Weekly Calendar

Sunday, February 16
9:00 a.m.           Worship/Communion
10 – 11 a.m.         Caramel Roll Pick up
10:00 a.m.         Adult Ed.
2:00 p.m.           Root River Conference Assembly

Tuesday,  February 18
11:00 a.m.          Exercise
6:30 p.m.          Cub Scouts

Wednesday, February 19
9:30 a.m.           Traditions
10:30 a.m.          Park Lane
6:00 p.m.           Confirmation

Thursday, February 20
11:00 a.m.          Exercise
1:00 p.m.           Christ’s Crafters

Sunday, February 23
9:00 a.m.           Worship – MN Adult and Teen Challenge
10:00 a.m.          Sunday school
10:00 a.m.         Adult Ed.

Worship Assistants in February 

Acolytes
2 Grant Tieskotter/Jezlyn Finseth
9 Lilianna Dempewolf/Cooper Holtegaard
16 Turner Sprenger/Katelyn Scheevel
23 Reese Larson/Jax Heibel

Computer
2 Josh Bakken
9 Ava Severson
16 Harper Pickett
23 Taelyn Kerns

Lectors
2 Cari Ledin
9 Jenna Pederson
16 Darrel Olson
23 Steve Corson

*Please let the office or a member of the Church Council know if one of your loved ones is sick or has passed or if you or someone you know is going to be in the hospital so that we may acknowledge them in our prayer list or pay them a visit.

*Notice – Given the high risk of respiratory illnesses and norovirus, we will be pausing the use of greeters on Sunday mornings and Passing of the Peace during worship services. We will resume in the Spring.

*CARD MINISTRY – Christ Lutheran Church invites you to share in the joy of our CLC Card Ministry. A basket of envelopes has been placed in the Narthex, each envelope contains 1, 3, or 5 congregation members names and addresses. CLC Card Ministry asks that you send a card or a kind note to each person/family in the envelope (boxed Thinking of You cards are available for purchase in the Narthex). Let us reach out with kindness.

*The 2025 Root River Conference Assembly will take place on Sunday, Feb 16^th at Greenfield Lutheran in Harmony. This year’s conference is especially important because it is the year of the Bishop Election. Other items of business will be the Annual Report of the Synod and of Synod wide ministries. Christ Lutheran is allowed 2 adult voters + 1 youth/young adult. If you are interested in attending, please let Pastor Kris know.

*Congregation – Let’s Match the Noisy Offerings!– $323.29 was donated from November through January in the Noisy Offerings. Thank you to children and families for your generosity. The Sunday School kids have chosen to donate these funds to the Lutheran Disaster Relief in support of the California wildfires. Let’s show our support for their caring hearts and match their gifts. Please indicate Lutheran Disaster Relief on donations you give to match their gifts. We will track matches through February 23. (As of 2/9, matching gifts are at $125)

*MN Adult and Teen Challenge – On Sunday, February 23, 2025, MN Adult and Teen Challenge Men’s Choir, which is made up of participants in Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge’s chemical dependency treatment and recovery programs, will be at Christ Lutheran during 9am worship to perform a mix of gospel, Christian contemporary and Americana-themed songs as well as share testimonies of the faith and life in worship. We will also be taking a love offering. Please join us!

*Life Lessons from Hiking the John Muir Trail: A Presentation and Community Gathering at Bethlehem Lutheran, Lanesboro-Sunday, Feb. 23^rd; 10 am Church service, 11 am Potluck, 12 p.m. Presentation by Tom Holst. Free will offering will be taken to help with church roof repair. Everyone is Welcome!

*2025 Women of the ELCA Root River Conference Spring Gathering – Saturday, March 22 at Central Lutheran Church in Winona. Program guests are Lutheran Campus Center students and Dr. Scott H. Sorvaag, Dean of the College of Education at Winona State. Cost is $15, register in the church office before March 6^th.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

·   Sunday, February 23, 9 a.m. – MN Teen & Adult Challenge Men’s Choir during worship

·   Sunday, March 2, 9 a.m. – Lutheran Campus Ministry, with music led by Paul Schmidt, Kari Mensink & Shelly Topness

·   Wednesday, March 5 – Ash Wednesday Chili Supper, 6 p.m. and Worship service – 6:45 p.m.

Birthdays and Anniversaries
2/14 Travis Ristau; Scott & Andrea Hellickson – Anniv.
2/15 Anita Turck, Rich Burmeister, Dena Mathison; Tony & Paula Severson – Anniv.
2/16 Jerry & Diane Olson – Anniv.
2/17 Jackson Persons, Nolan Scheevel
2/18 Linda Britton, Shauna Hoff, Owen Winkels, Kody Ebner, Casey Ristau, Janice Schultz; Travis & Tammy Gatzke – Anniv.
2/19 Keith Johnson, Diane Olson
2/20 Marcia Specht, Gunner Benson

Please keep in your prayers….
Jason Schwingle
Elsa Bye
Dick Hellickson
Jacob Johnson
Val Christensen
Rosalie Krips
Jodi Milne Trochlil
Jill Miller
Amy Timmerman
Walt Hansen, who is at Minnesota State Veterans Home, Preston
Marilyn Bunge, who is at Green Lea Manor, Mabel
Mary Lou Hansen, who is at Harmony Care Center
Ann Ott, who is at Harmony Care Center
Arlene Bakalyar, who is at Park Lane Estates
Arnie Keene,  who is at Park Lane Estates
Barb Barrett, who is at Park Lane Estates
Hazel Knies, who is at Traditions
Irene Aarre, who is at Traditions
Averlene Marzolf, who is at Traditions
Helen Haugerud, who is at Traditions
Linda Hahn Smith, who is at Traditions
Arlen Kiehne, who is at Chatfield Care Center
Alice Cummings, who is at Chatfield Care Center
Jim Fossum, who is at The Fillmore Place