Jon Cook; Millie Mutka, Zima family friends Stefan Sladek, Dave Butschli, Mick, Steven and Marilyn Hummel; Gregory Bowens; Laurie Nelson; Amber Ross’s daughter Linda; Randy & Diane Niemczyk’s niece Sarah Joda, and their dear friend Denise Hazel; Valeria Hesselberg; Chris Markussen; Anne Verona’s sister/brother-in-law Pat & Woody Woodworth; Pastor Grant’s father-in-law Mark Van Donsel; Bobbie Schmidt’s brother William and her step-daughter Cheryl; Dawn Gonitzke’s brother Scott Premo; Claire Holman; the Eberts friends Patricia Kulzick and John Oliver; the Waggoner’s sister-in-law Cheryl Busse; Karen Engels’ niece Lisa and friends Bob and Dawn and Gail Wogsland; Ann Carlson’s people Dwight, Stacy, Sarah, Ben, Staci, Dana, Curt, Jasmine, Troy and Janice; and the people of Israel, Russia, Palestine and Ukraine.
PRAYER LIST PROCEDURE – Submit your prayer requests to the office in writing, by phone, by email or in person. If requesting prayers for someone other than yourself or an immediate family member, please obtain permission – unless the circumstances are public in nature.
WORSHIP ON FACEBOOK – Live on Facebook on Sundays at 9:00 am and posted for later viewing.
GUESTS – if you are visiting us today, please sign our book at the entrance to the sanctuary.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE BULLETIN – if you want to get announcements in the bulletin, please get your information to the Front Office Wednesday before noon.
ROGER JEHNKE’s FUNERAL – thank you for the many hands that came together to help out.
BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK – will be today, Nov 17th. Please see Mark and Catherine in the Fellowship Hall.
GOD’S WORK – OUR HANDS – actually needs a hand. They will continue to host the first Sunday of the month coffee hour, but they are asking for assistance. Asking members of the congregation to take turns bringing in homemade or purchased baked goods. Please sign up on the sheet in the Narthex or contact Betty Wright at basslakewrights@gmail.com.
COFFEE FUND – If you ever wondered what happens to the dollars you drop in the basket during fellowship hour – please know you are contributing to much more than only donuts. Your dollars are going towards funeral luncheons and any and all church activities where food is provided. We’ve had a lot of activities this year and could use your assistance in building our fund back up again.
ENDOWMENT GRANTS – Help the Endowment Team use our Endowment Fund as effectively as possible to enhance the mission outreach of Prince of Peace. As the fund’s custodian, the team is looking for ways to help the church ministry in the community. If you would like to offer a suggestion to the Endowment Team or financially contribute, get a request form from the narthex, the church office or the website. A donation of any amount will help immensely and be much appreciated. Recently our endowment contributed $500 to Worship in the Wild and $250 to Northwoods Share.
FLAT LUTHER – Flat Luther will start making appearances around the church and hopefully with you on your adventures. Find Flat Luther and take him on an adventure with you – snap a picture and return the picture and Flat Luther so he can head out into the world with someone else. Flat Luther’s adventures are documented on the window to the Fellowship Hall.
CHRISTMAS CHOIR – practice continues for the Christmas Choir every Wed at 4:30 pm in the sanctuary. Come one – come all! Contact Gary Ebert for questions – ebert@udel.edu or 302-766-0109.
DRESS A TURKEY? DRESS A TREE! – there is a tree in the Narthex. It is there to collect hats and gloves for the upcoming winter for people/children in our community. Items collected are currently designated for our local school district.
THANKSGIVING – Thank you to all who contributed to the Vilas Food Pantry Thanksgiving dinners.
QUILTERS – quilters are still meeting the first and third Wednesdays of the month. 9:30 to 11:30 am. Don’t be shy – come by and give a stitch (or two).
REMINDER – the office is closed on Fridays. Ann does not check her email after hours. No one is checking voice mail. If there is an emergency and you need to get in touch with someone right away – please call or text Pastor Grant at 715-614-4396.
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE – there are large plastic kitty litter containers in the front office. If you need a place to store salt or birdseed, come grab a container!
UPCOMING EVENTS: Please pick up a copy of December’s calendar in the narthex.
Thanksgiving Day Service is at 10:00 AM
Food Drive for Caritas – please bring in a food item on Nov 25, Nov 28 or Dec 1.
INTERESTING FACTS: Native Americans have lived in what is now Vilas County for thousands of years. The county contains archaeological sites dating to the prehistoric Woodland period. In the eighteenth century, the area was disputed by the Dakota and Ojibwe people. According to oral histories, the conflict culminated in Ojibwe victory in a battle on Strawberry Island in Flambeau Lake around 1745. Ojibwe people have continued to live in the area ever since, securing the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation in the 1854 Treaty of La Pointe.
