4 Important Announcements

1. Calling all Green Thumbs! Please join Marie King (Pastor King's wife) on Tuesday, November 2 at 10 am at SSEFC to clip back plants and clean up and beautify the church yard for the winter. Come for just an hour or more and bring your gardening gloves, trowels and shovels.

2. There is a need for some ladies to help plan a festive and fun Christmas Social for early December. Please contact Twila Wiggins via the church directory if interested. Click here to view some wonderful photos from last year's SSEFC Women's Christmas Social. This event provides a fabulous opportunity for outreach!

3. There was a mistake made in the post regarding the Soup & Pie Fellowship Dinner scheduled for Sunday, November 21 at 5 pm in the Fellowship Hall. Last names beginning in A-M should bring soup to share and N-Z should bring pie AND rolls/bread. See the previous post for further details.

4. Don't forget this week to shop and fill some shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. SSEFC is collecting boxes through November 7. You can drop off your filled boxes in the foyer area. Please be praying for the team of SSEFC volunteers serving at the OCC Processing Center in Minneapolis on December 6. They will be helping to inspect and pack boxes prior to shipping them off to children across the world.

Operation Christmas Child! Time to Shop!

It is quickly becoming that shopping time of year. When you are out and about doing your shopping, don't forget to fill a shoe box or two,... with gifts that will touch a child's heart this Christmas. SSEFC is collecting shoe boxes from now until November 7. Bring your filled boxes to the foyer area of SSEFC...you won't miss it because we are trusting the stack of boxes will be huge!

Please get involved with this wonderful opportunity to reach out and share the love of Jesus this Christmas season with children and families from some of the poorest parts of the world. Visit the Operation Christmas Child website to learn more about this effective ministry.

It's easy to shop and fill a shoe box. Learn more here and watch a helpful video on how to pack a box. You can also download the needed boy/girl labels for the boxes. Information pamphlets are also available at the Welcome Desk at SSEFC.

Shopping Tip: On one of your trips to Wal-Mart or Target, purchase a couple of the shoe box sized plastic containers. Hand one to your child or grandchild and have them fill it with toys and school supplies, etc. that they would enjoy receiving themselves. While you shop, you can explain what Operation Christmas Child is and the importance of living out our faith in Jesus by giving freely and lovingly to others.

Let's go SSEFC! Together we can fill a bunch of shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child!

Service Opportunity: SSEFC will be volunteering at the OCC shoe box processing center in Minneapolis on Monday, December 6 from 6-10 pm. There are a few spots still available. Workers must be 14 years old. If interested in this ministry opportunity, contact Jan Birkenholz via the church directory.

Soup & Pie Dinner! Sunday, Nov. 21 @ 5 pm

What a great turn-out for the church-wide Fellowship Lunch last Oct. 10! Over 160 people attended! There were lots of positive comments about the lunch along with requests for more fellowship meals in the future...so....SAVE THE DATE for a Soup & Pie Fellowship Dinner on Sunday, November 21 at 5 pm. This dinner will take place in the Fellowship Hall at SSEFC before the Congregational Meeting which will start at 6:30 pm.

Families with last names beginning in A-M should bring soup to share and last names N-Z should bring pie and rolls/bread. Teenage youth will hang out with children in the gym during the meeting that will follow the dinner. Contact Loretta Sauvageau or Mary Gerrelts with questions.

Interested in planning a church-wide fellowship meal? Contact Jacque in the church office for date availability. The hope is to have one once a month. Grab another family to help plan one for December (maybe a Christmas cookie/dessert social after church?) or one for February. The Missions Council is planning one for late January (more details to come).

Fellowship meals are a great way to get to know each other! See you at the Soup & Pie Dinner on November 21 at 5 pm!

Next Book Club - Thurs. Nov. 18 @ 7 pm

What a great time at the last Book Club meeting! Thank you to everyone who came and for the wonderful discussions! The next book club will be on Thursday, November 18 at Ring Mountain Café in Eagan. We will discuss Lonestar Sanctuary by Colleen Coble. The SSEFC church library has copies available for check out.

Future books and meeting dates for Book Club (all Thursdays):

January 6, 2011 Unfinished Gift by Dan Walsh
February 17, 2011 Embrace Me by Lisa Samson
March 31, 2011 All the Tea in China by Jane Orcutt
May 12, 2011 Three Days by Melody Carlson

Please feel free to invite friends, neighbors,....Use this Book Club as an outreach opportunity. Contact Sharon Moore via the church directory with questions. See you at Book Club!

Fellowship Lunch this Sunday the 10th!

A friendly reminder that this Sunday, October 10 after the second service there will be a SSEFC Fellowship Lunch for the whole family in the Fellowship Hall. Every family should bring a main dish to share and then if your last name begins with A-L, bring a salad/side dish; M-Z, bring a dessert. Supervised kid games will be available in the gym after meal time. Contact Cindy Mather or Margie Broman with questions.

There is another SSEFC Fellowship Lunch in the works for November so watch the bulletin for dates and details! What a great way to enjoy a meal together as a church family and build relationships. If you are interested in planning a future Fellowship Lunch, contact Jacque in the church office for date availability, etc. It would be great to get another luncheon on the calendar for January! So grab another family to help and plan one together!

See you after church on October 10th for a delicious lunch! Bring a friend or two to church and tell them lunch is on you!

P.S. Are you a Vikings fan? No worries....there is no game on Oct. 10!

Moms In Touch Prayer Groups

School is underway now and there are many Moms In Touch groups that are up and running in the surrounding south-metro area. Visit www.momsintouch.org for more information about this wonderful organization that gathers moms together to pray for their kids and their schools. Moms In Touch is used by God to have a huge impact in our community for Christ!

There is a list on all three Women's Ministry bulletin boards at SSEFC of current MIT groups that are meeting in the surrounding area. Please check it out and attend a prayer meeting. To find out if your child's school has an active MIT group, you can visit www.momsintouch.org or call your school directly and the secretary may know.

Here are the known MIT groups/schools that are currently meeting:

• Greenleaf Elementary (Apple Valley)
• Falcon Ridge Middle School (Apple Valley)
• Eastview High School (Apple Valley)
• Northview Elementary/Black Hawk Middle School (Eagan)
• Eagan High School
• Westview Elementary (Apple Valley)

If you know of other Moms In Touch groups that are meeting in the area and they are not on the list provided at church, please contact Margie Broman at MargieBroman@comcast.net and offer the school, when your group meets and the contact person/info. Thank you!