In the movie “St. Vincent” starring Bill Murray, a young boy whose parents have just divorced finds a mentor in his neighbor who is a cantankerous and loved war veteran. The movie ends with the boy honoring the man by choosing to research him for a class project on saints. “St. Vincent” highlights the concept that Lutherans consider all Christians simultaneously saint and sinner. Just as the young boy surprised the audience by naming Vincent a saint, God continually surprises us by calling each of us a saint through our baptism.

All Saints Sunday celebrates the baptized people of God, living and dead, who are the body of Christ. As November heralds the dying of the landscape, so do we remember all who have died in Christ since last All Saints Sunday.

 

On the Saturday and Sunday, November 3 and 4, we will briefly remember each of our saints listed below during the sermon and toll a bell as each name is read.

We will gather at the Lord’s table with the faithful of every time and place, trusting that the promises of God will be fulfilled and that all tears will be wiped away in the new Jerusalem.

In Christ – Pastor Doug

Donnie Goodall	Ralph Griesbach	John Godoy
Joseph Kelley	Judith Habert	Frances Schwarz
Joseph Kornmayer	Lois Zayac	LaVerne Penkal
Jean Lessing	Marsha Eagan	Elizabeth (Betty) Beifus
Darrah Cramer	Nancy Petrunak	Joan Schroedel
Peggy Yee	Terry Atves	Clifford Bennett
Gladys Basch	Charles Carpenter	James Hopp
Renate & Lee Pernosky	Richard Retsch	Jeannette Winfield
Richard Blunk	Harrison Schiffer	Elna Fravel
Charles (Chuck) Nagy	Phyllis & John Postle	Lydia Wink
Leonard Helms	John Sidor	Guy Perram