Thursday, June 14, 2018

donnelly news

June 9th-15th
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news. Happy father’s day to my dad up in Heaven
Weather news: temperatures continue to be nice we had several inches of rain on Saturday and Monday
St. John's/ Kongsvinger news: the summer schedule with joint services at 9:30 a.m., at Kongsvinger on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays; St. John’s on the 2 and 4th Sundays of each month is now in effect until further notice.  You can find the schedule in the June newsletter; copies are available in the narthex of both churches or from the parish office.
Registration is now open for VBS this summer to be held at Faith-Morris July 30th- Aug 2nd together with Faith, First and Trinity Cyrus, contact the church office for more information 
The Kongsvinger Krusaders will again be part of the Stevens county Relay for life on June 22nd at the Lee community center in Morris starting with a meal at 5p.m.
Sunday school meeting June 24th at 6:30 p.m. at ST. John’s for all Sunday school kids and families

GSLC NEWS There will be worship services every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. until August 29th
Splash canyon VBS in conjunction with Zion-Morris will be held on June 25-28th, 1-4 p.m. at Zion contact either church office for more details

Other church news: At Faith -Morris: a Father’s Day Picnic and Fundraiser on June 17th at 11:00 a.m.
There will be an Ice cream social at ST John’s Starbuck June 24th starting at 11 a.m.
Father Stan Wieser will celebrate his 50th Anniversary of his ordination on June 24th in Wheaton; at the Ava Maria Catholic Church .Mass will be at 2 p.m. with a reception to follow. No invitations will be sent all are welcome. Fr. Stan was a priest in Donnelly for a number of years in the ‘70’s.
Knights of Columbus pig roast June 23rd 4-8 p.m. in the Assumption church parking lot
Donnelly youth club will meet on June 20th 4-6 p.m. at St. John’s
On June 18th the bookmobile will be in town on main st from 3:45-4:00 p.m. and Donnelly fire department will meet at 7 p.m. at the fire hall
Donnelly Rod and Gun club fishing derby June 17th starting with registration at 9 a.m. on Pomme De Terre Lake public access ,more info 320-808-3490 or 320 -287-2070
Herman Red Hats will meet at the Grant County Fair for Lunch on Friday July 20 at 11 a.m. Dutch treat
The Donnelly community club is looking for volunteers to be in charge of and/or be a helper for the white elephant sale, the car show, and the kiddie parade at the threshing bee. If interested contact Corrine Kruize at 246-3337
Death notices: Joseph M Helsper, 92, of Tempe, AZ passed away June 1st.  He is survived by his wife, former Donnelly area resident Shirley Ann Larson Helsper, and her family and sister in law former Donnelly area resident Gloria Larson and her family


Nancy Lyman passed away on June 7th; survivors include her daughter former Donnelly resident Amie Uphoff of Morris
Geo and Aryls Pederson are having a household sale on Saturday June 23rd 8 A.M.-8 P.M.
Closed Sunday
Monday June 25th - Friday June 29th 4 P.M.-8 P.M. at their home in Donnelly
The threshing bee royalty were part of the Chokio community picnic parade on June 9th and helped serve ice cream at the annual ice cream social in Donnelly on June 11th

The Donnelly Community club had their monthly meeting after the ice cream social on June 11th as we continue to make plans for the bee. As of now most events should be the same as they were last year, posters and buttons should be here in about a month. Time and date and place of next mtg TBA
Past wk. fedtel annual meeting at the Morris area h.s.; Fabian celebration of life Herman; work day at Neimackl Lake Park Herman, Chokio parade ,Luthi benefit at Gs, ice cream socials at Inhered Lutheran -Starbuck and at the Donnelly community hall, bible study at Gs (w/Eystad’s),services at Gs.


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