March 20, 2015

This Week at Christ Lutheran

Saturday, Mar. 21 10AM Movie “Do You Believe” starts in Council Bluffs theatre then noon meal at Table Grace Cafe

Sunday, Mar. 22 8:30 AM Worship 9:45 AM Fellowship & Coffee 10:00 AM Education hour/ Sunday school Tuesday, Mar. 24 6:41 AM Men praying for revival (Dr. Keith’s office) 6:30 PM House of Prayer 7:00 PM Lenten Service

Wednesday, Mar. 25 5:30 PM Fellowship Comm Mtg (Heartland Family Dentistry office) 6:30 PM Christian Ed meeting (Heartland office)

Thursday, Mar. 26 10 AM Women of the Word

Saturday, Mar. 28 10-12 AM Kids Against Hunger (Tekamah)

Sunday, Mar. 29 8:30 AM Sunday Worship @ FCC 10:00 AM Education Hour/SS

Pastor Mark Degner

This Sunday’s Focus:

We usually pride ourselves on

being open-minded and inclu-

sive. When is it OK to be nar-

row? Sunday we will examine

the truth of Jesus who said,

“Enter through the narrow

gate. For wide is the gate and

broad is the road that leads to

destruction, and many enter

through it. But small is the gate

and narrow the road that leads

to life, and only a few find it.”

What does that look like?

3/22/15 SCRIPTURES

Jeremiah 31:31-34

Hebrews 5:5-10

John 12:20-33

Sermon text: Matthew 7:13-14

3/22/15

WORSHIP ASSISTANTS

Greeter: Phyllis Bunten

Reader: Curt Barr

Ushers: Richard Petersen

Crystal Vogt

2/22 Coffee Hostess: Grace Branson

3/21/15 Cleaning:

Crew # 3

Lent 5

3-22-2015

8:30 AM

Lent on Tuesday

We are doing our Lenten journey

on Tuesday evenings. This Tues-

day, March 24th, 7:00 p.m., we will

share Part 6 of our series ~ Not A

Fan. Bring your Bible. Tuesday’s

focus: “Decision Time.” The DVD

will focus on Eric’s funeral and

how he impacted others. Read

Matthew 7:13-14, 21-23 in

preparation for this lesson.

April 18th ~ CLC Leadership

Retreat

May 3rd ~ Confirmation of

Katie Gosker

October 16-18 ~ Rachel’s

Vineyard Retreat at St.

Benedict’s, Schuyler, NE

Easter

Worship

The greatest event in the history of

humanity is the resurrection of

Jesus Christ from the dead. Cele-

brate with us on Sunday, April 5th:

Easter Sunrise Worship ~ April 5,

6:45 a.m. ~ Deerfield ~ He Lives!

Easter Fellowship ~ April 5, 7:45

a.m. ~ FCC ~ Coffee and rolls

Easter Festival Worship ~ April 5,

8:30 a.m. ~ Communion

Worship the risen Christ!

During Holy Week, you will have

opportunities to experience the

power of God’s grace and mercy in

Jesus. These will be highly mean-

ingful services that you will not

want to miss:

Holy Tuesday ~ March 31, 7:00

p.m. ~ Christ in the Passover

Maundy Thursday ~ April 2,

7:00 p.m. ~ The Lord’s Supper

Good Friday ~ April 3, 7:00 p.m.

~ The Death of Jesus

You will be blessed by attending

these worship gatherings! Put

them on your calendar now.

Sunday, Mar. 15

attendance = 55

Leadership Retreat

Rescheduled for May 2nd

The Executive Committee has

decided to reschedule our

church’s leadership retreat

to May 2nd, with venue to be an-

nounced. The entire fellowship

of Christ Lutheran is invited to

attend. Watch for more details

and make this a priority. It prom-

ises to be worth your time and

energy .

New Members

We are pleased that

Don and Linda Woodring

will be joining our congrega-

tion by Profession of Faith on

Sunday morning. Welcome

them in the name of

Jesus Christ!

Why You Should Regularly Attend our

House of Prayer!

Why pray? Paul challenged us to “Pray without ceasing.” - 1 Thes-salonians 5:17. The Lord blesses us when we stand together in corporate prayer. We need His direction for our church’s future; we need the Holy Spirit to guide us. Come to House of Prayer ~ this Tuesday ~ 6:30 p.m. (before worship) at First Chris-tian Church.

New eNews Feature

Here’s a fresh contribution ~

missional ideas. A missional

church imitates what God has

done in Jesus Christ ~ He sent

His Son into the world. To be

missional means to be sent out;

we do not expect people to come

to us. We go to them. Being mis-

sional applies to the whole life of

every believer. We are all mis-

sionaries sent into a non-

Christian culture. Every Jesus

follower is to be an agent of

God’s kingdom, and every fol-

lower is to carry the mission of

God into every arena of life. As

the people of a missionary God,

we need to engage the world the

same way He does - by going out.

Ready, set, go!

