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1 SAINT JOHN S LUTHERAN CHURCH 959 VALLEY ROAD ARROYO GRANDE, CA REV. RANDY OUIMETTE PASTOR Lutheran Church Mekane Yesus Lutheran Healthcare Bangladesh GLOBAL MISSIONS FESTIVAL 20 th Sunday After Pentecost October 11, :00 am October 11, 2015

2 20 th Sunday After Pentecost Global Missions Festival (please silence your cell phones) PRE-WORSHIP SONG He s Got the Whole World in His Hands Songfest WELCOMES, REGISTRATION, & PASSING THE PEACE OF THE LORD CELEBRATION SONG A New Hallelujah! Songfest INVOCATION P: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. C: And also with you. PRAYER OF THE DAY God of grace and glory, we praise you for your servants, Jeff & Mim Nellermoe, Nancy & Yang Guang, Kathy and JoAnn Lindstaedt, Rebecca and Whitney Davis, and all Your Missioners who make the good news known in China and many other people groups. Raise up, we pray, in every country, heralds of the gospel, so that the world may know the immeasurable riches of your love, and be drawn to worship you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen CHILDREN S MESSAGE (THEN RELEASE FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL) LITANY Litany for Global Missions ANTHEM Seek Ye First Cross & Clef FIRST LESSON Isaiah 49:1-6 Pew Bible page 592 SECOND LESSON Acts 17:22-31 Pew Bible page 902 GOSPEL (RISE) Matthew 28:16-20 Pew Bible page 812 MESSAGE Rev. Jeff Nellermoe

HYMN OF THE DAY (RISE) O Zion, Haste Hymn # 668 APOSTLES CREED OFFERING AND OFFERTORY (PIANO) O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go by Alfred Peace OFFERTORY RESPONSE (RISE AND SING) This Little

Mallotte Arrangement (all sing, holding hands, close in the aisles) BENEDICTION (RISE) POSTLUDE Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty Paul Manz P: Go in peace, serve the Lord! C: Thanks be to God!

3 HYMN OF THE DAY (RISE) O Zion, Haste Hymn # 668 APOSTLES CREED OFFERING AND OFFERTORY (PIANO) O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go by Alfred Peace OFFERTORY RESPONSE (RISE AND SING) This Little Light of Mine (Piano) Hymn # 677 PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST INVITATION AND DIRECTIONS FOR GLOBAL MISSIONS GOODIES, SLIDES, STORIES, Q & A SENDING HYMN The Lord s Prayer Mallotte Arrangement (all sing, holding hands, close in the aisles) BENEDICTION (RISE) POSTLUDE Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty Paul Manz P: Go in peace, serve the Lord! C: Thanks be to God! Please join us for our Global Missions Festival with coffee and goodies, slides and stories, and a TODAY S CLASSES OCTOBER 11 ADULT GROWTH CLASS NO CLASS TODAY ENJOY THE GLOBAL MISSIONS FESTIVAL!

4 YOUTH CLASS NO CLASS TODAY ENJOY THE GLOBAL MISSIONS FESTIVAL! NEXT WEEK S CLASSES OCTOBER 18 ADULT GROWTH CLASS Vanishing Grace - Whatever Happened to the Good News? #5 of 5 Holy Subversives DVD Series by Philip Yancy Led by Pastor Randy Room 7/8 YOUTH CLASS Sticky Faith Can I Ask That? by Jim Candy, Brad M. Griffin, Kara Powell Led by Rob Mees Youth Room Weekly worship services may viewed by live streaming or choosing from the archives by going to our website, Under the tab, Worship Info & Directions click Live Stream & Gallery. Click Worship Services Online for archived services or on Sunday click the link for either the 9:00 am or 11:00 am service to watch live. Announcements We welcome you this special annual Global Missions Festival morning! We normally gather at 9:00 am and 11:00 am for worship, but today we wanted to be all together at the same time for the combined joy of the Lord in the Great Commission. Please join us after worship at 11:00 AM for special snacks and fellowship

