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HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Week of March 22, 2015
This Week at Hope
Sunday, March 22 - Lent 5 - Celebrate
9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Adult Forum - Fellowship Hall
NO Sunday School
Worship Service
Coffee and Fellowship - Fellowship Hall
Monday, March 23
9:30 a.m. Nimble Thimble Quilters
1:00 p.m. Choralaires
Tuesday, March 24
7:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
Men’s Breakfast; Bridgemans, M’haha
Worship Review
Staff Meeting
Bone Builders
Wednesday, March 25
6:00 p.m. Community Meal w/Discussion - Celebrate
7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, March 26
9:30 a.m. Community Yoga
1:00 p.m. Bone Builders
V ISITORS - W ELCOME !
We are very happy to have you
here with us today!
Please take a moment to fill out a
VISITOR CONNECTION card found in
the pew and place it in the offering plate or hand to an usher.
OUR NURSERY, located on the lower level,
is available for your use during the worship.
Ask an usher for any assistance you may need
CHILDREN’S SPARK STORY BIBLES
Bibles are now available for children to use during worship. We will print in the bulletin, the page #’s of the
corresponding story for each reading, so they can read
and understand the scripture for the day more easily.
FIRST ANNUAL HUNGER BOWL
Thank you....Thank you...Thank you for participating in the first annual Hunger Bowl to
support the Minnehaha Food Shelf! Because
of your participation, we were able to raise
$1,043 which at $0.14 a pound at Second Harvest
Food Bank converts to 7,450 pounds of food.....how
cool is that! Thanks also to those folks who donated
groceries (127 lbs!), those who helped make the event
go so smoothly, and all who just came to cheer on the
bowlers and add to the fun atmosphere!
Sunday, March 29 - Lent 6 - Recreate - Palm Sunday
7:15 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
Serve Breakfast at St. Stephens Shelter
Adult Forum - Fellowship Hall
NO Sunday School
Worship Service
Coffee and Fellowship - Fellowship Hall
Children’s Handbell Practice
LOOKING AHEAD
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April 5: Easter Breakfast
April 26: Festival of Arts Week - Paul Oman at worship
May 1: Billy McLaughlin Concert
May 2: Outdoor Clean-Up
May 3: Billy McLaughlin at worship
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May 15-16: Synod Assembly
HOPE’S CALENDAR is online: www.hopempls.org.
HOPE’S WEEKLY E-NEWS is sent out
each Friday, highlighting the upcoming
week’s activities. If you aren’t receiving this,
go to hopempls.org/newsletter to sign up.
EGG HUNT FOR HOPE PRESCHOOL
We are hosting an egg hunt on March 25 & 26 for the
kids at the Preschool. We are accepting candy donations and need help hiding the eggs. All candies should
be individually wrapped and nut free. Please drop off
the candy by 3:00pm this Tuesday. For more
information or to sign-up to help, contact Kiera Stegall
at [email protected].
Prayer Corner
Prayers for:
Don Schwappach, Gale Feely, Jennifer Henricks
PRAYER REQUESTS
Make known your prayer requests on the back side of the
Visitors card in the pew and they will be lifted up.
EASTER GARDEN - DEADLINE 3/25!
You can still add some beauty to our Easter
Garden in the sanctuary for Easter morning.
Profits from this sale go to help send our kids
to Lake Wapo Lutheran Camp this summer.
HILLCLIMBERS ALERT
CoAM has invited us to go along on two tours. (Try to
forget getting stuck in the snow last year).
Wednesday, March 25: St Paul gangster tour and lunch
in the Wabasha St. caves. Price is $62.00 per person,
includes bus, guided tour, lunch.
Wednesday, May 6: Chanhassen Dinner Theatre "Mary
Poppins". Price is $82.00 per person, Includes bus,
lunch and show. Bus leaves from Bethel church, E.
42nd St. and 17th Ave S.
If anyone is interested I will take reservations and contact CoAM. Call me, Kathryn Schwappach, 651-9050787, for time of pickup etc. Sounds like a good time!
HOPE SERVES BREAKFAST MARCH 29
at St. Stephen’s Shelter. Sign up in the
Gathering Area. We meet at church at
7:15am, carpool to the shelter, serve
breakfast, and are back at church by 8:45 or so. We
need four people to serve and more people to donate
food items, as listed on the signup sheet.
Thank you! Questions? Call Charlie, 612-729-5132
SPRING PLANT ORDERS
Spring is starting to arrive! It is time
then to again think about your garden
spaces that are begging for some
splashes of color.
