February - North Fayette UMC

Non-Profit Org.
North Fayette
United Methodist Church
847 New Hope Road
Fayetteville GA 30214
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770.461-2409 www.nfumc.com
I am the vine; you are the branches.
John 15:5
Fayetteville, GA 30214
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
making connections.
(NOTE: Toothpaste is purchased in bulk to be added to
health kits to ensure that the product does not expire before
they are sent.)
Haiti Emergency
Supporting emergency relief and development efforts
Advance # : 418325
United Methodists have had a long-standing relationship with
Haiti through the Methodist Church of Haiti. The strong ties between the Methodist Church of Haiti and The United Methodist
Committee on Relief (UMCOR) helped in facilitating the opening
of the UMCOR Haiti field office in 2005. 100 percent of Advance
gifts made will go to support relief and development efforts due
to emergencies in Haiti.
UMCOR’s two relief
supply warehouses
are asking United
Methodists to provide
health kits that can be
LENTEN BIBLE STUDY
WITH THE PASTOR
Tuesdays at 7 PM
Feb 16, 23
March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Will meet in members homes
To Register:
Contact church office by Feb. 9
Limited to the first 12 who register
(Turn to Page 5 of this Grapevine
for more information)
Our Church Staff
at
North Fayette United Methodist
North Fayette UMC
Contact Information:
Email: [email protected] Phone: 770 461-2409
Address: 847 New Hope Road, Fayetteville, GA 30214
Web Site: www.nfumc.com
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Doug Burrell
Bill Koetje
Mike Daniell
Becky Douville
Walt Keiser
Elizabeth Grindrod
Lynne Keiser
LuAnn Latzanich
Danielle Raslan
Anthony Blood
Pastor
Assistant Pastor
Music Director
Director of Hand Bells
Lay Leader
Administrative Assistant
Treasurer
Organist
Nursery
Building Manager
sent to earthquake-devastated Haiti.
“For people who are feeling powerless in being able to help
those in Haiti, providing health kits is a tangible way they can
make an immediate difference,” said Kathy Kraiza, director of
UMCOR’s relief supplies. She estimates that hundreds of thousands of kits will be needed in the days and months ahead.
The kits, valued at about $12 per kit, contain everything from
towels and washcloths to sterile bandages and bar soap. They will
be distributed to those who have been forced to leave their homes
as a result of the recent disaster.
For individuals or groups that want to contribute basic necessities, UMCOR requests that the following NEW items be placed in
a sealed one-gallon plastic bag.
* 1 hand towel (15” x 25” up to 17” x 27”). No kitchen towels.
* 1 washcloth
* 1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized)
* 1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers)
* 1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz. and up)
* 1 toothbrush (single brushes only in original wrapper, no child-size
brushes)
* 6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
* $1.00 to purchase toothpaste
Because the emergency kits are carefully planned to make
them usable in the greatest number of situations and strict rules
govern product entry into international countries, UMCOR requires that the kits contain only the requested items – nothing
more.
HEALTH KIT READY TO SHIP
Below is a “Health Kit” recently prepared and brought to the church. We will
receive these items at the church and join with other United Methodist in our
District and the North Georgia Conference to get them to the Louisiana
warehouse & processing center.
February 2010
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FROM THE PASTOR
The Value of a Single Soul
200,0000 dead is beyond my comprehension
when it comes to tragedies like that which has
happened in Haiti. I’ve been to events with
nearly 100,000 people and know that such a
crowd is an overwhelming mass of enormous
energy, movement and life. When such a sea of
humanity is gathered it represents a gargantuan wealth of
knowledge, experiences, relationships and more.
In contrast, I’ve stood at the gravesides of individual church
members, family members and friends, contemplating the enormous loss which each of those individuals represented to us
who were left behind. Every single person who lives and dies
represents a long history of sacrifices made, of gifts given, of
time taken,of energy spent, and love invested.
Only when I think of life and death in that way am I able to
remain human. Those large numbers move me toward the inhuman world of statistics.
