Worship with Us!
8:30 a.m.
- Traditional Worship
9:30 a.m.
- Fellowship and Education
10:30 a.m.
- Contemporary Worship
Holy Communion
2nd and 4th Sundays
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Sunday Worship Scripture Links
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In This Issue
- Note from Pastor Marlene
- Comfy, Cozy Kid
- Operation Christmas Child
- Young@Heart At It Again
- Thanksgiving Baskets
- Ecumenical Service
- Men's Mission Trip
- Winter Walking
- Suicide Film
- Community Prayers and Links
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When Jacob struggled with the angel of God at Peniel this was his request:
‘Please tell me your name.’ (Gen 32.29) So, too, this is my request which I ask often as I continue to struggle and try to learn names and make real connections with all of you here at Rejoice: “Please tell me your name!”
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It takes a while to learn so many new names and connect them with the right faces! But what would help facilitate this challenge is if you would be willing to wear name tags during worship, at least for a little while. Because then I will not only see you, but I will see your name as I see you, especially when you come forward for Holy Communion and I’m able to say, “Jane,” (or insert your name here,) “this is the body of Christ, given for you.”
So beginning this Sunday you will find name tags and pens on tables by the doors to the sanctuary. Please take one, write your name on it, and wear it during worship, as you leave the sanctuary and stop to shake hands or share an acknowledgement, and even as you share in coffee fellowship! Know that as you do so you are living out Christ’s mandate to “love one another.”
I’m sure that if you will indulge and care for me in this way until the end of December, it will not only help me, but it just might help the neighbor who sits next to you in worship who doesn’t know or can’t remember your name as well!
Thank you for your patience - for your Christ-like love – and for your partnership in the gospel!
Peace,
Pastor Marlene
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Ease a Child into Peaceful Slumber
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You can help kids bundle up for bedtime by bringing in pajamas and blankets for the Crisis Nursery Serving Wright County's annual holiday giveaway on December 8. Pajamas are needed for boys and girls size 5 through 14.
Leave your pajama and blanket donations outside the sanctuary anytime this month.
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Operation Christmas Child (OCC)
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Bring fun toys, hygiene items and school supplies for our youth to package in shoe boxes by November 14. If you would like to pack your own shoe box, bring it to Rejoice by November 18. Rejoice will be a drop-off location for OCC and our coordinator Janelle Rudningen will need at least one volunteer to help her during collection week:
- Monday, Nov 12 - 6-8:00 p.m.
- Tue-Thu, Nov 13-15 - 5-7:00 p.m.
- Friday, Nov 16 - 4-6:00 p.m.
- Sat-Sun, Nov 17-18 - 12-2:00 p.m.
- Monday, Nov 19 - 9-11:00 a.m.
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Thanks to Coborn’s and some other local businesses, the Young@Heart group will play Bingo for prizes of groceries and food gift cards.
- Thursday, November 15
- Doors open now at 10:30 a.m. for coffee, cards and conversation
- Dinner is served at 12:00 Noon, followed by Bingo
Young@Heart is a time for Clearwater and Clear Lake residents age 55 and above to enjoy food and fun, and in turn improve their lives through caring, social interaction and recreation.
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You can still register for a Thanksgiving basket at the Clearwater/Clear Lake Food Shelf on one of the following days:
- Monday, November 12
- 5:30-7:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, November 13
- 9-11:00 a.m. or 6-8:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, November 14
- 3-5:00 p.m.
Thanksgiving basket distribution will be Monday, November 19 from 4-6:00 p.m.
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Social Concerns
Join the next meeting of the social consensus committee. Note the time change; the committee is accommodating those who would like to attend two different meetings on this night.
- Tuesday, November 20
- 6:00 p.m.
- Good News Library
Questions or suggestions for this committee may be directed to Susan Chwalek at 320.267.0320.
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Rejoice will be hosting our neighborhood Ecumenical Service this year. Nothing strengthens relationships between and among Christians of various denominations like food!
As this year’s host of the event, your gift of a pot of homemade soup and/or dessert will be appreciated.
- Wednesday, November 21
- 6:00 p.m. - soup and bread supper
- 7:00 p.m. - worship begins
Sign-up sheets for soups and desserts will be posted in Celebration Hall. Thank you!
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There are spots available for men who want to escape our Minnesota winter and do some good deeds in Reynosa, Mexico. The group will travel to Children's Haven International:
- Saturday, February 23 - Saturday, March 2, 2019
Children's Haven International
provides home and refuge to 50+ needy children from broken, abusive, or impoverished families.
Call James Kirchenbauer at 320.290.4879 or Ken Hutchinson at 763.295.0755 for more information or to sign up. We guarantee you'll return home with enough bright and sunny smiles to last you through the winter!
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Don’t let the cooler weather keep you cooped up, come walk the halls at Rejoice on weekdays!
- Monday through Thursday:
- 7:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- Friday:
- 7:45-11 a.m.
For entry, push the buzzer on the right hand side of the door that leads to the library and office area.
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International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
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St. Cloud Hospital will host a viewing and discussion of the
2018 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Survivor Day
film entitled "A Daughter’s Journey." This event is for anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one through suicide.
- Saturday, November 17
- 1-3:00 p.m.
- St. Cloud Hospital
- St. Benedict Meeting Room (located in the Lakes Lobby)
Register online at
afsp.org
. If you have questions, call Laura Shrode at St. Cloud Hospital, Spiritual Care Department at 320.251.2700 ext. 54621.
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f you have a loved one or friend in need of prayer, fill out a
prayer request
or use one of the prayer concern requests located on the Interest table and in the sanctuary welcome pads. The star(*) in front of a name denotes a Rejoice member. This is a dynamic list. Requests will be printed for up to four weeks; call the church office at 320.558.6851 to extend listing. If a name of a friend or loved one has been omitted please resubmit the name and/or concern using one of the prayer concern forms found in the red Welcome Pads in the worship area.
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We Mourn With:
Dick Swanson and family in the loss of Dick’s wife, Sue
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Receiving Treatment for Cancer:
Ruth Johnson (Laurie Hoff)
Kade Moore (Lori Lanes)
*Pete Lidberg
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Others:
Esther Persen (mother, Jim Boucher)
*Alden Gjevre
Jody Nappa (sister, Chari Ahrenholz & John Gohman)
Karin Solis (mother, Lisa Pridgeon)
*Martha Johnson
Dawn Blair (friend, Lori Lanes)
*Jim Lanes
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Deployed or Returning from Active Duty:
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Keith Sand
Jon Fisher (brother, Joe Fisher)
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