{"id":2471,"date":"2020-12-18T14:31:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T20:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/?post_type=blog_post&#038;p=2471"},"modified":"2020-12-18T14:32:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T20:32:08","slug":"christmas-eve-more","status":"publish","type":"blog_post","link":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/?blog_post=christmas-eve-more","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve &#038; more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><u>CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christmas Eve services are 4 pm and 7 pm in person. We will do reserved signups for the 4 pm and 7 pm services for a total of 75 people at each service. An online service will also be available on Facebook. You will need to call the office 515-576-2103 to sign up, first come-first served. All mask and social distancing mandates will apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>ADULT BIBLE STUDY<\/u><\/strong><br \/>Monday Morning Bible study will resume meeting in-person in the Fellowship Hall at 10am on Mondays, Starting on December 21. Please wear a mask and practice social distancing. We will take a break during Christmas and resume January 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>CARD SHOWER \u2013 SUE SELTZ\u2019S RETIREMENT<\/u><\/strong><br \/>There will be a card shower during the month of December in appreciation of Sue Seltz\u2019s service as Financial Manager to St. Olaf and celebration of her retirement late this fall. There will be a larger celebration for Sue as soon as it is safe to do so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>BAPTISMS<\/u><\/strong><br \/>Baptisms may be scheduled moving forward. They will be available on Wednesday evenings at either 5 or 7 pm or Sundays at 10 am. A total of 10 people, including Pastor Emily,\u00a0will remain in effect for baptisms. All mask and social distancing mandates will apply. Please call the office to schedule. 515-576-2103<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>CONFIRMATION CLASSES<\/u><\/strong> will be on break during Christmas break. We will resume on January 6<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>IGNITE<\/u><\/strong> will also be on break. On Dec 23 &amp; Dec 30<sup>th<\/sup>. We will meet again on January 6. Keep your eyes open on how we plan to meet.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>ST. OLAF CHRISTMAS YARD SIGNS<\/u><\/strong><br \/>In an effort to stay closely connected during this pandemic,\u00a0<strong>St. Olaf yard signs are now available<\/strong>\u00a0from the church inside the glass entry at the West entrance North door. Stop by and get one for your front yard. A free will offering can be placed in the locked mailbox in the entrance. Stay Connected!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>END OF YEAR GIVING CHALLENGE 2020<\/u><\/strong>St. Olaf received an anonymous donation of $25,000. We give God thanks &amp; praise for this gift! This donor encourages St. Olaf members to collectively match this amount in the month of December. We hope you all rise to the\u00a0challenge. Happy Advent!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES Christmas Eve services are 4 pm and 7 pm in person. We will do reserved signups for the 4 pm and 7 pm services for a total of 75 people at each service. An online service will also be available on Facebook. You will need to call the office 515-576-2103 to sign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":402,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"blog-category":[],"class_list":["post-2471","blog_post","type-blog_post","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/blog_post\/2471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/blog_post"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog_post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2471"},{"taxonomy":"blog-category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fblog-category&post=2471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}