E-MAIL USReverend Kyle Carnes

Tina L. Scott-Bus. Manager

Kelly Krembs-Admin. Asst.

Jason Chandler-Facilities Mgr.

Mary Pat Campbell-Interim Pastoral Associate

The Interpreter

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Ruby’s Pantry 2

Bow the Knee 2

Special Gifts 2

Feed Your Spirit 3

Soup Suppers 3

Sound Booth 4

Lenten Ushers 4

Silent Auction 5

My Church ... 5

Help Needed 6

Area Events 6

Christian Education 7

Scrip for Easter 7

Upcoming Events 8

Open Sponsorships 9

Weekly Calendar 10

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March 6, 2018

No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you’re welcome here.

Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 8-4:30 | Fri 8-4 Rev. Kyle Carnes, Senior Minister

The Interpreter Saint Stephens United Church of Christ

903 E 2nd St Merrill WI 54452

Office: 715-536-7322

Pastoral Care Needs:715.575.3191

LENT - REMORSE VS. REPENTENCE

So, I’ve been having enough interesting conversations about Lent these last few weeks, that I’ve just decided to write about them here. I hope you find them worthwhile, as well.

Lent has something of a dark reputation. It’s all about sin and suffering and sacrifice and death and ashes and feeling bad. Or so we’ve been taught.

I had a friend say that he thought it was funny that I like Lent. “Isn’t it all just about remorse?” That’s certainly one interpretation. Just focus on all of the bad things, the things you’ve done, wish you hadn’t done, said and wish you hadn’t said, and you’ll have had a successful Lent. This comes from some traditions that really lean into guilt as a primary Christian motivation and into humanity’s inherent brokenness.

I think there is some good wisdom that acknowledges that we aren’t, and the world isn’t, as we wish it could be, and one way to think about this is through the idea of brokenness. There are some things (or so many things) we wish we could “fix,” but in the end there needs to be some acceptance of the world’s “brokenness” as compared to our ideals and imagination. But we don’t have to stay there.

One of the reasons that my friend, and others, have come to see Lent as a season about remorse is because we’ve entangled the definition of remorse with the definition of repentance. And alas, they are not the same thing. We’ve been conditioned to hear repentance as wallowing in sackcloth and ashes, carrying on about what horrible sinners we are. And this has been the understanding of repentance for so long that even the dictionary defines repentance as: “deep sorrow, compunction or contrition for past sin, wrongdoing, or the like; regret for any past action.”

But, this is not repentance as it comes to us in scripture. As I’ve mentioned before, repentance is something different, but it’s worth repeating many times because of our cultural confusion around the word, and therefore confusion around Lent and other things, as well. What we know about the Greek word, metanoia that we translate into repentance, is that it means something particularly other than remorse. A better translation is “to turn.”

When John the Baptist cried out “Repent and be baptized!” he was not saying, “You’re horrible and dirty, you need a holy shower.” That’s the interpretation that blends remorse and repentance, and it’s not helpful. Rather, John is saying something closer to, “Turn, listen, come this way. Commit to doing a new thing.” Remorse and repentance can be looped together, but again, they aren’t the same thing. Acknowledging you’ve gone down the wrong path and having remorse for it can be a great motivation to decide to do something different, but the decision itself is repentance.

If we accept that we mostly understand remorse, and that it has some role in Lent, we might actually get more out of Lent if we see it as primarily about repentance, as John the Baptist likely meant it. What if Lent was about turning? What would that look like?

It would require us to be willing to look at ourselves (self-reflection, another key Lenten ingredient) and see ourselves as we are. The good and the bad. If we only look at the bad, and stick only with remorse, we will miss the strengths we also possess, which we need, if we’re going to repent. Repentance relies upon our personal strengths to choose a different path that leads more towards Jesus’ teachings than the path we’re on right now. This is the power of repentance.

As long as we blend repentance with remorse, we’ll lose the piece that is actually about doing something different. Why would “the church” want these two definitions blended together? If everything points to remorse, then the goal is guilt. If something points towards repentance or metanoia, then the goal is change and growth and abundance. Guilt (or scarcity) leads towards control, abundance leads towards freedom. How in your own life might you separate remorse from repentance, and claim the power of repentance to turn towards something new and life-giving during this season of Lent?

