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Scott Kaven
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| This Week at St. John's | July 17 - July 24, 2011 |
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Sunday, July 17, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.at Ritual Cafe
on 13th between Grand and Locust
next to the Sculpture Garden
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| What's Happening This Sunday | |
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| Weekly Calendar | |
Monday, July 18
Eagle Call Deadline
6:30 pm Serving at Central Iowa Shelter
Tuesday, July 19
9:30 am Quilting - Room 308
9:30 am Tuesday AM Bible Study - Room 8
5:00 pm Congregational Council - Neumann
5:30 pm Centering Prayer - Chapel
6:30 pm Serving at Central Iowa Shelter
7:00 pm HS/College Book Club - Smokey Row
Wednesday, July 20
6:30 am Souljourners - Weertz
9:30 pm ACS Meeting - 1st Flr Conf Room
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch II - Off Site
2:00 pm Arts for the City Board Mtg - 1st Flr Conf
Thursday, July 21
11:30 pm Lunch Bunch I - Off Site
5:00 pm Arts Visioning - Jasper Winery
5:45 pm WIRED: Yoga Class - Fireside Lounge
6:00 pm Couples/Singles Group - Jasper Winery
Friday, July 22
9:00 am Investment Ministry Team - Valbracht
9:30 pm EAGLES meet at church for Boone trip
Saturday, July 23
5:00 pm Worship - Chapel
Sunday, July 24
7:45 am Worship - Sanctuary
8:45 am Worship - Sanctuary
10:00 am Photography - Neumann
11:00 am Worship - Sanctuary
5:00 pm Middle School Fun Night - Speirs' House |
| Technical Difficulties | 
Our telephone system began experiencing technical difficulties earlier this week. Our experts are working to get everything up and running as soon as possible. While we use our back-up phone system we will be unable to transfer phone calls or have access to voicemail. In most instances the person answering the phone when you call will have to take a message and your call will be returned as quickly as possible. |
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Children's Ministry | 
► If your child is entering 4th grade and/or up, they are invited to be a youth lector. Contact Sheryl Reed at 243-7691 or sherylreed@stjohnsdsm.org if your child is interested!!!
► We still need Sunday School teachers for 1st-4th grade for next fall. Contact Sheryl Reed (234-7691) if you would like to share your faith with kids once or twice a month. |
| WIRED | |
► WIRED Event ~ "Open the Door" Retreat and Luncheon, Sunday, October 23, 12:30 - 4:00. Sign up now before space is gone! This retreat, based on Joyce Rupp's latest book and led by the author, offers inspiration and encouragement for personal growth. Our heart-door opens inward to the deepest, truest part of who we are. There we find the inherent goodness seeded in us at our birth. The door then opens outward to the world where we bring this giftedness and share it with others. The retreat will include a conference, guided meditation, small group dialogue, and creative prayer experience. The retreat is open to the women of St. John's and their friends first, from now through July 31. On August 1, it will be open to the community. Please sign up in the fireside lounge as soon as possible or e-mail Darla at darlastiles@stjohnsdsm.org or sign up on our website, www.stjohnsdsm.org. Cost is $30 for lunch and the retreat, due at the time you signup or you may send your check made out to St. John's Lutheran Church (with Joyce Rupp WIRED Retreat in the memo line) to: St. John's Lutheran Church, Attention Darla Stiles, 600 6th Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50309. |
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Free Food For Seniors | |
► The Iowa Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program benefits low-income older Iowans. This program provides the qualified user with coupons which can be redeemed at participating farmers markets throughout Iowa for fresh fruits and vegetables. The coupons are good from June 1 through Oct. 31. Eligible seniors must be 60 years of age or older with a household income level at or below $20,147 if single or $27,214 for a married couple. For more information on the Iowa Department on Aging visit http://www.aging.iowa.gov. For more information call: 515-255-1310. Polk County residents may contact: Aging Resources Iowa: 515-255-1310 o agingres@aol.com, or visit us on the web: www.agingresources.com. |
| Small Groups | |
 ► Couples/Singles Group will meet on Thursday evening, July 21, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm at the Jasper Winery to listen to the music of "Flipside" and enjoy fellowship. If you are able to attend, e-mail Darla at darlastiles@stjohnsdsm.org and bring a lawn chair. Beverages and brats/burgers are available for purchase at the event.
► The date has been set for the August Couples/Singles event as well: The group will meet at the West Des Moines Christian Church, 4501 Mills Civic Parkway, WDM on August 12 at 7:00 pm for a concert that is a part of their Lighthouse Concert Series. The performer is Dennis Warner, a folk singer from Minnesota. The cost is $10 a person at the door. They serve wonderful desserts and coffee from Grounds for Celebration! How much pie can you eat?! The atmosphere is wonderful and the performers great. You can check out directions and listen to Dennis by clicking on his picture at www.lighthouseconcerts.webstarts.com. Hope to see a lot of you there!!!! To give Ed and Mary Slattery an indication of who is attending, contact them at maryslatt@mchsi.com
► EAGLES will meet at church on Friday, July 22, at 9:30 am to travel to Boone for the railway trip. They will enjoy lunch at the Tick Tock Inn in Boone and will board the train at 1:30. Lunch will be ordered from the menu at diner's choice. Cost of the train trip is $16 per person. Lunch and shared travel costs will be extra. Please respond to Jim Hanson at e-mail: gymfil56@q.com or phone: 255-6148 if you can participate.
► Photography will meet on Sunday, July 24th, 10:00 am in Neumann. The theme for this month is "animals" so bring a couple of your animal pictures to share. All are welcome!
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| The Johanna Scholarship |  ► All women of St. John's are invited to join us for dessert, wine, conversation and the establishment of The Johanna Scholarship for women students of Usangi Leadership & Training College in the Pare Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. Wednesday, July 20th, 7:30 p.m., in Pastor Mithelman's backyard, 434 56th St., Des Moines. (Parking available on Walnut Hill or Shriver.) Our special guest will be Pastor Mary Jo Maahs, a pastor of the SE Iowa Synod, who teaches English at Usangi LTC for 2 terms each school year. |
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Peace,
Scott LaBlanc
Director of Parish Operations
businessoffice@stjohnsdsm.org
515-243-7691 x. 113 |
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