2013 Activity Kalender:
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Lutheran Church Historical Society of Calumet
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for the Norwegian Anthem with the lyrics that we sing at
each meeting:
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here for the Norwegain Prayer, teaching us how to say it.
We have started a scrapbook with pictures of Ulseth Lodge past events,
so if
you have any pictures you could share for this scrapbook, please bring them
to our meetings!
We also collect USED postal stamps, please bring them to any meeting!
2013 Kalendar of
Upcoming Events: (please email Connie
email webmaster
if you have pictures that can be included here)
Our Lodge
Norwegian book club generally
meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month, see below:
2013 Activity Kalender:
Sunday, 13 January 2013, 6:30 pm. General membership meeting at Gloria Dei
Lutheran Church in Hancock, to Install our new Officers and plan the 2013 Kalendar for the Ulseth Lodge.
Please bring a desert or finger food to share; coffee and juice will be
available. All members are invited to attend to have in-put in your Lodge
kalender of events. What did you like or dislike or want to add?
16 January
2013 Wednesday 11:30am at Good Shepard Lutheran Church, 1100 College Ave,
Houghton: The Norwegian Book Club meets! Please join us by reading the
January book: we will discuss "The Birds" . You can find it, or order it, at
North Wind Books Store at Finlandia. Please join us!
JANUARY 26, 2013 Saturday,
Heikinpäivä Festival in
Hancock. The Ulseth Lodge will walk in the parade carrying the Sons of
Norway Barnelopet banner, 4 volunteers needed! (meet at parade gathering
just before parade)
Heikinpaiva Events:
Tori Market 10am-3pm at FAHC, Parade 11-11:30am, Wife Carry
Contest 11:30 next to FAHC.
9 February 2013 Saturday, 7:30 pm
right after the MTU Hockey game in the MTU
Chemistry Bldg #19. We will have potluck snacks & drinks; and watch Torchlight parade and
Fireworks!
Michigan
Tech Winter Carnival Torch Light Parade will come down Mt Ripley & Fireworks. The Sons
of Norway, Ulseth Lodge members have reserved a room on the campus of MTU to
view the parade and fireworks that start at 8:30pm from the warmth of the Chemical Sciences Building.
That is building number 19 on the campus map here:
www.mtu.edu/tools/map.html We will meet and socialize with family and
friends starting at 7:30pm Saturday in second floor room 208, the
Chemistry Learning Center. Juice and coffee will be provided; please bring a Norwegian dessert snack or
finger food and watch this spectacular
event! Please enter the building from the main entrance; across from the Union.
10 February 2013 Sunday: Barneløpet
(children's ski event) at
Hancock's
Maasto Hiihto classic cross country
ski trail, sponsored by our
Ulseth
Lodge, Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club,
and the City of Hancock.
Registration at 1 pm in the Hancock Chalet for ages 3 to 17 and
parents and community! Ski starts with age groups at 2 pm. Skiers who
register and finish will receive a large enameled color medal. Hot chocolate
and cookies will be available at the Chalet after the ski. Volunteers are needed to bring baked goods,
help with the race, and inside the Chalet for this 6th Annual event. Contact the Stordahls'
492-0292 if
you can help. Click here for
registration
form. Click here to see pictures of the 2010 year's,
Barneløpet
taken by KeweenawNow journalist.
Book Club!
rescheduled to 27 February 2013 Wednesday 11:30am at Good Shepard Lutheran
Church, 1100 College Ave, Houghton: The Norwegian Book Club meets! Please
join us by reading the February book: we will discuss "Brikebeiner:
A Story of Motherhood and War", by Jeff Foltz.
You can find it, or order it, at North Wind Books Store at Finlandia or
other book stores on line. Please join us!
Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 The
Barnebirkie
near Hayward, Wisconsin is a race for over 1,000
children during the famous annual Brikebeiner cross country ski race in
nearby Hayward/Cable. It is a tribute to the original Birkebeiner
ski marathon in Norway to save the infant future King of
Norway in 1206. The Sons of Norway, District 5, sponsors the cookie tent at
the children's race; our Ulseth Lodge is asked to send cookies to give to
the children as they finish the race. So if you can donate some cookies to this
event, please package them in a box or ice cream bucket (not wrapped
individually) and label the container Ulseth Lodge cookies and the amount of
cookies enclosed (Nancy has containers you can use). Bring the cookies to
the kitchen of Gloria Dei Lutheran church in Hancock and place in the
refrigerator sometime by 4pm Tuesday Feb 19th.
