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City Serve ND to kick off week-long community outreach project

The Pursuit Church in Minot is set to kick off a week-long community outreach program called City Serve ND. The program began in 2021 as a one-day event, with members of the church going out into the community to fulfill community needs, share the love of Christ and help with service projects. This year’s program will be a full week, starting Tuesday May 31, until June 4. The Pursuit of Minot along with nine other area churches have gathered 500 volunteers to perform service projects all over Minot. Cindy Stock, outreach coordinator for The Pursuit Church, was hopeful last ...

Pilots for Christ 10th Annual Fly-in & Golf Ball Drop set for June 12

MADDOCK — The J.T. Rice North Dakota Chapter of Pilots for Christ will be holding its 10th annual Fly-In Celebration and Golf Ball Drop at the Maddock Airport on, Sunday, June 12. The fly-in begins at 10 a.m. with an all-faiths service and a complimentary lunch to follow. Each attendee will receive a complimentary numbered golf ball and matching ticket when arriving. Following lunch, the group will drop the numbered golf balls from a helicopter at a target (golf flag). The closest ball to the target will win a new drone as the grand prize. There will be a number of other prizes. ...

Area students selected to attend North Dakota Leadership Seminar

Minot students are among those selected to attend the North Dakota Leadership Seminar June 3-5 at the University of Jamestown in Jamestown. Bishop Ryan Catholic School students attending the seminar will be Christian Lormejuste and Chuka Osuala. Minot High School-Central Campus students Cole Guttormson and May Nash and Our Redeemer’s Christian School students Elise Altringer, Triniti Gregg, and Aubrey Griedl will also attend the event. Surrey High School students Jason Forsman and Ty Tetrault were selected to represent Surrey. Students were selected because of their leadership ...

Pastor held captive at local daycare

Little Legends Child Development Center of Minot reports it has taken the pastor of Vincent United Methodist Church hostage – for a good cause. Pastor Mark Ehmantraut is deemed to be on “Diaper Duty” until the daycare’s demands are met. “Once VUMC has received $500 worth of baby item donations or cash, the daycare will release the pastor from the dreaded “Diaper Duty,” said Brenda Hansen and Kelly Ruland, owners of Little Legends Child Development Center. Given the high need for baby items in the Minot community, Vincent United Methodist Church is dedicating Mondays ...

Ukrainian pastor to speak Friday at West Minot Church of God

Pastor Kaaren Zelfimyan, of Odessa, Ukraine, will give a presentation at 6:30 p.m. Friday at West Minot Church of God, located at 1105 16th Street NW in Minot. Zelfimyan and co-founder of Russian Harvest Ministries Jill Mehl are being hosted by the church. Zelfimyan will speak about the ministries and Christians now facing the war in Ukraine. The event is open to the public.

Pastors essential partners in healthcare ministry

It was another sign of life returning to normalcy. Thirty-nine clergy men and women from around the region gathered at Trinity Health Riverside March 24 for a ministry day, the first since before COVID. The meeting and luncheon were hosted by Trinity’s Pastoral Care team: Rev. Sylvester ...