Like many other Native tribes, the Ojibwe relied on oral tradition to pass on their histories and beliefs. They told only specific stories in the winter due to their belief that the snakes and frogs were evil and not allowed to listen to stories.
The Ojibwe story of creation picks up at the end of a story where Wenebojo has just defeated evil spirits (maji-manidoo).
After Wenebojo tricks the maji-manidoo, he gets stranded in a pine tree. Water rises to meet him, and by the time he gets to the top of the tree, the water has reached just under his nose. He sees animals swimming around him, and he asks each one to take turns diving down to the bottom of the water and bringing up a little earth so they can all survive.
A loon, an otter, and a beaver all try to help him with his request, but they all drown before they can bring back any dry land. The muskrat goes last, but he passes out as he reaches the surface.
Wenejobo praises the muskrat’s effort and mourns his death, but then he realizes he is holding a few grains of sand and a little bit of mud.
Wenebojo brings the muskrat back to life with his breath and then rolls the mud in his hands. He makes a large enough surface for the animals to climb out of the water, and from the small island, he sends a huge bird to fly around the island and make it bigger. After flying around for four days (a magic number), the bird returns, and Wenebojo says the island is still not big enough, so he sends an eagle to make it bigger.
Once the earth is created, Wenebojo decides it is where all his relatives can make their home. He cuts up the body of one of the evil wolves he defeated, distributes it, and makes some into oil or fat. Now the animals can eat meat instead of just grass if they want.
Some animals drank the fat from the evil wolf and are turned into guardian spirits of every Native who fasts. Finally, Wenebojo names all the growing things and lets the Natives know which they can use and how.
Long ago, when the world was young, there were only two tortoises. They didn’t have any shells or houses on their backs as we know them today. They were all soft. In the woods, the strong animals hunt the weaker animals, and Otter planned on eating the Tortoise. One day, Tortoise wanted to go on land to take a walk, but he couldn’t run very fast, so he looked around to see if any of the other animals were there. As he looked around, he saw Otter coming so Tortoise turned around and crawled under a piece of bark and drew his head, legs, and tail in and Otter didn’t see him. When Otter was gone, Tortoise went back to the pond where he lived. But he didn’t know that Wenebojo was watching him and saw how he had saved himself from Otter. One morning Wenebojo was out fishing, he asked Tortoise where there were lots of fish. He said, “If you tell me, I’ll give you a sturdy house that you can carry on your back.” As soon as the Tortoise heard this, he dived down and looked for fish and found a lot and then he came back and told Wenebojo where they were. Wenebojo thanked him and got out of his canoe and asked Tortoise to come up on land with him. There Wenebojo found a piece of bark and put it on the Tortoise’s back and got another piece and put it on his stomach. Then they watched Otter to come. When they saw him coming, Tortoise went out on the path and pretended that he didn’t see Otter coming. When Otter saw Tortoise he jumped on him so he could eat him, but Tortoise drew his head, legs, and tail into the new shell and was safe. After Otter went away, Wenebojo told Tortoise that “From this day forth, every Tortoise shall carry his shell, or house, along wherever he goes.”
NOTES FROM ANN – I have really dropped the ball regarding birthdays and anniversaries – for that I apologize. October and November were left hanging.
There are my October and November birthdays and I’m sure I’m missing someone. Linda Latzl, Eric Rasmussen, Jim and Mary Thomas, Diana Mehlhop, Tim Wright, Sonja Mroczynski, Dawn Copple, Mary Akins, Dale Sharpee, Darlene Johnson, David Roberts and Chris Ebert.
Our October and November anniversaries are the Cyrtmus’ and the Latzls!
Here is hoping your days of celebration were spectacular. And that there was cake. And hugs. And then more cake.
Flat Luther is making the rounds! He survived a snowstorm in Colorado, made it to Mount Rushmore and crossed the Mighty Mississippi (I have to do the chant when I spell “Miss-iss-ippi”). Where will Flat Luther go next?! (I will say – it appears some caution needs to be used when photographing Flat Luther. His finger point may be misconstrued).
The definition of valor is “strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery”. I’m still processing the gift I received this past Sunday – on the Marine Corps birthday – the day before Veteran’s Day. To receive such a gift – the Quilt of Valor – isn’t something I take lightly. It was overwhelming and humbling. Even more so knowing the quilt was made by Bev Epping and Marlys Tipple – two incredibly talented women who invested their time and skills into the quilt.
Pictures – the top picture is a picture of turtle that goes with the tale from the Ojibwa. The picture was so cool I had to include the story that went with it. Pictures of Flat Luther on his adventures (also on the Fellowship Hall window) and a picture of the Quilt of Valor.
