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One
Great Hour Of Sharing
"Serve
one another with whatever gift each of you has received." (1 Peter
4:10b)
In abundance, you have given.
In need, you have gladly received.
In both, you have known grace.
As comfort is offered and accepted in a single embrace, any gift freely
given resounds, from India to Senegal, Sierra Leone to Kosovo, El Salvador
to your own Community.
The One
Great Hour of Sharing offering unites people across loss and gain through
a common need: love.
Your OGH
of Sharing offering helps people
· feed, support and speak for themselves and their families
· learn new skills and trades
· obtain better health care
· find a safe refuge to start their lives again
· see hope in the face of disaster
· survive and work toward a better life.
As you
have been served, may you also serve; as you have received Christ's
grace, may you also give.
In the
name of Christ's abundant love, let us joyfully join with all Christ's
children around the world in sharing one with another.
As people
of God, we receive a wealth of gifts from God which flow through us
to enrich the lives of others. Through One Great Hour we commit to help
those who are most vulnerable.
The offering will be received Palm Sunday.
LENT
At the
heart of the Christian Faith is participation in the life, suffering,
death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ as Lord. Lent is
for us a time of disciplined preparation, and conversion. This is a
time for growing into Christ through repentance, fellowship, prayer,
and concentrating upon baptismal vows.
LENTEN
DINNERS: All dinners are at 6:00 PM
March 19th program:
guest speaker, David Dearinger, Executive Director Goodland Presbyterian
Children's Home, Hugo, OK.
March 26th program: presentation
by the Youth Group on the Gospel of Mark.
April 2nd program: presentation
by the youth group on Holy Week.
April 9th program: Dinner Theater
(tickets will be sold for special seating.)
The youth
group will be responsible for all dinners, with the proceeds going toward
summer mission trips.
HOLY
WEEK SCHEDULE
Maundy
Thursday, April 17th 7:00 PM, candlelight communion service.
Good Friday, April 18th 7:00 PM Tenebrae Service.
The church will be open on Good Friday from 12:00-3:00 PM for private
meditation.
Easter Sunrise Service 6:30 AM informal service followed by a
continental breakfast.
Resurrection of the Lord/Easter April 20th 11:00 AM, Morning
Worship.
EASTER
LILIES
If you would like
to order an Easter Lily for the sanctuary in honor of or in memory
of a loved one, please fill out the following form and leave it
in the church office by Sunday April 13th……COST $10.00.
I WISH TO ORDER AN EASTER LILY
IN MEMORY OF:______________________________________________
IN HONOR OF:________________________________________________
DONATED BY:________________________________________________
(PLEASE
PRINT)
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BAKE
SALE: Is everyone tired of bake sales?? Well, Erin and I are and
I'll be out of town next week soooooooooooooooo….we have canceled
the bake sale for March. Thanks for all your contributions to the
bake sale at the garden show. It was a great success. The bake sale
made approximately $250. Also, we talked about a theme bake sale for
April. How about focusing on breads… if you have a good bread
recipe bring that, either a sweet bread (banana, zucchini, pumpkin
etc.) or a bread, bread (dill, wheat, jalapeno cheese etc.) but if
you don't bake bread, then anything is fine.
Thanks, Mary Crutchfield
LADIES
NIGHT OUT: will meet Tuesday, March 4th at 7:00 PM at the home of
Shahla Layendecker for dinner and games.
BETTER THAN HOUSEWORK: meet at the church 10:00 AM, Wednesday,
March 5th…. activity to be announced.
MORNING CIRCLE: will meet Thursday, March 13th at the church,
hosted by Alice Proudfit
EVENING CIRCLE: will meet Thursday, March 20th at the home of
Jannie Clark, 7:30 PM.
WORLD
DAY OF PRAYER
World
Day of Prayer is an annual event that unites Protestant, Roman Catholic,
Orthodox and other Christian men and women from all over the world in
prayer.
Since
its founding in 1941, Church Women United has been the official sponsor
of World Day of Prayer in the United States. The offerings received
make possible, in part, the mission of Church Women United, and support
its national and international commitment to eliminate the poverty of
women and children, and build a world of peace and justice.
Plan
now to attend the World Day of Prayer on March 7th. This year the event
will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Heath, 11:30 AM.
A light lunch will be served following the services.
FINANCIAL
REPORT:
2003 Budgeted Pledge and Plate
Income for January $22,925
Pledge Income for January
22,788
Plate Income
for January 2,044
SESSION
MEETING: The regular stated meeting of the Session will be
Tuesday, March 18th at 7:30 PM in the conference room.
Long
Range Planning
The LRP
Group will continue meetings during the month of March starting after
Sunday worship at about 12:30 pm. The meetings are scheduled for 3/2,
3/16 and 3/30 and each person brings his/her lunch. We anticipate that
meetings for April and subsequent may be held in the evenings on days
and times convenient to the majority. We are studying the book "Raising
the Roof - the Pastoral-to-Program Size Transition" by Alice Mann.
