What's Happening This Sunday
This Sunday we Celebrate All Saints and the
145th Anniversary of St. John's Lutheran Church
► Altar flowers are given this in memory of Sandra Pontious, sister of Nancy Budrevich & Melody Pontious.
► Congregational Brunch beginning at 8:30 - Weertz and Neumann
► We rejoice in the baptism of John Joseph Boyd, son of John and Shelby Boyd at the 11:00 a.m. service.
► Breakfast Club at 9:55 - Room 307
► Sunday School for ages 3 - 6th Grade is at 9:55 (see notice below in In Children's Ministry for locations)
► Breakfast Club (7th-9th Grade) at 9:55 am - Room 307
► Chamber Orchestra at 9:55 - MPR 3rd Floor
► Brass Quartet Rehearsal at 9:55 am - Le Chambre du Vent
► Rainbow Ministry Team at 12:15 - Rose Holm
► JIF: Journeys in Faith at 5:30 pm - DDI, MPR - 3rd Floor |
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► Monday, November 8
9:00 am Hardanger Group - Neumann
5:30 pm St. John's Networking - Gateway Mkt on MLK
► Tuesday, November 9
9:30 am Quilting - Room 308
10:00 am Tuesday AM Bible Study - Room 8
5:00 pm Executive Ministry Team - 1st Floor Conf Rm
5:30 pm Centering Prayer - Chapel
► Wednesday, November 10
6:30 am Souljourners - Weertz
12:05 pm MidWeek Music - Central College Chamber -
Sanctuary
12:30 pm Midweek Music Lunch - Weertz
5:30 pm Beloved Community Meal - Weertz
6:10 pm Beloved Community Worship - Weertz
6:30 pm Confirmation 7th & 8th Gr. - MPR, Rm 307, DDI
6:30 pm Adult Education - Neumann
6:30 pm Kisasa Choristers - Fuller Music Room
6:30 pm Joyful Noise - Room 7
6:30 pm KIDZ @ SJLC - Room 5
6:30 pm Oakridge Tutoring - Rms 205/206/207/208/209
6:40 pm Cantorei - Choir Loft
7:30 pm Cathedral Choir - Choir Loft
► Thursday, November 11
3:30 pm ASAP - Weertz, Rms 7, 207, 208, 209, Elevator Lobby 2nd floor
5:30 pm Serenity Seekers - Neumann
► Friday, November 12
No Events Scheduled
► Saturday, November 13
8:30 am Saturday AM Bible Study - Contact Ellen Fisher for location: 250-9916 / ellenfisher123@yahoo.com
8:30 am WIRED Retreat @ Park Fleur
10:00 am St. John's Moms - Nursery, Rose Holm, Fireside Lounge
5:00 pm Worship - Chapel
► Sunday November 14
7:45 am Worship - Sanctuary
8:45 am Worship - Sanctuary
9:55 am Sunday School - See Children's Ministry below
9:55 am Breakfast Club - Room 307
9:55 am Chamber Orchestra - MPR 3rd Floor
9:55 am Brass Quartet Rehearsal - Le chambre du vent
10:00 am Choir Make-up Rehearsal - Fuller Music Room
10:00 am Adult Forum - Dr. Mark Mattes - Room 8
10:00 am WIRED - Book Discussion/Cooking Class - Neumann
11:00 am Worship - Sanctuary
5:30 pm JIF: Journeys in Faith - DDI, MPR, 3rd Floor |
Small Groups &
Christian Involvement
► Sunday: St. John's 145th Anniversary will be celebrated with a brunch in Weertz Hall from 8:30 to 11:00 am. Room 8 will be a special "Memory Room" so make sure you check it out and watch some old film from years ago that we converted to DVD to preserve. There are pictures, mementos, and some items dating back to 1893.
► Saturday am Bible Study will meet on Saturday, Nov. 13, 8:30 am. If questions, contact Ellen Fisher.
► WIRED RETREAT (Women Interested in Renewal, Education and Discovery): "Connect and Rewire-Living with Joy and Peace" is the topic of a day retreat on Nov. 13, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. Please contact Sue Tew at 515.210.2073. The retreat is open to women of all ages & will be held at Park Fleur Conference Room (3131 Fleur Dr., DSM). Cost: $30 including lunch and snacks.
