This Sunday in Worship from Pastor Darren:
As we feel the beginnings of spring this week we begin our exploration of the theme of growth in Mark’s Gospel.
You can follow along with the daily readings and reflection questions in the companion "Good Power" study guide.
Join us on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. in person with prior registration (to [email protected] by noon Friday), or at 11 a.m. for our live-streamed worship service on NorthChurchIndy.com.
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Sermon Title: "Good Power: The Power to Grow"
Scripture Readings:
- Mark 4:26-32
- Daniel 4:10-12
- Psalm 32
The bulletin will be available on our website as soon as possible. It will be in the green "Bulletins" box next to the live-streaming box on the home page. It will also be in the drop-down menu under the "Worship" tab on the home page.
Pastor Diane has prepared devotions for March. They can be used by anyone who can't access the worship services or those who want to supplement their daily devotions.
Last Sunday's service can be found below:
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Last Sunday's bulletin is here.
Last Sunday's sermon notes are here.
Please continue to give by making contributions through the "online giving" tab on our website, by mailing them to the church at 3808 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46208, or by texting "Give" to 1-(317) 676-2061.
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Reminder: Please Register to Attend Our 8:30 Service
By Noon on Fridays
Due to the decrease in the rolling average of new COVID-19 cases in Marion and the surrounding counties, we are offering in-person worship Sundays at 8:30 a.m. during Lent.
The services follow the protocols established last year, including the wearing of face masks and social distancing. To help us with the latter, worshipers are required to register each week in advance by emailing Jennifer Harrington, or if necessary you can call (317) 924-2612. Please indicate the number in your party and the names of all the people in your party. Jennifer will provide an email confirmation and the time to check in for your seat assignments.
Our live-stream broadcast each Sunday at 11 a.m. continues. You can access it on our YouTube channel or by clicking the green "Live Streaming" tab on the home page of NorthChurchIndy.com.
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Gene Scott's
Memorial Service
You can watch Gene Scott’s memorial service this Saturday at 11 a.m. on our YouTube page. Go to NorthChurchIndy.com's home page and click on the “Live Streaming” tab.
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Save the Date:
Palm Sunday Festival Is March 28
Join North Church as we celebrate Palm Sunday outside in our parking lots on Sunday, March 28 from 3-5 p.m. Our Palm Sunday Festival will include hymn singing, Palm Sunday scripture reading, prayers for the neighborhood, North Winds, palm branch waving, and donkeys! You can remain in your car, sit in your lawn chair, or wear your mask and talk to your friends in a socially distanced way.
We will collect an offering to support the Umoja Partnership (UP). During the worship service that Sunday Denise Soltis, the executive director of UP, will update North on all that is going on in Kenya. Here is a link to a short video about it.
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Prayers
Send us your prayer requests through this email address:
If you would like to download our daily prayer bulletin for this week please click here.
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Attendance
According to YouTube the Feb. 28 live-streamed 11 a.m. worship service has 276 views to date. The 8:30 a.m. service had 19 in attendance.
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Praying for Our Parish:
Death:
- Janet Baker, wife of Ted Baker and mother of Aidan Baker, died last Wednesday night, Feb. 24.
- Carol L. Wharton, partner of member Terri Everitt, passed away Monday, March 1.
In the Hospital, Rehab or Hospice:
- Clyde Hochstedler has been admitted to St. Vincent Hospital.
- Hospice care at home due to cancer has started for Rev. David Owen.
- Lela Russell continues to recover from her recent surgery. Cards and notes may be sent to her home address: 10420 Hillsdale Drive, Carmel, IN 46032.
Prayer List:
Throughout the year each church member is prayed for on a rotating list. Below are the members for this week. The list for March is here.
- Ted & Aidan Baker
- Maddy Jones
- Angela Ockerman-Jones & Adam & Jarrod Jones
- Jim & Rita Martin
- David Ndungu
- Don & Gail Nelson
- Karen Nelson
- Barbara Netzke
- Catherine Newlin
- Grace Newlin
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Care and Nurture
'Vaccines and COVID-19 Update' Video Is Out
Watch this video for up-to-date information provided by epidemiologist Eileen White, including:
- vaccines currently available, how they work, and promising early data;
- trends of infection rates and hospitalizations;
- continued necessary behaviors — masking, physical distancing, avoiding large crowds, and
- children and youth — in-person school and mental health issues.
You can also access this video inside the "Care and Nurture" playlist on the North YouTube channel, or on the North website.
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Discipleship and Formation
Synoptic Puzzle Sunday School Class Continues
Join us on Sunday at 9:45 a.m. for the third session of Dr. Perry Kea’s study called “The Synoptic Puzzle,” where we explore the similarities between Matthew, Mark, and Luke. If you would like the Zoom link, please email Amy Sell. If you missed last week’s lesson, you can catch up with the study here.
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Children and Families
Alternative Worship Gathering Is Next Tuesday
All kindergarten through second-grade kids are invited to join us on Tuesday, March 9 at 4 p.m. for our monthly gathering online. We will meet for about 30 minutes to see our friends from church. The Zoom link will be in parents’ email inboxes on Monday. We can’t wait to see your kids!
