Weekend Update

WEEKEND UPDATE FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2015

THE LOVE OF GOD

The Easter season incorporates 7 Sundays, April 5 through May 17. Our Easter Theme this year is “The Love of God.” Our goal in the light of Christ’s resurrection is to open ourselves up in new ways to God’s love for us, so that our love for God and our love for one another may broaden, strengthen, and deepen. April 12 – God So Loved the World April 19 – God’s Love in Us April 26 – Agape Love

SCRIPTURE FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2015

Numbers 21:4-19 4 From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. 5 The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food.” 6 Then the LORD sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died. 7 The people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD to take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live.” 9 So Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live.

2 Kings 18:1-6 1 In the third year of King Hoshea son of Elah of Israel, Hezekiah son of King Ahaz of Judah began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi daughter of Zechariah. 3 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD just as his ancestor David had done. 4 He removed the high places, broke down the pillars, and cut down the sacred pole. He broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it; it was called Nehushtan. 5 He trusted in the LORD the God of Israel; so that there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah after him, or among those who were before him. 6 For he held fast to the LORD; he did not depart from following him but kept the commandments that the LORD commanded Moses.

John 3:14-17 14 Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. 17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

NEW MEMBERS TO BE WELCOMED SUNDAY

Those who are being received as new members Sunday are: David and Ruth Rodgers, Claudia Driver, and Melissa Stephenson. We warmly welcome each of you to FUPC!

COLLEGE LUNCH SUNDAY

Our last “Second Sunday” College Lunch for the academic year will be held Sunday after the 11 a.m. service. All students at the University of Arkansas and other nearby colleges are invited. Just meet in the narthex and the group will eat at Damgoode Pies, 37 E. Center Street, off the downtown square.

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK

Wonderful Wednesday next week will feature the gospel group The Gospel Echos. On the menu is Hawaiian chicken, baby baked potatoes, and sweet carrots. Dinner is at 5:30 p.m. and the program begins at 6 p.m. Please make a reservation for dinner by noon, Tuesday, by contacting the church office (442-4411) or e-mail [email protected] or [email protected]. The last Wonderful Wednesday will be April 22 and will feature a picnic with hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad and barbecue beans. Church choirs will perform.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL REGISTRATION BEGINS SOON

VBS will be June 15-19: Please let Kristi Button, Lucy McClung or Lea Millett know if you are able to volunteer. Registration for children will be open online April 18.

YOUTH SUNDAY APRIL 26

Youth Sunday will be celebrated April 26 and the youth will lead the entire worship service.

PRESBYTERIAN PILGRIMAGE APRIL 23-26 AT FERNCLIFF A Pilgrimage is three days long, but it lasts a lifetime. It is a faith renewal program, designed to have a spiritual impact on the individual and on the environments in which they live and work. It is a short-course in living the Christian faith. In worship, study, discussion, and singing, participants gain a personal awareness of their faith and relationship with Jesus Christ. It is not designed as a conversion experience, but is focused on continued spiritual growth and personal application to life. The staff is made up of laity and Presbyterian clergy who have previously attended a three-day weekend. Registration is by application. Cost is $200 per participant. Brochures are available in the area inside the sanctuary doors. OUR PRESBYTERY CONNECTIONS

The Presbyterian Church (USA) is a connectional church. Each week we pray for other congregations within the Presbytery of Arkansas. This week, we pray for Good Shepherd, Greenwood, and Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista.

Please call the church office, 442-4411, during the week with prayer concerns, joys or hospital information (* denotes member)

Grieving

Families of: Clayton Barnhart, Suzette Haden Elgin, Doug Frans, Sara Harris, Bonnie Heiple, Kelley Kirkpatrick, Dick Morrison, Margaret Perry, Myra Rice, Glendora Sharp and Tom Williams.

Illnesses and Other Needs *Randy Andersen, *Jim Bales, Patty Bello, Walker Bowman, Catherine Brantley, Patric Brosh, Charles Burtner, Helen Caruthers, Kelley (Baker) Cole, *Cory Cox, Edward Currier, Mary Curry, Sharon Davis, *Andy and *Ann Davison, Sarah Derrick, Robert Dublin, Gary Ervin, Caitlin Farrell, Sarah Fries, * Sue Gohn, * Ashley Hemphill,*Jana Hemphill, Dee Howe, *Sarah Brown Huntsinger, Ella Irwin, Melissa Irwin, Marissa Henley, *Camille Marino, Tara McDaniel Kerr, *Debbie Power, Tess Shipley, *Sue Ellen Ward, Paula Goode Adkins, Young Chul Adkins, Knox Ogden, Ashley Ober, Cheryl Garrison Emerick, Heather Dugan-Feldt, Carl Hackelton, Borgny Hanley, Shirley Harms, Susan Hendrickson, Phyllis Johnson, Fran Keasler, *Ann Rogers, *Roger Kennedy, Judy Kinder, Steve LaMastus, *Amy Locke, *Judy Marino, Jimmie Mathews, *Gwen Mattice, *Betty Monroe, Karen Morrison, Jessica Johnston Myer, *Ashley Ober, *Debbie Oliver, *William Oliver, *Ronny Pope, *Rev. Lee Power, *Marilyn Rice,*Jennifer Ross,*Barbara Rutledge, Ruth Sampier, Jonathan Schierschmidt, Naoto Sekiguchi, Joe Selzer, Kim Seymour, Coltrane Smith,*Tony Stankus, *Jane Steinkraus, *Zoe Sparks*Tina Stuart, *Rosetta Taylor, *Maxine Ward, Betty Wilton, *Dorothy Clinehens, *Dave Fulton, *Helen Jablonski, *Pete Schaller, Billy Thompson, *Janet Watkins, *Jo Ann Whitlatch and *Laurel Bohlander.