Calendar
Monday-Cemetery board meeting, City Office, 7 p.m.; April 4-Lions Club meets with Kincaid Lions Club in Kincaid, 7 p.m.
School calendar
Thursday-baseball/ softball at Uniontown; Monday-baseball, softball at Crest vs. Southeast Cherokee; middle school track at Union-town;
Meal site
April 4-roast beef, gravy, mashed potatoes, Prince Edward veggies, roll, cherry crisp; 6-fish, au gratin potatoes, peas and carrots, bread, rosy applesauce; 9 Mr. Rib, baked beans, salad with spinach, hamburger bun, peaches. Phone 620-852-3457 for meal reservations.
Christian Church
Larry Wittmer gave the communion meditation on Luke 19:28-44 Sunday. Chase Riebels sermon referenced Luke 22:7-13, Luke 22:14-20, Isaiah 53:7, and 1 Peter 1:18-23. The first Community Easter Picnic followed, with a crowd of more than 70 in attendance. The kids had an Easter egg hunt, colored eggs, and made Easter baskets.
Mens Bible study is at 7 a.m. Tuesday; the youth group meets at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, followed by a meal at 5:30 and adult Bible Study at 7.
Chase Riebel will give the sermon at the Good Friday service at the Methodist Church at 7 p.m. Friday.
Cowboy Church
Jerry Culler from the Toronto Church filled in at Sundays service. His sermon was on Standing Strong in the Lord in faith and healing of the Holy Spirit, referencing Scripture Mark 11: 22-24 and Ephesians 6:10. Psalms 116:15.
Next week Pastor Jon Petty will be back from a trip to Israel.
UMC
Scripture presented at Sundays United Methodist Church service was Psalm 118: 1-2, 18-29, Mark 11: 1-12 and Philippians 2: 5-30. Pastor Dorothy Welch presented the sermon, Follow in Love, Not Fear.
Colony churches
Colony has had many churches throughout the years: Presbyterian, Catholic, Colony Church of Christ, Church of God, Baptist Church, and what continues as of today, Cowboy High Point, Methodist, Community and Christian Churches.
Library Board
Board members met March 20 in the library at City Hall. The new DVD projector and screen have arrived. Tim Dietrich set up the screen. The projector was used Saturday for movie day.
Summer Story Hour dates are June 12, 19 and 26 and July 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31.
Jolly Dozen
The Jolly Dozen Club met at the home of Twila Luedke on March 19. Six members answered roll call by telling a saying their parents or grandparents used to say. A date to clean out the half barrels in the business area was set. Claudette Anderson won a flower for the hostess gift.
Angel food cake and fruit were served.
April celebrations
Anniversaries: April 11-Jay and Virginia Dutton; Birthdays: 2-Jane Ward; 7-Rochelle Smart; 9-Doris Moore; 11-Larry Ward; 13-Susan Luedke; 21-Johnathon Hartman; 22-Christy McGhee; 23-Art Kreuzburg; 24-Gabe Berry; 25-Noah Ash-more; 28-Brant McGhee, Taylor Lane Davis; 29-Roger Oswald.
Around town
Colony has four men who live with their mothers and help take care of them. Each son also has a job of his own.
They are Roger Farrell, son of Olive Farrell, Mark Luedke, son of Mary Allene Luedke, Dan Gillespie, son of Rosemary Gillespie, and Tim Weldin, son of Kathryn Weldin. If there are others, please phone 620-852-3379 or send by email [email protected].
