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Announcements for the Week of March 29, 2026
Welcome to Chain of Lakes Church
Welcome to worship at Chain of Lakes Church. Today is Palm Sunday, the day that the church celebrates the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem. And today is the start of Holy Week. Enjoy the Palm parade and other Palm Sunday activities!
Kids in kindergarten through 5th grade are invited to join us at kids church and will be dismissed from worship after our first few songs. Youth in grades 6-12 are encouraged to stay in worship and can get a Worship Activity Sheet from an usher. Kids younger than kindergarten are welcome to go to the nursery.
Youth Group, for those in 6th – 12th grade, meets Wednesdays at Chain of Lakes, 6:30 – 8pm. Bring your friends!
A women’s choir is singing on Easter Sunday, April 5. Rehearsals will be on at 7pm Wednesdays, March 25 and April 1. Come sing! Talk to Jan Boehm if you are interested or simply show up on Wednesday to rehearse.
The Connection Team invites everyone who would like to join Chain of Lakes as a Disciple/member to attend a Get-To-Know-You Session on Thursday, May 7 at 6:30pm. A second gathering will take place on Thursday, May 14.
- Sunday, March 29 Celebrate Palm Sunday by waving palms and singing “hosanna!”
- Thursday, April 2 Enjoy Holy Thursday. Come to a pot-luck soup supper at 6pm and worship with Communion at 6:45pm.
- Saturday, April 4 All hands on deck for the Easter Egg hunt which will take place at 11am. Enjoy games, door prizes, and photos with the Easter Bunny.
- Sunday, April 5 He is risen! Enjoy two beautiful services of worship at 9 and 10:45am.
Consider sharing your time at the Easter Egg Hunt. This is a wonderful way to live into the Core Value at Chain of Lakes of “Investing in Future Generations.” These are the volunteer needs. You can sign up for each position on the Communication card
Parking: Three people
Registration: Two people
Photographer: One person
Being present: Six people
Email pastor@colpres.org to sign up
Easter is the day that the entire world is aware of church. Consider inviting your friends to worship on Easter Sunday. Use the enclosed card or share the Facebook posts from the church. Your invitation could be the start of something very special!
Chain of Lakes is hiring a Children and Youth Ministries Director. This is a thirty-hour a week position that pays well. The person will lead and grow the children’s and youth ministries at Chain of Lakes. A job description is in the Community Life Center. Apply by sending a resume to Pastor Paul at pastor@colpres.org.
Bring candy for the Easter egg hunt by April 1. Please bring wrapped candy that fits into a plastic Easter egg. Bags of candy are needed. Bring unopened bags to the church.
Enjoy a soup supper at 6pm before Holy Thursday worship at 6:45pm. If you can bring soup to share, email info@colpres.org.
Help out with fellowship on Sunday morning! Bring treats for eighty to a hundred people. It can be as simple as a plate of cookies, or as elaborate as you want. The goal is to have people provide fellowship once every two months. Each person who provides fellowship treats decides when they do this. Sign up on the Communication card to be on the list. Upcoming open dates are; April 5, 19 and 26. Contact Jan Boehm with questions: jan.b@colpres.org
On Saturday, April 11th at 10:00am, is the Annual All Gardeners meeting. The group will reacquaint with one another, review rules, and discuss changes. Existing gardeners will be able to renew their plot at this time. The plot fee will be $50. Contact Dave Nyberg at 763-717-2490 for more information or to RSVP.
Discussion topics will include deer fence, gophers, water supply, communications, schedule a workday and set an opening date. We’ll also explain some issues from last year.
The Stepping Up 4 HOPE walk is a 1.5 mile fundraising walk for HOPE 4 Youth and Stepping Stone. This year the walk will be on Sunday, May 17. Registration will start at 2pm with the walk starting at 2:30pm.
3/31 Tuesday 11:00am Staff Meeting
4/01 Wednesday 6:30pm Youth Group & set-up for Thursday Soup Supper
4/01 Wednesday 7:00pm Women’s Choir
4/02 Thursday 1:00pm Short-Term/Long-Term Space Team
4/02 Thursday 6:00pm Soup Supper
04/02 Thursday 6:45pm Worship with communion
04/04 Saturday 9:30am Set-up for Easter Egg Hunt
04/04 Saturday 11:00am Easter Egg Hunt Event
04/04 Saturday 2:00pm Decorating for Easter