Local member, Nancy Imm,
volunteers at the race and will deliver our cookies again this year.
Contact Nancy if you have any questions.
email
Click here to see a video of a previous Barnebirkie in Hayward, Wisc.
CANCELLED! Saturday, 9 March 2013, 10am to 2pm Ulseth Lodge celebrates Vinterfestuka!
Bring your skis or snowshoes
or just come and enjoy the potluck dinner! Gather at the Chalet at
Maasto Hiihto ski trails in Hancock. We will eat at
noon
in the warm Chalet and ski or snow shoe on the trails anytime after 10am.
(walkers not allowed on trails, snowshoes have to stay off the set ski
tracks) Bring soups, crockpots, breads, desserts
and your own plates and eating utensils; if you can bring soup or chili for this, please
contact Stordahls 482-0292. Bring the family, friends and a dish
to pass and enjoy
the great outdoors! March is the month that Northern Norway celebrates Vinterfestuka to honor the Sun Goddess, Sunna. This festival begins at first
Sun and continues until evening shadows darken the sky. They celebrate the
sun because they live without seeing the sun during the winter months. At this day they celebrate that the sun has arrived again.
Book
Club! 20 March 2013 Wednesday 11:30am-1:00pm at Good Shepard Lutheran
Church, 1100 College Ave, Houghton. Join the Sons of Norway, Literature/Book
Club Culture Group! The March book is "The
Growth of the Soil" by Knut Hamson. You
can find it, or order it, at North Wind Books Store at Finlandia or
other book stores on line. Please join us!
Book Club!
17 April 2013 Wednesday 11:30am-1:00pm at Good Shepard Lutheran Church, 1100
College Ave, Houghton. Join the Sons of Norway, Literature/Book Club Culture
Group! The April book is The Life of Roald Amundsen, by Stephen
Brown. You can either buy the book locally new
or used on line or borrow it from a club member: Contact Andrea for more details on this month's selection.
email
Book Club! 15 May 2013
Wednesday 11:30am-1:00pm at Good Shepard Lutheran Church, 1100 College Ave,
Houghton. Join the Sons of Norway, Literature/Book Club Culture Group!
The May book is Torbjorn's Gold, by John Eric Nystul. Contact Andrea for more details on this month's selection.
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Syttende Mai!
19 May 2013: Sunday, 5:00-8pm, Annual Syttende Mai celebration! To be held at the Shelden Grill, Magnuson Hotel (Franklin Square Inn) in Houghton. Starting at 5pm, will be a Social and Children's activities. At 5:30, we will have a Norwegian Dinner featuring chicken and meatballs! At 6:30 pm, our Norwegian program will begin: The Program will be by the Bergstrom Family telling us about the year they spent recently in Norway.
There will be a $15 meal charge per adult, $8 for children under 12, and under 6 are free.
RSVP's are needed by Friday, May 17th, so they can plan the food details and room seating. To RSVP, contact Ralph Lund at 337-3392 or email rqlund@starband.net.
Remember, this is an important membership and recruitment event, so please invite and bring potential members or anyone interested in this great presentation!
Syttende Mai is the Norwegian Constitution Day celebration, much like America's 4th of July, and is one of Norway's most important Celebrations of the Year, so you do not want to miss this! If you have them, wear your Norwegian clothing or red and royal blue colors!
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Click here to read and hear the
Norwegian National Anthem
CANCELLED SATURDAY June
2013; 6pm dinner, Sankthansaften
(Longest Day) Celebration!
At the Breakers Shelter in McLain State
Park*, off M203 past Hancock; potluck dinner and watch sun set on the longest day of the
year! Dinner will be at 6:00pm, featuring a
Fish Fry by members Shirley and
Jerry Lamppa! The rest of us will bring all the rest of the fixings. There
will be a few Brats grilled for those non-fish eaters. If you have never
tried the Lamppa's fish, you will be in for an awesome treat! We will be at
the shelter located at the far West end of the park. There
will be a small charge to defray the cost of the fresh fish; please call
Eileen at 482-0292 for rsvp on the fish/brats and what you will bring. This fun
event will include games for kids of all ages and social hour starting
before the 6pm dinner. If you have a fun Norwegian t-shirt, wear it! Bring your dish to
pass, your fav beverage, and bring your own plates and utensils.
