TODAY- MARCH 7, 2010

 

WE SERVE

 

10:00 – 11:45 A.M. INFANT/TODDLER CARE (Preschool Wing)

 

10:30 A.M. WORSHIP (Sanctuary) Sunday Fun Worship Activity Bags for children Pre- K – 5th grade are on the table outside sanctuary. Take printed materials home.

 

LITURGIST/GREETERS FOR SUNDAY – March 14: Charlie Lemon/Walt & Joyce Beauvais, Carol Bessey & Mike Johnson.

 

WE LEARN

 

9:15 A.M.  ADULT FORUM  –  March 14: Steve Wedell and Nancy Deeth. They will perform a complete viola and piano sonata nicknamed “The Arpeggione” by Franz Schubert with intermittent commentary.

 

9:30 A.M. CHAPEL CLASS: March 14: “A Community to Redeem”. “O Lord! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? That is why I fled to Tarshish at the beginning; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and ready to relent from punishing.” (Jonah 3:10-4:5)

 

10 A.M. FELLOWSHIP TIME (Narthex) Sign-up for yummies on the Narthex table.

 

WELCOME, VISITORS & GUESTS - Sign Friendship Pad in the pew pocket.  Use a visitor nametag.

 

YOUTH FELLOWSHIP TONIGHT (Grades 6-12) 5:45 p.m. Movie Night.

 

SESSION CALLS A SPECIAL CONGREGATION MEETING – March 14, 2010 immediately following worship to approve dissolution of the pastoral relationship between Bill Leety and Overbrook effective August 31; and to request PSV to grant him retirement status effective September 1, 2010.

 

WE SERVE

 

FOOD SUNDAY TODAY- March contributions go to Neighborhood Services who request: canned meats, juices, spaghetti sauce, paper products and personal care items.  Place food in Narthex grocery carts. Use the envelope for cash, or checks payable to OPC.

 

BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS in the Pastor’s office March 14 from 10:00 – 10:30 and following the Special Congregation Meeting until noon.

 

WE SERVE YWCA FAMILY CENTER – March 14. Sign-up to provide food or to serve dinner on sheets by the bulletin board across from the Parlor.

 

EASTER FLOWERS ARE COMING!! Beginning March 14, members may order either Easter Lilies or Spring Flowers to help decorate the Sanctuary for Easter. Look for inserts and sign-up sheet in the office.

 

WE GATHER

 

LENT SERIES CONTINUE March 10. Come and join us for soup, conversation, and interesting presentations. Marge Tibbetts & Shirley Cotter serve rice soup & salad at 6:15 p.m. in the South Parlor. From 7 to 7:15 we have evening prayer in the Parlor. This week we continue on Isaiah, led in group study by Michael Ludwig and Bill Leety from 7:15 to 8:15. “Faith & Action” homework to prepare is from Isaiah 7.

 

IT’S  ITALIAN…Youth Fellowship’s annual Spaghetti dinner is March 20 – beginning at 5:30 p.m. with the last seating at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are available in the Narthex on Sundays. Cost is $5.00 for adults and $3.50 for children under age 10. Proceeds go for 2010 Youth Work Camp to Hazard, Kentucky.

 

SPECIAL LENT/EASTER MUSIC on March 21 during Sunday worship when the Chancel Choir presents “The Passion of Christ” by David H. Williams.

 

CORRECTION ON BOOK GROUP READ FOR MARCH 23 DISCUSSION:

Elizabeth Strout’s 2009 Pulitzer for Fiction, Olive Kitteridge.

 

WE GIVE

 

LET’S GO KROGERING! Every little bit counts! Do you ever shop at Kroger? If so, you can sign up to help Overbrook earn monetary contributions.  Overbrook is now part of the Kroger Community Rewards Program, earning contributions from the Kroger Company based on the amount of money our participating members spend when using their Kroger Plus Card.  This program does not affect your Kroger Plus Reward Points in any way, so it is harmless to you but could be very helpful to the Church.  You can sign up to participate on the internet at http:// www.krogercommunityrewards.com. You must have a Kroger Plus Shoppers card to register and participate so get yours out and sign up to participate now. If you do not have access to the online sign-up method, please call 1-800-837-4483 to learn about the alternative sign-up method.  We will soon have a link on the Church web site, www.overbrookchurch.org, just click on the “SUPPORT OVERBROOK THROUGH THE KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM and see how we can earn” link on the home page. Thank you for your support and cooperation.  Michael Johnson, Stewardship Chair.

 

CONVERSATION TIME AFTER WORSHIP in the Chapel.  Did something in the service touch you, cause you to reflect?  Did God speak in prayer, music, Scripture, sermon?  We’ll start discussion with these questions:

  1. “Seek the Lord while he may be found…” writes Isaiah.  Seeking the Lord may be like seeking a missing child in terms of both urgency and frustration.  Seeking may benefit from awareness of God’s nearness.  Have you ever been keenly aware of God’s nearness?  How did you become aware?  When?  What does it look like for you to seek God urgently and with frustration?

 

  1. “Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy?” asks the God who invites or commands, “Everyone…come” even those who have no money.  How do you answer?  Have you spent your life, your you, for less than bread or satisfaction?

 

MISSION TRIP TO KENTUCKY- This year's youth mission trip will be the week of June 13-19. We'll be traveling to the town of Hazard, KY and working on house repair or construction with the local Housing Development Alliance.  Bob (Bo) Glaeser and Michael (Luke) Ludwig (who will now be referred to as the "Dukes of Hazard") will be in charge of the youth.  However, we're also opening this mission trip to adults, so if you are interested in being part of God's mission to the "102nd poorest county in the nation," please contact one of the "Dukes."