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Dear Friends,

If there is one good thing about the season of Lent arriving,

it is that with Lent comes Easter, and with Easter comes

Spring… eventually! Lent is of course the season of prepa-

ration for Easter. It lasts for 40 days (not counting Sundays).

Traditionally, people of faith have prepared themselves by

various forms of spiritual disciplines: spending extra time in

prayer, fasting, reading, serving others, etc. These are

done in an effort to grow in faith and relationship with God.

The challenge in doing these practices is not to confuse the

activities of the disciplines with the actual relationship they

are meant to foster or build up. Just because we read our

devotional books or fast from food or an activity or become

active in an outreach ministry, it doesn’t mean that we will

necessarily make the connection toward building up our re-

lationship with God. Doing something – no matter how

good of a something it is – just to be doing something good,

will not necessarily help us be better disciples or grow in

our relationship with God. We need to do more than just go

through the motions.

What Lent and Easter are really about is Jesus sacrifice for

our forgiveness and eternal life. If we don’t get that, we

miss it all – no matter how many spiritual disciplines we

have practiced. Sometimes we can confuse religion with

faith in Christ. The Pharisees were great at religion: they

From the Pastor’s Desk

2020

From the Pastors Desk cont. did all the right things and followed all the rules. But they

did not know God. What do you need to know God better? I

don’t mean to know God with knowledge, but know God’s

heart with your heart?

Jesus lived and died so that we could be reconciled to God;

God wants to be reunited with each of us and sent Jesus to

demonstrate that. God wants a relationship with you! And if

you already have that relationship, God wants it to grow

stronger. Our Methodist heritage has many qualities to

guide us in this venture. Our worship theme during Lent this

year is “Defining Your Method-ism”. It’s not about doing all

the right activities, it’s about nurturing and understanding

our Christian faith as ‘Methodists’. A devotional book, 40

Days with Wesley by Rueben Job, is available at the church

and is empowering, enlightening, and challenging in its

meditations and teachings. There is no charge for the book

so please pick one up right away!

I hope you will join us for worship this Lent and Easter.

Christ came and died so we can be restored in our relation-

ship with God and find strength and help in our times of

need. Now it’s our turn to intentionally grow that relation-

ship.

See you in worship!

Pastor Joy Wigal

James 5:7

Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the

Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the

land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting

for the autumn and spring rains.

We are asking for volunteers to be ushers and greeters

at the Lenten Service at Faith UMC on Sunday, March 29,

2020. Sign-up sheets are on the welcome table or see

Marsha Kelly for any questions.

Barb Wolfe and Roberta Covert are seeking donations

for the Lenten Service refreshments. If you would like to

donate a plate of cookies or make a monetary donation

to purchase other refreshments, please let us know. We

also need help serving and helping with set up or clean

up.

Any kind of help will be greatly appreciated as we wel-

come visitors to Faith United Methodist Church on

March 29.

Lenten Service Volunteers & Donations Needed

Lent Worship Schedule 2020

Date Time Location

February 26 7:00 p.m. Grace UMC

March 1 6:00 p.m. Coburn UMC

March 8 6:00 p.m. Central Trinity UMC

March 15 6:00 p.m. Grace UMC

March 22 6:00 p.m. Dresden UMC

March 29 6:00 p.m. Faith UMC

April 5 6:00 p.m. Rolling Plains UMC

April 9 7:00 p.m. Faith UMC

April 10 7:00 p.m. First Christian

It is time to order your spring flowers that will be used to enhance our worship experience this Easter season.

All orders, with payment (cash or check made out to Faith United Methodist Church) must be in the church office no later than Thursday, April 2nd. Flowers will be listed in the Easter Sunday Bulletin.

Easter Flowers

Name: ____________________ Phone: _________________

Order Total: $________

In (memory, honor) of: ______________________________

From: ____________________________________________

Flower Choice (circle one)

$12 Yellow Daffodils $12 Yellow Tulips $12 Red Tulips

$14 White Lilies $9 Pansies

In (memory, honor) of: ______________________________

From: ____________________________________________

Flower Choice (circle one)

$12 Yellow Daffodils $12 Yellow Tulips $12 Red Tulips

$14 White Lilies $9 Pansies

In (memory, honor) of: ______________________________

From: ____________________________________________

Flower Choice (circle one)

$12 Yellow Daffodils $12 Yellow Tulips $12 Red Tulips

$14 White Lilies $9 Pansies

Basement Sale

Song of Solomon 2:11-12

For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over

and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the

time of singing has come, and the voice of the

turtledove is heard in our land.

We are once again participating in the annual com-

munity yard sales. On May 2, (with a rain date of May

9) we will have items available for the community to

purchase. We will set up in the Fellowship Hall

throughout the week prior to the sale. Barb Wolfe and

Don and Roberta Covert have volunteered to serve

food and we have a sign up sheet for more volun-

teers on the welcome table in the Narthex.

When you are doing your Spring cleaning, please re-

member to save

items for the base-

ment sale!

If you have any ques-

tions, please contact

the church office by

phone or email.

United Methodist Women

Eventide Circle will meet at 1 pm Thurs., Mar.5, 2020

at the Church. Pat Toole will lead the program, We

Rise: Meeting God's Call to Transform Communities.

