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Shari Beath
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| This Week at St. John's | Dec. 18 - Dec. 25, 2011 |
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What's Happening This Sunday
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- Farewell reception in honor of our Organist and Kisasa Choristers Director, Sarah Garner & Family at 10:00 am in Weertz.
- 7th - 12th Grade service project at 1:00 pm in Room 209
- Serving at Central Iowa Shelter at 6:30 pm
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| Prepare for Worship | 
Sunday, Dec. 18,
Fourth Sunday of Advent
God keeps the promise made to David, to give him an everlasting throne. The angel tells Mary that God will give David's throne to her son, Jesus. She is perplexed by Gabriel's greeting and by the news of her coming pregnancy, but she is able still to say, "Count me in." We, who know that Jesus is called king only as he is executed, still find it a mystery hard to fathom, but with Mary today we hear the news of what God is up to and say, "Count us in." The readings are 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16, Luke 1:46b-55, Mary's "Magnificat," Romans 16:25-27 and Luke 1:26-38. The hymn of the day will be ELW 258, "Unexpected and Mysterious." Offering music will be "A Dove Flew Down from Heaven," by Johannes Brahms, sung by Cantorei at 8:45 a.m. and Cathedral Choir at 11 a.m.
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Weekly Calendar
| Monday, December 19
9:30 am WELCA Board Meeting - Neumann
6:30 pm Serving at Central Iowa Shelter
Tuesday, December 20
9:30 am Quilting - Room 308
9:30 am Senior Seminary - Room 8 AND
Eagle Call Processing
5:30 pm Centering Prayer - Chapel
6:00 pm Council/Staff Christmas party - Off Site
Wednesday, December 21
6:30 am Souljourners - Weertz
10:00 am 3D - Off Site
11:00 am Christmas Healing Service - Chapel
12:05 pm MidWeek Music - A St. John's Christmas -
Sanctuary
12:30 pm MidWeek Music Lunch - Weertz
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch II - Off Site
4:30 pm Recreational Reading - Neumann
5:30 pm Kisasa Choristers Pizza Party - Neumann
6:00 pm Kisasa Rehearsal - Fuller Music Room
6:30 pm Cantorei Rehearsal - Sanctuary
7:00 pm Christmas Healing Service - Chapel
7:00 pm Cathedral Choir/Strings Rehearsal - Choir Loft
Thursday, December 22
5:45 pm WIRED Yoga - Fireside Lounge
Friday, December 23
Office Closing at noon
Saturday, December 24 ~ Christmas Eve
4:20 pm Kisasa Rehearsal - Chapel
5:00 pm Worship - Sanctuary
8:30 pm Worship - Sanctuary
11:00 pm Worship - Sanctuary
Sunday, December 25 ~ Christmas Day
10:00 am Worship - Sanctuary |
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Children's Ministry
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There will be no Sunday School today, Dec. 18, nor on Dec. 25, or Jan. 1. Sunday School will resume Sunday, Jan. 8 with the Epiphany Family Event, Follow the Star.
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Small Groups
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Recreational Reading will meet on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 4:30 in Rose Holm to discuss the book Blame by Michelle Huneven. Questions? Contact Carol MacDonald at macpac00@mchsi.com.
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| Upcoming Midweek Music Schedule | 
- December 14 - Scott Davis and Brass
Quintet - December 21 - "A St. John's Christmas"
- December 28 - No Midweek Music
- January 4 - Ballyhoo Foxtrot Combo
- January 11 - Nina Liu, violin
- January 18 - Francine and Ed Griffith, piano
and tenor - January 25 - Ray Songayllo, piano
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WELCA - December Mission
|  The ongoing outreach for the Women of the ELCA will be for the DMARC food pantry. As always, the congregation is invited to participate. As you may already know, the needs are growing much faster than the available food supply. Cash donations are appreciated because that allows them to buy needed food at a discounted cost (because they can buy in bulk quantities).
We thank ALL who contributed Christmas items for the Women's Shelter this month!
Women of the ELCA will meet on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Sarah Group is meeting 9:30 am at Jean William's home at 314 42nd Street, Des Moines. Lois Group is having a Bible study so bring your women's magazine (Gather January/February 2012). Lois Group will meet in Neumann at 12:30. |
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Christmas Healing Services
|  If you are seeking a quiet time of worship with healing prayer & anointing prior to Christmas, please join us for our annual Christmas Healing Services on Wednesday, Dec. 21st, at 11 am or 7 pm in the Chapel.
Quiet carols, a short meditation, healing prayer and Holy Communion provide an island of peace in the midst of these often-hectic days of preparation. Friends and family members are most welcome. [The 11am service is followed by our Mid-Week Music offering, "Christmas at St. John's" at noon, with lunch available at 12:30pm.] |
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Holy Innocents - Prayer Service for Peace
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Troubled Sleep: A Call to End War, that the World's Children Might Sleep in Peace
Join us for this annual prayer service for peace on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 7 pm at Capitol Hill Lutheran Church (511 Des Moines St.). This year's prayer service will feature children's lullabies from around the world, as well as other prayers, poems and readings for peace. The event is sponsored by the Des Moines Ecumenical Committee for Peace and co-sponsored by many peace and justice groups and organizations in the Des Moines area.
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Christmas Lights
|  Anyone Having Old Strands of Christmas Lights (And Who Doesn't!) . . .
Rather than throw them away, bring them to St. John's and we will recycle them for you. There will be a box in the reception area. All proceeds will go to the Good Samaritan Fund. |
| A Night at the Museum |  Support our Youth Ministry
Seeking "Big Ticket" Items for the 2012 Youth Auction
Do you have connections? Can you call in a favor? Do you need to make a charitable donation before the end of the year? If so, the youth of St. John's need YOU to call those favors in, use your connections, and donate what you can!
We are planning our 4th annual youth fundraising auction and dinner and need "big ticket" items to auction! Need some ideas? Are you an artist? Do you know someone who is an artist? Do you have a cabin on a lake? Do you like to cook or bake? Do you sew or do woodworking in your free time? Do you have a service you could offer? Do you have season tickets to events that you could share with us? The possibilities are endless! If you have an item or an idea, contact a member of the youth auction committee: Tammi Reyes, Heidi Slinker, Terri Speirs, Lora Simpson, and Megan Clausen (meganc@stjohnsdsm.org). And mark your calendars now: March 2, 2012. More surprises to come. Stay tuned! |
| Security Help Wanted |  Jack Huff, a member of our security team, will be leaving us in the middle of January. We would like to thank Jack for his work and help over the last year and a half. We have begun searching for a new member of our security team.If you know someone who is available weekends and some evenings, can multitask, and communicates well with others please have them contact Scott LaBlanc at scottl@stjohnsdsm.org or 515-243-7691. This is a paid position. |
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Just a reminder that around the holidays the church offices will be closed on the following days Dec. 23 starting at noon and all day on Dec. 26, 27, 30, and Jan. 2.
Peace, 
Scott LaBlanc
Director of Parish Operations
businessoffice@stjohnsdsm.org 515-243-7691 x. 113 |
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