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This Week @
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Sat, January 7
10:00am - Memorial service for Doris Poehler, Doris McIntire's mother.
Sun., January 8
9:00am- Prayer Meeting in the Student Lounge
10:00am -Worship Service
5:30pm - Res 101 Class at the Schaefer's home
Wed., January 11
10:00am - Women's Bible Study in the Student Lounge
Thurs. January 12 6:45am - RMC Men's Bible Study resumes 7:30am - Prayer Meeting in the Student Lounge 7:30pm - Choir Rehearsal 9:00am - Prayer in Student Lounge 10:00am - Worship Service
5:30pm - Res 101 Class at the Schaefer's home
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When:
Sat. January 21st
9:00am-12:30pm
Where:
TBD
- REQUIRED for all new team members
-Suggested for ALL team members
If you are interested in joining the Worship Prayer Team or would like more info, please visit our website's Prayer page HERE, or contact Terrell Meyer at terrellmeyer@gmail. com
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Readers Training
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WHEN:
Saturday, January 28th
10-11:30am
WHERE: At the Church
Encouraged for all those who are on the volunteer list of Readers. |
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"At Jacob's Well" monthly dinner dates:
Wed. 2/29
Wed. 3/28
Wed. 4/25
Wed. 5/30
Wed. 6/27
No dinner in January due to possibly inclement weather.
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Dear Resurrection Family and Friends,
Happy Epiphany to you all!
Epiphany is the season we celebrate the good news that God's invitation into His family is for all people, Jews and Gentiles alike. Just as Israel was called by God to Be His people because of His grace (Ezekiel 16) and to share that grace with the world (Isaiah 60), so Gentiles have now been invited to become sons and daughters of God by grace through faith and to share His grace with the world.
The faith of God's people in the Old Testament culminates in God's gracious provision of His Son Jesus Christ as the perfect Passover lamb sacrificed for the sins of the world. By faith in his life, death and Resurrection, Jesus offers to anyone reconciliation with God and a place at God's family table as an unconditionally loved son or daughter.
This is amazing news! Grace - for everyone - available now - free of charge with daily and eternal benefits!
Can you see why Epiphany is actually quite a controversial season for a pluralistic society such as ours? What do you mean God offers everyone, irrespective of moral record or ethnic background, the same opportunity to receive grace and enter His family (Acts 2: 39)? What do you mean receiving grace by faith is the only way to stand before a holy God "without blemish and free from accusation" (Colossians 1:22)?
I want to invite you to church over the next 7 weeks as we explore the power of the gospel for the whole world. During the sermon we will be looking at the book of Acts and Paul's remarkable church planting run in religiously diverse city after city. I am praying it will be an exciting Epiphany series as we look afresh at the power of the gospel to change the whole world one individual at a time.
Excited for Epiphany with You, ~David
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'Resurrection 101' Starts this Sunday!!
This series of three classes, led by David Drake, will meet three Sundays in January: the 8th, 15th, and 22nd, from 5:30 - 7 pm. The class will be meeting at the Schaefer's home (address and map on the website), and a light supper will be served.
For more info about the 'Res 101' class click HERE.
So, if you want to:
- begin the process of becoming a member, OR
- find out more about Anglicanism and the Church of the Resurrection...
Sign up for these classes now on the 'Getting Connected' table or on the website. (Those considering membership in the church are urged to attend all three sessions.)
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Monthly
Sunday Evening Services
Still Anglican in form, but less formal in style.
 Dates:
January 29
February 19
March 18
April 22
May 20
5:30pm
Childcare will be provided
for ages birth - 12 yrs. old.
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ResKidz
Mark Your Calendars...
Summer Adventure Camp 2012!!
June 18-22
(More Info Coming Soon!)
To see pics and videos from last year's camp, click HERE.
On a side note...If anyone took any photos of the Christmas Pageant we would LOVE to have a copy. Please send any photos to Claire at claire@resbalt.org. Thanks!
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Drink Coffee. Do Good. 
Thanks to all of you who have purchased your Land of a Thousand Hills coffee and helped to transform the lives of the Rwandan farmers who participate in the project. To read an update on the impact your purchases have made, click here.
Watch this video to learn more about Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee and the Rwandans who are being blessed by this initiative. You can also learn more by visiting the Thousand Hills' website.
