HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace Kneil will be there to greet you and your children. A multiage SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS meets in the lower level following “A Time for all Children”.  Anna Duxler and Megan Lovely teach the class.

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermons are posted each week!  An archive of sermons (select the speaker), newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.  Also check out our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as is the roster for the Church Council.

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

THIS SUNDAY

THE C.E. BOARD will meet in the Science and Exploration Room at 11:45.

THE BOARD OF DEACONS will meet in the conference room at 11:45.

THE MUSIC BOARD will meet in the choir room at 11:45.

THIS WEEK

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00) and Friday at 10:00 a.m.in Fellowship Hall.

MEN’S GROUP LUNCH is Thursday, April 17, 11:30 at the Lakeside Club. Susan Smythe with Ronald McDonald House will be the speaker. Sign up in Fellowship Hall or call the office if you plan to attend.

Maundy Thursday

                        April 17            6:00 p.m.

Fellowship Hall

Traditional Ancient Meal and Service

Please sign up in Fellowship Hall or call the office to sign up.

Bring a guest!

NEXT SUNDAY

Easter Sunday

   April 20        10:30 Service

The UCC Chancel Choir and 30 piece orchestra will present English, composer, Karl Jenkin’s

“Gloria”

And an inspiring Easter message from Robin.

Easter Egg Hunt

Meet in Fellowship Hall by the Easter Baskets for an outside

Easter  Egg Hunt (weather permiting).

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO DONATE TO THE EASTER LILY DISPLAY! If you are interested in donating, please put your check in the offering plate and note “Easter flowers” on the memo line of your check and include if the donation is in honor of or in memory of someone.

BOB SCOTT IS INVITING anyone in the congregation who cares to join the UCC Chancel Choir (especially the ladies) to please contact him if you are interested. His email is infoprpi@aol.com or see him after the service.

A SERIES OF CLASSES ON “ZEALOT: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” Join Rev. Dr. Keith Williamson to explore this best-selling book on Monday nights, 6:30-8:00 p.m. starting May 5 and each Monday through May (except no class on May 26, Memorial Day)and also each Monday in June in the downstairs conference room.  This book by acclaimed author Reza Aslan “yields a fresh perspective on one of the greatest stories ever told even as it affirms the radical and transformative nature of Jesus of Nazareth’s life and mission.  The result is a thought provoking, elegantly written biography with the pulse of a fast-paced novel: a singularly brilliant portrait of a man, a time, and the birth of a religion.” A few copies of the best-selling book are available in the UCC Library to check out and will be available for $22.00 in the church office. (the book is not out in paperback).  Not required reading but preferred.

WG ROAD TRIP!!!!

Saturday, May 3, 6:45 a.m. (yes, a.m.) meet at the church, hop in the van, and head north to Nell Hill’s in Atchinson, KS to shop till you drop. Nell Hill (www.nellhills.com) is a house décor store with great prices. Muffins will be provided on the van. Plan to have lunch in Atchinson and be back in Wichita late afternoon. Hopefully the van is big enough for all the purchases. First 12 people to pay $25.00 p.p (to pay for the gas/van.) will be able to go. Sign up in Fellowship Hall

invites you to a

Mother’s and Other’s Brunch

Saturday, May 10, 10:00 a.m.

Fellowship Hall

Dr. Erin McGonigle will be the speaker

Please sign up in Fellowship Hall

SEW IN on Thursday, April 24 and Thursday, May 1, at 10:00 a.m. in Fellowship Hall. Please come and help make jackets and blankets for Honduras babies. Bring your sewing machine and a sack lunch if you can stay a while. There are plenty of jobs if you do not sew so please come and help.

ARE YOU ARTSY OR CRAFTSY?  Do you have a hobby that you’ve wanted to teach to others?  The UCC Arts Camp is June 9-13 and a perfect way to share your hobby or talent.  Sign up on the PIC board so we can incorporate your class into our curriculum.  See Paul for more details.

Second Anthem     “Ave Verum”   Mozart

Jesus, Word of God incarnate, of the Virgin Mary born,

On the cross , thy sacred body for us all with nails was torn.

Cleanse us by the blood and water streaming from thy pierced side,

Feed us with thy body broken now and in deaths agony.

Traditional Word :   Mark 11:1-11

11When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples ²and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and bring it. ³If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ just say this, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here immediately.’” ⁴They went away and found a colt tied near a door, outside in the street. As they were untying it, ⁵some of the bystanders said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” ⁶They told them what Jesus had said; and they allowed them to take it. ⁷Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it; and he sat on it. ⁸Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields. ⁹Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting,

“Hosanna!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
¹⁰Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

¹¹Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple; and when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

Contemporary Word: “WEAVE” by Rosemary Crow
Weave, weave, weave us together,
Weave us together in unity and love.
Weave, weave, weave us together,
Weave us together, together in love.

We are many textures, we are many colours,
Each one different from the other.
But we are entwined in one another in one great tapestry –

We are different instruments playing our own melodies,
Each one tuning to a different key,
But we are all playing in harmony in one great symphony.

A moment ago still we did not know
Our unity, only diversity.
Now the Spirit in me greets the Spirit in thee in one great family.

