Thursday, April 17
Free parenting course focuses on ‘Connecting with Your Kids’ through April 28
LAKE COUNTY — The Sunburst Community Service Foundation, is providing courses for parents. The courses are based on an early intervention program designed to enhance attachment security between parents and children.
The eight-week course, “Connecting with Your Kids,” will take place in Polson. The course is free but registration is required. Childcare will be available. Students who complete the course will receive a Circle of Security Certificate. The course will begin on Friday, March 7, and run eight weeks. For more information or to register, call the Sunburst office at (406) 883-4060 or (406) 396-4577.
Thursday, April 17
Good Shepherd schedules Holy Week Services through April 20
POLSON — Several worship services are scheduled at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Polson during Holy Week.
The Maundy Thursday service, commemorating the Last Supper, will include a study, hymns and Holy Communion. The service begins at 6:30 p.m.
The Good Friday service on April 18 also begins at 6:30 p.m. Lessons and hymns reflect on the events occurring after the Last Supper through the time of Christ’s crucifixion.
Easter Sunday begins bright and early April 20, with a 7 a.m. sunrise service. The youth group will serve a hearty breakfast at 8 a.m. There is no charge for the meal; however, donations will be gratefully accepted and go toward the 2014 service trip to Bethlehem. The Easter Day service begins at 9 a.m. Holy Communion will be served at both services. For more information, call (406) 883-5864, email: gslcpolsonmt@gmail.com or visit: www.gslcpolsonmt.com.
Thursday, April 17
Several services planned at MV United Methodist Church through April 20
ST. IGNATIUS — Mission Valley United Methodist Church’s Good Friday’s service of contemplation, reflection and music will take place on April 18 at 7 p.m. On Easter Sunday there will be a sunrise service at 7:30 a.m., with a breakfast served at 8:30 a.m., and a worship service at 10 a.m. MVUM Church is located at Highway 93 on top of Post Creek Hill. For more information, call Claris Wittinger at (406) 644-2733.
Thursday, April 17
St. Andrew’s announces Easter Week services, April 13 - 20
POLSON — St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 110 Sixth Ave. E, welcomes all to their Easter Week services: Palm Sunday, April 13, at 10 a.m.; Maundy Thursday, April 17, at 5 p.m.; Good Friday, April 18, at 5 p.m.; Easter Vigil, April 19, at 6 p.m.; and Easter Sunday, April 20, at 10 a.m.
Thursday, April 17
Stations of the Cross held during Lent through April 18
ST. IGNATIUS — St. Ignatius Mission Catholic Church holds Stations of the Cross every Friday evening during Lent at 7 p.m.
Human Rights Group sponsors ‘Stories from a Nation Within'
HOT SPRINGS — The Flathead Reservation Human Rights Coalition is sponsoring the free film series “Stories from a Nation Within” in Hot Springs on Thursday, April 17, at 5:30 p.m., at the Preston Town-Country Library, 203 E. Main Street, Hot Springs. The first showing will cover Allotment/Homesteading and Contemporary Tribal Government and be narrated by Dan Decker. There will be respectful discussion after the film. For more information, contact Chris at (406) 741-2005. FRHRC is a non-profit organization, which seeks to diminish conflict and enhance cooperation between cultural groups.