NovemberMonday, Nov 14th—Grades k4-2 Field Trip

–Click, Clack, Moo - Viterbo UniversityNov 23-25th—No School (Thanksgiving Break)Wednesday, Nov 23rd - Thanksgiving Supper

DecemberFriday, Dec 2nd - 2nd Quarter Midterm

Saturday, Dec 3rd @ 10:30a- Church DecoratingSaturday, Dec 3rd @ 2p - Advent By Candlelight

Sunday, Dec 4th - Luther High Concert Choir Sings at St. Matthew’sSaturday, Dec. 10th @ 11a- Christmas CarolingDec 17th & 18th - Diorama @ Riverside ParkWednesday, Dec 21st - School out at 11:30am

Dec. 22 - Jan. 2 - No School (Christmas Break)Saturday, Dec. 24th @ 7p - Children’s Christmas Eve Service

Saturday, Dec. 24th @ 9p - Candlelight ServiceSunday, Dec. 25th - Christmas Day Service

Saturday, Dec. 31st @ 7p - New Year’s Eve Service

JanuaryMonday, Jan. 2nd - School Resumes

Saturday, Jan. 7th - Basketball B Boys Bounce Off @ LewistonFriday, Jan 13th - End of 2nd quarter

S TThird Sunday of End Time

St. Matthew’s LutheranChurch and School

November 10th & 13th, 2016

Welcome to St. Ma hew’s!Welcome Guests!We are glad to have you worshiping with us today, and wepray that you enjoyed your visit here with us. Please be sureto sign the friendship registers in your pews so we can recordyour visit. Especially if you would like to know more aboutour church and what we teach, you’re welcome to leave yourcontact information and we will contact you shortly. If thereis anything we can do to make your visit more pleasant or

answer any questions for you today, please don’t hesitate to ask, anyone around you,ushers or the pastor. We’re all here to help!

Theme for Today’s Service: “Believers Live with Christ Eternally”

Prayer Upon Entering Worship:Lord Jesus, in your grace and mercy you have used many of your servants to bring meto where I am today: parents, pastors, teachers, Sunday School teachers, spouses andChristian friends. Many of them have now gone on to live in glory with you in heaven.We praise your for the blessings you brought into our lives through them. With theirwords, actions, and personal influence they showed us your love and directed our eyesto you, our Savior. We thank you for rescuing them from sin and suffering and givingthem their eternal rest. May we show them honor by following in their footsteps, livingfor your glory until the very day we die. And finally grant us a blessed reunion one daytogether again in the halls of heaven.

The Season of End Times: The Church year comes to a close before we begin inAdvent (after Thanksgiving) once again with the life and works of Jesus. During theseason of End Times we focus on the truth that we live in the last days, days when weneed to be ready for our Savior to return at any time, when the world will no longerlisten to its Creator's teachings. But God preserves his Word for us even to the end, andwill see us through to our home in heaven.

Pastor Silas SchmitzerOffice: (608) 457-2711Home: (608) 457-2714Cell: (608) 304-9265

Email: pastor .schmitzer@gmail.com

Please visit us at: www.stmatthews-wels.comAt our website you’ll find audio sermons, daily devotions, our church calendar, and

Principal James OttoOffice: (608) 457-2700Email: jotto@stmatthews-wels.com

Church Council President: Jer ry ShepardPhone: (608) 498-2372

Our Week in the LordSunday (11/13)

7:30 AM - Small Group Music Practice9:00 AM - Worship (L.S.)

10:30 AM - Sunday School10:30 AM - Adult Bible Study6:30 PM – Bible Information Class

Monday (11/14):9:30 AM - Field Trip: “Click, Clack, Moo” Gr K4-22:50 PM - A Boys BBall Practice5:30 PM - School Board Meeting6:30 PM - Church Council Meeting6:30 PM - Choir Practice

Tuesday (11/15):2:30 PM - Food Pantry Open2:50 PM - B Girls BBall Party6:30 PM - Public School Catechism Class

Wednesday (11/16):8:15 AM - Chapel (Mr. James Otto)

12:00 PM - Ladies Aid Meeting2:50 PM - A Boys BBall Practice

Thursday (11/17):2:50 PM - B Girls BBall Practice7:00 PM - Worship

Friday (11/18):5:00 PM - Basketball vs. Christ-St. John’s, West Salem

Sunday (11/120):7: 30 AM - Small Group Music Practice9:00 AM - Worship

10:30 AM - Sunday School10:30 AM - Adult Bible Study

AC AHoliday Scrip OrderReady to get your Christmas shopping done all at once?!? Well you have come to theright place! Check out our Script holiday forms to get your orders in with theProtsmans and avoid the lines at the store while donating funds to your school!Holiday Services ScheduleDuring the Holiday season each year between Thanksgiving and Christmas we have many mid-week opportunities to gather together around God's Word here at church. The goal of theseservices is to take time out from our business to give thanks for our blessings from the Lordand prepare for his coming at Christmas.Thanksgiving Day will be our first special worship service at 9:00am. There willbe no Thursday evening worship service that night, the 24th. Our last Thursday eveningworship service will be Nov. 17. Regular Thursday evening services will resume Jan. 5, in thenew year.Our Wednesday evening Advent services begin the following week at 7:00pm. Our theme thisyear will be on a number of ancient Advent songs that have been combined into thehymn, "O, Come, O, Come, Emmanuel." Each week we will focus on a different title for ourcoming Savior “O Come” and Worship With us!November 30 - "O Emmanuel"December 7 - "O Root of Jesse"December 14 - "O Day-Spring"St. Matthew’s Thanksgiving DinnerOn Wednesday, November 23rd @ 4pm please join us! We will need a lot of help withpreparing the meal, donating turkeys, cooking them, and cutting the meat off of the bones. Wewill have sign up sheets for the donation of turkeys, preparing and serving the meal, setting uptables and chairs, seating the guests, cleaning the tables and getting them ready for more guests,serving the drinks, etc. After the meal we need a cleanup crew to put away tables and chairs andsweep the floors. Thanks in advance for your help! Sign up sheets are out on the bulletin boardfor you to volunteer!Advent By CandlelightA friendly reminder to hostess’ and guests to hand in your reservations or call Kris Shepard at788-3053Thank you!Luther High Music Dept. Fruit SaleThe 2016 Luther High School Music Department Fruit Sale is officially underway. Proceedsfrom the fruit sale directly benefit the Music Department. If you are interested in ordering fruit,contact one of the music students from your congregation, Lauren Stuebs, Faith Struemke,Lizzie Stuebs, Alexis Stellick, Drew Dravis, Ashley Manske or Berkley Harle, or call PaulAdickes directly at Luther High School (608)783-5435 ext. 1340 or email himat adicpaul@luther.k12.wi.us The last date to order is Monday, November 28th. Fruit will bedelivered on Tuesday, Dec. 6th.