Celebrate fall with a fun, safe trick-or-treat experience!  Our 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat will be from 3:00 – 4:30 on Saturday, October 27th.

• Costumes are encouraged (and fun!)
• Stop by each trunk full of treats
• Play a few games
• Enjoy popcorn and hot apple cider

Anyone interested in hosting a trunk may sign up on the Children’s Ministry bulletin board or contact Patty Mesenbring (patty@abidingsavior.org).

Every 2 seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. Join us Tuesday, October 16, 2018 from 1:30 – 6:30 p.m. for a Red Cross Blood Drive.

Please call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org and enter: Abiding to schedule an appointment. Volunteers are also needed to help set up, check in donors, and to hand out snacks.

This November we’ll be taking pictures for an updated Church Directory.  Our new directory will help us all to put a name with that familiar face.  This new connection tool will be as useful as we make it so we need everyone in it!

Photo sessions will be on:

• Monday, November 19th (2:00 – 8:50PM)
• Tuesday, November 20th (2:00 – 8:50PM)
• Wednesday, November 21st (2:00 – 8:50PM)
• Saturday, November 24 (10:00 – 4:50PM)
• Wednesday, December 5th (2:00 – 8:50PM)
• Thursday, December 6th (2:00 – 8:50PM)
• Friday, December 7th (2:00 – 8:50PM)
• Saturday, December 8th (10:00 – 4:50PM)

Please sign up for a portrait today and be sure to update your contact information, too, so we can ensure everyone’s information is up-to-date!  There is no sitting fee and for participating, you will receive a complimentary 8”x 10″ portrait and a free church directory!  Lifetouch has promised us that there will be no pressure to order additional portraits!

To sign up for your photo session, visit:  https://booknow-lifetouch.appointment-plus.com/yxx6pzgy/ 

To provide your contact information for the directory, please visit: http://abidingsavior.org/OutreachPro/update-my-contact-information/

Join us Wednesdays at Abiding Savior for an evening of good food, fellowship, worship, music, and education! Invite a friend or neighbor to any of the events of the evening!

• 4:30 – 6:15: Dinner
  • Oct.17: Chicken hot dish
  • Oct. 24:  Tacos and Spanish rice
  • Oct. 31:  Pork chow mein
• 5:00 – 5:30: Celebration Ringers (grades 3 – 12)
• 5:30 – 6:00: POWER Up (grades 2 – 5)
• 5:30 – 6:00: King’s Messengers choir (age 3 – grade 1)
• 6:00 – 6:30: POWER Up (age 4 – grade 1)
• 6:00 – 6:30: WWJD choir (grades 2 – 5)
• 6:00 – 6:30: Reigning Grace (contemporary worship band)
• 6:30 – 7:00:  Wednesday Worship (NEW)
• 6:30 – 8:00: Confirmation
• 6:30 – 8:00: High School Youth Group
• 7:00 – 8:00: Adult Choir

Come grab a cup of coffee between services each Sunday and stay for our adult forums!  These casual gatherings are filled with interesting topics and discussion.  Join us in the Coffee House from 10:05am – 10:55am.

October 7:  Open Arms: Abiding Savior and Camp Wapogasset Lutheran Bible Camp (WAPO) by Heather Eggert, Executive Director of WAPO 

• Abiding Savior and Camp WAPO have a long and wonderful history together. This past summer, 22 children and youth from Abiding Savior were able to attend Bible Camp at Lake Wapogasset adding to the thousands more who have attend over the past seventy-one years!  Join WAPO Executive Director Heather Eggert to hear more about this relationship and to hear more about the current outdoor ministries of Camp WAPO. This includes their plans for expansion toward which Abiding Savior was able to make a financial gift from the benevolence funds raised through our Open Arms Capital Campaign. Ms. Eggert will also be our guest preacher at worship that Sunday.

 October 14:  People Who Make a Difference (Like YOU!)

• Pastors have a unique view of how the church really works, through volunteers. How does the bulletin get put together? Who makes sure there is oil in the candles on the altar? How does all this amazing food get prepared? Join Pastor Ryan to discuss how volunteers (like you) make a difference in our congregation as together we help carry out the work of God.

 October 21:  Celebration of Giving Sunday Brunch in Fellowship Hall

• Join us for a Celebration of Giving Brunch in the Fellowship Hall. This brunch is offered free of charge as a thank you for your generosity that helps Abiding Savior make a difference in God’s name.

 October 28:  Common Foundations for Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Understanding by Rev. Dr. Byron Schmid

• On this Reformation Sunday, Pastor Schmid will focus on the commonalities that bind Christians together and that share much in common with many of the other religions. He will also reflect on the approach we have with the 6-8 partnerships the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America shares with other mainline church bodies such as the United Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church in the USA. Pastor Schmid is a well-liked presenter at Forum. Don’t miss this informative and timely presentation.