donnelly news

Apr. 28th –May 4th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news

Weather news: well it appears that old man winter has finally gone in hibernation and allowed spring to come forth with some sunny, warm weather especially on Monday, most of the snow has melted, and temperatures have warmed up enough to start drying things out.

St. John's/ Kongsvinger news: There will be an open house bridal shower for Katie Skadeland bride to be of Danny Ennen on May 5th at Kongsvinger 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Madison Alatha Ennen is the newest member of God's family at Kongsvinger. Madison is the daughter of Brian and Laura Ennen; grandparents are Dale and Jeanne Ennen

There will be a special congregational meeting at St. John’s following services on May 6th, to vote on a change in the constitution to reduce the number needed for a quorum for a meeting; however, 20 members still need to be present for this meeting

Baccalaureate Sunday will be held on May 20th, starting with Brunch at 10 A.M. followed by joint services at 11 A.M. at St John’s, we have one H.S. graduate from each Church this year. If you have an H.S. or a Higher Ed grad this year, please let the parish office know ASAP. Also, I tentatively plan to have my annual graduation recognition column on June 2nd, so if you do have any graduates, please let me know too

 GSLC NEWS after Sunday services, on April 29, there will be an open forum to continue our discussion about finances and mission support. 

There will be a steeple dedication during the May 6th service

There will be a National day of prayer celebration at Morris Evangelical Free church on May 3rd at 7 P.M.

The Stevens county genealogical society meets on May 3rd 1:30 p.m. at the Morris library

Marian Grossman will be in concert, at Bethlehem Lutheran Herman on April 29th, starting with a luncheon at 11:30 a.m.

 The City council meets on May 5th at 4 p.m. at city hall

The Bookmobile will be in town on May 7th on Main St. at 3:45-4 p.m. The Rendsville 4-h meets at 7 p.m. at St. John’s

There will be an Open house bridal shower for Mariah Eystad and Connor Hanson today (Saturday) from 10 a.m.-noon at the Morris Eagle’s back room. Her parents are Dale and Connie (Henrichs) Eystad

Herman Red Hats will meet May 7th at 11:00 a.m. at Hunan Spring Restaurant in Fergus Falls

Rummage sale to benefit Max and Megan Koehntop’s adoption fund continues today (Saturday) at 7 South Oregon, Morris from 8 a.m.-1 P.M. his parents are Roger and Bonnie

New addresses Pearl A. Anderson 409 East First Street Morris mn 56267 (courage cottage)

The Kids in Christ preschool's ABC sale will be held on May 3rd, (3-6 p.m.), and the 4th (2-4 p.m.), at Zion Lutheran Church, in Morris.

An open house 50th wedding anniversary for Barry and Donna Gades will be held on Saturday, May 5 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Hotel 200 Pool Area. No gifts, please.

Congratulations to Burdell Strand who recently celebrated 40 years with New Horizons Ag Services.

Beth Holland and Chandler Erickson were married on April 21st at St. Mary’s church in Chokio. Parents are Dean and Jerri Erickson of Chokio and Joe and Linda Holland of Donnelly

Death notice Gordon Thompson of Cyrus passed away on April 24th survivors include his daughter Mona (John) Dickey of Donnelly; and their family

Past week:  pioneer power club tr. show at Viking plaza Alex, visit to Ruth strand in her apt in Alex, a visit to my aunt pearl at the courage cottage, 12A republican endorsing convention at old # 1, adult ed with Randy Freud at Gs (w/Eystads), Mitch kendiel memorial shoot at Neimackl park, visit to Eystad’s in their home, Doug Ohman presentation at the Morris library, (W/ Jack Kopacek), Dinesh Joseph D’Souza talk at UMM , rummage sale at Faith, bbb at met lounge

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