HOLY WEEK

Our newest members are PATRICK & ERIN L. Patrick is the marketing director for Lancer Hockey. Erin is a pediatrician with Children’s Physicians. They have two children: PJ age 5 and Micah age 2.
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Palm Sunday was appropriately joyful! We had kids processing in and waving palm branches at 9:15 & 10:45. I always love hearing the church shout HOSANNA! The music was superb. Jeff H. gave us a classical turn that was very well received. Greg W.’s “The Holy City” was a treat for those gathered at 8:00. The combined St. Andrew’s Singers and Youth Choir offered a rousing anthem in the later services. The Bells are always a blessing and add so much to our communion experience. I am very impressed by the continued improvement of the Youth Praise Band, which offered pre-service music at 9:15 & 10:45. Our worship count was 1,023.
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HOLY WEEK CONTINUES: MAUNDY THURSDAY, 7:00“WERE YOU THERE?”Presented By The St. Andrew’s Drama MinistryGOOD FRIDAY, Noon A Short Service of Scripture and Hymns SATURDAY MORNING, 10:00 EASTER EGG HUNT (See article below) EASTER SUNDAY April 8, 2007 Bruce & Nancy preaching:”THE PARABLE OF THE SON”
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THERE WILL BE NO CHILDREN’S CHOIR PRACTICE FOR ANY OF THE CHOIRS ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4.
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I’m just back from Bergen Mercy Hospital. Dorothy H. is in ICU, scheduled for surgery at 3:00. Dorothy is one of the great women of this congregation and we ask your prayers for her and Rey in a health crisis.
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Nancy and Bob are doing something I see as pretty amazing. They are having individual sessions with each of our 40-some confirmation youths and their families. What a great idea.
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We passed a financial milestone this week, as the debt is now under the four million dollar mark. This is very gratifying.
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WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS A BEAUTIFUL HANDWRITING OR WHO IS TRAINED IN CALIGRAPHY TO DO THE CONFIRMATION CERTIFICATES AND BIBLES. ANYONE WHO HAS THIS SKILL AND IS WILLING TO DO THIS CAN CONTACT NANCY. THANKS.
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CALLING ALL EASTER EGG HUNTERS!! COME AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS TO ST. ANDREW’S THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 7TH AT 10:00 A.M. WE WILL HAVE SINGING, DO CRAFTS AND OF COURSE, HUNT FOR EASTER EGGS! ALL WE ASK IS THAT EACH CHILD PARTICIPATING BRING 12 FILLED PLASTIC EGGS TO SHARE IN THE HUNT. BE SURE TO BRING YOUR EASTER BASKET OR A SACK TO PUT YOUR 12 EGGS IN WHEN YOU FIND THEM ON THE HUNT. ANY MIDDLE SCHOOLERS OR HIGH SCHOOLERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME AND HIDE THE EGGS FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS, REPORT TO MARGIE OR BOB AT 9:45 ON SATURDAY OUTSIDE THE FAMILY LIFE CENTER.

PASTOR CHARLOTTE asks: Prayers for Bill D., Grant, NE, recently diagnosed with cancer (Joel L.’s brother-in-law; Lori S.’s uncle). Prayers for Melissa S., hospitalized (Steve and Kit S.’s daughter). Prayers for Wesley W., recovering from an auto accident (Margie W.’s son).
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MARK 12:1-11, Then he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower; then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them his share of the vineyard. But they seized him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. And again he sent another servant to them, this one they beat over the head and insulted. Then he sent another, and that one they killed. And so it was with many others; some they beat, and others they killed. He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ So they seized him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. And what then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read this scripture: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes’?”
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BRD