Can You Help?

Please contact Jacque in the church office (952.431.5466) if you would be willing to lead and/or help coordinate the church-wide fellowship luncheon for Sunday, September 11 after the second service. Thank you!

1st & 3rd Monday Evening Bible Study

1st & 3rd Monday Evenings: 6:30 - 8:15 pm
September 19 - April 2012

Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver

Cost: $10 for book (no childcare available). Room E255 @ SSEFC. Questions: Mary Dahlen 952.432.0742 / Bernie Finne 651.688.8561. With her fresh approach to the familiar Bible story, Joanna Weaver shows how all of us—Marys and Marthas alike—can draw closer to our Lord: deepening our devotion, strengthening our service and doing both with less stress and greater joy. Register online or just show up to the study and register there. Join us anytime! Stop by the Women's Bible Study tables during the Ministry Fair on upcoming Sundays for more info!

New SSEFC Women's Bible Studies! Tuesday am

Tuesday Mornings: 9:30 -11 am
1st Session: September 13 - December 13, 2011
Walking in Power, Love & Discipline by Kay Arthur

Cost: $10 for book / $20 for childcare (birth - K). Journey Room @ SSEFC. Questions: Stephanie Buckland 952.240.4465. Discover through the study of 1st and 2nd Timothy and Titus what God expects of believers in all areas of life including faith, deeds, morality, leadership and attitude. Challenge yourself to walk in power, love and discipline as outlined in these powerful books of the New Testament. This exciting inductive study series brings readers face-to-face with the truth of God's precepts, promises and purposes—in just minutes a day! Register online or just show up to the study and register there. Join us anytime!

Come by the Women's Bible Study tables during the Ministry Fair in the coming Sundays for more info!

Next Book Club: Thurs. Sept. 8 @ 7 pm

The next Book Club gathering is Thursday, September 8, 7 pm at Ring Mountain Café. We will discuss the novel, Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate. Stop by the South Sub Book Club table at the ministry fair on Sunday, August 14 to get a Lisa Wingate bookmark. Copies of our upcoming books will be for sale. If you have any questions about the book club, send Sharon Moore an email at bookclub@ssefc.org. Our next good reads and the dates we will meet to discuss (Thursdays, 7 pm at Ring Mountain Café): October 20 – Under the Cajun Moon by Mindy Starns Clark. December 1 – Love Amid the Ashes by Mesu Andrews. Hope to see you at Book Club! Please invite your friends!

Family Camping Weekend! Aug. 26-28

Join other SSEFC families Friday to Sunday, August 26-28 for a fun weekend of camping (cabin style) at Flandrau State Park in New Ulm, MN (about 2 hours south). Enjoy fellowship, games, tasty food, campfire treats/singing, swimming in a sand bottom pool and more! Cost: $60 per family/cabin. Space is limited. Contact Margie Broman at 651-406-8542 or MargieBroman@comcast.net with questions and to RSVP. This is a wonderful weekend that creates fabulous memories...Hope to see you at Flandrau! (Photo above is from our 2010 group that went to Flandrau...18 families!)

2 More Park Days of the Summer!

Park Days is a fun time to meet with other parents and their kids to play and fellowship at Farquar Park in Apple Valley. Parents and kids meet at 11 am to whenever you need to leave. Pack a lunch and stay awhile! Park Days provides the perfect opportunity to invite friends and neighbors who are not from SSEFC to a casual and fun setting. So mark your calendars, invite some friends and see you at the park the following last two gatherings of the summer: Wednesdays August 10 & 24. Questions? Call Katie Rodgers at 952-997-3686.

Book Club this Thursday the 11th!

The next Book Club gathering is this Thursday, August 11, 7 pm at Ring Mountain Café. We will discuss the novel, The Secret Life of Becky Miller by Sharon Hinck. If you have any questions about the book club, send Sharon an email at bookclub@ssefc.org.

Our next good reads and the dates we will meet to discuss (Thursdays, 7 pm at Ring Mountain Café): September 8 – Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate; and October 20 – Under the Cajun Moon by Mindy Starns Clark.