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March 2018

Maundy Thursday Services

Worship Service at

2:00 p.m., Communion

by Intinction

Worship Service at 7

p.m., Communion by

Intinction

The Community Good Friday Service will be

held at Community Church this year from 12

noon until 3:00 p.m. We will explore the

question: “Why Did Jesus Die?” All area

congregations are invited to worship as the

larger Body of Christ at this service. Come

when you can and stay

as long as you can.

Leave when you must.

For additional

information please

contact the church

office at 843-9275.

Easter Sunday Service

Invite your families,

friends, and neighbors to

join us in the celebration of

the resurrection of our

Lord Jesus Christ on

Easter Sunday, April 1st. Worship will

begin at 9:30 a.m. and we will share the

Lord’s Supper at this service.

Our church hosts

Good Friday Services - March 30

March 25 is Palm

Sunday.

The world needed

healing, still does -

and that is why Jesus came. We will look at

praying for healing and restoration.

Celebrate our 40 Days of Prayer!

Everyone is invited to a brunch to celebrate our 40 Days of Prayer.

Share experiences, joys, revelations, insights, fellowship, and new

partnerships with all of the small groups.

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March 2018

Worship Leaders for

March:

March 4 John Stapleton

March 11 Kathy Spalding

March 18 Don McKay

March 25 Kathy Bromley

40 Days of Prayer…

It is hard to believe that two weeks have already passed in our 40 Days of Prayer Study. What a

blessing hear your stories and learn more about prayer through the thoughts of one another.

What a blessing to have new prayer partners to make sure we are reaching out to God and

accomplishing what we really want from this study and of course, what God wants for us.

I can’t imagine life without God and I cannot imagine my relationship with God without prayer.

I keep going back to the verse from Isaiah 30:18: “The Lord waits for you to come to Him so He

can show you His love and compassion.” Hard to imagine Almighty God waiting to hear from

me… but it’s true. A second passage is when God speaks through Jeremiah 33:3: “Call to me

and I will answer you. I will show you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never

figure out on your own.”

I call this passage – “don’t put God in a box.” Sometimes I think we forget that God is God and

He can do anything and everything. There are so many things that God wants to show us that

we can’t even imagine, so many things that God wants to accomplish through us that we can’t

even dream. Nothing is too difficult for God and we need to have that kind of faith and trust in

Him. Too many times we say we can’t do that, but with God we can and it won’t be as difficult

as we think.

These are the passages that have continued to speak to me in this study – how about you? Are

there passages in the daily meditations that have been especially thought provoking or

meaningful?

If you haven’t been in touch with your prayer partner call them or text them – share your

thoughts on a passage with them and make sure you both are staying up to speed on the

devotionals. Take a minute to pray together.

God’s Blessings, Pastor Brett

Serving Communion on

March 4:

John Stapleton

Dave Swathwood

Diane Swathwood

Jeff Bowden

Lorrie McKay

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March 2018

March 4 - 40 Days of Prayer, Sermon Three

“Who Do You Think You are Talking To?”

March 11 - 40 Days of Prayer, Sermon Four

“Praying in Five Dimensions”

March 18 - 40 Days of Prayer, Sermon Five

“How to Pray Throughout the Day”

March 25 - “Praying for Healing and

Restoration”

April 1 - “When God Says: No”

Lucinda Gangler 3/1

Ted Leibole 3/2

Mary Carlson 3/5

Kenneth Steiner 3/6

W. John Clement 3/9

Janet VanEpps 3/11

Jayne Reed 3/12

Dilly Smith 3/14

Steve Iteen 3/16

Ed Hallin 3/25

Lorrie McKay 3/25

Michael Iteen 3/25

Marge Gilligan 3/30

Jackie Lane 3/30

John & Jan Wallis 3/26

Sermon Titles for

March 2018 2018

Communion Schedule

March 4 Pews

March 29 Maundy Thursday Intinction

April 1 Easter Pews

May 6 Intinction

June 3 Pews

July 1 Intinction

August 5 Pews

September 2 Intinction

October 7 Pews

November 4 All Saints

Sunday Intinction

November 25 Christ the King

Sunday Pews

December 2 Intinction

December 24 Christmas Eve Intinction

The family of Danyel Vander Wall wishes to

express their thanks for the

church’s kindness, sympathy,

prayers, cards, and food.

