September 23, 2018

8:00 a.m.

*=Please stand as able

Gathering Welcome and Community Time

*Call to Worship *Confession and Forgiveness *Gathering Song: ELW 726

Light Dawns on a Weary World *Greeting *Peace

Holy Baptism ELW p. 227 Prayer of the Day

Ministry Through Music – Chancel Choir “I Will Exhalt You, O My Lord”

Word

Presentation of 2nd Grade Bibles Reading: Genesis 39:1-23

*Gospel Acclamation: ELW p. 151 *Gospel: Matthew 5:11-12

Sermon Hymn of the Day: ELW 740

God of the Sparrow

Response to the Word *Prayers of the Church

Offering *Offering Prayer *Lord's Prayer

Sending *Blessing

*Sending Song: ELW 721 Goodness Is Stronger Than Evil

*Dismissal

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September 23, 2018

10:15 a.m.

Gathering

Words of Welcome

Gathering Song “Come Now Is the Time”

Call to Worship

Confession and Forgiveness

Prayer of the Day

Ministry Thru Music – Shannon “You Say”

Peace

Word

Presentation of 2nd Grade Bibles

Open the Bible

Reading: Genesis 39:1-23

Song of the Word “Thy Word”

Gospel: Matthew 5:11-12

Message

Song of the Day “10,000 Reasons”

Affirmation of Faith

Prayers of the Church

Sharing the Peace

Meal

Offering

Offering Prayer

Words of Institution

The Lord’s Prayer

Communion “Lamb of God”

Sending

Blessing

Sending Song “Benediction”

Dismissal

September 23, 2018

8:00 a.m.

*=Please stand as able

Gathering Welcome and Community Time

*Call to Worship *Confession and Forgiveness *Gathering Song: ELW 726

Light Dawns on a Weary World *Greeting *Peace

Holy Baptism ELW p. 227 Prayer of the Day

Ministry Through Music – Chancel Choir “I Will Exhalt You, O My Lord”

Word

Presentation of 2nd Grade Bibles Reading: Genesis 39:1-23

*Gospel Acclamation: ELW p. 151 *Gospel: Matthew 5:11-12

Sermon Hymn of the Day: ELW 740

God of the Sparrow

Response to the Word *Prayers of the Church

Offering *Offering Prayer *Lord's Prayer

Sending *Blessing

*Sending Song: ELW 721 Goodness Is Stronger Than Evil

*Dismissal

From sundaysandseasons.com.

Copyright © 2018 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved.

September 23, 2018

10:15 a.m.

Gathering

Words of Welcome

Gathering Song “Come Now Is the Time”

Call to Worship

Confession and Forgiveness

Prayer of the Day

Ministry Thru Music – Shannon “You Say”

Peace

Word

Presentation of 2nd Grade Bibles

Open the Bible

Reading: Genesis 39:1-23

Song of the Word “Thy Word”

Gospel: Matthew 5:11-12

Message

Song of the Day “10,000 Reasons”

Affirmation of Faith

Prayers of the Church

Sharing the Peace

Meal

Offering

Offering Prayer

Words of Institution

The Lord’s Prayer

Communion “Lamb of God”

Sending

Blessing

Sending Song “Benediction”

Dismissal

This Week at American Lutheran Church

Sunday, September 23rd, 2018 8:00 a.m. Worship / Baptism / 2nd Grade Bibles 9:00 a.m. Coffee Fellowship 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship / HC / 2nd Grade Bibles

Monday, September 24th, 2018 10:30 a.m. BeFriender Meeting 6:30 p.m. Worship & Music

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 8:30 a.m. Staff Meeting 9:30 a.m. Worship Planning 10-12:00 p.m. Chronic Disease Workshop 1-3:30 p.m. Diabetes Class 7:00 p.m. Bell Choir 7:00 p.m. AA Big Book / Al-anon

Wednesday, September 26th, 2018 FH Reserved All Day 7:00 a.m. Men’s Fellowship 5:30 p.m. Meal 6:30 p.m. UpBeat! Worship Service Project Night 7:00 p.m. Faith Formation 7:45 p.m. Chancel Choir

Thursday, September 27th, 2018 10:30 a.m. Bulletin Deadline 2:00 p.m. PrimeTime Seniors

