POLSON — Midweek Lenten services and soup suppers begin at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 409 Fourth Ave., E. in Polson, on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13, and continue through March 20. Soup suppers will be served at 5:30 p.m., followed by the worship service at 6:30 p.m. The choir and high school youth group will meet after the service at 7:15 p.m. Marty Haugen’s “That You May Have Life” liturgy for Lent will be used, with the studies centered around the scriptures for each week. 

For more information, call (406) 883-5864 or visit the website: www.gslcpolsonmt.com.

RONAN — St. Paul Lutheran Church welcomes all to our Lenten worship series entitled “Broken: Seven ‘Christian’ Rules that Every Christian Should Break.” We begin at 6 p.m. with a soup supper followed by the Lenten service at 7 p.m. The services are held each Wednesday from Feb. 13-March 20. For more information, you can call the church at (406) 676-8280 and speak with Rev. Gordish or you may check out our webpage at ronanchurch.org. St. Paul Lutheran (Missouri Synod) is located at 35681 Terrace Lake Road. 

POLSON — Lenten Studies will be every Wednesday, Feb. 20, 27, and March 6, 13, and 20 at 1:00 p.m. at Polson Community Church located at 1814 First Street East.  All are welcome.

POLSON — Sandpiper Art Gallery is hosting the Native American Art Invitational Feb. 26 through April 5 at the gallery located at 306 Main St. in Polson.

Salish and Kootenai College Art Department faculty and students have contributed work to this exhibit. New SKC Art Department Director Karen Goulet and faculty member Frank Finley are both featured. Native American artists Ben Pease and D.G. House have also been invited to exhibit work. An opening reception will be held at the Gallery on Friday, March 1, from 5-7pm.

For more information contact Sandpiper Art Gallery at (406) 883-5956 or visit our website Sandpiperartgallery.com.

ARLEE — Sacred Heart Church in Arlee will hold Stations of the Cross every Wednesday during Lent at 7 pm.

ST. IGNATIUS — Stations of the Cross will be held at the St. Ignatius Mission Church on March 1 and 15 at 7 p.m. and on March 8 and 22 at 6:30 p.m. 

ST. IGNATIUS  — Upcoming events for the Lenten season at Mission Valley United Methodist Church are: March 5- Financial Peace classes begin at 7 p.m.; March 24- Palm Sunday service, 10 a.m.; March 28- Maundy Thursday Seder/Passover meal, 6 p.m.; March 31- Easter Sunrise service at 8 a.m., Easter brunch at 9 a.m. and Easter Sunday worship at 10 a.m. The church is located at 70715 Highway 93, Top of Post Creek Hill at mile marker 39.5.

For further information, call Pastor Derf Bergman at (406) 644-0122.

POLSON — Continuing through April 15, AARP tax assistance volunteers will provide free tax preparation for taxpayers of all ages with low to medium income levels. This assistance will be available at the Polson Senior Center- (406) 883-4735, every Thursday; at the Ronan Senior Center- (406) 676-2371, every Friday; and at the St. Ignatius Senior Center- (406) 745-4462, the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Please call for an appointment.

POLSON — North Lake County Public Library invites everyone to join Puff the Magic Dragon for Story Time each Thursday through April 25. This one-hour program for children age’s three to five and their caregivers is held at 10 a.m. and again at 1 p.m.  All are welcome for books, songs, finger plays, rhymes, stories, and fun.

RONAN — Ronan High School’s Production of “Grease” will be at the Ronan Performing Arts Center March 8 and 9 at 7 p.m. The story reflects Rydell High’s senior class of 1959 including duck-tailed, hot-rodding “Burger Palace Boys” and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking “Pink Ladies” in bobby socks and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. 

This is the family-friendly student version of  “Grease,” so bring the whole family. Tickets are sold at the Ronan Flower Mill or at the box office the evening of the play for $5. 

POLSON —The March friendship table dinner is coming up on March 8 from 5-7 p.m. Polson Presbyterian Church is located across from the Linderman School. We will serve baked potatoes with loads of toppings including chili. We’ll also have a green salad and plenty of desserts. Come join us. This dinner is free and open to all.