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; Mary Akins; Bev Epping’s friend Betty Rosenbaum; 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, Staci, Curt, and Troy; 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.
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.
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 has been traveling! Check out his adventures 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.
LUTEFISK ANYONE? – Pioneer Lake Lutheran Church is having a Lutefisk/Meatball dinner on Sunday, December 8. There is one seating at 4:00 pm – please be prompt. Adults $20, Youth 7-12 $8, 6 and under are free! Meal includes lutefisk with melted butter and/or milk gravy, Swedish meatballs in brown gravy, boiled potatoes and all of the traditional fixins! All you can eat homemade desserts. Registering ahead is encouraged, but arriving at the door (promptly) is okay. Call the church at 715-479-4966 or Lori Moser at 262-210-4009. Leave your name, phone number, number of attendees and how you are going to pay.
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.
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.
The items being requested are: cereal; pancake mix; syrup; canned goods (no vegetables please) soups, chicken, tuna and fruit; pasta and sauce; paper towels;
and toilet paper.
INTERESTING FACTS: I have recited the Apostle’s Creed many times. I tend to be too literal. I used to get hung up on saying “holy catholic church” until I realized the word itself means “including a wide variety of things; all-embracing:”. Which is lovely. “The holy all-embracing church” does sound better to me. The next line has always thrown me for a loop tho – because I’m saying ‘I believe’ in – “the communion of saints”.
I was mulling it over this week. The image brought to my mind is a bunch of old holy guys sitting at a round table – passing communion wafers and wine to one another. I thought – I definitely can believe this happened/happens. Maybe Matthew, Mark, Luke and John make it a habit in heaven? I wasn’t sure why I should believe in it – what is the relevance?
[Hopefully someone else has had questions about this as well]
Poor Pastor Grant. I brought it up to him and he looked at me with a look of, “Are you serious right now?” For him, that perspective never crossed his mind. It is more about fellowship of those who believe and those believers who have died. The following is a good Christian, though not necessarily a Lutheran description of what “Communion of Saints” is all about.
“All saints, that are united to Jesus Christ their Head, by his Spirit, and by faith, have fellowship with him in his graces, sufferings, death, resurrection, and glory: and, being united to one another in love, they have communion in each other’s gifts and graces, and are obligated to the performance of such duties, public and private, as do conduce to their mutual good, both in the inward and outward man.”
“The communion of the saints is carried out through the assembling of the saints. This is the Church assembly, where, we have unity with God, teach God’s Word in truth, and look out for the needs and interests of each other.”
[Note: an apology to Pastor Roberts who led my confirmation class too many years ago.]
NOTES FROM ANN – The picture at the top is a piece of work created by Cindy Schmidt.
The pictures below illustrate what “communion of saints” is and isn’t. The first picture of our congregation is what it looks like. The second picture of the gentlemen around a table is what is does NOT look like. Sometimes Pastor Grant isn’t paid enough – having to deal with the questions I come up with. Thanksgiving is after this Sunday. My most favorite holiday. It remains my favorite holiday even though my family has experienced a lot of loss around this particular week. I don’t get wrapped up in the loss because of the day – focusing on giving thanks for all sorts of things. Thankful for the time we did have. Thankful for the love and memories. Thankful for family and friends. Thankful for shelter and food. Thankful we have these things to share with others. Thankful for this job and this congregation. And on that note – if anyone wants to join Burt and I for a meal on Thanksgiving – we will be eating around 3pm. Let me know. There will be chaos at our house as we will be babysitting our furry nephew for the holiday.
A friend of mine posted the following today. I’m not sure who wrote it, but I loved it and wanted to share it with all of you.
“Thanksgiving time means the first hard freeze, the first spitting ice to rattles the dry autumn leaves. Early morning frost crystallizes grasses into rods of light. The last bit of bright color is gone from the timbers, and the last walk has been taken without gloves and a scarf. But it also means family. Tradition holds true in keeping a common thread with other times and persons. We remember them with love and appreciation. We cook the same food, continue the same good natured bantering and chaos while the meal is prepared for the table. We set an extra place or two around the table, in our hearts and in our minds, for our loved ones who will join us in spirit.”
