North Prairie Lutheran Mission Announcements for the Week of June 24th-30th, 2007

This Week @ North Prairie Lutheran Church:
Sunday, June 24th 4th Sunday After Pentecost/Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Worship Service: 9 a.m.
Bible Study: 10:15 a.m.
Wednesday, June 27th
Pastor Out of Town-Vacation Day
Saturday, June 30th
Pastor's Day Off
Sunday, July 1st 5th Sunday After Pentecost
Worship Service/Holy Communion: 9 a.m.
Bible Study: 10:15 a.m.

Readings for Next Sunday: 1 Kings 19:9b-21, Galatians 5:1, 13-25, Luke 9:51-62

July Communion Schedule For the month of July, we will be celebrating the sacrament of Holy Communion on Sunday, July 1st, 8th, and 29th (the 1st, 2nd, & 5th Sunday of the month). Please note this change on your calendars.

No Services or Bible Study on July 15th Pastor Martin and his family will be in the Perry, Iowa area July 12th-15th for the wedding of Pastor's brother, Brian, to Megan Graney. Because there are no ELCM pulpit supply pastors in the area, there will be no worship services or Bible study at North Prairie on Sunday, July 15th. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

CSCM Update Christu Sudha Communications & Ministries in India is one of our affiliate synods of ELCM. This past week, CSCM President, Dr. Duggie Benerjee, sent to the pastors of ELCM an email update on the ministry being done in the Andra Pradesh district of India. If you would like to hear what's going on in the mission fields of India, ask Pastor Martin to email you a copy of Dr. Benerjee's report. We continue to pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ in CSCM, and give thanks for the wonderful ministry being done in the name of Christ.

To learn more about our denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium (ELCM), visit www.elcm.org

To learn more about ELCM mission efforts in Iowa, or about our North Prairie Lutheran Mission congregation, visit our website at www.elcmiowa.org/northprairie or email our Pastor at revcwmartin@elcmiowa.org

North Prairie Lutheran Mission Announcements for the Week of June 17th-23rd, 2007

This Week @ North Prairie Lutheran Church:
Sunday, June 17th 3rd Sunday After Pentecost
Worship with Holy Communion, 9 a.m.
Bible Study: 10:15 a.m.
Monday-Friday Pastor Work @ Algona, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, June 23rd: Pastor in Des Moines
Sunday, June 24th: 4th Sunday After Pentecost/Nativity of John the Baptist
Worship Service: 9 a.m.
Bible Study: 10:15 a.m.

Happy Father's Day to all the dad's in our congregation!

Scripture Readings for Next Sunday: 4th Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 7)
Isaiah 65:1-9, Galatians 3:23-4:7, Luke 8:26-39

Bible Class Continues You are invited to join us each Sunday morning following the worship service for our Bible study, which is led by our Pastor. We are currently studying the Old Testament book of Job. Be sure to bring your Bibles and a friend to church with you and stick around afterward for some good study and discussion on God's unchanging Word.

Pastor Out of Town Pastor Martin will be in Des Moines this coming Saturday (June 23rd). He will be there most of the day, and return late that evening to be with us for worship the following day.

No Services or Bible Study July 15th Pastor Martin and his family will be in Perry, Iowa July 12th-15th for Pastor's brother's wedding. Due to the lack of ELCM supply preachers in our area, there will be no worship services or Bible study at North Prairie Lutheran Church on Sunday, July 15th only. We will return to our regular worship time the following Sunday. We pray for God's blessings on Brian and Megan as they prepare to exchange their marriage vows and begin their new life together.

Favorite Hymns This summer, we are using at least one hymn each Sunday that appears on our list of favorite hymns from the "Service Book & Hymnal". Check back on our website to find the master list, and if you wish to add any hymns to the list, please email the hymn number in SBH and the first line of the hymn to revcwmartin@elcmiowa.org.

For more information about our denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium of North America (ELCM), visit www.elcm.org

For more information about our mission congregation or about planting an ELCM congregation in your community, please email our Pastor at revcwmartin@elcmiowa.org

North Prairie Lutheran Mission Announcements for the Week of June 10th-16th, 2007

This Week @ North Prairie Lutheran Church:
Sunday, June 10th 2nd Sunday After Pentecost
Worship Service: 9 a.m.
Bible Study: 10:15 a.m.
Saturday, June 16th Pastor's Day Off
Sunday, June 17th 3rd Sunday After Pentecost
Worship with Holy Communion, 9 a.m.
Bible Study: 10:15 a.m.

New Employment for the Pastor Pastor Martin began a new job working in the office at American Marine, Inc. out of Algona, Iowa. He will be working there full time Monday-Friday of each week, but he will still be avaliable to serve our mission congregation on Sundays and evenings. If you are in need of Pastoral care, please call Pastor's home phone number at 515-885-0388 and if he's not there, leave a message and he will contact you as soon as possible. Thank you in advance for your patience and we pray that God will give our mission congregation the resources to provide a salary package large enough to allow our pastor to serve us full time.

Bible Study Be sure to stick around after our worship services as we continue our study through the book of Job. Be sure to bring your Bibles and a friend to church each Sunday as we study God's unchanging Word!

No Services or Bible Study July 15th Due to Pastor Martin being out of town for his brother's wedding and the lack of ELCM supply preachers in our area, there will be no worship service or Bible Study on Sunday, July 15th, 2007. Thank you for your understanding.

To learn more about our denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium (ELCM), visit our website at www.elcm.org or contact ELCM President, Rev. Roy A. Steward.

To learn more about North Prairie Lutheran Mission and ELCM mission efforts in Iowa, visit our website at www.elcmiowa.org or email our Pastor at revcwmartin@elcmiowa.org