ANNOUNCEMENTS

 APRIL 12, 2026

COMMUNION SUNDAY SERVICE

10:30am

Please join us in the Strandness Room after worship for refreshments!

A “Busy Jar” will be set up in the sanctuary through the month of April.  Contributions will be going to the Dakota Children’s Advocacy Center. Please drop your spare change and/or dry goods into the jar for this great cause.

United Presbyterian Church is hosting another Chess Gathering on Wednesday, April 15 at 7 PM.  Anyone that is interested in playing is welcome - no matter your experience!

The deacons are asking that if you have a student graduating from high school or college that you please notify the church office. Thank you.

The Deacons are sponsoring a potluck dinner on Sunday, April 19. Please bring a dish to share. (AND - we will never turn down help to clean up afterwards!!) 

Our church has set up an account at Buff Town Bargains for UPC!  If you donate items and tell them you are from UPC and they will tag and record them. Once our donations have reached $500 we will receive 25% of that for our church. They accept these donations on Mondays and Tuesdays and must be dropped off at the back door - make sure that someone meets you there and tags your donations. Clothing must be in bags and household goods in boxes. Items they CANNOT accept are: mattress/cribs/car seats, tube tv's, large home improvement items, furniture, paint, hazardous materials, exercise equipment, medicine, large appliances, partially used or open personal care items, food, fuel powered tools, guns and ammunition, building materials, and nonseasonal items. Also please do not bring items that are dirty, stained, ripped, broken or in  unsellable condition.

April Adult Sunday School Plan

9 am in the Parlor

Have you ever felt there’s a gap between the life promised in the Bible and the one you’re living?

    For many followers of Jesus, the Holy Spirit is a familiar stranger—a rumored figure we know of, but don’t truly know. We hear stories of God’s power but struggle to see it in our own lives. This study guide is an invitation to close that gap.

    Join pastor and author Tyler Staton on a six-session journey to rediscover the most   misunderstood person of the Trinity. Moving from rich theology to practical application, this study provides a framework to experience the Holy Spirit in profound, new ways.

    You will learn to:

· Hear God’s Voice: Develop the practice of discernment to recognize God’s whisper amidst the noise.

· Move in God’s Power: Explore the spiritual gifts of prophecy, healing, and more, not as ancient history, but as a present reality.

· Redeem Your Pain: Understand how God meets us and works through our suffering.

A vibrant relationship with the Holy Spirit starts now!