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!

PRAYER CONCERNS AND JOYS:
Eunice Mohl
Bev Olesen & family as they mourn the death of Pastor Rollin Olesen
LONG TERM PRAYER CONCERNS:
Dennis & Sara Fegley
Dale Tomka
Hunter
Carol Severa
(deployed)

Norma
Lt. Col. Darin Huss

Names will be listed in the bulletin for 2 weeks for immediate prayers and 3
months for long term prayers. Those who wish names to remain on the list
longer should contact the church office @ 402-371-1985. 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 first weekend of October are sponsored by

Tom & Midge Hedrick in celebration of their wedding anniversary;
and by Scott & Brenda Carhart in celebration of their wedding
anniversary. Additional flowers are in loving remembrance of Don
& Beth Freeses anniversary from Beth Freese & family.

Sermons are now available online through St. Johns

facebook @ www.facebook.com/stjohnsnorfolk
Join us for Fellowship (coffee, juice and rolls) following the
8:30 AM worship service in our Fellowship Hall. If youve
never had Delight Donuts, youll want to stop by. If you
have had them, youll want to join us for coffee each week!

Walk & Talk around Skyview Lake on Saturday mornings has

ended for the season. Well see you in the spring!
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, OCT 2
OCT 9 8:30 am
Carol Waggoner
8:30 am....................................... Worship
11 am
Cathy
9:45 am....................................Fellowship
Erwin
9:15 am...........Sunday School Christmas
Program Practice
Sunday School Music Room (lower
level)
9:45 am..............Life of Christ Bible Study
Hoppe Community Room (lower
level)
9:45 am.......................New Member Class
OFFERINGS
Nazareth Room
11:00 am .....................................Worship
Mission Emphasis (SEPT) .....Norfolk Food
Pantry
MONDAY, OCT 3
AND Peanut Butter Pyramid
10:00 am..............................Staff Meeting
2:00 pm.......................Chosen ChristCare
Greenfiber Funds for SEPT.....Mercy Meals
Carol Waggoner, 402-371-7642
General offering for 9/25/16......$3,916.31
6:15 pm......Youth Group Parents Meeting
Dedicated Funds spent to cover
Bethany Room
General Fund expenses....$20,586.67
6:30 pm.........................Stephen Ministry
End
of
AUG General Fund Deficit ...........
7:00 pm................Parish Fellowship Team
$6,874.73
8:30 pm........................Solid Rock
Year-to-Date
General Fund Deficit
TUESDAY, OCT 4
$25,107.87
7:00 am................Mens Prayer Breakfast
Attendance
9/25/16.......(49, 94, 114) 257
12:30 pm.....50 Years on the Hill Planning
Team
6:30 pm.............Lay Educational Institute
7:00 pm......................Beloved ChristCare
Tracy Meister, 402-379-2484
7:00 pm...................................SEA Group
WEDNESDAY, OCT 5
1:30 pm...................Searchers ChristCare
Connie Hagstrom, 402-649-4862
2:30 pm.......3rd & 4th Grade Confirmation
3:30 pm....SS Christmas Program Practice
Speaking parts only
5:00 pm.......3rd & 4th Grade Confirmation
6:00 pm................................Get Together
THURSDAY, OCT 6
7:00 pm.................Majesty Choir Practice
SATURDAY, OCT 8
9:00 am..................................Walk n Talk
Skyview Lake
5:00 pm........................................Worship

SHOP FOR MINISTRY

OCT 2
Jacobs

8:30 am
Margie Frank
11 am
Nancy

personalization on
the back. If you
would like to
place an order,
please contact
the church office
@ 402-371-1985
or email Gail @
gailer@cableone.net. Deadline to
order is Friday, October 7.
NEW MEMBERS CLASS
BEGINS THIS WEEKEND
For those who are looking to join St.
Johns or simply have questions about
membership, this class will be for you!
There will be a series of 3 classes: Oct. 2,
9, and 16, in the Nazareth Room from
9:45-10:45 am each Sunday. Bring a roll
& coffee and your questions to the
Nazareth Room (north hallway upstairs,
last room on the left).
See you @ 9:45 AM!

FREE CONCERT
Tangled Blue, an indi-folk duo, will
be in concert sharing their music
and faith on Saturday, Oct. 8 @ 7
PM at Zion Lutheran Church, 319
S. 5th St., Albion. The concert is
free, open to the public, and will
receive a free-will offering to
benefit Lutheran World Relief
hunger programming. For more
information, see their poster in the
west hallway.

We will be ordering additional

yellow
T-shirts with Gods Work. Our
Hands logo and St. Johns

St. Johns Text

Notifications
by Remind.com
Text any of the following keywords
to 81010 to get signed up for text
notifications about the following
topics:
@stjohnnews
News/Announcements
@stjohnsss Sunday School
@stjohnconf Confirmation
@stjohnuth Youth Group
@chainpray Prayer Chain

Do you have
a favorite
hymn
or 3?
As part of an
effort to help
our Pastors
choose music
we all love for
worship
services, please note your 3
favorite hymns on the back side of
todays Registration Slip.
We will try to get to every request,
so look up and list your favorites
today!

