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Sunday, October 17, 2021 Anniversary Service

October 18, 2021 By Faith

150th Anniversary Sermon by Pr. Randy Freund and Pr. Dave Christensen

on Sunday, October 17, 2021

150th Anniversary Service

 

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Saying Goodbye

May 21, 2013 By Faith

Laughs and fond memories were all around at the goodbye Open House for Pastor Randy and Stephanie Freund on May 19, 2013.

The program began grounded in the word with a devotion from Pastor Scott Grorud. Next up was a skit imagining the first seven days at the church without Randy. The skit included several appearances of a giant head playing the role of Pastor Randy, as the staff attempted to make post-Randy building adjustments and replace his musical talents. Randy and Stephanie’s children and their spouses performed a surprise song written for Randy’s transition to a new church, and Billy and Grandpa were on hand as the Faith Lutheran Puppets talked about Randy’s departure from Faith Lutheran. Church Council President Ian McDonald talked about Pastor Randy’s ministry in numbers, and the Faith Singers sang “The Benediction,” to bless the journey forward. Both Stephanie and Randy Freund offered closing remarks before Lara Liepold and Dick Nagy closed the program singing “Go with God.”

Following the program, everyone was invited to the Faith Center for fellowship and refreshments. People were invited pose for pictures and sign pages for a scrapbook, which when finished will document this going away event.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this event a success! Pictures (below) were taken by Jill Bierbaum.

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A Freund Farewell

May 17, 2013 By Faith

An Open House to say thank you and best wishes to Pastor Randy and Stephanie Freund will be held Sunday, May 19, 6:00 – 8:00pm. Program will begin at 6:30pm in the Sanctuary and will be followed by refreshments and fellowship time. Trust me, you don’t want to miss the 6:30 program. Randy has no idea what we’ve got planned.

Congratulations and best wishes to Randy and Stephanie! He has accepted a new call to be a pastor at New Creation Lutheran Church in Perham, MN. Pastor Randy’s last Sunday at Faith Lutheran will be May 19, 2013. Click here to read some of Randy’s reflections on his 16 years of ministry at Faith Lutheran.

Pastor Randy and Stephanie Freund
Pastor Randy and Stephanie Freund

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A Crazy Kind of Faith

May 10, 2013 By Faith

For nearly 16 years, I have been marinated in this place called Faith Lutheran. I have happily and expectantly walked through these doors, morning after morning. And with each day brought a wide range of challenges and opportunities. Much of this is true for any pastor or any employee. Here is the difference. Over the course of these years, Faith Lutheran has consistently done things that other congregations generally don’t do. The list is long:

  • What other congregation would attempt a two-site ministry in a town of 13,000 people?
  • What other congregation would hear a missionary from India speak and form its own 501(c)3 nonprofit organization (New Hope Mission Society) to support it?
  • What other congregation would call and deploy a pastor to the WordAlone Network?
  • Leave it to Faith Lutheran to call a 3rd full time pastor and have her (unwittingly) cause a firestorm by having a pastor (rather than a bishop) ordain her.
  • What other congregation would receive the gift of a 6,000 square foot building and turn it into a Hope Center that serves our whole community, despite our church’s need for space?
  • What church dedicates a major building addition and votes to withdraw from its denomination at about the same time?
  • What other congregation launches an inter-generational FaithLife Camp, which had 90 participants in its first year?
  • What other youth group has so many going on a mission trip that YouthWorks must ask the local Fire Marshal to authorize more space?

I could go on, but I think you get my point about the kind of ministry I’ve experienced in these past years. When you hang around “edgy” and “out there” ministry like that, it starts to work on a person. Pretty soon you find yourself pulling up stakes and taking a part-time call to a mission start congregation.

In the April Pastor’s Page and in much of what I have said since, I’ve tried to be clear about one aspect of the call that I have accepted. This decision has nothing to do with Faith Lutheran or the way I feel about it. But upon further reflection, I have come to conclude that this decision has EVERYTHING to do with Faith Lutheran and the way I feel about it.

This congregation does not ask “Why us?” Rather, it asks, “Why NOT us?” This congregation does not think that the call of God is for someone else or for some other time. I am confident that this is a “personality trait” of this congregation that will go on. But more than a personality trait, it is the call of the living God.

Faith Lutheran has left a deep imprint on Stephanie and me. We will always treasure this place. We leave with deep gratitude and thankfulness to you and to God. We will continue to pray for this congregation, especially leaders and staff in a time of transition. I have the same confidence about this congregation that St. Paul did about a congregation he knew well. “He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion” (Philippians 1:6).

To God Be the Glory,
Pastor Randy Freund

Pastor Randy Freund
Pastor Randy Freund

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A message from Pastor Randy Freund

April 9, 2013 By Faith

On Sunday, April 7th, I announced to the congregation that I have accepted a Letter of Call from New Creation Lutheran Church in Perham, MN.  After much prayer, discernment and conversations with many at Faith, I sensed that it is time for me to begin this new ministry venture.  With a thankful and grateful heart, I will conclude 16 years of ministry at Faith on May 19, 2013.

Appropriately, May 19 is Pentecost Sunday, “the birthday of the Church,” which promises the presence and power of the Holy Spirit to drive forward the ministry of Faith and New Creation alike.  Thank you for the many kind words, prayers and encouragement you have given in these days.

-Pastor Randy Freund

Listen to Pastor Randy’s sermon from April 7 “The Risen Jesus and Two Places,” in which he address the decision he has made to lead the new congregation in Perham.

Photo by The Tire Zoo, Creative Commons
Photo by The Tire Zoo, Creative Commons

Filed Under: News, Randy Freund Tagged With: audio sermon, discernment process, New Creation Lutheran Church, Pastor Randy, Pentecost

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