Trail Life Leaf-Raking Fundraiser Need a hand getting your yard ready for winter? Trail Life USA Troop IA-0267 is offering a leaf-raking service to help families in our community clean up their yards this fall! Our Trailmen will provide the hard work and helping hands—all you need to do is provide the lawn bags! All donations go directly toward supporting  our troop’s activities, campouts, and equipment that help our young men grow in character, leadership and service. Reserve your spot. Spaces limited and available on a first come-first serve basis. Email hoppenworthjuli@gmail.com to get on the schedule.
When: Saturday, November 7
Rain Date: Saturday, November 14
Cost: Freewill donation
What to Provide: Lawn bags

Baby Shower--Save the Date Terri Fazio and Sandi Filiean invite you to attend a baby shower in honor of Rachel Williams on Saturday, November 7 @ 1:00 pm. The Williams family is expecting a baby boy. A gift registry can be found here https://www.amazon.com/baby-reg/rachel-williams-january-2027-urbandale/3AN4NTPOT4LBR

Freedom For Youth Thanksgiving Outreach Lifehouse, let’s serve our community by providing and serving a Thanksgiving meal to Freedom for Youth (FFY) students and their families on Wednesday, November 25th! Sign up to serve and/or bring food, drink, paper goods, etc. via the link below. Freedom for Youth delivers and supports youth through training and curriculum after-school and summer programs to more than 500 youth across Iowa. Young people are discovering their God-given talents and planning their future. Some graduates are attending four-year colleges, community colleges or trade schools, or starting careers in health care, manufacturing, construction, and ministry. For more info, see freedomforyouth.org.
Sign-Up Here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0945ADAA22A3FFC16-50800284-freedom#/
 
Fall Youth Convention 2026 We’re excited to invite you to Fall Youth Convention 2026! This event is designed to bring churches, students and youth leaders from across the state together for a weekend of worship, connection, and growing in their relationship with Christ. Date: Nov 20/21. Location: Horizon Events Center Horizon Events 2100 NW 100th St Clive, IA 50325. Times: Friday: We will meet at the church at 5:45pm and be back in the parking lot at 10:45pm. Saturday: We meet at the church at 7:45 am and be back at the church at 4:15pm. Registration Cost: This includes registration & transportation. Bring money for lunch on Saturday, STL offering and any conference merchandise you might want. Make checks out to Lifehouse or pay online through Subsplash and specify FYC 2026 in the memo. Early Bird | $85 due 10/21; regular | $95 due 11/11; Late and walk-on | $110 11/11 until the day of the event

Deluge You are invited to join us on Sunday, November 8th @ 5:30 PM for our next Deluge prayer gathering. All are welcome for this informal, powerful hour of prayer.
 
Sons of Thunder Men, you are invited to attend the next meeting for Sons of Thunder on Saturday, November 14 @ 8:30 a.m. in the community room. Sons of Thunder’s focus is to encourage men in personal growth and teach them how to live lives of authentic manhood, as modeled by Jesus and directed by the Word of God. We will share breakfast before the Bible study. Please bring something to contribute to the breakfast.
 
Married for Life  Married for Life is scheduled for October 20th @ 7 PM here at the church. This session, we will use the Newlywed Game, Jeopardy and Family Feud to find out what we think we know about marriage and our spouses. Come and have fun while we shed light on our marriages, find out what really is important, and how God wrote the Book on marriage!

Deck the Halls at LIfehouse Join us Sunday, November 22, right after service, for a fun afternoon of Christmas decorating, fellowship, and kicking off the holiday season together! Pick up some lunch after service, bring it back to the church. We’ll eat together, turn up the Christmas music, and spend the afternoon transforming our church home into a festive, welcoming space for the Christmas season. There’s something for everyone:
We'll be bringing out decorations, setting up Christmas trees, moving things around, and getting everything ready for decorating.  Kids, get ready to create! Terry Tesar will be leading a special time of making Christmas decorations for our Kid C.R.E.W. room. Little hands have a big part to play in making our church home beautiful! Everyone is welcome! Whether you love decorating, organizing, fluffing Christmas trees, or just spending time together, there's a place for you!

Kids Christmas Program December 13 The C.R.E.W. will present “WE FOUND HIM! A Kid C.R.E.W. Christmas Story,” a traditional, child-led Nativity performance celebrating the birth of Jesus. Children ages 3 through fifth grade will share the Christmas story through simple acting, narration, and two Christmas songs. The presentation will be incorporated into our Sunday morning worship service and designed to be meaningful, age-appropriate, and enjoyable for the entire congregation. We are looking for volunteers to help with dress rehearsal on Saturday, Dec 12 and on performance day, December 13. Contact kelsey.schlumbohm@lifehousedsm.org

Ladies Coffee Club Save the date for the Ladies Coffee Club Christmas gathering on Saturday, December 5th in the conference room from 10:30 am to noon. Bring one dozen of your favorite cookies and a $10 gift exchange item. RSVP needed! massagebyfaz@yahoo.com