Weave, weave, weave us together,
Weave us together in unity and love.
Weave, weave, weave us together,
Weave us together, together in love.

HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace Kneil will be there to greet you and your children. A multiage SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS meets in the lower level following “A Time for all Children”.  Anna Duxler and Megan Lovely teach the class.

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermons are posted each week!  An archive of sermons (select the speaker), newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.  Also check out our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as is the roster for the Church Council.

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

THIS WEEK

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00) and Friday at 10:00 a.m.in Fellowship Hall.

*THE NEEDLEWORK GROUP meets Tuesday and 10:00 a.m. in Fellowship Hall. More details on the next page.

*MUNCH AND MUSE LENTEN SERIES  final Wednesday class is this Wednesday, April 9, 6:00 in Fellowship Hall. More information on the next page.

NEXT SUNDAY

THE C.E. BOARD will meet in the Science and Exploration Room at 11:45.

THE BOARD OF DEACONS will meet in the conference room at 11:45.

THE MUSIC BOARD will meet in the choir room at 11:45.

*THE NEEDLEWORK GROUP meets the second Tuesday of each month so mark your calendar for April 8 at 10:00 a.m. if you want to work on your own project while visiting with others. If you have always wanted to learn to knit, crochet, or any other type of needlework, the ladies are glad to teach you and will be there to help you learn. If you can stay a while, bring a sack lunch. You are welcome to join in at any time.

*THE OUTREACH BOARD will be taking donations of Women’s Spring/Summer clothing and accessories such as shoes, belts, and purses in Fellowship Hall, today and next Sunday, April 13.  This clothing will be given to our local Dress for Success program which provides clothing and training for women entering the workforce.

NEXT SUNDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO DONATE TO THE

EASTER LILY DISPLAY! If you are interested in donating, please mail $12.00 to the church office by April 13 or put your check in the offering plate.  Please note “Easter flowers” on the memo line of your check and include if the donation is in honor of or in memory of someone.

*MUNCH AND MUSE LENTEN SERIES  will continue for the next two Wednesdays  concluding on Maundy Thursday, April 17. You are welcome to join in at any time. A chapter from the book “The Last Week” written by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan in which a day by day account of Jesus’ final week of life beginning on Palm Sunday will be presented and discussed. Reading the book before the class is preferred but not required.  A light dinner will be served each Wednesday.

BOB SCOTT IS INVITING anyone in the congregation who cares to join the UCC Chancel Choir (especially the ladies) to please contact him if you are interested. His email is infoprpi@aol.com or see him after the service.

ARE YOU ARTSY OR CRAFTSY?  Do you have a hobby that you’ve wanted to teach to others?  The UCC Arts Camp is June 9-13 and a perfect way to share your hobby or talent.  Sign up on the PIC board so we can incorporate your class into our curriculum.  See Paul for more details.

WG ROAD TRIP!!!!

Saturday, May 3, 6:45 a.m. (yes, a.m.) meet at the church, hop in the van, and head north to Nell Hill’s in Atchinson, KS to shop till you drop. Nell Hill (www.nellhills.com) is a house décor store with great prices. Muffins will be provided on the van. Plan to have lunch in Atchinson and be back in Wichita late afternoon. Hopefully the van is big enough for all the purchases. First 12 people to pay $25.00 p.p (to pay for the gas/van.) will be able to go. Sign up in Fellowship Hall

invites you to a

Mother’s and Other’s Brunch

Saturday, May 10, 10:00

Fellowship Hall

Dr. Erin McGonigle will be the speaker

Please sign up in Fellowship Hall

Solo               “ Beau Soir”                poem by Bourget, music by Debussey (1862-1918)

When, in the setting sun, the rivers  turn pink

And a warm shudder rushes through the wheat fields,

A plea to be happy seems to emanate from things,

and rises up toward the troubled heart.

A plea to relish the charm of being alive while one is young and the evening is fair,

for we shall go as this wave goes:  The wave to the sea, we to the tomb.

First Anthem   “When Rooks Fly Homeward”

 When rooks fly homeward and shadows fall,

When roses fold on the hay-yard wall

When blind moths flutter by door and tree

Then comes the quiet of Christ to me.

When stars look out on the Children’s path

and grey mists gather on carn and rath,

When night is one with the brooding sun,

Then comes the quiet of Christ to me.

Second Anthem  “I Lift Mine Eyes Unto the Hills

I lift mine eyes unto the hills from where comes my help?’

My help is in the Lord.

God will not let your foot be moved, and God shall never sleep.

Behold, the Lord who keeps watch over Israel shall slumber not, nor sleep.

The Lord himself watches over you, He is your shade at your right hand

so that the sun shall not strike you, nor the moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve us from evil, it is he who shall keep you safe.

The Lord shall watch over you, your going out and your coming in

From this time forth, and forevermore, I lift mine eyes unto the hills

From where comes my help? It comes from the Lord. Alleluia, Alleluia

I lift mine eyes unto the hills.

Traditional Word :

Galatians 2:19-20   For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; 20 and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Romans 6:3-4    Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

Contemporary Word:

“It’s not enough to have lived.
We should be determined to live for something.
May I suggest that it be creating joy for others,
sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind,
bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.”

