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Announcements for the Week of June 7, 2026
Welcome to Chain of Lakes Church
Welcome to worship at Chain of Lakes Church! Pastor Paul is continuing the worship series called “Centered”. Today, he will talk about the importance of Sabbath. Communion will be celebrated. Everyone is welcome to enjoy this meal.
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.
The Youth Group will be going to Valleyfair on Friday, June 12, to celebrate the end of the school year. The Wednesday night gatherings will return after Labor Day.
The Session recently hired Kayla Flanagan to be the Children & Youth Ministry Director. Kayla has been part of Chain of Lakes since 2018. She has done a terrific job in providing staff support to the youth group. She now will also provide staff support to Kids Church and the Nursery. This is a thirty hour a week position. Her first day in the position was this past Tuesday, May 26.
The Youth Group will go to Valleyfair on Friday, June 12, to celebrate the end of the school year. Everyone is welcome to buy tickets at the discounted rate by Sunday, May 31st. Contact Kayla at youthdirector@colpres.org to arrange a number of tickets and payment.
Destiny Anderson is leading a Praise Movement Small Group that will start Tuesday, June 2 at 6pm. The group will help participants learn to love their bodies and themselves as a step to loving as Jesus did. This will be a welcoming, worship-centered movement experience that encourages joy, builds community, and draws participants closer to Christ–together. If you are interested, contact info@colpres.org
Join us for a potluck supper at 6:00pm on June 10. The Variety Show will begin at 6:45pm. This is a time to share your gifts of talent. Last year, we had a karate exhibition, dance numbers, a reading, scred and secular songs, instrumental music. It was such a fun night! Please contact Jan Boehm at jan.b@colpres.org to get on the program.
The Long-term/Short-team team shared a forum after worship this past Sunday, May 31 on future building plans. Printed copies of the plan are in the Welcome Area and will be on the website at colpres.org. Comments about the plan are encouraged and can be sent to info@colpres.org
Interested in gardening? Chain of Lakes has gardening plots available on the South side of the church. Meet other gardeners and enjoy time in your own garden plot. The plot fee is $40. Contact Dave Nyberg through info@colpres.com for more information.
Good news! There are still openings to serve at the 3M Open July 23-26. It’s fun to work with a friend so consider signing up together or sign up solo and get to know someone better while you raise money for Chain of Lakes Church. More good news…the orientation is simple and quick! If you are interested or would like to learn more, contact John Altrichter or Alice Nyberg, email info@colpress.org,
Clearwater Chrysalis is a faith-building women’s retreat at Clearwater Forest Camp & Retreat Center in Deerwood. MN. Women from many different churches attend – last year there were five from Chain of Lakes. Registration opens June 1 for the Aug. 13 – 16 retreat. The theme is “Spiritual Warriors for Love: Healing our Communities from the Inside Out.” If you are interested, go to clearwaterforest.org/clearwater-chrysalis/ for the brochure and to register. Kathy Brevig, Ann Turner, Jess Manning, Obi Anizor and Judy Chesla can tell you about their experience last year.
The worship team is trying an experiment this summer called “Sundaes on Wednesday.” During the summer many people are gone for the weekends. So three different Wednesday services are being offered. Everyone is welcome to attend these services. Each Wednesday service will be different than worship on Sunday. The service will last about forty-five minutes and will have a lot of singing. Kids programming will take place.
The first service is Wednesday, June 17 at 7:00pm. Chairs will be provided, but consider bringing your own lawn chair and enjoy the beauty of summer. Sundaes will be served afterwards. Invite a friend!
6/09 Tuesday 11:00am Staff Meeting
6/09 Tuesday 5:00pm Small Group Team
6/09 Tuesday 6:00pm Praise Movement Small Group
6/10 Wednesday 6:00pm Potluck Supper
6/10 Wednesday 6:45pm Variety Show
6/11 Thursday 10:00am Book Club The Holy Spirit Small Group
6/11 Thursday 4:00pm Connection Team
6/12 Friday Valley Fair
6/13 Saturday 9:00am Hope 4 Youth – Anoka
6/13 Saturday 10:00am Book Club Ruthless Elimination of Hurry small group
Starting with Memorial Day Sunday, May 24 through Labor Day Sunday, September 6th, there will only be one service at 9:30am. We’ll resume two services again after Labor Day weekend.
A team has started working on bringing a candidate for the Music Ministry Director position to be hired by the Session. Jan Boehm is retiring as the Music Director of Chain of Lakes after five outstanding years of ministry. She will retire at the end of July. People on the team are Jolene Altrichter, Whitney Berre, Tom Korth, and Pastor Paul (staff). A job description for the position is in the Welcome Center. Consider letting your musical friends know about the position!
On Sunday, May 17, Chain of Lakes sponsored a fundraising walk to benefit local agencies working to end homelessness. A total of 88 people registered and approximately $1800 was raised. Yay God!
