The Weekly

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March 25, 2024

CURRENT EVENTS & IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

MOMENTUM Giving Update:
-- Our Momentum fund total given year-to-date is $3,683,706.12.
-- Of that total, the amount set aside for the Worship Center remodel is $780,019.17.
(The next amount will be added to the remodel project in early April, after the conclusion of the second financial quarter.)
Thank you for your generosity!
 
INVITE YOUR NEIGHBORS TO EASTER! Pick up a yard sign, door hangers, and invitation cards in the church office this week from 8:00 to 4:30 Monday through Friday.

MAUNDY THURSDAY: Each of our Adult Community Groups has been encouraged to host the Lord’s Supper on Maundy Thursday, March 28, in a home or other off-site meeting space. Resources are available to the group leaders for these gatherings which also provide ways to include children. If you need a place to observe Maundy Thursday, just write "Lord's Supper" in the comments box of the Next Steps card or the online form. Our team will connect you with a group with whom you can observe Maundy Thursday.

EASTER SUNDAY: On Easter Sunday morning, March 31, we will enjoy a joyful celebration of the resurrection of Christ. We will be meeting for the first time in our newly renovated space for worship at 9:30. Make plans to come early or stay late so you can enjoy some cinnamon rolls and coffee and take a look at the new space. Community Groups for adults and kids will not meet that morning but preschool worship care will be provided.

ADDITIONAL PARKING: Here are our other parking options:
  • our parking lots at Maple & Douglas and 1st & Douglas;
  • the grass lot at Maple & Main Streets; and
  • the parking lot of the doctors' office at Maple & Douglas.
If you are able to walk a little further, please consider using these lots, especially on Easter Sunday.

BAPTISMS ON APRIL 7: On Sunday, April 7, we will celebrate the first baptisms in our newly renovated Worship Center. If you have made a decision to ask Jesus to be your Savior and Lord but have not yet followed up with baptism and would like to do so, or if you have questions about this, please let us know by marking “I want to be baptized” on the Next Steps card in the seats or online.

HEY! DAY:  We want our church to be the kind of place where everyone is seen, known, and loved. That’s what Hey! Day is all about. On Sunday, April 7, we are asking every person in attendance to wear a nametag so we can all get acquainted. It’s our chance to have fun while learning the names of every member of our church family and making some new friends.

SUNDAY MORNINGS:

SUNDAY MORNING SCHEDULE: We worship together at one time, with groups meeting before and after the worship time! During this time of renovation, we are meeting in the Family Life Center Gym on the south end of our building.

The schedule:
  • 8:15 – Community Groups for adults
  • 9:30 – Worship (also Preschool care, and a new Kids' Worship option for K-2nd graders)
  • 10:45 - Community Groups for all ages

SUNDAY MORNING COMMUNITY GROUPS: (Please note new locations)
8:15
  • Baker - ADM139
  • Cottrell - EDU226
  • Garner - EDU228 (w/Zoom option)
  • Pennington - EDU224
  • Voris - EDU022
  • Webb - ADM137 (w/Zoom option)
10:45
  • Barnett - EDU226
  • Byers - Underground (w/Zoom option)
  • Franke - EDU224
  • Henks - ADM139
  • McKinney - EDU228
  • Parker - (offsite)
  • Shaffer - Pastor's Office
  • Snowden - FLC Gym (w/Zoom option)
  • Sytkowski - ADM137 (w/Zoom option)
  • Special Friends - ADM133

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING:

Bible Study and Prayer: Wednesday evenings at 5:45pm in room ADM137 or on Facebook.  

DAILY BIBLE READINGS:

March 25 - Luke 21:5-38
March 26 - Luke 22:1-38
March 27 - Luke 22:39-65
March 28 - Luke 22:66-23:25
March 29 - Luke 23:26-56
March 30 - Luke 24:1-35
March 31 - Luke 24:36-53

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