May your Lenten repentance turn into blessing,,

Kyle

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Mark your calendar for ...Bow The Knee, an Easter musical

Be uplifted by the musicBe transformed by the message

Special gifts in honor or in memory will be printed with the dollar figures shown unless otherwise specified.

New Roof $500.00 from the O’Tannenbaum Tour 15.00 in memory of Dad, Albert Ziemke, Sr., for his March 13 birthday, from Norm & Alice Ziemke

Radio $190.00 in memory of my husband, Willie, on the 9th anniversary of his death, from Sharon Detert and Family

SPECIAL GIFTS

No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you’re welcome here.

RUBY’S PANTRY: VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITYFirst of all, what is Ruby’s Pantry?Ruby’s Pantry holds pantries in a number of locations across Minnesota and Wisconsin each month. Ruby’s Pantry is faith-based and is organized and hosted by a group of volunteers. A Pop-Up Pantry is held either at the church location or at a site easily accessible for guests. The mission of Ruby’s Pantry is: To activate people in being alert to the needs of others and to be proactive in encouraging faith, showing friendship, and meeting tangible needs of neighbors, friends, and strangers, regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity.

There are no income or resident limits or requirements for people who attend, and they can attend a Pantry at any city/state location. We recommend attendees bring two boxes or totes with them to the pantry. There is a $20 donation per food share.

So how can you help? Ruby’s Pantry is in need of volunteers for distribution of the food, bagging of items, security, unloading trucks, clean-up, and carry outs.

Volunteers are needed on the first Tuesday of each month starting in April from 3:30 PM to approximately 7:30 PM. Distribution time is planned to start at 5:00 or 5:30 PM.

Want to learn more? Come to a meeting on March 10 at 10:00 AM at New Hope Community Church, E1045 County Rd J, Wausau or call the Wausau Volunteer Coordinator, Heidi Stevenson, at 715-921-0137 or email her at heidigolisch@gmail.com.

You can also sign up to be a volunteer at the website: www.Rubyspantry.org. Be sure to select the Wausau location.

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FEED YOUR SPIRIT . . .Midlife Babies

“Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him...”How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?” - John 3:1

Every once in a while, something (or someone) happens to us that forces us to confront everything we thought we knew. We awake as if from a dream. We see the compromises we made, sometimes for decades, to meet other people’s expectations or to protect our status or position, or just because we didn’t know any better.

The wake-up moment may be the realization that you’re in an abusive relationship. Or that your work is hurting others or killing you. Or that you’re an addict, hurtling toward catastrophe. Or that you’ve been dead wrong about your politics or your religious convictions. Or

that you’re gay, or in a body that doesn’t match your spirit’s gender, and you need to come out or you’ll die.

We used to call it a midlife crisis, but the radical re-orientation of self to calling can happen at any age.

Nicodemus experienced just such a crisis. And you know what? It’s embarrassing to have a midlife crisis. Even if we’re punch-drunk on new love, our natural conservatism fights against our impulse to blow up our lives publicly. It’s why Nic went to see his man Jesus in the middle of the night. He was awake to something altogether new and utterly compelling, but that doesn’t mean he was any braver. What would people think of him? Getting a platonic crush on this scruffy, anti-establishment rabbi--Nicodemus! A respectable Pharisee! He would be a laughingstock.

And yet. Could he really go back to the way things were, knowing now how things could be?

We have to evaluate our whole lives in the wake of our waking-up. It will cost us. It may cause us to leave behind our work, our marriage, our mortgage, our political party. It’s a painful process, including one that may cause distress to others as we live into God’s calling. But there’s no going back into the womb of the status quo.

Prayer

Jesus, we won’t always welcome the midnight epiphanies that blow up our lives, but we’ll thank you in the end. In the meantime, keep us company and give us courage as we get born again and again and again. Amen.

By Molly Baskette

LENTEN SOUP SUPPERSJoin us Wednesday evenings beginning at 5:00 PM for a Lenten soup supper in the Fellowship Hall followed by worship at 6:30 PM.

