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Rev. Dale Olson, now of Dave and Kelly singing s FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES FM: 480.838.8500 Katy, TX, speaking to the somewhere in North February Fellowship Ministries/ Dakota Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat Ministry Report Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat Annual Banquet in Chandler, AZ “My time at Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat in February is helping to keep me on track, in the stream, on board, and afloat! Thank the Lord and thank you.” a pastor from Texas Three years ago Fellowship Ministries gave birth to an entirely new ministry called Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat, providing counseling retreats for pastors and other professional church workers and their spouses. After a year of planning, the Lorde confirmed that the need was great and retreats should begin without a place of our own. The first retreat was held at Bison Ranch in Arizona in March, 2009. Since that time, in other Arizona locations as well as at Heartwood Conference Center in Wisconsin, pastors, missionaries, music ministers, and Directors of Christian Education have come for what one of our lead counselors calls, “a year of counseling in a week”. From our July, 2011 retreat: “I was welcomed without judgment. SCR Dave Anderson and Kelly Patten creates a place of trust to share our stories and hear God speaking through Kelly recording his first June Tweten, her son and each other”. “I am so very grateful for this earthly cloud of witnesses that THE CONCERT MINISTRY CONTINUES IN CD: “Here To Worship” former roadie, Bill, Dave, have helped me grow stronger in my faith, work, marriage, and family life. Praise God!” “Refreshing to body, mind, and spirit! A non-threatening IT’S 36TH YEAR! Denota Nellermoe after a environment—a place to be yourself but not get stuck there!” “Jesus led me to these people and place at His appointed time. The Word grounded all that Fargo concert In mid-2010 Barb and I received a phone call from Kelly Patten, a friend and was said and done…..just like a tree that has been ripped by wind, can and former ministry colleague from whom we had not been in contact for thirteen does keep growing—so Jesus has given me such hope and life through this ministry of Shepherd’s Canyon.” years. Kelly’s call was prompted by an experience he had had in Rapid City, Thus far 16 retreats have been held with clients from all over America, wonderful SD, when a Christian woman prayed for Kelly for direction in his life. After the retreat chaplains, and a group of the finest male and female Christian counselors/ prayer she said that she believed that God had something new for Kelly…. therapists you could ever imagine. something to do with “dry bones” (Ezekiel 24). Every time people hear about Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat, they say, “Boy… Some days after this experience, Kelly and his wife, Lynne, decided call is there a need for that!” And they don’t even know that 20% of pastors are “in us to ask us if we had any special insight about this word from the Lord. I Permit #1010 U.S. Postage crises”; that 50% of new pastors don’t last more than five years; that, among immediately said, “I believe that ‘word’ has to do with Shepherd’s Canyon Phoenix, The Other Songbook Non-Profit Protestant clergy, 1400-1700 quit the ministry every month! Retreat and the wounded pastors who are coming to our retreats for P The Best of the Best in AID The actual retreat cost—for a couple—for excellent accommodations, meals, and counseling fees is $3,000. This amount does not include any administrative Contemporary Praise & AZ costs. We have provided partial and a few times complete scholarships for 90% Worship songbook of the retreat clients. These funds have been generated by 1) Dave and Barb and more recently Dave and Kelly concerts; 2) gifts that come through the mail; and 3) special offerings and endowment funds from a few supportive churches and church “Here To Worship” new CD by Kelly Patten groups. We have not yet received grant money but we hope that will change in the future. First go to www.TheFellowship.com and look for and listen to cuts from The US Army and Navy Chaplaincy offices have asked us to consider providing counseling retreats for emotionally wounded military chaplains and their spouses. Kelly’s new CD. Then you’re going to want to order it. This album missing photo These retreats, which we hope will begin before the end of this year, must be features 12 songs including 3 Kelly and Dave duets. Songs include: offered at no cost to the military in order to avoid retaliation from groups opposed