Dearly Beloved,
Annual Shrove Sunday Pancake Brunch
From 9:30 am to 12 Noon, Butler Sharpe will be orchestrating a symphony of pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, fruit, pastries, milk, juices, and both real maple syrup and Mrs. Butterworth. Our Junior and Senior High School students will be serving and working the tables.
$6 for adults, $3 for children ages 3-12, and $18 for a family.
And don't forget to sign up for rent-a-priest at however-many-cents-you-decide per plate washed, all to benefit our Youth Ministry!
Ash Wednesday, February 25
We will offer the Imposition of Ashes and the Holy Eucharist at 7 am, 9 am, and 7:30 pm. The evening service includes music.
As part of your Lenten discipline this year, I hope that you will mark your Calendars now to attend our commemorations of Maundy Thursday, April 9, and Good Friday, April 10. We cannot know the full joy and power of Easter unless we have known the sorrow and vulnerability of betrayal and death.
Wednesday Evenings Lenten Study Program:
The Great Emergence and Emerging Churches
Join us on Wednesdays, March 4, 11, 18, and 25, as we explore and practice "fresh expressions" of the Christian Faith. Topics will include: Identifying with Jesus, Transforming Secular Space, Living as Community, Welcoming the Stranger, Serving with Generosity, and Merging Ancient and Contemporary Spiritualities.
Please note the change in the time: we will meet from 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm, without supper.
Our Lenten Program will be based on Phyllis Tickle's book, The Great Emergence; and Eddie Gibbs and Ryan K. Bolger's book, Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures. Both of these books will be available in our library, or at your local or online bookstore.
Scholarships!
The Deerfield-Bannockburn-Riverwoods Chamber of Commerce is offering one $1,000 and two $5,000 science scholarships to 2009 high school graduates and residents who live in the 60015 zip code. It doesn't matter which college or university you may attend, nor is it based on financial need. Students must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average, a record of "outstanding" service to others, and recommendations. If you are interested in more information, or if you would like a copy of the scholarship application forms, please let me know.
Faithfully yours,
"We are ambassadors for Christ, God appealing to the world through us." 2 Corinthians 5:20
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