Religion

All about oil and hinge pins

He-Who-Took-Long-Steps would have been an excellent Jeopardy contestant. He was good at trivia. He read a wide variety of books and magazines and remembered what he read.

When something was rattling around in my head for this column, I would run it by him and ask if there were facts to back up what I was thinking. I remember asking him about what oil does. My thought was that having faith in God makes the pieces and parts of my life run smoother.

ATTEND THE SERVICE OF YOUR CHOICE

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA)

F and Lewis streets. Pastor Steve Leuzinger. Sunday worship 9 a.m. Elevator available. Phone 222-0512.

BAHA’I FAITH

For meeting times and information, call John Kolstoe at 222-2448, Nancy Moore at

(406) 539-8873 or toll free 1-800-22UNITE (228-6483). Online: www.Bahai.org.

CATHOLIC CHURCHES

TIME OUT WITH LOIS: A column dispute resolved

Do you dislike looking for lost stuff or trying to find something you need? Me too. I searched over an hour this morning through computer files back to 1987 looking for an old column about a dispute that happened years ago.

ATTEND THE SERVICE OF YOUR CHOICE

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA)

F and Lewis streets. Pastor Steve Leuzinger. Sunday worship 9 a.m. Elevator available. Phone 222-0512.

BAHA’I FAITH

For meeting times and information, call John Kolstoe at 222-2448, Nancy Moore at

(406) 539-8873 or toll free 1-800-22UNITE (228-6483). Online: www.Bahai.org.

CATHOLIC CHURCHES

TIME OUT WITH LOIS: Stumbles in the aisle shows church is not formal and boring

This was written three years ago this week. It is more important for you now than it was then. Please trust me. If you heed these words, I promise you will not be sorry.

Have you stayed away from church services because of pomp and circumstance? Think services are too formal or too strict for you? Or you went once and found it boring? May I dispel those thoughts? At least last Sunday in the church we attend I took steps (literally) to change your thinking!

IN SHORT

Prince Charles’ Easter message

LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles released a videotaped Easter message early Friday offering support for persecuted Christians around the world.

He expresses sympathy for people who have “had to flee for their faith and for their life” and says he has been deeply moved by their courage and ability to forgive.

He says all three Abrahamic faiths have endured persecution when religion “has fallen into the barbaric grip of those who distort and misrepresent faith.”

Easter services, programs, listed

Following is a listing of Easter services and events from the Park County churches that provided them.

Catholic churches

The Passion of the Lord – March 30:

Friday:

3 p.m. – St. Margaret’s

3 p.m. – St. William’s

6 p.m. – St. Joseph’s

6 p.m. – St. Mary’s

Easter Vigil – March 31:

Saturday, 9 p.m. – St. Mary’s

Easter Sunday – April 1:

Sunday:

8 a.m. – St. William’s

8:15 a.m. – St. Joseph’s

10:30 a.m. – St. Mary’s

11 a.m. – St. Margaret’s

TIME OUT WITH LOIS

The tale of the Easter Pageant soldier's skirt

It was time for He-Who-Takes-Long-Steps to model my soldier skirt. Karen Woods, our Easter Pageant director had told me, “We need new soldier skirts this year.”

“I can do that,” I said. The Easter Pageant in Colstrip was a huge production for a small town. Over 100 people were involved. People from all over the area and many different churches volunteered. The performances each year were packed.

IN SHORT

Easter services

The Enterprise will publish a listing of Easter season services in its Friday, March 23 and Friday, March 30 editions. Churches wanting their services or programs listed should email them to news@livent.net or call 222-2000.

 

Spontaneous Pope visit

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A group of 45 band students from a Jesuit high school in St. Louis didn’t know they’d get a spontaneous visit from Pope Francis when they recently performed in the Vatican.

TIME OUT WITH LOIS

The Easter Pageant in Colstrip was a huge production for a small town. The four performances each year were packed. This pageant touched all of our lives in the seven years it ran.