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The Shepherd’s Scroll March 2013
The Shepherd’s Scroll GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH
2101 S. Prospect Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: 217-352-1732 Fax: 217-352-4807 www.gslc-cu.org
Celebrating 50 Years of Faith, Service and Community
Volume 46, No. 3 March 2013
Pastor’s Perspective…
D uring the month of March we continue our jour-
ney through Lent. On Palm Sunday, March 24, we
will gather in the fellowship hall waving palms and sing-
ing Hosanna as we process into church.
From Palm Sunday we move quickly to
Maundy Thursday. With nightfall our
Lenten observance comes to an end.
The word Maundy translates as com-
mand. On Maundy Thursday we hear
again Jesus command to love one an-
other. Also on Maundy Thursday, Saint
Paul shares with us the story of the last
supper.
This year on Maundy Thursday we will be doing some-
thing new to Good Shepherd. Third and fourth graders
who have attended First Communion sessions and people
of all ages after meeting with me will be welcomed to the
Lord’s table. Please come to our 7:00 pm worship in sup-
port, as Jesus welcomes them to His table for the first
time.
Then on Good Friday we’ll hear the story of Jesus’s great
love for us. Love so deep that from the cold wood of the
cross, Jesus stretched out his arms embracing all of hu-
mankind.
The story of Jesus’s crucifixion is the story of an unjust
trial, the story of Jesus’s pain and death. Yet even in the
midst of this unspeakable evil there are rays of light,
beams of hope and people who believe.
People like one of the two thieves crucified with Jesus.
Hanging from his cross he pleads: “Jesus, remember me
when you come into you kingdom.” This man recognizes
Jesus as the Messiah. People like the centurion who after
Jesus’s death boldly proclaims: “Truly this was the Son of
God.” People like the women - Jesus’s
Mother, Mary Magdalene, and others.
The gospel writer John tells us these
women along with others stood faith-
fully at the foot of the cross. They may
have had questions, they may not have
totally understood, but they remained
faithful.
These faithful people remind me that in dark days, there
is light. Death stings, disease takes a toll on our bodies,
unemployment makes us wonder, and relationships go
south. Jesus never promised following him would be
easy.
As we move through the month of March let’s finish our
journey through Lent together — on Palm Sunday with
shouts of Hosanna (“save us”), celebrating the sacrament
of Holy Communion on Maundy Thursday, praying at the
foot of the cross with faithful people of every time and
place on Good Friday, and at the empty tomb on Easter
Sunday.
God’s peace,
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This was the theme of our most recent middle and high school youth gathering at Rend Lake. We spent time in wor-ship and small groups going through the story of Jonah and finding parallels in that story to our own lives.
When has God led you somewhere you didn’t want to go? Pastor Roy Christell did a wonderful job using all kinds of boating analogies that relate to our journey with God. One of the boating terms was “Come About.” When yelled on a ship it means to turn around. We talked about how sin is when we flee from God’s presence and repentance is to turn around back toward God.
When have you repented and turned back towards God? The next day we were given little ships and asked to think about the storm in the story of Jonah. He hides on a mer-chant ship to flee from God and a huge storm overtakes their ship. Eventually the others on the ship realize that the storm is a result of Jonah’s lack of obedience. We then shared about the storms in our own lives that have fright-ened us and caused us to wonder “Where is God?”
What have been some of the storms in your own life? Pastor Roy shared some more boating terms like, “Derelict,” “High & Dry,” and “Abandon Ship.” A “Derelict” ship is dead in the water and is unable to be pushed by the wind because its sails have been destroyed. “High and Dry,” means to be stranded without hope of recovery. And “Abandon Ship,” means that all is lost and one must jump overboard.
We were reminded that even in the storms of life God NEVER leaves us derelict, high and dry, or abandons us.
Just as a ship needs wind in its sails to move, so God’s breath fills us and moves us through the Holy Spirit to go where we are most needed. May the Holy Spirit fill your sails to go where God leads you this day. Amen.
Jason Fisher
Youth & Family Guy
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M A R C H Y O U T H E V E N T S
Parents Night Out Friday, March 8 from 5 to 8 pm
K-5th Grade Youth & Families
Contact Jason if your child is interested in helping or if you would like to drop your child off. Free will donation covers dinner and games.