Friday, September 28th, 2018 Pastor Gary’s Sabbath 6:00 p.m. Behrens / Hendricks Wedding Rehearsal

Saturday, September 29th, 2018 4:00 p.m. Behrens / Hendricks Wedding

Sunday, September 30th, 2018 Noisy Offering Congregation Book Fair (Narthex) 8:00 a.m. Worship 9:00 a.m. Coffee Fellowship 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship 5:00 p.m. Fellowship Dinner Potluck (FH) Worshipers: Sunday, September 16th: 195 (115/80) Wednesday, September 19th: 68

REMINDER!! When renting or using any

space in the church whether it be for a meeting, party, etc. — please remember to turn off all of the lights, put the space back how it was found and lock all

the doors.

Thanks! Church Staff

SMORGASBORD SIGN-UP

BEGINS TODAY! – Please

stop by the table in the

narthex and check it out!

Worship 8:00 a.m. Sunday Traditional 10:15 a.m. Sunday Alternative

6:30 p.m. UpBeat! Wednesday

Office Info 915 Winifred Street Worthington, MN 56187 (507) 376-5264 www.worthingtonalc.org Church Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

September 23, 2018

Welcome Office Staff

Gary Andersen, Lead Pastor alcpastorga@gmail.com Sylvia Andersen, Worship & Music Coordinator alcworshipsa@gmail.com Stacy Bickett, Youth Director alcyouthsb@gmail.com Kristin Appel, Children/Family Ministry Coordinator alcfamilyka@gmail.com Cindy Ira-Smith, Faith Community Nurse alcnursecs@gmail.com Jessica Peil, Office Manager alcofficejp@gmail.com

Ministers — All members of the congregation.

Prayers - Please take home for your personal prayers

Healing (within the ALC family)… Delores Rachuy Lorraine Korthals Sheena Eidhammer Rhonda Hibma Jill Williams Doug & Donna Getzel Mary Turner George Wieland Kevin & Sherrie Adolph Marlyn Mammen Joe Bailey Sheri Van Der Brink Emme Schmitz Morgan Carstensen

Healing (beyond our congregation)

JoAnne Spada aunt of Kristine & Rodney Obermoller

Rochelle Sandstrom daughter of Jerry & Mavis Sandstrom

Ordell Westra brother of Betty Herreid

John Diepenbrock brother-in-law of Sue Isder

Elffie Kopperud mother of Diana Kvilhaug

John Beverage brother-in-law of Arnie & Judy Fischer

Lisa Wermuth daughter of Les Johnson & Pat Boots

Bob Sackett brother of Jerry Sackett

Roger Van Overbeck brother-in-law of Glad Henning

Clarence Zellmann father of Kim Jensen

Mary Ellen Bone mother of Sue Ellen Bailey

Roland Nesheim uncle of Deb Stoll

Shelly Ingram cousin of Shirley Rempel

Celebrating… The Baptism of Michael Gene Ahrens.

Grieving… Jim Nickel & family upon the loss of his son, Jeff Nickel. … Chad & Meredith Mammen & family upon the loss of her uncle, Daniel Gronvall. … Elaine Schuster & family upon the loss of her brother, Bert Krueger.

Also praying for…

• Safety of onsite workers during the building project

• Safety of farmers preparing for harvest

• ALC’s children and youth ministries with Sunday School beginning today

• The search for an Interim Pastor and future Associate Pastor

Flowers Today were given today by

1. Stu & Young Evensen celebrating their anniversary on September 22nd.

2. Brad & Karmel Holinka in memory of Ken Honius.

3. Jon & Judy Benson celebrating their anniversary on September 18th.

Happy Birthday to those who celebrate birthdays through this coming week: 23) Al Polzine, Jill Hinsberger, Melinda Hernandez; 24) Susan Johnson; 25) Glen Karsten, Fynlee Graff; 26) Meagan Cummings; 27) Jean Ehlers, Susan Obermoller, Rich Besel, Sheryl Hoekstra, Duane Anderson, Doug Jensen; 28) Mike Hokeness, Kristen Andersen, Mandi Vote; 29) Clea Rickert, Donna Grant, LeeAnn Stenzel, Nora Olson, David Sorensen, Ben Ahlschlager, Ilan Schei

Today’s Worship Participants:

