Schedule:

• Tuesday Nov. 1 ALL SAINTS DAY
• Tuesday Nov. 1 @ 7 p.m. – Bible Study-Acts in church basement
• Wednesday Nov. 2 @ 5:30 p.m. – Worship & Membership Meeting
• Wednesday Nov. 2 6:30 p.m. – Choir Practice
• Saturday Nov. 5 7:30 p.m. – Prairie Arts Chorale Concert at Granite Falls Lutheran Church
• Sunday Nov. 6 2 a.m. – Daylight Savings Ends/Turn Clock Back 1 Hour
• Sunday Nov. 6 9 a.m. – Worship/Communion
• Mon.—Mon. Nov. 7—14 Karen SD, Office Assistant on Vacation
• Tuesday Nov. 8 ELECTION DAY/Get Out and Vote

Joys and Concerns:

• Concerns – Terry V.’s colleague having final reconstructive surgery following that bull attack this summer; What people of color will be confronted with when they go to the polls next week; People around the world dealing with so many crisis, i.e. Haiti; For those who struggle with mental illness.
• Joys – Prairie Arts Chorale music season is here (Nov. 5 at Granite Falls Lutheran Church); YME’s football season and their coach, Mike G.; Bob S. is here again!; Rebecca playing piano for choir and singing in choir also; Birds gathering to migrate; Pastor Dan enjoyed the clergy retreat; Beautiful chaos outside the church door.

Schedule

• Monday, Oct. 24 – United Nations Day
• Wednesday, Oct. 26 @ 4 p.m. – Bible Study-Acts at church
• Thursday and Friday, Oct. 27-28 – Pastor Dan at Conference Clergy Retreat
• Monday, Oct. 31 – Reformation/Reconciliation Day/All-Hallow’s Eve
• Tuesday, Nov. 1 – All Saints Day
• Tuesday, Nov. 1 @ 7 p.m. – Bible Study-Acts at church
• Wednesday, Nov. 2 @ 5:30 p.m. – Worship & Membership Meeting
• Wednesday, Nov. 2 @ 6:30 p.m. – Choir Practice
• Saturday, Nov. 5 @ 7:30 p.m. – Prairie Arts Chorale Concert at Granite Falls Lutheran Church
• Sunday, Nov. 6 @ 2 a.m. – Daylight Savings Ends/Turn Clock Back 1 Hour
• Sunday, Nov. 6 @ 9 a.m. – Worship/Communion

Joys and Concerns

• Concerns: People in the Philippines dealing with both political unrest and flooding; Tom & Monica Little missionaries in E. Timor; Family of Florence “Dolly” Thalberg-Sherri G’s mother.
• Joys: Pat Putnam worshiping with us today; Bill & Jennifer Krinke here and sharing their special musical gifts with us; Jennifer helping Bill clean up garden so Bill can head for Arizona Monday; Bill not getting stuck in the field this week; Young people helping Senior Citizens; Cubs in the World Series!; Meredith L.’s brother and family visiting from Indiana; All the helpers getting church yard work accomplished Saturday—Dan & Paul, Bryan & Peggy, Steve & Vicke, Sharon & Pearl.

Schedule:

• Sunday, Oct. 16 @ 9 a.m. – Worship/Noisy Offering
• Sun.-Sat., Oct. 16-22 @ 11:30 a.m. – Dinner at Your Door Delivery
• Sunday, Oct. 16 @ 3:30 p.m. – Community Meal at GFLC/Serve & Dessert
• Tuesday, Oct. 18 @ 7 p.m. – Bible Study-Acts Begins Church Basement
• Wednesday, Oct. 19 @6:30 p.m. – NO Choir Practice
• Thursday, Oct. 20 @ 7 p.m. – Circle of Stones at Sharon/Dick A.’s
• Saturday, Oct. 22 @ 9 a.m. – Church Work/Clean-up Day
• Sunday, Oct. 23 @ 9 a.m. – Worship

Joys and Concerns:

• Concerns:Pastor Dan’s bad cold and sore throat; Sherri K and her family; People who have suffered sexual assaults; Peggy K.’s mom’s move back to MN is running into difficulties; Haiti; Washington.
• Joys: Julia K. back to work and the MNA contract being signed for Allina nurses; For the “small” choir today; Twin Cities–union contract for low income working people in big box stores; Cindy L. headaches are improving somewhat; Bob Dylan receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature; Altar flowers from Dorothy “Doe” Hollimon in memory of her family—Mr. & Mrs. GH Wilson, Francis, Arthur, Douglas and Mary.

Hello All,

Happy October Newsletter reading!

Two things of note about this publication:

1. The responsibilities list has changed quite a bit already. Please double check your dates. There is an opening for fellowship servers yet for October 16th that I have not figured out. Give the office a call and let me know if anyone wants to volunteer, otherwise I’ll be calling.
2. There is an article in here about racism and culture. It is long but I hope you find it as enlightening as I did.

Have a wonderful evening today.

Karen

October 2016 ENCOUNTER.pdf

Schedule

• Sunday, Oct. 2 @ 9 a.m. – Worship/World Communion/Rosh Hashanah
• Wednesday, Oct. 5 @ 6:30 p.m. – Choir Practice
• Sunday, Oct. 9 @ 9 a.m. – Worship
• Sunday, Oct. 9 @ 10:30 – HWY Clean-up
• Monday, Oct. 10 – Indigenous Peoples’ Day/Columbus Day
• Tuesday, Oct. 11 – Yom Kippur
• Wednesday, Oct. 12 – 6:30 p.m. – Choir Practice
• Wednesday, Oct. 12 – 7:30 p.m. – Council Meeting
• Sunday, Oct. 16 @ 9 a.m. – Worship
• Sunday, Oct. 16 @ 4:30 p.m. – Community Meal at GFLC/Serve & Dessert
• Tuesday, Oct. 18 @ 7 p.m. – Bible Study-Acts Begins, Church Basement
• Wednesday, Oct. 19 @ 6:30 p.m. – Choir Practice
• Thursday, Oct. 20 @ 7 p.m. – Circle of Stones at Sharon/Dick Anderson’s
• Saturday, Oct. 22 @ 9 a.m. – Church Work/Clean-up Day
• Sunday, Oct. 23 @ 9 a.m. – Worship
• Monday, Oct. 24 – United Nations Day
• Wednesday, Oct. 26 @ 4 p.m. – Bible Study-Acts Church Basement
• Wednesday, Oct. 26 @ 6:30 p.m. – Choir Practice
• Thursday-Friday, Oct. 27-28 – Pastor Dan at Conference Clergy Retreat
• Sunday, Oct. 30 @ 9 a.m. – Worship
• Monday, Oct. 31 – All-Hallows Eve/Reformation/Reconciliation Day

Announcements

• The flowers in the sanctuary today are in memory of Imogene Sunderland.

Joys and Concerns

• Concerns: People dealing with flooding in MN and other areas of the country; Ongoing nurses strike at Allina Hospitals; Family of Imo Sunderland; For the homeless; For those dealing with addiction.
• Joys: Sally T. thanks all those who helped Sally and Bob celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary; Terry V. celebrating a birthday today, Terry’s work for today’s service as well as the funeral service yesterday and for her skills and being our in-house tech support person; Peggy and Bryan M. celebrated Hannah H. and Kyle P.’s wedding with them; Karen S. met new California “friends”-people doing family genealogy research and had family members who attended this church in the late 1880’s.