Worship Each Week & Daily Prayer | |
Attending weekly gives you the opportunity to re-center your life,
give God honor and glory, and remember what is really important in life.
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Join us for Coffee... and Donuts on Sunday Morning | |
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We have partnered with the Good Samaritan Inn, our community Noon meal, and Mercy Gardens organization, to support their programs through the weekly purchase of their Do Good Donuts.
Our variety of donuts (subject to availability) includes:
Donut/Vanilla Icing Chocolate Donut/Vanilla Icing
Donut/Chocolate icing Chocolate Donut/Chocolate Icing
Donut/Maple icing Chocolate Donate/Maple Icing
Donut/Cinnamon & Sugar Blueberry Donut/Blueberry Glaze
We cannot deliver these goodies via Online attendance! Must be present... to eat.
Join us at 8 am or 9:30 am
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This Week's Prayer Calendar
Congregations: Sunnyland Christian Church Washington; First Christian Church Lawrenceville
Global Ministries: Sri Lanka
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Pray with Sri Lanka on March 19, 2023 - Global Ministries | Lectionary Selection: John 9: 1-41 Prayers from Sri Lanka Gracious and loving Father, It is a great privilege to entrust our needy and vulnerable people into thy hands and to share their joys and desires. I thank you for giving us ... Read more | | | |
Grow in Faith
through listening, paying attention, and reading 5 verses a day
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Take a class, as you make friends and grow to know what learning, loving, and serving God and neighbor means in everyday life. | |
Soup & Scripture Wednesday, March 22,
5 pm
Soup and Dessert are served each Wednesday in Fellowship Hall.
Have you traveled to a place you will never forget? People travel for lots of reasons. In the Gospel of Luke, we see Jesus traveling to Jerusalem. Jesus did many things and made many stops on his way to Jerusalem, and ten whole chapters of Luke tell us about Jesus's journey.
Jesus knew that when he got to Jerusalem, he was going to die on the cross. But he was determined to make the journey. Along the way, we see Jesus focusing more and more on helping other people and reaching out to those who are lost. Along our way, are we seeking the outcasts?
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Use Your Gifts by sharing five acts of love and kindness each week | |
Serve God and neighbor by using your gifts and talents both inside and outside the walls of the church. Each of us have spiritual gifts and natural abilities to use to serve others and glorify God. | |
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Birthdays/Anniversaries
March 16-22
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Birthdays
None
Wedding Anniversaries
None
Membership Anniversaries
(When you joined Prairie Avenue!)
None
If you know of a birthday or anniversary that has gone "Missing" from our list, please contact the church office at 217-428-3327. Thanks.
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Give Regularly through five acts of generosity each month | |
Giving regularly not only supports the work of the church,
but also is your way of giving God priority in your life.
What we love is where we will spend first.
When we are able to give, it always deepens our faith
in loving and serving God.
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Thank You for your generosity! | |
Week of Compassion Update | |
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Thank you for your generosity! Our current total is $417.13
Week of Compassion is the relief, refugee, and development mission fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada.
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General Fund Supports Operations & Ministry | Donations given to the Prairie Avenue Christian Church General Fund support the year-round ministries of the church. Your generous support keeps our building, staff, and operations working for the mission of the church. The mission of Prairie... | | | |
Building Fund Supports Repair & Updates | Announced at the State of the Church address on June 30, 2015, the reFresh capital campaign has two improvement/update priorities: updating HVAC equipment and internet/network accessibility. | | | |
For instructions in registering your Kroger Rewards Card, Click Here.
The Organization code for Prairie Avenue Christian Church is: BY235.
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Kroger Community Rewards Program News | |
$28.98 was raised by 13 households who have linked their Kroger customer reward cards to support Prairie Avenue Christian Church. The quarterly contribution is for shopping at Kroger from October to December 2022
Joining to support the ministries of Prairie Avenue Christian Church is FREE. Any transactions moving forward using the Shopper’s Card number associated with your digital account will be applied to the program, at no added cost to you. Kroger donates annually to participating organizations based on your percentage of spending as it relates to the total spending associated with all participating Kroger Community Rewards organizations.
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Share Your Faith by inviting 5 people to church this year | |
The God you worship is always revealed through your words and actions. Awkward conversations (i.e. "Are you saved?") are not necessary when your words and actions reveal the God you seek to learn, love, and serve. | |
Imagine With Me: Climate Change | | |
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On this episode of Imagine with Me, General Minister and President Rev. Terri Hord Owens speaks with Rev. Caroline Hamilton Arnold of Week of Compassion and Rev. Carol Divine of Green Chalice about the impacts of climate change and what congregations can do to be climate ready.
Learn more about Week of Compassion: https://www.weekofcompassion.org/read...
Learn more about Green Chalice: https://www.discipleshomemissions.org...
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General Assembly 2023 - General Assembly | The theme for the 2023 General Assembly is "Kindom of God Within Us, Among Us." The theme is based on three scriptures: Luke 17:20-21, Genesis 11:1-9, and 2 Peter 1:3. "Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The coming of the kingdom of God is not [...] | | | | | | |