Like you perhaps, I often weary of the reports of disasters
taking place around the world and sometimes question the need
for new reporters rushing in to get pictures or an exclusive story. Yet, the work of the journalist is to make sure that tragedies
like the earthquake in Haiti are not simply written off as another set of statistics. I needed to see those orphans. I needed to
see those bodies piled up. I needed to see the mothers wailing
and the fathers furiously digging through the rubble. We all
needed to hear loved ones begging for any information about
those who have not been found and the injuries that cannot be
treated when there is no one there to treat them and no medicine to apply to their wounds.
One profound scene which played out before us on CNN
was that of a beautiful 13 year old girl trapped for three or four
days before she was discovered. She wore black rimmed glasses which kept falling off as workers sought to free her leg
which was crushed beneath the concrete. She was frightened
and her large eyes seemed to plead for help and relief. Finally,
after hours of heroic work by her rescuers, she was pulled free.
She was taken to find medical care she so desperately needed. I
don’t remember being told her name. Maybe the reporters did
not know. But I can never forget her face. The next day it was
reported that she had died.
Similar stories could be told about thousands of others who
have crawled out of the rubble or have been pulled free. Many
others died instantly. And every one of them is a precious soul,
just like that beautiful young girl. Each one who has died is
precious and valuable to God. Each one is loved by Jesus.
It is impossible for us to feel the burden of each death and
each loss. But it’s important that we be willing to enter in to the
suffering with the people of Haiti enough to pray for them and
to give something, if we expect to remain human. That is especially important if we are to be true followers of Him who entered into suffering for the sake of us all.
In Christ,
To Benefit HIV/AIDS Prevention!
A Talent Show for Girls ages 5-17
(Created by the Juliettes of
Girl Scout Troop 152 of Fayetteville, GA)
Saturday March 6, 2010 3-5 pm
North Fayette United Methodist Church
847 New Hope Road Fayetteville, GA 30214
Show Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for children under 12
Prizes & Trophies will be awarded
$50 Grand Prize $25 Second Prize and $ 10 Third Prize!
SUN
Girls:
MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
ŸDo You Want to show off your talent?
ŸHave you always wanted to do something for a worthy cause,
but couldn’t find anything?
Well, here’s your chance!
Sign up to show off your talent today!
Send a DVD or MP3 file of you performing your talent and a
completed application by February 12, 2010 to:
Girl Scout Troop 152
150 Chestlehurst Drive
Fayetteville, Georgia 30215
(For Information Call (770) 460-8052)
The Best 15 Performers will be selected & notified by Feb 19,
2010.
*Remember: NO DANGEROUS AND/OR FLAMMABLE TALENTS! Only contestants ages 5-17 are eligible! Girls Scouts Encouraged to Try-out!!
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Sunday Schedule
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7 PM Pioneer Club
7 PM Chancel Choir
7:30 PM Narcotics
Anonymous
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7 PM -NFUMC Brass
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UM Men’s
Wing Sale
10:30 AM - Joy Circle
March Grapevine
Articles/Info Due
Girls Talent Show
Applications Due
7 PM Trustees
7:30 PM Narcotics
Anonymous
6:30 PM Faith, Hope,
& Charity Circle
7 PM Fayette
Samaritans Bd. Mtg
7 PM Pioneer Club
7 PM Chancel Choir
7 PM -NFUMC Brass
7:30 PM
Narcotics Anonymous
6:00 PM
Prime Timers Event
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Homeless Offering
9:45 & 12:00
United Methodist
Women’s
New Members Tea
Mon-Fri: February 15-19 8 am-1 pm “Girl Scouts Mid-Winter Day Camp ”
6:30 PM
7 pm Pastor’s
7 PM Service of Ashes
Finance Cmtt.
