Month: March 2019

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Announcements for Sunday, March 31, 2019

Sermon title: “Reclaiming the Symbols of Lent: The Passover Meal”

We welcome all of our visitors today and invite you to the fellowship hall for beverages and cookies after the worship service.  Please follow the congregation to the left out of the sanctuary.

TODAY

THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE TODAY are provided by
Cyndi Richter. “In loving memory of her Mother, Dad, and brother.”  

CONGREGATIONAL CAFE — The UCC Growth Committee will host a Café in order to give congregants some ideas on how to invite others to church.  The café will be in fellowship hall immediately following the worship service today.  

THIS WEEK
GREENE LECTURE SERIES COMMITTEE meets Monday, April 1, at 3:00 p.m., in the parlor.  

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE meets Tuesday, April 2, at 5:00 a.m., in the office conference room.  

HOUSE CHURCH – meets on Tuesday evenings through April 9, 2019 from 7:00-8:30pm. Both groups are meeting at Bill and Vicki Skaer’s home this week. On April 9, this session will conclude and both groups will meet at UCC in fellowship hall.  The book we are using is The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, available at
Amazon.com. Please contact Bill Skaer at: (wcskaer@aol.com) or Emily Hurt at:
edgehurt@aol.com), if you plan to take part in the conversation.  

STEPHEN MINISTERS meets Thursday, April 4, at 11:00 a.m., in the office
conference room.  

YOGA meets every Tuesday at 4:00 and Friday, at 10:00, in fellowship hall. The cost for the Tuesday class is $5 because it is instructor led.  

NEXT WEEK
HOUSE CHURCH – concludes on Tuesday April 9, 2019.  Both groups will meet at UCC in fellowship hall, from 7:00-8:30pm.  

JESUS SEMINAR ON THE ROAD: Re-imagining Jesus and Women with Westar scholars Sarah Morice Brubaker and Deborah Niederer Saxon, at Plymouth Congregational Church, April 5-6, 2019.  For centuries the Christian church insisted that its leaders be male. Yet, recent scholarship has uncovered a very different story about women and Christian origins. This seminar examines the leading role of women in the rise of Christianity and the formation of several Christian beliefs. Register online at: westarinstitute.org/events.  The cost is $75 for all three sessions.  

PALM SUNDAY SERVICE is on Sunday, April 14, at 10:30am.  Join us as we celebrate Palm Sunday, featuring our children’s choir.  

GOOD FRIDAY TENEBRAE SERVICE is on Friday, April 19 at 7:00pm, in the sanctuary. During this service, the increasing darkness by extinguishing of candles symbolizes the approaching darkness of Jesus’ death and of hopelessness in the world without God. Everyone is invited to attend this service.  

EASTER SUNDAY – There will be one extended service from 10:30-noon on Easter morning with communion.  This service will feature music from F. J. Haydn, “Lord Nelson Mass”.  There will be an Easter egg hunt for all children to be held immediately following the worship service at noon, on the south side courtyard lawn.  There will be no Easter sunrise service.  

EVERY CHURCH/OUR CHURCH – Every church gains and loses members, but UCC has a unique perspective in this challenge.  Our membership is not large, and our members average well over 50 years of age. This fact requires us to be proactive in our new member recruitment.
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Announcements for Sunday, March 17, 2019

We welcome all of our visitors today and invite you to the fellowship hall for beverages and cookies after the worship service.  Please follow the congregation to the left out of the sanctuary.
TODAY
THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE TODAY are provided by
the family of Gary Poore.  In loving memory of Gary.  

ALL BOARDS MEET immediately following the worship service at 11:45.

THE CE BOARD will meet in the Science and Exploration Room.

THE DEACONS will meet in the area outside the downstairs kitchen.

THE MUSIC BOARD will meet in the room beside the choir room.

THE OUTREACH BOARD will meet in the office meeting room.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES will meet in the conference room.  

THIS WEEK
HOUSE CHURCH – meets on Tuesday evenings through April 9, 2019 from 7:00-8:30pm. One group will be at Bill and Vicki Skaer’s, the other group will be at Sharon and Burt Tims home.  The book we are using is The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, available at Amazon.com. Please contact Bill and Vicki Skaer (wcskaer@aol.com) or Emily Hurt edgehurt@aol.com) if you plan to take part in the conversation.  

