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March 28th A.D. 2011 - Issue 78

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In This Issue
Good Gifts
New Bible Study
Lenten Reminders
Stewardship
Youth Group News
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Good Gifts

Need some gift ideas for upcoming special occasions?  Check out the ELCA Good Gifts site for some delightful giving ideas.  

 

sheepELCA Good Gifts, the giving catalog of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, lifts up more than 65 gift ideas filled with meaning and love.  ELCA Good Gifts are a special way you can help make a significant impact on the mission and ministries of our church while giving a gift to a friend, pastor, teacher, neighbor or other loved one.

 

ELCA Good Gifts are an opportunity to go beyond your regular congregational offering to support and strengthen the work of the ELCA.

 

After you've completed your ELCA Good Gifts shopping, visit www.elca.org/goodgiftscards for cards and creative ways to announce your gift.  If you've chosen a gift from God's Global Barnyard, a nice touch is to wrap a small toy animal (plastic or furry) to represent the gift.

New Bible Study

March 31 is the first night of a new bible study called The Path to the Cross.  It is a wonderful Ray Vander Laan study that will run five sessions.  See the PDF file of the study schedule. For those who are unfamiliar with Ray Vander Laan, he literally guides us through the land of the bible and you actually see the historical locations that we've all read so much about.  If you'd like to make a donation towards a study book, they were 7.99 plus postage, so approximately $9.00 each.
 
Please let us know if you have any questions, and if you want us to reserve a book for you.  We really hope to see you all next week!

 

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Reminders...
  
Some reminders about other Lenten opportunities...
 

Lenten Drama this Wednesday, March 30

Act III of "The People Vs. Judas Iscariot" is presented this Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.  The witnesses this week are Peter, a young boy, and Mary.  The congregation is the jury in this courtroom drama.  So, listen carefully, because at the conclusion of Act V we will be voting on whether or not Judas should be condemned to hell for betraying Jesus.  Come this Wednesday at 5:30 for the soup supper!

 

Easter Garden

Please sign up  on the Big Green Sign Up Board for flowers for our Easter Garden.  You may give these in memory/honor of a loved one or "to the glory of God."

 

First Communion

Please let Pastor Jim know  as soon as possible if you have a child or youth who wants to receive first communion on Maundy Thursday, April 21.  We are setting up training sessions for first communion.

 

April 10 Congregation Meal and One Service

If you have not already done so, please let the church office know that you and family will be attending the wonderful congregation meal on Sunday, April 10.  There is no charge for the meal, but freewill donations will be gladly accepted.  The office phone is 786-7778.  Please note the one service on that Sunday at 10:00 AM, followed by the meal. 

 

Stewardship

Stewardship means "belonging to God" -- all that we are and all that we have comes from God. We are grateful to God for it all, and responsible to God for how we use it. There is a connection between stewardship and spirituality: generous giving as a spiritual discipline helps us to grow in Christ.

"Duty and delight" are both motivating factors for giving -- doing what we ought to do as responsible church members, and making cheerful sacrifices out of love for God.  Sharing our finanacial blessings with our sisters and brothers throughout the world through the Church is both our duty and our delight...Reflecting the Love of Christ! 

 

On April 10th, we have the opportunity to present our estimate of sharing cards for the coming year (July 2011 - June 2012) along with our offering as part of worship.  If you'd like to present your estimate in advance, just print out the form below (or pick one up in the narthex) and place it in the offering plate on April 2nd or at any of our Wednesday worship opportunities before April 10th.

 

For more information on options for giving, go to our giving webpage

  

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"Here is the truly Christian life, here is faith really working by love, when a man applies himself with joy and love to the works of that freest servitude in which he serves others voluntarily and for nought, himself abundantly satisfied in the fullness and riches of his own faith."

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