Brown Bag
Brown Bag Bible Study will resume on Tuesday, September 14th
at noon.
Kiddie Kampus Open House
Is scheduled for Thursday, September 2nd from 4:30p.m. until
7:00p.m. Classes will begin on Tuesday, September 7th.
Esther Circle
Esther Circle will resume on Thursday, September 9th at
2:00p.m.
25th Annual “Hutch’s
Coats For Kids
Again this year, Valley News Live Chief Meteorologist Hutch
Johnson is asking everyone to help children by donating
good quality children’s coats, caps, snowsuits, mittens,
scarves and boots to “Hutch’s Coats for Kids.” Local
cleaners and service groups will then clean and distribute
the donations to children in the community who need winter
outerwear. In the past 22 years, “Coats for Kids” has
collected, cleaned and distributed over 245,357 coats and
accessories. Last year’s campaign provided children with
9,852 winter garments. “Coats for Kids” is a nationally
recognized community service project, winning a 1994
Community Action Network award and the 1991 Second
Century Initiative Award presented by the National
United Way. The campaign is supported by MeritCare
Children’s Hospital. Donations will be accepted through
August 15th at Real Estate “7”, 702 5th
Avenue SE, Devils Lake. For more information please
contact Pam Petrik at 701-237-5211.
Fall Clean-Up
We are looking for any interested individual or group of
individuals who might be interested in spear-heading the
fall clean-up effort.
Loose Change
I have now raised $2052.09 for Partners For Womens Equality.
This money will provide a scholarship for three girls in
Kenya to attend high school. These expenses are $750 for a
year with 3 terms per year at a boarding school. (It seems
very cheap!). There are no administrative expenses or
advertising expense. PWE is a small nonprofit group. My
daughter, Maureen White Eagle, is the executive director of
PWE. Every PENNY I collect goes towards the $750
scholarship. Please continue collecting your LOOSE CHANGE in
a jar at your home and bring it to the church whenever it is
convenient. We need to keep these girls in school.
Educating girls is so important. Some excellent reading
along this line: Three Cups of Tea by Mortenson and Half the
Sky by Kristof & WuDunn. Available at the Public Library.
Thanks for your help and God bless ! Call 662-4606 for more
information on PWE
Helen Foughty
Invite a Friend to Church
Come one, come all to our annual
“Invite A Friend to Worship”, Sunday
September 19th & Wednesday September 22nd.
Worship has the power to transform lives
and if you know of someone in your work, school or community
that you want to share God with, then this is your chance!
Here is how you do it:
1) Make a list of possible guests.
2) Schedule a time to visit them.
3) Tell them you have something very
special you want to share.
4) Then simply invite them to come and
sit next to you at worship. It is that simple! It just takes
a little courage. If it helps you can also assure them that
they will not be singled out or embarrassed in any way and
that they will also receive a free gift for coming.
So, this year, make the effort to
“Invite a friend to Worship” and be a part of Jesus’
Great Commission to invite all people to hear and experience
God’s life transforming Word
LIFE WALK - FirstChoice Clinic’s 8th
Annual !
Be a walker by putting FEET to your FAITH and putting LIFE
first! For the past 8 years, faithful walkers have come out
to raise funds and awareness so vulnerable mothers and
fathers who are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy are
provided the support needed to make life affirming choices.
You can help accomplish this by becoming one of FirstChoice
Clinic’s walkers and collecting support from friends and
family. The ‘Life Walk’ will be held Saturday, September 25,
at Ruger Park, Devils Lake. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
with coffee, apple cider and donuts and the walk is from 9 -
10 AM. We encourage walkers to bring their whole family -
your babies in strollers, children, teenagers and the
grandparents, too! To register as a walker and to begin
collecting pledges, email
info@firstchoiceclinic.com
, 1-888-237-6530 or go to
teamfirstchoiceclinic.com
. Walk brochures will be available in the church lobby.
Eastern ND Women of the ELCA
This fall’s Eastern ND Women of the ELCA Synodical
Convention is September 17th-18th at
Peace Lutheran Church in Fargo. Friday will be open early
registration at 7:00p.m. with music at 7:30. Saturday
morning registration will re-open at 8:00a.m. with
fellowship and coffee. The convention will be called to
order at 9:00a.m.
Lutheran World Relief
Every year, countless Lutheran groups and individuals
join their hearts and hands in sewing quilts and assembling
layettes and health, school and sewing kits to be
distributed to people in need by Lutheran World Relief.
Making the quilts and kits is the first step in this
ministry that has been the hallmark of Lutheran World Relief
since 1945. Once finished, the quilts and kits travel down a
long and sometimes-complex path to those who have the
greatest need. Quilts and kits are delivered to LWR
warehouses in a variety of ways--in person, by post, truck
or even by rail.
They are processed, inventoried and packaged into
cardboard cartons or plastic-wrapped bales to protect them
in transit. LWR warehouse staff packs ocean freight
containers and sends them to port. Containers are loaded
onto an ocean freighter, which sails to the port nearest
LWR’s receiving partner and they then distribute the items
to those most in need. Each year LWR spends nearly $1.7
million to operate its quilt and kit ministry. Those funds,
combined with the generosity of quilters and kit-makers
throughout the U.S. enable LWR to distribute more than $12
million worth of quilts and kits annually.
Turkey BBQ and Corn Feed
The annual turkey BBQ and corn feed will be held on Rally
Sunday, September 12th at noon. A free will
offering will be received with all proceeds going to OSLC
Sunday School. Those wishing to help with the event may
place their name on the sign-up sheet on the announcement
bulletin board.
Buy-A-Bird Program
Each year a number of individuals contribute funds to help
defray the cost of the turkeys for the turkey BBQ and corn
feed. Donations would be appreciated to help continue this
program. The birds usually cost about $15.00 each. Thank you
for your consideration. Again, the proceeds of this venture
benefit the Sunday School program at our church.
Got any extra garden veggies?
Donations of tomatoes and cucumbers for the turkey BBQ would
be very much appreciated. Thank-you. Please contact Don
Brintnell or leave information at the church office.
Esther Circle
Esther Circle will resume on Thursday, September 9th at
2:00p.m. The hostesses will be Jane Jabs and Joyce Mikkelsen
and Bette Hobbs will be the leader.
Mexico Mission trip Informational Meeting
Sunday September 19th, at 4:00 pm we will meet at
the church to describe the trip, and give people an
opportunity to ask questions and hopefully have some idea of
how many of you would like to go this year. The tentative
dates are Spring break of 2011 the second or third week of
March.