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Christmas Dessert Theater Presents: “I’ll Be Home for CHRISTMAS”

First Baptist Church, Waterville, MN

Performances: December 4 (Thurs.) 7:00 p.m.

December 5 (Fri.) 7:00 p.m. December 6 (Sat.) 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

December 7 (Sun.) 3:00 p.m.

Tickets: $10 (available beginning November 2) Phone: 507-661-0493

www.fbcwaterville.org In Honor of Adrian Johnson, Former Waldorf College Choir Director: Carpe Diem Vocal Ensemble will perform a FREE concert on Saturday, November 8, 3:00 p.m. at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church (1207 Prairie Ave. SW, Faribault). A reception will follow. Among Carpe Diem’s notable performances are singing at the Isaac Stern Audito-rium in Carnegie Hall, New York City, and singing the Na-tional Anthem for Special Olympics Minnesota every sum-mer and winter since 2003.

“W HEN GOD LEFT THE BUILDING ”

The Exodus of America’s Faithful and What’s Next…

The revealing documentary film will be screened Monday, November 3, 2014 at Bernie’s Vintage Ballroom, downtown Faribault. Following the 80 minute film, there will be a live optional 15 minute discussion between viewers. The film reveals the decline of the American church and focuses on the current spiritual climate. A preview of the film is available at WhenGodLeftTheBuilding.com. Tickets are $3 for the 7:00 p.m. showing and will be available at the door. RSVP/Info for local showing 507-331-3331. Fliers with more information are available in the narthex.

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-Trinity Lutheran Church and Faribault Lutheran School Staff - Rev. Dr. Michael Nirva, Senior Pastor

Vacancy Pastors: Rev. Steve Jones, Rev. Robert Lentz, Rev. Robert Snyder, Rev. Warren Schmidt Bill Kirkpatrick, Finance Property Manager Kathy Bode, Office Manager Jennifer Kingland, Receptionist/Secretary Joel Witt, FLS Principal Mandy Blume, Parish Nurse

Worship Broadcasts: Radio (KDHL 920 AM) Sunday at 8:00 am, Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Phone: (507) 331-6579 Trinity website: www.trinityfaribault.org Trinity Radio Website: www.trinityradioandvideo.org

Cable (Channels 8 & 10) Monday &/or Tuesday at 3:30 pm

PLEASE CHECK THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE NARTHEX FOR COMMUNITY AND NON-

CHURCH SPONSORED ACTIVITIES

Sat. (1st) 5-7:00 Full Belly Inc. (Cathedral)

5:30 Worship

Sun. (2nd) Daylight Savings Time Ends (Fall Back)

Int’l Day of Prayer for Persecuted Church

Reformation/All Saints’ Day

8:00 Worship

8:30-10:30 Blood Pressure Clinic

9:15 Adult Bible Study/Fellowship/

Sunday School 10:30 Connection (C)

Mon. (3rd) 8:00 Pie-makers

7:00 Stewardship

7:00 GA

7:00 Gamanon

Tue. (4th) 9:00 Bible Study

5:00 Community Cathedral Café

Wed. (5th) 8:15 FLS Chapel

9:00 Quilting

1:00 Islam Bible Study

5-7:00 Full Belly Inc. (Cathedral)

6:00 Handbells

6:00 Team B

6:30 Confirmation

7:00 Choir

Thu. (6th) 11:00 J.O.Y.—Thanksgiving Dinner

2:30 Keystone (C)

3:45 St. Lucas/Deaconess (C)

7:00 Small Group Bible Study

Fri. (7 th) 5-7:00 Full Belly Inc. (Cathedral)

5:30 Worship (C)

Sun. (9th) 8:00 Worship (C)

9:15 Adult Bible Study/Fellowship/

Sunday School/Faith Legacy 10:30 Worship

2-4:00 Org. Chart Planning Mtg.

5:00 Service of Thanks & Praise

6:00 German Fest

LWML Sunday

5-8:00 FLS Game Night

Sat. (8th) 5-7:00 Full Belly Inc. (Cathedral)

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DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS Sunday, November 2. Remember to FALL BACK one hour!

The Tuesday Morning Small Group Bible Study will being a new study on November 4, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. We will continue using The Lutheran Difference series (Concordia Publishing House) with a

6-session study entitled Worship by The Rev. Dr. Steven Mueller. Newcomers are welcome to join us! Come early for coffee and fellowship. If you want additional information, contact Ruth Hildebrandt at 334-3766.

FARIBAULT LUTHERAN SCHOOL By the time you read this the First Quarter of school will be behind us. Hard to believe! For a recap, classes have gone to River Bend Nature Center, the Soccer and Volleyball season has come to a close, school pictures have been taken, the 8th grade class has gone on retreat to the Lutheran Island Camp area, K-2 has gone to Oxbow Park, and the teachers have been to MNS LCMS Conferences. The 8th grade class has also been doing clean up work in the community garden at Peace Church. Busy! Busy! Joy in the Lord! Have a good week. ~Lynn Witt

In Our Prayers for Strength, Comfort, and Healing… Kevin; Rachel Benson; Mandy Blume; David Fuchs; Mary Heyer; Lorena Klompenhower; Harvey Phillops; Rich Sellentine; Kay Smith; Rev. Robert Snyder; Patty Stonehouse Those whose names we carry in our hearts.

