Weekly Email, Feb. 21
February 21, 2022
After today, we will still take online ticket orders for the meal, including walk-ins during the Fat Tuesday meal, but we won't take pick-up orders anymore. The online event and auction is LIVE now and you better get your bids in! https://fb.me/e/4hYJIpBnV
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Our next Connections Shelther Week starts Monday, Feb. 28! Sign up to provide and/or serve food at this link, or sign up for morning greeter shifts at this link. If you can’t serve in person but would like to help, you can donate supplies. Contact Emily Heinis in the office to find out what is needed.
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Gail & Bob Ihrig are currently running a Thrivent Actions Teams project to support the Fat Tuesday event at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, and they’ve created an online fundraising page for it! You can donate here: https://thrivent.cotribute.co/events/613843/detail?src=crowd-fundraise-active-charity-mailto-185
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CONGRATULATIONS! Bethlehem was honored with the 2021 Servant of Christ Award from LSS. You can read the details and watch the video on the blog.
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The Mankato YMCA has a new program for seniors (55+) and they want you to try it...FREE! ForeverWell is a wellness program for active older adults promoting activities, education, healthy lifestyles, social well-being, and volunteerism. Find out if it's for you by grabbing one of the free passes off the bulletin board in the narthex (ten available, first-come, first-served).
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Volunteers needed for Synod Assembly. Deadline to sign up is March 1. It’s in Mankato this year and they need our help! Read the details on the blog.
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Lent starts next week, and we are excited to return to our model of sharing messages from other pastors. Here is the Wednesday night preaching schedule:
March 2 Ash Wednesday Embracing Sabbath—Pr. Jay
March 9 Sabbath Connects Us to Community—Pr. Jay
March 16 Sabbath Offers Us a Whole-Hearted Life--Pr. Trish Reedstrom, Messiah, North Mankato
March 23 Sabbath Releases Us from Our Anxieties--Vicar Dave Reedstrom, Calvary, Rapidan
March 30 Sabbath Connects Us to Our Created Selves--Pr. Janet Adams, Trinity, Madelia
April 6 Sabbath Offers Us the Holiness of Time--Pr. John Odegard, Grace, Mankato
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The February Mission Partner is Partners for Housing. You can learn more on the blog. Donate here.
Please remember our current mask policy: As we enter yet another busy season, a reminder that in accordance with current CDC COVID-19 guidelines, Bethlehem requires masks for all public gatherings inside the building, including worship and Wednesday night events, during times of substantial or high levels of community transmission. Private gatherings of small groups, where all participants are fully vaccinated, may continue to remove their masks.
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Are you a member of our Facebook group? We post needs, news, and other fun things there, and you're encouraged to share as well. Check it out: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blcfam
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News & Updates: https://www.blcmankato.org/news-updates
Church Calendar: https://www.blcmankato.org/calendar
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