October 25, 2015 Announcements

Calendar of Events

Announcements:

Trunk or Treat is Here! Today 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. We can always use more helpers… stop by if you are available.

The “Book to Know” club will meet Nov 12 at 7 pm at the home of Karen Griffin. We will be discussing “Women of Christmas”. Everyone is invited to join us.

IDW Men’s Breakfast Bible Study– “How to Ruin Your Marriage in 3 Simple Steps” See the registration slips on bulletin board.

Orphan Grain Train Announces New Office The previous Clemons Lutheran School is being repurposed as an Orphan Grain Train-Central Iowa office. It opened on August 18 for a six month trial period. It will be open every Tuesday morning from 8:00 am to 11:00 am. At these times volunteers will collect items to be sorted and boxed and then shipped by cargo container to some needy destination. Things can also be dropped off by appointment by calling Sandy Duncan at 641-477-8667.

The LWML Mite collection will be on the 4th Sunday beginning in September. We will leave the Mite box out on the 1st Sunday also until everyone has adjusted to this change.

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! A few order forms are on the back table if you won’t be here on Nov 8th.

TODAY is the last day to 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.

Conversational Dinners held its 2nd Annual Pumpkin Carving & Decorating Contest. Winners were the group that met at Charlsons which included the Sanders, Johnsons, McCarthy and Charlsons– but only by the width of a spider’s web!

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 Board of Directors 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.

Good Neighbor Emergency Assistance Choral Concert Please mark your calendars and be sure to join us for a beautiful Choral Concert benefit on November 8 at 2:00 p.m. at (Collegiate Presbyterian Church, 159 N. Sheridan Ave). Many choirs from area congregations will be sharing their music. Come, listen, and be uplifted.

Come to the annual Harvest Bazaar at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boone on Saturday. Nov. 7 from 8:30 am –1 pm. See the flyer on the bulletin board.

November 8th, Conversational Dinners-our theme for the month is “Praise and Patriotism” a fitting theme for this time of year. Our season continues…but first, a huge thank you to Dennis and Shirley Tice, David and Judy Charlson, and Joyce and Dennis Dobberke for hosting our October dinner and to everyone who participated In our 2nd Annual Pumpkin Carving/Decorating Contest.   Once again we had some great pumpkins to vote for. Conversational Dinners are for any adult attending St. Paul, so come and join us for an evening of great food, and interesting conversations, a great chance to get to know people of St. Paul in a social setting. If you would like to host on November 8th, please contact Drue and Ellen Sander at druellen@hotmail.com or 292-3574.

Quilters: We will meet this Thursday, October 29th beginning at 10 a.m. We will break for lunch at noon (Bring your sack lunch). At 1 p.m., we will begin our monthly meeting with a devotion, and conclude it with a dessert social. This is an opportunity to assemble quilts for those who are less fortunate as well as to join others in Christian fellowship. Hope to see you there.

Memorial Lutheran Church is celebrating 75 years on November 1st– see the bulletin board for details.

The youth looking forward to attend the 2016 National Youth Gathering in New Orleans are less then a year away from this wonderful adventure and faith growing experience. We are busy working hard to finalize the fundraising for this event. On Sunday, September 13th the youth will be here to sell their plane tickets! Ok, not their REAL tickets, but this fundraiser you are able to Buy a Mile for $5, yes, for $5 you can pay for a mile of travel for this wonderful group. We will be kicking this fundraiser off on September 13th and it will last until we have the funds collected to pay our fare! In Christ Alone! If you have questions you may speak with any parent of youth attending or contact Thomas or Lisa Wilson.

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.