― Leo Buscaglia

Please join us for us this Easter Season for worship, music and fellowship at UCC.

Palm Sunday

                  April 13          10:30 Service

St. Petersburg String Quartet will be here to play with the Chancel Choir during our regular church service.

Sermon title:  “The Last Week:  Palm Sunday”

Maundy Thursday

         April 17            6:00 p.m.

Fellowship Hall

Traditional Ancient Meal and Service

Please sign up in Fellowship Hall or call the office to sign up.

Easter Sunday

   April 20        10:30 Service

The UCC Chancel Choir and 30 piece orchestra will present English, composer, Karl Jenkin’s

Gloria

And an inspiring Easter message from Robin.

HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace Kneil will be there to greet you and your children. A multiage SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS meets in the lower level following “A Time for all Children”.  Anna Duxler and Megan Lovely teach the class.

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermons are posted each week!  An archive of sermons (select the speaker), newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.  Also check out our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as is the roster for the Church Council.

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

TODAY

THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE are given by Kathryn Langrehr in remembrance of her mother who passed away last year.

THE DILLION’S REWARD PROGRAM CARDS  YOU ORDERED ARE IN! Please see Kim Carraway in Fellowship Hall after the church service.

THIS WEEK

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00) and Friday at 10:00 a.m.in Fellowship Hall.

*MUNCH AND MUSE LENTEN SERIES is Wednesday, April 2, 6:00 in Fellowship Hall. More information on the next page.

*WG WOMEN’S GUILD LUNCH is Wednesday, April 2, at 12:00 in Fellowship Hall. Signup sheet in Fellowship Hall. See more info on the next page.

NEXT SUNDAY

*DRESS FOR SUCCESS clothes and accessory collection begins. More info further in the bulletin

IT’S EASTER LILY TIME! If you are interested in donating for our Easter floral display, please mail $12.00 to the church office by April 13 or put your check in the offering plate.  Please note “Easter flowers” on the memo line of your check and include if the donation is in honor of or in memory of someone.

*MUNCH AND MUSE LENTEN SERIES continues each Wednesday through the next two Wednesday’s in April, concluding on Maundy Thursday, April 17. You are welcome to join in at any time. A chapter from the book “The Last Week” written by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan in which a day by day account of Jesus’ final week of life beginning on Palm Sunday will be presented and discussed. Reading the book before the class is preferred but not required.  A light dinner will be served each Wednesday.

BOB SCOTT IS INVITING anyone in the congregation who cares to join the UCC Chancel Choir (especially the ladies) to please contact him if you are interested. His email is infoprpi@aol.com or see him after the service.

292014 COMMUNION TABLE FLOWER SCHEDULE is on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall. A few dates in Aug. and Sept. are available plus Nov. 16. Sign up early to get the date you want!

ARE YOU ARTSY OR CRAFTSY?  Do you have a hobby that you’ve wanted to teach to others?  The UCC Arts Camp is June 9-13 and a perfect way to share your hobby or talent.  Sign up on the PIC board so we can incorporate your class into our curriculum.  See Paul for more details.

COMING SOON! On April 13, Palm Sunday, St. Petersburg String Quartet will be here to play during the church service and with the Chancel choir. On April 20, Easter Sunday, Gloria, by Karl Jenkins, will be presented during our church service including symphony musicians and our UCC Chancel Choir.

During May and June, our friend, Keith Williamson will offer a series of classes based on the book “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” by Reza Aslan.  More information in the April newsletter.

TWO RECITALS THIS WEEK FOR TWO MEMBERS OF OUR CHOIR:  Faculty Artist Series presents a recital with Randolph Lacy, tenor and Lynne Davis, organ/piano.  Songs by Debussy, Faure, Hahn, Langlais, and Bachelet. Solo organ works by Durufle and Langlais. Special guest, Luis Salazar Avilia, violin.  Tuesday, April 1,

Wiedemann Recital Hall on the WSU campus, 7:30-9:00. Tickets $7.00.  More information on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall.

Luke Walker is having his senior recital at WSU’s Ulrich Museum, Beren Gallery @ 7:00pm on Friday April 4^th. See the poster on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall. $5.00 suggested donation.

*THE OUTREACH BOARD will be taking donations of Women’s Spring/Summer clothing and accessories such as shoes, belts, and purses in Fellowship Hall, April 6 and 13.  This clothing will be given to our local Dress for Success program which provides clothing and training for women entering the workforce.

THE NEEDLEWORK GROUP meets the second Tuesday of each month so mark your calendar for April 8 at 10:00 a.m. if you want to work on your own project while visiting with others. If you have always wanted to learn to knit, crochet, or any other type of needlework, the ladies are glad to teach you and will be there to help you learn. If you can stay a while, bring a sack lunch. You are welcome to join in at any time.

   *  When bees thrive, we all thrive

WOMEN’S GUILD LUNCHEON

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2

              12:00 noon

$7.00 p.p.

The theme for our lunch                                presenters for this year is    “A Little Less Traditional”  and our speaker is our own

LINDA CROWE

who is a beekeeper!

