Living Faith Weekly News (Week of March 16, 2025)

Kay Michaelson
Mar 17
3 min read

We hope many Living Faith members will be able to attend!

Last Week

On Sunday, Living Faith worshiped with the members of the PUCC at their 9:00 AM service. This brought back so many grateful memories of May 2022 when the PUCC first welcomed us into their worship service! Thank you to Pastor Jan for leading us in worship and Rachel Cunningham for providing the piano music for this service!

Wednesday, March 12th Lenten Services

Thank you to Kjersten Rathke and Rachel Cunningham for leading us in the Holden Evening Prayer service!

Thank you, as well, to those Confirmation students who helped with worship: Jordan Kopperud, Nate Rathke, Dakota Utesch and Kenzie McLaughlin!

Our guest speaker for the evening was Mrs. Kristen (Ahlers) Fober who is an ELL teacher for the Le Mars Community Schools. She spoke about her experiences of working with our immigrant students and their families. Thank you so much for sharing what you do day in and day out with our students, Kristen!

Following our time of worship, we enjoyed a lasagna meal in the Fellowship Hall.

Thank you to all who contributed to our meal: Nathan Summerside, Kari Kopperud, Mark Catton, Peg McAllister, Kay Allen, Kay Michaelson, Rachel Cunningham, Karen Schroeder, Yvonne Law, Rich Ziettlow, Sharon Utesch, and Sandy Heeren.

After our meal, Pastor Jan led the discussion on the first part of our Lenten series, "Reclaiming Wholeness: Hospitality, Fear, and Relationship in a Divided World" with Suzanne Stabile. We viewed a video featuring Ms. Stabile on the topic of "Finding Common Ground in a Polarized World" and then discussed it.

This Week

We welcome Pastor Scott Egbers to Living Faith to preside over worship on Sunday! We will gather at 11:00 in the sanctuary of the Presbyterian United Church of Christ (858 7th Ave. SE). Park in the front part of the church parking lot and you may enter through either the south door or the doors under the portico.

Dawn Richards will accompany us on the piano. If you would like to read Scripture, please let Kay know. Marley Stream will assist with Holy Communion.

The Faith + Fellowship Hour will take place at 10:00 in the Fellowship Hall of the PUCC on Sunday.

Wednesday, March 19

5:00 - Holden Evening Prayer - Led by Kjersten Rathke and Rachel Cunningham. Nate Rathke will read scriptures.

Our speaker will be Barb Spaulding, an English Language Learning Teacher, from the Mary J. Treglia Community House in Sioux City. The Mary J. Treglia Community House provides legal, educational, and family services to help people who are new to the United States and specifically to Siouxland.

5:30 - Lenten Meal of taverns, cheesy potatoes, grapes, and dessert. Coffee and water provided.

6:15 - Lenten Discussion - Kari Kopperud will lead this session on the topic of "Exploring the Enneagram." The Enneagram describes nine distinct personality types, each with unique motivations, fears, and behavioral patterns. Kari will give introductory information on this instrument which helps individuals to discover traits about themselves.

The Lenten offering box will be out on the Living Faith table in the narthex Wednesday evening.

Living Faith's Lenten Mission Project - Support for Sleep in Heavenly Peace!

Donations are starting to come in for this year's Lenten mission project of supplying needed items for Sleep in Heavenly Peace! Thank you to all who have taken an egg and are working on fulfilling these needs! There are only a few eggs on the tree now so please stop by and take one! All donations and the egg need to be returned by Easter Sunday.

This year, the sanctuary of the PUCC will again be decorated with flowering plants for Easter. There will be more details coming about supplying these for our Easter Sunday worship!

Vicar Paige invites all Living Faith members to her service of ordination on Saturday, April 5 at 11:00 AM at St. Mark Lutheran Church (5200 Glenn Ave.) in Sioux City! Attendees are encouraged to wear red. There will be a meal following the service. Vicar Paige is inviting singers from St. Mark, St. Luke (the church she served while she was a student) and Living Faith to join together to offer an anthem during her ordination. Please see Kay Michaelson for the sheet music if you are interested in being part of the choir! Details about a rehearsal time will be coming!