March 13, 2016
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Sermon
"Overwhelmed"
by
Pastor Barbara Marks
Children's Sermon by John Blossom
Please join us for worship
Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
at
The Elk’s Lodge
44 Maynard Street, Middletown, CT
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Scripture:
Philippians 3:4b-14
&
John 12:1-8
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Announcements:
‘IF’ - New Study Series. Continues this Sunday and runs through March 20th. Join us at the parsonage following worship. Make this YOUR Lenten commitment! Our Church has made a decision to move forward...to set the wheels in motion. This series will help encourage us! Wrestling with regrets? Let God take your "if onlys" and use them as a springboard to a future filled with great possibilities! With his trademark enthusiasm and joy, Mark Batterson helps us embrace a confident, ready-to-conquer attitude based on the astounding question posed in Romans 8: "If God is for us, who can be against us?" Please join us on Sunday.
Rehearsal for ALL the readers of the Palm Sunday service will be held at the Parsonage Saturday, March 19th at 9 a.m.
Palm/Passion Sunday Service will be a service Drama of Symbolsnext Sunday at 10 a.m. Come to celebrate the Palms and experience the Passion! Invite a friend or neighbor as part of your outward Lenten discipline.
Maundy Thursday Service of Tenebrae will take place March 24that the Parsonage at 7 p.m. Journey with Jesus in his final hours.
Easter Service - Sunday March 27th at 10 a.m. The Resurrection of Christ- He is Risen Indeed!
Amazing Grace Donations can now be brought to church anySunday. In addition to tuna and cereal, they are looking for donations of oatmeal, coffee and soup. The Missions committee will collect these items every Sunday and deliver to Amazing Grace. Please contact Marsha Judson with any questions at 860-346-0005.
The Coordinator of Rides to The Elk’s Lodge in Middletown is Jill Bennett. Please contact Jill at 860-345-7382 if you are in need of a ride to our new location.
Our mailing address has changed! All mailings should now be sent to First United Methodist Church at 221 Ridge Road, Middletown, CT 06457. Thank you!
We have a Facebook page! Help spread the word about the church by “liking” the church page and “sharing” posts. (http://www.facebook.com/pages/First-United-Methodist-Church/109638702407308
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* Please Note: Church cancellations can be found on WFSB (channel 3) and NBC30. Make sure we have your email for additional notifications. Thanks.
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First United Methodist Church
221 Ridge Road
Middletown, CT 06457
churchoffice@fumcmiddletownct.org
860-346-3689
Do not hesitate to call the church office with
any questions or concerns.
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Sermon
"Overwhelmed"
by
Pastor Barbara Marks
Children's Sermon by John Blossom
Please join us for worship
Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
at
The Elk’s Lodge
44 Maynard Street, Middletown, CT
~
Scripture:
Philippians 3:4b-14
&
John 12:1-8
~
Announcements:
‘IF’ - New Study Series. Continues this Sunday and runs through March 20th. Join us at the parsonage following worship. Make this YOUR Lenten commitment! Our Church has made a decision to move forward...to set the wheels in motion. This series will help encourage us! Wrestling with regrets? Let God take your "if onlys" and use them as a springboard to a future filled with great possibilities! With his trademark enthusiasm and joy, Mark Batterson helps us embrace a confident, ready-to-conquer attitude based on the astounding question posed in Romans 8: "If God is for us, who can be against us?" Please join us on Sunday.
Rehearsal for ALL the readers of the Palm Sunday service will be held at the Parsonage Saturday, March 19th at 9 a.m.
Palm/Passion Sunday Service will be a service Drama of Symbolsnext Sunday at 10 a.m. Come to celebrate the Palms and experience the Passion! Invite a friend or neighbor as part of your outward Lenten discipline.
Maundy Thursday Service of Tenebrae will take place March 24that the Parsonage at 7 p.m. Journey with Jesus in his final hours.
Easter Service - Sunday March 27th at 10 a.m. The Resurrection of Christ- He is Risen Indeed!
Amazing Grace Donations can now be brought to church anySunday. In addition to tuna and cereal, they are looking for donations of oatmeal, coffee and soup. The Missions committee will collect these items every Sunday and deliver to Amazing Grace. Please contact Marsha Judson with any questions at 860-346-0005.
The Coordinator of Rides to The Elk’s Lodge in Middletown is Jill Bennett. Please contact Jill at 860-345-7382 if you are in need of a ride to our new location.
Our mailing address has changed! All mailings should now be sent to First United Methodist Church at 221 Ridge Road, Middletown, CT 06457. Thank you!
We have a Facebook page! Help spread the word about the church by “liking” the church page and “sharing” posts. (http://www.facebook.com/pages/First-United-Methodist-Church/109638702407308
~
* Please Note: Church cancellations can be found on WFSB (channel 3) and NBC30. Make sure we have your email for additional notifications. Thanks.
~
First United Methodist Church
221 Ridge Road
Middletown, CT 06457
churchoffice@fumcmiddletownct.org
860-346-3689
Do not hesitate to call the church office with
any questions or concerns.
