Since 2002, 5 churches (4 denominations) in International Falls have joined together for Ecumenical soup suppers and worship services on the five Wednesdays between Ash Wednesday and Holy Week. Each congregation hosts one Wednesday evening, providing many pots and varieties of soups with bread and crackers for dinner at 6 p.m. Then at 7:00 we all gather in the sanctuary for worship. It's a wonderful gathering that has brought people together.
We also give the offerings collected each week to the Falls Hunger Coalition Food Shelf to help with their total for Minnesota Food Share which takes place each year during the month of March. We promoted this offering with a display in the Narthex.
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Some of my facebook friends wanted to know, "what is ecumenical soup?" I came up with this response: Ecumenical soup--No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, all soup flavors are welcome here!
This year our theme is "The Lord's Prayer" with each pastor preaching on one of the petitions in this prayer. Mine is "forgive our sins as we forgive those who sin against us."
We decorated our chancel to be inviting and relaxing. This is how it looked:
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