November 2, 2014

Calendar for the Week

Church Office Phone:
612-789-7256
TODAY, November 2

All Saints Sunday

COME EARLY TO HEAR THE ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Congregational announcements begin at 9:25 a.m. each Sunday
with worship beginning promptly at 9:30. Be here a bit early to hear our
announcements each week. Youre invited to be here by 9:20 a.m. when
the prelude music begins.
The Worship and Music Ministry of
Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church

9:00 a.m. Prayer

9:30 a.m. Worship
10:45 a.m. Sunday School
10:45 a.m. Khaling Guest Presentation
11:15 a.m. Community Time Discussion
11:30 a.m. Pot Luck Lunch
12:30 p.m. Vine & Branches Ministry
6:30 p.m. Godspell rehearsal

presents

Godspell
(2012 Revised Version)
Conceived and Originally Directed by John-Michael Tebelak
Music and New Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

MONDAY, November 3
12:30 p.m. Staff Meeting
6:00 p.m. Finance Committee
6:30 p.m. Human Resources Committee
7:00 p.m. Khaling Open House (905 27th Ave.)

Directed by Kim Huseonica

Musical Direction by Phil Holzman

Performances:
Friday, November 14 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 15 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 16 4:00 p.m.

TUESDAY, November 4 (Election Day)

1:00 p.m. WELCA Meeting
5:15 p.m. Yoga
6:30 p.m. Godspell rehearsal
7:00 p.m. Vine & Branches Ministry
WEDNESDAY, November 5
5:00 p.m. Trust Study at Mitchells
5:30 p.m. Godspell rehearsal
6:30 p.m. Gustavus Bells
6:30 p.m. Contemporary Choir
6:30 p.m. Christ the Center
7:30 p.m. Senior Choir
THURSDAY, November 6
1:00 p.m. Study/Discussion
6:30 p.m. Godspell rehearsal
7:00 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
FRIDAY, November 7
6:30 p.m. Cub Pack Meeting
7:00 p.m. Vine & Branches Ministry
SATURDAY, November 8
8:30 a.m. Mens Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Crafty Women
6:30 p.m. Godspell Band rehearsal
NEXT SUNDAY, November 9
9:00 a.m. Prayer
9:30 a.m. Worship
10:45 a.m. Sunday School
10:45 a.m. Faith Formation Discussion
11:15 a.m. Community Time Discussion
11:45 a.m. Church Council
12:30 p.m. Vine & Branches Ministry
5:30 p.m. Godspell Tech. rehearsal

Tickets: $10.00 per person

Godspell is presented through special arrangement with
Music Theater International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI,
421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019.
Telephone: (212) 541-4684. Fax: (212) 397-4684. www.MTIShows.com

Tickets for Godspell are available this morning after worship and
during the week in the church office. Posters are also available if you
have a place in the community where you can post one or share
one with a friend. Lets fill the house for these performances!

AFTER WORSHIP TODAY

Presentation by Prasanna & Arpana Khaling,
Special Guests from India

Presentation 10:45 a.m.

Pot Luck Lunch 11:30 a.m. (everyone welcome!)

See more details about the visit by the Khalings, including a meet and
greet opportunity tomorrow night, on page two of this insert.

JOIN IN MINNESOTAS GIVE TO THE MAX DAY NOV. 13

Gifts shared on Give to the Max Day or scheduled to be processed in
advance will support the GA Hunger Ministry goal of raising $2,500 and
packing 150,000 meals at our own Feed My Starving Children MobilePack
event. Take a look at the insert in this bulletin to find out how to set up a
fundraising page, schedule a personal donation, and share your page on
Facebook. Every person who donates a gift of any size on Give to the
Max Day will give GA one more chance of winning one of 24 $1,000
Golden Ticket prizes, or a $10,000 Super-Sized Golden Ticket prize at the
end of the day.

