KIRK’S LOG

Stardate: March 2, 2008

 

Focus Scripture  –  John 9:1-7, 39-41

 

As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned,

this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned;

he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. We must work the works of God

who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world,

I am the light of the world.” When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva

and spread the mud on the man's eyes, saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent).

Then he went and washed and came back able to see.

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment so that those who do not see may see,

and those who do see may become blind.” Some of the Pharisees near him heard this and said to him,

“Surely we are not blind, are we?” Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin.

But now that you say, ‘We see’, your sin remains.”

 

 

            Minister:  The Rev. Dr. Sue Gallagher                      Usher/Greeter Team: 8:30 – Doug, Sage, & Maya Crosby

            Guest Preacher:  Marilyn Levine                                     10:30 –   Renee Crowder, Louise Hinde, Paula Paul    

            Lay Reader:  Mendy Brown                                                          Cindy Hutchinson, Ann Meierkord

            Music:  Marilyn Levine, Director                               Hospitality:  Floyd & Shirlee Coppage

                          Kate Sauer, organ; Dorenda Morse, piano      Lock Up:  Roger Hailstone

            Adult Ed:  Floyd Coppage, Richard Mitchell

Those for Whom We Pray

 

Our members:  Nancy Eberhardt, John Jenne, Anis Johnson, and Jeri Smith;

Our homebound members and friends: Fran Doty (Amy Homicz’s mother) and Fred Luft (Bobbi Luft’s husband);

Our extended family:  Mary Jo Colegrove (Dorenda Morse's mother), Geneva Davis (Diane Fleming’s mother), Michelle Feng (Patrick Xavier's cousin), Edgar Gerhardt (Hillard Gerhardt’s brother), Madeline Katribe Hanna (Linc Nagle’s former spouse’s mother and grandmother of his two daughters), Roger Hogeboom (Don & Barbara Mitchell’s nephew), Andy Hurst (Linc Nagle’s cousin) in Iraq, Julia Martinez (Mercy Martinez-Nunnally’s mother), Anna Belle Mohr (wife of our founding pastor Paul Mohr), Addison Montgomery (Linc Nagle’s granddaughter), Justin Zel Montgomery (Linc Nagle’s son-in-law, serving in the Police Department), Amy Mueller (daughter of Susan Olson-Phillips & Det Phillips), and Donald Peterson (Shirley Puariea’s friend), for others for whom we have been praying, and for those whose names are known by you and God.

Church Meetings for the Week of March 2-9, 2008

 

Sunday:          8:30 a.m.      Worship – Communion

                    All morning    Coffee

                      9:00 a.m.      Children’s Education Time

                      9:15 a.m.      Adult Education Time

                    10:30 a.m.      Worship – Communion

                    11:30 a.m.      Listening Post

                    11:45 a.m.      Sound room training

                      6:00 p.m.      CHI-RO Youth Group –

                                         until 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday:    6:00 p.m.      ContemPLAYtion Band
Thursday:       1:30 p.m.      Preschool Team meeting

                      3:00 p.m.      Study of Spirituality Group

                      6:00 p.m.      Handbell rehearsal – sanctuary

                      7:30 p.m.      Choir rehearsal – sanctuary

Sunday:          8:30 a.m.      Worship

                    All morning    Coffee

                      9:00 a.m.      Children’s Education Time

                      9:15 a.m.      Adult Education Time

                    10:30 a.m.      Worship

                      6:00 p.m.      CHI-RO Youth Group

Listening Post – Today, and on the first Sunday of each month, the Listening Post will be in operation after the 10:30 service, in the Preschool Office.  In July 2005, we discussed the “Instrument of Peace” through mailings and during a church service.  This will provide a place where concerns & suggestions of members of our congregation can be discussed and questions posed & answered.
 
Announcements

 

Lent activities on COGS website – The full list of

activities for Lent, with dates and times are now listed

at http://www.goodshepherdunitedchurch.com.  Look under

"Upcoming Events" on the home page and click on

"Lent 2008" or go there directly:

http://www.goodshepherdunitedchurch.com/Lent2008.html.

