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LENT IS HERE!

Check out the Lent Brochure (on the Lenten table) for ways to get involved this Lenten Season.  Pick up resources on the Lent table and find ways to support our Lenten mission projects.  You will also be able to find this information on our FPC website.  If you have questions, please contact: Danna Larson (staff), Marcus Geist (Mission) or Margaret Young (Christian Education).

JOIN US FOR A LENTEN GAME NIGHT

People of all ages are welcome to join us on Saturday, March 25 at 6 pm for a potluck dinner and board games!  Bring something to share for the meal and board games you like to play.   Play is important in our faith formation. Play bonds us with God and with each other. Join us for a fun evening as we fellowship together.

MISSION OPPORTUNITIES DURING LENT

*Help Us Assemble Lunchbox Pantry Boxes

Help us donate 100 pantry boxes to the Children’s Lunchbox.  The lunchboxes are distributed to children to take home on the weekend to provide food for them when they cannot get lunches in the school cafeteria. We will be collecting the food items during Lent.   The following items are needed: shoe boxes, pasta shells, alfredo sauce, tuna, canned peas, canned fruit, spaghetti noodles, spaghetti sauce, canned chicken, stewed tomatoes, crackers, mac and cheese boxes, chili, canned corn, and fettuccini noodles. Bring your donations to the church between now and Easter.  We will be assembling the boxes on April 23 following worship in fellowship hall.

*Bring Easter Joy to the Women at Highlands Prison

The mission committee invites you to help make 350 cards that we will give to the women at the Highlands Correctional Center for Easter.  Stop by   the “card table” in the narthex and make a card or take some supplies home and create your own cards and bring back to the church.  We will be delivering the card to the women on Easter Monday.

          We invite you to support the church by encouraging your friends to purchase 12X16 prints of this original painting by Pastor Matt. It would make a nice gift for anyone that loves Anchorage and the ways that our church seeks to make it a place of “Shalom,” or ‘peace and wholeness.’

          The word “Shalom” in Hebrew (שָׁלוֹם) is even hidden in the cityscape, with our own church building as the Hebrew letter “Lamed.” Also, the star on the mountain represents the hope for peace and a future of the “beloved community,” built on love for our neighbors. The video of Pastor Matt painting this cityscape is available on the church Facebook page, so friends who purchase a print can see how it was made.

          We recommend a tax-deductible donation of $15 per month for 12 months – that’s just under 50 cents per day, or $180 total if a one-time donation is preferred.

TO PURCHASE A PRINT, email Pastor Matt at: mschultz@firstpresanchorage.org

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS

The great and foremost commandment, in Jesus’ words, is to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.”  What better way to begin the New Year, than with this as your focus?  Join the adult Sunday School class as we explore examples of worship from scripture and share insights we’ve gained over the years.  Scott Gruhn will facilitate the discussion in the Library from 9:30 to 10:30 each Sunday morning.  We’d love to get to know you better!  Join us as we open the scriptures to walk more closely with our Lord.

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