Weekly Email, Feb. 28

February 28, 2022

For the full Lenten worship schedule, visit https://www.blcmankato.org/lent. 

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Fat Tuesday is tomorrow! 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. These youth are eager to serve you! 

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Our next Connections Shelther Week starts Monday, Feb. 28! THAT’S TODAY! 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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Volunteers needed for Synod Assembly. Deadline to sign up is March 1. (TOMORROW!) It’s in Mankato this year and they need our help! Read the details on the blog. 

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Pr. Kristin Engstrom has arrived safely in her new call in Zambia. We wish her all the best. Read all about it and follow her journey on her blog:  https://alongwithpastorkristin.blogspot.com/2022/02/arrived-in-zambia.html

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Have you filled out the Call Committee Survey yet? Click here to do so! Or pick up a paper copy from the Welcome desk by this Sunday, March 6th. 

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Lent starts this 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 March Mission Partner is Connections Ministry. 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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Church Calendar: https://www.blcmankato.org/calendar
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