what about “giving up something” for...
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Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:16
March 2019
Bob Bryan Mike Birchfield Dot Danforth Sara Dean Mary Ann DeMaria Donna Hood Ann Franz Carole Carreker Sue Peters Mary Roper Paula Burtch David Wold Steve Bowman Sam Yarlott Terri Dover Gail Yeager DeNoble (friend of Pam Bufton) Christi Ross Bill & Lynda Wester Charlotte Christopher (Vera Burrell’s sister) David & Lisa Mangus (Pat Reed) Steve Reed (Pat Reed’s son) Don Roper (Mary Roper’s son) Donna Stacy (Joe Stacy’s mother) Jim & Dott Stroud (Marcie Millholland’s parents) Jerry and Linda Bramblett (loss of his sister, Jenette Morris)
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period when Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. Please join us for Ash Wednesday services on Wednesday, March 6 at 7 p.m. Pastor Jimmy will place the sign of the cross with ashes onto the foreheads of worshipers. The ash cross is an outward sign of our sorrow and repentance for sins. Ash Wednesday emphasizes our sinfulness before God and our hu-man mortality. The service focuses on both themes, helping us to
realize that both have been triumphed through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
What about “giving up something” for Lent?
W hen many of us were children, we might remember our giving up candy for Lent. And, it seemed like a real sacrifice. As we grew up, it was often more difficult to decide what special thing to do, to make Lent a special season —
to get our attention and to prepare ourselves for deeper sacrifices.
What would help me grow in freedom? That's the question to ask. For some of us, it could be committing ourselves to give up judging others, every single day of Lent. For others it could be giving up a bad habit we’ve developed. For still others, it is obvious what seems to be the important choice for me during Lent.
For many of us, the choice may not be to give something up, but to add something to our daily lives during Lent. We may commit ourselves to extra prayer time. We may decide to do some service to the poor once a week during Lent. We may choose to increase our almsgiving to the poor, perhaps related to something we choose not to do — e.g., some might choose not to go out to eat one night a week, and to give that total amount to the poor.
Whether it is fasting, abstaining or other acts of penance, the whole desire we should have is to use these means to help us grow closer to our Lord and prepare ourselves “to celebrate the paschal mystery with minds and hearts renewed.”
In Christ,
Jimmy
THIS MONTH
AT WESLEY CHAPEL 3/6 Ash Wednesday ser-vice, 7 p.m. 3/7 Girl Scouts, 6 p.m. 3/10 Men’s breakfast and sandwiches for New Hope, 7:30 a.m. 3/12 Cub Scout Pack 471 Hobo Dinner and meeting, 6:45 p.m. in the gym 3/13 Worship committee meeting, 6 p.m. 3/16 Girl Scouts Juliette Gordon Lowe “tea party,” 2 p.m. in the gym 3/17 Breakfast at New Hope, 7 a.m. 3/19 Trustees meeting, 7 p.m. 3/22 Girl Scouts, 3 p.m.
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
Please join us for Sunday School 10 a.m. | 3rd floor classroom
Nursery for children 4 and younger during Sunday School and the 11 a.m. service
TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Daylight Savings Time starts Sunday, March 10. No one likes losing an hour of sleep! But it does feel good to help others. And everyone likes fresh fruit — including the homeless and hungry at MUST Ministries’ shelter, who rarely
get to enjoy it, especially during the winter. So we will collect bags of fresh apples and or-
anges that Sunday for the Loaves & Fishes Com-munity Kitchen.
The Missions Committee is collecting smooth peanut butter and grape jelly for the MUST Summer Lunch program and New Hope. We make about 100 sandwiches each month for New Hope, and have a goal of 1,000 lunches for MUST in July. You can leave your jars in the breezeway. Monetary donations also are welcome and much appreciated. Thank you!
Thursday, March 21 Noon | in the gym
Join us for food, friends
and St. Patrick’s Day fun!
The Ladies’ Monday morn-
ing Bible study will resume
on Monday, March 18. We
will meet 10-11:30 a.m. in the
Great Room for a nine-week
study of the New Testament
book of James. Study guides
are $5 and will be available at
the first meeting.