March 7 - Chicken Noodle and Broccoli Cheese soupsMarch 14 - Chicken Noodle and Stuffed Pepper soupsMarch 21 - Chicken Noodle and Loaded Baked Potato soupsMarch 29 - Chicken Noodle soup and Chili

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LAST CHANCE FOR THE LOST AND FOUND/DISHES TO BE PICKED UPLast chance for the Lost and Found items and Dishes! Take a peek and claim any items that are yours. Remaining items will be donated.

2018 LENTEN SERVICE USHER SCHEDULE Date 10:00 AM Ushers 6:30 PM Ushers TeamWednesday, March 7 Dave S., Jerry O. Team 1 - Les SabatkeWednesday, March 14 Dave S., Jerry O. Team 2 - Lloyd Buck, Jr.Wednesday, March 21 Dave S., Jerry O. Team 3 - Dave SchwartzmanThursday, March 29 Dave S., Jerry O. Team 4 - George DintelmanFriday, March 30 Good Friday - 7:24 Tenebrae Service* Clint Golisch* Sunday, April 1 Easter Sunday 6:30 AM Sunrise Service* Ushers Needed 9:00 AM Service Team 1 - Les Sabatke 10:30 AM Service Ushers Needed*Ushers needed for 7:24 PM Good Friday Service, 6:30 AM Easter Sunrise Service, and 10:30 AM Easter Service.

(Sign-up sheet will be posted at the ushers’ station in the narthex.)

SOUND BOOTH AT SAINT STEPHENS?Does Saint Stephens even have a sound booth? Well, we’re going to need to create some kind of a sound booth, even

if initially it is all operated from a laptop, in order to begin projecting during our worship services, and that’s one of our goals.

But in order to make this a reality, we need 5 or 6 volunteers to become our Audio/Visual “Sound Booth” Operators.

Qualifications required: A willingness to learn!

Sound like something fun you would like to do? Call the office and, once we get a group of volunteers identified, we’ll arrange a training session and set up a rotating schedule. We will need one person for each worship service.

LAST MINUTE REMINDERA meeting of the visitation team will take place this evening, Tuesday, March 6, at 6:00 PM in the Kuck Lounge. Hope to see you there!

KEYS FOUND IN PARKING LOTIf you lost keys at church, please contact the office to identify and claim.

ZUMBAZumba classes at Saint Stephens have been discontinued. Please disregard those classes listed on the March calendar.

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MY CHURCH ...Remember back in the fall when we asked everyone to tell us what endears them to Saint Stephens, what about this church ... our church ... your church ... you like and are proud of, what makes you want to be a part of what Saint Stephens is and is doing, in this time and in this place? To comment on what Saint Stephens means to you.

On your pledge cards, there was a place to fill in your thoughts about this under the heading “My Church ...” with some blank lines.

Here we share more of your responses ... What “My Church ...” means to you.

My Church ...My Church ... Brought up with faith - Memorize family & God’s grace.

My Church ... Our lives have been centered around this congregation for the last 53 years.

My Church ... Hope & uplifting of community.

My Church ... Was welcoming and felt like a community built in God’s word. Will be a place to help Elizabeth learn and grow in the Lord’s plan for her.

My Church ... Welcomes everyone.

My Church ... Is my home away from home.

My Church ... Is where I was raised and want my son to be raised, as well. I am also proud to call St. Stephens my church because of all the community outreach projects.

My Church ... Is a leader in feeding the hungry.

My Church ... A place to belong and reaffirm my faith. A place to build the base of faith in my children.

SILENT AUCTIONOur silent auction resumes periodically as we discover new items and as space and time permit. This week we have the below items available for auction. All items are in the office with a “silent auction” type bid sheet near each one. Anyone interested in acquiring any of these items should stop in the office during office hours this week or before/after worship on Sunday, March 11, to bid on the item. Bids will be accepted in even $1 increments. There is a MINIMUM opening bid on each item. Each of the below items will be considered “sold” to whomever has the highest bid when the office opens Monday, March 12, at 8:00 AM. Items with no bids will be sold on Facebook or donated to St. Vincent de Paul thrift stores. Everything is sold “as is.”

