Lenten Breakfast Thursday at St. John's; Jennifer Jones to be featured presenter at March 27 event

The Women’s Lenten Ecumenical Breakfast events are held each Thursday throughout the Lenten season at Waukon area churches. The events begin at 6:45 a.m. with breakfast, followed at 7 a.m. with a program. All women in the area are invited to attend these events taking place during the Lenten season.
The Thursday, March 20 Women’s Lenten Ecumenical Breakfast will be held in the St. John’s Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. Gail Hilleshiem will present the program with the theme of "Lent: Give Up a Little and Give to a Little One." Hilleshiem is a Special Education Teacher at the Waukon Junior and Senior High Schools and is in charge of the school district's BackPack program that serves eligible students in all of the public schools in the Allamakee Community School District who have filled out an application to participate. Those attending the March 20 Lenten Breakfast at St. John's are asked to consider bringing an offering with them to be given in support of the BackPack program.

The Thursday, March 27 Lenten Breakfast will be hosted by Zalmona Presbyterian Church, rural Waukon. Jennifer Jones will be presenting the program on the outreach of the Midwest Mission Bible Training Center located in Cresco.