Newsletter DeadlineThe deadline for the December Messenger is Monday, November 28.

On Call Schedule.... Pr. Amanda is on call Nov. 8-13 Pr. Dave is on call Nov 6-7

Messiah’s Weekly AnnouncementsNovember 6, 2016 ~ Volume 98, Issue 41

Submissions for the Announcements are due by 6:00 PM, Wed. prior to publication

In Our Prayers We have been asked to remember the following people in our prayers at this time: The families of Kathy Ehlers, Myrtle Hutter, & Toivo Maki; Linnea Mensching, Michael Koerper, Ernie Johnson, Kait-lyn Brugman, Rachel Skaw, Alberta Elsenbroek, Lois Howard, Maria Rodriguez, Dave Skoog, John Col-lins, Etta Jo Lafayette, Kathy Soltwisch, Bud Murto, Grace Wurster, Mary Leslie, Bob Railey, Frank Ross, Lynne Hammerstrom, Jill Krah, Nancy Peterson, Spencer Bergh, Liz Kro, Bob Aikkala, Jeff Kampe, Becky Johnson, Walt Norris, Ron Brow, Sr., Bev Delke, Diane, Alex and Roxanne, Cat and Rory. Note: You may call the church office or talk to one of the pastors, if you would like a person named in the congregation’s prayers. Please obtain permission from the person to list his/her name in the bulle-tin. In order to keep the list up to date and manageable in size, we will list each person for one month, after which the name will be removed. If at that point, you would like to continue listing the person, please call the church office or speak to one of the pastors.

Thank you! Dear Messiah Family, Your reception for my retirement was wonderful. Thanks for all your beautiful cards, gifts, and well wishes. Your gift certificate from Ben Franklin will be put to good use. Special thanks to all of the 5:00 members who were a tremendous support. I have enjoyed the 7 year opportunity to serve you. With God’s help, I will now look ahead to new ventures. Thanks again, Marilyn Andersen

November 9 - Wednesday Night Life5:30-6:00 pm—Meal provided by Jill Luoma 6:00-6:30 pm— Worship led by Pastor Dave - Prayer Around the Cross with Pianist Kathy Maynard 6:30-7:30 pm—Education Topic - Church funerals at Messiah and pre-planning for funerals

OWLS OWL’s Activities: All Older, Wiser Lutherans, please join us on Tuesday, November 15, 2016, at Peter White Public Library for “BYOD” - Dinner and a Movie. We’ll meet at 5:30 pm in the Commu-nity Room to enjoy our dinners. Bring whatever you’d like to eat. The movie, Ghostbusters, the 2016 remake, begins at 6 pm. Hope to see you there. Invite your friends to join us. If you have questions, please call or text Louise at 250-3990 or e-mail louweesy@hotmail.com. Future Activities: Mark your calendars for our annual Christmas Party which will be held on Thursday, 12/15. More details are forthcoming. Also, we’ll be meeting for dinner at Casa Calabria on Monday, January 16, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.

TV 6 Canathon Please consider supporting a UP wide collection of food to stock local food pantries. This will help the hungry in our area and the entire Upper Peninsula. We will collect non-perishables throughout the month of November. You can leave your canned/non-perishables in the grocery cart in the nar-thex. The children will bring them forward early in the worship service. Thank you, in advance, for your support!

Lutheran Campus Ministry Meals on Sunday For many years Messiah has provided home-cooked meals on Sunday evenings to Northern students at the Lutheran Campus Ministry house. Please consider being part of this ministry team. Cooks usually work in teams of two or three to include a main course, a side dish or salad and dessert. Contact Jan Julian at 346-6230 if you can help.

