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Bulletin Board
The announcements are arranged in date order, wherever possible. A flag (►) highlights announcements for this week. St. James HappeningsCONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS. President: Randy Heuer; Elders: Mark Narum, Merlyn Schmieg, Wally Krienke; Trustees: Jeff Diers (incumbent), Mark Burau (incumbent); Elementary Education: Jed Zander (incumbent), Laura Heuer; Parish Education: (0); Evangelism: Jacob Diers, Jody Utne; Social Ministry: Ruth Oestreich, Sandra Diers, Loren Wegner; Finance: Dawn Kliche (incumbent); Cemetary Care: (0); Stewardship: Paul Lindahl (incumbent). A listing of all officers can be found in the February newsletter. SUPER BOWL SUBS ARE BACK. Our youth will make each sub according to your order to be ready for pickup on Sunday, February 5, from 9:15 AM to 12 noon in the school kitchen. If you did not submit an order but still want a sub, a limited number of extra ingredients will be available to make subs that morning. GET IN SHAPE and lose some weight by joining the Zumba class that meets in the school Saturday mornings at 9:00 AM led by Lorelei Sullivan. ►PIZZA DAY FUNDRAISER on Saturday, February 4, from 11 AM to 10 PM, any 16" pizza ordered at Trouble's Restaurant with a completed "Trouble's Pizza Day Fundraiser" form will earn our school $2. Forms may be found on the narthex table or in the upcoming February Newsletter. Just complete the form and give it to the person at the counter or your delivery person when making your payment. It's easy, delicious, and could be a great benefit to our school! Troubles is located at 928 6th Street, Howard Lake, call 320-543-1100, or visit www.troublesrestaurant.com. ►LUTHERAN HOUR MINISTRIES (LHM) is an organization that works every day to reach out with the Gospel on the frontiers of our unchurched culture--and throughout the world. LHM partners with congregations like ours to equip Christ-followers for everyday witness. Next Sunday, February 5, join us for LHM Sunday to learn ways that the LHM can provide resources and training to support our congregation's outreach effort. For information about LHM, visit www.lhm.org/lhmsunday. YEAR-END GIVING STATEMENTS for 2011 have been placed in your church mailboxes. Please pick up yours to verify amounts. Any discrepancies may be reconciled with the Finance Board at Correction Night on Tuesday, February 7, at 7:00 PM in the church office. YOU AND ME LORD is a new Women's Bible Study beginning Thursday, February 9, 7:00 PM at the home of Janice Schoenfeld. Through God's Word we will learn how He is with us through the many challenges we face in our lives today. Study Guide is available, ask Janice 320-543-3148. ►A ST. JAMES NIGHT FISH FRY is being planned for February 15 at 6:00 PM in the school. If the fish don't start biting and the lakes aren't safe, plans could change. Area EventsWe gladly promote events in area churches and communities. Please submit your announcement to the church office. ►FIND A CURE. Tupperware and Mary Kay Cosmetics Open House on Saturday, February 11, from 1 to 5 PM at the home of Sherry Latzig, 125 Linden Ave E, Winsted. If you can't make it, please call 320-485-3907 to place an order. Proceeds will go toward the fight against cancer. ►JUVENILE DIABETES FUND RAISER at Holy Trinity, Winsted, on February 11 from 9 AM to 2 PM. Crafters, Small Business Vendors, a Bake Sale, and a Kids' Carnival will give you an opportunity to shop and enjoy the day while supporting the research for a cure. CRAFTERS/SMALL BUSINESS VENDORS are wanted to sell their products at the Juvenile Diabetes Fund Raiser to be held Saturday, February 11, at Holy Trinity School in Winsted. Spaces can also be rented to sell quality in good condition Flea Market/Garage Sale items. No appliances or large electronic items, please. A 10'x10' space is $15 with a $5 charge for tables if you cannot supply your own display tables. The rental proceeds will be used to "Find a Cure for Juvenile Diabetes." Your income from sales is your profit. THE 2ND ANNUAL LUTHERAN NIGHT AT THE WILD will take place Tuesday, February 28, at 6:30 PM vs. the Los Angeles Kings at the Excel Energy Center. Ticket prices are discounted but must be ordered soon as only a limited number are available. Anyone wishing to organize a group may contact the church office for necessary info. Tickets are discounted from $28 to $22, $48 to $29, and $81 to $45. MISSIONS are always in need of our support. Lutherans in Medical Missions is working to eradicate deaths from Malaria in Africa by 2015. LWR has a program where you pay for a Hen and Chicks, which are given to families to raise for the eggs-ending their