Announcements
OPPORTUNITIES
Ushers: Next Sunday, March 7, 2010 Bruce Andrews and Gwyn Ingle will serve.
Greeters: Next Sunday, March 7, 2010 Ward and Marietta Breidenthal will serve.
Offertory Clerks: Offeratory clerks for the month of March are Marsha Sutton and Sylvia Edwards. In April, Betty Small and Jennifer Sutherland will serve.
Bible Study: The Wednesday Evening Bible Study meets from 6:30 to 7:30pm each week. Everyone is welcome!
Choir practice: Wednesday, March 10 and 24, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
The Upper Room: March/April 2010 Upper Room will arrive next week and will be in the Vestibule and Fellowship Hall.
Flowers in the Church: Would you like to contribute to the beauty of worship services at Springwood? Would you like to remember a loved one or celebrate a special occasion with flowers? Here's how. There is a flower reservation calendar located on the bulletin board in the fellowship hall. Sign up for your desired Sunday on the calendar, complete a flower reservation form (found in the pocket next to the calendar), including a brief message you wish to appear in the Church bulletin that Sunday. Please call Bill Sutton (449-6341) no later than the Wednesday prior to your chosen Sunday. Thank you for adding to the beauty of our Church.
Good Shepherd Kitchen: Special Needs of the Good Shepherd Kitchen are: Kitchen and laundry detergent, mayonnaise, paper goods and any staple goods are always welcome.
by Reverend Dale Walker | 02/15/10
Lent begins Wednesday, February 18: Ash Wednesday. Traditionally, Christians have used the six weeks of Lent to prepare for the grace of Christ’s resurrection. Fasting, penitence, prayer, scripture reading, acts of sacrifice and service are some of the disciplines we may use to reflect on our relationship with God and to stretch ourselves spiritually. If you have a special way of keeping Lent, would you let me know? I’d like to be able to share those ideas with the congregation—your anonymity protected, of course—to encourage others to deepen their relationship with God during these weeks (Read more)
by Reverend Dale Walker | 02/28/10
“Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!”, Isaiah trembled in his sandals overhearing the seraphs praise God. The dictionary defines “holy” as characterized by perfection and transcendence.” Do you expect—even hope--to meet the Holy when you come to church? Annie Dillard writes that when we go to church, we should wear crash helmets, be given life preservers, and be lashed to the pews, in case God does show up! [“Teaching a Stone to Talk”] Isaiah’s vision is as terrifying as the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile: the foundations shaking, the air filled with smoke. I wonder if we want that much holiness!
Perhaps we need an encounter with the Living God to shake us up, transform us, heal us, and bring us into God’s circle of holiness. Perhaps that would help us recognize the holy in all things—even in ourselves. But be warned: expect to be changed, just as Isaiah was changed and empowered to speak for God to a troubled country—as Peter was changed from a simple fisherman to be able to follow that strange, nonconformist teacher. If you are willing to be changed from just rocking along in your faith, strap on your crash helmet, grab a life preserver, immerse yourself in God’s word in scripture, and ask what God, through a particular passage, is asking of you. Soak yourself in prayer, opening your heart to listen to God’s words of comfort and words of challenge. Hear and receive God’s forgiveness of you, freeing you from the paralyzing guilt about sin and freeing you to follow Jesus. For us, forgiveness comes not by a burning coal on our lips, but by hearing the good news of God’s great love
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