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News for adult education and Sunday morning forums
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Interested in helping out? Join our committee. We typically meet the 1st Tuesday of the month, 7:00 pm. (Feb 7,
Mar 6, Apr 3, etc). Contact Sandra Grenell for more information.
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Advent
Affair: Over 40 people joined us for our 3rd annual Advent Affair, featuring crafts, songs, and supper
for families, couples, and singles of all ages. Thank you Pat Burmeister for organizing, and the rest of the adult ed
committee for providing helping hands. A big thank you to the singles, couples, and families who celebrated Advent with
us!
Sunday morning forums are normally held September through
May, 9:30 - 10:15 am in classroom B. All are welcome -- need not be a member of Saint Paul Lutheran Church to
attend.
We discuss topics related to the following:
What is happening in our church?
What is happening in our community? What is happening on our world? What does this
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- Sept 11: “Jesus at our house?
Are you kidding?” Let Carole Joyce take the fear out of this topic as she tells us ways we already do this, and
gives us ideas for additional ways to build relationships with each other and with God. Join us at 9:30 am in the sanctuary.
- Sept 18: Sue Flemke - Depression and Anxiety. Join Sue to learn more
about how to recognize these mental health issues and actions you can take for yourself and others.
- 9/25 Jeff Kujath - MN Lions eye bank
- 10/2 Doris
Glamm and Chris Dietz - Pine Island History Center
- 10/9 Have a loved
one who needs extra care? Theresa Myers from St. Jude hospice will explain what types of Hospice care are available,
both at St Jude and elsewhere.
- 10/16 Pine Island first responders
- 10/23 MEA - no forum
- 10/30 Confirmation
- no forum
- 11/ 6 Enjoy coffee, and feel free to chat with
people who went to Baja! No formal forum
- 11/13 Confirmation
- no forum
- 11/20 Enjoy coffee, and welcome our new members. No
formal forum.
- 11/27 Thanksgiving weekend - no forum
- 1/8/2012
- Rick Murphy will teach Men and Women alike how to be "Church-lady" safe in the kitchen. Everyone involved
in preparing, serving, or selling food should attend.
- 1/22 - Hear them roar -- learn more about the benefits that
our local Lions club provides to our community, led by Roy Larson.
- 2/5 - Boy Scout Sunday. Did you know that
Troop 69 is one of the oldest in the state? Our boy scouts will do a show and tell of their projects. This is
Boy Scout Sunday
- 2/26 - Welcoming the stranger. Do you have an opinion about immigration? There is probably
more to the topic than you imagine. Pastor Gary Wees will explore facts and myths.
- 3/18 - panel discussion of the
advantages of attending a Christian Camp
- 4/15 - Church mission in Tanzania
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Wednesday Night Bible Study Join us Wednesday evenings, 6:00 - 7:00 pm, classroom B, for Bible or book study.
Watch the bulletin and newsletter to get signed up for a class and learn how to obtain a book for the class.
Join Low Jackson 6:00
- 7:00 pm on Wed nights during Lent (Feb 22 - Mar 28, 2012) for a book discussion on the Book Heaven is for Real,
by Todd Burpo.
Heaven Is for Real is the true story of the four-year old son of
a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. He survives and begins
talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. The family didn't
know what to believe but soon the evidence was clear.
Watch the clipboards and newsletter for more information.
Wed night Bible studies will resume after the Easter season.
Tuesday afternoon Bible study
Join the pastors on Tuesdays at 1:30 pm to explore the Bible lessons in this weeks Celebrate Insert.
Sessions are held year-round.
Welca and Lutheran Woman Today Bible Study
Click here for more information about WELCA-led Bible Study
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