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Announcements
PRAYER CONCERNS FOR THIS
WEEK
Lynn
Lhotka, Fred Peck, Ed Kutz, Marcy Kruegel, Elaine Yndestad, Bob
Christensen, Lois Parkos, Esther Sweeney, Henry Orsund, Jo Kotel.
Mary Stoeklen, Larry Seffinga (Bob Hayes’ brother-in-law),
Harry
and Nancy Petersen (Theresa Stanley’s parents), Jim Gary,
Laurie
Miller (relative of Norm & Jean Jastram), Elaine Schroeder
(Melinda
Pedersen’s mother), Leona Blanch (Roger Blanch’s
mother),
Matthew Ellingson (Paul and LeAnn Ellingson’s son), Greg
Beaston,
Aleta Mercer, Norma Jean Ronk (Peg Rieder’s sister), Jeanne
Viltz
(Gloria Widiker’s sister), and Jeanne Kemmitz (Norma
Sweet’s step-daughter), the people of Haiti and Chile.
In the military: Kelsey Will, Kurt Schultz, Meagan Bohner, James
Brewer, David Clayton, Denise Spiller, Shannon Judnic, Eric Bebee, and
all those serving in the military.
Prayer chain starter:
Fran Kunze, 354-7088
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SECOND GREAT SILENT
AUCTION -- We
received many, many wonderful gift certificates for the PALM BENEFIT
last December. The remaining certificates will be available
for
bidding at the SECOND GREAT SILENT AUCTION on Wednesday, March 17,
during the Lenten Supper at 5:30. Below is a listing of all
the
certificates available and their value. So come prepared
knowing
which ones YOU want to bid on!
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Primrose Parlour
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GC for
merchandise
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$15.00
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Happy Hour
Café
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GC
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$10.00
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Happy Hour
Café
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GC
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$10.00
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Linda Steinback
Massage
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GC for
30-minute massage
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$30.00
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Skate City
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5 GC for Free
Admission - Fri or Sat
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$25.00
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Skate City
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5 GC for Free
Admission - Regular Public Session
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$25.00
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Merle Norman
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GC for MN
Cosmetic Products
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$25.00
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Casa Mexicana
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GC
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$20.00
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Dairy Queen
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10 GC for small
sundae
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$21.00
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Pets for You
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GC (excludes
pet food)
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$20.00
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Pets for You
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GC (excludes
pet food)
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$20.00
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Hunt Hill
Audubon Sanctuary
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GC for one day
of day camp
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$35.00
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Big Chetac
Resort
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GC for 12-hour
pontoon rental
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$150.00
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Perkins
Restaurant
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GC for 1 meal
and 1 beverage
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$10.00
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Sportsman's
Supper Club
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GC for 1 Friday
Fish Buffet
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$10.00
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Sportsman's
Supper Club
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GC for 1 Sunday
Buffet
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$10.00
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Maurices
Clothing
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Gift Card
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$15.00
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Kegler's Pub
& Pin
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GC for Bowling
Party -- Games & Shoes for 6
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$45.00
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Papa Murphy's
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GC for one
large pizza
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$10.00
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Birchwood
Fitness Center
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GC for one
month membership
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$35.00
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Birchwood
Fitness Center
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GC for one
month membership
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$35.00
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The Hair Care
Studio
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GC for style cut
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Bodyology
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GC for
half-hour relaxation massage
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$30.00
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Wagon Wheel --
Brill
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GC for 14"
pizza w/one topping
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$15.00
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ThistleBee
Candles and Gifts
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GC for
merchandise
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$20.00
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Just Rite on
Main
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GC for
merchandise
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$25.00
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Just Rite on
Main
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GC for
merchandise
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$25.00
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Birch Point
Dental
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GC for NEW
Patient Evaluation
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$120.00
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Escape Salon
& Spa
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GC
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$40.00
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LENT AND HOLY WEEK
WORSHIP SERVICES
Wed., Mar.
10 United
Methodist Church
5:30
pm - Meal and 6:30 pm - Worship
Wed., Mar.
17 Trinity
Lutheran Church
5:30
pm - Meal and 6:30 pm - Worship
Wed., Mar.
24 United
Methodist Church
5:30 pm - Meal and 6:30 pm - Worship
Sun., Mar.