2nd Sunday Shepherds Ice Skating Sunday, March 10 at 1:30 pm
K-5th Grade Youth & Families
Kids in K – 5th grade can meet us at the U of I Ice Arena (406 E Armory Ave, Champaign, IL 61820) around 1:30 pm. The Youth committee will pay for admission & skate rental for all youth AND parents wishing to partici-pate!
All Family Gathering at the Meyer’s Sunday, March 10 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Middle & High School Youth & Parents
We will meet at the Meyer House (405 E. Tomaras Ave. in Savoy) for dinner and games. Food will be provided by the Youth Committee so just come and enjoy the fel-lowship.
Spring Break Service Project Wed. & Thurs., March 20 & 21
We have a chance to help Wesley United Methodist Church on campus with their food pantry. More details to come later. Training is required and takes place Wednesday, March 20 at 2 pm with stocking of goods later that evening from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Distribution on Thursday, March 21 with shifts any time between 1:30 and 9:30 pm.
Saturday, March 23 at 6 pm Middle & High School Youth
$10 gets you in the door of the Assembly Hall for one of the largest Christian Concerts of the year. If you and some friends are interested contact Jason so our group can rock out!
Embrace Grace Sunday, March 24 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Middle & High School Youth
More food and fun with our friends from Grace Luther-an. Invite your friends, spread the word, and be ready to get wild and crazy!
Easter Breakfast Sunday, March 31 from 9 to 10:30 am
Middle & High School youth and their DADS are encour-aged to help us cook a breakfast of sausage, eggs, and pancakes for the congregation. If you can provide food donations, help cook, or help with set up or clean up contact Jason.
Lenten Bible Study Each Wednesday night in Lent, 6 – 7 pm
Middle & High School Youth
A five-week study on the Psalms will help us see how music has the power to transform our character. If you have an mp3 player or iPod bring it to these sessions.
They are not required to participate. (Dates for study:
Mar 6, 13, 20.)
30-Hour Famine Lock-In Friday & Saturday, April 5 & 6 Middle & High School Youth
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR COUNCIL
The Congregation previously approved the following membership of the 2013 Nominating Committee:
Orlo Austin
Bob Clark
Susan Hinrichs
John Hart
Debby Rehn
Joe Chamley
Pastor Tom serves as an advisory member of the Com-mittee.
The Committee is charged with preparing a slate of can-didates for election at a Congregational Meeting in June. Those elected will serve on Council beginning August 1, 2013, for a two-year term.
The following Council members whose terms will expire are:
Joe Chamley
John Hart
Susan Hinrichs
Sherrill Houchens
Debby Rehn
John Todd
Of those individuals, Joe Chamley, John Hart, John Todd and Debby Rehn are eligible for re-election to a second two-year term.
The newly elected members will join the following mem-bers on the Council: Jennifer Byers-York, Linnea DiBer-ardino, Jim Hack, Nancy McCowen, and Bob Olson.
The Nominating Committee invites nominations of con-firmed GSLC members for election to the 2013-2014 Congregational Council. Should you know of someone or if you are interested in serving on Council, please con-tact one of the members of the nominating committee. The Committee will begin its work as soon as possible and welcomes input from members of the congregation for this important service.
SERVICE COMMITTEE
The Service Committee is in need of individuals to serve as members of the committee.
As members of the congregations, we share our resources, both time and treasure with others in the church, the com-munity and the world. Our service takes many forms all de-signed to challenge and involve Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and its members in serving the global community. GSLC service projects range from recruiting participation in the El Salvador Project to making soup on a couple of days each year.
The service committee seeks individuals to serve on the Committee to assist with the planning, budgeting, and logis-tics for the various services projects in which GSLC is in-volved. The time commitment to meetings is once a month and participation in service projects is based on need and availability of both the committee and volunteers from the congregation. The responsibilities as outlined in the Consti-tution are as follows:
• Allocate budgeted receipts to community, church and worldwide organizations
• Recommend designation offerings received at spe-cial services, e.g. Lent, Christmas special offerings. • Consider special requests for assistance, respond to natural calamities and participate in ELCA initiatives
• Recruit Good Shepherd members to make weekly food deliveries, coordinated by empty tomb. Normally members sign up during the time and talent process and the committee is only responsible for making the monthly as-signments of two teams per month.