Missional Idea

Do someone’s laundry. Do you

know a busy person who is feeling

overwhelmed (besides you)? Per-

haps you could offer to do their

laundry! Or go to the Blair laun-

dromat and offer to pay for and

do someone’s laundry there. It

will blow their mind! They will

want to know “why” and you can

tell them about Jesus.

Giving Away Your Crosses?

We have done so well with our cross

ministry, giving away about 1,500.

More crosses have been blessed and

are ready for you to give them to the

people that the Lord has appointed.

Grab some at the Christ Lutheran

table. Give away your crosses and

bless others in Jesus’ name. Then,

tell us what happened. What’s your

story? Tell it!

Jesus Follower Quotes

“You may never know that Jesus

is all you need, until Jesus is all you have.”

“Those who hold Jesus in their hearts will never need to look

very far when they need Him.”

“The steady practice of intimate friendship with Jesus results in

you becoming like Him.” - Harry Emerson Fosdick

Prayers Answered!

Anna Berggren, the teen who ran

away from home, has contacted

her parents by text message. We

thank the Lord that she is OK and

pray that she will be reunited

with her family soon.

Nicky Hoyer, granddaughter of

Phyllis Bunten, is home from the

hospital. She needs our prayers

for complete healing.

“Christ in the Passover”

Holy Tuesday, March 31

On Tuesday, March 31, at 7:00 p.m.,

we will visit the celebration of

Passover. This one-hour presenta-

tion of “Christ in the Passover”

shows the link between the ancient

Festival of Redemption (Passover)

and Christ as the Lamb of God. In

this visual demonstration we will

see a table set with traditional

Passover elements. Using scripture,

and the actual items, we will ex-

perience a Jewish Passover Seder

meal that weaves the story of the

Exodus together with the life, death

and resurrection of Christ. The

words He spoke in the upper room

come alive as each Passover item is

carefully explained. This powerful

presentation will deepen your cele-

bration of Maundy Thursday and

all your communion experiences.

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WASHINGTON COUNTY

MINIISTERIAL ASSOCIATION

~~~

GOOD FRIDAY COMMUNITY

SERVICE

“JESUS REMEMBER ME”

‘Seven Last Words of Christ’

APRIL 3RD 2015 AT 12:05 PM

HOSTED by: First United

Methodist Church

1656 Colfax, Blair

FELLOWSHIP OUTING

Sat., March 21

10 AM movie

titled Do You

Believe?

and a meal at

Table Grace

Café

Do You Believe? Official Trailer 1 (2015)

- Drama Movie

HD: https://youtu.be/ogIX2Q7tEdc

Council Bluffs AMC Theatre and

Table Grace Café, 1611 Farnam St, http://www.tablegracecafe.com/our-

mission.html

If you are interested contact

Cindy Picton at 402.426.5876

March

Birthday

Blessings

Mar. 1 John Wulff

Mar. 7 Eloise Hiemke

Mar 19 Jody Ptacnik

Mar. 21 Beckett Trimpe

Mar. 21 Sarah Trimpe

Mar. 29 Kris Coffey

Mar. 29 Justin Schmidt

If you know of anyone omitted

from this list, please email Jody

@ jptacnik@abbnebraska.com to

update the church records.

Date: Tuesday 21 - April - 2015

Time: 5:00pm - Silent Auction

6:30pm - Dinner & Live Auction

Location: Embassy Suites

Conference Center LaVista,

12520 Wesport Pkwy,

LaVista, NE 68128

The members and friends of clc

are invited to attend. Register

at www.opendoormission.org

This night of fun and cele-

bration helps generate

needed funds for the con-

tinued work of meeting the

needs of the hungry and

homeless in the Heartland.

March

21st

“Eye of the Beholder”

If beauty is in the eye of the be-

holder, then it’s important to

know whose lens women of all

ages should use when viewing

themselves. “Eye of the Beholder”

will look at how God views us.

The cost will be $25. The seminar

will be held at The Core (a Chris-

tian ministry of King of Kings Lu-

theran), 11615 “I” Street, Omaha,

NE, 68137, from 9:00 a.m. till

noon. This is an ideal seminar for

mothers and daughters to attend.

Mothers may bring one family

member free of charge. All

women of 14 years of age or older

are welcome. Scholarships are

available, as needed. Register

o n l i n e a t

www.thecoreomaha.com or call

402.763.1808.

India Transformed

on March 22nd

On Sunday, March 22nd, we will

have the privilege of hearing

Gwynne Gonnerman, Executive

Director of India Transformed.

She will address the Adult Sun-

day School at 10:15 a.m. This

international ministry is sharing

Jesus with the people of India as

it ministers to children, women

and men. Their ministry in-

cludes a Christian school for 700

children, a skills training minis-

try for women and Community

Transformation Centers

throughout India. God is open-

ing a wide door for the Church

to share Jesus in India. We pray

blessing and abundance into this

ministry. See

http://

www.indiatransformed.org/.

Easter Egg Hunt: The members

of FCC have invited our children

to join theirs for an Easter egg

hunt on Sunday, April 5,

at 9:45 a.m. Fun times!