Announcements

November 1 - 7, 2026   

ALL SAINTS' SUNDAY   - NOVEMBER 1, 2026

Please email the office (info@concordiade.com) with names of loved ones who have fallen asleep in Jesus this past year.

Revelation 7:2–8; Revelation 7:9–17; Psalm 149; 1 John 3:1–3; Matthew 5:1–12

Divine Service at 10:30 AM with Holy Communion, Setting 1 Lutheran Hymnal p. 151

Streaming of the service begins at 10:15 AM

Adult Bible Study and Sunday School - 9:15 AM 

 TIME CHANGE:  NOVEMBER 1, 2026   from daylight savings to Eastern Standard Time

Set your clocks back on 11/1 – Gain an hour

Events coming up:

Delaware Choral Arts 2026 Fall concert Saturday Nov. 22, 4PM at Grace United Methodist Church delawarechoralarts.org for more information 

Holiday Brown Bag concerts at Grace Episcopal Church 12:15 PM Dec. 4, 11, & 18 gracede.org for more info.

Altar flowers for today's service are given to the glory of God and the beautification of our worship space in loving memory of William Nebe by his wife Dale and her their family. If you wish to provide flowers to celebrate or remember someone or something, please sign up on the calendar outside the library. A donation of $20 is suggested for each bouquet and should be designated to be used for “flowers.”

November 1 - Dale Nebe

November 8 - 

November 15 -

REFRESHMENTS after Service: 

November 1 - Sharon Cornell

November 8 - POTLUCK (soup and salad and crusty bread to warm us from inside)

November 15 - 

November 22 -

+ WORSHIP +

Hymns - Please inform Pastor Kummer or your deacon of your favorite hymns so we can sing them.

✛ EDUCATION ✛

Adult Bible Study - Sundays in the Mueller Room at 9:15 a.m. We are studying the book of John.  

Tuesday - Bible Study is reading and discussing 2 Timothy. We meet at 1 PM in the Mueller room at church.

Thursday – Men's Bible Breakfast (MBB) meets on Thursday mornings at 8 AM via zoom. The format is discussion of the Lectionary readings for the upcoming Sunday. For more information email Dan Good. We hope you join us. 

What we believe: 

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

what does this mean? 

I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ my Lord or come to Him (I can't believe in Jesus by myself); but the Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospel, enlightened me with His gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true faith. In the same way He calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies the whole Christian church on earth, and keeps it with Jesus Christ in the one true faith. In this Christian church he daily and richly forgives all my sins and the sins of all believers.

✛ FELLOWSHIP ✛

Soup and Salad - Our Lord has given us seasons to enjoy.  We are enjoying the different colors of foliage along with the cooler temperatures.  Let's gather at our next luncheon on NOVEMBER 8TH after our worship service for a delicious bowl of warm Soup, Salad and Crusty Bread. Hotdogs will also be provided. Please look forward to the sign-up sheet that will be passed around soon.

Blessings for another time to fellowship together, Lilly Derrickson

Handmade Prayers (Prayer Shawl Ministry) meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 10 AM in Mueller Library (November 11, 2026). We welcome everyone. This is a working meeting so please bring your yarn projects with you. If you know someone that is in need of a gift from us, please let us know. 

Playground Fun – Please join us EVERY Sunday after service (weather permitting) at the playground. Children should be accompanied by an adult. This gives us another fellowship experience as the adults chit chat and the children enjoy the playground equipment.  

+ SERVICE +

Thanks to you, Orphan Grain Train raised $4,917 through this fall’s Boscov’s Friends-Helping-Friends event—our highest total in the eleven years we have participated! 

With costs for goods and services rising almost every week, your generosity takes on greater meaning. Every dollar becomes vitally important to place food, clothing, medical supplies, and other material blessings directly into the hands of people who truly need them. 

As we near the Thanksgiving season, OGT gives thanks for you. Scripture reminds us that “You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God” (2 Corinthians 9:11). Your gifts do exactly that—they create thanksgiving in the hearts of those whose lives are touched by this mercy work. 

May God multiply the blessings of your generosity and fill your homes with peace and gratitude!

+Carla Niesen 

We sort and pack donations for people in need on Wednesdays 10:00am – 2:30pm and Saturdays 9am –1:30pm at the former Dansko warehouse: 8 Federal Rd, West Grove, PA, 19390. Please consider joining us, we welcome teens through adults! 

Read all about OGT on the bulletin board by the library or visit our webpage for the full list of items our recipients need most, current hours of operation, and the latest updates. You may also click ORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN under the Concordia SERVICE tab for current news. Donated items should be placed in the All Saints' Hall closet (to the right as you enter the room). 

Our most immediate need is for a new warehouse location as our lease expires in fall 2026! We prefer a southeastern Chester County location, or other safe neighborhood near the PA–DE state line, with 6,000 to 10,000 sq ft, a loading dock and parking for at least a dozen cars. If you have any information, please contact OGT volunteer Carla Niesen.  

+EMMANUEL DINING ROOM+

Faithful Servants,

 The apostle John writes to the children of God in 
1 John 3:18 - “Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other, let us show the truth by our actions.”

 As children of God, members of Concordia Lutheran Church and Preschool once again had the privilege of feeding 155 hungry men, women, and children at the Emmanuel Dining Room of Wilmington on Tuesday, October 27th.

 Thank you to all the casserole cooks and brownie bakers for showing your love to your hungry neighbors, all fellow children of God.  And thanks to Tom Rehkop and Tom Crawford for serving.

 **** Next month, our casseroles and brownies are not needed.  We were told that lunches over Thanksgiving week are to be handled by a Ministry of Caring committee and our services will not be needed on November 27th-not even peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as in years past.  So, no casseroles and brownies until December.

God’s blessings to you all, 

+George and Dale

Don’t forget, you may be the only Bible that some people will ever read. 

Time. Talent. Treasure.

TIME :  always looking for more?  God wants your tithe of TIME too.

Let us thank Jesus that He continues to provide for us! Please consider giving your offerings through your bank or your credit card. Questions related to financial giving can be addressed to financialsec@concordiade.com.