Lenten Vespers Services

We will have Vespers services on Wednesdays during Lent,March 6, 13, 20 and 27 at 7:00 p.m. Please join us in person or online.

Tuesday Devotions on Facebook

Have you checked out Pastor William's weekly Lenten devotions on Facebook? We have talked about Mardis Gras, performance art, and social media so far. Please join us on Tuesdays for 15 -20 minutes to listen to how God's Word can apply to us today.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Office Volunteers. We're looking for a few good people to volunteer in the church office. We need a small team to cover bulletins, check voice mails, and be sure things are running smoothly. If you are interested, please see Mary Shulak for details.
Hunger Walk. The 2024 Hunger Walk benefiting the Atlanta Community Food Bank has been set for March 10, 2024. Would you like to join us? Please let Mary Beth or Paul Egas know. This walk helps support our Thanksgiving food boxes.
Congregational Meeting March 17. We will be having a congregational meeting on March 17 immediately following Sunday services to elect our call committee. Please join us for this important vote!
Easter Egg Hunt March 30. Invite your friends, children, grandchildren, neighbors and niblings to our Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 30 at 11:00. Pick up some eggs to fill from the narthex - instructions are included- and sign up to help! This is always a great time, please join us!
Easter Sunday March 31. We will have a potluck breakfast at 9:30 and Divine Service at 11:00 a.m.

The Gathering will meet on Friday, March 22 at 11:00 a.m. at Barbara Little's house. St. Luke Guys will meet Friday, March 22 at 11:30 a.m., at Golden Corral on Jonesboro Road in McDonough.

Commemorations this week:

March 7 Perpetua and Felicity and companions, martyrs at Carthage, died 202 Vibia Perpetua, a noblewoman, and Felicity, an enslaved woman, were catechumens at Carthage, northern Africa. They, with four other catechumens, had defied the Roman emperor who had forbidden conversions to Christianity, and were put to death in the amphitheater.

March 10 Harriet Tubman, died 1913; Sojourner Truth, died 1883; renewers of society Harriet Tubman, born into slavery, helped about 300 others to escape slavery until the institution was abolished. Sojourner Truth, whose birth name was Isabella, was freed after slavery was abolished, and discerned a call to be a preacher. Taking the name Sojourner Truth, she set out on an evangelistic journey, where people found her testimony to be deeply moving.

Worship This Week

March 10, 2024

Fourth Sunday of Lent

O God, rich in mercy, by the humiliation of your Son you lifted up this fallen world and rescued us from the hopelessness of death. Lead us into your light, that all our deeds may reflect your love, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen.

Readings and Psalm

Numbers 21:4-9
The lifting up of the serpent

Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
You deliver your people from their distress. (Ps. 107:19)

Ephesians 2:1-10
Saved by grace through faith for good works

John 3:14-21
The lifting up of the Son of Man