Ryder News for July 30, 2020
Mystery Photo
Yay, we finally have another mystery photo to share and figure out who it is! The only clue I can give you is...This gentleman and his wife used to live in Ryder for a few years. Let me know who you think it could be...phone or text me at 701-720-4297 or e mail me at sbradley@restel.com.
6 Harleys and their riders along with Pastor Starks and his wife Pam.
Pastor Starks had this to say about his drive in church service at Calvary Church in Ryder this past Sunday, “Rev up your engines and praise!
This morning at church we had some extra excitement! Six Harleys joined us, as well as a couple of other bikes too!
Our service closed in a rousing chorus of ‘Victory in Jesus, and ‘engine praise’”.
The ‘engine praise’ meant the motorcycles all revved up their engines at the end of the service. I listened on the radio at home and I could hear them real well! It seems lately when he talks about his drive in church service, he is really getting drive in attendance especially with motorcycles...amazing.
Lester Hjelmstad
Lester
S. Hjelmstad, beloved husband, father and grandfather, died on June 25,
2020 at age 98 in Englewood, CO. He was born at home on the farm on
April 27, 1922 to John and Mary Hjelmstad in Ward County, ND. Les
graduated from Ryder High School in 1940 and served in the Civilian
Conservation Corps at Kenmare, ND from 1940-42. He was drafted into the
US Navy in 1944 where he served on the USS Hancock aircraft carrier
before settling in Colorado in 1946. He married Lois Luene Tschetter on
September 12, 1948. He was employed at Gates Rubber Company for 37 years
before retiring in 1987. In retirement he earned an Associate of Arts
degree in history from Arapahoe Community College and traveled
extensively. He was preceded in death by his parents, 9 of his 10
siblings, several nieces and nephews and two sons-in-law. He is survived
by his wife of almost 72 years, Lois; daughter Karen Martin of
Centennial, CO and sons Robert (Vicki) of Aurora, CO, Keith (Kara) of
Mesa, AZ, and Russell of Traverse City, MI. He is also survived by 11
grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild;
one brother, Wendell (Ann) Hjelmstad of Colorado Springs, CO, and
numerous nieces and nephews.
Last week when I was talking about the weather and mentioned that it had rained all day that Monday and the forecast was it was to be rainy all week. Well, guess what...we didn’t get any more than the .20 that we had gotten last Monday. We had all the ingredients for storms, high humidity and heat and storms all around us but nothing for us. I even saw the ants were making ant hills which is suppose to be a sure sign of rain!! We even had a beautiful rainbow Friday evening which signified that it had rained somewhere, just not here. There were a lot of rainbow pictures on Facebook that evening and the next day.
Vacation Bible School is scheduled for Monday-Wednesday at Calvary Church in Ryder, August 10-12, 9:00-3:30pm. Bring a sack lunch.
We’re so excited to once again have Pastor Steve and our friends from Cornerstone Presbyterian come out and lead our VBS at Calvary Church!
VBS is for kids preschool through 6th grade. And the older kids are welcome and needed to be our teen helpers. Please let us know if your kids are able to join in so we can make preparations.
Upcoming Events:
Ryder’s Calvary church will continue to hold Parking Lot Drive-In Church services at 10:30 every Sunday morning until further notice. Tune to 107.5 on your FM radio station to listen to the service.
Aug. 2--9 a.m. Worship service at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder.
Aug. 2--10:30 a.m. Worship service at Hope Lutheran Church of Makoti.
Aug. 2--Noon to 5 p.m. Easton Braaten Blood Drive at the Ryder Community Club (Ryder Gym).
August 10-12--9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Vacation Bible School at Calvary Church in Ryder