Here I Am To Worship; Breathe; Above All; Amazing Love; Find Us to a faith-based counseling ministry for their chaplains! Can you believe that!! Faithful; Thank You; It Is Well; Then Came The Morning; Lord, We Pray, The www.ShepherdsCanyonRetreat.org website gets hits from all over the world. I exalt Thee, I Believe In Jesus Medley; I Can Only Imagine; Our Father; If you have the time, visit this website and read the link to TESTIMONIALS. You Tried and True Dave and Blessed Be The Name. Arranged by Dave Siebels. To order call will be blessed. If you know of a pastor who needs to come to a SCR, please tell them about us. and Barb’s most recent Cover of “Here To 480-838-8500, order online, or send in the Order Form. recording Worship” CD Kelly Patten Family L: Jonathan, Emily, Matthew, Sarah, Kelly and Lynn in back restoration of mind and spirit”. PLEASE CUT AND RETURN We met that afternoon in May, 2010, we became reacquainted, and I ORDER FORM shared with Kelly the Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat story. A few months later I Tried & True—Dave and Barb’s newest – familiar hymns & gospel songs. Our favorites ALL $10 asked Kelly to join me on a concert tour in North Dakota in January (!). Then, Just For Kids – 35 Sunday School songs…old favorites from many years ago, kids singing too because Barb was experiencing some throat problems, he first joined me for Sounds Like Country – gospel songs with a country flavor…solos, duets, trios…great steel guitar! some concerts in California. Then on to North Dakota….in January!!...and Sing Praise – all praise & worship songs from the Best of the Best songbook…easy to sing-a-long February, March, April , and May in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Through It All – Dave’s first album recorded in 1970…fabulous arrangements! Minnesota, and Arizona! All Creation Sings His Praise – Dave & Barb..includes Find Us Faithful, This Must Be The Place In mid-June and early-July Kelly was the Tour Manager for three weeks Dave & Barb LIVE! IN CONCERT – an actual concert with audience participation…72 minutes of concerts with the 38-voice Young Swedish Singers in KS, CO, WY, NE, Here To Worship! Kelly Patten’s first CD…12 songs (3 duets with Dave) includes Then Came The Morning, I Can Only Imagine, Thank You, It Is Well, Breathe $13 and IA. Kelly announced the offerings all of which benefited the Shepherd’s The Rescue Story Book $6 DVD $20 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Church – funny true stories from the lives of pastors $10 Canyon Retreat ministry. The Other Songbook (Large Print Edition only) $25 As you can see from the Dave and Kelly ministry schedule, the concert The Best of the Best in Contemporary Praise & Worship $35 Accompaniment Edition $16 Spiral “Lead Line” $14 Pew Edition ministry continues. While Barb may join us from time to time, Kelly and I are Heartwood Conference Center’s Eagle Lodge + traveling together, singing and speaking in 9-15 churches each month. We ORDER FORM are loving every minute of it. Ok…maybe not every minute. The weather in DESCRIPTION QUANTITY $ EACH $ TOTAL possibly # 28 North Dakota earlier this year was some what of a challenge. Our concerts continued on page 2

Shipping and Handling Fees: (for rush deliver & larger orders, call 480-838-8500 for shipping fees) SHIPPING & HANDLING Order $ Total up to $15—add $6 /$15.01-$35—add $8/$35.01 to $55—add $10/$55-$75—add $12 AZ RES + 8.1% SALES TAX Name______Address______$ TOTAL City______State______Zip______Phone (______)______EMAIL Address ______AMEX __Discover __MC __VISA______Exp ______Checks to: Fellowship Ministries, P.O. Box 51510, Phoenix, AZ 85076 Dave speaking at the Youth Zion Lutheran, rural Zahl, Dave and Kelly at Crossroads Full church on a Thursday night— Encounter Homecoming ND. Cold! Lots of snow! Community Church, Cokato, MN English Lutheran, Medina, ND Dave Anderson and Kelly Patten’s concert ministry schedule

October 2 AM—Dave @ Soldotna Lutheran, Soldotna, AK/Oct 8-9 LCEF Convention, Tempe, AZ/15 PM & 16 AM—Grace, Detroit Lakes, MN 218-847-4568/16 PM—Ebenezer, Mayville, ND 701-788-2251/17—Zion, Ellendale, ND 701-349-4147/18—Concordia, Beulah, ND 701-873-4388/19—Our Savior’s Dickinson, ND 701-483-1552/20—American, Baker, MT 406-788-2612/22—Sybil Center, Stanley, ND 701-628-2550/23 AM—First, Parshall ND 701-862-3212/23 PM—First, Washburn, ND 701-462-3775/November 5 PM & 6 AM—St. Paul, Matteson, IL 708-720-0880/6 PM—Jackson Park, Milwaukee, WI 414-545-2828/7—Living Word, Jackson, WI 262-677-1685/8—Hope, De Pere, WI Oak Valley, Velva, ND A former classroom/now Breakfast hosts, Stan and Dave and Kelly at St. 920-336-9843/10—Grace, Alma Center, WI 715-964-2203/12—Latin American