1. To place anyone on the prayer list

you
can write them on the
registration slip or
e-mail St. Johns at
midgehe@cableone.net.
2. There will be two lists. The first
list is Prayer Concerns & Joys.
When you place a name on this
list, it will be listed for two weeks
unless you request up to 4 weeks.
The second list is Long Term
Prayer Concerns in which names
will be left on for 3 months. If you
want names on longer or taken
off the list, please contact the
office and ask for Midge.
3.Please get the permission of
any person before you place
their name on the prayer list.

We will be forming
a group to study
the layout (liturgy
and music) of the
Contemporary
Worship Service.
What would you
like to see the
Contemporary
Worship look like?
This small group
will be limited to 5 members, so if you
are interested in this short-term study,
please sign up on todays Registration
Slip. We will contact you when a date
and time is set for the first meeting.

UPCOMING
CHANGES TO PRAYER LIST

We are changing the way we do our

prayer list at St. Johns. This
weekend you will notice two prayer
lists. If you had someone on the
prayer list, you must submit their
name again for it to remain there.

The Get Together team invites everyone to attend

our Fall Kick Off Event on Wednesday, Oct.
5 from
6-7:30 pm. Supper will be served at 6 PM, then
on to a pumpkin decorating contest! Each
household will receive one large pumpkin to
decorate and enter into the contest. Limited
supplies will be provided, and you're encouraged
to bring your own supplies to decorate your
pumpkin. Grand prize to be awarded to the
winning pumpkin. No carving allowed.

Back by popular demand, pumpkin bowling

will be available on the lawn, and we'll end the
evening with a campfire and music. We hope to
see you there!

St. Johns
first
worship
service at
our current
location
was held on
Sunday,
December
11, 1966.
Fifty years
later, we
will
celebrate with a special worship
service at 10 AM and showcase a
Celebration of Wreaths made by
YOU, the individuals and households
of St. Johns. Start thinking and
assembling now how would you be
represented? Wreaths will be
displayed all of advent throughout
St. Johns. Contact Pr. Justin or Carol
Waggoner for more information.

THANKS SO MUCH to the crew who

repaired damage, caulked cracks,
primed and painted the north side of the
building: Denny Braesch, Mike Frank,
Del Fuelberth, Peg Strong, Ron Benson,
Duane Timperley, and Brian Brasch
and to Lon Timperley for the use of the
lift truck. All your hard work is GREATLY
appreciated!

~
Gods
was
on at

Work
going
the
Norfolk
Pantry

Food
in
September. Volunteers of St. Johns
family with caring hearts, time, talents,
food, money and prayers gave our
hands to pack groceries for about 200
households. THANK YOU to everyone
for your dedicated services. You are
appreciated by many people!
Shirley Frowick
Food Pantry Coordinator

(And St. Johns special thanks to Shirley

for her many hours organizing, calling
volunteers, gathering groceries and
shopping for perishables for the pantry.
St. Johns volunteers rock!)

We will be updating our military

wall which is located off the
Narthex to the east. If you have
loved ones currently serving in
the military, please send a
photo to the church office so

that we may include them in

our thoughts and prayers.
Email your photos to
midgehe@cableone.net.

8:30 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
MARLA MUEHLMEIER
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
CONNIE HAGSTROM
GREETERS Dick & Barb Adams,
Claribel Wulf
USHERS Dennis & Lois Braesch, Phil
Sykes
READER Tom Hedrick
FELLOWSHIP HOUR Roger & Lisa
Echtenkamp
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Duane &
Barb Timperley, Sherri Kuk,
Diane Sobotka
POWERPOINT Midge Hedrick
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2
11 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
MARLA MUEHLMEIER
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
CONNIE HAGSTROM
GREETERSMartha Thompson,
Michelle Dagerman
USHERS Kevin Bonderson, Don
Meister
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Beth
Bonderson,
Janet Erickson, Tracy Meister,
Kristy Booras
POWERPOINT Carhart Family

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1
5 PM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
MARLA MUEHLMEIER
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
CONNIE HAGSTROM
GREETERS/USHERS Brian & Shellie
Raabe
READER Shirley Hughes
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2

LECTIONARY READINGS:
Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4
Psalm 37:1-9
1 Timothy 1:1-14
Luke 17:5-10

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8

5 PM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
DIANE SOBOTKA
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
JIM CARTER
GREETERS/USHERS Brian & Shellie
Raabe
READER Pat Monson
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9
8:30 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
DIANE SOBOTKA
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
JIM CARTER
GREETERS Richard & Leona Pfeifer,
Wendell & Ethelyn Fossum
USHERS Mark Polenske, Mike
Frank, Mike Kai
READER Richard Pfeifer
FELLOWSHIP HOUR Rollie & Linda
Downs

COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Rollie &

Linda Downs, Rick & Diane Uhlir
POWERPOINT Janet Erickson
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9
11 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
DIANE SOBOTKA
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
JIM CARTER
GREETERSKen Wragge, Terry Hall
USHERS Dennis & Brenda Smith,
Echtenkamp Family
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Ken
Wragge, Terry Hall, Carol
Timperley, __________
POWERPOINT Claire Thompson
LECTIONARY READINGS:
2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c
Psalm 111
2 Timothy 2:8-15
Luke 17:11-19