5 before moving into Rm 7 & 8 for some slides and sharing about China Service Ventures. We welcome our special guests representing our Lutheran Missionary work in China through China Service Ventures (state side) and now also known as MeiWen (China side). We are so pleased to have our sponsored Missionaries Pastor Jeff Nellermoe and his wife Mim (Trelstad) Nellermoe, and our new Chinese site leaders in the Hunan Provence, Nancy and Yang Guang. They will share with us during the children s and adult message, and after the service with photo slides and your Q &A time. We also are so pleased to have our four summer short term missioners, joining them. Kathy & JoAnn Lindstaed were sent from Saint John s these past two summers to create and staff the Children s Camps. Two more enthusiastic missioners went this past summer for the first time, Rebecca & Whitney Davis. Global Missions Festival Sunday also lifts up for all to see the varied other global ministries that Saint John s supports - Center for Christian Education in Martin, Slovakia, Eastern Europe; World Mission Prayer League, esppecially in Mongolia; Lutheran Church Mekane Yesus in Ethiopia, Africa; ZOZU Project Christian School in Uganda, Africa; L.A.M.B. medical missionary in Bangladesh; and Bangladesh Lutheran Health Care. Please visit the table displays of many of these. Today s Annual Festival worship, special snacks and fellowship time, and slide show sharing and prayer time is gladly sponsored by our Global Missions Ministry Team - Jeff Metcalfe, Marcy Richardson, Betty Hanson, Pastor Jerry and Mavis Trelstad, Stan and Delene Keck, and Pastor Randy. To God be the glory! October begins our month long annual Stewardship Emphasis, Let us be STEWARDS of our Golden Jubilee. As Stewards (Managers) we have been given the responsibility (and blessing) of caring for the Gospel (Good News of God in Christ for the World). This means we give

6 our time, talents, and treasures out of thankfulness for being found, cleansed, and united through Christ. We live our Stewardship in the ministry of the Body of Christ (the Church) in outreach to the world. Therefore, we gladly support our local church because Saint John s is our home base, our launching pad, our family of faith marks the 50th Anniversary of Saint John s - we want a strong stewardship of thanks and outreach that this Golden Jubilee marks. We show our thanks best by trusting God in these next 50 years and in this coming year with new pastoral leadership and renewed mission. * So attend Nov. 1st 10:00 AM Combined Worship and the 11:00 AM Banquet and Program with Guest Speaker Rev. Paul Jones. * Please sign up on the easel board in the Commons for one of six Nov. 2-7th Jubilee Home Group Meetings. * Then on Nov. 8th is our Ingathering Sunday as we lay our 2016 Plan for Giving/Tithes Envelopes on the Altar. Parents Night Out Do you or someone you know need a night off from the kids?

FREE BABYSITTING For Preschool through Grade 6 kids Friday, October 16th, 2015 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm ~RSVP to reserve your spot~ Contact

7 FREE BABYSITTING For Preschool through Grade 6 kids Friday, October 16th, :00 pm - 9:00 pm ~RSVP to reserve your spot~ Contact Rob Mees rcmees@gmail.com or call **We need volunteers to help cook or lead a fun activity. More information & sign-ups on the Youth Events Board in the Commons OR Sign up on the back of the Registration Sheet Sr. High Lock-In and Halloween Party Friday, October 16th, :00 pm - 8:30 am on the 17th Immediately Following Parents Night Out Invite Your Friends and Wear Your Costume.

8 ~Are you there?~ Contact Rob going to be Mees or call

Children & Families Ministry Halloween Party Sunday Oct 25th, 2015 5-7:00 pm In The Saint John s Fellowship Hall Come dressed in your costume! INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!

