Christ Lutheran Church Women will hold their annual Spring Bouquet on Saturday, April 27. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 502 17th St. NW. There will be a silent auction, bake sale, craft sale, plants, and grandma’s attic. A luncheon of oriental salad, bread, dessert bar, and beverage will be served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The cost is $10.
“I was shocked,” said Mike Pellenwessel of Minot when he learned on Monday that Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was burning. Fire broke out at the landmark cathedral in Paris on Monday. Pellenwessel and his son David Pellenwessel, then a student at Minot High School, were among a group from Minot who visited the cathedral during an art history tour for students to Paris and other cities in Europe in 2015. The cathedral was one of the first places they visited when the group arrived in Paris. “It’s impressive. It’s a huge church,” said Mike Pellenwessel, a co-owner of ...
A free children’s Easter event will be held at First Baptist Church on Saturday, April 20 from 1 to 2:15 p.m. Children ages 3 years old to fourth-graders are invited to an Easter Eggspedition where they will discover what is in the giant Golden Easter Egg. The kids will sing some fun Veggie Tales songs, hear the Easter story as they explore what makes the golden egg so special, and get a goodie bag. They will finish the event with an Easter egg balloon hunt. First Baptist Church is located at 200 3rd St SW. The doors will open at 12:50 p.m. Preschoolers must be accompanied ...
Students and adults from the Minot area will perform the Living Stations of the Cross on Sunday, April 7, at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, 707 16th Avenue SW, Minot. This is a moving enactment of the passion and death of Jesus, performed with students acting out a still scene for each of the 14 Stations of the Cross, while the story is told through songs and narration. The group had three other performances, two in Minot and one in Underwood, and April 7 is their final performance. For more information, contact the church at 839-6834.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — International lawyers researching the criminalization of homosexuality met Friday with the Vatican secretary of state and urged the Holy See to publicly oppose such laws and "conversion" therapies for gays. The Vatican said Cardinal Pietro Parolin promised the delegation he would relay their research to Pope Francis. The Vatican statement ended a roller coaster few weeks of leaks and denials about Friday's visit to the Vatican of members of the International Bar Association, the Inter American Institute of Human Rights and a U.N. Latin American institute. The ...
“I don’t know why we’re part of this church but God seems to have us here.” Hearing that statement recently made me ask why anyone is part of a church at all. First, God says tells us why we should gather. “…let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another…” (Hebrews 10:24-25) Do we, the church encourage one another? Second, being part of a church means growing in our understanding of God’s Word and how it applies to our lives. “I solemnly charge ...