Tuesday, March 5
Lenten soup suppers begin
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.
Tuesday, March 5
Lenten worship series begins
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.
Tuesday, March 5
Weekly Lenten studies offered
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.
Tuesday, March 5
Gallery features Native American art show
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.
Tuesday, March 5
Dates, times for Stations of the Cross announced
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.
Church announces busy Lenten schedule
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.
Free tax preparation offered
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.
Join Puff the Magic Dragon
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.
Quilt club announces busy schedule
RONAN — The Mission Mountain Quilt Guild will hold its monthly meeting March 5 at Terrace Lake Community Church in Ronan. The meeting starts at 7 p.m.
The monthly education will be about preparing a quilt for long-arm quilting and given by Marci Watson of Courier Quilting of Spokane.
The 2013 Mission Mountain Quilt Guild Quilt Show will be held Aug. 1, 2, and 3. The theme is a “Quilters Garden.” Please contact Char Shuemaker or Colleen Fenimore for more information.
Bring your block of the month, and any challenge quilt projects or show and tell you have.
Laurie Lindon, Evelyn Kelch, Laurie Schmitt, and Bunny Monaco will provide this month’s refreshments.
Everyone is welcome.
Ronan recreation holds baseball signups
RONAN — Ronan/Pablo summer recreation will hold sign ups for T-ball, rookies, minors, majors and Babe Ruth baseball. Signups will be Tuesday, March 5 and Thursday, March 7 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Ronan Event Center Commons. Please bring payment and a copy of your birth certificate. We will also need volunteers to coach, help with the fields and work concessions.
Please call Lennie at (406) 493-2901 or Lisa at (406) 396-7565 after 5 p.m. with questions.