'Blessed Are the Peacemakers' Family Sunday School
On Sunday we learned what a peacemaker is and how to be one. It isn’t as hard as it sounds, and you can be a peacemaker from a young age. There are many places our children can be peacemakers in their own lives. If you missed the lesson you can watch it here. This Sunday, March 7 we will explore how those who are persecuted can be blessed. This one seems like a headscratcher, but we will look at how others have done this too!
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Worship Resources for This Sunday
Here are the children’s worship bulletins for this Sunday, March 7, for kids age 3 and older and 7 and older. Enjoy these while you watch the worship service as a family.
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Youth
Individual Classes to Participate in Youth Group
Youth Group will continue to meet online in smaller groupings from 3-4:30 p.m. Sundays in March, following this schedule:
March 7: Sixth- through eighth-grade students.
March 14: Ninth- through 12th-grade students.
March 21: Sixth- through eighth-grade students.
March 28: No Youth Group so youth can attend the all-church Palm Sunday event.
Contact Cory for more information or to get the link for your student.
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Young Adults
Online Game Winner Will Receive a Gift Card
Join us Thursday, March 18 from 6:30-8 p.m. for our Young Adults Online Game Night. The winner of our game will get a $10 gift card to the place of his or her choosing. For more information contact Cory.
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United Methodist Women
Calling All Pie Lovers!
North’s United Methodist Women have partnered with Hoosier company Wick’s Pies to bring you delicious bakery-made pies for your Easter dinner or anytime dessert. Maybe you would like to send a pie to family members because you still are not getting together to eat, but you want them to know you are thinking about them. Maybe you would like to thank a neighbor for shoveling your walk. Maybe you just would like to enjoy the pie yourself!
Seven varieties of already baked and frozen, tantalizing pies are available for just $9 each (or $10 each if delivered). The mouth-watering flavors are:
- sugar cream (Indiana's state pie and Wick’s bestseller);
- pecan;
- peanut butter;
- German chocolate;
- pumpkin;
- pumpkin spice, and
- coconut cream.
All are 9-inch pies except for coconut cream, which is 10 inches wide.
To order pies to help the North UMW raise funds for its various missions to help women and children, please email Carol Tiller-Luchtman. If you prefer to phone her or text your order, please contact the church office for her phone number.
When you place an order, please include the number and name of each type of pie desired, your name and address, your cell phone or home phone number, and indicate if you will pick up your pie(s) at the church on Good Friday or if you prefer home delivery to Marion and the surrounding counties.
The deadline to order is this coming Monday, March 8 for a Thursday, April 1 or Friday, April 2 pick-up or delivery.
Payment is requested upon placing an order, which can be handled by cash, check or credit card:
- Cash or check payable to "North UMW" or "North United Methodist Women" given to any UMW member or mailed to Nancy Wever, 2834 Sunmeadow Way, Indianapolis, IN 46228-3181.
- Credit cards using the Venmo app. Search "@northumw" or "North UMW" in the app. We are set up under a business profile. There may be a nominal fee for this service depending upon how your account is set up but there may not be, especially if you use a debit card.
Thank you for helping us with our local, national and worldwide mission projects!
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In Memoriam
Rev. Hamilton Will Be Remembered Fondly
Rev. Dr. Richard “Dick” Hamilton passed away on Monday, Feb. 22. Dick was the senior minister of North from 1974 until his retirement in 1997. As an elder in the South Indiana Annual Conference, he served as a delegate to five General Conferences. While at North he led the church in expanding our outreach into the community, deepened our witness for social justice, increased our attendance, and renovated our facilities with the addition of the west entrance and chapel. He will be remembered fondly by many members:
“He was a beloved pastor, an extraordinary teacher, and a force behind many changes that moved North Church forward.” — Sue Hirschman
“Dick was a gentleman and a gentle man. His words inspired and challenged, but his best lessons came to me by the way he lived life. I will always remember his humility, humor, compassion and sense of justice. He lived these virtues each day.” — Patty Hefner
“In 1987 we saw Rev. Hamilton on a Sunday morning TV show, and decided we wanted to hear him preach in person. After one sermon we knew that North Church should be our church home, and we’re so thankful to have known Dick as our pastor and friend for all these years.” — Kathy and Ron Gifford
“True simplicity and joy in my life demands harmony between my medical career and my search for meaning. And when I do experience that harmony, I must pause and celebrate the life and ministry of Dick Hamilton, who showed me the way for almost 50 years.” — Joe Mamlin
“Dick married us in 1977, baptized and confirmed both of our children, and participated in our daughter’s wedding in 2015. He was an incomparable minister, scholar, mentor, and friend.” — Greg and Rosie Jordan
“Dick had a wonderful, spontaneous sense of humor. Once we had a big blizzard on the Saturday after Christmas, and very few people showed up for church on Sunday. The hymn before the sermon was ‘Gentle Mary Laid Her Child.’ Dick stepped forward to preach and said, ‘I hope you noticed the name of the hymn tune that we just sang, ‘Tempus Adest Floridum.’ My Latin is a bit rusty, but I think that means ‘It’s time to go to Florida!’” — Rev. Bob Schilling
The complete obituary is at this link. To help ensure safety during the pandemic, a memorial service will be held at North later this year. For more sharing about Dick’s life and ministry, sign up to receive Northnet.
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