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May 2022
Dear Friends,
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but
go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father;
and to my God, and your God. 1
On the 26th of this month we commemorate the ascension of our Lord. Sadly, we
barely acknowledge the day, but Jesus took it to be quite significant. He told
Mary Magdalene that she couldn’t hold on to Him after His resurrection for to
complete His mission He needed to return to His Father. Upon His return to
heaven, He accomplished amazing things for us. He cleansed the heavenly
sanctuary with His blood.
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and
more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this
building; 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he
entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.2
In this way, He fulfilled the promise that He had previously given to His
disciples.
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my
Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go
to prepare a place for you.3
Once Jesus had fulfilled His earthly work and returned to the Father, there was
no place for Satan, our accuser, to remain there and make accusation against us.
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of
iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. 6 And the woman
fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they
should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon;
and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their
place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old
serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was
cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10 And I heard a
loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the
kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren
is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.4
This is the fulness of what Jesus revealed to Mary in His appearance to her on
Easter morning. May we remember the Ascension this year and see the completed
work of our Lord Jesus, accomplished for us.
God’s Peace, Jay Weidner
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1 The Holy Bible: King James Version (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized
Version., Jn 20:17).
(2009). Logos Research Systems, Inc.
2 The Holy Bible: King James Version (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized
Version., Heb 9:11–12).
(2009). Logos Research Systems, Inc.
3 The Holy Bible: King James Version (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized
Version., Jn 14:1–2).
(2009). Logos Research Systems, Inc.
4 The Holy Bible: King James Version (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized
Version., Re 12:5–10).
(2009). Logos Research Systems, Inc.
DONATIONS RECEIVED...
In memory Orval Wirkkala
From Jimmy & Barbara Maunu
Pastor Ernest Bylkas III, Joy & family
In memory Paul Marin
From Gert Antioho
Pastor Ernest Bylkas III, Joy & family
In memory Rodger Foltz
From Luella J. Puumala
MARK YOUR CALENDAR...
As the Spring semester comes to an end, we begin to plan for future classes
offered at the seminary. The Fall semester begins Wednesday, September 7th with
the Monday night class starting on September 12th. Stay tuned for information on
the upcoming classes. If you are interested in learning more about taking
classes either online or in person, please contact the seminary by emailing
cilseminary@ilseminary.com or call (906) 482-3337.
Attention Board Members – There will be a board meeting on
Saturday, May 14 at 10AM at 914 Pine Street, Hancock.
ATTENTION: SUPPORTERS
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SEMINARY.
Have you ever have used Amazon.com to do your shopping? Now AmazonSmile offers
the same products, same prices and same service and will also donate 0.5% of the
price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Inter-Lutheran Theological
Seminary whenever you shop on AmazonSmile.
Simply log use in by using this link….
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which will bring you directly to smile.amazon.com in support of our
organization.
The Thrivent Choice® program offers a way members can recommend where Thrivent
Financial distributes some of its charitable outreach funds. As a benefit
member, your ownership of Thrivent Financial products and services help make
this support possible.
Remember….If you are an eligible member 16 and older you can recommend how to
distribute Thrivent Financial charitable grant funds thought Choice Dollars®.
Member eligibility and the Choice Dollars designated are based on:
• Holding a Thrivent Financial volunteer leadership position; or
• Having $750 or more in annual premiums of qualifying
insurance products; or
• Having $20,000 or more in contract value of qualifying products.
For more information about Choice Dollars, visit http://www.Thrivent.com/thriventchoice
or call 800-847-4836 or contact your local Thrivent Financial representative.
THRIVENT CHARITABLE IMPACT & INVESTING
The Inter-Lutheran Seminary has established an Endowment Fund through Thrivent
Charitable Impact & InvestingTM (formerly InFaith Community Foundation). All
earnings of the endowment will be used for the seminary’s needs thereby ensuring
the continued existence of this funding source. This is the preferred method
used by many non-profit entities, especially ongoing religiously focused
organizations such as seminaries. To learn more about this organization, go to
www.thriventcharitable.com.
We would love to grow our endowment into a major source of ongoing seminary
support. Although the seminary still needs the financial ongoing regular
contributions of our supporters, please consider the endowment fund for your
planned giving needs. For more additional information, please contact Kirk Otto,
Jr. at (715) 821-8574 or Cheryl Hendrickson at
(906) 482-3337.
PAYPAL OPTION
As always, the Inter-Lutheran Theological Seminary appreciates your continued
support.
To make it more convenient for those that prefer online donations, we have just
added a feature to our website to do just that through PayPal.
Simply go to our website (www.ilseminary.org) and click on the HOW TO CONTRIBUTE
page and then it is as simple as pressing the “DONATE” button. It will direct
you to the seminary’s PayPal form to complete. There is also an option to offset
the cost of our processing fees (1.99% + $.49) per transaction.
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