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THIS WEEK AT SHALOM

Sunday 10/28 9:00am Evangelical Lutheran Contemporary Worship

Affirmation of Baptism

10:10 am New Member class

10:00 am Sunday School/Hospitality /Adult Sunday School

4:00 pm Youth Service activity

Monday 10/29 1:00 pm Bookworm Bunch

5:00 pm Chair Yoga

6:00 pm Holy Yoga

Tuesday 10/30 9:00 am Dartball

10:00 am Staff Meeting

5:30 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal

Wednesday 10/31 4:30-6:30 Trunk or Treat

No Confirmation

Thursday 11/1 8-9:45 am Quilting

10:00 am Bible Study

Friday 11/2 7:30 am Men’s Bible Breakfast at Travelers Inn

Saturday 11/3 9:00-2 Shalom Fall Bazaar

Sunday 11/4 9:00 am Evangelical Lutheran Harmonized Worship

10:10 am Sunday School/Hospitality/Adult Sunday School

6:00 pm Go Deep

SHALOM’S ELECTRONIC OFFERINGS We now have two new ways to give to the mission of Shalom: One, visit our giving kiosk in the narthex and follow instructions. Two, connect your iPhone and Android Device with Give+ Church app that enables you to make one-time or recurring gifts from any mobile device using your credit card or debit card. Visit the App Store and search for “give plus church” to download the app for free and start donating today! Thank you for supporting our mission.

THE NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER is in your mailboxes. Please take yours home to keep abreast of activities at Shalom. Please let Carol know if you don’t want to receive a paper copy. Thank you.

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SHALOM NEWS FOR YOU! The Week of October 28, 2018

web site: www.shalomlutheran.org email: shalomlutheran@gctel.net

WELCOME to all our visitors. We are glad you are worshipping with us today. If you are new to Shalom, we would appreciate it if you would fill out the yellow “First Time Visitor” card in the fellowship pad and place in the offering basket.

HOSPITALITY All guests and members are invited to join us for fellowship in the Community Room following worship. Thank you Charmaine & Mike Munt, Denny & Ruth Nagle, Derek & Isabelle Navratil and Craig & Lona Neubarth for providing and serving refreshments today. Cake is served in recognition of the confirmands.

SUNDAY SCHOOL begins at 10:00 — after Worship. The children will be released at the end of Worship and follow their leaders out of the Sanctuary.

TODAY the children will collect Noisy Offering to support youth activities and trips as well as George in Tanzania.

SHALOM’S FALL BAZAAR is set for Saturday, November 3. Sign-up sheets are now up in the narthex. There are a few areas still in need of help. Take a poster to put up at work! Put ticket money in a marked envelope in Linda Fenelon’s mailbox. Additional tickets are available in the Office. Please be working on baked goods, crafts and Silent Auction baskets. Join the leadership in making this event a success.

You may bring in crafts, auction items and canned goods Thursday afternoon until about 6:00 pm. Friday all items may be brought in between 8 am and 7 p.m. You may price your baked goods or not. All soups and pies need to be at church before 9:00 am on Saturday. (Remember it takes a while to heat those soups up.) Thank you everyone for your contributions. Don’t forget to stop in to eat if not working.

ADULT BIBLE STUDY meets in the Resource Room at 10:10 with retired pastors leading. Come join them as they discuss the week’s Lectionary used in Worship. All are welcome.

BOOKWORM BUNCH will meet on Monday, October 29 at 1:00 in the Community Room to discuss the book Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. Anyone who enjoys reading is welcome.

NEW MEMBER CLASSES take place in the Sanctuary during this week. A New Member Reception will take place November 11th.

Photo Directory: is available for pick up in the Community Room after service today.

NO CONFIRMATION ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31. Happy Halloween!

TRUNK & TREAT Sign up to help host he Trunk & Treat event on Wednesday, Octo-ber 31st. Parents and children love this nice, warm, safe indoor event. Donate candy.

TODAY Celebrating their Affirmation of Baptism today during worship are Emma Frovarp, Avery Granning and Reed Hiles. Congratulations on achieving this faith milestone. A reception will follow in the Community Room.

