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Remember, human, that you are dust, and to dust you will return.
-Genesis 3:19
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Ash Wednesday Service
March 1, 6:30 p.m., UPC Sanctuary
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Ash Wednesday emphasizes a dual encounter: we encounter our own mortality and confess our sin before God within the community of faith. The service focuses on the dual themes of sin and death in the light of God’s redeeming love in Jesus Christ. The use of ashes as a sign of mortality and penance has a significant history in both Jewish and Christian worship. The imposition of ashes is a powerful nonverbal way
of participating in the call to repentance and reconciliation.
Please join us as we enter into darkness to mark the beginning of Lent.
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March 5, 2017
First Sunday in Lent
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Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
UPC Sanctuary
Evening Worship
7:00 p.m.
UPC Fellowship Hall
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The Reverend Dr. Ted Wardlaw, President of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, is our guest preacher at morning worship the first Sunday of Lent.
"Our Side of the Line"
Sermon texts:
Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7, Matthew 4:1-11
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The Chancel Choir offers verses from Psalm 25 set by English Tudor composer, Richard Farrant: “Call To Remembrance”.
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Amplify UPLift during Austin's Annual Day of Giving March 2 and 3
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Amplify Austin Day is our city’s annual community-wide day of online giving. The 24-hour period provides an easy, fun way for our entire community to give together while helping local nonprofits. Over the past four years, Amplify Austin has raised over $24.7 million for hundreds of local nonprofits. In 2016, 40 percent of the 61,625 Amplify Austin donations were first time gifts to nonprofits. Amplify raised $8.5 million for more than 600 Central Texas nonprofits in 2016!
This is the second year that the UPC UPLift financial assistance program has participated in Amplify. Last year, UPLift received $9,466.67 in one day of online giving.
With your help, we can beat that amount. Watch for special emails and Facebook posts between now and Friday. Share with your friends and family, and help Amplify UPLift for 2017!
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New this Year! Power Hour!
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Friday morning, UPLift has a chance to qualify for additional funds from Amplify sponsors. Nonprofits who raise the most money in a one hour period quality for additional funds!
UPLift Power Hours is Friday, March 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
So mark your calendars, and get ready to amp up the giving!
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Several nonprofits with close connections to UPC will also participate in Amplify Day 2017:
Please give generously!
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Karen knows that by participating in Amplify UPLift, she can help many more people in 2017.
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Kay Bryant,
Ted Wardlaw to Lead All-Church Retreat at Mo-Ranch
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We are excited to announce that at this year's All Church Retreat, April 21-23, Dr. Kay Bryant and Dr. Ted Wardlaw will be leading the adult sessions. The them for the retreat is "Welcome."
Our new senior Pastor Matt Gaventa, along with wife Sarah and son Charlie, will be with us for their first time at Mo-Ranch. All who attend the retreat will have an opportunity to get acquainted with our new pastoral family in a relaxed and informal setting
Only a few spaces are left, so contact the church office or sign up in the courtyard after worship Sunday, March 5.
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Welcome
Basket
for Matt, Sarah, & Charlie
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UPC will be giving a “welcome basket” to the Gaventa family during the week of March 6 when they arrive in Austin and begin unpacking at their home in the Mueller area. The basket theme is “All things Austin” (or close surrounding areas). We’ve started it off with local food products and would like to add some “fun” to it! If you would like to contribute a gift card to your favorite restaurant or entertainment place or have other ideas of interesting places or things they would enjoy, please contact Stephanie Morris at stephanietmorris@sbcglobal.net or 512-415-9797.
We would like to have all contributions by Sunday, March 5.
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Matt Gaventa Preaches Sunday, March 19
Reception to Follow
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We hope to see everyone on the 19th, so please reach out to friends you haven't seen in church for awhile and invite them to return on this spe
Please help us make the Gaventas feel welcome and sign the card in the narthex. If you’d like to include your own well wishes for our new start together, you’ll find baskets for cards and letters in the narthex and outside the church office.
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An enormous THANK YOU to UPC for the fun and creative retirement luncheon you threw last Sunday and for the generous retirement gift. I feel very much appreciated. It has been my privelege and joy to serve you and to be a part of this congregation.
-- Danny Dennis
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UPC comes out to celebrate the service of Facilities Manager Danny Dennis February 26, 2017
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Please Support the Border Mission Trip
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UPC and UKirk members will leave following worship on Sunday, March 13, and return Friday, March 18 for the Border Mission Trip. During the week we will build a house for a deserving family in Reynosa, Mexico, under the direction of Faith Ministry.
Whether or not you can go with us, please make a contribution to help us defray costs. You can contribute by placing a check in the offering plate endorsed to UPC but clearly marked for the Border Mission Trip, or give the check to Craig Deats. Please contribute as soon as possible.
