Living Faith Weekly News (Week of March 8, 2026)

Kay Michaelson
Mar 10
5 min read

Updated: Mar 16

**Wednesday Lenten Service on March 11 - Journey to Easter Vigil!**

Wednesday Night at Living Faith!

Lenten activities this week on Wednesday:

6:00 - Lenten Meal: Lasagna in the Fellowship Hall

Contributors to this meal will be Clara Kass, Mark and Angela Catton, Kari Kopperud, Kim Lang, Debbie Gibson, Kay Allen, Kim Lang, Sharon Utesch, Rich Ziettlow, Karen Kass, Dawn Richards, Kay Michaelson and Gail Kass.

7:00 - Lenten Service - Journey to Easter Vigil - Story of the Crossing of the Red Sea

Pastor Paige will lead our service. Dakota Utesch will read the Crossing of the Red Sea story. Travis Balt will accompany us on the piano. Tim Kass will usher and Angela Catton will live-stream our service.

Sunday Morning at Living Faith!

Living Faith will worship on Sunday, March 15th at 11:00 AM in the sanctuary of the Presbyterian United Church of Christ at 858 7th Ave. SE. Pastor Paige McGrath will lead worship and Dawn Richards will accompany us on the piano. Angela Catton will live-stream our service, Tim Kass will usher, Nathan Summerside will read scripture and assist with Holy Communion.

Last Week's Living Faith Happenings!

Wednesday

Lenten Soup and Sandwich Supper and Coversation!

**I believe there was math involved with our conversation?!?**

Once everyone was grouped, Living Faithers enjoyed a meal sandwiched in between great conversation!

Thank you to all who brought food for our meal: Kari Kopperud, Dawn Richards, Kay Michaelson, Sandy Heeren, Kim Lang, Debbie Gibson, Kaen Schroeder, Sharon Utesch, Mark Catton, Yvonne Law, and Rachel Cunningham!

Lenten Service

Last week's Journey to Easter Vigil featured the story of Noah and the Ark. Thank you to Pastor Paige, Travis Balt, Nate Rathke, Tim Kass and Angela Catton for the part they played in our time of worship.

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Sunday

Living Faith gathered for worship, led by Pastor Paige, on Sunday, the third Sunday in Lent. The children's message centered on hope, our super power!

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Thank you to all who helped with worship: Pastor Paige, Gail Kass, Yvonne Law, Mark Catton, Tim Kass, Angela Catton, John and Peg McAllister, Sharon Utesch, Brian Michaelson and Kinley and Anniston Van Otterloo.

You're Invited!

Our Lenten Bible Study takes place on Sunday mornings at 9:30 in Room 105. We are previewing the upcoming Bible story that will be featured at that week's Lenten service. Come join us for some great conversations!

Living Faith is invited to Sunday Brunch hosted by the PUCC each Sunday morning during the season of Lent from 10:00 - 11:00 in the Fellowship Hall. A freewill offering is taken for the meal.

Serving Our Neighbor During the Season of Lent - Opportunities for Living Faith!

A Lenten offering is being taken for Sleep in Heavenly Peace. A box to collect donations will be on a table in the Fellowship Hall during our Lenten meal.

If you would like to donate tangible items to Sleep in Heavenly Peace this Lenten season, their egg tree is in the narthex of the PUCC. Each egg is labeled with an item this charity needs to complete their mission. Take and egg, open it, follow the directions on the slip inside and return the item as well as the egg to the Living Faith table in the narthex. All items must be returned by Easter Sunday.

One more way you can help with the Sleep in Heavenly Peace is to sign up for the bed build on Saturday, March 28 at Le Mars Chevy & GMC. Go to the Sleep in Heavenly Peace web page and search for the Sioux City chapter. Once you are in the Sioux City chapter's page, you will be able to find the March 28th bed build and you can sign up online for either the 9 - 11 time slot or the 1 - 3 time slot. The PUCC will be helping at the 1 - 3 time slot.

This week, Nathan Summerside and Karen Schroder are delivering Meals on Wheels here in Le Mars. This will wrap up our month of serving. Thank you to all who helped with this ministry: Yvonne Law, Brian and Kay Michaelson, John and Peg McAllister, Kim Lang, Nathan Summerside and Karen Schroeder.

Living Faith and the PUCC are looking for donations of flowering plants for decorating the sanctuary on Easter Sunday. Plants may be taken home after Living Faith's 11:00 worship service. Please consider purchasing a plant for this festive day! Bring your plant to the Fellowship Hall on Good Friday.

Would you like to help with the live streaming of our Sunday services? Angela Catton is happy to give you a quick tutorial on how to set up our Facebook live on Sunday mornings. There is a sign up sheet on the Living Faith table in the narthex for you to pick a Sunday that would work for you!

Mutual Ministry Meeting

The Mutual Ministry Committee will meet on Monday, March 16th, at 5:30 in Room 105.

The Church Council met on Monday and here is some information from that meeting:

You can review the minutes of the Council meeting by locating the marked binder in the church office.
Holy Week schedule:
1. Palm Sunday, March 29 - Worship at 11:00 AM in the Sanctuary with palm processional.
2. Maundy Thursday, April 2 - Worship at 7:00 PM in the PUCC Chapel with Holy Communion.
3. Good Friday, April 3 - Worship at 7:00 PM in the PUCC Chapel
4. Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 4 - Worship at 7:00 PM in the PUCC with Holy Communion.
5. Easter Sunday, April 5
  1. Easter photobooth in PUCC narthex
  2. 10:00 - 11:00 - Easter brunch in the PUCC Fellowship Hall
  3. 10:30 - Easter Egg Hunt for children on the front lawn, weather permitting.
  4. 11:00 - Easter worship in the PUCC Sanctuary.
  5. There will be no 9:30 Bible Study on Easter Sunday.
Volunteers will be needed to help with these special services. Soon there will be sign up sheets on the Living Faith table in the narthex for you to sign up to help!
Pastor Paige is working on several special events for all ages of Living Faith! More information to come!
Our outdoor worship service will take place on July 12 and we will host a VBS session prior to worship that day.
We discussed Living Faith's float entry in the Ice Cream Days Parade on June 20. We will need float riders! More details to come!