We are continuing preparation for the rummage sale by working Wednesday night from 6:30 to 8:00 and Monday from 1:30 to 3:30.

The church office and the pastor's office hours will be closed Sunday, May 29th and Monday, May 30th for Memorial Day.

My stint with Covid-19 is officially over. Jane did test positive and is near the end of her stint as well. Thank you for your prayers and kind words of concern.

It was so good to lead worship on the 22nd and resume the rest of my duties. 

Next Sunday Todd will be leading worship as I will be supplying at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Rock Valley while the seminarian I am supervising/mentoring takes a much-needed semester break and he gets “out of Dodge” for the long weekend.

On Monday, we pause to remember our loved ones who have died. The office will be closed; therefore, I will not be having office hours. I will be available for emergency calls 712-490-6510.

Pastor Del

May’s Mission of the Month is Mary Treglia Community House. After a meeting with Mercedes Dimas from Mary Treglia, the Missions Committee decided there is a terrific need for help in resettling Afghan refugees in our area. Mercedes listed a few areas in which we could be of help: financially – many of the refugees that have been brought to this area by an area business has provided little support for these folks and they are in great need of things to set up an apartment as some of them are living in hotels, English as a second language teachers – Mary Treglia is providing ESL classes each Tuesday and Thursday evenings and they can use help with these classes, mentoring – these people need to have someone with whom they can relate, ask questions and get information when needed, transportation – there is a need for transportation to appointments, etc., they all have transportation to and from work, it is just other things. Gift cards to Wal-Mart would be greatly appreciated, if you want to help with providing gift cards, the best way would be to write a check to the church with “gift card” on the memo line. The Missions Committee will purchase the gift cards and get them to Mary Treglia.

If you would like to help in any of these areas, please let someone on the Missions Committee know or if you have questions, please ask.

Members of the Missions Committee are: Ginger France, Peggy Hoffmeyer, Ruth Holder, Jan Nowlen and Donna Popp.

Summertime receipts do not need to be saved, but we will let you know in August when to start saving those receipts again to turn in.

In supporting the 'gift' of moving on, we fill lives with hope and household essentials for those leaving transitional housing at Safe Place and Welcome Home.

bubble wrap (any old packaging to help wrap plates, glasses, etc)

bath towels

cake pans

can openers

3-quart saucepans

pot holders

small plastic glasses

toasters

A big "thank you" goes out to our volunteers who helped with services this week.

Worship Leader- Ruth Holder

Live Stream- Pam Ridgway/Jerrod Kiernan

To access the directory online visit members.instantchurchdirectory.com and you should be able to create a login using the email listed in the church directory. If you need any help accessing the directory or would like a copy emailed to you, contact the church office for assistance.

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Giving last month amounted to $12,291, from mail-in, online giving, and Sunday offerings.

You can help us stay on track by mailing in your check or setting up an automatic payment from your bank. You can also contribute through a simple app called Tithe.ly. 

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Sunday 11:30am-3:30pm

Monday-Thursday 9am-1pm

Monday 9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm

Tuesday 2pm-5pm

Wednesday 2pm-5pm

Thursday 9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm