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Good morning, church! Today we get to hear the message from Justice & Spirituality Ministries Director Dereck Kamwesa as we continue our sermon series on the cross, and we'll take communion together. Here's the link if you're participating online, will go live at 9:50am: youtube.com/live/pixH98PnhV4?feature=share.
After church, please take a moment in the lobby to sign cards with encouragement for staff at Franklin High School so we can bless them as part of our Easter celebration. You can also give toward gift cards for each of them by designating your gift "Bless Franklin Staff": bit.ly/RACgiving. And if you're a parent of a middle school or high school age student, you're invited to a parent meeting in the youth room after church today. Looking forward to see you this morning!
Our Good Friday Communion service 4/7, 7pm, will include music, reflections from members of the congregation, and will finish with communion (using real cut-up bread and cups of juice instead of the pre-packaged elements!). Youth and older children are invited to participate in the service along with their families -- if childcare for younger children would help you attend the service, please RSVP for childcare by 3/31: bit.ly/42zMxDK. Good Friday is always a meaningful chance to reflect together as a church family and we hope you can be there!
We are getting ready to celebrate Easter with a baptism service at the Franklin High School gym on Sunday 4/9 -- and we want to bless Franklin staff who are working hard to support students in our neighborhood! You are invited to sign a card with encouragement for staff over the next two Sundays in the church lobby, and you can also give toward gift cards for each staff person by selecting "Bless Franklin Staff" in the online menu, or designate your in-person gift for Franklin staff: bit.ly/RACgiving
Good morning, church! This Sunday we're continuing to reflect on the cross as part of Lent, the season leading us up to Easter. If you're participating online today, here's the livestream link: youtube.com/live/dMgo25EynWU?feature=share
And, you can always catch up with opportunities to get involved at our linktree: linktr.ee/rainieravechurch -- including RSVP/questions for the women's health panel after church today in the fellowship hall, signup to help put together welcome kits for refugees with World Relief, sign up to get baptized this Easter, and more!
Women, you're invited to a health panel this Sunday! This week's focus is Marital Intimacy: The Beauty & the Barriers Part 2, but even if you missed the earlier panel, you are still welcome to attend! This week, we will discuss the questions submitted so far, and will also reserve the last 30 minutes for brief individual consultations with the therapist and for prayer. Members of the prayer team will be available during this time. This series is meant to give women a chance to understand their bodies better and to explore what might be inhibiting their ability to experience God’s good plan in this area of their lives. As Free Methodists, we are approaching these sessions from a historical Biblical view of singleness and marriage being between a man and a woman. All women, single, married, and teens are welcome! Please RSVP to help plan for lunch, submit questions, and sign up for emails about followup opportunities: bit.ly/3ZOXcZD. Due to lack of interest so far, we will not have childcare available during the panel. You can also contact Aleya Gebhardt with questions or for more information. Hope to see you Sunday!
Thanks to our first group helping to put together welcome kits for World Relief this week! You can still sign up to help put together welcome kits any of the remaining Thursday afternoons before Easter. And/or you can donate items for a kit and drop off at RAC. We are reflecting this Lent on how we can fast justly -- including serving others in tangible ways during this Lent season preparing for Easter. Click here to sign up or get the list of supplies to donate: bit.ly/3EVDna6.
This Easter, we are looking forward to continue our tradition of offering baptism as we recognize the new life we have in Christ! If you would like to be baptized during the Easter worship service, you can talk to any of the pastors, or check out the linktree in our bio to be included in a baptism class: bit.ly/3FaJ0Sb. Please pray for the two people interested so far in being baptized this Easter, and for others who may be considering this milestone in their faith!
As we shared earlier, we are being invited to pray with other churches throughout the season of Lent through Pray Seattle. This week, let's pray for our civil authorities as we are commanded to do in 1 Timothy 2:1-2.
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In a grassroots movement, hundreds if not thousands are preparing to pray for Seattle, its people, churches, government and institutions during 40 Days of LentGood morning, church! Hopefully you made it through daylight savings last night and we'll see you soon! Today we'll continue our sermon series on the cross as we continue through Lent toward Easter. And, you can stay after service today for the monthly Prayers for All gathering in the fellowship hall! Here's the link for the livestream service, starts at 9:50am: youtube.com/live/sLCIF-TKWD4?feature=share. Hope to see you soon!
Remember to set your clocks forward this Saturday night! Looking forward to see you for church on Sunday!