Note that there is no Sunday school this Sunday, April 5 (Palm Sunday). But... our children are singing the Introit with the Adult Choir on Easter Sunday. Children in Preschool through Grade 7 will go with Darlene after the Children’s Moment to practice the music and will come back to Worship after the Sermon.
Then, EXTRA PRACTICE with the Adult Choir after the service. Will require just 10 additional minutes in the Sanctuary! Attendance is required.
Easter Lilies: Sign up by this Sunday 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.
This coming Sunday––and the first Sunday of every month––is the day we bring offerings for the People’s
Next week is Holy Week. Please consider joining us for one or all of the following:
Palm Sunday, April 5: Worship service at 9:30 a.m. Gather in the narthex before worship; we will enter the sanctuary together, singing and waving our palms.
Maundy Thursday, April 9: Worship service at 7:30 p.m. Tennebrae with communion.
Good Friday, April 10. Worship service at 7:30 p.m. The Seven Last Words of Christ.
Family Easter Party, April 11: Come at 9:30 a.m. for breakfast, crafts, games (weather permitting), the Easter story, and the egg hunt. Bring friends and neighbors! Extra hands would also be appreciated that morning, for crafts and games (contact Chris Kozich), or for breakfast (contact Betsy Rogers).
Easter/The Resurrection of the Lord, April 12: Worship service at 9:30 a.m. Children join the Adult Choir in singing the Introit. Deacons host continental breakfast after the service.
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!
Christian Ed.: April’s curriculum focuses on the risen Christ and his appearances to his disciples up until the time of His glorious ascension. Two of the stories the children will be studying and learning about are the disciples from Emmaus in Luke 24:35 and the Great Commission from Matthew 28:20. Why not have a family Bible study time during the month of April focusing on these two Bible stories?
Weekly 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.
The Christian Education Committee is looking for a chairperson for the summer
Pennies 4 PADS: Our children are attempting to collect a mile’s worth of pennies (84,480) to donate to our PADS mission. The count is at 49,487 - 58.6% of the total! Please keep bringing in your extra pennies; there is a collection box in the narthex.
Our Adult Education class will continue the lectionary-based Bible study this Sunday with the following passages: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 14:1-15:47. Consider joining us in the parlor on Sundays following worship, if you have not so far. There is nothing like a good group and the Good Book. –Blair
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.
QUICK! Sign up for the Talent Show before someone else takes your 15 minutes of fame! The sign-up is on the bulletin board in the Narthex. Performer or not, come, eat, and be entertained at Southminster’s Pasta Dinner and Talent Show! April 19th. Dinner at 5:30 p.m. Adults: $5.00. Children 3-18: $3.00.
The Women’s Breakfast group will meet Monday, April 6, at 8:00 a.m. at IHOP in
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
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.
