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Sunday Morning Schedule
8:30 & 10:45 - Morning Worship with Holy Communion first three Sundays of month
9:45 - Sunday School ages 3 - 5th Grade
       Youth Classes 6th Grade - High School
       Adult Education  

Theme for Month:  We are On God's Team  

November 1 All Saints' Sunday  
John 11:32-44 - God’s Team:  Saints and Sinners
Adult Forum:  Our Ministry as a Teaching Congregation to Interns - Pastor Joseph

November 8 Pentecost 23
Mark 12:28-34 - God’s Team--First Things First
Adult Forum: Our Ministry in the World, The Ag Project in Ifunda, Tanzania

November 15 Pentecost 24
Mark 13:1-8 - God’s Team--The End Zone  
Adult Forum: Our Ministry through House of Prayer - The Stewardship Committee  
    
November 22 Commitment Sunday
ONE SERVICE AT 9:30 Followed by a Tailgate Party
John 18:33-37 - God’s Team -- Christ the Quarterback    
Worship Service with Renewed Commitment to HOP through our Estimate of Giving for 2010
11:00    Tailgate Party in Fellowship Hall

November 29 Advent 1
Luke 21:25-36 - Take Back Advent-- Worship Fully
No Sunday School or Adult Forum  
        

Adult Forums:  The Forums for the first three Sundays in November will focus on the ministries and missions we support as a congregation through our financial giving.  These include our ministry as a teaching congregation to help prepare pastors for the church through the Internship Program, our mission in Tanzania through the Ag Project in Ifunda, and our ministry here at House of Prayer that our financially giving supports from lights and heat to salaries and programs such as the educational and outreach ministries of the church.  We can do something as individuals but as a church working together we can do so much more.        

Tuesday, November 3 at 7:30 in Fellowship Hall:   If you have a relative, a friend or a neighbor who does not have a faith community, please invite them to worship with you at House of Prayer and invite them to attend this new member orientation class bringing their children if they have children. If you have the name of a family or individual that you would like Pastor Marilyn or Pastor Joseph to invite, call the office with the name and telephone number.  

  The Eucharistic Ministry to shut-ins by lay people is being re-activated.  If you would like to be a Eucharistic Minister, talk to Pastor Marilyn or if you would like to be visited, call the church office.  

Join us on Wednesday, Nov. 25th at 7pm for a Thanksgiving Eve Worship Service.  The message will center around God's Faithfulness.  Before the holiday season becomes a whirl of activity, take some time to invite a friend or neighbor to worship with you at House of Prayer's Thanksgiving Eve Service.

"The law says, 'Do this,' and it is never done. Grace says, 'believe in this,' and everything is already done." – Martin Luther
        
Dear friends in Christ,

The month of November should be an exciting month for House of Prayer (God bless Brett Favre!!!  Oh wait, oh yeah, and God’s ministry too).  We will be coming off a celebrating the Reformation and our Lutheran Heritage into our stewardship month.  Reformation serves as a reminder for us to understand where we come from, why our ancestors of faith made their sacrifice in order for us to have what we have, and where we are going from here especially since we might be calling a new pastor by next summer.  

Stewardship doesn’t need to be said much because people already know that it is a good idea.  But sometimes it is one thing to think that it makes sense and another thing to actually apply it.  I personally did not grow up Lutheran, and I joined a Lutheran church because I really like Lutherans.  I have found that God’s grace and His welcoming Spirit really worked through the Lutheran Church very effectively, and Lutherans are a wonderful embodiment of this grace from God.  Community is such important gift from God, and we can easily lose it because people in our culture today are so alienated and isolated from each other.  God calls all of us into the Great Commission to make disciples of all nations.  Good stewardship will make sure that our faith and our community will continue, and it will help procuring resources for us to continue our mission to those who are in need of God’s grace and love.

I am very grateful for the internship program at House of Prayer and for the internship committee.  I am so very glad that this church is very supportive of the interns and the program.  I enjoy the people in the House of Prayer immensely and can’t wait to get to church.  I hope that we will have a great Thanksgivings which I look forward to, and God will bless each of you greatly!
Intern Pastor Joseph

Saturday, December 5th
9:00am - Noon
Cost: $6.00 per person
Children four and under: free!)

This is our 24rd year of hosting this great event for our church members and the neighboring community.  What a wonderful way to start celebrating the Christmas Season!    Please join us for a delicious breakfast of pancakes, French toast, sausage, orange juice and coffee.   There will be great holiday shopping at the Silent Auction and exciting visitors, including Santa.  

Donations for the Silent Auction can include gift boxes, Christmas stockings, tangible items, volunteer and professional services or gift certificates, and any other creative ideas you may have.  The items can have a Christmas theme or not.  With your help, this year's event can be a great success, and the ideas will be endless!  We are accepting donations now.  They can be dropped off in the office any time before the Dec. 5th while the office is open.   If you have any questions, please contact the church office.

Once again, you can count on good food, lots of activities, great company and a few surprises! This year’s event is being hosted by the Tanzanian Missions Group and the proceeds raised will be used to support their work.