St. Johns Lutheran Church ELCA 1300 W. Benjamin Avenue

Norfolk, NE 68701 (402) 371-1985

stjohn@cableone.net www.stjohnsnorfolk.com

Our Mission: Loving God . . . Loving People . . . Reaching Out!

Please remember in prayer: Janet Jundt Dallas Esser Evelyn Kleensang Waine Kruse Naoma Ronnfeldt Leona Pfeifer Phil Sykes Jo Schaefer Pam Dircksen Ken Hansen (Elenore Merritts brother) Alverna Rathgeber The family of Lee Vawser as they mourn his death

If you know someone who is in need of prayer but whose name is not listed, it may be that they have asked not to be included in the printed bulletin. Please remember them in your personal prayers. Flowers on the altar this last weekend in July are sponsored in loving memory of Wanda Smalley by the Smalley Family; and by Don & Bettie Miller in gratitude for Gods many blessings.

Everyone is invited to Fellowship Hour for coffee and rolls between

services each Sunday in the Fellowship Hall.

PLEASE CONTACT THE CHURCH OFFICE if you or someone you know is hospitalized and would enjoy a visit. Our church staff and hospital visiting volunteers would be happy to greet, see, and pray with you.

T-Shirts for Gods Work, Our Hands Sunday: Circle your t-shirt size on the registration slip to receive your t-shirt for Gods Work, Our Hands Sunday, September 13th. Even if you are unable to participate in the ELCA community day of service, the Church Council would like everyone to have a t-shirt! The t-shirts are bright yellow with the Gods Work Our Hands slogan on the front and will be personalized with St. Johns on the back. A free will offering for the shirts is requested with a suggested amount of $10/shirt. Checks can be made out to St. Johns designated for t-shirt. The t-shirt order will be placed after this weekend, so dont miss out -- circle your size TODAY!

Dr. David E. Cox Interim Senior Pastor Justin Wiese Assistant Pastor, NeLCM-Norfolk Campus Pastor

Jacquie Samway PMA, Coordinator of Congregational Care Jolene Ziebell Coordinator of Youth Ministries

Gail Ermels Office Manager Jim Carter Custodian/Grounds Keeper Midge Hedrick Office Assistant

SUNDAY, JULY 26 8:30 am ....................................................... Worship 9:30 am ........................................... Fellowship Hour 10:15 am ..................................................... Worship 7:00 pm .................... Gods Ambassadors ChristCare Kristy Booras, 402-371-6218

MONDAY, JULY 27 10:00 am ............................................. Staff Meeting 7:00 pm ............................................. Praise Forever 8:30 pm .......................................... Solid Rock TUESDAY, JULY 28 7:00 pm ...................................... Beloved ChristCare Traycy Meister, 402-379-2484 WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 1:30 pm .................................... Searchers ChristCare Connie Hagstrom, 402-649-4862 5:30 pm ................................ Last Wednesday Lectio

THURSDAY, JULY 30 9:00 am ......................................................... Quilters Potluck Lunch 11:00 am Close ................ Dine Out for Applebees 6:30 pm ............................ VBS Crew Leader Training

SATURDAY, AUG 1 5:00 pm ........................................................ Worship

SHOP FOR MINISTRY

JULY 26 8:30 am Elenore Merritt 10:15 am Michelle Dagerman

AUG 2 8:30 am Doris McMahon 10:15 am Beth Bonderson

ST. JOHNS EXECUTIVE BOARD Mike Widhalm, President. ...... 1-402-316-5382 John Skogstoe, VP ..................... 402-379-3148 Danny Olson, Treasurer............. 402-379-1036 Diane Sobotka, Secretary. ......... 402-371-3583

OFFERINGS Mission Emphasis (JULY) ..........Norfolk Food Pantry Greenfiber Funds for July ..................... Mercy Meals General offering for 7/19/15 .................... $5,184.63 The above general offering figure reflects

weekly additions of direct deposits and advance pledges.

End of June Net Profit / (Loss)................. ($6,811.32) Year-to-Date Net Profit / (Loss) ............ ($10,922.22) Attendance 7/19/15 ......................... (74, 70, 99) 243

Support Group for Alzheimers CareGivers

Meets the 3rd Thursday each month @

Heritage of Bel Air, 1203 N. 13th St., Norfolk

Open to everyone

(Meeting rooms vary ask for directions

when you arrive)

FINAL

TOTAL

The generosity from the members of our

congregation and the surrounding

communities was amazing! We were so

excited when we saw that final total of what

we were able to give to Bright Horizons and

fulfilling our churchs mission: Loving God . . . Loving People . . .

Reaching Out!

We appreciated your help from those that

donated items and any help we received in

organizing and pricing. $2,600 was raised

for Bright Horizons. Thank you so much

for all your support!

The Garage Sale Gang

Join us Sunday, August 9, @ 5:30 pm

for a bite to eat and a chance to learn about Stephen Ministries

Please RSVP to

Nancy Jacobs @ 402-841-1770 or

St. Johns Office @ 402-371-1985

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LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF SCHOOL

KITS

School Kits are the Lutheran World Relief

project for July and August. One school kit

should include:

4 70-sheet notebooks (wide or college ruled). No loose leaf paper.

1 ruler with inches and centimeters.

1 pencil sharpener

1 blunt end safety scissors

5 unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers (secure together with a rubber band)

5 black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink) secured with a rubber band.