• Oversee the needs of the Loaves and Fishes food pantry and encourage donation from members. The Com-mittee ensures that the pantry is well-stocked and kept in an orderly manner. A designated member of the committee provides a list of needs to the church office periodically.
• Further other service opportunities, e.g. empty tomb home maintenance, Samaritans (who assist with spe-cial luncheons for funerals), and soup making for the local winter shelter. (We are fortunate to have a lead “chef” in the congregation. These service opportunities arise three or four times over the year. The Committee is responsible for soliciting volunteers to assist.
In addition to the above, it is hoped that the Committee will consider new initiatives in serving the community and global world and possibility initiate the establishment of a special Mission Fund.
PLEASE PRAYFULLY CONSIDER BECOMING A MEMBER AND ASSIST IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY AND GLOBALLY. CONTACT DEBBY REHN at [email protected].
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EL SALVADOR MISSION TRIPS
Please note that the dates of the planned June trip to El Salvador have changed to June 22 and June 30. A No-vember trip is also in the plans if there is enough interest in going. Any comments and/or ideas from congregants on how we can continue to help and support the Cristo Rey Church project are welcome. Please contact Jim Hack at 402-6223 or [email protected].
MARCH SEEK & SERVE SPOTLIGHT: CASA and Safe House
GSLC Volunteer Walter Tousey
Organization Contact CASA: 217-384-9065 Safe House: 217-344-7233
Organization’s Mission CASA: CASA trains, provides oversight, and support for individual CASAs who are assigned to children who have been abused and removed from their biological families. Because a CASA is court-appointed he/she has access to medical, police, and school records of the child for whom the CASA is advocating. The CASA's goal is to en-sure that the child's best interests are served as the case proceeds through the court process. This also involves working with the DCFS case worker assigned to the case. Before each court hearing (ca. every 3 months) the CASA prepares a report for the judge noting the results of vis-its with children, teachers, and medical and counseling personnel, and any unique situations with respect to the case in question and including recommendations. Should they wish, CASAs may also make periodic visits to chil-dren who do not have assigned CASAs but are residing in foster homes. There is a mandatory 2-hour/week, 6-week CASA training program.
Safe House: Safe House is a live-in 12-month program for alcohol and drug addicts that was begun by Canaan Baptist Church (Urbana) and First Presbyterian (Champaign) in 1994. The Program has graduated ap-proximately 100 ex-addicts who are now meaningful parts of society with their families. Individual attention for a year stressing education, prevention and access to rehabilitation in a Christian environment has proven to
be a successful formula.
How long have you volunteered for the organization? CASA: 5 years Safe House: Our church received info when it started [1994] and I responded and became a Board Member.
Why did you get involved? CASA: I have found the CASA Program to be a most re-warding experience and a chance to positively impact a needy child's life.
What keeps you going back? Safe House: A visit with the residents always leaves me feeling better than when I entered.
Are there volunteer opportunities for other GSLC mem-bers? Safe House: Our Church provides a part of the Christmas offering as well as Christmas presents for the residents. A Women's Safe House has just opened. The Safe House Concert (Feb. 24) included a presentation of a needs list for both Safe Houses. Of course monetary support is needed but so are many other things of a non-monetary nature - training for the "real" world, access to jobs for residents after graduation, occasional work on minor repairs, etc.
Are you willing to serve as a contact if another GSLC member is interested in learning more? I would happily talk to anyone interested in either organ-ization (217-351-6384; [email protected]).
FACTS AND FIGURES: QUARTERLY REPORT
Budget Actual Over/(Under)
Revenue 174,173 161,775 (12,398)*
Expenses 176,761 157,695 (19,066)
General Fund Balance……………….……………...$5,756.10
Reserve Fund Balance……………………………..$25,897.71
*The budget as approved included a line for the parish worker position. Revenue is mainly under budget due to no parish worker at this time.
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WOMEN’S STUDY CIRCLES
Anna Circle will meet Wednesday, March 6 at 12:30 pm. Please join us in studying the Word of God! Ruth Circle will meet Tuesday, March 19 at 9:30 am in the Choir Room. We will be studying Session 7, entitled "Beneath Her Wings" from the March issue of Gather magazine. Copies of the study are availa-ble at the church. All women of Good Shepherd are encouraged to come and join us for study and fel-lowship. Rachael Circle will meet Monday, March 25, at 5:30 pm. Anyone interested in joining the group is most welcome.
