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Letting Go: Our Greatest Hope

John 11:1-45

The story of Lazarus teaches us that God seldom meets our expectations but instead fulfills our greatest hopes. Can you think of anyone greater to place your hope in? God’s timing is not our timing nor are God’s ways our ways. But God is always faithful and worthy to be praised. Sunday we give thanks to God for the hope given to us in Jesus Christ.

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En Agape',

Rev. Michael Weeks

Pastor’s class for elementary aged kids to explore Baptism and Membership in the church meeting on Wednesday from 4:15 to 5:15 from Mar. 6-March 27.

“Learn About Slash” class will gather in early March for seekers/visitors who are considering membership. Please contact Rev. Michael soon if you are interested.

Splinters from the Board

Chad Baugher, Moderator

Church on the Hill

We are excited that work is nearing completion. We are awaiting the doors and some painting.

Century Construction is the church's liaison to all of the contractors.

Leslie West is the church's liaison to Century Construction.

Please contact Leslie with any questions or concerns and she will pass them on to the contractor. Email or text is preferred at leslie@wwnash.com or 804-307-3282. With safety as a top priority, the area is a work zone so contractors and their employees should be the only persons in the area. Century has requested one point of contact for all communications. Any conversation with Century must be handled by Leslie West.

Next Board Meeting:

May 19, 2024, 11 a.m.

In His Love,

Chad Baugher, Moderator

The Scholarship Committee

invites students

to apply for scholarships

We are pleased to be able to support you in furthering your education!

The guidelines/requirements for each of the three categories of available scholarships, Youth Scholarship, Continuing Education Scholarship and Adult Education Scholarships, are listed on the instruction page.

Scholarship awards will be presented to recipients at worship on Sunday, June 9, 2024

Click here for the instructions.

Click here for the application.

The link for the instructions and the application are also posted on our website.

The deadline for submission is noon on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Applications should be emailed to the office.

Welcome our new Nursery Attendant,

Julie Matthews

We are excited to announce that we have hired a new nursery caregiver who will work on Sunday mornings. Julie Matthews, a member at Slash, and frequent volunteer in the nursery begins work on March 10th. Julie has a lot of enthusiasm for babies and children.

Julie is a retired nurse who worked at St. Mary's and also was a school nurse in the Hanover Public Schools. She is taking the American Red Cross Adult, Child, Baby First Aid/CPR/AED training this week.

We will continue to ask adults and youth to volunteer in the nursery to assist in this ministry to our families and children.

Please welcome Julie to the Slash Staff!

Claudia Wells, Personnel Chair (and sister to Julie)

Sherri Smith Nursery Chair

SLASH BROWN BAG LENT BIBLE STUDY WILL MEET SUNDAY, 5 – 7 pm

We will share a meal (bring your own) around the table and then dig into this new book from Rev. Adam Hamilton. We meet each week during Lent concluding on Palm Sunday.

Our youngest disciples need you!

Please sign-up by the nursery to help in the nursery for a Sunday morning; 9:45 to 11:15 a.m. Thanks!

	Nursery Volunteers
9:45 a.m -11:15 a.m.	Adult	Youth (1 per week)
	2024
3/24	Lois Haines
3/31	Sherri Smith	Ella Baugher
4/5

	March Elder on Call Reggie Martin
3/24	Reggie Martin	Caitlin Dodds Tristan Goodman
3/31	Leslie West	Claudia Wells Elena Highfield
	April Elder on Call Leslie West
4/7	Amanda Matassa	Joey Oliva Daniel Peterman
4/14	Leslie West	Lloyd West Hailey Pierce
4/21	Jessica Colbert	Eric Dodds Carrie Peterman
4/28	Carolyn Putnam	Christie Saunders Owen Highfield

Zoom Room Meetings this week for Slash

(Instructions for Calling on the Phone instead of Video are included.)

10:00 a.m. Coffee & Prayer

Save this Link so you can Join in All Slash Meetings

You can join your meeting by following this link.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7808501748

Meeting ID: 780 850 1748

Password: Slash

You may call from your home phone and join the meeting without video.

+1 646-558-8656

3 Steps to Join by Phone:

1. Enter the Meeting ID when prompted: 780 850 1748#

2. You will be prompted for the participant ID. Just press #.

3. You will be asked for the Password. Enter 950320#

The Easter Secial Offering, received by most congregations on March 24 & 31, 2024, supports several of the general ministries of the Christian Church.

Gifts to the offering "support college students in leadership development programs, global mission partners, health and social service ministries, the formation of new congregations, support for pastors and chaplains, and so much more."

Your gift has the power to change lives around the world. Thank you for your generosity.

Youth Group

Upcoming youth meeting dates

March 24th; youth group 5-7pm

April 14th; youth group 5-7pm

April 26th; yard sale set up (sign-up sheet to come) (potential lock in after?)

April 27th; Yard Sale 8am-12pm (sign-up sheet to come)

May 3-5; Spring Work Weekend at Craig Springs

May 19th; Youth Sunday

Camp Registration is open for Craig Springs! Register your kid(s) using this link and make sure to mark Slash Christian Church (You may need to look up Ashland first and then you will find Slash). Make sure to select the half payment option as the church pays for half of one camp. (if you have any concerns about being able to pay for camp, please reach out to me).

Michael and I are directing Triple 1, John Weeks is helping direct Nature Camp, and many of our church members go to New Covenant, Triple 2, and CAMPDD. We are well represented!

Please reach out with any questions you may have. Texting is the quickest form of communication with me.

