Monday, March 15
12:00 pm “Racial…” book study on Zoom
Tuesday, March 16
Tax people use building
10:00 am Walk outside
5:45 pm Ad Board meets by phone or email
6:30 pm Prayer Connection
7:15 pm Council meets
Wednesday, March 17
Tax people use building
3:00 pm Virtual Coffee
7:00-8:00 pm “Embracing…” book study on Zoom
Thursday, March 18
10:00 am Walk outside
10:30 am Confirmation class
6:30 pm Prayer Connection
Saturday, March 20
10:00 am Walk outside
Next Sunday, March 21
10:00 am Worship online
This morning we celebrate and share in communion.
Feel free to use elements for communion that you have on hand and would be meaningful to you. Perhaps you have some of the small individual communion sets that we have distributed previously.
Our general ZOOM connection information:
1) TO JOIN VIA YOUR CONNECTED DEVICE:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/9990015170?pwd=MGMwU0lycTNQSFI0cVJVT0xpcC9Udz09 Meeting ID: 999 001 5170
2) To dial in by phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Meeting ID: 999 001 5170
Pastor Jill invites everyone to join her Tuesday and Thursday evenings (during Lent) at 6:30 pm for “Prayer Connection” using Zoom. As a participant, you can use the general Zoom connection information printed on the front side of this page. Prayer Connection is a drop-in sort of session and no attendance is taken, so join us whenever you wish. We are reminded by these gatherings how much we need each other and each other’s prayers!
Virtual Coffee Time is each Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 pm. It is a BYOC (bring your own cup) kind of event, but there will be no agenda except to catch up with each other. Please join us on Zoom or dial in by phone.
We have online giving available on the Church website: www.firstcongregationaluccalex.com. Click on the “give” button to give directly. Or you can text the word “Give” to 1-(844) 913-1752. We have several folks who have been taking advantage of this means to support the Church they love. Thank you for your generous and ongoing support!
Status of Giving: A statement of your Church giving to date can be prepared at any time. Just contact the Church office!
Stewardship reminder: It’s not too late to turn in your pledge for 2021. It will greatly help with managing the Church Budget for this new year. Thank you!
The Missions Committee has the Bountiful Basket out in
the west entry of the Church now and ready to collect your non-perishable items for the local Outreach Food Shelf until Wednesday, March 31. If you find some nice “specials” at your favorite store, you might pick up some extra items for the Food Shelf. Monetary donations are also greatly appreciated and can be used to purchase perishable items they need. If you donate by check, please be sure to mark it, “Outreach Food Shelf.” Thanks for helping the community by sharing what you can.
Birthdays coming up in the next several days!!!
Kathy Midtvedt 03/18
Audrey Froemming 03/19
Pastor Michael Fritz 03/21
Gerald Fulton 03/24
Daisy Stahlberg 03/27
Looking forward in March:
Mon, Mar 22 Newsletter items due for April issue
Sun, Mar 28 Palm Sunday
Our Annual Programmatic Meeting is usually held in May, so start thinking about preparing an annual report for your area of responsibility in our Church. We might be pleasantly surprised to read the reports of all the things our congregation has been able to accomplish and ways we have continued to support our community in Unforgettable Year 2020!