IN WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY
"Whole-Hearted Lenten Love"
Warned to hightail it out of there to save his hide, Jesus doubles down and does the unthinkable. Setting his face towards Jerusalem and his imminent demise, we experience the strength of Jesus’ call to care, the courage of vulnerability, and the whole-hearted love that God has for the chicks being gathered under Her wings (and the foxes whose instinct is to eat them)! Join us for the first Sunday of Luke’s Movement-of-Love-Lent.


Prayer of the People
Gracious God, we come to this place of prayer ever grateful that you offer us a safe refuge ... if we would but remember. Remind us that it is our choice always to be restored ... renewed ... and recreated through the power of Jesus, love made manifest. Grant us the wisdom and the courage to release the things that separate us from you ... like our willingness to let second best be good enough or our readiness to be less than honest in our schoolwork and our business ... or our tendency to treat others in a manner that is less than fair. Fill us instead with integrity and honesty in our dealings with others -- and with ourselves. Grant us the grace to treat each person we meet as we would want to be treated. even as we follow Jesus to Jerusalem. Amen.
MISSION AND MINISTRY
‘Movement of Love’ Lent and Easter 2021 at Hillside and Sanctuary
Wednesdays in Lent
2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24
7:00 pm – ART Circle and Reflections 
Using the reflection questions from the ‘Movement of Love’ Lenten Devotional (from Luke) and additional ART images depicting these texts. Come for contemplative prayer, taize music and “ARTChurch” reflection on God’s movement. Here on Zoom

Maundy Thursday (April 01): to be determined/ watch for an announcement
Easter Sunday (April 04)
Fourth Sunday Stories Series
Beginning Feb. 28 at 5 pm on Zoom
Stay tuned for Zoom Access!

Each 4th Sunday we’ll be reading a favorite story, offering some fun optional activities for the kids, then reading a short poem for the adults. 

In honor of Black History Month, we are celebrating Sanctuary/Hillside’s ongoing commitment to raising anti-racist kiddos, so grab some supper, your favorite stuffed rhino, and settle in for a short program featuring:  

“Storytime with Uncle Aaron,” starring the soothing & dulcet tones of Aaron Olapade reading The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. 

A non-competitive coloring competition with these wonderful coloring pages lifting up the lives and work of Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Paul Laurence Dunbar with friend of Sanctuary UCC Ivy Tillman (maybe you’ll even get an “Extremely Ridiculous Award” from student minister John Sinclair). ADULT COLORERS WELCOME!!!!

Note: Coloring pages are available via this link or on the porch of Hillside Community Church for those without access to printing. 

A stirring poetry reading from the one and only Ben Jacques. ALL IN JUST A ½ HOUR!~~~~
Leadership Circle Updates
Next Meeting: February 23 @ 6 pm
VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
Sanctuary United Church of Christ 

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