Week of March 29, 2026

• Thank you to Howard and Michelle Gorder for serving our coffee fellowship hour this morning. And to Howard for reading, too. They are very helpful members!
• Merry Widows: Last week to sign up for the April 12 th concert at the Sheldon Theater. Julie is buying tickets Tuesday morning!
• We are having a “Pop-Up” Choir again but this time it’s only for the ladies! We’ll be practicing for the only time right after church today. (Talk about pop-up!) And we’ll sing it here at the Maundy Thursday service at 6:30pm. Would you join us? The piece is “How Beautiful” by Twila Paris. Carol is playing for us and we have Danaca at the flute. If you like to sing and are available, please pop-up with us!
• The next WELCA meeting will be Tuesday, April 7 th at 10am. Let’s finalize the plans for the drive-by Pulled Pork Sandwich luncheon the week of the yard sales!
• Thank you for helping us “Pack the Pew”! Look at our stack. We also have collected $160 to be matched. Thank you, Faith Lutheran, for your generosity!
• We’ve got a good collection of puzzles going. Please take one and bring it back for another. We have gotten more 500 piece puzzles, too.
• Our March Shepherd is Merideth Frost. Please text or call her with congregational joys or concerns. 651-564-1514
• Our worship service is taped and available online through YouTube and our website. If you’d rather not be in it, please let us know.

Maundy Thursday worship at 6:30pm at Faith Lutheran Church
Good Friday worship at 6:30 at Grace Memorial Episcopal Church
Easter Morning worship at 9am and 10:30am at Faith Lutheran Church

Ed Rice (at home getting stronger!)
Sapphire Beisell (home after house fire)
Connie Barrett (broken arm surgery Feb. 24)
Fred Weiss (hospice)
Betty Helgerson (heart issues)
Janice Smith (breast cancer)
Carol Prescher (continued serious eye issues)

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
Garry Mahlke (squamous cell cancer) Ron Grave’s brother-in-law
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

Vera Miller

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