Parish News

ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING—MARCH 6th When disaster strikes around the globe—Haiti’s 2010 earthquake or Hurricane Sandy of 2012—so many watching the drama unfold on our living room televisions feel entirely helpless. How could any one person make a difference in the wake of such widespread devastation? As responders around the globe scramble to help…

PARISH-WIDE JOINT MISSION IMAGINE NO MALARIA ALL CHURCHES COLLECTING THROUGH THE END OF MAY  Good News: Malaria is 100% Preventable  Unlike many other diseases that are awaiting a cure, malaria was eliminated in the U.S. in the 1950s. However, in Sub-Saharan Africa, malaria continues to kill a child every 2 minutes. But, there is hope!…

The Go Fish Youth Group would like to invite the entire congregation to a fundraising dinner on Wednesday, April 20th at 6pm at Central United Methodist Church. The kids will be pre-paring and serving a delicious meal of Chicken Parmesan with spaghetti, garden salad and garlic breadsticks, with homemade cheesecake for dessert. A short worship…

Maundy Thursday Services 5:30, Wolf Creek 7:00, St. Croix Falls 7:00, Grantsburg Good Friday 5:15, Service at Grantsburg 6:30, Ecumenical Service at Osceola UMC 7:00, Ecumenical Service at Atlas Easter Sunday 7:00, Sunrise Service at Grantsburg 7:45, UM Men Sponsored Easter Breakfast at Grantsburg (free will offering) Celebration Services 8:15am, Wolf Creek 9:00 am, Grantsburg…

For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me…

LIKE SALVATION ARMY ON FACEBOOK: Each county has a Facebook page. Please “like” it and tell others. The Facebook page titles are: Burnett County Salvation Army, Polk County Salvation Army and St. Croix County Salvation Army

SCHEDULER NEEDED IN BURNETT COUNTY  Salvation Army needs a scheduler to arrange for bell ringers at Burnett Dairy Co-Op during its summer and Christmas bell ringing events. It would be especially helpful to have someone from Grantsburg contact the area churches to support the bell ringing at the Dairy. Contact Duana at 715-246-1222 (office) or 715-338-9413 (mobile).

FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT SERENITY HOUSE and GRACE PLACE: Once again, the “Silent Messengers” theater group will present a play celebrating the resurrection of Christ with two shows on Sunday, Feb. 21, at Ready Randy’s Banquet Center in New Richmond. Tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for children. Performances are at noon and 5 p.m., with…

SPRC Members of Northern Churches: Attend a 2016 Training Pastor Mike is looking to see if anyone would like to go to this training and possibly have dinner afterwards in   Hudson. All SPRC members are strongly encouraged to attend and learn about their responsibilities. It is especially important that new SPRC chairs and new committee…