12-04-2011 Announcements

IN OUR DAILY PRAYERS this week please remember Travis Schnabel with his upcoming shoulder surgery, Kermit and Darlene Schrag with their ongoing medical difficulties, our many members undergoing cancer treatment, our other members with health and personal problems, our shut-in members and at least two people who don’t know Christ.

LADIES AID CHRISTMAS PARTY will be held this afternoon at 4 p.m. All ladies of the congregation are encouraged to bring a friend and join us as we prepare for the Christmas season by hearing the Christmas story & singing Christmas hymns. Please remember to bring a $5.00 gift for our gift exchange. Ladies Aid members are asked to bring Christmas goodies for lunch. Hope to see you there. Joan Dreessen will be in charge of Altar flowers for the month of December.

PARENTS OF SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN Please make note of the following dates for our Christmas Program Practice Schedule:
Wed. Dec. 7th: 5pm-6pm
Wed. Dec. 14th: 5pm-6pm
Sun. Dec. 18th: 11:30am-1:45pm (lunch will be provided)
Wed. Dec. 21st: 5pm-6pm

COME AND LISTEN! For the four Sundays in Advent this year our choir will be singing during both the preludes and the offertories. As always, the music will be awesome! Come and listen! Come and enjoy!


MIDWEEK ADVENT SERVICES will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Dec. 7th and Dec. 14th. At 5:45 p.m. we will also provide a soup and sandwich supper for all who wish to get together for a light meal. This week’s soup and sandwich supper will be provided by Keith, Lisa and Tracy Andersen. Please plan to join us and please bring a friend or relative to share in this opportunity for worship and fellowship! And THANK YOU to the Men’s Breakfast Bible Study Group for providing last Wednesday’s soup supper!

LWML will meet this Thursday, the 8th, at 7:00 p.m.; Julie will provide the refreshments. Remember your socks!

PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER using your God-given gifts and talents in service to Him and our church. We will need the following offices to be filled – please contact one of the Elders or the Chairman if you are willing to have your name placed on the ballot for: Chairman, Elder, Trustee, Board of Education, Evangelism, Usher and congregation Secretary.

WANTED: DARTBALL PLAYERS! Young and old, men and ladies, you are invited to join us for dartball this year. Please contact Dean or Orville if you are interested in playing.

THE FINAL WORSHIP SERVICE for St. John Lutheran Church in Chester will be on Dec. 11th at 2:30 p.m. Please keep the parish in your prayers as they prepare for this momentous occasion. This final service will be open to anyone who wishes to attend.

THE LADIES AID will be doing their annual matching funds Christmas project for Main Street Living from November 27th through December 18th. There will be a “freewill offering basket” in the fellowship hall; the amount collected will be matched by the Ladies Aid. Your continued generosity is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

DRIVERS ARE NEEDED to transport church members for medical appointments and treatments. If you are willing to help out with this transportation ministry, please talk to Pastor Borglum.

THANK YOU for returning my container to the church! (s) Susan Ruml


MAIN STREET LIVING for December 11, 2011: Join "The Little Shepherd" and his little lamb "Bramble" as they journey to the manger to see the baby Jesus. The featured speaker is Rev. Warren Uecker from Our Savior Lutheran Church in Madison, SD. The sermon theme is "The Reason for the Light." The hymns are “On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry”, “Hark! The Glad Sound”, and “Jesus Thy Blood and Righteousness”. The Main Street Living choir will provide the hymns. Main Street Living May be seen each Sunday morning at 10:00 on KDLT-NBC Sioux Falls and may also be viewed on the web at www.mainstreetliving.com.

THE LUTHERAN HOUR sermon for December 11, 2011 is "Waiting for Jesus; Living Relentless Lives of Grace! " by Lutheran Hour Speaker: Rev. Gregory Seltz. God's grace is relentless, always there, forgiving, encouraging, and empowering our lives in Him. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-24) The Lutheran Hour is broadcast every Sunday morning at 8:30 on 105.9 FM (KMIT) and at 9:30 on 570 AM (WNAX).

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT REMINDER  If you have an announcement for the bulletin, you may hand-write it, call it in to the church office or send us an e-mail to stpaulfreeman@gmail.com. The deadline is noon on Thursday. Announcements received after Thursday may or may not be in the bulletin; we will try but we are making no promises! Get it to us by Thursday noon and we will publish it!