MENS’ LUNCH is Thursday, March 21, at 11:30, at Scotch & Sirloin. The guest speakers are Jim and Jane Kuhlmann.  They will talk about their experience with the Red Cross Disaster Relief Team for the recent Alabama tornado.  

YOGA meets every Tuesday at 4:00 and Friday, at 10:00, in fellowship hall. The cost for the Tuesday class is $5 because it is instructor led.  

NEXT WEEK
ENDOWMENT BOARD ANNUAL MEETING – Sunday, March 24, at 11:30, in the sanctuary.  The UCC Endowment board will present its annual report to the congregation.  

COUNCIL MEETING on Monday, March 25, at 6:30 p.m., in the basement conference room.  

LARKSFIELD DISCUSSION GROUP meets on March 27, at 10:00 a.m., in the club room.  

DINNER FOR THE HOMELESS – Friday, March 29 is our Overflow Men’s Homeless Shelter dinner date. SAVE THE DATE! We will be preparing meals for 125 homeless men and women. Your part will be to contribute to the delicious/healthy menu in some way. Stay tuned for future developments on this worthwhile outreach!    
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Announcements for Sunday, March 10, 2019

SERMON TITLE: “Reclaiming the Symbols of Lent: Ashes”

We welcome all of our visitors today and invite you to the fellowship hall for beverages and cookies after the worship service.  Please follow the congregation to the left out of the sanctuary.
TODAY
THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE TODAY are provided by
Anne and Tim Duncan.  “In celebration of our children and grandchildren.”  

THIS WEEK
HEAD-TO-TOE HYGIENE PANTRY workday is Thursday, March 14, from 9-11am, at 2130 E. 21st St. N. The Pantry is open on Saturday, March 16, from 9:00-11:30am.  

HOUSE CHURCH – The House Church groups studying racism will he hosting
Dr. Robert Weems, Distinguished Professor of Business History at WSU, who holds the Willard H Garvey Chair of Business, this Tuesday, March 12th at Bill and Vicki Skaer’s home from 7-8:30 pm.   Dr Weems has done extensive research on African American entrepreneurship past and present, and will talk about some of the effects of racism on African Americans in Wichita.   Anyone interested in attending should contact Bill Skaer at 316-990-2856 for information and directions.  

YOGA meets every Tuesday at 4:00 and Friday, at 10:00, in fellowship hall. The cost for the Tuesday class is $5 because it is instructor led.  

NEXT WEEK
GROWTH TEAM meets on Sunday, March 17, at 9:00am, in fellowship hall.  

ALL BOARDS MEET on Sunday, March 17, immediately following the worship service at 11:45 a.m.  

MENS’ LUNCH is Thursday, March 21, at 11:30, at Scotch & Sirloin. The guest speakers are Jim and Jane Kuhlmann.  They will talk about their experience with the Red Cross Disaster Relief Team for the recent Alabama tornado.  

DINNER FOR THE HOMELESS – Friday, March 29 is our Overflow Men’s Homeless Shelter dinner date. SAVE THE DATE! We will be preparing meals for 125 homeless men and women. Your part will be to contribute to the delicious/healthy menu in some way. Stay tuned for future developments on this worthwhile outreach!  

SMALL GIFTS ADD UP – Thanks to all who give their loose change in the Sunday offering plate.  Those small gifts added up to almost a $3,000 gift to the Head-To-Toe Hygiene Pantry in 2018.  Keep those coins coming!  

2019 FLOWER SCHEDULE is located on the PIC board in fellowship hall. We have many dates still available. We would like to get these dates filled quickly so that we are sure to have flowers each Sunday.  

JESUS SEMINAR ON THE ROAD: Re-imagining Jesus and Women with Westar scholars Sarah Morice Brubaker and Deborah Niederer Saxon, at Plymouth Congregational Church, April 5-6, 2019.  For centuries the Christian church insisted that its leaders be male. Most of Christian history is dominated by stories about male leaders. Yet, recent scholarship has uncovered a very different story about women and Christian origins. This seminar examines the leading role of women in the rise of Christianity and the formation of several Christian beliefs. Did Jesus and his first followers seek to establish a truly egalitarian society?  Register online at: westarinstitute.org/events.  Register by March 22, for a discount, $60 for all three sessions, $75 after March 22.