St.

Johns Lutheran Church ELCA

1300 W. Benjamin Avenue
Norfolk, NE 68701
(402) 371-1985
stjohn@cableone.net
www.stjohnsnorfolk.com

Our Mission: Loving God . . . Loving People . . . Reaching Out!

Please remember in prayer:
Janet Jundt
Leona Pfeifer
Ann Schroeder
Keagan Sullivan
Bailey Suehl
Renee Bauer

Dallas Esser
Bradley Wise
Jo Schaefer
Warren DeWald
Boston DeWald

Norma Hunter
Stephanie Rabbass
Don Freese
Thad Murren
Pr. David Cox

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 weekend are sponsored by Don & Bettie Miller in celebration of
the Thanksgiving season; and by Scott & Brenda Carhart in loving memory of son, Alex.
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 visit daily and would
be happy to greet, see, and pray with you.

Hanging of the Greens TODAY at noon! Join us for a cup of soup and lend a hand to the
fun of decorating the church for advent. Everyone invited!
Thank you to Amanda Brasch, Grace Schavee and Haley Sterud for the special music
today during the 11 am worship service. For your listening pleasure, the girls will be
playing Theme from Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel.
Please be mindful of our members and visitors who would benefit most from the handicap
and senior parking areas at the front of the church. With winter weather imminent, our
seniors need the assurance of a shorter, level walk in to the building. Thank you for your
attention to this matter.
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

SUNDAY, NOV 22
8:30 am ....................................................... Worship
9:15 am .........................Christmas Program Practice
9:30 am ........................................... Fellowship Hour
9:45 am .............................................. Sunday School
9:45 am .............................. Life of Christ Bible Study
11:00 am ..................................................... Worship
12:00 pm ............................... Hanging of the Greens
MONDAY, NOV 23
10:00 am ............................................. Staff Meeting
6:30 pm ............................Stephen Ministry Training
7:00 pm ............................................. Praise Forever
8:30 pm .......................................... Solid Rock
TUESDAY, NOV 24
7:00 pm ....................................... Beloved ChristCare
Tracy Meister, 402-379-2484
WEDNESDAY, NOV 25
1:30 pm .................................... Searchers ChristCare
Connie Hagstrom, 402-649-4862
7:00 pm ........................... Thanksgiving Eve Worship

THURSDAY, NOV 26
THANKSGIVING OFFICE CLOSED
FRIDAY, NOV 27
OFFICE CLOSED
SATURDAY, NOV 28
5:00 pm ........................................................ Worship

SHOP FOR MINISTRY

NOV 22
NOV 29

8:30 am
Doris McMahon
11 am
Beth Bonderson
NO SALES THANKSGIVING WEEKEND

OFFERINGS
Mission Emphasis (NOV) .... Norfolk Rescue Mission
Greenfiber Funds for OCT-DEC ......................Mosaic
General offering for 11/15/15 .................. $5,835.45
The above general offering figure reflects
weekly additions of direct deposits and advance
pledges.
End of Oct. Net Profit / (Loss) .................{$4,143.41)
Year-to-Date Net Profit / (Loss) ............($28,774.29)
Attendance 11/15/15 ................... (26, 110, 111) 247

FOLLOW THE STAR

The St. Johns
Sunday School
Christmas Program
is scheduled for
Saturday, Dec. 12,
@ 5 PM.
We have started rehearsing songs
before Sunday School at 9:15 AM
during November (Nov. 22nd and 29th)
and Dec. 6th. There will also be an
additional dress rehearsal on Saturday
morning, Dec. 12 from
9-11 AM.

Christmas for a Soldier

For those who are deployed overseas,
the holidays can be a difficult time,
especially if you dont have familys support
back home. By adopting a soldier, you
may be the only warm fuzzy from home.
Jeann & Desiree Granstra are organizing
holiday boxes to be sent to single soldiers
serving abroad.
Boxes would have to be in the mail by
Dec. 10 to reach their destination before
Christmas. Anyone would love to receive
movies, books, a deck of cards or nonperishable food items (no homemade
items, please). Use your own ideas to fill,
decorate and send words of
encouragement.
Please contact Jeann at 402-860-2667
or jegtb@hotmail.com for more details.
She has the boxes along with the
information sheets needed to get these
mailed. For many soldiers, this is their first
deployment or time away from home. Lets
make a difference in their lives as they
make a difference in ours!

STUDENTS IN
GRADES 3 8
are invited to sing with
Jill Miller at the King of
Kings Concert on Dec. 19 @ Johnny
Carson Theater. Practices will continue
Dec. 3, 10 and 17 @ 6:30 pm at St. Johns.
Pick up a flyer at the back of the sanctuary
for contact information.

