Minutes of the 9/15/08 meeting were read; Steve Mikkelsen made motion to approve, 2^nd by　Carl Petersen,　motion carried.

Leroy Larsen gave the Financial Secretary’s report. Motion to approve by Harold Pieper, 2nd by Gail Peterson, motion carried.

Bob Andersen gave　Treasurer’s Report.　Motion to approve by Carl Petersen, 　2^ndby　Steve Mikkelsen,　motion carried.

Youth work-Luther League members from BLC and St. Paul’s will be having meetings the first Sunday of every month.

Next meeting will be November 2^nd.November 26^th will be the Soup Supper with St. Paul’s at the Irwin Community Building. Further details to come later.

It was discussed that they will use any donations from event to be split for fund raising and charities.

The Luther League would like to sponsor a student from Tanzania for a year.

A ski trip has been planned and more details will be made available at a later date.

Pastor is doing mini-devotions every Monday at 8:20 a.m. on KNOD(105.3 FM). Anyone wishing to sponsor this radio spot is asked to contact Paul Stewart.

This years Advent series will be held with St. Paul’s, Bethany and Immanuel churches. There will be 4 mid-week Wednesday services. November 26^th will be at St. Paul’s-Irwin, Dec. 3^rd will be at Immanuel-Kimballton, Dec. 10^th will be at Bethany-Kimballton and Dec. 17^th will be at Bethlehem-Jacksonville. The Luther League members will be doing a skit at our church on Dec. 17^th. There will be fellowship after each of the services.

Pastor will be attending The Word Alone conference in Minneapolis Nov. 9-11.

Oct. 26^th is Reformation Sunday. Our Bell Choir will be playing for the 1^st time since the fire.

All Saints Day is November 2^nd, we will have a short memorial service during this service.

Mary Petersen(Andy) has requested to transfer to BLC and their son, Grant, will be baptized soon also. We welcome these 2 new members to Bethlehem.

· November 16^th will be our Thank Offering service and the women of the church will be participating in the service.

· November 23^rd is Harvest Fest, there will be a potluck lunch.

· A joint council meeting will be held with St. Paul’s to discuss yearly maintenance issues between both churches.

· Paul has received a letter from Jean’s Storytime requesting sponsorship of the program. We are designating the Nov. 9^th and 16^th offerings to be used to sponsor this program. Anyone wishing to donate should contact Paul Stewart. Leroy Larsen made the motion to approve, 　2^nd by Harold Pieper, motion carried. 　

· Next Council Meeting will be Nov. 19th at 7:30 p.m.　

· Motion to adjourn made by Harold Pieper, 2^nd by Carl Petersen, motion　carried.

· The meeting was adjourned with The Lord’s Prayer.