Upcoming Events
Children’s Way Preschool Rummage Sale
April 10th and 11th
You may drop off donations for the sale this week on
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday (April 7-9) from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. We accept all
toys, housewares, children’s and adult clothing, books, and miscellaneous items.
We do not accept plumbing fixtures, tires, large appliances or computers. Ask us about other
electronics. Furniture? Please call for approval at (651) 484-5719, or talk to Linda Ruesch or Ann Dehn.
Sale Hours:
Thursday, April 10th, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, April 11th, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
We need many volunteers! Are you good at pricing
items? Do you enjoy being a check-out person? Or are you good at displaying items? Whatever, we
can use your assistance! Call Children’s Way Preschool Director, Linda Ruesch, at (651) 484-5719.
All proceeds go to the Children’s Way Preschool.
Ladies' Spring Luncheon
Saturday, April 19th, 12:00 to 3:00 p.m.
“After ‘Three Cups of Tea’: My Son's Journey Continues”
Featured Speaker: Jerene Mortenson, mother of co-author Greg Mortenson.
Tickets are $8.00 each, two for $15. (Pay at the door
- advance payment not accepted.)
Luncheon reservations due in the church office by April 11th; names of all guests must
be included! Forms may be put in the collection plate on Sundays,or they may be mailed to Emmy in
the Office of Church of the Way. We hope you can join us!
Suggested Reading: “Three Cups of Tea: One Man's
Mission to Promote Peace… One School at a Time” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.
"In an age when every politician and talking head has
little but rhetoric to offer for the seemingly irreconcilable mess of warfare and cultural conflicts
awash in the Middle East and Islamic territories in Central Asia, Mortenson's book is a stunningly
simple story of how to make peace in one of the most beautiful places in the world: build schools
for girls... Mortenson's mission is a relentlessly positive one, and his ability to reveal the
beauty and refuse to accept the brutal reality around him is an inspiring, heroic, and at times
even crazy pursuit." ~ The Bloomsbury Review (Denver, CO)
Dinner & Silent Auction Benefit
Saturday, May 17th, 5:30 p.m.
The PCOTW and North Como Presbyterian Church Senior
High Youth Groups are hosting a Dinner and Silent Auction on Saturday, May 17th. The cost for
admission to both the dinner and auction will be $5/person (maximum $18 per family). Proceeds from
the event will benefit the Youth Group’s Mission Trip to Pikeville, Kentucky this July. Please mark
your calendars and look for more information in late April! In the meantime, if you have any
questions regarding the Benefit, or would like to donate an item for the auction, please contact
Kathryn Nichols in the church office: (651) 484-3346 x101, or by email: kathryn@pcotw.org.
Worship
April 6:
Third Sunday of Easter Text: Luke 5:1-11.
Sermon: “Mission Fishin’” D.J. Jeremiason, Executive Director of Presbyterian Clearwater
Forest, Deerwood, MN, preaching.
Christ commands us to be fishers
of men. The speaker highlights the "Ah Hah! Moments" of meeting that challenge at the Clearwater Camp..
April 13:
Fourth Sunday of Easter Texts: Psalm 23, John 10:1-10.
Sermon: “The Shepherd. The Gate. The Sheep.” Russ Carlson, Music Director, preaching.
The texts give us much imagery
about the Lord being the shepherd, the gate that saves and provides for us. Our worship, of course,
will have more music in it than most Sundays, and that is what happens when the Director of Music
is leading worship!
April 20:
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Sermon: “For the Beauty of the Earth.” Kathryn Nichols, Pastoral Intern and Youth Coordinator, preaching.
We celebrate Earth Day.
April 27:
Sixth Sunday of Easter Text: Colossians 1:3-7, 9-20.
Sermon: “By the Grace of God.” The Reverend Todd Allen, preaching.
We address the spiritual challenges and
opportunities the end of Kathryn Nichols' Pastoral Internship and Youth Coordination offers
to PCOTW.
Holy Hammers
Visit our Holy Hammers page for Habitat information and pictures.