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You may submit a REQUEST TO THE PRAYER CHAIN by calling Greg Anderson at 834-2865 or 815-2865 or emailing —greg.anderson@ndscs.edu. If you would like to become a member of the prayer chain let Greg know that as well.

GLASSES & HEARING AID COLLECTION Shalom is a collection point for used glasses and hearing aids to be handled by the Golden Brothers and Sisters Club in Alexandria. A collection box can be found on the information desk in the narthex. They are refurbished and sent to third world countries to help those who would not otherwise be able to have glasses.

HAVE AN OLDER CAR TO GET RID OF?? Donate your car to the Douglas County Car Care Program. During their first three years they donated 132 cars and repaired 244 client owned cars. The current needs are: volunteers to help repair vehicles on Car Care Saturday mornings; volunteers to help bring in donated vehicles using our tow-ing vehicle or driving them in; and financial support to pay for the needed parts, ser-vices and support needed for the program. Their current budget for 2016 is $165,000 and they need continued support to maintain the program. If questions, call 320-460-7911 or you can go to the website: www.douglascountycarcare.org

FOOD SHELF NEWS In gratitude, let’s share our bounty with our neighbors who have difficulty putting food on the table. Sustained healthy nutrition helps students excel, promotes family harmony & adds to the well being of neighborhoods. let’s share our thankful hearts by providing groceries for those in need. Food gifts can be put in the Narthex grocery cart. Thank you for your generosity.

QUILT RAFFLE Keep on selling the quilt raffle tickets for the November 3 Fall Ba-zaar. More tickets are available in the Office. It is a beautiful blue quilt. Please put raffle ticket money in a marked envelope in Linda Fenelon’s mailbox.

NEW MEMBERS RECEPTION will be November 11th during Worship with cake

served afterwards in the Community Room. Join us in welcoming our newest mem-

BETHESDA TRUNK OR TREAT will be on Sunday, October 28 from 2-4 pm in the church parking lot.

“THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER” will be showing at the Andria Theatre and is our next Connect to Celebrate – Shalom Family Event. Shalom has a block of 40 tickets reserved for our Shalom families on Sunday, December 16th at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $10/adult or student and $10/K-5th Grade Child. To reserve our spot, we must sign up and pay by Friday, November 9th. Put check to “Andria Theatre” in envelope in Tam Bukowski’s mailbox at Shalom.

DAILY TEXTS: Shalom will be ordering 20 copies for the church. If you would like to order one (or more) and get in on a reduced rate, there is a sign up in the Communi-ty Room. Depending on how many are added to the order the cost will be $6.95/book (or possibly less if we order many more). Please sign up for these before Thanksgiving so that we can get the order to Mt. Carmel. Thank you and blessings on your devotional life.

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Shared Ministry 10/28/18 9:00 a.m.

Acolytes Mason Evjen & Hunter Walz

Assisting Minister Greg Anderson

Communion Assist Carol Hedlund

Communion Assist Lourie Kavanagh

Communion Assist Todd Zarbok

Greeters Clark & Judy Hoffman

Lector Marilyn Myers

Proclaim Hailey Evjen

Ushers Sue Engstrom

Ushers Pam McCormick

After Worship Hosts Gerry & Skeeter Kingsberg

Counters Renae Hills and Clark Hoffman

Shared Ministry

Shared Ministry 11/4/18 9:00 a.m.

Acolyte Natalie Klimek

Assisting Minister Jan Keller

Communion Assist Catherine Scholer Kliewer

Communion Assist Dean Kliewer

Communion Assist Ron Fenelon

Communion Bread Linda Huebner

Greeters Sue Engstrom

Greeters Renae Rush

Kitchen Monitor Lynn Malvin

Lector Amy Klimek

Proclaim

Ushers Dave Rush

Ushers Garrett & Carter Rush

After Worship Hosts Denny & Ruth Nagle and Jeri Borman

Counters Derek Navratil & Al Anderson

PLEASE KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS Jack & Bernie Engdahl, Skip Prater, Tom Riley, Jim Johnson . We also lift up John Carlberg as he goes to surgery on October 29th, praying for successful surgery and a good healing process.

Worship Information for October 21, 2018

9:00 a.m. — 152

General Fund: $5,046.00 Building Fund: $1,325.00

World Hunger: $25.00

Thank you for your gifts!