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March 2, 2008
The Fourth
Sunday in Lent
Selected
And I said to the one who stood
at the gate of the year, “Give me a light that I may tread safely into the
unknown.” And she replied, “Go out into the darkness and put your hand in the
hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.”
Millie Louise Haskins,
“God Knows” in Desert, 1908
Those who preach faith as the cessation
of pain, suffering, poverty, restless nights and turbulent days are offering
false comfort.
Fred
B. Craddock
Luther Quote of the Day
This
life is not godliness, but growth in godliness; not health, but healing; not
being, but becoming; not rest, but exercise. We are not now what we shall be,
but we are on the way; the process is not yet finished, but it has begun; this
is not the goal, but it is road; at present all does not gleam and glitter, but
everything is being purified.
Today at Muhlenberg
Food Pantry Donations Today
& Lay Communion Ministers Serving our Shut-ins
Today we
receive non-perishable food donations for area food pantries.
Immediately after the Gospel reading,
Pastor Vought will invite the children to help collect the food and place it in
front of the altar table.
Lay Communion Ministers will be blessed and sent forth this
morning.
Godspeed for Mary
Delaney
This morning at the 11:00 service, we send
Welcome New Members
Please
welcome our brothers and sisters in Christ who affirmed their baptism last
week, February 24, 2008 and have not been previously listed in The Chimes:
By Affirmation of Faith
New Members Sponsors
Amy Burke
Kathy Creasy Chip
and Kathy Ware
Ethel Frank Cindy
Allen
Kimberle
Harding
William
Harding
Barry
and Rose Horner
Jamie,
Jennifer and Nathan
Melissa
Rivers Lori Tammen
Elsie Schultz Katie Ray
Thelma Shirley
David
Umberger David Wingfield
This Week at Muhlenberg
The
Go-Go Lunch
Thursday,
March 6 at 1:30 p.m. at the
Daylight
Saving Time Begins
Daylight Saving Time begins THIS SUNDAY, March 9 morning at 2:00
a.m. Don’t forget to turn your clocks
ahead one hour before going to bed Saturday night!
Easter Lilies
Help beautify our church for Easter and remember or
honor a loved one. See the bulletin board for full details and to sign up for lilies. The cost per plant is $10. (Please note “Easter Lilies” on the memo line
of your check.) Lilies may be picked up
after the 11:00 a.m. service on Easter Day.
Mark
Your Calendar
The
Fellowship Committee is planning a bus trip to 
ra Vought (432-1352) or Margie Miller (434-8685) for
details. The cost will be $26.50 per
person.
Faith
Formation & Youth
(Contact
Religions of
the World
ADULT FORMATION GROUP SEMINAR
Meets in the downstairs classroom of the MAC TODAY and
continues on March 9 and 16. Contact
Fellowship Time
…
The host group for today is the Understanding
the Bible adult Faith Formation Group.
The host for next week, March 9 is the Campus Room Adult Faith Formation
Group.
Attention JCrew
Parents
There will an important JCrew parent meeting next
Sunday, March 9 at 12:15 in the
JCrew room. ALL JCrew PARENTS are asked
to make every effort to attend this informational meeting. Contact
JAMers
We
will meet next Sunday, March 9 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm in the MAC for some
fun activities. We hope to see all you 2nd
– 5th graders there for fun and fellowship with your church
friends. Contact
Worship Assistant Signup
There
is a sign up for age-appropriate worship assistant responsibilities (acolyte,
crucifer, etc.) for grades 2-12 in the MAC.
Lenten Calendars,
Coin Folders and Coin Boxes
Pick up a Lenten calendar or coin folder from the ushers’ table in the
Narthex. If you don’t see them, ask an
usher for help. The Ministries of Faith
Formation and Parish Nurse encourage you to use these as part of your Lenten
journeys. The coin boxes went home with
the children from their faith formation groups. The children are encouraged to
decorate their boxes and to fill them with money they have earned by doing jobs
around the house. The folders and boxes
will be collected on Easter Sunday and all money will go to the Rwanda School
Project.
Relay
for Life
Muhlenberg will have a
team taking part again this year in the American
Cancer Society’s Relay for Life at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds, May 9th – 10th. Debra Vought and
Let’s make
this an intergenerational event; all ages are welcome. For
more information, contact Debra Vought (432-1352) or
Relay for
Life Silent Auction
Sunday, April 6, 7:45-10:45 p.m. in the MAC. Volunteers
interested in helping secure items for the event or those wishing to donate an item,
please contact Machelle or Hilary Rader at 433-3574 or raderpm@jmu.edu.
Health
Report Update
A full Health
Report is printed monthly in
At Oak Lea: Harry Ray
At Home: Larry Blade
Doing Better & Removed from List: Will Sipe
If you desire
a visit in the hospital or to be placed on the
prayer chain, please be sure to call the
church office.
Weekly
Report
February 24, 2008
Attendance:
8:00 Worship 129 Wed.
noon 16
9:30 Worship 147 Lenten
Evening: 57
11:00 Worship 253
6:30 Worship 25
Total 554
Total
Regular Offering: $9,423.41
Designated
Receipts:
Capital Campaign II...... $ 1,979.00
Special Offerings............ $ 95.00
Use of Church Building/MAC $225.00
Flower Fund.................. $ 10.00
7th Day........................... $ 475.00
World Hunger................ $ 85.00
Lutheran-Presbyterian Campus Min. $50.00
Pastors’ Discretionary Fund $1,010.00
Rebate............................ $ 50.00
Second Home................. $ 255.00
Second Home Memorial: Sue Hiner $870.00
JCrew............................. $ 12.00
Bldg. Fund Memorial:
Sue Hiner $245.00
Christian Formation...... $ 15.00
GRAND TOTAL.......... $ 14,813.16
“BUILDING THE DREAM”
Total
received for the Gathering Area: $564,972.50
The weekly
deadline for the Chimes
is 8:00 a.m. Thursday.
Daily Devotions
“Praying Our Faith Together!”
For use by individuals and families at home, at the
office, at mealtimes, over that morning cup of coffee or before bedtime. Scripture citations taken from the Three-Year
Daily Lectionary in the new ELW, pages 1121 to 1153, (Year A).
In the Name of the Father and of the + Son,
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(The Apostle’s Creed)
Mon. Acts 9:1-20
Tues. Colossians 1:9-14
Wed. Matthew 9:27-34
Thurs. Revelation 10-1-11
Fri. Revelation 11:15-19
Sat. Luke 24:44-53
Sun. John 11:1-45
Weekly
Calendar
March
3 – March 10
Mon. 7:00 pm
Tues. 6:30 pm Celebration
Singers
7:00 pm Divorce
Care
Wed. 7:30 am Bible Study
10:00 am Staff Meeting
12:00
noon Holy
Communion
5:00 pm Teen
Choir
5:30 pm Private
Prayer & Confession
5:45 pm Soup/Bread
Supper
6:30 pm Evening Prayer
6:30 pm Children’s
Choir
7:15 pm Lutheran-Cath.
Bible Study
7:15 pm Sanctuary
Choir
7:30 pm Confirmation
Field Trip
Thurs. 9:00 am Comfort Makers
9:30 am Joy
of Living
1:30 pm Go-Go
Lunch
5:30 pm Partners in
Prayer
6:30 pm Gloria
Dei Ringers
Sat. Daylight
Saving Time Begins
Sun. 8:00, 9:30,
11:00 & 6:30 Holy Communion
3:30 pm JAMers
6:00 pm Muhlenberg Teen
Players (MTP)