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LADIES EVENING CRAFT CLASSES.

Our Ladies Craft night will meet in Wesley House at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays.

At the next ladies’ class, we will be decorating cupcakes and learning how to make roses for decorations.

For awhile on the fourth Thursday of the month, we will be scrapbooking.

Bring what you are working on and spend a couple of hours of quiet time
finishing a project or starting a new one.

Please bring supplies to share with someone who needs a little help.

Please contact Carole Adams, 925-9722, if you have questions.

BIBLE STUDY ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10TH, 6:30 P.M., AT OUR CHURCH,
AND ON THURSDAY, MARCH 11TH, 10:00 A.M. – NOON, AT THE ARMONA UMC.

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SEEING THE GOOD

CHILDREN’S PRACTICE FOR EASTER PROGRAM will be on Wednesday afternoons at 5:30 p.m. 
Be sure to bring your little ones down for practice.  For information, please call Jeni Loughton, 416-1527.

WORSHIP SERVICE, SUNDAY

 MARCH 14TH, 2010

SCRIPTURE

Luke 15: 31-32

Nehemiah 9: 17b

CHANGE IN TIME FOR CHILDREN’S CHOIR is back to meeting on Sunday’s at 9:30  a.m.
instead of 9:45 a.m. (they will not meet on the first Sunday of each month)
and will sing periodically during the worship service.   

For information, please call Brenlyn Edelstein at 924-3413.

CALL TO PRAYER.  I believe with all my heart that a spiritually healthy church is a praying church, and this health is directly proportional to the prayer life of the congregation and its pastor.

I am asking each one to join me in prayer by:

1.  Praying for me, your pastor, each month on the day of your birth.  For example, someone

who was born on July 10^th would pray for me on the tenth day of each month.

2.  Pray for the spiritual health of your church.

3.  Pray for the success of our focus on the Five

Practices of Fruitful congregations.

BEGINNINGS:  LONGING TO BELONG.   This is a ten-session program in Christian community building.  Each week we will gather to consider how we can go deeper in our relationship with God and with other followers of Jesus Christ. 

We will explore who we are, who God is, and how our lives interact with God and fellow disciples of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

The meetings will be every Monday evening at 7:00 p.m.  at the home of Tim and Sheri Webster,171 Larish, in Lemoore. 
For more  information or to sign up, please call Sheri at 423-5679.

CHOIR PRACTICE will be on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. to prepare for our Easter musical.  Easter will be on April 4^th this year, so there isn’t a lot of time to practice.  So, please, everyone, please be at practice.  See you there.

HOEDOWN NEWS.  The Hoedown team selected May 15, 2010, 4:00 p.m – 7:00 p.m. as this year’s Hoedown date.  We will be serving food from 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.  We are in need of an entertainment coordinator.   If you are interested, please contact Pastor Thom, John Cunningham, or Tim Webster. 

Our next meeting will be on March 18^th at 7:00 p.m.  in the Fireside Room.  Please have a representative from each committee/team at this meeting. 

Everyone is welcome to attend and help plan this year’s Hoedown .  Please mark your calendars for these two important dates.

WORSHIP COMMITTEE NEWS UPDATE.  Several persons have asked about fresh flowers on the altar.  If anyone is interested in providing

 flowers, please contact Carole Wood at 924-8270.  Flowers may be purchased at grocery stores, Costco, flower shops, or other establishments. 
We have several vases in the kitchen for use.  This would be such a pretty addition on our altar.

These flowers could be used as memorials or “in honor of.”  Be sure to let Carole know so there won’t be duplications.

So far, we have had several members providing beautiful flowers.  They really do add a wonderful touch to the service.

ANNOUNCING THE KICK-OFF FOR OUR YOUTH GROUP.  Terra Finney is inviting all youth from 5^th grade on up to join together for a fun and inspiring time.

The youth will meet in Faith Hall on the 2^nd and 4^th Wednesdays of each month from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  For more information to volunteer to help or to sign up your youth, please call Terra at

582-9588.

POLYENSIAN DANCING.  Anyone interested in learning how to do Polyensian dancing, please call Teresa Baker at 924-4822.

WEDNESDAY LENTEN STUDY.  You are invited to a special Wednesday Lenten Study “A Trail of Tears” led by Pastor Thom.  The study will take place at noon with a light soup and bread lunch .  Please join us in the Fireside Room on Wednesday at noon.

 SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR MARCH:

Adult – John Adams

High School – Virgil Powell

Pre-Teen – Rena Cyvas

Children – Anne Hoover

Pre-School/Nursery –

                                     Jade Parmenter

                                     Kaitlyn Eastis

THE UMW LADIES’ CRAFT GROUP which has been meeting on Monday mornings will now

meet on Tuesday mornings at 9:00 a.m. until further notice.

The ladies want to thank everyone who helped to make enchiladas for the UMW.   
A big thank-you for all those who came to buy them.  (We don’t have the sale total yet.)  We will have another sale in the fall.

Please keep in mind that we have hand-made baby items for sale at any time.

LEMOORE CHRISTIAN AID would like for our congregation to begin bringing Easter baskets for the children.  They would like to have them by March 25^th to distribute.

We always try to increase our basket donations from the previous year.  We donated 62 baskets last year.  Let’s try to increase that number this year.  Please place them in the kitchen when you bring them.  Thanks for your participation.

THANKS to Anne Hoover for placing the beautiful flowers on the altar on Sunday in honor of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

Thanks so much, Anne.

We goofed last week and forgot to add John Silex to the February perfect attendance.  Sorry, John.

We wish to take this opportunity to remind everyone to sign in so we do not forget anyone.  Thanks so much.

Also, Vi wants to apologize to Kaitlyn Eastis for omitting her name on the monthly calendar of birthdays.  Her birthday is March 20^th.  Sorry, Kaitlyn.

We wish to remind everyone if you want to have your birthday or anyone in your family who wants to be included on the monthly calendar, please let us know in the church office by calling 924-5295 or e-mailing us at lemooreumc@sbcglobal.net.  We’ve noticed that sometimes on Sunday, as it was yesterday, there were lots and lots of birthdays, but many of them were not listed on the bulletin.  We would be glad to have them added to the monthly calendar so then we can include them on the Sunday bulletin.

VISITORS ON SUNDAY, MARCH 7^TH.

Welcome to Vickie Sartin, Tiffany White, Betty Dickey, and Jaimie Nunez who were part of our congregation on Sunday, March 7^th.  Be sure to say “hi” to them when you see them.

GIRL SCOUTS MAKE A DIFFERENCE.  Girl Scout Sunday is a great opportunity for churches to recognize an organization that aims to build “girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.”

Since Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts in March 1912, more than 43 million young people have participated.  Famous former Girl Scouts include Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Sandra Day O’Connor, Queen Elizabeth II, Sally Ride, Katie Couric, Lucille Ball, Natalie Merchant, and Venus Williams.

Olympic gymnast, Cathy Rigby, says her Girl Scout experience provided “a sense of real teamwork and working for the community.”

“I remember working as a group to achieve a goal,” Rigby adds.  “There was a great sense of accomplishment in that.”