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Click the image above to view
the Faith Ministry 2016 video.
Can you spot UPC and UKirk members?
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For more information, please contact Craig Deats at 512.567.1419 or
cdeats@ddollaw.com. Thanks to all for your continued support of this vital mission of the church. You make it possible.
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Dinner and Dogma: Immigration
March 11, 5:30 p.m. at the home of Sarah and Byron French
This edition of our Young Adult Dinner series will focus on the complicated issue of immigration from a Christian perspective. Come to learn and share your thoughts on the role of UPC in this issue!
Volunteer at Micah 6
March 16, 5:30 p.m. at UPC
Micah 6 serves hundreds of Austinites every week and operates right out of our basement! They are especially in need of help during Spring Break, so come and get your service on!
Email Sarah French at sbradbur@alum.trinity.edu with questions.
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Church Women United Meets March 3
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Please bring paper towels, toilet paper, hotel-sized toiletries, feminine hygiene products, reusable grocery bags, weekly bus passes or $15.00 HEB gift cards.
Neighbor to Neighbor seeks to serve neighbors’ needs with dignity and respect while building a supportive community. People in the seven surrounding zip codes come for snacks, health and wellness promotion, groceries from the food pantry, diapers from the diaper bank and the opportunity to win a donated HEB gift card or bus pass.
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Faith & Grief Gathering March 9
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The Mission of Faith & Grief Ministries is to provide ongoing comfort to persons who have experienced the death of a loved one. As we prayerfully discern our mission, we value most the gifts of the Holy Spirit’s gentle and restless source of comfort; community that understands grief and mourning; compassion revealed in silence, listening, tears, and surprising laughter; stories that speak truth in love and promote wholeness; and collaboration that joins strength to strength. The Austin area Faith & Grief Gathering occurs March 9, at noon, Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Click here to register
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Faith & Life Class
in Lent
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The Faith & Life Class invites you to join us during Lent, March 5 through April 16, for six special classes.
“Art and Transformation: Lenten Reflections”
Led by Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary personnel
March 5, 12, 19, & April 2, 9
March 5: Eric Wall, Assistant Professor of Sacred Music and Dean of the Chapel, UPC choir member, and frequent guest organist. Eric indicates his class will involve the piano “for illustrations or for singing.”
Next week: The Reverend Dr. CD Weaver, Artist in Residence, "Desire and Delight: The Keys to the Spiritual Life."
Stay tuned for more information. And, please save the date for
“A Conversation with Matt Gaventa”
March 26: This will be a wonderful opportunity to meet and visit with our new senior pastor. Matt has indicated that he would like to hear from us - our hopes and dreams for the coming years - rather than just him speaking to the class. Madelyn assured him that the folks who attend the class have no difficulty talking and that we are not shy!
Faith & Life Class, Room 201
9:15 a.m. coffee & conversation
9:30 a.m. program begins
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Parenting & Faith meets in Room 1, Lower Level, Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
For more information,
contact Stephanie Morris at
stephanietmorris@sbcglobal.net.
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March 5 – Bill Kilday will lead our class this day. Bill is currently writing a book on the origins of Google Maps and Google Earth (to be published Spring 2018) and will be sharing some of the stories from the book. This should be an interesting class!.
March 12 – NO CLASS has been scheduled at this time. It is the first weekend of Spring Break and I know many of you will be out of town.
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The Ruth-Dorcas Circle meets Tuesday, March 14 at 2:30 p.m. at the home of Dottie Penn. Please contact the church office for
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Every Tuesday morning,
UPC volunteers provide some food and coffee, hygiene items, and occasional financial assistance for our clients. While all donations are welcome at any time, here are some items to consider bringing to worship this week.
Thank you for your incredible support of this UPC mission!!
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Amplify UPLift Hour of Power
9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday March 3
Make your gift to UPLift through Amplify Austin go further and help us win matching funds during the Hour of Power.
Click here to donate
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For this week's grocery cart:
A variety of needs:
- canned tomatoes (large can of diced, regular or Rotel)
- large jar of jelly or preserves
- dried beans (pinto, kidney, black, navy, lentils, …)
- brown sugar
- feminine products
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Please pray for
Nicole Taylor, recovering from gall bladder surgery.
Sharon and Jon Bayer. Sharon has been moved to Central Texas Rehabilitation hospital, where she continues to improve. Jon is continuing his chemotherapy treatments on an outpatient basis.
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If you'd like to be part of UPC's Prayer Chain, please email the church office.
You will receive emails asking you specifically to pray for people who have requested prayer support.
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Contact
University Presbyterian Church
2203 San Antonio Street
Austin, Texas 78705
512-476-5321
Rooted in worship. . .
Growing through education & s
ervice. . .
Connecting to campus & community. . .
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