1 box 16-24 crayons 1 2 eraser

School bags have already been purchased.

Donated items may be placed in the washtub in

the west hall. Thank you for helping MAKE A

DIFFERENCE!

Thank you so much for getting me to Watertown, NY! At $2 a mile, I still have a long way to go to get to the St. Swithuns Boarding School for Girls in

Winchester, UK. If you want to help get me to England, you can put your contribution in the offering plate. Make checks payable to St. Johns and put for Aline in the memo line. Keep checking the bulletin to see how far Ive travelled.

~Aline Skogstoe

Thank you to everyone who provided food and helped work at the Harold Ahlmann and Kevin Starkey funerals. We couldn't do it without you! Carol Timperley

Equipment and food donations have come

in strong -- THANK YOU!

We still need 21 lbs. of

hamburger and ingredients for

Mountaintop Treats.

Jolene will start setting up backdrops and posters on

July 22nd. She could

certainly use tall (and not so tall, even

vertically challenged) people and

ladders to help tape! There will be an ice tunnel to construct in the

downstairs hallway. All the materials are

here -- just needs helpers! Jolene will be at church in the evenings to set up. Call 402-992-1328 to help. Training for crew

leaders is set for July 30th at 6:30 PM in the Community Room. If crew leaders

cannot attend, a training DVD is also available.

Come check out St. John's August 22-23 during our

Open House Weekend! Come for worship Saturday(5pm)

or Sunday (8:30 & 11 am) and learn about the variety of ministries that happen through our congregation. Saturday evening worship will be followed by a fellowship meal. On Sunday morning between worship

services, Nebraska Lutheran Campus Ministry - Norfolk will host donuts & coffee. Visit with a variety of groups

during a ministry showcase. Come on your own, or bring friends & family. It's an

Open House Weekend at St. John's!

Get Fired Up! St. John's Norfolk 2015 Rally Day will be held on Sunday, August 16, 2015. Come join us for worship at either 8:30 or 11 AM. Sunday School will kick off the year at 9:45 AM, as students & teachers gather in their classrooms for some fun "get to know you" activities. At noon, come and EAT as BBQ grillers & pie bakers COMPETE for Best BBQ & Best Pie. Around 12:30 PM, Games For All will be held by age group, as Pre-K & K, 1st & 2nd, 3rd & 4th, and 5th & 6th graders, High Schoolers, College Aged, and Adults compete in Musical Chairs, Bubble Gum Blowing Contest, Water Balloon Toss, Egg On A Spoon Race, and the classic Foot Race. Bring your family & friends as we get fired up for the fall at St. John's!

SATURDAY, JULY 25

5 PM

COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK TRACY MEISTER

WORSHIP ASSISTANT

JIM CARTER

GREETERS/USHERS Lonnie & Clare Kleensang READER Carolyn Wilcox PRAYER LEADER __________

SOUND Jacquie Samway

SUNDAY, JULY 26

8:30 AM

COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK TRACY MEISTER

WORSHIP ASSISTANT

JIM CARTER

GREETERS Donna Short, Carol Sorsen USHERS Mark Polenske, Mike Frank,

Mike Kai READER Carol Waggoner FELLOWSHIP HOUR Temple ChristCare COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Jim & Elenore

Merritt, Carol Waggoner, Sara Fegley

PRAYER LEADER Tracy Meister SOUND Mark Nelson POWERPOINT Midge Hedrick

SUNDAY, JULY 26

10:15 AM

COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK TRACY MEISTER

WORSHIP ASSISTANT

JIM CARTER

GREETERSJana Kuhlman, __________ USHERS Jeff & Cathy Erwin,

Echtenkamp Family

COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Lon & Jeanne Timperley, Cathy & Jeff Erwin

PRAYER LEADER ___________ SOUND Logan Strom POWERPOINT Marcus / Adam Echtenkamp

LECTIONARY READINGS:

2 Kings 4:42-44

Psalm 145:10-18

Ephesians 3:14-21

Mark 6:1-21

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1

5 PM

COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK

BRENDA CARHART

WORSHIP ASSISTANT

CINDY NELSON

GREETERS/USHERS Darrell Jorgensen,

Gerald Schweer READER Shirley Hughes PRAYER LEADER __________

SOUND Ron Benson

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2

8:30 AM

COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK

BRENDA CARHART

WORSHIP ASSISTANT

CINDY NELSON

GREETERS Bob Henning, Dick & Barb Adams USHERS Jim McMahon, Gayle Short,

Merlin Milander

READER Sherri Kuk FELLOWSHIP HOUR Beloved ChristCare COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Rollie & Linda Downs, Sherri Kuk, Diane Sobotka PRAYER LEADER Sara Fegley SOUND Ron Benson POWERPOINT Mary Lynn Benson

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2

10:15 AM

COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK

BRENDA CARHART

WORSHIP ASSISTANT

CINDY NELSON

GREETERSMichelle Dagerman, Martha Thompson

USHERS Kevin Bonderson, Don Meister,

Carol Severa

COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Beth Beonderson, Janet Erickson, Tracy Meister,

Kristy Booras PRAYER LEADER Lon Timperley SOUND Alex Thompson POWERPOINT Emma Dagerman

LECTIONARY READINGS:

Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15

Psalm 78:23-29

Ephesians 4:1-16

John 6:24-35