EMMETSBURG — Bethany Lutheran Church will present “This is the Reason,” a Christmas mime drama, at 7 p.m. tonight at the church. A freewill offering will be taken for the high school mission trip. A bake sale will be held before and after the drama.

ROELYN — Fulton Lutheran Church will host “Christmas on the Prairie” at 5 p.m. Sunday at the church (10 miles west of Fort Dodge on old 20). “Christmas on the Prairie” is an old-fashioned worship service featuring traditional carols, readings about what Christmas on the prairie used ...

ROCKWELL CITY — St. Paul’s Lutheran and Presbyterian Church will host its Sunday School Christmas program at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday at the church. Cake and coffee will be served in the church basement after the program. A freewill offering will be taken. The offering will go to the Hands and ...

St. Olaf Lutheran Church will host a concert of Advent and Christmas music featuring the Jive for Five Brass Quintet, organist Jason Swedlund and tenor Benjamin Wegnar, at 7 p.m. at the church, 239 N. 11th St. The concert is sponsored by the St. Olaf Foundation, is free and open to the public.

The First Presbyterian Church will host “Cookies and Carols” at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 17 at Friendship Haven. Gabriel Avles, director of music at First Presbyterian, will lead the singing of carols, violin students of Jeanette Lawrence will also perform. This will be a great night to get into ...

The impact of homelessness on children will be explored at noon and 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Lifetree Cafe. The program, titled “Children with No Place to Call Home: Helping Kids in Crisis,” features a filmed interview with Jennifer Herrera, director of the Colfax Community Network, an ...