Please keep your eyes, ears and hearts open to the many, many opportunities to serve our sisters and brothers in Christ, here in our community and around the globe.

• We prepare and serve supper at Central Iowa Shelter & Services (formerly known as Churches United) on the 18th & 19th of every month. Recipes are provided by the sign-up sheets in the narthex just in case you're not accustomed to quantity cooking! (Last month the residents gave our St. John's crew a standing ovation after the meal, proclaiming it worthy of a 5-star rating!)

• We serve a meal for Homeless Youth Outreach the second Thursday of every month. Cathy Talcott cooks, but more servers are needed. The sign-up sheet is also in the narthex.

• Watch for the opportunity to provide Christmas gifts for the families of people who are incarcerated through the Angel Tree project. A Christmas tree with tags describing gifts needed will be up after Thanksgiving... And mittens & hats for children & adults in our community are needed for the Mitten Tree Project. These are distributed to a number of helping agencies and some local schools.

• And monetary gifts to the World Hunger Appeal of the ELCA and/or Lutheran World Relief help feed, clothe, educate and provide health care to brothers and sisters around the globe.

• Tutors are needed for the tutoring we offer on Wednesday evenings (6:30-7:30) for the kids from Oakridge Neighborhood Services.  The kids bring work to do, so there is no preparation involved.  All you need is a desire to make a connection with an elementary aged child once a week!!!  If interested, please contact Sheryl Reed 243-7691 ext. 193 or sherylreed@stjohnsdsm.org.