Upcoming Events

 

November 1, 8, 15, 29: Quilting, 9:00 am, Fellowship Hall (downstairs)

November 5: Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 pm, Martin Luther Room

November 5: Freezer Ministry, 1:00 pm, Upstairs Kitchen

November 6, 13, 20, 27: Tuesday Stitchers, 1:00 pm, Fellowship Hall (downstairs)

November 6: Prayer Shawl Ministry, 9:30 am, Nursery

November 10: WELCA Gathering, 9:30 am—Martin Luther Room

November 11/14: Blessing of the Quilts

November 14/15: Circles Meet

 

 

 

November 10 -  GENERAL MEETING AND THANKOFFERING -  9:30 AM -      Martin Luther Room

 

Our speaker will be Diane Nesselhuf from “Sharing the Dream”.  She is the founder of this ministry that helps Guatemalan women sell their handcrafts to support their families.   Come to hear her story and be inspired. 

A time will be set aside for us to also be aware of our own blessings as we have our Thankoffering service time.  Bring all that loose change you have been saving (as well as a checkbook) to express your thanks as we share our blessings with the greater and larger WELCA organization and its important ministry and work.  

Mary Circle will serve.  There will be a brief business meeting. 

November 14 -  2019 Budget Preparation meeting.  The WELCA Executive Board will meet at 7:00 pm in the Shalom Room.  Anyone interested in this process or      having suggestions for where we donate our funds is welcome to attend.

 

 

 

 

 

Quilt Blessing – November 7 & 11  

On the average we have 15-20 women coming to quilt on Thursday mornings.  Many of these quilts are displayed throughout the year in the Martin Luther Room.   Once we have our “Quilt Blessing” they will all be dispersed to Lutheran World Relief and various local ministries in the Sioux Falls area.   We thank many of you for your          donations throughout the year of fabric and slightly used sheets used to make these quilts.  The quilters also use Thrivent funds to help purchase batting.  Other quilts are sometimes offered in a raffle or silent auction and these funds also help support the quilter’s work. 

 

When the quilts are shipped to Lutheran World Relief in Minneapolis, they also need funds to pay for the cost of shipping the quilts in huge shipping containers to various parts of the world.  It could cost up to $20,000 to ship one container of quilts.  It probably averages about $2.25 per quilt.   This is where many of our congregational members can help out -  a free-will offering basket will be available to help contribute to the shipping cost for LWR at all the services during the “Quilt Blessing”.  Please consider being a part of this small endeavor.