Items available for auction this week, pictured below: Box of flower pots, with an opening minimum bid of $4; large quantity of silver plated flatware (knives, forks, spoons, serving utensils)(flatware shown is just a small sample); box of disposable cup holders; and large stainless steel pan, all with opening minimum bids of $1.

ITEMS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

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STEPPING ON PROGRAM Don’t let a fall cramp your style! One in four people age 65 or older has a fall each year. You don’t have to be one of them. Join the Stepping On program, beginning Mondays, April 9-May 21 from 1:00-3:00 PM at the Lincoln County Service Center Building (801 N Sales Street). Stepping On can help you avoid a dangerous and costly fall. Learn balance and strength exercises; how vision, hearing, medication, and footwear affect your risk for falling; and to identify and remove fall hazards in your home. Please call Jennifer at the Aging and Disability Resource Center for more information or to register: (715) 536-0311. Cost: Suggested contribution of $10.00 for entire program.

UNDERSTANDING GRIEFSpring Seminar 2018

Presented by Wings, a Grief Education Ministry

Seminar One:“Hanging On or Letting Go? Rebalancing Our World

after Death or Loss” A Community seminar to understand grief.

Thursday, April 19 | 7:00 - 9:00 PMFree of charge and open to the public

Holiday Inn & Suites - Cedar Creek, Rothschild

Seminar Two: “Helping Individuals and Families Move from Coping

and Surving to being Transformed and Thriving” A seminar for clergy, hospice, caregivers, and

families experiencing life-changing loss.Friday, April 20 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Fee: $50

Registration is not required for either seminar, but you can reserve a seat and learn more about both workshops at: wingsgrief.org

BOW THE KNEE HELP NEEDEDSaint Stephens will host Bow the Knee this year. We will transform the sanctuary on Sunday, March 11. We will need help clearing off the altar, moving some pews, cleaning out the choir loft, and covering all windows in the sanctuary.

Bow the Knee will be presented on Saturday, March 17, at 7:00 PM, and Sunday, March 18, at 2:30 PM. We will need six ushers to greet people at the sanctuary and balcony and to help people find their way to the bathrooms, Fellowship Hall, and seats, as needed. If people need to leave the show area in the dark, the ushers will need to help escort them with a flashlight. If you have a small, but bright flashlight, please bring that with you. I will bring a few small flashlights. Ushers will need to be at the church on Saturday by 6:00 PM and on Sunday by 1:30 PM. The cast will do some greeting at the entry doors, as well.

The Choir will set up and run the refreshments in the Fellowship Hall after each show. They are looking for help with baking sweets to serve. If you love to bake, please plan to bring bars, cakes, cookies, pies, etc.

Then there will be clean up on Sunday, March 18, around 4:00 PM. We will need to put the pews back, put the choir loft back in order, remove the window covers, take the stage apart, and get the altar back together. This should only take a couple of hours at most.

Please take a look at the sign-up sheet on the kiosk in the Kuck Lounge to see if there is a place where you could help us out. In addition, we always need monetary donations to help us purchase what is needed for the refreshments. You can give any monetary donations to Tina or Kelly in the office and let them know it is for Bow the Knee refreshments.

Thank you in advance for helping us take advantage of this opportunity to bring this great message to Merrill through Saint Stephens. If you have any questions, please contact Cheryl Buck at 715.536.5424.

Eagles Pancake Breakfast - Proceeds go to charitySunday, March 11: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

at the Merrill Eagles Club, 1205 Lake StreetRegular & Potato Pancakes

Adults: $7.00Children Ages 6-10: $3.50 Ages 5 & Under: Free

Merrill Area Meal Ministry“Breaking Bread”

Thursday, March 15: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PMat the Merrill Eagles Club, 1205 Lake Street

Serving Beef Stew & Mashed Potatoes, Fruit Cup, Biscuit, Cupcake, Milk, Coffee & Water

Sponsor: Ascension Good Samaritan Hospital

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NURSERY NEWSNursery care is available during our 9:00 AM worship service. Feel free to bring your little ones ages 0 - 2 to the nursery where our adult volunteers will be happy to care for them during the service. (If you have not already done so, please complete an enrollment form for your child.)

7th & 8th GRADERS ...

March Faith Formation classes will be held on Sunday, March 11, and Sunday, March 18, at 9:00 AM. Mark your calendars & see you in class!

