“Paul’s Gospel” (the New-Testament Epistle to the Romans) ~ is our Adult Bible Class, today in the Fellowship Centre at about 9:30 a.m.! It’s a great time to study God’s Word with fellow-believers! Please join us!

A Funeral Service ~ in celebration of God’s grace in the life of Walli Johnson will be held on Tuesday, November 11, at 11 a.m. Lunch will be served after the service.

Join us for a Midweek Lift ~ this Wednesday! Join us for our service at 6:30 p.m. as we grow in faith and life in God’s powerful Word!

God Calls Us ~ to be His stewards, His managers, of all that He places in our hands, on our hearts, and in our lives! Next Sunday, in our Divine Worship, He speaks through His Word about our reasons for faithfully managing His blessings and receive His promises of providence and benevolence for all our lives by His grace in Jesus! Please join us for Word and Sacrament beginning at 8:15 or 11 a.m.

Women of the Word (WOW) ~ will be postponed from Tuesday, November 11, until Tuesday, November 18, at 9:30 a.m. due to scheduling conflicts. We will meet on our regularly scheduled fourth Tuesday, November 25, at 9:30 a.m.

A Midweek Fellowship Supper ~ will be served on Wednesday, November 12, 5:30 p.m. Join us for a Pre-Thanksgiving Supper with all the trimmings!

Joy Vibe ~ meets this week for a pre-Thanksgiving party and will choose a December date for a Christmas Party. Please note the calendar change!

A Big Thank You ~ to Hanna Hollatz and helpers for setting up and cleaning up our Midweek Pot-Blessing Supper last Wednesday. If you would like to help with a Midweek Supper and/or dessert, sign-up sheets are by the kitchen window.

Deadline for Articles ~ for the December 2025 / January 2026 issue of The First Word is 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 19. Articles may be emailed to [email protected] or a hard copy placed in The First Word box in the church office.

Help Wanted: ~ Driver/s to pick up a member for late service. Inquire at the church office for details. The member needing the ride lives in the Spokane Creek Road neighborhood. This might be something several people could do to help out. Thanks for your prayerful consideration of this request.

Lutheran Education and Creation ~ First Lutheran School teaches that God has created every person and given us the gift of human reason. Our teaching reflects the clear biblical teachings of Scripture related to faith and morality. Related to arts, literature, music, and other fine arts, we teach using our God-given “eyes, ears, and all our members” to create and appreciate these gifts of God’s creation. Thereby, our teaching is rooted in God’s Word. Through “speaking the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15) our educators remain faithful to God’s Word and bring it to our students.

Helena Food Share Items ~ In October, you donated 22 pounds of food to Helena Food Share. In November, we are collecting “Kid Pack” individually wrapped items for children to use for snacks (i.e., granola bars, fruit cups, juice boxes, jerky). Please place any donations under the mailboxes in Ziegler Hall. Thank you!

On The Lutheran Hour Next Sunday ~ Hear Lutheran Hour Guest Speaker Rev. Ryan Tinetti speak on “The Lead of Life.” The lead (or “lede”) of a news story conveys the most essential information. What is the lead of the Good News, the Gospel? (Luke 20:27-40) The Lutheran Hour may be heard Sundays on Christian Satellite Network, 91.1 FM, at 8 a.m., and on Sirius XM 131, Family Talk.

Lutherans for Life ~ “God creates, redeems, and calls all human beings as His own precious treasures from fertilization to forever, regardless of ages, appearances, abilities, or impairments. The Gospel of Jesus Christ invites us to an honest humility and an enthusiastic hope that receive each one as gift and privilege!” Pastor Michael Salemink, Lutherans For Life – A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life o lutheransforlife.org.

Please Pray for ~

+ Those Needing God’s Help and Healing ~ members and friends of our congregation and school dealing with struggles of body and soul!

+ People in Our Nation and Across the Globe ~ for God’s protection, deliverance, and care in these days, weeks, and months of anxiety and crisis!

+ Each of Us ~ as we face an ever-changing world, that we will look to our God, who stays the same – always!

And Praise God for ~

+ Friends in Christ, in Our Congregation and Beyond ~ who are there to help us in our times of need to God’s glory and our good!

+ Blessing Us with Tithes, and Offerings, and Gifts ~ for the mission and ministries we carry out together, that we may bless others in Jesus’ Name!

+ Our Nation’s Veterans ~ who give and gave their service, some giving their all, that we may live in freedom in this great country.

+ Being our God Who Does Not Change ~ but remains the same, that we may always depend on Him and find salvation and hope and faith in Him!