Bread of Life Enews 10/2/2025

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Birthday Celebration!

There will be a 95th Birthday Celebration for Shirley Quigley held at BOL at 2PM on Saturday, October 4th.

All are welcome!

NO Gifts Please!

Candy Donations

The community outreach team is looking for candy donations to hand out for the trunk or treat. There is a box in the narthex to bring your donations of individually wrapped bags of candy.

Pumpkin Donations for the Pumpkin Walk!

The Minot Parks Pumpkin Walk will be held October 10-11 (6-9pm) at the Woodland Trail. Bread of Life kids and youth will once again be carving pumpkins for the trail. We are in need of around 20 pumpkins! If you are able to help donate toward this, please contact the church office.

October Loose Change Offerings:

October Loose Change Offerings will benefit Teen Challenge of North Dakota.

Bethany Lutheran Church is still in need of quilt fabric and sheets for backing to make quilts for Lutheran World Relief. If you have any that you are willing to donate, you can bring it to the Bread of Life church office, or to Bethany Lutheran directly.

BOL Women's Meeting:

BOL Women will Meet October 20th at 630PM at the church. Women's meetings will be every 3rd Monday of the month going forward from August through May.

Community Outreach Team is asking for your help.

Broadway Circle Apartments

Pathfinder Services is looking for donations of household goods to furnish the new apartments.

Items they are looking for are:

Kitchen Goods - New or Used in Good Shape

King Size and Twin Size bed sheets

End tables

Smaller chairs New or Used in Good Shape

Cleaning supplies

Bathroom towels/wash clothes

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Lutheran Campus Ministry at MSU will once again be hosting our Cold Weather Gear Giveaway throughout October.

We have a good number of students from states and countries that are warm all year around, who will need cold weather gear. Coats, hats, mittens, scarves - the whole ensemble! If you have an extra, please bring them to the front desk of the Wellness Center of MSU. Just take 11^th Ave into campus and park near the skyway (including the loading zone in front of the dome which is usually empty). Bring your items through the northside door that is directly under the skyway, dropping them off with the lovely students at the front desk. THANK YOU!! -Pastor Rachel Simonson

Worship Helpers

We have created a calendar for worship helpers.

Greeter/Usher- Welcome people as they enter, hand out bulletins, usher people to Communion, give guests welcome bag.

Reader- Read the readings (Pastor reads the gospel) *If you would like the readings prior to service, please contact Hiedi in the office.

Communion Server- Distribute the wine saying "The Blood of Christ shed for you."

Acolyte- turn on altar candles and Christ candle 10 minutes before worship begins and turn off following worship.

Worship helpers for this week

10/4 & 10/5:

Helpers for 10/4

Greeter/Usher: Juelichs

Reader: Alvie Nesson

Communion Server: Juelichs

Acolyte: Alvie Nesson

Helpers for 10/5

Greeter/Usher: Kerstens

Reader: Susan Thompson

Communion Server:

Acolyte: Kerstens

Fellowship Server: Diane Kersten

Worship Helpers

for next week 10/11 & 10/12

Helpers for 10/11

Greeter/Usher: Kevin & Tracey Lawson

Reader: Kevin & Tracey Lawson

Communion Server: Kevin & Tracey Lawson

Acolyte: Kevin & Tracey Lawson

Helpers for 10/12

Greeter/Usher: Ryan & Kara Vetter

Reader: Teen Challenge

Communion Server: Ryan & Kara Vetter

Acolyte: Ryan & Kara Vetter

Fellowship Server: Pot Luck

The Welcome Table –

Next Serving Opportunity,

Saturday October 25^th

A free community meal at the site of the Lord’s Cupboard Food Pantry. There are two serving shifts. A sign-up can be found at church. Every time we serve it costs $250. If you would like to contribute to this fund, just note it on your donation.

8:30-10:30am - Preparing food

10:30am-12:30pm - Serving/Clean-up

Livestream link:

You can view our Sunday 10AM service on our YouTube channel. Just click the link below to view:

click to watch our service LIVE!

Save the date!

Trunk or Treat will be held Wednesday October 29th, 530-7pm. A sign up sheet is in the back of the church.

