Wiota
Evangelical Lutheran Church women to meet
WIOTA - The Monroe Conference of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church will hold their Spring Gathering at 9:30 a.m. April 21 at the Wiota Lutheran Church. Registration will be followed by the meeting, with lunch at noon and entertainment by the Junction Jammers.
Lena
Caregivers' support group to be held in Lena
LENA - The Relay for Life team from St. John's Lutheran Church will participate in the Relay for Life event from 2 to 5 p.m. April 28 at the Stephenson County Fairgrounds in Freeport.
During the day, there will be food, a DJ and games.
The church has reported also that My Friend's Closet Thrift Shop will be closed from April 16-21 for painting and carpeting as part of their remodeling and expansion.
Albany
GAP Church Museum and Cemetery Association to meet April 22
ALBANY - The 2018 annual meeting of the Gap Church Museum Inc. and Cemetery Association will be held at 2 p.m. April 22 at the church.
Monroe
Cemetery clean-up day this weekend
MONROE - The Bethel Hawthorne Cemetery clean-up day will begin at 8 a.m. April 21
Monroe UMC to host
special musical services
MONROE - United Methodist pastor Rich Rubietta from Park Ridge, Illinois, will lead three special musical services at 8, 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. May 6 at Monroe United Methodist Church.
Rubietta is a songwriter and worship consultant who conducts interactive worship experiences which include audience participation and upbeat versions of familiar hymns along with original material.
He is a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in music. He's also an Illinois Arts Council Arts Tour artist and has been offering new styles to traditional church hymns and songs.
He is married to Jane Rubietta, author of popular devotional books such as bestseller "Quiet Places," "Finding Your Dream" and "Worry Less - Live More" and is in demand as an international, cross-denominational speaker. The couple have three children.
Rich Rubietta has produced the CD "Quiet Places: God's Music to Restore Your Soul," which is a companion resource to accompany the book.
The songs on the CD are meditative, musical arrangements of scriptures, one for each chapter in the book.
His CD for children and the young at heart, "Room 4U and Me" received the Parents' Choice Approved award and contains character education songs from his public-school music assemblies.
Refreshments will be served afterwards and a resource table will be available to purchase books and order CDs and cassettes. or more information, contact the church office at 325-6700.
Evangelical Lutheran Church women to meet
WIOTA - The Monroe Conference of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church will hold their Spring Gathering at 9:30 a.m. April 21 at the Wiota Lutheran Church. Registration will be followed by the meeting, with lunch at noon and entertainment by the Junction Jammers.
Lena
Caregivers' support group to be held in Lena
LENA - The Relay for Life team from St. John's Lutheran Church will participate in the Relay for Life event from 2 to 5 p.m. April 28 at the Stephenson County Fairgrounds in Freeport.
During the day, there will be food, a DJ and games.
The church has reported also that My Friend's Closet Thrift Shop will be closed from April 16-21 for painting and carpeting as part of their remodeling and expansion.
Albany
GAP Church Museum and Cemetery Association to meet April 22
ALBANY - The 2018 annual meeting of the Gap Church Museum Inc. and Cemetery Association will be held at 2 p.m. April 22 at the church.
Monroe
Cemetery clean-up day this weekend
MONROE - The Bethel Hawthorne Cemetery clean-up day will begin at 8 a.m. April 21
Monroe UMC to host
special musical services
MONROE - United Methodist pastor Rich Rubietta from Park Ridge, Illinois, will lead three special musical services at 8, 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. May 6 at Monroe United Methodist Church.
Rubietta is a songwriter and worship consultant who conducts interactive worship experiences which include audience participation and upbeat versions of familiar hymns along with original material.
He is a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in music. He's also an Illinois Arts Council Arts Tour artist and has been offering new styles to traditional church hymns and songs.
He is married to Jane Rubietta, author of popular devotional books such as bestseller "Quiet Places," "Finding Your Dream" and "Worry Less - Live More" and is in demand as an international, cross-denominational speaker. The couple have three children.
Rich Rubietta has produced the CD "Quiet Places: God's Music to Restore Your Soul," which is a companion resource to accompany the book.
The songs on the CD are meditative, musical arrangements of scriptures, one for each chapter in the book.
His CD for children and the young at heart, "Room 4U and Me" received the Parents' Choice Approved award and contains character education songs from his public-school music assemblies.
Refreshments will be served afterwards and a resource table will be available to purchase books and order CDs and cassettes. or more information, contact the church office at 325-6700.
