Easter Bible Reading Mark 16:1-8

As we move through Holy Week we are all invited to join the journey of Jesus as he engages the powers of the world and models how to live with great integrity. We are invited to reflect on the betrayal and suffering that Jesus endured long ago to bring God's message of love to us. On Thursday evening we will gather to hear the story of the Last Supper and the time in Gethsemane the night before his death. On Friday afternoon we are invited up to the Altadena Community Church to walk their interactive Stations of the Cross. And on Saturday we are urged to reflect on all the ways that death and suffering still persist in our world and are in need of God's power and our attention to relieve it. All of this will prepare us to come to the tomb on Sunday morning with the others and hear the assurance from our God that death and despair is never the final word, but that resurrection and new life prevail. We hope you will join us this week as we celebrate that reality anew and live as people of the living Christ. See details below on times and spaces for the services.

 

May God bless you richly as you reflect on these themes during Holy Week.

 

- Rev. Marlene Pomeroy

 

Please plan to arrive early with some flowers for our Living Cross. Sandy and Willetta will be in the narthex assembling the cross and needs many bright flowers to adorn it - bring from your garden or the store. If you could please arrive by 9:30-9:40 that would really help them get it read for our Easter procession.

 

Easter Parking: We do not have the University Club lot on Easter Sunday. Please plan to park in our Walnut or Los Robles lots or the Fuller "overhang" on Sunday morning. 

If you purchased an Easter lily or tulip you may take it home after the service. We will serve Communion on Easter Sunday and all are welcome at our table. We will also have our Good Samaritan envelope and our Easter Offering envelope in our bulletin. Good Sam money is used for outreach and our Easter Offering is used for the ministry of our church. You are also invited to bring non-perishable food items to be taken up the Friends in Deed food pantry.

 

Church School children are urged to bring all the money they collected in their piggy banks  during Lent this Sunday and hand it to teachers. It would be very helpful if you could count your money and convert it to cash before you come - we hope to gather about $200 and that is a lot of coins to count. NOTE: we do not have church school on Easter. Younger children can go to the nursery after Children's Time; older elementary children can stay with their parents or go to the nursery and play quiet games with the kids. There will be worship bags with some art supplies for those who decide to stay in worship.

 

Women's Scholarship Tea Invitations are ready!! If you can pick up your invite (and a few others for friends) this Sunday we won't have to send them out and use postage. This is a wonderful event where we will celebrate our scholarship recipients and we hope you plan to attend and bring a friend or two!! All proceeds this year will go directly to the scholarship fund. Kevin Cordova-Brookey is signing up folks to bring their specialty dish for the Tea. See him if you are willing to bring a homemade savory or sweet dish. The date is Saturday May 5th!!