Always Being Made New Always Being Made New is a campaign of the ELCA to raise $198 million with which to help our church respond to needs in our community and in the world at large. For example, in 2015, the NGLS designated funds for improvements to Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp and handicap accessibil-ity needs of several of our member churches. In 2016, the synod assembly voted to use grants from the Always Being Made New fund to ad-dress hunger and poverty, both locally and worldwide. One-half of the grant money will be used to help congregations address hunger and poverty needs in their communities At Messiah, the weekend of Nov. 12-13 has been designated to collect contributions to Always Being Made New. By pooling our resources, congregations will be enabled to support efforts to help both our immediate neighbors and those around the world who are unable to provide for their basic needs. Envelopes are available for your contributions. God’s work…Our hands!

Thanksgiving “Sing praise to the Lord, all you faithful; give thanks in holy remembrance.” (Psalm 30:4) You, your family, your friends, and your neighbors are all invited to the annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving wor-ship service Monday, November 21 at 7 pm! It will be held at the Hope Connection Center (formerly Grace Methodist) located at 927 W. Fair Ave, Marquette. We’ll gather together as brothers and sisters from different faith traditions but united in the one body of Christ praising God and giving thanks. It’s a wonderful opportunity to build connections with others in the wider community, and of course to be fed by the Spirit. We hope you’ll carve out a small slot in your busy schedules to spend just a little bit of time with us and the Savior!

Inter-generational Fun All youth, NMU students, and young adults are invited to join us for an evening of bowling at Supe-rior Entertainment at 6 pm on Sunday, Nov 6th. And if you’re a little bit older, that’s ok too, the more the merrier!

Sunday, November 6, 2016 All Saints Sunday

Messiah Flowers: To the Glory of God & in Honor of... a Our Messiah Lutheran Congregation Radio Broadcast: To the Glory of God & in Loving Memory of... Robert Soderberg from the Soderberg Family

Messiah Calendar ~ November 7-13, 2016 Thursday, November 10 9:00 am Quilting 11:00 am Women’s Cursillo Grouping 12:00 pm Social Worker’s Mtg 5:30 pm MOPS 7:30 pm LCM Evening Prayer

Friday, November 11 Lisa’s day off Pr. Dave’s day off 8:00 am Men’s Ministry

Saturday, November 12 9:30 am First Communion Class 5:00 pm Worship

Sunday, November 13 Room at the Inn Sunday 8:15 am Sr. Choir Rehearsal 8:45 am Worship 10:00 am Celebration Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am Worship 12:00 pm Befriender Meeting 6:45 pm LCM Meal

Monday, November 7 Pr. Amanda’s day off 5:30 pm Finance Meeting 6:00 pm Music for all Kids 7:00 pm Alcoholics Anonymous 7:00 pm Handbell Choir Rehearsal

Tuesday, November 8 12:00 pm Qi Gong12:00 pm Cursillo Grouping 1:00 pm Knotty Knitters 1:30 pm Staff Mtg 3:00 pm Lay School 6:00 pm Low Carb 6:30 pm Building to Serve Mtg 7:30 pm LCM Bible Study

Wednesday, November 9 10:00 am Rebecca Circle 3:30 pm Alzheimer’s Cafe 4:00 pm Swedish Class 5:00 pm Senior Choir Rehearsal 5:30 pm Wed. Night Life Meal 6:00 pm Wed. Night Life Worship 6:30 pm Wed. Night Life Education 7:00 pm Boy Scouts

Global Fair Trade Market The Global Fair Trade Market at Messiah will be held in the atrium from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday November 5th and before and after the One in Christ Service on Sunday, November 6th. It will feature a variety of handmade goods from around the world, including Christmas items. Please join us! If you have any questions, please email Rachel Skaw at rachel.skaw@gmail.com and/or Beth Wendricks at wendricks@chartermi.net.

Fortune Lake Thanksgivng Dinner There will be a Senior Old Fashioned Thanks-giving Dinner Nov. 14 (10 a.m.-2 p.m) at Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp. If you are interested in attending, there is a sign up sheet outside the office. They will need the number of people attending the dinner by Thurs. Nov. 10. If you have any questions, please call the camp office at 906-214-2267, or e-mail the camp at officeman-ager@fortunelake.org or contact Marilyn Ander-sen at 249-1588.