Weekly Wednesday noon prayer meetings have now concluded. Thank you the pray-ers who sacrificed their time in order to spend a few quiet moments in the presence of God. We will be in prayer about other opportunities for corporate prayer in the future.
Easter Lilies: Sign up by Palm Sunday (April 5) if you would like to order an Easter lily. Plants are $15.00 each. You may take your lily home after the Easter service or designate it for donation to a homebound member.
We have postcards available that highlight the Holy Week services and activities at Southminster. They are on the nametag shelf and on a table in the narthex. We encourage you to pass the postcards to friends, neighbors, co-workers, and those persons who do not have a church home. Southminster extends a “Welcome Home” to everyone!
Our gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing support ministries of disaster response, refugee assistance and resettlement, and community development that help people find safe refuge, start new lives and work together to strengthen their families and communities. Recognizing that the hope we have in Christ is lived out in our hope for one another, we respond with gifts that help our sisters and brothers around the world find the hope for a brighter future. As you travel through Lent, will you prayerfully consider making a donation to support the least franchised in our world- the poor, the hungry, the homeless? Donation envelopes are in the pews. Please give generously. It is remarkable what your gifts can do! The One Great Hour of Sharing Offering will be dedicated on Easter Sunday.
Our children are singing the Introit with the Adult Choir on Easter Sunday. Children’s Music Practice on April 5th- Preschool through Grade 7 - after the Children’s Moment. Children will come back to Worship after the Sermon.
EXTRA PRACTICE with the Adult Choir after the April 5th service. Will require just 10 additional minutes in the Sanctuary! Attendance is required.
Christian Ed.: So far, $50.54 has been collected on Sunday mornings for the Heifer spring mission project—this is almost three flocks of chicks and we still have one week to go! The money collected for Heifer will be dedicated on Easter Sunday. Thank you for your continued support in this missions project!
Save the date: Saturday, April 11 at 9:30 a.m. for our annual Easter Eggstravaganza, a party for the whole family. (You’ll find the details below in a separate entry.) Spread the word to your family and friends.
The Christian Education Committee is looking for a chairperson for the summer
Our Adult Education class will not meet this Sunday because of spring vacation. If you would like to read the lectionary passages for the day, they are: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33.
Many thanks to all who donated candies and stuffed Easter eggs over the past weeks. We have filled all 3,000 plastic eggs, and look forward to scattering them on Saturday, April 11, for the all-community Easter party! Please put the event on your calendar, tell your friends and neighbors, and plan to join us, starting at 9:30 a.m. for breakfast, crafts, games (weather permitting), the Easter story, and the egg hunt. Extra hands would also be appreciated that morning, for crafts and games (contact Chris Kozich), or for breakfast (contact Betsy Rogers).
Pennies 4 PADS: Our children are attempting to collect a mile’s worth of pennies (84,480) to donate to our PADS mission. T.J. Frey writes: “We collected over 1300 pennies this week. That brings the grand total to 47,797, or 56.6% of the total! We’re making great progress.” Please keep bringing in your extra pennies; there is a collection box in the narthex.
Fellowship Event: The Deacons are planning an outing to hear the Wheaton College Gospel Choir on Saturday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. at Coray Auditorium. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex, but it is only to indicate who might be attending the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the door the night of the concert. Tickets are $7 for general admission and $5 for students and seniors. Those who attended last year’s concert are looking forward to hearing the performance again this year. (Coray Auditorium is in the
Put these dates on your calendars! (More information about each event follows.)
Sunday, April 19 — SPY Spaghetti Supper and Talent Show
Saturday, April 25 — Mission project: Rebuilding Together Aurora
Saturday, May 16 — SPY Rummage Sale
Saturday, May 30 —Church Clean-Up Day
The annual Spaghetti Supper and Talent Show is even more eagerly-anticipated this year than ever. We have a definite purpose this year (besides providing a good meal and fun entertainment!), because this event is one of our big fundraisers for the youth mission trip to
Every year we spend the last Saturday in April rehabbing the home of a needy family in
As you do your spring cleaning and come upon things that you no longer want or need, SAVE THEM for the Rummage Sale the weekend of May 16. Our youth will be happy to recycle your stuff in another fundraiser for the summer mission trip. We have no place to store things here at church, so please hold on to your donations until after worship on May 10. Please, no clothing or items that require costly recycling or disposal if not sold (i.e. computers). Questions? Ask Blair Nelson (email smpcyouth@ameritech.net or call 630-917-6035.
The Property Committee seeks the honor of your company for the semi-annual Church Clean-Up Day, Saturday, May 30. You can select your activity from a diverse list of exterior and interior projects. The usual fellowship and refreshment lures will enhance your experience. Come one, come all. And bring some friends.
