Lake Union Evangelical Covenant Church

We will have two services, at 9 & 10:30 am. We are meeting the state requirement of 50% capacity and social distancing. Therefore, we have 75 seats available at each service. To make this work, we are asking everyone to RSVP. It only takes a minute, and it helps us make room for everyone!  

Under comments, please let us know if you have a preference for seating location.  Our Welcome Team will assist you upon arrival. Click here to RSVP/sign up.

Thank you!

The "Uganda Go For It!" mission team is pretty pumped about the Yard Sale on August 15. Here is information for that fundraiser.

1. Donated items - Bring between 7 and 9 am the morning of August 15. The team will be there to receive them. (No mattresses, cribs, car seats or walkers) (Note: Unsold items will be taken to the Goodwill stores in Saint Cloud and Monticello after the sale. If you want to keep your unsold items, pick those up right at 1 pm before trucks are loaded.)
2. Pricing - You are invited to price (on masking tape) your items if you prefer.  Unpriced items will be sold for a "free will offering." (This does not apply to larger, more expensive items which will be priced whether by the donor or the team.)
3. Eyeglasses - Bring your donated eyeglasses for Siloam any time between 7 am and 1 pm! There will be a station for these.
4. Smart devices - We are ready to receive these! There will be a station where you can drop these off and we can help make sure your personal information is completely deleted if you need help with that. You can drop these off any time between 7 am and 1 pm.
5. Come for the fun! - There will be face painting, animal ballons and great buys!

Thank you for your support of this great cause! Email the church office (office@lakeunionchurch.org) if you have questions.

Greetings Lake Union Family,

Most of you are aware by now that Governor Walz issued a mandate that masks must now be worn when indoors in all public spaces and businesses effective Saturday, July 25. I know this issue generates a lot of discussion and disagreement for people. I am appealing to you, on biblical grounds, to comply with this mandate. Here are my reasons.

• Not everything is a conspiracy. I am not a medical doctor and I do not fully understand this disease. I am not a constitutional scholar and I won’t say what a face mask may or may not do to our freedoms. I am a pastor, and I trust the word of God. In Isaiah 8:12, the Lord gives Isaiah these powerful words, and I believe they are good for all of us to hear before we believe everything we read on social media. “Do not call conspiracy everything that these people call conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it.”
• The Lord has a hand in who governs His people, and in Romans 13:1-2, He gives us a very specific word as to how we are to behave. "1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.”

Beginning this Sunday, masks will be required at Lake Union. Persons exempted:

• Children under age 2 years must not wear face coverings. Children between the ages of 2 and 5 years old are not required to wear face coverings, but are encouraged to wear a face covering when in public  if they can do so reliably in compliance with CDC guidance on How to Wear Cloth Face Coverings (i.e., without frequently touching or removing the face covering).
• Persons who have medical or other health conditions, disabilities or mental health, developmental, or behavioral needs that make it difficult to tolerate wearing a face covering. 

According to the actual order, available here, one of the reasons a mask can be temporarily removed is this:

“When testifying, speaking, singing, or performing in an indoor business or public indoor space, in situations or settings such as theaters, news conferences, courtroom proceedings, or lectures, provided that social distancing is always maintained.”

We can gather safely. We can worship freely. We can sing praises to our God. I look forward to doing all of these things with you this weekend!

In God’s grip,
Pastor Mark

If you are seeing this, the chances are high that you are in our online directory (www.lakeunionchurch.org/login).

Can you take a few minutes and check your profile and make sure the information is accurate? With all that is going on, people also want to put a face to a name. So, please upload/include a current picture. This goes for youth also!  We are recognizing birthdays and anniversaries, so include that info also (no "year" is needed).

Email the church at office@lakeunionchurch.org when your entire family is entered in the directory, and we will create a "Couples and Family" entry by pointing to the individual profiles.

If you want us to take a picture, snag Lynette Sherer (admin asst) at the end of a church service and she will get your info and photo.

Remember, no one can view this information without login access (and we monitor this). 

Thank you!