Living Faith Weekly News (Week of March 9, 2025)
- Kay Michaelson
- Mar 10
- 5 min read
Updated: Mar 13
Last Week
Sunday was a special day for Living Faith and it was appropriate to have Deacon Eric Haitz lead our worship service! Deacon Haitz has been an advocate and worker for Living Faith from our beginnings and he has done so much behind the scenes to bring us to this day and time! Deacon Haitz' sermon message was very personal to Living Faith and you are encouraged to pull up our Facebook account and give it a listen if you couldn't be in worship! His words were stirring and powerful!
Thank you to Gail Kass, Travis Balt, Tim Kass and Angela Catton for their contributions to our worship service on Sunday!
Special Congregational Meeting
Living Faith members met after worship for the purpose of approving a call and compensation package for Vicar Paige McGrath. President of the Leadership Team, Tim Kass, called the meeting to order and declared a quorum present. Thank you to Angela Catton for helping with the technology for this meeting and Todd Lang and Kari Kopperud for serving as tellers.
Vicar Paige was unanimously approved as the first called Minister of Word and Sacramnet for Living Faith! Thanks be to God!
Vicar Paige's ordination will be held on Saturday, April 5 at 11:00 AM at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Sioux City. All Living Faith-ers are invited to this special event in Vicar Paige's life! Vicar Paige is also inviting any Living Faith member who would like to participate in a joint choir (members of St. Mark, St. Luke and Living Faith) to do so! Please see Kay Michaelson to pick up a copy of the song selection for this blended choir if you would like to have a special part in Vicar Paige's ordination!
Ash Wednesday Service
Thank you to Vicar Grace Baumgartel for visiting Living Faith and presiding over our Ash Wednesday service.
Also contributing to our Ash Wednesday service were Gail Kass, Jess and Jordan Kopperud, Nate Rathke, Tim Kass, John and Peg McAllister and Sharon and Dakota Utesch.
Imposition of Ashes
All are welcome to our Mid-Week Lenten service on Wednesday, March 12th! Here is what the evening entails:
5:00 - 5:30 - Service in the PUCC Sanctuary - Holden Evening Prayer liturgy led by Kjersten Rathke, accompanied by Rachel Cunningham. Mrs. Kristen Fober, ELL teacher with the Le Mars Community Schools will be our featured speaker. She will talk about her experiences with immigrant students in our local schools.
5:30 - 6:15 - Lenten Meal in the PUCC Fellowship Hall
6:15 - 7:00 - Lenten Discussion led by Pastor Jan Christensen. The discussion series is entitled: "Reclaiming Wholeness: Hospitality, Fear and Relationship in a Divided World" with Suzanne Stabile. This time will feature a short video on the topic of finding common ground and discussion will follow.
Please join us for any or all of the weekly Lenten offering to enhance your Lenten journey this year!
Lenten Meal Details
Here is the list of those who have volunteered to bring items for our meal on Wednesday:
Pan of Lasgna:
Mark Catton (2)
Nathan Summerside
Kari Kopperud
Box of Frozen Texas Toast:
Peg McAllister
Kay Allen
Kay Michaelson
Kari Kopperud
Rachel Cunningham
Small bottles of water:
Kay Michaelson and Karen Schroeder
Large bag of Lettuce Greens:
Kay Michaelson
Rich Ziettlow
Yvonne Law
Large bottle of Ranch Dressing:
Sharon Utesch
Dessert:
Sharon Utesch, Gail Kass, Sandy Heeren and Kari Kopperud
Living Faith's Lenten Offering
Lente season offerings will be collected in the box on the Living Faith table in the Narthex. At our annual meeting at the end of April, our congregation will decide where to designate these donations.
Worship this Sunday!
On Sunday, March 16, Living Faith will worship with the PUCC in the sanctuary. Please note the 9:00 AM worship time! For children ages four through 4th grade, there will be a Children's Chapel time during worship and all are invited.
There is a sign up sheet for help in worship on Sunday mornings! Sign up for a job that interests you!
Check out the upcoming Lenten meal sheet to see what you might want to bring!
Check out our Lenten project of support for Sleep in Heavenly Peace! The directions for this project are on the nearby table and also inside each egg!
Here is some important information about the upcoming Synod Assembly which will be held in Sioux City this year from June 13 - June 14:
There will be an Evening of Thanksgiving for the ministry of Bishop Lorna Halaas at St. Mark Lutheran Church on Thursday, June 12 at 6:30 PM.
Living Faith is eligible to send 1 male and 1 female to the assembly as well as 1 youth (up to age 18) and 1 young adult (Age 18 - 30). Registration opens online on March 15. Please let anyone know on the Leadership Team if you are interested in attending. Living Faith will cover all registration costs and mileage.
The 2025 Western Iowa Synod Assembly will be electing a new Bishop. This is one of the most important responsibilities in a synod and a key responsibility of the Synod Assembly.
There will be a special welcoming of Living Faith as a full-fledged congregation at some point during the assembly to which all members will be invited to attend. Details on the day and time for this will be forthcoming.
Please hold in prayer:
Karen Schroeder - Karen broke her kneecap on Tuesday and will be having surgery on Friday.
Amy Beveridge - Amy is the secretary of the PUCC and she has been hospitalized with an infection over the last few days.
Bobbie Bendixen - Bobbie is the treasurer for the PUCC and she has been diagnosed with pneumonia.
Mary Bomgaars - Mary is a member of the PUCC and she has recovering from knee replacement surgery but is now experiencing hip pain.
Karin - Karin is the sister of Ted Hallberg and she is in treatment for cancer.
Ali - Ali is the sister of Julie Hurt and she is continuing her recovery from breast cancer.
Marilynn - Marilynn is the sister-in-law of Pastor Jean and Rich Ziettlow and she continues a recovery journey from health difficulties.
Pixie - Pixie is Travis Balt's mother and she will be undergoing knee replacement surgery in Orange City on Tuesday.
Beth - Beth is Pastor Halaas' sister and she is undergoing treatment for breast cancer.
Rick - Rick Stream is recovering from a procedure where a stent was inserted.
Vicar Paige McGrath - Vicar Paige is finishing her service at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Sioux City and is preparing for her ministry with us at Living Faith!
The Living Faith brother or sister you are praying for
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