Posts from March 2019

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THIS WEEK, BEGINNING March 31, 2019

by Melissa VanTassell

    SUNDAY: 9:00 am Worship Service (Sanctuary) 10:15 am Sunday School (Friendship Hall) 10:15 am Adult Study Forum (Library) MONDAY: MEALS ON WHEELS 9:00 am Staff Meeting (Pastor’s Office) 10:30 am Chair Yoga (Friendship Hall) 12:00 pm Bible Study (Conference Room) TUESDAY: MEALS ON WHEELS 7:00 pm Al-Anon (Library) WEDNESDAY: MEALS ON WHEELS 9:00 am Area […]

    Sunday, March 31, 2109 Fourth Sunday in Lent

    by Melissa VanTassell

      The psalm sets the tone this day: “Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sin is put away!” Happy are those who have “become the righteousness of God” in the merits of Christ Jesus. Happy are those for whom the forgiveness of God has “rolled away . . . the disgrace” of former […]

      THIS WEEK, BEGINNING March 24, 2019

      by Melissa VanTassell

        SUNDAY: GIFTS Men’s Shelter ends this morning 9:00 am Worship Service (Sanctuary) 10:15 am Sunday School (Friendship Hall) 10:15 am Adult Study Forum (Library) MONDAY: MEALS ON WHEELS 9:00 am Staff Meeting (Pastor’s Office) 10:30 am Chair Yoga (Friendship Hall) 12:00 pm Bible Study (Conference Room) TUESDAY: MEALS ON WHEELS 7:00 pm Al-Anon (Library) WEDNESDAY: […]

        Sunday, March 24, 2019 – Third Sunday in Lent

        by Melissa VanTassell

          The warnings are plentiful and blunt on the third Sunday in Lent. Lent is a season of repentance. Cut it out or get cut down! The warnings are accompanied by God’s invitation to attentiveness: “Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live.” The landowner’s ultimatum is forestalled by the gardener’s […]

          THIS WEEK, BEGINNING March 17, 2019

          by Melissa VanTassell

            SUNDAY: GIFTS Men’s Shelter begins 9:00 am Worship Service (Sanctuary) 10:15 am Sunday School (Friendship Hall) 10:15 am Worship Planning Ministry Meeting (Conference Room) MONDAY: GIFTS Men’s Shelter 9:00 am Staff Meeting (Pastor’s Office) 10:30 am Chair Yoga (Friendship Hall) 12:00 pm Bible Study (Conference Room) 12:30 pm Quilters Meeting (Friendship Hall) 5:30 pm Foundation […]

            Sunday, March 17, 2019 – Second Sunday in Lent

            by Melissa VanTassell

              Though we sometimes doubt and often resist God’s desire to protect and save us, our God persists. In holy baptism, God’s people have been called and gathered into a God-initiated relationship that will endure. Lent provides the church with a time and a tradition in which to seek the face of the Lord again. Lent […]

              Sunday, March 10, 2019 – First Sunday in Lent

              by Melissa VanTassell

                These forty days called Lent are like no other. It is our opportune time to return to the God who rescues; to receive the gifts of God’s grace; to believe with the heart and confess with the mouth the wonder of God’s love in Jesus; and to resist temptation at every turn. This is no […]

                THIS WEEK, BEGINNING March 10, 2019

                by Melissa VanTassell

                  SUNDAY: 9:00 am Worship Service (Sanctuary) 10:15 am Sunday School (Friendship Hall) MONDAY: 9:00 am Staff Meeting (Pastor’s Office) 10:30 am Chair Yoga (Friendship Hall) 12:00 pm Bible Study (Conference Room) TUESDAY: 7:00 pm Al-Anon (Library) WEDNESDAY: 9:00 am Rachel Circle 9:00 am Area Preacher’s Text Study (Pastor’s Office) 5:30 pm Chair Yoga (Room 107) […]

                  Wednesday, March 6, 2019 – Ash Wednesday

                  by Melissa VanTassell

                    Lent begins with a solemn call to fasting and repentance as we begin our journey to the baptismal waters of Easter. As we hear in today’s readings, now is the acceptable time to return to the Lord. During Lent the people of God will reflect on the meaning of their baptism into Christ’s death and […]

                    New Hope Choir

                    by Melissa VanTassell

                      New Hope Choir will rehearse on Thursdays at 6:30 pm for the spring season! Becky Weber-Johnson is our New Hope Choir Director. If you’ve ever considered singing with the choir, come and try it out! Rehearsals only last for one hour and we sing on the first and third Sunday of each month. Everyone is […]