Important Dates to Remember

Important Dates to Remember

Sun		9 a.m	Children’s and Adult Sunday School
Wed		10 a.m.	Bible Study, Plaid and Pearls.  Please come and invite your friends
Sun	Apr 15	9 am	First Communion Class begin First communion classes will be held during Sunday school today and Sun. Apr 22nd
Fri	Apr 20	7 p.m.	Theology on Tap, home of Dave and Caroline Troy
Sun	Apr 22	9 a.m.	Second First Communion Class
Sun	May 6	9 a.m.	Last day of Sunday school
Sun	May 6	10 a.m,.	First Communion Ceremony
Sun	May 13	9 a.m.	Move to Valley; services begin at 9 a.m.
Sun	May 13	10 a.m.	Mothers’ Day Breakfast, served by men of church

Committee Meetings

Mon	Apr 16	6:30 p.m.	Buildings and Grounds Committee
Tues Thur Mon Thur	Apr 17 Apr 19 Apr 23 Apr 26	6:30 p.m 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.	Worship Committee Outreach Committee Activities Committee Education Committee

These meetings are for forming each committee and to explain what each committees duties would be. Anyone interested in being on any of these committees is welcome to attend the meetings. If you are unable to attend but are interested please talk to Jennifer Parkins.

Upcoming Dates to Remember

Dates To Remember

Sun         9 a.m.        Children’s and Adult Sunday School

Wed        10 a.m.     Bible Study, Plaid and Pearls.  Please come and invite your                                                                                        friends!
Th.           Mar 29  7 p.m.        Maundy Thursday Valley Church

Fri.          Mar 30   7 p.m.        Good Friday Valley Church

Sat.          Mar 31   7 p.m.        Easter Vigil  

Sun         Apr 1       5:47 a.m   Stations of the Cross St Mary’s Catholic Church
                                 6:20 a.m  Sunrise Service, St Mary’s Cemetery We will gather near the                                                                                      cross
                                 6:40 am    Refreshments and Fellowship St. John’s
                                 10 a.m.      Easter Service; no Sunday School. There will be an Easter Egg                                                                                  hunt for children following services.There will be                                                                                                          no Fellowship after church on                                                                                                                                            Easter.
Tues Apr 10    7 p.m.     Church Council 

Sat         Apr 14 9 a.m.     Batik Workshop St. John’s fellowship hall $25 bring a white                                                                                      T-shirt  with you

Fri         Apr 20 7 p.m.     Theology on Tap, home of Dave and Caroline Troy

Sun          May 6 9 a.m.     Last day of Sunday school

Sun          May 13 9 a.m.     Move to Valley; services begin at 9 a.m.

Sun          May 13 10 a.m.     Mothers’ Day Breakfast, served by men of church

Committee Meetings

Mon Apr 16 6:30 p.m. Buildings and Grounds Committee

Tues       Apr 17 6:30 p.m.      Worship Committee

Th.        Apr 19 6:30 p.m.      Outreach Committee

Mon.     Apr 23 6:30 p.m. Activities Committee


Th.        Apr 26 6:30 p.m. Education Committee

These meetings will be open to any one interested in serving on a committee. At each meeting Jennifer Parkins will explain what each committee's duties will be. If you, or anyone you know, would be interested in being on one or more of the committees please come to the meeting. If the date or time does not work please let Jennifer Parkins know.

Upcoming Dates to Remember

Sunday: 9 AM Children’s and Adult Sunday School

There are two Sunday School groups now

Primary Sunday school 3 yrs through 3rd grade

Upper Grade school 4th-6th

Feb. 4th the adults will finish watching the new Luther movie. The followings Sundays through Lent we will be discussing Luther's teachings, Lent and the Gospel.

Wednesday:10 AM Women’s Bible Study

Wed. Jan. 31st 10 AM we will be meeting at Plaid and Pearls come enjoy a coffee and a snack while having a discussion about Romans. ALL ARE WELCOME.

During the Lent season we will be discussing the daily reading for Wednesday.

Sunday February 11th: Noon-2 PM

Middle School Youth will have a ‘Build Your Own Pizza’ lunch for those from 4th-6th grade.

Sunday Feb. 11th: Cluster Meeting 4PM

Peace Lutheran Church in Colfax  Dinner is provided. This is open for all to attend.

All congregational council officers are invited to be a part of this meeting. It will be an important opportunity to touch base with Bishop Kuempel and get up to date on happenings on the Synod level as well as making good connections with congregation leaders across the Palouse. 

Wednesday, February 14th: Noon and 6:30 PM

Ash Wednesday there will be two services on Ash Wednesday, both will be at the Valley Church.

Midweek Lent Services: Soup and Bread 5:30 Service 6:30

At the Valley Church we will be doing the Holden Prayer Service this year.

We are extending an invitation to the Community Church along with any others in the community that would like to join us.

Holy Week plans will be announced shortly.

Saturday Afternoon Event and Sunday Interview Cancelled

Dear Genesee Lutheran Parish Family,

 

Pastor Joel Skindlov has withdrawn his name from our call process, as he is involved with another church call, and they are going to vote to confirm him this week.

He has offered to pray for our congregation in our process. I said that we appreciated his openness and thanked him for his prayers.

The Sunday interview is cancelled, as well as the Saturday afternoon get-together at the Valley we had planned. The Potluck will also be cancelled, a few of us will bring some refreshments for Fellowship plus there is the ice cream that Mark and Carly Stutzman brought.

If you know of someone who would want to know this information, but is not listed on this email, or who does not have email, please let us know so we might contact them, or just go ahead and contact them yourself. Thank you for spreading this word.

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Stay tuned for information about the Friday night Theology on Tap, as that, hopefully, will still take place.

As an aside, Verna Studer and I would love to discuss what we learned at Synod Assembly at Theology on Tap, so consider joining us and bring questions!

 

God Bless You!!

 

Rosanna Cartwright

Call Process Chair

285-36728-301-8881

Coming Dates to be Aware Of

April 28-7 P.M. Theology on Tap at the Carter's home, Pastor Helsing and his wife, Devanie will be there (This is the first event of the weekend for getting to meet one of Pastor Candidates)
April 29-11 A.M. Brunch at Genesee Valley Church come and meet Pastor Helsing and his wife, Devanie
April 30-9 A.M. Sunday school, 10 A.M. church services, 11 A.M. Potluck lunch, Pastor Helsing and his wife will be attending church and the potluck, which gives you another chance to come and meet them
May 7-Last day of Sunday school until September
May 9-7 P.M. Church counsel meets at St. John's
May 14-Mother's Day and Moving to Genesee Valley Church, services will be at 9 A.M.
May 19-21-Synod Assembly, Verna Studer and Rosanna Cartwright will be our congregations representatives. On the 20th of May they will be voting for the new bishop for the ELCA Eastern Washington, Idaho Synod. They would appreciate your input. I am attaching a link that hopefully will work for you to check out the candidates.  http://www.ewaidsynod.org/2017bishopelection.html

May 26-30-Second pastor candidate's visit, itinerary to be announced soon.