Category: News

On Thursday, July 21, Nebraska District LCMS President Rev. Richard Snow and circuit visitor Rev. Palomaki met with the members of The Rock to discuss our congregation self study, the work of the call committee, and our next steps. The following links may be helpful for you if you were unable to attend the meeting:

• A recording  of the meeting
• A copy of President Snow’s slides
• An outline of the call process

Join us for a special time of prayer Sunday, August 27, praying for the call process, our future pastor, and The Rock during the vacancy period. We’ll gather in room 211 (near the stairs) from 9:15-9:50. All are welcome!

Please keep the call committee members in your prayers: Ross Briggs, Lori Bruns, Emma Dannehl, Jake Eckles, Marcus Gubanyi, Tim Moll, Matt Myers, Brenda Rief, Andrea Sloup, and our circuit visitor, Rev. David Palomaki. Please also pray for our vacancy pastor, Rev. David Loeschen.

Join us for a Pre-Call Meeting with President Snow tonight, July 20, at 7pm at the Rock. We will meet in the worship center. President Snow will have a presentation to provide us more information about the call process and his assessments of our needs and will entertain questions. The meeting is open to everyone in the congregation.

Minutes from Sunday’s annual congregation meeting are available HERE.

Join us for a special time of prayer Sunday, August 27, praying for the call process, our future pastor, and The Rock during the vacancy period. We’ll gather in room 211 (near the stairs) from 9:15-9:50. All are welcome! 

Please keep the call committee members in your prayers: Ross Briggs, Lori Bruns, Emma Dannehl, Jake Eckles, Marcus Gubanyi, Tim Moll, Matt Myers, Brenda Rief, Andrea Sloup, and our circuit visitor, Rev. David Palomaki. Please also pray for our vacancy pastor, Rev. David Loeschen.

The St. John, Seward Lutheran Women’s Missionary League invites the women of The Rock to their annual salad supper, held on Tuesday, August 1 at 6:30. (The salads are all provided.) The speaker will be Christine Blanke, who is the public health nurse manager at Four Corners Health Department. 

Our July item for the Blue Valley food pantry is canned meat (but save the tuna for December). We will collect canned fruit in August. Thanks for being a blessing to the community in this way! You can see our Blue Valley Pantry item schedule on our website. Year-round they also collect the following: pasta, pasta meal mixes, instant potato side dishes, and mashed potatoes. 

YogaFaith News

July Schedule:

• All Level Tuesdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock  –  7/4 NO CLASS, 7/11 (Sara), 7/18 (Sara), 7/25 (Sara)
• All Level Thursdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock  – 7/6 (Sara), 7/13 (Erika), 7/20 (Erika), 7/27 NO CLASS
• Restorative YogaFaith from 7:00-8:00 pm CST at The Rock – 7/2 (Erika), 7/9 (Sara), 7/16 (Erika), 7/23 (Sara), 7/30 NO CLASS  * SIGN UP IN ADVANCE PLEASE.

*Restorative YogaFaith classes are limited to 8 students per class because of the limited number of props we have available. Please secure your spot for Restorative YogaFaith by signing up on Sign Up Genius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054baca729a1f94-restorative

Also, visit their Facebook page for a full calendar and more information.  https://www.facebook.com/YogaFaith-Seward-256010628294784/

Our Website | http://www.therockseward.org/

Giving while at home | http://www.therockseward.org/giving-at-the-rock/

Minutes from leadership meetings | CLICK HERE

Vimeo | https://vimeo.com/therockseward  

YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRockSewardNebraska

Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/therockseward 

Contact Us | info@therockseward.org 

Prayer Requests | prayers@therockseward.org 

Mail | PO Box 199, Seward, NE 68434

Prayer requests are received by our prayer warriors. If you would like them kept confidential and not included in public prayers on Sundays, just let us know in your email.

