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Last chance to reserve your spot for the Kirk Couples Toast an End to Winter event on March 13! Click here for details and RSVP information.
Wonderful Wednesdays continue through March 24! Join our Lenten Study Series, Missional Jesus, along with dinner (by reservation). Click here to learn more.
Join our follow-up study of the Missional Church (using Reggie McNeal's book, Missional Renais-sance) on Sundays @ 10:30 a.m.
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If you missed Mayor Dave Bing's presentation at the Kirk on February 19, audio CDs are available in the Adult Ministry Office.
What's Happening at the Kirk: Sunday, March 7, 2010
At the Kirk this Sunday is Youth Sunday and our young people have been working hard to prepare worship for the congregation in the sanctuary.
It is also the first Sunday of the month, and Norman Pritchard will lead the Cedarholm Chapel Communion at 8:00 a.m.
For Youth Sunday, some of our fine young people have taken over the planning and leading of each element in the worship service from pre-service music, where some of our young instrumentalists will be playing, through the prayers, the scripture readings, the anthems and the sermon. Glenn Miller has a great array of youth choirs taking part in the service and there really is something for everyone! We are combining our first services in the sanctuary and making it possible for 1st through 8th grade Sunday School students to sit either with their parents or with their teachers for the service.
Our Lenten theme brings us today to the gospel of Mark and the key passage where Jesus mentions the cross and challenges his followers also to take up their cross. ‘My thoughts are not your thoughts,’ God had said through Isaiah and nowhere is this clearer than in Jesus’ teaching about the cross. The tough love that Jesus displays in saying ‘take up your cross’ leads us to wonder who we are as disciples and who we want to be in response to Jesus’ call.
A Benefit Concert for Good Shepherd Orphanage, Haiti will be presented Sunday at 4:00 p.m. in the sanctuary by the Chancel Choir and orchestra. The concert will feature a variety of works, including Requiem by Gabriel Fauré. There is no admission charge; a free will offering will be received to benefit the orphanage. A reception will follow the concert.
The adult education series, On Being Missional continues this Sunday with Dr. Provost reviewing Changing the Scorecard from Program to People Development (chapter 6 of Reggie McNeals’ Book Missional Renaissance).
The Between Services Bible Study also meets this week. Bill Robinson is leading the class through the scripture passages used in Sunday worship, providing a chance to ask questions, go deeper and check out what the preacher says about the text! All are welcome, as always.
March has been designated as the month to raise funds for the Board of Deacons. The Deacons are self-funded and rely on the generosity of Kirk members to provide the funding for the many ministries that they maintain. Envelopes will be provided in the bulletin to facilitate donations. We look forward to the congregation gladly supporting the caring ministry that the Deacons perform so well in our midst.
See you on Sunday!