This also is a fundraiser to help send Hope's
children to summer camp at Lake Wapo in
Wisconsin. Please check the appropriate box on
the top of the form, since this sale is also being
done in conjunction with our preschool.
Orders are due by April 10th, pick up will be May 6th.
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A gray, English driving style hat was left at the
bowling alley last Sunday. If this may be yours,
please inquire in the office.
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BLOOD DRIVE
Hope's Annual Blood Drive is set
for Friday, April 3rd, 1-5:00pm.
Sign up at the Welcome Center in
the Gathering Area or call
Jan Nunn at 952-583-9980.
FAIR TRADE MARKET
Sat., April 11, 9am—4pm
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
700 S. Snelling Ave., St Paul
Stock up on all your gifting needs, for birthdays,
weddings, graduations, and for just treating yourself...
our Spring Fair Trade Market. Mark your calendars,
invite friends, and we'll see you there!
CARDS • POTTERY • BASKETS • JEWELRY • TOYS
CLOTHING • CARVINGS • TEXTILES • NEEDLEWORK •
RUGS • PHOTOGRAPHY • MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
There will be vendors and crafts from around the
world, on sale to directly benefit artisans and
community organizations abroad. The fair-trade store
"10,000 Villages" will have a display of items, and
there will be coffee available all day.
Come celebrate the arrival of Spring with us, and learn
more about the vendors, artists and organizations we
support. See you there!!
ENDOWMENT REQUESTS
The Endowment Committee is accepting funding requests for 2015. Forms may be found in the Gathering
Area. Please turn in completed forms to the office no
later than May 1, 2015.
CELEBRATE AN IMPORTANT EVENT or
remember someone special with an arrangement
of flowers on the altar. $30 suggested donation.
Contact the office to arrange the order.
CHILDREN’S COIN COLLECTION
The children's coin collection during the
season of Lent, will go to help nourish people
both locally and globally. The
donations received will be split
between Feed My Starving Children and
the Minnehaha Food Shelf.
Total received for FMSC and the Food Shelf - $284.73
Thank you for your generosity!
Attendance: Sunday, Mar. 15 - 83
Financial Report:
Our Mission, Sunday 3/15/2015
Received .................................................. $4,123.00
Needed.................................................... $5,476.00
Difference .............................................($1,353.00)
Our Mission (Operating Fund YTD)
Received ................................................ $58,948.00
Needed.................................................. $60,234.00
Difference .............................................($1,286.00)
Our Outreach (Outside Hope YTD)
Received .................................................. $2,038.00
Needed.................................................... $1,928.00
Difference .................................................. $110.00
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ST. JOHN’S MUSIC SERIES - TODAY
The Metropolitan Boys Choir will be performing their
Mid-Winter Concert on Sunday, March 22nd at
3:00pm. The MBC’s mission is to provide a unique program of musical excellence and personal growth for
Twin Cities area boys of varied social, cultural and economic backgrounds. Also, to develop responsibility and
leadership and to empower these young men to become positive influences in their communities.
The concert will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church,
4842 Nicollet Ave. A freewill offering will be taken.
CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP
NOKOMIS HEALTHY SENIORS
For anyone who is a caregiver for a loved one.
Aggie Sorenson, parish nurse at Bethel Lutheran
Church, facilitates this support group. Meetings
are held at 1:00 p.m. the fourth Thursday of every
month at Bethel Lutheran, 4120 17th Ave. S.
NOKOMIS HEALTHY SENIORS
Nokomis Healthy Seniors is a neighborhood based organization specifically
designed to help seniors. They offer
home health aides, support groups, education, nurse
consultation, transportation and more.
For more info, contact the NHS office at 612-729-5499
MINNEHAHA FOOD SHELF
The need for food and funding is on-going!
As you do your grocery shopping, pick up
even just a couple of extra things for the
food shelf. Items requested: Tuna, soups,
canned or boxed pasta products, any one-dish
meals, Rice-a-Roni, Hamburger Helper, vegetable oil,
sugar, cereals, peanut butter, juices, canned
vegetables or fruit, salad dressings, pasta sauces.
Equal Exchange Coffee Project
Hope serves and has available
Coffee: Regular $8.50 and Decaf $9.50
Tea: Earl Grey, Green, Breakfast Tea $4.00
GEOBARS $4.00 for a box of 6 bars
(mixed berry, apricot or chocolate raisin)
Located downstairs in the cabinet by the donuts.
Thank you for slowing down as
you enter and leave
the church parking lot!
5728 Cedar Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55417-2647
Phone: (612) 827-2655
Website: www.hopempls.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hopempls
E-mail: [email protected]
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