7th & 8th GradeFaith Formation

SUNDAY SCHOOLNEWS

Parents should bring children directly to their Sunday School classrooms prior to 9:00 AM worship.

CONFIRMATION 2017-2018 Offering envelopes for the confirmation class students are in the office on the counter labeled with your name. Please stop in and pick up your box.

SCRIP ... FOR EASTERHop, hop, hop on down to Saint Stephens to pick up some Scrip. Then continue on down the bunny trail to pick up those Easter baskets and all the goodies that go into them using that Scrip. We’ve got both Walgreens and Walmart Scrip ... and we all know they have lots of cute fuzzy stuffed animals, chocolate goodies, and little toys to fill those baskets to the brim and make those little ones smile.

It’s fun and egg-citing to use County Market and Piggly Wiggly Scrip to purchase dozens of eggs and then have family fun dying hard boiled eggs with the kids and grandkids.

And let’s not forget Easter outfits ... from new britches for the boys to bonnets for the girls (OK, they probably don’t really do that anymore, but cute new clothes for spring is still nice ...), Kohls Scrip can outfit the entire family in style for Easter festivities.

Then it’s on to plans for Easter dinner. Will it be dinner at a family home (in which case you’re probably going to need more of that County Market and Piggly Wiggly Scrip) or dinner out in a favorite restaurant? If it’s the latter, we’ve got Scrip in stock for all kinds of great restaurants ... and a number of them will probably offer a nice Easter dinner or buffet ... why not try Friendship House, Pine Ridge Restaurant, or Olive Garden, for instance.

Whatever your Easter traditions or plans, you can use Scrip to earn extra money for Saint Stephens and do the Easter rabbit proud at the same time.

CONTRIBUTION ENVELOPES FOR 20182018 contribution envelopes are now available in the office during normal business hours..

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THIS SUNDAY, MARCH 11 - Fourth Sunday in Lent: Worship at 9:00 AM, with Nursery; 9:00 AM Sunday School; Coffee Hour after 9:00 AM Worship

DINNER @ FIVE Every Monday at 5:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall WEDNESDAYS DURING LENT: Worship at 10:00 AM, Soup Supper at 5:00 PM, Worship at 6:30 PM

EASTER SUNDAY - April 1VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - July 9-13

UPCOMING EVENTS

SAINT STEPHENS STAINLESS MUGS FOR SALESaint Stephens logo’d stainless mugs keep your beverages piping hot (or ice cold) and are available for purchase in the office, while supplies last. Only $20 each.

WANT TO BUY A SAINT STEPHENS UMBRELLA?Saint Stephens logo’d umbrellas: Big, roomy, classy ... and only $20 each. Limited quantities available. Also available in the church office.

Sauerkraut DinnerMarch 11 - 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Town of Pine Riverin the Fellowship Hall

Adults: $8 Ages 6-12: $5 Under 6: FREEMenu: Sauerkraut, pork, hot dogs, vegetable, dinner

roll, desserts, coffee & milk.

STAATS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

The deadline for the Staats Memorial Scholarship is April 1, 2018. Copies of the Information and Application for the Edward H. Staats and Mary Staats Memorial Scholarship are available in the church office. You may also download a copy directly from the Saint Stephens website under Resources/Forms. (http://ststephensucc.net/resources/forms)

WANTED: Volunteer to Run Random ErrandsPeriodically, we could use someone who likes to run errands to help us out at the church. It might be running aluminum cans to Schultz’s Recycling or going to the post office to get stamps. Perhaps it is taking a deposit to the bank or returning a jump drive to the radio station or taking donations to St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. We sometimes have a short list of random things like this just waiting to be done. If running random errands is your idea of fun, call Tina in the church office!

During Lent Only ...

Friday Night Fish Fries at St. Francis

1708 East 10th Street, Merrill Serving from 4:30 - 7:30 PMBaked & deep fried fish, shrimp, French fries or baked potato, cheese curds, pizza, delicious homemade desserts, soda & beer, and more to choose from.

Delicious!

Dine in, carry outs, and delivery available.

ALTAR FLOWERS NEEDEDWe are in need of sponsors to provide flowers on the altar for our Sunday worship services. Our flower calendar has LOTS of openings. Please call or sign up in the office to sponsor flowers.

