Weekly Update

Sailing With Apostles This Week

October 26 - November 1, 2026

News and Updates for Our Community of Faith

- IF YOU NEED PASTORAL CARE while Pastor Jay is home recovering from ankle surgery, please contact Pete Liljeberg at p.liljeberg58@gmail.com.

 - WELCOME BACK, PASTOR JAY!!! Pastor Jay returned to worship this past Sunday and will continue joining us on Sundays to preside at Holy Communion - he anticipates at least another 4-6 weeks of recuperating at home before he resumes office hours. As a thank you to the congregation for all the prayers, visits, emails, etc. during this time, Pastor Jay and Jamie will donate $5 to ELCA World Hunger for every person who signs his cast - please enjoy the picture!!

 - THE WORSHIP MINISTRY TEAM will be meeting Monday afternoon at 5:30 PM on Zoom.

 - PRAYER CHAT WITH PASTOR JAY will be Thursday at 7:00 PM on Zoom. You can join the prayer chat from the Apostles website at https://www.apostles-elca.org/events/prayer-chats-with-pastor-jay/2026-10-15. There will also be a separate email Zoom invitation sent out on Thursday morning. We will continue the prayer chats until Pastor Jay is able to resume office hours.

 - FALL FEAST - THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30TH!! Please join us for Caring Community's Fall Feast on Friday, October 30th, at 6:00 PM. Caring Community is partnering with PEO for this wonderful event.

 - ITEMS FOR NOVEMBER EDITION OF THE EPISTLE are needed by Friday, October 30^th - please send anything you would like to see in this edition to Janet at thezemogs@gmail.com.

 - FALL BACK THIS SUNDAY - remember to set your clocks back one hour on Sunday morning.

 - ALL SAINTS SUNDAY is next Sunday - you are invited to bring in pictures of the saints in your life who are no longer with us to adorn the sanctuary. We will celebrate the victory won for all the faithful dead, but we grieve our beloved dead as well, knowing that God honors our tears.

 - TIME & TALENT IN OCTOBER!! During the month of October, the 4 ministry teams of Apostles - Administration, Caring Community, Service and Sharing and Worship - have had brief temple talks at the beginning of the worship service to re-familiarize the congregation with their ongoing ministries and opportunities for the congregation to serve. We heard from the Administration Ministry Team yesterday. If you missed signing up for any of the teams, Time and Talent forms are in the narthex. If you have any questions about Administration, please contact Ray Scholz.

 - FUNDRAISER FOR MATHEWS LION'S CLUB is November 7th. The Mathews Lions Club donates glasses every year for our mission trip to Guatemala. Tickets are $40 for a shrimp dinner - please see Linda Hodges for tickets.

Prayer requests for this week. . .

- Don Garfield
- Pastor Jay - recovering from surgery
- Lynn Jaeger's mother - recently transferred to Sanders Convalescent Home
- George Thomas and his family
- Melvin Hawkins - Chris' father who is now in hospice care
- Rich Bitting
- Michael Schlemmer
- Lena Woodlief
- Jim and Judy Wright
- Marier Upshrie
- Carl Greene
- Cyndi Lowe
- Carol Jo Osinski
- Terri Larsen
- Jamie Mullaney
- Scott Jeffery
- David Leunig
- Rick Tucci

If you have a prayer request, please send it to Janet Gomez at  thezemogs@gmail.com