Faith & Fellowship

Father Kucera, blessing the classrooms at St. Raphael Catholic School.
  Father Jeremy Kucera, visited each of the classrooms last week at St. Raphael Catholic School  to speak with the students and bless the rooms. He is the school’s new Pastor/School Superintendent. He began his duties June 27. The students enjoyed getting to know him and also being doused during...
Pastor Tricia Mattson
  On Sunday, July 30, Pastor Tricia Mattson announced to her congregation that she would be leaving St. Paul Lutheran Church in Springfield effective August 31.  She has served the local congregation for seven years, since 2016. Mattson has accepted a call to be a Hospice Chaplain in Duluth,...
Pastor Roger Godfredsen
   Pastor Roger Godfredsen is the new interim pastor at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Springfield.  He began his duties July 2 and will serve the congregation until a new full-time pastor is hired. Pastor Godfredsen lives in Milford, Iowa and commutes to Springfield each week.  He grew up in Spirit...
Father Jeremy Kucera
  Father Jeremy Kucera is the new pastor for the Vine and Branches Area Faith Community—St. Raphael in Springfield, St. Joseph in Lamberton and St. Thomas Oratory in Sanborn.  He began his duties June 27 and is excited to begin the new avenue of his faith journey.  Father Jeremy grew up on a small...
Pastor Michael Baker
  Pastor Michael Baker is the new pastor at Springfield United Methodist Church and Faith United Methodist Church in Sleepy Eye.  Pastor Baker and his wife moved to the parsonage in Springfield in late June. His first Sunday at the pulpit was on July 2, days before their two week tour of the...
  Springfield churches invite everyone to come together for an ecumenical worship service as part of the Riverside Days celebration weekend.  It will be held on Sunday, June 25 at 10 a.m. in Shelter #3 at Riverside Park.  All camping visitors, families and friends are welcome to join in worship....
Pastor Rick Frederickson
  The Springfield United Methodist Church will be honoring their pastor, Rick Frederickson, on his retirement from the ministry.  The public is invited to attend a reception from 10:30-11:30 a.m. this Sunday, June 18 at the church. After serving the congregation for five years, Pastor Frederickson...
  The aroma of German food will be wafting through the air around St. Paul Lutheran Church this Wednesday, April 26.  The church will holding it’s annual spring German Supper serving from 4:30-6:00 p.m. or until sold out.  On the menu will be sauerkraut with pork and dumplings, German potato salad...
St. Raphael's Men's Dinner
  Are you hungry for sauerkraut and all the trimmings?  St. Raphael Men’s Dinner is this coming Sunday, April 16.  On the menu is sausage, homemade sauerkraut, mashed potatoes and gravy, bun and cookie.  The cost is $12.00 per meal. The dinner will be a drive-thru only event, serving between 9:30 a...
  For seventy-three years, the parishioners of the United Methodist Church have been preparing and hosting their annual Chow Mein Supper for all to enjoy.  What started out as a fundraiser for the church youth group back in 1949 has become a social event that many look forward to each February. The...

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