This Week at Esther
THIS WEEK AT ESTHER
Sunday, August 9th – Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday Fellowship Before and After Worship
10 am – Worship led by SAM Jewel Townsend
2 pm – Worship at St. William’s
Sunday, August 16th – Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday Fellowship Before and After Worship
10 am – Worship led by Megan Townsend
2 pm – Worship at St. William’s
*NEWS AND NOTES*
The Annual Memorial Butterfly Release hosted by Hospice of Douglas County will be on Tuesday, August 11thfrom 5:30-6:30 pm on the front lawn of the Douglas County Courthouse at 305 8th Ave. in Alexandria, MN. Butterflies cost $10 each to release in honor or memory of a loved one. Live music by Erik Schultz and ice cream provided by Cub Foods. Open to everyone in the community, regardless of whether your loved one received hospice services. Please bring your own lawn chair.
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
- 5 cups for $10
- Quarts (limited supply): $8 each
Christian Education Meeting will be held Monday, August 17th at 6 pm.
Worship Committee will meet on Thursday, August 20th at 6 pm.
Widows & Singles Share & Care Day will be August 21st at 1 pm at Parkers Prairie City Park. They will have a potluck and enjoy visiting and taking in the Parkers Prairie Farmers Market.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:
Will you wear humility, or kindness, or compassion? What would it look like to clothe yourself in joy? Perhaps you will choose to wear gratitude or generosity. Remember that however we cloth ourselves with Christ this week, we are children of God. We are living out our baptismal promises every time we engage in relationships with other people and with all of creation.
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.
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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