Thanksgiving Office Hours

Our office will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

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Foster Care Closet

We are very excited to be opening our Foster Care Closet for the St. Louis County Foster Care Program to utilize and help equip our local foster care families. Thank you to everyone who so graciously donated very needed children's supplies already. If you'd like to see our closet in person, please reach out to someone in the Generosity Team!

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Youth Christmas Wreath Sales

November starts the youth’s annual wreath sale. The price is $25; payment is due with your order. Checks can be made out to “Gethsemane Youth”. Our youth will have a table after worship or talk with a youth to place your order. Wreath pick-up will be at at Gethsemane on Dec. 7th following worship.

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Youth Mission/Service Trip 2026

LIFT is headed to The Dwelling in Winston-Salem North Carolina in July of 2026! You do not have to be part of LIFT to participate in this trip. You just need to join in the fundraising and planning. If you are a high schooler, YOU are invited to be a part of this exciting, life-changing, faith-building, transformative experience. For more information, stay tuned to social media, the LIFT Team Reach App, newsletters and bulletins or you can talk with Pastor Rebecca.

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Youth Led Worship —Sunday, November 30

Planning Meeting: Wed., Nov 12 @ 6pm at Gethsemane

The youth will plan and lead worship on Sunday, November 30th. If you are a youth in grades 7-12, you are invited to a planning meeting at church on Wed, Nov. 12 at 6pm. Dinner will be provided. We will be talking about themes and assigning parts. If you cannot make the meeting but want to participate in the worship service on Sunday, November 30, please talk with Pastor Rebecca.

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Fall Unit of L.I.F.T. Completed - Other Ways to Continue to Grow

Our first unit of LIFT ends on Wed., November 5. We will not resume until Wed., January 7 when our Winter Unit begins at Gethsemane. Until then, please keep the following dates in mind:

Wed. Nov 12 @6pm: Youth Led Worship 

          Planning Meeting

Sun. Nov. 30 @9am: Youth Led Worship

Wed. Dec 3 @630pm: Advent Spiral Service at

          Messiah Lutheran Church

Wed. Dec 10 @630pm: Visual Arts Advent 

          Service at Our Savior’s 

Wed. Dec 17 @630pm: Blue Christmas Service at

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L.I.F.T. Fun Night

All youth, grades 3 - 12, are invited to join us on Wednesday, November 5th from 6 pm - 8 pm at Mesabi Fit for fun in the pool & gym. Dinner will be provided. You do not have to be a part of LIFT to attend. If you have questions, please talk with Pastor Rebecca.

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Lutefisk and Meatball Dinner

Everyone is invited to a LUTEFISK & MEATBALL DINNER on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, from 3:00 – 7:00 pm at Gethsemane Lutheran Church.

Come and enjoy a delicious dinner of Lutefisk with drawn butter and cream sauce, handcrafted meatballs with potatoes and gravy, vegetables and beet pickles, lefse and bread, and cupcakes with coffee and milk. 

Take outs are available. Pre-orders are encouraged. Tickets are on sale at the door: Adults $20.00, Children 6-12 $8.00, and Children 5

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Hold Those Thrivent Cards in Reserve

In January of 2026, LIFT will be at Gethsemane and VBS is at Gethsemane this summer as well. We are going to be looking for some Thrivent cards to help pay for food. As you start to think about how you want to spend your Thrivent dollars in 2026, we hope you might have Gethsemane on your list! Please talk with Pastor Rebecca is you think you’ll have a card for us to use.

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Qualified Charitable Distribution

If you are at least 70-1/2 years of age, you can make a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from your IRA, payable directly to a charity, such as Gethsemane Lutheran Church. This tax-free transfer provides benefits to the charity, and to you - the donor. Please consider discussing this with your financial institution or your financial advisor soon, so that you can receive this income tax benefit for the year in which you make your contribution. 

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Range of Voices Holiday Concerts

The Range of Voices community choir will present their 57th Annual Holiday concerts on Friday, November 21, and Sunday, November 23rd.

The concert on Friday, November 21st, will be at the Chisholm Baptist Church in Chisholm, Minnesota, at 7:00 p.m. The concert on Sunday, November 23rd, will be at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Virginia at 2:00 p.m. A coffee an’ fellowship will follow the concerts.

This year, the holiday concerts will feature a special mix of Christmas carols

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Thank You

Gethsemane Church has always been a family that is ready to lend a helping hand wherever needed, and this year has been no exception! Some of the areas where you’ve made a difference include the Food Pantry, Snacks for Kids, North St. Louis County Treatment Courts, Buddy Backpacks, Salvation Army, Christmas at PMC, Transitional Housing, God’s Barnyard, and Medical Debt Relief, just to name a few!

We want to take a moment in November to express our gratitude for all that

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Christmas is Just Around the Corner

You’re invited to help us prepare our church for the Christmas season. November 30, 2025 marks the first Sunday of Advent, which falls on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. It’s a bit crazy, but we will decorate after church on Sunday, November 23, 2025. Just a heads up, if you’re a football fan, the Vikings play the Packers at noon on November 23rd. There’s a possibility that the game could be televised in the Sanctuary if needed.

Yours in Christ….Sheila Vandervort

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Advent Starts Sunday November 30

The first Sunday of Advent starts on November 30th. This year, different groups of the church will be highlighted as advent wreath candle lighters. We hope you will be in church with us each Sunday of Advent as we learn more about some of the groups in our church.

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Gethsemane Angel Coordinators

The Gethsemane Angel program is a way that we, as a congregation, are organizing ourselves in service to the Lord. We ask every person to volunteer to serve during one month of the year with a “Team of Angels”. Each month the Angel Coordinator schedules the Angels with what is needed to be done for the month. We are looking for 3 more Angel Coordinators for the months of March, April and October. Please consider helping out for this position. The Angel Coordinator is not r

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