Dates to Remember
October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29: Pastor’s Wednesday’s Bible study. They meet every Wednesday at 10:00 am to study the upcoming reading for Sunday. Everyone is welcome. Zoom-Link is also available--email Pastor Ryan at: revryanhoneycutt@gmail.com.
October 4: LWML Fall Fest (see info on page 4).
October 6, 13, 20, 27: Mission Quilters meet from 9:00 am until about 12 Noon at the house directly north of the church office. Come join the fun. No experience needed. The more the merrier & more work completed.
October 8, 22: Confirmation classes. Wednesdays 4:30 to 6:00 pm. Parents please make every effort to have your youth here to attend.
October 10: German Dinner! Come join us for lunch or dinner (see more info under “Upcoming Events”)
October 13 – Columbus Day/Indigenous People’s Day—Federal Holiday—banks, post offices, etc. will all be closed this day.
October 13 & 14 – Oklahoma Church Workers Conference in Lawton, Oklahoma
October 14: Braille- if you would like to help with this important mission project, please contact Gail Colvin.
October 16: LWML meets at 9:30 am in the church library. All women are welcome and urged to attend.
October 16: Will be the next church council meeting at 3:00 pm. All council members are urged to be there in person or by zoom-link. Contact Pastor Ryan for zoom-link info.
October 19: Church members Voter’s Meeting—immediately following service. Please make plans to attend this important meeting. Minutes from last meeting are printed in this newsletter (pgs. 9-11).
October 25: All Members Breakfast and Workday. 8:00 am
October 31: Trunk or Treat—church parking lot—6:00 pm. Set-up starting at 4:30ish, as some people/kids start showing up by 5:30ish.
“THANK YOU CORNER”
What a good time we had at the annual church picnic held at Claremore Lake. The weather was perfect, the food was delicious, as usual, and thank you to Lindel & Janette Stephens for all the fun games played by young and old alike. Can't wait for next year!
Have you taken some time to look around outside the church? Notice anything different? No Weeds...thank you to those individuals for working so hard to get the areas around the church looking so much better. Good job!
Once again, thank you to the LWML ladies for the great luncheon in September. You can always count on good food and fellowship in everything they do!
Remember..... There is always always always something to be thankful for!!
A LWML Thank you: To all Congregation Members - for your recent support of the Lutheran World Relief quilt & kit donations. On October 6, Pastor Ryan will deliver these items to the Tulsa gathering location for further delivery to Wichita, KS and finally St. Louis, MO.
October is Clergy Appreciation Month! The Oklahoma District appreciates the service of our pastors as well as that of all our church workers. Congregations are encouraged to specially recognize their pastors this month.
KEENAGERS – There will be no meeting this month due to the German Dinner. Next meeting will be November 14th.
LWML FALL FEST 2025 – Will be on held on October 4, at Faith Lutheran Church in Owasso (9222 N. Garnett Rd.). Registration begins at 8:30 am—meeting starts at 9:00 am.
GERMAN DINNER FRIDAY - OCTOBER 10th – Join us on the above date for the German Lunch & Dinner. The ladies of the LWML will once again be hosting the German Dinner serving lunch (11:00 am – 1:30 pm) and dinner (5:00 pm – 7:00 pm). This fund raiser will help the LWML support the many mission projects both on the local and national level. Many hands are needed to make this a success. If you have any questions, please contact either Jan Belcher or Roz Burger. Come join us for a yummy meal!
(Copies of the menu can be found in the narthex and on the church reception desk countertop).
It’s time for trunk or treat! - Once again, we need volunteers to come, park their cars and open their trunks filled with candy and decorations. A sign-up sheet is posted on the bulletin board in the narthex along with a collection box below the bulletin board for candy donations. We will distribute candy and handouts with a Bible message to the neighborhood children. Please join us in this fun outreach event. Donations must be turned in by October 26. Contact Jill Blanski for any questions.
Youth: Spooky Fun – Join us Saturday October 25th as we carpool to Sperry, OK for a scary good time. We will be doing “The Dark Ride” which is a trail ride and walk scare at the Psycho Path Haunted Attraction. Please RSVP by Sunday October 19th to Carolyn Hayes or Michelle Smith for this youth event, so we can purchase tickets online. This has sold out in the past so we would like to get tickets early. We will be eating before at Tasty Freeze in Skiatook which has really good burgers and ice cream. We are asking each youth to bring $15 to help cover the cost of this activity. Please drop your youth off at 6 pm at church and pickup will be at 10 pm at the church.
THE LWML is tentatively planning to sponsor a Dakota Boys & Girls Ranch Honey Sunday again this year and further information will be in the October bulletins.
We will be giving 100% of the proceeds made for your honey orders to Dakota Boys & Girls Ranch. In order to be able to know our impact with this project we will be distributing order forms in the bulletins and this year you will return the order forms to the LWML along with your payment (checks payable to the Redeemer LWML) and LWML will submit all the orders together with an LWML check payable to Dakota Boys & Girls Ranch by their deadline in November.
Orders will be filled and mailed directly to the person(s) you complete an order form and payment for and will not include information as to who sent this unless YOU inform people of how this gift was provided to them.
Watch for the posters and information regarding this mission campaign for Dakota Boys & Girls Ranch in the Narthex and the October church bulletins, as we will end this project on October 26.
The 11 oz. plastic bottle of honey has a recommended $10 (or more) per bottle donation.
DID YOU KNOW: LWML collects used eyeglasses, sunglasses, and soft cases to be used for MOST Ministries. These go to foreign countries to be used to help people during summer mission trips. Many people are helped to see who have often been unable to see most of their life. We also collect stamps, no ordinary stamps or Christmas stamps, but if you receive correspondence with a special stamp, please save for LWML. Please send a large portion of the stamp as they have to be cut down a certain way. There are boxes on the counter in the narthex for collection of these items. We also collect used printer cartridges. For a list of these cartridges please see the list on the counter as well. Thank you for all you do to help LWML in all our endeavors.
SAVE THOSE ‘BEST CHOICE’ LABELS – LWML asks that you continue to save your ‘BEST CHOICE’ UPC Codes. Cut them off the product label & place them in the container located on the left end of the Narthex cabinet.
FOOD PANTRY REQUEST –We are always in need of any food items you would like to donate. If you prefer to make a monetary donation instead of donating food, just mark the donation as “Food Pantry” and put it in one of the offering plates. The Caring Ministry will do the shopping for you!
Looking ahead to November
CHURCH ALL SAINTS’ DAY – Will be celebrated Sunday, November 2. Sign-up sheets will be on the table(s) in the Narthex to submit your names for those to be remembered on that Sunday.
NEW CHURCH SERVICE – We will be adding another service on November 9th. More information will be forthcoming (refer to paster’s message above).
YOUTH Save this date—Saturday, November 22: We will be doing a service event at SafeNet Services Resale Shops in Claremore. The proceeds from these shops benefit the SafeNet domestic violence shelter. Last year we served there and helped with cleaning out flowerbeds, picking up sticks, sweeping leaves, organizing the outdoor toy area and other projects. Please meet at the church at 10 am. We will carpool to the shop. Pick up time will be at 3 pm at SafeNet Resale. We will be providing lunch and snacks. Please plan to attend this worthy community service project.
