St. Andrew 50^th anniversary | RSVP for meal
St. Andrew will celebrate 50 years of ministry on October 23/26. In addition to the weekend worship service, we will host an event and meal at noon on October 26. To help with the meal count, please let us know if you plan to attend.Opportunities to serve that Sunday include setup, takedown, and staffing planned activities for both children and adults. Contact Pastor Clinton to serve.

If you have pictures of baptisms, confirmations, summer camps, worship spaces, Growth Groups, Sunday school classes, Westside Christian School classes, etc., please submit them. If you have hard copies, identify them as yours and put them in the box in the atrium. Otherwise you can send digital photos to Sarah Wendorf.

Construction update
Last week, the final steel beam was raised, and the students from Westside Christian School got to sign the beam and watch it be raised into place. Check out this video from Kraemer Brothers showing this special day.Paving of Parmenter Street is still being finished. The city has asked all St. Andrew and Westside Christian traffic to continue using the alternate routes until October 20:

• From the north, County Road K to Church Road to Schneider Road
• From the south, Airport Road to Capitol View Road to Schneider Road

A Place of Peace giving
Giving can be set up like other offerings. Go to “Give” at the website, and you can set up a one-time or recurring gift. Choose “A Place of Peace” as the “Fund.” If using a check, please put “A Place of Peace” in the memo line. If using St. Andrew offering envelopes, use the designation “Ministry Expansion.”

Even if you didn’t make a formal pledge, you can still give. Every bit helps, as St. Andrew will still carry some debt, and the less debt, the more ministry.

Call received
Last week, Minister of Worship Naomi Laabs was extended a call from 922 Ministries in Appleton, Wisconsin, to serve as their Worship Operations Director. Over the next few weeks, she will deliberate between staying in her current call here at St. Andrew as staff minister and this new call to 922 Ministries. Please keep her in your prayers over the next few weeks as she considers how and where God is calling her to serve. She welcomes any comments, thoughts, and prayers from her St. Andrew family as well. Feel free to contact her at naomi.laabs@st-andrew-online.org or (920)277-4633.Adult choir resumes October 8
Blend your voice with others to sing God’s praise. We’ll rehearse at 7 PM on Wednesdays in the Soul Café to sing for worship on:

• Sunday, October 26 (rehearsals will be October 8, 15 & 22).
• Sunday, December 7 (rehearsals will be November 12 & 19, December 3).

High school-aged and older are welcome to attend. Interested in participating? Email Minister of Worship Naomi Laabs.

Worship check-in
If you worship on-site, please fill out the Connection Card attached to your worship folder. Online worshipers, please continue to check in here.

Weekend worship songs
Preview some of the songs we will use for worship this weekend. Obviously ours won’t sound exactly like this, but listening to the links provided will certainly help you be more comfortable participating in the service.

“Oh, How Good It Is” by Keith Getty, Stuart Townend
“House of the Lord” by Phil Wickham
“How Firm a Foundation”
“As for Me and My House” by Cochren & Co.

WELS International Youth Rally
Summer 2026 will bring another WELS International Youth Rally. It will be held July 14 – 17 at Bowling Green University. These rallies are very popular and well-done. St. Andrew is planning to send a group with chaperones to this faith-inspiring, fun-filled rally. The rally is open to teens from the class of 2026 – 2030. St. Andrew is having an informational meeting on Sunday, October 19, at 11:45 AM. If that does not work, an online meeting will be on Monday, October 20, at 7:00 PM. If you want the link for that, email Minister for Nurture Mark Kjenstad.Forward in Christ
Help yourself to a copy of Forward in Christ, found in the atrium. This month’s issue features the following topics:

• Is a church dying if it’s not growing?
• How should families with young children approach going to church?
• Are persistent prayers selfish prayers?

Small Talk returning
Small Talk is a St. Andrew podcast featuring young children. Host Rachel Kamin asks questions about the Bible and living as God’s children and her young guests take it from there. On October 15, an all-new episode with special guest Livy will be released.Impact podcast
Punishment in the Bible is sometimes called discipline. Discipline from God is always loving and always necessary to point us back to Jesus. Pastor Jon Bilitz is our guest as we finish discussing the true story of Israel and the golden calf. Pastor Jon Bilitz is our guest this week for Exodus 32. You can listen to Impact here or by searching for “Kjenstad Impact” wherever you listen to podcasts.

FUEL
FUEL is the Growth Group for all St. Andrew high school students. They meet on Sunday mornings to learn from and discuss Scripture, but that’s not all. They also hang out and have fun. Their next outing is a trip to Schuster’s Farm on October 25 from 6:00 – 9:00 PM. Contact Seth and Delaney for more information and to RSVP by October 17.

Letter from Christian Aid and Relief
Below is an excerpt from a letter from our July Monthly Mission Partner.Dear friends at St. Andrew Lutheran Church,

Greetings in Christ! Thank you for your support of WELS Christian Aid and Relief! We received your gift of $4,647.04. It will be used to help support our compassion ministry activities, including disaster relief, humanitarian aid, and personal relief grants. Often these acts of mercy lead to opportunities to share the good news of our Savior with those who are hurting. Our guiding passage is found in Galatians 6:10: “As we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”

In Christ, our compassionate Savior,
Rev. Daniel Sims, Director, Christian Aid and Relief

WELS Connection
Every month, our church body releases a video to highlight a specific project or ministry of some of our brothers and sisters in faith. September’s video is the first in a series of four that provides some details of the synod’s 10-year plan to address ministry challenges in today’s world, starting with culture.

Monthly Mission Partner
Our October partner is WayForward Resources, a local organization that provides several social services to the western Dane County area, most notably, a large food pantry. Find more information about WayForward at their website or view a video from their executive director.