North Dakota Teen Challenge Joins Us on Sunday October 12th at 10am

Join us as folks from ND Teen Challenge will join us as they share testimonies of God at work in their lives and as their choir leads in song. A potluck meal will be shared following worship. Congregational Life team will provide sloppy joes and buns, please bring a potluck item to share with the group.

Teen Challenge's mission statement is, “To help the broken, lost and hopeless overcome life controlling issues in order to find hope and healing in all areas of their lives.”

Upcoming Fellowship:

Come and have a meal, and fellowship with your Bread of Life friends.

October 4th 830AM at Dennys
October 18th 630 at Ground Round
November 1st 830AM at Homesteaders
November 15th 630PM at Applebees

We need some help from our wonderful members:

Please consider signing up for altar guild. Sign up is in the entrance and the main responsibilities are -setting up communion -changing banners. If you could help with this, or have questions, please reach out to the office.

All are Welcome!

On Saturday, October 11 at 10:30 am, Jeannine Schrum (Writing as Jeannine Williamson) will read her children's book, Rosa the Lion, during Family Storytime at the Minot Public Library. All are invited to attend.

Another way you could help out.........Make Communion Bread:

We are in need of people to sign up to make communion bread. Please consider signing up for a month. The sign ups are in the narthex, and there is a recipe on the bulletin board as well.

Offering Information:

Text to give “bolminot” to 77977 or at the link:

Click here then click the give tab

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Calendar of events and building use:

If you have an upcoming event you'd like to put on the Bread of Life calendar, please let Hiedi in the office know, and she can get it added for you.

You can find the Bread of Life calendar of events by clicking the link below:

Click for Bread of Life Calendar

Just a note from the office: If your address/phone number/email address/etc has changed, please reach out to the church office so we are able to update the contact information.

Prairie Faith Devotions

Prairie Faith Devotions Link

Check out Prairie Faith Devotions, found on Facebook. Just click the link. Each weekday, a pastor or deacon from the Western North Dakota Synod shares a short devotion. You are invited to add this devotion to your faith practices.

Noon Bible Study

All are invited to join our noon Bible Study group on Tuesdays at noon at the church.

What's Coming Up at Bread of Life???

Oct 12th Teen Challenge and potluck

Oct 20th BOL Women's meeting

Oct 25th BOL serves at the Welcome Table

Oct 29th Trunk or Treat

Please remember in your prayers…

Bread of Life: Kitty Olson; Melissa Godejohn;

Family & Friends of Bread of Life: Steve Kersten, brother of Jay Kersten; Marj Eisenzimmer, friend of Judy Mock; Joyce Mills-Peterson; Kirk Johnson, son of Corrine Johnson; Ron Jensen, brother of Nancy Lawson; Elizabeth, mother of Sylvia Fugate; Victoria, granddaughter of Andy Radford; Chad Sherven, son of Colleen Sherven; Cathy Gradin, daughter in law of Donna Bartsch; Laura Dalebout, sister of Sandy Gilbertson; Penny K Benning, niece of Sandy Gilbertson; Les and Sandy Enockson, parents of Wanda Aanderud; Julie, daughter of Shirley Quigley; Ian, friend of Justin; Samantha Hove, niece of Kathy Sveet; Danny Lindberg; Marlene Taylor; Ryan; Janis Neameyer, sister of Dale Ellis; Scott Osborn; Sutton Hennessey; Tessa; Linda Randolph; LuAnn Getzlaff; Jeannie Jackson, mother of Amanda Kreutzbender; Jon Nissen; Gayle, sister of Maxine Juelich; Ron DeMers, cousin of Jerry Gooch; Nicole Mobley, niece of Dale & Dolly Ellis; Laurie Christen, niece of Lila Striefel;

Edgewood Vista: Bev Larson, Jenny Gates; ProHealth Home Care: Mary Ann Fitchner; MapleView Memory Care: Bev Helstedt, Janice Hewitt; Garrison: Marvel Bakken; Lila Striefel; Missouri Slope: Alie Conger; At Home: Dick Slaaen, Marian Crawford

Douglas Trinity Lutheran:

Healing: DeAnne Finken; Susan Erickson; Grace Magandy; Michael Kolden; Lorraine Nelson; Sherie Heine; Jeff Krueger; Florene Knudtson; Phyllis Narum; Gregory Nelson; Lyn Koppinger; Kent Kolden; and Karla Hankel