Annual Hog Roast is Sunday, August 7th ~ "Long Time Gone" will be performing 11 - 2 pm. Bake Sale, Raffle and Silent Auction, and "Wall of Wine" new this year.

Family baskets are one of our biggest hits! What is your family's favorite thing? Create a basket and share it with someone new!

This is the best Hog Roast around! The best pulled pork and freshly picked sweet corn. Finish it off with a 1919 root beer float! Please tell everyone you know!

Items needed this month for the Food Shelf ~ Cleansers - Ajax or Comet, Jelly, Canned Carrots, Pears, Canned Juices, Flour, Cream of Mushroom Soup, crackers, Pasta Noodles (all types), Kleenex, Shampoo/conditioner, Empty Soap Dispensers.

"Tribute Race" for Jerry Tomsen at Elko Speedway, Saturday July 9th at 7 pm ~ The ASA (racing association) will be sponsoring this event in his honor. Please come out and join us. Thanks, Kris Thomsen and kids.

Bible Study will meet on July...Women's Group on July 6th ~ Or meet at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday July 10th, and every Tuesday at 8 a.m. Please join us.

There will be a new member get together on July 21st at 7 pm ~ And a New Member Sunday on July 24. Anyone wishing to join, please contact Pastor or the Church office.

Vacation Bible School is Sunday, July 31st thru Thursday, August 4th 6 - 8 p.m. ~ This year we are having an evening VBS. Theme: Pandamania Grades: Kindergarten - 6th grade (completed).

We are still looking for volunteers for snack and craft helpers each day. Please let us know if this would work with your schedules to help volunteer. We are also looking for high school volunteers as group leaders.

Coming soon - New Church Directory ~ Watch for sign-up sheets for photo sessions. More info coming soon. Contact Diane Trapp 263-3538 Colleen Meyer 263-5082 or Karen Slininger 645-9216 with any questions.

Churches of Guatemala need your prayers ~ Please take time to pray for the Lutheran Churches of Guatemala, their missionaries, preachers and the communities they reach out to.

Women's Bible Study starting in September at 11 am every first Wednesday of the month for one hour. ~ Led by Pastor Steve. Title: To Lead and To Serve: The Gospel of Mark.

You will need a subscription to "Woman Today" magazine. You can subscribe online through Augsburg Fortress or call 800-328-4648 or send name address and a check made out to Lutheran Women Today to Augsburg Fortress Publishers. PO Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440-8730. A one-year subscription is $12, or two years for $22.

Subscriptions take 6-8 weeks to begin so order ASAP. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.

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