IN OUR DAILY PRAYERS this week please remember Travis Schnabel as he recovers from shoulder surgery, Herb Huber hospitalized with pneumonia, those with various health problems, those in cancer treatment programs, our shut-in members and at least two people who don’t know Christ.
PARENTS OF SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN – Please make note of the following dates for our Christmas Program Practice Schedule:
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!
OUR LAST MIDWEEK ADVENT SERVICE will be this Wednesday and will begin at 7:00. At 5:45 p.m. we will provide a soup and sandwich supper for all who wish to get together for a light meal. This week’s meal will be provided by the Samaritan Ladies. Please join us and please bring a friend or relative to share in this opportunity for worship and fellowship! Many thanks to Keith, Lisa and Tracy Andersen for providing last Wednesday’s soup supper!
A CHRISTMAS SEASON GOAL for you to consider: During each of the next two weeks before Christmas, contact (personally or by phone) one non-attending member whom you know, lovingly give them a word of encouragement and invite them to our last midweek Advent service, the children’s program on Christmas Eve or our Sunday worship service on Christmas Day. “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” (Hebrews 10:24-25)
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.
CHRISTMAS SACKS: If you would like to make a donation for the children’s Christmas gift sacks, please see Bob Pidde after the service this Sunday or next Sunday, December 18th.
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 today 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.
MAIN STREET LIVING December 18, 2011 - Kid’s Crossing – “Red Boots For Christmas,” is the German folk tale of Hans, the shoemaker, as he learns that the true meaning of Christmas is found in giving. The featured speaker is Rev. Scott Sailer from Faith Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, SD. The sermon theme is “Jesus, Son of David.” The hymns are Lift Up Your Heads Ye Mighty Gates; What Child is This?; and Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel. 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 December 18, "Ordinary? No,
Extraordinary!" Lutheran Hour Speaker: Rev. Gregory Seltz. Through God's gift of a Savior, ordinary lives take on extraordinary significance. (Luke 1:26-38) The Lutheran Hour is broadcast every Sunday morning at 8:30 on 105.9 FM (KMIT) and at 9:30 on 570 AM (WNAX).
COFFEE HOUR GROUP SCHEDULE FOR 2012 There are copies of the Coffee Hour Schedule in the kitchen by the Secretary basket. Thank you for all the goodies that everyone has brought; it has been enjoyed by all.
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