Weekly Announcements

Announcements for November 29, 2009

(Announcements for Dec. 6 follows)

Messenger newsletters are available today. Please take yours.

E-mail list update In an effort to cut our cost and better improve our communication we are trying to put together an Email list for the congregation. This list would only be used for church related business and would not be shared with anyone else. Please email me and I will include you on the list. If you do not have email we will try to find other ways to communicate with you. If you do not want your name on an email list please let me know that also. Please Email me at rokser@charter.net. Thanks Jack Rokser

Caring Ministry Revisited For many years the Caring Ministry team visited members of our congregation who were not able to physically attend service or church sponsored events. During the Vision planning session it was decided that services to home bound members could be improved. The Vision team members have decided that they would like to reinvent the Caring Ministry Team and provide more services. Once a month starting in December communion will be brought to any member that is home bound. In order for this to happen we need to identify those congregational members that would be willing to do a home visit after service a few times a year. Congregational members that are willing to help out must attend a one-hour meeting on December 1st at 7:30 pm for training. If you are one of those member that would like to help out please contact Jack or Karen Rokser at 723-7904 or Email rokser@charter.net

Tree Decorating Please bring one of your family’s favorite decorations for the tree in the fellowship hall for the Home Tour Dec. 5. After the home tour you can take your ornaments home to place onto your own tree.

The Home Tour is This Saturday, December 5!

Holiday Home Tour Reminders:

Bring an ornament for the tree in the fellowship hall.

Buy your raffle tickets for yourself, friends and neighbors if you haven’t already done so.

Bake cookies for the bake sale

Bring condiments, canned items, etc. for the condiment cupboard.

Sign up on the east fellowship hall bulletin board to help with…
           bringing cookies for the tea
           setting up and decorating Friday, Dec. 6
           serving as a hostess in one of the homes

Time & Talent Survey: We will be conducting a time & talent survey in the near future to give everyone an opportunity to participate in all aspects of our congregational ministry. If you belong to a group that would like to be included on the survey, please contact Chris Stein and we can make sure that your activity is included. An example would be the worship team would like to get a list of all those in the congregation that would like to be an usher. Chris can be reached at acstien@charter.net. Thanks! Stewardship Team (Ron Seidlitz, Chris Stein, and Karen Rokser)

Got

Fleece?

Fleece Blankets The Sunday school
children will again be making fleece blankets as a service project and request donations of one or more yards of fleece fabric or monetary donations with which to purchase the material.

Thank you to those who have already donated some fleece! Please bring donations down to the Sunday school

office area (the old children’s library room) or give them to Angela Sieg-Bruhn or Dawn Barone.

A Holiday Concert by Warren Petryk Warren, a regional vocal and instrumental artist, will premier and feature selections from his newly released gospel CD, Be Still, My Soul, along with other seasonal and inspirational songs. The concert will take place today, Sunday, November 29, at 3 pm, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 1310 Main St., Eau Claire, WI. There will be a free will donation, suggested donation is $5/person. Meet Warren and enjoy refreshments following the concert. Hosted by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

December 2nd Wednesday Forum at Our Saviour’s, Chippewa Falls Tom Fuchs, M.Ed, Director, L.E. Phillips Libertas will lead in a highly interactive conversation about Wisconsin ’s cultural norms concerning addiction, how adults’ beliefs affect teens’ perceptions, and ways God’s people can work to create a healthier community.

Forums are open to the public offering up-to-date topics relevant to how we live our faith in daily

ELCB Web Site news Make sure you check out the church web site. The weekly announcements, monthly Messenger, and recent Worship/Fellowship pictures are posted. You can log on at http://elcbateman.tripod.com.

Advent Wednesday night services begin this Wednesday, December 2. Come, make room for the Christ Child.

Supporting our Worship and Fellowship

Today, November 29

Altar Guild: Mary Zenner and Julie Mitchell

Acolytes: Jessie and Erika Schmidt

Reader: Rolland Brown

Greeter: Jessica Hughes

Ushers: Rolland and Kathy Brown

Fellowship:

Next Sunday, December 6

Altar Guild: Karen Sperber and Kathy Brown

Acolytes: Jessie and Erika Schmidt

Greeter: Chris and Julie Stein

Ushers: Patsy Tepp and Mary Green

Fellowship: Men's Pancake feed and possibly treats from
Marty and Vicki Fankhauser

Worship Attendance

Harvest Festival — 41

Sunday, November 22 — 93

Calendar for Week of November 29, 2009

Nov. 29 9:30 am Worship, First Sunday inAdvent
(no Sunday school)

Dec. 1 6:00 pm Worship and Music

7:30 pm Caring Ministry

Dec. 2 7:00 pm Advent Service

Dec. 3 6:00 pm Pack 75 Meeting

7:00 pm Choir

Dec. 4 4-6 pm Church open for deliveries and decorating for home tour

Dec. 5 10:00 am until 4:00 pm Home Tour

Dec. 6 8:30 am Sunday school

9:30 am Worship, Praise Team Sunday

Men's Pancake feed follows worship

Announcements for, December 6, 2009

Pancake Feed today Can you smell the sausage yet? Yes, indeed the Men of English will be serving pancakes and sausage and giving the proceeds to the benevolences of ELCB. Please stay and enjoy fellowship and food.

The Page Turners Will be meeting on December 14th (revised date) at the home of Marge Bunce. The featured book is The Shack by Wm. P. Young.

