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St Peter Lutheran Church Tidings
November 2017
Projecting Christ to All Generations
Pastor Alan Schulz

Worship & Music Server
Sunday worship - 9:00 am
We still need volunteers for November - Please call the office or go to our website to sign up
November 5
Sunday
9:00 am
November 12
Sunday
9:00 am
November 19
Sunday
9:00 am
Thanksgiving
November 19
Sunday
6:30 pm
Communion
Assistants
TBD
Kim Lamb
Pat Leonhart
TBD
Scripture
Readers
Gavin Carman
Gavin Carman
Gene Leonhart
Joyce Miller
Acolytes
Emmett Nuehring
& Grace Upshaw
Kasey Wirtjes & Klair Heim
Brooke & Mitchell
DeVries
Conner Vauthier & Hunter Ackerman
Multimedia
David/Johnathan Leisinger
Jack Mixdorf
Leah Homeister
TBD
Organist
Sheryl Moeller
Sheila Mixdorf
Amy Lockhart
Sheryl Moeller
Sound
System
Harold Wente
Larry Oltrogge
Alton Midthus
Roger Donaldson
Video
Dwight Diercks
Roger Thurm
Dwight Diercks
Roger Thurm
Altar Guild
Nancy Lamos, LaVonne Westendorf, Kelley Carman
Usher/Greeters
Steve & Audrey DeVries, Jim & Dori Jurgenson, Breanna Sadler
Please find a replacement If you are unable to serve at the time you are scheduled.
Your ministry is vital and we give thanks for your willingness to serve.
November 26
Sunday
9:00 am
TBD
Diann Curtis
Brooke & Mitchell
DeVries
Jeff Bales
Amy Lockhart
Harold Wente
Dwight Diercks

2017 MINISTRY BOARDS
Ministry Boards are a vital part of the congregational system. Lay members are currently needed for
each of these boards to function as intended. Please consider where you might share your gifts in these
important ministries of the congregation. If you would like to know more about a board please contact
The Congregational President. Thank you!
Church Council: Staci Mueller, Doug Miller, Amy Lockhart, Garland Krabbenhoft, Eve Pautsch, Jim Jurgenson, Connie Lobeck
Executive Board: Garland Krabbenhoft, Eve Pautsch, Amy Lockhart, Jim Jurgenson
Property & Management: Randall Satterthwaite, Neil Hartmann, Gene Leonhart, Leroy Homeister, Dwight Diercks, Roxane Franzen, Ryan Lockhart
Parish Education: Eve Pautsch, Lisa Michels
Worship & Music: Sheila Mixdorf, Amy Lockhart, Jo VanDeBerg, Joyce Miller, Nancy Lamos, Connie Lobeck
Mission: Pat Leonhart, Bev Diercks, Shirley Thurm, Gretchen Syhre, Kelley Carman, Cameron Wahl
Stewardship: Doug Miller, Helen Schumacher, Dori Jurgenson
Youth & Family: Kim Lamb, Krista Wahl, Connie Lobeck
Evangelism: Staci Mueller, Art Kurtt, LaVonne Westendorf , Roger Donaldson
Financial Committee: Dwight Diercks, Paul Meier, Jim Moeller, Jack Mixdorf, Jim Jurgenson

From the Church Office
Check out the online church calendar. The link is on the opening page of our website - www.stpeterdenver.org.
Under “Most Popular” click on calendar; you will be able to see the activities
scheduled for the year. If you would like to add something to the calendar please contact the office.
Bulletin Deadline: Thursdays 10:00 am and the Newsletter Deadline: 4:30 pm on the 3rd Friday of each month.

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November Birthdays &
Anniversaries

