NEWS and SELECT NEWS OF THE PAST
Today is Saturday, September 4, 2010 

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OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
November 2009

Way to go, TEAM!  On November 19th, we delivered 127 filled shoeboxes to the Mankato drop off location.  In our 10 years of participation in OCC, this is our highest number collected for the year.  Thank you so much for filling a box (or boxes) for Operation Christmas Child!  Remember to pray for the child who will receive your box.  May the LORD use your box in an amazing way in the life of that child! 





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SUNDAY BIBLE CLASSES
October 2009
                      
Our Fall Bible Classes are geared for 2 years old on through the adults.  Children under 2 may join a parent in an adult class.  That means EVERYONE can come !!!   Youth 2 Years - 6th Grade can come at 8:45am each week to earn, trade, and collect Bible Trading Cards.  Then our classes for all ages meet from 9:00 to 10:00am.  Stay on for our Worship Service which begins at 10:30pm.

                                        

                          To see enlargement of our poster telling more details 
                                  about the Fall Bible Classes, click here.                                                             
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FRIEND DAY 2009
September 2009  

Our church held its annual
FRIEND DAY on September 20.
We tallied 247 people in
attendance.

Great Worship,
Great Fellowship,
Great Food !!!

Follow this link to see pictures 
of the day.  It will take you to our 
webmaster's Facebook album.  
Eventually, she will get these photos
to our/this website, but loading here
is much more tedious.  Thus we offer a look here for now.     Updated 09-22-2009

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NEWS about Carter
August 2009, updated July 3, 2010   
Two year old Carter Kern of our church family was diagnosed with leukemia on August 2, 2009.  He faces three years of medical treatment. Please keep Carter, his parents Rich & Becky, and siblings Austin, Alisha, Emily and Asia in your prayers.

For updates about Carter's health and/or to email Carter a personal message, see his Caringbridge site at www.caringbridge.org/visit/carterkern


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2009 John Kester will be our new Pastor
May 2009
We are pleased to announce JOHN KESTER will begin his ministry with our Cleveland congregation on Sunday, July 5, 2009.
After a lengthy screening process of potential persons, an interview process and many prayers to God our Father, our congregational members voted on May 3 to officially extend the call to John Kester to become our minister. John has accepted our invitation. We look forward to John and his wife Cheryl and daughter Olivia joining our church family. John has ministered with the Church of Christ in Pleasant Grove, Minnesota, for 20 plus years. He is a graduate of Crossroads College in Rochester, Minnesota. We will have an installation service for John on Sunday, July 12, 2009.

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  2009 Website Makeover
   March 2009
   Our church website www.clevelandchurch.net got a makeover.
   Our webmaster was inspired by the new Youth Room color!





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2009 New Pastor Search
January 2009
We have search committee working to locate and recommend candidates for a full time resident pastor for our congregation. The committee is made up of 3 elders and 3 other congregational members with Randy Hardy, Interim Pastor, acting as committee advisor. This committee has been meeting since early November 2008, and at this time, have received several resumes from potential candidates to review.

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Randy Hardy to be Interim Pastor
September 2008
The Cleveland Church Elders are pleased to announce that Randy Hardy has answered the call to be our interim pastor. Randy and his wife Laura live in Faribault, Minnesota. Randy recently completed an interim ministry with St. Lukes Church in Faribault. Randy will begin his interim ministry with us on Sunday, October 26, 2008.



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Our Pastor David Kester is Promoted
July 23, 2008
With great sadness, we announce the sudden and unexpected death of our pastor, David Kester. David died of natural causes yesterday, Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at his home here in Cleveland. He was alone at the time of his death. David was born on October 1, 1957 to Roger and Velma (Churchill) Kester. He graduated from Minnesota Bible College (now named Crossroads College) in Rochester, MN. David studied for a Masters degree at Lincoln Christian Seminary in Lincoln, IL. His first ministry was at the Brookings, SD, Church of Christ. We welcomed David to Cleveland as our minister in November of 1987. We are stunned at this moment and pray for God's gracious hand to lead us where He wants us to go in the days ahead. We thank God for David Kester for he was our spiritual advisor, helper, fellow worker, friend and brother. He was a gift to us all.

LINKS:
— ABOUT DAVID KESTER — Includes David's obituary, order of service for his funeral, along with some of the funeral messages (PDF format) given by participants. At the bottom of this same page are PICTURES taken at David's visitation and funeral.
— Memories of David and/or condolences can be sent to David's family and/or the Cleveland church family through this website. To do that, use the form on our GUESTBOOK webpage.
— To see messages sent to us in regard to David's life and death, click RESPONSES re DAVID KESTER
— SERMONS by DAVID KESTER — To access some sermons of David's... Included there, at the bottom of the 2008 Sermon list, is David's final message (PDF format) which he preached for a funeral on Monday, July 21, 2008, the day before his own death.

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2008 India Mission Trip
Our minister, David Kester, and Katie S are in India from January 3 -15, 2008. They are working with an established mission in Kerela, India.
January 3, 2008 email
Maybe one of you will get this before Sunday. I arrived after an exceedingly long journey. Arrived at our final destination at noon Saturday India time - about 42 hours travel time. I preached a couple hours ago for an hour and am now eating at Babu's home. Thinking and praying for you all. Weather is a balmy 80-85 degrees and the pineapple is great.
Pray for me,
David
January 6, 2008 email
Please pray for the work! ...Doing fine. I have just two sermons left to do. Weather is warm. Must go to lunch.
Talk to you all soon.
David
March 2008
On Sunday, March 2, 2008, during our morning worship service, Katie S will tell us about her Mission Trip to India which took place in January 2008. After the worship service, a slide show of pictures from the trip will be showing in the sanctuary.

Read more about the India Mission Trip and see trip pictures here.

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2008 New Website Design
January 3, 2008
On January 1, 2008, our webmaster began transforming our website into a new system that our host, OurChurch.com, is switching over to. This process will take a considerable amount of time to complete. Our site was originally established on December 11, 2004. Since then, our webmaster has been learning more and more about website management.

January 20, 2008
Your webmaster is ready for the big switch-over! Still more revisions to do, but the new design is ready enough to go ahead and jump into the new look.
ENJOY EVERYONE !


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