Weekly Calendar

Thursday, March 4
11:30 a.m.            Exercise
1:00 p.m.              Christ’s Crafters

Sunday, March 8
9:00 a.m.         Worship
10:00 a.m.       Caramel Roll Fundraiser Kick off!
10:00 a.m.       Sunday School

Tuesday, March 10
11:30 a.m.          Exercise
6:30 p.m.           Stewardship Team

Wednesday, March 11
6:00 p.m.           Soup Supper/Confirmation
6:45 p.m.           Lenten worship

Thursday, March 12
9:00 a.m.           Men’s Fellowship
11:30 a.m.           Exercise

Sunday, March 15 – First Communion 
9:00 a.m.         Worship/Comm; Cross+Generational Handbells
10:00 a.m.       Coffee/Fellowship/reception
10:00 a.m.       Sunday School

Worship Assistants in March

Acolytes
1 Harper Pickett/Camryn Severson
4 Lent 6:45 Lily Dempewolf
8 Taylor Kerns/Hayden Fischer
11 Lent 6:45 Martina Wingert
15 Hudson Larson/Turner Sprenger
18 Lent 6:45 Lily Ledin
22 Jezlyn Finseth/Ava Severson
25 Lent 6:45 Maggie Wingert
29 Sawyer Johnson/Jackson Fischer

Computer
1 Sawyer Johnson
4 Lent 6:45 Lydia Scheevel
8 Easton Grabau
11 Lent 6:45 Ava Severson
15 Josh Bakken
18 Lent 6:45 Braelynn Dierkes
22 Jackson Fischer
25 Lent 6:45 Melony Wingert
29 Rosemary Pikula

Lectors
1 Andy Bunge
4 Lent 6:45 Harper Pickett (grade 8)
8 Steve Corson
11 Lent 6:45 Sawyer Johnson (grade 7)
15 Bev Olson
18 Lent 6:45 Ava Severson (grade 9)
22 Aaren Mathison
25 Lent 6:45 Braelynn Dierkes (grade 8)
29 Mary Glaser

Altar Guild……………………Deb Ebner/Judy Johnson/Tona Keene

Ushers….Jeff Bennett/Andrew Pederson/Jarod Keune/Darrel Olson

Lent Ushers………………Erlyn & Sandy Marzolf/

Communion Assistants
March 1……………..Amanda Hiebel/Mary Glaser/Dena Mathison
March 15…………Christy Gildner/Katie Marzolf/Melissa Severson

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*DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME and Caramel Rolls on March 8^th – On Sunday, March 8, time springs forward an hour. Yes, you lose an hour. Coffee helps – and caramel rolls help even more! Our youth will be serving freshly baked caramel rolls as they kick off their Annual Caramel Roll Fundraiser! Come for worship, stay for a sweet treat and support youth ministri

*LENTEN SERVICES AT CHRIST LUTHERAN – Soup Suppers at 6pm, Worship at 6:45 p.m.
Wednesdays – March 11, 18, 25 –The soup supper will begin at 6pm. Dinner will consist of a variety of soups, sandwiches, and bars. A free will donation will be taken. We move upstairs to the Sanctuary for worship at 6:45 p.m. This year’s Lenten series, “Broken and Beloved-Stories of God’s Steadfast Love,” will consider biblical characters whose lives included both brokenness and beloved-ness.  You are invited to attend both ministries, or one or the other, depending on your evening schedule. *Sign up sheets are passed around during worship if you are interested in providing kitchen help or food for these Lenten Soup suppers.

*LENT DEVOTIONALS – 2026 Lent  Daily Devotionals can be found as a pdf in this email. We will also have some printed and available in the narthex.

*Help beautify our church on Easter Sunday! Preston Floral will be offering spring plants for the Easter Sunday service. The plants will come with colored pot covers, a bow and a card message if you wish. Plants available this year are Easter lilies, tulips, hyacinth, kalanchoe, begonia and cyclamen for $20 each. The deadline for orders is MARCH 9th. Order forms are available at the church or you can call or email Amanda at office@christlutheranpreston.org with your order.

*Line Dancing at Christ Lutheran – Sunday, March 8^th from 2-3:30 p.m. Join us in the Fellowship Hall for some good music and fun! Come and learn 2 different dances, led by Harold Buhr. All ages are welcome and no partner is needed.

*March is Foodshare Month! Throughout March, you’ll find a grocery cart in the Narthex ready to receive donations of packaged food or personal care items. Financial gifts are also welcome—please make checks payable to Christ Lutheran and designated for the Food Shelf, or you may donate cash. When the campaign concludes, we will share the total amount of food collected and funds donated. Thank you for helping us care for our community through this important ministry. The 2026 March Campaign will run March 1-April 6, 2026!

*Women’s Fellowship – Please note that the next Women’s Fellowship meeting has been rescheduled to accommodate Lenten suppers and services. We will meet at the church on Tuesday, March 24, 6:30 p.m. Join us as we continue discussing Joan Chittister’s The Gift of Years : Growing Older Gracefully (pages 55-88 for the March meeting).

*CROSS+GENERATIONAL SUNDAY – March 29^th, 10-10:45 am – On Palm Sunday, join the Sunday school kids and team for a “spring cleaning” day to do some light cleaning (dusting pews, vacuuming pew cushions, wiping windows, etc.) to help get the church extra ready for Easter. There will also be Holy Week themed games to enjoy.

*April Book Read – From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer gently invites readers to imagine a world shaped by generosity instead of scarcity. Through the simple beauty of the serviceberry tree, she shows how sharing, gratitude, and care for community can create a richer, more hopeful way of living—together. This short-112-page book is a wonderful read for spring and gardening season. Join us at Nancy Hengeveld’s home for conversation and fellowship on Thursday, April 16^th at 6:30 pm.

*“Signs of Spring” Photo Invitation – The month of March includes both lions and lambs, but signs of spring are exciting. What have you seen? I Invite you to send in photos of the first robin, melting snow, or another hopeful moment that signals spring.  Email to Amanda Means, office@christlutheranpreston.org and we will post your pictures on the bulletin board.

                                    *4 WAYS YOU CAN GIVE TO CHRIST LUTHERAN*

• 💵Cash & Check. Feel free to bring your gift to any worship service or mail it directly to the church office. Checks can be made payable to Christ Lutheran Church. Giving envelopes are available from Amanda in the church office.
• 🏦 Bill Pay Through Your Bank.  (no fees incurred, recurring giving option) You can set up automatic payments through your bank’s bill pay system. Just add our church as a payee and designate your gift amount and frequency. You may set this up as a recurring payment.
• 🌐 Online Giving Through Tithe.ly. (fees apply, you may choose to cover them or not). Visit our giving page at give.tithe.ly.com and give a one-time donation or set up recurring gifts.
• 📱 Text-to-Give. (fees apply, you may choose to cover them or not). Text **GIVE** to (844) 935-2668 and follow the instructions to quickly and securely give from your mobile phone.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Sun., Mar 8, 9am – Worship; 10am – Youth Caramel Roll Fundraiser Kick-off
• Sun., Mar 8, 2pm – Line Dancing class in Fellowship Hall
• Wed., Mar 11, 6pm – Lent Soup Supper; 6:45pm – Lent Worship
• Sun., Mar 15, 9am – Worship/Communion – First Communion Sunday
• Wed., Mar 18, 6pm – Lent Soup Supper; 6:45pm – Lent Worship
• Sun., Mar 29, 9am – Palm Sunday; Sunday school kids sing; 10am – Cross Generational Sunday       School – Spring Cleaning!