This Week at Esther
Sunday, October 18th – Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday Fellowship Before and After Worship
9 am – All People 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, October 21st
6 pm – Confirmation: Meal: Presley Bosl
Saturday, October 24th
WELCA Fall Conference Gathering – Grace Lutheran Church in Brandon, MN
Sunday, October 25th – Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost
9 am – Sunday School
9:15 am – Behold Connect & Reflect: Coffee & Conversation
9:30 am – Confirmation Cake Reception
10 am – Worship with Holy Communion led by SAM Jewel Townsend
2 pm – Worship at St. William’s
SERVING IN OCTOBER
Pastor: Oct 18- SAM Jewel Townsend, Oct 25 (Confirmation)- SAM Jewel Townsend
Organists: Marcia Guenther
Altar Care: Deb Koep
Usher: Dave & Elliott Arvidson
Acolyte: Emma & Elliott Arvidson
Lay Reader: Deb Koep
Communion Assistant: Christy Hart
Birthday Card Sender: Deb Koep
*NEWS AND NOTES*
Check out the Esther Calendar on our website to stay up to dateon everything happening! Go to estherlutheran.com and click on “Esther Calendar.”
WELCA Fall Conference Gathering: Conference 8: October 24th at Grace Lutheran in Brandon, MN. Speaker will be a mother and son from Health Partners from Tanzania. Grace Lutheran supports this mission regularly. Contact Luella Thom for details.
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!
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.
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:
What does it mean to be sanctified by truth? It means to make something holy, to set it apart for a sacred purpose and to purify it from sin and guilt. Being sanctified means God rendering us free from corruption. And in a world filled with greed, arrogance and selfishness, it can be difficult to know what the truth is.
This week, remember that you are sanctified and made holy through the truth that is found in the word of God. Remember to remain humble and filled with compassion as you live out your baptismal promises.
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.
