Announcements - March 25, 2018

Good Friday and Easter Sunday Services: Our Good Friday service will be March 30 at 6:00 p.m. Easter morning service on April 1 will be at 9:00 a.m. Both services are at the Handke Center.

Backyard Bible Clubs Training Meeting at 7:00 p.m. this Thursday: Are you interested in participating in a Backyard Bible Club this Summer? Hosting? Helping? Teaching? If any or all of these is something that interests you, come to the planning meeting on Thursday, March 29 at the church office. This meeting will not obligate you to a club but it will equip you to begin planning for one.

All-Church Prayer Meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday April 11: We will continue our season of prayer together in corporate prayer, seeking the Lord’s will for the long-term lease or ownership of a property in Elk River. All are welcome!

Women's Retreat Coming Soon! Brochures are available on the information table. We look forward to getting away together April 27-28/29. This year's speaker is Lisa Howse and her mother Jan Goris. The theme is Hope in God (1 Peter 1:18, 21). Ladies 16 years of age and up are invited to register. See Susan Fergus, Claire Belknap or Shelley Herzog if you have questions.

Next Week’s Fighter Verse

Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth!

Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!

Psalm 96:1-3

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