donnelly news

 

May 25th-June 1st

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.

Weather News: milder weather has made it feel more like spring out. It appears most framers in the area have most of their fields planted, and a few fields are coming up. We had some rain on Tue eve.

St, John's/Kongsvinger news: services are now being held indoors again with some restrictions in place. Services are at 9:30 a.m., on the 1st, 3rd, 5th Sun at Kongsvinger, the 2nd and 4th Sun at St, John's. Communion is on the 1st and 4th Sun of the month. On May 8th, S.S. ended for the year. Rev. Rochelle Anderson is providing pastoral care. Please contact a council president if you need pastoral care or call her at 320-287-2663.  The KLCW has resumed meeting the 1st Thur. of the month at Kong. Their June 3rd meeting will be at 6:30 p.m.; S.T. J WELCA is still on hiatus. Also, Kong do-days and women's book club have returned. Contact the parish office for dates, times, and places of various events.

Two remaining dates for radio sponsorship July 25th and December 5th contact the parish office for more details

The parish will be participating in VBS at Faith Morris this yr. 7\26-7/31 contact either church office for information, details, or to register

Gslc news: services are at 9 a.m., followed by a  coffee hr.  The picture taking for our new directory has been ppd.

Adult Ed has returned following the lunch hr. S.S. has ended for the yr.

Please check with your local church for their latest update on service times and details and other events. Also, remember that there are services, devotionals, etc., available on F.B., YouTube, church websites, local access channels, radio, etc.

BBB returns in In June at the fireside in Morris

Community organization meetings: The Rendsville 4-h meets on the first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at St John's Donnelly. City council meets on the 1st Sat of the month at 4 p.m. at city hall.  The community club meetings are on the 2nd Mon of the month at the community hall at 7 p.m. & the Donnelly Fire Department meets on the 2nd and 3rd Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the fire hall.

 The bookmobile will resume its regular schedule June 1st with stops in Donnelly on the 2nd & 4th Monday of the month on Main Street from 2:45–3:00 p.m.; for more info, call 218.739.5286 or visit https://www.viking.lib.mn.us/bookmobile. Also, the VLS is offering a summer reading program: Vlsbookmobile.beanstack.org.

Note I will have my annual grad recognition issue in early June, so if you have somebody graduating, please let me know.

 

 

Note all meetings are subject to change, so please check with somebody before planning to attend any scheduled meetings. 

Thanks to Hands for Health (Jeanne Ennen) for sponsoring the SCHS walking tour of Donnelly.  There will be brochures available at the co-op and P.O. in Donnelly and the museum in Morris or online: https://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com/uploads/Donnelly%20Brochure.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1h3Vju0wvl3fHfhcXDRolT3Y5SLmSMEJrvzDM0LNXxahOpIFboMFYqESo; if you were unable to attend the event and wish to do so on your own.

There will be similar tours of Chokio and Alberta later this year.

Rusc Kinship garden gala June 23rd, 5–7 p.m. Pomme de Park

there will be no ice cream social in June this yr.

Plans continue to have a threshing bee this year, hopefully. Anyone with ideas of activities/events we could add should contact an officer with the community club. 

The WCC all-conference team in golf includes Brady Loge. His parents are Mike & Jill. His grandfather Steve is originally from Donnelly.

Karen (Harstad) Long and Jane (Larson) Sassenfeld recently retired after 50 & 44 yrs in the nursing field.

Thanks to Anderson acres for donating the flowers and Rendsville 4-h for planting them in planters around town to help beautify Donnelly

The past week: "frozen" musical at MAHS, regular services; adult ed and bible study at GSLC.