April 4th Church News

Hello, friends,
Hope you’ve had a glorious week between watching beautiful snow flakes falling, and seeing the emergence of fantastic flowers, shrubs, trees, leaves, and the greening of the earth as spring makes its arrival now in extraordinary ways!
Here are a couple of updates for this week as you look forward to joining in fellowship, worship and ministry this coming Sunday and into next week.
SUNDAY WORSHIP, 9:30 a.m. We share in HOLY COMMUNION on this first Sunday of the month, and we’ll be going to the hospital after worship to extend the Lord’s table to members of God’s family on the long-term care unit there.  Others will remain at DCC for coffee and fellowship after worship.
Sermon will be: Scoping out the Neighborhood: Stethoscope.  We hope you can join us as we further consider the ways in which we are learning some fresh approaches for considering our community and neighborhood through the lens of Scripture and with metaphors of various “scopes” as we seek to pay attention to what God is doing in our midst, and through us to embody Jesus’ love.
SUNDAY’S LECTIONARY TEXTS Lent 5, April 7

Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8

EARLY CHRISTIAN MEAL IS MAUNDY THURSDAY!

Maundy Thursday Celebration, April 18, 6 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Menu: baked fish, unleavened bread, water, juice, fruits, vegetables, olives, dates… We’ll share a lovely, simple meal and hear wonderful stories recounted in the personal words of each presenter. Our time together concludes with Holy Communion around the table. Please sign up so we can have an idea of how many folks may join us! 

Participants in Program for Early Christian Meal will meet again April 14 11:15-12:00 noon. 

TUESDAY BIBLE STUDY and BYO bag lunch meets 12:00-1:00 pm  Tuesday, April 9. Come join us as we dig a little deeper into Galatians and Elaine Heath’s book: God Unbound: Wisdom for the Anxious Church. This week: chapter 5 and 6 in Heath book and Galatians 4-5.

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 5:30 p.m. Governing Board meets in Fellowship Hall.

EASTER SUNDAY EVENTS and SERVICES

6:45 a.m. Sunrise Service at cemetery with Danbury Baptist

       Breakfast following Sunrise Service in Fellowship Hall 

       (See sign-up list for ways to help with this meal).

8:30 a.m. Easter Service in Sanctuary