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Thursday, March 17, 2016

Announcements, Scripture & Questions for Sunday (3/20/16)

Announcements:

  • Services for Max Fischer will be Monday 21 at 2 PM in Kimble Funeral Home chapel with burial at 11 AM Tuesday in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.
  • Youth Group on Sunday, March 20 at 5:30.  Dinner will be provided. 
  • The youth will be stuffing the Easter Eggs tonight. Please bring your plastic eggs and candy to the Fellowship Hall by 5:30. 
  • Maundy Thursday Communion Service - Thursday March 24, 6 PM
  • Good Friday Service - March 25, 6 PM
  • We will have our annual Easter Egg Hunt during the Sunday School hour Easter Sunday.
  • Presbyterian Women Mission Conference will be April 1st – 3rd at MO Ranch. Emily will be going for the day Saturday the 2nd.
Scripture
Mark 14:1-11 (ESV)  
It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, [2] for they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people." [3] And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. [4] There were some who said to themselves indignantly, "Why was the ointment wasted like that? [5] For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they scolded her. [6] But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. [7] For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. [8] She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. [9] And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her." [10] Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. [11] And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.

Questions for Reflection
1. When have you ever been criticized for doing something good?
2. What do you think motivates parents to sacrifice for their children?
3. What amazing thing did a woman do while Jesus was visiting Bethany? Where? (14:3)
4. What reaction did the woman’s actions get? Why? (14:4-5)
5. What caused some people with Jesus to become indignant? (14:4-5)
6. What does this incident tell us about some people’s understanding of who Jesus was and why He had come? (14:4-6)
7. Whom did Jesus rebuke? Why? (14:6)
8. How did Jesus evaluate the behavior of the woman who poured out the perfume? (14:6)
9. What can we learn about values from the woman in this story?
10. How can we demonstrate our devotion to Christ?

Thursday, March 3, 2016

March 2016 Newsletter

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March 2016 Newsletter

Have a great day!
Carmen

Scripture for Sunday (3/7/16)

  • Saturday 8:00 AM Men's breakfast.
Scripture for Sunday
Mark 12:38-44 (ESV)  
And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces [39] and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,  [40] who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation." [41] And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums.  [42] And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny.  [43] And he called his disciples to him and said to them, "Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box.  [44] For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on."

Questions for Reflection
1. In what ways are outward appearances misleading?
2. What does it mean to be poor?
3. What did the “poor widow” give to the treasury? (12:42)
4. Why did Jesus call His disciples when He saw the widow put in her offering? (12:43)
5. How did Jesus compare the actions of the wealthy people to the actions of the poor woman? (12:43-44)
6. Why do you think Jesus purposely sat near the temple treasury?
7. What central principle did Jesus focus on in this story?
8. What else does God want from us besides our material wealth?
9. What attitude should we have about giving of ourselves to the Lord?