ESTHER LUTHERAN CHURCH

9.20.26 Service Download

THIS WEEK AT ESTHER

Sunday, September 20^th – Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday Fellowship Before and After Worship

9 am – Sunday School

9:15 am – Behold Connect & Reflect: Coffee & Conversation

10 am – Worship with Holy Communion led by SAM Jewel Townsend

11 am – Youth Meeting

11 am – 9^th Grade Confirmation Student Meeting

2 pm – Worship at St. William’s

Wednesday, September 23^rd

6 pm – Confirmation

Sunday, September 27^th – Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday Fellowship Before and After Worship

9 am – Sunday School

9 am – Third Grade Bible Class

9:15 am – Behold Connect & Reflect: Coffee & Conversation

10 am – Worship led by SAM Jewel Townsend

2 pm – Worship at St. William’s

*NEWS AND NOTES*

Check out the Esther Calendar on our website to stay up to date on everything happening! Go to estherlutheran.com and click on “Esther Calendar.

Connect & Reflect: Coffee & Conversation will be held on Sundays starting on at 9:15 – 9:40 am. We invite you to grab a cup of coffee and join us for a casual Sunday morning chat. Each week, we’ll look back at the Behold devotion sent out the previous Monday morning. Together we’ll share our thoughts, stories, and everyday experiences with that weeks; challenge question. Whether you read it on Monday or just want to listen in, you are welcome here as we build our faith and community together!

9^th grade Confirmation students will meet TODAY and October 4^th at 11 am. We will be planning your Confirmation worship service, answer any questions, pick out gowns, and run through your faith statements. Please turn in your faith statement to Jewel by October 1^st.

Youth Meeting TODAY at 11 am. Parents and guardians encouraged to join. Pizza will be served!

Spruce Hill Church Open House is Saturday, October 3^rd. The Open House will run 12:00-4:00 pm featuring live music from Brad Lambrecht at 1:00-2:00 pm on the church’s historic reed organ. Come see behind the scenes of the current restoration and repair work at Spruce Hill Church, located at 12553 Ottertail Trail NE, Miltona.

Luther Crest Annual Meeting will be held Saturday, October 10^th at 10 am.

The Bell Tower is leaking and needs to be repaired. Because of the high reach and difficult area to work with, we do not have an exact idea of cost, but it could surpass $50,000. Please consider helping with this important and much needed repair. Help keep the bell ringing! Please send your donation to the church: 11019 625th Ave Parkers Prairie, MN 56361 or scan the QR code.

Vanco online giving platform is a great way to set up a scheduled giving plan for even when you cannot make it to church. Scan the QR code, go online to estherlutheran.com, go to the tab “ways to support Esther Lutheran Church” and click on the link https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZP4R or download the app

Vanco Mobile Faith Engagement. Any questions please ask Mandy Arvidson.

We welcome you to join in the weekly “Behold the New Has Come” devotions available on our website estherlutheran.com on the “Behold” tab. Devotions are posted to the website and emailed out each Monday. If you are not currently on the email list and want to be, please notify Mandy in the office. Each weekly devotion includes a challenge for the week. This past week’s challenge is:

I would guess that the good medicine, the cheerful disposition and the love that we GET to share with others would spread like wildfire, reaching even those whose hearts have been hardened, or whose souls have felt the weight of the world. In what ways can you spread joy to your neighbor and your community today? What small thing, or what big thing, can you share with others that will put a smile on their face and yours?

We hope these devotions and weekly challenges will inspire conversations and stories that we can share with one another as, together, we grow in faith through this initiative.

Fall Conference Gatherings: Conference 5: October 15^th at Our Savior’s Lutheran

Church in Moorhead, MN and Conference 8: October 24^th at Grace Lutheran in Brandon, MN.

You belong here. We believe that each person has unique gifts, are created in God’s image, and is a beloved child of God. We welcome you to join us each week to share in the community of faith at Esther – “Knowing Christ – making Christ known through faith, hope and love”. If you would like to become a member of Esther, please contact Mandy in the church office at 218-338-2171 or secretary@estherlutheran.net or Jewel Townsend at 320-760 2503 or jewellht17@gmail.com.

Esther Lutheran Church, ELCA

11019 625th Ave, Parkers Prairie, MN 56361 – Telephone:218-338-2171

Website:estherlutheran.com

Email: secretary@estherlutheran.net

Facebook: facebook.com/estherlutheran/

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