28 10am
– Palm Sunday Worship w/Communion @ Trinity
Thu.,
Apr 1
7pm –
Maundy Thursday Worship w/First Communion for 1st – 5th
graders @
Trinity (No Meal)
Fri.,
Apr 2
7pm
– Good Friday Worship w/Cantata and Mural Painting @ Trinity (No Meal)
Sun., Apr
4
7am and 10am – Easter Worship
Services w/Communion
PARKING LOT PROJECT UPDATE:
As
of FEBRUARY 28, $40,970.00 has been
received towards the Parking Lot Fund.
We WELCOME all of
you who read our web page to VISIT us at Trinity on Sunday! Please stop
by the Welcome Center in the narthex for more information about
Trinity. We are glad you have joined us! Check our map page on this web
site for directions.
HEARING
ASSISTANCE devices
are available. Please check with the ushers. Large print bulletins are
also available from the ushers.
Lost and Found...Please
check shelf in the entryway shelf.
*A nursery room is
available for parents to care for their children during worship if
necessary.
If at all possible,
please remember to wear your nametags, to help our new members!
FYI: The church office email address is: trinitybirchwood@centurytel.net
Email addresses are:
Pastor Paul - pastor_tlcbw@yahoo.com
Church office - trinitybirchwood@centurytel.net
STEWARDSHIP
Designated Giving
As indicated on your 2010 envelopes, if you
want to designate an area of giving other than our Current Expenses,
you should place the amount in Other and indicate the special
area. If you are in the Simply Giving program, you can
designate
giving on a monthly basis. At our annual meeting, the
congregation voted to remove ELCA General Fund from our budget. In
order to give to the Synod General Fund you must designate it on your
envelope every time. The areas of Designated Giving other
than
Current are: NW Synod ELCA General Fund, Lutheran World Relief,
Lutheran World Hunger Local: Parking Lot, Memorial Fund,
Organ
Fund, Building Fund, Vacation Bible School, Bible Camperships, Abuse
Shelter.
EDUCATION, YOUTH AND
FAMILY
THE COST OF BEING YOUNG
(JR.
HIGH CONFIRMATION ONLY--ONE CHILD)
YOUTHQUAKE
$129.00+
LUTHER POINT BIBLE CAMP
$365.00+
CHRISTIE MOUNTAIN SKI TRIP
$25.00+
DONATIONS to hold FUNDRAISERS $50.00+
FIRST
COMMUNION CLASS
is on Sunday, March 28, after the Worship service. The youth will learn
about Communion, watch Communion Bread being made, decorate their own
Chalice, and enjoy a lunch of sloppy Joe’s! On Maundy
Thursday,
April 1, during the 7PM Worship service they will partake in their
First Communion. For more info, sign up at the Welcome Center
or
call Jody at the church office—354-3790.
Vacation
Bible School theme was
voted on and the theme
is……………HIGH
SEAS EXPEDITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Argh!! The dates this year
are
June 7-11. The decorating committee will have their first
meeting
on Sun, March 14 @ 9am. More info to follow.
NEEDED:
Sunday School Teachers!! Please share your time and talents by signing
up in the Narthex for either leading or assisting in teaching our
children about God. Lessons are already planned and ready to
go!
Sr. High Bible study
will start again after the Lenten season.
YouthQuake
is Mar
19-21, 2010 in Bloomington, MN this year. The registration is
$75.00 and due to Jody ASAP. If financial assistance is
needed,
speak to Pastor Paul or call the office at 354-3790. Also, we need one
more female chaperone, so if you are interested let Jody or Pastor Paul
know.
Summer is coming!!
Luther Point Bible camp dates for this summer are as follows:
**Youth
entering 3 or 4 grade—June 27-29. The deposit is $55.00 and
is due March 29.
**Youth entering 5 or 6 grade—June 27-July 2. The deposit is
$110.00 and is due March 29. 5 & 6 graders have the option of
going
for a ½ week this year!! August 4-6 are the days,
the
deposit is $55.00 and is due March 29.
**Youth entering 7-9 grade—June 13-18. The deposit is $110.00
and
is due by March 29. If you need financial assistance please
speak
with Pastor Paul. More info is on the welcome center, if you have any
questions call the church office 354-3790.
***NEW THIS YEAR***
Luther
Point is offering a “Day at Camp” for youth
entering 1
& 2 grade. The date is August 5 , 9-3pm and the cost is $30.00.
