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SUNDAY Schedule Sunday, March 6 • Prayer breakfast for Homeless persons - 6:30 am, Fifield Hall • Communion Service - 8:30 am, Winship Chapel • The Mustard Seed Bookstore - 9:00 am - 1:00 pm • Worship Service - 9:00 am, Sanctuary • Cherub Choir & Worship Education - 9:30 am • Sunday School for all ages - 10:05 am • Worship Service - 11:15 am, Sanctuary • Fellowship Hour - 12:15 pm Fifield Hall • Officer Training- 5:00 pm, Room 323
Sunday, March 13 First Sunday in Lent • Prayer breakfast for Homeless persons - 6:30 am, Fifield Hall • Communion Service 8:30 am, Winship Chapel • The Mustard Seed Bookstore - 9:00 am - 1:00 pm • Worship Service - 9:00 am, Sanctuary • Cherub Choir & Worship Education - 9:30 am • Sunday School for all ages - 10:05 am • Worship Service - 11:15 am, Sanctuary • Fellowship Hour - 12:15 pm Fifield Hall • Officer Training- 5:00 pm, Room 323
March 6 & 13, 2011 Christ at the Center
March 6 “Moses and the Promised Land” Dear Everybody, As we conclude our winter sermon series on “Moses And The Promised March 6 & 13 George Wirth to preach Land”, the Book of Numbers, chapter 32, tells us that “none of the people who came up out of Egypt...made it into The Promised Land...except Caleb...and Joshua...for they unreservedly followed the Lord.” And reading on to Deuteronomy 34, the Bible reports that God told Moses “This is the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there’. Then, Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab...” We’ll talk about all of that and more this coming Sunday, including why Moses did not make it into The Promised Land in the Old Testament account, but may have finally gotten there according to the New Testament (here’s the clue: read the Transfiguration story in Matthew 17). I look forward to seeing you in worship at 9:00 and 11:15, and please invite your family and friends to come on along!
March 9 & 13 Ash Wednesday and T h e Fi r s t Su n d a y In Lent The Lenten Season begins with Ash Wednesday on March 9, and we are looking forward to the March 9, Ash Wed. 12:00 Noon worship Connie Lee to preach service in Winship Chapel as we celebrate communion together and begin our sermon series on The Beatitudes from the Sermon On The Mount: “Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit, For Theirs Is The Kingdom of Heaven” (Matthew 5:3). That evening, we will meet for dinner with our friends from Hillside Presbyterian Church at 5:30pm, and then celebrate the Lord’s Supper once more with Rev. Connie Lee preaching and members of both congregations leading and participating in the worship service. On Sunday morning, March 13, we will gather in the sanctuary for worship and communion at 9:00 and 11:15, and the sermon is entitled “Blessed Are Those Who Mourn, For They Will Be Comforted” (Matthew 5:4.) As we continue to take this sacred journey toward Holy Week, I hope and pray that you will walk with us alongside Jesus and His first disciples, making our way to Jerusalem’s Upper Room, Calvary’s Cross and Easter’s Empty Tomb!
Faithfully Yours,
George B. Wirth