Dear St. Johns Benefaction,

Thank you for your generous grant
of $3,500 to help defray the costs of
raw materials for packing Mercy Meals
during our annual Pack Away Hunger
day on Oct. 18. Your donation paid for
over 29,000 meals. Our goal this year
is to pack 200,000 meals, which, at
12/meal cost $24,000 for the raw
materials.
Thank you for helping fight world
hunger.
Mercy Meals

WELCA Christmas Luncheon

Saturday, December 5
11:30 am
St. Johns Fellowship Hall
Special Guest Speaker
Raggedy Ann & Andy

WINTER WARMTH GIVEAWAY

A huge, sincere THANK YOU
to all the wonderful people at
St. Johns who donated
clothing for our Winter
Warmth Giveaway. All the
items were so nice and we had
wonderful response. We had
579 items and gave away all but 124. The
77 women and children items left and the
22 hats & gloves were taken to Bright
Horizons, and the 25 men items left were
taken to the Rescue Mission.
Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH! St.
Johns spread the warmth of Gods love to
many grateful people. Hopefully we can do
this again next year.
Temple Christ Care Group
Pat, Terri, Laura, Jeann, Linda,
Maureen, Janet, Katrina

Its time again to order

your poinsettia for the
Christmas sanctuary.
Floral Expressions will
provide a supply of
poinsettias -- foil wrapped and
delivered to St. Johns for you! Plants
with at least 5 blooms are available for
$13.50 each. You can order yours
today by marking your envelope
poinsettia and making any checks
payable to St. Johns. Deadline for
ordering will be Monday, December 13.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE

CELEBRATION MEAL ON DEC. 6
FOLLOWING THE 11 AM WORSHIP
SERVICE. This is a catered meal
RSVP via todays Registration Slip or
contact the church office @ 402.371.1985.

FIRST COMMUNION CLASSES

In the month of December, four First
Communion confirmation class times will be
made available for any baptized youth whose
parents have discerned that their children are
ready to receive the Lords Supper for the first
time. These dates and times for class are:
December 2, 2:30-3:30pm;
December 2, 5-6pm;
December 9, 2:30-3:30pm;
December 9, 5-6 pm.
All classes will be held in the sanctuary.
Attendance is required at only one of the
four scheduled class opportunities. Families
must RSVP their intent on attending a class no
later than noon of the day of the class by
calling the church office (402-371-1985). If no
RSVPs are received for a class, it will not be
held. If these times do not work for a family,
Pastor Justin will help schedule a personalized
time as scheduling allows. In each hour-long
class, we will review how God loves us and
that God feeds us, using stories from the
Spark Story Bible. Students will also practice
and learn how communion is received at St.
Johns and other churches. It is strongly
preferred that children attend the class with
their parent(s).
Students who attend one of these classes
will be invited to receive First Communion at a
Sunday worship service on December 13.
If this Sunday does not work for a family,
please be in conversation with Pastor Justin or
Pastor David to discuss other options.
We look forward to celebrating First
Communion with the families of those baptized
young people who will be taking part in the
Lord's Supper for the first time.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21
5 PM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
MICHELLE DAGERMAN
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
CONNIE HAGSTROM
GREETERS/USHERS Warren & Pat Monson
READER Connie Hagstrom
PRAYER LEADER __________
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22
8:30 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
MICHELLE DAGERMAN
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
BRENDA CARHART
GREETERS Carol Sorsen, Alice Gentzler
USHERS Richard Uhlir, Roger Gentzler,
Duane Timperley
READER Carol Waggoner
FELLOWSHIP HOUR __________
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Jim & Elenore
Merritt, Carol Waggoner, Sara Fegley
PRAYER LEADER Diane Sobotka
POWERPOINT __________

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22
11 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
MICHELLE DAGERMAN
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
BRENDA CARHART
GREETERSJana Kuhlman,
Michelle Dagerman
USHERS Jeff & Cathy Erwin, Mark Nelson
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Lon & Jeanne
Timperley, Jeff & Cathy Erwin
PRAYER LEADER Carol Severa
POWERPOINT Marcus/ Adam Echtenkamp
LECTIONARY READINGS:
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14
Psalm 93
Revelation 1:4b-8
John 18:33-37

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28
5 PM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
PATTY BRASCH
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
GREETERS/USHERS Warren & Pat Monson
READER Amanda Brasch
PRAYER LEADER __________
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29
8:30 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
PATTY BRASCH
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
GREETERS Patty Brasch, Audrey & Jack
Prater
USHERS Richard Uhlir, Roger Gentzler,
Linda Downs
READER Sherri Kuk
FELLOWSHIP HOUR John & Susan Skogstoe
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Jim & Elenore
Merritt, Carol Waggoner, Sara Fegley
PRAYER LEADER Maureen Bivens
POWERPOINT Midge Hedrick

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29
11 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
PATTY BRASCH
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
GREETERSJana Kuhlman, Patty Brasch
USHERS Jeff & Cathy Erwin, Mark Nelson
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Lon & Jeanne
Timperley, Jeff & Cathy Erwin
PRAYER LEADER Carol Severa
POWERPOINT Marcus/ Adam Echtenkamp
LECTIONARY READINGS:
Jeremiah 33:14-16
Psalm 25;1-10
1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
Luke 21:25-36