WELCA BOOK CLUB March 14, 9:30 am
March book: The Island by Elin Hilderbrand. A story of four women, two sets of sisters a generation apart, spending time together on beautiful,
rustic Tuckernuck Island. Dramatic truths are uncov-ered and the story is filled with heartache, laughter, and surprises.
QUILTERS RETIRING
After enjoying working on the LWR quilting mission these past years, the present day quilters have de-cided it is time to retire. This decision means your new/used bed sheets will no longer be needed for this cause. We thank you for your past donations. They helped us keep a lot of people warm over the years.
If you have any questions or suggestions, call Bertie Nelson at 403-0978.
ADULT BIBLE STUDY
The Bible Study meets Sundays during the education hour in the fellowship hall. Grab your coffee and donut holes and join Pastor Tom as we study the assigned gospel reading for the week. We will continue to use the ELCA re-source Daily Discipleship found at www.elca.org. If you can’t access the web site, no worries. Pastor will have copies and Bibles, just come with coffee and questions. Lets study God’s Word together!
WELCA RETREAT
On Saturday, April 13, a study retreat is
taking place at the home of June Waller,
1405 Weathervane, Champaign.
We will gather at 9:30 am for coffee and
something sweet. The study will begin about
10:00, break for a light lunch about 11:30,
and conclude after lunch. We will be on our
way home no later than 2:00 pm.
For the past several years these "retreats"
have been most informative and the oppor-
tunity for getting better acquainted with
women of Good Shepherd is terrific. All ma-
terials will be furnished but please bring your
favorite Bible.
A sign up sheet will be posted in late March
or you may phone the office with your reser-
vation. We will need a count for the lunch.
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GARDENING HELP NEEDED!
Calling all gardeners and any-one who likes to work out-doors! With spring just around the corner, the GSLC gardening committee will be meeting at 11:45 am on Sunday, March 3, in the church library to make plans for the flower beds this year. Our numbers have dwin-dled and we need help to assist
with planting, watering, or weeding throughout the summer. So if you would like to help in any way for an hour or two for a couple months or for all sea-son, please plan to attend the meeting or contact Nancy Holm at [email protected]. No previous gardening experience needed. Without help, we will need to cut down on the flower pots and flower beds around the church. Hope to see you at the meeting on March 3, but if you can’t attend simply contact Nancy to volunteer.
STUFFED ANIMAL DRIVE
The Parish Nurses will continue to collect stuffed animals every Sun-day through March 17. If you’re interested in adding to the ever-growing menagerie, bring a stuffed animal and leave it in the pew. A big thank-you to those who donat-ed the cuddly creatures adorning our pews so far!
EASTER FLOWERS
Help decorate the front of the church by ordering your Easter flowers. The cost is $8 per plant. Please fill out the insert in the bulletin and place it,
along with payment, in the offering or leave in the church office. Please turn in the form by March 18.
SABBATH ACTIVITY BAGS
Having children in the worship service is a sign of a healthy and growing congregation. “Sabbath bags” contain color-ing books, crayons, Bible story books, and other goodies that will be “new” to your child. These activity bags are available in the church foyer - just ask any usher! We request that you put bags back after the service so that they can be used again by another child. Enjoy!
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
Third and fourth grade stu-dents planning to make their First Holy Communion this year are invited to join Pastor Tom; Saturday, March 16, and Saturday, March 23, at 10:00 am at church. The First Com-munion sessions will last about an hour and First Holy Communion will be celebrated on Maundy Thursday. Oh, kids -- bring your parents, too! A light breakfast will be provided.
If you’re not in 3rd or 4th grade (in other words, any age) and you are interested in receiving Commun-ion for the first time, or just want to talk about it, please call Pastor Tom in the church office.
DECADE II/1970’s ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION & BARBEQUE
Join us for part two of the the GSLC 50th anniversary. Assistant to the Bishop, Pastor Wayland Middendorf, will be preaching. A western themed lunch after late worship will feature
pork BBQ, cheesy potatoes, baked beans and des-sert. Sign up sheets for lunch will be available closer to the date. Enjoy a program about GSLC during the 1970s.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
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THANK YOU!
