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St. Johns Lutheran Church ELCA 1300 W. Benjamin AvenueNorfolk, NE68701 (402) 371-1985 [email protected] www.stjohnsnorfolk.com Our Mission:Loving God . . . Loving People . . . Reaching Out! Please remember in prayer: Janet JundtDallas Esser Evelyn KleensangWaine KruseNaoma RonnfeldtLeona Pfeifer Phil Sykes Jo SchaeferPam Dircksen Wave PrchalKeagan Sullivan Kim Martinson Bailey SuehlBradley Wise Boston DeWald The family of Sharon Thompson as they mourn her death The family of Alverna Rathgeber as they mourn her 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. Lift up Roman Daniel Gerald Scott, son of Daniel & Paige Scott, as he is baptized at the11 AM worship service on Sunday.Romans baptism sponsors are Megan Moran and Joe Bauer.Welcome dad, Daniel Scott, as a new member, too! Flowers on the altar this weekend are sponsored by Gayle & Donna Short in celebration of Kyle & Rachels wedding anniversary; and by Ron & Lauran Lofgren in celebration of their 40th wedding anniversary.

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. We are in need of 2 more Communion Assistants to help with distribution @ the 8:30 am worship service once per month. Please contact the office or mark todays registration slip if you are interested in helping. SUNDAY IS SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY DAY!JOIN US IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL AT NOON FOR BBQ AND PIE, GAMES AND FUN LETS GET FIRED UP! 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 KeeperMidge Hedrick Office Assistant SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 RALLY SUNDAY 8:30 am .......................................................Worship Blessing for Aline Skogstoe, Backpack Blessing 9:30 am ........................................... Fellowship Hour Proceeds to support Aline Skogstoe, YAGM 9:45 am .............................................. Sunday School11:00 am..................................................... Worship Baptism of Roman Scott, Backpack Blessing 12:00 pm ................................... Rally Day -- Fire Up! Fellowship Hall & front lawn MONDAY, AUG 17 10:00 am ............................................. Staff Meeting 10:00 am ...................................... Friends ChristCare Pat Monson, 402-371-8803 2:00 pm ........................................ Chosen ChristCare 7:00 pm............................................. Praise Forever 7:00 pm ........................................... Executive Board 8:30 pm .......................................... Solid Rock

TUESDAY, AUG 18 7:00 am ................................ Mens Prayer Breakfast 5:30 pm ............................................... WELCA Board

WEDNESDAY, AUG 19 1:30 pm .................................... Searchers ChristCare Connie Hagstrom, 402-649-4862 7:00 pm ............................................. Church Council 7:30 pm ......................................... Mens ChristCare Rollie Downs, 402-649-0256 THURSDAY, AUG 20 9:00 am ............................................. Rebekah Circle 1:30 pm .................................................... Ruth Circle FRIDAY, AUG 21 5:30 pm ...................................... Wedding Rehearsal SATURDAY, AUG 22 3:00 pm ........................ Eisenmann/Brown Wedding 5:00 pm ........................................................ Worship 6:00 pm ....................................... Openhouse Dinner Sponsored & Served by Parish Fellowship Team

SHOP FOR MINISTRY AUG 168:30 amElenore Merritt 11 am Terri Denkinger AUG 238:30 am Linda Downs 11 amLisa Echtenkamp 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 OFFERINGSMission Emphasis (AUG)..........Norfolk Food Pantry Peanut Butter Pyramid Greenfiber Funds April June: ..................... $224.00 Paid to Norfolk Rescue Mission Greenfiber Funds for AUG .................... Mercy Meals General offering for 8/9/15 ...................... $8,292.75 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 8/9/15 ........................... (50, 88, 65) 203 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) SEPTEMBER MEANS FOOD PANTRY Time again to think about the Norfolk Food Pantry and how you can help!St. Johns supports the pantry by donations of non-perishable food items, monetary gifts to purchase the perishable foods, and by volunteers who sack groceries during September for two hours each weekday morning.THANK YOU! *Non-perishable food may be left in the collection boxes in the west hall, the narthex and by the church office. *Monetary gifts (placed in an envelope designated Food Pantry) may be placedin the offering plate or dropped off in the curch office. *To give of your time to help at the pantry, check todays Registration Slip or call Shirley Frowick @ 402-644-7882. Thank you, too, for your donations of egg cartons and plastic grocery bags which are also needed! 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! BRIGHT HORIZONS DIAPER DRIVE During September, Bright Horizons will be collecting diapers for children in the community.Disposable diapers are required by daycare providers, and average $100/month.We are especially in need of sizes 4, 5, 6 and baby wipes. THANK YOU for the cards, food, prayers and thoughts.Thank you, Pr. Justin, for the nice service, Steve for playing the organ, and the ladies for serving the lunch for Kevins funeral.It was greatly appreciated. The family of Kevin Starkey Come check out St. John's August 22-23 during ourOpen House Weekend! Join us 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! Mission emphasis in August is the Norfolk Food Pantry.There is always a need for the staples, but particularly peanut butter.A PEANUT BUTTER PYRAMID has been started in the west hallway under the coatrack.Stack your donations for a visible reminder of how we can help! MOPS (Mothers of PreSchoolers) is a Christian group of women who support each other in our mothering journey and grow together in our relationship with Christ.All mothers of children age newborn through kindergarten are welcome.Free childcare is provided.The morning MOPS group meets the first Wednesday of the month, September through May, from 8:45 AM 11 AM at Victory Road Evangelical Free Church, 1201 N. Victory Rd., Norfolk.The evening MOPS group meets the third Thursday of the month, September through May, from 6 PM 8:30 PM at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, 1100 E. Benjamin Ave., Norfolk.All Christian denominations are welcome. God's Work, Our Hands Sunday is coming Sept. 13th! Take a look at the sign up sheets in back of the church for your choice of how you can be involved in thisfun day! STEPHEN MINISTRY Our Stephen Ministers are here to help you with this one-to-one caring ministry.If you would like to visit with a minister, please contact one of our leaders:

Karen Widhalm402-694-9031 Jacquie Samway402-371-1985 Jolene Ziebell 402-992-1328 Nancy Jacobs 402-841-1770 Our Stephen Ministers are: Jeann Granstra Susan Skogstoe Kristy Booras Laurel moore Katrina Tomsen Kris Dahlkoetter Jan Henning Stephen Ministry is starting a new class on Monday, September 14th.If you are interested in becoming a Stephen Minister and would like to attend this class, please stop by the church office for an application form.For any questions regarding the class please contact one of the Stephen Leaders. Thank you so much for al the cards and phone calls for my90th birthday. Lee Stingley VBS Thank you to all of the volunteers and all of the donations and borrowed items for this years Vacation Bible School program.It was an awesome week because of your generous support of this ministry.Everyone had a great time learning that God has the power to provide, comfort, heal, forgive, and to love us forever.HOLD ON!A complete list of volunteers, lenders, and donations will be forthcoming. Items that were loaned for VBS may be picked up from the table on the north wall of the Fellowship Hall.If you would like to make other arrangements for picking up your items, please contact Jolene in the church office during office hours.402.371.1985 Thank you so much for getting me to Nova Scotia!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 SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 5 PM COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEKRON LOFGREN WORSHIP ASSISTANT BRENDA CARHART GREETERS/USHERS Gerald Schweer READER Shirley Hughes PRAYER LEADER __________ SOUND Spencer Dagerman SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 8:30 AM COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK RON LOFGREN WORSHIP ASSISTANT BRENDA CARHART GREETERS Lynn Milander,Donna Short USHERS Dennis & Lois Braesch READER Duane Nelson FELLOWSHIP HOUR Roger & Alice Gentzler COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Duane & Cindy Nelson, Tom & Midge Hedrick PRAYER LEADER Maureen Bivens SOUND Spencer Dagerman POWERPOINT Midge Hedrick SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 11 AM COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEKRON LOFGREN WORSHIP ASSISTANT BRENDA CARHART GREETERSKristi Johnson, Jeann Granstra USHERS Greg & Sandra Korth, Del Johnson, Ken Wragge, Terry Hall COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Jeann Granstra, Laurel Moore, Kristi Johnson,Brenda Carhart PRAYER LEADER ___________ SOUND Spencer Dagerman POWERPOINT Rachel Carhart LECTIONARY READINGS: Proverbs 9:1-6 Psalm 34:9-14 Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58 SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 5 PM COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK CATHY ERWIN WORSHIP ASSISTANT JIM CARTER GREETERS/USHERS Gerald Schweer READER Carolyn Wilcox PRAYER LEADER __________ SOUND Spencer Dagerman SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 8:30 AM COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK CATHY ERWIN WORSHIP ASSISTANT JIM CARTER GREETERS Alice Gentzler, Carol Sorsen USHERS Dennis & Lois Braesch READER Sara Fegley FELLOWSHIP HOUR NeLCM COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Jim & Elenore Merritt, Carol Waggoner, Sara Fegley PRAYER LEADER Susan Skogstoe SOUND Spencer Dagerman POWERPOINT __________ SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 11 AM COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK CATHY ERWIN WORSHIP ASSISTANT JIM CARTER GREETERSJana Kuhlman, __________ USHERS Jeff & Cathy Erwin, Mark Nelson COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Lon & Jeanne Timperley, Cathy & Jeff Erwin PRAYER LEADER Carol Severa SOUND Spencer Dagerman POWERPOINT Marcus/Adam Echtenkamp LECTIONARY READINGS: Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 Psalm 34:15-22 Ephesians 6:10-20 John 6:56-69