A grieving father receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him to meet in the Oregon wilderness where his daughter has been abducted and murdered. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant, "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?"

Food Pantry Sunday: December 13, 2009

The Sunday school children are again volunteering to push the food cart down the aisle on Sunday, December 13. Our local food pantries rely on your generous donations to meet the increased demands for their services this time of year. Please consider making a non-perishable food or toiletry product donation.

“I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” — Matthew 25:35

December Sunday School Service Project The December Sunday school service project will be held at Wissota Health on December 13 at 10:30 a.m. A reminder for the Sunday school children and their families, there will be no Sunday school at 8:30 next Sunday, December 13. Our plan is to arrive at Wissota Health at 10:45 and depart from Wissota Health around 11:30 returning to ELCB at 11:45.

If you would like help with transportation either to or from Wissota Health or have questions regarding pick up or drop off times, please contact Dawn Barone at 726-1321 or Angela Sieg-Bruhn at 829-1405 or asiegbruhn@gmail.com to make arrangements.

Plan to help decorate our sanctuary trees for Christmas. Lights will be put onto the trees on Wednesday, Dec. 9 after the Advent Service. Our Chrismons will be placed onto the trees on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 8:30 am.

Bring the family and help.

Opportunities to serve for Worship this month Thank you to all who have signed up thus far for serving during worship. Still needed: Assisting ministers for all three services on Christmas Eve, 5:30, 8:30 and 10:30 pm. Greeters and ushers are also needed for all three services on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day for the 10:00 am service.

            Dates for January are also posted. The sign-up sheet is located on the bulletin board next to the flower chart.

Men’s Breakfast Schedule:

Dec. 19, Jan. 9 and Jan. 23 Breakfasts 7:00 am/8:00 am

December Library News We have a number of books in the collection that have a theme centered around the Christmas season. You may want to check out the library for one of the following titles.

A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg

A Christmas Promise by Thomas Kinkade & K.Spencer

The Christmas Letters by Bret Nicholaus

Shepherds Abiding by Jan Karon

The Case for Christmas by Lee Strobel

Humor for the Holidays by Shari MacDonald

Hannah’s Hope by Karen Kingsbury

The Christmas Promise by Donna VanLiere

Christmas in My Heart by Joe Wheeler

Home for the Holidays by Rebecca Kelly

There are also other books by popular authors such as Jan Karon, Beverly Lewis, Janette Oke and Lee Strobel available for checkout. Enjoy a new book in December and during the winter months.   Library Committee

E-mail list update In an effort to cut our cost and better improve our communication we are trying to put together an Email list for the congregation. This list would only be used for church related business and would not be shared with anyone else. Please email me and I will include you on the list. If you do not have email we will try to find other ways to communicate with you. If you do not want your name on an email list please let me know that also. Please Email me at rokser@charter.net.

Thanks Jack Rokser

Supporting our Worship and Fellowship

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Today, December 6

       Altar Guild:   Karen Sperber and Kathy Brown

    Acolytes:   Ryan Wolff and Danielle Fellom

      Reader:   Angela Seig-Bruhn

    Greeters:   Chris and Julie Stein

       Ushers:   Patsy Tepp and Mary Green

       Fellowship:   Men’s pancake feed and
   Marty and Vicki Fankhauser

Next Sunday December 13

       Altar Guild:   Karen Sperber and Kathy Brown

    Acolytes:   Ryan Wolff and Danielle Fellom

Asst. Min.:   Sue Hunt

    Greeters:   Carol and Ray Peterson

       Ushers:   George and Vivian Dahl

       Fellowship:   Phyllis Johnson and
   Audrey Konwinski

Worship Attendance

Sunday, November 29 — 108

Calendar for Week of December 6, 2009

Dec. 6        8:30 am   Sunday school

                  9:30 am   Worship

                10:30 am   Men’s pancake feed for benevolence

Dec. 9       7:00 pm   Advent Service
followed by putting lights on
trees in sanctuary.

Dec. 10     7:00 pm   Choir

Dec. 13      8:30 am   Decorating the sanctuary trees with Chrismons

                                 No Sunday school at 8:30 as children, choir and others are invited to go caroling at Wissota Health at 10:45 am.

                  9:30 am   Worship – Holy Communion
with sending of Communion
Food Pantry Sunday

                10:45 am   Caroling at Wissota Health

English Lutheran Church of Bateman

20588 County Hwy. X, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729

Pastor ELCB                                     Pastor DJ Rasner

Organists                                               Emily Johnson

                                                            Nancy Nerdrum



Choir Director                                   Stephanie Benson

Secretary                                           <욤ƈ>Linda Stockinger

Secretary Office Hours:
       Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:00 am—1:00 pm

Pastor DJ Office Hours:
       Tuesday                                   3:00 pm—5:00 pm

       Wednesday                              9:00 am—4:00 pm

       Other days by appointment

Church Office Phone:                                    723-4231

Pastor DJ’s Cell Phone:                                563-3051

Church E-Mail:                     pastorelcb@clearwire.net
                                         secretaryelcb@clearwire.net

Web Page:                       http://elcbateman.tripod.com

Bookkeeper, Roger Hunt     huntta5978@sbcglobal.net

Evangelical Church in Malawi:      elcmwi@malawinet

                                    PO Box 650, Lilongwe, Malawi

Nkhota Kota Companion Parish, Malawi Africa
                               Malawi: Pastor Peter Vinkhumbo

Communication Officer for our Companionship:
                          Mphatso Thole—mcthole@yahoo8ouk