Easter Sunday Breakfast April 24

Easter Sunday Breakfast

Sponsored by the Salem Youth Group and the Salem Music Ministries

Sunday, April 24, 9-10:15am, Fellowship Hall

Adults $6.00 Children (3-10 yrs) $4.00 (Family maximum $20.00)

The menu:

Sausage

Biscuits and gravy

Scrambled eggs

Hash browns

French toast sticks with syrup

Fresh fruit and pastries

Coffee, apple juice, orange juice, and milk

Please let us know how many in your family will be attending so we know how many to plan for! The sign up sheet is in the Welcome Center.

There is also a sign-up sheet to donate the following items: pastries, fresh fruit, juice, and milk.

Servers and clean-up help needed. Call the church office to volunteer (815-895-9171).

Holy Week Schedule

April 16 Palm Sunday Worship, 5pm

April 17 Palm Sunday Worship, 8 & 10:30am

April 21 Maundy Thursday, 7pm

April 22 Good Friday, 7pm

April 23 Easter Vigil (Service of Light), 5pm

April 24 Easter Proclamation (Elmwood), 6am

April 24 Easter Sunday Festival Worship, 8 & 10:30am

April 24 Easter Breakfast (9-10:15am, Fellowship Hall)

Spring Cleaning April 23

On Saturday, April 23, from 9am until noon, join us for Spring Cleaning Day at Salem! Projects will include removing storm windows, washing windows, picking up trash on the church grounds, trimming trees, finishing up the polishing of the pews, and replacing any divots in the grass made by the snowplows.

Continuing Education Discussion April 17

What's Pastor up to these days? Come to the Hospitality Hour in Fellowship Hall on Sunday, April 17 at 9:15am to hear Pastor talk about her continuing education for this year - especially her work in congregational mediation. Come ready to imagine with her how what she's learning can be applied to Salem!

Lenten Soup Suppers, March 16-April 13

Wednesday Lenten Soup Supper, 5:30-6:45pm

Sponsors:

March 16: Worship & Property Committees

March 23: Salem High School Youth Group

March 30: Shari Hennessey/Judy Milroy

April 6: The Buzzard, Feuerbach & Sauber Families

April 13: The Benson/Carlson Annual Soup Buffet

Hosts provide 8-10 gallons of soup (varied kinds), beverages, and willing hands to serve and clean up prior to the 7 p.m. worship service. A free-will offering is received for a fund of their choice. Diners bring breads, crackers, or dessert to share.

Midweek Lenten Schedule, March 16-April 13

Apostles' Creed (Midweek Lenten Worship)
Wednesdays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
March 16 through April 13

March 16: "God the Creator"

Isaiah 40:28-31, Romans 8:14-17, Mark 14:36

March 23: "God the Provider"

Exodus 17:1-7, Psalm 23, Matthew 6:11

March 30: "Jesus, the Savior & Redeemer"

Colossians 1:13-14, John 3:16-21

April 6: "Jesus, the Lord"

Joel 2:32, Philippians 2:1-11, Acts 17:22-28

April 13: "The Holy Spirit - The Church & the Saints"
Acts 2:1-13, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, John 14:15-30

Lenten Prayer and Pie (March 16 - April 13, 2 p.m. in Chapel Lounge)
A simple Lenten service with spoken liturgy, prayer, and hymns followed by pie and coffee.

Soup Suppers (March 16 - April 13, 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. in Fellowship Hall)
Soup and beverage provided; bring bread, crackers, or dessert to share.

Holden Evening Prayer (March 16 - April 13, 7 p.m. in Sanctuary)
Choirs, cantors, flutes, and piano will lead us in worship for Wednesday evening Lenten services. This beautiful liturgical setting was written in the 1980s for the community at Holden Village, WA (a year-round ecumenical Christian retreat center, rooted in the Lutheran tradition) and has grown to be an instrument of prayer and worship all over the world.

Celebrate 50 on Sunday, April 3

Come celebrate 50!!

Sunday, April 3, 2011

9 - 10:15 a.m.

Fellowship Hall

Pastor Janet's 50th Birthday

and 50+ Year Salem Members