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Wed, Mar 12 
5:30 PM - Children's Choir

6:15 PM - KMD

6:30 PM - Sermon Talk-Back

7:30 PM - Adult
 Choir

Thursday, Mar 13 
10:00 AM - Bingo

6:00 PM - Youth

7:00 PM - Girl Scouts

Sun, Mar 16            
9:45 AM - Morning Bible Study

  

11:00 AM - Morning Worship

12:30 PM - Community Meal

3:00 - 5:00 PM - Thirty One Gift Party

6:00 PM - Youth

DON'T FORGET: 
Wed, Mar 19
8:00 AM - PMCE Breakfast

BBQ Fundraiser throughout the day to benefit missions offering (including mid-month supper)

Thur-Fri, Mar 20-21
Rummage Sale to benefit missions (contributions of sale items are already being gratefully received... bring yours by today!) 
WEEKLY eNEWS
March 11, 2014
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET...BARBEQUE!
BBQ Plate Fundraiser for Missions March 19
Tickets are available NOW for you to enjoy a plate (or three) of delicious home-cooked BBQ on Wednesday, March 19.

This is a great opportunity to treat yourself, and invite your neighbors, coworkers or employees to enjoy a delicious lunch or supper.  All proceeds go to support our missions program and the "Done in Love" CBFNC Missions Offering.  This meal will also be served as our mid-month supper for March that evening, so enjoy lunch and dinner without dirtying a single dish.
SUPPORT THE 2014 CBFNC STATE MISSIONS OFFERING
"Given in Love"
Click here or the image to the left to see a pictorial overview of the width and breadth of the ways CBF of NC is helping churches reach the state and the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ.  This year, our missions committee is challenging the church to help support state missions with a $2,000 church contribution to the state goal.  Together, we can make a difference!
MUSIC NOTES

We have finally arrived at Lent this year and I just wanted to take a little moment to remind everyone what that means musically.  We are all familiar with Easter themes - "Up From the Grave He Arose", "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" and "Hallelujah" chorus.  They are joyous tunes and many contain "hallelujah" or "alleluia" in the text.  I don't know of one written in a minor key, so the tunes are joyous and celebratory!  We all have that to look forward to when Easter gets here. 

 

Lenten music is quite different.  Many of the tunes are set in minor keys and are slow with reflective texts, often quite sorrowful in many ways bringing to mind the suffering and death of Jesus.  They are intended to make us  reflect and look inwardly at ourselves during this period of time before Easter. So, be mindful of this and be expecting these type themes and tunes in some of the hymns and choral anthems as we move further into the season of Lent.  It might be that you will find a deeper meaning for this time in the Christian year.  When Easter arrives, we can celebrate with joyous music!  If you are familiar with the television show Duck Dynasty, then you may understand it when I say we will get to sing songs that are happy, happy, happy!


See you Sunday!

 

- Billy Caudle
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