The
deposit is $7.50 and is due March 29. BUT that’s
not the
good part!! The Sr. High Youth Council voted to pay the deposit for the
first 6 youth to sign up!!! You might want to hurry to the Welcome
Center and get your child’s name on the list. (and say thanks
to
the youth council)
WANT
TO CONNECT WITH OUR YOUTH?? SEE WHAT THEY ARE UP
TO?? NOW
YOU CAN!! Our Youth Council now has a
“Fan” page on
Facebook. The email address is TLCyouthcouncil@yahoo.com.
Send an
email to get added as a Friend. How about that?!
SAVE YOUR POP TABS for the Sr. High Youth Council! They will
be donated to the Ronald McDonald Foundation.
Jr.
High (6, 7 & 8th grade) Confirmation is on Wednesday evenings
at
6:30pm in the Trinity Fellowship Hall. It’s not too
late to
join all of the fun activities that we have planned!! Call the church
office (354-3790), or just stop in!
Luther Point Bible
Camp (LPBC) in Grantsburg, is in the beginning phase of a capital
campaign to raise funds to increase and improved existing facilities.
If you would like more information or feel led to give to
this
ministry project, please contact: LPBC, 11525 Luther Point
Road,
Grantsburg, WI 54840, or call 715-689-2347.
Need information or
an update about Luther Point Bible Camp - check their website: www.lutherpoint.org
WOMEN
@ TRINITY NEWS
WOMEN @ TRINITY (W/ELCA)
QUILTERS DESPERATELY NEED WHITE SHEETS and colored material!!
The Birchwood
Christian Women will
join Rice Lake’s Women’s Connection at
Lehman’s for
brunch on Tuesday, March 16. Reservations by March 13 to
719-0010.
The
Equal Exchange Coffee Program
sponsored by Lutheran World relief isl
now available here at Trinity. Check out the expanded
selection
of Equal Exchange coffee, tea and cocoa mix products made possible
through the support of W/ELCA. We now have whole coffee
beans, an
expanded selection of ground coffee as well as several types of tea and
cocoa. Cash is good or checks can be made payable to Trinity
Lutheran Church Women.
Women's
Bible Study
will not meet during the winter months. Our study of the
first
half of Max Lucado's book He Still Moves Stones has been a blessing
this year. Plan to join us in May when we will continue with
the
same book. Watch for the date in the May Journey.
Quilting
takes
place on Mondays from 9:30am-2:30pm.
Please save your
cancelled stamps and drop them in the red box on the Welcome center.
FELLOWSHIP
PIZZA
AND GAME NIGHT, Thursday, March 11 @ 6pm. Brought back by
popular
request, come join us for a pizza supper and game night in the
Fellowship Hall. The variety of pizzas will be baked in the
kitchen ovens, and the variety of games will be many. This is
a
lot of FUN....please join us!
***PLEASE pick up your left over plates/pans. We need the
room!! Thanks
OUTREACH
Sunday, March 7 is the date
- Hear first-hand what happened when the earthquake hit in Haiti,
what's happening now and how we can make a difference in the
recovery. Julie Blackaller, a Birchwood resident, friend and
neighbor and Missionary to the Savior Of All Ministries and Orphanage
in Haiti is on hand to share her experiences with us. A free
will
offering will be taken to help the orphans.
Remember to keep putting together those Health
and Sewing Kits for
Lutheran World Relief. Now, more than ever they are
needed.
Instructions are in the back of the W/ELCA Handbook. Kits can
be
brought to Church anytime and put in the pink baskets at the Visitors
Center.
Just a reminder;
the Parish
Nurses
have all sorts of medical equipment for home use available for the
asking and for as long as you need. A list is on the Outreach
bulletin board in the Narthex. Just call ahead, a nurse will
meet
you at their office to fill your needs.
NEIGHBOR 2 NEIGHBOR
is a Thrift
Shop in the basement of the Birchwood Village Hall where clothing,
bedding, toys and household items can be obtained at no cost or with a
free will offering. At present the shop will be open Monday
and
Thursday afternoons from 1:30 to 4:30 PM. Additional
volunteers
are needed so that the shop can open more often. Please call
Morris Gillett 715/790-8328 with questions. The Birchwood
area
Food Pantry is located in the lower level of the Senior Center on 110
Euclid Avenue. They are open from 1:30 – 5pm on the
1st
& 3rd Monday of each month. The next opening is on March 15.
