Holy Week’s Schedule

Daily devotions will be sent out starting on Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday at 6:00 AM each morning.  They have been written by members from the Prairie Choristers using words from hymns they will be singing this week. 

Sunday 4/10

• Palm Sunday Program at 9:30
• there will be no Sunday School since the Youth Choir will sing
• Lunch at 10:45 - SS teachers, students and parents of young children will eat first.  Students should be in their classroom by 11:15 to prepare for the Sunday School Easter Program
• Sunday School Easter Program at 11:30
• Communion at 6:00 - Bros. Duane Rocke (Minneapolis) and Trent Meiss (Eureka)
• Singing - begins at 6:00 with the communion service at 6:15
• Bread and Wine - will be served in individual cups (gluten free bread and juice will also be available)
• Seating - we will return to our traditional form of seating (2 pews then an empty pew)
• Converts - should sit with their family rather than in the balcony

Friday 4/15 - Good Friday Services at 7:15 - Hymns by the Prairie Choristers and message by  Bro. Sam Bertschi 

Sunday 4/17 - Easter Services 

• 7:30 - Early morning worship service - The Prairie Choristers and Youth Choir will sing with a resurrection message by Bro. John Bradle
• 8:30 Easter morning breakfast
• There are a variety of opportunities to help with breakfast, both before and during the event. Sign up to help at www.PerfectPotluck.com/LHAU3063. Contact Sis. Lydia Bertschi with questions (lydiabertschi@yahoo.com, 309-253-0402). Also note that any purchases may be reimbursed (save and turn in receipts to Lydia Bertschi). Thank you in advance for your contribution to this special day.
• 9:30 - Sunday School and Sunday service -  Bro. Mark Lindberg (Chicago) 
• There will be no lunch or 11:30 service.

Other Announcements

Friday 4/15 -Nursing Home Easter Egg Hunt - Please sign up on the bulletin board to make or bring desserts 

Sunday 4/24 - ACYF Day in Morton - High Schoolers will be leaving the R-B High parking lot at 8:30am.

Sunday 5/22 - Baccalaureate Service - This is a date change to match R-B’s Graduation

Friday 4/29 - Ladies' Night from 6:45-8:30pm at the Fellowship Hall -  "Planting Seeds of Wisdom" 

Join women of Roanoke church for an evening sharing life wisdom and ideas for practical home & life management as we strive for godly living. Please bring a home or life tip to share that has been helpful to you (i.e. hospitality, time management, organizing, shopping wisely, gardening, cooking, baking, meal planning, laundry, etc) .

Sunday 5/2 - Nursing Home Communion at 1:30 - Masks are required

April’s Collection - Charity Fund

Remodeling Update - Balcony is closed (except for the Prairie Choristers)

Boys and Girls Summer Camps  - Information is on the bulletin board. Parents should be getting emails as well, but please contact Eric Hoffman if you have not gotten info yet. There is a need for counselors as well!

Thank you from the Mangold’s - We would like to extend a huge thank you to all who supported a request for basic supplies for Zach and his teammates currently stationed in Latvia.  The church and others in the community responded with an enormous response and Sis Jennifer was able to send 23 boxes and over 300lbs of basic essentials, snacks and other items to their post in Latvia.  Zach and his team are enormously grateful and there is a picture of them on the bulletin board expressing their gratitude.  Most of the soldiers who have been relocated to Eastern Europe were given little notice, and have not been told when their deployment will end. To put it in perspective they are closer to Russia than we are to Chicago.  Thank you so much for your heartfelt and generous response.

Thank you from the Leman’s - We want to share our appreciation to each of you dear folks who shared your love and kindness to us on our 65 Year anniversary! It was so much fun getting the mail and sitting down and opening all those cards, with the wonderful sentiments.   It truly was a blessing…as was the past 65 years God blessed us with…Praying prayers often for our loved ones in our church family.  Thank You!  Rich and Rachel