Council & Committee Mtg Dates:

* Apr 13th – Augustana Council Mtg - 6pm

* Apr 14th - St John's Council Mtg - 7pm

* Apr 21st – First Lutheran Council Mtg - 7pm

* May 13th - NIC Council Mtg - 7pm SJB

NIC WOW:

NIC WoW will resume on Wednesday evenings at ALC - 6 pm

Click this WOW News link to see more information about the WOW program

Augustana Grounds Clean-up: Thursday, April 9th at 4:00 p.m.

Upcoming Events:

WELCA SPRING GATHERING & SW MN SYNOD WELCA CONVENTION

The Minnesota Valley WELCA Spring Gathering is being held on Saturday, April 11th at American Lutheran Church in Gaylord, beginning at 11:30 a.m.   The SW MN Synod WELCA Convention is being held on Saturday, May 2nd at Calvary Lutheran in Willmar.   More information and sign-up sheets to attend are in the narthex at Augustana.  

SIBLEY COUNTY SR. EXPO

The 2026 Sibley County Sr. Expo will be held on Thursday, April 11th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church in Arlington.  See Sue Bentz for tickets.  Free busing is available from Fairfax, Gibbon & Winthrop – Call Tonia Schiro at 507-207-2236 to reserve a spot on the bus.  Tickets are $10 in advance. 

AFRICAN MISSION PROJECT GATHERING

April 23 at Trinity Lutheran in St. Peter

The spring gathering for the Minnesota Valley Conference African mission partnership is 6-8 p.m. Thursday April 23 at Trinity Lutheran, St. Peter starting with a simple meal with free will offering. Representatives from each conference congregation are sought, while all are welcome. A special guest will be Rev. Dr. Hollie Holt-Woehl, who recently consulted with partners from the Southeastern Diocese in Southern Africa. To be on an email contact list email secretary Dave Pedersen, dlpeders@msn.com. 763-807-0993.

PS: It would help if you let me know if you plan to attend so we can provide accordingly. Reply to dlpeders@msn.com.

Pastor Leonard's Contact Information

Email:  leonard.hummel@gmail.com

Cell # 410-949-0060

Send Announcement Requests to:

Email:  nicparish1@gmail.com

OR Email one of our Church Secretaties

Amy TenEyck - sjbismarcksecretary@gmail.com

Sue Bentz - augustana.secretary@gmail.com

OR click this Contact link, create your message & select submit.

Text & Email Communications:

If you are not currently, but would like to receive text messages or emails regarding important Church announcements & updates, please contact one of our Church Secretaries

Weather related announcements:

We will communicate event cancelations by text & email messages and post that communication on our website home page.