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This Week's Announcements (March 17 - 24, 2010)

September 13, 2009 - June 6, 2010
9:15 am:    Coffee House (Room 104). Child Care provided through Coffee Hour
        9:30 am:    Adult Education (Room 102) and Children's drop-In (Ed Wing)
              10:30 am:   Worship & Sunday School (Grades K-8) & Preschool Church
11: 40 am: Coffee Hour

This Sunday: Fifth Sunday in Lent.
Rev. Dr. Shawnthea Monroe preaching.
Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8.

Next Sunday. Palm Sunday. Rev. Dr. Shawnthea Monroe preaching. Psalm 118:1-2, Luke 19:28-40.

Lenten Worship Opportunities
• Join us for Wednesday Night Dinner, 5:45 – 6:30 pm. See article elsewhere in bulletin for details.
• Wednesday Worship: Walking the Labyrinth through March 17 in the chapel (open from 5:30 – 7:30 pm). Labyrinth walking is an ancient practice of journeying to and then returning from the center. It is a time of prayer, contemplation, and meditation. It may look simple, but the experience can be profound. There will be music and prayers available to help you on your journey.
• Wednesday, March 24: Healing Service led by Rev. Lois Annich, 7:00 pm, Chapel. The service will offer scriptures, meditation, music, and prayers for the healing of body, mind, and spirit. Hear Jesus’ invitation, spoken in love to you, “Come to me, all you that are weary and carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”
• Plymouth Facebook Devotional: Please “become a fan” of the Plymouth Church Facebook page. Every day during Lent, there will be a new devotional, written by one of the ministerial staff at Plymouth. You’ll have the opportunity to pray, reflect and even respond if you wish. Weekly devotionals will be available (in the literature rack) on Sunday in written form for the coming week. Watch for updates and join us on-line for a time of prayer and reflection. (See Plymouth Home Page for link to Facebook)

Educational Opportunities for Adults: 9:30 am, room 102
• March 21: “A Strange Freedom – Howard Thurman, Mystical Activism and a Just Society.” Joy Bostic, Ph.D., introduces prophet, mystic, poet and theologian, Howard Thurman. Thurman has been Dean of chapels at Howard and Boston Universities and one of the inaugural co-pastors of San Francisco’s Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples. He mentored civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and was an early architect and proponent of non-violent strategies for social change. We will explore Thurman’s mystical life, his understanding of Christian commitment and his vision of a just society.
• March 28: Media Today. It’s a busy day and you like to keep up. You catch the “breaking news” on TV and cable, hear it on the radio, read it in the newspaper and online. Do you know how the media got the news? How do you separate the “facts”? Carrie Buchanan, Ph.D. of John Carroll University’s Communication department and Eric Wellman, regional host of NPR’s Morning Edition on WCPN 90.3, will give us the scoop.

• NEW GROUP FORMING: CONTEMPLATIVE CHRISTIANITY, March 23, 7:30 pm, Room 102. Open to all those interested in exploring Christian spirituality based around direct experience. Come to learn more and help kickstart the group. Contact Chris Grostic (grostic@gmail.com) with any questions or scheduling conflicts.

Click here for Adult Education Classes January - April 2010

Music Ministry & ArtsPlymouth
• Organ Recital - Dana Steele, Saturday, April 17, 4:00 pm, Sanctuary. Plymouth's excellent music intern plays her junior organ recital.
• Join “ArtsPlymouth and the Music Ministry of Plymouth Church, UCC” on Facebook to stay informed of upcoming events and to post comments.

Youth Group Events (Sign ups outside the Parlor):
• Spring Lock-In, Sr. High Youth Group, Friday/Saturday, March 19-20, 6:00 pm – 8:00 am, KR.
• Wii Bowling Tournament & Games. 6th-8th Grade Youth Group, Sunday, March 21, 2:00 – 4:00 pm, KR
• “You Made It to Spring Break” Party & Movie Night, Sr. High Youth Group, Friday, March 26, 6:00 – 9:00 pm, KR

Weekly Bible Study Class, open to all, meets Mondays, 5:30 – 6:30, room 102. Text for March 22: Luke 18:28-40.

Join us for yoga. This is a beginner – advanced beginner class in which we will stretch, breathe, and meditate. Tuesdays,
6:15-7:30 pm. Suggested donation: $10. Contact Lois Annich.

Wednesday Night Food & Fellowship begins Wednesday, January 6 and runs through Wednesday, March 24. Time: 5:45 – 6:45 pm. Cost: $5 Adult; $3 Child 4-11; Children < 3 free; $15 Family max. Menu for March 17: Potato Corn Chowder, Waldorf Salad, Irish Soda Bread, Pistachio Cake. Menu for March 24: Crustless Quiche, Hash Brown Patties, Fruit, Jam Bars. Sign up outside the parlor.

Pymouth in the City will convene Monday, March 22 over lunch at noon at the City Club. Lunch is $14.00. Please sign up in advance outside the Parlor. Invite your friends and colleagues. Rev. Dr. Shawnthea Monroe will lead our program, which begins at 12:20 pm and concludes at 1:00 pm.

Easter Egg-stravaganza! Wednesday, March 24th from 7-8PM, for kids K-8th grade. Egg dyeing and other Easter activities. It’s a “Lay to Play” or BYOE (Bring Your Own Eggs) event! Come early for Wednesday Night dinner (sign up for dinner required) and we will boil your eggs for you! Be sure to get your copy of the “World’s Best” Egg Salad Recipe. (2-4 eggs per child recommended) - Fellowship Hall. Sign up for Egg-stravaganza outside the Parlor.

An Auction to benefit the 2010 Mission Trip working with Habitat for Humanity in Alamosa, Colorado will take place at the annual end-of-year picnic, following worship on Sunday, June 6. It’s not too early to think about what you can donate for the auction. Please pick up your Auction Donation Form in the literature racks, fill it out and return it to the office soon!

The Cleveland Ecumenical Institute for Religious Studies Brochure for their Spring 2010 courses is available in the Literature Racks and in the office. Rev. Dr. Shawnthea Monroe will be teaching, The Theology of Clint Eastwood: The Western as Christian Metaphor, four Tuesdays, April 6-27, 7:00 – 9:00 pm, at Fairmount Presbyterian Church. Plymouth Church will host the class, Biblical Literacy: The Essential Bible Stories Everyone Needs to Know, led by Timothy Beal, four Thursdays, April 15-May 6, 7:30 – 9:30 pm. See the brochure for additional classes.

SAVE THE DATE!! “RENEW” – The Green 2010 Summer Vacation Bible School (VBS) will be July 19-23, M-F, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, for all children, 3 years old through 6^th grade.

Sunday School teachers are needed. Contact Pastor Adam ahange@plymouthchurchucc.org.

Coffee Hour Needs You! The winter schedule is posted by the Parlor, and is waiting for you to sign up to host Coffee Hour. Questions, contact Beth Sanborn.

Recent Publications: A new book by Shawnthea Monroe and Shannon Craigo-Snell. Living Christianity: A Pastoral Theology for Today is “a thoughtful volume that takes seriously the need for accessible, pastorally relevant theological reflection on the chief mysteries that inform Christian living today.” (Fortress Press).