the CYO members headed back west, stopping in Darwin, Minnesota. “They have the world’s largest twine ball (in Darwin),” Wolf said. “A man spent his entire life building a twine ball,” Selensky said. “It’s as tall as the door.” “The case is probably as big as this room,” Wolf said with a laugh. “It’s pretty much what Darwin’s known for. On their street signs, they have a little clip art of a twine ball,” Selensky said. “It’s a pretty cool experience,” noted Wolf. Selensky and Wolf said CYO members raised funds for their trip by holding a freewill rummage sale in the church basement earlier this year, and each member collected hygiene items to bring to the Churches United shelter. “And they (the shelter) are really appreciative when you give donations,” Wolf said. Wolf said the CYO holds fundraisers on a regular basis to donate to various charities and causes. Once a month, the group holds what it calls “buck-a-luck” meals. “Every month, the first Wednesday of the month at like 6, we go to the church basement, and we each pay a dollar, and we have a meal. Then, we have our CYO monthly meeting after it,” Wolf explained. “People can pay more than that if they want to,” Selensky said, “but the money we get from that, we choose some kind of charity that’s in need.” She said they have helped people who need to have surgeries (to hospitals) or little babies. “We take our buck-a-luck money and give it to them,” she said. For more information on the Catholic Youth Organization, call the Little Flower Office of Religious Education at 776-6388.
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Social distancing leaves Rugby streets quieter
Trying to find the ways you can connect even in the midst of this is really important. So phone calls are something you can do, even if it’s every day that you’re going to call and check in with someone. If you’re connected with a church family, it seems that all of our churches are connected online in the community so try to connect to that.”
Churches trying to find a way to connect to members By SUE SITTER
Staff Writer The Pierce County Tribune RUGBY – The bells at St. Therese the Little Flower Catholic Church in Rugby rang as usual to call parishioners to Mass one Sunday morning in late March, but no cars rumbled into the gravel parking lot. An hour later, at the scheduled time for worship services, the parking lot was empty at Rugby’s First Lutheran Church. The scene was much the same at churches all over Pierce County, the United States and throughout the world. Later that day, a second positive test result for coronavirus in Pierce County would be announced by Rugby’s Heart of America Medical Center (HAMC), two days after officials announced Pierce County’s first case, a female in her 40s who had traveled. The second case was a male in his 40s who had “close contact” with the patient, HAMC said. Streets stayed quiet except for a few exercisers who strolled on sidewalks
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here and there, keeping a distance from one another but waving and shouting “hello” just the same. Last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the North Dakota Department of Health issued guidelines placing restrictions on unnecessary travel and social gatherings of more than 10 people. The agencies recommended “social distancing,” or staying at least six feet apart from non-family members. It also recommended waving instead of shaking hands and frequent hand washing, especially after touching surfaces commonly touched by the public. Most Rugby businesses were closed except for a few grocery and home supply retailers and customers asked clerks when truck deliveries would come in to replenish depleted shelves. First Lutheran Church Pastor Elaine Sveet said social isolation can cause people to drift apart, leaving them vulnerable to loneliness. “Trying to find the ways you can connect even in the midst of this is really important,” Sveet said. “So
phone calls are something you can do, even if it’s every day that you’re going to call and check in with someone. If you’re connected with a church family, it seems that all of our churches are connected online in the community so try to connect to that.” “In our church,” Sveet said, “We’re doing a pen pal program between our Sunday school kids and some of the older members of our congregation so that every week they’ll write a letter.” “We say, ‘Wash your hands before you write the letter. When you send it, don’t lick the back of the envelope to seal it but use a sticker or tape.’ Then we’ll have that bit of mail going back and forth,” Sveet added. “So we hope that’s a good opportunity for our kids to practice their hand-
writing and really just to talk about their day, what they’re doing and how they’re feeling and then to be able to build some new relationships with people in the church. We hope it will help us do that connecting,” Sveet said. “I also have an online ministry that’s separate from First Lutheran that I started in the spring,” Sveet noted. “We do daily morning devotions in that group on Facebook Live. They’re called, ‘Chasing Abundant Life.’ We have over 500 members. They cover five different countries.” “It’s a 15-20 minute devotion with stories from everyday life, a daily question, scripture and prayer. It’s really been building a nice community. We even started in the season of Lent, leading up to Easter, doing a prayer partner piece. So I do a daily
prompt and you have a partner that you’re praying for and you know they’re praying for you,” Sveet explained. “So we’re trying to do some of those different things and do them creatively,” Sveet noted. “I know Pastor Sharon (Baker) and myself are trying to call some members of the church everyday so we can reach out and do that connecting. Pastor Sharon was sharing with me today that she’s been surprised how much people want to talk and how really it’s a listening exercise for us pastors because people want to share and want to connect so, we’re trying to help people not feel so alone.” “I think there are a lot of opportunities and a lot of it is online but with a simple cell phone you can really be connected to the world now,” Sveet added.
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In an emailed statement to the Tribune, Darcie Rose of Heart of America Medical Center offered reassurance to residents seeking ways to fight the coronavirus. “Social distancing of course is our biggest message to get out to individuals, doing so will continue to flatten the curve,” Rose wrote. “Residents need to realize the importance of staying home. If you are not feeling well, call your local healthcare facility first to go over symptoms that you feel could be related to COVID19 or using tools such as eVisit which is available on the HAMC website.” Rose also said HAMC just set up a dedicated phone line for COVID-19 symptoms. That number is 701-776-5455 ext. 2263. These calls will be answered by a nurse and will be available Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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