Lutheran John’s, Dickinson, crèche. The Jesus figurine sleeping room at The Marilynn Kruger, in the old Mission Banquet, St Louis Park, MN/13 AM—Zion, Hopkins, MN 952-938-7661/13 ND—in the middle of a is the dot in the middle. Lodge, Sheyenne, ND Sheyenne ND train station PM—St James, Northrup, MN 507-436-5289/14—Trinity, Akron, IA 712-568-3471/15— Barb with granddaughter Amanda snowstorm! now on their farm St John’s, Atkinson, NE 402-925-2737/16—Trinity, Grand Island, NE (T)/17—Trinity, + our Yorkie Lexington, NE/18—Messiah, North Platte, NE 308-532-9258/20 AM—St John, Denver, continued from page 1 CO 303-733-3777/20 PM—Trinity, Greeley, CO 970-330-2485/December 1—Horizon are similar to Dave and Barb concerts…solos, duets, a lot of congregational Presbyterian, Phoenix, AZ 480-893-1678/2—St. John, El Segundo, CA 310-615-1072/4 singing, and words of encouragement. Using one version or another, The AM—available, LA & Or Co area/4 PM—Redeemer by the Sea, Carlsbad, CA 760-431- Rescue Story is told again. 8990/11 AM—First, Plaza, ND 701-497-3380/11 PM—First, Ryder, ND 701-758-2848/ Kelly also plays his trumpet and guitar. We especially appreciate coming to January 5—AM LWML, Mt View, Apache Junction, AZ/15 AM—Crosspointe, El Paso, churches which have taken the ministry seriously; churches that have done TX/15 PM—Zion, El Paso, TX/16-17, available TX Hill Country/18—available Houston great publicity work and really put themselves out for hospitality. area/19—available, Louisiana/21 PM—Faith Naples, FL/22 AM—Faith, Naples/22 PM-25, All concert offerings benefit Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat. As we move from available, South Florida/26—Abiding Savior, Gainesville, FL (T)/29 AM & PM—available, place to place, we tell the SCR story and, when the Lord blesses us with funds build a counseling and retreat center, we will continue to meet many Pensacola, FL area /February and March, available in Arizona, California/April and men and women we maintain in a notebook of volunteers who want to come May—as the Lord leads. to Arizona and help us build! We shall see how and when the Lord provides Kelly—at the Oak Valley Having lunch at the “Spicy for that to happen. concert, holding up the Bible Road-kill Café in Sheyenne, ND” Dave and Barb’s grandson, Dawson Please consider inviting Kelly and me to your church in the coming he received in 3rd grade at Oak located in the taxidermy shop! year. You invite us; we’ll come! Valley Lutheran, Velva, ND Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat Prayer Partners Nearly 500 men and women have signed up as Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat Prayer The Dream of “Our Place” Partners. Each month these prayer warriors receive at least one Email from SCR with prayer requests and praise reports. If you would like to join this very important group, please Email [email protected]. All we need is your name and your One hour east of the Phoenix area, at 4650’ altitude, is a 13.5 acre site Email address. Option: You can put your name and Email address on the order form and which several folks connected to the SCR ministry have identified as a write in “SCR Prayer Partner”. great location for a counseling and retreat center. Scores of ministry friends have offered to come to Arizona to help build a facility which would include 16 small cabins, a small home for the “host couple”, Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat TEAM 500 a chapel, and 4500 sq ft building which would accommodate meal We believe that are there 500 churches, church groups, couples, and individuals who will functions and gathering space for counseling retreats and “regular” support the Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat ministry monthly—in any amount! We currently retreats. Kelly at Oak Valley, Dave needed a little boost have 160 monthly supporters. There is plenty of room for more! A TEAM 500 form can Long-time friend, Betty Horgen, spoke for For eight days each month, the center would host Shepherd’s Canyon Velva, ND for the keyboard peddle be Emailed, mailed, or faxed to you today. Call Barbara at 480-588-8837. Gifts can be a women’s retreat at Risen Savior, Retreats. Three weeks of each month the entire place would be made made through credit cards, checks, and by automatic deposit. Green Valley, AZ available to outside groups (churches, other non-profits, companies). PLEASE CUT AND RETURN MEMORIALS Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat, Inc. “TEAM 500” In the name of: From: Lloyd Hershberger Dick and Betty Borchard Pastor Conrad Jergenson Ted & Glenyce Zipf “Team 500” is a team of 500 individuals, couples, Sunday Schools, women’s groups, and Lee Graff (cousin) George & Nancy