Living Faith Weekly News (Week of October 27, 2024)

Kay Michaelson
Oct 28, 2024
4 min read

Updated: Oct 30, 2024

ree — Marley Rose Stream was confirmed Sunday during our Reformation/Confirmation service presided over by Pastors David Halaas and Trish Underberg.

Last Week

Living Faith celebrated Reformation Sunday and the Confirmation of Marley Stream at a special 1:00 service on Sunday afternoon. Thank you to Pastors Halaas and Underberg for presiding over our service and to Mike Rathke for providing the musical accompaniment on the organ. Thank you also to Tim Kass for manning the sound booth and ushering for the day.

The Rite of Affirmation of Baptism for Marley Stream was a special part of our worship service. Marley has been a part of the Confirmation program of Country Roads Ministry and Christ Lutheran Church, Grant Township under the direction of Pastor Trish Underberg and Vicar Grace Baumgartel. Marley is the daughter of Diego Garcia and the late Katherine Stream. Her grandparents are Rick and Sue Stream. Marley's baptismal sponsors are Ryan Stream, Jane Le Clair and Jennifer Scott. Sue served as a mentor for Marley throughout her Confirmation years. Congratulations to Marley and her family as Marley affirmed her faith along with her Living Faith family!

Marley was presented with a personalized stole from Living Faith. Also, as one of her Confirmation projects, Marley designed and constructed a cross representative of her. Beautiful!

ree — On behalf of Living Faith, Kay Michaelson presented Marley with a gift from our faith community! God's blessings to you, Marley!

The Stream family hosted a reception for Marley following our worship service.

Living Faith is blessed to be supported by many pastors and we took time on Sunday to express our appreciation to them! Pastor David Halaas and Pastor Trish Underberg were presented with gifts of thanks. We also gave Pastor Jan and Vicar Grace cards and tokens of our appreciation. Thank you for the many ways you support our Living Faith ministry!

This Week

Living Faith will celebrate All Saints' Day on Sunday, November 3rd, and Pastor Jean Ziettlow will preside over worship! We will return to our 11:00 AM worship time in the Sanctuary of the PUCC at 858 7th Ave. SE. Debbie Gibson will read scripture and if you would like to assist with Holy Communion, please let Kay Michaelson know. Gail Kass will accompany us on the piano.

Daylight Savings Time ends early Sunday morning - don't forget to turn your clocks back an hour before you go to bed on Saturday night!

The PUCC will be hosting a pancake feed during the 10:00 hour on Sunday. We've heard a lot of great things about these pancake mornings! Come enjoy this fellowship time with our PUCC friends!

November Happenings at Living Faith!

Sunday, November 3rd - All Saints' Sunday worship with Pastor Jean Ziettlow presiding - 11:00

Sunday, November 10th - Worship with Pastor Halaas - 11:00

Sunday, November 17th - Worship with Deacon Eric Haitz and Vicar Bruce Pollock - 11:00

Wednesday, November 20th - Pack for the Le Mars Backpack Program - 4:30 at Nohava Construction, 210 2nd St. SW

Sunday, November 24th - Christ the King Sunday worship with Vicar Paige McGrath - 11:00

Happy Birthday to those celebrating in November!

Debbie Gibson - November 16

Kinley Van Otterloo - November 18

Happy Baptismal Birthday to:

Kay Michaelson - November 3

Kortney Kopperud - November 18

Melinda Shipley - November 27

Happy Anniversary to:

Rick and Sue Stream - November 10

Bob and Debbie Gibson - November 24

The Leadership Team will be meeting Saturday, November 2 at 8:30 AM. The Leadership Team will be talking about any November details yet to be nailed down as well as Advent and Christmas events. We will look ahead to 2025 and wishes and dreams for the year!

Thank you to Mark and Cheryl Juhl who attended the Winds of Hope Conference meeting on October 20th in Melvin, Iowa. They report that Lutheran Men in Mission, an organization Mark is involved with, invites all men to attend a meeting on Saturday, November 9th at 10:00 at St. John's in Pomeroy, Iowa. Lutheran Men in Mission's focus is helping parents and grandparents pass their faith on to their grandchildren.

The Synod is working on a disciplinary policy for pastors. The Synod Assembly Election of a Synod Bishop will begin the process of conducting background checks on candidates as this is a time consuming task and so must be started soon. A new Bishop will be elected at our June 2025 Synod Assembly. A celebration party is being planned for Bishop Lorna and details will be announced when finalized.

Tour of Steeples

There will be a Tour of Steeples in Sioux City on Saturday, December 7th from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. This tour is in an Open House format where those attending will go on a self-guided tours from church to church. Pastor Halaas' St. Mark Lutheran will have its doors open for tours. If you are interested in car pooling and attending this event, please sign up on the sheet on the sign up table in the Narthex of the PUCC!