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Next Gleaners Food Bank workday is
Saturday, October 4 from 1:00 -3:30. 

October 10th - from 10:00 to 12:00 AM  (Friday morning)   Pieces Be With You Quilt group hosts well known quilt artist, author, teacher, and lecturer:

Wendy Butler Berns, Lake Mills, WI - winner of 2009 Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship for teachers

She is in Michigan next week to conduct a 2 day workshop in Millington, Michigan.  As a longtime friend of Mary Northcott (member of St. Paul Lutheran Church), she can be with us 2 hours on Friday morning, during her Grosse Pointe visit with Mary.    What an unexpected, special opportunity for us!!!    What a gracious gift from Mary Northcott and Wendy Bern.  She will share her award winning art quilts, and give us tidbits from her earlier presentations to the  Millington Quilt club.      Wendy Bern has written books, presents online classes through "Craftsy", has been on PBS shows, and will be an instructor at the upcoming 2014 Fall International Quilt Show in Houston.

Want to know more about Wendy Bern, quilt artist (or see videos of her work)?.....go to www.wendybutlerberns.com

She is best know for converting photographs to patterns and then into large art quilts using a variety of applique, quilting & tasselation techniques.    Her workshop topics while in Millington on Oct. 7 & 8 include:  "Capering with Creativity", "Brave Bold Beckoning Borders" and she may have examples of the all day construction workshop "Captivating Cone Flowers".     It should be a very special morning.   

We'll have coffee and goodies at 10:00.      RSVP if coming (so we can plan) -  "reply" to this email or call 313.885.5052 (marie zeller)

Share this event invitation with friends who enjoy quilting or women who enjoy art, fabrics, and creativity!  

Saturday, October 11, from 5:30 to 9 pm. Please come and enjoy this cross-generational event.  We will provide food, drink and activities.   Bounce house and other fun games followed by smores by the bonfire!  Volunteers are needed to make this event a success.  Please contact Shawn Cugliari at 313.410.1406.  Thanks!

Sunday, October 19 will be Pastor Ulmanis' last Sunday worship.  Please join us for the service followed by a potluck in his honor at 11:45 after the Sunday school hour.  Ham, salad and dessert will be provided.  Bring a dish that serves eight to ten people.  Please come and honor him for the wonderful job he has done this past year.  If you wish to help, contact Cheryl Cusmano, Shelley Reisen or Susan Kvale.

Our next Bingo Party at Gateshead Crossing Senior Living Community is October 24, at 12:45. If you can help with this event, please contact Margy Huizinga. A basket for Bingo prizes is in the Harms Fireside Room. Postage stamps are always appreciated!

This year's Advent Workshop is scheduled for Sunday, November 23.  If you have any ideas for crafts or questions, please contact Steve Gillespie at 313.885.2537.

hWELCA Annual Meeting/Deep Cleaning of Harms' Fireside Room/ Potluck Lunch is Saturday, November 15 at 9:00 Bethany Room.

*    25%    LSSM WAYNE COUNTY FAMILY SHELTER

*    25%    FIRST STEP

*    50%    CHURCHWIDE WELCA PROGRAMS AND MISSIONS

GIVING IN KIND:  PERSONAL CARE KITS:  (Complete kits or Supplies to make Kits) Kit Contents:  Washcloths (2), Bar of Soap, Comb and Brush, Deodorant (1.4 oz.), Toothpaste (2.8 oz), Toothbrush, Mouthwash (2 oz.), Sanitizing Gel (2 oz.), Baby powder (1.5 oz.), Lotion (2 oz.), Tampons, Pens (2), and Small Notebook.  

We look forward to seeing you at the Gathering and Convention.

Registrations forms are on the WELCA bulletin board in the hallway.

In the month of October we lift in prayer LSSM's Refugee Services and Freedom House Detroit.  Please keep the staff and all of the refugee families and those seeking asylum in your prayers.

Refugees are people of all ages who are forced from their own countries by war or political unrest and who cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, ethnicity, religion or political affiliations. Many spend years in refugee camps before they are given permission to enter the United States. They arrive with little more than the clothes they are wearing.  

Refugees come here seeking protection and a chance to build a new life. They are eager to learn, to work and to become productive contributors to society. As they become settled, they build businesses, create jobs, revitalize neighborhoods, fuel the economy and strengthen the tax base, enriching their communities.

Lutheran Social Services of Michigan has been the Michigan affiliate of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service since the 1950s. In 2002, Lutheran Social Services became the Michigan affiliate of Episcopal Migration Ministries as well. As the largest refugee resettlement agency in the state, Lutheran Social Services has resettled thousands of people from dozens of countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Central and South America.

Please join us for Adult Forum this Sunday to hear from LSSM's Refugee Services. Rafat Ita, Sponsorship and Resource Coordinator for this branch of LSSM will share about the services provided to refugees and their families.  Also, Katie Pistoresi, Program Coordinator from Freedom House, will provide insight into providing support services for asylum seekers.

New pillows
Kitchen supplies such as pots, pans, tea kettles, coffee makers, flatware
Dishes
Glassware
New sheets or blankets
Towels, dish towels
Curtains
New mattresses
Gift cards to Kroger, Meijer
Cash Donations


Lord Jesus, when you multiplied the loaves and fishes, you provided more than food for the body, you offered us the gift of yourself, the gift which satisfies every hunger and quenches every thirst! Your disciples were filled with fear and doubt, but you poured out your love and compassion on the migrant crowd, welcoming them as brothers and sisters.

Lord Jesus, today you call us to welcome the members of God's family who come to our land to escape oppression, poverty, persecution, violence, and war. Like your disciples, we too are filled with fear and doubt and even suspicion. We build barriers in our hearts and in our minds.

To banish fear from our hearts, that we may embrace each   
of  your children as our own brother and sister;
To welcome migrants and refugees with joy and generosity, while responding to their many needs;
To realize that you call all people to your holy mountain to learn the ways of peace and justice;
To share of our abundance as you spread a banquet before us;
To give witness to your love for all people, as we celebrate the many gifts they bring.

We praise you and give you thanks for the family you have called together from so many people. We see in this human family a reflection of the divine unity of the one Most Holy Trinity in whom we make our prayer: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. 

I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death.

Philippians 3:10

I like the idea of knowing the power of the resurrection. There are plenty of things in my life and in the world around me I would love to see different. There is plenty of death in this world crying out for resurrection. Think here of poverty, injustice, violence, abuse, war, evil and more. Who doesn't those things of death to be resurrected?

But here is the rub. I want resurrection and that holy power, without the second half of the verse. I want to avoid sharing in the sufferings of Jesus. I remember going to a physical therapist because I had pain in my knee. They asked my goals. I said, "After today I want my knee to be pain free for the rest of my life." It did not quite work out that way. In fact healing required hard work and dedication on my part. Much to my dismay.

Resurrection comes into this world, but not easily. Resurrection comes into our lives, but to be raised requires a death. Thanks be to God that Jesus is with us through it all.