March 5, 2026

YOUTH FOOD PANTRY

I hope by now you’ve seen our Little Free Panty/Blessing Box at the education end of the building. This is a project that our Youth have taken responsibility for, and they’ve been doing a marvelous job of keeping it stocked, which means it’s being used! In fact, JK told me last Sunday that food is flying from the pantry almost as quickly as the kids refill it. And I have seen our pantry listed multiple times on social media along with other pantries around town, so people are aware of this resource. This is a good thing.

Moving forward, our Youth will continue to care for the pantry and while there is budgeted money to help fill it, the idea behind the pantry is “give what you can, take what you need.” So, the next time you’re at the store or putting together your online grocery order, please consider adding a few items for the Pantry. You can stock these in the pantry yourself, or bring them into the church and let our Youth take care of it. 

If we all support this effort, we are helping the good work of our Youth and caring for our community. 

SUNDAY WORSHIP

March 8 at 10:45am

Rev. Jillian Hankamer Preaching

The Good News Is...great love for God and neighbor

Ephesians 3: 20-21 and Mark 6: 32-44

OUR WORSHIP IN SONG



The Opening Hymn: O God, You Give us Neighbors. The hymn is sung to a familair tune, Aurelia, written by Samuel Wesley, 1864. The text w as written by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, a pastor and gifted hymn writer of over 400 hymn texts.



The Middle Hymn: Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us With Your Love. This African folk melody, adapted by Tom Colvin, 1969, was presented to the Church at Chereponi, Northern Ghana. Al Kraus, a missionary in neighboring Tamale, was enouraging the making of hymns to indigenous melodies. Colvin wrote these words to this adapted form of the melody in dedication to the Church at Chereponi. The hymn tune was named ChEREPONI. Composer Jane Marshall arranged the hymn for congrational singing in 1982.

Gospel Acclamation: A poem by Thomas A. Kempis based on John 3. The text was set to music by DH Clark.

The Anthem: Beloved, Let Us Love One Another was written by DH Clark in May 2000 as an anthem for the Northminster Choir.. It is based on Ist John 4: 7-12. The word is clear that we are to devote ourselves to loving one another..love comes straight from God.

The Communion Anthem: Naomi Kilpatrick, our Choral Associate, will sing the arrangement of How Great Thou Art that country singer Chely Wright sang at the memorial service for Rev. Dr. Welton Gaddy.

The Closing Hymn: You Are Called to Tell the Story. Rev. Ruth Duck wrote the hymn (text) we sing today. She noticed early in her career that the name of God was almost exculsively masculine. She began writing text that used inclusive language that ministered to all. We sing these words to the hymn tune REGENT SQUARE, composed by British composer Herny Smart, 1867.

During Lent, Christians are supposed to ask one way or another what it means to be themselves.

When you look at your face in the mirror, what do you see in it that you most like and what do you see that you deplore? If you had only one last message to leave a handful of people who are most important to you, what would it be? Of all the things you have done in your life, which is the one you would like most to undo? Which one makes you the happiest to remember? Is there any person in the world or any cause you would die for? If tomorrow was your last day on earth, what would you do with it?

To hear yourself answer these questions is to begin to hear something not only of who you are but of both what you are becoming and what you are failing to become. It can be pretty depressing all in all, but if sackcloth and ashes are at the start of it, something like Easter may be at its end. Frederick Buechner, Listening to your Life

OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS

CHILDREN AND YOUTH

CHURCH LIFE

CHURCHWIDE CLEANUP DAY WITH POTLUCK

On Saturday, March 14 from 9am - 1pm Northminster will hold a churchwide cleanup day and enjoy a potluck for our efforts. There is much to be done with this "spring cleaning" so signup for the potluck and be sure to join us to help get our building in better cosmetic shape!

MARCH BUSINESS MEETING CHANGE

Because of scheduling conflicts with the performance of the Rutter Requiem, the March bimonthly business meeting has been rescheduled from the 15 th to the 22nd, i e one week later. The 6 PM pot luck dinner will move as well.

PUB THEOLOGY

March 19th at 7PM. This month's gathering will be at Melvyn's Restaurant, 1128 Oliver Rd.

BOOK CLUB

The next meeting of the Northminster Book Club will be held in the home of Marilyn Decker, 711 Oakhurst Dr., Bastrop on April 7, 6pm.

This Sunday

9:00 am - Choir Rehearsal

10:00 am - Sunday School

10:45 am - Preludes

11:00 am - Worship Service

Noon - After Church Fellowship

5:00 pm - Youth (Feb. 8 and 22)

Wednesdays

5:30 pm: Craft and Chat

6:30 pm: Choir rehearsal

March 6-7: BYC Spring Planning Retreat



March 14 from 9am - 1pm: Churchwide Cleanup and Potluck



March 22 at 6pm: Potluck and Business Meeting at 7pm