St. John's Membership Update
Heather has put together a Google Form for St. John's members to provide information about in-person and online worship participation, plans to attend the Annual Meeting on November 22, and and contact information updates. You can find the form HERE. Please take a minute or two to view, complete, and submit the form. Thanks! I'll be posting this also in the next couple Weekend Updates.
ELCA World Hunger Leadership Gathering
The ELCA World Hunger team is looking forward to welcoming you to theELCA World Hunger Leadership Gathering, January 20-23, 2021. The ELCA World Hunger Leadership Gathering brings together the national network of ELCA World Hunger leaders, congregations, and ministry partners every 18 months for a time of networking, idea sharing, and planning for our shared work. For more information, you can go HERE. Would anyone be interested in attending this web-based event, and getting St. John's more involved in an intentional way in addressing world hunger?
Daylight Savings Time ends
I'm sure you're getting plenty of reminders about this twice-a-year routing of changing the clocks at 2am. Yeah, we all set our alarms for 2 to change the clock, right? Just remember the four-word reminder of what to do: spring ahead, fall back. An extra hour of sleep this weekend. Will make up for the lost hour back in March.x
Stewardship Program
The Stewardship Team met on Thursday at 11:30 to process third mailing for our Stewardship Program, which you should have received in the the mail by now. If you, you can also view it HERE. Next week, we will be mailing out "Intent cards," which will give you an opportunity to indicate your intent for giving in 2021. I hope you're follwoing the bulletin inserts and the exhortation in our theme to "Live Generously." Our next Zoom meeting with GSB Fundraising is next Thursday at 11:30 am.
Confirmation - Apostles' Creed Article 2
After youth gathered outside around our 6:30 starting time, I gathered words from them to plug into a Holloween Mad Lib. We decided to go inside for our lesson time - warmer and less windy. We began our look at the Second Aricle of the Apostles' Creed and its meaning"
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
What does this mean?
I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, son of the Father from eternity, and true man, born of the virgin Mary, is my Lord. At great cost he has saved and redeemed me, a lost and condemned person. He has freed me from sin, death, and the power of the devil, not with silver or gold, but with his holy and precious blood and his innocent suffering and death. All this he has done that I may be his own, live under him in his kingdom, and serve him in everlasting righteousness, innocence, and blessedness, just as he is risen from the dead and lives and rules eternally. This is most certainly true.
To my readers who endured Lutheran Confirmation classes, does this sound familiar? Hope it does! It's all good stuff.
A visit from Calla
On Thursday morning, St. John's was visited by Calla Gilson, a member of Synod Staff. Calla is Lead Coordinator for the Discipleship Initiative of synod, which seeks to help congregations reach out in new ways in ministry to their communities. The occasion of Calla's visit was to drop off a funding request for the Mission Endowment Committee. The request was to help fund a synod project called Imagining Renewal Microgrant. Calla emailed me back in June, which I posted in my June 26 Update. You can read that email HERE, and that should give you a better idea of why she is requesting funding from the St. John's Mission Endowment Fund.
Calla's home congregation is Trinity in Wauseon, and she recently returned from a year of service in the ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission Program, spending her year in the West Bank of Israel. We shared stories of our experiences in following the footsteps of Jesus. She was baptized by Pastor Scott Silcox, who is a son of St. Peter in Norwalk, whose parents and rest of his family I knew well.
ELCA Stewardnet
You can read the latest issue of this ELCA Stewardship resource HERE.
Calendar of Events
Here are some things that are happening in our Synod. take a look HERE. You may find something that will interest or inspire you.
Bishop Daniel's Weekly Email
You can read it HERE.
Sunday is All Saints
Just a reminder that Sunday is All Saints Day. We will light a candle for each congregation member who has died since last All Saints. Those who would like a loved one nameswho has died since last All Saints can can submit his or her name to me via email HERE, or for those attending in-person worship, give name to Heather when you arrive in the lobby.
Update on Carol Hildebrandt
We received word that Carol has returned home from the hospital, and is now under hospice care. Keep her and her family in your prayers, and she certainly would appreciate cards and messages. You can send them to her at 1885 C.R 302, Bellevue, OH 44811.
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