Worship Leaders - (8:00) Sylvia Andersen, Dea Klumper Sound System - Rich Besel (10:15) Sylvia Andersen, Shannon Schmitz Video System - Tim Bickett Ministry Through Music — Chancel Choir Readers - (8:00) Kris Besel; (10:15) Michelle Ebbers Acolytes - (8:00) Ben Dykema; (10:15) Connor Henning Communion Servers — Abby Hibma, Elly Hibma Greeters - (8:00) Jon & Judy Benson; (10:15) Jim, Sue & Madison Johnson Ushers (8:00) Team 8 (Ronnie Noerenberg, Greg Kvilhaug, Shawn Noerenberg, Scott Langerud,

Alec Langerud, Kelly Meyer, Jasmine Noerenberg) (10:15) Team 5 ( Randy Thompson, Doug Jensen, Bob Williams, Darren Ponto, Bailey Ponto, James LeBrun, Mark & Kay Prunty, Jacob Prunty) Coffee Fellowship - Greg & Barb Raymo, Shari Dale Senior Chariot Drivers - Carole Wiese

Cindy Ira-Smith, Faith Community Nurse

What is Shallow Breathing? Shallow breathing or chest breathing is when we inhale taking minimal breaths into

our lungs. We use the intercostal (rib) muscles instead of using the diaphragm muscles to breathe. Most of the time we are not aware we are breathing so shallow.

The level of carbon dioxide controls our breathing. Most of us over breathe (breathe too many breaths per minute), which means we experience a low-grade form of hyperventilation, this changes the oxygen and carbon dioxide balance.

Shallow breathing affects our whole body. It can keep us in a cyclical state of stress- our stress can cause shallow breathing and our shallow breathing can cause stress.

Shallow breathing can affect our immune system making us susceptible to illnesses. Shallow breathing can also turn into panic attacks; and can create tension in other areas of our body like our shoulders, neck, and chest. It can affect our posture as we tend to slump forward when we breathe shallow.

In Psalm 150:6, it says, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!”

Living Well with Diabetes — September 18th- October 23rd, Tuesday afternoons, 1:00

– 3:30 pm. Call Joanne Bartosh at 507-295-5262 or Cindy Ira-Smith at 507-376-5264 to register. Donations accepted.

PrimeTime Seniors meets on Thursday, September 27 at 2:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall.

Pastor Gary will show some pictures and tell about the recent experience he and Diane had at Holden Village while on sabbatical. Everyone welcome! There will be refreshments.

CONSTRUCTION NOTES • Temporary Main Entrance is now located on the South side of the building

(Fellowship Hall doors).

• Ramp: Though we will not have an elevator until our project is completed, a ramp is available on the west side of the building. If you or someone you know could use assistance, please call ahead (376-5264). Thank you for your patience.

• Please Help: As access to our facility becomes more challenging for some of our fellow worshippers during our construction project, members of American Lutheran are asked to help welcome and assist however possible. If you can volunteer to be available before and/or after either worship service near one of the entrances, or near the ramp, please call the church office at 507-376-5264. Thank you.

• Important Dates…

• January 7, 2019: Begin sanctuary renovations

• April 12, 2019: Estimated completion date.

Watch here for more weekly updates!

Applications for the Worthington Workcamp

Our work to make the Worthington Workcamp next July 7-13 the best ever rolls on! Resident applications are being distributed throughout the community with the help of our CORE volunteer team and are available at many places including Love INC, the food pantries along with many local churches, as well as our Facebook page – Worthington MN Work Camp 2019. We are truly blessed as almost 400 youth and their adult chaperones have already signed to come to our community to do the needed work and take part in this life changing event! If you are in need or know of someone in need of home repair/improvement, please fill out an application to have your project considered to be one of the 60 projects to be selected for completion. Applications can be found on the table at the top of the Fellowship Hall steps.

WANT TO HELP ? It’s time to CLEAN THE CHURCH KITCHEN and your help is wel-come! Friday, October 5 at 9:00 is the day to join us in the kitchen. Members of Martha Circle will be organizing the clean up and will have goodies prepared as a way to show

their appreciation to all workers. Come help us put a shine in the kitchen! Thanks.

Opportunities for Involvement and Service

Back-to-School Sunday TODAY

8:00/10:15am 2nd graders receive their Bibles during worship. 9:15-10:00am Preschool-4th grade Registration:

Families, come with your child(ren) to the lower-level “Opening Area” to register for Sunday school, participate in Bible lesson stations (Younger siblings are welcome to

participate too.), and attend our first ever Sparkhouse Book Fair!

