By PASTOR MICHAEL T. GJEFLE Faith Independent Baptist Church, Ontario We in Wisconsin celebrate June Dairy Month each year. We are blessed to live in a land of milk and honey. One can only marvel at the amazing milk cow as she is able to produce the abundance of milk...
Brass musicians to perform at St. John’s event
Brass musicians and educators Todd and Amy Schendel will present a program on the music of Martin Luther on Sunday, July 22, during the 150th anniversary celebration of St. John's Lutheran Church, Ridgeville. Their presentation will begin at about 3:30 p.m., after the...
St. John’s Lutheran Church to celebrate anniversary
By LYDA LAINER St. John's Lutheran Church "A joy is with us here this day" describes the feelings of the 18 heads of families meeting in the one-room country schoolhouse at Ridgeville, April 1, 1862. In the afternoon of that day, the German Evangelical Lutheran St....
Remembering
By PASTOR MICHAEL T. GJEFLE Faith Independent Baptist Church, Ontario Psalm 143:5 - "I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thine hands." Memorial Day is about remembering. The Psalmist here speaks of remembering the days of...
Free community supper set for May 30 in Elroy
A free community supper will be served from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 39, at the Elroy United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 204 Royall Ave. At the meal, Juneau County Aging and Disability Resource Center representatives will talk about its services and...
Free community supper set for April 25 in Elroy
A free community supper will be served from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, at the Elroy United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 204 Royall Ave. At the meal, Juneau County Aging and Disability Resource Center representatives will talk about its services and...
Three Lutheran churches to offer joint prayer vigil
Members of three area Lutheran churches will conduct a prayer vigil beginning immediately after the Good Friday evening service at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wilton. The prayer vigil by the congregations of St. Paul's, Trinity Lutheran Church of Hustler...
To trust in the Lord
By PASTOR MICHAEL T. GJEFLE Faith Independent Baptist Church, Ontario Psalm 125:1 - "They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth forever." The greatest privilege known to mankind is that of knowing and trusting the Creator...
Mission group to speak at Ontario church
A group from Chicago's Pacific Garden Mission will be at Faith Baptist Church in Ontario at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 24. A meal will be offered at 6 p.m. Founded in 1877, Pacific Garden Mission is a homeless shelter in the South Loop section of Chicago. The group will...
Ridgeville church to celebrate 150th anniversary
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, organized on April 1, 1862, will observe its 150th anniversary this summer. A special service of celebration will be at St. John’s at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 22. Former Pastor Daniel Falck will be the guest...