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Melinda Grubb
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| This Week at St. John's | Sept. 11 - Sept. 18, 2011 |
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What's Happening This Sunday
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- Laying on of hands for healing is available every week at the 8:45 and 11:00 am services.
- Rally Sunday Event @ 10:00 am in Weertz
- Blood pressure screenings and weight checks in the Wellness Room (just outside Weertz on the east side) from 10:00 - 11:00 am. No appointment necessary.
- Child Safety Class @ 11:15 am in Room 205
- Interfaith Service @ 3:00 pm in Sheslow Auditorium on the campus of Drake University
- Connection Café Fundraiser @ 4:00 pm ~ See information below
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| Weekly Calendar | |
Monday, September 12
5:30 pm Property Team - Valbracht
5:30 pm St. John's Networking - Gateway Market
Tuesday, September 13
9:30 am Quilting - Room 308
9:30 am Tuesday AM Bible Study - Room 8
5:00 pm Executive Ministry Team - First Floor Conf.
5:30 pm Centering Prayer - Chapel
6:00 pm St. John's Gardening Group - Brenton Aboretum
6:30 pm Engaging Spirituality Info Mtg - St. Theresa's (Windsor Heights)
Wednesday, September 14
6:30 am Souljourners - Weertz
5:30 pm Beloved Community Meal - Weertz
6:10 pm Beloved Community Worship - Weertz
6:30 pm Confirmation (9th Gr) - Room 307
6:30 pm Adult Education - Neumann
6:30 pm Kisasa Choristers - Fuller Music Room
6:30 pm KIDZ @ SJLC - Room 5
6:30 pm Joyful Noise - Room 7
6:30 pm Confirmation (9th Gr) - Room 307
6:30 pm Confirmation (7th - 8th Gr) - MPR, DDI
6:35 pm Cantorei - Choir Loft
7:00 pm Cathedral Choir - Choir Loft
8:00 pm JIF: Journeys in Faith - Room 307, MPR, DDI
Thursday, September 15
11:30 am Lunch Bunch I - Off Site
5:45 pm WIRED Yoga - Fireside Lounge
Friday, September 16
6:00 pm Gilmer/Nordmeyer Wedding Rehearsal - Sanctuary
Saturday, September 17
8:30 am Saturday AM Bible Study - (For location, contact Ellen (ellenfisher123@yahoo.com) or Rod (rsnavely@aol.com)
9:30 am Altar Guild - Room 8
3:00 pm Gilmer/Nordmeyer Wedding - Sanctuary, Rose Holm
5:00 pm Worship - Chapel
Sunday, September 18
7:45 am Worship - Sanctuary
8:45 am Worship - Sanctuary
9:55 am Breakfast Club (7th-9th Gr.) - Room 307
9:55 am Chamber Orchestra - MPR
9:55 am Brass Quartet Rehearsal - Le Chambre du Vent
10:00 am Adult Forum-Youth Ministry Presentation - Weertz
10:00 am Photography - Neumann
11:00 am Worship - Sanctuary
3:00 pm Middle School Food Prep/Shelter-Kitchen, Weertz
4:00 pm JIF: Journeys in Faith (High School food prep)
6:30 pm Serving @ Central Iowa Shelter
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Children's Ministry
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Rally Sunday Sept. 11 at 10:00 am in Weertz. See you there!
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WIRED
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► WIRED Retreat and luncheon, Sunday, October 23, 12:30 - 4:00; The Joyce Rupp luncheon and retreat is now open to the community. With limited space, please get your reservation in if you are interested in attending. If you have signed up but not yet paid, please send a check to hold your reservation. Joyce Rupp, author of Open the Door, offers inspiration and encouragement for personal growth. Please e-mail Darla at darlastiles@stjohnsdsm.org or sign up on our website, www.stjohnsdsm.org. Cost is $30 for lunch and the retreat. 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.
► WIRED Night Out will meet on Thursday, September 22, 5:30 pm at the northeast corner of the Sculpture Park for a guided tour by Mari Slattery, then will enjoy fellowship over dinner at Americana's. Cost: $2 per person for tour plus dinner. For reservations, e-mail Jacque Warming, jrwarming@msn.com or Darla Stiles darlastiles@stjohnsdsm.org or call Darla at 243-7691.
► WIRED Yoga will begin a new fall session starting Thursday, September 15 through Thursday, October 27. It will be held on Thursdays at 5:45 for an hour in the Fireside Lounge at church. It is designed for both new and experienced yoga participants. If you would like to attend, please contact the yoga instructor, Corinne Lambert, (515)556-3679, or by e-mail: callingwisdom1@hotmail.com
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Small Groups
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► St. John's Networking Group will begin again this fall on Monday, September 12, 5:30 pm at Gateway Market. Contact Ellen Fisher, ellenfisher123@yahoo.com with questions.