Lunch will be honey related.

First Anthem    “O Jesu Christe”

O Savior Jesus, Lord have mercy on us,

In pain I grieve, hear my plea,

Oh my Lord, I give you my trust,

Lord help me, I pray

Have mercy, Lord, on us.

Second Anthem    “Sanctus”

Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, God of Sabaoth

Heaven and earth show thy glory,’ are full of thy glory.,

Hosanna, Hosanna,
Amen

Traditional Word : Mark 14:22-26

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.”

Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

“This is my blood of the[a] covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them. 25 “Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Contemporary Word:

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

Anatole France

HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace Kneil will be there to greet you and your children. A multiage SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS meets in the lower level following “A Time for all Children”.  Anna Duxler and Megan Lovely teach the class.

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermons are posted each week!  An archive of sermons (select the speaker), newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.  Also check out our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as is the roster for the Church Council.

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

TODAY

WE WELCOME DEANN SMITH executive director of United Methodist Open Door, as our guest speaker from the pulpit today.

THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE are given by TABLE are given by Stephen Taylor in memory of his wife, Jane Vanderlip Taylor, and his father-in-law Herbert D. Vanderlip, in remembrance of their March birthdays.

THIS WEEK

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00) and Friday at 10:00 a.m.in Fellowship Hall.

*MUNCH AND MUSE LENTEN SERIES is Wednesday, March 19, 6:00 in Fellowship Hall. More information on the next page.

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT is Friday, March 28, 6:00 in the downstairs movie room.  The movie is “Frozen” loved by both kids and parents that won two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Song this year. Pizza, popcorn, and pop will be served

NEXT SUNDAY

DUSTIN PETERSON will be here as our guest soloist.

COMMUNION will be served.

IT’S EASTER LILY TIME! If you are interested in donating for our Easter floral display, please mail $12.00 to the church office by April 13 or put your check in the offering plate.  Please note “Easter flowers” on the memo line of your check and include if the donation is in honor of or in memory of someone.

*MUNCH AND MUSE LENTEN SERIES continues each Wednesday through March and the first two Wednesday’s in April, concluding on Maundy Thursday, April 17. You are welcome to join in at any time. A chapter from the book “The Last Week” written by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan in which a day by day account of Jesus’ final week of life beginning on Palm Sunday will be presented and discussed. Reading the book before the class is preferred but not required.  A light dinner will be served each Wednesday.

BOB SCOTT IS INVITING anyone in the congregation who cares to join the UCC Chancel Choir (especially the ladies) to please contact him if you are interested. His email is infoprpi@aol.com or see him after the service.

292014 COMMUNION TABLE FLOWER SCHEDULE is on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall. A few dates in Aug. and Sept. are available plus Nov. 16. Sign up early to get the date you want!

ARE YOU ARTSY OR CRAFTSY?  Do you have a hobby that you’ve wanted to teach to others?  The UCC Arts Camp is June 9-13 and a perfect way to share your hobby or talent.  Sign up on the PIC board so we can incorporate your class into our curriculum.  See Paul for more details.

COMING SOON! On April 13, Palm Sunday, St. Petersburg String Quartet will be here to play during the church service and with the Chancel choir. On April 20, Easter Sunday, Gloria, by Karl Jenkins, will be presented as our church service including symphony musicians and our UCC Chancel Choir.

During May and June, our friend, Keith Williamson will offer a series of classes based on the book “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” by Reza Aslan.  More information in the April newsletter.

THE OUTREACH BOARD will be taking donations of Women’s Spring/Summer clothing and accessories such as shoes, belts, and purses in Fellowship Hall, April 6 and 13.  This clothing will be given to our local Dress for Success program which provides clothing and training for women entering the workforce.

DILLON’S NEIGHBORHOOD REWARD PROGRAM Last day today!! Orders are being taken for the initial purchase of the $5.00 gift card in Fellowship Hall today and next Sunday in Fellowship Hall.  Before your first purchase of groceries, the card should be loaded with an amount up to $500.  The card can be loaded with cash, check, or major credit card.  When UCC participants have reached $5,000 with its initial order ($5 card) plus reloads in a 4-week cycle, Dillon’s will send a check to UCC for 5% of the total.

        Total Purchase                 Earnings                      UCC Earns

                 $5,000                      5%                                $250

If we haven’t reached $5,000, the money will carry over into the next 4-week cycle.

This same gift card should be kept and reloaded each time.  When a supporter uses their gift card to pay for their groceries, the card must be reloaded at the Service Desk prior to being used as a payment for the purchases—BEFORE THE GROCERIES ARE RUNG.

To track the balance on your card after a purchase, the balance will be printed on the bottom of your cash register receipt.

This is an Outreach program with the proceeds going to the Head-to-Toe Hygiene Pantry.

  When bees thrive, we all thrive

WOMEN’S GUILD LUNCHEON

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2

              12:00 noon

$7.00 p.p.

The theme for our lunch                                presenters for this year is    “A Little Less Traditional”  and our speaker is our own

LINDA CROWE

who is a bee keeper!

Lunch will be honey related.

