Congregation Council Elects Officers 

At their first meeting with new members following the congregation’s Annual Meeting, the Congregation Council elected the following officers of the congregation, pictured clockwise from top, left:

Andy Steenrod, President; Kim Haigh, Vice-President; Susan Bakken, Treasurer (appointed by Council); Secretary, Ron Londre’. (positions listed in error previously)

Thanks to all of them for their willingness to serve! 

Community Meal at Living Faith 

Sunday, March 1

HELP STILL NEEDED THIS SUNDAY! We especially need volunteers to help distribute the meals Sunday afternoon at LFLC. Also still needed: more desserts! Please find the sign-up link on the button below.

Empty Bowls Racine

Monday, March 2

Empty Bowls is a local, annual fundraiser that benefits the Hospitality Center of Racine, HALO, and Racine County Food Bank.  

Enjoy soup from a handmade ceramic bowl that that's yours to take home after the event, local music artists and an art auction. Click the link below for more information.

Turn Up The Vote

Tue. March 3, 5:00 PM

Rich Glasenapp, from the Racine Interfaith Coalition, will present "Turn Up the Vote". This is a non‑partisan effort which focuses on neighborhoods throughout Racine where voter turnout is low. The goal is to assure that as many people as are eligible, understand what is required to vote, and feel comfortable exercising that right.  

Democracy works best when all who are entitled to vote, do so. Rich will explain the various volunteer opportunities, tell us how it is all organized, and encourage us to participate. There are many volunteer opportunities including making phone calls, writing post cards, stuffing envelopes, delivering information, tabling, and canvassing.  

A question and answer time will follow his presentation.

Please plan to join us at MPLC on Tuesday, March 3rd at 5:00 p.m. in Mygatts!

If this time does not work for you, but if you are interested in more information, contact Donna Braaten, Beyond Welcome Team Leader.

Scam Alert!

Time for another reminder! Your pastors will NOT contact you individually to ask for your help/contribution to an urgent ministry need. A member recently believed she was texting with Pastor Beth Ann and ended up losing money in a scam. This is a recurring, common, seemingly unavoidable scam via email or text, and unfortunately one that becomes increasingly more difficult to detect. When in doubt, ALWAYS contact the church office to confirm whether a communication is legit!

Click below to learn more about how to avoid scams.

Practicing Faith: "With Bells On"

Blog by Karen Magee

Sharing the stories of how MPLC folks practice their faith

Music has always been an integral part of worship for me, and I’ve sung in church choirs for most of my life, beginning as a child. However, when I came to Mount Pleasant in 1989, I was delighted (and a little surprised) to be invited to join the Senior Bell Choir. This was a whole new musical endeavor for me and I must admit, I was pretty terrified of leaping into it. But I did, anyway.

Now, well over 35 years later, I can tell you that playing bells with this wonderful group of people has been and still is one of my greatest joys in being a member of MPLC and participating in worship. When I first started as a “ringer,” it was heartening to have those who were much more experienced and at ease with playing bells help me along. I do hope that as new people have joined the bell choir over the years they’ve felt the same consideration from me.

When you think of it, playing in a bell choir is really a team sport. Every ringer is important and every single bell is needed. Most of us are responsible for four bells (or musical notes if you prefer), and some of us more. We all work together to present to the congregation music that is uplifting and beautiful. It is definitely a “united we stand” undertaking. We’ve learned not only to just ring the bells, but also to add special effects such as thumb damps, martellatos, tower swings, malleting, ring touches, and more. Some of these effects are easier to execute than others, but we always give it our best effort and are always encouraged by our stellar director, Greg Schroeder.

Over time the people involved in the Bell Choir have changed, but the camaraderie and goodwill that we enjoy has always prevailed. We work together, support each other, and most importantly, we trust each other. We’re very proud of our five-octave bell collection, a collection that has grown bit by bit over time, as well as our set of chimes and our newest acquisition, the bell tree for the biggest bells. And while it’s wonderful to have these beautiful instruments to play, it’s the members of the choir for whom I have such love and admiration, as together we pool our efforts to ring out music to the glory of God.

Besides her participation in the Bell Choir and Senior Choir, Karen is also active with the MPLC book club, as a counter, with Project Day, Open Table, and the Beyond Welcome Team. Ask Karen to learn more about any of these church activities!

MPLC Book Club

Sun. March 29, 11:15 AM

The next meeting of MPLC's book club will meet Sunday, March 29th at 11:15 a.m. in the conference room.

The book selection is "Theo of Golden" by Allen Levi.

Adult Ed for Lent

"How Lutherans Interpret the Bible"

Sundays at 10:20 AM in Mygatts

Rev. Dr. Mark Allan Powell is an ELCA pastor, emeritus seminary professor, and a prolific writer and sought-after speaker on the New Testament. For the next four weeks, we will listen in on his video presentations about where the Bible comes from, how to interpret it in context, and how we are to understand the Bible for our own times. He does not prescribe “the Lutheran way" to read the Bible nor does he dismiss the way you may have come to understand the Bible. Instead, Dr. Powell presents a variety of Lutheran perspectives for interpreting the Bible.

Join Pastor Beth Ann this Sunday to dive deeper into scripture!

If you missed last Sunday’s Session One presentation, you can watch it at the link below.

Easter Flower Sponsors

Easter Flowers may now be ordered! The plants will be displayed at MPLC during the Easter season worship services. Cost is $20/ea. Orders due by March 8.

Order forms available at the tops of the ramps in the Sanctuary.

Please reach out to Becky Litwin with any questions.

Worship Volunteers for Feb 28 & March 1

• Sun. Greeter: Lynne Besaw
• Sat. Reader: Kathy Behm
• Sun. Reader: Susan Bakken
• Sun. Communion Assistants: Elaine Klandrud, Stephen Gifford
• Coffee Hour Refreshments: Jayne Armbruster, Kim Veltus
• Video Producer: Becky Litwin

If you can help, please call the church office or email Becky Litwin.

March Food Pantry Needs

In March, the Holy Communion Lutheran Church Food Pantry is asking for:

• 1 lb. bags or boxes of rice
• 1 lb. pkgs. of spaghetti
• Side dishes
• Canned pineapple
• Saltines

Also appreciated are clean, lightly used plastic shopping bags (not small bags please) and large brown paper shopping bags to pack groceries into.