ELECTRONIC GIVING It’s the easiest way to give! Email Tina to get the easy peasy instructions so you can set it up. Everyone who has tried it thinks it’s great. Just set it and forget it!

Remember ...

SCRIP costs you NOTHING to use in place of cash!

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2018 CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERS/OFFICERS

President Kent ReinhardtVice President Cliff WilliamsTreasurer Marge JohnsonSecretary Beth Houle Kristine Bowe Tyler Drake Kevin Golisch Jennifer Oestreich Kristine Smith Judy Heath Janet Schaefer Christopher StammClergy: Rev. Kyle Carnes

COUNCIL/FISCAL TRANSPARENCYEver wonder what goes on behind the scenes? Wish you could be a fly on the wall at a Church Council meeting? Curious about church finances? Your Church Council wants you to know you can get a copy of the most recent Minutes and Treasurer’s Report at any time, by request. Simply call Tina in the church office to get a copy.

TEXT TO GIVE! It’s as Easy as 1-2-3!

Have a “smart” cell phone? Then you can donate to Saint Stephens by sending a Text. It’s Simple. Here’s all you need to do:

Text SaintStephens (no spaces in between) to 73256

You will get a reply message with a link. Tap the link.

Follow the prompts.

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3FOOD FOR KIDSWant to make a donation to support the Food for Kids program Saint Stephens adopted? Make your check payable to: Food for Kids and drop it into the collection plate or drop it off or mail it to the church office.

At 5 PM Monday

Choice of Tuna Casserole or Beefy Casserole Broccoli

Dessert (when available) and Beverages

OPEN SPONSORSHIP DATES

Flowers Sign up in Office

April 8, 15, 22, 29 May 20, 27

Radio Ministry Call the Office April 22, 29

May 6, 13, 20, 27

Coffee Hour March 11, 25

April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 May 6, 13, 20, 27

SOFTBALL SIGN-UPSoftball season may be months away, but the time to get our roster in to the church league is now. If you are planning to “Play Ball!” this summer on the Saint Stephens softball team, call Jerry Burnett at 715.722.0115. We need players, and the deadline for submitting our roster is this week.

Can you sponsor a Coffee Hour?Sign up on the kioskin the Kuck Lounge.

SUNDAY, MARCH 11 ... Fourth Sunday in Lent- Rev. Kyle Carnes

Worship at 9:00 AM, Nursery Available, Sunday School

Musicians are Marlene Krueger and Special Music. Flowers on the altar are in memory of Gloria Lukes by the Lukes Family.

Radio Ministry is in memory of Donald Forster on what would have been the 57th wedding anniversary of Donald & Mary Ann Forster on February 4, 2018, from

the Forster Family. Coffee Hour is unsponsored at the time of this printing.

Nursery will be staffed by Jodi Golisch, Melanie Golisch, and Families.

For subscriptions, removals or changes of address: 715-536-7322 or interpreter@ststephensucc.netE-MAIL PROVIDES THE BEST SERVICE.

WEEKLY CALENDARMONDAY, MARCH 12 9:30 Former PALS 5:00 Aerobics 5:00 Dinner @ Five 5:15 Executive Committee 6:00 Church Council

TUESDAY, MARCH 13

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 9:30 Former PALS 10:00 Worship with Communion 6:30 Worship with Communion 6:15 Choir Meets 7:15 Choir Practices

THURSDAY, MARCH 15 9:30 Former PALS 5:00 Aerobics 6:00 Chimes

FRIDAY, MARCH 16 12:00 Alcoholics Anonymous 6:30 Bow the Knee Dress Rehearsal

SATURDAY, MARCH 17 St. Patrick’s Day 7:00 Bow the Knee Performance

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Pastoral Care Telephone Number: 715.575.3191.

Please add this number to the contacts in your cell phone or keep with your other important or emergency telephone numbers.

Do you love to bake? We need desserts to serve at our Wednesday night soup suppers during Lent.

Want to help with our soup suppers? Many hands make light work ... and we’re a little short-handed right now. So we could use more helpers!

Please call Tyler Drake at 715.218.8076.