I wish to thank you for the beautiful bou-quet of flowers that have been brought to my home. I am so enjoying them. I so miss coming to Sunday services and miss
you all very much. God bless! — Jody Dotson
Dear friends at Good Shepherd,
We would like to thank you for the kindness and support that you have shown not only during our mother's recent hospitalization and passing, but also during her lengthy residency at Champaign County Nursing Home. She greatly enjoyed the visits, notes, and flower deliveries. She especially enjoyed special visits by the children, such as at Valentine's Day. All of the love that was shown certainly helped her still feel connected to her church family, even though she was unable to wor-ship with them. Mom will be greatly missed, but she provided a lifetime of memories. With thanks,
— The family of Becky Coverdill
With the quilting group retiring, we’d like to recognize all the expert craft-ers of Good Shepherd who’s skilled hands provided warmth and comfort in the shape of colorful blankets for
no less than 2,241 people over the last 20 years. We appreciate all of you and sincerely thank you for giv-ing your time and talent on behalf of Good Shep-herd and Lutheran World Relief.
BAPTISM
Arthur Thomas Scheu, born on December 9, 2012, to Tom and Kristine Scheu, was baptized March 3, 2013. Serving as sponsors for Arthur are Jason and Julie Abramowski.
STORYBOOK PROJECT
Have you heard about Storybook Project? It's a pro-gram organized by Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) in which volunteers are trained to go to the correctional facilities of Illinois to assist incarcerated parents in recording themselves reading books to their children. The recordings and the books are then mailed to their children in hopes of maintain-ing lines of communication and strengthening family ties during their time of separation. Specifically, an area team is serving at the Danville Correctional Center on a 4-6 week visitation schedule.
How might you help? New and lightly used books suitable to be read aloud to preschool through middle-school age children are needed in large number; also needed are funds to be used to pay for mailing the books and re-cordings to inmates' families. A
Storybook Project team member will be glad to pick up any donations you might leave in GSLC's church office. Thanks for caring in this way.
SOUPER BOWL OF CARING
$187 was raised for the Souper Bowl of Caring. Once the youth decide where the funds will go, we will let the congregation know.
COMMEMORATIVE ITEMS FOR SALE
Cookbooks are available for sale at the church. $12 each. T-shirts - There are a few shirts remaining at church and orders are being accepted for more. $12 each. Ornaments - We are taking orders for pewter orna-ments that will have a picture of GSLC. We must have a minimum of 100 ornaments to be able to place an order. Price is determined on number of orders, estimated price will be around $23-25 each. Sign up at the church.
THIS & THAT
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NURSE NOTES
How Often Should Women Have Bone Tests?
Experts recommend that older women have regular bone density tests to screen for osteoporosis. But it had been unclear how often to repeat the tests. An NIH-supported study of nearly 5,000 women reported that patients with healthy bone density on their first test might safely wait 15 years before getting rescreened. These findings can help guide doctors in their bone screening recommendations.
The Light Side of Illness
By Denise Hole, RN
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. – Job 8:21
I often argue that a human’s capacity for illness is affected by all aspects of their being. For example: When a person is depressed, they may not eat healthfully, and thus allow their immune system to become depressed due to lack of nutri-
tion thus making them more susceptible to illness. Then there is the man who was so depressed about losing a job that all he did was sit all day, then suddenly it hurt to get up to walk to the bed and family thought it was psy-chological, but it turned out to be a life threatening blood clot that arose from sitting all day. The emotional condition, directly affected the physical condition in this case. Carrying On: Using Family Humor with Adult Chronic Conditions, a book by Nancy A. Brooks and Dr. Diana W. Guthrie takes a closer look at how families uti-lize humor in the face of chronic illness. Their research was directed at those with diabetes and multiple sclero-sis, but some of the basic principles can be applied to those with various forms of cancer in its acute and chronic phases, as well as life in general. The following are ideas suggested by Brooks and Guthrie, and can be used for brief glimpses at humor in the midst of ‘bad’ times. • Focus on the craziness of the situation. Laugh at body parts that don’t work or equipment that looks strange. • Give the disorder a name to separate it from the person. Call it the “nosy neighbor’ or talk about it like
it’s a person, “That arthritis is so thoughtful, it attacked my hips, but still lets me write letters to friends….” • Send a graphic alert about a stormy time. Have a button, magnet, or door hanger that sends a clear silent message, “I don’t want to talk about it right now!” This let’s family know to steer clear of the topic for the mo-ment. Just be sure that everyone around knows the sig-nal. • Make a funny picture of the condition. Assign this job to a child, or use computer graphics to make it funky. • Gather and use favorite humor materials. Create a silly sack, complete with comic books, funny movies, old photographs, games, joke books, CD/DVDs of favor-ite sit-coms or stand-up comedians. Feeling “alien”, watch ET, Men in Black or Little Shop of Horrors. Wish-ing you looked different, watch Tootsie, Freaky Friday or She’s the Man. Want to fight a battle against the illness, watch Star Wars, Lord of the Rings or Dirty Dozen. • Don’t protect the family from humor. Boredom and isolation can be major stressors too. • Expect family humor roles to change. If the sick person normally teases others, someone else may need to step into that role for a while. Humor is not the ‘magic’ pill that will make someone well, but it can assist everyone including: the sick per-son, the spouse, the care giving staff, even the visiting clergy to look at life in a new and wonderful way, if only for a moment.