To purchase some coffee, please contact Fayne Farrar at faynef@verizon.net
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Volunteer Schedule ONLINE!!
The monthly volunteer schedule is now available through
our website!!
To see the schedule, simply visit the website, resbalt.org, go to "Get Involved" and scroll down to Volunteer Schedule.
This schedule will always be up to date, so if at any point you need to know when you are assigned to volunteer, simply visit that page to see the schedule.
If you are unable to fulfill an assignment, please find a replacement and then contact Dedi at dedi@resbalt.org or 410-560-0456.
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Prayers for our Community " I will listen to what God the LORD will say; he promises peace to his people, his saints-but let them not return to folly." Psalm 85:8
Thanksgiving: For the season of Epiphany, and the Gospel 'for the whole world', and our teaching series on "Acts".
Prayers for Healing:
Cindy and David Moose, for comfort as they grieve the loss of Cindy's father
Richard Dum on Jan. 2
Jeanne Baetjer, recovering from an infection
Doris McIntire, for comfort as she grieves the loss of her mother on Dec. 20
Jim Hayne's, brother recovering from surgery
Helen Taylor, recovering from a mild stroke
Johanna Burn's mother, Mary Jane Moore, hospitalized with a broken pelvis and
and infection.
John Elliott as he undergoes surgery for a melanoma next week, and for Martha,
as she cares for him.
Stacia & Martin Gallagher's son, with severe stress symptoms, and for their
daughter, Sarah, on her birthday today.
Gert Rutkowski, healing from her hypertension, and for her neice, Carole, with
pancreatic cancer.
Judith Schafer, still battling a virus infection.
David Martak's niece, Jocelyn, with Leukemia.
Tim and Donna Anderson, and their granddaughter, Natalee; for God's provision,
protection and guidance.
Harriett Clark's daughter, Roberta, and her brother in-law, Tom; complete
healing.
For Vic Meyer's sister, Mickey.
For Blake, Carol Clews' nephew, currently in treatment at 'Teen Challenge'--that
God would use this to finally heal his many issues.
For Kasia Pfund's brother
Marion Glasby's father, Bob
For Darleen Atkinson's mother, Margaret, and for Darleen as she cares for her.
The Reilly family
For all those seeking employment
For protection from the many cold and flu germs floating around, and speedy
recovery for those who have succumbed.
Prayers for our church:
Vestry and Lay Leaders.
Children & Student Ministries.
Adult Ministries, especially Community Groups and City Gate Forum.
Worship Services.
A prayer for our long range planning team: "Father, we praise and thank You for all you have done in and for Church of The Resurrection. As we continue forward, we dedicate our time, talent and treasure to you, and pray you will so guide us by your Holy Spirit that in all decisions your will would be done. We ask this in your son, Jesus Christ's name. Amen."
Prayers for our Mission Outreach:
At Jacob's Well
For our new Prayer Shawl Ministry
Acts4Youth
Center for Pregnancy Concerns
FOCUS,
InterVarsity
Search Ministries
Titus Institute
Vintage Church
Bishop Hector (Tito) Zavala
Solar Stoves for Africa
Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee Project
Families sponsoring Compassion Children, and for the children
For a possible Missions Trip next summer
Prayers for the Anglican Communion:
Archbishop Bob Duncan, Bishop John Guernsey in his new role as Bishop of the Mid Atlantic Diocese
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This Sunday's Scripture Readings:
Preaching Text: Acts 26:12-29
12 "On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13 About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. 14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.' 15 "Then I asked, 'Who are you, Lord?' " 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,' the Lord replied. 16 'Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen of me and what I will show you. 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.' 19 "So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven. 20 First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles also, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds. 21 That is why the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me. 22 But I have had God's help to this very day, and so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen- 23 that the Christ would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to his own people and to the Gentiles." 24 At this point Festus interrupted Paul's defense. "You are out of your mind, Paul!" he shouted. "Your great learning is driving you insane." 25 "I am not insane, most excellent Festus," Paul replied. "What I am saying is true and reasonable. 26 The king is familiar with these things, and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner. 27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do." 28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, "Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?" 29 Paul replied, "Short time or long-I pray God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains."
Other Readings:
Old Testament: Isaiah 60:1-3
Psalm: 72:8-19
Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12
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"Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen."
Psalm 72:18-19 |
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