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March 13/14, 2010
Got Cabin Fever? Sign Up for Pairs and Spares This Month!
If you're part of the "55-and-older crowd," be sure to make it to Pairs and Spares on Friday, March 19, at 7:30pm for their monthly get-together. There'll be games, goodies, and plenty of lively conversation. Sign up today at the Welcome Center. Contact Rhoda Neukuckatz for more info.
Footsteps to the Cross
Palm Sunday, March 28, from 9:15-11:00am POP will again present Footsteps to the Cross for all families and their children ages 3 through grade 6. Come see, hear, smell, taste, and touch Jesus' suffering, death, and resurrection. Friends are welcome! There will be no children's ministry classes that weekend. You can still be part of the preparations for this meaningful event by making a donation from the list of needed items. Sign up at the Welcome Center today! Place all items in the bin by the Welcome Center by this Friday, March 19, Questions? Contact Jeni Walker at 847-359-3451.
Don't Forget to Sign Up for Easter Flowers!
You can help make the sanctuary a beautiful and fragrant place by purchasing a lily, daffodil, hyacinth, or tulip plant for our Easter Celebrations. Each pot of flowers is still only $15 and can be taken home after the 11:15 Easter worship service. Sign up at the Welcome Center by next Sunday, March 21!
Enjoy POP's World Famous Easter Breakfast!
The men of POP will be serving breakfast favorites from French toast to egg casserole, bacon to sausage links on Easter morning from 8:00 to 10:30am. Sign up today at the Welcome Center so they know how many eggs to scramble and pancakes to flip. Don't miss this great POP tradition!
Help Wanted: Men to Help with Easter Breakfast!
Volunteers are needed to help with Easter breakfast from 8-10:30am. All interested men please sign up today at the Welcome Center. Call Mike Ruehrdanz for more information.
Easter Outreach Cards Are Available
As you leave today, we invite you to take some of our Easter Outreach Cards from the desk under the TV in the lobby. These cards contain a listing of all our Easter worship services and may be used to extend a personal invitation to your friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors and let them know there is hope in Jesus, the Risen Son of God! Remember, one of POP's core values is "Personal Evangelism—We believe sharing our faith is most effective and best received when it happens in the context of personal relationships." This is a great opportunity for you to put that value into practice!
Baptisms
Baptized this weekend is Ryan Thomas Weynschenk, infant son of Kelly and Walter. Sponsors are David Boeldt, Jodie Boeldt and Karen Novak and Brynn Payton Skinner, infant son of Tadia and Michael. Sponsors are James and Tia Kowalewski. We welcome Ryan and Brynn into God's family.
St. Matthew Soup Kitchen Service Project
All POP members 7th grade and older and guests are invited to travel to St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Chicago to serve lunch in their soup kitchen and help with clean-up on Tuesday, March 23 and/or Thursday, March 25. Meet at POP at 10:00am and return at 2:30pm. Bring a sack lunch and wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Sign-up at the Welcome Center by next Sunday March 21. Questions? Contact Joy Kaufmann at 847-359-3451 or joy@reachgrowserve.org.
Feed My Starving Children Road Trip
Looking for a way to help feed children in need? Then join us for a road trip to the FMSC Aurora food packing site on Wednesday, March 24, to help pack meals which will be shipped to more than 60 countries around the world. The bus will leave from POP at 1:30pm and return at 5:30pm. There is no charge for this event, but donations to FMSC will be appreciated. For more information, check out the flyer at the Welcome Center and sign up today! Sign-up deadline is next Sunday, March 21. Questions? Contact Joy Kaufmann at 847-359-3451 or joy@reachgrowserve.org.
Fill the Boxes – March Collection
This month 5th-8th graders will collect items to make into sewing kits at the Hands and Feet serving camp on June 21-25. The sewing kits will be sent along on our Haiti mission trips this summer. Sign up to provide needed items at the Welcome Center today. Items must be dropped off in the designated box near the Welcome Center by Sunday, March 28.
Want to Give CyberSport a Try?
All 20/30 Somethings are invited to try this new sport which is a combination of lacrosse, basketball, and hockey on custom designed Cyber Cars. Join in the fun on Wednesday, March 31 from 6:45-9:00pm at Chicago Indoor Racing in Addison. Cost is $20/person and includes dinner and two hours of play time. Friends are welcome. Sign up at the Welcome Center today and place payment in the lockbox using the envelopes provided. Questions? Contact Rob Bailey.
Altar Flowers
The flowers decorating the altar this weekend are provided by Kay Hildebrand, in loving memory of her son, Ronnie and by Warren and Kathryn Graber, celebrating their 13th wedding anniversary. Thank you and God's blessings to you.
We're Spring Cleaning!
Check the Lost and Found box behind the Welcome Center for your lost items. Any items not retrieved by Sunday, March 28, will be donated. So don't wait! Retrieve them today! Questions? Contact Carol Baker at 847-359-3451, ext. 111.
Stay Connected with Our LITH Mission
Things are moving forward in Lake in the Hills and our weekly LITH Mission prayer update is now a weekly newsletter. If you'd like to find out what the LITH Mission is up to including dates and times of events, prayer requests, and mission stories, go to www.lithmission.org or pick up a newsletter at the desk under the plasma in the lobby or check out Pastor John Scott's blog We Go - He Grows, at wegohegrows.wordpress.com.
