After an absence of five years, the Vettern College of Music in Jonkoping, Sweden is returning to Bernadotte to present its seventh concert since 2007. The 42-member choir will sing at Bernadotte Lutheran Church, 341422 515th Ave., rural Lafayette, at 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 18. The program will consist of choral music from different times and traditions.
SLEEPY EYE CHURCHES Calvary Baptist Church, Pastor Phil Siefkes, 794-6048, 220 4th Ave. SW, calvary- answers.org Sunday Service -10:45 a.m.
T h e mother is sitting at the bed side of her three-year-old. Every night for the last month, the mother has been speaking one petition of the Lord’s prayer and then giving her t-hreeyear- old a chance to repeat after her. Soon there is no need for a pause because the child has the prayer memorized. That child grows up and repeats the practice for children. This important practice is ours to continue. Today we will use Psalm 16 to teach us to pray and confess the joy of our own resurrection.
45 years ago - April 13, 1978 The Lions’ Pancake and Sausage Brunch drew 600 people Sunday at the Orchid Inn. About $1,200 was brought in.
The Sleepy Eye Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by Sleepy Eye Medical Center and SouthPoint Financial Credit Union, is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 8 at the Sleepy Eye Event Center. Hunters are encouraged to bring a basket/ bag and arrive a few minutes early in order to find their designated age group—0-4, 5-7, or 8 and up.
SLEEPY EYE CHURCHES Calvary Baptist Church, Pastor Phil Siefkes, 794-6048, 220 4th Ave. SW, calvary-answers.org Sunday Service - 10:45 a.m.
I recently started a new teaching series during our Sunday morning Family Bible Time in the Old Testament book of Judges. The historical context of Judges has many similarities with our culture today.
SLEEPY EYE CHURCHES Calvary Baptist Church, Pastor Phil Siefkes, 794-6048, 220 4th Ave. SW, calvary-answers.org Sunday Service - 10:45 a.m.
Prayers of Confession can stir my soul. In the standard United Methodist Hymnal there are such prayers, and these prayers always seem to touch my heart when I read them (silently when I am alone or aloud with others). Even in the prayers’ rather old-fashioned words, there is abundant meaning for us right now. Indeed, the meaning of these prayers is their relevance for us today. Long ago, when the prayers were composed, people erred and stumbled— and so it goes for you and me right now. Long ago, people were sustained by God’s grace, and that is true for us today.