February 7, 2016 Announcements

Calendar of Events

Announcements:

It’s Lutheran Witness Renewal Time! The current list is posted on the bulletin board. Feb. 21 is the last day for ordering. If you want to continue to get the magazine, mark an OK next to your name and put your check for $22.01 in the office mailbox. This price includes the insert from Iowa District West. If you want to start getting the magazine, add your name to the blank form and put your check for $22.01 in the office mailbox. This price includes the insert from Iowa District West. If you want to stop getting the magazine, just cross your name off the list.

2016 Festival of Music– A benefit for Good Neighbor, will be held Sunday, Feb 21 at 2:00 pm, at 1416 20th St., Ames. Admission is free. A free-will offering will be taken during the intermission.

Building Healthy Families: Love is in the air! The buildup to one of the most expensive holidays begins today with Valentine’s Day retail spending expected to reach a record $18.9 billion this year. As you find ways to share and celebrate your love with family members and your special someone on Valentine’s Day, take some time to reflect on the gift given to you from God your Father. Though it came at a great cost to Jesus, it comes without cost to you: For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Now that is true love. Lutheran Family Service (515) 573-3138

Conversational Dinners take to the lanes on Sunday, February 14th.  We have had a great season so far, and we aren’t done yet. But first, a very warm thank you to our January Soup Supper hosts, Connie and Jon Buss, Marilyn and Wayne Hagemoser, and Paul Adel Knop. The evening was cold and crisp but the soup was tasty and hot. Tradition is, all good teams get to play in a bowl game, we are no different. We will be “bowl-ing” at Perfect Games and then staying for pizza and crowning our champions on February 14th. Be ready to take to the lanes at 5:45pm, $5 per person to bowl for an hour.   After the game, we will huddle up for pizza there. So don’t be left on the sidelines, contact Drue and Ellen Sander to get on the roster. 292-3574 or druellen@hotmail.com

The “Book to Know” group will meet Feb 25 at the home of Pam Hagen to discuss “The Veritas Conflict” by Shaunti Feldhahn. Everyone is invited to read this exciting book and join us for the discussion.

Have you signed the sign-up sheet for the SOUP AND PIE supper this Wednesday? This is the first of the Lenten suppers and it is VERY helpful if you sign up & help us know how to plan for attendance. Come early (have food at church by 5:30 & we will begin serving at 5:45, followed by the ASH WEDNESDAY service at 7:00 P.M. The sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board. Questions? Call Tanny 233-5444.

For the Wednesday Bible study on Isaiah, please read Isaiah chapters 21-25 for our next session on February 10.

Youth Sub Sandwiches- Subs will be ready to pick up TODAY– Super Bowl Sunday – February 7^th! Also, shop our annual Super Bowl Bake Sale TODAY and get some goodies for the game! All proceeds will help our youth attend the LCMS National Youth Gathering in New Orleans in July.

Quilters: We will quilt (both lap robes and full-size quilts) from 10 until 2 on Thursday, February 11th. Hope to see you there.