Here are a selection of brief news items pertaining to area church activities:

Director of Family Fest Ministries to speak at Viterbo

Pete Larson, the director of Family Fest Ministries in Minneapolis, will present “God’s Mission, My Life — Discovering, Developing, and Deploying Your Gifts” at Viterbo University Monday, April 28 at 7 p.m. in the San Damiano Chapel.

This presentation, which is sponsored by the Paula Ripple Comin Memorial Endowed Lectureship, is free and open to the public.

“God’s Mission, My Life — Discovering, Developing, and Deploying Your Gifts” will feature humor and stories about what happens when we use our gifts to join in the work that God is already doing in the world around us.

According to Tom Thibodeau, religious studies faculty member at Viterbo, Larson is a particularly popular speaker with young people and families.

“His message is one that’s positive and uplifting,” Thibodeau said.

Larson has spent more than 20 years working with young people in a variety of settings. He has led more than 600 retreats and has spoken to nearly 100,000 youths in grades five through 12. He was also the host of “The Wishing Well Show,” an interactive television program at the Minneapolis and St. Paul Children’s Hospitals.

Family Fest Ministries seeks to strengthen families in the Christian faith through week-long and weekend retreats for families.

St. Elizabeth rummage sale set for Friday and Saturday

St. Elizabeth Church in Holmen will hold its annual spring rummage sale Friday and Saturday.

The sale will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the town of Holland Hall at W7937 Hwy. MH (McHugh Road).

Saturday will be $2 a bag day.

Gospel choir continues spring concerts

The Coulee Region Gospel Choir has two performances of its spring concert, “Redeemed,” coming up, including the following:

April 27, 8:30 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Charles and Sill streets, La Crosse

April 27, 6 p.m., Bethany Evangelical Free Church, 3936 Hwy. B, La Crosse.

OUMC to serve chickencue on Sunday

A chickencue will be served from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, April 27, at Onalaska United Methodist Churh, 212 Fourth Ave. N. Cost is $7.50 in advance or $8 at the door, with proceeds benefitting the church’s music ministry. For more information, call the church office at 783-3380.

Volunteer Corps seeks participants

Participants are sought for Lutheran Volunteer Corps, a full-time program that offers people a one-year opportunity for spiritual and personal exploration while working for social justice, living in intentional community and simplifying their lifestyles.

Volunteers are matched with nonprofit organizations in Baltimore, Md.; Wilmington, Del.; Washington, D.C.; Chicago; Milwaukee; Minneapolis-St. Paul; Seattle and Tacoma, Wash.; and the San Francisco Bay Area in California.

Applications may be downloaded at www.LutheranVolunteerCorps.org/Volunteers.htm. For more information, contact Kelly Shinn, recruitment coordinator, at (202) 387-3222 or Recruitment@LutheranVolunteerCorps.org.

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