Weekly Update

Sailing With Apostles This Week

November 2 - 8, 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.

- HAVE YOU SIGNED PASTOR JAY'S CAST??? Pastor Jay has returned to worship and will continue joining us on Sundays to preside at Holy Communion - he anticipates a few more weeks of recuperating at home before he resumes office hours. As a thank you to the congregation for all of 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. 

- THE ADULT CHOIR will practice on Wednesday at 7:00 PM - come sing with us!!! 

- 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-jayThere 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. 

- "FAITH 5" SUNDAY SCHOOL will be Friday, November 6th, from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM for children of all ages. If you have any questions, please contact Linda Hodges. 

- 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 Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. If you are interested in helping, please contact Janet Gomez at thezemogs@gmail.com. 

- PREPARING FOR ADVENT - there will be a brief meeting for anyone serving on the Altar Guild after worship this coming Sunday, November 8th, to talk about preparations for Advent, particularly the Advent wreath. Anyone is welcome to attend. 

- 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. 

- FUNDRAISER FOR MATHEWS LION'S CLUB is this Saturday, November 7th, from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM. The Mathews Lions Club donates glasses every year for our mission trip to Guatemala. Tickets are $40 for a shrimp dinner - please contact Linda Hodges for tickets. 

- WHAT A WONDERFUL FALL FEAST - a big THANK YOU to the Caring Community Ministry Team and the local chapter of P.E.O.for the outstanding fall feast this past Friday - Irene announced that all of the money raised will be going to Apostles. Thank you!!! Enjoy the picture!!

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 and moving to 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

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