5:00, 8:30 & 10:00

THIS WEEKEND AT ST. ANDREW’S

We launch our new worship schedule

Saturday, 5:00

Sunday, 8:30 & 10:00

Bruce preaching: ATONEMENT

Why Jesus Jumped into the Volcano

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EASTER SUNDAY was everything we could have hoped for--a truly transcendent morning of Christian fellowship! The music was nothing short of superb and I congratulate Leon, Pam, Joyce Miller and the entire team. Craig, Lisa and Heather got us off to a rousing start; from East To West through Pam’s The Rose and our AMEN, every note communicated the quality of the gospel of Jesus Christ that we are trying to share here at St. Andrew’s. I was delighted and impressed that the choir stayed with us through the entirety of all three services. I also want to thank the Drama Team for their moving presentation of The Living Last Supper on Maundy Thursday, and our Disciple 1 readers for their service on Good Friday. I wish I could communicate how privileged I feel to be able to lead worship at St. Andrew’s—working in this marvelous sanctuary, with you wonderful people, in praise of our great, great God! Wow.

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NANCY DAVIS writes: In all the excitement of Easter morning at St. Andrews, we hope you looked upward in the Rotunda to see the beautiful Easter banners made for us by Richard H., Janelle B., and Craig S. They are so inspirational and add so much to the sanctuary entrance area. If you missed them, be sure to look heavenward this week and see them.

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Also from Nancy: All United Methodist Church members in the Missouri River District are invited to attend a District Conference with Bishop Sherer on April 6 at Plattsmouth UMC, from 3:00-4:30 P.M…..The MUSIC MAKERS CHILDREN’S CHOIR (age 4 and preschool) will not meet this Wednesday.

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NANCY is scheduled for some surgery on Wednesday morning. She’s been diagnosed with basal joint arthritis, and the surgery is intended to replace cartilage in three joints in her left thumb.

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From MANDY B.: Our newest member is MARY D. Mary is a Library Technician at UNMC library. She is married to Dan and has a daughter Ashley, 7.

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NETTA P. writes: THANKS, MARGIE! Children’s Ministries celebrates the ministry of Margie Wulfkuhle and thanks her for her talented presence and hard work with our team. She is going to be home with her daughter and will be able to travel with her husband, Ron. We will truly miss her, but she assures us that she will be back in a volunteer capacity! This provides us with a new opportunity and we were fortunate to hire KRIS S. Kris is no stranger to St. Andrew’s; she has given many hours of her time and talents to the Children’s Ministry as a volunteer. We welcome Kris and the blessing she will spread to the Children of St. Andrew’s.

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From DIANA F.:

NEW STUDY OF THE PSALMS

Join this study group on Wednesday evenings from 6 – 7 p.m. beginning March 26^th. Explore how Psalms records the experiences of God’s people, who try to make sense of who God is—in relation to who they are. This study offers greater understanding of how the Psalms’ moving testimonies of grace, glory, sorrow, and beauty can still speak to us today. Please contact Diana.

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Ephesians 2: 11-22, the words of the apostle Paul, a Jew, writing to the church in Ephesus:

So then, remember, that at one time you Gentiles by birth (in the Bible, called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands—remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For his is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us. He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it. So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.

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BRD