IN OUR DAILY PRAYERS this week please remember all who need our prayers, for family and friends who have wandered away from the church, for families in distress, for those in mourning or any other need. Please also say a prayer for our many members in cancer treatment, our shut-in and inactive members, and for at least two people in your life who do not know Christ.

BEFORE LEAVING the sanctuary, please find one person whom you don’t know or don’t know very well, introduce yourself and have a brief chat with them.

QUARTERLY VOTERS’ MEETING NOTICE – Our Spring voters’ meeting will be held today at 11:00 in the Fellowship Hall. For those of you who will be staying for the meeting (hopefully, all of you!), please immediately find a seat in the Fellowship Hall upon the conclusion of our worship service as we would like to begin as soon as possible. To help save some time, we will not have anyone go through the line to get coffee and refreshments; instead, these will be brought to your table. Thanks for your consideration!

CONFIRMATION SUNDAY this year will be next Sunday. Please join us in welcoming our 3 confirmands into communicant membership: Patrick Albrecht, Christa Peterson and Dillon Starner. A reception for them will follow the worship service.

SECRETARY POSITION IS OPEN to share duties with Aleta. If you are interested in the position, please talk to one of the elders: Scott Stern, Paul Wynia or Brian Knittel.

MOTHER-DAUGHTER POTLUCK BANQUET will be held next Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend, bring a friend and enjoy the fellowship and good food! Please bring a hot dish, salad or dessert to share. Beverages will be provided.

MAIN STREET LIVING SUNDAY – Today we celebrate Main Street Living Sunday. Main Street Living is in its 11th year of proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ to the people of South Dakota and the surrounding area. The program is aired weekly on KDLT-NBC out of Sioux Falls and on KEVN-Fox out of Rapid City. Throughout the years this program has become the alternate method of worship for those who cannot regularly attend church. We thank God for this television ministry and we ask for your prayers for continuing success in the months and years to come. We also ask for your help with the financing of this mission work as it costs about $2,000 to air each weekly program. You may use the provided envelope and either send it directly to the MSL office or just place it in the offering today and it will be forwarded to MSL. Thank you very much for your prayers and your support!

LADIES AID will not have their May meeting. Ella and Elsie Hein are on Altar Guild for May and June Schamber is the Visiting Helper.

CREATION WORKSHOP – There will be a Creation Workshop this week on the topic of God’s creation of the universe as described in the Bible versus the world’s view that everything came into existence all by itself (i.e., without God) as described in the theory of evolution. Rev. Dan Domke (Mount Calvary, Huron) and Rev. George Sagissor (Our Redeemer, Sioux Falls) will be the discussion leaders. The seminar will be held Saturday, May 5th from 1:00 until 5:00 at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2200 S. Western Ave, Sioux Falls. There is no cost for this workshop nor will there be a free-will offering! Everyone is invited who is interested in the subject matter or would like to know how we can do a better job of speaking to the idea of evolution.

UPCOMING LWML EVENTS – April 28th – Spring Christian Life Workshop at St. John, Tyndall. The “Images of Christ”" program will be led by Rev. Dean Schroeder. Rev. Dean Redhage will speak on the Lutheran Malaria Initiative. Registration is at 9:00 a.m.; the opening is at 9:30 a.m. The SD District convention is in Watertown on June 1st and 2nd. The convention theme is “Listen, Laugh, Love.” Registration is due May 4th. Additional information is posted on bulletin board in Fellowship Hall. All women of the congregation are invited to attend.

UPCOMING EVENTS to put on your calendar: May 6 Confirmation Sunday with reception May 6 Mother-Daughter Potluck Banquet May 13 Mother’s Day May 13 Senior Sunday Reception May 17 Ascension Day Worship Service at 7:00 p.m.

MISSION SUPPORT OPPORTUNITY – From June 12th until July 27th Sarah Ruml will be serving in a Midwestern city with a large Muslim population. Here she will be immersed in the Middle Eastern culture in this city, building bridges and establishing common ground between two diverse cultures and beliefs. During this short-term trip, she will teach English as a second language and work to build relationships with the people in this community. The cost of the trip including transportation, food and lodging will be $2,000 which she needs to raise before May 15th. She is asking God to surround her with a team of people who will each pray for and financially contribute anywhere from $25 to $500. If you are interested or would like more information, please contact Scott or Susan Ruml at 925-7004 or Sarah at 605-660-5330 or sarah.ruml@jacks.sdstate.edu. Thank you!

THE SAMARITAN GROUP will be sponsoring a free-will offering after church next Sunday to help defray the cost of Sarah Ruml’s Mission Trip. Samaritan group members will have baskets available after service for your donations. Checks maybe made out to St. Paul Samaritans or to Sarah herself.

MAIN STREET LIVING – May 6 – Kid’s Crossing uses drama to depict the Ascension of Christ. The speaker will be Rev. Richard Milbrandt from St. Paul Lutheran (Plankinton) and Trinity Lutheran (White). The sermon theme is “Apart from Jesus, We Can Do Nothing.” The Main Street Living Choir will provide the hymns. MSL may be seen each Sunday morning at 10:00 on KDLT-NBC. THE LUTHERAN HOUR – May 6 – “It’s Time to Show Whose We Are!” (John 15:1-8) will be the theme for Rev. Gregory Seltz. The Lutheran Hour is broadcast every Sunday morning at 8:30 on 105.9 FM (KMIT) and at 9:30 on 570 AM (WNAX).