Congregational News

Community & Mission News

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
6:30 pm Family Bible Study
1:00 pm Gather Bible Study
7:00 pm Gather Bible Study
2
7:00 am Mensfest
10:00 am Bulletin Deadline
1:00 pm Prayer Shawl
3
4
5
All Saints Sunday
7:45 am Bell Choir
9:00 am Worship with Baptism
10:00 am Sunday School
6
6:30 pm Property
Management meeting
7
7:30 am Womenfest
7:00 pm AA/Alanon
8
6:30 pm Confirmation
9
7:00 am Mensfest
10:00 am Bulletin Deadline
10
11
9:00 am NEIA Food Bank
12
Stewardship Sunday
7:45 am Bell Choir
9:00 am Worship
WELCA Thankoffering
10:00 am Sunday School
10:15 am WELCA Board
13
8:30 am Financial Board
meeting
14
7:30 am Womenfest
6:30 pm Fusion
7:00 pm AA/Alanon
15
6:30 pm Confirmation
16
7:00 am Mensfest
10:00 am Bulletin Deadline
6:30 pm Worship & Music mtg.
17
NEWSLETTER
DEADLINE
18
19
7:45 am Bell Choir
9:00 am Worship with Baptism
Noisy Offering
10:00 am Sunday School
10:15 am Interim Talk
6:30 pm Thanksgiving Worship
20
21
7:30 am Womenfest
7:00 pm AA/Alanon
22
23
Happy
Thanksgiving
Office closed
24
Office closed
25
26
7:45 am Bell Choir
9:00 am Worship
27
10:00 am Bingo @ Denver Sunset Home
28
7:30 am Womenfest
7:00 pm AA/Alanon
29
30
7:00 am Mensfest
10:00 am Bulletin Deadline

November 2017

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AA/Alanon
AA/Alanon Step Class: Tuesday nights at 7 pm in lower level (second & fifth Tuesdays of the month)
Meeting: Tuesday nights at 7 pm in the lower level (first & fourth Tuesdays - round table format)
Open Meeting: 3rd Tuesday of each month. Anyone who has an interest in or questions about the disease of alcoholism or anyone who fears that a loved one may be dealing with alcoholism is
welcome to attend the monthly open meeting.

WELCA Board Meeting
Sunday, November 12 @ 10:15 am
Gather Bible Study
The first Wednesday of the month at 1:00 & 7:00 pm
Next Meeting: November 1
Serving Committee for November
Anna Everding Judy Gleason Hether Gustafson
Marilyn Huber Megan Lyons Jackie Milius Joyce Miller Carol Moon Anne Sickles Trudi Schimmels Holly Smith Megan Smith Kris Steege Ann Wagner Linda Schult

Womensfest
Ecumenical Bible Study (Womensfest), We are studying Paul's letter to the Romans onTuesdays through Dec. 19, a chapter a week. We
continue to meet at St. Paul UCC on Tuesday mornings, 7:30-8:30 AM. All are welcome.

Faith Formation

Lutheran Church Bodies in America

Mission & Community

His Hands Oran Food Pantry,
Serving families in the area that are experiencing food
insecurity. November wish list: ketchup, jelly, salad dressing, BBQ sauce and other condiments, and personal care items such as shampoo, soap, deodorant, tooth paste, bathroom tissue, etc.
Open Tuesdays, 5:00-8:00 pm. And Friday, 9:00 am - noon. Served in September: 82 Households, 216 Individuals, 6,207.6 lbs of food distributed. Questions? -319-638-4357.

Family trees and lineages aren’t always the most interesting reading—just try to keep your interest up as you read the first nine chapters of 1 Chronicles. On the other hand, when looking at a church body like the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America, a tracing of mergers (and divisions!) can be helpful as we learn where we came from, what issues
disturbed us, and thus where we may be headed.
The Lutheran (or evangelical) movement began, of course, in Wittenberg, Germany. And in European countries the church
organizations remained relatively stable, thanks to the tradition of state churches. For a long time, the principle was Cuius
regio, eius religio—meaning, roughly, the king gets to decide the religion. Even in the “old country,” though, that began to break down in the nineteenth century as some Lutheran leaders, such as Hans Nielsen Hauge in Norway and the Saxons who would form the
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, chafed under rules they
felt violated their consciences.
When Lutherans began to arrive in the United States, they came from several countries—early on, mostly northern
European and Nordic, each group affiliating with their
country of origin. But Lutherans, having foresworn strong centralized control from the outset, kept thinking for
themselves. Differences of opinion formed, or were inherited, over issues such as relations with Christians of differing
beliefs, membership in lodges, and slavery, and theological matters such as millennialism (whether Christ will reign on earth for a thousand years), predestination, and ordination. So there are at least seven German groups, three Norwegian ones, and two Danish bodies, plus Swedes, Finns, Slovaks, and Icelanders, that through a series of mergers became the ELCA. A rough family tree can be seen on the other side.
Unfortunately, divisions have continued, more recently over issues like biblical inerrancy, relationships with other church bodies, ordination of women, and ordination and marriage of homosexual members. Today, even though the great majority of Lutherans in the United States belong to the ELCA, the
Missouri Synod, or the Wisconsin Synod, there are more than thirty additional groups with ties to Lutheranism.

