I hope you all have caught up on your sleep after missing an hour yesterday.
A few quick announcements
- The giving basket is collecting cleaning supplies throughout the month of March. Please bring in any home or personal cleaning supplies to be donated to Redding Social Services.
- The Sunday morning bible study will start taking a look at the book of Revelation. If you would like to learn more about this often misunderstood book please join us on Sundays at 9am in the community room.
- A youth group is starting! I will be meeting with a few high school students this Saturday at 1pm to discuss plans for the spring and summer. If you are interested in joining us please let me know.
Book of Faith Puzzler
Sorry I forgot to include last week's question in the Monday Morning Church email. But last week's question was: On what mountain did the transfiguration occur? A) Mount Hebron Mount Sinai D) The Bible doesn’t say. The correct answer is D) The Bible doesn’t say. In all the biblical accounts of the transfiguration it never says what mountain the event occurred on. Most biblical scholars believe it was either Mount Hebron Mount Trabor Jerusalem
This week's question is: We have started the 40 days of Lent and hear of Jesus being in the wilderness for 40 days of fasting. What is another event in the bible that takes 40 units of time? If you know an answer (there are multiple), email me by noon on Wednesday to be entered into this week's drawing.
Yesterday's sermon
If you would like to read the sermon, it can be found here. How have people asked you to prove your faith? How have you tried to prove your faith? How have you helped others explore their faith?
How have you seen God's love this week? Keep emailing/bringing in your stories and pictures to put on the bulletin board throughout Lent
Sunday's Worship
The following people are scheduled to serve this Sunday:
Worship Assistant - Mark H
Reader - ---
Communion Assistant - Cheryl M
Ushers - Bob M-C & --
Coffee Hour host - Ellen G
Food prep & delivery - ----
If you would like to volunteer to be the reader, an usher or prepare or deliver food to our homebound members, please let me know.
The first reading on Sunday is Genesis 12:1-4a. Abram (soon to be Abraham) is told by God that he will be blessed and become a great nation. This is just the start of Abram & Sarai's journey that will take much longer than they every originally thought. When have you set out on a journey, whether physical or mental, that took much longer than you thought? How has/did your attitude change over time? Did you ever want to turn back? Give up? Take a short cut?
The second reading is Romans 4:1-5, 13-17. Paul details that Abraham did not receive such a great promise from God through the law but through his faith. And for all of us, being in a relationship with God does not mean that we will be given a reward but that we be given faith and trust. When have you thought you deserved a reward that you did not receive? Did you receive a lesson or something else instead that turned out to be more valuable than the reward? Is faith a great enough reward for you to follow Christ or do you want something more?
The gospel is John 3:1-17. Nicodeamus, a Pharisee, comes to Jesus by the cover of night to ask Jesus questions. This gospel includes the most famous verse in the bible, John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." However the meat of this passage comes earlier as Jesus explains what it means to be born of the Spirit and yet Nicodeamus does not get it. When have you been like Nicodeamus and not understand scripture or what God is saying to you in your life? When have you needed things explained simply to you?
Hope you all have a great week!
Blessings
Pastor Becca
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