THUR 3/14
9:00 am Bible Study - Wheaties Box 1:00 pm Breakfast for Lunch - Sweetpea's/Auburn
SAT 3/16 9:00 am Campus Clean Up
Noon 1st Year Confirmation - Wheaties Box
SUN 3/17
9:00 am Adult Education - Fireside Room
9:45 am Quiet Time - Sanctuary
10:00 am Sunday School (ages 5 & up) - Sanctuary
10:00 am WORSHIP Worship is in-person and live stream at https://boxcast.tv/view/faith-lutheran-sunday-worship-service-rgrumt043zt1xgc5smku or YouTube @ Faith Lutheran Church Meadow Vista. 11:30 am Council Meeting -Wheaties Box
TUES 3/19
6:00 pm Road to Recovery - Wheaties Box
7:00 pm Small Group - Office
SERVING IN WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY
Usher:
Acolyte: Lucas Brown
Reader: Lisa Achen
Communion Assistant: Lisa Achen
Prayer Ministers: Betty Noreen
Sound: Barbara Wauters
Live Stream: Michelle Hamil
Projection: Janis Kern
Flowers: Janis Kern for her birthday
Coffee Host: Cameron Bennett for St. Patrick's Day Lay Task Schedule
Coffee Fellowship - Join us for coffee by the fountain at 11:30 am this Sunday, March 17, with a St. Patrick's flair. If you have some green snacks you would like to bring, contact Cam Bennett at 530-277-6968.
March 24, Palms to Passion, 10 am Join us in worship as we break our Lenten silence and gather to celebrate Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. Our service will include time for interaction and reflection with stations for foot washing, hand washing, prayer and communion. We will then work our way through the scriptures and end with Jesus at the cross.
March 29, Good Friday, 6 pm Our time together will be spent in solemn reflection on the saving work of Jesus on the cross.
March 31, Easter, 6:30 am & 10 am We celebrate the Resurrection and Christ’s victory over sin and death! 6:30 am will be a service at Meadow Vista Park, 10 am at FLC.
Patty Cox is home from the hospital recovering from a lung ailment. If you would like to provide a simple meal for Patty and Gary, use this link: https://takethemameal.com/RGEZ1670 or contact Cam Bennett at 530-277-6968.
"Unshakable Hope" Small Group Dates 3/12, 3/19, 4/2, 4/16, 4/30 and 5/14. Facilitated by Amy Dieter and Ann Linkugel.
Praying Equals Doing
A message for Lent from the Prayer/Healing Ministry:
Your prayers are essential to your life, your family’s life and to everyone and every circumstance for whom you pray. Sometimes, we wonder if they matter or are making a difference. YES! They Are!
So PRAYER is a noun. We think about doing it, talk about it, write about it and perhaps even disagree about it. That’s all good. It’s on our minds.
But here is the difference -PRAY, PRAYS, PRAYING are all verbs. We DO these. Praying is an act of serving God and serving others. Our praying is amplified by Jesus, through the Holy Spirit. It’s
time powerfully spent. The form, posture and length are not as important as the doing. It is in the Doing of Praying that makes our prayers come alive, moment by moment, breath by breath.
One way to remember the importance of PRAYING rather than the concept of prayer is to equate these thoughts that follow:
Jesus spent time praying regularly, alone, with others and in worship.
Jesus is the power in the praying. He is our king bringing forth his kingdom, prayer by prayer, moment by moment. Keep this phrase in mind to prompt you to pray:
JESUS is a PRAYING KING
Sunday's Sermon Text
John 12:20-33
Campus Clean Up This Saturday, March 16, 9am-noon! Please join us to get our faith home in shape for the Easter festivities. Bring gloves, water (for drinking), rakes, pruning shears and loppers, trowels and pointed-end shovel; rags for window washing in the Sanctuary. A couple of wheelbarrows and a chainsaw will be helpful for the work slated. The Scouts will be helping too. Questions? Call Michelle (978) 551-2260 or Becky (530) 680-7758. See you there!
Bruce Broadwell is mostly home-bound and is still in need of meal support and visits. The meal link https://takethemameal.com/QGNR6605 Text Cam if you have questions.
UPCOMING PUBLIC TALK
“Cultivating Kindness In Our Everyday Lives” Date: This Sunday, March 17, 3:30pm – 4:30pm Location: Auburn Public Library, Beecher Room
The talk is free and open to the public. Donations are always appreciated.
The talk will be given by Reverend Vivian Gruenenfelder, a Zen Master in the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives. Rev. Vivian currently resides at Still Flowing Water Hermitage in Dutch Flat. She serves as Resident Monk for the Bear River Meditation Group.
Chrism Mass 2024 -Chrism Mass takes its name from the blessing of oil included within an otherwise ordinary liturgy for worship (mass). Three oils, all traditionally called Holy Oil (Olea Sancta) are blessed: one (Holy Chrism) used at baptism, and glory of God; one (Oil of the Catechumens) for those preparing for baptism; and one (Oil of the Sick) for the sick and dying. These uses relate to Christ’s death and resurrection and thus make Chrism Mass especially appropriate in Lent and Holy Week. For 2024, St. John Lutheran Church at 1701 L ST, Sacramento will be hosting a Chrism Mass on Wednesday, March 20 at 10:30am. Please bring cookies to share for the reception afterward.
Trudy Liske 3/13
Reona Kirkpatrick 3/15
Janis Kern 3/18
Laura Van Auker 3/19
Jeanne Rosenquist 3/20
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