Reid congregations which are committed to a monthly support of $25 or more to help sustain Ellie Esmeier Bill Esmeier the Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat ministry. The purpose of Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat is to Marie Jones Ted & Glenyce Zipf bring healing and restoration to Lutheran (and other) church workers and their spouses Linda Korhonen’s Mother Ted & Glenyce Zipf (and singles) through 8-day counseling retreats conducted by qualified Christian men and Piper Sunvold Wes & Ruth Sunvold women therapists. Ruben Rieger Helen Rieger Pastor Philip Graf Donna Holmes Carole Gazella Donna Holmes Kenneth Anderson Betty Gillette Thanks for joining “Team 500”. Harry Garing Joyce Garing Your name (individual, couple, church, group): Stan & Vivian Johnson Esther Swanson Liz Patterson Betty Gillette ______Duane Carlblom Ted & Glenyce Zipf Morgan Fleming Donna Holmes Address:______Liz Hall Betty Gillette Roger Bains Donna Holmes Here are the retreat center buildings superimposed on a City/State/Zip:______A.J. Gross Donna Holmes Ellen (Mrs. Tom Seely) Donna Holmes aerial topographical map. The buildings include: 16 300 sq Ray Miller Phyllis Miller Telephone:______ft cabins; a Lodge; a home for the host couple; a chapel. Betty Redlitz Faith Surprenant Cecile Beutel George & Nancy Reid Contact person:______Income from the three weeks could reduce the cost for counseling The artists idea of the layout of “Our Place at Dorothy Wolf George & Nancy Reid Elvera (Harms) Behlen Keith and Mary Schirm retreats by as much as two-thirds. Top-of-the-World” Email address (for SCR updates):______Norma Torgerson Keith and Mary Schirm Some folks have asked this question: “why invest in bricks and mortar David Schaefer Jeff Schaefer instead of renting existing retreat centers?” Christian retreat centers in Monthly gift amount: $______Kris Haase Glenn & Kay Hasse, Jr Marian Martens Doug & Vicki Nicely the Southwest—particularly in Arizona—are operating at such capacity Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat Board of Directors This giving commitment is for ___one year ___until we cancel. Pastor Augie Mennicke Joyce Mennicke that they cannot host even our small counseling retreats. Holding our Betty Redlitz Faith E. Surprenant Dr. Roger Olsen, Clinical Psychologist retired, Mesa, AZ, Interim Chair LaNore Carlson Lee Carlson winter-time retreats in Wisconsin can get interesting. One of them Please make your checks payable to Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat, Inc. Barbara Anderson, musician, speaker, Phoenix, AZ Rev. Dr. Richard P. Leesmann Bernard & Norma Martin was held at Heartwood between Christmas and New Years and the Ralpoh Cardwell Ron & Sherry Kelm temperature averaged almost -20 degrees . Dave Anderson, musician, speaker, Phoenix, AZ Other funds transfer options: Reiney Ehly Jon & Kristen Swenson I believe that the Lord has led us to this particular property. In place Dr. Gene Betterman, Clinical Psychologist, retired, Woodland Park, CO 1. Through LCEF’s “Joyful Response” or Thrivent’s “Simply Giving” (we will send you Joe Koskovich Ted & Glenyce Zipf Rev. David Brinkman, pastor, Chandler, AZ forms for either of these programs) Audrey Roufs Bud Roufs right now: a civil engineer, contractor, architect, well-driller, site Frank Jorcke Richard & Cathy Bartlow preparer, a host couple, and many, many volunteers to help build. Ken Clay, businessman, retired, Santee, CA 2. Secure credit card transactions (please call with the credit card information and the Adrian Vaksvik Treva Vaksvik What is needed now: folks that will provide funds to buy the David E. Cohrs, businessman, Phoenix, AZ day of the month you would like the donation to take place) Jim Zipf Ted & Glenyce Zipf Dr. John Johnson, Licensed Professional Counselor, De Pere, WI Barbara Brunworth Ken & Cherryll Hoffman land, help with the cost for infrastructure, and sponsor various Please allow SCR to say thanks by sending you a SCR windbreaker (M,L,XL,2X,3X) Gladys Anderson Esther Swanson buildings. By mid-2012 Our Place could be up and running. Rev. Cliff Kenyon, pastor, Mission Viejo, CA Rollie Klahn Joyann Klahn A Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat Building Trust Fund has been set up Dr. Ernie Matuschka, Clinical Psychologist, retired, Sun Lakes, AZ Please send this form to SCR, P.O. Box 51510, Phoenix, AZ 85076 Ronald Fulton Judith Fulton Verla Matuschka, Counselors, retired, Sun Lakes, AZ Will French Arlene French with Lutheran Church Extension Funds. Call me—Dave Anderson— In Honor of: with your questions and offers of support @ 480-588-8837. Rev. Dan Thurmer, pastor, Fox Point, WI Glenyce Zipf David & Judy Lennartson