First Anthem         “O Sacrum Convivium”

Giovanni Croce  (1557-1609)

O Sacred and Holy Feast

Where Christ is now received

and we recount the memory of his bitter passion

Minds are filled with  heavenly grace

and the  promise we are given of a future glory.

alleluia

Second Anthem   “The Last Words of David”

Randall Thompson

He that ruleth over all must be just, ruling in the fear of God,

And he shall be as the light of the morning,

when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds:

As the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining. —after the rain, — alleluia,—– amen

Traditional Word                                 Luke 10:25-37

Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.” But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.’ Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”  

Contemporary Word

“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.”  Martin Luther King Jr.

“When elephants fight, the grass suffers.”  Author unknown

UCC is excited to announce that Rev. Dr. Keith Williamson will be leading a class on “Zealot–the Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” by Rez Aslan, during our May-June Monday night class.

The class will be every Monday night (except for memorial Day, May 26) of May and June 2014–starting Monday, May 5.

Find a full class schedule right below Keith’s brief biography:

Rev. Dr. Keith Williamson served as one of the interim co-pastors at UCC during 2012.

An ordained minister (now retired) in the United Methodist Church, he has served as Teacher-in-Residence at College Hill UMC for more than twenty years, teaching classes on progressive theology and biblical scholarship.  From 1977-2008 he was a member of the faculty of the Elliott School of Communication at W.S.U.  A native Wichitan, he is a graduate of Wichita High School East, and Wichita State University (English and History).  His seminary degree is from S.M.U (Perkins School of Theology), and his doctorate from Temple University (speech/communication).

SCHEDULE:

A Series Exploring Zealot:

The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

by Reza Aslan, internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religion

University Congregational Church

Mondays, May & June of 2014, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Rev. Dr. Keith Williamson, Instructor

Copies of the best-selling book—Reza Aslan, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth (NY:  Random House, 2013)—are available in the UCC Library to check out.  Not required reading but preferred.

5/5—   Introductory material (pp. xiii-xxxiv);

Part I:  Prologue: A Different Sort of Sacrifice;  &

Chap. 1:  A Hole in the Corner

5/12— Chap. 2:  King of the Jews;

Chap. 3:  You Know Where I Am From;  &

Chap. 4:  The Fourth Philosophy

5/19— Chap. 5: Where Is Your Fleet to Sweep the Roman Seas?  &

Chap. 6:  Year One

5/26—Memorial Day; no class

6/2—   Part II: Prologue: Zeal for Your House;

Chap. 7:  The Voice Crying in the Wilderness;  &

Chap. 8:  Follow Me

6/9—   Chap. 9:  By the Finger of God;  &

Chap. 10:  May Your Kingdom Come

6/16— Chap. 11:  Who Do You Say That I Am?  &

Chap. 12:  No King but Caesar

6/23— Part II: Prologue:  God Made Flesh;  &

Chap. 13:  If Christ Has Not Been Risen

6/30— Chap. 14:  Am I Not an Apostle?

Chap. 15:  The Just One;  &

Epilogue:  True God from True God

HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace Kneil will be there to greet you and your children. A multiage SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS meets in the lower level following “A Time for all Children”.  Anna Duxler and Megan Lovely teach the class.

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermons are posted each week!  An archive of sermons (select the speaker), newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.  Also check out our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as is the roster for the Church Council.

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

TODAY

THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE are given by Anne and Tim Duncan in celebration of their two new granddaughters, Vivian (5 months old) and Soren (3 months old).

THE C.E. BOARD will meet in the Science and Exploration Room at 11:45.

THE BOARD OF DEACONS will meet in the area off the downstairs kitchen at 11:45.

THE MUSIC BOARD will meet in the choir room at 11:45.

THE OUTREACH BOARD will meet in the office meeting room at 11:45.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES will meet in the conference room at 11:45

THIS WEEK

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00) and Friday at 10:00 a.m.in Fellowship Hall.

*MUNCH AND MUSE LENTEN SERIES is Wednesday, March 19, 6:00 in Fellowship Hall. More information on the next page.

MEN’S GROUP LUNCH is Thursday, March 20, 11:30 at Lakeview Club. Some changes and improvements are in store for the church building and John Carraway will give you the latest plans. Sign up in Fellowship Hall on the PIC board.

*WG  COOK’S NIGHT OUT is Thursday, March 20, at 6:00. More information further in the bulletin.  Please sign up today in Fellowship Hall or call the office Monday.

NEXT SUNDAY

DEANN SMITH FROM OPEN DOOR will be our guest speaker. Deann is the executive director of United Methodist Open Door whose facility on N. Market is the home of our Head-To-Toe Hygiene Pantry.

*WG COOK’S NIGHT OUT IS THURSDAY MARCH 20.  Our own Wayne Roberts will be the speaker along with Pat Gallagher who are both members of the Friends of McConnell Executive Committee and will present a video history of McConnell Air Force Base, explain the role Friends of McConnell plays in supporting airman, and discuss the basing of the new tanker. The ladies of the Guild will be preparing the meal. Mark your calendars, note the day change (from Wed. to Thurs.), and sign up in Fellowship Hall. Adults $15.00 p.p. Children (Ages 4-10) $5.00. Let us know if you need childcare.

