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March
2008 Calendar
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Current Smyrna
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Easter Week Services
Wednesday, March 19, 7-8:30 p.m.
A Time for Peace, Satori Men’s Chorus, Susan Dorn, director
Hubbard United Church, 2nd and H Street, Hubbard, OR
 Thursday,
March 20, 7 p.m. —Smyrna UCC Maundy Thursday service in the
Friendship House. The service will include Communion by
intinction (dipping the bread into the cup) and an observance of
foot washing remembering how Jesus offered to wash the
disciple’s feet as an example of humility and service.
Sunday, March 23 —Smyrna UCC
8 a.m. Easter Breakfast, hosted by the youth
9 a.m. Easter worship celebration, no Sunday School
Bring cut flowers for the cross
Lenten banks for Molalla Service Center and Maclaren Youth
facility returned
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One Great Hour of Sharing
Offering
We will collect our One Great Hour of Sharing
offering on Sunday, March 2. This Sunday is set aside for all the UCC
churches to support our world wide relief efforts. The money collected
will go to support relief efforts in over 80 countries. Individual
projects involving clean water, education, healthcare, small business
micro-credit, and emergency relief efforts are supported by this
offering.
This year churches in the Central Pacific conference are being
challenged by a match. If we can increase the number of people who
support One Great Hour of Sharing by 25% over last year our
contributions will be matched 50 cents on the dollar.
This is an important ministry of our church, and we hope everyone will
participate.
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SMYRNA'S ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT
For children Infant to Age 7
March 22, 2008
@ 11:00 AM
Come join us for a fun time hunting for Easter eggs, some
entertainment, and a light lunch.
See you there!
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Date Change!!
The Church Council will
meet on March 26 beginning at 7:30 p.m. This is a change from
its regular meeting date.
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The Hank
Baker family
Gale Blatchford
Dick Cheadle
Laurie Chilcote
Roberta Daniels
Eleanor Eyman
Kent Fisher
Mark Hall
Mickey Hester;
Eleanor Holbrook
Helen Kappler
Milda Kellands
Jack and Willa Kieling
Blanche Lindland
Faith Marr
Linda Melcher
Carl Menkel
Norton Nicholson;
Arlene Peterson
Pat and Frank Peterson
Larry Sano
Lucia Schuebel
Jackie Sperb
Jude Strader
Beverly Stutz
Josette Waitman
Evelyn Wormdahl
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No matter who you are,
or where you are on life’s journey,
you are welcome here.
Mission Statement
Smyrna United Church of Christ is striving to be:
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A place of peace where we teach the word of God and the story of God’s
love. |
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A spiritual haven where we accept and care for all humanity in an
outreach of grace. |
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A lighthouse of God’s light, where worship, teaching, learning and
spiritual growth take place in community powered by thought and action. |
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A Christian people, working for God’s realm in ecumenical
harmony with other people of faith and conviction. |
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What’s new?
One of the well deserved criticisms of the church is that we never do
anything new. Of course,
many or our old traditions are worth preserving while we experiment with
some new things.
New Web Sites
The UCC has had a web site for national news for many years at
www.ucc.org. There is a wealth of information on this site including a
special section on Science and Technology. You can find the pastoral
letter on Science under the section entitled, Big Things.
The Central Pacific Conference of the UCC also has a new web site-
www.cpcucc.org. The site has a great deal of information on the
activities of our conference.
Of course the best web site is still www.Smyrna-ucc.org. This site is
updated monthly and has a complete calendar for the coming month, as
well as links to many of the photographs we have taken in recent months.
Name Tags
Thanks to Joel Daniels, we now have name tags. One of our goals is to
have everyone who visits our church feel welcome, and we are hoping the
name tags will help visitors to feel at home. Of course, the name tags
will help all of us to learn each others names as well.
Adult Sunday School
About 15 of us have been meeting at 9:45 for adult Sunday School. We
have been studying the lectionary for the last few months. Starting the
Sunday after Easter we will begin looking at the Just Peace materials of
the UCC. Over 20 years ago our denomination realized that there could be
no lasting peace, without justice. We will look at the issue of justice
from the standpoint of poverty, the environment, inclusiveness, and of
course war. There is always room for more students and the coffee will
be on.
Maundy Thursday
If you have never been part of a foot washing service, you can also have
a new experience on Thursday, March 20th at 7PM. We will remember Jesus’
attitude toward service with a combined foot washing service and
communion.
I hope that God is blessing you on your Lenten journey.
Peace,
--- Pastor Dave
DavidAkers@smyrna-ucc.org
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March
Lectionary Readings
The following
readings will be the basis for January’s sermons:
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March 2, 2008
1 Samuel 16:1-13
Psalm 23
Ephesians 5:8-14
John 9:1-41 |
March 9, 2008
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Psalm 130
Romans 8:6-11
John 11:1-45 |
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March 16, 2008
Psalm 31
Matthew 21:1-11
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March 23, 2008
Jeremiah 312:1-6
Psalm 118
Acts 10:34-43
John 20:1-18 |
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March 30, 2008
Acts 2:14, 22-32
Psalm 16
1 Peter 1:3-9
John 20:19-31
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UCY
NEWS:
The UCY went Bowling at Molalla Bowl
on Feb. 17 for two hrs. There were 6six kids and three adults who
bowled, and one adult who enjoyed watching. We all had a great time
together.
March 23 beginning at 8 a.m. UCY will be serving an Easter Breakfast at
Smyrna. Everyone is welcome to come and join them for a delicious
Breakfast!
Rural Dell FCE plans
annual luncheon
The Rural Dell FCE group is hosting
their annual luncheon on March 20 at noon in the Smyrna Friendship
House. There will be a Silent Auction. The program will be presented by
Mariah Berthrong from the Guide Dogs for the Blind of the Sandy area.
She will be bringing a puppy to demonstrate the training she uses.
If you plan to attend, please call Helen Reeder at 503-651-3346 before
March 18 for reservations.
Donations are used for 4-H camp scholarships, prize money for 4-H
photography at the Clackamas County Fair (in memory of Glenda Yoder
Sano) as well as other youth work.
 SUNDAY
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On Feb. 3, Super Bowl Sunday—also the Chili Cook-Off
Sunday, the UCY collected $257.00 in the Soup Pots from the Congregation
during the Chili Cook-Off. The money was raised for the Molalla Service
Center.
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Feb. 11th - Angie Stierle, Sandra Mahar, & Andrew Mahar all went to the
Molalla Service Center to give them the donations. They said that the
money will go towards buying a walk in freezer for the Molalla Service
Center. They also said that they really appreciate everything that
Smyrna does for them.
Treasurer’s Report
General Fund Balance 12/31/07
$13,422.16
Receipts 5,352.90
Expenditures 5,553.60
General Fund Balance 1/31/08 $13,221.46
— Irene Schriever
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Cookoff!
