Midweek News March 5, 2025
March 5, 2025
Announcements and Items of Interest
- Sunday, March 9, 2025. Worship at 11:00 a.m. followed by coffee and cookies and fellowship.
- The Lenten Season began March 5, with Ash Wednesday. A Lenten Devotional mailing was sent yesterday. If you don’t receive your copy by this Wednesday, please call the church office, 828-733-1939, and we will mail you another copy.
- A five Week Lenten Bible Study begins next Wednesday, March 12, 3- 4:30 p.m. Daniel Coffey, our seminary intern, will be leading this study on Meeting Jesus at the Table: A Lenten Study by Cynthia Campbell and Christine Fohr. Introduction to the book: The Gospels are full of stories of Jesus sharing meals with disciples, friends, even tax collectors and Pharisees. Whether multiplying bread to feed a whole crowd, relaxing with his inner circle, or telling curious elites stories about even greater banquets, Jesus imparts wisdom as he shares the wine and grants forgiveness as he distributes the fish. This eight-chapter resource provides biblical insights along with thought-provoking queries regarding our own time, such as who should we invite to Sunday dinner and who is left out and left behind in our culture today. Illustrations by artist Kevin Burns complement each chapter and invite further meditation on the Gospel story and its meaning for our lives. The cost per book is $10. If you would like to participate email Pastor Kathy,:rev.kathy.campbell@
gmail.com Feel free to join us any Wednesday afternoon with or without the book. - Our March potluck will celebrate the Irish! Prepare your best Irish recipe and share it next Sunday, March 16, following worship.
- The Craft Group welcomes all who want to work on a craft or just share in fellowship to join in on Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m., in the fellowship hall.
- Thank you to Diane Kehoe for the beautiful quilted Lenten Parament she made for the church. It is hung on the podium at the front of our worship space in the fellowship hall.
- Volunteer Opportunities at this time: Reaching Avery Ministry- next to Dollar General in Newland- Mon-Fri, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.- help with food boxes and clothing distribution; Feeding Avery Families- look at their Facebook for details.
- Ash Wednesday Prayer = Merciful God, you called us forth from the dust of the earth; you claimed us for Christ in the waters of baptism. Look upon us as we enter these Forty Days bearing the mark of ashes, and bless the journey through the desert of Lent to the font of rebirth. As we remember our mortality and seek penitence, we know you to be a God who is rich in forgiveness and abounding in steadfast love, love that culminates in eternal life with you. Guide our steps this Lent, so that we might find greater fulfillment in your promises and better serve others with a heart that’s reflective of you. Amen.