Plan to stay after the service this Sunday, July 16 for our annual voters’ meeting. We will elect leaders, adopt a ministry plan, and adopt a budget. Everyone is welcome to stay, but only members can vote. Want to be a member? Not sure if you’re a member or a voting member? See Pastor Loeschen, Jake Eckles, or any Ambassador. Later this year, voting members will vote to call our next pastor.

• The meeting agenda is available HERE
• The 2023-24 ministry plan is available HERE
• Minutes from the June Directors’ meeting and an archive of leadership meeting notes are available HERE

Join us for a Pre-Call Meeting with President Snow next Thursday, July 20, at 7pm at the Rock. We will meet in the worship center. President Snow will have a presentation to provide us more information about the call process and his assessments of our needs and will entertain questions. The meeting is open to everyone in the congregation.

Join us for a special time of prayer Sunday, August 27, praying for the call process, our future pastor, and The Rock during the vacancy period. We’ll gather in room 211 (near the stairs) from 9:15-9:50. All are welcome! 

Please keep the call committee members in your prayers: Ross Briggs, Lori Bruns, Emma Dannehl, Jake Eckles, Marcus Gubanyi, Tim Moll, Matt Myers, Brenda Rief, Andrea Sloup, and our circuit visitor, Rev. David Palomaki. Please also pray for our vacancy pastor, Rev. David Loeschen.

Rev. Dr. Hans Trinklein is moving to Seward to teach at CUNE and is trying to find housing. He is working this year under a one-year contract so he is not ready to purchase at this point. If you have information on rentals (three bedrooms prefered), please contact him at hans.trinklein@icloud.com.

Our July item for the Blue Valley food pantry is canned meat (but save the tuna for December). Thanks for being a blessing to the community in this way! You can see our Blue Valley Pantry item schedule on our website. Year-round they also collect the following: pasta, pasta meal mixes, instant potato side dishes, and mashed potatoes. 

YogaFaith News

July Schedule:

• All Level Tuesdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock  –  7/4 NO CLASS, 7/11 (Sara), 7/18 (Sara), 7/25 (Sara)
• All Level Thursdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock  – 7/6 (Sara), 7/13 (Erika), 7/20 (Erika), 7/27 NO CLASS
• Restorative YogaFaith from 7:00-8:00 pm CST at The Rock – 7/2 (Erika), 7/9 (Sara), 7/16 (Erika), 7/23 (Sara), 7/30 NO CLASS  * SIGN UP IN ADVANCE PLEASE.

*Restorative YogaFaith classes are limited to 8 students per class because of the limited number of props we have available. Please secure your spot for Restorative YogaFaith by signing up on Sign Up Genius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054baca729a1f94-restorative

Also, visit their Facebook page for a full calendar and more information.  https://www.facebook.com/YogaFaith-Seward-256010628294784/

• Our Website | http://www.therockseward.org/
• Giving while at home | http://www.therockseward.org/giving-at-the-rock/
• Minutes from leadership meetings | CLICK HERE
• Vimeo | https://vimeo.com/therockseward
  
• YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRockSewardNebraska
• Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/therockseward 
• Contact Us | info@therockseward.org 
• Prayer Requests | prayers@therockseward.org 
• Mail | PO Box 199, Seward, NE 68434

Prayer requests are received by our prayer warriors. If you would like them kept confidential and not included in public prayers on Sundays, just let us know in your email.

This Sunday, July 9, missionary Drew Boggs will be speaking about his mission work in Costa Rica with the LightHouse ministry during our worship gathering. For his newsletter updates, sign up here:  http://eepurl.com/ieK2tL

Join us for a special time of prayer this Sunday, July 9 and August 27, praying for the call process, our future pastor, and The Rock during the vacancy period. We’ll gather in room 211 (near the stairs) from 9:15-9:50. All are welcome! 

Please keep the call committee members in your prayers: Ross Briggs, Lori Bruns, Emma Dannehl, Jake Eckles, Marcus Gubanyi, Tim Moll, Matt Myers, Brenda Rief, Andrea Sloup, and our circuit visitor, Rev. David Palomaki. Please also pray for our vacancy pastor, Rev. David Loeschen.