ABOUT THE LUTHERANS
October 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
As we prepare for this celebration, we want to invite you into a time of learning. Martin Luther and many of his reforming
companions were teachers after all. Every month we will publish
a new article on one of the many diverse aspects of the Lutheran church. We hope you enjoy and learn a little bit more by reading these articles.

For Christians who follow the Lord who prayed that his followers might be one (John 17:11), such divisions are a cause for sorrow and repentance. The ELCA, a
product of mergers, labors and prays that unity in Christ will continue to grow closer

Gather Bible Study
Join us at the church on Wednesday, November 1 at 1:00 pm and/or 7:00 pm. Generally the Gather Bible studies will be the first Wednesdays of each month, all are invited.

Prayer Shawl Ministry
The Prayer Shawl Ministry meets on the 1st Thursday, every other month at 1:00 pm. Next meeting: Thursday, November 2. If you know of someone who is in need of a Prayer Shawl, please take one from the closet in the Friendship Room. Please make sure you fill out a form (located new shawls).

Northeast Iowa Food Bank
Please join us at the food bank to pack elderly nutrition
boxes. You do not need to notify the food bank; there
are several groups there each week and we can just join in, Next scheduled Saturday, is November 11,
from 9-10:30am. Simply go to the volunteer entrance at the Food Bank,160 Lafayette St, Any questions, call Joyce Miller 984-5021.

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Denver Farmer’s Market
The Farmer’s Market has closed for the season.
The vendors thank you for your support.

The Sending of the Quilts
Thank you to all who have helped prepare quilts & kits which will be sent to the warehouse on Saturday,
November 4. There will be over 114 quilts, and 65 plus, school kits.

Bell Choir
Come be part of this fun group-Practices are on Sunday mornings at 7:45 am. Contact Jo VanDeBerg 515-238-7483.

Grief Support Group
The meetings are held the second Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm, St Paul Lutheran Church, Waverly. Led by
Pastor Trachte; All are welcome.

All Saints Sunday
In remembrance of a loved one received into the life eternal we
celebrate All Saints Worship service, Sunday, November 5.
Veterans Day Recognition
We will have coffee and treats provided by the mission board in honor of Veteran’s Day, following worship Sunday, November 5– please join us.

Confirmation
Wednesdays in November
Nov 1 Family Bible Study, 6:30 pm
8 7th & 8th Grade Confirmation Class, 6:30 pm
15 7th & 8th Grade Confirmation Class, 6:30 pm

Wartburg College
Holiday Shoppe
The Holiday Shoppe is a program to help low
income families provide Christmas presents for their children, and is offered by the Wartburg
College social work program. It serves families all over Bremer County who are referred through the Iowa Department of Human Services. Last year, Holiday Shoppe served 602 children from 249
families and our goal is to serve even more children and families this Christmas.
St Peter will have a gift tree displayed in the Friendship Room , November 13 through December 3. Donors remove an ornament from the gift tree and purchase a new unwrapped gift item(s)
appropriate for the age (infants through age 18) and gender represented. Tape ornament to the gift and bring to the church. Gift bags or wrapping
paper may also be donated.
Contact Joyce Miller, 984-5021, with questions.

We apologize if your birthday or anniversary are not listed or listed
incorrectly. Please notify the office with additions or corrections.
Thank You

NEIA Food Bank Fund Drive
At a time of year when families gather at tables filled with holiday favorites, some families will be wishing they had enough food to feed their family. Seniors on fixed-incomes won't have enough money to buy both food and medication. And hungry children in our
community will be wishing that their stomachs would stop aching from hunger. Having food to eat shouldn't be anyone's wish during the holidays. But the fact is that in one of eight of our neighbors in Northeast Iowa is at risk of hunger right now. At the Northeast Iowa Food Bank, your donation helps feed families in crisis. The Food Bank distributes food directly to those in need through local agencies and programs including emergency food pantries, shelters, soup kitchens and elder care centers Thanksgiving will be here soon and your help is urgently needed. At the food bank, they are able to take every $10 you donate and turn it into approximately 40 meals. Your donation will truly be a gift that matters for those in need. A table will be set up near the office to collect money for the Food Bank. Each dollar makes a huge
difference! Ask God to open your heart and be
humbled by your wealth. May your deep sense of gratefulness encourage you to find generosity and wonder in all aspects of your life.

