News for UPC Small Group Leaders

March 2012
 
 

From Renée Sundberg

 

 Season of Discernment & Prayer graphic

Join us in prayer in your small group

 

Session and our pastoral staff have committed to a season of focused prayer to seek the Lord's guidance on how to creatively and responsibly fund our mission to Share Hope in Jesus Christ. We know this will mean difficult changes, but we believe we see God working, and we're committed to supporting, funding, and being challenged by our mission.

 

Recognizing the power of prayer in community, we ask you to join us in prayer in your small group. Please pray for:

  • our church leadership as we discern how to steward our resources.
  • our community as we step into what it means to Share Hope as a body of believers.
  • each of us in the UPC community as we explore how we are being called to share. 

-Renée

Upcoming Events
 Pray

March 21 - An Evening of Congregational Prayer 

Wednesday, March 21 at 7pm, Sanctuary

Pray with your church family about how we can share our resources to share hope in Jesus Christ.

 

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March 25 & April 1 - Love Your Neighborhood Signups

Sundays, Larson Hall

Sign your group up for a project or post your own group project online.

Jera, 206.524.7301 x228; upc.org/LYN

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April 5 - Maundy Thursday Worship

7:30 pm, Larson Hall

Message by Pastor Andi Saccoccio

Your small group is invited to take communion together.

PS: We have worked to make sure traffic flow is much easier this year!

Love Your Neighborhood

 

Love Your Neighborhood

George Hinman, Ken Kierstead, Renée Sundberg, and I invite you to share God's hope, mercy, and grace with your small group through a Love Your Neighborhood Project after Easter. (See pages 38-39 in the Lent study.) This year, projects run from April 14-May 26. You can create and post your own project or sign up for one of the projects online through the link on upc.org/LYN. Example projects are listed there now, and there will be many more!

 

Please pray with your group about it this week. Invite your group to think about the needs in your own neighborhood(s) and where you might be called to serve.

 

Dates

Project Season: April 14-May 26

 

Signups:

  - Larson Hall March 25 & April 1

  - Welcome Kiosk April 15 & 22

 

Links

Web: upc.org/LYN

Answers: Frequently Asked Questions

Instructions:

  - How to join a project

  - How to post a project Please aim to post your project by April 8.

 

More info & help: Jera, 206.524.7301 x228; Jera is in the office on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

 

Sermon Study Guides and Resources
 

Lent sermon series: "A Case for Hope"  

Study guides, videos & recorded sermons available here.

  • Mar. 11, George Hinman, Exhibit C: Freedom, Romans 6:1-23  
  • Mar. 18, Renée Sundberg, Exhibit D: Humility, Romans 7:1-25 
  • Mar. 25, George Hinman, Exhibit E: Renewal, Romans 8:1-17  
  • Apr. 1, George Hinman, Exhibit F: Assurance, Romans 8:18-39

Recordings of "Go Deeper Into Romans" Classes

By Rev. Dr. J. Paul Sampley

Dr. Sampley shared fascinating presentations on Romans in February. He is an internationally recognized scholar on the Apostle Paul, and Professor Emeritus of New Testament & Christian Origins at Boston University. Download the recordings here.

  • Saturday, Feb 25: "Roman, A Letter to You"
  • Sunday, Feb 26: "Links and Ties between Romans 5-6 and
    Romans 8"
 
 

Contact Information

smallgroups@upc.org

 206.524.7301 x205

 

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