Join us for a Pre-Call Meeting with President Snow on Thursday, July 20, at 7pm at the Rock. We will meet in the worship center. President Snow will have a presentation to provide us more information about the call process and his assessments of our needs and will entertain questions. The meeting is open to everyone in the congregation.

Plan to stay after the service on Sunday, July 16 for our annual voters’ meeting. We will elect leaders, adopt a ministry plan, and adopt a budget. Everyone is welcome to stay, but only members can vote. Want to be a member? Not sure if you’re a member or a voting member? See Pastor Loeschen, Jake Eckles, or any Ambassador. Later this year, voting members will vote to call our next pastor.

Our July item for the Blue Valley food pantry is canned meat (but save the tuna for December). Thanks for being a blessing to the community in this way! You can see our Blue Valley Pantry item schedule on our website. Year-round they also collect the following: pasta, pasta meal mixes, instant potato side dishes, and mashed potatoes. 

YogaFaith News

July Schedule:

• All Level Tuesdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock  –  7/4 NO CLASS, 7/11 (Sara), 7/18 (Sara), 7/25 (Sara)
• All Level Thursdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock  – 7/6 (Sara), 7/13 (Erika), 7/20 (Erika), 7/27 NO CLASS
• Restorative YogaFaith from 7:00-8:00 pm CST at The Rock – 7/2 (Erika), 7/9 (Sara), 7/16 (Erika), 7/23 (Sara), 7/30 NO CLASS  * SIGN UP IN ADVANCE PLEASE.

*Restorative YogaFaith classes are limited to 8 students per class because of the limited number of props we have available. Please secure your spot for Restorative YogaFaith by signing up on Sign Up Genius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054baca729a1f94-restorative

Also, visit their Facebook page for a full calendar and more information.  https://www.facebook.com/YogaFaith-Seward-256010628294784/

Our Website | http://www.therockseward.org/

Giving while at home | http://www.therockseward.org/giving-at-the-rock/

Minutes from leadership meetings | CLICK HERE

Vimeo | https://vimeo.com/therockseward  

YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRockSewardNebraska

Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/therockseward 

Contact Us | info@therockseward.org 

Prayer Requests | prayers@therockseward.org 

Mail | PO Box 199, Seward, NE 68434

Prayer requests are received by our prayer warriors. If you would like them kept confidential and not included in public prayers on Sundays, just let us know in your email.

6/23/23

The Guatemala Mission Team is in the middle of their mission trip right now. Keep them in your prayers! CLICK HERE for a list of daily prayer requests for the team.

Join us for a special time of prayer July 9 and August 27, praying for the call process, our future pastor, and The Rock during the vacancy period. We’ll gather in room 211 (near the stairs) from 9:15-9:50. All are welcome! 

Please keep the call committee members in your prayers: Ross Briggs, Lori Bruns, Emma Dannehl, Jake Eckles, Marcus Gubanyi, Tim Moll, Matt Myers, Brenda Rief, Andrea Sloup, and our circuit visitor, Rev. David Palomaki. Please also pray for our vacancy pastor, Rev. David Loeschen.

Blue Valley Community Action

Our June item for the Blue Valley food pantry is just-add-water pancake mix, which we collect in a tub in the Rock cafe. In July we’ll collect canned meat (but save the tuna for December). Thanks for being a blessing to the community in this way! You can see our Blue Valley Pantry item schedule on our website. Year-round they also collect the following: pasta, pasta meal mixes, instant potato side dishes, and mashed potatoes. 

YogaFaith News

Please check with Sara and Erika for details of June classes before coming to The Rock for a class. 

