12-07-2014 Announcements

IN YOUR DAILY PRAYERS this week please remember Cheryl Walz, Joan and Dean Dreessen and Tom Stolp as they recover from surgery and illness as well as those in cancer treatment programs, our shut-in and inactive members, and at least 2 family members or friends in your life who do not yet know Christ.

Main Street Living – No information is avaible at this time.

CHRISTMAS FUND – Through Dec. 28^th we will be accepting freewill offerings to replenish our Christmas Fund.  These monies will be used to replace or repair our Advent and Christmas decorations, as needed, as well as to purchase the Children’s Christmas Program gift bag items.  The offering basket is on a table in the Fellowship Hall.

ADVENT MIDWEEK SERVICES – We will gather at 7:00 p.m. on Dec. 10^th and Dec. 17^th for worship.  At 5:45 p.m. (before each Wednesday’s service) we will also provide a soup and sandwich supper for all who wish to get together for a light meal.  The theme for this year’s Advent services is “Women of Faith.”  Please join us and please bring a friend or relative to share in this opportunity for worship and fellowship!

Advent SOUP-SUPPeRs – There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board for any person, family or group who would like to host one of our Advent Wednesday soup-suppers this year.

Note: CHANGE OF DATE! LWML will meet on Wednesday December 10th. at the home of Julie Huber at 2:00 p.m. Please bring a Christmas Reading to share and also some Christmas goodies.

ST PAUL COOKBOOKS -  The Samaritan group will be selling cookbooks after church the next few Sundays. Nice $20 gift for Christmas.

CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
Practice schedule:
 Wednesday Dec 10  3-8th grade 5-6:15 p.m
Sunday Dec 14
PreK-1st 10:45 -11:45 with lunch provided
 3-8th 10:45 - 1 with lunch provided
Wednesday Dec 17 All kids 5-6:15p.m
Sunday Dec 21 All kids 10:45- ? with lunch provided
Christmas Eve Program at 7p.m

THE CARING/GIVING TREE is set up in the fellowship hall. Please help the Sunday school classes fill the tree to benefit others in need stay warm and clean. We are asking for new items of warmth and any basic hygiene items.  All donations will be taken to local food pantries or shelters. Thank you in advance.

ADVENT DEVOTIONAL BOOKLETS (written by Lutheran Hour Ministries) were distributed after last week’s worship service.  Additional copies are in the library.

The CONFIRMATION PICTURE PROJECT is finally done!  Of the 83 possible years for which we have a written record of confirmands, we have 73 of the class pictures; thus, there were 10 years for which we were unable to locate a picture.  Some of the earlier missing pictures are unavailable because none were taken for those years.  The 10 missing years are 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1952, 1988, 1989 and 1995.  In addition to the 73 class pictures of our confirmation students, Pastor Borglum was also able to locate pictures of all 16 of our prior called pastors going back to 1882.  The pictures have been resized and their colors corrected (because of fading, sunlight exposure, etc.) as best as he could and are hanging in the Fellowship Hall.  Please feel free to browse through them at your convenience.