e-Skinny October 21, 2016

e-Skinny!

Some feedback from the transition meetings suggests that people want to be more informed. I hope you are finding this format to be helpful.

For more information on events in the e-Skinny, click the Banner above or check in the church newsletter. **If you go to the Staff page on the website, the staff's new email addresses are listed.

Partial Schedule for October and sneak peeks into upcoming events

Church Services are at 8:00 and 10:15 a.m.

Sunday School at 9:05 a.m.

October 23: Martin Luther and his wife, Katy.

1st and 4th graders receive Bibles
October 24: St. John Book Club 7 p.m. Broken Dishes

by Earlene Fowler
October 27: Do-Day 9:00-11:30 church basement

October 30: Only one church service at 10:15
Fall Festival

                      Return of reverse offering items
                      Pick up "Operation Christmas Child Boxes.
November 13: Puppet Ministry services
                        Congregational meeting 9:15-10:15 a.m.
                        Give Thanks Dinner after the 10:15 service

**Confirmation pictures may be picked up in the Church Office.

SPECIAL GUESTS COMING TO ST. JOHN

On October 23rd at both services St. John will welcome Martin Luther and his wife Katy!
Martin will speak about the Reformation and Katy will tell us about her suffering and her escape from the convent and marriage to Martin. They will also do a special Sunday School presentation for all Sunday School students between worship services.

Pastor Johan and Sonja Hinderlie have portrayed the roles of 16th century reformer Martin Luther and his wife Katarina since 1979. The Hinderlies proclaim the gospel of the forgiveness of sins in Jesus Christ through these presentations while presenting interesting anecdotes on the life and times of this unusual couple.

Acts of Kindness Month

The Tuesday morning bible study group would like to challenge all members of St John, young to advanced, in doing anonymous acts of kindness in the month of October. We will have post-it-notes in the back of the church for the month for recording what you did with no names on it. Let's fill up the kiosk with all the different acts of sharing our love for Jesus with others. An act can be as small as holding a door open for someone, visiting a shut-in, baking for say the staff at a nursing home, to larger acts such as paying for the meal of a stranger, mowing a neighbor's yard, etc.

Wednesday night supper 5-6 p.m.

October 19 : Pork loin, ranch potatoes, glazed carrots, apple sauce, peach crisp

Reformation Sunday / Fall Festival October 30th. It's Coming!

Just one service on this Sunday at 10:15 a.m.

Heart Scarf      Hand-made Large Chest Brimmed Hat

A light picnic-style lunch featuring hot dogs and hamburgers, baked beans, chips, bars and a drink will be served (free will donation). V ocal and instrumental music will be presented by the St. John youth as well as activities for the kids. There will be a silent auction with items to be listed in a special edition of the e-Skinny next week.

*Items or information on a skill to share should be left at the church by 4 p.m. on October 28.

***This is an event to get the congregation together in fellowship and fun. The silent auction is designated for the General Fund. Come with an open and generous spirit and perhaps go home with something useful or pretty. Hope to see you there!
8:00 No church service
9:00 Regular Sunday school and Silent Auction begins
10:15 Church
11:15 Lunch begins
11:30 Entertainment by St. John youth
12:30 Silent Auction ends.

"Operation Christmas Child"

Shoeboxes will be available in the narthex on October 30th at the 10:15 service. If you plan to use your own shoebox size box please, pick up an envelope to insert and attach appropriate label. If you take a box and don't fill it in time, please return it to the office. We can use the box next year. The Communication Board has a fun goal to fill 130 boxes from our congregation! Boxes should be returned by November 20 to the church office and if possible each box should include $7.00 for shipping. Please look in the November newsletter for ideas to fill the shoeboxes!

Congregational Informational Meeting November 13

in the Church Sanctuary 9:15-10:15 a.m.

This forum is to give you an opportunity to hear major themes that emerged from the cottage meetings we held as part of the self-study. We will try to have handouts of the Summary of the Cottage Meetings available as well, but we will also present the material on power point. Please mark your calendars. Anyone is welcome to attend and hear our presentation. Pastor Odermann will lead the presentation and members of our transition team will also be present to help answer any questions you might have about the information presented.

This will take place between the Up With Puppets presentations. Please feel free to stay after the 8:00 service or come early before the 10:15 service. We will try to fit into the time frame so that the services take place as usual.

UP WITH PUPPETS

November 13 at both services

Click on the picture to go to a YouTube preview of this coming event.

Th is is a great group of 20-30 kids, 7th graders to college age, that share their time and talent to praise God and have fun while doing it. They are from the
United Methodist Church in Ames, IA.

GIVE THANKS DINNER NOVEMBER 13

The dinner will be immediately following the 10:15 worship service. This is a meal the Youth prepare and serve (without asking for any donations) as their way of saying thank you to the congregation for all the support over the past year.

The menu will be pork loin, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, dinner rolls and desserts.

Scripture Readers Needed!

St. John is in need of individuals who would like to read the first and second scripture readings during worship. There will be a sign-up sheet on the glass case in the narthex. You can chose which service time you would prefer. For more information on duties please contact Kathy at 228-3397. If you provide your email address she will send Sunday's scripture to you beforehand.

St. John Prayer Shawl Ministry

Anyone interested in knitting or crocheting is invited
to begin making a prayer shawl or lap robe. Some patterns are available in the church office in a special binder. Yarn is available in the church basement grouped in 2 gallon ziplocks in an amount that should be appropriate for a shawl or two. See the newsletter for additional information.

We are planning on using the third Thursday morning each month starting in November as a knit/crochet group. We can maybe even teach beginners to knit or crochet. Some patterns and yarn have been picked up already. If this is of interest contact Janet at petefishj@mchsi.com

St. John Lutheran Church

e-Skinny

641-228-3397
petefishj@mchsi.com