KIRK’S LOG

Stardate: March 16, 2008

 

Focus Scripture  –  Matthew 21:1-11

 

When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent

two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied,

and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, just say this,

‘God needs them.’  And he will send them immediately.”  This took place to fulfill what had been spoken

through the prophet, saying, “Tell the daughter of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them;

they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them.  A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!  Hosanna in the highest heaven!” When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, “Who is this?” The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”

 

 

            Minister:  The Rev. Dr. Sue Gallagher                      Usher/Greeter Team: 8:30 – Jill Marjama-Lyons

            Lay Reader:  Stephen Foiles                                            10:30 –   John Dickel, Bill & Jeanette Eckley   

            Music:  Marilyn Levine, Director                                                   Gwen Lewis, Mercy Martinez-Nunnally

                          Kate Sauer, organ; Dorenda Morse, piano      Hospitality:  Lou Ann Shafer

            Adult Ed:  Floyd Coppage, Richard Mitchell               Lock Up:  Judy Gilman

Those for Whom We Pray

 

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

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 16-23, 2008

 

Sunday:                Palm 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

                    11:30 a.m.      Inquirers Class

                      4:00 p.m.      Borg/Crossan Book Study #1

Monday:         2:00 p.m.      Borg/Crossan Book Study #2

                      5:30 p.m.      Borg/Crossan Book Study #2

                      6:00 p.m.      Book Group – at the home of

                                         Ann Travelstead

                      7:00 p.m.      Council meeting

Tuesday:      10:00 a.m.      Borg/Crossan Book Study #3

                      6:00 p.m.      Borg/Crossan Book Study #3

Wednesday:    2:00 p.m.      Borg/Crossan Book Study #4

                      6:00 p.m.      ContemPLAYtion Band

                      7:00 p.m.      Borg/Crossan Book Study #4

Thursday:             Maundy Thursday

                      2:00 p.m.      Borg/Crossan Book Study #5

                      3:00 p.m.      Study of Spirituality Group

                      5:00 p.m.      Borg/Crossan Book Study #5

                      6:30 p.m.      Maundy Thursday service

approx.   7:30 p.m.      Choir rehearsal follows Maundy

                                         Thursday worship service

Friday:                 Good Friday

                    10:00 a.m.      Borg/Crossan Book Study #6

                    12:00 p.m.      Worship service at

                                         St. Paul’s UCC

                      3:30 p.m.      Ministry of Worship decorates

                                         sanctuary

                      5:00 p.m.      Borg/Crossan Book Study #6

Saturday:        8:00 a.m.      Borg/Crossan Book Study #7

                      9:30 a.m.      Lay Ministry continuing

                                         education

Sunday:                Easter Sunday

                      9:15 a.m.      Breakfast – until 10:15 a.m.

     8:30 and 10:30 a.m.       Easter Worship –

                                         new members received

Announcements

 

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.

 

Maundy Thursday, March 20, 6:30 PM

“Troubled Waters”

A commemoration of the Last Supper & story of the last days of Jesus’ life. 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.

 

 

 

Book Groupies – The next gathering will be tomorrow, March 17, 6 p.m., at the home of Ann Travelstead.  Come one ... Come all ... Bring a friend.  We’ll be discussing the book, The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, & the Heart of the Middle East, by Sandy Tolan.  Ann’s new address:  6100 Buffalo Grass Court NE.  Phone: 293-7630. 

 

Remember Project Share, Sunday, March 30 – Bring your stuff!  Check the sign-up board to see what we need.  Thank you for the generous gift of your time and resources!  –  COGS Community Service Program

 

New Members and Inquirers Class

 

New members will be received next Sunday, March 23.  If you feel ready to join this family of faith, please contact Pastor Sue.  The Inquirers Class for people interested in learning more about Church of the Good Shepherd will be TODAY, 11:30 a.m., in the parlor.

 

 

Floyd Coppage's Contemporary Religious Study Class – has just begun a new book, A New Christianity for a New World, by Bishop John Shelby Spong.  Books are available at all the major bookstores.

 

New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence –
For help, call 246-9240.  State Hotline: 1-800-773-3645; National Hotline: 1-800-799-7233; Statewide Legal Resources Hotline: 1-877-974-3400.  Services are FREE and confidential.

Flowers on the Communion table – have been given by Ruth Randall, in celebration of Richard Mitchell’s 75th birthday.

 

Would you like to be part of the Council? – Our positions on Council are filling up, but we have some openings for officers for the 2008-09 year. One is for Vice-Moderator and the other for two members-at-large. Here is your chance to make a difference in the ministry of COGS. When or if you are contacted, please consider a YES for one of the positions.

 

REMINDER to those who have not yet paid for the Easter plants they ordered – If you have not yet paid for the Easter plants you ordered, please make a check payable to “COGS” and write “Easter plants” on the Memo line of the check.  You can place your check in the offering plate or in the Financial Secretary’s mailbox, or you can mail the check to COGS.  Thank you.

 

“Journey to Sacred Places in New Mexico” outing –
has been planned for 2 weekends in April.  April 19 will be a trip to Chaco Canyon.  April 25 & 26 will be a visit to the Sanctuario de Chimayo and the Pecos Monument, and to spend the night and part of the next day at the Pecos Benedictine Monastery.  You are also invited to join the group at 5 p.m. on April 27 to visit, learn about, and meditate at the Buddhist Temple of New Mexico, at 320 Louisiana Blvd. SE.  See poster in the hallway for details. – Shirlee Coppage, 281-0998