Weekly Calender Sunday, March 16 8:00am Brunch after all three services 8:30amWorship - Lent 2 - (Steve) “Birth of the King” 10:00am Confirmation - Wesley Hall 3:00pm Scout Pack Meeting 5:30pm Joy Unlimited Choir 6:30pm REFUGE -Youth Group Monday, March 17 10:30amMonday “Story” Bible Study West Parlor 7:00pm “The Story” Bible Study - West Parlor 7:00pm Covenant Bible Study - Room 16 7:00pm God & Me Class - room 5 7:00pm Meditation Class - Room 8 7:00pm Men’s Open Basketball: FLC Tuesday, March 18 6:00amMen’s Prayer Group: Balcony 9:00am Quilts to Share: 9:00am Library Volunteers 9:30am Celebration Bell Rehearsal 6:30pm Women’s Bible Study 6:30pm Finance Meeting 6:30pm Nominating “Visits” meeting 7:00pm Boy Scouts - Robinson, FLC 7:00pm Young Adults - Room 5 7:00pm Golf League Meeting - Chapel 7:00pm Health and Wellness - Room 6
Wednesday March 12 All day Prayer Labyrinth, FLC 9:00 am Women’s Study, W Parlor 12:00 pm Lydia Circle—RH 5:00 pm Carol Choir, Choir Room 5:15 pm Cherub Choir, Rm 8 6:00 pm Faith Connections Dinner 6:30 pm 2020 Vision Meeting 6:45 pm The Story Continued, Parlor 6:45 pm New Member Class Room 16 7:30 pm Chancel Choir Thursday March 13 9:30 am Lenten Prayer Study, Rm 5 2:00 pm Faith Stitchers, Parlor 6:30 pm Stephen Ministry, EW Parlor, Rm 16 7:00 pm Lenten Study—Encounter with Jesus, Rm 8 7:00 pm Stewardship Ministry Team Friday March 14 6:00 pm Friday night out—Chapel Saturday
March 15
None Scheduled
Announcements
Silent Basket Auction to Support Youth Mission Trip: This year the Youth Ministry Team is sponsoring a silent auction of baskets to raise funds for our trip to Henderson Settlement in Kentucky. These baskets are located in the gathering area and the Family Life Center. They will be available for bidding todayand final bids will be placed during the brunch on March 16th in Robinson Hall. Take some time to look at these wonderful baskets and support this life changing ministry. New Member Class : Wednesday evenings March 12, 19, 26 6:45pm – 8pm. New members will be received on March 30 in the 9:45 service. If interested please contact the church office. Registration is now open for this Spring’s Emmaus Walk Weekends! Dates of Next Walks: Men’s-March 13-16, Women’s-March 20-23. Learn more about this experience of Christian spiritual renewal and leadership development by visiting the Emmaus page of our church website, pick up an Emmaus brochure in the church literature racks or contact Pam and Tom Wig for more information. Second Wind : Firefighter Captain Gary Coen joins us in March to remind us of the many things we can all do to help avoid fires and escape safely should one occur. Date: Tuesday, March 11; Time: 11:45-2pm; Cost: $4/person Friday Night Out (Faith Date Night – Develop the Heart) Friday March 14, 6:00 – 8:45 PM Short program for couples, singles, and parents followed by an evening of childcare for kids! Visit http://faithum.weebly.com/date-night. html for more information and to register. Reservations required by March 12. Summer Camps Registration and scholarship information for East Ohio Summer Camps is now available. Camps forelementary and youth age children. Visit our website http://faithumcchildren.weebly.com/summer-camp.html or stop by the Christian Education/Spiritual Formation resource table outside the church office and Family Life Center to pick up a camp brochure and scholarship application! The Story for Lent Several groups meet throughout the week to discuss The Story! Lent is a great time to further explore how God’s story connects with our story! Consider getting involved in one of The Story Groups meeting on Sundays at 9:30am, Mondays at 10:30 am, Mondays at 7:00 pm, Tuesdays at 7:00 pm, or Wednesdays at 6:45 pm. All are welcome! Visit our website or the bulletin board in the hallway for additional Small Group experiences. “Run to the Resurrection”Save the Date: Saturday, April 19th. Keep an eye out for more details!
Announcements cont’d The Sparkle Egg – A Lent Experience Jill Hardie, author of The Sparkle Box will be coming to Faith UMC to share her new book, The Sparkle Egg. Join us for this special program for all ages on Wednesday, April 9th beginning with dinner at 6:00 pm followed by this special program and activities at 6:45. Lent Devotions and Resources: During the season of Lent, Faith’s Christian Education & Spiritual Formation ministry team will provide a weekly devotion written by some of Faith’s ministry teams to guide us in reflecting how we are Seeing Christ and Being Christ as we walk with Jesus during the season of Lent. Additional resources for Lent for individuals and for families are available in the literature racks in the Gathering area and outside the Family Life Center as well as in Faith’s Library & Media Center and on our website. Lenten Conversations: Encounters with Jesus Thursdays at 7:00 pm, March 6, 13, 20, April 3, 10 – Jim Skinner, facilitator. The Lenten Season is traditionally a time for reflection on our relationship to Jesus the Christ in preparation for the celebration of Easter. This 5 week Lenten Study will focus on Jesus’ encounters with 5 different individuals. Using the Biblical stories and some contemporary articles, we’ll reflect on their encounters with Jesus and what meaning their stories have for our lives and our relationship to Jesus. Lenten Prayer Study Thursdays at 9:30 am beginning March 6- Kathy Schmucker, facilitator. Lego Wailing Wall Prayer Experience The Lego Wailing Wall was created after our children learned about the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem where people come to pray and leave their prayers in the cracks of the stone wall. Throughout Lent we invite you to write your prayers on the special paper provided and place them in the cracks of our Lego Wailing Wall. Worship Ministry Team Will be meeting on March 20th 6:30-8:00 to recognize God’s plan for Faith Church and to bring Praise to His name. Worship Ministry praises God for the addition of Cindy Wilcox and Dave Shilling as Liturgist Coordinators on our team. If you are interested in being a Lay Reader at the 8:30 Service contact Dave…at the 11:00 Service contact Cindy. Looking for Ushers to step forward and be part of the 8:30 service. If you are willing and able, please call Sandy Vaughn (330-966-0884) or email (svaughn@casrv.org). Tom and Joanne Hancock have agreed to represent the Ushers at our Team meetings. We thank the Burkholder’s and Morrison’s for their consistent dedication and welcome others to come forward.
Prayer Requests Please keep in your prayers the following members of our Faith family: Pray for restorative health for Heather who was treated for asthma and we pray for a healing in her lungs. Pray for John’s former college classmate, Leopoldo while he fights for democracy in Venezuela. Mary Jane’s father fell, now his other foot is infected. He is the caregiver for her step mother who has dementia. Keep Cathy in your prayers, her mother Bea passed away. Prayers for John’s friend, Scott, who passed away this week. Prayers also for his wife, Vickie. Pray for Bob who remains in the hospital. Pray for release to rehab abd renewed strength. If you or others have prayer requests please submit them by clicking on the link below:
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Weekly Scripture Luke 1: 26-38 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” 34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” 35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called[b] the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no word from God will ever fail.” 38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.