*MUNCH AND MUSE LENTEN SERIES continues each Wednesday through March and the first two Wednesday’s in April, concluding on Maundy Thursday, April 17. You are welcome to join in at any time. A chapter from the book “The Last Week” written by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan in which a day by day account of Jesus’s final week of life beginning on Palm Sunday will be presented and discussed. Reading the book before the class is preferred but not required.  A light dinner will be served each Wednesday.

BOB SCOTT IS INVITING anyone in the congregation who cares to join the UCC Chancel Choir (especially the ladies) to please contact him if you are interested. His email is infoprpi@aol.com or see him after the service.

292014 COMMUNION TABLE FLOWER SCHEDULE is on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall. A few dates in Aug. and Sept. are available plus Nov. 16. Sign up early to get the date you want!

THE EASTER LILY TIME! If you are interested in donating for our Easter floral display, please mail $12.00 to the church office by April 13 or put your check in the offering plate.  Please note “Easter flowers” on the memo line of your check and include if the donation is in honor of or in memory of someone.

ARE YOU ARTSY OR CRAFTSY?  Do you have a hobby that you’ve wanted to teach to others?  The UCC Arts Camp is June 9-13 and a perfect way to share your hobby or talent.  Sign up on the PIC board so we can incorporate your class into our curriculum.  See Paul for more details.

THE OUTREACH BOARD will be taking donations of Women’s Spring/Summer clothing and accessories such as shoes, belts, and purses in Fellowship Hall, April 6 and 13.  This clothing will be given to our local Dress for Success program which provides clothing and training for women entering the workforce.

DILLON’S NEIGHBORHOOD REWARD PROGRAM Orders are being taken for the initial purchase of the $5.00 gift card in Fellowship Hall today and next Sunday in Fellowship Hall.  Before your first purchase of groceries, the card should be loaded with an amount up to $500.  The card can be loaded with cash, check, or major credit card.  When UCC participants have reached $5,000 with its initial order ($5 card) plus reloads in a 4-week cycle, Dillon’s will send a check to UCC for 5% of the total.

        Total Purchase                 Earnings                      UCC Earns

                 $5,000                      5%                                $250

If we haven’t reached $5,000, the money will carry over into the next 4-week cycle.

This same gift card should be kept and reloaded each time.  When a supporter uses their gift card to pay for their groceries, the card must be reloaded at the Service Desk prior to being used as a payment for the purchases—BEFORE THE GROCERIES ARE RUNG.

To track the balance on your card after a purchase, the balance will be printed on the bottom of your cash register receipt.

This is an Outreach program with the proceeds going to the Head-to-Toe Hygiene Pantry.

First Anthem   “Lamb of God”

Lamb of God most holy and lowly, Thyself to scorn didst offer.

Our sins by thee were taken, hope had us forsaken,

Have mercy, oh Jesu!

Second Anthem   “Tantum Ergo”

Traditional Word   Mark 12:28-34 New International Version (NIV)

The Greatest Commandment

28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.  30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’  31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[c] There is no commandment greater than these.”

32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.

When bees thrive

                  we all thrive

WOMEN’S GUILD LUNCHEON

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2

              12:00 noon

$7.00 p.p.

The theme for our lunch                                presenters for this year is    “A Little Less Traditional”  and our speaker is our own

LINDA CROWE

who is a bee keeper!

Lunch will be honey related.

Contact Ann Brady at 733-1064 or call the office by April 1 to make your reservation.

HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace Kneil will be there to greet you and your children. A multiage SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS meets in the lower level following “A Time for all Children”.  Anna Duxler and Megan Lovely teach the class.

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermons are posted each week!  An archive of sermons (select the speaker), newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.  Also check out our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as is the roster for the Church Council.

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

TODAY

THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE are given by Tebogo and Melodi Mosinyi in celebration of Bao’s 40^th birthday.

THIS WEEK

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00) and Friday at 10:00 a.m.in Fellowship Hall.

NEEDLEWORKER’S are getting together in Fellowship Hall on Tuesday, March 11, 10:00. More information further in the bulletin.

MUNCH AND MUSE LENTEN SERIES is Wednesday, March 12, 6:00 in Fellowship Hall. More information on the next page.

NEXT SUNDAY

THE C.E. BOARD will meet in the Science and Exploration Room at 11:45.

THE BOARD OF DEACONS will meet in the area off the downstairs kitchen at 11:45.

THE MUSIC BOARD will meet in the choir room at 11:45.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES will meet in the conference room at 11:45

MUNCH AND MUSE LENTEN SERIES started last Wednesday and continues each Wednesday through March and the first two Wednesday’s in April, concluding on Maundy Thursday, April 17. You are welcome to join in at any time. A chapter from the book “The Last Week” written by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan in which a day by day account of Jesus’s final week of life beginning on Palm Sunday will be presented and discussed. Reading the book before the class is preferred but not required. There are  copies of “The Last Week” in the church library to check out. A light dinner will be served each Wednesday.

BOB SCOTT IS INVITING anyone in the congregation who cares to join the UCC Chancel Choir (especially the ladies) to please contact him if you are interested. His email is infoprpi@aol.com or see him after the service.

