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SPRING FORWARD!!
Times are a changin'. Remember to change your clocks forward an hour when you go to bed Saturday night! Sermon & Scripture 03.14.10We are no doubt familiar with the images of missing children and people we often find stamped on the sides of milk cartons or on postcards in our mailboxes. We can barely begin to imagine the agony that those parents and families must go through as they wait for their loved one's return. Our text for Sunday is a story about missing persons. It is the parable of the Prodigal Son Luke 15: 11-32 . We see again a parent's heartbreak over the loss of his son or is it his sons? One comes to himself and finds his way home but one remains missing - missing in plain sight. All of us are lost in and or to something. Our Father's heartbreak is real but he never stops hoping for our return. He never stops searching and calling us home. Will we answer the call or remain on the Missing Persons list? Come and hear the invitation, the plea, to be found! Soup on Sunday - This Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 12:15 in Owen HallChili, corn bread, fixin's, fruit and dessert are on the menu. As always tea, lemonade, and water are included in the meal. Vernon Tyson to visit St. Mark's UMC SundayYou are invited to join the congregation of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church as we welcome Rev. Vernon Tyson in a discussion of “Blood Done Sign My Name.” This Sunday, March 14th from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm in the SMUMC Sanctuary. **childcare is available. Click here for flyer. Community Easter Egg Hunt & Family PicnicSaturday, March 20th 11:00AM - Please join us for an Easter Celebration (story, Egg Hunt, picnic, bounce houses, and face painting)! The festivities start in the Owen Hall gym. All children ages infant through 5th grade and their families are welcome. There will be hotdogs, snacks and drinks for sale (proceeds to benefit Stop Hunger Now) or bring your own picnic lunch. Donations requested: Healing Services during Lent - All are invited.Each Monday night during Lent, February 22 - March 29, there is a healing service in the Sanctuary from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Come and experience evening prayer, be anointed with oil and prayed over, as well as pray for our world, the church, all who suffer and grieve, for the prayer teams, and those receiving prayer. Lent 2010 - Schedule of EventsHealing Service @ 6:00 pm in the Sanctuary Lessons and Lunch @ 12:00 pm in Anderson Hall + + + Community Easter Egg Hunt Palm Sunday—Taize Service Maundy Thursday Service Good Friday Service Easter Sunday Sunrise Service |
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