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Wednesday Worship 12pm at Holy Trinity

7pm at LCR Wednesday dinner

5:45 pm (RSVP)

March 8, 2020

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Hunger Walk Challenge Taking a Walk and Giving a Walk

Pastor Mark Beatty and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church have challenged us to “Take a Walk” at the Hunger Walk. Holy Trinity Lutheran is up to 35 participants taking a walk and have given $3,500 so far.

LCR is up to 22 participants taking a walk and have given $3,000 so far. We can catch Holy Trinity but need your help!

As a bonus, LCR’s Endowment Team is matching all donations up to $2,500. So go online right now to sign up to Walk or to make a Financial Donation online. You can also write a check made out to LCR with a memo of “Hunger Walk” and drop it in the offering plate.

You can also “Give a Walk” by giving much needed socks for homeless people in our community. New or gently used dark colored socks can be dropped off at the Hunger Walk display in the Narthex. This Lent: Study the Walk Take a Walk Give a Walk

R e g u l a r G ro u p s

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Mid-Week Lenten Worship

For the fourth year in a row, LCR is teaming up with our sister congregations of Lutheran Church of the Incarnation and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church for Mid-Week Lenten Worship.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (2922 Sandy Plains Rd) is hosting the noon worship services and Pastor Stephen got to preach there on Wednesday, March 4th. LCR is

hosting the 7pm worship services.

It is a gift to be able to work and worship together as the church. Each pastor will preach one of the Wednesdays in Lent at both Holy Trinity and at LCR.

Youth

Our Affirmation of Baptism

(Confirmation) Program met last

Sunday to study Luther’s explanations

to the Ten Commandments. Hear what

Luther wrote about the third

commandment, “Remember the

sabbath day and keep it holy.”

We are to fear and love God, so that

we neither despise preaching or God’s word, but instead

keep that word holy and gladly hear and learn it.

Youth Events

March 15 Deadline to claim $400

Golden Ticket

March 15 Hunger Walk

(Sign Up Genius)

April 18 April Event Lutheranch

Project & Play (Sign Up Genius)

Children

The modern English word for “worship”

comes from an Old English word, woerthship

(or worth-ship). Worthship suggests

something or someone is recognized as

worthy of honor. (p21, The Walk)

Ask the children in your life about how they

see our whole church recognize God as

worthy of honor in Sunday worship.

Children Events

March 15 Deadline to claim $400

Golden Ticket

April 19 & 26 First Communion

Instructions

May 3 First Communion

June 22-26 VBS

Events

Sign up for Adult Sunday Morning Classes

(Sign up for classes)

March 15 Hunger Walk/Run 2020 Join the Team / Donate

March 6-8 Men’s Retreat

April 24-26 Women’s Retreat

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Music

In Pr. Adam Hamilton’s book, “The Walk,” he

identifies several examples of early Christian

worship recorded in the book of Acts, all of

which are done together (prayer, singing,

communion, scriptural reflection, etc).

He writes, “Notice that these were all things

that believers were offering to God and with

one another. Worship was not something

believers attended. It was not something they

watched. It was something they did. They did not gather to be

entertained, but to respond to God’s love and grace with

praise and gratitude, offering themselves to God and seeking

to bless others. The pastors, musicians, and liturgists are not

performers on a stage hoping to entertain the congregation.

They are offering themselves to God to lead people in

authentic worship, seeking to bless God and to be used by

God to draw the worshipers to God. (p25, The Walk).”

The same is true for us at LCR.

Music Events

Sunday Mornings 9:45-10:45am

Praise Team Rehearsal

Wednesdays, 3/4-4/1 7:40-8:40pm

Celebration Choir Reh.

Wednesdays, 4/8-5/13 6:30-8:00pm

Celebration Choir Reh.

Thursdays 7-8pm Through 4/30

Resurrection Bells Reh. No Rehearsal on 4/9

Outreach

Greetings to all of you from Pr. Karen Castillo, the Pastor President of ILAG. Last week our delegation was received warmly by our friends and partners in Guatemala

at Santasima Trinidad Lutheran Church and the MILAGRO Women’s Center. As Pastor Karen suggests, the delegation does have good stories to share with the congregation and will make a presentation during dinner on Wednesday, March 18th. Pray for our partners in Guatemala and their Lenten journey.

Outreach Events

March 15 Hunger Walk/Run 2020 Join the Team / Donate

March 18 MUST lunch

March 18 Guatemala Delegation

Lenten Dinner Presentation

March 21 Promise Garden Work

Day

March 25 Inspiritus Faith Leaders

Breakfast

Are you walking with us this Lent?

In addition to “Giving a Walk” and “Taking a Walk” (see pg 1), are you studying The Walk by Pr. Adam Hamilton? He focuses on a Christian’s

“walk” with God. If you are not currently in a group that will be doing the study, please sign up for a class

in the Gathering Room or here. Order the book (on Amazon and others) today and join one of the many groups!

Announcements and Calendar

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March 11, 18 & 25 and April 1

Lenten Dinner at 5:45pm & Lenten Service at 7pm

12pm Service at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

March 6-8 Men’s Retreat

March 15 Hunger Walk/Run 2020 Donate or Register here

April 5 Palm Sunday

April 12 Easter Services at 8:30 / 9:45 / 11:00

Easter Breakfast 8-11am

April 19 & 26 Budget Town Halls

Breakfast 8-11am

April 24-26 Women’s Retreat

May 3 Annual Congregational Luncheon & Meeting

June 8-12 X-Treme Science Camp

by High Touch High Tech Info & registration here

June 22-26 Vacation Bible School

ONLINE CALENDAR

Office@LCRmarietta.org

Women’s Retreat April 24-26 at Lutheranch

Join Pastor Rachel Wrenn of Christ Lutheran Church as she leads a study centered around Brene Brown’s teachings, particularly her book The Gifts of Imperfection. Explore questions of vulnerability, courage, connection, authenticity,

and belonging. Sign up at clcwestcobb.org

I would like to thank everyone for their thoughts, prayers, cards, and meals. I know that my healing has been due in large part to all of your prayers.

John and I feel truly blessed to be part of the LCR church family. Blessings,

Miriam and John Whetstone

Have you made your Easter plans yet? April 12

Sunday Breakfast will be served again from 8-11am. Look for a Guatemalan flair this year!

Three worship services will be held: 8:30 & 9:45am Traditional services and

11am Praise service.

Congregational Meeting & Luncheon May 3

Save the date for our Annual Congregational Meeting which, new this year, includes a

luncheon catered by Sam’s BBQ1. Lunch will begin immediately following the 11am service. We also invite you to attend one of the two Budget Town Halls prior to the

annual meeting on April 19 or 26 at 12:30pm.