Living Faith Weekly News (Week of March 31)

Kay Michaelson
Apr 2, 2024
3 min read

Updated: Apr 4, 2024

ree — Happy Easter from Living Faith! He is risen! He is risen indeed!

Last Week

Living Faith Lutheran Church celebrated Easter by first gathering in the narthex of the Presbyterian United Church of Christ with our members, guests, PUCC friends and their guests for a continental breakfast and a stop for a photo op in our photo booth! Young people were treated to bags of Easter goodies!

Thank you to Pastor David Halaas for presiding at worship, delivering an encouraging Easter message and leading the first ever Living Faith Flute Choir! Thank you to Gail Kass for accompanying us, Tim Kass for monitoring the sound system, Kari and Jordan Kopperud for ushering, Angela Catton for live streaming our service to Facebook, Judd Kopperud for reading Scripture, Peg McAllister for assisting with communion, Sharon Utesch for greeting and members of Living Fatih and the PUCC for providing flowering plants to decorate the sanctuary.

Scenes from a memorable Easter at Living Faith!

Thank you to all who helped with setting up the sanctuary and narthex for this special day of celebration: Kari Kopperud , Mark Catton, Tim Kass, Mark Juhl, Angela Catton, Kay Michaelson, Karen Peters, Audrey Scholten and Steve Beveridge.

This Week

ree — Our Lent and Easter Sleep in Heavenly Peace donations will be delivered to Sioux City on Friday!

Living Faith will be back in the Chapel for worship at 11:15 with Pastor David Halaas. Dawn Richards will accompany for us and Karen Schroeder will read Scripture. Please let Kay Michaelson know if you would like to assist with Holy Communion on Sunday!

Living Faith Potluck and Annual Meeting

Immediately Following Worship on Sunday!

Please stay for lunch and our annual meeting on Sunday, April 7! The Leadership Team will supply pulled pork sandwiches for our main dish. Please bring a side dish or a dessert to share! Table service will be provided along with beverages!

Following the meal, we will hold our Annual Meeting deciding on our benevolent partners for 2024 and setting the dates for our fiscal year are among some of the decisions and input we will give to guide the Leadership Team throughout the year.

Look for the 2023 Living Faith Annual Report in your email inbox this week!

Faith + Fellowship will return to Room 103 at 10:15 on Sunday! The coffee will be on and we will enjoy some of the left over Easter treats!

It will be good to catch up with everyone!

Update on packing snacks for the Le Mars Backpack program: In reaching out to Brandy Sanchez, she reports that volunteers are booked through the end of the school year. We will contact her in August to get on the calendar to help out during the 2024-2025 school year. Thank you to all who are interested in helping out with this ministry!