Volume 8 | February 24, 2020
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Greetings!
We hope this week's Evotional brings you all the news, information and insight you've been wanting. Please feel free to comment on or share your weekly message with friends, family and co-workers.
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Please join us this Wednesday at 6:30
PM
for our Ash Wednesday Service.
You're also invited to our worship with communion on Sunday, March 1
st
at 9:30
AM
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- Please pray for Diane Lehmann, Georgia Hall, Dean LaMarr, Evelyn Vanderheyden, Bill Blandford, Kay Mahl, Mary Ralston, Louise Shapley, Don & Nancy Tobias, Annette Anderson, Marilyn MacCaughey, Marlene Wilson, Mary Jane Johnston, Larry & Ellen Cardwell.
- Special prayers for Samantha—friend of First Presbyterian, Christie—friend of Music & More and our church, Kesney—granddaughter of Andy & Denise Park, Tim—brother-in-law of Sheila Lawrence, Mary—sister of Carrie Massey, Betty—grandmother of Jenny Humphrey & Jessica Smith, Charlie—niece of Carrie Massey & Kathi Wilson, Shawn—friend of Denise Park, Gillian and Ben—friends and former pastors of First Presbyterian, the mother of Catherine Neal, and an unspoken prayer for spiritual healing.
- Continued prayers for those serving—Lt. Col. Jay Brooke, Nicholas Hansen, Jared Smith, Jordan Smith, Evan Humphreys, Mary Workman, Chad Lawrence.
- Thoughts, prayers and love for all those who have recently lost loved ones—especially the families & friends of our beloved Marge Henze.
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Pause, breathe deeply and reflect ...
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Invite Us Deeper
Almighty and ever living God,
you invite us deeper into your world, your people, your Lent.
May this time be one of outward focus;
seeking you in those we often ignore.
Help us live a Lent focused on freedom, generosity, and encounter.
Give us hearts hungry to serve you
and those who need what we have to give.
- Author Unknown
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On Ash Wednesday, February 26th, we will once again be offering
Ashes to Go!
Pastor Mark will be standing outside our church (south entrance) that morning from 7:45 to 8:45 a.m., to offer ashes for those who work or travel through downtown.
Enter the parking lot from Park Avenue, pull up by the double doors for your ashes and a prayer from Pastor Mark and exit onto College Avenue. It's that easy!
And, while it lasts, we will supply you with a hot cup of coffee to go.
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Beginning this Thursday the 27th, there will be a weekly Taizé service at 6:00 p.m. in our chapel.
What is Taizé worship? Taizé music emphasizes simple phrases, usually lines from Psalms or other pieces of scripture, repeated and sometimes sung in canon. But Taizé worship is more than music. Scripture, prayer, and silence come together in the Taizé experience to create a simple, deep encounter with God.
For more information about Taizé worship, you can visit the international website for the Taizé community: https://www.taize.fr/en. Better yet, come experience it for yourself firsthand!
That same evening, we will begin our Lenten dinners, at 5:00 p.m., in our Dining Hall. More information will be available very soon!
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Please come! Take a break! Enjoy Community! All are invited - congregation members, their families, friends and community members.
The
Building Community Initiative
will be hosting Lenten Dinners. These meals are a gift for all--a gift of a meal prepared with love; a gift of coming together to talk, share, and laugh; a gift of time out of our everyday routines so we can reflect on all that we have in common. The light meals will be held on six Thursdays during Lent, from 5:00 to 5:55 p.m., in our dining room. And we invite you stay for the Taizé service, at 6:00 p.m. in our chapel.
Dates: February 27; March 5, 12, 19, 26; April 2
To get a head count for meals, please let us know if you will be attending, and which week(s). Call 262.632.1686 or email office@firstpresracine.org
We look forward to seeing you all there!
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The
Music & Art Initiative
will be hosting the
Cool Art Youth Show
in the Chapel Gallery the months of March & April, 2020. If you are a young creative person up to high school age, we would love to share your pottery, jewelry, painting, photography, pencil drawings or artwork in any other medium! Contact Kathi Wilson, Gallery Curator: director@racineartscouncil.org
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Maundy Thursday Foot Care Clinic
April 9, 2020 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Hospitality Center
614 Main Street
The clinic will offer foot baths, diabetic foot exams and more. These basic services will be offered to the public at no cost.
These services are being offered at St. Luke's as a way of honoring the age-old tradition of ceremonial foot washing that is done in many churches on the Thursday before Easter in remembrance of Christ's washing of the Apostles feet.
You can help by donating:
- Socks
- Small foot powders
- Toe Nail Clippers
- Foot warmers
- Bars of anti-bacterial soap
- Small lotions
Thank you!
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