For info, call 205-1194.
The
Birchwood area Food
Pantry
is located in the lower level of the Senior Center on 110 Euclid
Avenue. They are open from 1:30 – 4:30pm on the 1st
Monday
& from 1:30 – 6:00pm on the 3rd Monday of each month.
The
next opening is on March
15 from 1:30 – 6pm. For info, call
205-1194.
Remember to keep putting
together those Health
and Sewing Kits for
Lutheran World Relief. Now, more than ever they are
needed.
Instructions are in the back of the W/ELCA Handbook. Kits can
be
brought to Church anytime and put in the pink baskets at the Visitors
Center.
Health
Kits
A health
kit can help women,
children, and men who are refugees and must flee their homes quickly
and often do not have time to pack essential items. Each kit should
include the following items: 1 hand towel, 1 wash
cloth, 1
toothbrush, 1 5-7 oz. toothpaste, 1 bath-size bar of soap (any brand),
1 comb (wide tooth preferred),
1
metal nail file or nail clippers with file attached, 6 Band-aids
(preferably ½” - ¾”)
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Please – wrap all items in the towel, tie securely with a
ribbon or yarn.
Sewing
Kits
Lutheran
World Relief holds sewing
workshops and after school home economics programs for young girls,
women and men. In the Ivory Coast, young girls who are
Liberian
refugees learn to sew. In Angola, women and men use sewing
kits
to help learn a trade and earn an income. Each kit should include the
following items: 3 yards of 44/45” cotton or a cotton blend
fabric or 4 yards of 36” fabric, 1 package of needles for
hand
sewing, 1 spool of matching thread, 1 card of buttons.
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Please - wrap sewing notions inside fabric and tie with yarn or a strip
of fabric.
MUSIC
Trinity Cantata Choir rehearsal
is @ 7:30pm on Wednesday evenings. Please consider joining us
– your voice is needed! The Cantata will be
performed on
Good Friday, Apr 2.
Trinity Choir rehearsal
is @ 8:30pm, Wednesday evenings (until the Cantata is finished)
& @
9:15am on Sunday mornings that they sing during Worship.
AREA
HAPPENINGS
The
"Meal from the Heart" will be served in accordance with the Soup
&
Sandwich Suppers served before the Lent Services each Wednesday @ 5:30
pm, beginning with Wednesday, Feb 24. Check the flyers
around Birchwood for specific place. See you there!
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
is holding a workshop regarding 2010 Roth IRA changes. This
will
be held on Tues, Feb 23
in Hayward, WI. Information is on the Welcome
Center.
Do you —
and the
person you care for — need a break? Check out the
new Respite
Care Program
at
the Birchwood Senior Center. Every Wednesday, from 9 am - 2
pm,
your loved one can enjoy various activities, exercise, snacks and a hot
lunch while you can spend a little time on yourself.
According to
Florence Evitch, Acting Director of the Senior Center’s
Respite
Care Program, the program costs $20 with donations available to assist
in paying half of the cost if needed. Each respite visitor
has
a personal volunteer to work with them, one on one.
Call
Florence at 354-3001 to register for this program —
it’s a
gift to your loved one as well as to yourself!
The
Birchwood
Area Food
Pantry is located in the lower level of the Senior Center
on 110 Euclid
Avenue. They are open from 1:30 – 4:30 PM on the
1st Monday
of each month and from 1:30 - 6 PM on the 3rd Monday. The next opening
is on March 1.
For info, call
205-1194.
Home
Meal Deliverers are desperately needed by the Birchwood
Senior
Center. If you can help with delivering meals even one day a
week, please call Florence Evitch at 354-3001. Meal
Deliverers
need to be available from 9 AM - noon.
Are
you a registered nurse at
work, at rest or retired with a current license who might consider
lending your special talent to the community as a Parish Nurse? The
Birchwood Parish Nurse Project would be delighted to have you join our
community staff. For detailed information please call 715-354-7870 or
email bapnproj@chibardun.net. The
Parish Nurses have recently moved their offices to the former St.
John's rectory just west of Main Street on Balsam Avenue in Birchwood.
107 years of service to the Congregation and Community
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Phone: 715-354-3790
501 E. Chetac Ave/ P.O. Box 8
Birchwood, WI 54817
Parsonage: 715-354-3224
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