The Parish News and Notes - Sunday, March 31, 2024

Parish News and Notes

March 31, 2024

The Week Ahead

Sunday, March 31

EASTER SUNDAY

6:00 a.m. - Sunrise Service

7:00 a.m. Easter Breakfast Fellowship

hosted by Faith Staff & Leadership

8:00 a.m. - Festival Worship Service

9:30 a.m. - Festival Worship Service

Monday, April 1

6:30 p.m. - Spring AIC

Tuesday, April 2

5:30 p.m. - YCC

7:00 p.m. - Parish Council

Wednesday, April 3

7:00 p.m. - Adult Bible Study

Thursday, April 4

9:00 a.m. - Women's Bible Study

6:00 p.m. - Handbell Choir Rehearsal

7:00 p.m. - Senior Choir Rehearsal

Saturday, April 6

5:30 p.m. - Communion Service

Sunday, April 7

8:15 a.m. - SS / YBC / ABC

9:30 a.m. - Communion Service

10:30 a.m. - Fellowship Time

hosted by Ladies Aid

Monday, April 8

6:30 p.m. - Spring AIC

Calendar Subject to Change

Click here for Faith's Online Calendar

EASTER LILIES

Jesus lives! The Victory is won!

As you can see, the lilies for Easter services are absolutely beautiful for this glorious celebration of our Risen Lord.

Thank you for making this possible with all your generous orders.

Don’t forget to pick up your lilies in the sanctuary

between 10:45 and 11:00 AM.

Please, do not take any lilies on your own.

Someone will be there to help you check them out.

Any lilies left after that time will be placed on a cart in the Commons for you to pick up throughout the week, at your convenience.

There will be a list to remind you what you ordered, so please, take only what is recorded and cross off your name.

Enjoy your blessed Easter remembering what wondrous love your Savior has for you!

EASTER BREAKFAST FELLOWSHIP HOUR

MARCH 31 at 7 AM

Join us as we celebrate our Risen Lord with a special Easter Breakfast Fellowship Hours this Sundays, March 31 at 7 AM (immediately following Sunrise service).

2024 WEEKLY BIBLE STUDIES

SUNDAYS at 8:15 AM

CHILDREN'S SUNDAY SCHOOL

Pre-K-6th Grade

Topic: God Leads His Nation

Learn how God led his people to the Promised Land through his faithful servants: Moses, judges, and kings of Israel. Lessons include activities, songs, and crafts!

YOUTH BIBLE CLASS

Grades 7-10

Topic: God Leads His Nation

Learn how God led his people to the Promised Land through his faithful servants: Moses, judges, and kings of Israel. Lessons include in-depth study, application, and journaling.

ADULT BIBLE CLASS

Grade 11+ and Adults

New Topic: “My Life for the Kingdom”

This 10-week course (based on Genesis chapters 37-50) uses the life of Joseph and his family to help students discover the ways God graciously equips them to bless others and how he uses evil intentions for the good of his people.

WEDNESDAY EVENINGS at 7 PM

**Class resumes this Wednesday, April 3 at 7:00 PM**

ADULT BIBLE CLASS

Adults

Topic: Job

Most Christians are familiar with the story of Job, the wealthy man who lost everything as part of Satan’s plan to destroy his faith. But few Christians have read the entire book, including the lengthy discourse between Job and his friends. Studying this book in its entirety gives Christians insight into the heart and mind of a suffering Christian, giving the readers an important framework for their own times of suffering.

THURSDAY MORNING at 9AM

WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY

Adult women

New Topic: “Families of the Bible”

This 8-week course explores familiar Biblical family relationships - from Adam and Eve to Mary and her son Jesus - and the challenges those families faced. Each lesson examines Scriptural truths from a biblical family circumstance and applies them to modern family life.

Click on the link below for more information on all of the

Spring 2024 Sunday School and Bible Class Offerings.

Spring 2024 Bible Class Offerings PDF

IT'S TIME FOR GREEN TEAM VOLUNTEERS!

Do you have teens who need service hours? Would you like to help them meet their goals AND save the church money while getting some fresh air and sunshine? Volunteering on a Green Team may be the answer!

Please call the Faith office at 847-395-1660 or email Jeremy Lohman at ministrysupport@faithantioch.org if you are interested in serving in this way.

LADIES OF FAITH BOOK CLUB - APRIL 2024

We had a wonderful March book club meeting! Our next date is Monday, April 8 at 7:00 p.m. We will be reading Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys. If you plan to attend, even if you have previously attended one of our meetings, please R.S.V. P. by Monday, April 1 by filling out the form linked below:

RSVP HERE

LAUDAMUS LUTHERAN CHORALE - SUNDAY, APRIL 21

The Lord is My Shepherd is the musical focus of the Laudamus Lutheran Chorale. Join us on Sunday, April 21 at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Racine as we celebrate the Good Shepherd's saving acts for us in Word and Song. Our musical celebration begins at 3:00 p.m.

Directly after the concert, First Evan is hosting a Brat and Beer Fest in the lower level of the church as part of their 175^th Anniversary Year. Other items on the menu include German potato salad, sauerkraut, veggies, and dessert. There will be a freewill offering. Please RSVP to the church office at churchoffice@firstracine.org or call 262-633-8267 by April 14.

WELS NIGHT AT THE BREWERS - JULY 12, 2024

Back and better than ever, WELS Night at the Brewers is returning for 2024! Save the date and plan to join thousands of WELS members for an evening at the ballpark on Friday, July 12 to watch the Brewers take on the Nationals. Let’s pack the stands with WELS connections!

Tickets for WELS members and guests continue to receive a discount of up to 50% and are reserved together in all three seating categories. Ticket prices are $23 (Field Outfield Box), $17 (Loge Outfield Box) and $10 (Terrace Infield). Individual tickets are available NOW and can be purchased online at brewers.com/wels.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Week of March 31, 2024

The President's Pen - March 2024

~ for Pastor Clayton Welch, his family and for Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church as he deliberates the divine Calls before him.

PRAYER OF THE WEEK

Living Lord and risen Savior, accept my alleluias and increase the joy that comes from knowing you have risen from the dead. Comfort me with the assurance that my sins are forgiven and eternal life in heaven is sure. Let the joy of the Easter message lead me to go and tell the good news of your resurrection to the people who don't know the true meaning of Easter. Let the light of my faith in you shine brightly as I face each day in the future and the day of my death on earth. I ask this in your name, who rose for me. Amen.

TREASURE

Unified Weekly Need: $14,623.19

Unified Actual: $10,788.61

Faith Forward Weekly Need: $5,760.88

Faith Forward Actual: $1,128.73

Other Gifts:

Youth Group Events: $100.00

Online Giving

TRUTH

220 Worshipped on Palm Sunday

"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.” John 4:23