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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
Bob Henning

Dallas Esser
Bradley Wise
Jo Schaefer
Warren DeWald
Boston DeWald
Kevin Rasmussen
Doug Stratton

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

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 Diane Sobotka in loving memory of
her brother, Jim; and by Diane Hansen in loving memory of her mother, Frances Schafer.
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.
THANK YOU to all the elves who helped with the hanging of the greens last Sunday. As
everyone can see, the church is wearing her finest in anticipation of the birth of the Christ
child. With the first Sunday of Advent, the lights will begin to be lit throughout the church
until Christmas Eve, when the church will be fully lighted. Join us for services @ 5pm,
7pm, or 9pm on Christmas Eve.
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 29
8:30 am ....................................................... Worship
9:15 am Sunday School Christmas Program Practice
9:30 am ........................................... Fellowship Hour
9:45 am .............................................. Sunday School
11:00 am ..................................................... Worship
7:00 pm .................... Gods Ambassadors ChristCare
Kristy Booras, 402-371-6218
MONDAY, NOV 30
10:00 am ............................................. Staff Meeting
6:30 pm ............................Stephen Ministry Training
7:00 pm ............................................. Praise Forever
8:30 pm .......................................... Solid Rock
TUESDAY, DEC 1
7:00 am ................................ Mens Prayer Breakfast
7:00 pm ....................................... Beloved ChristCare
Tracy Meister, 402-379-2484
7:00 pm .................................................... SEA Group
WEDNESDAY, DEC 2
1:30 pm .................................... Searchers ChristCare
Connie Hagstrom, 402-649-4862
2:30 pm .................................First Communion Class
By appointment
3:35 pm Sunday School Christmas Program Practice
(Speaking parts only)
5:00 pm .................................First Communion Class
By appointment
THURSDAY, DEC 3
6:30 pm .......................................... Cantata Practice
7:15 pm ................................. Majesty Choir Practice
SATURDAY, DEC 5
11:30 am ...................... WELCA Christmas Luncheon
5:00 pm ........................................................ Worship

SHOP FOR MINISTRY


NOV 29
DEC 6

NO SALES THANKSGIVING WEEKEND


8:30 am
11 am

Alice Gentzler
Terri Denkinger

OFFERINGS
Mission Emphasis (DEC) ..... Norfolk Rescue Mission
Greenfiber Funds for OCT-DEC ......................Mosaic
General offering for 11/22/15 .................. $8,394.04
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 11/22/15 ....................... (51, 98, 94) 243

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.

All Ladies, Mothers &


Daughters of St. Johns
YOU ARE INVITED
to a Christmas Luncheon on Saturday,
December 5th in the Fellowship Hall
beginning at 11:30. Food will be
furnished by the WELCA Board. The
menu will be a Chicken Rice Casserole,
Cranberry Salad & dinner roll with
peppermint ice cream and a cookie for
dessert.
Start your Christmas Holidays by
joining us for a couple hours. Lori
Kallweit will have a short program
talking about her collection of Raggedy
Ann & Andy dolls.

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.

Dear St. Johns Benefaction,


I would like to take this opportunity
to express my heartfelt Thank You to
all the wonderful sponsors that
support the SMILES Inc. Without your
generosity, this program would not be
available to our daughter Ellie. Ellie
was born with several medical issues
which have led to balance problems for
her. Through the SMILE Program, Ellie
has learned to stay focused on task at
hand like putting on saddles or bridals.
Ellie also has developed better balance
from riding correctly in the saddle.
With gained balance comes better selfconfidence in daily activities most take
for granted like running or walking.
When Ellie started the SMILE Program a
year ago, she was a shy tmid little
girl. Now she is a spunky outgoing
friendly girl that shows selfconfidence and pride. We believe
this is fro her ability to have better
balance. With this confidence, she
can accomplish goals in life. None of
this would have been possible without
your kind hearts and donations. There
can never be enough words to express
how much the donations made a
difference in our daughterslife. We
could not have afforded it without you.
Thank you for helping us help our Ellie
gain her self-confidence. Now the
skys the limit for her life goals.
A heartfelt Thank You,
The family of Ellie Plisek

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.

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.

GOOD NEIGHBORS PACKING


Yes its time again for Good Neighbors
packing and delivering! Items are already
being collected and delivered to St. Johns.
Boxes are arriving daily. If you would like
to help with packing and delivering, folks
will gather at St. Johns on Wednesday,
Dec. 16 @ 9am for packing, and Thursday,
Dec. 17 for delivery. Please contact Carol
Severa for any additional information.
402-371-3324.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28
5 PM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
PATTY BRASCH
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
JIM CARTER
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
BRENDA CARHART
GREETERS Patty Brasch, Audrey & Jack
Prater
USHERS 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
BRENDAD CARHART
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

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5
5 PM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
DANNY OLSON
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
GREETERS/USHERS Rod & Shirley Hughes
READER Shirley Hughes
PRAYER LEADER __________
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6
8:30 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
DANNY OLSON
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
GREETERS Carol Sorsen, Danny Olson
USHERS Dennis & Lois Braesch
READER __________
FELLOWSHIP HOUR Jan Henning
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Sherri Kuk,
Diane Sobotka, __________, __________
PRAYER LEADER Sara Fegley
POWERPOINT Midge Hedrick

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6
11 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
DANNY OLSON
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
GREETERSMichelle Dagerman,
Martha Thompson
USHERS Kevin Bonderson, Don Meister,
Carol Severa
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Beth Bonderson,
Janet Erickson, Tracy Meister,
Kristy Booras
PRAYER LEADER Lon Timperley
POWERPOINT Emma Dagerman
LECTIONARY READINGS:
Malachi 3:1-4
Luke 1:68-79
Philippians 1:3-11
Luke 3:1-6

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