Sailing With Apostles This Week

November 9 - 15, 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.

- THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SIGNED PASTOR JAY'S CAST!!! Pastor Jay and Jamie donated $135 to ELCA World Hunger - their pledge to donate $5 for each person who signed his cast. Remember that this coming Sunday is ELCA World Hunger Sunday - we celebrate this wonderful organization on the third Sunday of every month with your offering - UNTIL ALL ARE FED!!

- CONGREGATION COUNCIL will be meeting Monday night at 7:00 PM - anyone is welcome to attend. 

- 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/. 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. 

- APOSTLES WOMEN'S GROUP will be meeting on Saturday at 10:00 AM - ALL women of Apostles are invited to attend!!

- LUNCHES FOR GUEST - Apostles will be providing lunches for the clients of GUEST (the local shelter for people without a home) the week of November 22nd - lunch is needed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday - if you are interested in helping, please contact Janet Gomez at thezemogs@gmail.com. 

- TIME & TALENT - WILL YOU SHARE YOURS??? It's not too late to sign up to volunteer for one or more of the 4 ministry teams of Apostles - Administration, Caring Community, Service and Sharing and Worship. We will continue to collect the forms during November. There is something for everyone!!  The forms are in the narthex. 

- GUATAMALA MEDICAL MISSION TRIP - the team from Apostles going to Guatemala for the annual medical mission trip (March 7-14, 2027) is in need of additional team members - if you are interested in going, please contact Donna Ambrose. 

- THANK YOU TO LINDA HODGES AND JAMIE SERAFIN for a great "Faith 5" Sunday School this past Friday - "Faith 5" Sunday School is being held on the first Friday of every month - the next gathering will be Friday, December 4th - if you would like to help with the program or providing dinner, please get in touch with Linda. 

 

Prayer requests for this week. . .

- Don Garfield
- Pastor Jay - recovering from surgery
- Lynn Jaeger's mother - thanking God for her return home
- George Thomas and his family
- Melvin Hawkins - Chris' father who is now in hospice care at Gloucester House
- 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
- Shyla - Jim Taylor's daughter who will be having surgery on Friday