Lenten Bible Study 7:30 PM Narcotics
7:30 PM - Narcotics
Anonymous
7 PM - NFUMC Brass
Location TBA
Anonymous
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The role of faith
7:30 PM - Narcotics
Anonymous
(If Applicable)
Special dates
• African-American History Month
• Scout Sunday, February 7, 2010
• Transfiguration of the Lord, February 14, 2010
Ÿ Homeless Offering, February 14, 2010
• Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2010
• Presidents’ Day, February 15, 2010
• Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2010
• First Sunday in Lent, February 21, 2010
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7:30 PM - Narcotics
Anonymous
A Talent Show for Girls, ages 5-17
Talent Application
Name _____________________________________
Age
____________________________________
School ____________________________________
Grade _____________________________________
Describe Talent ______________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Contact Phone Number ________________________
Contact e-mail ______________________________
Girl Scout Troop Number ______________________
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8:45 AM Worship
9:45 AM S. School
6:30 PM United
11 AM Worship
Methodist Men’s
5 PM Youth
Meeting
5 PM Agape Ringers
4 PM Grace Circle
7 pm Pastor’s
Lenten Bible Study
Location TBA
7 PM Pioneer Cllub
7 PM Chancel Choir
7:30 PM Narcotics
Anonymous
7 PM -NFUMC Brass
“Fear imprisons, faith liberates; fear paralyzes, faith empowers; fear disheartens,
faith encourages; fear sickens, faith heals;
fear makes useless, faith makes serviceable
— and, most of all, fear puts hopelessness
at the heart of life, while faith rejoices in its
God.” - Harry Emerson Fosdick
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847 New Hope Road
Fayetteville, Georgia 30214
7 PM
Church Council
(770) 4612409
[email protected]
www.nfumc.com
February 2010
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In Service this month:
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Elizabeth Parrott
Daryl Mackey
Bob Carroll
Pam Nation
Elliot Hansen
Jim Marks
6 Jason Stevens
Rudy Herren
9 Revella Adams
Alice Whitmire
10 Adriana Vazquez
11 George McKelvy
Kelly Evans
Rachel Stewart
12 Michael Foster Sr.
13 Barbara Nelms
14 Gerald McDonald
1st Sun. G. McKelvy, E. Grindrod (8:45)
Volunteer Needed, S. Stone (11)
2nd Sun. Henry & Alice Whitmire (8:45)
Yul Fogler, Julie Ulmer (11:00)
3rd Sun. Pam & John Davis (8:45)
Debbi Carroll, Kathy Kirby (11)
4th Sun Bud & Serenah Tyson (8:45)
Carol McGahee, Jim Trimble (11)
Ushers
1st Sun. Volunteers Needed (8:45)
R. Coleman, Henry Griffin (11)
Rudy Herren, K. Holewinski (11)
2nd Sun. Jess & Peggy Mitchell (8:45)
Sammy Andrews, Ray. Conn (11)
Lewis Gregg, D. Latzanich (11)
3rd Sun. Frank & Susan Sorci (8:45)
Larry Boak, M. Shackelford (11)
John Sugg, Rick Warr (11:00)
4th Sun. Bill & Lavon Eldred (8:45)
Eddie & Annette Poindexter (11)
Ian Rish, Lonnie Roberts (11)
February Anniversaries
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Liturgists
1st Sun. Randy Longino (8:45)
Bill Bryan / Jim Schultz (11)
2nd Sun. T. McDonald / Jim Lancaster (8:45)
Pam Ashman / M. Shackelford (11)
3rd Sun. Serenah Tyson / G. McKelvy (8:45)
Steve Justice /Karen Andross (11)
4th Sun. Frank Sorci / Jess Mitchell (8:45)
Nancy Daniell / L. Jones (11)
Steve and Betty Fuller
Richard and Laura Moore
Bill and Pat Hawthorne
J. B. and Elizabeth Chandler
20 Glenn & Shirley Blackston, Sr
26 Richard and Patsy Coleman
26 Peggy and Buddy Baker
Children!
SPECIAL PROGRAM OF MUSIC
ON PALM SUNDAY
On March 28 (Palm Sunday ) the Chancel Choir, LuAnn Latzanich and instruments will present a program “From Palms to Passion.” The music for that day will begin with the palm procession
of Christ’s Triumphal Entry and end with poignant adoration of
Christ on the cross. Come and worship with us as we prepare our
hearts for Holy Week.