► On Sat., Nov. 13 at 10:00 am, St. John's Moms will be welcoming a guest to the group. Melissa Wardell is a certified sign language instructor with My Smart Hands in Des Moines. Melissa will be introducing sign language through music and stories to moms and children with a free program. This meeting will be at St John's in the Fireside Lounge. All moms of children 3 years and younger are welcome to join the class and the group! For more information, please contact Rachel Corron at rpcorron@gmail.com 313-6645 or Kirsten LaBlanc at k.lablanc@gmail.com 491-0907.
► WIRED small groups will be starting soon. WIRED Cooking Classes and WIRED Book Discussion groups are meeting on Sunday, Nov. 14, at 10:00 am in Neumann to get together to decide a day and time that works for most. There will also be a WII Fitness class starting soon. If interested, call Delaine Marker, 285-2605. Check the St. John's website under Ministries>WIRED.
► Recreational Reading will meet Wed., Nov. 17, at 4:30 pm in Rose Holm. Book for discussion is Tinkers by Paul Harding. |
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Faithful Friends
► St. John's Faithful Friends visitation program will hold another training meeting on Thursday, Nov. 11th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm in the Valbracht Gallery. If you have interest in, or have decided that you would like to be a Faithful Friend to one of St. John's homebound members, or a member who now resides in a nursing facility, please contact Pastor Bob, Pastor Runkel, Jean McKinney, Karen Zaabel, or Linda Rieck for information about this program. Faithful Friends can also serve as Lay Communion providers as well. Thank you for your interest and commitment to our effort to serve all of our members of St John's Lutheran Church. |
Children's Ministries
1st - 3rd Grade Sunday School meet in chapel at 9:55. Parents pick up their child in their Sunday School classroom on second floor at 10:55.
Three year old, Preschool,
Kindergarten Sunday School - Parents may take their three year olds (room 5), preschool (room 6), and kindergarteners (room 7) to their classrooms at 9:55. At 10:45 these children go into room 7 for Sunday School music. Parents may pick up their child in room 7 at 10:55. |
The Election's Over, Now What?
► Does the whole of our "political life" begin and end with the voting booth? Or, is there an alternative way in which we can learn to be political that's not Red-Blue, Conservative-Liberal, Democratic-Republican? Learn how at the next Institute on Public Life - Building Political Friendships in a Divided World, Thursday, Nov. 11, 7:00 pm at Central Presbyterian Church, 38th and Grand. Sponsored by A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy (AMOS) |
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WELCA Update Cookies! Treasures! Coming soon!! Mark your Calendars NOW and start baking...looking for a treasure {or two}! Yes, it's that time again, the traditional St. Johns Cookie Walk and Treasure Table. Let's make it better than ever! Saturday and Sunday, December 11, 12. Questions? Contact Janie Clemenson, 274-0924 or Lou Johnston, 287-2424 |
National Family Caregivers Month
► November is National Family Caregivers Month. Caregivers may call themselves husband, wife, parent, son or daughter, but they play an important role in caring for loved ones. While this care is given freely and lovingly, it can be stressful. At Lutheran Services in Iowa, we celebrate family caregivers and offer programs that assist them as they take on this vital role. LSI's home health care programs provide important services including home visits by skilled nurses, homemaker services to assist with light housework and respite services for those caring for someone with a physical or mental disability. At LSI, we are here to support this important group of people who take on these rewarding responsibilities. To read helpful tips, go to www.lsitips.com. |
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Total Stewardship Packets: 795
Total Estimate of
Giving Cards Returned: 88 |
St. John's Lutheran Church
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A center for mission
in the heart of the city.
Saturday Worship
5:00 pm
Sunday Worship
7:45 am, 8:45 am & 11:00 am
Nursery Care Provided
Sunday from 8:30 to Noon
Radio Broadcast Sunday
at 8:30 am on KRNT-1350 AM
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Upcoming Events
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November 7 - All Saints and 145th Anniversary Celebration. Brunch available from 8:30 - 11:00.
November 10 - Midweek Music, Central College Chamber SIngers. |
November Artist of the Month
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Awe-Inspiring
Compositions of the HeavensNovember Artist of the Month is Jerry Pottorff, a self-taught Des Moines artist who began painting and drawing as a young child and has continued his passion for creating cutting edge art throughout his life. His work today is very distinctive, combining his artist talents and life-long fascination with astronomy to paint the eternal beauty and awe-inspiring compositions of the heavens. Don't miss it as it hangs on the walls of Weertz Fellowship Hall during the month of November.
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