THE CHAPELINE - March 29, 2022

FROM PASTOR BROCK...

"The Chapel is Home"

Hello Chapel family! I pray you are safe and well. I'd like to thank you for all that you are doing to help welcome our visitors and new folks who are attending. We're receiving new people each week and our worship attendance is continuing to grow. Sure, the music is fantastic, and occasionally, the sermon isn't too terrible. Those things are important but that's not why people decide to establish a church as their "home church."  

Instead, when folks decide to call a church their home, they are making a commitment to God and the family that God has called together. Are we family? Yes, the Longboat Island Chapel is family. We laugh together. We cry together. We eat and socialize and take field trips to cool places. But most importantly, we welcome new people into our laughs, cries, feasts, and social gatherings.

Yes, that's why I love serving as pastor at the Chapel. I love being a part of a family that really cares for one another and readily welcomes new folks into the fold. Just like bringing my beloved home to meet mom and dad, I have no reservations of inviting people to visit, stay, and make themselves at home.

Thank you, Longboat Island Chapel, for welcoming everyone into the family! Truly, this family knows how to live, love, and enjoy one another's unique identity. This is much more than something to do; this is God's work and we are wonderfully blessed to be a part of it! See you soon!

God Bless, Brock.

"Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing."

1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NASB)

WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY, April 3, 2022

"God Loves the Nag"

Scriptures: Luke 18:1-8

Watch Worship LIVE @ 10 am (EST) on our Website: Sunday April 3 Worship

CLICK HERE to see our previous Worship Services.

It's Lent 2022 at the Chapel! Are you in?  

1. Commit to a Holy Lent

2. Read the Daily Devotions and participate in the Daily

Challenges

3. Bring $1 to Worship

Calendars are available (online and in the Chapel office) that indicate all of the Devotions and Challenges for the season. Visit the Chapel's website, Facebook Page, and worship with us each week to receive all the details. If you are a virtual participant, we are thrilled that you are joining us!  

Eirinn Abu - Saxophonist Concert April 3, 3 PM

The Chapel will host noted local saxophonist Eirinn Abu as a musical guest for worship during our morning service and with a concert in the sanctuary at 3 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken. Everyone is Invited!

Shifting Sands

Shifting Sands meets this Thursday, March 31, 2022, at 10 am at the Chapel!

Pearls of Wisdom from Shifting Sand:

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.”

― Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu

CHAPEL BOOK CLUB MEETING AT LAZY LOBSTER

The next meeting of the Chapel Book Club will be on Monday, April 11, at the Lazy Lobster at noon.

The book we will be discussing is The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles.  The book is an intricate and moving exploration of journeys and the unexpected turns they can take. An exhilarating ride through Americana.

Please sign up in Shook Fellowship Hall or email Judy Achre at paulandjudy@gmail.com if you plan to join us.

Would you like to honor or remember someone with flowers in Worship?

Would you like to sponsor special music during Worship?

Contact the Chapel Office and we'll help make it possible!

admin@longboatislandchapel.org

(941) 383-6491

March and April - Backpacks for Kids - "SAFE the Children"

Please consider donating a small duffle bag or backpack to Charitable Outreach for use by our local foster school children.

The bags and backpacks are important for our foster children because it gives them their own "luggage" as they move from home to home.

Bring the bags and backpacks to the Chapel during March! We need them now!

Sunday Morning Refreshments!

Would you like to help by bringing some goodies for Sunday morning, following Worship, at Fellowship Time? You are welcome to bring any of your favorite goodies, especially if some of them can be frozen! If you have questions, contact Vickie Van Meier, (941) 388-7284.

Kathy Logsdon, Mike & Chris Dawson, Dennis Cooper, Hudson, Amy James, Lynn, Michael Kinney, Carola, Barbara Childress, Ethel Doughty, Julie Burdian, Chuck, Eileen McTiernan, Elisa, George, Don, Megan McSheffrey, Rogers family, Grace and Chris Masefield

WAYS OF GIVING

Thank you for your generosity!

• Checks and/or money orders written out to Longboat Island Chapel.
• Direct withdrawal from your bank to ours. Call the Chapel office at 941-383-6491 for our routing and account numbers.
• All major credit cards are accepted. Simply contact Chapel staff at 941-383-6491 to charge your one-time gift.
• Ongoing monthly support via your credit card. Office staff will be happy to debit your charge card at the beginning of each month in an amount established by you.
• Support the Longboat Island Chapel via the "donate" button on our homepage at www.longboatislandchapel.org. This may be a one time, or ongoing contribution, whichever you prefer!

If you are an Amazon shopper, please pay attention! Amazon will donate a percentage of each purchase to a qualified organization of your choice.  Longboat Island Chapel is now registered with Amazon, and if you will select the Chapel as your preferred organization, Amazon will donate a percentage of each purchase to the Chapel. This is free money for the Chapel, so please, register today!

Instructions for Amazon Smile: Log into your Amazon account as normal. In the Amazon search bar, search for Amazon Smile. When you are asked to select a charitable organization, search for “Longboat Island Chapel”. Select the Chapel from the list and you are finished. Then, each time you shop on Amazon, always begin by searching for “Amazon Smile” in the search bar. When you do this, it automatically triggers your donation to the Chapel. Then, shop as normal! Please help the Chapel by registering for Amazon Smile!