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Gibbon & Winthrop MN Communities
NIC NEWS
May 2026
Current Weeks News & NIC Newsletter information
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Calendar
Click the More link below to view the NIC Parish calendar and view all scheduled events
Council & Committee Mtg Dates:
* May 11th – Augustana Council Mtg - 6pm
* May 12th - St John's Council Mtg - 7pm
* May 13th - NIC Council Mtg - 7pm SJB
* May 19th – First Lutheran Council Mtg - 7pm
NIC WOW:
Click this WOW News link to see more information about the WOW program
NIC WOW is coming to a close on May 6th - Thank you to all who participated and made this possible.
Wed. May 6th 6:30 pm - Alex & Elias Wiley Baptism
HEADSTONE MAINTENANCE OPPORTUNITY AT AUGUSTANA
“Headstone Revival”, a gravestone cleaning and washing company owned by Matthew Mickelson in Nicollet, will be in Gibbon this summer to lift headstones that have sunken into the ground and to wash any needing cleaning. If you or anyone you know would like to get more information on this service, please contact any of the Augustana cemetery board members (Otto Hartmann, Curtis Olson, Mark Turtle, Bob Sievert or Jim Berger).
Upcoming Events:
NIC CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGS
Congregational meetings will be held to amend the NIC Parish agreement, removing the last line of “Article IX Pastor”. Copies of the Parish Ministry Agreement can be found in your church narthex.
The congregational meetings will be held following worship as follows:
Sun May 3rd - St. John’s & First Lutheran
Sun May 10th - Augustana
Results of the vote will be announced on Sun, May 17th
NIC JOINT WORSHIP
Starting May 24, 2026 - NIC Joint Worship services will be held on a rotational basis Please refer to the worship schedule for locations. Worship will be at 9:30 am
SENIOR RECOGNITION - MAY 24th
Senior Recognition Sunday is May 24th honoring Preston Johnson. Fellowship in his honor will follow worship at ALC
FIRST LUTHERAN CLEAN-UP
MONDAY, MAY 11 AT 4 P.M.
Church, parsonage, and yard clean up is scheduled for Monday, May 11, at 4:00 pm, weather permitting.
Contact & Communication Info:
Pastor Leonard's Contact Information
Email: leonard.hummel@gmail.com
Cell # 410-949-0060
Send Announcement Requests to:
Email: nicparish1@gmail.com
OR Email one of our Church Secretaties
Amy TenEyck - sjbismarcksecretary@gmail.com
Sue Bentz - augustana.secretary@gmail.com
OR click this Contact link, create your message & select submit.
Text & Email Communications:
If you are not currently, but would like to receive text messages or emails regarding important Church announcements & updates, please contact one of our Church Secretaries
Weather related announcements:
We will communicate event cancelations by text & email messages and post that communication on our website home page.
MOTHER'S DAY - MAY 10th
Honoring all Moms on Sunday May 10th
Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you. Deut 5:16
Prayer List & Important May Dates
Prayer List
Barb O’Brien
Charlotte Pagel
Christy Johnson
Dale & Pat Ericson
Dean Dilger
Earl & Marge Lindstrand
Felesha Driemeyer
Jerome Sabo
JoAnn Collins
John Johnson
Reiden Cichoski
Steve Bruns
Steve Saxton
Tom Rabe
Wyatt Fischer
Happy Anniversary!
2017 5 13 Jesse & Abbi Ahlbrecht-Bue 9 Years
1991 5 18 Butch & Lauri Stark 35 Years
1979 5 26 Carroll & Joyce Woods 47 Years
1977 5 28 Don & Sue Bentz 49 Years
Birthdays
5 1 Philip Hartmann
5 3 Linda Martin, Anne Pagel
Claire & Charolette Pagel
Tom Rabe
5 5 Jean Kent
5 7 Doug TenEyck
5 9 Lynette Froehlich
5 10 Dylan Sabo
5 11 Chaz Sievert
5 12 Paul Woods, Shelly Neville
Peter Hahn, Robert Larson
5 16 Kevin Taralseth, Roger Schiro
5 17 Catherine Schiro, Patricia Edlund
5 19 Taylor Olson
5 21 Arden Sjogren, Carrissa Crain
5 22 Carol Forst
5 23 Steve Martin
5 25 Curtis Olson, Steve Cole
5 27 Beth Magnusson
5 29 LuAnn Weber, Wanda Lange
5 30 Beverly Woods
5 31 Charlotte Sievert
THANK YOU
Thank you to all the behind the scenes volunteers for keeping our churches warm, repaired and prepared for all of our events - we wouldn't be successful without all your help and support!
Thank you to all for sharing your time and talents - you are all gifted children of God.
Thank you to all our youth for your participation in our Church events and programs - you are our future!
God bless.