This Week at Esther
Sunday, November 1st – All Saints Day
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
2 pm – Worship at St. William’s
Wednesday, November 4th
6pm – Confirmation: Pizza & Movie Night: “Luther” Part 1 – Parents and Mentors are invited to attend
Saturday, November 7th
9 am – Porch Pot Making at Kathy Mittag’s
Sunday, November 8th – Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday Fellowship Before & After Worship
8:30 am – WELCA
9 am – Sunday School
9:15 am – Behold Connect & Reflect: Coffee & Conversation
10 am – Worship led by SAM Jewel Townsend
2 pm – Worship at St. William’s
SERVING IN NOVEMBER
Pastor: Nov 1- SAM Jewel Townsend, Nov 8- SAM Jewel Townsend, Nov 15- Pr. Dennis Preston, Nov 22 – Pr. Greg Billberg, Nov 29- Pr. Ken Bowman
Organists: Marcia Guenther
Altar Care: Donna Pederson
Usher: NEED VOLUNTEER
Acolyte: Nov 1- Sawyer Ratajesak, Nov 8- NEED VOLUNTEER, Nov 15-NEED VOLUNTEER, Nov 22- Sawyer Ratajesak, Nov 29- Sawyer Ratajesak
Lay Reader: Chris Carter
Communion Assistant: Chris Carter
Birthday Card Sender: Confirmation Class
*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.”
“Esther Calendar.”
Porch Pot Making Event will be held on November 7th at Kathy Mittag’s at 9 am. ALL are welcome! We look forward to a fun morning of creativity and fellowship!
Youth are selling 2027 calendars! Cost $10. There will be a sign up sheet in the Narthex. Orders due by November 29th.
We will be decorating for the Christmas Season following worship on Sunday, November 22nd. Any help is appreciated!
Applications for both campers and camp counselors at Luther Crest open on November 1st. Don’t forget that financial assistance is available through our Camp Fund to help cover camp costs. We encourage everyone to apply and take advantage of this opportunity! If you need an application, you can find the Esther Lutheran Church Camp and Spiritual Growth Fund Application on our website at estherlutheran.com under “Faith Formation Resources.”
Get your lefse ready for the holidays! Each package includes four lefse for $7.
Please submit your orders by November 30th. Order forms are available in the Narthex, or you can place your order by calling Lana Doll at 218-280-6326.
Mark your calendars! Our lefse-making events are coming up soon!
- First Event: November 20th & 21st
- Second Event: December 4th & 5th
Any and all help is greatly appreciated! Whether you can help for a little while or the whole time, we’d love to have you join us. Thank you for your time and support!
December 6th is our Christmas Market! A sign-up sheet for soup & BBQ will be available soon. If you are unable to bring food, but would still like to contribute, monetary donations are also welcome. Please make checks payable to WELCA and give them to either Luella or Lana.
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 on our website.
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 “Give to 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:
Think about your daily routine. How can reading the bible and putting the word into practice be included in this routine? Perhaps you already have a designated time for prayer, devotion and reading the bible. Is there someone you could invite into this routine? Is it possible to share your practice time with others? Your challenge this week is to work on the “putting into practice” aspect of your routine. How can you live out the word of God in the everyday parts of your life as well?
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.