Special prayers for our military and support personnel. For after-hours prayer requests or urgent pastoral care/visitation, please contact the Rev. Dr. Michael Nirva, 1-763-221-6856. Thank you to everyone for their prayers. My eyes are doing great after cataract surgery; everything is much clearer and the colors brighter. Praise the Lord! ~Char Scurry GERMAN FEST FUNDRAISER: Please mark your calen-dars for Sunday, November 9, as we host a German Fest at Trinity Lutheran Church, Faribault. This event is a fundraiser for Pastor Timothy Chase and a team of 5 others from Grace Lutheran Church, Dodge Center. This team will travel to do mission work with the people of Kisumu, Kenya in February 2015. A program of Praise and Thanksgiving will begin at 5:00 p.m. in the sanctuary, featuring songs and readings in German and English. The program is free admission. Then at 6:00 p.m. in the gym, join us for a German Feast! The menu con-sists of sauerbraten and spaetzle, German potato salad, sweet and sour red cabbage, bratwurst and sauerkraut, and bread pudding. Tickets for the supper are adults/$13.00; children ages 5-10/$7.00; and preschoolers eat free. Tickets may be purchased in advance from Suzanne Krause/Bethlehem Lu-theran Church, Val Braun/Trinity North Morristown, Diane Cloeter or Mike Young/Trinity Faribault. You may also pur-chase tickets at Quality Appliance or Erickson Furniture in Faribault. Tickets will be available at the door. If you have any questions, please call Mike Young at 507-330-0326 or email at meyoung59@gmail.com. This event is hosted by friends of the former Cannon Valley Lutheran High School with funding provided by Thrivent Financial. We look forward to seeing you there as we help make this mission trip become a reality for this team of eager disciples.

The Radio Broadcast on Sunday, November 2 is given in loving memory of Elsie A. Schulz, by her husband Elmer.

Welcome to Trinity Lutheran Church, Faribault, MN. We are pleased you are here! An Information Center can be found in the narthex with brochures, pamphlets, and booklets about Trinity, LCMS schools,

upcoming programs, and community events. Please help yourself to these materials.

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WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL READINGS

Mon. 11/3: Psalm 70 Thu. 11/6: Ex. 32:1-20

Tue. 11/4: Amos 5:18-24 Fri. 11/7: Job 14:1-6

Wed. 11/5: 1 Thess. 4:13-18 Sat. 11/8: Matt. 23:1-13

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Special thanks to everyone who helped with Adopt-a-Highway on October 18: • Brad Twedt • Roger Wilkowske • Todd Voge • Linda Rhode • Becky Spitzack

SAVE THE DATES

Trinity will be producing a new pictorial directory with Lifetouch. Our photo dates are: 2:00-9:00 Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 (for snowbirds and anyone who cannot make rest of photography dates) 2:00-9:00 Friday & 9:00-4:00 Saturday, January 2-3, 2015 2:00-9:00 Tuesday - Friday & 9:00-4:00 Saturday, January 13-17, 2015 2:00-9:00 Tuesday - Friday & 9:00-4:00 Saturday, January 20-24, 2015 Remember our directory won’t be complete without you! Look for more information to come. You will receive a complimentary portrait session, 8x10 portrait, and church directory for participating. If you would like to bring in a personal item to photograph with you, such as sporting equipment, an instrument, a medal, jewelry, a Bible or pet, that is encouraged and will be incorporated into your portrait session. You can sign up early online at trinityfaribault.org available now for early registration. (You will receive a link to a $10 coupon, with your reminder email, by signing up this way). Should you know anyone that has or would like to attend our church, every family is welcome to invite others at this special time and they too would receive the benefits of the portrait session. Please note: If you do NOT have a computer, but would like to register now, please call the church office at 331-6579. The option to sign up before/after worship services at Trinity will begin Nov. 15/16, 2014. If You Like, Have Your Church Directory Photos Taken Early: There is a special date, Wednesday November 12, for Trinity snowbirds to have their new church directory photos taken. But there are extra time slots available on that day for others, too. If it's more convenient to have your pho-tos taken in November instead of in January or to just help the Trinity coordinators out by filling the extra slots so there's less to do in January, please contact the church of-fice. We will then call you back to set up a time between 2:00 and 9:00 p.m. on that November 12 date.

PICTURES NEEDED!!! We are beginning work on our 2015 Picture Directory and are in need of current photographs of church ac-tivities, Bible Study groups, Action Teams, etc. Please help create our new directory by submitting pictures to the church office.

We will have Game Night in the Fellowship Hall on Satur-day, November 8 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Please come join us! Besides having a lot of fun, we will have a variety of games and some treats as well. Child care is available (children are also invited to join in the games) for only $3 per child. If you are interested in child care please RSVP to 332-9741 or billiejoweeg@hotmail.com anyone else can just show up and join in the fun.

