THURSDAY'S WOMEN BIBLE STUDY

Ladies, we need to postpone bible study Thursday February 1st, and 8th. Judy is having some some work done at her home and unable to be the terrific host she always is. So do your homework and be in prayer for our group. I will notify you when we have a confirmed date to meet again. Blessings, Linda Celaya

AUSTIN STREET SHELTER MINISTRY

Another visit to Austin Street Shelter is scheduled for January 31, 2018. We will be meeting at our new church building for our food prep for the shelter meal on Wednesday at 3:30 in parish hall/kitchen.
We will be making 800 sandwiches. Bagging 400 eggs as usual.
We'll need 30 dozen cupcakes or cookies & 30 dozen boiled eggs.
Folks can bring boiled eggs & cupcakes to church kitchen the Sunday before or that Monday thru Wednesday.
We will pack up & hopefully leave for downtown by 5:00 to set up & serve.
Any questions please call:
Susan Maupin at 214-912-5651
Sharon Parker at 214-282-4801

Thank you for whatever way you can help out with this meal for the 400 residents at Austin Street.

ANNUAL PARISH GATHERING

Our Annual Parish Gathering and 1st Sunday Celebration will be held on Sunday, February 4th. The "State of the Church" address will be given during the worship service, and this gathering afterward will be a time of financial updates, building updates, good food, worship, and celebration as we ponder where we have been in the past year, where we are now, and what we believe God will have us doing in the next year as we follow Him.

THE SATURDAY WOMEN'S DISCUSSION GROUP

The Saturday women's group (AKA: The Saturday Sisters) is continuing our discussion of the book Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges (online at Amazon or Christianbook) as we seek to know God better and love Him more.
The Saturday Sisters meet from 10-11:30 am on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month at the church. All women are welcome!

MEN'S BIBLE STUDY - STUDYING THE BOOK OF REVELATION

Saturday Morning Men's Bible Study - lead by Jack Hesseltine and Bill Thorogood - meets from 7:30 to 8:30 am at the church every Saturday morning for the WORD, coffee and fellowship. Join us as we study the book of Revelation. Members, visitors, friends and neighbors are always welcome.

SHROVE TUESDAY ON SUNDAY

On Sunday, February 11th, we will have our traditional Pancake Brunch after the worship service. A short teaching will be given about Shrove Tuesday and the upcoming Season of Lent which begins with Ash Wednesday on February 14th. All food will be provided.

TWO ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE

We will have two Ash Wednesday Service, now that we're in our own building. The first will be at 12:00 noon and the second at 7:30 pm, both on February 14th. Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent, a season of penitence, prayer and fasting which prepares us to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. Our foreheads will be marked with ashes, created through the burning of palms from our 2017 Palm Sunday service, to humble our hearts and remind us that life on earth passes away. Later we will share communion, a gift we receive through the redemptive power of Christ's sacrifice for us.
The season of Lent extends through Saturday, March 31st, and provides us time to turn from self-centeredness and sin, and to deepen our love for Jesus. On Sunday, March 25th, we will celebrate Palm Sunday, as we begin Holy Week and journey toward Easter Sunday, April 1st.

LENTEN SOUP AND BREAD

As part of our Lenten time together as a church family, we will gather after the worship services on March 4th to share in Lenten meal of soup and bread. We will only be meeting this one time during the Lenten season for soup and bread.
The soup and bread will be provided by some of our small groups. This time of fellowship is critical as we prepare for the resurrection of our Lord, and as we pray and grow together.

BISHOP'S WELL

Again this year, we will be collecting change in water bottles to support the Bishop's
Well campaign to raise funds for water wells to provide drinking water in Kenya. The fundraiser
- Save Change, Save Lives begins on Ash Wednesday, February 14th so
start collecting now.

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