Pre-Confirmation Camp 2016

Last week Monday through Friday from 9AM - Noon students going into 5th and 6th grade participated in the Pre-Confirmation Camp.  Like Basketball, Football, and Cheer Camps, Pre-Confirmation Camp focuses upon the basics.  Students learned the basics of the faith by going through 60 New Testament Stories (next year they will learn 60 Old Testament accounts).  Vicar and Pastor rotated back and forth teaching each story in 7 minutes with PowerPoint slides.  They also showed how each story fit into the greater story of the Bible.  Students also played games (see pictures below), had snack, and recited the catechism.

Especially, check out the action shot (2nd picture) of Vicar smacking a hit off Pastor in wiffel ball.

Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison Re-elected Synod President for Third Term

From the LCMS Website:

The Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, having received 56.96 percent of the votes cast, is the president-elect of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod for a third term of office, 2016-2019.

The nomination process for the position of Synod president began last fall with the mailing of nominations ballots to all congregations of the Synod. All nominations were required to be submitted by Feb. 9, 2016, or five months prior to the start of the Synod convention, when the ballots, received by an outside auditor, were tallied and delivered to the secretary of the Synod.

The resulting candidates for the office of president were the three ordained ministers who received the highest number of votes in the nominations process and who consented to serve if elected. The three nominees for Synod president were Harrison, the Rev. Dr. David P.E. Maier and the Rev. Dr. Dale A. Meyer.

Four weeks prior to the convention, the secretary’s office provided a secure method and opportunity for two voting delegates from each congregation to participate in the vote via electronic balloting services provided by Election-America, a Garden City, N.Y., company that conducted the balloting via a Web-based voting site, June 11-14. The voters in the president’s election were the congregations’ delegates in attendance at the 2015 district conventions.

The results of the ballot tallied and reported to the secretary of the Synod by Election-America are as follows:

Harrison was voted president-elect with 3,507 votes (56.96 percent);
Meyer received 2,257 votes (36.66 percent); and
Maier received 393 votes (6.38 percent).
The Bylaws of the LCMS instruct the secretary of the Synod to notify the candidates in the Synod’s presidential election of the results of the balloting at least two weeks prior to the convention. The candidates were informed earlier today, June 15, of the results of the June 11-14 ballot.

For more information, please go to lcms.org/convention.

+ Darlene Basel + Funeral, Friday, June 17, 2016

Funeral Service for Darlene J. Basel age 92 Neligh, Ne will be 10:00 Friday, June 17, 2016 at Grace Lutheran Church in Neligh, NE with Pastor David Kuhfal, Officiating.  Burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 Thursday, June 16, 2016 at Beyer Snider Memorial Funeral Home in Neligh, NE. Darlene passed away Sunday, June 12, 2016 at the Golden Living Center in Neligh, NE.



Darlene Joyce Basel was born October 19, 1923 to Holga and Hazel (Riley) Fallesen in Tilden, NE. She graduated from Tilden High School and almost immediately began her life-long career as a teacher. She taught in many Antelope County rural districts. She spent many years teaching students from rural districts 35 and 47 South and East of Neligh. She married Albert J. Basel on June 29, 1947. They had one son, Arlyn Basel. Albert passed away in 1972 and Darlene then went back to college and got her bachelors degree. She then began her career as a 2nd grade teacher in the Neligh-Oakdale Public Schools retiring in 1990. Known as "Mrs. Basel" by many current and former residents of Antelope County, she loved her students each and every one and called them "her kids" the year she had them in class. Darlene spent her last years at the Willows Assisted Living Center and the Golden Living Center in Neligh. She always enjoyed visiting with and meeting former students and their families.


Darlene leaves behind her son, Arlyn Basel and his wife Jean of Ankeny, IA, and grandchildren: Chad Basel and Krystal Vriezelaar and her husband Todd and great grandson: Jackson Basel, step great grandchildren Carter and Megan Vriezelaar and her brother Melvin Fallesen of Albany, OR and sister, Nadine Hughes of Neligh, NE and many friends and former students to cherish her memory.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother, Norman Fallesen, and brother-in-law, Gordon Hughes.

Darlene will be remembered by many current and former Antelope County students as "A Good Teacher"

Vacation Bible School 2016

Vacation Bible School was held May 23-27.  Sixty children attended (31 members and 29 non-members).  The theme was "The Lord is My Shepherd."  Children collected $96 for the Neligh Food Pantry.  Here are some of the pictures.  Thanks to all who sent their children and helped.  Here are a few pictures that were taken.