JOIN A MUSIC GROUP IN FEBRUARY
Perhaps the month of February would be a good time to join the
Chancel Choir or the NFUMC Community Brass
The Chancel Choir
The Chancel Choir meets on Wednesday
night at 7:00. The rehearsal usually goes no
later than 8:30. Our Chancel Choir is made of
great people with great hearts and they would
love to welcome you to the group. Music
reading is not a requirement. The Chancel
Choir is in the exciting time when we prepare
music for Lent and Easter. Please make your plans join us.
The NFUMC Community Brass
Acolytes
Children’s Church Leaders
2/07 Grace Holewinski & Adrianna Vazquez
2/14 Jordan Framm & Sara Ehlers
2/21 Grace Holewinski & Adrianna Vazquez
2/28 Jordan Framm & Sara Ehlers
2/07
2/14
2/21
2/28
Toddler Nursery Helpers
Donut Sunday:
2/07 Amanda Stone
2/14 Theresa McDonald
2/21 Ken Holewinski
2/28 Rachael Stewart
2/14 Sally Rice
2/07 Carol & Luther McGahee
2/14 Eddie & Annette Poindexter
2/21 Karen & Reggie Smith
2/28 Mike & Debbie Wright
Charles Benton
15 Bob Gallacher
16 Sandra Herren
17 Travis Green
Clint Davenport
Robert Keener
19 Joe Marks
Pat Hawthorne
20 Yul Fogler
23 Alexandria Alvarez
Doug Anderson
24 Todd Nation
25 Susan Read
26 Jessica Davenport
27 Caroline Teubl
28 Margaret Hall
The NFUMC Community Brass meets at 7:00pm on Thursday
evenings. The group consists of adults and
youth, church members/attendees, members
of other churches, and students from various
high schools and middle schools. It would be
a great group for you if you play a brass, or
percussion instrument, and would like the opportunity to make new friends. Come and join us !!!
Lynne Keiser
Rick Warr
Laura Rish
Susan Sorci
Teller Teams
2/07 Lin Johns
2/14 Alvarez, Rice
2/21 Coleman
2/28 Schultz, Wiley
The Agape Ringers
Welcome New Members
Youth Snack Supper
2/07
2/14
2/21
2/28
Alvarez
Winter break
Latzanich
Marks
Tracking Our Stewardship in 2010
2010 Annual Operating Budget
Budget Needs to Date (Jan. 1 – Jan 19)
Budget Gifts to Date (Jan.1 – Jan 19)
Net Variance - (Current Budget Deficit)
$401,235
$ 23,148
$ 16,177
( -$6,971)
The Agape Ringers will provide music for
our 8:45 and 11:00 worship services on
February 21. This group is looking to expand in the near future.. The Agape Ringers
meet on Sunday afternoons at 5:00 pm. If
you have music reading skills and are interested in the art of hand bell ringing contact
Becky Douville.
Christian Symbols:
The Yoke
Financial Report
We welcome our newest members: Rachael Stewart(L)
and Donna Caterson (R), shown here with Donna’s granddaughter, Miyah.
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Ministry With Children & Youth
February Birthdays
Greeters
Crib Nursery Helpers
February 2010
The yoke is a burden of
hardship and toil, as well as
of subservience. But Jesus said the “yoke” of serving
him is “easy” and that he provides rest for the weary
(Matthew 11:28-30). The yoke also symbolizes human
allegiance, as in marriage (2 Corinthians 6:14, NIV).
Pioneer Club: Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Sunday School for Kids: Sunday Mornings at 9:45 AM
Children’s Worship: During 11:00 AM Sunday Worship
Girl’s Talent Show, Sat, March 6 (see page 2 off the Grapevine)
Youth Stuff !
