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March 29th,2015
9:30am Worship
Entering Jerusalem
Scripture Reading for this Sunday:
Matthew 21:1-17
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Thank you to everyone who
brought in their "change for change"
throughout the season of Lent
to support Service & Mission Team's
Walk for Water Lenten Project!
The water jar is filling up!
We are announcing the
FINAL PUSH in this campaign:
A NOISY OFFERING!!!!
On Easter morning the children will assist us in collecting the last offering for Walk For Water.
Be sure to bring your loose change to worship
and join in on the fun!
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Come join in our Holy Week Worship
Opportunities at ChristChurch...
Palm Sunday - March 29th, 9:30am
DON'T FORGET:
After worship EVERYONE is invited
to join in fellowship and service
as we assemble Baby Care Kits
for Lutheran World Relief
AND
fill plastic eggs with candy
for the Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt
on Saturday, April 4th at Lenox Elementary School!
Maundy Thursday - April 2nd, 6:30pm
Dinner Church
This will not be your typical potluck dinner!
Join with your friends and neighbors around a sacred meal,
just as the first followers of Jesus did, eating, talking,
exploring scripture, offering prayers, and singing together.
This form of worship is rooted in the patterns of the Early Church.
The meal will be potluck, served family style.
Please arrive at 6:30pm with an entrée or side dish to share.
You will be invited to help in making the salad,
setting the table and making preparations for the meal.
Just as early Christians did, we will incorporate
Holy Communion into our meal.
Good Friday - April 3rd, 7:00 pm
Prayer at the Cross
Come and gather around the cross to sing and pray around
the cross as we center ourselves in the story
of the passion of our Lord.
Attending both of these worship experiences is a
wonderful way to prepare ourselves for the truly
joyful experience of resurrection on Easter morning.
Celebrate Resurrection! - Easter Sunday
April 5th, 9:30 and 11:00 am
Come celebrate God's gift of new life!
He is risen! He is risen, indeed!
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Through March and April in the Open Spirit Gallery...
... the works of
Renee Hansen
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ChristChurch Welcomes
Bright Start Learning Center
Beginning April 1st, Bright Start Learning Center will open doors to a pre-school in the Student Center area of ChristChurch. The pre-school will be in operation Monday - Friday, 6:30am - 6:30pm.
Thank You to all who came out on Saturday as well as after worship on Sunday to help clean out rooms in the Student Center.
The following 3 file cabinets are looking for their "forever" home and would like to be adopted. If you are in need of file cabinets in good condition and are interested in taking them home, please call the church office and let us know when you might be able to come and pick them up.
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SAVE the DATES:
May 1st and 2nd, 6:30-9:30pm
A Mystery Dinner Theater
Tickets are going on sale soon!
Stay tuned!
This is a fundraiser to support youth ministry at ChristChurch!
Help send our youth to Detroit this summer for the Youth Gathering!
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Youth Gathering Fundraiser:
Raffle & Silent Auction Items Request
There will be an Auction/Raffle event for the Youth Gathering Fundraiser before the Murder @ Mike’s Dinner Mystery Theater on Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2. This will be a wonderful community (three churches, lots of youth) event that will include delicious food, drinks, an interactive theater experience, silent auction, and raffle items.
Please help support this event by attending and contributing silent auction and raffle basket items. Items can be dropped off in the church office - please call first: (503) 617-9526.
Individuals and groups are invited to put together a creatively themed basket (eg. chocolate and coffee, golf anyone?, movie night, let’s have a picnic, or whatever you come up with) at a value in the $25-30 range. Please include your name, the value of the item and any other information you would like to add, and we will follow up with a tax deductible receipt. Additionally, the committee will gratefully accept monetary donations if you prefer.
Important: Please email or let us know the name of your basket theme, auction item, or items you would like to have us add to a raffle basket by March 27, 2015 so we can make a booklet to go along with raffle ticket sales. Please have all donated items to the church office by Sunday, April 12. If you have any questions, please email
Suze Engbretson - suze.engbretson@nike.com
or Rhonda Eppelsheimer - rhonda.eppelsheimer@me.com
or call the church office (503) 617-9526
The proceeds from this event will be designated for the July Youth Gathering trip to Detroit, MI.
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We are a group of women who are eager to build new friendships with other women in our church, strengthen the friendships we already have, and to serve God, each other, and our community.
WINGS Upcoming Events:
Join us tonite for our next BUNCO activity. We will meet at the church at 6:30pm for food and conversation, and BUNCO will begin at 7:00pm. If you would like to sign up to play monthly or just as a substitute, please contact Kris Hoggard.
April 25th (Saturday) will be
"Yard Art" with Marcia Branch.
Stay tuned for further information on the Yard Art.
(And remember, friends are always welcome.)
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Service and Missions Team
Barrel of the Month
The month of April the Service and Missions Team will be collecting gently used or new books for elementary age children. The team will be looking into Title 1 schools that will need these resources for their students to have summer reading.
Your generosity these past few years with this program has been so wonderfully received - we hope to collect 500 books. That sounds like a lot, but we have been able to do this in the past!
Thank you, these books are truly a blessing to the children.
So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky. —William James
Thank You to all who donated to the Baby Care Kits - they will be very appreciated by the parents and the newborns.
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EGGstravaganza 2015
We are collecting wrapped candy for the
community breakfastand Easter egg hunt.
Please drop off your donation of candy
in the entry by this coming Sunday, March 29th.
(We are asking for volunteers to stay after
worship on Sunday to help fill the eggs.)
EGGstravaganza will kick off on Saturday, April 4th,
at Lenox Elementary school, with pancake breakfast
served from 9:00am to 10:00 am
(Pancakes, eggs, sausage, fruit, beverage)
Suggested donation of $3 per person or $10 per family
followed by the Easter egg hunt from 10:00am to 11:00am.
Community of ChristChurch is hosting and can use volunteers.
See the sign up sheet in entry if you can help.
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FAITH CONVERSATIONS
for ALL AGES
will resume on Sunday,
April 12th at 10:45am
FEATURING...
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Honoring Spiritual Needs and Gifts:
From Inertia to Collaborative Action
by Providers and Congregations
A North American Free Webinar Series: January – June, 2015
1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Central Standard Time
These webinars are free, but registration required:
http://faithanddisability.org/webinar/
Monday, March 30, 2015
Congregational strategies for reaching out to agencies and working with them to identify and honor spiritual supports and enable inclusion and ongoing participation.
Monday, April 27, 2015
Strategies for congregations to use in building awareness and commitment within congregations.
Monday, June 29, 2015
Best practices and resources for moving from inclusion to belonging as contributing, valued members of faith communities.
Sponsored by the Collaborative on Faith and Disability and the Religion and Spirituality Division of the AAIDD, in partnership with the Autism Society of America, Parent to Parent, and the Bethesda Institute
For more information and registration, go to: www.faithanddisability.org/webinar
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WE have updated our WEB site!
The new web site is up and running!
Be sure to go www.comchristchurch.org a and check it out.
Wander around and let us know what you think.
AND... if working on the interwebs is something you enjoy doing...
AND... if you have a little extra time on your hands...
AND... if you are interested in helping keep the web site updated and engaging...
... please contact Pastor David and learn how you can help!
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An Easy Way to Give
Do you use search engines like Google or Bing to search for things on the Internet? Do you shop online or dine out on occasion? Then why not try Goodsearch? Search online and benefit Community of ChristChurch at the same time! Click here to learn more.
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