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Lenten Pilgrimage
The annual Lenten Pilgrimage continues.
March 10: First Baptist Church
March 17: St. Mark United Methodist Church
March 24: First Presbyterian Church
March 31: Immanuel Lutheran Church
A soup and sandwich lunch will be served at 12:00 Noon and again at 1:00 p.m. with the worship service at
12:35 p.m. Cost of lunch is $1.00 and reservations should be called in to our church office by noon on Monday,
prior to the Wednesday you plan to attend. This is so we can let the host church know how many to plan lunch for.
Standing reservations may also be made.
Youth Party, March 17
Wear your GREEN and join us for a UMYF St. Patrick's Day celebration. We'll have a bonfire, games, hot
dogs, s’mores, and EVERYTHING will be green. We’ll be on the main campus beside the picnic shelter.
Relay for Life
The Friends of Susannah are selling Relay for Life Luminaries. Someone will be in the Narthex after the 8:45
service, in the educational wing before Sunday School, before the 11:00 service, and in the welcome area before
Blend. The luminaries are $10.00 ($15.00 if you want a picture on the screen with the name). Luminaries are
due by April 19, if you want the name on the scroll that will run all night. Otherwise, you can turn them in
up until the night of the Relay.
We will also have forms to sign-up and join our team, as well as, survivors forms. You can go online at
http://www.screlayforlife.org to join the
St. Mark team or complete a form at one of our stations on Sunday mornings.
The children in Sunday School on February 28 received an empty plastic film canister with a Relay for Life
sticker. The children are to fill these film canisters with 6 quarters and then bring them back to church.
This way even our smallest members can participate in fundraising for our Relay for Life team.
Barrett's Bits
Barrett Alewine, Pastor
When you’re kind to others, you help yourself; when you are cruel to others, you hurt yourself. Proverbs 11:17 The Message
As I was reading from Proverbs today I happened upon a section title in The Message that appears above Proverbs
11:17. Now I know the section titles are inserted by Bible publishers and they are not part of the text, but this one
really caught my attention. The title was “A God-Shaped Life.” That’s what I want! From Genesis onward we are taught
that God created us for just such a life. We have been created in God’s image. That doesn’t mean we look like God,
but it does mean we are to reflect God’s character. True confession. I’m not always as good at that as I would hope.
How many times in Scripture are we called to act in kindness? Kindness is often more honored by our lips than by our
lives. Listen to St. Paul’s instruction for what a “God-shaped life” looks like: As God’s chosen ones, holy and
beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and,
if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also
forgive. (Colossians 3:12-13)
This season of the church year, Lent, is the time for serious introspection. May we ask, “how am I doing in leading
the God-shaped life? will others recognize the image of God in how I behave at home, work, and play?” Kindness is a
wonderful place to begin. Lord, may I be as kind to others as I hope they will be to me.
Yours in Christ,
Barrett