Weekly Calendar Wednesday March 19 9:00am Wednesday Women’s Study W Parlor 5:00pm Carol Choir - Choir Room 5:15pm Cherub Choir - Room 8 6:00pm Faith Connections Wednesday Prog. - RH 6:30pm Sewing for Missions - RH 6:45pm New Member Class 2 Room 16 6:45pm The Story Continued - Parlor 7:30pm REFUGE -Youth Group 7:30pm Chancel Choir Thursday March 20 9:30 am Lenten Prayer Study 2:00pm Faith Stitchers - Parlor 6:30pm Worship Ministry Team Room 16 6:30pm Cub Scouts 7:00pm Lenten Study - Encounters with Jesus - Parlor 7:00pm Trustees- Conference Room Friday 6:00 pm
March 21 Friday night out—Chapel
Saturday
March 22
7:00am Men’s Life Study Variety’s
Sunday March 23 8:30am Worship - Lent 3 “Jesus’ Ministry Begins” 9:30am Worship Arts Interview Team Orientation -RH 5:30pm Joy Unlimited Choir 6:30pm REFUGE -Youth Group Monday March 24 10:30am Monday “Story” Bible Study West Parlor 7:00pm “The Story” Bible Study West Parlor 7:00pm Covenant Bible Study 7:00pm Meditation Class 7:00pm Men’s Open Basketball Tuesday March 25 6:00am Men’s Prayer Group: Balcony 9:00am Quilts to Share: 9:30am Celebration Bell Rehearsal 6:30pm Women’s Bible Study - West Parlor 7:00pm Boy Scouts - Robinson, FLC 7:00pm Young Adults - Room 5
Announcements New Member Class : Wednesday evenings March 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. “Run to the Resurrection” Save the Date: Faith United Methodist Church’s annual will be held on Saturday, April 19th. Keep an eye out for more details! Registration is now open for this Spring’s Emmaus Walk Weekends! Dates of Next Walks: 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. Summer Camps Registration and scholarship information for East Ohio Summer Camps are now available. Camps for elementary 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! Caterpillars and Butterflies: During Lent on Wednesday evenings kids and families will have the opportunity to experience one of God’s greatest miracles: the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly! Learn more this Wednesday March 19 beginning with dinner at 6:00 followed by programs for kids and adults. We need several large plastic containers with lids (like those that pretzels come in). Please clean them and place them in the Wednesday container in The Gathering Area and Family Life Center. 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 Burkholders and Morrisons for their consistent dedication and welcome others to come forward.
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 Studies: Thursdays at 7:00 pm, March 20, April 3, 10 – Jim Skinner, facilitator. Story for Lent: For various dates and times see the church calendar. Lenten Prayers written by our Wednesday Night Faith Connections children have been for-matted into an online prayer book. Visit the Lent section of our website or check out the print-ed copy available in Faith’s library.Lego Wailing Wall Prayer One Great Hour of Sharing: March 30 we will celebrate One Great Hour of Sharing. Observed on the fourth Sunday of Lent, One Great Hour of Sharing calls United Methodists to share the goodness of life with those who hurt. Gifts to the special offering cover the administrative costs of the United Methodist Committee on Relief. This helps UMCOR to keep the promise that 100 percent of any gift to a specific UMCOR project will go toward that project, not for administrative costs. Please plan to give generously. Lego Wailing Wall Prayer Experience The Lego Wailing Wall was created after our children learned about the Wailing Wall in Jeru-salem 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.
Prayer Requests Please keep in your prayers the following members of our Faith family: Wanda, sister of Becky, has ovarian cancer. George had an MRI March 8 and is waiting for results. Pam is having arthroscopic knee surgery March 18. 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. If you or others have prayer requests please submit them by clicking on the link below:
Prayer Request
Weekly Scripture Matthew 4: 1-11 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” 5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” 7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” 10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’” 11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.