• All Level Tuesdays at 5:30 pm at The Rock  
• All Level Thursdays at 5:30 pm at The Rock 
• Restorative YogaFaith from 7:00-8:00 pm at The Rock 

*Restorative YogaFaith classes are limited to 8 students per class because of the limited number of props we have available. Please secure your spot for Restorative YogaFaith by signing up on Sign Up Genius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054baca729a1f94-restorative

Also, visit their Facebook page for a full calendar and more information.  https://www.facebook.com/YogaFaith-Seward-256010628294784/

Our Website | http://www.therockseward.org/

Giving while at home | http://www.therockseward.org/giving-at-the-rock/

Minutes from leadership meetings | CLICK HERE

Vimeo | https://vimeo.com/therockseward  

YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRockSewardNebraska

Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/therockseward 

Contact Us | info@therockseward.org 

Prayer Requests | prayers@therockseward.org 

Mail | PO Box 199, Seward, NE 68434

Prayer requests are received by our prayer warriors. If you would like them kept confidential and not included in public prayers on Sundays, just let us know in your email.

The Guatemala Mission Team is heading out at the end of the month. Keep them in your prayers! CLICK HERE for a list of daily prayer requests for the team.

We have an opportunity to help support Jonah Lange, who graduated from Concordia University Nebraska in 2021 and frequently attended the Rock and helped with Stepping Stones. Jonah will be doing a campus ministry internship this next year with Campus Crusade at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln witnessing to students, leading Bible studies, etc. To learn more about his ministry, read his brochure HERE and you can support him through his giving website HERE.

Our June item for the Blue Valley food pantry is just-add-water pancake mix, which we collect in a tub in the Rock cafe. Thanks for being a blessing to the community in this way! You can see our Blue Valley Pantry item schedule on our website. Year-round they also collect the following: pasta, pasta meal mixes, instant potato side dishes, and mashed potatoes. 

Directors’ Meeting Minutes

You can see the notes from the May Directors’ meeting at THIS LINK.

An archive of leadership meeting notes are available HERE.

YogaFaith News

Please check with Sara and Erika for details of June classes before coming to The Rock for a class. 

• Online Sonrise YogaFaith Class
• All Level Tuesdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock  
• All Level Thursdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock 
• Restorative YogaFaith from 7:00-8:00 pm CST at The Rock 

*Restorative YogaFaith classes are limited to 8 students per class because of the limited number of props we have available. Please secure your spot for Restorative YogaFaith by signing up on Sign Up Genius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054baca729a1f94-restorative

If you want to take Sonrise or Restorative online, please message their Facebook page. Also, visit their Facebook page for a full calendar and more information.  https://www.facebook.com/YogaFaith-Seward-256010628294784/

Our Website | http://www.therockseward.org/

Giving while at home | http://www.therockseward.org/giving-at-the-rock/

Minutes from leadership meetings | CLICK HERE

Vimeo | https://vimeo.com/therockseward  

YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRockSewardNebraska

Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/therockseward 

Contact Us | info@therockseward.org 

Prayer Requests | prayers@therockseward.org 

Mail | PO Box 199, Seward, NE 68434

Prayer requests are received by our prayer warriors, as well as Pastor Mike Meyer. If you would like them kept confidential and not included in public prayers on Sundays, just let us know in your email.

Please pray for the call process for our new pastor. A call committee has been set up and has started the process. A projected timeline of the call process is available HERE. (Please note that this is a “best case scenario” timeline and the process can take longer to complete. We expect an 8-12 month process.) Pastor David Loeschen, who currently serves part time at Messiah, Lincoln, has begun serving The Rock as vacancy pastor.  Pastor Loeschen will assist with worship approximately twice per month, especially on Sundays when we have communion.  We’ll fill in with others on the Sundays when he cannot be here.

As part of the call process, we would like all congregation members to fill in the survey linked here: https://forms.gle/sFSK5kRxznXZ8ct7A 

If you would like to fill in and print out the survey as a Word document, use this link to access the survey.

We need your responses by June 11. Thank you!

