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MOTLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Gathering Music Time 9:45 AM Sunday School 10:00 AM Fellowship Time after service Motley United Methodist Church Announcements WELCOME TO MOTLEY UMC! Coffee & Fellowship - Prior to and following 10 am service. Attendance - Our planning and record-keeping require keeping track of our numbers. Please sign the registration pads in the pews. Visitors, please include your full address so we can send you a card; and sign the guest book near the entry doors (for our archives). Kids in Worship - If you need a quiet place to rock a fussy little one, just ask greeters or ushers to direct you to our nursery or cry room (where you can still hear the service. Note: Children’s books and quiet toys are available in the back of the sanctuary to use in the sanctuary during worship. Books may also be checked out for 1 week. Large print bulletins, Bibles, hymnals, Listening devices - available from the ushers. Reaching the Pastor: Pastor Dot may be reached at either the church (352-6466) or the parsonage (352-6582). In case of emergency, her cell phone # is 218-851-4607 Pastor’s Email: pastorsdesk@brainerd.net Office Hours (Church Secretary) - 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Hospitalized? Same day surgery? Please let the church know by calling 352-6466. Pastor Dot can also be reached at 352-6582 or 851-4607. New privacy laws prevent the hospitals from notifying us of your admittance. Thank you. GREETINGS FROM THE CHURCH If you have a loved one and want the church to send a greeting, sympathy, get well, thinking of you card, let Bernice Thomson know at 352-6384. THINKING OF BECOMING A MEMBER? Pastor Dot would be delighted to talk to you about becoming a member of the faith family of Motley UMC, where we seek to live the gospel as the church of “Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors” You can reach Pastor Dot at the church (352-6466), or at home (352-6582). CLEANING THE CHURCH – Are you called to this offering? Cleaning the church as a volunteer is an act of self-sacrifice that is performed out of love for one’s family of faith and for Christ’s church. It looks neither for compensation nor equal sacrifice from others. It is a quiet offering that saves the church $5-6,000 a year. If you feel you are called to this ministry, please call Bruce Quinn (352-6040). Many hands make light work – less often. THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR Sunday, March 16th – Passion/Palm Sunday 10:00 am Worship Service – Rice Bags Collection Monday, March 17th 7:00 pm Men’s Club & Circle of Friends 7:00 pm Among Friends fitting and read through 8:00 pm AA & Al-Anon meeting Tuesday, March 18th 9:00 am Ministerial Meeting 1:00 pm Caring Ministry 4:30 pm Prayer Group 7:00 pm Among Friends Practice Wednesday, March 19th 11:30 am Grand People 7:00 pm Among Friends Practice Thursday, March 20th – Maundy Thursday 7:00 pm Maundy Thursday “Among Friends” Communion Service Friday, March 21st – Good Friday 1:30 pm Good Friday Prayer Service 7:00 pm Good Friday Tenebrae Service Sunday, March 23rd Easter Sunday 7:00 am Easter Sunrise Service followed by Easter Breakfast 10:00 am Traditional Worship CLEANING SCHEDULE – Week of... March 16th - Larry & Gwen Adams – Dee Thompson March 23rd - Lavern & Delores Wohlert – Bernice Thomson March 30th - Loren & Kathy Morey – Becky Sullivan TWO MORE CLEANING CREWS NEEDED This is a quiet offering, given for the glory of God and the well-being of friends and neighbors who use our building. It saves our congregation thousands of dollars a year in custodial expenses. Will you roll up your sleeves and join us? Please call Bruce Quinn to volunteer (352-6040) PARISH HAPPENINGS & OPPORTUNITIES Note: You will have noticed some layout changes in the bulletin. It is the hope of the Evangelism Committee that these changes and instructions will make the worship experience even more “user-friendly” to both members and new friends among us. An Afternoon with: Author Ann Zemke On Thursday March 27th, 11 am – 2 pm, at Faith Lutheran Enjoy a presentation by Ann Zemke: Author of “They Named Me Marjorie” – The Unique Life Story of an Orphan Train rider. Zemke is a national storyteller and quilt-maker (owner of Crocus Lane Quilts. Call First Integrity Bank to make reservations. Cost: $5 Afternoon includes: light luncheon, book signing and door prizes TEACHERS NEEDED FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL WHO: Anyone who would like to get to know and spend time with the future leaders of our church are welcome to share their time/talents. WHAT: Teaching Sunday mornings at 10:15 am until church is over. WHERE: In the Sunday school rooms HOW: Materials are current and available, some pre-planning is necessary. The junior and senior youth are willing to assist if you’d like extra help/hands. The teacher sign up sheet is on the front table. If you feel led to teach a class it will help ensure that Sunday school stays during the worship hour. Plus, it will spread out the teaching load to make sure that everyone is able to participate in worship at least a couple times a month. Thank you for your time and help. Thank you and God Bless. Jackie Jensen, Education Chair Lord’s Prayer Video/Discussion Series – Tuesdays at 11 am or 6:30 pm Getting back-to-basics, we’re looking at the Lord’s Prayer line by line. As the series unfolds, and a diverse panel or ordinary people facing extraordinary times reason and argue the meaning and purpose, each phrase of the perhaps “too familiar” prayer takes on radical depth and challenge. The series continues through April 22 (no class during Holy Week). You are invited to join us at any point in the series. LET US PRAY PRAYER CONCERNS Don Frisk, Adeline Peterson, Pat Frisk, Walter & Florence Rohl, Grant Cheney, Helmer Johnson, Bill Colvin, Lee & Janet Greig, Ed Jordahl, Paul & Mary Beers, Jim Sullivan, Jeff Smith, Todd Halls, Al Johnson, Jerry Stevens, Leroy Flickinger Jr., Bob Jenkins, Dylan Sommers; Frank Philip, Motley UMC ministries and financial health. INTERCESSORY PRAYER OPPORTUNITIES: Please fill out prayer request forms (in pews) and place in the prayer concern basket that comes to you following the offering plate. These will be spoken by the pastor during our time of joys and concerns. Or, you may verbally raise your prayer request during that time. Note that an open invitation is extended to all to join the intercessory prayer circle which meets on Tuesday afternoons to pray for many people and issues. Prayer concerns voiced in worship are lifted then as well. HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE: Mar 16 – Passion/Palm Sunday – service at 10am Mar 20 – Holy Thursday: 7-9pm “Among Friends” Last Supper Dramatization Mar 21 – Good Friday – Prayer Service at 1:30pm; Tenebrae Service at 7pm Mar 23 – Easter Sunday – Sunrise Service at 7am; Traditional Service at 10 am UMYF serving breakfast between services MARCH IS FOOD SHARE MONTH We have found out if you give money to Motley Food Shelf through First Integrity Bank; they will match your donation. Motley Area Food Shelf
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