► St. John's Gardening group has schedule one last gardening event this fall to be held on Tuesday, September 13. The group will meet at the Brenton Arboretum, 25141 260th Street, Dallas Center, Iowa at 6:00 pm for a tour. (Directions: Take Hickman Road west (highway 6) through Waukee and turn right on R Avenue for 2 miles, then left on 270th Street for 1.5 miles, and right onto Palo Place for 1 mile (Palo Place becomes 260th Street. Brenton Arboretum is on the left). The Brenton Arboretum combines the horticultural study of trees with a commitment to natural landscape management and conservation. 2,000 trees are surrounded by walking trails which lead over stream bridges, meander through prairie grasses, and follow the edge of Homestead Lake and Overlook Pond. Annual and perennial flowering plants add tremendous diversity to the tall grass prairie and provides habitat to a wide variety of birds, butterflies and small mammals. Please let Darla know if you plan to attend, darlastiles@stjohnsdsm.org
► Photography will meet on Sunday, September 18 (moved up a week this month) at 10:00 am in Neumann. The theme for September is "7 days, 7 photos" so take a photo each day for a week and bring to share.
► The Couples/Singles Group will enjoy the fall weather on the Des Moines River --The cruise is Saturday, September 24 . The boat will depart at 6:00 pm for a 90-minute dinner cruise. (Meet at the dock on the river across from the Botanical Center) It is $25 per person (payable at the time you make reservations with the Gregersens) plus a Cash bar. The Couples/Singles Group is sponsoring this event but it is open to ALL people (singles, couples, young and old). We need a crowd but the maximum is 70 people. (Kids can come, but there is no discounted price...) Also the Des Moines Regatta is on the river that afternoon so come at 5:00 to watch the finals. RSVP by September 18th at the latest to Kris or Kathy Gregersen, kkgregersen@gmail.com
► Hardanger will begin this fall on Wednesday, September 28, 9:00 am in Neumann; thereafter it will be held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. Questions? Contact Arlene Field, fjeldt@q.com |
| WELCA |  The women of the ELCA have Children and Family Urban Ministries as their outreach project for September. The congregation is also invited to participate in supplying the following needs: school supplies, such as back packs, pencils, crayons, notebook paper, markers, glue sticks, drawing paper, and juice boxes (100% juice). |
| Benefit for Connection Café |  Join us at 4:00 pm at the Cathedral of St. Paul (815 High St.) to enjoy relaxing music while sipping on a beverage of your choice, enjoying a variety of hors d'oeuvres and strolling through the newly completed Labyrinth Rain Garden. At 5:30 pm we continue to First United Methodist Church (1001 Pleasant St.) where you will enjoy a half-hour organ concert followed by a delicious dessert and coffee. Ticket price is $35 and proceeds go to The Connection Café, a no-cost lunch ministry of "The Bridge." Bridge Churches: St. John's Lutheran, St. Ambrose Cathedral, Cathedral of St. Paul, First United Methodist. Tickets available from Judy Curtiss-Latessa (270-8811) or Ed Slattery (254-1750). |
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The Global Misson Team
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 Thanks you for your generous response for the LWR school kits. We exceeded our goal of 100 kits! We welcome your help to assemble them on Sept. 20 at 5:30 pm in Valbracht. There are several groups meeting that evening here in the church. If you are so inclined, feel free to come a little early, or stay a little late to help. Many hands make light work.
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| ASAP Seeks Volunteers for Fall Session |  ASAP, the After School Arts Program, had an abundant, active summer and is now gearing up for our fall session. We are recruiting volunteers to assist teaching artists, work with students, help with snacks, ride the bus, recruit more volunteers, and more. The fall program takes place Thursdays, October 20 - December 8, 3:30 - 5:30 at St. John¹s. Orientation for new staff is Thursday, October 13, 4:00 - 5:30. Fall studios include Culinary Arts, Ceramics, Drawing Comics, Poets Unleashed, and a Stomp-style Bucket Beats percussion class. For more information or to volunteer, contact Michelle Bolton King at michelle@asap-dsm.org or 515-770-3380. Thank you! |
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Common Ground
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| Imani Moja (One Faith) | 
Everyone is invited to the Southeast Iowa Synod's Tanzania Summit, which will be held at St. John's on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Summit is designed to teach about life in Tanzania and how we can make a difference by working as partners in areas of need. Registration and breakfast begin at 9:00 a.m. The cost is $10 and includes all materials, continental breakfast and lunch. Please register at the Southeast Iowa Synod website at www.seiasynod.org.
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| Invitation to Discuss Worship | 
The Worship ministry team continually discerns what Lutheran worship is and could be at St. John's. As part of our ongoing discussion this fall, we will be reading together Mark Pierson's book The Art of Curating Worship, and would like to invite the congregation to join us! Everyone is welcome. We will read the book in installments and discuss the assigned section at the beginning of each Worship ministry team monthly meeting, the first Tuesday of the month at 5:30 at St. John's. Our first assignment, pp. ix to 27, will be discussed at the Oct. 4 meeting. If you care to join us, obtain a copy of the book before that date and come prepared to share your thoughts. Books are available for $10 through Larry Christensen; contact LarryC@stjohnsdsm.org or call 243-7691.
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| Evening with the Bishop | 
Join Bishop Michael Burk for an evening of conversation and fellowship on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 6:30 pm here at St. John's. This will be a time of sharing thoughts that go to the heart of what it means to be the people of God in mission together through the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Southeastern Iowa Synod. The Evening with the Bishop will be held across the synod in three congregations and St. John's is fortunate to be one of the selected. All are welcome.
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Peace,
Scott LaBlanc
Director of Parish Operations
businessoffice@stjohnsdsm.org
515-243-7691 x. 113
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