292014 COMMUNION TABLE FLOWER SCHEDULE is on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall. May 1, June 29, and a few dates in Aug. and Sept. are available plus Nov. 16. Sign up early to get the date you want!

WG COOK’S NIGHT OUT IS THURSDAY MARCH 20.  Our own Wayne Roberts will be the speaker along with Pat Gallagher who are both members of the Friends of McConnell Executive Committee and will present a video history of McConnell Air Force Base, explain the role Friends of McConnell plays in supporting airman, and discuss the basing of the new tanker. The ladies of the Guild will be preparing the meal. Mark your calendars, note the day change (from Wed. to Thurs.), and sign up in Fellowship Hall. Adults $15.00 p.p. Children (Ages 4-10) $5.00. Let us know if you need childcare.

Traditional Word:  Mark 11:12-19

On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see whether perhaps he would find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.

Then they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves; and he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple. He was teaching and saying, “Is it not written,

‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’?
But you have made it a den of robbers.”

And when the chief priests and the scribes heard it, they kept looking for a way to kill him; for they were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was spellbound by his teaching. And when evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.

Contemporary Word:

ATTENTION KNITTERS, CROCHETERS, ALL OTHER NEEDLEWORK PEOPLE AND “WANT-TO BES” on March 11, 10:00 a.m., come to Fellowship Hall to spend some time working on your own projects or learn (or relearn) the type of needlework you are interested in.  If you can stay a while, bring a sack lunch.  This group will meet each month on the second Tuesday of each month at 10:00 so join in when you can.

HEAD-TO-TOE HYGIENE PANTRY SPECIAL REQUEST: We are in need of volunteers to help with the pantry on Saturday, March 15.  If you are interested, please sign up on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall.

DILLON’S NEIGHBORHOOD REWARD PROGRAM Orders are being taken for the initial purchase of the $5.00 gift card in Fellowship Hall today in Fellowship Hall.  Before your first purchase of groceries, the card should be loaded with an amount up to $500.  The card can be loaded with cash, check, or major credit card.  When UCC participants have reached $5,000 with its initial order ($5 card) plus reloads in a 4-week cycle, Dillon’s will send a check to UCC for 5% of the total.

        Total Purchase                 Earnings                      UCC Earns

                 $5,000                      5%                                $250

If we haven’t reached $5,000, the money will carry over into the next 4-week cycle.

This same gift card should be kept and reloaded each time.  When a supporter uses their gift card to pay for their groceries, the card must be reloaded at the Service Desk prior to being used as a payment for the purchases—BEFORE THE GROCERIES ARE RUNG.

To track the balance on your card after a purchase, the balance will be printed on the bottom of your cash register receipt.

This is an Outreach program with the proceeds going to the Head-to-Toe Hygiene Pantry.

PARTNERS FOR WICHITA—FILL-THE-GAP PROGRAM

this Spring will be March 17 through March 21 from 11:30 to 1:30 at the Urban League site at 9^th and Grove. Lunches will be distributed during these Spring Break dates and we are looking for volunteers to help pass out these lunches.  We also will be collecting the following items at the church to supplement the meals that are served to the children each day:  Kid- size boxes of raisins or dried fruit, Goldfish cheese snacks, and wrapped healthy snack bars.  There is a signup sheet in Fellowship Hall if you would like to volunteer to help.

THE OUTREACH BOARD will be taking donations of Women’s Spring/Summer clothing and accessories such as shoes, belts, and purses in Fellowship Hall, April 6 and 13.  This clothing will be given to our local Dress for Success program which provides clothing and training for women entering the workforce.

First Anthem   “The Paper Reeds By the Brooks”  from the “Peaceable Kingdom”, by Randall Thompson, text from Isaiah 19:7

The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks,

shall wither, be driven away, and be no more, and be no more.

The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks,

and everything sown by the brooks, shall wither ,

be driven away, and be no more

Second Anthem “Have ye not known/Ye shall have a song” from the Peaceable Kingdom, by Randal  Thompson, text from Isaiah 40:21 and  Isaiah 30:20

Have you not known? Have ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning?

Have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept.

and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe,

to come into the mountain of the Lord.

HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace Kneil will be there to greet you and your children. A multiage SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS meets in the lower level following “A Time for all Children”.  Anna Duxler and Megan Lovely teach the class.

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermon Titles are posted each week!  An archive of sermons, newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as is the roster for the Church Council.

UCC HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE! You can link to our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

TODAY

THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE are given in appreciation for the projects undertaken over the decades by the UCC Women’s Guild including Old English Teas.

THIS WEEK

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00) and Friday at 10:00 a.m.in Fellowship Hall.

MUNCH AND MUSE LENTEN SERIES begins Wednesday, March 5, 6:00 in Fellowship Hall. More information on the next page.

MUNCH AND MUSE LENTEN SERIES

 Each Wednesday a chapter from the book “The Last Week” written by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan in which a day by day account of Jesus’s final week of life beginning on Palm Sunday will be presented and discussed. Reading the book before the class is preferred but not required. There are 10 copies of “The Last Week” in the church library.  You may check out one of these books or they are $10.00 on Amazon if you want to purchase one.

