BooksWomen of LOTI, do you love to read? Are you interested in exploring your faith in fiction and non-fiction writings sure to stir the soul? If your answer is a resounding YES, consider joining LOTI’s new book club!

Please contact Debra Gilroy or Linda Nelson if you are interested. We will then schedule a brief informational session to set a meeting date and book selection. Our goal is to meet every one to two months. First meeting will be in January 2018

16c41d6f-3a2f-4f9c-b9e3-1c9d91dc8769Join us on Wednesday morning for Bible Study at 10:00. The informal study will explore the Book of Ecclesiastes. And yes, coffee and treats are a part of every Wednesday morning.
Shelter meals for 2017 are scheduled for the rest of the year but we now need to start scheduling for 2018.  Please consider serving a meal in the new year sometime. If you are a Thrivent member, you can apply for one of their Action Team gift cards to help offset the cost of the meal. Please contact Cheri Moe if you have any questions at 952 431-5226 or [email protected].
Thank you to Anna-Lena and Magnus Skold, Alexander and friend.
c7279694-0e06-4921-ac03-118b3b0f33ba copyThe prayer ministry group would welcome anyone who would like to join them on Tuesday mornings in the Christy Room at 9:15-10:00 a.m.  Please contact Janna Haug, Deb Gilroy or Linda Nelson for more information if you are interested.

poinsettiasPurchase a poinsettia for display around the altar and  take home with you after Christmas services. Order forms are in Sunday Bulletins. Deadline to order is November 14. Choose red or white: single stem for $10, double stem for $16. Submit payment by check to LOTI office. Or order via email…Linda Nelson

  • November 5 – Daylight Savings Time ends – move your clocks back 1 hour and enjoy the extra hour of sleep. See you in Sunday School all rested up  🙂
  • November 12 – Sunday School children participate in worship for St Martin’s Day
  • November 12 – Winter clothes drive ends. Accepting new or gently used winter coats, hats, gloves, mittens, and scarves (Kid and adult sizes) Donations will go to PPL (Project for Pride in Living).
  • November 19 – Sunday School children assemble College Care Packages during Sunday School.
link Pic _4The October 1st fundraiser for the Restroom Makeover was a a great success!  We raised nearly $15,000 in donations for the project, and in addition, have $10,000 committed from the Endowment Fund. We are grateful to all those who donated times, prizes and services. Special thanks to Michelle McCreery, Chanda Olson, Jenny Cook and Suzanne Haas for their work on the fundraiser. And, thank you as well to the Starry Night Quartet for their wonderful music.

brown_paper_giftThe Sunday School children and their families will be preparing care packages for our LOTI college age students once again this year. The Care Packages will contain hand-made cards from our Sunday School kids, a letter of encouragement from Pastor Haug, healthy snacks and other fun items. The packages will be mailed early in December just before finals.

Parents, if you would like a care package to be sent to your college-age child, please contact Diane LaMere via email, including your child’s mailing address no later than Wednesday, November 15th. Also include your student’s finals dates.
Dear Friends and Members of Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church
The Luther Rose or Seal is the most widely recognized symbol for Lutheranism. It was the seal that was designed for Martin Luther at the request of the Saxon Elector John Frederick in 1530. It was always, however, more than a symbol.  It colorfully and poignantly portrayed Luther’s theology.  Luther wrote the following description from Coburg Castle on July 8th, 1530.
Since you ask whether my seal has come out correctly, I shall answer most amiably and tell you of those thoughts which now come to my mind about my seal as a symbol of my theology. There is first to be a cross, black, and placed in a heart, which should be of its natural color (red), to put me in mind that faith in Christ crucified saved us. For if one believes from the heart, he will be justified. Such a heart is to be in the midst of a white rose, to symbolize that faith gives joy, comfort, and peace. In a word, it places the believer into a white joyful rose, for this faith does not give peace and joy as the world gives. This rose, moreover, is fixed in a sky-blue field, symbolizing that such joy in the Spirit and in faith is a beginning of the future heavenly joy. It is already a part of faith, and is grasped through hope, even though not yet manifest. And around this field is a golden ring, to signify that such bliss in heaven is endless, and more precious than all joys and goods, just as gold is the most valuable and precious metal.
Nine years ago, in preparation for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the United Lutheran Churches in Germany decided to create a new living monument.  They believed it wasn’t necessary to erect yet another statue, so instead, they decided to create a living garden of 500 trees reaching out from the Luther Rose. The photo above is a picture of the garden looking down along paths lined with hundreds of trees. The paths go out in all directions, of coursing depicting the movement of Protestantism which has now reached every continent. More importantly, I believe that Luther would state that it is Jesus Christ, at the center of the heart and rose, that has gone out to reach the ends of the earth.
It is an important reminder to the Lutheran Church today.  For this is ultimately the Protestant heritage. The good news which Martin Luther rediscovered and celebrated  was the saving grace of Jesus Christ freely given for all.
Peace, Pastor Arden Haug

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National Lutheran Choir: World Premier

Holy Spirit Mass by Norwegian composer Kim André Arnesen
October 27 at 8 pm
Basilica of St. Mary
October 29, 2017 at 4 pm
Ordway Concert Hall

ELCA Reformation Festival Service

ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton preaching
October 28at 4:00
Central Lutheran Church

Reformation~ Confirmation Worship Service

God the Lord is Sun and Shield    J.S. Bach’s Cantata BWV 79
October 29 at 9:30 am
Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church

Minnesota Orchestra

Bach’s  Ein Feste Burg, Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony and Sebastian Currier’s Re-formation
November 3 & 4 at 8:00 pm
Orchestra Hall

Linden Hill Chamber Orchestra

Sibelius’ Finlandia and Mendelssohn’s Reformation
November 9 at 7:30
Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church
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