We, the members of the Genesee Lutheran Parish, in receiving God’s gracious gifts, are committed to be living examples of Jesus’ love by strengthening and encouraging each other. We commit to love every person and serve anyone we can through word and deed, following the example of our Lord.

Sunday, October 7, 2018

Mural is Enhanced by the Kids!

During today's Children's Sermon, Rosanna told us that the kids added to the wall mural in the Sunday school room!  They added a baby lamb, grass and trees, and more faces to the multitude of children who are with Jesus!  Nice job!

Folks, when you have a moment, pop into the room and see the mural that has been changing and developing in beauty and in its message over the years by all the children of Genesee Lutheran Parish.

2018 October Newsletter

WELCA on the Palouse.

Many women of WELCA attended the Fall 2018 Retreat at Trinity Lutheran Church in Pullman Saturday, October 6, from 9 to 3 p.m. Pastor Janine Goodrich of Newport was the outstanding speaker who inspired and surprised us with "That You May Have Life!"

 A physical offering of dry goods and of a quilt that was tied during the meeting (!) was given to representative of Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse, Vanessa Corwin.

 Thank you to the WELCA leaders who traveled from Idaho and Washington to share their ideas and zeal with us. And thank you to the Trinity women who fed, housed, and hosted us! You were awesome!

New Member Training Begins

New Member Training began today, Sunday, October 7 at 11:30! Today we looked at the Timeline of the Bible first. We discussed some of the important events which led to our Church today.

Next week, we'll discuss Martin Luther and his role in the development of our church.  We'll look at the Apostles' Creed, the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments.  We'll discuss the two Sacraments:  Holy Baptism and the Sacrament of the Altar (communion, the Eucharist).  We'll also visit about the morning, evening, and meal prayers.

We'll also look at a document which will help us understand how Protestants began and broke into the different churches. GLP members, please join us as we discuss how our church and our faith came to be.

This six-week training session is a wonderful way to review your confirmation lessons and church history!

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Sunday School Changes, New Member Classes, Confirmation, Youth Group

Sunday School
Tonight the Education Committee met to plan out the next month. We also decided that Sunday School was going to go back to 9-9:50 am starting this Sunday, Oct. 7. The Sunday School schedule will be 9 am singing, 9:10 lesson and activity, 9:50 dismissal. Please take note of this time change, we hope to see all the children on Sunday.
We are planning on having the children sing This Little Light of Mine on November 4th during worship service, in honor of All Saints Sunday.

New Member Classes
New member classes will be starting also on Oct. 7th at around 11:30 and continue each Sunday through Nov. 4th. Anyone interested in becoming a member please join Pastor Helsing for the next 5 Sundays. In new member training you will learn a little about our churches history what it means to be a member of Genesee Lutheran Perish, plus Lutheran history and philosophy.

Confirmation
Confirmation students will be joining the confirmation students at Grace Lutheran, in Lewiston every third Sunday of the month. The first class our students will be attending is Oct. 21.

Youth Group
High School Youth Group: Oct. 7, 5-7 pm Fellowship Hall. Food, faith, fellowship and fun!

Middle school and high school youth groups: Oct 27th the m.s. and h.s. middle school youth groups have been invited to join the Grace Lutheran Youth Group for a Haunted Hayride at Hell's Canyon. Grace Lutheran for pizza and games at 5 pm then on to Hell's Canyon for the hayride. Cost is cars are $5 for entry without the state park, and $2 per person for the hayride.