Communion Ware Care:  Phyllis Selchert, Vivian Heidemann,  Dawn Wiersma and Jeanette Bohls
Fellowship Servers:  10/6  Bemis's, 10/13  Top's and Selchert's  10/20  J. Gantvoort and R. McKee 
10/ 27 Need server.
Ushers:  Trent Prohl and Landon Vetter
Communion Assistant:  (October 13 and 27)  We need assistants.

Congregational Life Notes:             
Due to Pastor's vacation, Communion will be    moved from the first to the second Sunday of    October.  The Eucharist will be celebrated on the
October 13 and 27 (Reformation Sunday).

Violet Hyde is now at Beverly Care Center in Lake Norden.  God bless and keep her.

ALC members served 88 guests at the Watertown Banquet on September 23rd.  Thank you.

Confirmation students met their mentors on Sept. 25.  We have a great group of mentors and youth.  Pray for nurturing in this mentor relationship and for their faith & life in Christ.  Thanks, mentors!

1st Communion Class: Oct. 13, 20, 27 - 1:30 pm.

"All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for . . ." (2 Timothy 3:16).  Is Scripture useful for you?  Do you use it?   "Whatever was written . . was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of scriptures we might have hope" (Romans 15;4).  Is there any doubt that in our complex and dangerous world we need hope?  God's word is a source of hope.  Parents need hope to raise children, children to look forward to a full life.  We all need hope to press on in life, to be responsible members of our communities.  To choose not to use the Word is like a farmer going out to combine his soybeans without fuel.  Choose hope.  Be a partner in a Bible study group.  Read the Bible with your family.