Weekly Calendar

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.

Tuesday,  February 25
11:00 a.m.          Exercise

Wednesday, February 26
6:00 p.m.           Confirmation
6:30 p.m.            Women’s Fellowship

Thursday, February 27
11:00 a.m.          Exercise

Sunday, March 2
9:00 a.m.           Worship/Communion – Winona Campus Ministry
10:00 a.m.          Sunday school/Adult Ed.
10:00 a.m.         Coffee/Fellowship

Worship Assistants in February 

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

Computer
2 Josh Bakken
9 Ava Severson
16 Harper Pickett
23 Jax Heibel

Lectors
2 Cari Ledin
9 Jenna Pederson
16 Darrel Olson
23

*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.

*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!

*Women’s Fellowship – The next Women’s Fellowship meeting will be held at the church on Wednesday, February 26, at 6:30 p.m. We will discuss “Losing religion: Why is church attendance declining?”  Please join us! Note: The March Women’s Fellowship meeting has been changed to Tuesday, March 25, 6:30 p.m., because of Lent.

*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.

*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.

*Winona Campus Ministry to visit Christ Lutheran – Sunday, March 2 – 9 a.m. Worship – Join us as our worship will be led by students from Winona Campus Ministry and music from Paul Schmidt, Kari Mensink and Shelly Topness.

*Ash Wednesday 2025 – The important season of Lent begins with our Ash Wednesday service on Wednesday, March 5. It will kick off with a Chili Supper at 6 p.m. and worship at 6:45 p.m. The service will include Holy Communion and the mark of ashes.

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
2/20 Marcia Specht, Gunner Benson
2/21 Greg Hoff, Luke Marzolf, Kelsi Lund
2/23 Grayson Winkels
2/24 Norma Vogt, Cadence Jones, Syrus Wingert
2/25 Alexa Wood
2/27 Jeff Buenger, Barb Hanning

Please keep in your prayers….
Cynthia Hokenson
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