Season of Lent

MONDAY:

• Church Office Hours - 9:00 a.m. to Noon.
• Helping Hands Monday Meal - Noon.
• SPRC Meeting - 1:30 p.m., Heritage Chapel.

TUESDAY:

• Lay Leaders' Meeting - 11:15 a.m., Meeting Room.

WEDNESDAY:

• Church Office Hours - 9:00 a.m. to Noon.
• United Women in Faith - 10:00 a.m., Meeting Room.
• Evening Prayer Service - Not Meeting This Week.
• Table Fellowship Gathering - 6:00 p.m., Heritage Chapel.

THURSDAY:

• Holy Grounds Lectionary Study - 8:00 a.m., Fig Tree Coffee.
• Spanish Language Class - 9:30 a.m., Meeting Room.

SUNDAY: Second Sunday in Lent; The Gift of Simplicity

• Worship & Sanctuary Choir - 10:15 a.m., Sanctuary. Fellowship and Refreshments to follow in Backman Hall.

Table Fellowship Gathering - Wednesday, March 12 at 6:00 p.m.: Join us for this Lenten practice of Soup, Scripture, and the Sacrament of Holy Communion in Heritage Chapel. Please note that this week is a dinner service. Next week, March 19, will be a lunch service.

Holy Grounds Lectionary Study meets on Thursdays at 8:00 a.m. at Fig Tree Coffee (217 Vernon Street). Bring your Bible and join in the conversation! This week's passage is Luke 13:31-35.

Interfaith Iftar hosted by the Tarbiya Institute, 3/16: To celebrate the month of Ramadan, the Tarbiya Institute has extended an invitation to their Interfaith Iftar dinner entitled, "Breaking Bread Together Beneath a Shared Moon." This will take place 5:30 p.m., Sunday, March 16 at Town & Country (2935 Fulton Ave., Sacramento). To learn more and to RSVP, click here. Please reach out to either Cathie Wierbick or Pastor Angel if you would like to carpool so that they can plug you in.

The next Children's Church will be on Sunday, March 23. Don't miss out! For more info, see Connie Witherow.

Memorial Service for John Handley: We will honor, remember, and celebrate the life of John on Sunday, April 13 at 2:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.

Ecumenical Lenten Campaign - Alms for The Gathering Inn (TGI): In partnership with our siblings at Incarnation Anglican and Bethel Lutheran, we are collecting Alms during the Season of Lent to help our friends at TGI acquire a new commercial fridge for their Roseville shelter. Almsgiving is an ancient religious practice and act of loving sacrifice. Instead meeting our wants, these funds can be used to help meet the needs of others. For example, instead of ordering take-out or a cup of coffee, set that money aside for this campaign. Note that pledges or plate offering goes to the general budget or their specified designation. In your bulletin, there will be a special Almsgiving envelope that you may place in the offering plate.

From the Church Historian, Phoebe Astill - 'The M.E. Church Roof, Ceiling Damaged by Fire.' "In June 1930, the roof of the church received some damage. Members of the church board had been burning grass in the yard of the church. They had finished their work and were about to leave when the blaze on the roof was discovered. They tried to put out the flames with a garden hose but it didn’t stop the fire. It was believed the rapidity with which the fire took hold in the roof was due to collections of shedding from nearby cottonwood trees. Due to the fast work of the fire department the building was saved. The damage was completely covered by insurance. The By Scouts of Troop 1 gathered and carried out all the troop records as well as the pews from the church. The members met in the Moose Hall (which was just across the tracks on Lincoln St) until the repairs were made to the roof and ceiling of the church. Some of the members recently of this time in history and wanted to know what had happened."

Bear Witness to God's Love! - First Church plans for Placer Pride: The Faith in Action Team, with the approval of the Church Council, has reserved a booth for the Placer LGBTQ Pride event on Saturday, May 17 at Roseville's Royer Park. This is a great way to demonstrate our support for the LGBTQ Community and bear witness to our faith that at First Church all means all. If you would like to be involved in planning our presence there, please reach out to the Pastor.

“Sock it to ‘em” Socks & Jackets Collection: Help us keep our community warm this winter. We are accepting donations of new socks and new/gently used jackets to give out during our Monday Meal. Bring them to worship or during the week. if you have any questions, please see Kathleen or Pastor.