Weekly Bulletin

Sunday, March 14:

9:30 a.m. ~ Worship Services
11 a.m. ~ Sunday School

Noon ~ "The Gathering" Meal & Parent Meeting in Fellowship Hall

3 p.m. ~ "The Gathering" Nursing Home Service at Centennial

4 p.m. ~ DivorceCare @ 203 West 8th Street

Family devotional materials for March are available in the Family Matters Room for a suggested donation of $10.

This Week:

Monday, March 15

5:15 p.m. & 7:15 p.m. ~ Titus Time Women's Study (Off-site)

Tuesday, March 16

9 a.m. ~ Titus Time Women's Study in Common Ground; childcare provided

Noon ~ Titus Time Women's Study in Common Ground

5:45 p.m. ~ Praise Team Practice in Sanctuary

6:30 p.m. ~ 2010 Inside Out Tour @ NP Community Playhouse

7 p.m. ~ F.O.C.A.S. in Room 250

7 p.m. ~ Easter Choir Rehearsal in Choir Room

Wednesday, March 17 "St. Patrick's Day!"

7 p.m. ~ Intercessor's Prayer Meeting in Choir Room

7 p.m. ~ Titus Time Women's Study in Common Ground

7 p.m. ~ F.R.E.A.K.S. (Jr Hi gr. 6-8) in Youth Building

Sunday, March 21

6 p.m. ~ Calvary Bible College Choir in Sanctuary
If you can provide housing for one or more choir members, please contact the church office: 532-7448.

Upcoming Events

2010 Inside Out Tour

Musical concert at North Platte Community Playhouse, Tuesday, March 16 @ 6:30 p.m. Featured groups: Seventh Day Slumber, Decemberadio & Kiros

March 25 ~ Widow's Mite 1:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Topic is "Prayer."

Bridal Shower for Tiffany Seamann March 27 from 2-4 p.m. in Fellowship Hall

Easter Musical/Drama in Sanctuary

Please invite your neighbors, friends and family to our Easter Musical "The Choice". Our goal is to worship our risen Lord, and to present the choice that each of us must make - to accept or reject Christ.

• March 28 @ 9:30 a.m.
• April 2 @ 7 p.m.

FreedMen Conquest 2010 Nebraska @ Pershing Center, Lincoln
April 17 ~ 8 a.m. to Noon, followed by Husker Spring Game; $35 Event Pass includes Worship "Man-Style", Husker Spring Game & Freedmen T-shirt. See Ron Meyer for ticket information or contact the church office: 532-7448.

Please Note:

Haiti Caregiver Kits

• The Goal: To assemble 355 kits
• The Cost: $28 per kit = $9,940
• The Breakdown: 397 people giving $25 each
• The Opportunity: Showing unconditional love to those suffering from AIDS; equipping caregivers witha year's worth of practical materials; encouraging caregivers to continue caring selflessly

For more information, please email Mark or call 539-1032.

Parents of Jr & Sr High young people (or anyone else willing to feed them!):
Please see the sign-up sheet in the church foyer for snack/breakfasts items for Sunday School. Be sure to note there are separate sheets for Jr & Sr High. Thanks for participating!

Thank You:

Family Notes:

Bridal Shower for Tiffany Seamann March 27 from 2-4 p.m. in Fellowship Hall

Thank you to our many friends and family who showered us with love at our 50th anniversary open house.
Bill & Kathy Schneider

Encouragement Corner:

A letter from Doug Shada, President of the Berean Fellowship of Churches:

3/10/10
Dear Friends,

I am constantly amazed at how concerned some people are with the kind of legacy they will be leaving. It doesn't matter if the person is a politician, sports figure, musician, movie personality or just a regular old joe like you and me. It seems people are concerned with what people will remember them for. Some even go so far as hiring people to project a favorable image about them, when their personal lives are in shambles, their homes wrecks, and those closest to them aren't too fond of the kind of people they are.

I was reading Deuteronomy 10 today in my quiet time and I was again challenged with what Moses had to say to the children of Israel about what constituted a good legacy from a biblical perspective. Now we know that many of the children of Israel, like many today, missed the mark because of their self-centered living and perished in the dessert; but many others didn't and entered into the "Promised Land" that God had set apart for them. Read with me verses 16-22: "Circumcise then your heart and stiffen your neck no more. For the Lord your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe. He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing. So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt. You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him and cling to Him, and you shall swear by His name. He is your praise and He is your God who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen."

Let me list some of the things from this text that are essential qualities of a legacy that lasts:

• Understand Who He is and who we're not!
• Holiness of life--regardless of all that is going on around us
• Humility
• Love for those who are uncomfortable for us to be around, meeting their personal/emotional needs and sharing the only hope that will meet their spiritual needs
• Respect, honor, reverence and fear of the Lord alone!
• Serve Him with a whole heart, passionately
• Cling to Him through the storms of life--regardless of how difficult they become
• Praise Him in all situations with our speech, character and thought lives

Now that is the kind of "Legacy that lasts and, by the way, makes a kingdom difference in lives!" Let's endeavor to have these things said about each of us by grace through faith in the One who lives within us!

Have a great week, my friends.

Pastor Doug