Bernice Osborne will have Devotions and Barb

Tignor will share the Response Moment.

Please bring your personal reusable cup or glass.

A change in the 2020 yearbook is to list Marlene Far-

ley as hostess for the Dec. 3 meeting.

New Hope Circle

New Hope Circle will meet on March 8. Teresa Felton

will host.

UMW Executives

The Executives will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday,

March 24th.

Genesis 1:14

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse

of the heavens to separate the day from the

night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,

and for days and years."

Hosea 6:3

Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to

acknowledge Him. As surely as the sun rises, He

will appear; He will come to us like the winter

rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.

March 1—Dennis Cebulsky March 3—Marianne Maxwell

March 3—Carol Norton March 7—Juanita Mohler—Happy 93rd Birthday! (Send cards to: 2661 Cinema Drive, Zanesville)

March 7—Susie Dunlap March 8—Keith Wolfe

March 9—Gary Graham March 11—Beth Dougherty March 11—Amanda Dunlap March 11—Megan Dunlap March 16—Kyler Moore March 17—Evan Wolfe

March 19—Henrietta Hurst—Happy 95th Birthday! (send cards to: 1854 Norwood Blvd. #208, Zanesville)

March 19—Steve Farmer March 23—Dee Clark

March 25 JoAnne Peadon March 29—Roberta Covert

Happy Anniversary to Keith & Barb Wolfe on March 21st!

Birthday’s

United Methodist Women

2020 Reading Program

Falling into Place by Hattie Kauffman. Mission Empha-sis: Leadership Development. We will meet on Mon-day, March 23, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. Susie Dunlap will host. You may acquire the book as you wish (a library, Ama-zon, Kindle). The UMW will provide 2-3 copies as they become available. See Barb Wolfe to get on the wait-ing list. The other books and dates are: On Pluto, Inside the mind of Alzheimer’s written by Greg O’Brien. Mission Emphasis: Nurturing for Com-munity. Meeting date: Monday, May 18, 2020. Immigration and Justice for our Neighbors written by Jennifer Clark and Miriam Downey. Mission Emphasis: Social Action. Meeting date: Monday, July 27, 2020. My Life and Lesser Catastrophes written by Christina Schofield, Mission Emphasis: Spiritual Growth. Meet-ing date: September 28, 2020. “READER’S CHOICE” –Mission Emphasis: Education through Mission. You will be given a wide range of books to choose from. Meeting date: Monday, Novem-ber 23, 2020.

Job 29:23

They waited for me as for showers and drank in

my words as the spring rain.

Servant Schedule

March 1

Usher/Greeter: Floyd & Pat Tolle, Randy & Jeri Schreiber

Liturgist: Roberta Covert

Nursery: Heather DeGarmo

Communion Servers:

Don & Roberta Covert, Mark & Thea Crawmer

March 8

Usher/Greeter:

Don & Roberta Covert, Jim Tignor, Orlen Bates, Jr.

Liturgist: Jim Tignor

Nursery: Cindy Howard & Pat Tolle

March 15

Usher/Greeter:

Mark & Thea Crawmer, Chris & Heather DeGarmo

Liturgist: Barb Tignor

Nursery: Amanda Hatfield & Jessica Stonecypher

March 22

Usher/Greeter: Susie Dunlap, Nonny Brackman,

Beth Dougherty, Teresa Felton

Liturgist: Gail McGreevy

Nursery: Cindy Howard & Pat Tolle

March 29

Usher/Greeter:

Doug & Bradley Adams, Marsha Kelly & Nick Howard

Liturgist: Orlen Bates, Jr.

Nursery: Amanda Hatfield & Jessica Stonecypher

Calendar Sunday, March 1

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:30 a.m.

Lenten Service @ Coburn 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 5

Eventide Circle Meeting 1:00 p.m.

Saturday, March 7

Walk with a Pastor 8:30 a.m.

Sunday, March 8

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:30 a.m.

Lenten Service @ Central Trinity 6:00 p.m.

New Hope Circle 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 15

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:30 a.m.

Lenten Service @ Grace 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 17

Leadership Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 19

Newsletter Deadline 10:00 a.m.

Sunday, March 22

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:30 a.m.

Lenten Service @ Dresden 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 24

UMW Executive Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 26

SPRT Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 29

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:30 a.m.

Lenten Service @ Faith 6:00 p.m.

Australia Nonny Brackman

Tom Burrows Jenny Higdon Chacey

Ernie DeGarmo Steve DeGarmo

P.C. Fitz April Holland

Homeless Community Eric Howard

Family of Wendell Huhn Colette Kinder

All Levels of Leadership Ed McAuley Betty Miller

Jerry Moore, Jr. Joesy Moore

Barbara Morris

Joann Norman Karen Norman Parlin Family

Joanne Peterman Billie Jo & Karen Sue Royer

Paula Smith Steve Summers

Greg Williamson Logan Wolford

Medical Faith Shut-ins: Henrietta Hurst Frances Johnson

Kathleen McCutcheon

Names will remain on the pray-er list

for one month unless otherwise requested.

Prayer List

Isaiah 35:1

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;

the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the

crocus; it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice

with joy and singing.