Messiah Stories of Hope choose hope & connect to joy April 9, 2020

Where do you find Joy? Thank you for sharing ways that you find joy at home, spread it to others and keep living in hope and faith. Here are some stories from this week! Share your story here.  Photo: Spreading Hope "Even through all the craziness and uncertainty beautiful still manages to bloom."

HOLY WEEK & EASTER WORSHIP Join us tonight at 7pm for our Maundy Thursday service online and at 7pm tomorrow for our Good Friday service online. As Pastor Bob says, "we can't get to Easter without going through Good Friday." Easter Sunday Worship will be online at 8:30am and 10am. You can watch live with us at those times or the services will remain on our web page during the week. Don't forget, we have Kids and Jr. High Services as well. Don't miss Easter Jam , an at-home Easter experience for the whole family. All of these services and much more will be available on our Worship Now page.

Thank you for sharing palm fronds at home this week!

"This morning while we were watching church online it was talking about Jesus coming into the city on a donkey, so Cooper and Selah decided on their own to act it out."

PALM SUNDAY

It's been fun seeing messages in chalk to share with others.

Vases of flowers were dropped off for staff who worked the Monday Drive Thru. " Thank you Arlene for your kindness and the beautiful flowers. You definitely spread joy to us and our families!"

PRESCHOOL PARADE Families were invited to drive through last Friday and say hi to their teachers. See this precious video here.

WEDNESDAYS ONLINE WITH PASTOR JAY Join Pastor Jay and other Messiah friends online Wednesday nights beginning April 15 for five weeks. The Declaration of Independence says we all have a right to "the pursuit of happiness." But, pursuing the wrong things, thinking they will make us happy, makes many of us unhappy. Get more info and sign up here!

Many people are using extra time at home to plant gardens!

SIGN UP TO DONATE Blood is needed more than ever during this crisis. Red Cross strongly urges healthy eligible blood donors to schedule a donation to maintain a sufficient supply of blood for those in need. Red Cross is taking every measure to manage the safety of donors, volunteers, employees and blood recipients. CLICK HERE to sign up. Use Sponsor Code: Messiah.

BEFORE "The chair has been sitting in front of our house for so long. It faded over time." AFTER "Carly is so creative! She found the design on Pinterest. It was so much fun to do a project and see the results."

PUPPET SHOWS OF HOPE Sally often visits our Preschool kids during chapel time and since she hasn't been able to come to Messiah, she shared a couple of stories from home. See Sally's videos here (along with other helpful videos on our website)!

FREE PIZZA PROGRAM If you and your family could use a slice of help during this financially difficult time, please order a free individual size pizza on us (up to five per family). Pizzas can be picked up on Mondays at Messiah at 5pm. Please share with anyone! Click Here to Order. MATCHING OPPORTUNITY! ELCA World Hunger is supporting our program with a $500 matching grant! This means your donation can go twice as far! Let's raise that $500 to be matched! If you would like to DONATE please click here and choose "Pizza of God" for your giving type. Thank you!

We have donuts!

MONDAY DRIVE THRU Our Drive Thru is a great way to give and receive. We had a great turn out this week. Thank you! We'll be back next Monday.

Caring Hands Pantry Donations!

"Making masks for friends and family."

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"I have made 100 non-medical masks for the volunteer group North OC Masks for first responders. I realized I wanted to make more for friends, family & neighbors so I made 100 more."

"Flower power! Gardening brings joy!"

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"Brody was in desperate need of some fun today so he got in the trampoline and I turned the hose on him."

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