Update from the Elders
Now that we have moved back to two services for the summer, additional changes will continue to be made to return closer to normal. 
Starting Sunday, June 13:

• Registration during the week for Sunday attendance is no longer being requested.
  
• Communion will once again be the pre-COVID form of continuous distribution. The elements will be on the altar and the temporary tables removed. You will be ushered down the center aisle where at the altar rail Pastor will deliver the wafer/host. The elder will be to the side of Pastor with the tray of individual cups of wine/blood of Christ. Pastor and the elder will be wearing a mask and use hand sanitizer immediately preceding distribution.
• Continuing as was started last Sunday, the offering will be walked forward during the service. The offering basket will remain at the sanctuary entrance for now. Please place your offering into the basket as you enter.

Taking the step at a time approach we anticipate being able to once again enlist scheduled readers, ushers, and acolytes hopefully in the near future. We also would like the gathering of our gifts to the Lord (the Offertory) to return to its normal place within each worship service.

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Route 66
This Summer we will cruising through the 66 books of the Bible with stops along the way at some iconic stories. We will see God's hand at work throughout history. Each week we will have four readings to do at home then on Sundays the sermon will cover one of them and Bible class will cover another one. The daily reading sheet can be downloaded at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q3QK0l_kJ0ZjQud2XyEvuII0xfIzFUix/view?usp=sharing

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Annual Lutherans For Life Diaper Shower
The Fellowship Team is sponsoring this event again. Donations of disposable diapers of any size – full or partial packages – will be collected through the months of May and June...the months of Mother’s and Father’s Days.
Diapers will be donated to a local pregnancy center in Lansing. The most needed items at this pregnancy crisis center are diapers. We’ll be collecting them in the narthex. A porta crib will be set up. Thank you in advance for your donations!

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A updated reminder for folks attending in person:

• Wearing a mask is optional if you are fully vaccinated. Please wear a mask if you have not been vaccinated.
  
• Be considerate and respectful of fellow members. Unless invited to sit together, maintain separation when finding seating.
•  Use the hand sanitizer provided and follow social distancing guidelines and practices.While those attending have made the decision to worship together, we all need to look out for one another and practice good safety measures.

Thank you!

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​Deadline for Bulletin Submissions
If you have submissions for either the weekly or the e-mail bulletin, please provide the information to the church office no later than 11:00 a.m. on Thursday. Thank you.

​Monthly Calendar and Room Usage
​Our monthly calendar only highlights ministry events here at Messiah, but there are many other groups and individuals who use our facilities throughout the week. If you would like to hold a meeting or event at the church building, please contact Pam in the church office (517-694-1280 or office@messiahlutheranholt.org) to make sure that the space you would like to use is not already reserved. Thank you!

Contacting Pastor Mark Werner
You can call the church office to set up an appointment or you can also fill out a Pastoral Care Request form online at: https://forms.gle/PYyQCCCt6aPi4kGc8

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Altar Flowers
If you wish to sponsor flowers for Sunday worship, there are still a few weeks open for 2021. Sign-up sheet is on the wall across from the copy room. Payments of $20.00 are due around the week of sponsorship (mark your calendar); checks should be made payable to Messiah Lutheran Church and identified as “flowers” and the week your payment is covering. Flowers are yours to take home following the last service that Sunday or if you wish to brighten up one of our MCDC classrooms, you can leave your arrangement on the table in the hall by the kitchen.

There are now multiple ways to give to Messiah through our website.

You may use the black Donate button at the bottom of the page to give through Kindrid or
the yellow button below to give using PayPal. Also, giving to Messiah is available through text (serviced by Kindrid).
Please text 'Donate' to 517-210-0900 and follow the link provided.

Thank you for continuing to support the ministry of Messiah Lutheran Church.