This Week at Esther
THIS WEEK AT ESTHER
Sunday, August 23rd – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday Fellowship Before and After Worship
10 am – Worship led by The Youth
2 pm – Worship at St. William’s
Friday, August 28th
Newsletter Articles due to church office
Sunday, August 30th – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday Fellowship Before and After Worship
10 am – Worship led by Pastor Preston
2 pm – Worship at St. William’s
*NEWS AND NOTES*
Thank you to our youth for leading worship today! Your energy and willingness to serve has blessed our whole church family!
Ice Cream Still Available! If you missed the Ice Cream Social, you’re in luck! We still have individual cups of ice cream available in the basement kitchen freezer. Feel free to help yourself and place your donation in the box provided. Suggested donations: $2.50 per cup or 5 cups for $10.
You are invited to the Sixth Annual 2026 Remembrance Day Walks by Humble Hearts Grief Support Services on Sunday, September 13th at the Lake Brophy Park in Alexandria, MN. There is also a walk in Sleepy Eye, MN on Sunday, September 27th. 12 pm – 1 pm is registration, meal, and shopping, 1 pm- 2 pm is the Remembrance Walk, and 2 pm – 3:30 is the Inspirational Program and Recognition of Loved Ones (Alexandria only – dove release). Scan to register donate and learn more!
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.
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.”
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:
How can you humble yourself and acknowledge the mistakes you have made this week? If we are to have any hope of extending grace to others around us who make mistakes, it is important to acknowledge our own mistakes. “And forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us”.
Just as God is pleased when Jesus humbles himself and is baptized by John the Baptist, let us practice humility this week and work on the words of the Lord’s Prayer, “as we forgive those” just as God forgives us.
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.
Sunday School begins on Sunday, September 13th! We welcome all children ages 3 through 6th grade to join us.
During worship on September 13th, we will also celebrate the start of the school year with a Back-to-School Blessing and Prayer, followed by a Backpack Blessing during the Children’s Sermon. We hope you’ll bring your backpacks and join us for this special day!
Confirmation classes will begin again in September with a Get-to-Know-You Potluck and Planning Night on Wednesday, September 16th at 6:00 p.m. Students and their parents are invited to attend. We welcome everyone from 7th grade through adults to join the class, whether you are preparing for confirmation, have already been confirmed, or would simply like a refresher on the faith. For more information or to sign up, please contact Jewel Townsend.
38th Annual NW MN SWO Convention will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Crookston, MN on September 18-19th.
Fall Conference Gatherings: Conference 5: October 15th at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Moorhead, MN and Conference 8 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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