Church Notes for October 12, 2025

 

SAMARITAN’S PURSE sends gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to children in need around the world together with the message of Gospel of Jesus Christ. Be a part of bringing joy to children around the world! Fill a Shoebox! There are three (3) ways to get involved.  Please see the insert for more information.

 

IOWA DISTRICT WEST (IDW) SENIOR YOUTH GATHERING, Holiday Inn, Airport/Conference Center, Des Moines, IA. November 21-23, 2025.  Welcome to “God’s Calling Your Life” the 2025 IDW Senior Youth Gathering. All high school youth and their adult leaders are invited to attend this Youth Gathering, where we will focus on Ephesians 2:10. Signup sheets are in the Fellowship Hall. All completed forms must be turned into the office by Thursday, October 14th. The office will register youth that want to attend. Please remember you can invite a friend. 

 

VISUAL FAITH MINISTRY (VFM) theme for 2025 is A Year in the Psalms. In October we’ll meditate on Psalm 130 – A song of ascent. All women are invited to a one-hour zoom event on Tuesday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m. for this unique approach to scripture. We will meet in the fellowship hall to participate together. Please prayerfully consider attending.

LWML: Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Outreach is collecting men’s white crew socks and white briefs; stamps; plastic grocery bags; used eye glasses and toilet paper. Place the items in the labeled wicker containers by the FREE.  Thank You!

 

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY on October 26th is “We Have Received Grace Upon Grace” from the Fall issue of Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly. It is found on page 22, or in the mailboxes in the narthex.  All women are invited at 8:15 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. 

 

NOVEMBER Sign-Up Sheet is now posted. Please write your name on any dates you are not available. Thank You!  . 

 

 

Building Healthy Families: When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant, I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. (Mark Twain) Truth be told, parents and their children get along much better when the adolescent years are over. Dr. James Dobson once said that the goal of parenting teenagers is simply to survive and live to tell about it. If you and your family are navigating the turbulent waters of adolescence, don’t give up. It will get better! Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 Lutheran Family Service  www.LutheranFamilyService.org

 

Be a friend to someone at the end of life—Hospice Volunteers Needed:  As a volunteer with Care Initiatives, you will bring presence and companionship to hospice patients in your area.  Please see the insert for more information.

 

 

October 19, 2025                          

                                          Usher:     Melissa Barrett 

                                    Greeter:     Lois Rae Brant

                           Communion:     Adam Pedersen

                                     Reader:     Trisha Easton

                 Lutheran ½ Hour:      LWML

                                Counters:     Jason & Amber Smith

                                   Acolyte:     Jaide Cunningham            

 

SAVE THE DATE: 

 

                                                                            LWML Sunday 

Sunday, October 19     8:15 am     LWML

                                          9:30 am     Divine Service w/Communion

                                              10:30 am     Lutheran ½ Hour, Bible Study

                                                                       SS, HSY & Confirmation,

                                                               Parenting Matters                                                             

 

Wed., October 22         10:30 am     Bible Study

                                           2:00 pm     Trinity Care Outreach Gardens 

                                                                      

                                                                   Pastor Appreciation Sunday                                                          

Sunday, October 26       8:15 am     Women’s Bible Study

                                             9:30 am     Divine Service 

                                           10:30 am     Lutheran ½ Hour 

                                                                 Pastor Appreciation Reception

                                                             

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