Register for the Broadway Youth Retreat

Get ready for some good eats when we have our congregational meeting on March 12. Fellowship Ministry will be hosting our chili dinner with hot dogs, ice cream and desserts! 

Death is hard to talk about. Truthfully, many avoid talking about it entirely. When a person completes suicide, however, it becomes almost unbearable to mention. Every day in the United States, approximately 125 Americans die by suicide. There is one suicide death in the country every 11.5 minutes. The reality? We are all touched by this pain. Educating ourselves and creating space to talk about it may be the very thing that saves the life of another who feels pressed by the threat of suicide. Engage a clinical understanding of the warning signs of suicide and learn from a personal story about ways we can have greater empathy for others, working to become a community aiding the prevention of death by suicide.

Please remember the ongoing need to bring non-perishables, individual sized fruits and vegetables, packets of tuna, cans of Vienna sausages, and ramen. For more ideas and to learn more about this M.O.M program please read the linked letter.

The Habitat for Humanity Garage Sale Sausage and Waffle dinner and advance planning will take place on March 19 with the meal beginning at 5:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. After the meal we will review the various aspects of the sale with the goal of always improving coordination throughout the sale. Please bring a dish to share for the evening; tableware will be provided. This is an open invitation targeted for those who headed specific areas of the previous (2022) sale and we gladly welcome others to join.

Before you sign up for the Broadway Pilgrimage, Trails of Tears in July, the community is invited to a public lecture, Connections between the Cherokee Trail of Tears and the Greenwood Massacre by Larry Brown. This event is open to the public and you do not have to participate in the pilgrimage trip to attend.

Broadway women had a great outpouring of testimony to the challenges of navigating and walking with loved ones through the existence of mental challenges and devastation. They thoughtfully held the brilliant work of Sarah Griffith Lund and her book, Blessed Are The Crazy. The women tenderly held one another in this vulnerability and healing by naming stigmas, shame and silence as the barriers keeping them from understanding and healing. They celebrated God's presence and power in their hearts as companion and healer. 

Join other Broadway children as they again explore big emotions. Why they are important, and how to navigate them. We will focus on Fear, Anger, Sadness and Joy, using the movie Inside Out as inspiration.