hunger. If you would like info, please contact the church office. Donations to missions in your church envelope are always a good way to support the outreach of God's Word. MEDICAL BILLS have been overwhelming for Matt and Sarah Larson as their 5th grade daughter, Gwyneth, is receiving treatments for Churg Strauss disease requiring two trips to a specialist in Cleveland. Financial help, gas cards, food, baby-sitting, etc. would be very much appreciated. you may drop off items or contact the family at 224 Douglas Drive, Waverly, MN 55390. Church RecordsWOULD YOU PREFER the convenience of having your church offering deducted automatically from your savings or checking account once a month? If so, please contact the church office and we will be happy to help you set this up. It is easy and will help us keep our giving to the Lord a priority in our lives. EVERY MEMBER VISITS by our Elders and Pastors continue to be an ongoing project which will take time to properly visit with everyone. The purpose of this visit is a friendly spiritual purpose. It is to encourage one another in the faith and spur one another toward love and good deeds (Hebrews 10:22-25). We pray that this may be an encouragement and blessing to us all. If you would like your visit soon, please write EMV in large bold letters on your Communion Registration card at the bottom next to the cross the next time you commune. A Pastor or Elder will contact you shortly after receiving that notice. ATTENTION THRIVENT MEMBERS: Have you called Thrivent to designate St. James as the recipient of your CHOICE DOLLARS? If not, please do so. Call Joel Hillman 286-5955 or the church office for more information. Thank you to everyone who designated St. James.
Thank You Notes, Memorials & RemembrancesA MEMORIAL was received in support of the church in memory of Monica Jacques. Volunteer Opportunities/DonationsWe thank God for all our volunteers. If you would like to help out in some way--we have numerous openings--just give the church or school a call. A sampling is included below: OUR TAPE MINISTRY is very important for shut-ins to experience weekly worship with us. For months now we have not had the capability to make copies for these members. A new system is being tested using DVD's. We thank Dick Eckhoff and Jeff Schmieg for volunteering to do the technical work and would like to ask for other volunteers to help us continue this service. Please contact any Social Ministry Board member if you can help out. SOCIAL MINISTRY volunteers will be organizing food items in the office basement every Wednesday at 10 AM. DONATIONS for the school's Hot Lunch Program would be greatly appreciated. Frequently used items are white sugar, grape jelly or strawberry jam, mild salsa (24 oz. or larger), mild taco sauce, honey, and butter. Please drop off at the school kitchen or church office. OUR FAMILY is the HL Foods store product brand. They have a redemption program that will benefit our school with 5 cents per barcode/UPC clipped and brought in to the school or church. Please clip the UPC codes from any and all OUR FAMILY products that you purchase and place them in the Campbell's Soup Label collection containers to be processed for a school rebate. Other AnnouncementsSO WHY IS a car's WINDSHIELD so large and the Rear View Mirror so small? Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. So, look Ahead and Move on. WE CONTINUE TO KEEP DARRYL PAUNA on our Prayer List as he is undergoing treatments for an aggressive form of cancer. His sons in the 5th and 7th grades go to our school and he and his wife Lisa are friends to many of us. The prayers have given them strength for which they are very grateful. If you would also like to contribute toward their medical expenses, a fund has been set up. Make checks payable to "The Darryl Pauna Fund" and send to: Wells Fargo Bank, 407 Pine Street, Monticello, MN 55362. Also, please write on the back of the check "For Deposit Only." You may also go to any Wells Fargo Bank and deposit a check written out to this fund. Our teachers are planning to sponsor a Dad's Belgian Waffles supper benefit on Friday, March 9, at the school. See upcoming bulletins for details. THE DIVINE SERVICE has been our focus at worship during the month of January. If you would like a copy of the blue insert from the Sunday, January 22 bulletin explaining each section of our worship, extra copies are on the narthex table. OUR BENEVOLENCE FUND helps those in need. The congregation is encouraged to support this ministry by placing a donation in the box provided in the narthex. Committee members are available in the church office every Thursday afternoon from 3 PM to 5 PM to receive and consider requests. |