FriedensNotes
Week of March 28, 2004
'40 Days' Draw Near
The "40 Days of Purpose" groups are fast forming and filling up. If you would like to be in a small group with some of your friends, get organized. Call to Theresa Zahurance at 268-6839 about space availability in the 30-some groups being formed. Also, you can buy your materials now at the table in Memorial Hall. Group leaders, please attend an orientation at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday, April 4, between worship services.
Holy Week Schedule
Holy Week worship will begin on this coming Palm Sunday, April 4, with regular worship services at 8 and 10:30 a.m. On Maundy Thursday, April 8, the sanctuary will be open from 7 to 9 p.m. for devotional time and altar communion. On Good Friday, April 9, there will be a 7 p.m. worship service. There will be three worship services on Easter Sunday, April 11 – 7 a.m., 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. A full breakfast will be served in Memorial Hall at 8 a.m. A free-will offering will be requested. Invite a friend. Since attendance is expected to be quite large at the later services, please consider attending one of the two earlier services.
Mark Your Calendars
- The Teen Bible Study will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Call Doug and Marci Ferrell at 375-1009 for more info.
- The Recovery Group meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the church. Call Lee and Dyane Sloane for more info at 387-1526.
- The Men's Bible Fellowship, now studying the last week of Jesus, meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at church.
- The Thursday morning prayer group meets at 6:30 a.m. in Pastor Mark's office. All are welcome.
- Junior High outing to Gurnee Mills on April 9.
Church is Good for Teenagers
"Here's a crazy idea: After all our ambitious child-rearing with Discovery toys, Suzuki piano lessons, conflict-avoidance classes, 4 a.m. swim practices, SAT prep classes, driver education and summer flights to study folk music in the Republic of Georgia, we might have done as well (and saved a lot of money) by just sending our kids to church," says a recent study. In addition, the study found out that young people who are religious are better off in significant ways than their secular peers. Meanwhile, a social groundswell may be under way, as a larger proportion of teenagers than a decade ago say religion is important. Read the whole story
Worship in Different Cultures
Wondering how people worship in other countries. It's an area of study called "ethnodoxology." Learn more
Were you created? Are you evolving?
Where do you think the world came from? How do you think life on earth got started? What would you say to people who believe differently from you? Check out this site for some valuable info on the whole creation-versus-evolution debate.
'Da Vinci Code' Confusion
Have you or someone you know read the bestselling "The Da Vinci Code" and have questions about some of the attacks it levels at Christianity. Here's an article that points out the book's fallacies.
Use the News as a Prayer Guide
Never before have people been so well-equipped to follow news around the world. But what are We doing with all that information? Develop the discipline of "praying through the news": http://ifc.gospelcom.net/society/516/.
God is at Work in Iraq
Read about soldiers in Iraq who are living for Christ: http://www.crosswalk.com/faith/1252501.html.
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