The final chapter ending the series will be on

Thursday, April 17, Maundy Thursday.

A light dinner will be served each Wednesday.

BOB SCOTT IS INVITING anyone in the congregation who cares to join the UCC Chancel Choir (especially the ladies) to please contact him if you are interested. His email is infoprpi@aol.com or see him after the service.

292014 COMMUNION TABLE FLOWER SCHEDULE is on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall. May 1, June 29, and a few dates in Aug. and Sept. are available plus Nov. 16. Sign up early to get the date you want!

PARTNERS FOR WICHITA—FILL-THE-GAP PROGRAM

this Spring will be March 17 through March 21 from 11:30 to 1:30 at the Urban League site at 9^th and Grove. Lunches will be distributed during these Spring Break dates and we are looking for volunteers to help pass out these lunches.  We also will be collecting the following items at the church to supplement the meals that are served to the children each day:  Kid- size boxes of raisins or dried fruit, Goldfish cheese snacks, and wrapped healthy snack bars.  There is a signup sheet in Fellowship Hall if you would like to volunteer to help.

WG COOK’S NIGHT OUT IS THURSDAY MARCH 20.  Our own Wayne Roberts will be the speaker along with Pat Gallagher who are both members of the Friends of McConnell Executive Committee and will present a video history of McConnell Air Force Base, explain the role Friends of McConnell plays in supporting airman, and discuss the basing of the new tanker. The ladies of the Guild will be preparing the meal. Mark your calendars, note the day change (from Wed. to Thurs.), and sign up in Fellowship Hall. Adults $15.00 p.p. Children (Ages 4-10) $5.00. Let us know if you need childcare.                            

ATTENTION KNITTERS, CROCHETERS, ALL OTHER NEEDLEWORK PEOPLE AND “WANT-TO BES” on March 11, 10:00 a.m., come to Fellowship Hall to spend some time working on your own projects or learn (or relearn) the type of needlework you are interested in.  If you can stay a while, bring a sack lunch.  This group will meet each month on the second Tuesday of each month at 10:00 so join in when you can.

        Total Purchase                 Earnings                      UCC Earns

                 $5,000                      5%                                $250

If we haven’t reached $5,000, the money will carry over into the next 4-week cycle.

This same gift card should be kept and reloaded each time.  When a supporter uses their gift card to pay for their groceries, the card must be reloaded at the Service Desk prior to being used as a payment for the purchases—BEFORE THE GROCERIES ARE RUNG.

To track the balance on your card after a purchase, the balance will be printed on the bottom of your cash register receipt.

This is an Outreach program with the proceeds going to the Head-to-Toe Hygiene Pantry.

Traditional Word:

Matthew 5: 27-28

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 5: 33-34

“Again, you have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but carry out the vows you have made to the Lord.’ But I say to you, Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,

Matthew 5: 38-39

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also;

Matthew 5: 43-44

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Contemporary Word:

The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death

of all that is alive.

I am a mayfly metamorphosing

on the surface of the river.

And I am the bird

that swoops down to swallow the mayfly.

I am a frog swimming happily

in the clear water of a pond.

And I am the grass- snake

that silently feeds itself on the frog.

I am the child in Uganda, all skin and bones,

my legs as thin as bamboo sticks.

And I am the arms merchant,

selling deadly weapons to Uganda.

I am the twelve-year-old girl,

refugee on a small boat,

who throws herself into the ocean

after being raped by a sea pirate.

And I am the pirate,

my heart not yet capable

of seeing and loving.

My joy is like spring, so warm

it makes flowers bloom all over the earth.

My pain is like a river of tears,

so vast it fills the four oceans.

Please call me by my true names,

so I can wake up

and the door of my heart

could be left open,

the door of compassion.

by Thich Nhat Hahn

SOLO        “Lamb of God”    by Twila Paris

Your only Son, no sin to hide,

But You have sent Him from Your side

To walk upon this guilty sod

And to become the Lamb of God

Your gift of Love they crucified,

They laughed and scorned Him as He died.

The humble King they named a fraud

And sacrificed the Lamb of God.

O Lamb of God, sweet Lamb of God,

I love the holy Lamb of God.

O wash me in His precious blood,

My Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God

I was so lost, I should have died,

But You have brought me to Your side

To be led by Your staff and rod

And to be called a lamb of God

O Lamb of God, sweet Lamb of God,

I love the holy Lamb of God.

O wash me in his precious blood,

Until I am a lamb of God.

First Anthem    “The Paper Reeds By the Brooks”  from the “Peaceable Kingdom”, by Randall Thompson, text from Isaiah 19:7

The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks,

shall wither, be driven away, and be no more, and be no more.

The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks,

and everything sown by the brooks, shall wither ,

be driven away, and be no more

Second Anthem “Have ye not known/Ye shall have a song” from the Peaceable Kingdom, by Randal  Thompson, text from Isaiah 40:21 and  Isaiah 30:20

Have you not known? Have ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning?

Have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept.

and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe,

to come into the mountain of the Lord.