5:30-6:30 – BBQ, chips, salads, root beer floats served by the Youth headed to New Orleans.       (free will donation) 7:00 – show time ($5 at door, preschool & under free)  This will be a fun night of 50s and 60s era music performed by young men from the Greenbush/Middle River High School.  They have been performing for a few years together and have made contributions to various fundraisers themselves such as Relay for Life, among others. Please ask one of the Youth Advisors (Laurie, Beth, Kelly) if you have any questions about this upcoming event.

WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN THE FUN!

The Northwestern Minnesota Synod will meet in annual assembly at Concordia College in Moorhead MN on May 11-12 on the theme of “To Be.  To Do.  Joy in Serving” based on John 15:11 “These things I have spoken to you that my joy may be in you. and your joy may be full.”  Representing our parish will be Pastor Gary  & Mrs. Ruth Halverson.

CEMETERY MOWING

Eidsvold is looking for someone to mow the cemetery in 2012 six to eight times depending on the weather with the mowers providing their own equipment and fuel.  Paying $75 per mow.  Contact Laurel or Chris Davis, Arnell Cummins, or Jeff Folland for more information or to apply.

CEMETERY CLEAN UP

The annual clean up day for the Eidsvold Cemetery will be on Saturday, May 19, in the afternoon.  Anyone who has an interest in the cemetery can come to mow, trim, and generally get the cemetery ready for Memorial Day activities.  Anyone who cannot come on the 19^th is welcome to come earlier and take care of a portion of the cemetery.  Once again this year the pastor will update the census and the map of the cemetery which is in the shelter.  The census is also available on the parish website.

Sunday morning fellowship hour will begin again on May 27 - Memorial Day weekend.  A sign up sheet for volunteers to provide something such as cookies, cake, or bars to go with coffee will be in the East Entry by the telephone.  Fellowship Hour provides an opportunity to visit with fellow worshippers, especially those traveling through the area during the summer months.  It is held only on Sundays when there is no Sunday School.  Serving is entirely voluntary, but won’t you sign up?

At the congregational meetings on April 15 all five congregations voted to call Kate Longtin as a half-time pastoral intern for 21 months starting in August 2012.  The congregations that approved the call are

• First Lutheran of Karlstad
• Eidsvold of Halma
• Zion of Lake Bronson
• Maria Lutheran of Kennedy
• Sion of Lancaster

SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRAM

May 20

10:30 a.m.

at First

On Sunday, May 20, both First and Eidsvold will forego liturgical worship at the regular times to join the Sunday School in a closing program at the 10:30 Sunday School time and have an indoor picnic lunch sometime after 11:00.   Families with last names beginning with the letters A-H please bring salad, I-P please provide a bag of chips, and Q-Z bring cookies or bars.  The Sunday School will provide hot dogs, lemonade, and coffee.  All families are asked to help out in the kitchen and with clean up.  Thanks.

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES will be guests of honor at the program and the picnic dinner.  They will come with their caps and gowns, sit at a special table, and receive gifts from the women (WELCA) and from the youth group.

Our Sunday school has a You Tube account where students can sing along and learn.  It includes the following.  Check it out!!

• Talkin Bout Jesus is the song the Sunday school students are practicing right now.  Just click the link for the words and the music and sing along!! 

• New Testament Books are to be learned by 5th graders

• Old Testament Books are to be learned by 6th graders

Baccalaureate services for the high school class of 2012 will be held on Wednesday evening, May 30, at 7:00 p.m. at the Tri-County High School gym.  Pastor Gary Halverson has been chosen by the Karlstad Area Ministerial Association to deliver the sermon this year.  Members of the class, led by class president Justin Wojciechowski, will plan the service.  This annual event is sponsored by the ministers of the school district for the members of the class, their families and friends, and the public

Eidsvold Lutheran Church will be serving a Memorial Day dinner on Monday, May 28, after the Memorial Day service at the Halma Community Center which concludes with military rites at the Eidsvold Cemetery.  Whether people attend services in Karlstad, Kennedy, Halma, or some other place, everyone is welcome at this dinner.  It is a fund raising project for the Eidsvold Women (WELCA).

            Memorial Day services are at 9:00 at the Tri-County School in Karlstad and at 11:00 at the Halma Community Center each year.