March 2010

SUNDAY, MARCH 7
8:30 a.m. - 1st Worship Service
9:30 a.m.- Sunday School / Coffee Fellowship
- Disciples Class
10:00 a.m.- Elders Prayer Cell (Craft Room)
10:50 a.m. - 2nd Worship Service
6:30 p.m.- Gospel of Mark Play
8:00 p.m.- YADS

MONDAY, MARCH 8
4:30 p.m. - Pastor’s Class
6:00 p.m.- Men’s Chorus
6:00 p.m. - PRC

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10
6:00 p.m. - Women’s Chorus Rehearsal
6:00 p.m.- Handbell Choir Rehearsal
7:00 p.m.- Choir Rehearsal

THURSDAY, MARCH 11
9:30 a.m.- Crafts
6:30 p.m.- Caretakers Meeting

FRIDAY, MARCH 12
10:00 50 Club

SUNDAY, MARCH 14 - Time Change
2:00 a.m.- Daylight Savings Time Begins
8:30 a.m. - 1st Worship Service
9:30 a.m.- Sunday School / Coffee Fellowship
- Disciples Class
10:50 a.m. - 2nd Worship Service
12:00 p.m. - Local Outreach Funds Meeting
4:30 p.m. - SNYG
6:10 p.m.- Praise Worship
7:15 p.m.- YADS

MONDAY, MARCH 15
4:30 p.m. - Pastor’s Class
6:00 p.m.- Men’s Chorus

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17
9:30 a.m.- Disciple Women (FH)
6:00 p.m. - Women’s Chorus Rehearsal
6:00 p.m.- Handbell Choir Rehearsal
7:00 p.m.- Choir Rehearsal

THURSDAY, MARCH 18
9:30 a.m.- Crafts
7:00 p.m.- Synergy

SUNDAY, MARCH 21
8:30 a.m. - 1st Worship Service
9:30 a.m.- Sunday School / Coffee Fellowship
- Disciples Class
9:30 a.m. - Liturgist Training - Parlor
10:50 a.m. - 2nd Worship Service
12:00 p.m. - VBS Planning Meeting
4:30 p.m.- SNYG
6:10 p.m.- Praise Worship
7:15 p.m.- YADS

MONDAY, MARCH 22
4:30 p.m. - Pastor’s Class
6:00 p.m.- Men’s Chorus

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24
6:00 p.m. - Women’s Chorus Rehearsal
6:00 p.m.- Handbell Choir Rehearsal
7:00 p.m.- Choir Rehearsal

THURSDAY, MARCH 25
9:30 a.m.- Crafts
3:30 p.m. - Church Staff Meeting

SUNDAY, MARCH 28 - Palm Sunday
Cantata and Baptisms
8:30 a.m. - 1st Worship Service
9:30 a.m.- Sunday School / Coffee Fellowship
- Disciples Class
10:50 a.m. - 2nd Worship Service
4:30 p.m.- SNYG
6:10 p.m.- Praise Worship
7:15 p.m.- YADS

MONDAY-THURSDAY, MARCH 29-APRIL 1
12:00 noon- Holy Week Devotionals

MONDAY, MARCH 29
6:00 p.m.- Men’s Chorus

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31
6:00 p.m. - Women’s Chorus Rehearsal
6:00 p.m.- Handbell Choir Rehearsal
7:00 p.m.- Choir Rehearsal

For your reflection...

We’ve been taught about cause and effect since elementary school days. You may even remember those exercises your teachers gave you, “Pick the conjugation that best combines the cause and effect sentences.” Or maybe you’ve recently taught your children about cause and effect, “Don’t touch the iron, it is hot, and can burn you!” We’ve all learned about cause and effect from a very early age.

So it’s no wonder the crowd in Luke 13 comes to Jesus asking about the cause and effect relationship between the death of some Galileans or those living in Jerusalem, wondering about what caused their deaths? Wasn’t tragedy God’s punishment for sin? And even if it wasn’t punishment for their own sin, weren’t their parents or ancestors to blame? Jesus answers the crowd with a definitive no.

Likewise, Jesus answers us with a definitive no. Tragedy is not correlated with sin. We will indeed be judged, but judgment has not arrived. And that’s the good news, we still have our lives in which we can repent, and in which we can bear fruit worthy of being called God’s children. Like the fig tree that is given that free gift of time, that grace, so too are we given the grace and time to bear fruit. We are given the grace and the opportunity to live fruitful lives worthy of followers of Christ.

Back to elementary school. Name the cause? The grace and mercy shown to us in Christ's life given for us. Now demonstrate the effect? The fruitful lives we live in response to that love and that mercy. In what ways are you bearing that fruit?

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Thursday March 11 - Caretakers Meeting - 6:30 p.m. in the Youth Building

Sunday March 14 - Local Outreach Funds Meeting - 12:00 pm in the Parlor

Sunday March 21 - Liturgist Training - 9:30 a.m. in the Parlor

Sunday March 21 - VBS Planning meeting - 12:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall

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