Our VBS and Rock Youth events, held June 12-15, are fast approaching! We need your help to make these events happen! Here’s how you can help:

We are collecting notebooks, folders, pencils, and colored pencils for 34 kids. We will be doing servant events with the Rock Youth kids, and one is supporting the children of Guatemala with school supplies. There will be a donation bin in the cafe. (Any extra will be donated to BVCA.)

We would also love to borrow several items from you, including outside games, alpine trees, and camping chairs. 

We will be decorating the church on June 11th after worship. We would love your help, and if a few strong guys could hang around to help move chairs that would be appreciated! 

Sign up through the form below to help or attend, or find Heather Eckles on Sunday with questions. Remember: even if you work during the day, there are still ways you can help with this event and contribute to the faith growth of the Rock’s children and teens!

• Sign up young children, ages 3 years to 4th grade THROUGH THIS FORM.
• Sign up older kids and teens, 5th through 12th grades THROUGH THIS FORM.
• Sign up to volunteer to help THROUGH THIS FORM. 

The Guatemala Mission Team is heading out at the end of the month. Keep them in your prayers!

Blue Valley Community Action

Our June item for the Blue Valley food pantry is just-add-water pancake mix, which we collect in a tub in the Rock cafe. Thanks for being a blessing to the community in this way! You can see our Blue Valley Pantry item schedule on our website. Year-round they also collect the following: pasta, pasta meal mixes, instant potato side dishes, and mashed potatoes. 

Directors’ Meeting Minutes

You can see the notes from the May Directors’ meeting at THIS LINK.

An archive of leadership meeting notes are available HERE.

YogaFaith News

Please check with Sara and Erika for details of June classes before coming to The Rock for a class. 

• Online Sonrise YogaFaith Class
• All Level Tuesdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock  
• All Level Thursdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock 
• Restorative YogaFaith from 7:00-8:00 pm CST at The Rock 

*Restorative YogaFaith classes are limited to 8 students per class because of the limited number of props we have available. Please secure your spot for Restorative YogaFaith by signing up on Sign Up Genius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054baca729a1f94-restorative

If you want to take Sonrise or Restorative online, please message their Facebook page. Also, visit their Facebook page for a full calendar and more information.  https://www.facebook.com/YogaFaith-Seward-256010628294784/

Our Website | http://www.therockseward.org/

Giving while at home | http://www.therockseward.org/giving-at-the-rock/

Minutes from leadership meetings | CLICK HERE

Vimeo | https://vimeo.com/therockseward  

YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRockSewardNebraska

Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/therockseward 

Contact Us | info@therockseward.org 

Prayer Requests | prayers@therockseward.org 

Mail | PO Box 199, Seward, NE 68434

Prayer requests are received by our prayer warriors, as well as Pastor Mike Meyer. If you would like them kept confidential and not included in public prayers on Sundays, just let us know in your email.

Our VBS and Rock Youth events, held June 12-15, are fast approaching! We need your help to make these events happen! We could use a few extra hands for VBS (9 -11 a.m.) and Rock Youth (6:30.-8:30 p.m.). 

We will be doing servant events with the Rock Youth kids, and one is supporting the children of Guatemala with school supplies. Notebooks, folders, pencils, and colored pencils are needed for 34 kids. There will be a donation bin in the cafe. (Any extra will be donated to BVCA.)

We would also love to borrow several items from you, including outside games, alpine trees, and camping chairs. There are 2 poster boards in the cafe with requested snack items such as s’more ingredients, fruit, pop, and popcorn. This is a great way to support this ministry if you are unable to volunteer. 

We will be decorating the church on June 11th after worship. We would love your help, and if a few strong guys could hang around to help move chairs that would be appreciated! 

Sign up through the form below or find Heather Eckles on Sunday with questions. Remember: even if you work during the day, there are still ways you can help with this event and contribute to the faith growth of the Rock’s children and teens!

