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WELCA will be having a bake and craft sale on Sunday, December 4th after worship. Make your favorite Christmas goodies and purchase someone else's favorite. Christmas breads, cookies, bars, candies or other surprises are most welcome. See Rosella Lindquist for more information (63) 389-3269.
COOKIES FOR WELCA CHRISTMAS BASKETSLadies, please bring some cookies to the church on December 11th early before Worship so that we can pack Christmas Care Baskets. Need a few volunteers to help. See Rosella Lindquist for more information. (63) 389-3269.
NAOMI BIBLE STUDY will meet at church on Tuesday, December 6 at 1:00 pm. All women are invited!
immediately following worship. We will be adopting a Congregational Budget for 2012. All members are invited to come, Ministry/Committee Chairs need to have your annual reports into the church office by December 18, 2011. Treasurers, please get your reports into the church office, as soon as they are available.
CONFIRMATION/YOUTH CHRISTMAS CAROLING will be on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. For Confirmation and Luther League Youth (7th - 12th gr.) We will meet at church at 6:30 pm. Come and bring the Good News of Christmas to some dear folks in the nursing home! For more information see Pastor Bill at
763-689-1687.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM PRACTICESSunday, December 4, 2011 - 11:10 am - 12 noon
Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 11:10 am - 12 noon
Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 9:30 am
Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 11:10 am - 12 noon
3:00 pm - Sunday School Christmas Program
The Preschool-Kindergarten children will practice first, during the first 10 minutes of the practice and then can leave with their parents. If you have any questions call Sandy Quale (763)389-5619 or Vicky Lubenow at 389-7852.
INSTRUMENTALISTS NEEDEDWe are looking for young people who would be willing to share their talents on their instruments during the prelude time before the Sunday School Christmas Program on Sunday afternoon, December 18th at 3:00 pm. If you would like to play your instrument or sing before the program please contact Sandy Quale (389-5619) or Vicky Lubenow at 389-7852.
CHILI FEED MEAL SERVED BY SALEM'S YOUTH – to follow Sunday School Christmas ProgramDATE: Sunday, December 18, 2011 TIME: Meal follows 3:00 pm Sunday School Christmas Program COST: Freewill Donation (All proceeds will go towards the 2012 Summer Youth Mission Trip to Milwaukee) After watching the Sunday School Children proclaim Christ’s birth through the Sunday School Christmas Program you are invited to stay for the “Chili Feed Meal” that follows in the Fellowship Hall. All proceeds will go towards the 2012 Summer Youth Mission Trip to Milwaukee. Thanks for your support! ELCA GOOD GIFTS CATALOG — FOR CHRISTMASTired of buying Uncle George a tie for Christmas? You might consider giving a different sort of gift that will change at least three lives: the life of the person helped by the gift, the life of your friend or loved one, and your own. Pick-up an ELCA Good Gifts Catalog today in the narthex and you will see creative ways to do just that. For instance, you can buy a "pig" for $30 that will go in the name of Uncle George to a family in great need. Within months, a tiny piglet grows to weigh over 200 pounds! Should a poor family have a failed harvest, medical expense or other unexpected financial need, this pig can be cashed in for big bucks at the market. Or consider the gift of ten chicks for $10, which grow into egg laying hens that make nutritious meals for families who are hungry. Ora goat for $50, which will provide fresh milk for a needy family. Or six durable water jugs for $12, the primary way people transport water in remote areas of Africa and Asia. Or a mosquito net for $10 to protect an entire family against malaria. Pick-up a catalog today and see creative ways of giving a gift that keeps on giving, in the name of Christ!
SALEM PRESCHOOL REGISTRATIONS FOR FALL '11 are being received. See Nola Smith, Director, for a registration form at 689-4529 (home) or 689-1687 (church). A few spots remain!
2012 YOUTH MISSION TRIP TO MILWAUKEEThe week of June 17 ‒ June 22, 2012 our youth (7th-12th Gr.) will be heading to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to serve at a Homeless Rescue Mission, at a Food Shelf and with poor children and poor senior citizens, as well. An initial registration form can be picked up from Pastor Bill. This initial registration form needs to be completed and returned to the Church Office, with a check for $60.00 for the Mission Trip deposit. Checks are to be made out to "Salem Lutheran Church Youth." The registration form and $60 deposit is due now. If you would like to be an Adult Leader for the Mission Trip, please see either Pastor Bill (689-1687) or Pam Olson (612) 542-2004.
THANK YOU! to our family and friends at Salem for all the love and support you have given us after my father's passing. My father, Gordon Kimber, struggled with dementia and along battle with cancer. He was granted his last wish to be reunited with my mother. He is now happy and at peace with our Lord.
Greg, Ann Carlson - Zane & Beth
THANK YOU! to Keith Engstrom for his gift to Salem's Archives room of the following books! "The Legacy of Carrie French Hildreth" by Charlotte Lynch and "Dalbo Township's 12th Anniversary" (1886-2011), compiled and edited by Donn Olson, with composition and technical work by Alexa Woodiwiss.
NO CRAFT NIGHT IN DECEMBERCraft Night will resume again in January.
LOOKING AHEAD: Fellowship Time in honor of Sharon & Cliff Edblad
In recognition of Sharon & Cliff Edblad's many years of faithful service as our Church Custodians, the Church Council will be hosting a Fellowship Time in their honor on Sunday, January 15, 2012 after worship. Sharon and Cliff will be stepping back from being our Church Custodians and we want to recognize their faithful service in our midst that day.
― After watching a Star Wars movie our friend said to his Lutheran buddy, "May the Force be with you!" The
good Lutheran responded, "And also with you."
― You know you are a Minnesotan when it takes 10 minutes to say goodbye.
― A woman invited her Bible study group to dinner. At the table she turned to her six-year-old daughter
and said, "Would you like to say the blessing?"
"I wouldn't know what to say," the little girl replied.
"Just say what you hear Mommy say," the mother said.
The little girl bowed her head and said "Dear Lord, why on earth did I invite all these people to dinner?"
Salem Lutheran Church has received a request from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to continue support for Micah Pearson, a member of our congregation who is in his second year at Luther Seminary in preparation for ordained ministry. All congregations of the church are encouraged to support their members who are preparing for ordained ministry.
On August 11, 2011, the Church Council voted to continue the support of Micah Pearson during his education through regular communication, prayer, fellowship, leadership and worship opportunities and Salem's Theological Ministry Fund.
If you wish to make a monetary donation to Salem's Theological Ministry Fund, please do so by placing it in the offering plate. Checks can be made out to "Salem Lutheran Church." Please indicate in the memo line that you desire your donation to go to "Salem's Theological Ministry Fund." This fund is available to any member of the congregation that attends Seminary. (To date, in 2011 Salem's Theological Ministry
Fund = $255.)
Ken Erickson, Congregational President
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CHRISTMAS MEMORIAL GIFT Christmas Memorial Gift $________________ In Memory/Honor of: ______________________________________________________________________ Donation must be in to the church office by December 18, 2011. Make check payable to Salem Lutheran Church. (Please designate with an “x” which fund you would like your gift to go to.) ________General Fund _________Missions ______________Heritage Preservation|
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