CHURCH NEWS

Emmanuel Lutheran Church

An epiphany ought to be a surprise. The prophet Jeremiah is surprised that God would call a youth, but Jeremiah has been in God's sight for a long time. Jesus is popular in many places but maybe not at home. Love, which seems so familiar, is really a radical invitation to care for others on their terms. How will love surprise us this day? Come and see as we welcome Pastor Paul Benz as our guest preacher this Sunday morning. Pastor Paul Benz from the Lutheran Public Policy Office of Washington will also lead our Adult Forum on the topic of Advocacy.

Our weekly schedule is:

Thursday, Jan. 25, 5:30 p.m. Eastern Washington University Student Sojourners.

Saturday, Jan. 27, 9 a.m. Cub Scout meeting.

Sunday, Jan. 28, 9 a.m. Classes for all ages, 10:30 a.m. worship, 11:30 fellowship.

Monday, Jan. 29, noon Bible study, 1 p.m. Lutheran World Relief Quilters, 6:30 p.m. Al-Anon.

Wednesday, Jan. 31: 7 a.m. men's group.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church 

All are welcome. 

Sunday Morning Worship Service is as follows:

The fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. Holy Eucharist with music at 11 a.m. The Rev. Barrett Lindsey, priest and vicar, will preside. Child care is available during the 11 a.m. service.  Coffee hour follows the service. 

Wednesday at 7 a.m. the regular fellowship breakfast. All are welcome 

For your contemplation: “The Sheepdog. We offer ourselves, one way or another, to try to work for God. We want, as it were, to be among the sheepdogs employed by the good shepherd.  Have you ever watched a good sheepdog at work? He is not an emotional animal. He goes on with his job quite steadily; takes no notice of bad weather, rough ground or of his own comfort.  He seldom or never stops to be stroked. Yet his faithfulness and intimate communion with his master are of the loveliest things in the world. Now and then he looks at the shepherd. And when the time comes for rest, they are generally to be found together. Let this be the model of your love.” Evelyn Underhill.

United Methodist Church

The last in a series of spiritual gifts workshops will be held Thursday evening at the church at 6:30 p.m.

Bring your scrapbooking supplies, a friend, and a snack to the church at 5 p.m. Friday evening. The scrapbookers will join for fun and fellowship.

Sunday morning worship services are at 8:20 a.m. and 10:50 a.m. The Rev. Joanne Coleman Campbell will lead the services on this, the fourth Sunday after Epiphany. A time for fellowship beings at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school classes for ages 3 through adult at 9:45 a.m.

Hosts and facilitators for the upcoming bible study series will meet at about noon on Sunday following the second worship service.

Westside Chapel

Westside Chapel will be hosting a Precept Bible study training event on March 2 and 3 at their church facility in Cheney on Highway 904.

Two all-day workshops will be offered. On Friday, March 2, a workshop on Structuring Bible texts will be held from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. On March 3, a class on Word Studies in the New Testament will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

People seeking to know the truths of the word of God for themselves are using across the United States and in over 100 foreign countries the Precept Bible study method. These in-depth studies are widely acclaimed for their practical, personal approach to Bible study.

For more information, or to register for training, call Les Wells at 509-230-3650, or email at [email protected].