Shop faith-filled books at a special discount!

FAMILIES: Stop by the Book Fair Table today (during registration).

Congregation:

Find us outside the Fellowship Hall on September 30.

You’ll find Bibles, picture books, pop-ups, devotions, etc. Many selections make fantastic gifts for Christmas, birthdays, confirmation, baptisms...

Join in on Our School Kit Project With Fall just around the corner, it’s time to collect items for our Lutheran World Relief

Project, School Kits. Below is a list of items needed:

• Four 70-sheet notebooks of wide- or college ruled paper about 8”X10” (no loose leaf paper)

• One 30- centimeter ruler, or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other

• One 2 ½ inch eraser

• One blunt scissors

• Five unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers, secured with a rubber band

• Five ballpoint pens (no gel ink), secured with a rubber band

• One box of 16 or 24 crayons

• One sturdy drawstring backpack-style cloth bag

These items will be placed in the bags, assembled by our youth on Wednesday, Sept. 26th. Items can be placed in the designated container in the Narthex. Thanks for your help!

Scandinavian Smorgasbord Sunday, October 14th — 4:00 to 6:30 p.m.

Tickets: $12 (Adults) — $4 (Children ages 6-12) — FREE (Children 5 & under)

Enjoy turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, meatballs, herring, sandbakkels, lefse, krumkake, fruit, soup and much more.

Please enter by the South Door (Fellowship Hall door by the alley) or if you need a ramp you may enter by the Northwest corner.

Scandinavian Smorgasbord coming up on October 14th: Food donation and worker “sign-up” sheets for the Scandinavian Smorgasbord are located in the Narthex today. Please stop by and sign up to volunteer and donate an item or two for the dinner. There are opportunities for everyone to participate – work, simple items to purchase, food to prepare (recipes are provided) or cash donations. The Smorgasbord is the main fundraiser for Lutheran Women of ALC and enables us to continue our mission work. Thank you for your support! Tusen Takk! Kitchen space is needed: Soon kitchen space will be needed for the Scandinavian Smorgasbord. Please check the refrigerator and freezer for any food items that could be removed. Also, please check the coat rack outside the kitchen for pans and bowls that have not been picked up. Thanks! SMORGASBORD TEAM READY TO HELP – Please feel free to direct any Smorgasbord related questions to the Smorgasbord Team of Marcia Basche, Marj Olson, Karen Pfeifer and Diana Kvilhaug.

Stewardship Corner — ANSWER THE QUESTION: IS MY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS TAKING A BACK SEAT TO MY WORLDLY PURSUITS?

But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15).

Undeniably Known is the theme for the SW Minnesota Synod Middle School Youth Gathering which will be held

November 17-18 in Willmar, Minnesota.

We are blessed to have Rachel Kurtz, band and speaker, with us at the gathering. The gathering will of course also include mass gatherings, lively worship, dancing, singing, faith and relationship. WOW- sounds like fun!

This event is open to all 6th to 8th graders and only costs $50 per

person. Transportation and lodging provided by Youth Council. Registration deadline is September 26th. If you have questions or would like a registration

form contact Stacy at alcyouthsb@gmail.com or 507-376-5264.

Fellowship Dinners Enjoy fellowship and get to know other people from ALC. You will be assigned to a group of 8 that will meet 4 times throughout the year for dinner. Sign up by September 30th in the Narthex. Attend the kick off on September 30th at 5 pm (not mandatory) if possible.

Youth Mission Trip July 5-13, 2019 — Worthington, Minnesota

"Wide Open Workcamp"

Nestled in the heart of what was once the Tallgrass Prairie, Worthington is surrounded by wide open fields and farms. Being in the breadbasket of the Nation, Worthington is home to several agricultural processing and manufacturing industries. Products from our humble community are sent across the globe.

Worthington has a very diverse population with large Asian, African, and Latino heritage communities. Even in a prosperous area, unfortunately some get left behind. Your work here will reach across ethnic, economic, and religious barriers to life up those in need.

Secure your spot by October 1st by completing a health form and a check for $75 made out “ALC Youth Council”. All current 8th to 12th grade youth and their friends are invited to