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St. Johns Lutheran Church ELCA 1300 W. Benjamin Avenue
Norfolk, NE 68701 (402) 371-1985
[email protected] www.stjohnsnorfolk.com
Our Mission: Loving God . . . Loving People . . . Reaching
Out!
Please remember in prayer: Janet Jundt Dallas Esser Evelyn
Kleensang Waine Kruse Naoma Ronnfeldt Leona Pfeifer Phil Sykes Jo
Schaefer Pam Dircksen Ken Hansen (Elenore Merritts brother) Alverna
Rathgeber The family of Lee Vawser as they mourn his death
If you know someone who is in need of prayer but whose name is
not listed, it may be that they have asked not to be included in
the printed bulletin. Please remember them in your personal
prayers. Flowers on the altar this last weekend in July are
sponsored in loving memory of Wanda Smalley by the Smalley Family;
and by Don & Bettie Miller in gratitude for Gods many
blessings.
Everyone is invited to Fellowship Hour for coffee and rolls
between
services each Sunday in the Fellowship Hall.
PLEASE CONTACT THE CHURCH OFFICE if you or someone you know is
hospitalized and would enjoy a visit. Our church staff and hospital
visiting volunteers would be happy to greet, see, and pray with
you.
T-Shirts for Gods Work, Our Hands Sunday: Circle your t-shirt
size on the registration slip to receive your t-shirt for Gods
Work, Our Hands Sunday, September 13th. Even if you are unable to
participate in the ELCA community day of service, the Church
Council would like everyone to have a t-shirt! The t-shirts are
bright yellow with the Gods Work Our Hands slogan on the front and
will be personalized with St. Johns on the back. A free will
offering for the shirts is requested with a suggested amount of
$10/shirt. Checks can be made out to St. Johns designated for
t-shirt. The t-shirt order will be placed after this weekend, so
dont miss out -- circle your size TODAY!
Dr. David E. Cox Interim Senior Pastor Justin Wiese Assistant
Pastor, NeLCM-Norfolk Campus Pastor
Jacquie Samway PMA, Coordinator of Congregational Care Jolene
Ziebell Coordinator of Youth Ministries
Gail Ermels Office Manager Jim Carter Custodian/Grounds Keeper
Midge Hedrick Office Assistant
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SUNDAY, JULY 26 8:30 am
....................................................... Worship
9:30 am ........................................... Fellowship Hour
10:15 am .....................................................
Worship 7:00 pm .................... Gods Ambassadors ChristCare
Kristy Booras, 402-371-6218
MONDAY, JULY 27 10:00 am
............................................. Staff Meeting 7:00 pm
............................................. Praise Forever 8:30
pm .......................................... Solid Rock TUESDAY,
JULY 28 7:00 pm ...................................... Beloved
ChristCare Traycy Meister, 402-379-2484 WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 1:30 pm
.................................... Searchers ChristCare Connie
Hagstrom, 402-649-4862 5:30 pm ................................
Last Wednesday Lectio
THURSDAY, JULY 30 9:00 am
......................................................... Quilters
Potluck Lunch 11:00 am Close ................ Dine Out for
Applebees 6:30 pm ............................ VBS Crew Leader
Training
SATURDAY, AUG 1 5:00 pm
........................................................
Worship
SHOP FOR MINISTRY
JULY 26 8:30 am Elenore Merritt 10:15 am Michelle Dagerman
AUG 2 8:30 am Doris McMahon 10:15 am Beth Bonderson
ST. JOHNS EXECUTIVE BOARD Mike Widhalm, President. ......
1-402-316-5382 John Skogstoe, VP ..................... 402-379-3148
Danny Olson, Treasurer............. 402-379-1036 Diane Sobotka,
Secretary. ......... 402-371-3583
OFFERINGS Mission Emphasis (JULY) ..........Norfolk Food Pantry
Greenfiber Funds for July ..................... Mercy Meals General
offering for 7/19/15 .................... $5,184.63 The above
general offering figure reflects
weekly additions of direct deposits and advance pledges.
End of June Net Profit / (Loss)................. ($6,811.32)
Year-to-Date Net Profit / (Loss) ............ ($10,922.22)
Attendance 7/19/15 ......................... (74, 70, 99) 243
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Support Group for Alzheimers CareGivers
Meets the 3rd Thursday each month @
Heritage of Bel Air, 1203 N. 13th St., Norfolk
Open to everyone
(Meeting rooms vary ask for directions
when you arrive)
FINAL
TOTAL
The generosity from the members of our
congregation and the surrounding
communities was amazing! We were so
excited when we saw that final total of what
we were able to give to Bright Horizons and
fulfilling our churchs mission: Loving God . . . Loving People .
. .
Reaching Out!
We appreciated your help from those that
donated items and any help we received in
organizing and pricing. $2,600 was raised
for Bright Horizons. Thank you so much
for all your support!
The Garage Sale Gang
Join us Sunday, August 9, @ 5:30 pm
for a bite to eat and a chance to learn about Stephen
Ministries
Please RSVP to
Nancy Jacobs @ 402-841-1770 or
St. Johns Office @ 402-371-1985
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LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF SCHOOL
KITS
School Kits are the Lutheran World Relief
project for July and August. One school kit
should include:
4 70-sheet notebooks (wide or college ruled). No loose leaf
paper.
1 ruler with inches and centimeters.
