The Weekly

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March 10, 2025

CURRENT EVENTS & IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

LENT JOURNALS: Our church family is reading through Matthew through the Lent season. We encourage you to record your daily reflections using the HEAR (Highlight–Explain–Apply–Respond) journal format. We have prepared books to guide you through these daily readings that also gives room for journaling. These books can be picked up in the Worship Center lobby or found online. Here are links to the online Lent Book and the Kids Lent Book.

HEAR JOURNAL TRAINING: If you missed our presentation on Sunday, March 2, about how to read the gospel of Matthew and write in a HEAR journal during Lent, you can watch a video of that presentation here.
 
SOUPER BOWL OFFERING: You gave $3,428 to be used to buy medications, food for hungry families, and reading glasses for the medical mission trip to Guatemala this summer. THANK YOU!

EASTER CHOIR: Love to sing? This Easter Sunday, April 20, is your opportunity to sing with the Easter Choir! Practice the music on your own with our website or mobile app, then join us for one Sunday afternoon rehearsal on March 30 and a dress rehearsal on Wednesday, April 16. You’ll be all set to lead our church family and our Easter guests in worship on Easter Sunday. To get involved, just write “Easter Choir” in the comments on the Next Steps form or email Lee Barnett for more information.

HELP WANTED: Our Groundskeeper and Maintenance Assistant, Clayton Bivens, has turned in his resignation and his last day here was January 28. We wish him many blessings in his future endeavors. If you know of someone who may be interested in this part-time position which involves performing a variety of maintenance duties including groundskeeping, please email Karen Sherman or Ryan Wagoner.  

PLAYLISTS: To help you interact with God all week long, we've created playlists packed with songs that inspire, uplift, and connect to our sermon series and worship themes. Visit fbcls.info/playlists to find links to all our playlists on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. Dive in, sing along, and let these powerful tracks fuel your worship every day!

SUNDAY MORNINGS:

SUNDAY MORNING SCHEDULE: We worship together at one time, with groups meeting before and after the worship time!

The schedule:
  • 8:15 – Community Groups for adults
  • 9:30 – Worship (also Preschool care)
  • 10:45 - Community Groups for all ages

SUNDAY MORNING COMMUNITY GROUPS: (Please note new locations)
8:15
  • Baker - ADM139
  • Smith - AUD046
  • Garner - AUD243
  • Pennington - AUD041
  • Voris - AUD044
  • Rethemeyer - ADM137
10:45
  • Barnett - EDU226
  • Byers - AUD044 (w/Zoom option)
  • Franke - EDU224
  • Henks - ADM139
  • McKinney - AUD045
  • Parker - AUD243
  • Shaffer - AUD241
  • Snowden - AUD046 (w/Zoom option)
  • Sytkowski - AUD041
  • Special Friends - ADM133

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING:

Bible Study and Prayer: Wednesday evenings at 5:45pm in room ADM139. You can view the Bible study on Facebook.  (Will not meet again until January 8.)

DAILY BIBLE READINGS:

March 10 – Matthew 5:21-48
March 11 – Matthew 6:1-18
March 12 – Matthew 6:19-34
March 13 – Matthew 7:1-29
March 14 – Matthew 8:1-22
March 15 – Matthew 8:23 – 9:13
March 16 – Matthew 9:14-38

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