Announcements

~Congregational Meeting: Sunday, May 5 immediately following worship.

~Fusion: Element: Wednesday 6 p.m. end-of-the-year party at First Lutheran

~Common Cup: Pastor Matt will be at Common Cup on Wednesdays from 10-12.  Come by for a cup of coffee or just to say hi.

~Graduates: Do you know any graduates (high school, college, grad school) who church should recognize? If you do, please let the office know this person’s name, the program they are graduating from and their future plans by Tuesday, May 7th. A picture would also be welcome.

~Gatherings for Widows and Widowers will meet Tuesday, April 9th at noon at Old #1 Southside.

~Minnesota Annual Conference UMC Love Offering: Sunday May 19th we will be taking up an offering for the Minnesota Annual Conference UMC in conjunction with the Annual Conference Session.  Our love offering this year will help our neighbors – in Minnesota and around the world – heal from trauma and find safety.

·            Thirty percent of the Love Offering will go to a new trauma care center in Ukraine.

·            Thirty percent of the Love Offering will go to immigration legal support in partnership with Volunteer Lawyer Network.

·            Thirty percent of the Love Offering will go to special programming aimed at reducing trauma at Emma Norton Services’ new Restoring Waters facility.
Ten percent of the Love Offering each year goes to Volunteers in Mission scholarships, which support first-time mission trip participants.

 If you would like to give, please make your check out to Federated and write “love offering” in the memo line.

Next month we will take a love offering for the Minnesota Conference UCC.

~Mission Cart: The Mission Cart is in need of items. If you have anything that you would like to add to the cart, please feel free to do so. Please price your items. There are price tags in the cart.

~The Olivewood Project: We have several olivewood carvings available for purchase. The carvings are made by families in Bethlehem. The goal of the Olivewood Project is to help Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem to remain in the Holy Land by providing them income from the sale of their carvings. All of the money from the sale of the carvings goes back to Bethlehem.

~Adult Sunday School:   9:00a.m. on Sundays in the Fireside Room.   “We Make the Road by Walking” by Brian McLaren is the book for this session.  Feel free to attend even if you are not reading the book.

~Access TV: our service will be broadcast on Tuesdays at noon on Mediacom channel 8. 

~Name Tags: Please wear your name tag as a way of showing hospitality and welcome to all. If you need a name tag, please let the office know.

~Office Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.