FAITH FORMATION Sunday, November 2

Before Worship Prayer Education Wing, Upper/Classroom Area
a time for quiet, personal, independent, unstructured prayer.
For your personal devotion, the appointed readings for next Sunday,
the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost-November 9, are: Amos 5:18-24
I Thessalonians 4:13-18 Matthew 25:1-13.
Spark Sunday School News
Regular Sunday school classes resume today for all children age 3 through
grade 5. Please bring your children to the art tables in the fellowship hall
immediately after worship. From there the children go upstairs for singing,
prayers, and their age-group classes. Classes dismiss at 11:45 a.m.

After Worship Discussion

Prasanna & Arpana Khaling,
Special Guests from India
Details about the Khalings and
their ministry are on the additional
white insert. They will share a
multi-media and spoken word
presentation followed by a
warm Minnesota WELCOME
pot luck fellowship lunch.

FAITH FORMATION Monday, November 3

7:00 p.m. "Meet and Greet Open House" for the Khalings at the
home of Marv & Nancy Johnson (905 27th Avenue NE). GA members
and friends are welcome to attend the "meet and greet" at the Johnsons
and to learn more about Prasanna & Arpana Khalings ministry.

FAITH FORMATION - Wednesday, November 5

5:00-6:00 p.m. TRUST This study meets at Joan Mitchell's
house (1510 27th Avenue NE). A study of the biblical, theological,
spiritual and personal concepts of TRUST began in mid-October led
by Pastor Marggi. In November, we'll continue to explore various themes
around TRUST. Bring a Bible. ALL are welcome to join us at Joans house
for one, two, three or all the Wednesdays in November (including
Thanksgiving Eve) the 5th, 12th, 19th & 26th.

Monday Book Discussion Update

The Cloister Walk

By Kathleen Norris
Beginning November 10th at 7:00 p.m.
and/or 8:30 p.m. the work slated
for reflection/conversation is Kathleen
Norris 1997 book, The Cloister Walk.
Two Monday sessions will be offered:
7:00 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. The intention is that,
if the one time frame is too early, come for
a repeat session 90-minutes later.
Participants can secure their own copy of
The Cloister Walk. If you have questions
or need assistance getting the book for the
10th, contact Diane Ott-Hager (612-7897256, ext. 12 | dianeh@gachurchmpls.org).
Heres a bit of information about Norris:
Kathleen Norris is the award-winning poet,
writer, and author of The New York Times
bestsellers The Cloister Walk ... Dakota:

A Spiritual Geography Amazing

Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith The
Virgin of Bennington.

Exploring the spiritual life, her work is at

once intimate and historical, rich in poetry
and meditations, brimming with exasperation and reverence, deeply grounded in
both nature and spirit, sometimes funny,
6:30 p.m. Christ the Center by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. This book
and often provocative.
discussion BEGINS on the 5th. There's a book available for you to join us.
Widowed in 2003, Kathleen Norris now
her time between South Dakota and
FAITH FORMATION Thursday, November 6 divides
Honolulu, Hawaii, where she volunteers at
1:00 p.m. Thursday Afternoon Weekly Discussion We Make
an Episcopal church, cooks for a homeless
the Road by Walking: A Year Long Quest for Spiritual Formation,
shelter, and helps teach a spirituality class
Reorientation, and Activation by Brian D. McLaren.
for teenagers. She travels to the mainland
regularly to speak to students, medical proFAITH FORMATION NOVEMBER EVENTS Around Town fessionals, social workers, and chaplains at
7th & 8th
Nadia Bolz Weber Holy Trinity Lutheran Church-Mpls. colleges and universities, as well as
11th
Karen Armstrong at the Fitzgerald Theatre in Saint Paul
churches and teaching hospitals. She is also
13th
Joseph Pearce | Faith & Life Saint Philip the Deacon poetry editor of Spirituality & Health and
14th-15th
Glocal Interfaith Innovations Mount Calvary-Excelsior the nonfiction editor of the Saint Katherine
Contact Diane Ott-Hager for details about GA and/or metro-area Faith Review. (from: barclayagency.com).
Formation: dianeh@gachurchmpls.org | 612-728-0581