Weekly Calendar

Thursday, April 10
9:00 a.m.                      Men’s Fellowship
11:30 a.m.                    Exercise

Saturday, April 12
9:30 a.m.                      ECFE Easter Egg Hunt

Sunday, April 13 – Palm Sunday
8:15 a.m.                       Choir Practice
9:00 a.m.                       Worship
10:00 a.m.                     Sunday school service project

Tuesday, April 15
11:30 a.m.                     Exercise

Wednesday, April 16
6:00 p.m.                       High School Hang time

Thursday, April 17
11:30 a.m.                     Exercise
1:00 p.m.                       Christ’s Crafters
7:00 p.m.                       Maundy Thursday service/Holy Communion 

Friday, April 18
3:00 p.m.                        Holy Hike
7:00 p.m.                        Good Friday service

Sunday, April 20 – Easter Sunday
8:15 a.m.                       Choir Practice
9:00 a.m.                       Easter Celebration Worship
10:00 a.m.                      Coffee/Fellowship

Worship Assistants in April

Acolytes
2 Lent 6:45pm Lilianna Dempewolf
6 Turner Sprenger/Emmett Musel
9 Lent 6:45pm Reese Larson
13 Katelyn Scheevel/Lily Ledin
17 Lent 7:00pm Ava Severson
18 Lent 7:00pm Jax Heibel
20 Jezlyn Finseth/Josh Bakken
27 Grant Tieskotter/Taelyn Kerns

Computer
2 Lent 6:45pm Harper Pickett
6 Grant Tieskotter
9 Lent 6:45pm Taelynn Kerns
13 Melony Wingert
17 Lent 7:00pm Braelynn Dierkes
18 Lent 7:00pm Cooper Holtegaard
20 Maggie Wingert
27 Jackson Fischer

Lectors
2 Lent 6:45pm Sara Niemeyer
6 Alison Leathers
9 Lent 6:45pm Cari Ledin
13 Darrel Olson
17 Lent 7:00pm Tbd
18 Lent 7:00pm Tbd
20 Gail Bunge
27 Steve Corson

Greeters
6 Brad & Alison Leathers and family
13 Jeff & Roxie Knies
20 Craig & Lori Britton and family
27 Joyce & Kevin Every

Altar Guild……………………Joyce Hellickson/Mary Glaser/Jodi Eickhoff/Linda Trende

Ushers……………………………Kurt & Brenda Reicks/Ron Laughlin & Sandy Amundson
Lent Ushers………………………Erlyn & Sandy Marzolf/Scott & Andrea Hellickson

Communion Assistants
April 6……………………………………..Amanda Heibel/Melissa Severson/Katie Harstad
April 17…………………………………………Dena Mathison/Amanda Heibel/Bruce Hoff
April 20……………………………………………….Randy Hahn/Jen Pickett/Carol Solberg

*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.

Holy Week Worship at Christ Lutheran

Palm Sunday, April 13^th, 9 am – Service of the Palms
Sunday School students are offering a processional drama.

Maundy Thursday – April 17^th, 7 pm – You Have Loosed My Bonds
We come together to remember Jesus, Love Incarnate. Readers will tell the

story of the night Jesus gave us the gift of the meal he commanded us to

share, Holy Communion will be offered, and the altar will be stripped.

Good Friday Holy Hike – April 18^th, 3 pm

Meet at the Trailhead in Preston. We will explore creations using all 5 senses.

Good Friday – April 18^th, 7 pm – Service of Stones and Shadows

Let go of worries and burdens to pray through Jesus’ last words from the

Cross as recorded in the gospels.

Easter Sunday, April 20^th, 9 am – Easter Festival Worship

Join us for Easter worship, featuring the choir and trumpet, as we celebrate with joy the resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

*Summer Camp Registration is open! Grab a registration form from the narthex and then register online at www.goodearthvillage.org. Follow the instructions on the form, and remember, CLC pays 75% of your camp fee at GEV, you pay only 25%!

*Breakfast with the Bishop – The SE MN Lutheran Men in Mission Board is sponsoring Breakfast with the Bishop on April 26^th at Cabela’s Owatonna. Everyone, and especially young men, are invited to attend this special event on Saturday April 26, 2025, from 9–11AM.  Matt Larson, Assistant to the Bishop, will be sharing a Devotion and John Sundquist, Executive Director of Lutheran Men in Mission (LMM), will be the Keynote Speaker. Cost is $15 per person, register in the church office by April 13^th.

*GEV Lunch & Learn – Tuesday, April 29^th – Speaker: Sara Holger; Topic: Early Wildflowers and Signs of Spring in the Blufflands. It’s springtime in the blufflands of southeast Minnesota and nature is calling! Join Sara Holger, Program Coordinator and Naturalist for Project Get Outdoors, to learn about some of our unique spring wildflowers and other fascinating signs of the changing season. For those who wish to come early, at 10:00 am Sara will guide a gentle forest bathing walk to explore the woods in springtime using our five senses. Sign up in the narthex on or before April 24^th.

*Good Friday Holy Hike – Friday, April 18, 3 pm – On Good Friday we grieve the undoing of God’s very good creation. May we also create space in our hearts for Christ, through whom “all things are made new.” Earth Day is April 22nd, and this Holy Hike will include using our five senses as we give thanks for God’ gift of creation. Meet at the Trailhead parking lot – we will walk about a mile total and there will be activities along the way for the kids, as well as an Easter treat.

*Save the Date! Preston Historical Society is offering a spaghetti dinner to kick off Trout Days on Thurs., May 15, 2025, from 5pm-gone at Preston United Methodist Church. Menu prepared by Preston Foods and includes spaghetti, salad, bread, cookie, coffee, and water.  Take outs and gluten-free spaghetti are available. Free will donation.

*Women’s Fellowship – The April Women’s Fellowship meeting will be held at the church on Wednesday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m.  We will discuss a Gather Bible study called “Receiving the Spirit’s Flame: Spiritual gifts in the life of the church.” Please join us!

*Offering Envelopes – If you do not have offering envelopes currently but would like them, please let Amanda know.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Sunday, April 13 – Palm Sunday, 9 am Worship
• Wednesday, April 16 – High School Hang Time, 6-7:30 pm
• Thursday, April 17 – Maundy Thursday Service with Holy Communion, 7 pm
• Friday, April 18 – Good Friday Holy Hike, 3 pm at Trailhead parking lot; Good Friday Service, 7 pm
• Sunday, April 20 – Easter Celebration Service with Holy Communion, 9 am

Birthdays and Anniversaries
4/10 Camilla Specht
4/11 David Milne
4/12 Matt Quanrud
4/13 Maggie Dempewolf, Coltan Dempewolf, Anna Do
4/14 Shelby Ristau, Tony Severson, Thea Ristau
4/17 Dawson Schmidt, Chris Schreier, Eli Rowe; Jason & Rebecca Schwingle – Anniv.

Please keep in your prayers….
Brad Leathers
Marilyn Bunge
Elsa Bye
Jacob Johnson
Val Christensen
Rosalie Krips
Pastor Mark Woodward
the family of Lois Alden
Jodi Milne Trochlil
Amy Timmerman
Walt Hansen, who is at Minnesota State Veterans Home, Preston
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
Jim Fossum, who is at The Fillmore Place