• Sign up young children, ages 3 years to 4th grade THROUGH THIS FORM.
• Sign up older kids and teens, 5th through 12th grades THROUGH THIS FORM.
• Sign up to volunteer to help THROUGH THIS FORM. 

The Guatemala Mission Team is selling products to raise funds for their trip this summer. Any product bought through the cause team website will be donated to the Mission trip.  The Guatemala Mission trip products include the latitude and longitude of Amatitlan, Guatemala, the place where they will be serving.  The sale for shirts and hoodies will run through June 5. CLICK HERE TO SHOP and support the team.

Please pray for the call process for our new pastor. A call committee has been set up and has started the process. A projected timeline of the call process is available HERE. (Please note that this is a “best case scenario” timeline and the process can take longer to complete. We expect an 8-12 month process.) Pastor David Loeschen, who currently serves part time at Messiah, Lincoln, will be serving The Rock as vacancy pastor beginning June 1.  Pastor Loeschen will assist with worship approximately twice per month, especially on Sundays when we have communion.  We’ll fill in with others on the Sundays when he cannot be here.

As part of the call process, we would like all congregation members to fill in the survey linked here: https://forms.gle/sFSK5kRxznXZ8ct7A We need your responses by June 11. Thank you!

You can read a farewell letter from Pastor Mike at THIS LINK.

You are invited to bring your family to Weller Auditorium on the campus of Concordia University for the Jennie Williamson (Arison) concert on Sunday, June 4 from 3–4:30 p.m.  The event is free of charge.  Jennie will have a variety of CD’s and t-shirts available for sale at the event. Sponsored by Concordia’s Early Childhood department in conjunction with the June Early Childhood Conference. For more information contact Annette.Anschutz@cune.edu

Our June item for the Blue Valley food pantry is just-add-water pancake mix, which we collect in a tub in the Rock cafe. Thanks for being a blessing to the community in this way! You can see our Blue Valley Pantry item schedule on our website. Year-round they also collect the following: pasta, pasta meal mixes, instant potato side dishes, and mashed potatoes. 

Directors’ Meeting Minutes

You can see the notes from the May Directors’ meeting at THIS LINK.

An archive of leadership meeting notes are available HERE.

YogaFaith News

Please check with Sara and Erika for details of June classes before coming to The Rock for a class. 

• Online Sonrise YogaFaith Class
• All Level Tuesdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock  
• All Level Thursdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock 
• Restorative YogaFaith from 7:00-8:00 pm CST at The Rock 

*Restorative YogaFaith classes are limited to 8 students per class because of the limited number of props we have available. Please secure your spot for Restorative YogaFaith by signing up on Sign Up Genius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054baca729a1f94-restorative

If you want to take Sonrise or Restorative online, please message their Facebook page. Also, visit their Facebook page for a full calendar and more information.  https://www.facebook.com/YogaFaith-Seward-256010628294784/

Our Website | http://www.therockseward.org/

Giving while at home | http://www.therockseward.org/giving-at-the-rock/

Vimeo | https://vimeo.com/therockseward  

YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRockSewardNebraska

Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/therockseward 

Contact Us | info@therockseward.org 

Prayer Requests | prayers@therockseward.org 

Mail | PO Box 199, Seward, NE 68434

Prayer requests are received by our prayer warriors. If you would like them kept confidential and not included in public prayers on Sundays, just let us know in your email.

Please pray for the call process for our new pastor. A call committee has been set up and has started the process. A projected timeline of the call process is available HERE. (Please note that this is a “best case scenario” timeline and the process can take longer to complete. We expect an 8-12 month process.) Pastor David Loeschen, who currently serves part time at Messiah, Lincoln, will be serving The Rock as vacancy pastor beginning June 1.  Pastor Loeschen will assist with worship approximately twice per month, especially on Sundays when we have communion.  We’ll fill in with others on the Sundays when he cannot be here.