Marie Mortensen and family

also express their deep appreciation for all of

the prayers, cards, and calls they received

following Les’ passing.

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March 2018

The Council met on

Wednesday, February 21,

2018 at 6:00 pm in Room 11.

Eleven members and one

guest were present.

Pastor Brett opened the meeting with prayer.

The minutes of the January 17, 2018 were

approved as presented. The Council also

reviewed the minutes Annual Business

Meeting held on Sunday, January 28, 2018.

These minutes will be approved by the

congregation at the next congregational

meeting.

The Treasurer reports that January financials

are good with shortfall in line within

projections. General Fund Balance is

$26,807.34. Committees have finalized their

budget planning with the realignment of

committees for the year. The 2017 giving

statements have been mailed.

Committee Reports:

Worship/Christian Education Committee -

focused on Lent activities, including 40

Days of Prayer.

Building Use and Maintenance - active

with several projects; heating, electrical,

and NW entrance/back hallway will begin

soon.

Membership Outreach Evangelism/

Missions/Christian Women’s Fellowship

– met individually and together to look at

activities and discuss how we can be

more focused as a church and to make

sure that our activities build relationships

with people which is the mission and

vision of the church.

Older Adult Karing System– Calendar for

2018 is planned.

Scholarship Committee – actively

meeting and applications are available

and going out to people.

Pastor Brett’s Report focused on spiritual

growth and intentional evangelism for the

Elders.

A brunch is planned for Sunday, April 8,

2018 to celebrate the completion of the 40

Days of Prayer series.

The next meeting will be Wednesday, March

21, 2018 6:00 pm in room 11. Everyone is

welcome to attend the meeting.

Don McKay closed the meeting with prayer.

Highlights from the February Council Meeting

The Scholarship Committee announces that applications for educational

scholarships are available in the church office. The completed

applications are to be submitted to the church office no later than 12:00

p.m., Monday, April 16, 2018.

The committee welcomes new and repeat applicants. Scholarships are

awarded on the basis of achievement, extracurricular activities, educational

goals, and financial need. Scholarships are for the purpose of permitting the

student to pursue post-secondary education, including college and university, vocational and

technical school, Bible school, and professional and post-graduate study.

For additional information, please contact the church office at: (231) 843-9275.

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March 2018

Date Attendance

Count

General

Fund

Collection

January 28 55 $2,237.00

February 4 42 $3,390.00

February 11 45 $1,930.00

February 18 52 $2,063.00

February 25 62 $2,313.00

Monthly Update

Council and Committee Meetings—March 2018

Christian Women’s Fellowship Monday, March 5, 9:30 am, Room 11

Finance and Personnel Committee Monday, March 5, 1 pm, Room 20A

O.A.K.S. Committee Wednesday, March 7, 6:30 pm, Room 10

Worship & Music Committee Wednesday, March 14, 6 pm, Room 20A

Missions Committee Tuesday, March 6, 11 am

Christian Education Committee

Membership/Outreach/Evangelism Committee

(M.O.E.), Communications Committee

Wednesday, March 14, 6 pm, Room 10

Building Use and Maintenance Committee (B.U.M.) Tuesday, March 13, 6:30 pm, Room 20A

Council of Ministries Wednesday, March 21, 6:00 pm, Room 11

MARCH

Hospitality INC - March 10

Daylight Savings Time Begins—March 11

Palm Sunday - March 25

Maundy Thursday - March 29

Good Friday - March 30

APRIL

Easter Sunday - April 1

Celebrating 40 Days of Prayer - April 8

Hospitality INC - April 14

5th Sunday Noisy Coin Offering for Adopt-A-

Family - April 29

MAY

Mother’s Day - May 13

JUNE

Scholarship / Graduation Sunday - June 10

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March 2018

Cancellations

In cases of bad weather, a decision to cancel Sunday worship will be

made by 7:30 a.m. Cancellations will be announced on the following

radio stations: WMOM, WKLA (AM and FM). It will also be shown on

TV channel 13 WZZM. If school is closed during the week, all church

activities will be cancelled until noon. If committees wish to cancel

afternoon or evening meetings, committees should contact their

members and the office should be contacted.

Crossroads Folding:

March 29

Crossroads

Deadline:

March 21

Charter Spectrum Cable (CableVision) Channel 190 broadcasts our worship

service each week. Broadcast times are 11 am Sunday morning, 7 pm Sunday

evening, and again at 7 am on Monday morning. Tune in if you had to miss

worshipping with us - or if you want to listen and worship again.