Noisy Offering
The November and December noisy offerings will be shared with Cedar Valley Hospice. The focus of the Cedar Valley Hospice team of compassionate
professionals is the comfort and care of each patient. The team of doctors, nurses, aides, spiritual
counselors, social workers and volunteers listen to
the specific needs of each patient and their family members. Care from Cedar Valley Hospice can be
provided in the patient’s home, at an assisted living facility, nursing home or hospital. Hospice care can also be provided at the Cedar Valley
Hospice Home. Your contributions will help make a significant difference in the lives of Hospice patients and their families.

Sunday School
We are thankful for our Sunday School families. Thank you for sharing your children with us each week. Bringing your children regularly to Sunday School teaches them the
importance of growing their faith and sharing Jesus with those around them.
During the months of September and October, our Sunday School children shared offerings that will be donated to
Lutheran Disaster Response “Hurricane Response” .
Approximately $114 was raised so far.
There will be NO SUNDAY SCHOOL on November 26 due to the Thanksgiving weekend.

4th-6th Grade Fusion
The 4th-6th grade youth group, will meet on the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. We will be focused on devotion, fellowship and fun!
Our next meeting is November 14. We will need a parent volunteer for each meeting. Please let Kim know if you are able to help. Thank You,
Kim Lamb - 984-5837 or fusion@stpeterdenver.org

1
Tammy Maitland
Ronn and Danelle Elsamiller
Cora Schmauss
2
Gary and Kari Anfinson
3
Steven Moon
Doug and Gayle Eick
4
Kalen Greenley
Blair Sanderson
Philip and Lisa Michels
5
Trent Weber
Jerry Lobeck
Clifford and Joyce
Schimmels
6
Paul Beem
Roxanne Herman
Gary and LaVonne Westendorf

7
Richard and Sarah Beckel
Dennis and Mary Thurm
8
Zildjian Bartels
9
Gayle Eick
Troy Midthus
Trevor Thurm
10
Kari and Eric Foelske
Johnathan Leisinger
11
Nicole Eick
Layne Fober

12
Adam Gielau
Tricia Kurtz
Helen Schumacher
13
Bradley Franzen
14
Paige Corell
15
Nicholas Krabbenhoft
16
Marcia & Jeff Joerger
18
Lorain Diercks
James Jurgenson
19
Andrew Bartels
20
Joyce Schimmels
21
Carol Everding
22
Jon Wolter
25
Kade Williams

26
Caden Foelske
Blaze Shedenhelm
Roger and Doris Blankenship
27
Nathaniel Brown
Carol Moon
29
Brenda Wolter
Sheryl Moeller

Thankoffering
Thankofferings show gratitude for God’s blessings and give us an important and tangible way to express that gratitude. It is a tradition grounded in our celebration of community, of meeting together to joyfully give thanks for what God has given us. Thankofferings have always been,
and still are, our opportunity to say thank you to God in both significant and ordinary moments.
Your thankofferings support the total outreach of our church women to live out our mission—“mobilizing
women to act boldly on their faith in Jesus Christ.”
Together we can do more than we could ever do apart.
Our Women of the ELCA (WELCA) Thankoffering service is held this year on November 12th. A Thankoffering envelope is available in your offering envelope boxes or you can use a plain envelope marked for WELCA Thankoffering. We will be
collecting donations through the month
of November.
St. Peter Women of the ELCA Board

Please join us for a joint Thanksgiving worship with St Paul UCC. Service held at St Peter,
Pastor Craig Henderson will preach.

St Peter, Thank you so much for your donation to Helping Hands Clothing Closet. We used the money to purchase underwear for our clients. This is a constant need for our clients.
The picture above is of all the underwear purchased with the donation from St. Peter for the Helping Hands
Clothing Closet- 159 pair. Thank you for your support.