*It will be FREE to drive into McLain State Park if you have a "P" sticker on your car's
Plate, otherwise, there is FEE.
Remember, call Eileen at 482-0292
for RSVP on how many will be eating fish and what dish you will bring to
share.
The summer solstice, is celebrated in Norway every June on the
longest day of the year. It is called
Jonsok/Sankthansaften
or St. Hans Aften (St. John's Eve) in Norway; June 24th is
the birthday of St. John the
Baptist, which used to be the
longest day before the Gregorian calendar. Midsummer's
Eve celebrations, were pagan in origin, and featured bonfires.
They were lit to protect against evil spirits which were believed to
roam freely when the sun was turning southwards again. On this day,
barbeques are held featuring games and lotteries. Bonfires are still a main
part of the observance in Norway.
Our event is on
Saturday evening so you could also
attend the Annual
Scandinavian
MidSummer Fest in Marquette 11am-Dusk at Presque Isle Park
(their event started in 1999).
Summer picnic! Sunday, August 11,
starting at 2 pm: The Ulseth Lodge of the Sons of Norway invite you to a fun
yard party potluck at the lake camp of Jerry and Shirley Lamppa!
17 August
2013 Saturday,
Heritage Days in Calumet, need volunteers
for the Norwegian Lutheran Church tours in Calumet for
Heritage Days! (NLC is the future home of the Ulseth Lodge!) Help is needed
this year to help the Norwegian Lutheran
Church in Calumet.
The Norwegian Lutheran Church Historical Society will be holding a fundraising bake sale and church tour during the event and would like our help.We can drop baked goodies off at the NLCHS table in Agassiz Park the morning of the event or on Friday at the ReStore on Pine Street in Calumet between 9:30 and 5. We also will need someone to sit at the table for sales and we also plan to have the church open for tours from 10 to 4 on the same day if people would let you know what times they would be willing to cover for both events you can let us know.Please let Susan R know what times you could help at the church tours and/or the NLCHS bake sale table!
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September:
We are encouraged to Please bring guests who may be interested in the
Culture and Heritage of Norway and in joining
our Lodge! Meeting will be done in time to watch the
Parade of Nations starting at 11am in front of the old middle school in
Hancock! Please volunteer to carry our Norwegian Flags in the parade!
Book Club! 18
September 2013 Wednesday 11:30am-1:00pm at the home of Andrea H. Join the
Sons of Norway, Literature/Book Club Culture Group! The October book is
Canoeing with the Cree by Eric Sevareid.
Contact Andrea for more details on this month's selection.
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We will also be saying farewell to Patricia VanPelt who is moving away.
 Ulseth Lodge Meeting
Date: Saturday September 21, 2013
Time: 2:00 PM to as long as you want to stay.
Place: Lund’s House, see attached map
Subject: Genealogy
David Hermundson 5th District, Zone 1 President will attend our lodge meeting. Dave resides in Eau Claire, WI. While visiting he will answer any questions concerning the Sons of Norway and upcoming events. (meeting was held but David Hermundson could not attend due to a death in the family)
Genealogy. Bring your family records and experiences locating relates in the United States and Norway. We will compare family history, who knows maybe were related!
Food: Meat and cheese with bread and crackers will be provided. Others bring dish to pass.
Beverages: water, pop, juice, beer and wine provided.
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Book Club! 16
October 2013 Wednesday 11:30am-1:00pm at Good Shepard Lutheran Church, 1100
College Ave, Houghton. Join the Sons of Norway, Literature/Book Club Culture
Group! The October book is
Beyond Sing the Woods, Trygve
Gulbranssen. Contact Andrea for more details on this month's selection.
email
Thursday, October 24, 2013:
Please mark you calendar for an upcoming fun and informative Sons of Norway meeting and program! Invite your friends who may be interested in all things Norwegian!
Date: Thursday, October 24
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Location: Faith Lutheran Church (26016 Depot Street, Calumet, MI) in fellowship hall on lower level (elevator available, if needed)
Program: "The Scandinavian Lifestyle: Components for Robust Health and High Productivity"
The four key components that will be presented are:
(1) Outdoor Activities & Nature
(2) Relaxation, in solitude and with family & friends
(3) Fresh, healthy foods prepared simply and harvested close to home
(4) Norwegian work style
We will also (briefly) discuss other upcoming events and future planning.
Current members and anyone who may be interested in Norwegian culture and history and finding out more about the lodge & our activities are always welcome!
Coffee & juice will be provided. Bring a snack to share.
If you have any questions, contact Ralph Lund (337-3392 or rqlund@starband.net)
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Annual Julefest!
8 December 2013 Sunday 3 pm,
Annual Julefest celebration program, with short music sing-a-long, and pot luck dinner, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Hancock; Program is Odegard Family experiences in Norway ! If you need a ride, please contact us. If you have
them, wear your Norwegian clothing or red and
royal blue colors and bring
your tasty Norwegian specialty foods! The lodge will provide juice and
coffee. We also like to donate to the GDLC food drive box, so bring
in a non-perishable food item to add to the box! If you have been collecting
used postal stamps for the Norwegian children's charity
TUBFRIM, bring them too! If
you have taken any pictures of our Ulseth Lodge events, bring them to
include in our album! Bring
Family and Friends and Dish to pass!
If you have any questions, contact Ralph Lund337-3392 or
rqlund@starband.net
Click to see activities from previous years:
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
2009, 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013, current year
Our 2012 and 2013 slate of elected Officers
and Program Appointees are:
President - Ralph Lund,
VP - Wayne Stordahl,
Secretary and Hospitality - Eileen Stordahl,
Treasurer - Gregory Odegard,
Music - Robin Øye
Cultural Director - Nancy Imm
Programs - All of Us!
Membership - Shirley Lamppa
Audit Comm - Bryan Milde and Ronda Bogan
Webmaster and Publicity - Connie Julien,
Adopt a School Program Rep: Ardys Maki
Sports & Recreation Directors: Nancy Imm and Ronda Bogan
Youth Director: need a volunteer!
Trustees: Maggie Vanek, Ronda Bogan, Karen Johnson.
Foundation Director: Lois Blau
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Here are a few Norse Julefest songs on youtube:
Kerstin
Blodig: Det kimer nu til Julefest and
Sissel album "Glade Jul (Silent Night)"
Sissel is a Norwegian soprano with a magnificent voice - this is her
beautiful rendition of
Auld Lang Syne.
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We collect various items for
youth fundraisers which you can bring along to any meeting:
Used postal stamps!
We send these to Norway for handicapped and disadvantaged youth and
send them to
TUBFRIM.
Please give
the used stamps to Nancy Imm.
Here is the list of items the Hancock Middle School
collects to raise funds, mostly for technology-type items, give them to
Ardys Maki:
Box Tops for Education
Econo food receipts
Our Family labels (Econo)
Coke Rewards (bottle caps on 20-oz and liter bottles, also 12 packs)
Milk Caps (must be Morning Glory milk)
Campbell Soup labels
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Norwegian goods
in the UP:
Traditional
Norwegian Rosemaling and other Norwegian gift items by Pat Virch from
Marquette
let me know of others in the UP!
Norwegian T-shirts and more:
http://shop.cafepress.com/norway
Do you know any
Norwegian Cafes in or near the UP?
If so, where are they?
Contact us
Norske Nooks: in Wisconsin: Hayward, Rice Lake, Eau Claire, Osseo
Sunburg Creamery Cafe and Bakery, Sunburg, Mn (N of Wilmar)
Borgen's Cafe,
Westby, Wisc (SE of LaCrosse)
Carl's Lefse, Hawley, Mn (W of Duluth 220 miles, 20 miles E Fargo, ND) home
of the
Hjemkomst Viking sailing ship
Sister Bay Cafe,
Solbjorgs,
Sister Bay, Wisc (Northern Door County, NE of Green Bay) Awesome Lefse
here!!
Al Johnson's Swedish Cafe & Butik, Sister Bay, Northern Door County, Wisc
(Swedish food, but no lefse)
Swedish Pantry, Escanaba, MI (Swedish food, but no lefse)
I Jesu navn går vi
til bords
å spise, drikke på ditt ord.
Deg, Gud til ære, oss til gavn,
Så får vi mat i Jesu navn.
Amen. |
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In Jesus' name to the table we go
To eat and drink according to His word.
To God the honor, us the gain,
So we have food in Jesus' name.
Amen. |
Instructions on how to say/sing the Norwegian Table Prayer
Norwegian Stave
Church replicas in America:
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The Lord's Prayer in
Old Norse
Contact:
Sons of Norway, Ulseth Lodge
Ralph Lund President 337.3392 or
email webmaster
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Historical Society
608 Elm Street
Calumet, Michigan 49913
(906) 337-3731 for further
information or
email webmaster
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