The North Fayette Youth recently had a “Lock-In” at the
church during the MLK holiday weekend. Our activities included a movie outing, bowling, trips to the Waffle House
and IHOP, a morning Bible Study/Discussion and lots of
time spent cleaning and re-organizing the Youth Room and
Youth Office. Special thanks to the Rick and Ardy Warr and
to Aramis and Alicia Alvarez for chaperoning and leading in
our activities. We welcome all youth from 6th - 12th grade to
get involved in any of our youth activities and outings. We
meet each Sunday afternoon from 5-7 PM at the church in
building B. For more information contact Rick Warr or the
church office.
Bed Babies & Toddlers
Caring for the children is one of the
most important things we do in the
church. Thank you to all of you who
are serving in the Bed Babies Nursery
and the Toddlers Nursery each week.
We appreciate each of you!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
“Faith doesn’t get us out of trouble; faith gets us through
it.” —Anonymous
“One of the sanest, surest & most generous joys of life
comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.” —Archibald Rutledge
February 2010
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Koetje’s Korner
The Riddle of Life
Mark’s Gospel gives us a riddle of the cross
as well as a riddle of life. Jesus said, “For those
who want to save their life will lose it, and those
who lose their life for my sake and for the sake of
the Gospel will save it.”
Jesus has just given the disciples a pop quiz,
“Who do men say that I am?” Peter passed it with flying colors,
“You are the Messiah.” But immediately Jesus began to teach
that this Messiah would suffer and die. A suffering Messiah
didn’t compute in the disciples’ minds. The coming of the Messiah was supposed to bring the end of suffering. It was supposed to
mean victory over Rome; everything would be OK. So Peter responded, rebuking Jesus, telling him the Messiah is not supposed
to suffer! Jesus responded, “Get behind me Satan! For you are
setting your mind not on God’s side, but the side of men.” One
moment Peter is the messenger of God; the next, he is Satan's
model. Jesus was saying what the Apostle Paul would say later on
(the cross may be scandal to the Jews and folly to the Greeks, but
it is still the wisdom of God).
Jesus then moves the question closer to home. The cross is
not only the Messiah’s way, but also the way of those who would
follow him, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny
themselves, take up their cross and follow me.” But we do not
need to shrink back in fear. The Son of man will also rise from
the dead, and those who take up the cross will find themselves
alive as never before. In one of Jesus’ unforgettable aphorisms,
we are given the riddle of the Christian life; “You who would save
your life will lose it, and you who lose it (for the gospel's sake)
will save it.” It is a truth all disciples will discover as they follow
Jesus, but it is also a truth for the whole world.
Some scientists are now hypothesizing an “altruistic gene”
in the human person, which has throughout our history as a species, equipped us to care and to survive. Our Biblical faith supports this theory. God created us in his image, to love and be
loved. So, we live better as we give ourselves to others. Harvard
psychologist, David McClelland, has collected data that suggest
that the feeling of love brings us health. Regularly spending an
hour with someone we love, reminiscing about people we have
loved and who have loved us, elevates our immune system and
helps us fight things such as the common cold. Also, people
viewing a film about Mother Teresa experience a rise in immunological capacity to fight upper-respiratory infections. A Harvard
graduate student, James McKay, has found that people who have
fantasies of selfless love report fewer infections and their T-cells
show greater resistance to viruses.
Jesus was hardly recommending discipleship as a cure for
the common cold, but he knew the secret of life - finding comes
in losing, losing helps you find. We were created to love, and
when we give of ourselves to others, we discover real life. The
trouble is, nobody believes this. We fight to serve and protect
self. We seem incurably tuned in to ourselves. We continually put
“self” first. But Jesus offers us a new way of salvation that frees
us from bondage to ourselves, so that we might live for others.
The world’s slogan is ‘self-realization through self-acceptance.’
Christ’s way is ‘self-acceptance through self-giving’.