As part of the call process, we would like all congregation members to fill in the survey linked here: https://forms.gle/sFSK5kRxznXZ8ct7A We need your responses by June 11. Thank you!

You can read a farewell letter from Pastor Mike at THIS LINK. 

There’s still time to sign up for Camp Kingdom, our summer events for kids and teens, held June 12-15. Kids ages 3 years to 4th grade will gather from 9-11 a.m. for VBS activities and snacks. The youth will gather in the evenings from 6:30-8:30 for an event similar to the National Youth Gatherings.

We need your help, and there are many ways to get involved! You can be a craft leader or helper, lead or help with outside games, help coordinate a group of kids throughout the day’s events, provide a snack, help hand out and clean up from snacks, help decorate the church after the service on June 11, or just help wherever and whenever you’re needed. Sign up through the form below or find Heather Eckles on Sunday mornings with questions. Remember: even if you work during the day, there are still ways you can help with this event and contribute to the faith growth of the Rock’s children and teens!

• Sign up young children, ages 3 years to 4th grade THROUGH THIS FORM.
• Sign up older kids and teens, 5th through 12th grades THROUGH THIS FORM.
• Sign up to volunteer to help THROUGH THIS FORM. 

The Guatemala Mission Team is selling products to raise funds for their trip this summer. Any product bought through the cause team website will be donated to the Mission trip.  The Guatemala Mission trip products include the latitude and longitude of Amatitlan, Guatemala, the place where they will be serving.  The sale for shirts and hoodies will run through June 5. CLICK HERE TO SHOP and support the team.

You are invited to bring your family to Weller Auditorium on the campus of Concordia University for the Jennie Williamson (Arison) concert on Sunday, June 4 from 3–4:30 p.m.  The event is free of charge.  Jennie will have a variety of CD’s and t-shirts available for sale at the event. Sponsored by Concordia’s Early Childhood department in conjunction with the June Early Childhood Conference. For more information contact Annette.Anschutz@cune.edu

Blue Valley Community Action

Our May item for the Blue Valley food pantry is tissues, which we collect in a tub in the Rock cafe. Thanks for being a blessing to the community in this way! You can see our Blue Valley Pantry item schedule on our website. Year-round they also collect the following: pasta, pasta meal mixes, instant potato side dishes, and mashed potatoes. 

YogaFaith News

• Online Sonrise YogaFaith Class – No class in May 
• All Level Tuesdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock  – NO CLASS 5/30
• All Level Thursdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock  –  NO CLASS 5/25
• Restorative YogaFaith from 7:00-8:00 pm CST at The Rock – NO CLASS ALL MONTH ON SUNDAY NIGHTS! I

*Restorative YogaFaith classes are limited to 8 students per class because of the limited number of props we have available. Please secure your spot for Restorative YogaFaith by signing up on Sign Up Genius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054baca729a1f94-restorative

If you want to take Sonrise or Restorative online, please message their Facebook page. Also, visit their Facebook page for a full calendar and more information.  https://www.facebook.com/YogaFaith-Seward-256010628294784/

Our Website | http://www.therockseward.org/

Giving while at home | http://www.therockseward.org/giving-at-the-rock/

Minutes from leadership meetings | CLICK HERE

Vimeo | https://vimeo.com/therockseward  

YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRockSewardNebraska

Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/therockseward 

Contact Us | info@therockseward.org 

Prayer Requests | prayers@therockseward.org 

Mail | PO Box 199, Seward, NE 68434

Prayer requests are received by our prayer warriors. If you would like them kept confidential and not included in public prayers on Sundays, just let us know in your email.

Please pray for Pastor Mike and his family as they prepare to move for him to serve Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Rogers, Arkansas, as their Associate Pastor for Family and Youth. We will have a sending reception after the service on May 21. Bring an appetizer to share and plan to stick around for a time of fellowship and thankfulness.

Read Rev. Meyer’s farewell letter to The Rock at THIS LINK.