9 Children & Families Ministry Halloween Party Sunday Oct 25th, :00 pm In The Saint John s Fellowship Hall Come dressed in your costume! INVITE YOUR FRIENDS! ~Ghoulishly Tasty Dinner ~Pumpkin Carving ~Crafts, Games, and Prizes ~Trick-or-Treating ~RSVP so we know how many to plan for~ Contact Rob Mees rcmees@gmail.com or call We need volunteers to help decorate, cook, and clean-up. More information & sign-ups on the Youth Events Board in the Commons OR Sign up on the back of the Registration Sheet

The family of De Hitchcock invite you to her Memorial Service and Resurrection Garden Inurnment Thursday, Oct. 22 at 2:00 PM here at Saint John's. Next week on Tuesday, Oct.

10 The family of De Hitchcock invite you to her Memorial Service and Resurrection Garden Inurnment Thursday, Oct. 22 at 2:00 PM here at Saint John's. Next week on Tuesday, Oct. 13 is Saint John s turn to prepare and serve a hot, tasty Noon time meal at PEOPLE S KITCHEN OF SOUTH COUNTY in Grover Beach. Can you help in any way with food? serving? helping with the 15 minute Chapel service that begins at 11:45 am? See Linda Mc Nair or call her at or sign up on the back of the Registration Sheet. WHAT IS THE FUTURE for our monthly SENIOR LUNCHEON held every 4th Tuesday at noon, January through October? With our excellent volunteer head cook, Irene, stepping down after 8+ years, how will we continue? Will we continue? PLEASE attend the 1:15 PM - immediately after the upcoming and final luncheon Oct. 27. Come with caring and creative ideas for this blessed time with wholesome food, song, laughs, sharing, and prayer. Some ideas: Shared Cooking? Rotating Cooks? What s Your idea? Sign up on the back of the Registration Sheet to attend Oct 27.

11 Where s Rob???? If you were looking around on this beautiful Global Missions Festival Sunday and were wondering where Rob Mees is, let me first say, Thank you for being concerned about me; let me follow that up by assuring you that I am fine. I am in San Diego, California at the National Youth Workers Conference learning from some of the top youth ministers in the country about ideas and innovations in youth ministry that we can incorporate here at Saint John s. I know you are all having a wonderful time at the Global Missions festival, but please also check out some of the events we have coming up in Youth Ministry. We could use some adult help with our Parents Night Out on Friday, Oct.16 th. We also need volunteers to help decorate the Education Wing for the Children and Families Halloween Party on Sunday, Oct. 25th. Sign-up sheets will be in the Commons or you can check the back of the white registration sheet and I will contact you about what the specific needs are for the program in which you want to help. Please feel free to contact me in the church office throughout the week for more information.

12 A giant THANK YOU to all who were involved in the White Elephant & Bake Sale this past week. After the two days, the floor sales were $5,208 and the Bake Sale brought in $515 for a total gross of $5,723. This money will be used throughout the coming year to benefit and support various Saint John s Ministries and Community projects. More Women s Ministry - On Wednesday October 14th we ll meet to assemble 100 Personal Care Kits for Lutheran World Relief. Please join us at 10:30. Many hands will make quick work, followed by lunch at a local restaurant. Remember that all women of Saint John s are automatically members of our Women s Ministry, so please come and join us. The mission of the Women s Ministry is to serve the congregation and community with love and fellowship..women s Ministry Board - Rena Weiger, Jean Wilson, Jan Straka & Kay Werner IN OUR HEARTS AND IN OUR PRAYERS..

13 + Our friends & family: Nancy, Jerry, Bryan, Teri, Eugene, Kippey, Pastor Ron & brother Sonny, Rose, Peggy, Ethel, Sandy, Barry, Joyce & family, Don E., Charlotte, Karen, Del and Cathy, Russ & Betty, Bob, the Myer family, Mark s family, Apfel Family, Nancy Duty s family, the Pastoral Call Committee. + Pray for the flood victims in North Carolina, as well as all those affected by the onslaught of rain on the East Coast.. This Week at Saint John s Sunday, October 11 Global Mission Festival Rev. Nellermoe; Rob to Youth Worker Convention