OPEN YOUR HEART AND HOME...
to a German or French exchange student for the
coming 2013-2014 school year. Volunteer host
families (with or without children) are needed to
provide food, a bed and a loving home for the com-
ing school year, one or two semesters, starting in
August. EMF students have medical insurance,
spending money for their personal expenses and
expect to share their host family’s daily life includ-
ing household responsibilities. They speak English,
are well-screened and eager to experience life in
America. Their stay here is sponsored and super-
vised by EMF (Educational Merit Foundation), a non-
profit, educational exchange program. For more
information on EMF students, please call Marie-
Claude Dijoud now at 1-800-467-8363 or visit our
web site at www.emfusa.org.
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UPCOMING COMMITTEE/COUNCIL MEETINGS
Education……………....Sunday, 3/3 11:30 am
Service…………………...Sunday, 3/3 11:30 am
Property………………...Tuesday, 3/5 6:30 pm
Evangelism..……………Tuesday, 3/5 7:00 pm
Stewardship…………...Monday, 3/11 7:00 pm
Council………….………..Tuesday, 3/12 7:00 pm
Youth……………………...Wed., 3/13 5:30 pm
Worship & Music…….Tuesday, 3/19 7:00 pm
CHURCH STAFF
Pastor…………………………………...Thomas Hillertz
Pastor Emeritus…………....Edward D. Schneider
Youth & Family Minister………….....Jason Fisher
Parish Assistant.………...……………....Yvona Vlach
Parish Nurses……………………....Celeste Coverdill
Elizabeth Kakoma
Organist………………………………………....Linda Pein
Choir Director………………………….…...Jill Crandall
Treasurer……………………………...Dana VanDeveer
Office Hours: Monday-Thursday: 7:30 am to 3:30 pm (Lunch Noon—1 pm) Fridays: 7:30 am to 12:00 pm
The deadline for the April Scroll is Thursday, March 21, at Noon.
The deadline for bulletins/announcements is Wednesday at Noon, each week.
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PRAYER REQUESTS If you have prayer requests that you want included on the prayer chain, contact Nicole Paul at 352-1732 or the church office. Names to be included in the Sunday announcements can be submitted by contacting the church office at 352-1732 or [email protected].
Hospitalized? Please call the church office if you or a family mem-ber is in the hospital. You or a family member need to notify us di-rectly, as hospital staffs do not normally call clergy.
SUNDAY WORSHIP SCHEDULE
8:00 am & 10:30 am with Holy Communion each week
9:15 am Sunday School and
Adult Forum
LENTEN & EASTER WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Lenten Services: Wednesdays at 7 pm, March 6-20. The services will be preced-
ed by Lenten suppers at 5:30 pm and Lenten study at 6 pm.
Maundy Thursday Worship (with HC): March 28 at 7 pm.
Good Friday Worship: March 29 at 7 pm.
Easter Sunday Worship (with HC): March 31 at 8:00 and 10:30 am.
OFFICE CLOSING: The church office will be closed Friday, March 29, in observation of Good Friday.