Building Your Financial House
Bring a friend or family member and join us March 7th for a financial house workshop where we’ll be covering How Money Works! Lunch will be provided.
Topics:
Laying a foundation with proper life insurance
Establishing a debt elimination plan & accumulation wealth
Building your retirement strategy (including social security)
Protecting your assets with wills & trusts
Lenten Prayer Breakfast
Lenten Prayer Breakfast
In the Garden of Gethsemane, our Lord exhorted His disciples: ‘Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak’ (Mark 14:38). Though God does not tempt anyone, He provides a way of escape in every trial. Therefore, we pray for strength to overcome and for victory through Christ.
You are cordially invited to join us for Messiah’s Annual Lenten Prayer Breakfast on Saturday, March 14, at 9:30 a.m. Following a time of fellowship and a hearty breakfast, we will gather in the sanctuary for a solemn service of Corporate Confession and Absolution.
Sign up at the Welcome Center!
We look forward to your presence at this gathering.
Palm Cross Making
We will be making palm crosses on Saturday, March 21 at 9:00 am for all who come to our Palm Sunday service. Please join us as we make crosses out of palm leaves. We have a lot of fun with this event which has been a Messiah tradition for many years. Instructions are provided.
Sign up at the welcome center!
Soup Supper Showdown
Attention Members - we will be having a soup showdown to find out who makes the best soup! Keep an eye out for an entry form and more details coming soon!
Join us on Wednesday, March 25 for good food, fun, and to see who takes home the title!
Easter Egg Hunt
Save the date for our annual Easter Egg Hunt! And, watch for more details! Online registration will be coming soon!
We can use some volunteers - Sign up to help (with greeting, registering, and guiding families, scattering eggs and monitoring the Hunt) and donate wrapped candy – to fill the eggs - and post-Hunt snacks in the big tote by the Welcome Center. Thanks for your help!
Garage Sale
The sale will be on Friday, April 17 from 5:00 – 8:00 pm and Saturday, April 18 from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm.
Members - donations may be brought to the church basement.
Vacation Bible School
Save the date - Monday, June 22 - Thursday, June 25
We are excited to announce that Vacation Bible School will be making a "TROPICAL TREK" this summer. More details will be coming soon!
Members - If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Steve Dengler. VBS is a great way to start the summer!
Preschool Open House
Do you have a 3 or 4 years old? We would love to have you attend our Open House from 6:00 - 7:30 pm to learn more about the program here at Messiah. Referrals are great as well! Enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year will begin at this time as well. Need more information? Contact Vonda at smestadv@messiahgr.org.
Caroling to Homebound Members
We’ll share the Gospel in song with homebound members and residents at senior living and care facilities. A pizza party at church will follow caroling, supplied by a generous donor. Sign up at the Welcome Center or in Bible Class.
Advent Prayer Braakfast
ADVENT PRAYER BREAKFAST—DECEMBER 13th: During Advent, we pray, “Come, Thou long expected Jesus … from our fears and sins release us” (LSB 338:1). You are invited to Messiah’s annual Advent Prayer Breakfast on Saturday, December 13th, at 9:30 am.
Enjoy breakfast and fellowship, followed by a service in the sanctuary featuring music, Confession and Absolution, Scripture, meditation, and prayer. Please sign up at the Welcome Center.
Christmas Bazaar
Messiah is hosting its annual bazaar on Saturday, December 6! Stop by for cookies, crafts, vendors, and more!
Hat & Mitten Tree
The Hat & Mitten Tree is up! Let’s fill its branches with hats, mittens, gloves, and scarves. All items will be given to children in need in our community. Please have your item(s) on the tree by Sunday, December 28. Thank you for your continuous support of social ministries.
Game Night
We are having a game night on Saturday, November 8th, at 6:00! You have looked at all the pictures in the Directory. Now you can get to know those faces better. We are going to play a crazy card game that is guaranteed to make you laugh. We will have snacks, but feel free to bring a snack to share if you like. Please sign up at the welcome center so we know how many card tables to set up. Look forward to seeing you there. The more the merrier!!! Questions? Ask Sherry Troutwine or Shirley Kremm.
Holiday Baskets Collection Drive
HOLIDAY BASKETS ARE BEING PREPARED for the Christmas season! We are looking for gift cards to Meijer and Family Fare, as well as canned fruit and vegetables, stuffing mix, instant mashed potatoes, jars of gravy, Jiffy cornbread mixes, canned cranberry sauce, boxed desserts, and cake mix and frosting.
These items will be used to support our church families in need and will also be given to NECM to help families in our community.
If you can provide a gift card, please get it to Joe and Becky. Food donations can be placed on the donation table. There, you will also find envelopes. If you prefer to give a monetary donation, we’ll be happy to purchase gift cards or needed items on your behalf.
All donations are needed by November 16th. Thank you for considering a donation to help those in need this Christmas season!
God’s Blessings to you,
Joe and Becky
Trunk or Treat
Neighborhood, preschool, and church children and their families are welcome for this annual event, held on Thursday, October 30th from 6:00 to 7:30 pm!
We plan to hold Trunk or Treat outdoors (though we will have a backup plan in case of wet weather). Our families will give away treats from the trunks of decorated cars in our parking lot. We’ll also have light snacks, carnival games, contests for adults and kids, and more.
We hope you’ll be part of the fun! Messiah is located at 2727 Five Mile Road NE, between Plainfield Avenue and the East Belt Line.
Curious about what other area LCMS congregations have coming up? Check out the LCMS Community Hub.
To explore life at Messiah, browse photos from past events or learn more about our upcoming worship services!