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Clocks Spring Forward one hour at 2am, making it instantly 3am.

Children & youth stay for the first 20 minutes or so, then are dismissed for Worship & Wonder (K-6th grade) and Youth Sunday school (middle & high school). (Nursery provided.)

Worship concludes about 11:00AM, with coffee and fellowship afterward.

Today:

• 4th Sunday in Lent
• Lenten Series on Christian Mystics continues, with a focus on Thomas Merton this week
• Daylight Saving Time begins
• One Great Hour of Sharing Collection

Our Annual Winter Clean-Up is set for March 17th at 9:30 am. when we will attack only the inside of the building. The Spring Clean-Up is set for April 21 at 9:30 am. when the outside will be attacked (raking, washing windows, parking lot, trimming bushes, flower gardens prep, maybe the sheds, etc.) The results will be noticeable as well as gratifying. Please put this on your calendar. Thanking you in advance, The Trustees

The Spaghetti Supper, which helps fund the summer mission trip for youth and adults, is Saturday March 17, starting at 5:30pm Youth with serve with some adults helping behind the scenes that evening. Please save the date and look for more information in the near future! Come do the church spring cleanup in the morning, and have dinner made for you in the evening! $10 for adults, $6 ages 4-13.

Karen Howe facilitates this “Lenses for Lent” Adult Ed class using various progressive Christian authors’ writings as fresh lenses on Lenten practices. Join us for introductions to or further readings of these thought provoking authors, and our collective thoughts on using them to deepen our Lenten practices. Yes, there’s coffee & tea. All are welcome.

Children & youth stay for the first 20 minutes or so, then are dismissed for Worship & Wonder (K-6th grade) and Youth Sunday school (middle & high school). (Nursery provided.)

Worship concludes about 11:00AM, with coffee and fellowship afterward.

Today:

• 5th Sunday in Lent
• Lenten Series on Christian Mystics continues with a focus on Richard Rohr this week
• Participatory experience of our own spiritual experience of God “The Mystic in You”

Children & youth stay in the service. (Nursery provided.)

Worship concludes about 11:00AM, with coffee and fellowship afterward.

Today:

• Palm Sunday
• “Journey to Jerusalem” Reader’s Theatre, written & led by Faith Formation Coordinator Karen Howe
• Celebration! Choir sings

You’re invited to prepare your heart for the Resurrection message of Easter Sunday with the Maundy Thursday Feast on March 29, 6:30pm. Gather for a meal as Jesus and his disciples may have gathered the night of the last supper. We’ll eat unleavened bread, olives, figs, dates, hummus, bitter herbs, and take communion. We’ll enjoy time with each other, hear the story of that night, and set candles around the cross. Food is provided.

(Nursery provided.)

Worship concludes about 11:00AM, with coffee and fellowship afterward.

Today:

• Easter!
• Celebration! Choir Sings
• Bring in a lily & take it home
• Children & Youth go to Sunday school
• Continental Breakfast after Worship
• Egg Hunt for Children–elementary age & younger after Worship (Parents, please supervise young children. Bring a bag or basket to collect eggs in, too.)

Directly after worship, children (elementary age & younger) will be invited to search for eggs in front of the the church building. (It’ll be indoors if the weather is poor.)

All are invited to a Continental Breakfast directly after worship. (Fellowship will provide the food & drinks.)