Meet the 2021-2022 Norman Lutheran Board of Deacons The Board of Deacons is responsible for the spiritual life and concerns of the congregation. Those responsibilities include assisting with the distribution of communion, help to identify church service assistants (ushers, acolytes, readers, greeters), and visit our elders who may not make it to church on a regular basis. Your NLC Deacons are: Nicole Rohrbeck, Jesse Wieser, Brenda Robinson, Eric Berg, and Dawn Thompson A mem

Prayer Requests: Please lift up in prayer- Matthew Lunde, Bennett Mitchell, Garret Fenner & family, Trudy Torgerson, Tanya Ausk, Shirley Berg, Wesley Nelson, Shirley Jermstad, Carol Malone. Announcements

Please join us for the Connect & Serve (formerly called WOM) meeting on Sunday at 10am following the worship service. We will meet in the fellowship hall. We will be reviewing the service groups and discuss ideas for the remainder of 2021 and 2022.

Prayer Requests: Please lift up in prayer- Matthew Lunde, Bennett Mitchell, Garret Fenner & family, Trudy Torgerson, Tanya Ausk, Shirley Berg, Wesley Nelson, Shirley Jermstad, Carol Malone. Announcements *September Worship Norman 9:00am Davenport 11:00 *TODAY Sunday School starts during 9:00am worship! *Confirmation begins this Wednesday September 22nd 6:15-7:00pm at Norman *Your help is needed with upcoming Sunday School Link to sig

We're excited to announce the confirmation schedule for our parish with classes starting NEXT WEDNESDAY! Norman and Davenport churches confirm our members together with classes taught by Pastor Katie each Wednesday at Norman Lutheran Church from 6:15 - 7 p.m. Confirmation class is for grades 7-8 and 9th graders attend the first two months followed by their Confirmation around Reformation Sunday. This fall the 9th grade Confirmation service will be SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 at 9 a.

Our parish offers two opportunities a week to educate our youth! Sunday school is every Sunday morning at Norman Lutheran Church right during the worship service. This year you'll notice a few "Family Sundays" on the calendar where the actual service is geared toward the family that day and kids stay in the pew for worship instead of attending classes downstairs. Davenport Lutheran offers our Wednesday Kids Club which is the same curriculum as our Sunday classes, just on Wed

GATHERING The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God. PRELUDE– Gail (Norman) Marty (Davenport) BELLS WELCOME / ANNOUNCEMENTS GATHERING PRAYER GATHERING SONG Change My Heart, O God (ELW 801) PEACE (ELW p. 152) CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS (ELW p. 94). PRAYER OF THE DAY (ELW p. 150) Let us pray. O God, through suffering and rejection you bring forth our salvation, and by the glory of the cross you transform our lives. Grant that for the sake of the gospel we may turn