YOGA CLASSES continue every Monday: 6:00 p.m. for Beginners; 7:15 p.m. Level I & II.
WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY, 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room, continues most Wednesdays through June 4. Each Wednesday we gather for study of the text for the following Sunday’s sermon as well as a time of sharing joys and concerns. Come meet with us.
Plaza’s Children Are On A Faith Quest!
Rotation Workshop
Sunday School
“Let’s Learn By Doing!”
YOUR time and talents are required to make this a success. Volunteer to lead a workshop or help with a class. Contact any Workshop Leader or Mike Ferguson TODAY!
VOLUNTEERS are needed for our ministry with LOAVES AND FISHES. On the third Thursday of every month, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., we provide volunteers for the Loaves and Fishes pantry at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church on Central Avenue. If you want to participate in this ministry please talk with Betty Hatley.
Tom’s Tidings
March 16, 2008
Dear Friend,
Easter is as early this year as any of us will ever see it. Only those who can remember 1913 have ever experienced Easter on March 23. And Easter will not be this early again until 2160.
In our worship we follow a rhythm of seasons which orders life and worship. It is based on God’s work of redemption in Jesus Christ. Easter is a fifty-day season of seven Sundays, beginning with the Resurrection of the Lord (Easter Sunday). Ascension Day, forty days after Easter, affirms that Christ is Lord of all times and places. The Day of Pentecost concludes the Easter season.
Recognizing that every Sunday is a little Easter, we use the Sundays of Lent to remember the atoning death of Jesus. Our music, while often including resurrection imagery, is more somber than what we normally sing and hear. With Easter, though, we bring out the “Alleluias!” in order to proclaim the joy that comes on the third day!
Since music sets the tone for everything we do in worship Charles and I work closely to be sure of the connection between the Word proclaimed in reading, sermon, and music. It remains clear to me, given our investment in the music program, how much we appreciate the work of our organist, singers, handbell players, and the other musicians whom we hear throughout the year.
Christ is Risen! The Lord is risen indeed!
Grace and Peace,
TomP.S. I’ll be attending the annual meeting of the National School Boards Association in Orlando FL from March 26 through April 1.
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