CONNECTING TO OTHERS
Shepherd of the Hills offers a wide variety of opportunities for spiritual growth that serves adults, college students, teens, and children.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMING UP AT SOTH
Call Update: We praise God that Pastor Todd Engel has accepted the call to serve as our next full-time shepherd! He and his wife, Michelle, will be moving to Duluth later this summer, with the installation service being Sunday, August 16th. Details will be shared as they are finalized.
Service Time Change: Our regular Sunday service times have moved back to 9:00am. We will have a variety of guest pastors leading worship over the summer months.
Women’s Bible Study: Please join us as we finish up our study on the book of Hosea! We will meet on Tuesday, June 23, at 6:00pm, at Kiersten Nash’s house. Please speak with Kiersten if you have any questions.
Vacation Bible School: Our VBS is scheduled for August 3-5th! We’re looking for volunteers to help make it a wonderful event for all the kids
who attend. If you are interested in helping out, please click here. Questions? Speak with Kiersten Nash or Becky Foster.
Registration is open! Sign up online here: https://dulutheran.myanswers.com/vbs2026/
Summer Celebration Night: The VBS adventure continues at our Summer Celebration night on Thursday, August 6th, starting at 6:00pm. The kids are invited to come back with their families for a VBS recap, dinner, and evening of family fun! Everyone is welcome to attend; it is great opportunity for both outreach and fellowship.
Parsonage Cleaning: We are still in need of a few volunteers to help prepare the parsonage between guest pastor stays. You can sign up
via this link. Please contact Grant Holzhueter or Willie Husby if you have any questions.
Bible Study Opportunities: We will not hold Adult Bible Study immediately after worship during the summer months. Instead, we will offer small group Bible Study opportunities while focusing on enjoying fellowship with one another after the service on Sundays. Small group Bible studies will begin the week of June 14. Anyone interested in dividing into small groups to dive into God’s word, please speak with Grant Holzhueter.
Church Directory: We are beginning to put together an updated church directory! Members are welcome to submit their own pictures - casual or formal - by sending them to admin@dulutheran.org by July 1st. We will also have a volunteer photographer available to take pictures on these Sundays after the service: May 31st, June 7th, and June 28th. Please speak with Renee Graen or Becky Foster if you have any questions.
Camp Croix Women’s Retreat: Registration is open for the Women’s Retreat, which will be October 2nd-4th at Camp Croix. Several women from SOTH have attended this in previous years and highly recommend it! You can register at
https://campcroix.org/womens-retreat
Women’s Book Club: We will be starting our new book, “Zechariah, Haggai, & Malachi” by John MacArthur, the week of April 6th and meet for dinner and review on Monday, July 13th at 6pm at church. Please let Kely Dunsmoor (kjdunsmoor@gmail.com) if you plan to join.
Alter Flowers: The 2026 sign-up sheet is posted on the bulletin board across from the mailboxes. The flower program provides an opportunity to give God glory while beautifying the sanctuary; members can also indicate if the flowers are in memory of someone or a special occasion. If you have any questions, please speak with our flower coordinator, Renee Graen.
Offering Envelopes: Please remember to pick up your 2026 offering envelopes, which are available by the mailboxes.
Prayer Chain Update: The Prayer Chain Committee has discussed some changes to the current prayer chain. Moving forward, prayer requests will be distributed to the entire congregation via email. If you would prefer to receive prayer
requests via phone/text instead of email, please complete this contact form.
Questions? Please speak with one of the Prayer Chain leaders: Jolene Shult, Wanda Altiere, Karen Chui, and Becky Miller.
Prayer Requests: A new contact form has been created for the purpose of easily submitting prayer requests. You can view the form here. This form is available on our website. You are also welcome to submit prayer requests to your Prayer Chain leaders, email to contact@dulutheran.org, or speak with church leadership.
Women’s Facebook Group: If you haven’t already, join the DuLutheran- Ladies Fellowship Group on FB. You can easily connect with other ladies at SOTH. There are opportunities for fellowship including hikes, berry picking, retreats, book group, event reminders and more.