Angel Tree Trinity will once again sponsor the Angel Tree Program. We are asking

the congregation for names of family, neighbors or someone you may know that could use a boost this Christmas season. Please submit (their names, ages, male or female, and size) by Sunday, November 9. Please complete the request slips and place them in the decorated box on the Information Center in the narthex. We are excited about sharing Christ’s love this Christmas as we bless someone less fortunate with a gift.

Once again, Marian Hagel is collecting contributions for Feed My Starving Children, a Minnesota based Christian non-profit food distributor with partners operating in the Philip-pines. Containers which hold $14.00 in quarters will be avail-able at the Information Center. Her son and daughter-in-law have volunteered for the Shepherd of the Hills Foundation which offers short- and long-term care for children in the Philippines and helps in the distribution of the much needed food supplies.

Remember the needs of others dur-ing this time of year by giving to the Peace-Trinity Food Shelf. Items may be placed in the collection baskets by the narthex doors and will be brought

to Peace for distribution. Donations of money or Scrip are also appreciated to help in the purchase of perishable items. Checks can be made out to the Peace Food Shelf.

Medical supplies and equipment are available for Trinity members’ use. Recently donated items include wheelchair, shower chair, walker, and cane. Call the church office or Norene Hansen for details.

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We are in need of candidates to serve as delegates to repre-sent the congregation at the MN South District Convention in 2015. Names for the lay delegate and alternate lay delegate should be submitted to the church office or to any member of LLB no later than November 10, 2014.

We need your nominations for three 3-year terms on Trin-ity’s Lay Leadership Board. Forms are available at the Infor-mation Center and in the church office.

THANKSGIVING PIES: Trinity Pie-makers have a vari-ety of pies available for Thanksgiving. Be sure to place your order by Monday, November 10! Pies can be picked up on Wednesday, November 26, noon until 5:00 p.m. Place your orders by calling Arlene Zielske, 334-3408, or Marian Hagel, 334-8741.

Consecration Stewardship Weekend Summary We were reminded last weekend that we should view stew-ardship as a 24 hour/day activity. Dr. Nadasdy’s sermon mes-sage “Graceful Stewardship,” was from John 1:16, “And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.” Dr. Na-dasdy, MN South LCMS District President, helped us to see that God pours out upon us His grace upon grace upon grace 24 hours a day. He also pointed out what graceful giving should look like. It should be: 1. Humble, given in humility; 2. Intentional, planned and God pleasing; 3. From the top, not the leftovers; 4. Generous, even sacrificial; 5. With amaze-ment at what God does with our gifts. Special thanks to all the members who joined in the services, filled out Estimate of Giving Cards, and joined in the Celebra-tion Luncheons. Thanks also to the staff and pastors, the Stew-ardship Team, the announcers and anyone who made the Con-secration Stewardship Weekend meaningful and God pleasing. Preliminary results are as follows: 132 commitments made compared to 181 last year. Those making commitments in-creased their giving an average of 7.5%! Total amount com-mitted for 2015 was $393,273.00 compared to $547,677.00 in 2014. More complete information will be presented at the up-coming Voters’ Forum and also in the December newsletter. Those who still want to fill out Estimate of Giving Cards are encouraged to do so. Extra cards are available at the informa-tion center.

Joel Witt will no longer be able to serve as the Youth Leader at Trinity. If you have a heart for young people, and would like to serve as our new Youth Director, please contact Bill Kirkpatrick, 331-6579.

Bell Ringers are needed for Trinity’s Salva-tion Army volunteer day on December 6. Trin-ity members are again scheduled to conduct the bell ringing at Faribault locations. Please sign up for a time slot in the volunteer book at the Information Center.

The Mission Committee is still collecting aluminum cans. Please deposit your cans in the trailer in Trinity’s west park-ing lot. Thank you!

Thrivent Members at Trinity : Our annual voting for South Rice Thrivent Chapter Board members will be held following the Saturday evening ser-vice, Nov. 1 and between Sunday services, Nov. 2 in the Trinity Fellowship Hall.

From your Thrivent Congregational Advocate Co-leaders, Ruth Hildebrandt and Barb Wegner

SAVE THE DATES:

• Organizational Chart Planning Session, Nov. 9, 2-4:00 p.m.

• Budget & Goals Forum—Monday, Nov. 10, 6:30 p.m.

• Annual Voters’ Mtg.—Monday, Nov. 17, 6:30 p.m.

You are invited to a Trinity planning meeting for all groups listed on the organizational chart on November 9, 2014 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the sanctuary. Howard Bode will lead us through a review of our vision and mission statements, a process to establish goals, and an action plan for each of these groups for 2014 and beyond. It is critical that you attend this meeting so we can get your input into the future direction of Trinity’s ministry. Please RSVP to Elroy M. Olson or the church office no later then November 3, 2014, whether or not you can attend as it is important to have the right number of participants.

STATISTICS Attendance General Fund Receipts

(Weekend Services: October 25/26, 2014) 316 $18,426

Weekly budgetary needs in 2014: $14,702

CUMULATIVE TOTALS Time Period: January 1-October 28, 2014

(43 weeks) Budgetary Needs Receipts $632,186 $584,081

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