The third floor bathrooms are still unavailable for use due to water damage. Please use the bathrooms on the second level in the “locker” areas. We have filed a claim with insurance and are moving forward with mitigation and repairs.

It’s time to get ready for Camp Kingdom, our summer events for kids and teens, held June 12-15. Kids ages 3 years to 4th grade will gather from 9-11 a.m. for VBS activities and snacks. The youth will gather in the evenings from 6:30-8:30 for an event similar to the National Youth Gatherings.

We need your help, and there are many ways to get involved! You can be a craft leader or helper, lead or help with outside games, help coordinate a group of kids throughout the day’s events, provide a snack, help hand out and clean up from snacks, help decorate the church after the service on June 11, or just help wherever and whenever you’re needed. Sign up through the form below or find Heather Eckles on Sunday mornings with questions. Remember: even if you work during the day, there are still ways you can help with this event and contribute to the faith growth of the Rock’s children and teens!

• Sign up young children, ages 3 years to 4th grade THROUGH THIS FORM.
• Sign up older kids and teens, 5th through 12th grades THROUGH THIS FORM.
• Sign up to volunteer to help THROUGH THIS FORM. 

A call committee has been set up and will start the work of calling our next pastor at the end of May. A projected timeline of the call process is available HERE. (Please note that this is a “best case scenario” timeline and the process can take longer to complete. We expect an 8-12 month process.) Pastor David Loeschen, who currently serves part time at Messiah, Lincoln, will be serving The Rock as vacancy pastor beginning June 1.  Pastor Loeschen will assist with worship approximately twice per month, especially on Sundays when we have communion.  We’ll fill in with others on the Sundays when he cannot be here.

The Guatemala Mission Team is selling products to raise funds for their trip this summer. Any product bought through the cause team website will be donated to the Mission trip.  The Guatemala Mission trip products include the latitude and longitude of Amatitlan, Guatemala, the place where they will be serving.  The sale for shirts and hoodies will run through June 5. CLICK HERE TO SHOP and support the team.

You are invited to bring your family to Weller Auditorium on the campus of Concordia University for the Jennie Williamson (Arison) concert on Sunday, June 4 from 3–4:30 p.m.  The event is free of charge.  Jennie will have a variety of CD’s and t-shirts available for sale at the event. Sponsored by Concordia’s Early Childhood department in conjunction with the June Early Childhood Conference. For more information contact Annette.Anschutz@cune.edu

Blue Valley Community Action

Our May item for the Blue Valley food pantry is tissues, which we collect in a tub in the Rock cafe. Thanks for being a blessing to the community in this way! You can see our Blue Valley Pantry item schedule on our website. Year-round they also collect the following: pasta, pasta meal mixes, instant potato side dishes, and mashed potatoes. 

YogaFaith News

• Online Sonrise YogaFaith Class – No class in May 
• All Level Tuesdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock  – NO CLASS 5/23 (Sara – unless Ben makes it to Nationals), NO CLASS 5/30
• All Level Thursdays at 5:30 pm CST at The Rock  – 5/18 (Erika), NO CLASS 5/25
• Restorative YogaFaith from 7:00-8:00 pm CST at The Rock – NO CLASS ALL MONTH ON SUNDAY NIGHTS! 

*Restorative YogaFaith classes are limited to 8 students per class because of the limited number of props we have available. Please secure your spot for Restorative YogaFaith by signing up on Sign Up Genius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054baca729a1f94-restorative

If you want to take Sonrise or Restorative online, please message their Facebook page. Also, visit their Facebook page for a full calendar and more information.  https://www.facebook.com/YogaFaith-Seward-256010628294784/

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Giving while at home | http://www.therockseward.org/giving-at-the-rock/

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Prayer Requests | prayers@therockseward.org 

Mail | PO Box 199, Seward, NE 68434

Prayer requests are received by our prayer warriors, as well as Pastor Mike Meyer. If you would like them kept confidential and not included in public prayers on Sundays, just let us know in your email.