Week of April 19, 2026

• Thank you to Jim Nordstrom and Joni Lommen for being our hosts for coffee hour. If you’d like to take a turn, let the office know. Milk, orange juice and coffee is provided by the church.
• We welcome Lucille Kathleen Purvis as our newest member of Faith Lutheran Church through her baptism today. Parents are Jack and Jackie Purvis and Grandmother is Kathleen Bussian. Congratulations!
• Road Ditch Clean Up Time! Faith Lutheran will be cleaning up road ditches on Sunday, April 26 after worship. All ages are welcome. Feel free to wear your “work clothes” to worship. And plan to stay for a sloppy joes for lunch when we’re finished. Please let Kristi Kropp know if you can attend, so that food can be planned accordingly.  (email [email protected] OR call/text 651-564-0632)
• The Sheldon Theatre Brass Band Spring Concert is next Sunday. Join us for a special afternoon of music on Sunday, April 26 at 3:00 PM at the Historic Sheldon Theatre. Don’t miss this inspiring program showcasing the full brass band and an exceptional guest artist. For tickets and more information: www.sheldontheatre.org.
• Neddy Becker said she’s going to the Brass Band Concert and she has room for anyone who would like to go with her. Give her a call! 507-244-0942.
• The W-K High School Musical “Newsies” is April 30-May 3. Get your tickets! You’ll see familiar Faith faces on stage and behind the scenes. There is great music in this one and the choreography is something else.
• The blue Thrivent shirts in the Welcome Center are for guys and gals and Jane Hager asks that you all wear them on May 10th. We’ll take a picture!
• Join the Wabasha Water Warrior Team or help support it. Please see: https://global6k.worldvision.org/home THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
• If you make a donation for the drive-by luncheon, please leave it in the kitchen with your name on it so we know who to credit. Thank you.
• The Food Share item for April is anything that bubbles! Laundry soap, shampoo and conditioner, bars of soap and toothpaste! What else is there?

Connie Barrett (broken arm surgery Feb. 24)
Fred Weiss (hospice)
Betty Helgerson (heart issues)
Janice Smith (breast cancer)
Carol Prescher (continued serious eye issues)

Chris Samson (recovering from surgery) Cousin of Chris Kohler
Jackie Cogan (surgery) Dar Jone’s daughter
Herman Gander (heart issues) brother-in-law of Shirley Gander
Jerry Arens (home now; still would appreciate prayers)
Karen Swinehart (rare blood lymphoma) friend of Jan Mosher’s
Durand Khan (recovering from liver transplant surgery)friend of Shirley Gander
Mary Cruser (colon cancer) niece of Carol Cruser
Evelyn Grace (doing well; still observing) 1-yr old granddaughter of Val Zabel’s cousin
Sandy Whitcher (on lung transplant list) Dar Hovda’s niece
Steve Iverson (adjusting to new assisted living in Twin Cities area) Marguerite son
Marietta Lillie (general pain; at asst. living)
Betty (cancer) friend of Toni Burns
Johann Donner (29 year old son of Steve and Connie Donner)
John Justice (inoperable brain tumor) friend of Rollie & Dorothy Kallstrom
Cheryl McCarthy (reoccurring myeloma) Val Zabel’s sister

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