Worship with Us!
9:30 a.m.
- Worship
10:30 a.m.
- Fellowship
Monthly Worship Schedule:
1st and 3rd Sundays: blended worship
2nd Sunday: traditional worship
4th Sunday: contemporary worship
Holy Communion
2nd and 4th Sundays
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Sunday Worship Scripture Links
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In This Issue
- Message from Pastor Marlene
- Get Ready for Operation Christmas Child
- Audio & Video Volunteers Needed
- Lead Music
- God's Work, Our Hands
- Women's Bible Study
- Fall Festival Donations
- Community Prayers and Links
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Thanks and Blessings!
‘Well done, good and faithful servant!’ May God be with Sara Miller
as she explores new paths and ways of using her many gifts!
Following worship this week come and have cake and coffee – come and say
thank you! and extend your blessings to Sara who has served Rejoice faithfully and generously as our Youth and Family Coordinator. (A basket will be available for cards and other expressions of gratitude and encouragement.)
We can do this!
If you haven’t already returned your special offering envelope for “On Our Way Rejoice-ing” it’s not too late! We’ll continue to run the race until November 1, ‘looking to Jesus,’ and trusting that by the time we successfully cross this finish line of providing seed money to support a new settled pastor, our Call Committee will have even more good news for us about this “race” and process of call.
Watch your mail!
Lots of good and important information has or will soon be coming to you in the mail. Before you simply toss things aside, make sure you read through all that comes from Rejoice so you know about the fall worship schedule, the start-up of Sunday School, confirmation, Faith Formation, a new adult bible study opportunity, and, of course, all the many ways you can be a part of Fall Festival.
Peace & Blessings,
Pastor Marlene
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Shoebox Countdown Event 2019
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Come and meet someone who received a shoebox gift:
- Saturday, September 21
- 6:30 p.m.
- Jubilee Worship Center
- 3125 County Road 74, St. Cloud
Yuliya Shubina was living in Central Asia when she received a shoebox gift that would change her life. Come and hear her story and praise God for the 10,000,000 shoebox gifts collected in 2018 through
Operation Christmas Child
.
Join others who are excited about shoebox gifts as we share the impact prayer has on this project! For more information, call John Kinzer at 320-260-0453.
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We believe that everyone has a God-given gift, and a place within Rejoice to share that gift. Our worship services are in need of
additional tech hands to run the power point and sound system
. If you have these skills or an interest in this area of service, call the Rejoice office at 320.558.6851 or email
rejoice@rejoicelutheranchurch.org
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Best of all, no experience is needed! Training is provided. :)
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Have you ever wanted to help lead worship through your musical talents and gifts? Now you can sign up in the blue music schedule binder found by the sound booth! Sign up to help lead worship just once or several times. Packets with music are available typically two weeks prior to the service to allow for practice time. Email Nicole Heberling at
music@rejoicelutheranchurch.org
if you have any questions. Thank you in advance!
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God's Work, Our Hands Sunday, September 8
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Mark your calendar NOW for
God's Work, Our Hands Sunday
on September 8! We will gather for a brief time of prayer, blessing and offering in the sanctuary at 9:30 a.m. and then we'll head out and dive in to be the hands and feet of Christ in our community! There will be opportunities to serve for all ages.
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We'll partner with
Great River Faith in Action
to help neighbors in need. We'll be traveling to three homes, and will likely have one more to add to the list:
- Light house-keeping and yard work in Becker
- Washing windows and pulling weeds in Clear Lake
- Mowing lawn and other yard work in Clear Lake
At church, we’ll pack school snack packs for
Pathways 4 Youth
, an organization in St. Cloud that serves homeless youth, and
we’ll take a noisy offering on August 25 in support of this food-packing event
. We’ll also be making and writing notes of love for our shut-ins and residents of the Annandale Care Center.
Don’t miss God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday! Questions? Call Susan Chwalek at 320.267.0320.
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Join women to learn more about our Bible, our soul food for every day living. This group will meet the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. The new schedule begins:
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Clean Your Closet for a Cause
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Reminder: bring your household items for Granny's Attic or Silent Auction donations to Rejoice during office hours or on Sunday mornings.
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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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Receiving Treatment for Cancer:
*Kent Asheim
Maria Landers (area quilters)
Shirley Thomley (friend, Jim & Marlys Johnson)
Christy Dorris (great-niece, Duane & Darlene Johnson)
Rev. Scott Gustafson (cousin, Linnea Lindquist)
Marlene Anderson-Woods (friend, Linda Agre)
Michelle Wrightson (cousin, Mary Wilson)
Ann Czech (sister, Cindy Kirchoff)
*Pete Lidberg
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Others:
Sandy Swanson (daughter-in-law, Dick Swanson)
*Dianna Jussila
*Scott Scharmer
Ron Dettman (friend, Linda Agre)
Lester Dupont (father, Linda Painter)
Marlene Vogel (mother, Joni Hagstrom)
Jaxon Gentile (nephew, Angie Jacobs)
Michael Johnson, (son, Charlie & Edie Johnson)
David Tarro (nephew, Susie Faust)
*Bev Allen
Scott Gambill (son, Rosemary Monk)
Joyce Hoffer (friend, Linda Agre)
Ron Wolfbauer (nephew, Carolyn & Ron Stensby)
Kris (sister, Rosemary Monk)
Walker James Vreeland (grandson, David & Cindy Kirchoff)
Baby Henry Opatz (friend, Tina Bunting)
Tom Ahrenholz (brother, Mark Ahrenholz)
*Jerry Jagadzinski
*Bev Hugo
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Deployed or Returning from Active Duty:
Troy Thomas (Mike Charboneau)
Jon Fisher (brother, Joe Fisher)
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