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Elim Extra for Sunday, November 12, 2023

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Pastor’s Reflection
Please invite your friends who are veterans to our Sunday worship in honor of Veteran’s Day. Peggy is setting up a Missing Man table to remember our POW/MIA countrymen, and Lucille is bringing poppies to wear, to mark the Armistice Day traditions of the Northern hemisphere. November brings about the dying of the landscape in this part of the world, which is why in worship we turn our focus to all who have died in Christ. As we recognize the efforts of the military veterans in our midst, let us turn to scripture to hear that the promises of God will be fulfilled and all tears wiped away in the new Jerusalem (Revelation 7:17). Thanks to Dave, Leslie, Peggy, Craig, Pam, Lucille, Steve, Pastor Steve Tharp and others for advising me on this service, and Leslie for contributing the flag decorations. It is my first Veteran’s Day, and any gaps that may remain after taking their advice are solely my own rookie errors. I look forward to sharing this important occasion with you.

with love, Pastor Chelsea

Prayer needs:  Please pray for Matt Johnson, Mary Mills, & Kathy Mozer. God in your mercy, hear our prayer. 

*New Bible study every Sunday @ 9:00 – with Pr. Chelsea  

On Zoom Wed. 3:00pm 

Nov. 12 Honoring the Veterans during worship 

Nov. 15 Meet the Pastor @ 6:00 Elim Lutheran Church 

5:30 set-up Soup supper signup sheet in hallway 

Nov. 19 – Please bring canned goods for Thanksgiving service 

                         Decorate the Church after worship 

     Church becoming meeting after decorating 

Nov. 23, Thanksgiving Day! 

Nov. 26 – “Christ the King Sunday” and Advent begins 

Nov. 28, Mary’s Circle – ladies luncheon @ Hug Hess (Noon) 

HO, HO, HO! Sub for Santa – Boy scouts donation needed. 

Place in offering labeled Sub for Santa or give to Dave Thomas. 

Elim Extra for Sunday November 5, 2023

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Pastor’s Reflection

 All Saints Day is a difficult celebration for me. I grew up Catholic wanting to be a saint but never thinking I was good enough. What a relief it was to join a Reformed tradition that labels us all “saints” just for being believers.

We will be praying for the saints of our church who died in the last year, so please come to worship ready to lift up their names during our prayer time. I also invite you to think about who has died in your own life in this past year. We will remember them with love and honor.

Indeed, November is the season for “outdoing one another in showing honor,” as St. Paul said. Please invite the veterans in your life to our Veterans Day worship service on Sunday November 12th. And on November 18th, we will celebrate Thanksgiving in worship, so please bring canned goods to donate and stay afterwards to decorate the church for Advent.

How honored I am to be just one among the many wonderful sinners and saints at Elim Lutheran Church.

Love, Pastor Chelsea

Elim Extra for October 29, 2023

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Pastor’s Reflection

Happy Reformation Sunday! By the late 1600s, many Lutheran churches had begun commemorating Martin Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses, calling out abuses he saw in the church. At the heart of the reform movement was the gospel, the good news that by grace through faith we are forgiven and freed. Historians claim that it was on October 31 that Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the Wittenberg church door. So, Reformation Day is the Sunday closest to that event.

Now, last week I told you that we would be finishing our mission statement study with the word faith – as in, we seek to be a healing, equipping, and serving community of faith. But actually I lied, because there’s a whole first part of our mission statement that I completely looked over. It actually says through the power of the Holy Spirit, we seek to be a healing, equipping, and serving community of faith. At first I glossed over that as generic church language, but this month I have become convinced that the Holy Spirit is actually the key to our whole mission! As we begin our book study next month on “Church Becoming,” let us not forget that the Holy Spirit empowers us every step of the way.

with love, Pastor Chelsea

Wear red this Sunday

Book study beginning November 5th

Potluck November 15th