Student Ministry News - www.student-ministry.org
Ignite Tuesday Night
Ignite Tuesday Night continues this Tuesday, March 16, at 6:30pm. Any students entering 5th-8th grade are welcome to attend. For registration information, contact Jeni Walker or Joy Kaufmann at 847-359-3451.
Sunday Nights at Fuel – Gospel Journey Maui Conclusion!
This Sunday, March 14, we'll wrap-up our reality series, Gospel Journey Maui! What did each cast member believe? Afterwards, we'll talk about what we learned in small groups! Fuel starts at 6:00pm and ends at 8:00pm. All high school students are welcome! Questions? Contact Tim Kaufmann at 847-359-3451.
Hands and Feet Serving Camp Returns
Monday-Friday, June 21-25, POP will once again present the Hands and Feet Serving Camp for students in 5th-8th grade. This is a unique opportunity for students to live out their faith through the use of their time and talent. Full-day and half-day options are available and friends are welcome. Friday, June 25, students may spend the day at Magic Waters Waterpark at an additional cost. Completed registration form and required deposit must be returned by Easter Sunday, April 4 to reserve a spot and full payment must be received by Sunday, May 30. Check out the brochure at the Welcome Center for complete details and costs or contact Joy Kaufmann at 847-359-3451 or joy@reachgrowserve.org.
Christian Growth Opportunities
Devotion to Jesus: The Divinity of Christ in Earliest Christianity
When, where and why did people first believe in the divinity of Jesus? These are the essential but also controversial questions addressed in this vitally important course. Pastor Glover will lay out the evidence and clear away a mountain of popular misinformation in the process. Join him Sundays, at 9:30am in Room 17.
First Communion: Foundation for Life—5th-8th Grade Students with Parents/Guardians
This five session First Communion: Foundation for Life class for fifth through eighth grade students and their parents/guardians will prepare students for their first communion on Maundy Thursday, April 1. Class meets in the Fellowship Hall Sundays from 9:15-10:30am through Sunday, March 21. Questions? Contact Joy Kaufmann at 847-359-3451.
Children's Ministry
POP Kids and Café 56 meet Sundays at 9:15am. For information about these ministries, please contact Jeni Walker, Director of Children's Ministry at 847-359-3451.
Jr. High Student Ministry
Cafe78, for 7th and 8th graders, meets Sunday mornings from 9:15-10:30am in Room 9. For information about this ministry contact Joy Kaufmann at 847-359-3451.
High School Student Ministry
Fuego Café meets Sunday mornings at 9:30am in Room 10. For information about this ministry contact Tim Kaufmann at 847-359-3451.
Study Your Bible (SYB)
Study Your Bible continues their study of First Corinthians Wednesdays at 9:30am. To learn more about SYB, contact the church office at 847-359-3451.
Your Prayer Life
Weekend Prayer Opportunities
Stop by Room 13 on Sunday at 7:30am as we pray for our church, its volunteers and staff, and those who attend worship.
Prayer Chain Prayer Support
Diana Moreno OR
Marlene Mahn (marlene@mahns.com)
For Your Personal Prayers This Week
GOD'S HEALING for Jim Cooper, Emmy Domolky, Shirley Engblom, Sylvia Gintz, George Hawranek, Ann Mainiero, Joan Schoemann, Ellie Sifuentes, Esther Sifuentes, Gregg Tharnstrom, George Voss and Doreen White;
GOD'S PEACE AND STRENGTH for Millie Crowley, Michael Eiden, Betty Fraley, Ruth Grossmann, Erika Hummel, Tom Kay, Richard Marass, Kay Rogers, George Smedinghoff, and Ray Sophie;
GOD'S COMFORT AND STRENGTH for the people of Chile and the people of Haiti as they struggle to recover from the earthquakes which have shattered their countries.
Calendar
March 2010
- Sunday
8:00am Worship
9:15am POP Kids/Café 56
First Communion Class
9:30am Worship
Devotion to Jesus
Café 78
Fuego Cafe
11:00am Worship
12:00pm Haiti Mission Trip Meetings
6:00pm Fuel Sunday Night - Monday
7:00pm Spanish Class
7:30pm Orchestra Rehearsal - Tuesday
6:30pm Ignite Tuesday Night
7:00pm Board of Directors at Immanuel - Wednesday
9:30am Study Your Bible
10:00am Musical Wonders
10:30am Crossways-Unit 50
7:00pm Crossways-Unit 50
8:00pm Praise! Band Rehearsal - Thursday
4:15pm Cherub Choir Rehearsal
6:30pm Stephen Ministry Supervision
7:30pm Voices of Peace Rehearsal - Friday
1:00pm Hope Shawl Ministry
7:30pm Pairs and Spares - Saturday
7:00am Men's Bible Study Breakfast
10:00am GriefShare
5:00pm Worship
Prince of Peace's Core Values
Personal Evangelism — We believe sharing our faith is most effective and best received when it happens in the context of personal relationships.
Loving Relationships — We believe in demonstrating our love in commitment and action.
Relevant Teaching — We believe God's Word is intended to be understood and applied to daily life.
Intentional Discipleship — We believe spiritual growth can and should be actively pursued by every believer.
Total Involvement — We believe the church is most effective when all members serve using their spiritual gifts.
Outward Focus — We believe the needs of people outside the church should take priority over the preferences of those inside the church.