WE ARE HERE --------

97.5% of our goal

for our Capital

Campaign ...

$9,750 collected

Thank You!!

When I was called here to Community Church, I asked the Search and Call Committee three

questions:

1. Does Community Church believe, honor, and follow the teaching of the Bible?

2. Does Community Church love people and long for them to know Jesus?

3. Are the people of Community Church willing to sacrifice to the point they will joyfully

embrace change?

I asked these questions of the Elders last week. I shared that numbers one and two tend to be easy to

say “yes” to. But only a “yes” in action to number three indicates our true response to one and two.

I ask these questions of myself every week. They come from “Organic Outreach for Churches” by

Kevin G. Harney.

- Pastor Brett

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March 2018

Lorrie and Don McKay

are often at Community

Church – just helping

out where needed. They

both say that they really

enjoy helping others and

want to do more! They

have been members at

Community Church for

many years.

Lorrie grew up in the church, was baptized,

confirmed, and married here. She is a hometown,

Ludington, girl who graduated from Ludington

High School. Don was born in Wayne County,

Michigan, and raised on a farm near the small

town of Corran, Michigan which is on the east

side of the state. He graduated from Fairview

High School and attended Corran Baptist

Church.

Don and Lorrie both attended West Shore

Community College where Lorrie earned a

nursing degree. She did home care nursing for a

few years, and then worked as a paraprofessional

in Ludington schools for 32 years. She worked

with at-risk kids in reading and math, and was in

charge of the math lab. Lately, she has been

substitute teaching. Don went to aviation school

at WMU for two years. He was a construction

laborer for a short time, then a supervisor for

road construction/sewer and water main, retiring

in 2012.

Blessed with three sons – Brad, Todd, and Adam

– all were baptized at Community Church. Brad

and family live in Ludington, Todd in

Hudsonville, and Adam in North Carolina. Don

and Lorrie are proud grandparents of seven

grandchildren, and one heavenly grandson,

Hunter Lee.

Lorrie and Don have both willingly served on

our church’s Council of Ministries for six years,

plus various committees. Don does lots of

B.U.M (Building Use and Maintenance)

activities – making repairs, doing painting, yard

work, etc. as needed for the church. Lorrie has

served on the Pastoral Search Committee

recently, and most other committees. They also

volunteer for Community Table and Hospitality

INC.

Don spends as much time as possible hunting

and fishing. He also likes dogs and cats. They

have a Shih Tzu and Yorkie Terrier mix dog

named Bentley. Lorrie has many hobbies – she

loves outdoor life including walking, gardening,

kayaking, the beach, snow shoveling, and cross

country skiing. For indoor activities she enjoys

reading, jigsaw puzzles, and scrapbooking. Both

really treasure time spent with each other and

their family, attending grandchildren’s sporting

events, etc.

Lorrie says her passion is to “become all that

God wants me to be.” Her favorite Bible

scripture is Philippians 4:6 – “Do not be anxious

about anything, but in every situation, by prayer

and petition with thanksgiving, present your

requests to God.” For her, it means: Do not

worry about everything. Tell God what you need

and thank Him for what He has done.

Don’s favorite scripture is John 3:16. His passion

is to: “Come much, much closer to my God.”

His new favorite saying is: “Never look down on

anyone – only God sits that high.”

Very well said, Don and Lorrie, and thanks for

all you do at Community Church!

Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You

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March 2018

PRAYER NEEDS OF OUR CHURCH’S FAMILY AND FRIENDS

IMMEDIATE PRAYER NEEDS

Family of Dale Guenthardt, Dale passed on February 26

Family of Ruth Meissner, Ruth passed on February 22

Jack Burns, health concerns

Dean Lundberg, healing, thankful for successful surgery

OUR MISSIONARIES

Daryl and Leshia Beltz - both have health concerns

Jim and Yuri Cerminaro

Tony and Connie Johnson

Dean and Debbie Lundberg

ON-GOING

Sherry Johnson, at Tendercare, health concerns, friend of Judy Thiel

Linda Kenney, health concerns

Jamie Spore, health concerns

Roger Johnson, health

Tonda Cadey, healing

Mary Young, health concerns

M.J. Grech, health concerns

Adam McCann, Iteen’s nephew, health concerns

Jeanne Rabe, health concerns, Godmother of Kathy Bromley

Judy d’Anton, continuing recovery, Dave Swathwood’s sister

Terry Krystiniak, health concerns, encouragement and support

Barbara Peters, multiple sclerosis, Bob and Lynn Olmstead’s daughter

Chuck Oleniczak, health concerns

Harold Figgins, health concerns

Daniel Williams, health concerns, Sandi Steckel’s cousin

Sherrie Sanders, health concerns

Eric Lund, recovery - double arm transplant

NURSING HOME RESIDENTS

Autumn Winds - Marylyn Brown

Willowbrook - Thelma Bowden

Oakview - Gary Miller, Barbara Johnson, Mary Carlson

Addresses:

Autumn Winds AFC, 676 N Stiles Rd, Scottville

Willowbrook, 2023 W US 10, Scottville

Oakview, 1001 Diana St, Lud.

Tendercare, 1000 E Tinkham Ave, Lud.

All persons placed on the prayer list will remain there for a period of two weeks. If you have a prayer need that you would like to have the members of the prayer chain pray for, please activate the prayer chain by calling Janet VanEpps at 843-3122.

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March 2018

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

4

Worship with

Communion

9:30 am

40 Days SG 11 am

5 CWF, 9:30 am

Finance &

Personnel, 1 pm

6 40 Days SG 9:30 am

Quilters 9am-6pm Missions, 11 am Community Table 4:30-6pm Boy Scouts 7pm

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OAKS 6:30 pm

40 Days SG 7 pm

8 Bulletin Folding 10am Vocal Choir 6pm Bell Choir 7pm

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11

Worship, 9:30 am

40 Days SG 11 am

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13 40 Days SG 9:30 am

Quilters 9am-6pm Community Table 4:30-6pm BUM 6:30 pm Boy Scouts 7pm

14 CE/MOE/Comm 6 pm Worship & Music

Comm, 6 pm

40 Days SG 7 pm


16 17 St. Patrick’s Day

18 Worship, 9:30 am

40 Days SG 11 am

19 20 40 Days SG 9:30 am

Quilters 9am-6pm Community Table 4:30-6pm Boy Scouts 7pm

21 Crossroads Deadline Council, 6 pm

40 Days SG 7 pm


23 24

25 Palm Sunday

Worship, 9:30 am

40 Days SG 11 am

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27 40 Days SG 9:30 am

Quilters 9am-6pm Community Table 4:30-6pm Boy Scouts 7pm

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40 Days SG 7 pm

29 Crossroads Folding 9:30 am Bulletin Folding 10am Maundy Thursday services, 2 & 7 pm

30 We host:

Good Friday

services, 12 -

3 pm

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April 1

Easter Sunday

Worship with

Communion, 9:30

am

April 2

CWF, 9:30 am

Finance &

Personnel, 1 pm

April 3

Quilters 9am-6pm Missions, 11 am Community Table 4:30-6pm Boy Scouts 7pm

April 4

Worship Comm,

6 pm

April 5 Bulletin Folding 10am Vocal Choir 6pm Bell Choir 7pm

April 6 April 7

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March 2018

CROSSROADS

March 2018

Community Church

109 N. Harrison St.

Ludington, MI 49431

Phone: 231-843-9275

[email protected]

www.commch.com

Traditionally

CONGREGATIONAL /PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH STAFF

Pastor Rev. Brett Spalding

Music Director W. John Clement Membership/Financial Secretary Lisa Dains

Custodian Cheri Welch Office Hours: Monday through Thursday

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Council of Ministries

3 Year Term, ending 12/31/2020

Jack Thiel

Tom Lane

Teri Nedderman

Judy Bach


Darlene Carpenter

Maralyn Gable

Diane Swathwood

Lorrie McKay


Tonda Cadey

Ruthann Kyle

Don McKay

Janet VanEpps

2018 Council of Ministries Officers

Moderator – Maralyn Gable

Vice Moderator – Don McKay

Treasurer – Donna Hallin

Secretary – Ruthann Kyle

Nominating Committee

Congregational Members

Donna Lee Collins

Patti Otto

Judy Thiel

Scholarship Committee

Mike Peterson

Carol Cooper

Terry Grams

Maralyn Gable – current

moderator

Steve Iteen – previous moderator

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