Living Faith Weekly News (Week of April 13, 2025)
- Kay Michaelson
- Apr 14
- 5 min read
Palm Sunday at Living Faith!
Pastor Paige led worshipers in the blessing of the palms and a processional into the sanctuary of the PUCC to begin our Palm Sunday worship!
Our first worship service with Pastor Paige included the reading of the Passion Narrative from the book of Luke. Thank you to Pastor Paige, Peg McAllister and Nathan Summerside for bringing this narrative to life! Thank you also to Gail Kass for accompanying us for all the meaningful music we sang during the service!
We capped the service by sharing our first Holy Communion meal with Pastor Paige! Thank you to Kay Allen for assisting with Communion!
Thank you also to all who helped with the service in many other ways: Angela Catton, Tim Kass, Peg and John McAllister, Kari Kopperud, Kinley and Anniston Van Otterloo, and Brian Michaelson.
Join Pastor Paige in the Chapel of the PUCC on Thursday, April 17 at 7:00 PM for our Maundy Thursday worship which will feature volunteer foot-washing, Holy Communion and the stripping of the altar. Dawn Richards will accompany us at this service.
To find the Chapel, enter the south facing door from the parking lot or the doors under the portico and go down the hallway, turning right at the end. Turn left at the PUCC office area and go all the way down that hallway and the doors to the Chapel will be ahead.
All are invited to return to the Chapel at 7:00 PM on Friday, April 18 as we go through this solemn time. Pastor Paige will lead us in worship and Dawn Richards will accompany us.
Easter Sunday's Celebrations!
10:00 social time in the Fellowship Hall of the Presbyterian United Church of Christ (858 7th Ave. SE) - enter through the south facing door from the parking lot or the doors under the portico. Turn right at the end of the narthex and the Fellowship Hall's doors are at the end of that hallway. Living Faith is partnering with the PUCC to offer light refreshments, a photobooth opportunity to celebrate the day, and an Easter egg hunt for the children!
11:00 Living Faith worship in the Sanctuary of the PUCC! Pastor Paige will lead us in this celebratory worship and Travis Balt will accompany us on the piano! Also helping during worship will be Yvonne Law reading Scripture and Peg McAllister assisting with Holy Communion.
Our service will also celebrate Pastor Paige as she is installed by the Bishop of the Western Iowa Synod, Lorna Halaas! Set your Easter ham for a little later dining time as we include this special ceremony in our Easter service!
Easter goodie bags will be handed out to the children at the end of the service!
With all the special services planned for this week, we are in need of volunteers for the following days:
Maundy Thursday: Need a Communion server and one more person to assist with stripping the altar.
Good Friday: Need one more reader.
Please let Kay Michaelson know if you would be able to assist with any of these needs!
If you have volunteered to provide a flowering plant for Easter Sunday or would still like to bring one, please take them to the Fellowship Hall by Thursday or Friday of this week. Thank you!
Wear your Living Faith gear on Sunday, April 27 as we worship together at 11:00 in the Sanctuary and following worship, celebrate the milestones we have worked towards these past months!
We will adjourn from worship to enjoy a meal catered by Mama Barb's to celebrate our status as a full-fledged congregation and our joy at welcoming our new pastor: Paige McGrath!
We will take a group picture before the meal and following the meal, we will hold our Annual Meeting where we will elect a new Church Council and approve a budget for the remainder of 2025 and we will look back at how we have worked to serve others over this past year!
There is much to celebrate at Living Faith and we need YOU to be a part of the celebration! Sign up on the sheet in the narthex to indicate if you plan to attend the meal!
Living Faith's Annual Report will be emailed out to all shortly and hard copies will be available at church!
Other Events Happening on April 27!
2025 Lenten Season Wraps Up
Living Faith and the PUCC held their final Lenten activities last Wednesday. We are grateful for Kjersten Rathke and Rachel Cunningham who faithfully led us in the Holden Evening Prayer liturgy each week!
We welcomed Michel and Berth Lundula to the sanctuary as they told us about their important ministry in their home country, the Congo.
Thank you to all who provided for our final Lenten meal: Sandy Heeren, Kari Kopperud, Yvonne Law, Kay Michaelson, Sharon Utesch, Rachel Cunningham, Peg McAllister, Kay Allen and Gail Kass. Thank you to Tim Kass who brewed the coffee each week for us and to all who helped with clean up!
Following our meal, Pastor Jan led us in our final discussion session. As a result of our discussions over these weeks of Lent, we decided as an action item to hold a drive for items that the Lundulas need for their next trip in September to the Congo. We will contact them for a specific list of needs and hold a drive in conjunction with the PUCC later this summer! We also discussed holding a winter coat drive in September for the clients of LSI as this was described as a great need by our guest speaker from that organization!
Thank you to all the "Lend a Hand Movers" who were able to come help Pastor Paige unload her boxes on Friday night! Living Faith members sure respond to their text messages! THANK YOU!
Camp season is coming soon and if you are interested in attending Lutheran Lakeside Camp on East Lake Okoboji, please pick up one of the flyers on the Living Faith table in the narthex! The flyer contains the website information you can access if you'd like more information about the camp offerings! Reminder: Living Faith offers a $100 scholarship to any student who wishes to attend camp! PSSST....If you have any camp questions, your pastor has a wealth of camp knowledge to share with you!
Bob Gibson - Update on Bob from Debbie: Bob has started on hospice and is progressively healing from the fracture in his shoulder. He will follow up with his surgeon in two weeks. "Everyone's prayers are so very much appreciated. God is great!"
Karen Schroeder - It was so good to have Karen back in worship with us on Sunday. She is doing great with her healing!
Kortney Kopperud - Kortney has surgery on her broken arm on Thursday - a plate and seven screws! She is healing and is back in school this week!
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