Greetings St. Olaf family,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! ALLELUIA! <\/strong>This is our 3rd Sunday of Easter. This weekend we will reflect on the story of our risen Savior eating breakfast with his disciples. Jesus asks us again and again: Do you love me?<\/em> And Jesus invites us, again and again, to follow him, bringing the Easter life to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We will celebrate the baptism of Aria Felch this weekend! Thanks be to God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n SCHEDULING<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0Wednesday meal, IGNITE classes, and Worship Service: <\/p>\n\n\n\n BENEVOLENCE VOTING<\/u><\/strong>: Please take time to stop in front of the business office and vote for\u00a0how\u00a0and\u00a0where\u00a0we give our Benevolence. Choose from several possible recipients listed or write in your choice of another possible recipient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DAYCARE<\/u><\/strong>: <\/strong>We will not<\/strong> begin taking names for a wait list at the daycare until a director is hired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n OLES:<\/u><\/strong> Will meet May 3rd<\/sup> at 9am. All retired men of St. Olaf are welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n FRONTIER DAYS??\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>: Would you like to have a St. Olaf float for the Frontier Days parade? Please volunteer your time and ideas.\u00a0\u00a0Also, in the past, we have served St. Ole Burgers for lunch.\u00a0\u00a0Anyone interested in organizing that this year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n FORT DODGE CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT\u00a0<\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n IGNITE SINGERS PERFORMANCE \u2013 MAY 15\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 END OF IGNITE BASH<\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n VBS DATES\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SALE<\/u><\/strong> 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday 9 \u2013 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Greetings St. Olaf family, Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! ALLELUIA! This is our 3rd Sunday of Easter. This weekend we will reflect on the story of our risen Savior eating breakfast with his disciples. Jesus asks us again and again: Do you love me? And Jesus invites us, again and again, to follow him, bringing the Easter life […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":402,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"blog-category":[],"class_list":["post-3153","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\/3153","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=3153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3153"},{"taxonomy":"blog-category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fblog-category&post=3153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Ignite: May 4<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
5:00 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Meal Starts
5:50 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ignite Large Group meets in the Sanctuary
6:00 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ignite Small Group meets in Youth Group basement\u00a07:00 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Worship Service\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Fort Dodge Choral Society will be presenting a concert here at 3 p.m. today, May 1.\u00a0\u00a0Come and enjoy the Mark Hayes\u00a0Requiem<\/em>\u00a0and a premiere of Jonathan Campbell\u2019s\u00a0Requiem<\/em>! Admission is $10 for adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ignite Singers will present The Lord\u2019s Prayer, The Apostles Creed, and \u201cAlleluia\u201d on May 15 during the 11 a.m. worship service to showcase all they\u2019ve learned this past year.\u00a0\u00a0Please come to support their hard work!
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We celebrate our last day of Ignite on May 18.\u00a0\u00a0We will have bounce houses and a potluck supper to help us celebrate a great year of youth ministry.\u00a0\u00a0Please sign up to bring a side dish or a dessert for the potluck. Contact Chris Dutcher, 515-570-0229, if you have questions about food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mark your summer calendars!\u00a0\u00a0We are having Vacation Bible School (VBS) at Grace Lutheran Church on August 1-4, 2022.\u00a0\u00a0You don\u2019t want to miss out on this sea-rrific ministry event!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Biannual Book Sale will be May 2-7, 2022.\u00a0\u00a0Monday 5-7 p.m. (members only), Tuesday-Friday\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n