Prayer Requests
Place in the offering boxes near the Worship Center doors or at the Welcome Center.
Looking Ahead
This Week At ACV:
Sunday - March 19th
8:45 AM Worship Team Rehearsal - WC
10:00 AM Church Service - WC
March 23rd Open Arms Dinner
March 24th-25th Women’s Retreat
April 2nd Palm Sunday
April 9th Easter Sunday
□ For Prayer Team □ Confidential
Tuesday - March 21st
9:00 AM Women’s Prayer Group - C
Wednesday - March 22nd
6:45 PM AWANA
6:45 PM Adult Bible Studies
7:00 PM Youth Group - SC
Thursday - March 23rd
5:00 PM Open Arms Dinner
Saturday - March 25th
7:00 AM Men’s Group - CR
April 14-15th Men’s Retreat
April 16th Minnesota Teen Challenge
April 23rd Newcomer’s Lunch
Next Sunday, March 26th, 2023
Greeters: Cindy McLane
Nursery: Brandi & Charli Hacken, Jazmyn Adams
Children’s Church: Vermae & Merlyn Matheson
Stewardship Update
WC- Worship Center GR- Great Room CR - Conference Room D- Classroom D SC - Student Center C- Classroom C
JG- Joy Group Room
Attendance for March 12th, 2023 Service: 180 Giving for March 12th, 2023:
Welcome to Alliance Church of the Valley!
We’re glad you’re here.
2023
Koinonia Café Open
Comments:
Our Staff: Jeff Naegelen, Lead Pastor - jeff@stcroixalliance.com
Chris Folkestad, Co-Lead Pastor - chris@stcroixalliance.com
Brandi Hacken, Administrative Assistant - office@stcroixalliance.com
Thank you for your faithful generosity! At this time, we encourage online giving, USPS mail or you may use the boxes near the entrances to the Worship Center.
10:00 AM Worship Service
Cry Room/Nursing Mother s Room A glass enclosed sound proof room is available at the back of the upper level of the worship center for parents with children or nursing mothers. It contains a direct audio feed from the sound booth.
Nursery: 10:00 AM Our well staffed nursery is available on the upper level across from the Worship Center doors for children who are infants to 36 months.
Children s Church 10:00 AM provides an age appropriate learning environment for our families in Classroom #3 on the lower level. Kids age 3 – 6 years old are welcome to participate. Please arrive prior to the start of service.
Sermon Series: The 10 Commandments
Sunday, March 19th 2023
Title: If It’s Not Yours, Don’t Take It!
Text: Exodus 20:15-16
Speaker: Pastor Chris Folkestad
Connecting with our Church Family
Maundy Thursday
Don’t miss out on our special Maundy Thursday event, “Messiah in the Passover,” taking place at Alliance Church of the Valley at 7:00pm on April 6th. Join us as we explore the connections between the Passover and Jesus Christ, our Messiah. Preregistration is required and can be done at stcroixalliance.com or at the Welcome Center.
Easter Service
We would like to invite you, your family, and friends to Easter Service here on April 9th. This year we will be having two services; 8:30 am and 10:00am. This a great time to be asking God who in our life we should be inviting to Easter. Many people are looking for a church but are not sure where to start.
Easter Lilies
Spring Workday 2023
This year’s Spring Work day will be on April 22nd. Please mark your calendars and plan on coming to help clean up our church and grounds. There are projects for outside and inside, and the more help we get the less time it will take. We appreciate all your hard work in making our church so beautiful.
Sunday School Class
It is not too late if you want to join this amazing Sunday School Class! Jeremy Thompson started leading a study on how to better hear the voice of God. Classes meet on Sunday mornings at 9:00 am in Classroom 5.
MN Adult & Teen Challenge
Men’s Retreat
The Men’s Retreat is coming up on April 14-15th. There are registration brochures at the Welcome Center and online registration is available through the church’s website. Deadline for registration is April 10th.
Trustees Window Update
Feed My Starving Children
We’re excited to invite you to a very special event that will make a real difference in the world. Join us at the Polk County Feed My Starving Children
Connection Card
Please sign, tear off, and place in the offering.
□ 1st time guest
□ 2nd time guest
□ 3rd time guest
□ Regular attender
□ Member
VISITORS - We are so glad you ve come this morning to seek the Lord Jesus Christ and worship Him together with us. Please take a moment to complete the Connection Card attached to this worship folder. After doing so, tear it off and bring it to the Information Center in the lobby to receive a complimentary gift bag and information about the ministries of our church.
To celebrate Easter, you have the opportunity to honor a loved one by purchasing a beautiful lily used to decorate our worship center this season. Order forms are located at the Welcome Center, and online forms are available. Orders are due March 26th. Plants may be taken home after the Easter morning services on April 9th.
We’re excited to be hosting the Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge Choir on April 16th for our morning worship service. They will lead us in worshipping Jesus and sharing their life transforming stories from addiction to freedom through the love and grace of Christ. This will be a perfect opportunity to invite someone to hear the good news and power of the gospel to change lives.
A major window manufacturer recently gave us a quote of $32,000 to replace two large windows at the parsonage. We have since concluded that we could replace all of the windows on the north side for $16,000 by utilizing the skills of our in-house retired contractors and carpenters. Time is of the essence since it takes three months to receive windows after placing the order. The Parsonage window fund currently has $9,749. Thank you in advance for your sacrificial gifts over the coming weeks. The worship folder will give you updated information each Sunday.
Connecting with the Community Open Arms Dinner
Open Arms
Dinner will be this Thursday, March 23rd in the Great Room. This month s menu is a Hotdish Night; Chicken & Wild Rice, Goulash, Reuben and Tator-Tot with Dinner Rolls, Salad, an Ice Cream Bar and many choices of beverages. Don’t forget to invite some friends and come enjoy a fantastic meal.
Pack on Saturday, April 28th from 9:00-11am! We guarantee it’ll be a morning filled with fun, laughter, and a sense of purpose. Spots are limited so grab your friends, family and coworkers and sign up today at the Welcome Center!
Youth Ministry
Youth Pastor Search Update
We are so grateful that the elders, their wives, and student leadership were able to meet with the prospective Youth Pastor last weekend. The Elders have extended the invitation to the next step, which would be candidating with our church. Please be in prayer that we would receive the final decision and that God’s will be done.
Youth Group
Youth Group meets every Wednesday in the Student Center from 7:00-8:30 pm.
Children’s Ministry
AWANA
AWANA meets every Wednesday from 6:458:15pm. *Reminder this Wednesday Night is Crazy Sock Night.
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