Churches

Cheney Congregational Church

Pastor Matt Goodale is starting the New Year by looking at Jesus’ parables and what they teach about the Kingdom of God. The Jan. 19 sermon will cover the Beatitudes.

There is a children’s area in the sanctuary and we have a children’s Sunday school during the sermon. Join us for fellowship, conversation and refreshment following the service. Please visit our website, http://www.cheneycongregational.org, for previous sermons and more information about our church.

Choir practice will be 9 a.m. on Sunday. All voices are welcome.

Youth group (grades 6-12) meet at the United Methodist Church along with youth from other Cheney churches. They meet from 4:30 – 6 p.m. on Sunday evenings for fellowship and dinner. All are welcome.

Feed Cheney will take place on Jan. 27 at 5 p.m. at the Wren Pierson Building, 615 4th St. All are welcome to come for dinner and groceries.

The men and women’s breakfast will be Jan. 26 at 7:45 a.m. Men will meet at the Marketplace Bakery & Eatery on 1st Street and the women at Bene’s which is also on 1st Street. Come join us.

The annual church meeting to discuss the budget for 2020 will be right after services on Sunday, Jan. 26. Come see what the church is about.

Come join us and stay to get to know us. We would like to get to know you.

Emmanuel Lutheran Church

The congregation of Emmanuel Lutheran Church invites you to worship with us at 10:30 a.m. this Sunday, Jan. 19. Fellowship follows the worship service.

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, Feb. 25 for our 11th annual Festival of Chocolate benefit for our Vacation Bible School program. This event is by donation and all monies collected will go to our VBS fund. The festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. and wrap up at 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 26 is Ash Wednesday, our worship time will be announced at a later date. All are welcome.

All are welcome to visit Emmanuel’s Little Free Library and Free Community Pantry located at 639 Elm St. Donations of books, non-perishable food, and personal care items for all ages are always accepted. Both are open to the community 24/7. Emmanuel thanks you for your continued support of this outreach ministry to our neighbors in need.

St. John’s Lutheran Church

We invite you to join us for Worship at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 223 S. Hallett, Medical Lake.

Last week we enjoyed singing hymns with pastor Greg Yeager accompanying us on his guitar. After that, we appreciated pastor Carol Yeager’s children’s sermon as well as her inspiring sermon for adults. You are also invited to the Women’s Bible Study at 9:30 on Tuesday, January 21 in the Parish Hall next to the main church. We hope to see you either time — or BOTH.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

We are a welcoming haven, nourishing all God’s people in body, mind and spirit. Holy Eucharist at 11 a.m. The Rev. Kathy Lamphere will preach and preside.

We continue to wish you all a New Year full of peace, hope and love. Pray for peace and good will for all.

Attention all college students: The Episcopal, Lutheran and Methodist Campus Ministry has begun again, meeting each Monday evening at 5 p.m. for dinner, study and worship. Please join us.

Fellowship breakfast is each Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m. All are welcome.

Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Saturday morning at 11:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall.

For your contemplation: “We all have the drum major instinct. We all want to be important, to surpass others, to achieve distinction, to lead the parade…And the great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct. It is a good instinct if you don’t distort it and pervert it. Don’t give it up. Keep feeling the need for being important. Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

United Methodist Church

Come in from the cold and experience a warm winter welcome at the United Methodist Church this Sunday. Pastor Alissa Bertsch will lead the worship service assisted by pastor Pat Sleeth. We will celebrate “Baptism of Christ Sunday,” a perfect time to welcome new members into our congregation. This special service is rescheduled from last week due to snowy conditions. Worship is at 10 a.m. preceded by Sunday school at 9 a.m.

Sunday evening the ecumenical youth group will meet from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. All 6-12 graders are welcome for fun, food and fellowship.

Please call the church office at 509-235-4600 for additional information on other worship and study opportunities.