Kerby Dalton

Youth Director

Slash Christian Church

Middle School Sunday School Room Redecorating and Update

You can help Elena Highfield with her project to Update the Middle School Room by following the QR code on the right. Or use the link below! Thank you for your donations.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3M63KNPMPVNXF?ref=cm_sw_sm_r_un_un_aVpHGCefYRdls

Dive into Vacation Bible School at Slash this summer!

July 22 - July 26, 2024

VBS Sunday will be July 28, 2024

Registration will be open in mid-April

Meals on Wheels - 2024

April Driver Needed!

The Disciple Women invite you to sign-up to deliver meals for Meals on Wheels in 2024. Drivers are needed on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. Delivering meals is a simple and rewarding way to help seniors and people with disabilities in need of hot meals and a daily visit from a friendly face, and you can do it over lunch! Meals are picked up at 10:45 a.m. at 1st Baptist Church,800 Thompson St., Ashland, VA 23005. Instuctions and delivery route are provided. All you need to do is sign-up!

SEVA Food Truck ministry to the Homeless

Website information

Above is the link to a website that talks about the food truck and mission that Justin Moyer spoke about in church. He invited us to join him and his family in their ministry to the homeless.

Please sign-up to help through the link below.

New dates have been added.

If you have questions please contact Rev. Michael.

The 2024 Flower Chart is posted by the office door. If you would like to purchase flowers in memory of or in honor of a loved one please sign up on the flower chart by the office, fill in an order form and return it to the office. You may call (798-4520) or email the office as well. The flower price is $27.00 with checks made payable to Slash Christian Church. Orders do not have to be prepaid.

ACES is in need of the following items:

Pantry:

Canned meat (tuna, salmon, spam, ham, etc.), Canned fruit

Baked beans, Pork & Beans, Rice, Boxed Potato flake,

Peanut butter, Cold cereal, Oatmeal (smaller sizes, or instant packets)

Laundry detergent, Toothpaste/toothbrushes (packs of 1, 2, 3, or 4)

Toilet paper

Children's Clothing:

Boy's winter clothing (size 6 thru size 18)

Girl's winter clothing (size 14, 16, and 18)

Girl's underwear (size 8), Boy's underwear (size 4)

Boy's and Girl's winter pajamas (all sizes)

Boy's and Girl's shoes (all sizes, including toddler sizes)

Diapers (size 5, 6 and 7). We do not need pull-ups

Baby Wipes

Adult Clothing:

Men's work boots (sizes 9 - 12), Men's athletic shoes (sizes 6 - 12)

Men's jeans (sizes 29 - 38)

Men's and Women's winter coats (sizes XL, 2XL, 3XL)

Women's sanitary products

We are truly thankful for all that you have done for ACES and the vulnerable families of central Hanover County.

Please note: Because our storage facilities are limited, we prefer that clothing donations be limited to fall/winter clothing.

Have You Ever Wondered How One Gets Started in Fostering Children and Youth?

HopeTree is in search of people like you to become a foster parent for a teen in your community. Foster care is temporary care for a young person during a time that he or she cannot live with his or her birth family. HopeTree provides you with the training, support, and resources you need in order to care for youth in foster care. To hear more about this opportunity, or for more information or to RSVP contact Dejene Young-el or visit our website

Attend Virtual Information Session held on Thursdays

March 21st, 12:00 p.m.

March 28th, 6:30 p.m.

April 11th, 6:30 p.m.

April 18th, 12:00 p.m.

April 25th, 6:30 p.m.

You can schedule an individual virtual session for a day/time that works for you!

Joys

We welcomed Kristijan Sochngen by transfer to the Slash Church community of faith on Sunday. Get to know him and introduce yourself when you see him. His first name is easy for you to pronounce,, Christian.

The Concerns

~Victims of gun violence

~All those in Ukraine, Gaza and Israel

~Prayers for those who suffered a loss

~Prayers for those dealing with depression

~Prayers for kids in unstable homes

~Prayers for those affected by substance abuse

~All military personnel, first responders, medical personnel, and their families

People

Assisted Living: Doris Talley

Homebound: Margaret Gentry, Don & Helen Kersey, Frank Burkett

~Luke Taylor (friend of John Weeks; broken wrist)

~Nancy Hooper (sister of Brooken Loving; stroke, brain bleed at St. Mary's)

~Delialah Kliner (friend of Julie Moore)

~Laurie Davis (cousin of Claudia Wells and Julie Matthews; diverticulitis)

~Dean Cheatham (friend of Kerby Dalton; inoperable glioblastoma)

~Jackie Smith (sister of Don Kersey; got a pacemaker)

~Allyson Griffith (stepsister of Rebecca Highfield; kidney transplant)

~Christopher Reimann (friend of Keith Dalton)

~Scott Woody (friend of Chad Pierce; cancer)

~Max Blake and Brian Parker (friends of Lois Haines; both fighting cancer)

~Michael Estes (friend of Carol Payne; stroke)

~Ralph Stanley (April 15 surgery)

~Killian (nephew of Mark Highfield; radiation)

~Jen Cooper (sister of Becky Baugher; ER)

~Sherry Rhinehart (friend of Claudia Wells; cancer with stroke)

~Stephen Harlow (friend of Barbara Davis; hospitalized)

~Sue Goodman Franz (daughter of Barbara Jean Goodman; home, Chemo)

~Wally Thurston (friend of Jessica Colbert; treatment)

~Gina Thurston (friend of Jessica Colbert; health issues)

~Tallulah Heatley (friend of Michelle Weeks)

~Unspoken prayer concerns

Sympathy to the family of Al Gregory (Frances Stanley's brother's, father in law) who passed way.

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