 

 

Text Box: Holy Week Book Study: The Last Week by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan During Holy Week we will have a chance to study the Borg/Crossan book, The Last Week. It surveys the last week of Jesus life day by day. I hope several of you will study this book with Pastor Sue during Holy Week. We will begin on Palm Sunday afternoon and take time each day to read and reflect on this turning point in our faith. Discussion times will be scattered throughout the week to give everyone a chance to take advantage of discussions and prayer time. Class one: Palm Sunday, 4 p.m. Class two: Monday, March 17, 2 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. Class three: Tuesday, March 18, 10 a.m. or 6 p.m. Class four: Wednesday, March 19, 2 p.m. or 7 p.m. Class five: Thursday, March 20, 2 p.m. or 5 p.m.; Maundy Thursday worship at 6:30 p.m. Class six: Good Friday, Mar. 21, 10 a.m. or 5 p.m. Class seven: Holy Saturday, March 22, 8 a.m. If you would like to be a part of the group that studies The Last Week, please check the box at the bottom of the tear-off sheet below. Lent 2008 – “Water”

What do Lent and Water have in common? We tend to take them both for granted! Join us for a season of exploring the simple things in life this Lenten Season.

 

Sunday, March 2 – Lent 4: “Muddy Waters”

Sunday, March 9 – Lent 5: “Binding Waters”

Palm Sunday, Mar. 16 – “Brooding Waters”

Holy Week – We will read The Last Week,
by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan.
Each day we will take a chapter.

Maundy Thursday, March 20, 6:30 PM

“Troubled Waters”

A commemoration of the Last Supper and story of the last days of Jesus’ life, by the choir.

Communion will be served in silence.


Good Friday – March 21, 12 noon
Worship at St. Paul’s UCC,

2701 The American Rd. SE, Rio Rancho.

Easter Sunday, March 23 – “Calm Waters”
Bring your “change for a change”.
Worship services at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Breakfast served from 9:15 – 10:15 a.m.
The two worship services EASTER Sunday will be identical.  Think about coming at 8:30
 and being first in line for EASTER breakfast!

Our effort at living the WORD in Lent will be to help an underdeveloped community build a WELL
so that they may have living water!
Come join our effort to make a difference.

 

 

Remember the story of Elijah? – When the great prophet Elijah asked a single mom to bring him some water and a morsel of bread, she told him that she had but a handful of meal in a jar and a little bit of oil in a jug.  Elijah assured her that as long as she provided for the needs of others, the jar would never be empty and the oil would never run out.  God would provide what she needed.  And God did.  Lent is an excellent time to focus on the needs of others and to practice trusting that God will provide for ours. This year the theme for Lent is WATER, and we are asking that we each take an empty water bottle and use it collect our leftovers.  LEFTOVERS?  ARE YOU SERIOUS?  Yes, the leftover change you carry in your pocket or wallet at the end of the day.  On Easter Sunday we will collect all of the filled water bottles and use the money to help a less advantaged community build access to clean safe water.  Think about it ...

Change for a Change!

 

Thank you from Ann Meierkord – I would like to thank everyone at COGS for your prayers and concerns for my friend, Linda Coen, who passed away February 18.  –  Ann Meierkord

Text Box: Yes, I will remember to bring my used batteries of all types for recycling in the Big Green Box next Sunday, March 9.

 

 

 

 

COGS Adult Ed

 

Adult Ed classes run from 9:15 to 10:00 a.m.
and meet in the Church School classrooms.

Contemporary Theology Class

A continuation to conclusion of the study of Marcus Borg’s excellent book — Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary.
– with Floyd Coppage in Classroom 1.

Biblical Studies

The Ancestry of Jesus as Chronicled in the Old Testament: from Abraham to David!  A little history, a lot of mystery! – with Richard Mitchell in Classroom 2.

 

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