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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13th: Everyone is encouraged to attend a special voters meeting following the 10:15am Worship Service.

THANKSGIVING EVE WORSHIP SERVICE: Here at St. Johns's Wednesday November 23rd at 7:0pm. Worship assistants needed.

SAVE THE NEW DATE: Sunday November 27th, Fun & Fellowship Advent/Christmas wreath decorating 6-8pm. VOLUNTEERS are needed o help with this event.

ADVENT DAILY DEVOTIONS: Thank to all who volunteered to author a prayer to coincide wih atopic and Bible reading for a day during Advent. These daily prayers will be published in a booklet for everyone to enjoy for devotion during the Advent season.

MISSION OF THE MONTH: OCTOBER - Educational Partners: We will focus on Long Island Lutheran Middle / High School, Concordia University / Bronxville, and our Seminaries in St. Louis and Fort Wayne.

OCTOBER FOOD DRIVE! Lutheran Social Services New Life Center Nassau is always in need of keeping their pantry stocked. Please bring in non-perishable items any Sunday and place them in the cart provided in the narthex. Your support and generosity to this mission project is always appreciated. During July & August, St John's contributed 276 pounds of food. THANK YOU!!! We also thank Ken Wurtemberg who delivers our food donations to the center every Tuesday.

ADOPT A GARDEN: We have had a terrific response to our "adoption venture". Special thanks to all who have volunteered. There are only three gardens left to adopt! Young or old - God can use you if you're willing! If you would like to adopt a garden please view the pictures of these three gardens on the board in the narthex and choose by number, add it and your name to the sign up sheet or otherwise connect with Paul Koppelmann.

EMPTIES 4 CASH: St.John's receives money back, please don't throw away that empty inkjet cartridge! Bring it to church! The collection box is in the coat room in the back of the church.

MONTHLY PRAYER REQUEST UPDATES - Please take a moment to review the Prayer Requests (click on PRAYER section) and if you see a name that an be removed (or one that was removed that you would like to have placed back on the list), please contact the church office.

Link to hear Pastor's recent sermons:

http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeqymqf/

COMMUNION - ATTENDANCE / PRAYER REQUESTS are in the pew. Plese be sure to fill one out and present it to the usher beore communing. Yellow cards for prayer requests - please feel free to use these for any prayer request you may have and please include your name as requestor before handing them to an usher before the worship service begins.

YOUR SERVICE IS NEEDED
Your service is needed in some areas of our worship service on Sundays.

It would be helpful and wonderful if, when you read this small article, that you pray and think about signing up to be a greeter, lay reader or usher. Those tiny little "jobs", serving the Lord, does not take much time at all. If you attend church regularly, why not sign up and serve in one or all of these tiny little "jobs". For one, being a greeter just takes about ten minutes. You're attending church anyway. Why not greet your fellow members joyfully on Sunday morning? Not a greeter? How about an usher? You don't have to greet anyone and it would be great to give the ushers who do the ushering all the time a chance to sit with their family and worship. Not either a greeter or usher? A lay reader! Now that is an opportunity to read the Word of God to your fellow members!

These opportunities are for everyone. I encourage each and everyone, families included, to sign up on the Worship Assistant chart in the narthex for the tiny little "job" you feel comfortable with. If you do, don't forget, you can sign up a month or two from the first time. There is only one service so it's not like signing up to do the tiny little "job" all the time. If enough members sign up, the rotation could be a while from when you first greeted, ushered or read. Serve the Lord with gladness!

In Christ, Barbara Grant

CALLING ALL WORSHIP ASSISTANTS - please add your name to the many BLANKS on the schedule. The chart is on the stand in the narthex.

CHRISTIAN GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES: Bible Study

Sundays at 9:00 a.m. - Charlie Turner is leading a class on Sunday's lessons in the Connecting Room.

Tuesdays at 11:00 a.m. - Seeker Bible Study - "How We Got The Bible". This is for those who are looking to start their own study of Scripture, or maybe get back in a regular reading of the Bible. This course will "start from Scratch" and look at the Bible in easy, basic terms, looking at where it came from, how it got into its present form and how do we use it for study. All are welcome.

Thursdays at 12:00 noon - Paul Koppelmann leads Discuss This, a discussion about a book selected to help us keep our faith strong. This group returns beginning September 8th and will review the book "Good Grief" by Granger E. Westberg in the Board Room.

Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. - Pastor Tom leads a study of a book of the bible. A study of the Book of Psalms wil continue on September 8th.

4th Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. - Kathy Fisher leads a Women's Bible Study. Join us! Everyone is welcome!

THRIVENT "CHOICE DOLLARS" lets members choose where some of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans' charitable outreach funds go by directing choice dollars. You may visit the website www.thrivent.com or call 1-800-THRIVENT for your personal information. If you are planning to direct any of your "Choice Dollars" to St. John's please note the following. Our church (St. John's) is listed on the Thrivent roster as follows - St John Lutheran Church of Williston Park, NY. Please use this designation when you are entering your routing information on line or by telephoning it. Members deposits into the St. John's account have reached $1,243 to date and have agreed to designate this amount to our capital improvement fund. Questions? Contact Karin Koppelmann.

THE CRAFTERS GUILD meets every Wednesday—all are welcome. Your ideas and talents will enrich our time together. We will work on sewing and craft projects for missions, sick and shut-ins and nursing homes. As we meet together we also pray to grow in friendship - encouraging and supporting each other in our Christian walk. Questions? Contact Audrey Grill 671.0152 or Dottie Schriever 742.3964.

WE NEED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS: We would like to inform members by email when important information has been added to the website. You can add your email address on a sheet in the narthex or click on this link for an online form

http://stjohns-wp.org/Forms/Provideyouremailaddressforupdates.dsp

NEW EYES FOR THE NEEDY: When fall cleaning, please don't throw out the old eyeglasses, bring them to St. John's and place them in the marke box in the coat closet in the narthex.

LADIES AID CONTINUES TO COLLECT CANCELLED STAMPS: You may bring them to St. John's and place them in the marked box in the coat closet in the narthex. Details about the "Save Stamps" projectmay be found on the bulletin board in the fellowship hall.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD BOXES: Ladies Aid members will again be participating in this outreach project by filling shoe boxes with small gifts for children worldwide. If you would like to join us in this endeavor, pamphlets detailing the process an be found on the table n the narthex. Filled boxes should be placed on the table in the narthex no later than Sunday, November 13, or brought to our Ladies Aid meeting on November 15. THANK YOU.

CALLING All ACOLYTES
Hi there all you young adults!!

It would be great for you to sign up on the Worship Assistant sheet in the Narthex when you would like to acolyte. The joy of serving the Lord's altar as an acolyte is a special privilege you have as a young confirmand of St. John's. After all, not everyone can be an acolyte in a red robe. If everyone who can be an acolyte signs up, you would not have to acolyte for at least five to six weeks. This would give everyone an opportunity to serve the Lord in this special way on a rotation basis. Won't you sign up and if you think you can't do it, just ask Pastor and he'll guide you. I pray you will be guided by the Holy Spirit to serve St. John's in this very special way.

In Christ, Barbara Grant

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