We are happy for you to meet
Pastor Jim Mumm
Jim was born in 1937 on a farm in Horton Township in the rural Hancock/Morris Area of Minnesota. In the year of his birth, he received God’s sacred name in Holy Baptism and was adopted into His Family of Believers at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Horton Township. Jim and his six siblings were blessed with devout Christian parents, Henry and Frances Mumm. Henry and Frances lovingly and diligently trained-up their children in the truths of God’s Word. By God’s grace and through faith in Jesus Christ, Henry and Frances now live with the LORD God in heaven.
Jim graduated from Zion Lutheran Grade School in Sanborn, Minnesota; Dr. Martin Luther High School in New Ulm. Minnesota; Northwestern College in Watertown, Wisconsin; and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, Wisconsin.
During his college years, Jim worked in Road Construction during the summer months and at Bethesda Lutheran Home in Watertown, Wisconsin, as a care-giver during the school months. After graduating from Northwestern College, Jim served for a year as the Director of Recreation at Bethesda Lutheran Home. After entering the Lutheran Ministry, Jim served on Bethesda’s Board of Directors.
After graduating from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 1965, Jim served as a full-time Lutheran Pastor for a total of forty years in the State of Wisconsin. For seven years, he served as the pastor of a Tri-parish composed of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hill Point, Trinity Lutheran Church in Lime Ridge, and Faith Lutheran Church in Reedsburg. For nineteen years, Jim served as a pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Onalaska. For fourteen years, he served as the founding pastor at Lord of Love Lutheran Church in De Forest.
Since his retirement from the full-time Lutheran Ministry in 2005, Jim has served as a Vacancy Pastor at twelve WELS congregations located in Wisconsin, Florida, the Island of Granada, California, Texas and Nevada. He also taught Christian doctrine in China with China Partners, now titled, “316NOW.”
In his younger years, Jim enjoyed participating in various sports. He’s hunted in Minnesota and Wisconsin and fished in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Canada. Jim enjoys the wonders of God’s Realm of Nature by means of hiking, bicycling and canoeing. He has taken many canoeing trips into the Boundary Waters of Minnesota and Canada with family members, friends and the Lutheran Pioneers.
Jim’s first wife, Dianne nee Erven, passed from this life when she was fifty-nine years old. Jim and Dianne have six children. Jim’s present wife is Gail nee Smith/Knudson. Gail and her deceased husband, John Knudson, have three children. Dianne and John now live in the perfect happiness of God’s heaven which has been earned by Jesus Christ for all people and is given to all of His believers. The United Family of Jim and Gail is composed of nine children, twenty-six grandchildren, and fourteen great grandchildren. Jim and Gail presently live in Onalaska, Wisconsin.
The LORD God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, has richly blessed Jim. The LORD has blessed him with earthly life, faith in Jesus Christ, forgiveness of sins, the privilege to share God’s saving Word with other precious people, Christian family members and friends, many good things to do and enjoy on earth, and with the promise of everlasting life in heaven. Jim says with the inspired writer of Psalm 106:1-2, “Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever. Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare His praise?”
James and Gail Mumm
563 Court Road - Onalaska, Wisconsin 54650
608-781-1879 - dakota1940@centurylink.net
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"Peace to you!" from
Pastor Jon Cox
Grace and peace to you from Jesus Christ!
Thank you for visiting the Bethel Lutheran website! We would be especially glad if what you saw here would lead you to visit and worship with us in Galesville or Arcadia.
My wife, Doreen, and I have been married since 1990. We've been at home on the west side of Galesville since 2011. While our five children are growing up and heading out on their own, its nice to live where the neighbors are friendly.
The family at Bethel Lutheran is certainly a friendly group. We love it there and believe that you would too. Our members come from a range of backgrounds and span an age range from little ones on up, but there is a harmony among us that makes being at church there a peaceful experience.
Over the last 27 years of ministry, I've been blessed to serve in a wide variety of settings and situations. From a small mission congregation in central Texas, to a large congregation in central Wisconsin, to Bethel - Galesville and Arcadia. No matter the setting or size, the most valuable feature of life in these congregations is the blessing of being able to share Gods' Word with people who are eager to hear it.
It is so true that people of differing places and cultures face many of the same troubles. We all need the Word of God to counsel and direct our lives. The message of Jesus Christ is the one constant power that both motivates us to reach for success and comforts us when faced with plans that fail. We can always trust the goodness of God to bless and sustain us.
It is always a blessing to meet new people at church. I would be so happy to help you know Jesus Christ. Take a little time, read about what we believe, then come and see for yourself all the good things that God is doing at Bethel!
Contact Pastor Cox by email - jon.nathan.cox@gmail.com - or phone (608) 582-9998
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Faith Related Q and A
| Why did Christ reply to the rich man that He is no good, when we Christians believe He has never sinned?
You are correct: Jesus never sinned during his earthly life (2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 1:19). Jesus was perfect in our place.
I am not sure which Bible reference you have in mind with your question. I am wondering if it could be Jesus’ conversation with the rich man in Mark 10:17-22. In that conversation, Jesus told the man, “No one is good—except God alone” (Mark 10:18).
Jesus was restating the truth of Psalm 14:2-3 and Psalm 53:2-3: all people are sinners. The only one who is good—in every sense of the word—is God. As Jesus is God, his words to the rich man pointed to himself as God and Savior.
I hope I have come close to answering your question.
| How many ways does WELS reach beyond the synod to lend support and aid to people in need throughout the world?
The greatest amount of support and aid comes through WELS Christian Aid and Relief. Elsewhere on this website you can find this information: “Christian Aid and Relief continues to work with the WELS Board for World Missions, our WELS Missionaries, our sister congregations of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference around the world, and the Board for Home Missions in funding humanitarian aid projects which reflect Christ’s love to people in need and build bridges to proclaim the gospel.” This link will enable you to read about some of the support and aid given to people in more than a dozen countries.
In addition, the 2019 Book of Reports and Memorials includes this information: “In 2017–18, $327,475 was granted for humanitarian aid projects. For 2018–19, $317,403 has been approved. Major items funded in our world mission fields include borehole drilling to provide clean water, English as a second language (ESL) classes, home-based care for the chronically ill and dying, food assistance to the needy, food and nutrition to orphans, serving people with special needs, skill training and care for women, technology training, and medical equipment and health clinics…We thank our gracious Lord for moving the hearts of WELS members to show how much they care with their prayers and gifts of love” (Page 72).
All this is a way of trying to do what Scripture instructs: “Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers” (Galatians 6:10).
Of course, the greatest need people have is a Savior: Jesus Christ. A healthy percentage of our synod’s ministry plan is allocated for home and world missions. We seek to carry out what Jesus said, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19-20).
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| | » | WELS Connection - June 2019
WELCOME HOME The God-given mission of the church is to seek the lost. Knowing that, we rightly dedicate much effort and resources to reaching the unchurched and those who have never known their Savior. But that same zeal for missions should lead us also to recognize that we have a ripe mission field right in our own congregations, among family, friends, and neighbors who once worshiped with us but have now strayed. Cast: WELS
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Christian Aid and Relief Volunteers with Christian Aid and Relief provide help through labor and love when natural disasters strike. Cast: WELS
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Forward in Christ
| Are we modeling kindness for our children?
 “Use kind words, gentle hands, and find someone who needs a friend today,” I said to my son as I dropped him off at the gym day care. “I will, Mommy. I will be kind today. I will share,” he replied as he bounced away gleefully. Kindness with our children It is so important to […]
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