New Stephen Ministers ready to provide help

The Calvary Lutheran Church in Post Falls trains members to help people who are terminally ill, grieving, experiencing divorce, in a job crisis or in other trying situations.

The trained members are part of a group called Stephen Ministers. They don't give professional advice but act as friends to those struggling through tough times.

The first class of 15 has been matched with care receivers. The second class of 11 recently was commissioned and is ready to help.

Those who need help don't have to belong to the church. Identities are kept confidential.

To receive help from the Stephen Ministry, call Pastor Larry Cudmore or Gail Gutterud at (208) 773-5321.

In other church news

Chris Haas, a member of Christ the King Lutheran Church, will be attending Concordia Seminary in Portland and has been approved for a $2,000 scholarship from the church's endowment fund.

The church has donated scholarship money to Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod colleges and seminaries for many years for future church workers. The church's scholarship policy gives first priority to members who plan to become church workers, and second priority to LCMS colleges and seminaries.

The church is requesting prayers for more church workers, and people to consider contributing to the endowment fund through wills, insurance policies, trusts, and/or by donation.

The youth of Coeur d'Alene Bible Church are holding a parking lot bake sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today to raise money for a mission trip to Ensenada, Mexico, June 23 to June 30.

Their next fund-raiser is a car wash set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Runge Furniture next Saturday.

During the trip Brad Hanson, Jesse Suitter, Matt Allen, Joseph Henderson, Ben Schenkenberger, Amy Johnson, Megan Myhre, Anna and Kelly O'Neal, Stephanie Orlando, Pearla Ployhar, Jamie Perkins, Hannah Vetsch, Shastina Cross and Alaina Zurfluh will be working with Azusa Pacific University teaching Vacation Bible School and helping the local church in Ensenada.

The church will hold a 6 p.m. communion service Sunday followed by a dessert potluck social to honor their high school seniors who are graduating.

About eight members of the Bethel Baptist Church are going to Tijuana, Mexico, in August to build homes for homeless people.

To raise money to buy supplies for the homes, a benefit skate night will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. June 17 at Skate Plaza. All the money from skate rental, admission and concessions will be donated.

Dads may skate free on quad skates if they are attending with a child. For more information, call (208) 664-9083.

Pastor Sheryl Rodgers of the Center of Light Church, 618 Wallace, Coeur d'Alene, is holding a free organizational class Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the church. Rogers' busy life forces her to be organized and she wants to help others who are trying to make sense in their homes or businesses.

To register, call (208) 667-0462. Donations will be accepted.

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