R.O.M.E.O. Club
(Retired Old Men Eating Out)

The ROMEO club meets every Wednesday morning in the church gym at 9:00 am. All men in the church are invited to bring
your favorite coffee cup and come join us for a time of laughter and fellowship!

Virginia’s Bible Study

Virginia Asper’s Monday night Bible study will resume meeting on September 12 at 7:00 pm. The meetings will be held in the Lounge/Choir room at the church and we will resume the study on Lessons of Assurance , picking up at Chapter 4. If you were not a part of this group last spring, you are welcome to join!! For more information please see Virginia Asper.

Barb's Bible Study

Barb Tholen's Tuesday night Bible Study time and day has been changed! Barb's Bible Study will now meet on Thursdays at 6:00 pm.

Men's Bible Study

Gordie Frobish is once again hosting a Men's Bible Study. This small group will be meeting on Thursday evenings at the church at 6:00 pm. All men are invited to join!

A Journey Through Lent

Lent is marked by a time of prayer and preparation to celebrate Easter. Since Sundays celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, the six Sundays that occur during Lent are not counted as part of the 40 days of Lent, and are referred to as the Sundays in Lent. The number 40 is connected with many biblical events, but especially with the forty days Jesus spent in the wilderness preparing for His ministry by facing the temptations that could lead him to abandon his mission and calling. Christians today use this period of time for introspection, self examination, and repentance. This season of the year is equal only to the Season of Advent in importance in the Christian year, and is part of the second major grouping of Christian festivals and sacred time that includes Holy Week, Easter, and Pentecost. (http://www.crivoice.org/cylent.html)

During Lent I want to encourage you to join me in short periods of reflection and prayer. Beginning at 6:30 pm on Wednesday 29 February through Wednesday 4 April you are invited to join me for a brief Lenten meditation and time of prayer. These gatherings will follow the time of open prayer in the sanctuary and will take place in the Kum Dubble room. We will be finished by 7:15 pm to accommodate choir practice.

In the words of the liturgy from the Book of Common Prayer: “You are invited, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word.”

It is to this observation of a holy Lent that I encourage and invite each of you.