Anyone is welcome to attend - to join or just visit and see what's going
on. We meet in the conference room in the Education Wing. This is an
exciting time for our church as we work through the issues associated
with change and growth.
Summary
of the 2/23/03 Information Meeting
Approximately 50 or so folks enjoyed a
meal provided by members of the Session. The crowd consumed the ham,
baked beans, Creole black-eyed peas, scalloped potatoes, salads and
desserts. The meal was a prelude to the information briefing given by
Bob Reeves and Bill Sinclair.
The briefing, entitled "A Time for
Discernment", was facilitated by a projection system provided by
David Crutchfield and used color PowerPoint charts. This meeting was
the first of several steps involved in growing our ordained church staff.
The basic themes of the briefing were: (1) We're at a crossroads and
need to seek God's guidance for which bridge to cross; (2) A message
from the bible; (3) Definitions of co-pastor and associate pastor and
how their roles compare; (4) Review and discussion of the September
survey and how that relates to the decision to be made; and (5)
Congregational brainstorming on characteristics and potential duties
of the soon to be sought after minister.
There was a lot of discussion about the differences between co- and
associate pastors. Questions were posed by those present and were fielded
by Bob. It was pointed out that a co-pastor position was proposed in
the budget since we believed Kathy Collier would be filling the slot,
and a good working relationship had already been established between
her and Bob. Now that we have to go out and search for someone, it is
prudent to reconsider. Bob stated, in response to a congregant's question,
that he had no near-term plans to retire.
The question was posed about why we didn't
just hire a full time Director of Christian Education. At this time
it does not appear that our church requires someone full time in this
position - this opinion was also expressed by Kathy Collier during the
period of time she fulfilled those duties. A thoughtful opinion came
from a congregant who stated that doing this would place a limitation
on the church, since some of the duties to be performed require an ordained
minister. Another aspect was could we find a minister whose primary
interest was CE? The response was yes, these people do exist; not every
one aspires to be a preaching pastor.
Those present participated in a brainstorming
process to develop a list of personal attributes and duties to be performed
by the new staff member. This turned out to be an enjoyable activity
and many folks made contributions to the list. The Session will use
this data to develop selection criteria and a prioritized list of duties
to be used by the "search committee".
Subsequent to Sunday's meeting the following
are the latest procedural steps from Presbytery and rough estimates
of timing:
1. Congregation
meeting to declare the position of Co. or Assoc. Open (this would
be 3/23)
2. Vision statement to be written by the session
3. Contact to be made with John Purcell, liaison of Presbytery's Committee
on Ministry (COM) for vacancy consultation with the session (maybe
early April).
· Vision statement submitted to liaison
· Request to COM to elect Associate or Co Pulpit Nominating
Committee (PNC)
4. Permission from COM for Congregation Meeting to elect PNC
5. Congregation meeting to elect PNC (maybe late April)
6. Contact made with liaison of COM
7. PNC meets with liaison to begin Church Information Form (CIF) preparation
8. Session approval of CIF (maybe early May)
9. COM reviews CIF (accepts or refers back)
10. PNC begins search process (maybe late May or early June)
Those
present at the meeting voted to delay the Congregational meeting from
March 16th to March 23rd to avoid the impact of Spring Break for schools.
It was initially thought that we would vote on both the type of the
position and the members of the Search Committee, which is actually
referred to as the Pulpit Nominating Committee as shown above.
The meeting adjourned about 8:15 pm. A
copy of the briefing materials will be on display in the Fellowship
Hall until the Congregational meeting on March 23rd. CHECK IT OUT! The
briefing can also be viewed online by clicking here.
Kudos to Joel Roberson!
Bill
Sinclair
 CONGRATULATIONS:
to Dick and Mary Kirk on the birth of a granddaughter Elise Margaret.
to Jenna
Herring and Francisco Cameron who were married in the church on Saturday,
February 15th.
OUR
PRAYERS FOR: Mary Claire Williams and her family on the death of
her husband, George.
Dorothy
Pullen, recuperating at Rowlett Nursing Home, Room 102.
Roger
Sammis, Kindred Hospital, Room 101.
Immediately
following morning worship March 16th, we'll celebrate the birthdays
of all our March "Babies" in the fellowship hall. They are:
 Mandi Adams
Marie Breland
Caitlin Demura
Reg Denysschen
Geoff Detgen
Glenn Detgen
Preston Dobbs
Mike Kersey
Dick Kirk
Martin Parks
Wanda Roy
Mike Tennent
Jimmie Thompson
Russ Urquhart
Emma Woodliff
If
you know of a March birthday that's not listed here, please contact
the church office.
USHER
CAPTAINS FOR MARCH
Mike and Kelli Kersey
WORSHIP LEADER FOR MARCH
Jack Woodliff
GREETERS
Mitch and Erin Adams
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