Weekly Announcements: Week of March 15th

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Encounter Youth

Encounter will resume meeting this week (March 19th) at 7pm at the Maxon home (215 Spring Street, Ottawa).

5th Sunday Community Meal

For the past couple Sundays, we have been talking about the meal Christ Community will be hosting on the 5th Sunday of the month, in the months where there is a 5th Sunday.  This week, we learned that on an annual basis the Knights of Columbus host a meal on that particular Sunday (Palm Sunday, March 29th), and reach out to the homeless and others wanting community around a meal.  We have decided that, in light of our desire to be in unity with the larger Christian community, we will not be hosting the meal this month; we will instead support the efforts of the K of C.

The next opportunity we will have to host a meal will be on May 31st.  Thank you to all volunteers and others with open hearts and hands.

The Knights of Columbus meal will be held on Sunday, May 29th from 11:00am-2:00pm, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, located at 401 W. Main St., Ottawa.

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Saturday, March 21st at 6pm, Illinois Valley EFC-Faith Lutheran (1611 Adam St.) invites you to join them for the world premiere of Hoovey!

  • Bible Study Group: Exploring God’s Word – Led by Nancy Cronkright – a group for women or men meeting at 6:30pm on Thursdays
  • Book Study Group: The Good and Beautiful God – Led by Rosa Campbell – a group for women or men meeting at 2:00pm on Fridays
  • Wisdom for Women: Devotions from the book of Proverbs – Led by Phyllis Nordstrom – Interactive discussion. Glean from the Proverbs through a daily reading, then reflecting and sharing how you were impacted – a group for women meeting at 9:30am-11:00am on Tuesdays
  • Book Study Group: Glory on Your House – Led by Glenda Nordstrom – a group for women meeting at 9:30am-11:o0am on Thursdays
  • Family Group – Led by John and Phyllis Nordstrom – a group for all people meeting at 7:00 PM on Thursdays.  Children are welcome but need to bring their own entertainment.

Sign-up sheets for these groups will be available at Sunday’s service.  You can also contact Bob Pursley through the Small Groups page.

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Head over to the Teachings Page to listen to John’s latest teaching, “In the Shadow of the Cross:  Beyond Mere.”