• First Reading: Ezekiel 33:7–11

• Psalm: Psalm 119:33–40

• Second Reading: Romans 13:8–14

• Gospel: Matthew 18:15–20
  

Updated September 4, 2008

Welcome visitors!

Thanks for visiting our website.You are welcome to join us at worship or our other events at any time! For more information, e-mail us at office@lakenokomis.org. Our newsletter and our youth newsletter are available in PDF format.

Welcome! No exceptions!

September 7 is Welcome Sunday.
Whether you’ve been away at the lake most of the summer, or been a summer church regular, or have been wondering what in the world this whole church thing has do with your life, you’re invited. Come and see what God and the Lake Nokomis Lutheran community are up to:

• Worship @ 8 and 10:30 a.m.
• Learn @ 9:15 a.m.
  This first week, all ages will gather together for music, art, service and the kick-off to ‘Sunday School’ (HINT: it’s not just for kids!)
• Connect @11:30 a.m.
  We’re talkin’ ice cream sundaes in the front yard!

And on Wednesday nights:

• Simple Supper @ 5 p.m. on Sept. 10
• Choirs, handbells and drumming for ages 4 and up starting Sept. 10
• Confirmation for grades 6 – 8 starting Sept. 10
• Worship & Appetizers for grades 6-12, The Deep End for grades for 9-12, and Kid’s Club for grades 3 – 6 all starting Sept. 17.

What's happening

• Worship at Nokomis Square will be held on Monday, September 15 at 2 p.m.
• Check out the ministry team and committee tables in the narthex during the month of September.
• Please keep in your prayers the family of Beverly Smith, who died August 30 at age 85, and Iola Lee Johnson, a former member who died September 2 in Green Bay, WI, at age 95.
• If you can assist with Meals on Wheels the week of September 29, contact Jan Kolve and/or Dianne Smedstad.
• Corrected dates from newsletter: The Church Council will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Setpember 16. The Ministry Teams will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 23.
• Drumming -- There's no age limit!
  - Spirit Drums (6 p.m. Wednesdays) is open to children in grade 3 and up (that includes youth and adults of all ages)
  - Seed Drums (6:30 p.m. Wednesdays) is new this year and open to children age 3 through grade 2.
  - Questions? Connect with Kat Vann at katvann222@yahoo.com or call 612-709-1279.
• Annual candle lighting and adult forum for the mentally ill. On Sunday, October 5 we will be holding our annual candle lighting at both services. This is a special time that we recognize the mentally ill in our families, neighborhoods, in the work place and on our city streets. They are special people with special needs. At the Faith and Life Forum, Marilyn Kloncz will present an important message on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. This will be an informational meeting on the dangers of alcohol and pregnancy … an absolute must for any one who is sexually active. This meeting will be appropriate for the older generations as well so that warnings can be passed on to our youth. We hope to see you at the service and please don’t miss the forum.
• A thank you from Norma Snider and Vic, her Personal Care Attendant: “Tusen takk (a thousand thanks) once again to each of you for your love, caring and prayers; for your cards, phone calls, gifts, rides, food and all of your many kindnesses. Your support makes another journey through varied health problems much easier. You are so kind, God is so good, and it is such a beautiful world He gives us in which to live and enjoy each day. I would appreciate your continued prayers, as I need them for healing. Our hearts are overflowing with love from and for all of you. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for everything.”
• The Minnehaha Nokomis Grief Support Group’s fall session, “Grieving and Growing,” will be held Mondays, September 15 through November 3, at Bethel Lutheran Church, 4120 17th Avenue South. Registration and refreshments begin at 4:30 p.m., followed at 5 p.m. by an hour and a half education time and small group support. For more information, call Kolleen Morgan at (612) 724-3691.