November 2, 2025

First Birthday Party for John Makuach

Please join Fr. Samuel and his family at their home at 3 pm today for a birthday celebration for his youngest, John.

Men’s & Women’s Bible Studies

Fr. Samuel has men’s and women’s Bible studies on alternate Fridays on the Gospel of John. The men meet at Casey’s at 12 pm on flex Fridays and the women meet in St. Andrew’s Room at 1 pm on non-flex Fridays. Notes for these studies may be found in the narthex the Sunday before. The next meeting is for the men on Friday, November 7.

Mission of the Fourth Quarter

The Mission of the Fourth Quarter is Samaritan's Purse which does Operation Christmas Child (OCC). We will be using the money collected to pay for the shipping and tracking of the boxes we fill. It costs $10/box. We did 62 boxes last year and they went to the Philippines and Mongolia. We plan to do about 60 again this year. That means we will need about $600. Any extra funds will be sent to Samaritan’s Purse for their other ministries.

Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes

Jo Stauffer is once again leading the Shoebox effort. Please contact her if you have any questions. Yesterday, we packed the 2-4 year old boxes. On November 8 at 10 am in St. Andrew’s Room, we will be packing the 5-9 year old boxes. We will then have a soup lunch and start packing the 10-14 year old boxes around 1 pm.

Instructed Eucharist on November 9

Have you ever wondered why we do what we do during our service? Have you wanted to invite a friend but thought they wouldn’t understand our service? Come and invite your family and friends on Sunday, November 9, at 10 am. Fr. Samuel will provide some explanation which will help the service to be more meaningful for all.

VBS on November 21 & 22 - Date Change

Be sure to tell all the K5-5th grade children (& their parents) that you know that there will be Vacation Bible School on Friday & Saturday, November 21 & 22, from 5:30-7:30 pm at CTK. Space is limited to 20 children so they will want to sign up early, starting Nov. 9.

Hymn Sing on November 20

There will be a hymn sing in the sanctuary on Thursday, November 20, at 6:30 pm. Come join us for an uplifting time praising the Lord with Jordan leading.