Helping Hands Clothes Closet
Located 2029 Viking Ave. Sumner, provides free gently used clothes to lower income & homeless families and individuals and those affected by disaster. A ministry of St John, Sumner & St Peter ,Oran. They offer women, men, and children clothing, shoes, coats, bedding & towels. Hours: Tuesdays 9-11 am, Wednesdays 6:30-7:30 pm, and the 1st Saturday of each month, 9-11 am. If you have any questions email or call Carolyn Mohlis, 319-279-3247 or Carolyn.mohlis@gmail.com.

Need help with your heating bill?
The 2017-2018 Low-Income Home Energy
Assistance Program has been established to help qualifying low-income Iowa homeowners and renters pay for portion of their primary heating
costs for the winter heating season. Applications
for elderly (60 & older) and/or disabled may be
completed October 2, 2017 to April 30, 2018. All
other households may complete an application
November 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018. For more
information call your local Northeast Iowa
Community Action Partnership office in
Waverly 319-352-4532.

With Appreciation
Thank you to everyone for the cards, memorials, phone calls, visits and food at the time of Bill’s passing. Bless you all for being so thoughtful.
Caryl Tjaden, Kevin, Kent, Mark, Brett and families.

Bremwood Auxiliary
Thanks to the women of St. Peter who served as hostess this last month at the Bremwood Auxiliary. This group
provides needed funds for programs which help at risk youth and their families.

We Like Ike
Isaac Kurt Gleason, (born 7/16/17, weighing 9# 6.3oz., and 20.5” long) was baptized at St Peter on Sunday, October 29. Congratulations to
parents, Kurt & Julie Gleason, and sisters, Adalyn, Lydia and Isabel. We welcome Isaac to our church family.

Stewardship Sunday
On November 12th we will celebrate Stewardship
Sunday. Please join us in the Friendship Room
following the worship service for donuts and
breakfast rolls. We want to thank our members for your faithful service. St. Peter would not be able to reach out with the Good News of Jesus Christ without the continued support and commitment of money
and time and talents of our members. Our goal for stewardship at St. Peter continues to be to support the members of our congregation and to strengthen outreach to all believers in local and global communities.
We are sending the annual pledge card to your home and asking that you fill it out and either send it back to the church or put it in the offering plate at Sunday worship on November 12th. This pledge card is a vital part of the church’s ability to plan for future ministry and to succeed financially.

Youth Gathering
IN ORDER TO MEET EARLY REGISTRATION COSTS:
1. A $150 non-refundable deposit towards the cost of the
registration is due to THE CHURCH OFFICE BY NOVEMBER 6.
I have to have all information (student names, etc) entered into the system by November 15 in order to meet the early bird fee. Anything received after this date will be subject to paying the higher fee.
2. Checks can be made out to St. Peter Youth Gathering.
Registration forms are available in the office

Songs of the Season...
That is the theme for this years’ Old Fashioned Christmas event to be held December 2 & 3, sponsored by the Denver Betterment Committee. Each year St Peter Church has
participated by decorating a tree and, hopefully, this will happen again this year. It will be exciting to see what songs will be featured by the various decorated trees. So mark this date on your calendar and plan to attend.

NOVEMBER A SPECIAL (AND SPIRITUAL) MONTH
November is better than it appears. On the surface November is a testy month. The last fleeting dreams of summer-like weather are crushed and the first tastes of harsh weather appear. Underneath its testy exterior lies abundant reasons to see how God blesses this month (and us) in a special way.
November’s grace is to take all the rhythms of life which we separately march to and incorporate them so that in this month we march together. At the head of this parade is thanksgiving. There is thanksgiving for harvests of fields and the abundance those harvests produce, harvests of the spirit as we remember those who have died this past year,
harvests of lives poured out for the sake of the world as we talk about stewardship, and harvests of justice and mercy as we wrap up another church year by reaping Jesus’ words of hope and completion.
As we fall into step we are encouraged by the great cloud of witnesses who urge us on to see the vision of faith which celebrates the past, illuminates the future, and opens the present to new outpourings of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is God’s drum major leading us into the healing and blessing which comes from the beat of the Great Shepherd’s love for us. May November bring us the harvest of wholeness in Christ Jesus.
Yours in Ministry,
Alan Schulz