Family atmosphere a blessing at Prairie Rose
January 2025 baptism: Easton Dick, Isaiah Funk, Kaylin Klassen, Kimmy Braun and Brooke Reimer. (Photo supplied)
We continue to be blessed here at Prairie Rose. We have many long-time members and attendees in our congregation, and this contributes to a close, family atmosphere. We have welcomed a few new families and individuals into our midst in the last year or two which is encouraging.
Every February, we host a Family Fun Night and invite the community to join us for hotdogs and chili, door prizes, children’s activities and broomball. This event is a highlight for our church, and many from the community and surrounding area come to fellowship with us.
In May 2025, our senior youth (grades 9–12) went to Abundant Springs. They paired up with Heartland Church to rent a bus and made their way to Caronport, Sask., for a weekend of worship, growth and good times. From Prairie Rose, 16 youth attended.
We had five youth take the step of baptism and membership in early 2025. It is always exciting to see young people desire to commit to our church and make their faith public.
Another highlight for our church is our Vacation Bible School (VBS) program. Many children in the community participate, several of whom do not come from Christian homes. We are so grateful for the volunteers who take a week of their summer to pour into this ministry and into the kids.
Our junior youth (grades 7 and 8) participated in a mini missions week during last year’s VBS week. They helped with the program and did some jobs around the building. This is a good way to develop a sense of partnership and belonging in a church.
Ryan Rempel (from Give the Word), Pastor Mike and Gerald Reimer pose in front of the EMC display at the missions conference in November 2025. (Photo supplied)
In September, we got the ball rolling on a new church directory. We try to keep contact information updated within our congregation as well as take photos, so that we can put faces to names, especially for those newer to our church family.
We held a missions conference November 7–9, 2025. Gerald Reimer (EMC director of global outreach) spoke to us about renewing our walk with Jesus, reviewing global needs and responding to the Great Commission. We collected donations for Give the Word, a ministry that is passionate about equipping churches, ministries and individuals for outreach, with Bibles designed for outreach.
We are so thankful for our church body and for what God has done and will do in the future. Through the years, we have had struggles as well as joyful times and God has been there through it all. All glory to him!
“I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds” (Psalm 9:1).