Bulletin Announcements

Our copy machine still isn't fixed and some of the announcements in the bulletin were obscured, so here is the list in its entirety:


Our first Evangelism Workshops will be held in May and June.  One workshop will be offered on Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. at St. John’s on May 3rd and 10th.  Another will be offered after worship on June 3rd and 24th at the Valley.  We will also offer sessions in the fall.  We are looking for every member of our church to participate and to learn how to become an intentional evangelist!

We move to the Valley next Sunday, the 6th.  Worship will remain at 10:00 a.m. through May.

Please sign up to help with worship through April and May!

Cindy S. has returned to her home and we have a request through Angels on Call to be part of the group providing dinners for her and her family.  To be part of that e-mailing list providing dinners, contact her at:  mamaz (at) turbonet (dot) com

Malaria is a leading cause of death in Africa, claiming the life of a child every 45 seconds. In Liberia, malaria accounts for 30 percent of all deaths in hospitals.

Since the launch of the ELCA Malaria Campaign last year, Lutheran churches in Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe have distributed mosquito nets and medicine as well as educating communities on prevention. However, we don’t yet have the funds to begin this work in Liberia.

Our sisters and brothers in Liberia are ready. Active congregations are mobilized to help prevent malaria in their communities. Two well-respected Lutheran hospitals, community-based health care programs and development and education ministries serve tens of thousands of people.

Today is World Malaria Day.  During this week we need to raise $200,000 to fun anti-malaria work in Liberia this year.

Let’s make this dream a reality. There are three ways to give.
1. Donate online by visiting  http://www.elca.org/MalariaDay anytime before the 11:59 p.m. CST deadline on Tuesday, May 1.
2. Donate over the phone by calling 800-638-3522 during business hours now through Tuesday, May 1, at 5:00 p.m. CST. Operators are standing by.
3. Donate through the mail by sending a check to the ELCA Malaria Campaign, P.O. Box 71764, Chicago, Illinois, 60694-1764. Please mail your checks by May 4, 2012, and be sure to write "World Malaria Day" in the memo line of your check.