This Week’s Memory Verse
And this is love: that we walk in obedience to His commands. As you have heard from the beginning, His command is that you walk in love. ~2 John 6
This Sunday: We continue our worship series on the book of Exodus: “Our Deliverer.” The people of Israel, enslaved and oppressed in Egypt, needed a deliverer to come and save them. We are in need of a deliverer today as well. Thanks be to God that we have deliverance in Jesus Christ, our Savior. As we study the story of Moses and the Israelites, we will be reminded of our deliverer, Jesus Christ, and the call to follow where He leads us.
God gives the people instructions regarding the building of a tabernacle. This would be the place of God’s special presence among His people, where they would gather to make their offerings and to worship Him as their God. Our worship today is much different, and not just because we are of a different culture. We worship on the other side of the cross. How did the worship of the Israelites point to the cross, and how does our worship today celebrate the presence of our Deliverer among us?
· Exodus 40:1-38
· Matthew 27:45-54
· Dave Anderson Concert: Dave Anderson, along with Roger Walck, will present a concert at 7:00 PM on Thursday, November 20 at St. John’s. Dave and Roger’s music is a blend of contemporary, gospel, hymns, and lots of old-time Sunday School songs. During the concert, Dave will share from his personal experiences from having traveled 4,000,000 miles over the past 35 years of concert ministry. These travels have included concerts in Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Scandinavian countries, and 25 trips to Australia and New Zealand. The free-will offering received at the concert will benefit the Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat ministry, a special counseling ministry for burned-out and emotionally wounded Protestant ministers and their spouses.
· Memorial Service for Michael Martindale: The service will be on Friday, November 21st at 11:00 AM in the sanctuary. A reception will follow in the Parish Hall. Memorial gifts may be directed to Children’s Choice for Hearing and Talking (CCHAT), 11100 Colonna Rd., Rancho Cordova, CA 95670, or the St. John’s Lutheran Large Print Ministry.
· Thanksgiving Worship: What are you thankful for this year? Let’s gather as the people of God to give God our thanks for His gifts to us. We will have a Communion worship service on Thanksgiving Day, November 27th at 9:30 AM. Please bring non-perishable food items for the Napa Food Bank.
· Baptism Workshop: Are you interested in Baptism for yourself or for your children? Our next Baptism seminar will be on Tuesday, December 9th, at 7:00 PM in Room 8. This will be led by Pastor Mike and Pastor Mark. Please notify the church office if you would like to attend.
· CERT Training: The Church will be offering Community Emergency Response Training (CERT), which is a nationally recognized emergency training course that teaches essential emergency response skills. The training is available free of charge to Church members and will be offered
Jan 8th
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Emergency Response & Preparedness
Jan 10th
8:00am – 5:00pm
Disaster First Aid
Jan 15th
6:00 – 9:00pm
Response to Unusual Situations & Managing an Emergency
Jan 17th
8:00am – 5:00pm
Responding to Fires & Search and Rescue Disaster Exercise
Enrollment is limited to 24 people, so you must be able to attend all four sessions. For more information or to enroll, please contact: Ken Arnold – napacert@aol.com
· Thank you to all veterans who filled out our survey form. Please also consider filling out a form for fathers, brothers, etc. who were once our members. Return forms to the box in the Narthex.
· Bible Stick donations: Thanks to all who gave so generously for the Thrivent “GodPod or Bible Stick” fundraiser. We learned on Tuesday 11/11 that a foundation contacted Faith Comes by Hearing and offered to match dollar for dollar any donations for military God Pods-Bible Sticks directed to Faith Comes by Hearing by Thanksgiving Day! What a blessing. As soon as we have a final figure donated from St. John’s, we will let you know.
· Abide Daily Devotion: How do I let Scripture guide my prayer life? How can I let Jesus direct what I pray for each day? The Abide Devotion, written by Pastor Mike, is a daily devotion designed to address these concerns. You can click here for more information and here to subscribe to receive the devotion in your email each morning.
· With Love From Home: Operation With Love from Home will be collecting sweets for our troops. Every care package sent to our troops is sweetened up with a yummy bag of assorted candy. It is just one of the items the troops really enjoy…a little taste to remind them of home Girl Scout Troop #10862 will set up a bin at the school office for collections
· 6:00 PM Prayer Time: Our Lunch Bunch Bible Study group agreed to pray each evening at 6 PM for the safety of the U. S., our troops, our citizens, and return our country to a Godly nation. We invite you to join us in prayer at this time wherever you are.
· Molly’s Angels is requesting that local churches help them provide Christmas gifts at their annual party in December for our Napa senior citizens on fixed incomes. Please consider donating items such as scarves, hats, gloves, jelly, craft items, kitchen towels, large print devotions, books, music, etc. Small gift bags are also needed for all the gifts. You will find a collection box in the Narthex. We will collect through Thanksgiving.
· Usher Teams are REALLY needed: We are in need of ushers for the 10:15 AM service. Usher teams serve approximately once a month, making this a convenient way to serve our Lord and His people. Please contact Gary Virkus or the church office if you can help with this ministry.
· Communion Wine Donations: We are welcoming wine donations. One to two bottles of wine are typically used for a service. Donations should be a minimum of two bottles. If you would like to donate wine, please make arrangements with Bob or Doris Klein before bringing the wine to the church. They can be reached at (707) 253-8625 or dorisklein@comcast.net.
