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Talent Night Chalice is hosting the Circle of Friends Talent
Night on Saturday, March 1st at 7:00 pm. There will be singing,
poetry reading, drama and instrumental music performances. A free
will offering will be taken and will be used to purchase A-V
equip-ment for worship. A re-hearsal for the event will be this
Thursday, February 27th at 6:30pm. Contact Clara w i t h q u e s t
i o n s [email protected].
The Ash Wednesday Service will be next Wednesday, March 5 at 7pm
and we will be worshipping with First Christian Church Mesa and
Desert Heritage. There will be a combined Choir for the service and
they will rehearse this Sunday, March 2 from 8:45-9:30am and next
Wednesday at 6pm. Plan to be-gin your Lent with th i s mean ing fu
l service of ashes. This will be an outdoor service—dress
ac-cordingly.
Are you looking for something fun to do on Thursday nights? Are
you a young adult (18 to 35ish)? Then come to the Oasis this
Thurs-day, February 27th (4th Thursday) and enjoy an evening of
conversation and fun with board games. Bring your favorite game or
come and play what others have brought. Order a coffee or hot
chocolate and you have a com-plete evening of fellow-ship and
fun.
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We sometimes forget...
…how often the LGBT community has been told they are sin-ners.
…that families whose members have skin of different colors get
strange looks. …how often words of condemnation are spoken inside
the walls of the church. …that telling others what to think is
mistaken for faith.
The list could go on. While we don’t always get it right,
Chalice does know that God welcomes all people. We know that God
calls us to love first. We know that our God-given intellect should
not be sacrificed in the name of faith.
Help us tell our story.
We’re entering the season of Lent, followed by Easter, a time
when many people who haven’t thought about church in a long time
start thinking maybe it’s time to walk through one of those doors,
again. How can we help those people longing for think-ing,
progressive church find Chalice?
It’s a big question, but here’s part of the answer: we have $250
donated from the Oa-sis that has been dedicated to advertising.
Would you make a special gift so we can do more?
As we celebrate Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Easter, we’d
love to run ads through Facebook and Google. Both offer targeted
ads, which means we get a lot of bang for our buck because we can
target those folks already searching for “progressive” or “LGBT
church.” We can make sure our Facebook posts reach our neighbors
that are not yet our friends.
You’ll hear about other ways you can be involved in letting
folks hear about Chalice, but for now, consider this: how much can
you grow that $250? As a congregation, can we match it? Could we
double it? Triple it?
Talk to me if you’d like to know more. If you’d like to make a
special gift, just make sure it’s clearly marked for this
project.
peace—Abigail
Dee Lobdell is celebrating her 88th birthday on March 6th and we
are showering her with cards. Send them to: Dee Lobdell, c/o Cathie
Patterson, PO Box 543, Bisbee, AZ 85603.
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Arizona Region Women’s Fair “Where You Go, I Will Go”
Please mark your calendar and tell your friends— The Arizona
Region Women's Fair will be on Saturday, April 26th
from 9am to 3pm at First Christian Church in Tucson.
Our Elders were sending birthday cards to members but have
de-cided to use their resources in other ways to care for folks at
Chalice. So if you have not received a birthday card from them
recently, please rest assured that you were not forgotten!
Our Community Garden is beginning to take shape. If you would
like to contribute to it with your donations or your time, check
with Bill Shea ([email protected]) for more information.
Birthdays in March Rob Akins 3 Dee Lobdell 6 Robin Corey 8
Juniper Hinks 14 Mea Akins 26 Kayley Geisert 27 Joshua Reinhold
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And Anniversaries Marilyn and Bob Howard will celebrate on March
7th and Jerry and Cecilia Johnson on March 26th.
Sign up for Safeway’s eScrip and Earn Money for Chalice Here is
another opportunity to earn money for Chalice while you are doing
your grocery shopping. Register your Safeway Club Card online with
the eScrip program and then every time you shop at Safeway use your
card and earn a percentage of your grocery bill total for Chalice.
Simply register by going to
https://secure.escrip.com/supporter/registration/index.jsp. Select
your zipcode, choose Chalice as the beneficiary of your shopping,
and register your card number and phone number.
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Week of Compassion Offering Sundays, February 23 & March
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It’s Wednesday evening and the action of the South Joplin
Christian church is in the kitchen. Church members have gathered as
is their routine, to prepare dinner of the travel mission teams
staying at “The Station.” Housed in an old Quonset hut that never
should have survived the May 2011 tor-nado, the building found new
life as a dormitory and hospitality center for folks who would come
to Joplin and help in the recovery. They gather with church members
in the fellow-ship hall and a prayer is offered. On this particular
Wednesday, sorting out the details of the mission team is a bit
difficult; they come from different churches, different
denominations, and different towns. Several years earlier, one man
assem-bled a small group of friends to travel to a community
recovering from disas-ter. The following year, some of those
friends invited others. The next year, new members invited still
others. The group grew, the members changed, but one element was
constant: a shared commitment to helping others. This mission team
epitomizes the spirit of The Station, a collaborative effort from
its beginning, a shared ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples
of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. Labor, financial gifts,
and a commitment to serve came from all manifestations of both
denominations, enabling a diver-sity of mission teams to come and
serve with the people of Joplin. Back in the fellowship hall of
South Joplin Christian Church, a couple from the church stands.
They share what they experienced the night the tornado struck. They
close with a word of thanks for those who have come. While they are
speaking only to those who have gathered, their words are as true
for those who have already been, for those who have yet to come,
and for those who will never set foot in The Station but whose
prayers and financial gifts have enabled the service of others. You
are a continuation of the Spirit of God that has been working since
right after the storm to bring help to Joplin. Your gifts to Week
of Compassion made this happen, Thank you! Please give generously
as we never know when the next Joplin may occur. Give this Sunday
and next using the special offering envelop found in your
Sojourner.
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This Week at Chalice
Thursday Office Open, 1:30-4:30p Oasis Coffee House, 7-10p Young
Adult Game Night
Saturday Circle of Friends Talent Show, 7p
Sunday See Sunday Schedule above Choir Rehearsal, 8:45-9:30a
Chalice Youth, 11:15a-12:30p Alas de Salvacion Worship, 1:30p
Monday Office Open, 1:30-4:30p
Wednesday Office Open, 1:30-4:30p Choir Rehearsal, 6p Ash
Wednesday Service, 7p
Thursday Office Open, 1:30-4:30p Oasis Coffee House, 7-10p
Chalice Christian Church
15303 South Gilbert Road
Gilbert, Arizona 85296 480.227.1442
Rev. Abigail Conley, Pastor
[email protected]
ww.chalicechristian.com
Prayer chain—[email protected]
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Sunday, March 2, 2014
10am Elder………......…Bill Shea Liturgist……......Bill Carter
Diaconate.......Kate Barton
Ren Haws
Look for Worship information in email by Thursday of each
week.
Check out March’s schedule on the Tools Page of the website.
Sunday Schedule
8:30…..Oasis Coffee House Opens 8:45…..Faith Development—Table
Talk 9:30…..Fellowship Time 10:00….Worship
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our prayers… Continued prayers for—
Jim Corner and his Family Send prayers to
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