February 24th, 2023
February 24th, 2023: Rev. Carrie Yoder

Lent is a season in the church calendar year that leads up to Easter. Over this 40 days (plus Sundays) Christians are called to a season of repentance and awareness of their need for God.

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Sunday, Feb. 26th
Lent is here and this Sunday we begin our first sermon of the Lenten season of our study of The Lord's Prayer. Pastor Charlie will take a look at the first words of the prayer and at Scripture where the prayer is introduced in the Bible.
On Campus:
8:00AM in the Sanctuary
9:30AM in Maxwell Hall
11:00AM in the Sanctuary

Digital Worship:
11:00PM or later on
No matter your service, please take a moment to sign our digital attendance pad: mumconline.com/here
The Church-Wide Pastor's Lenten Study on The Lord's Prayer begins Wednesday evening, March 1st at 6:30PM. Join in live on Facebook or find it anytime later on YouTube.
Books are available in the Partin Center.
Beginning March 1st, our downtown church partners will join together for a special, weekly Lenten Noontime Worship Service Wednesdays at 12:00PM.
The first service is this week at St. Peter's Episcopal and Pastor Charlie is preaching.
To prepare for all the people we'll have on campus during Holy Week, we are having a church campus beautification workday Saturday, March 25th from 9AM – 5PM (come by anytime)!
All ages can help with pruning, spreading mulch, picking up sticks, pressure washing, planting and just general projects to make the yard around our church beautiful!
Bring your own work gloves and reusable water bottle. And if you have rakes, shovels or wheelbarrows, we could use them too. Please send an email to Cindy Barlow or Kelly Greco to RSVP or to let them know if you can bring supplies.
Save the Date!! You can find the sign-up to volunteer at mumconline.com/lent
Ready to stuff some eggs? Bags of empty eggs are available in the Partin Center. Please stuff with small toys or non-chocolate candies. Eggs are due back March 26th.
Do you have your copy of Memorial's NEW
church history book?
  
We have ordered enough books so that there is one available for each church family, with a suggested donation of $10. (You can give by check with "book" in the memo section, pay at mumconline.com/give and select "books", or buy using the donation dip jars which will be set to $10 before and after worship on Sunday!)
 
The books will be available several Sundays during February, before or after church services, and later, at the Partin Center.
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