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** The Evangelism meeting is scheduled for March 25th at 6:00 p.m. **
** On March 26th, Wednesday Night Dinner for $2.00 will be chicken noodle casserole at 5:30 p.m. followed by the Lenten Service at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. **
**Instead of cooking Friday, April 4th come to a Lenten Fish Fry with us with 2 battered fried catfish, buttered potatoes, coleslaw, hush puppies and corn. Plates are $15.00 each with sodas for $1.00 while they last. You may dine in or drive thru from 5:00-7:00 p.m.**
** Anyone in 5th grade and up may come to the First Communion Class on March 30th, April 6th and April 13th. Please contact the church office if you want to attend these classes to participate in the First Communion Milestone, Maundy Thursday, April 17th. **
** Easter Lily envelopes are available in the narthex to order an Easter lily in honor of or in memory of a loved one for $12.00 a plant. Please return the envelopes by April 13th. **
** Available dates for the flower calendar are April 6 & 13. **
** Egg cartons with plastic eggs to fill are available in the narthex. Please take a few to fill with trinkets or individually wrapped candies (no chocolate please). You may return the filled eggs to the narthex for the Children’s Easter Egg Hunt at 10:30 a.m. April 20th. **
** Please check the sign-up sheets for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday worship stewards posted in the narthex. Both services will be at 6:30 p.m. **
*** Looking Ahead to Lent, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday Services. ***
- Lenten services will only be at 6:30 p.m. on March 26 and April 2 and 9. A meal will be served prior to these services at 5:30 p.m. (Dinner for $2) and then the service will be held in the Fellowship Hall
- The Maundy Thursday service, April 17th, will be at 6:30 p.m. in the church with communion. No meal will be served on this day.
- Good Friday service, April 18th, will be at 6:30 p.m.in the church with no communion. No meal will be served on this day.
** Please send cards or make phone calls to our shut-ins to let them know we are praying for and thinking of them. The new peach lists are in the narthex and church office.
** ** WARM needs jelly and peanut butter, along with all canned veggies, dried pinto beans, soups and cereal to help people in need. You may bring donations to place in the container provided in the Narthex on Sundays. **
DEVOTION:
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5:43-48
Thought of the day:
It is not easy to love our enemies, especially when the faults of our enemies are often being placed in front of us by well-meaning friends or the media. The term enemy usually refers to someone to fear from lack of knowledge. There are people who have been threatened or harmed by others. There are countries attacking other countries. But Jesus is talking about a different enemy. We may disagree with the attitudes of others but we don’t have the right to hate them. The best way to deal with enemies is to pray for them. To end hate in this world, we need to replace it with love and the author of love is God. What would happen in the Christian world if everyone prayed for an end to violence and hate? Let us make a vow this Lenten season to pray each day to end violence in our homes, neighborhoods and the world.
Prayer:
Heavenly Lord of love, help us to spread that love to others in our homes, neighborhoods, schools and to the world to eliminate the hate that causes such pain. In Jesus’s name, Amen.
PLEASE KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS…
We ask for prayers of healing for: Jeanell (healing at home), Lane (his heart to be ok & fix itself at home), Unice (healing), Berry (healing), Herman (healing), Betty Jean (healing), Sam (healing), The Dawsons (God’s peace), and JoAnne (healing).
Friends in need of prayers: Richard and Jean (healing), Lanette (healing), Don (healing), Etta (born with an autoimmune disease), Juan (healing), John, Derrick (healing), Ashley (God’s healing hands), Johnny (healing), Gabrielle (healing), Evelyn (healing), Charles (healing), and Robbie (healing).
We remember our members who are either homebound or in care facilities: Waller – Jeanell, Sam, Berry, Marion, Lonnie, Betty, Ronald, Bubba; Hempstead – Tim; Brenham – Frances.
