Maundy Thursday April 1st, 7:30 pm We will celebrate communion together as we remember the events of the last night of Jesus' life.
Join us this Easter Season for the celebration of Christ's Res- Easter Sunday urrection. th
We celebrate Christ's resurrection with music and song.
We look forward to seeing you there!
April 4 , 8:45, 10:10 and 11:30 am best-looking rotting house I could give. We were there to give back the respect a nice-looking house brings into your life, and to let the people down there make their own choices about if they wanted to stay or not.
One of SHPC’s traveling groups was in Galveston from March 15-18, helping with repair needs remaining since Hurricane Ike. They’ve returned, and have stories to tell... this is Lindsey Womack’s.
I
n the end, it is not about how many homes you rebuild or paint, it is about the relationship with God that is created through service in His name. He called us down there to paint a woman's house so that when she looked at her home she would see something beautiful standing there because God put it there through our hands. I realized that I cannot see the grand plan God has for everything I do—I just have to trust that He will lead me to places so that where I work it will be in His name. For we are his masterpieces, made in Christ Jesus to do good works that God prepared before us. Ephesians 2:10
O
ur project? To prime and paint and do detail painting on the outside of the home of an older woman named Ms. Sapp. We were excited to be serving, but I kept wondering if we were doing the right thing for the community. Mike posed this question to us all week: if you lived in Galveston and your home was destroyed by the hurricane, would you stay? My truthful answer? "No."
I
did not understand why people lived—and kept living—in an area that’s a hurricane playground. Some people had money to rebuild, or maybe their home had survived, but most had huge amounts of property damage, property where most of their money was tied up. I walked the neighborhood with Mike, and the devastation, even after two years, was huge! Yet people were rebuilding. I got more and more frustrated with the work we were doing. No matter how much paint we lathered on Ms. Sapp's home, the longest the rotting wood would hold up was ten years. Why had God called us here to just prolong the destruction of her home?
The Story Reading List: April The following is a reading guide outlining the chapters that will be used in worship the next Sunday. Follow along and join us as God’s story unfolds.
I
t was not until the last night in Galveston did I really understand what I was doing there. I remembered—the reason I was in a rotting-away town was to serve. I was there to serve people who needed help, and that I was there to help in the way they asked. If that was to patch up a rotted house, then I would make sure it was the
Readings for the week, beginning with Sunday April 4 11 Chapter 13 18 Chapter 14 25 Chapter 15
2
Easter The King Who Had It All A Kingdom Torn in Two God’s Messengers