Monday, December 24 – Office Closed
4:30 p.m. – Christmas Eve Service

Tuesday, December 25 – Office Closed
4:00 p.m. – Christmas Day Worship at Aase Haugen

Thursday, December 27
No Bible Study

Sunday, December 30 – First Sunday of Christmas
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion, Service of Lessons and Carols – LIVE Broadcast
10:30 a.m. – Fellowship Hour

Tuesday, December 18
7:00 p.m. – Council Meeting

Wednesday, December 19
5:30 p.m. – Advent Service
7:00 p.m. – Choir Rehearsal
8:00 p.m. – Band Rehearsal

Thursday, December 20
No Bible Study
5:00 p.m. – Decorah Community Meal at St Benedicts

Sunday, December 23 – Fourth Sunday of Advent
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion – LIVE Broadcast
10:30 a.m. – Fellowship Hall

Memorial Services for William (Bill) Kurth will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 17, 2018 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating.  Private Family Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in the spring.   Bill was a member of First Lutheran Church, Decorah.

Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Monday, one hour before the service, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.  A luncheon will follow the service.

A full obituary is available at this link.  

A link for the Christmas message from Bishop Eaton can be accessed here.

THE FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE now proposes moving ahead with both the HVAC-heating, venting, air conditioning- system (utilizing a geo field and heat pumps) and the building remodel in the summer of 2019. This would allow us to reduce inefficiencies of doing the projects over two summers and to take advantage of rebates that may expire. They feel confident we can do this because we have the opportunity to take a zero interest, 24 month loan for the HVAC system.

Please join the committee to hear about the final remodel and HVAC plan at a forum on Sunday, December 16. We will have a congregational meeting on Sunday, January 6 to vote on moving ahead with this plan. If a final plan is approved, a funding proposal will be part of the budget process at the Annual Meeting on Sunday, February 4.

Please read more about this in the December newsletter.