Welcome to ECLC's weekly email for members with kids & youth ages 0-18, teachers & other volunteers, and anyone who wants to be in the know about CYF faith formation at ECLC.
Thank you, ECLC Kids Youth & Families, for your marching feet. Crossing Bridges: Selma to Minneapolis, last Sunday!
This Week
This week we host a special guest during our GR 1-5 opening at 9:45 am on Sunday morning, hearing a firsthand story of immigration from one of our members. All families will also go home with their own "furniture," as a reminder to bring a weekly offering to contribute to our Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) goal, and the "worry stones" kids made last week. We are a long way from achieving our LIRS goal, and need everyone's help to make it happen!
Everyone is also invited to a soup supper roundtable this Wednesday evening and next, before worship, to discuss the facts of immigration, and our role as a community of faith.
PK - K gather in Rm 103 for opening music with Peter O'Malia
GR 1 - 5 gather in Rm 100 to hear a firsthand story of immigration from our special guest, Johanna De Avila
GR 6 - 8 gather in Rm 112 to engage in this week's Faith Lens discussion, Sight Lines, with Kristin Boorsma.
10:00 - 10:15 am
PK - K move to classrooms with teachers, Carla Carlson & Sandy Heidemann (P3), Mark Woell (P4), and Julie Carr & Anne Lindell (K)
GR 1 - 5 remain in Rm 100 for a Palm Sunday processional rehearsal with Melissa Bergstrom, an update on our LIRS offering, and instructions for Easter Sculpture Charades & Prayers *NOTE curriculum change!*
10:15 - 10:40 am GR 1 - 5 move to classrooms with teachers, Gina & Casey Byron (GR1), Lora Joshi (GR2-3), Gretchen Lieving & Michele Vig (GR4), and Christina Anderson, Nancy Ott-Pinckaers, and Dave Gustafson (GR5).
Confirmation groups will not meet, but please join us for soup supper, "station of the cross" prayers, and Taize / Holden Evening Prayer at 6:00 pm. Youth will continue meeting with their mentors March 18 and 25!
Looking Ahead
Help is needed with set-up, clean-up, and being a welcoming presence at this year's Palm Sunday Fair on March 29 from 9:45 - 10:45 am. Please contact Kelly or stop by the sign-up center for a detailed description of help needed.There is no Sunday School on this day. Children attend with their parent(s).
March 21, GR 6 - 8 Justice Retreat (Parents with Students), 9 am - 3pm
March 29, Palm Sunday Fair, 9:45 - 10:40 am (Kids with Parents)
April 2, Maundy Thursday Service, 5:45 pm (Kids with Parents)
April 3, Good Friday Service, 5:45 pm (Kids with Parents)
April 4, Easter Vigil Service, 6 pm (Kids with Parents)
April 5, Easter Services at 8, 9:30 and 11 am (Kids with Parents)