14 10:00 am... Combined Worship 10:10 am... Children s Church (No Youth or Adult Classes) 11:00 am... Coffee & Special Treats 11:15 am... Slide Show & Sharing Monday, October 12 Columbus Day 10:30 am... OA Meeting 1:00 pm... Literacy 2:30 pm... Good News 4:30 pm... Cross & Clef Rehearsal 5:30 pm... Heavenly Handbells Rehearsal 6:00 pm... Stephen Ministry Training 6:00 pm... Stephen Ministry Tuesday, October 13 7:30 am... Men of the Word at Lebens 9:00 am... Crossways Bible Survey Class 12:00 pm... People s Kitchen 1:30 pm... Altar Guild 1:30 pm... Undercover Rehearsal 3:30 pm... Jr. Confirmation Class 5:30 pm... Celebration Chorus 6:00 pm... Pastoral Call Committee 6:15 pm... AA Meeting 6:30 pm... Youth Committee Meeting 7:00 pm... Bible Fellowship Wednesday, October 14 8:00 am... Al-Anon Meeting 10:30 am... Personal Care Kits 11:00 am... Thanksgiving Worship Planning Meeting 6:00 pm... Songfest Rehearsal 6:00 pm... Senior High Youth 6:30 pm... Chancel Choir Rehearsal

7:30 pm... 9 th Grade Confirmation off site Thursday, October 15 9:00 am... Arroyo Quilting 10:00 am... Organist Rehearsal 1:00 pm... Literacy 1:30 pm... Worship & Music Meeting 6:00 pm.

15 7:30 pm... 9 th Grade Confirmation off site Thursday, October 15 9:00 am... Arroyo Quilting 10:00 am... Organist Rehearsal 1:00 pm... Literacy 1:30 pm... Worship & Music Meeting 6:00 pm... Undercover Rehearsal 6:00 pm... Women s Bible Study Group at Ouimette s 6:30 pm... Financial Peace University 7:00 pm... Boy Scouts Friday, October 16 9:00 am... Arroyo Knitting 11:00 am... Suzanne Myer Memorial 12:15 pm... Memorial Luncheon 5:00 pm... Boy Scout Campout 6:00 pm... Parent s Night Out 9:00 pm... Halloween Party Senior High Lock In Saturday, October 17 9:00 am... Men of the Word 9:00 am... Stephen Ministry Training 3:00 pm... Roberts Wedding Nursery Care for Infant to Pre-K is located in the east wing across from the kitchen. Pagers are available for parents. The Cry Room is located in the back of the Sanctuary. Large Print Bulletins are available from the Ushers. Hearing Assisting Devices are available at the Media Center.

16 Saint John s Office Phone Church saintjohnsag@hotmail.com Pastor Randy s pastorrandyo@hotmail.com Rob Mees, Dir. Youth Min rcmees@gmail.com Church Website Our Mission is the Great Commission of our Lord to Go, make disciples of all nations, involving us in evangelism and discipleship. MUSIC: Songfest ORGANIST Dawn Russ CROSS & CLEF: Sandy Leggett LECTOR: Cal Wood USHERS: Glenn Leggett, Richard Schultz ACOLYTES: Joseph March MEDIA CENTER: Rob Mees Attendance Last Sunday 9:00 am = 114 YouTube = 1 11:00 am = 59 YouTube = 2 TOTAL = 176 Adult Faith Class = 26 ALTAR GUILD: Irene Rodin, Peggy Droste, Trudy Linnan, Patti Roberts GREETERS: Diane Schallen, Rose Goddard GUEST BOOK Nancy Duty, Lorraine Sundquist HOSTS Global Missions NURSERY CARE: Michelle Mees PRAYER MINISTRY: Betty Knudson Jan Straka

REFORMATION SUNDAY Youth Confirmation Sunday October 25, 2015 ~ 9:00 am

SAINT JOHN S LUTHERAN CHURCH 959 VALLEY ROAD ARROYO GRANDE, CA 93420 REV. RANDY OUIMETTE, PASTOR REFORMATION SUNDAY Youth Confirmation Sunday October 25, 2015 ~ 9:00 am October 25, 2015 Reformation Sunday