October 18, 2015 Announcements

Calendar of Events

Announcements:

Trunk or Treat is Coming! Sunday, October 25, 2015 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm. The community is invited to this fourth annual FREE event to trick or treat while enjoying family friendly crafts, games, and snacks. You can help by: 1. Hosting a trunk (please provide pre-packaged treats or give-aways) 2. Donating small candy or trinkets to hand out (candy must be prepackaged) 3. Volunteering at the event. See the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board.

A Community Quilting Bee will be held Nov 3, 4, and 5 at the NEW Orphan Grain Train Warehouse. See the flyer for more information.

COME ONE, COME ALL to the St. Paul Lutheran HOPE Gift Market on Sunday, November 8th! We have new charities lined up, as well as some of your favorites. You can do your shopping after first service and before second service while enjoying a cup of coffee and baked treats, so come check it out!

Order your “Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly” magazine- Please sign up in the narthex to receive a subscription to the “Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly”. A one year subscription is only $5. Take a sample magazine if you want.

Cast Your Vote Today!!! Conversational Dinners held its 2nd Annual Pumpkin Carving & Decorating Contest. We want you to vote for your favorite pumpkin. Those creative couples of Conversational Dinners have been at it again. The pumpkins are on display in the Narthex, just waiting for your vote. You can cast your vote by putting a kernel of corn in the jar by your favorite pumpkin. The winner will be announced next week.

The 2016 offering envelopes are ready for you to pick up in the hallway. Let’s see how fast we can get them distributed.

ATTENTION THRIVENT MEMBERS: The BOD has voted to allow the designation of Thrivent Choice Dollars by individual members of St. Paul to specific areas or causes that they want to support. The process will take two steps. First, you will need to direct your Choice Dollars to St. Paul Lutheran Church by calling Thrivent at 1-800-847-4836, follow the prompts for Choice Dollars, using your birthday or Thrivent number for verification. Secondly, you will need to contact Jerry Schradle with the amount and the specific cause that you want your Choice Dollars to be designated for at St. Paul. Choice Dollars received by St. Paul not designated go into the Fund Item administered by the BOD. Any questions may be directed to Thrivent Advocates Bob Folkmann, Dennis Griffin, or Tom Peter.

We had 14 youth and 4 adults attend our outing to the apple orchard on October 11. Youth had fun burying each other in the corn pool, jumping on the giant jumping pillow, finding their way through the corn maze taking a hay ride and more! Afterward many enjoyed various types of apple snacks and apple slushies in the farm store.

The Sunday School Mission this fall will go to support the Lutheran Heritage Foundation’s PEOPLE NEEDING GOD – sharing the Gospel with the kids of Papua New Guinea. They have translated a Bible Studies book as well as the Catechism for children of PNG. For $5 a book can be shared with a child of PNG. We have targeted a goal of $575 enough to match our roster of 115 kids from 3 years – 12^th grade! We will collect offerings through the end of the year.