Church-mail March 7, 2010
To sponsor our Nicaragua Mission Trip, Marshville UMC will be offering an intensive survival Spanish Course for six weeks. You will be learning words and sentences to get you started into the second language. Come and join us and learn how to communicate in the city, at the market, in the park, in the store, in the restaurant and meet some new friends and have some fun. Classes will be held on Thursdays March 11, 18, 25 and April 8, 15 and 22 in our Fellowship Hall from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Donations will gladly be accepted for the Nicaragua Mission Trip.
Throughout the season of Lent, will be meeting each Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. for a mid-week service of prayer and song in the tradition of Taize. The service will last from 6:00 – 6:30 p.m. and will be followed by a simple soup supper. Thanks to the Wesley Class for last week’s dinner and the Fellowship Class for this week.
The choir would like to express sincere appreciation to those who responded to our request for additional funds toward our new choir robes. We received enough money to cover the remaining balance of our robe purchase plus a good start toward the purchase of coordinating stoles for the handbell choir. Your generosity and support are always amazing and always appreciated!
Don’t forget after church today, the Mission Committee is sponsoring a Here and There Lasagna Luncheon. Proceeds will be divided between Hope House and the Nicaragua team.
Our first Church Council meeting of the year will be Sunday, March 14 at 6:30 p.m. All committees are encouraged to have met by then and share with Council their plans for the coming year.
Thanks to everyone’s support of the 30 Hour Famine. Cold weather items are still needed and can be brought to church throughout the month of March. You can also help by donating 17¢ for a food link to help break the chains of poverty. Our goal is to “sell” all 2500 links! Money will be divided between World Vision and our Hunger and Poverty Fund.
And the winner is . . . . “Hope House.” Thanks to everyone who voted and also to those who submitted ideas for names. We are glad that Meals on Wheels is now making itself a home, and we’ll keep you posted on the food pantry and other ministries as they develop. May it be our continued prayer that the ministries of our properties, new and old, continue to provide hope to our community. As the Apostle Paul wrote to the church in Rome, “we can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment . . . for we know how dearly God loves us.”
The Easter Bags for Union County Easter Bureau are in the narthex. Cards with suggested gift items are attached. There are bags for children, teens and seniors. Please have them returned by Sunday, March 21st. Thanks. The Missions Committee