Quilting: Last Wednesday of every month @ 8:30am. (not the months of Oct.- Dec.)

Backpacks for the Week: Please drop off donations at Nilssen's Grocery store in Ellsworth. 
There is a large tub in the entryway marked Backpack Program.  Once we get back to church we will collect your donations there again as in the past. Thank you for continuing to support this program. 
 
Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: (WELCA) conduct many projects throughout the year. Join us for monthly quilting, layettes, Fair Trade Coffee sales, altar guild, Bible study and library. 

Men in Mission: Men In Mission meet every other month.  
 
 Adult Forum:  The Adult Forum meets on the first, third, and fifth Sundays of the month from 10:30 am to 11:00 am to encounter how our faith helps us understand the world around us. We welcome lively discussion to seek understanding on topics that interest the class. (next meeting is unknown at this time.)
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Assisting Minister Workshop:  Martin Luther said, among other things, that we are a “priesthood of all believers.” Before, it was only the priest and the deacons who were allowed to approach the altar. Luther saw this as one more way the Church hierarchy tried to separate the people from God. Anyone, he asserted, can approach the altar, just as anyone can approach God.  Many churches have responded to this by having a congregation member serve as an assisting minister, helping to lead the service with the pastor. The presence of an assisting minister is a reminder that we are all welcome to come to God, and that we don’t have to be an ordained minister to lead in worship.   I will be living out that assertion of Luther’s this fall, and I invite you to participate in the position of Assisting Minister. If you aren’t sure what that is or what that entails, there will be several information meetings (each stands on its own; it’s not a series) where I will lead a discussion on what the duties and expectations of an Assisting Minister are. If the Spirit moves you, please let me know if you feel it’s something you can do in our service together. The next Meeting TBA.

Annual Lutefisk Supper:   This Scandinavian Heritage tradition will take place the 4th Thursday in October every year. In 2022 we served 400 quests, 84 workers, and filled 35 take-out orders in 2022.  We pray everyone enjoyed this amazing annual event with food, decorations and with everyone's cooperation and enthusiasm.