October 29 Weekly News

SUNDAY SCHOOL AND ADULT BIBLE STUDY will not meet today after church – instead, come and enjoy lunch and special Reformation activities! 

SUNDAY SCHOOL will begin practice for the Christmas program next Sunday, November 5.  If your child(ren) cannot attend Sunday School that day, but would like to participate in the program, please call Jessica Morphew (812-343-9110) or email her at sundayschool@whitecreek.org.

PIE SUNDAY: If you did not get a pie sheet last Sunday, you may get one from the narthex today.  Please complete this pie sheet (you may also color it if you like!) and return it so it can be posted on the windows in the narthex.  The Christian Growth Card for each family is also available in the narthex to help each family sit down and consider what gifts God has given to them and what they are doing with those gifts. These will then be put into sealed envelopes to be put in a basket in the church on Pie Sunday, November 12^th.  If you already have a Christian Growth Card, please bring it back on the 12^th. Next year they will be given back to each family so they can see how they did with the goals that they set. 

NOVEMBER CALENDAR AND NEWS will be available from the ushers after today’s worship.

THE LUTHERAN WITNESS:  Persons who would like to order/renew their subscription to The Lutheran Witness may contact Becky in the church office.  Cost for the year subscription is $19.  Checks may be made payable to our church.  Order deadline is Sunday, November 12.

BUILDING FUND ENVELOPES are available in the narthex for your remaining pledge/contribution to our “Arise and Build” school expansion project.

THE ELDERS will meet this Wednesday after Worship.

CONGRATULATIONS TO Pastor & Jennifer Whitmore on the birth of their son, JACOB BENJAMIN, last Monday, October 23.  Jacob arrived weighing 8 lbs. 3 ozs. and measuring 20.5 ins.  Everyone is doing fine.  God’s blessings to them!

HUGE SUCCESS: Thank you to all who helped make the Friends of Germany Ethnic Expo booth and float a huge success.  Not only did our float win the Mayor’s Choice Award, but our booth raised almost $9,000 for Orphan Grain Train!  God provided many helping hands, great weather, and a hungry community, the perfect combination which resulted in a completely sell out!  To God be the glory!

“LEGACY OF FAITH” is the theme for the 13^th Annual Lakeview Dinner Auction, which will be held on Saturday, November 18, at the Primo Banquet Hall & Conference Center in Indianapolis.  Tickets are $50/person or a table of 8 for $400.  Contact the camp office at 812-342-4815 to get information on how to get half price tickets!  All proceeds benefit God’s work being done at Lakeview Ministries.  For more information, call the camp office or email office@lakeviewministries.com.

GERMAN HERITAGE EVENT:  Guest speaker, Ken Selking, will give two presentations about Pastor Wyneken on Sunday, November 12, at St. Paul, Clifty.  Wyneken was a Lutheran pastor in Germany who came to America in 1838 to serve people on the frontier (Indiana).  There will be a church service at 8:00 a.m., followed by a coffee hour and the presentation beginning at 9:30 a.m.  The second service will begin at 10:45 a.m., followed by the Girl Scout Chili Cook-off/Lunch at 12:00.  A second presentation will begin at 1:00 p.m.  Everyone is welcome to come for all or part of the day. 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR for the 2018 Trinity Auction to be held on Saturday, February 24, at Trinity Lutheran High School.

STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:    John 8:36              

“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”  Happy 500^th Anniversary of the Reformation!  Luther is rightly remembered as a champion of the Gospel – but he also called himself “the apostle of good works.”  For only in being set free by the Gospel can we do good works.  Jesus has set us free:  His blood covers over our sins and now we stand before God as His beloved children, invited to live our lives to His glory for the good of His Kingdom.

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