Holy Week Worship Services at Gethsemane

Maundy Thursday - April 17

6:30 pm - Worship with First Communion

Easter Sunday - April 20

Celebration of the Resurrection 

and Holy Communion

9:00 am (in-person and live streamed)

Youth Easter Breakfast Fundraiser

8:00 am - 10:30 am

10:45 am (in person only)

Questions? Call the church office at 

218-741-4961

NO GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE - APRIL 18th

Please continue your Lenten Worship at one of these Good Friday Services:

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church at 12 pm or Messiah Lutheran Church a

Easter Flowers

Please help us build a Gethsemane Garden for our altar on Easter morning!

If you would like to donate a plant to help decorate the altar for Easter morning, please drop off your plant (with your name on the bottom) to the church office by noon on Good Friday, (April 18th). 

You can pick up your plant following the 10:45 Easter morning service.

Collage Scholarships

Once again scholarships will be offered through the Mission Endowment Fund to all GELC members who are high school seniors and those who will be post-secondary students in the 2024-2025 school year. The amount of each scholarship will be $2,000.

The deadline for returning the scholarship form to the church office must be Sunday, May 4. Stop by or call the church office to get the form. We will also have the forms available on the Youth Bulletin Board next to the Youth Room.

First Communion Classes

Calling all parents and students grade 3-5, we are running a first communion class in April. The dates are April 2 and 9 at 5:15pm in the youth room. Parents are to attend as well. You should have been notified of the first communion date by mail.

Please register by calling the church office. If you have any questions, you can contact Pam Fields or Donna Flannigan. First Communion will take place at the Maundy Thursday Service on April 17th.

55th Annual Spring Concerts - Range of Voices

The Range of Voices will present its 55th Annual Spring Concerts on Friday and Sunday, April 11 and 13. We invite you to “Come Fly With Me” as we take you on a musical vacation with some of the greatest pop hits of the 40s through the 70s. Repertoire will include such favorites as “Georgia on My Mind,” “What a Wonderful World,” “Come Fly with Me,” “The Best Things in Life Are Free,” “My Girl.,” and “Take Me Home Country Roads.”

On Friday, April 11th, the Chisholm Baptist Ch

Choralaires Spring Concert 2025

WE ARE BACK TO SING YOU SOME OF

OUR FAVORITE SONGS FROM THE 

PAST AND PRESENT!

TWO CONCERTS!

Friday, April 25th at 7:00 pm

Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Virginia MN

Sunday, April 27th at 2:00 pm

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Virginia MN

A Free Will Offering will be taken to benefit Local 

Charities and off set musical costs.

Mid-Week Wednesday Lenten Services

Lenten Worship at Gethsemane goes through Holy Week, April 18th. Our weekly Lenten time is when we can share together as the family of God.

We begin with a meal, share a time of listening, learning, activities and worship. We are focusing on our relationship with God - and in the different ways we communicate with God.

ALL are welcome! Come families, individuals, youth, elders and bring someone with you. Confirmation students and parents - these services are part of your con

Buddy Backpacks

SAVE THE DATE!

Help us pack Buddy Backpacks! 

Wednesday, April 30th, 4:30 - 6 pm, at United Way of NE MN (608 East Drive, Chisholm MN). 

Call the church office at 218-741-4961 to sign up! Volunteers must be at least 12 years of age.

Boston Mission Trip 2025

Boston Mission Trip 2025

July 20th -26th

We are so excited and thankful for our upcoming Mission Trip to Boston. We couldn’t do it without our wonderful congregation behind us. Thank you!!

Please look for our youth in the Narthex, in the pews, and everywhere else working hard to fundraise for their trip. 

Here is a list of upcoming activities and fundraisers:

· Envelope Board

· Silent Auction- we already have some very nice items donated, if you would like to contribute, p

2025 EcoFaith Summit of the Upper Midwest

Earth's Cries, Earth's Call: 

Becoming Midwives of Hope for the Healing of Creation

Saturday, April 5, 2025, 9:30am - 5:00pm at First Lutheran Church in Duluth and Online (Free Childcare Provided).

The ever-increasing cries of creation in crisis could easily overwhelm us. Instead let them serve as a clarion call to help bring life out of potential death, to give birth to moral-spiritual power for the healing of God’s Creation.

The day includes impactful speakers Dr. C

Updates from Voyageurs Lutheran Ministry

Summer 2025 Registration is Open!

Explore with us this summer how God’s Word is ALIVE in God’s great Northwoods. Registration is open for Summer 2025! To register go to: www.vlmcamps.org/registration.

Email: vlm@vlmcamps.org or call our 

Duluth office at 218-481-9080. 

Summer Staff Applications are Live!

We are hiring summer staff eager to grow in confidence, learn in community, and build lasting friendships. There are a variety of positions that are suitable for young adults w

God’s Global Barnyard

We will be collecting all the “Piggy Banks” and any other small change you have saved on Sunday, April 6th. Be sure to bring these items with you to Worship. The Generosity team will be working with the Sunday School to collect funds that will be sent to the ELCA’s Good Gifts/God’s Global Barnyard Program for the purchase of animals. 

We will let the Sunday School vote on which animals they would like to purchase depending on how much we are able to collect.

Sunday School

Our world hunger piggy bank fundraiser is coming to an end. If you don’t have a bank there is still time to pick one up. The children are pretty excited discussing what animals they would like to purchase with the money. All banks should be brought to church on or before April 6. 

We will be focusing on Palm Sunday the next few Sundays. Learning about Holy Week is one of our favorites. We can’t wait to see you! 

LIFT - Living in Faith Together

Living in Faith Together, the shared faith formation program between Gethsemane, Our Savior's, and Messiah, resumes April 23, at Gethsemane.  

Wednesday Evening Schedule:

6:00 pm - Dinner

6:30 pm - Groups & Confirmation Class

7:45 pm - Worship

Our Jr. High youth group (4-6 grade) Confirmation (7-9 grade), and Sr. High youth group (post-confirmation youth) will be gathering at Gethsemane for 5 weeks during April and May. We ask for your prayers as we jump back into our progra

New Church Directory

Welcome to a new era of church directories - Instant Church Directory, the ultimate online directory program. Say goodbye to high pressure sales and the printing and distributing of directories that become obsolete as soon as they are printed. Our church will soon be working with this company to provide all of us with an up-to-date option - we can receive traditional and printed directories, as well as a free mobile app which will provide the same information - absolutely