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The United Methodist Women
Will Host a “Relay for Life” Benefit
God at Work in the People of North Fayette
Spaghetti Luncheon
On Sunday, March 21st at Noon
The United Methodist Women are
once again sponsoring a team
for "Relay for Life" to be held April 30,
7:00 pm at the Kiwanis Fair Complex in
Fayetteville. We are walking and fundraising in honor of all our members who
have battled cancer. We need your help
in raising funds to meet the team goal of $3,000. We will be
holding various fund raisers through April. Donations can be
made with cash or a check made payable to the American
Cancer Society.
Our first fund raiser is our annual spaghetti luncheon on
Sunday, March 21 at 12:00. Lunch includes spaghetti, salad,
bread, dessert, and a drink. Cost is $7.00 for adults. Children
under 12 eat free!
Reservation forms will appear in the bulletin in late February. Reservations must be made by March 14. We must have
your reservation in advance to make sure we prepare enough
food. Mark your calendar and plan to attend.
Open Door Christmas Party 2009
Walt Keiser, Lay Leader cleans up the church bus in preparation
for its sale. The Trustees, Finance Committee & Church Council
recently decided to sell it.
A letter of “Thank You”
received from
Murphy Harpst (Home for Abused & Neglected Children)
740 Fletcher Street
Cedartown, GA 30125-3249
December 31, 2009
Dear Friends in Christ,
Thank you so much for your Christmas gifts for 30 residents.
We deeply appreciate your support of these children and your desire to provide them with a Christmas they will remember.
I’ve said this before but it bears repeating at this time each
year: the children we serve have been so badly treated and so deprived that it is hard for them to get even the faintest idea of the
true meaning of Christmas. Their feelings of unworthiness make
the belief in a God who loves them almost impossible. Human beings have not loved them, so how could they be lovable in any
way to any one? But little by little, as they experience the consistent love and nurturing they receive here and as they see how you
and others like you reach out to them - unconditionally - they begin to see the possibility. The seeds for faith are planted and nurtured in conditions such as these.
So as you can see, your gifts begin working in the lives of our
children immediately to restore their faith in adults and in God.
But your gifts also work together to build a foundation upon which
they - the children and teens - can begin to build a life around the
essential knowledge that they are loved. Your gift is not just a
Christmas gift, it is an investment in the quality of a life.
Again, thank you so much!!
Part of the January Donations to the Fayette
Samaritans Food Pantry. Thank You All!
Greeters Eddie and Annette Poindexter greet and welcome worshipers to the 11 o’clock worship service.
The 25th Anniversary Tribute Tree remains
as a testament to God’s Grace. Remembrance Gifts continue to be received to fill
the tree & pay off our mortgage.
LENTEN BIBLE STUDY FOR 2010
Tuesdays Feb 16 - Mar 30 at 7 pm
Group led by our Pastor and will meet in homes of participants who want to host the group
12 Person Maximum - Contact church office to register by Feb 9 - Cost of book is $11
The book, described below will be our study guide:
Neglected Voices (Biblical Spirituality in the Margins)
By John Indermark
The Bible features many voices of faith, including those whose lives are well chronicled and those who are mere footnotes in
biblical history.
In Neglected Voices, Indermark explores the lives of lesser known biblical figures who have much to teach us today about
the importance of faithfulness in all places and times.
By seeing how God's grace is present in the lives of biblical "unknowns," we become open to the possibilities in our own
lives and the lives of those around us. Indermark addresses readers who live "life in the margins," including those whose
voices are seldom heard in churches or communities
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Week Four: Courage (Mar 9-15)
Shiphrah and Puah, Nathan, The Man Born Blind
Week One: Beginnings (Feb 16-22)
Rahab, Simeon, Barnabas
Wishing you happiness and many blessings for the coming year,
Week Two: Renunciation (Feb 23 - Mar 1)
Dinah, Haman, Simon Magus
Joanne Simmons
President and CEO
Week Three: Trust (Mar 2-8)
Hannah, The Centurion, Stephen
Week Five: Servanthood (Mar 16-22)
Baruch, The Woman Who Anoints, Phoebe
Week Six: Promises (Mar 23-29)
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Dismas, Unnamed Faithful