in-person worship only at 9:00 a.m.
Radio Broadcast (of previous week) at 10:00 a.m. on KFIL FM
bulletin 10.27.2024.pdf
Weekly Calendar
Saturday, October 26
8:00 a.m. Lefse Bake Day
Sunday, October 27
9:00 a.m. Worship
10:00 a.m. Trunk or Treat
10:15 a.m. Adult Education class
Tuesday, October 29
11:30 a.m. Exercise
Wednesday, October 30
6:00 p.m. Confirmation
Thursday, October 31
11:30 a.m. Exercise
Saturday, November 2
1:00 p.m. Funeral for Jan Milne
Sunday, November 3 – All Saints Day
9:00 a.m. Worship/Communion
10:00 a.m. Sunday school
10:15 a.m. Adult Education class
Worship Assistants in October
Acolytes
6 Lilianna Dempewolf/Reese Larson
13 Katelyn Scheevel/Kaylee Hernandez
20 Lexi Engen/Turner Sprenger
27 Jaxton Heibel/Lily Ledin
Computer
6 Grant Tieskotter (Turner Sprenger)
13 Ava Severson (Jezlyn Finseth)
20 Maggie Wingert (Braelynn Dierkes)
27 Josh Bakken (Harper Pickett)
Lectors
6 Traci Corson
13 Darrel Olson
20 Steve Corson
27 Bev Olson
Greeters
6 Mike and Janet Erdman
13 Sara Niemeyer
20 Traci Corson
27 Ron Laughlin and Sandy Amundson
Altar Guild……………………………………………..Karen Trende/Andrea Hellickson/Brenda Reicks
Ushers……………………………………………………Mark Eickhoff/Jodi Eickhoff/Tyler Eickhoff/Jim Baker
Communion Assistants
October 6………………………………………………………………Michael Johnson/Jen Pickett/Katie Harstad
October 20………………………………………………………….Darrel Olson/Dawn Hellickson/Carol Solberg
*Please let the office or a member of the Church Council know if one of your loved ones is sick or has passed or if you or someone you know is going to be in the hospital so that we may acknowledge them in our prayer list or pay them a visit.
*Preaching Series: Campaign for Kindness. From October 6-November 10 I will be drawing insight for my sermons from a preaching series focusing on kindness, curated by the Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod of the ELCA in late spring 2024. The series does not follow the lectionary. Readings for October 20 are “Culture of Kindness”
- Numbers 11:10-20 | You have rejected the Lord who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”
- Psalm 133 | How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!
- Romans 12:9-18 | Marks of the true Christian
- Luke 15:1-10 | Parables of the lost sheep and coin
*ATTENTION LEFSE AND FLATBREAD BAKERS! It is time again to bake our Lefse for our Craft and Bake Sale. Our first bake day is planned for Saturday, October 26, starting at 8 am in the Fellowship Hall/Kitchen. We’re looking forward to a great turnout and making plenty of lefse. For those preparing lefse, please incorporate the flour and shape into balls before arriving at the church. Elsa and Lynn will make flatbread that day and could use extra help. They have requested air-tight large containers, like popcorn tins, to store the flatbread. If you have any that you could donate to the church, please leave them in the kitchen. All are welcome! If you have questions, feel free to contact: Joyce Every, 507-951-1345, joycekevinevery@gmail.com (lefse);
Linda Wolfe, 952-807-5214, lwolfe609@gmail.com (lefse);
Lynn Benson, 507-765-2296, arnold049@centurytel.net (flatbread);
Elsa Bye, 507-765-2410 (flatbread)
*Trunk or Treat, Sunday, October 27 – 9:00 am Worship, 10:15 am Trunk or Treat – We are returning with more tricks and treats for the 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat! You are invited to wear your Halloween costume to church. After church, head out to the parking lot for trick or treating. Volunteers will have car trunks decorated and be supplied with Halloween treats. Children will go trick or treating from car to car.
*Painted Pumpkin Contest – Nov, 3rd 7-12th graders will be painting pumpkins on Wednesday, October 30th and they will be on display in the Narthex for Sunday’s worship on November 3rd. Bring some coins, cash, or checks with you to vote for your favorite pumpkin. The proceeds will be donated to Hurricanes Helene and Milton through the Lutheran Disaster Response. Your generosity makes a difference in God’s world.
*All Saints Sunday – Nov 3 – On All Saints Sunday, November 3, we create a space in worship that embraces the saints who have passed as well as those who live among us. For Lutherans, All Saints rests in the conviction that in Christ every saint is a sinner and every sinner a saint, simul justus et peccator. It is God’s grace, apart from our works, that makes us saints. Candles will be lit for newly baptized and departed saints, and candles will be available for you to light for saints you hold in your heart. May we rest in God’s mercy.
*The Fourth Annual Craft and Bake Sale is on Sat., Dec. 7, 2024. The volunteer sign up sheet is now in the narthex and will be at the raffle sales table each Sunday after church. The Gnome Café sign up sheet will be posted by the Sunday School supply room. Please refer to the November Ambassador for updates and also get an information sheet in the narthex to see baked good prices, donation drop off times, and more. Thank you for your help!
*Craft and Bake Sale Raffle Ticket Sale – The raffle ticket sales for the annual Craft and Bake Sale will begin on Sunday, Oct. 27, after the church service. We will ask the congregation for volunteers who want to help sell these tickets, and those interested can pick up tickets and instructions that day. Raffle tickets are $5.00 each. We will continue to sell these tickets after each church service until the day of the sale. Mary Zimmerman has again donated a beautiful quilt for the main prize. Other prizes include a Solo stove and John Deere bean bag toss game donated by Pam Mensink, mosaic glass wall art donated by Barb Mielke, a Farm Charm gift basket donated by Amanda Heibel, and a crystal platter with Christmas baking made by Diane Johnson and Gail Bunge. The drawing will be held on the day of the sale, December 7, at 2:00 p.m.
Birthdays and Anniversaries
10/24 Ann Ott, Jennifer Pickett
10/26 Kathy Scheevel, Vaughan Schmidt
10/27 Ellen Collett
10/28 Carlisle Corson
10/29 Arlen Kiehne
10/30 Richard Wolfe, Jim Specht
10/31 Brett Broadwater, Phil Kruegel
Please keep in your prayers….
the family of Jan Milne
Cynthia Hokenson, who is at Green Lea Manor in Mabel
Mary Lou Hansen, who is at Harmony Care Center
Barb Barrett, who is at Chatfield Care Center
Arnie Keene
Wayne Ristau
Rosalie Krips
Val Christensen
Jill Miller
Amy Timmerman
Carole Engen
Axel Heller
Bo Bakke
Bridget Case
Walt Hansen, who is at Minnesota State Veterans Home, Preston
Marilyn Bunge, who is at Green Lea Manor, Mabel
Ann Ott, who is at Harmony Care Center
Helen Haugen, who is at Park Lane Estates
Arlene Bakalyar, who is at Park Lane Estates
Irene Aarre, who is at Traditions
Averlene Marzolf, who is at Traditions
Helen Haugerud, who is at Traditions
Linda Hahn Smith, who is at Traditions
Arlen Kiehne, who is at Chatfield Care Center
Alice Cummings, who is at Chatfield Care Center
Jim Fossum, who is at The Fillmore Place