Please join us!
Fri-Sat, April 12-13
Benefits youth missions
9-5 Friday
& 9-1 Saturday
Drop off donaons 4-6 p.m. 4/7-4/12
When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. — Isaiah 43:2
FRIDAY, 4/12 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
& SATURDAY, 4/13
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Mark your calendars to help take items the week before (4-6 p.m. daily, for shifts during the sale and cleanup afterwards)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday School (6th-2th grades) meets at 10:00 a.m. in the WCGym classrooms. Please do not be late — be
considerate of your teachers and fellow youth.
SUNDAY, MARCH 3 Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Worship on the front pew at 11 a.m.
UMYF 5-7 p.m. We will finish up our Tim Tebow “Shaken” study with tons of tailgate snacks and games of challenge with prizes!
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6
Ash Wednesday service at 7 p.m. Let’s begin this holy season together in worship.
SUNDAY, MARCH 10 Time changes! Spring forward! Sunday School at 10 a.m. Worship on the front pew at 11 a.m.
UMYF 5-7 p.m. We are giving up an hour of sleep and beginning to talk about Lent. Will you give up something or will you “take on” a per-sonal challenge during this season? We’ll discuss this effort and ways to stay accountable during Lent.
SUNDAY, MARCH 17 Sunday School at 10 a.m. Worship on the front pew at 11 a.m.
UMYF 5-7 p.m. It’s St. Patrick’s Day! Wear green. And you KNOW there will be GREEN FOOD!
SUNDAY, MARCH 24
Sunday School at 10 a.m. Worship on the front pew at 11 a.m. Easter/spring art painting day 2-4 p.m. UMYF 5-7 p.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH 31 No UMYF today. Spring break begins! We’ll have UMYF next Sunday, April 7 to set up for the missions yard sale.
Easter & Spring Art Painting DayEaster & Spring Art Painting DayEaster & Spring Art Painting DayEaster & Spring Art Painting Day Sunday, March 24 | 2-4 p.m.
Come get creative in the WC Gym! Supplies and inspi-
ration ideas (if needed) will be provided. Create a piece of art for the front door or to display at
home during this special season. 6th grade-adults, $10 per person.
Please sign up by 3/17.
A Summer Mission Trip meeting will be an-nounced soon. Details are being finalized and fund-raising will begin soon!
HAVE YOU HERD? VBS IS JUNE 24-28 FROM 1-4 P.M.
We need YOU to guide kids on an epic African adventure that teaches them about God’s
goodness and how a ferocious faith can pow-er them through this wild life. We will have a volunteer meeting in April.
Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church
4495 Sandy Plains Road
Marie�a, GA 30066
770-993-4919
www.wcumc.info
3/3 Mikeal Barnes
3/4 Olivia Resendez
3/5 Ashley Posey
3/7 Steven Yarlott
3/10 Morrie Brunton Cheyanne Blackwell
3/11 Asheigh Cox
3/12 Janet Rhonemus
3/14 Alex Mattle
3/15 Charlene Bramblett Amie Jones
3/16 Ken & Dara Sinclair 3/17 Currey Gayle Donna Clackum
Sandra & Gerald Drew
3/18 Gregory Separk
3/19 Zane Wright
3/20 Jerri Devon
3/21 Dawn Anderson
3/26 Janet Lunsford Linda Rogers
3/27 Tyler Anderson David Matthews
3/28 Wyatt Phillips Birch & Lynne Harrison
3/30 Luke Jung
Contact Us 4495 Sandy Plains Road Marietta, GA 3006 (770) 993-4919 [email protected] For more information and the daily activity calen-dar, please visit us at www.wcumc.info
Rev. James W. Hood Senior Pastor [email protected]
Marcie Millholland Children & Youth Ministry, Recreation and Outreach Coordinator [email protected]
Emily Alderman Music Director [email protected]
Rosalyn Dunn Church Secretary [email protected]
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES