Newsletter - Lewis Center United Methodist Church

AT A G L A N C E
Thursday, March 17
Lent Bible Study, 7 p.m.
Alpha Recovery, 7 p.m.
Friday, March 18:
High School Youth, 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 19:
6K for Water, 10 a.m. Off
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Sunday, March 20:
Worship, Kid Connection, 9
& 10:30 a.m.
Nursery, 10:30 a.m.
Play Rehearsal, 5:30 p.m.
Girl Scouts, 6 p.m.
Monday, March 21:
Scouts, 7 p.m.
Lead Team, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 22:
Play Rehearsal, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 23:
Bells, 6:30 p.m.
Choir, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 24:
Men’s Breakfast, 8 a.m., Off
site.
Business Network, 9 a.m.,
Off site.
Maundy Thursday Worship,
6:30 p.m.
Lent Bible Study, 7 p.m.
Alpha Recovery, 7 p.m.
Friday, March 25:
Good Friday Stations of the
Cross, 3-6 p.m.
Easter Bash Setup, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 26:
Easter Bash, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 27:
Worship, 9 & 10:30 a.m.
Kid Connection, Nursery,
10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, March 29:
Play Rehearsal, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 30:
Bells, 6:30 p.m.
Choir, 7:30 p.m.
Holy Week Schedule
March 20: Palm/Passion Sunday
9 & 10:30 Worship: “A Leap of Faith”
March 24: Maundy Thursday
6:30 p.m. Worship with Communion
March 25: Good Friday
3-6 p.m. Stations of the Cross
(Church open for Reflection & Prayer)
March 26: Children’s Easter Bash
9:30-11 a.m.: Games, Crafts, Message, Egg Hunt
March 27: Easter Sunday
Metzger
Reception
Join us this Sunday,
March 20, as we celebrate and bid farewell to
Pastor Dan and his family.
A reception will be held
following both services. If
you would like to give
the Metzger Family a
card, there will be a basket available. Pastor
Dan's last Sunday with us
is March 27 (Easter Sunday).
9 & 10:30 Worship: “No More Fear”
Electronic Giving Now Available at LCUMC
Lewis Center UMC is
pleased to announce new
methods for making regular offerings. Contributions
can now be debited automatically from your checking or savings account or
processed using your
credit or debit card. Our
new electronic giving program offers convenience
for you and much- needed
donation consistency for
our congregation.
If you are currently giving on
a weekly basis, you will no
longer need to write out 52
checks a year or prepare 52
envelopes. And, when travel, illness or other circumstances prevent you from
attending services, this program will allow your weekly
offerings to continue on an
uninterrupted basis.
Authorization forms are
available at the Welcome
Center and giving kiosks will
be available near the Welcome Center soon.
Please go to http://
www.lewiscenterumc.org/
giving/ to find our secure
online giving page to set
up either one-time or reoccurring payments
through either a credit
card or electronic checks.
If you have any questions,
please contact Dave
Allen.
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Staff Contact
Information:
Dan Metzger
Lead Pastor
[email protected]
Dave Allen
Director of Discipleship
[email protected]
Leslie Butler
Youth Director
[email protected]
Be the Hands and Feet!
Service Opportunities
Parking Attendants
We are seeking a few
folks willing to serve as
parking attendants for
Easter Sunday. If you are
able to help, please contact the church office.
9:00 Head Ushers
We are looking for a few
more people that would
be willing to serve as
Head Ushers at the 9:00
worship service. If you
are interested in serving
Tamara Hallas
Music Director
[email protected]
Amy Dunlop
Children’s Ministry Director
[email protected]
Danielle Becker
Preschool Director
[email protected]
Deb Betz
Office Administrator
[email protected]
17,
2016
LC Café
We are
looking
for folks
willing to
staff the café for any or all
of the April Sundays.
Please consider using your
gift of hospitality to serve
your church in this way. A
sign up sheet is located in
Fellowship Hall, or you can
contact the church office.
Curtain Rises on Spring Play
April 15: Tickets on Sale Now!
Please join us for the
LCUMC Arts Council’s
seventh production, Every
Little Crook and Nanny.
Come, relax and enjoy
some laughs at Lillie’s
Boarding House, where
sweet, retired nannies
meddle and gossip; wisecracking, bumbling crooks
plan the perfect heist; romance blossoms; and one
furry resident is “a cat the
size of the Louisiana purchase”!
The LCUMC Arts Council
has a mission to entertain
while supporting a good
cause. We are excited to
MARCH
in this way, please contact
the church office.
be benefiting The Humane Society of Delaware County this year!
Some of their animals
who are looking for
their forever homes will
be joining us at intermission and after each
performance for you to
meet them!
Performances will be
held on Friday, April 15,
at 7 p.m.: Saturday,
April 16, at 7 p.m.; and
Sunday, April 17, at 2
p.m. Tickets will be on
sale in the lobby after
both services each Sunday for $10 each.
LCUMC Welcomes
New Staff Member
Chasity Staats has accepted
the position of Children’s
Ministry Assistant Director,
effective April 1. In this role,
Chasity will work with Children’s Director Amy Dunlop
to oversee all aspects of children’s programming, with a
particular focus on preschool
ministry.
Chasity has been volunteering with the children’s ministry program for several years.
Her experience includes
Large Group Leader for Li’l
Kid Connection, Preschool
Games Leader for Vacation
Bible School, member of the
Children’s Ministry Team,
and Nursery Assistant. She
has also served for three
years as Early Preschool
Teacher with the Lewis Center Preschool.
Chasity and her husband,
Dave, and their four children,
have been members of the
LCUMC family since 2009.