Calendar

Apr
11
Fri
Feed My Starving Children Packing Event Grand Forks
Apr 11 – Apr 12 all-day

Feed My Starving Children Packing Event in Grand Forks is Friday April 11 and Saturday April 12.  We are in need of about 160 additional volunteers over the 6 shifts. We especially have openings at our 1130-1:30 shift on the 11th. To volunteer go to www.give.fmsc.org/grandforks. This site is also a place to donate toward purchase of the food we are packing.  Our aim is to pack over 404,000 meals in these 2 days. The cost of $117,000 and we have about $30,000 to go to meet our financial commitment.
Please feel free to email or call Jodi Storhaug at  701-741-2902 with any additional questions.

St. Philip’s Fish Fry @ St. Philip's Catholic Church
Apr 11 @ 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Secret Church Simulcast Freedom Church @ Freedom Church
Apr 11 @ 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM

https://radical.net/secret-church-2025/
Secret Church is an in depth study of the life of Jesus through the book of Matthew led by world known pastor David Platt. Specific prayer for the persecuted church’s in Indonesia, North Korea, and Myanmar.
Doors open 5:30
Event time 6:00-11:00 pm
Free

Apr
16
Wed
Bemidji Ruby’s Pantry Distribution @ Sanford Center
Apr 16 @ 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

The April 2025 Ruby’s Pantry food distribution will take place on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at the Sanford Center in Bemidji. Ruby’s Pantry is for anyone that is looking to extend their monthly grocery budget. For a $25 per share donation, (exact change is preferred), you will receive an abundance of groceries. You can buy as many shares as you want. There is no income or residency requirement. This is a drive thru distribution, beginning at 4 pm. Guests should bring baskets/boxes for shares to be contained in their vehicle. Pre-pay for shares is available and can be purchased at www.rubyspantry.org. Pre-payers choose a time slot to pick up their share, and skip the sometimes long wait. Pre-pay closes at 3 pm on Tuesday, April 15th. Any questions? Email at bemidjirubyspantry@gmail.com, or find us on Facebook at Ruby’s Pantry-Bemidji, MN.

Apr
17
Thu
Monthly MCCL Meeting @ Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church
Apr 17 @ 2:00 PM

The monthly meeting of the local Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life Chapter #45 will be held on Thursday, April 17 at 2 p.m. at Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church in McIntosh. For more information about the Chapter, contact Eileen Hegg at 218-563-3152.

Apr
18
Fri
Community Good Friday Service @ Sanford Center Ballroom
Apr 18 @ 6:00 PM

One Voice Bemidji is inviting everyone to a Community Good Friday Service for the Bemidji area, Friday, April 18th at 6:00 pm. This will include a time of worship, message, and communion. Our heart is to bring the body of Christ together, and what better way to do it than to commemorate what Christ did for all of us on the cross, and then look forward to the great celebration of his Resurrection on Easter Sunday! The Good Friday Service will be in the Sanford Center Ballroom on Friday, April 18th @ 6pm. Pastor Alex Robinson of Calvary Chapel with be sharing the message. One Voice Bemidji is a working together of many Bible believing churches in the Bemidji area to bring glory to the Lord!

Good Friday Service @ Evangelical Free Church
Apr 18 @ 7:00 PM

The Evangelical Free Church of Bemidji invites you to our Good Friday Service on April 18th at 7 pm. Pastor Eric Nygren will give a message about Christ’s finished work, and we will share in Communion together. We will have music from our Hand chimes, Worship Team, Choir, and Youth Band. Nursery will be available, and the service will be live-streamed at www.efcbemidji.org.

Apr
24
Thu
St. Mark Lutheran School Open House @ St. Mark Lutheran School
Apr 24 @ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Our open house is for anyone interested in our school. We will have information as well as dinner, games, bounce house, music, and more!

Grygla Men’s Fellowship Supper @ The Grain Bin
Apr 24 @ 6:00 PM

Grygla Men’s Fellowship is please to have pastor Ken Danielson join us.
Ken Danielson and his family were called into Native Ministry in January of 2008. He serves as Pastor to the All Nations New Life Center Church in Warroad, MN and on two reserves on Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada.

Prior to serving here on Lake of the Woods, Ken served in South Carolina at a Calvary Chapel Church as Administrative Pastor for 7 years, as Headmaster/Elementary Principal of a Christian School for 2 years, and as Instructor and Athletic Trainer at a Christian College for 7 years.

He grew up on a dairy farm by Mille Lacs Lake and met his wife, Linda, at Bethel College. He and Linda have two children – Erin [daughter] and Ethan [son].

Joshua 1:9 – Verse

Men of all ages come and join us for a meal, a time of fellowship and worship. Ken will challenge us to Be Men of God.

Apr
25
Fri
Take Back the Night @ BSU Lower Lakeside Student Union Dining Area
Apr 25 @ 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM

The Support Within Reach sexual violence resource center is hosting Take Back the Night, A Night to Raise Awareness about Sexual Violence and Give Victims & Survivors a Space to Be Heard and Heal. Admission is free and online pre-registration is encouraged. Co-sponsored by the Student Center for Health & Counseling and BSU’s It’s On Us organization, this event will be held Friday, April 25 from 5:00 – 7:30PM at the Lower Lakeside Student Union Dining Area of Bemidji State University’s Hobson Memorial Union, located along Birchmont Drive NE, Bemidji.

Featuring:
Guest Speaker Elyse Totland from the Northwoods Battered Women’s Shelter, access to free university & community resources, free raffle prizes – gift baskets from Splash Xpress, Netzer’s Floral, Bemidji Boardwalk, Hatchet House & more! Plus opportunities to share your story within a safe space. Contact Support Within Reach at 218-444-9525 for more info. Event website: https://pkorpi6.wixsite.com/take-back-the-night