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| March 11, 2018 | Issue # 583
Sunday schedule We work together to accomplish what we can in Christ As I work my way through the
*Sat, Mar 10, 6:30 p.m. Movie Night / Chariots of Fire 8:30 a.m. Worship Service 9:45 a.m. Christian Education (Sun School / Bible Studies) 11:00 a.m. Worship Service 12:15 p.m. Beginning English Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) & Al Anon
entire Bible during my
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devotional reading I’ve made it to the book of Nehemiah. This book famously records the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem after the
Wednesday, 7 p.m. Wednesday Night Bible Study Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Camarata Children's Choir rehearsal Sunday, Mar 18, 12:15 p.m. Fellowship Lunch (Taco Bowls!)
exile. But I’m reading it with a new set of eyes. This wasn’t exactly a monumental achievement. If you read between the lines
shoddy. Some outsiders hurled a pretty devastating insult. “Look at what these guys are building! If a fox runs across
the work probably wasn’t done very well.
the top of it the whole thing will come down.” I expect they
First of all, the city was still mostly empty.
were probably telling the truth. And yet it wasn’t the
They worked most of the time with swords
strength or quality of the wall that mattered. It was pride
nearby worried that raiders would come and
they were rebuilding. And they were all doing it together,
tear down what they had built. Each section
each person doing as much as they were able. It may not
was repaired by the family that happened to
have been top-end quality. It probably could not have kept
live near that section of wall. In other words:
an army out, but it showed that people cared enough to try
all-volunteer. No professional wall builders,
and were willing to work together. I guess there is an
no one supervising or making sure it was all
analogy for church work. We work together to accomplish
uniform. Everyone just did the best they
what we can in Christ. It may not look professional or
could with their little section of the wall. It
super high quality every time. But it’s God’s people coming
was initially only built to half the normal
together for a united purpose to glorify God. And that’s all
height. The work must have looked a bit
that matters.
Worship Assistants ‘Chariots of Fire’
A sign-up sheet is available by the bulletin board to offer you the chance to volunteer to be a worship assistant (8:30 AM, 11:00 AM) in the areas of greeting/ushering; acolyte; reading the lessons; communion assistants; offering counting; remotely controlling powerpoint slides..etc
March 11 Worship Assistants Altar Greeters & Ushers Acolyte Reader Power Point Communion Assts.
‘Fellowship Luncheon’
Kitchen Offering Counters
8:30 AM Pastor Chuck Chuck Krugler Needed Needed Alex Sandersfeld Richard Sherrer Needed Needed Alex Sandersfeld Needed
11:00 AM Needed Young Kyoo Han AJ Vogel Lily Wasmund Young Kyoo Han Pedro Dominguez Dee Dee Wasmund Matt Wasmund Michelle Yoon Needed
Richard Sherrer Needed
Joo Hun Park Mark Hosena
Flowers
March 18 Worship Assistants Altar Greeters & Ushers Acolyte Reader Power Point Communion Assts. Kitchen Offering Counters
8:30 AM Pastor Chuck Alex Sandersfeld Jael Trinklein Needed Chuck Krugler Richard Sherrer Hans Trinklein Gretchen Trinklein Anna Jo Gretchen Trinklein
11:00 AM Needed Godwin Mruma AJ Vogel Karina Noll Linnea Noll Kristian Noll George Noll Kimmarie Noll Dee Dee Wasmund Matt Wasmund Joo Hun Park Mark Hosena
Richard Sherrer Needed
Flowers
2017 Contributions ILC issues contribution receipts for members on an annual basis. If you need your 2017 offering receipt for Korea’s Tax Office, please email the office at:
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Fourth S. in Lent (Mar. 11) OT - Num. 21:4–9 NT - Eph. 2:1–10 Gospel - John 3:14–21 Fifth S. in Lent (Mar. 18) OT - Jer. 31:31–34 23rd S. a. Pentecost (Nov. 12) 24th S. a. Pentecost (Nov. 19) NT - Heb. 5:1–10 OT - Zeph. 1:7–16 OT - Amos 5:18–24 35–45 NT - 1 Thess. 5:1–11 NT - 1 Thess.Gospel 4:13–18- Mark 10:(32–34) Gospel - Matt. 25:14–30 Gospel - Matt. 25:1–13
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