All ages are invited to gather at 6 p.m. Wednesdays during Lent for soup supper, provided by the Adult/Intergenerational Ministry Team. Soup and bread provided; bring a salad or dessert to share if you are able. All are welcome!  Contact Sue Gramith at [email protected] if you can help with making soup.

At 6:30 p.m., kids will head to the spring musical rehearsal in the Sanctuary. Adults will join Pastor Anne in viewing and discussing the PBS Frontline series, “From Jesus to Christ.”

The men’s and women’s bathrooms in our Court area are undergoing a major renewal project and will not be usable until early April. Initiated by our Properties Ministry Team last fall, with approval and funding by the Executive Board, this work will update and make more spacious the facilities in both bathrooms. It is funded by a generous gift received last year from a trust established by Helen Kelsey, who died in 2010. Helen and her husband, Arnie Kelsey, were longtime members of Falcon Heights Church.

This project is scheduled to be completed by Palm Sunday, April 9. Bob Olsen is tracking the project for the Properties Ministry Team, so you may address further questions to him. In the meantime, we will use the upstairs and downstairs handicap-accessible multi-gender bathrooms located near the elevator.

Join us from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, for our annual all-ages Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras party as we celebrate this traditional time of revelry and rich food before the solemn season of Lent. King cake, New Orleans-style music, games, and “breakfast for supper” of pancakes, sausages and fruit are on the agenda! Chris Gillis and Noah Keitel will provide music. We conclude with a brief, informal Service of Ashes at the end of the evening.

On Saturday, March 4, we head to the House of Charity in Minneapolis to prepare and serve a meal. We will meet in the church parking lot at 8:30 a.m. to carpool and return around noon. Between five and eight people are needed to help prepare food and serve it to residents and homeless people. Call or text Nancy Ellias or Tracy Faville with questions or to sign up.

Because so much of our adult life is devoted to work, our individual identity is often closely tied to our work. When we retire, we need to shed the identity and the time demands that have dominated our life. And while letting go, we need to find the “new me” and refocus on our relationships and use of time. To what does God call us at this stage of our lives?

The Rev. Philip Rohler, retired Church of the Covenant pastor and soon-to-be member of our congregation, will lead three Monday sessions, Feb. 13, 20 and 27, devoted to these questions. The time will be either 10 a.m. or 6:30 p.m., depending on interest. The focus will be on exploring the experiences of retirees with different retirement experiences, with follow-up discussion. Please contact Philip directly at [email protected] if you are interested in being part of this class.