Living Faith Weekly News (Week of October 15)
- Kay Michaelson
- Oct 16, 2023
- 3 min read
Last Week
Thank you to Pastor Joy Gonnerman for presiding over worship and tackling a tough Gospel text! The Faith + Fellowship group grappled with that text and your sermon helped to address some of the questions which arose in that discussion!
Thank you to Jordan Kopperud for reading Scripture, Gail Kass for accompanying us, Kari Kopperud for serving communion, Tim Kass for ushering, Peg McAllister for baking the bread for communion, and Angela Catton for live streaming the service to Facebook.
We honored Pastor Gonnerman for Pastor Appreciation Month with a card and gift card to Barnes and Noble.
This Week
Pastor David Halaas will be back in the Chapel with us! We will honor him for Pastor Appreciation month!
We are in need a reader and communion server on Sunday. Contact Kay Michaelson if you could help in worship with either of these tasks!
A reminder: Worship begins at 11:15 AM in the PUCC Chapel!
Faith + Fellowship meets at 10:15 in Room 103. Thank you to June Ferguson for providing treats last week!
We had a good discussion on a difficult Gospel text last week! It really helped to wrestle with that text prior to worship and then to hear Pastor Joy's comments on the text! Come get a preview of the Gospel text for Sunday with your fellow Faith+ Fellowship-ers! Doing so really enhances the message given during worship!
We are in need of someone to provide treats this coming Sunday. Please contact Kay if you can assist with this.
Scripture Readers and Communion Servers are needed for upcoming services! Please take a look at your schedules and stop by the sign up table outside the Chapel to sign up for whichever task you feel comfortable with!
Often, Living Faith gives cards to thank the many who have blessed us these past months. Peg McAllister uses her love of stamping to create beautiful cards (which are works of art!) and she gifts these cards to Living Faith to use as a part of our expression of thanks.
Thank you, Peg, for your generosity and for the thought and care you put into the cards requested! Your cards make any thanks and gift extra special to the recipient!
We gathered at the Municipal Park on a beautiful Sunday evening to enjoy fellowship together and burn our 2023 Palm Sunday palm branches to make ashes for our 2024 Ash Wednesday service!
The ashes were cut, lit in the fire pit, and burned very quickly! Next, the ashes were pressed through a sieve to created the fine particles which will be used on Ash Wednesday. A small amount of olive oil will be added to the ashes to make them the consistency needed to be administered to one's forehead.
Following the burning of the palms, we enjoyed making and eating s'mores, playing with the dogs in attendance (!), and visiting with one another! Thank you to Dell Ferguson who was our fire master! Thank you as well to June Ferguson, Mark and Cheryl Juhl, and Angela Catton for providing s'more fixings, hot apple cider and tools for making s'mores!
Please note that on Sunday, October 29th, we will be in the Chapel at the PUCC at 1:00 PM for this special service! Pastor Trish Underberg will preside and Mike Rathke will provide music for worship! Conor Rathke will be confirmed by Pastor Trish. The verse he has chosen is Mark 12:31 - "The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."
Check your email for a message from the Leadership Team. All Living Faith members have received a new person to pray for over the next few months! Let's All Pray Together!
Be checking the sign up table! Soon, orders will be taken for Living Faith apparel you may want to add to your wardrobes! T-shirts, crew neck sweatshirts, and hooded sweatshirts will be available to order!
The Presbyterian United Church of Christ is worshiping at 10:00 on Sunday, October 22nd at Hillview Park just west of Hinton.
Please keep the following in your prayers:
Mark and Cheryl Juhl and family as they mourn the death of Mark's sister, Judy
The new Living Faith member you are praying for each day
Conor Rathke as he prepares for his Confirmation Day on October 29.
Baby Morgan and her parents.
Kevin Olson who is fighting lung cancer.
Beth Kehrberg who is recovering from a fall.
Those who live in the Middle East who are experiencing loss and hardships. Pray for peacekeepers to be heard and responded to.
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