1 pencil sharpener
1 blunt end safety scissors
5 unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers (secure together with a
rubber band)
5 black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink) secured with a
rubber band.
1 box 16-24 crayons 1 2 eraser
School bags have already been purchased.
Donated items may be placed in the washtub in
the west hall. Thank you for helping MAKE A
DIFFERENCE!
Thank you so much for getting me to Watertown, NY! At $2 a mile,
I still have a long way to go to get to the St. Swithuns Boarding
School for Girls in
Winchester, UK. If you want to help get me to England, you can
put your contribution in the offering plate. Make checks payable to
St. Johns and put for Aline in the memo line. Keep checking the
bulletin to see how far Ive travelled.
~Aline Skogstoe
Thank you to everyone who provided food and helped work at the
Harold Ahlmann and Kevin Starkey funerals. We couldn't do it
without you! Carol Timperley
Equipment and food donations have come
in strong -- THANK YOU!
We still need 21 lbs. of
hamburger and ingredients for
Mountaintop Treats.
Jolene will start setting up backdrops and posters on
July 22nd. She could
certainly use tall (and not so tall, even
vertically challenged) people and
ladders to help tape! There will be an ice tunnel to construct
in the
downstairs hallway. All the materials are
here -- just needs helpers! Jolene will be at church in the
evenings to set up. Call 402-992-1328 to help. Training for
crew
leaders is set for July 30th at 6:30 PM in the Community Room.
If crew leaders
cannot attend, a training DVD is also available.
Come check out St. John's August 22-23 during our
Open House Weekend! Come for worship Saturday(5pm)
or Sunday (8:30 & 11 am) and learn about the variety of
ministries that happen through our congregation. Saturday evening
worship will be followed by a fellowship meal. On Sunday morning
between worship
services, Nebraska Lutheran Campus Ministry - Norfolk will host
donuts & coffee. Visit with a variety of groups
during a ministry showcase. Come on your own, or bring friends
& family. It's an
Open House Weekend at St. John's!
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Get Fired Up! St. John's Norfolk 2015 Rally Day will be held on
Sunday, August 16, 2015. Come join us for worship at either 8:30 or
11 AM. Sunday School will kick off the year at 9:45 AM, as students
& teachers gather in their classrooms for some fun "get to know
you" activities. At noon, come and EAT as BBQ grillers & pie
bakers COMPETE for Best BBQ & Best Pie. Around 12:30 PM, Games
For All will be held by age group, as Pre-K & K, 1st & 2nd,
3rd & 4th, and 5th & 6th graders, High Schoolers, College
Aged, and Adults compete in Musical Chairs, Bubble Gum Blowing
Contest, Water Balloon Toss, Egg On A Spoon Race, and the classic
Foot Race. Bring your family & friends as we get fired up for
the fall at St. John's!
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SATURDAY, JULY 25
5 PM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK TRACY MEISTER
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
JIM CARTER
GREETERS/USHERS Lonnie & Clare Kleensang READER Carolyn
Wilcox PRAYER LEADER __________
SOUND Jacquie Samway
SUNDAY, JULY 26
8:30 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK TRACY MEISTER
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
JIM CARTER
GREETERS Donna Short, Carol Sorsen USHERS Mark Polenske, Mike
Frank,
Mike Kai READER Carol Waggoner FELLOWSHIP HOUR Temple ChristCare
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Jim & Elenore
Merritt, Carol Waggoner, Sara Fegley
PRAYER LEADER Tracy Meister SOUND Mark Nelson POWERPOINT Midge
Hedrick
SUNDAY, JULY 26
10:15 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK TRACY MEISTER
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
JIM CARTER
GREETERSJana Kuhlman, __________ USHERS Jeff & Cathy
Erwin,
Echtenkamp Family
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Lon & Jeanne Timperley, Cathy &
Jeff Erwin
PRAYER LEADER ___________ SOUND Logan Strom POWERPOINT Marcus /
Adam Echtenkamp
LECTIONARY READINGS:
2 Kings 4:42-44
Psalm 145:10-18
Ephesians 3:14-21
Mark 6:1-21
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1
5 PM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
BRENDA CARHART
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
CINDY NELSON
GREETERS/USHERS Darrell Jorgensen,
Gerald Schweer READER Shirley Hughes PRAYER LEADER
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SOUND Ron Benson
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2
8:30 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
BRENDA CARHART
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
CINDY NELSON
GREETERS Bob Henning, Dick & Barb Adams USHERS Jim McMahon,
Gayle Short,
Merlin Milander
READER Sherri Kuk FELLOWSHIP HOUR Beloved ChristCare COMMUNION
ASSISTANTS Rollie & Linda Downs, Sherri Kuk, Diane Sobotka
PRAYER LEADER Sara Fegley SOUND Ron Benson POWERPOINT Mary Lynn
Benson
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2
10:15 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
BRENDA CARHART
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
CINDY NELSON
GREETERSMichelle Dagerman, Martha Thompson
USHERS Kevin Bonderson, Don Meister,
Carol Severa
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Beth Beonderson, Janet Erickson, Tracy
Meister,
Kristy Booras PRAYER LEADER Lon Timperley SOUND Alex Thompson
POWERPOINT Emma Dagerman
LECTIONARY READINGS:
Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15
Psalm 78:23-29
Ephesians 4:1-16
John 6:24-35