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Communion During Lent - March 2 through April 20
We will be having communion every Sunday during Lent as a way to help mark the significance of the season. We will therefore have communion on each Sunday from March 2nd through Easter on April 20th.
Ash Wednesday Service - March 5 - 7:00 PM
Join us from 7:00 – 7:30 PM on Wednesday, March 5th, for our Ash Wednesday service. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. Please come participate in this holy day, where we set the spiritual tone for the season to come. The service will take place both in-person and online.
Chicken and Noodle Dinner - March 8 - 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
We will be having our Spring Chicken & Noodle fundraiser dinner for the church and public on Saturday March 8th. The dinner will be open for most of the day from 11AM to 7PM, and we will offer chicken and noodles, 2 sides, dessert, and a drink for $15. We will be doing advertising and please tell folks you know about it. There is also be a sign-up sheet underneath the clock at the back of the sanctuary to sign up for volunteering and bringing sodas and desserts. Please join us; it will be delicious as always.
Daylight Saving Time - March 9 - 2:00 AM
It's time to spring forward once again! Remember to set your clocks ahead 1 hour before you retire Saturday evening. And, importantly, this is a great time to replace the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
OGHS Offering - March 30
On March 30th, we will be taking up a special offering for “One Great Hour of Sharing”. This is one of the 4 special offerings we take up for our denomination each year. This offering will go to help those in need around the world, including programs in over 100 different countries.
Book Study: Meeting Jesus at the Table: A Lenten Study - March 19 through April 9 - 6:30 PM
We will be starting a new book study on Wednesday nights at 6:30PM from March 19th through April 9th. The book we are reading is Meeting Jesus at the Table: A Lenten Study by Cynthia M. Campbell and Christine Coy Fohr. This will be a hybrid book study: we will meet in person in the fellowship hall each Wednesday, and it will also be available online each Wednesday via Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent out each Wednesday via the all church email list. Pastor Brian has several copies of the book if you would like one. A bit about the book: “The Gospels are full of stories of Jesus sharing meals with disciples, friends, even tax collectors and Pharisees. Whether multiplying bread to feed a whole crowd, relaxing with his inner circle, or telling curious elites stories about even greater banquets, Jesus imparts wisdom as he shares the wine and grants forgiveness as he distributes the fish. This eight-chapter resource provides biblical insights along with thought-provoking queries regarding our own time, such as whom should we invite to Sunday dinner and who is left out and left behind in our culture today.”
March 19th – Chapters 1-2
March 26th – Chapters 3-4
April 2nd – Chapters 5-6
April 9th – Chapters 7-8
Keeping Confidentiality in Mind
As many of you know, our Sunday services are broadcast every week on Facebook and YouTube. They are then posted, and available for people to view later as well. This has been a wonderful tool for those not able to make it to church in-person due to health or travel or other situations. However, every tool has its downsides as with these weekly broadcasts, anything we say during the service is essentially there for the world to see. Therefore, I think that it is important for us to keep confidentiality in mind as we speak during the service. For instance, if we are talking about a health issue for someone else, perhaps we might want to just give a first name, and keep certain other details out of our announcement. If we want to share our home address with the church, perhaps we should do it after service. These concerns came up at our most recent consistory meeting and I think they are very valid given the nature of things on the internet.
Beaver Church Food Pantry
Our food pantry has been operational now for a little over a year. Thank you to everyone who has contributed items to make it work. The pantry is filled once a week in addition to items that some of you put in directly versus putting on the shelves in fellowship hall. If you drive by and see that it is empty, it means it has helped someone who was in need of food. Listed below are some suggestions for items that can be used for a meal either alone or with another item such as pasta and pasta sauce. When shopping you can also ask yourself what you might be looking for if you needed to come to our pantry.
Oatmeal
Cereal (low sugar)
Pancake mix (needs water only)
Milk (canned or boxed)
Peanut Butter
Crackers
Hearty soups such as Campbells Chunky
Corned beef hash
Canned Chili
Dinty More Stew or similar
Pasta Sauce
Pasta
Ramen noodles
Canned meats: tuna, chicken, salmon, ham, roast beef
Sometimes you can find some of these items on sale in the major grocery stores but in general Aldi’s, Dollar Tree and Dollar General are good places to shop as well as Sam's Club and Cosco.
Kroger Card Rewards - Beaver Church Fundraiser
Beaver Church enrolled in the Kroger Community Rewards fundraiser program in 2011. Since then, the church has received several thousand dollars in rebates. These rebates are earned by members and friends who sign up for Kroger Community Rewards and select Beaver Church as the beneficiary for their Kroger purchases. This is an easy way to donate to the church.
Here’s how to do it:
1. Get a Kroger Plus card, if you don’t have one already.
2. Create a digital account using the Kroger app on your smart phone, or the kroger.com website online.
3. Link your Kroger Plus card to your digital account.
4. In the Community Rewards section, search for “Beaver United”. Click the “Enroll” button under “Beaver United Church of Christ.”
5. Once this is done, Kroger will automatically donate a small percentage of your purchases to the church, at no additional cost to you. Kroger sends a check to the church every few months. If you have trouble registering your card, see Alice Clausing after church, and she will help you set it up.