The St. Philip’s Church Gala – featuring the Black & White Dueling Pianos – will be held on Friday, April 10th in the church social hall. Tickets are $50 which includes a 2-meat buffet.
Brenda Grates says the doors will open at 5 p.m., with dinner served at 6 p.m. and the show at 7 and you can get tickets at the church office or by calling her at 320-693-3313, extension 100. She says there will also be raffles and a silent auction which includes lots of great items.
Grates says the gala is one of the big fundraisers of the year for the Church of St. Philip to help with the general budget. She says the Black & White Dueling Pianos come from Las Vegas and they have to book them about a year in advance.
Rick and Tracy Clark of New London returned from a trip to North Carolina Sunday where they picked up an office door from the U.S. Army base at Fort Bragg. Rick Clark says the door was a memorial to their son, Specialist Ryane Clark, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2010.
Clark says when Ryane’s unit moved to another part of the base, their commander offered the door to the Clarks. Rick and Tracy jumped in their pick-up and went to North Carolina and got the door. On the way home they stopped and attended a picnic for Gold Star Fathers in Nashville, put on by Gary Sinise’s Families of Fallen Heroes organization.
Tracy Clark says she’s not sure what the long-term plans for the memorial door are. Last year, the Minnesota Legislature named a portion of Highway 23 near New London after Ryane Clark, and a memorial to him sits along the Glacial Lakes State Trail near the family’s home.
Each day a business will be featured as “Business of the Day” and every time their commercial is aired be the 7th caller and win a chance to receive KLFD Bucks to be spent at our “Business of the Day” locations.
Monday thru Friday, at 4 pm we will draw out a winner to be put into our final drawing to be held sometime later in April. Once your name has been drawn out daily and put into the final drawing, you are no longer qualified to call in. Otherwise, you can keep calling in once a day to qualify.
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Pastor Aaron VanDuinen will once again be doing a monologue during the Sunday morning Easter worship service at First Baptist Church on North 5th Street in Grove City. He welcomes anyone who is looking for a place to worship on Easter Sunday to visit the church.
Pastor Aaron says he’s done these monologues each year over the past 5 years portraying the Roman Centurion, the Apostle Peter and other characters from the Easter story, but will be giving the perspective this year from an inanimate object – the stone that covered Jesus’ tomb. He says it’s interesting to contemplate what would be going through the minds of the people who were around Jesus during his earthly ministry.
Pastor Aaron says he’s memorized his monologue. He says he has also memorized a lot of scripture during his lifetime and says it’s a good way to store things in your heart. He says First Baptist Church in Grove City will have a Good Friday service at 7 p.m. on April 3rd, Easter breakfast on April 5th at 8:45 a.m. and then the worship service at 10 a.m. and everyone’s welcome.