From the Pastor's Desk

I hope all of you "Proud to be Humble Lutherans" are off to a good start this week, as we head toward Reformation Sunday, next weekend. But before we get there, remember our Wednesday supper at 6pm. Rumor has it that we will be having lasagna and salad. If you'd like to help with set up or clean up, you would be most welcome. Supper is at 6pm, set up happens around 5pm. This is such a good way to share a meal and be connected with others in the middle of the week. Hope to see you there. (The Outreach Team will be gathering to meet and eat together. Look for a designated table somewhere near the west end of the hall.)

This coming Saturday, October 30, at 6:30pm our Youth Group will celebrate Halloween in great Lutheran fashion with a "Marty Party"! The party will be in the Fellowship Hall where the kids will be brought back to 16th Century Germany at the time of Martin Luther. Great fun, food, and a wonderful learning experience in the process. Adults are welcome to peak in and get a taste of the cool things our Youth Group is up to. What a great way to celebrate Halloween!

This coming weekend we will celebrate the Reformation at all of our services, and the confirmation of six of our young people at the 11am service. This is one of the great festival days of the church year as we remember and celebrate the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit renewing and reforming the church. The color for the day is RED!

Looking ahead, Saturday November 20 will be our annual WELCA BAZAAR and HEALTH FAIR!

Here's a message from this year's Bake Sale coordinator, Barbara Hauser:
Mark your calendars, dust off your favorite pie, cake, cookie, sweet treat recipe for the best Fall Bake Sale ever!  Plan to drop off your goodies anytime Friday November 19th between 9am and 3pm, and so help the women of the ELCA support Our Savior and many community needs with your generosity and tasty treats!

Along with the Bake Sale there will be crafts and lunch in the Fellowship Hall, but NO GRANDMA's ATTIC/Rummage Sale at this time. That will be at a later date. So, if you have anything you would otherwise donate to the rummage sale we suggest you bring those items to the new Harvest Food and Outreach Thrift Shop on the corner of US1 and 28th Street, or any of a number of good Thrift Shops in our community.

The HEALTH FAIR part of the bazaar will include flu and pneumonia shots, blood pressure and blood sugar checks, massages, the Bloodmobile, and much more.

So mark your calendars for Saturday November 20 for all of the above!

As this week unfolds, may we all humbly recognize our need for God's grace and mercy every day, and be open to opportunities where we can be vehicles and agents of God's grace and mercy to those around us. When that happens, each of us can be, in the best sense of the word, "Proud to be a Humble Lutheran" as my bumper sticker says. :-)

(P.S. When Garrison Keillor comes to Ft. Pierce in December, I will be giving him one of those bumper stickers, since he partly inspired it.)

See you in church! 

Pastor Jack Diehl