SUNDAY SCHOOL AND
ADULT BIBLE STUDY
meet after church – children gather in the Fellowship Room for opening and
adults meet in the school cafeteria. All
are invited to come and share in the study of God’s Word!
SENIOR LEAGUE
MEMBERS
(guests always welcome!) will meet this evening at 5:30 p.m. at the St. Peter,
Waymansville, Fish Fry for supper and will then return to the Fellowship Room
to play cards.
PLEASE KEEP IN
MIND
our goal of paying off the school expansion loan this month. Building Fund envelopes are available in the
narthex for your remaining pledge/contribution.
“EACH ONE
must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion,
for God loves a cheerful giver." (2 Corinthians 9:7) Here Saint Paul is describing what our giving
should and should not be. With this in mind, the Saint John's Stewardship
Committee will be handing out commitment sheets to each family of our
congregation. These sheets are intended to help each family sit
down and consider what gifts that God has given to them and
what they are doing with those gifts. The head of each household is
asked to sit and discuss with their
family how they see their giving in the next year so that our giving won't be
reluctant or under compulsion, but cheerful as we consider all that God has
given to us. The envelopes will then be put in a basket in the church
on November 12. No one at the church will look at them, but next
year they will be mailed back to each family so that each family can see how
they did with the goals that they set. We will say more about this
project next week. Until then, God's blessings as you hold on to the true
treasure that is stored for you in heaven.
WORSHIP, a play, food, fun
and a photo booth – how do these fit together?
Find out for yourself when you join in the celebration of the 500th
Anniversary of the Reformation on October 29th. The day will start at 9:00 a.m. with a
Reformation Reenactment by out junior high students, followed by worship at
10:00 a.m. After church, we will enjoy a
meal of brats, pork burgers, hot dogs (this will be furnished) and your favorite (German) side dish that you
bring to share. Drinks and tableware
will also be provided. After lunch,
there will be a Reformation Walk and a variety of games, crafts, and activities
for younger children and their parents, while the older children and adults can
enjoy Reformation Bingo, compete in a Bible Smuggling contest or Racing for
Life, pose for a Reformation photo shoot, or reminisce over items related to
our heritage. Come and enjoy the day
with your White Creek family!
SHARE
YOUR GERMAN/LUTHERAN HERITAGE: As part of our 500th Anniversary of the
Reformation celebration, we would like to have on display items related to our
German/Lutheran heritage - German baptismal, wedding, and confirmation certificates,
old photos, German books, German Bibles and hymnals, and anything relating to
the past. If you have something that you
would like to share, please contact Jean Voelker, Janeen Blomenberg, or Becky
for information cards to go with your items.
LWML
ZONE FALL RALLY: Showing Mercy Near
and Far
is the theme of the LWML Fall Rally to be held at Grace, Columbus, next
Saturday, October 21, beginning at 1:00 p.m.
The program will feature Gene Ernst, manager of the local Orphan Grain
Train, followed by a workshop to assemble cleaning buckets for that
organization. The following donations are being collected for this workshop: **1 large sponge **1 roll paper
towels **2 gallons liquid cleaner
(Mr.
Clean, Pine Sol, Lysol) **1 powder
cleaner (Comet, Ajax) **1 pair kitchen latex gloves
**1 broom **1 mop
The
Orphan Grain Train is also receiving hygiene items: soap, wash cloth,
toothbrush and paste, shampoo, deodorant, tissue packets all wrapped up in a
large bath towel and secured with two heavy rubber bands. All items may be brought to the narthex by
this Wednesday.
A REFORMATION ORGAN CONCERT will be held this
Friday, October 20, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul, Clifty. Dr. John Allegar, Education Coordinator for
the Indianapolis Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, will perform music
inspired by the German Reformation, works by Bach, Cherwein, Buxtehude,
Seigart, Mendelssohn, Luther and Lovelace. Everyone is cordially invited.
FISH FRY: St. Peter, Waymansville, Adult Fellowship will
hold its Annual Fish Fry this evening from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans will
provide supplemental funds. Everyone
invited.
PIRATES OF PENZANCE will be held at
Trinity on November 2, 3, 4, and 5 at 7:00 p.m., with an additional performance
on Sunday, the 5th, at 3:00 p.m.
Tickets are $10/person and may be purchased through the Trinity office.
TRINITY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL is sponsoring a
donation drawing, Tickets for Textbooks. For every $20 donated, a ticket will be
placed in a drawing for one of three items – a 2018 Ranger Polaris XP 900 EPS,
a Tikka T3K Hunter .308 caliber rifle, or an LG 55” Ultra HD 4K Smart HDTV. Donate $100 and get 6 tickets (buy 5, get 1
free). See our Trinity representatives,
Sue Voelker or Tom Schroer, to make your donation or check at any of Trinity’s
upcoming sporting events. The drawing
will be held at the home boys’ basketball game on Friday, December 8, at 7:30
p.m.
DEPOSITS OF $362.00 (church),
$402.00 (school), and $297.00 (foundation) have been make on behalf of Thrivent
Financial’s Thrivent Choice Program by the directed choice dollars of Dale
& Bettie Burbrink, Mark & Jan Buss, Ernie & Donna Dettmer, Keith
Hercamp, Jean Jack, Linda Reedy, and Brian Schultz.
EVERYONE IS INVITED to the wedding of
Claire Perry and Derek Wessel here at St. John’s on Saturday, October 28, at
4:30 p.m. and to the reception following at Chateau de Pique, Seymour.
STEWARDSHIP
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Matt. 22:5
“But they paid no
attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business.” The invitation to join God in His feast and
in His work is easily ignored. The rest
of life seems so much more pressing, and we always think that there will be
another time when we can catch back up with God. But what joys are we missing when we set
aside God’s invitation to join Him in His plans and purposes? What inheritance are we trading for the
world’s bowl of pottage?
T BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK! T
