The joint parish Christmas Eve worship for Trinity and West Lake Johanna Lutheran churches was held in Brooten on Wednesday, December 24. A near-full house of children and adults gathered and heard a Christmas message from Synodically Authorized Minister Linda Simms, who has helped guide Trinity and WLJ since September as the parish seeks a new full-time minister. The attached video begins with Simms providing her children's...
Sunday School children and teachers at Big Grove Lutheran Church in North Fork Township held their Christmas program on Sunday, December 21. The attached video features most of the Christmas program. The video has a rough beginning while the tripod was adjusted at the rear of the church sanctuary. During that part, two students gave welcoming comments to worshipers and asked that cell phones be turned off. Finally, 44 seconds into the video, the rough part ends. (You may want to just skip the...
And! Just when you didn't think it could get worse. Minnesota day care ("day") programs are licensed to operate from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. In the case of the Quality Learing Center in Minneapolis, they recently posted hours of operation as being 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. This is a problem. They receive taxpayer funding from state and federal sources while operating outside the legal hours of operation. Red flags, anyone? The attached video from Angela Rose shares her recent visit to this location on the...
