The Crow River Conference W/ELCA Fall Gathering will be held at ELC with registration at 4:30 p.m. and supper served at 5 p.m. All women of the church are invited and encouraged to attend. Look for a sign-up sheet in the church narthex in early October. Would you like to provide a bible for a child in Africa? The offering for the W/ELCA Fall Gathering will be children’s bibles. If you would like to contribute to this bible fund, make your check payable to “Crow River District”. You can drop your check off in the church office any time before the October 26 Fall Gathering. If you prefer you can bring your check along to the Fall Gathering and drop it off at the registration table. Or mail your check to P O Box 448, Cokato.

Contact Youth Director Nate Bendorf by September 30 if you want to sign up for the Jr. High Gathering. nbendorf@elchome.net. The Junior High Youth Gathering is at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center, Willmar, MN, Nov. 19-20 and 20-21, 2010. The theme is "Are You Hungry?", based on Matthew 25:40. The band and speaker will be Agape.

Watch the event online live from 5-6 p.m. Sunday, September 19, at www.elca.org/townhall. Log in to post questions. Post comments using Facebook Connect. Tweet about the event using the hashtags #ELCA and #BishopHanson.