WELCOME TO PETERSBURG LUTHERAN CHURCH

NOVEMBER 23, 2008

Pastor Al will leave for Anchorage on Friday, Nov 28 & will return Tuesday, Dec 2. Please call the office at 772-3144 if you have any need for Pastoral assistance during this time. During Pastor's absence we welcome Mike Schwarte to our Pulpit. Mike will preach this morning and again next Sunday-Nov. 30. Welcome to PLC, Mike!!

"I will honor you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer. You satisfy me more that the richest of foods. I will praise you with songs of joy." Psalm 63:4-5

Stan Hjort (recovering from surgery)

John Jensen (recovering from surgery)

Barb Steltz (recovering from surgery)

Jerry Wollen (recovering from surgery)

John DeBoer (in the hospital in WA)

Carroll Marohl (recovering at home)

Lois DeBoer (recovering at home)

Ruth Rhoden (Colleen Nicholson's sister)

Nancy Reichle (Sally Riemer's sister - cancer)

Wilmer Oines (recovering at home)

Wink Stonecypher (Susan Holmes' aunt)

Bill & Annette Olson & family

Lila and Grant Trask & family

Pam Duvall & her family

Sheri and John Wikan & their family

Tom, Mildred Lewis & their family

Ron, Kelly, Geoffrey Hall & their family

Doug, Naomi Welde & their family

Liv, Sonja Perschon & their family

Ken, Stacey, Becca Madsen & their family

Eric Corl serving in Iraq

Brett Evens serving in Iraq

Jesse Anderson serving in Iraq (husband of Audrey, son-in -law of Linda and Ken Caulum)

Please bring a peanut-free treat to share, come to help

set up, serve, & clean up on your Sunday.

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Friends of Barb Steltz will sponsor a benefit Soup & Bread benefit for Barb today in the HCH at 1:00 pm. For more information, call Mara Cisney at 518-9140.

It's time to vote for new officers of Thrivent! Please use the ballots found in the Fellowship Hall to cast your vote.

We are creating a calendar of activities for Eden & Rogathe for their December visit to Petersburg. If you would like to schedule an activity for them, please call the office @ 772-3144.

If you plan to submit a report or an article for the December Beacon, please email your information to the office, office@psglutheran.org, ASAP. We plan to mail the Beacon on Dec 11.

All families who would like to make Yule Logs for their homes are invited to join us this morning in the Holy Cross Hall at 9:45. This event will be in lieu of Sunday School. If you did not sign up & would like to participate, please join us. We do have plenty of extra supplies.

If you will travel south this week & would like to shop for the family that we will sponsor for Christmas, please call the office @772-3144 for family info. See next week's bulletin for more info!

The Sunday School classes are making preparations for the annual Christmas Program which will be held on Sunday, December 21 at 10:00 am in the Sanctuary. Please mark your calendar now to save the date for this program. On December 21, we will hold just this one service at 10:00. For more information or to volunteer to help with the program, please call either Sheri Wikan at 772-4450 or Bridgett Wittstock at 772-3099.

Mark your calendar now for the PLC Annual Meeting on January 18th. Everyone who is responsible for contributing a report to the Annual Report must have their reports in the office no later than December 5. If possible, please email reports to: office@psglutheran.org. If you are unable to email your report, you may drop it off at the office or you may fax your report to 772-3124.

PLC will discontinue the high school Sunday School program effective next Sunday, Nov 30. The High School Youth Group will continue to meet on Tuesday evenings at 6:00. We encourage our high school members & visitors to attend the adult worship service on Sunday mornings.

Each Sunday, following the Worship Services we meet friends, socialize, and enjoy coffee, tea, and wonderful treats in the Fellowship Hall. We rotate responsibility for setting up and cleaning up the coffee as well as providing food. Please refer to the "Coffee Crew" section of this Announcement page to see on which Sunday the first letter of your last name falls & help by donating time and/or snacks to keep the Coffee Hour going. If you are unable to contribute on your regular Sunday, feel free to do so any Sunday. We need your help! We extend a HUGE thank you to those who "do what it takes" to make the Coffee Hour enjoyable for all of us!!

For more information, or if you have suggestions, please call the church office at 772-3144.